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r: i r 9 ' . ... : i i i oi I I .. 1 I lilt- 5 V - : i I Ma -W3M 3.11 T f tk-cfi."1 v .. T - , ! 1 1 .O -.W rY fUMHe . i , . - ' . ! E JR. A . !.-f', i 1 1 : i VOL. -3, NO., -2. SHELBY, N. C, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUUiY 2, 1887: I Sinsrle Copy, Five qenta, , H1.50 A YEAR. l!'.. . j ' - : l J ! I ' ' ' -" 'fa-. lWsr " " V 1 r . ( fRCrESSJtNAL CARDS. M:miAYKR & RYiHJRN; AttprnSy3 at Lavy, . ''.tviiKrvj. N.. ' : ' i. J V E prompt attention to all business J. cntriiste-l to tiienu 1 t". Office in Commercial hotel. ' t E. HABAHSS, ATTORNEY AT LAW Ed United States Commissioner, n ..SIIEU5Y, k c. I " ' ' ' i 13RACT1CES ig the cotirtB of Gleve l ; land and Rntlicrford counties. -Office on West M &rrestreet; ss-U. I L" 0: JEPPERIES, Altomtj at Ui ana notary rnouc, ! OAFFNEY CITY, S. C. SHtACTICFs i alUlie Courts. Prompt i attention given to business. Cor r --p iidence solicited. . r. , Oflftee in City Hotel t-" t T. E. JUSTICE, : ATTORNEY AT LAW, j.Y i:t'.U. ESTATtf AGENT, ! IIUTHEKI OKUTOK, J?. C. iO PECI ATttenfion siven to collections IIs of all kins, and to the sale andpur L ,i p ami reutiuk of Ileal Estate, and the tvebticatiou of and pjeparation oi nues, ortnajje, &c. if.' Uillcte at court house, in County Treas- pr. VI(3T(R )IcBRAYER, SHELBY, N; C, . .. , l : rFyRS his n.fcssional services to i.. ,rvi nf shciovana surrounams A. lr- lltr.fPUl OIU UUIIU- j A. HAERILL, D. D. 8., ! SHELBY, N. C. LL-of Dental work ,in nrst-clas style, Has every modern convenience to taciu- ate good work, i renect saussiaciiuu guai- r- Office up I aUirs over McBrayer b JD "ug Store. IV I. SEI&1EE. I Dentist, SHELBY; N. TVwnwafiillv announces to the citizens f Shelby and surroanding country that be can be lound at nis pmce aany, wiiwe lie n il! attend to all operations oi nis pro-dK-ui Beinsr a eraduate and. with a rrctuP at i2 vears he feels warranted in paying tnai ail worn. : win ue mumikwiuji ... . , i 1 1 i :..r t 'lie. Uenerai ana local ansesuieuus usw n extracting teeth. 1; i : office over Fulenwider's Store. a7-tf Boot-and Shoe Maker, SHELBY, N. C. ' -1 4 H lOTOT? WORK a BDeclaltv. Best mate- 11 rial used. Prices reasonable. lSatisfactipfa guaranteed. 52-iy.J H. P. IcPHEESOH, ' -- .IV--. IjV , . - Cotton Buyer, TT1S RETURNED to Shelby and is JLL offering the farmers the highest Market nrice for cotton. See him before rou sell. Office at) Beetle & Martin', (A. B. SutUe's old stand.) 41-tt J. B. BEAL, masufaotp'rkr of . TOORS. SABHJ BLINDS. MUULU J ings, Suir-railing, Newel-postg, Bal usters, Ura meta, etc, . 20-6m. , i Gastonia. N. C, HOTELS. Commercial Hotel, i SHELBY, N. C, J. W: CLARKE, Proprietor. fpiIE best furnished and beat kept Hotel I J i in the Western "part of the State. Per fwt satisfaction guaranteed. Public pat ronage solicited. . -i ; ... ' j A.t the beginning pf the year the Com- inerchd changed hands, and with the new 'Management the house has Seen refitted and furnished ; anew. No effort will be apared to maintain its well-deseired rep utation. Kooms newly carpeted ana neai- It Turnished."TBest servant attendance, .Table fare first-class. - ; . noiiy GUTHEIE HOUSE. flIIE undersiened has taken charee of I the above named house and will en !ieavor to keep his tablesupplied with the ibext this market affords, and will spare no pains in making his guests comfortable. Hates reasonable. W.S. GUTHRIE, 36-tr. 11 ' Proprietor Grover. Hotel, . GRfJvER. N. C.f (IxAAu Inovn a Whitaler, S. G.,) B. F. Wood, Proprietor. ;- ' ',' ' . 1 '': ' ' ' ' .' : ' ' 1M1IS HOUSE, under the new manage 1 mcnt, is fnrnished with new spring oeds and mattresseB, and good tabic, and Livery Stable attached. rr 42-tf. THE AIR LINE HOTEL, Black's, S. C. IS ONE of the Neatest, Clearest ,and Best kept hotels in the State. . HTCareful attention at all times. , . - MrsM. E. BLAjyrONrO ' d tJ . 4a tr.- L v; !.'! Ht it- . M V TIIK niBTII OF 1NHII.C When love was anovlcealong time azo. Deck'd out by mamma with a quiver and Dow. f .-. , . He used thj?m aa playthings, and threw out Ins darts. ; At doves and at sparrows, and thought riot of hearts.- But shooting at random 5s dangerous Play. . . A fair nymph was struck by an arrow one . day : And Cupid, who then was not so harden'd in emit. Turned pale at the sight of the blood he had spilt. OU! what can I d for my pretty young maid? I'll be your physician," the penitent said: 'Coaie, tell me your Aymptonis.'' Alas'." she replied, v v t "A fluttering pule-and a pain in my And a feverish fe'ding when Damon is niirh.i ; ' And a pang when ho- leaves me, I cannot tell w liv : Oh t cure me, r t-lnot Damon alao; I'm sure ! If he shared my feelings I'd ask for no . cure." . No, no, yon shall shoot him yourself," he replied "I'll give you my weapon and fight on your side ; i .. r i rcDare- vour artillery, this way he went. I pee hid, we'll wound him, make ready, present. Ill send a new light to your eye, and give birth, Jo a mingled expression, half archness, half mirth: , I'll show" him your teeth when your lit- - tie mouth speafcs, . And place a small dimple in one of your Cheeks.", i These, charms in succession were fruit lessly tried : The vouth felt no feVer, no pnin in hia side.' : "Now use all your arrows at ouce," cried the child : She did so, and Damon was hers, for she sinild ! "Delishtful ! delightful T said Cupid.-I've found A charni ol all others most certain to wound : Though feyes,feeth and dimples may fail for awhile. Combine them, and call the bright weapon a smile P Old Poem- "Out of the Common." And the sunlight danced in at th window, and turned her hair to sinn ing gold ; touched the crisp gray locks of John Rogers, and made a friendly circle of light and warmth about the pair. ' -J - :' "1 could uot go against mamma s wishes, you know," the joung lady said gently, playing with the ring on her left liand. ' "She has had a long talk with me this morning, and though I knew she disapproved of our engage ment. I never realized before how her heart was set against it." "And you do not think by patient waitiDer-rby proving how earnest we are " v "No, John.., Mother cannot look on it as we do ; she realizes all the disad vantages and none of the hopes that we have! built on ; and then " the young lady glanced down once at her deltcata hands before she ; continued 'would it be quite fair, John, for me to wait, and let all other opportunities glide by, and grow old and sad while I waited f" - ''-". John started. There was so much caution suggested in the words. No doubt she was .; but repeating tbepi after her toother, but they fell chil lingly on his eais from those young "It istrue, Maud," he answeml, while a look of pain lingered on his face. ?You shall not let other chances of happiness' slip by becauj-a vou ate bound to me. ! It is not the love thouehf vou' eave me a love which trusts and hopes in patient faithful ness. tarn no; longer yeung, dear, but I have risked much on thi dream of love coming late in life, but coming for the ! first time, Maud, and" his voiee broke "staying with me al ways.7', " ' . - . , : He rose and turned partly away from her, quite still, leaning his arras on the mantelpiece. Maud Branson rose, too, and eame toward him, her delicate, beautiful faee full of concern. There was nothing about John Rogers to at tract notice. He was a very plain man, no longer young : ' but he had' at least some charm of mind or soul which had won the love of a very beautiful woman1. Her dress clung in' gracef ul folds tb her slender figure, .a fillet of blue bound the; golden hair, which wa eoiled hi classic simplicity about ber head, .i He turned and looked at her, taking in all the details of the picture ; then he put his head dowr. dejectedly on his erossed arms. I Mand extended one hand, appeal ingly. i f John, you will take it T" "Yes, jiaud"-he answeted, drawinjg his breath hard. "I take it and re nounce it. 7 tie patted the soft sur face once or twice, thoughtfully, "'AT that came with it, and all that goes with it, Maud, good-bye.' There was such a noble sadness in his face that it touched : her. The proud head bent lower, until it rested on John Rogers's shoulder. ! She raised herselt with met, still wet , w rorhl . can' give jost whaf we want." : No; dear. ' What la itf? -'"Yourring' ? v ; : He took the pretty sapphire ring he hicl placed on Tier hand one day with only half -realized rapture, and slip ped it in his vest pocket. It was worth less now. . . And so John Rogers left the house and threaded his way down through the busy streets. The sunlight still danced over him warm and beautiful, kissing his grave face, his hair, hia hands. r - . V "And let all other opportunities glide by," he i repeated the words to himself, ruefully. "It's not the old fashioned love : not the love I used. to dream of when I was a boy. Perhaps there isn't any nowadays." He looked very tired as he ran up the. steps and rang at the door of his boarding-house. Clarice notieed it, his landlady's daughter. ' - "You look tired. Mr. Rogers," looking up from her work, and speak ing through the open door. He smiled, wearily. "Do I! Atd what are you doiug. Clarice! Still sewing for those hard ened little 'wretches t" 4 "Yes; isn't this a big hole , I am darning f Boys do wear out their clothes so fast. You are home early rom the office' ' 'Yes, I had an engagement at 3 o'clock, and did not care to go baek. May I come in and hare a chat with yout" . I "Oh, yes, if you care to," with her quick smile, a smile which her eyes belied, and which always seeped to John "made to order." She-? pulled forward a chair vithout rising', and went on with her darning again. , "I sit in herw because it's eool, and I always do my sewing afternoons ; in the mornings there is housework." It : wa : a shabby little parlor, sel dom used, by the boarders, who were principally gentlemen, and spent their evenxnffs out, if not in their own looms. A few tawdry decorations only en- banced the shabbiness of the thread bare carpet, dirty walls and ajncient ace curtaina. - "Do you never , have any amuse ments, Clarice f" asked John, trying to forget his own wretchedness by interesting himself in some one else. Amusements f" she repeated, push ing the curls off her forehead in a puz zled way. "Oh, yes ; there is a Mr. Jones ; be plays the piano ; and onee Mr. Aikens,the elocution teacher, read a piece, and all the boarders came in," John smiled, eyeing the little maiden pityingly as she stitched away. She ooked up suddenly and caught : bis ye.! - "We did not always keep boarders' she said,, proudly, reading something there she did not like. "When I was at school we were well on ana bad a nice house : ' but mamma is a: widow with eight children, you know, and have to help her about the work.!' 'I know,!' sid John, kindly, look- mg at little Clarice witn so much sympathy that she quite warmed to ward hitr,md eontinued confidentially "Once I had a beautiful time that was a good while ago a girl I knew at school hunted me up, wrote to me and invited me to visit her. It . was in Philadelphia." "An l did you go I" "Ah, yes", and it was a beautiful time !" Then, her face falling, "bat 1 bad to come home. It was all over in thiaj months." ' : ,. ; ."ATi, that was hard," sympathet ieally, ' i. - - rYes,it was, Mr. Rogers," taking np another iacket and beginning on a new hole.; "For they were rich, you know, and it was quite like old times their nice' house and all and then to come baek here the noUe and the children, and clearing up the rooms it seemed worse after that. But' perhaps I shouldn' t have minded if it hadn't been for there; was something worse than all that," continued Clarice, working hard at the ' jacket with crimson cheeks. :f' "" ; : 1 11 ill juu icii uic iuuui 11 1 ssini 1TT7M1 : tty 1 1 John Roger, very kindly, his honest grey eyes softening. "Itdoesonegood sometimes to tell one's troubles, and I am so much older than you.". Clarice looked up, quite gratified at this unexpected sympathy. 'I "I will tell you, Mr. Rogers. ' It was when I was in Philadelphia that I met Harris Harris Bell and I was so dif ferent there, at the parties I went to with Fannie, that he thought V was pretty, and told me so, and said that he loved me, and wanted roe to ' be hi$ wife. ? I had a pretty white di ess, you know;" timidly, and glancing, blush ingly dowu at her present faded calico, "and wore L flowers and you can scarcely understand it." 1 "Yes, I can understand it," said John, noting the light in the brown eyes and. the newly-acquired color. "Tell me the rest, Clarice." V ; rti'And we were engaged and I could scarcely believe it but I was ; very happy. ' j He ' was such" handsome gentleman, too, and so aiiatocractie, and t did! not mind the boarders, or anything,' when I thought about Har ris.' So at last he same here to see me and he saw mamma and the. chil dren, the house and the boarders, and t can't tell you how it was; but he was different He didn't tell me he had changed, but he was restless, and it worried him, and I saw he' eared. I am proud, Mr. Rogers, though we are poor now, and I broH it ; a,H up. Jt wasn't the love I had dreamed of. I had read a great many novels, and thought life was a fairy tale and love was beautiful. I always used to bink, 'When some one comes to love me. I'll never be sad or -vexed nny more and ! Harris seemed to me all I had wished for until I saw the house and the. boarders fretted him. For I had dreamed of a love that would be out of the common, and that when I-went away with my lover I thought I, too, would be better, just as he wished rae to be. So I told him, Mr. Rogers, ifj was all over, and he said perhaps we wete not fitted to make each other hap py. And then he went away, ana tne work and the noise and the boarders fretted me as they had never done be? fore. For somehow, although I could not love him as much for treating me so, the thought about ! him and the dreams about him weie all gone and I missed him so." Poor child !" said Johnr. tenderly. But it' all my own fault, Mr. Rogers. I ex peat ed too much. There is no . such love as I have di earned about, and mother says I did very wrong to break it off. She- was very ... , .1 angry with me; but l Knew tuese things would always fret him, and I could not bear it." "Clarice, would it help you any to kuow that I, too, have suffered as you have suffered f" asked Jphu, for two shining tears had dropped on his jack et. "I, too, dreamed of love, and I found a woman whom I believed had given me that love ; but because her parents found iu me only a plain, poor man, no longer young, she gave me up. She gave up faith and trust and hope because she had not that real love which you describe." ', He stopped speaking. He had for gotten the little girl in her calico gown, and was gazing abstractedly out of the window, hard lines of regret and passionate despair written on his face. Suddenly he- felt a little, warm, soft hand laid gently on his, and Clarice said : "Mr. Rogers, 1 am so sorry." He wrung the little working hand, and then he rose and wento his room and gave way to his new sorrow. Clarice folded her sewing and put it away ; but it comforted her as sue went about her evening duties that Mr. Rogers had listened to her st:ry, and to know that he, too, had missed the love he dreamed of. Chapter II. i Several months had passed away. John Rogers had often found his way into the shabby little parlor and chat ted with Clarice. Once he had found a buucb of flowers on his bureau, and no room in the house was such a model of order. ..One day, as he sauntered into the parlor toward dusk, hoping that his little frieud would come there with her basket of mending and it awhile, he heard the rustle of feminine garments, and looking up saw that his landlady stood before nim. Airs.: Dean was a woman who prided herself on her former dignity. She wore a very long and dusty alpnea. It being no longer within , her limits' to trail silk, she t. ailed alpaca. ; Some persons are of this' mould. Her hands, which she folded majestically, were very grimy. Rogers remembered with pleasure that Clarice was always neat. . "Mr. Royers," begau the lady with unusual dignity, "pray be seated. I have notieed for some time past that yon have frequently of evenings found your way into my parlor, and passed the time in conversation with my daughter Clarice. I should not speak of the circumstance had not events which have already come to pass tangltt me to 00 guarded. - valance is no longer a child, she is a woman with all woman's readiness to love pathetically. Yon, though not a young man, aie a bachelor, and I ask yon,, as a mother, to spare my daughter's feelings. As I said before, I should not have spoken of this had not a cir cumstance which bad transpired this morniug led me to believe it was my duty, ray most urgent ( duty. My daughter is in the habit of assisting with the housework, in cleaning and putting in order the rooms of my gen tlemen boarders. Thfs morning I entered your room, expecting to find Clarice dusting dusting with all the light-heartedness Inspired by, a well- fulfilled duty," eontinued Mrs. . Doau, waxing eloquent. . "Imagine my con sternation when I found her kneeling by the bedside, her face pressed against the pillows, in tears. She sprang up and tried to hide her agitation. But Mr. Rogers I am a widow with eight children and a lame houseful of boarders. I cannot have you-. trifle with the feelings f my daughter. - If you are iu earnest, you must Resist." And the lady applied a handkerchief to her eyes. , . - : It is said bo nome people thafpoverty is dejrrading. It had certainly proved so with Mrs. Dean.- " ' " .4 . "Madam," said John Rogers, with dignity, rising and laying his hand, on the chair, "if I had not already learned to love your daughter this tale might work upon my sympathies and appeal to rcy honor, but it eould never make words of love pass from my lips that my heart eould not echo. I cannot applaud your course in revealing your daughter's emotiou, and . which she! would no doubt bittt rly regret. I love Clarice ; she stole into my heart when it was sore and bleeding ; and iMbave awakened any response I am a hap pier and ' more honored 1 man than I had believed." ' V He bowed with the ' gentle courtesy which John Rogers always, used, towards women, and passed out of the room, leaving Mrs, Dean very much releived, but somewhat humiliated. ' Johu entered bis room and shut the door. , He struck a light and turned on the gas, pulled down the shade and stood irresolute. Like one in a dream he went to the bedside ami laid his hand against the pillow. It was slightly damp. He sank down in a chair and covered ; his face with , his hands. F01 a long time he sat there,; motionless; then he arose, took out; his eveaing-: newspaper, and lit his; cigar as usual. ' " ! ( . j ; : It was a calm June afternoon. j ; "John," said Clarice, touching his arm with a certain timidity she had never quite outgrown, "life is a fairy tale, and love is beautiful, only it comes in a different way." j '.-"And . this is the love . we have dreamed of." And John Rogers looked into the dewy brown eyes of the little girl in the calico gown, and putting his arm around her waist pressed her elose to his heart., And the sunlight danced in at the window and touched the sweet lips learning to smile with heart's content; and the grave, fond face of John Rogers. And it folded them in its embrace, warm and beautiful, bright and golden and it glorified even the shabby little boarding-house parlor, and lifted it "out of San Francisco Call. ; the common. Joel Chandler llnrrla. The author ot the famous "Uncle Remus" tales was born in middle Georgia In 1848. His early education was received at the printer's case iin a country newspaper office, and qere j be laid the foundation for his future car reer as a journalist. " The writing of his folk-lore tales and other stories- of Southern- Hfehas been ineidentall.to his other work, 01 J to quote his own words, "as a sort of recreation and re lief from the pressure and grind o& editorial writing." Mr. Harris resides in a pleasant and comfortable home in West End, a suburb of Atlanta, Ga., where he enjoys the companionship of his wife and family of six children; w,ho absorb most of his thoughts and and attention.. Although .having large and inviting study in the upper part of his house,! the author -never occupies it when engaged in his Hter- , TT . ll !iLAii! ary worx. nis scones are an wnuep at night after his family has retired. and until the early hours of the morn iri"g the family sitting-room is tempor arily transformed into a library; Daring the day jMr. Harris devotes himself to his duties as editorial writer for the1 Atlanta Constitution, with which oaDer he is permanently con, a ;- nected. A Southerner bv birth and residence, he shares.none of the pre judices commonly attributed to Soutlv ern men, but is fond, in private con versation, of oalling himself an Amer ican, and is an enthusiastic admirer of t Im career and character of Abraham Lincoln. The Book Buyer, r Alt Tliltis; Bs Healthy. A" man's hapiness depimds on his health. "Health," said Somonides, "is best for mortal man ; next beautj; thirdly ell gotten wealth; fourthly, A. 1 1 ....... f ,4rvtlfK o rii All M tiTl I J ' ine pieasiiipa"!. wum.uvuinvm.ij Empedocles, we are told, was wo ed as a erod by the people of helm lis for havinj, delivered them from pes tilence by draining a marsh ; apd coin is said to .have been strnc in his honor, representing the philosopher m the aet of Staying the hand of Phcebus Few, however, perhaps realize how much it is under our own control. We all know that we can make our selves ill, and we can also do much to keep ourselves well. 1 well-known proverb tells us that at 40 every one is either a fool or a physician, j Unfortunately however, many persons are invalids at 40, as well " as physicians. Yet the requisites of health are plain enough regular habits nailyexercise, person al cleanliness, simple diet,; and nioder atiori in eating, as well a in drinking. will keep most people well. , Dyspep sia foi instance, from which so mahy suffer, is in nine cases out of ten persou's own fault; it- is. strong evi Aenre of too little , exercise and too much food. Sir - John. JmMocI. ; V Hew tf be Happy The way to get i up a -boom fori enuntrv is to make peop'e eontented who come and settle in it. Folks cala' be hatipy without - letting other folk know. Same way about being miser able. -"" - ' V;';r;.;. . 1. y y ' , - '..M.- ""v.... Z'.. .-. i r.vf - , Some days ago an . advertisehant for a lost child 4 was puonsnea i in. Florida paper, and the next morning an alligator dragged himself up to the house of the bereaved . parents and nis?orered the remains of the child. sWho says advertising doesn't pay , "UO.MU HA." Mw th Chinese New York City celebrated tbrlr New Year Day. W! ; , . V j V .';r.:-V The (ihiuauaan's Ne w Year began on Sunday morning a w4ek ago at one o'clock; and with the stroke of the hour fire, (Crackers snapped hierrily in Mott street, andfit founded as if the Fourth of jJnlj hadt lostj-it reckoning and jnmpeti intojNew lYWk with powder and smfoke a the wrong season- of the year, when all 'the? available liniment an bandages- were being nsed on ; to boggan victims instead or those suffer ing from prematura explosions. The snapping and cracking kept up or t we hours, and; then the Chinamen who were on ithe astreets returned to their homes to prepare to receive visit ors;,; There was much; to be done : ta bles had to be prepared for callers, poetry had to be riostd up and long New .Year's; cards written. Sunday morning's displayj o; . fitewoiks was nothing compaiedf to' what will take plape ;one , day tlfis veek. The fire crackers exploded oil that moraine formed simply an opening salute. Wljen; the real explosion takes place it wil be something worth seeing and hearing. A permit will be issued in a few days, arid then the new year will receive a proper j welcome, The fire crackers are; all ready, and one pack L -VV i. V . now Kioreo in a iviott street store con tains J00,000 crackersand another 75, OOOi JThere are nlent of small Daeks with only from 10,000to 25,000 crack ers in them, and .thete are hundreds made up of 500 crackers, so .arranged that they will -explodd simultanaously. 1 wiip ue a great racKJei. ! Alls the houses; and stores in New York occupied by Chihamen are. hand somely decorateti' wilji pictures, flow em ana pastry, xna nrst thing one sees dn entering ope of the many stores in jM(jtt street is a Jong table filled with dainties such as are only seen on a Chinaman's table 015 a state occasion n ithe centre of the table is an earthen jar. oiled with smouldering sandal woodl the vapor of I wbieh fills the room with a f ragjant peif ume. To the ummiated this pejrf ume is at first slight- y strong and obnoxious, but as one be comes accustomed to it h arrows ike the odor, and if he is adventurous he will have some of, the chips in his pojeket when he ueaves. Around the satdal Wood are grouped the dainties. Nuts; including the palatable and fa mona lie gee nutj preserved fruits,can- aiea water; meion ana citron seeas, rice eandy,jpuffy and light as a flake of I suow, preservied watermelon rinds; cake with unmentionable names and delicious interiors, creams that would melt if looked at, wines of all colors aiid flavors, the great lienor soo trow, funny little, orariges that grew and ri pened on trees in the Flowery Kingdom, mysterious! little jars of potted and spiced meats, in Uhich the edible pup pj isprominent,?and which is one of the greatest luxuries it, ever falls to the good fortune of an American to run I across, manufactured oranges, which, when broken, disclose four quarters of confectionery, and fruit audi cigars and cigarettes.. : if you want opium there's a bunk in the next room all ready t be ocenpied. jAs early as 6 j'elock tho calling be gan. ' the Baaow-raced disciples of Cpnf nciusiwere Jo be seen everywhere dressed, in their ibest. Snugly - packed away in ope corner of their big sleeves were packs of Nsew Year's cards; They are jlong ptnsps or red paper, some tout by ten inches, and Others six by fifteen inches, folded four' times. - On oneJ side is stamped the name of ! the cilfer and "A I Happy New Year. Ariped only with a dozen or soof these cards and. an enormous appetite, thie caller starts ou his way rejoicing, and when at last he seeks the seclusion of his) own jhome? ho is rejoieiug yet When he enters a place the Chinaman solemnly pulls out a card and lays it on a! table among a; number of others and tikes one of the receiver's cards. Then he gravely clasps his hand and gar gles, "Gong ha1M That means "Hap py j New Year .". The Chinaman, who is receiving- the calls, as gravely clasps his hands, and then he smiles; and says, "Gong hay fatchou,,' which means, "Happy j New Year and may brosperity lintrei with vou." . i. ; V,;..- I Then the caller takes a dainty eup 61 tea(a little wirre and some . fruits.' He sits a moment and chats, takes up' !hs hajt and thecal! .is over-, jv - 1 1 N- The Chinese ar&Tery hospitable, and are very; eiaa to receive cans irom Americans on their NewvYear's Day, ipd treaj themg exee4ihgly ,weJL' ! Two young, ladies teAlled, at No, 1& Mott street on V Sunday.. . They ; said i they were Brooklyn girls,, and .wanted to see if the j Chinese celebrated JNew Year's Day any differently from Amer h3ans, , DrV Wirrf ,S. -.pharles, a very mjtelligent anil gentlemanly j young China roan, explained e verything to the ladies, and they, sampled all the. dain ties. When, tHcy went away t the host handed them each a neatly done np parcel, which contained incense stieks ana a nine wi an ue uuiciiwo, e ikes aid fruits on the tables. i At toe club house in Chatham square the decorations were rich and elabor ate. A huge; picture, Ga Kwun, the Chinese Santa Claus, and bis reimleer. Ka Lon, occupied one side of the room, while on the opposite wall was! sus pended a portrait of Quong Gong, the George Washington ot China... ' : Hv, f At No. 18 Mott street, the head ters of the Chinese; Theodore : Thomas music, sweet to. the Celestial ear and fascinating to the American, was play ed all day Jong;- There were eighteen members of! the band, and - their, com uined efforts produced music thar-lpv ers of WagBM would go crazy ever. A big'brassigong, suspended fromthe eiling, was banged . very onoe, in a while. . Experts sawed thedne-strineed fiddle and trummed the two-string ban-. jo ; drummers tapped the kettle drums, and a vocal artist began to sing a song in a shrill . falsetto i roioe v The sonar. which is oue . of thanksgiving, has. in. the neighborhood Of ' 110 verses' in , it and as each verse occupies about five minutes, thie song will not be finished much before the New Year festivities, which will occupy three days. During that time no business will be done, the whole time being devoted to entertain ing the beginning of the thirteenth year of the reign of the Emperor , of ,hina, Qnotig SoL-iF York Star,, t:; rhe loyalty r Old Nlaves- A rare instance of the fidelity of two colored men to their former master has just come tb public attention in Wil kinson Coiinty. Before the war one of the proudest slave-owners in that section was Col. Downing. . He was the owner bf large tracts of laud as well as of a nuuibei of slaves. When the troubles of 1860 came on . he was the rankest secessionist in the country. The struggle left hira land poor ( ! acre by acre he sold it off, being unable to square himself with the new order of things. At last, when all his land was gone and; his family, dead, he : was afflicted with blindness and . was in danger of being put in the county poor house. j . !- "They must not do that with old master," said Joe Downing. ; Joe and his brother Peter were the slaves of Col. Downing before the war and al ways went uuder his name, While their old master was going down in the world,, these two colored umenj were hard , at work and saving money. They purchased 150 acres of rich land, built thereon a comfortable house, ac cumulated live stock and farming im plements I and. had good credit j at the bank here. To this home they took their old master, installed him in the best rooms and compelled all the people around to treat him with the ut most respect. Lately Col. , Downing has been fearing that his death was approaching and seemed to be fearful tnat ne magnt oe buried as a. pauper x To ease hiis mind on this matter, . the brothers have just deposited . in. bank here $100; to be held until the old man's death, with which to pay all Jnneral expenses From tlte' MiUedgeeille (ffa.) Chronicle . ' , .. , j , y . I'risrbt Made If uii Heneat. A curious story is told ' of . Judge Bleckley. A short time ago,; as "the story goes, a negro man-servant stole one of the Judge's shirts. t. The Judce suspected him, but ssiid'no.thing. The negro's fears were allayed and he had about forgotten the theft., , Oe morn ing while in his bath Judge Bleckley determined that the time , for action had corned He rang the, bell; for' the servant. VV lien the negro appeared, Judge Bleekly arose suddenly from the oatntuD ana quicKiy extenaing j ais long fingers, dripping with water, said in a voice of thunder.:, V :,j .. - is ' ",xou stole my shirt :f" . , v ; , : The negro dropped as though he had been shot and . remained , motionless upon the floor, ; Judge Bleckley 'got out of the bathtub, approached him, and found that he had fainted, and was then unoonscious. . , Applications -of hartshorn, revived the , negro and he confessed to the theft, -A few days afterwatd a peculiar, rhaJ dollar 'that Judge Bleckley had earned tar-,fthirty years and that had been , .lately Host, was mystersously restored to its acu-,' tomed place , Tbe J udge , wu , aiww no one o speak to, bun jtn ,A a I harjh voiee, and treats him with tender! con sideration himself, j jit is .oubtfol, however if he will ever .reeoye from the shock to bis .mental; and, nervona system, joccasipneq , wnen iu ,iu4je arose from the bath .and denounced him in t hundeious tone, !3 Since! answering the query ' relative to the' "longest Words;" ; we find l ttf&f the bid Inamrf' ' for cbrysophnniy 1 Ec'Id contains twenty-four lettert-'dioxyme- rhIanthraaain'one.' ' TberVis 'slso&fi instrument used for breaking the ' ossi fied calhisbr a' falsely united fracture wmcn Dears iuv name ol uyswurpuoK tebpalinklastes," wenty-sit ' v letters The impurity of cocaine called ecgonin is simpiy jJieinoxyeTnyiteirapuaropys idinecarbbxylie ' Acid," aiid y contains forty-six letters." ' Previous to tnis ' the' three following have been' 'considered the longest words in the English Ian guage i " - Methylethyephynylammoni- om twenty-five letters ; pbiscoynosco- phographicalities, twenty-nine letters anthropomorphitamanismiea I i at 1 9 n thirty-two letters. Baltimore Ameieau SOTJT3 CAROLINA NETS. WHAT OUR NEIGHBORS IX TH pXlMKT- W STATJS ARK YmTJS fWET 1 ll .A- IN. GEXERAL. 'If iTh? Po0"r Aanpojnted Ir. J. !. " R, Kennedy o bo, Probata. Ja4ge of Yorlcxrantytrt Ji r1 . V Mrl B: EvihSi a 'printer ' 6n the pto for84yBaTsi aitea fSr)artan burg on Friday, .!- jfcfstri.(. NCongressman D. Wyatt,. Aiken is ver and is behevedo be; dying at '.V. nis nomo in v;oKesbnrg Tha Reidville. Male burned last Tfletday.' J Aeademy was Lack ot pre- eaation the part of' pa pit the fireJ. nut tyttiBjijiMj-,p! i eansed r Greenwood township! Abbeville covin ty, has Voted a subscripition of $18,000 to the O'eoi'gia Carolina " ."North- , ern "Road. "Tot'voto" 18 j! 'mijority for subscription 285. '' ',' ' i ' he Rev. JLowrie Wilson; D. DI, pastor of J the Presbyterian . church at Abbeville has gone t Florida ?n; ac count of his health. He will be gone some time. . .-. . . r i. i. ... 1. A heavy freight ft&m. loaded feth corn,' fell through a trestle' neai Ilan- caster", on 1 Wednesdayjv 'One '.'.of the brakeman 'was ' crushed ' into ah un- recognizable'niass in the wreck. : The Winnsboro Ne says it is cut re"Uyt reported ; in Ihe Jenkinsville neighborhood of ;Fair.fild county that the management pf the. Columbia and, Gieenyiila railroad, intend. to .discon tinue the depot at Alston,.; The Rev. M.-A: 1 HeKibben-;1 f the Methodist' Episcopal Church' 'South, South Carolina Conference "'die'd on Sunday at Barnwell, of pneumonia. ' His "illness was' of 'short duration, he having attended his church last' Sun day He was 83 years of age.' A convict sentenced to the peniten tiary for life from Greenvjlle county attempted to escape lately by plunging into the river, having filed f,off his -irons ' He was seen "by Ti" guard ! who demanded ills return,' and he prudently obeyed wlfhouttahg'the nslt Tof n. ' shot, v'-;"!" ympt--!-r. V .. I--. V.;J fjS3orJ . The election of ''subscription" or 'no subscription" for tho railroad 5 iu - Cross Anchor township, was heldlast week; and resulted in ther success of "subscriptibn'J by thirtyfive majority. The. opponents of the road allegeirreg- nlarities, and hav: employed? Messrs. Nkholls &: Moore to contest tlief elec- tioniSpartabttrf Xrerayjih i-a id Bee EisonJ son of '.fcEini. of J onesville hahge'd 'himsertr last ' Veek. He had been jafflicted ! j In' 1)6dr for severaryears!iind it supposed ' that his mind had weaTtenedi.. He had been reading all the 'detaill oi the Ctuverius " - i . i- - trail and he"Vet into ft little store he was keeping ''and 1 tastened the doors and windows and "hanged trhaaelf to a rafter. t inki. i!ir :slf .Cl . rf t "J ft t'A A serious cutting occurred Monday ,!. afternoon "near- Batib'town, LSurens'!county, pefweeh ,fwo yonng white . men Luke. Armstrong, and Rufus Babb,, The affair was 1he out come of an old quarrel anqresiujed- in, Babb' s cutting Armstrong so seriously Lnat it is nof.nnuneiy ne wiu aie. j-t iitt i-U;i!i. J .lit 7iJflH J On tuir4y,,uexttbea39jW.f there will be.-, meeting. i at Edrgfield m . . . mm mi ..- . ot tn stoknoiora-ox tirf Augita, Edgefield and- Newberry; RaUroad. to consider-whetherr potvthey wUirJf ify the action of .President wMitehelft and the directors ot. the, road j in,., consoli dating with the .tAtlantic and. -Kort h western Road, of which WULiant Mun- ro, of. Union preidct- 11-. , V The extent 'of'thfl'cW'fantire . in Chester cuntityis shown by the amount; of provisions reserved -in .Chester dur ing the past three, weeks Iron., ;WeRt ern storehouses : feprfe C,000 a fesbels , rueal 1,000 buihels, flout tOOQ Mr- relay baa-7,00Q.-poiuidsrvwhisky 200 gallons. -ri Thetiamere get; their provisions and are, Ablest live, but theybuy . them on eredit, ; at S5 per eent. above the eash price t sl - , AhdeMohirUhV is ''deadr'IHA,sbury Wade'.'toWrea ;a. f o4indtaeacf !ri his bod'on last Thursdaf triorriing.1 He was,rsixJfeet ntne and ' ahalf 'tnehe high,1 thVtaliest maif ltn'f Anderson cotintyi Atl!th:!tiriief ot! his'dejith A'sbwas ' liviiig4 tm- ,Mr,,!RatSan Harrii tdanfationrin Sitafanali town- ftijf' HtW'hm slcVseverardayg, and nadt received" '' considerable' " Mten llonTroni'hbi: white neTghriff'Some of fh,em sit up with him at htghf vbtn his Colored friends were disposM to be nfoTectfom edhesday sck,iharn.,t They remald7. nniif after . mntgtiaa firidui thiVltnelrdpply of cnbpped WdSras'about exhinsted tneyieff: stATingfhkf1 Wef "wbnll re furn'' Urlyl'ne!r43fntng5JAtter day-" light" 'on.'ThursclaV mornihg Asbhry 'WtSmWW&eWMW'titi1 hkU wlwiifeg . with "a ' miserable, quilt around her, endeavoring to keep from freezing. It is said, that the ' woman actually took tffe,1 quilt off 'her ' dying husband to shield herself irom the.' merciless eold. - VI: mght, of last Sreek,1 fonr Strive yonng neCTO boVs were left in'naree1 of the i
New Era (Shelby, N.C.)
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Feb. 2, 1887, edition 1
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