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VOK. 3; NO. 3. SHELBY, N. 0., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1887. i J Single Copy, Piye Cents. 91.50 A YEAR. ROIfESS'ONAL CARDS.' Ri 1K-BRATEK. R. L. BYBURN. ph-BRAYER & RYBURN; f ' Atiorneys at Law, SHELBY. N. C. . -, 1 YE prompt attention to all business J entrusted to tbem.i; - ' , jr,Oft"icfc Sii Commercial hoteU . , i r-tf .5 H. OABAffISS, , ATTORNEY AT LAW And United Stales Commissioner, SHELBY, n. c. 'V- -Hi 1 1 rCT!CKS in ithe courts of Clerve- l hind na ivmi:enora counties ( , -OfKr-e aii West Warren street. 28-tf. : J...G. JEEFERIES, titowf? it Lai md Sotiry Public, OAFFNET CITY, S. C. VACTlCKiin allthe Courts. Prompt R ..tfontinn mven to business. Cor- re-iuhnce solicited.; . -' ' '13F Office in City Utel; ; . l-tf B. JUSTICE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, JO ) j HtLi L Kii TA TE 4 OKNT, ' . I'l TtiEKIOltUTOS, N. C , ;T PlK'LVL attention iriveft to. collections N .faJI kin-1?, and to the sale and pur .'.' 9 ml rntinsr of Heal Estateand the vwtiatU'ii f .ii:d preparation of -TitlM, J onaasrw. etc. i .. 4 - . .trice at eonrt hone, in County -Treas- ;,r. VICTOR jMcBRAYER, SHlLBY; N.:C, --vYTvKS' hi? pris'essional senrices to "V J tK.-pe.MlcotbIielbyanUsurrounaing f -.Antnv J)raee m 01a rosunucc ouu ,K A, 11ARRILL, D. D. S., Ts- IMiEl'ARED TO DO ALL. KINDS J ..! IKotaJ work jj in first-class style. J ia rttrv .modern convenience to tacin dai.. sfid work. ; .Perfect satisfaction guar J Jurtice up stairs over McBrayer8 t irlisj Store. - : ,1 i- ; ' ' ; 1 Dentist, j SHELBY, N. C. TlespectfuHy announces to the citizens of Shelby and surrounding country that be-can be found at his office daily, where he will attend to all operations of his pro fefsio.. Being a graduate and, with a practice of i2 years he feels warranted in saying that all work will be satisfactorily done. General and local anaesthetics used in exiracHns xeein.r - Offiee over Fulenwiders btore. 27-tf T. L. HY5DMA1T, Coot and Shoe Maker, 1 SHELBY) N. C. V . f -: INE WORK! a Specialty. Best mate rial used. ince reasonaoie. tSffSatisfartion guaranteed. ' 5a-ly. H. P. HcPHEESON, i Cotton. Buyer, HAS RE1TJUNED to Shelby and is offering theifertntra the highest market pnee lor coiioiu tc uwu you sell. Office at Bostic Ss Martin s, j(A. B. Suttle's old stand.) :' :' 4l-t J. B. BEAL, I'; MASUFArTTRKB 'or pvOORS. &ASU, BLLN LK, MOUiil D ings, Stair-tailing Newel-posts, Ba.t tistera, Bra ikets, etc., . I 20-6m - I i Oastonia, N. C. HOTELS. ; Commercial Hotel, SHELBY, N. Ci, ' 4. W. CLARKE, Proprietor. fPIlE best furnished and best kept Hotel J in the Westarn part of the State. ier ifeo Katisfaetion guaranteed. Public pat- irTage solicited, i F :: r - v I tthhp(rinnin?of the vear the Com mercial changed hands, and. with the new management the house has been refitted and furnished anew. No effort will be Snared to maintain its well-deserved rep utation. Rooms jjewly carpeted and neat Uy furnished. Best servant anenaance. .Table fare first-class. , - . : fnoi iy I GUTHBIE HOUSE. i'XIIE undersigned has taken, charge of ; J i the above named . nouse ana wm en ideavor to keep his table supplied with the itiert this market affords, and will spare ap i pains in maiung 111s guesuj tuiuiunom. J.. Hates reasonable. W;S. GUTHRIE, Proprietor 6-tf. Gro ver ; Hotel, - G ROVER, N. C. ! TAitdyhunen - Wlntaker 6. C.,) B. F. Wood,' Proprietor. -'II :i -, .-. ..' r ' rpIIIS HOUSE, under the new manage JL ment, is fnrnished with new spring oed and mattresses, and good tabic, and uvery stable attached. 42-u. T THE AIR LINE HOTEL ! Black's, s. c, . ; IS ONE of the Neatest, Cleanest "and Best kept hotels in the State. ' 1 arCareful attention, at all times. j 1 - - - Mrs. M. E, BLANTON,. . r r .Proprietress 2tf. EMPTY Sm. A grave old man And maiden fair ; .Walked together at early mom ; The thrushers up in the clear cold air Sang to the farmer planting his corn. And,oh,hoy sweet was the fresh-turned "mound! And, oh, how fair were the budding ". trees ! v - . -., ' For daisy 's silver and daffodil' gold J Were loll of the happy h mey-bees, "AJi, look! there's an empty neet," she -"r-'saidT - , "And f wonder ' where sing the-last year's birds?" ' . . - Then the old man qniekjy raised hi head, Though scarcely he noted her. musing J words; - . ' He tore the rest fn-m the swayinglree," He flung to the winds its moss and hay, And said; "When an empty neet you see, Be sure that yon throw it far r.way." . But why P' she aked, with a sorrowing - - face : , 0 "Why-may not the pretty home abide" Because," hean-wrred,v twill.be aplace " In which the worm and slug will hide. Last"yeaV 'twas fair enough in ts way f It was full of love, and merry with song; But day that are gone must not spoil "S today,l;f -'" Nor dead joyi do the living joys wrong." The maiden heard with a thoughtful face ! Her rim false love had gone far away And sh4 thought, is my heart become a i place -r ' f'- -': For anger and grief arid hate to say ? Down, heart, with thy sad. forsaken nest ! Fling. far tliy selfish and idle pain; rThe love that i ours is always the best And sh& went with a smile to her -work again. Mary ArrJ!arr, in Harper's Magazine. - 1 . A BBI&HT FACE. ;.J:;.j.:yj.:..;: ."4:J; x My-name is Henry webson. 1 am uot ashamed of the name, even though it was disgraced. My parents came fo Arkansas while I wa very young. - My father ' bating the idea of ever living in a toiwn, -settlel in the wilderness, whers, after several years of toil, he succeeded hi 'opeuin up one of the best farms in the state. Being educated and fefined, my parent were the lead era of (ur neighborhood society, and so familar dii our name become that we were known far and wide.!' Just about the time I attained my nineteenth year, my parent were taken ill of a disease which -was at that time spreading over the eojiutry, and in spite of the o3st medical attention .thatT could - bo pro curedsthey died, "both ou the same day. As I as the only child, the proparty. of course,;came into ! mr possession. Well, Stls unnecessary to dwell upon this part of my eventful M-tory, so I will ingoring several years " proceed to relate a painful experience ' One! day our neighborhood was shocketl by the discovery that a Mr. Mapleson, one of thetmost prominent men in the community, had been mur dered! . I was particularly shocked for, during the evening before the murder, Mr. Mapleson and I had stroled - to gether through the woods ; jind start ling to contemplate, he was found near a certain old house where -we had separated." The next day after the body was found I was arrested, charged with the crime, and, after an examination before a justice of the peace, I was re manded to jail to await the action of the grand jury. ; It would b id vain to attempt a description of my embar rassmentof my indignation. Not be fore J I saw myself surrounded by, ironbars did I realize my awfnl situa tion. .What stnng me most was tliat a man named Evans a man whom I well knew and who bote the reputation of, being 4 gentleman swore that he saw me strike Mr. Mapleson ' near, the old house, but, supposing that we were playing with each other, he paid no attention to th affair, but that in hor ror he soon afterward discovered .that Mapleson had been stabbed. . : He did not top' at this he produced a .knife, which he and several other men had seen- lying near the murdered man a knife bearing the initials of my name The grand jury found an indictment against me, and I was arranged before the ireuit court. " I sold my'farm and employed able counsel, experienced lawyers, who did everything they could for me, but after a tedious trail 1 was sentenced to be hanged. ; A . more miserable, utterly disconsolate being never sat in a eell, waiting to be choked to death. Preachers cam and prayed for roe, but my mind was so distraught thai; I could not fix it upon death. Que preacher, "a . venerable old man, praticnlarly impressed me. ; - - 0, Mr. Debson," said he, "ask the Giver of all good to forgive your sins. Only a few more days now and -you will. stand at the bar of God. Let me beseech you not to throw y&ur time away. ! You have friends, in, heaven, pray for the glorious privilege of meeting them. Do not think 'of the tortures of death, but think of the sub lime life bej;ond the grave? "I am not guilty, Mr. Gray." . - - u0, young man, do not hold v out ia such -obstinacy , v Do notI beg.'of you, I implore yoTi, do - noi, 'perish , with falsehood on your.lips.! '.' - "I tell no falsehood when ! ow that I am innocent." ' " V,v 4--V"Mr. DebsoB, you need, not hope toT exocalive clemency. " xou," are . very AW young but the governor has refused to do anything in-your behalf." L - j "Whatido you want me' to do, Mr. Gray." ; . ! "Acknowledge yourerime and pray God for pardon." " ! . j- j "I have committed no crim."j -" l "Think of your perishing soul," I 4 I ani innocent." "- - - j . r "I sele! Mr. DeUon, that it is useless to talktoyonl"? " - I . . ! "Yes," on that anbjeot." , j ' "Eeiyember that the daj after tomor row you must die."- j Aiiiighun y ' ! 'Good-bye. I hope that the j Lord may change your mind." ; When, the! good man had gone I mused along time over what he had said, yet there occurred to me no thought of regret that I had so plainly spoken to him. There is a strange resignation that comes to a man; who is condemned to die. .. Woarv nights of contemplation datl h dread, -take . off the keen edge-'of f ear. . It. is not a philosophy i it is a "dorit care'f which settles qdou him:; I was not afraid to meet the King of the universe1, and. knowing that not a shadow of hope re mained, I surrendered myself to a j un just fate.; ; " - j" 1 1 w.-ia not hanged ; the governor, on account of my youthful ess, commuted ray sentence to imprisonment tor life. Even this was was indbcribably awf uj; still, after thinking irover I concluded that it Was better than being hanged' . 1 1 shall never forget how I felt .when I first put .on my suit of . stripe. ' , The thought that I was entirely disgraced took such deep root in my mind that I j doubt if I were at the time any' better j morally than the most hardened eon viet within the wall. X began to hate the; world,: to mock,, w itliin myself, the very idea of honesty aud virtue On Sundays we were compelled to listen to long sermons, delivered by preachers noi distinguished ' for - eloquence. ? I sometimes thought that, kuowing that we could not leave the - chapel, they took a peculiar dejignt in lengthening their discourses. One day Mri. Gray eame oat but he did not pay any spe cial attention to me. This, stung roe, and as I sat on a bench looking afttfm I won't say that I; was lisfining to him I hated the old min. I ought to have been ashamed of myself, but I had forgotton the meaning of shame. The uppermost thought in my mind was the thought to escape. I hid lost everything but my desire foi freedom. My chance earoe. One night, while a number of u were penned in a "stockade." near a coal .mine,' into whose iLtik vaults', we . were 'daily driven, I beard one of the guard say fo a companion that he was so sleepy he could scarcely hold hw eyes open. "So am I, the companion replied, and to tell you the truth, Ip .wouldn't be surprised if I do some little nodding tonight." j ; -:"-f: . - - ' , Crawling over where several of tay vile associates lay, I eommunieated the intelligence which ; I had -caught. They agreed with me that our time bad come. . We kept the secret closely guarded, knowing that a general rush woujd be fatal to our plans. . We made our stealthy move about two o'clockia the morning. We climbed the fence with but little trouble. I passed near! one of the guards. - lie was. sifting, leaning back against a stump, and wa sound asleep. I took his gun and bos of cartridges which he had deposited 00 the ground near him. . We , spokft not a work nntil we were fully a half mile from the scene of our imprison ment. Then we stopped and laughed. By the time the sun rose wewerequite- a number of miles from thel'stockade'' but we knew that; we should be - pur sued. Hunger began. to. pinch us. inis was serious, tor, dressed as we were, we, dare not go near a h uman habitation.-The next day we stopped and held a -consultation. " It was bet ter Jo risk recapture than to go hungry, accordingly, we decided to cal I at the next nouse. vy e soon. came, upon a farm. Walking up boldly! we entered the house.: .There was no one at home except a little girl, about twelve years old.; She, was the most beautiful child I have ever seen. .. She was frightened at first, hut. soon recovering, she gave us somethiug to eat.i She exercised .a strange influence on mi, i Her sweet faee at once reminded me ' that purity existed in me world, t one took a spe cial liking to me, and when I .hinted that I would like to haye an old suit oL clothes,: that 1 was tired , 01 wearing ugly strips, she, not knowing that she was committing a crime, procured for me an old suit of clothes. ' At the gate I kissed her hand. My , companions. three vIe wretches, were not impressed by the lrftle girl.and had I not possess ed a gun lam sure that " they would have robbed the house. -1 .- J-' We had not gone much farther when pursuers came', within, sight. ''Then there was a race ior liberty. .1 was fleet, ' more ,sV than - the . wretches. About the time night set jn two of my fellow convicts had been captured The other one kept close to me. A gun was fired, I heard a yell. Looking around, I saw him falL, The darkness and the dense woods protected me: ' I escaped. - Finding a canoe, I crossed the river. --The face of the little" girl ; was constantly befoierae. - .-. t ,1 succeed in nuking' my way to New York In the great city I was com-1 paratively safe. Under in" assumed; name 1. went to work in a manufac--taring establishment. ; I bent my every energy to the work, and, from time to time I twas promoted. ? Three T' years from the time I entered the establish ment, I was the superintendent of the entire works. My serficos became, so valuable that 1 was admitted as a part ner. I saved my tnonej." and became wealthy, yet, not for a moment jdid 1 forge't the erushidgfact ,thatC; wasa ConvicWr--- i'y i yt::,:-K":i One day, while on a ferry boat, . I took up a newspaper which some one had left on a chair. Opening itI sa that it was an Arkansas; 'sheet: Th next moment I was thrilled. Below startling headlines appeared the fol lowing ; : ' , r ' ' ' "Several years ago a highly respected young man, named Henry Debson, was convicted of ther crime of ' murdering one of our most prominent citizens, a Mr.'Mip1eson Deb&on was sentenced to be hanged, but the governor com muted his sentence to imprisonment fpr life. . Debson escaped and . went, no one knows whither." Now come, the Teal tragedy. About a month ago a man Darned Evaqs, who swore that he had seen Debson strike Mapleson, and who fouud near the scene of the! mur der, a knife ; bearing the initials " of Dehsen's name, was taken violently ill. Believing recovery tu be im'po ssi ble. and feacing to die with such a burden on his heart, he confessed that he, inspired by bitter enmity, , had murdered Mapleson. ,rrom the' Very moment of the confession he began to improve, and soon became so well that he was taken to. prison. After a short trial, during which he did not attempt to make a defen-e, he was sentenced to be -baugeJ. The execution took place last Friday, and was witnessed by a large crowd of -people. The pub ic deeply sympathises with --young Debson, and should he ever come back to the state he willieceire au enthusi astic ovation," I cannot describe my sensations. I harried to my place of business,'; and after relating to my partner the ex perience through which I had passed, I showed , them the Arkansas paper. My partners were rejoiced. They de clared that such a vindication was worth half a lifetime of trouble. I immediately set out for Arkansas. 1 indeed received an ovation.' Mr. Gray, the old minister, took me bySbe baud and- said: v "I was intimate with yenr fat her and dil not see how hi son could commit such a erinie, but the proof ; was so strong against you. Your earnest protestation of innocence causexl me to call tipen'the governor and inter cetle in your 'behalf.'1 1(: ! - - I purchased the farm .where I bad spent a happy cb Udhood. Everyone was dsiroa of bestowing honors upon mo,aad the- governor himself came out, and in ithe -presence of a great crowd gave thanks that a great wrong had ibeer averted During ! all this time. Iliad not ceased to think of the ittle girl whose beautiful f face J had hanished my intention! of beebraing au outlaws : I had gone to the house where Ihadseen.hjerbutheTiAther, a Mr. Millei had moved away, and no one in th83Tehborhood knew his place of Besaleaoei One night, at a theatre in IittlaBfltekI saw: that face. I knew itin-frinomenti At the conclusion 6f the pertornoance I followed the girl, who, in couipajiy with an old ' matt, west to hotel.-. I introduced myself tttMrHtiervand he introduced me to hU daughter Jda. ' . ' 1 - have seen . you - oetore, some where," she said. "You have seen me." -"WhenT "I will fell A' au when we-become bet ter. aequainteuV" . , I aw;-tell her told her one . night when 6he. hjid promised to be my wife. Several year have elapsed ince oar marriage ? We live in New lork most of the time and the old man Miller lives with us. It have built a .monu ment above Mr, Gray's resting place. r. Among the stories which are amus ing the Parisians just now and it 1 is a part of the duty of the daily press- to furnish amusing stories, even at the sacrifice of space needed . for nows-t-is. one told of the frugality of the famous German general, Von Moltke. The Incident is placed as occurring daring the siege of Pans by the German forces. Von Moltke used to soften the rijgors of war by occasionally giving "a little dinner party, and to one of these he had invited five gentlemen. The coyer were laid for six, but one of the expected was unable to appear and sent dm regrets, von Juoitke. : it is related, upon receiving the note, har ped off in person to tne pastry cook a establishment and notified the presid ing genius of the place to send but five edairt instead of six, as had "been 1 or dered. This story of German economy is told with great ousta "and - laughed at heartily in the cafes andlubs. ! - - : - .. V, . - ' " '-.X- .4 Give your fowls a warm meal every morning.:' It warms them up 1 and makes them feel happy. If you will give tWem another at. night and ; make them scratch around, during the, day they .will soon .T&egin v-the . henlaying song. 'Z- THE T1.URIBI.K -MK1.ISITK. An KxplMlv wUh Ten Times the Pew. rf Mtro-Vlyeerlne. -r ; : The one subject of supreme interest among military men just now is . the new explosive, melinite, about which little except its wonderful destructive power is known, and which is, there fore, naturally a fruitful theme for dis enssion. The centre of French a r tiller ry-eperations is now at Bourges, where Ihe, new explosive i being maaaf aetar - ed for experimental purposes.! Boarges has taken the place of Metz and Stras burg.. ; It is here that experiments are going on without ceasing, and a -corps of distinguished officers are seeking a solution to the problem how to kill -at a single stroke as many men las possi ble. Jt is a frightful problem," which science should solvfe As soon as possi ble, for there is good reason;' to hope that the solution will proye the. ending of all wars wars which had .some of the elements of chivalry a century ago, but have become hideous since chemise try has taken a hand in them. ' The t wo men who discovered the principles of melinite are Qapts. Lo card and Hirondart. who are attached to tho gun factory at Bourges. As a! reward for their invention M. LoeanJ has been promoted to the tank of ma4 jor and M. Hirondart has been decol rated. Major Locard is regarded as a savant of the first rank. Scarcely, any of his time is given to the routine o military service, bnt ho " divotes bin .self constantly to the techpical studie of the service. He is move of a chemi ist and inventor than a soldier. His latest discovery.-in connection with dipt, -.rlirondarf, is. this ldestructive' powder, which . has been christened melinite,, because in color i resembles honey, (miet.) '. ' j ?; , Following the first experiments, with the substance which were made at Lai Fere, works for testing the invention have been pushed actively ;at Bourges. Three small forts have been construct ed to try the effect of the new shells charged with melinite. The forts, which have been finished s yef al days. look like tt uncatcd .pyramids. Two are of concrete and pebbles, and the third, which is the" largest, is of as-. phalt and silex. It is 12 meters (abont 39 feet) square at the base, 3 meters (nearly 10 feet) high, and cost 37,0001, about $7,400.) The other two cost, to gether, 4G,000f ., or about $9,200. . It As predicted that the melinite will destroy these works, solidly built as tkey are of extra hard 'materials, in less time. - j i fi - thau it takes to write it. Daily exper iments have, been made on a small scale and their result has been so sat isfactory that wagon loads of materials for manufacturing the new explosive are arriving at Bourges daily. Ether is one of the principal ingredients; of the"powd:r, aod as the production jof this is only about 100,000 kilograms annually in France, Minister Boulan- ger has, his agents out buying etlpr wherever they can nnu it, and some hiis been purchased in Germany j for the. manufacture of the shells which are expected to be some day Used against the forces of that emj.ire. f "- To launch the shells charged with melinite no special design of mortar is required. - Gen. Boulanger has decid ed on the immediate . manufacture! of 210,000 melinite, projectiles, which j will be ieady by sdring, but the shells: are to be made at Lyons and Rive-de-$ier instead of Bourges.. When they &re ready for charging they will be- trans ported to . Bourges, and there he melinite will be introduced. Boulan ger explains his action in this matter by stating ; that the ' Government has workships at Lyons all ready for pro ducing the sheiks, and that he will save M).000f. W havintr them made there. The inblinite is. being manufactured at Bourges as fast as possible under the supei vision oflts discoverers., j The destructive .power of the; new explosive is reported to be 100 times that of ordinbry-' gunpowder, or ften tynes that of nitio-glycenne, .Arti or dinary shell, falling on the roof jof a -:J Llii ---L 2. DUlluing, oursis ituu. suauors wpry- throgin its immediate vicinity. The melinite shell is intended to strike the ground at the foundations of&the build ing, and once there 'it explodes land shoots everything into the air, redue incr beams a.nd " joists to an almost i m Dal pable powder. ! In the meantime, while- tho manu facture of this - terrible explosive is going on, its inventors are experiment inc. with a new rifle powder:, which o . j explodes without making any smoke, and which will enable a body of infan try to fire on theenemy from cover without- betraying 'their position k by elouds of smoke. ; The chemists are developing into wholesale slaughterers of men, and when the time comei, as it apparently will come, that a general by blowing a whistle can annihilate 100.000 of the enemv. :covering a! line of severaLleagues, the theory ofruni versal peace, founded ou. wholesale massacre at a distance, will bt pretty neatly demonstrated. - - ' . , if s Herr Strauss (yawning): How! you VasBan- !"You don't know nobody. no more, ain't it f" J- Hans i trine frent. if You vas - shut vonr tiiouthxsd I can s6o vourfaee den mebbe I can tell who you vas.'! : " I.KTTEtt rtffl CHRIST. ' f . r . - - . - g - i . j.; 1 '- .- Is " ; 'i : T-'' . -,- . 'I , -"' .'-.":.'. -JHnrprrins to tamo been fouad under a Knrli after tlie Jent n or . - - .j Mr. - j A tradition says : This" letter was Written by Jesus Christ, and found un der ft great stone,boti round, afid large, afthe foot" of the crofcs,; eightej. 5hiles from Iconinm, near 'a ijyealled Mesopotamia upon that ston? waswrit? ten and engraved "Bledd he thati halLtuni Tflfi theu people that saw it, prayed to God earnestly, and desirld that he would make known to them the meaninsf of this writincr. that theyjmight not tteinpt in vain to urn it over. In the mean time there eame a little child, about six or seven years old and turned it over without help; to tke admiration of all the peo ple that stood,by, aiid;uudei this stone was found a letter fvrit ten by Jesus Christ, which was carried to tho city of conium, and. there; published by a person belonging tof the Lady Cuban, and on the letter was written,The com- mandmcnts -of .Jesis Christ, twenty- eight year3 after our Savioni's birth :" ! TTTl ' f. . 1 f I .t n if ; ; vvuuBver worKeiiij on lue oaooatn day shallf be cursed I command yon to go to church and! keep the Lord's day holyj without doing any manner of work. S You shall not idly misspend your time in bedecking, yourselves with superfluities of costly apparel, ...and in dresses, for. I haye ordained it a day of rest. I will have if kept holy so that your sins, may be forgiven yoa; . you shall not' break mfyr commandments, but observe and Keep - them, jwritte'n with tny Own hahdi write them in your hearts, and .steadfastly observe. This was Vritten with my own hand, spoken by my own mouthi You shall not only go to church your If, but .your man servant and yonr inaid servants and observe my words and learn my com mandments ; you shall finish yonr la bor every Saturday in the afternoon by-six of . the clocleat which hour the preparation for t&e Sabbath begins. ' advise you to ast five - Fridays in very year, begiriaibg with Good Fri day, and. to continue the four Fridays immediately folidwmgi- in " remem brance- o'ii the -five bloody - wounds. I received.fwr all mankind. You shal diligently and peacefully labor in your respective vocations wherein it has pleased God to ;all you. Yorf shal love onei another $ with brotherly love aUtl cause them tjkat are not baptised to come to churcli and hear the holy sacrament .viz, Baptism and the Lord's Supper, and be made members thereof, In so doing I will give you long life and' many blessings, and -yoni land shall replenish arid bring forth abun dance, and surely he that doth the contrary shall bejeiursed and unprofita hie. I Iwill alsjb-; send hardness " of heart upbu themj till I have destroyed them, but especiilly the hardened and lnrpatierit unbelievers. He that hath given tothe poor, he shall not be ur. profitable. i'J:., ' a- ..i:-. Remember to! keep holy the Sab bath day,for the Seventh day I hstve taken to! myself, Md . he that, hath a copy of this letter written with my own hand and spoken with my own mouth, and keep it: without publishing ifto thers shall iot prosper,' but he that publishes itito others I will bless. though his sins be; in number as the stars in! the skyi- He that believes in this shall be riardoned,. and he that believes; not thiaf writing and my com mandments,! ll - send my plagries upon him, and (jjohsume both him and his children ano his cattle ; and whoso ever shall have -a copy of this letter written with my Own hand, and keep it,ia his house, nokhing shall hurt him, neuner pesuience, iigniniug nor inun : 1 "1 " . 1 ? Ll it - . . der shall do hini any hurt ; and if a woman be with child and in labor, and a eopy-of this letter be about her and she firmly put her trust in me, she shall safely be delivered of her birth You shall have.no news of me, but by the Holv Spintf until tho dav- of Judg- menu 1 - .. - - J -rf -..t"--- y ; ., This curious document was publish ed mayi,years a;q in the Jiaurensville Herald J and i republished here by re- How to Keep Ont of Debt. One of our merchants who was . out on a collecting; tour a few days ago tells us that he? saw a practical exem plification of living hard to make ends nieet without taoing into deot. rTh gentleman with whom he stopped for dinnerj just over the line in Chester field cpunty, sow ned several hundred acres of unincumbered 5lahd, but, owing to a bad crop year,' ha'd gotten in debt a hundred or two dollars,' and he.and-his wife knowing how soon mortgage will eat up land, had resolved to'rlive harcl" until they could retrieve their wasted fortunes and get out of debt, i The gentleman's wife told him ihey had not bought a yard of cloth of any Kind in over two yearsanu iam they were living on plain -bread and meat and rye offee, and air growing fat on it. . Thb;is a great deal better than to "mortgage the homestead" and then live 'high 6n - long credit prices until the. land is all. gone, and wife and children without a home. A good many are doing this. Monroe En quirer Erpret. i - ' W . rut: i.aniKs op i.iha. The CoqnettiKb "MmI that Vive . I brut the Kepatntlon rr. 5- - . . - . BeHufy. - :' : -- The ladies of Lima are all eyes. Tiiey have the reputatiou of being, as a olass, theroost beantiful in the world, and "meeting them oq the way to Mass in the morning or sTkopping later in the day, one can easily see how t.iey obtained it but,.,- knowing them , in their, lixi.s, tho. opuiiou changes, and you conclude, after! calm- reflection, that they : are riot so - pretty as the women of New York It is the manta, which they wear in suclw a coquettish way, that gives themi their reputation for beauty, for itl conceals every feature except theirj bewitching ; eyes and lovely olive complexion. No matter how ugly her mouth or her nose is, no matter how high her cheek-1 bones or "argo her J- ears, no ; matter whether she is as era wny as a scarecrow or as bald as a bati a " manta" will make any woman Jwith pretty eyes look handsome, amj, ; like j charity,- it - 1 1' 1 . 1 lm - " mi - covers a luiuiuuuu 91 sins, mis gar ment, which is peculiar to Pera, and'is worn by ladies of all' ages and, social positions, from the President's .wife to the laundress wRo comes after your men, is a sort or foster-sister to the mantilla of Spain, f It ds usually -of crepe from China, ind costs anywhere irom jpj.o ro vuu, aeeoramg ro its qual ity. Buen( Ayre Herald, I . The tlneen nml ijlie IVinrctf VTnleH.' 3 There is said to be some friction be tween the Queen! land; the Prince ?S of Wales on the su ibjeet of the latter's oldest son. The great ouestion of his name has come to pe pretty well set rL ; ' tied, and as the grandmother wished it." All" the paperi how allude to him once more as Prince Albert Victor. after abrief period of calling him Prince Edwasd, to please his father, j It is well understood that he will be Edward again after the Qeen dies, just as ,his father will be wlken he ascends ' the throne, but meanwhile the Queen has her own way, ami he has to bear lier name linked to tpiat of the consort The oresent friction is understood to be over the question of betrothiriii him to ;sorne German Princess thatV t Queen has in mind. Albert Edward, on tne otner nana, dosn t want any more German blood introduced inlhe. line and insists on the youth's remain mg free" - Jt is hard fe see whom he can marry if 'it. is not a Gerpjap. , The question of religion closes the .door upon most of the ' roval families of Europe."; Both consanguinity arid national feeling bar out Russia,' and there are no daughters of a x suitable age in bweden, Denmark or Holland: Xm'Yorh lime. - ' - - - Haw to ltjnr- Your Ton n. c Oppose improvements. . Mistrust its public men. Run it down to strangers. ' : Go to some other town to trade. -. Lengthen your face when a stranger speaks of locating-in it. uo not invest a cent.- Liay vour money out somewhere else. , , ... Refuse to advertise in your .village paper. , t - If a man wants to buy your property chaige him two prices for it.w If he wants to buy anybody else's in terfere and discourage him. . t. Be particular; to discredit tho moves of public spirited men. : . . , Refuse to see the merit in any scheme that does not directly benefit you. : i . .-;. ;" .. i -- .-- .--,- : -i HOW -TO MAKE IT PROSPER." Don't fret. Talk' about it. "Write. about it. Beautify the streets. Patron ize the -merchants." "Be friendly to everybody. . Elect good" men to all of fices'. Don't grumble about" hard times. " Keep your sidewalks . in good repair. Avoid gossip about your neigh bors. Do your trading with your home merchants. ; Sell all you can and' buy all yon can at horde. Ifoa-.are rich, invest in something; employ some body : bea "rustler."' Remember that every dollar invested In permanent im; provement is so ma eh on interest. Be courteous to - strangers that;; come among you, so that they go away with good impressious. A Always cheer on the men who go in for improvements your position in the case will-be 'noth ing but. what is just.. Don't kick , at an 3' proposed improvement because .it is not at vour own 'door, -or for fear your taxes will be raised fifty, cents. Jfranklin Time. - ' 4 - A voung ' nlan . was admiring bis young : lady's hair. "What "aIovely shade of brown it is. ; I wonder -what vou would call it V he said. She smiled sweetly and answered,' VChest nut."S The young man left, saying, indignantly,' "he didn't mind a joke but did draw the line at a young ' lady using slang." - , wThat wemderf ally popular Magazine, Uooa - uouxelceepMj, publisted t every other tweek whicbhas met-withsuch nnprecedented success will be - issued in future from their Jiew publication offiee on Harrison Avenue, corner of Dwight Strect,.-Springfie.cL, Mass.. souTiti Carolina' news. WHAT OUR NEIGHBORS I2J THS TAtMET- TO STATE AEK DOING A BUDGET-"--. 1 NOTES ON MATTERS IN GENERAL. 7 ' ' A meeting of thefdirectora. of the Georgia and Carolina Midland H. R, v will be held ' in Newberry about tke middle of February; " " -" t Jt is said tlat grading onjthe Geor gia, Carolina and, Northern Railroad will be comineiiced by, the first of LApril between Chester and Monroe. Miss Eliza W. Barnwell, librarian of the South .Carolina College, died last week. She was the daughter of Robert W. Barnwell ,who was once the -president of the college. 4 - Several stores in Yorkville ' were broken into by a burglar " on ' Wednes day and Thursday nights: The burglar, a negro man named Warren, has been arTested and 3 now in ' ' I Alex Bunten. of Cownsns. had two good mules killed Jy tlie Air Line Monday. - They stalled at the crossing aud were standing on the track when a train rolled up and knocked the' stub bornness out of them. . . ' - i - . ..i.- -...: - Efforts are i being made to organize an amateur base ball leagurg in this state. - The scheme is likely to be suc cessful, for several clubs have- signi fied their willingness to i go in. The effort originated in Columbia. Robert Winn shot and killed' Geo. Downing eight miles from Newberry on Sunday. They-quarreled Christ mas about seventy-five : cents. I Winn hid behind a post and shot' Ddwning while the latter was passing by, with his wife " - ' Watkins Lee, of the Merchants' Ho tel of Spartanburg, has made an as signment to Stanyarne Wilson for the benefit of his cieditors. He makes no homestead claim. The debts secured by liens or inortgages approximate $3, 300 ; unsecured ; claims about $3,150. flit. - V. T-1 . . L . Jrtrt ; .. The jiiobable assets are $5,400. William Jennings, employed at Capt. A.H, "Deans' cotton - gin, : was un fortunately caught in the gin on the -afternoon of the 2Gthult, and his right - arm and hand so baaacerated as to render amputation necessary. 4 The arm 'was amputated by , Dr. .Hugh- Toland, and J. 0 Vernon, a few hours afler the accident.. , ( j Sunday night, the 23d of January, - there was a.iornado .near the mill of i Captain Trimmier and Dr. - Rowland, onvTygerIt was quite narrow but it ; destroyed ipse . timber in. its part, up-. , rooting large oaks and making a Jane -through the forest, j -It, missed" the, dwelling house of the "neighborhood. . Saturday morning for a few hours : there were some indications of a sim- iliar storm, but after a hard shower about S o'clock the wind ceased in its violence. ' r , Frank Smith- has leased the. Opej-a . House for six months for the use of the Salvation Army., They announce in: a host of handbills that the . ''Salvation 1 Army is coming to Spartanburg, and j will attack the Strong hold of. jin on ; Sunday, jFebruary Gth, at, the ; Opera ' House ; out door meetings ; at 8:30 . in ' the public square near the monqmcnt. -In door meetings at 3 and 7i30 p. m. . Staff Captain Adj. Newton, and pthers will lead the attack,' Our people are invited Ucome in crowd3.''T. We, shall see what we sliall see !- SjMrVrnlmrg ' Herald. ' 1 -i'f''''.- f-' ' ' :'' On Sunday night last a negro named Tom Backus -v was waylaid ' and as saulted by a party of negroes' in the -public road near the, residence of Mr. C. Scott Wilson, who lives two' miles south of Brattonville, on the road lead- , ing from Yorkville to Chester. Back- : Us was felled, by a blow with ; a rock which, fractured the frontal bone. He : was otlrerwise severely beaten about the head and face with clab. Dr.-W. ; M. Love was summoned to attend him, ,, and by trephining raised the : skull, , which had-been ciushed in, - to j ; a , precarious condition, with little indjf,, cation of . recovering.; He is a tenant i of Mrs Mart Williamson, who lives ljr mile easr of Brattonville-. " , i. T- "The eighth annual report of the rail- i road commission of South Carolina has . Ieen pulished..It shows that the total r mileage of railroads in the state at -present is 1,754.55. ; During ihe year ended November 18, 18SG, there had been constructed 127.3 miles of. new , railway. Eight ttew lines have j been projectetl of which six -nre n.ow -in , active cotlrse ofconstruction. During the past four years 233 tnils "of new railroad have" been " opened, and Uu provertipn to its territory South Caro Una is in.the lead of all the' other south - -ern states in' he " matter jot railroad -construction for the "pasi- year. - The paid in Jeapital bac of , the ' t We nty three railroads by "which' reports' ! are furnished; to the commission - amounts - to $10,408,783 ; funded debt, $3183,- 134.63 j nnf anded "debt, ' $083,872.50 j ; total 'stock" and debt, $49,027,792'. lTn. j The earnings from transportation; of -passengers have been $2,262,811.59, and from freight,v$4,b27,793.18. tThe .net ' mcome'for the yeai ended Ju'ne30, 1886, . wasN$2,047I35.31, which is an rVorease over the net earnings of ..the previous j year of $445,124.99.- J 'Jt 'Si A- i - 1- 1
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