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SUBSCRIBE FOR The New Era, THE- tEA I G NEWSPAPER -IX- Piedmont Carolina. VOL. 3. SHELBY, N. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1887. NO. 32. ; l " c W ' 1 THE BEST ADYERTISIKG MEDIUM NEW "SSi 'ERA. . . j ' : f- " "r i - ' : - BUSINESS CARDS. rJ MCBBAtER.- , R. 1.. RXBUBK. M.BHAYER & RTBURN, Attorneys at Law, k j SHELBY,. N. C. J 1 YE prompt attention to all business ont'nisted to them. office in Commercial hotel. 15-ti '.-.. ; i- 6 H. CABAHSS, ATTORNEY AT LA W tod United States Commissioner, f SHELBY, N. C. I PRACTICES in the courts of Cleve j land and Rutherford counties. pthce on West Warren street. 2-tr. B. Frank Wood, Attorney at Law. j; SHELBY, N. C. ; j COMMISSIONER of Deeds SX Booth j Carolina. 11-tf Dr. YIOTOR McBEAYER SHELBY, N. C, AFFERS his professional services! to the people o! sneiDy ana sumenaing umce in uia x-usmjuicc uuuu- H-ly fcoUntry BIB r j T. B. 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S, GUTHRIE, rropneior AT BAY. Thiais the end, then, of striving this w what comes of it all: v Darkness and foes just behind one ; be fore, an impassable wall. f What does it matter how stanchly one may have battled for truth, When with his weapons all broken he sits by the grave of his youth ? What did it profit in past years that one did the best that he knew. When in the gloom of the present virtue herself seems untrue? Why should one flghf -ny longer when nothing remains but defeat? Surely such labor were useless and idle the Btirringof feet Ah! but the soul that is faithful knows it is good to have fought ; Knows it is good to have acted, whatever the doing has brought This is the crown ol the conflict, this the reward of all strife Faith in one's self and one's motives, no matter how darkened the life. Flesh may be bruised and defeated, but spirit is never disgraced ; j Spirit is always triumphant, - whatever sharp pain it has faced. Here, at the end of my conflict I counsel not yet withj despair. j Though to all seeminglny struggles are his who but beateth the air; Darkness and foes are about! me, yet I stand with my back to the wall. Facing whatever 4 Fate, sends me, and facing Fate thus I shall fall ! Oscar Fay' Adams. AT HI&I IfOON. There was not a- more daring and active scout in Bazaine's army than Pierre Danton. f When Pierre volunteered to slip into Quinquambo, to see what the Mexi cans were doing, it never occurred to him that there was the slightest danger. j . Quinquambo was a little , mountain village, with ' a small garrison, and Pierre determined to appear in the role of a deserter. The son of a Span ish mother, he did not look much like a Frenchman and spoke l the lan guage of the country like a native. But then was one thine that the fcout had not thought of. Col. Cam pos, then commanding the post of Quinquambo, had served on the east ern coast in the early part of the war. If Pierre liad known this fact ha would have Mown out his brains rather than play the spy in th vicinity of the ler tible Campos. At sunrise the Frenchman walked boldly into the village and gave him self up to the lirst sentinel he met. His story was, plausible enough. He had lost faith in Maximilian and his cause, and ltad grown weary of hard fighting and scanty rations. Moreover, he had fallen in love with a black eyed senortta, and i could no longer bear arixs agaiust'Mexico. The sentinel called a corporal, and the story was repeated, f To these simple soldier? it seemed that the deserter was; telling the J truth, and nothing but the truth. "Ah, that French devil,! Bazaine !" said the corporal, "he is frightened, is he not?" : "Comrade,'? leplieu Piene. you have spoken truly. Bazaine is in 'despair. His men are deserting "bv hundreds. They have nothintr to et t, and the usurper i without money to pay them." "In a few weeks they will be driven into the sea." said the enthusiastic oor poral. "You speak like a prophet," an swered the spy. In the presence of Col. Campos .tha Frenchman measured his words. Tie veteran listened without showing atiy interest or surprise. His brown, leathery face never changed its ex pression, and his eajie eyes were ap parently fixed upon the ground. "And you would serve the republic?" he asked, coldly. , "Try me," was the enthus astic re sponse. "How am I to cnow that yonr story is true ?" '.'Let me sweaj- began Pierre. "No!" shouted the colonel in a voice of thunder. The officers sind soldiers gave a start of surprise, aulforthe first time Pierre felt uneasy. "Bind hini land and foot '""was the unexpected o -der. Despite his protestations two men carried oat the colonefs instructions, and then braced the prisoner in a sit ting posture against a convenient wall. "A yeaT ago," said Cajnpos, "I cap tured tha t fellow near Vera Cruz. I shot off the little finger on his riht hand, and ho marked roe here on the forehead with his saber. The villain escaped that night,but aaothor prisoner told me all about him. He is not a soldier. He is a spy. He has caused more trouble than sjbt other man in Bazaine's armyv NwrPierre Danton, what h lve you to say T" "The colonel is vustaken," said Pierre- "I never saw Lion beft-re, and I anno spy. My name is -Ifean Rouvllle." "Look!" excdaiaoetl a ueldier. A glance showed that the j,rionei '8 right little linger whs-missing. "Only a coincidence," muttered j Pierre. ; "Guard him well." said the colonel. "No court martial ia wanted here," and the grim soldier walked off. Securely pinioned as he i was, Pierre saw that he eould not escape. His eyes roved restlessly about, but there was nothing to encourage him. "The barbarians," h growled. "They will butcher rue in jt-old blood. I doubt whether they will be kind enough to hang me. That Campos looks like a fiend, and the jehaoees are that he is even uow inventing some diabolical toiture. Well, it is the fortune of war," Quinquambo did not look very in teresting to the spy as he sat there propped up against the colonel' head quarters. There were a plaza and a few scattered houses arouod it, except on one side, where they had been des troyed by fire. There were no citi zens. The inhabitants had abandoned the town, leaving it to the garrison. vasvA 4 la u r Qftf) Iia AUVAV niv UVl IUUI TJ JW UL lUO yellow rascals," mused the spy. ".Lord ! Wouldn't I like to see some of our cavalry eoine alone. They would take the place in the twinkling of an eye." j Just then two soldieis : came along, and, lifting Pierre in their arms, ear ned him to the centre : of t, the plaza. The captive at first thought that his hour had come, but the man proceeded in sullen silence to tie 1 him to the month of the. solitary, cannon, an old fashioned twelve pounder, pointed at the vacant side of the square. They lashed him with his breast to tbe muz zie oi tne gun so securely that it was impossible for him to move. Pierre thought of the brutal British fashion of blowing Indian rebels from the mouths of cannon and wondered whether he was to be served in the same way. "It will be talked about all over Mexico," said Col. Campos, coming up. "The French will get it into their heads that they are all to be treated in this way, and very few will bo willing to face uch a death," "Comrade,'7 said Pierre to one of the soldiers j after the eoloae! had gone "does he mean it ?" "When the noonday sun strikes phant note, giving forth the sweetest! luinr h ohim nd Ends. rinsr that the listener had ever heard. He threw his head back, and tbe liarht AO use UP tne x and ends is cer of hope and courage danced in his tainiy a worthy aim; it is a duty also. wnen we reflect that we aie bv our eyes. ".The devil!" he shouted, "whether am saved or not, these yellow doers will soon bite the dust !" The Mexicans heard the French bugles, aud in another moment Quin quambo was in a tumult of disorder. But the defenders of the town, weakened by the departure of their comrades in tbe morning, were unable to cope with anything like a strong force, and no sooner did the French dash through tbe outposts than the Mexicans fled to the woods, fully half of them being shot down before they reached shelter. Pierre's bonds were cut by a trooper, who with three whacks of his saber cut the orisoner free. To Pierre's immeasurable gratifica tion, Col. Campos and his command had been captured ou the way and brought to town by the raiders. "I mail see him." said tha spy. "I have a little settlement to make with him." Boom ! "Sacre!" yelled Pierre, "I had for gotten all about the gun !" The sntoke slowly lifted, and on the open side of the plaza was seen a group of dead and dying Mexicans. The dis charge had occurred just as the prisouers were marchiug by. One of the unfortunates was lying on his f&c, but his uniform showed him to be an officer of high rank. nerre turned ttu man over, gave one look at bis face and than fell upon hi knees in a prayer of thanksgiving. conduct of our household erivins ef fective object lessons to the ignorant and impressible girls who work under onr direction. Every writer upon household toputi has emphasized the point that a crust of bread or bit of cake sl.ould never be thrown away. It needs still further emphasis, but this should be accom panied with a caution. It is not economy to add eggs, sugar, milk, or flavoring to some bread or cake crumbs and then throw the whole away simply because the , pudding thus concocted was not a success. Frank Castlewood, the cousin of Henry Esmond, wrote to his mother that his wife "Clotilda is the cleverest woman in Brussels, understanding painting, music, poetry and perfect at cookery aud puddent." The latter fact he learned while boarding with her at her father's, and he added, "They have a law suit for an immense sum, but are now m a poor way !" Clotilda's "puddens" were doubtless wood never suspected it. The family of a wise woman will never be allow ed to suspect that the dainty dish which crowns tbe meal, in the child ren's eyes at least, has more than one ra'uon detre ! There is a oreiudico exist ing in the mind of the most economi cal man against such dishes. It is ab ling and reading them. The winner of the game was Philip Wormser, a musician, who plays the organ in j one f of the Philadelphia churches. Thje winning hand was four queens. Stevens held an ace hih flush, and the other two players held a "jack full" and aj "seven full" respectively. 4 curious feature of the game was that the players played with the usual red, blue and f white colored chips, and distinguished the colors en tirely by the sense of touch. Oil City Blizsard. r " ;; ' ! ."' - I i 'Ol'KTttIII IX UKEEMLAXU. UtfM Muni Nmetliuia Find 11 Vcxa tlwus la Flay Uu.Bclwrcii. The preacher is invariably resorted to, both by young men ;and maidens, as the matrimonial agent. The young man comes to the missionary's house and says to him, "I want to marry." "Whom f" asks the missionary. "Have yoii anyjone in mind?" "Yes," answers the lover; "but she will not haVe me. I want you to speak to her." I 1 -1 "Have you not spoken for yourself?" "Many times1; hut she always says No.'" 3.1 "That is; nothing," says the pastor, "you know the ways of maidens. Does she like yo.u ?" "It is difficult to find ?out. She will tell you." I The pastor accordingly sends for the girl, who eoraies willingly enough, solutely necessary to proceed with de- knowing what tie message means. heacy; measure caiefully, and do not1 use more bread, because you have it and can just as well as not, than the In the dead man he had recognized ""P4 ,Is for Col. Campos. Wallace P. Reed in Atlan ta Constitution. that." replied the soldier, "it will be all 4ver' rierro looked and noted an iron feataae-work over the breech of tbe gun. On the top- of this was a . round object so bright and dazzling that it made his eyes blink. f "I dV;ot understand,'!' he said. "The Ituming glass : there," ex plained the oJdir, "is so placed that in firas the powder exactly at noon. It n ever fails." j Toe vu-um shuddered, lhere was something? horrible in the idea of being killed by the bright luminary wlue rays had all hU life given him light and warmth. ; , He knew that even in the large cities of Mexico what was 'called tne midday gun 7 fired in this ingenious fashion during the drv ueasom. , ; For, MX months in thve year ther0 was never cloud in the sky, and the action of the lens was ;s sure as fate itself The guard paeed up and down his beat, and Pierre was left to his medi tations. I He struggled until hi Strength was gone, trying to loosen bitf Jbonds, but it was useless. j His head fell upon his bretft, and he closed his eyes. But ! he ettld not calm himself, and he ; agaw looked around the square. All of JtWaeldiers were marching off with; tbe eeptton of one company. ' It was evident chat the French were not supposed to be in the neighborhood. j "Stranger things have happened," thought Pierre; "I may yet be res cued." 1 His eyes turned upward and he saw that tbe sun was id most directly over- I He glanced down the gun to the priming, and it seemed to him that he could hear tht- fizzing1 noise of th powder. i 1 The suu was intensely Lot, and this inspired terror. . 'Saints above !" groawl the poor eraetch. "On t.m'.h a idy as this the goa will go off ahead of tiaaef" t'MKlBf VS(klH. Tbo cooking of vegetables is an art of no mean pretensions, requiring, like other cooking, close attention. A little heart as well as art must needs go into the oven or the kettle, or a delicate taste will discern the lack of it. All kinds of green vegetables need to be examined with great care before wash ing to see that nothing lurks under neath the leaves, distinctly impress ed noon my memory is the horror with which I found that my fork had dis sected a large insect boiled with tke cauliflower served atan elegant dinner paity. which discovery spoiled the re mainder of the entertainment for me. An insignificant occurrence, perhaps, out one. wniou is always connected in my mind with the charming dining- room of the hostess. Lettuce, spinach and cauliflower Nelly and theu Pour over them need to be washed in several waters, and left in ice cold water a few mom ents before draining. Tbe use of these greens is very apparent to one who studies the chemistry of food. By them, slight indispositions are often removed, and, very likely, grave dis orders obviated. Almost every kind of vegetable has its specific effeet Celery, it is well known, is a nervous sedative and acts favorably upon rheumatism and neuralgia; lettuce and cucumbers, with the acid which is used in dressiug them, are cooling dur ing the early beat of summer; aspara gus is an admirable blood purifier; to matoes stimulate the action of the stomach and liver; onions are a re me dy tor sleeplessness and are very wholesome; beets and turnips furnish Here is one rule which, if carefully followed, might be claimed by Clotilda herself, without loss of reputation : Pour over a teacupful of fine bread crumbs a pint of milk heated to the boiling point, let that stand for half an hour ; beat four eggs very light, mix with the milk aud bread, and sugar to the taste, a lump of butter the size of half an egg, a teaspoon ful of lemon extract and a little grated lemon peel Butter some small cups (by the way always save cups from which the han dles are broken, for sueh uses), put a few currants or raisins into tbe batter and then onr into the cups until they are a little more than half full. Bake in a moderate oven for half an hour. Cake may bt used in place of bread. It prrt of a loaf has become 'stale and dry, steam it until it is soft enough, so that it ean be cut into slices without crumbling j line a pudding-dish with the slices, spread them with currant a cus tard. Bake for half an hour. A plain sauce may be served with both these puddings. Slices or bits of cold meat should never be wasted, as there art- so many ways of rendering them appetizing, If tired of corned beef hash, try this way of preparing some slices which are cut very thin : Drain some vinegar from home-made chopi-ed or mixed pickle, heat it in a saueepan. then put the cold meat into it. Serve hot Cold tongue treated in this way is nice also. Cold roast beef may be used thus Place a iayer of the slices in the Lt torn of a shallow pudding-dish, put pepper and salt and some very thin bits of onion on each slice, add cold gravy or little pieces of butter, then Well, my daughter," he observes, "Ir t.3 tiroiA ...it, ictltiil.l liinW rkf n u riage. ' g 1 t "I never mean to marry," is the in variable and conventional answer. "That i)s a pity," says the minister; 'because I have a good husband for r i : .1. t "Who is he ?V she asks. ! The minister then tells her his nam although she knows it as well as he does and launches out into praise of the love. He is strong, good looking, kindly, he caught two fine whales when his companions-took none, or what ever else can be said ta his repute, Af ter the catalogue of his merits has been recited, the girl replies : "But think him a good-for-noth tag." a . i ' "Ah, jjweUy'l.-says the missionary, "thou art not wise. There is no lad can fling a harpoon as he can. I shall soon find him a wife." He then wishes the girl a good day, affecting to believe that the interview is over. But she is sure to linger, and after a blush apd sighs she whispers : "So it if particularly your wish, Hen- Pastor ff I dc not quite like him," with a deep sigh, "but :if you " At this point she virtually hands over the business to the; minister, who has te tell her that she knows she loves the lad; that she would not have come, if she had not thought of accepting him, and that nothing is wanting but to ask the blessing off God upon their union. 1 The marriage, curiously enough, us ually takes place upon the very day on which the bride has emphatically protested that she will never have the bridegroom. OTHER KDITORS' VI EWK. Speaking of the good effects of President Cleveland's administration the Wilson Mirror says : Yes, from tha bright waters of the Atlantic whoso rippling billows awake with their splashing laughter the sunbeams of morning, to jthe fir distant slopes of the Pacific, where daylight is sung to sleep in the soft, sweet lullaby of its murmering tides, one mighty people are beginning to keep steg to the drum beat of union, and are timing their heart throbs to the harmonious rythm o? peace and reconciliation. If there is 'any class of men who deserve to bejiepttdiated and spit upon, it is that class who would use their church relations as vehicles by whieh to ride into political power. The man or set of men who would hawk their church relations in the political market have truly borrowed the livery of heaven in which to serve the devil. "Sien men so far forget their God as to debase the secred relatious of God's holy communion and church to ob taining political power, they deserve to be kicked out of every place of in fluence aud trust. They are not worthy to be trusted!. Wikon Advance, Some of our state comtemporaries are discussing the importance of hav ing a state history. Col. Saunders and Mrs. Spencer are especially re ferred to as possessing iu a peculiar degree the qualities of an historian. The Star has before expressed a desire to see the work undertaken -by one of these. Either would do it well, not perfectly, but so thoroughly as to make it a desideratum. The man who looks for a perfect work is not evidently well read in historical compositinu. An honest, lucid book, indicating thorough research and! judicial fairness, is what the public has a right to ask for. Wilmington Star. MOt'TIl CAROLINA NF.W.H. wni onr Aeighbr in th I'ulmeiia Slate are doing. A UndKot or Soten n Mntlern in Unral. Quite a number of Kershaw county farmers have commenced picking cot ton, j It is understood that President Me Bryde, of the South Carolina College, is to be the superintendent bt the two experimental stations established by authority of the Legislature. The Monthly Report of e Depart ment of Agriculture puts the average of the rice crop for lower Carolina at 98 per cent, and the average for the state at 97 per cent. Engineer Ramsaur and his corps, who are surveying our branch of the Three C's, have reached - Newberry county from Yorkville, and will get to the court house soon. dewberry Obtet ter. Dr. A. I. Barron died at his resi dence in Yorkville, Saturday night, 20th inst., in the-eighty-first yeai of his age. Dr. Barron had been in feeble health for two or three years preceding his death. Abraham Rfvers, a colored fisher man at Charleston, while acting as a peacemaker, was severely cut across the face and wrists by Aleck Wright a few days ago and has since, died from the effects. The Governor has respited Ca?sar White, who was to have been hung in Walterboro" on Friday next. White was convicted last winter of the mur der of a pedlar for the nurnose of robbery. He has been respited until September 30. Greenville Daily New. Blobson I hear that young Snooks has been arrested for drunkenness and disorderly conduct, j cot - from- Duuipsey That so f - It's too bad. waste material, while peas and beans put in another layer of meat and so on jTbe old gentleman ca't bail him out. What did it matter f A. tern minutes would not save him. . The glass shone with an infernal brilliancy, amA not speck f cloud was to be seen.' "If I ever do get i oiit of tlj," grunted Pierre. '! j He did not a say what he would Aa. There was no use ini making Any promises. ; ' Higher and higher in the heavens moved the flaming orb,' Surely it was noon ! 1 I ' The half fainting prisoner held his breath. The muscles of his faee twitched nervously, and his eyes were fir ad with an intense stare upon the other end of the gun. f L Like the echo of an' echo eame a familiar sound wafted anon the mountain breeze. 1 j "God !"" gasped the j miserable through his pallid lips: i " Was it sv bugle ! Eves if it was it was too late- If relief came ifc wvcld have to bp at once. , ',. I Louder, 'clearer, sounded ike tesn- are nutritious and streugtbening in a high degree. But, from the first of the list to the last, much depends on the way they areserved. Contrary to the old opinion, it is now believed by many of the best scientists of the present day, that vegetables and cereals furnish all substances needed for the nourishment and maintenance of the body. However that may be, fruits, grains and vegetables largely preponderate over meat in the dietary, and we cannot over-estimate the ne cessity of preparing them so as to be at the same time appertizing and strength-giving. f. In boiling vegetables it is much bet ter to use soft water than hard. This is no fancy, but has been and may be demonstrated. The housewife who is dependent upon her cistern for soft water .may dislike to use it in cooking, but a home-made niter win make "eis- tern water palatable. A tight wooden keg with pebbles in the bottom, a layer of sand above and coarsly powdered eharcoal over that, with a faucet to draw off the water this any farmer's boy can set up for his mother in the end i the back kitchen. In some portions of )he country where lime is abundant, such a filter for drinking and cooking water ought to be indispensable- Oc casionally a sensitive person cannot I use alkaline water without injury. All vessels used in cooking vegeta bles ought to be so clean that they would not soil a white cloth. After draining, either steam them a way not sufficiently popular or plunge in water that has just come to the boiling point. Drain and dish the moment they are done. Hester 3f. Poole, in Good Housekeeping. I M ' i y AWilliamsport physician says thereTi money in his cougbers. WMiamtport Sun.- untu all is used: cover tbe top with a layer of mashed potato. A teacupful of potato saved from dinner may thus be utilized. - If yon have more than enough1 for the top layer, put it in the bottom of the dish. Bake for half an hour and see that the top is browned. Another way to use cold roast beef is to cat it into fine shreds; make a bat ter of the . whites of two eggs, two tablespoonfult of water, a lump of butter the size of a butternut, and' flour enough to make it about as thick as for fritters; add the beef with a little pepper and salt, drop from the spoon into hot lard, and fry until brown. Emma W. 'Babcock, in Good Housekeeping. Blobson Why ? Dumpsey He's full himself. J . v j- Burlington Free Press. HE.lI.IXO IN THE DASH. Uint r Poker ky Fonr Blind Men With Marked torda. Four blind men, graduates of the Pennsylvania Institute for tbe Instruc tion of the blind, played a game of draw poker Monday night in a room in the Moon and Stars, a quaint old inn on tbe uermaiitown road, and it is d thstateat $135 was won by one of the players, who cleaned out the other three. The men played with cards devised and manufactured by John Stevens, who was one of the losers in the game. They were about three times as thick as the ordinary cards The body pf the card bore no marks whatever.but in the left hand corner oi each were the sunken marks which signified the card's value "So you think there is no danger about any going to the bad place?" Vf Kit tt U W.ii'11 nr. Knoiran fast 'nough.!' "WilU it would be more satisfactory if one knew you had good ground$ for your assertion." f'Oh,-I have: You're sure to go to heaven. You; must, in obedience to the law of nature." "What law do you refer to?" "The law of gravitation. The lightest weight always goes to the top-" i : I S Sam Johnsjng, an Austin colored man, j has a j mule that balks. Alter Sam had belabored the mule for an hour I the' mule trolted off all right. "Darl' said Sam confidently to the mnlc,T "dar, you see. Ef yer would only do what's right we inout lib to- gedder jes like two ; brudders. Texas aiftvng. Besides the oue-crop system, there are otners uiat go not onl' to im poverish the farmer, but his land. First.the tenant system, where ignorant colored men are allowed to work, or rather, scratch the farm. Without proper supervision it would be just as foolish -Jba&iH merchant to give- his clerks entire charge of his store, or for an army to go into battle without a leader to direct the actions of the men, as to leave the farm in such hands. They have no idea of farming, no care but for their immediate wants. The fertilizer is another thing, good enough in itself, of great help when judiciously used, but in the bands of ignorant men it is both a destroyer of crops and land; by it our laud is fast becoming burnt up, unut for anything unipss greatly stimulated. FayettetQie Observer. R. Z. Linney, Esq.. of Alexander, while at courthere last week, declared himself for Blaine for President next year and for CapL Charles Price for Governor.' He also announced that he had induced ten men in Alexander county to stop their subscription to the Landmark and thought he could get fifty others to stop. We have noticed for some years that Blaine men were not making themselves specially active as solicitors for tire Landmark. States title Landmark. The other day in Statesville Judge Walter Clark was on the bench holding court and Col. Arm field and Mr. Chas Price were in the bar. Joe Caldwell observed these three distinguished per sonages land straightway said in the Landmark that the next Governor of North Carolina was then in Iredell court house. It bow 'tarns out that Joe meant Charles" Price will be the Republican candidate and that he will be elocted by a large majority. Good for Joe : he is a true prophet and no ms,i(t.-i-Baleigh Signal. A female evangelist in Indiana telling the girls that hot five men in hundred are good enough for them to marry, They believe every word she says infcilr they; get outside the door and see the first-class fellows hanging around. Then they 1 act just like all the girls. BurlingtonlEree Press. were designated by the latters D, H, C and S, aad the cards by the letters or numbers beneath them, the ace of spades, for instance, being marked with the figure 1 beneath, and the queen of hearts H, witn the letter Q beneath. All four .of " the players have been usiug the cards for some time, .and have become quite proficient in hand An Iowa youth was holding his girl in his lap during a thunder storm. The The suits higfttning struck and killed the youth, while the girl; was left unharmed. We hope this wilt teach the young women that the safest place during a thunder stornl is in a fellow's lap. Lowell Citi- sen. i The army is monstrate Its I Enquirer,' I now I preparing to de Uteility. FhUadelpki That's right, Logan; you have your ittle chuckle in time. Fifteen months hence you won't think this witticism half as funny as yon do now, but you will think better of us as a prophet than ever. Landmark. Is there, here on inherited want of moral stamina or a failure of moral training ? The tendency now is to lessen in severity all forms of punish ment that the penalties we have left scarcely deserve the name of punish ments, j crimes are glossed over as mania, in the face of the fact that each offender who escapes dreaded punish ment, but offers a premium fot tmita- tation. Is it not possible that we in cline too much to sentimentalism in rebound from the rigidity of an early age and so do injustice to the vast majority of society ? One would . not nave tne eruel punishments or. our forefathers restored and yet some thing must be done to stop the growing laxity of what we call principle. We must go to the root of the existing dif ficulty ana remove thence what is stunting the whole moral growth. Newt and (Amercer. There weie only 9,403 bales of ton shipped from Spartanburg September 1, 1886. to the present date. That is a falling off from former years, caused by the short crop, the building of cotton mills and the springing up of market towns along our lines of rail- way. Carolina Spartan. Judge Wallace has issued an ordr that Jones, .(of Edgefield,) should be admitted to bail upon filinga bond for $10,000, under the Act of 1884, hich allows-bail in such cases to be given without leaving anything to the dis cretion of the judge, except the amount of the bond. Greenville News.. Mr. Alexander Johnson, one of the most progressive and enterprising far mers iu Kershawj brought the flist bale of new cotton to market for the season last Friday morning, 19th inst. It was bought by Cnpt. Clyburq for 9J cents per pound, and weighed oliS pounds, Mr. Johnson is usually htnong the first to bring cotton to market. Wateree Messenger. Thos. Davis, an old white man, a laborer on the plantation of J. D. Leonard in Austin township, waa kill-"' ed on Thursday at a mill on that place. He was standing near the mill and a large piece of scantling, which had be come entangled iu the machinery, was brought down with terrific force on the back ef Davis's head, fracturing his skull. He wan killed instantly. ' The happiest VQULg lady we have , seen in many a day is 31iss Virginia Huggin of our town. For a long time she has bren deprived of sight and the light of day has been to hei as thick darkness. Some time ago Dr. George Heinitsh took charge of her case and atter a series of most suc cessful? operations, he has restored her sight and now she sees clearly. Her joy . complete and it docs her friends good to rejoice with her. Carolina Spartan. , Two brothers went in bathing near Fly's trestle, one mile west of Beau fort depot, on Thursday of last week, and while in the water the largest one playfully took hold of his brother and in fun held him down under the water for awhile, and when he felt him be gin to grow weak he turned him loose, and to his astonishment, his little brother, instead of getting- up, floated off with the tide into deep water and did net rise at all. It ia a Fact, that Dr. Harter's Iron Tonic is cool ing to the blood, controls excessive perspiration, ma will safely tide yon over that period characterized by headache, fainting spells, exhaustive spasmodic affections, and will give strength and new life to the entire system. Thomas Gaffney, Senior, died at his home near Gaffney City last week. He was a quiet man in deportment, retiring in disposition, and staid close at home. He was about 65 years old. He attended well to his own affairs and watched after the interest of his family with constant attention. In all his dealings with neighbors he whs honest and honorable. He was a good and true man and will be much missed by his wife and clildren. Carolina Spartan. During the thunder storm of last Thursday, Mrs. McKinney, of the Col lier's section was struck by lightning and instantly killed. Mr. McKinney and his wife had been off visiting and were returning home when the storm overtook them. Mr. McKinney stop ped at a house on the loadside and asked permission to go in, and while getting out of the vehicle his wife was killed, a child by . her side being un harmed. On . the same day Gen. But ler's gin house was burned by light ning, and R. N. Strother had a mule killed by a deadly bolt.-EdgeJUld Ad vertiser. , , . : .
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