North Carolina Newspapers

. - I THE GASTON A! tDevoled.lo Hie (Protection of Home anJ' Interests of lte County. Vol. II. Gastonia, Gaston County, K C, Saturday Morning, June 18 th., 1881. tfo. 24. TUB CHAMBER OF PEACE. "Tho pilgrim they laid In a largo upper liHinlvcr whose window opened toward I ho min-rising: Mm name of uir: tho mime of thn cliambt Peace, where he slept till breuk of iluy. ' Tho l'llgriiii's I'l-ogrcss, In a pleasant upper chamber Weary Christum lay. Sleeping MU the light of morning Chased hlH dreams awuy ; Bound tho rent, and sweet tho dreaming, After holy feast; .Sweeter stifl tho sunrise, beaming From tho roHy East. ; Through long nights of pain and sorrow Wakeful In tho gloom. I have thought of Christian, sleeping In thut peaceful room, Soothed by counsel fitly spoken, Talk of sacred things : Slumber was a loving token from tho King of kings. Times of bountiful refreshment (iod vouchsafes t give. Oft Ho bids us wake rejoicing, Strong to work and live ; Hut how calm the resting-places Where His loved mice lie. When they sleep with quiet faces To tho eastern sky I gwert to know the pilgrim's slumber Hallowed by HU grace! Sweet to wako "next door to heaven" For a little space 1 Sweeter still another waking After longer night, r When His day of glory, breaking, .Culls tho iln la to light The Brother's Farewell. 'Twas evening, and lhe feeble rays of a .setting bud were slanting over the western "boughs, when the sound of hoof were heard cluttering through the long avenue- In a few moments a quick step fell upon the gallery, and Flenry Lewis eutered his father's house. Greetings were scarcely ex- changed ere he told bid mission : That his company bad rceived marching orders ami he was there to bid farewe'l to thu friends of his youth and the borne of his childhood. A hasty meal was partaken of and he arose 4.0 depart, y "Mother, devoted mother, farewell When you bow at the throne of grace re jnarober your absent boy." "And you, father," here his voice (altered, " if I die, I fall for my couutr ." The father raised op his palsied hand and placing it on the head of his child, prayed: "Father, to tby care I commit my son." Henry approached his sister, and tuking one hand in bis, he drew ber to his bosom. Sister. There was a long and deep tomb like silence. Siater, Ium going, but when the twi-light shadows lengthen we will pray for you io the stillness of your cbam JBtt j 'I in ibe bustlo of the camps, lm.g sister, farewell. He turned away and pass ed through the ball down the walk to the gate-way. As he touched the latch hi large grey blood-hound leaped upon him as -though he too wished to say farewell. Hen ,ry stroked bis bead, yes, Fido my good old fellow, we have often chased the deer ovir our Southero bills, but I fear for the last time. Well, MassTtenry, and you are really -going away, said the ostler, as he delivered the reins to his young master, good-bye he continued, at the same time extending his hand, good-bye, and may God bless yoa. Jood-bye nncle Billy, and Henry leaped into bis saddle and bounded off. As he reached the farther gate he passed and reining bis horse he gnzed long and sadly ' for the last time upon the scenes so endear ed by memory. As his eyes wunde.-td over the fields and groves of his boyhood's home jt fell upon the little brook at which he ihad so often fished, and then iu a distant .park he saw the pony which he claimed as A father's first gift. When be looked through the dark grove he saw the old ne gro stilt at the gate and his sister waving har handkerchief from the low window ; 'twas too much, and bowing his head upon Ids band, he murmured : "Home and friends farewell." Lucy watched by the window until ber brother's form was out of sight, then she went to bis own room, there he wus not, And the very walla seemed to give back the .pound of his voice ; sho almost funded she .heard his muffled tread upon the carpet. Everything was as he left it. Near a win dow stood a small table, on which lay a .box and letter yes, and there, the pen nr.d ink all so natural. She opeued the box .and found within a locket, in which wus painted her brother's picture. She kissed jt a tbousaud times. Khe stole iuto the garden to read the letter, a slight rustling io the grass aroused her and she turned and met her father. " Why so pensive?" ho Said in his usu ally cheerful tone. I was thinking if brother Henry would Aver (gain east a shadow across the lawn." " We cannot tell," said her father. How strange it is thut we should be en gaged in civil war; Two years ago such a lbing was never thought of! " Child, you are mistaken, the thunders fit a revolution bave been rolling iu the na tional borisoo for thedasT twenty years." Again the scene changes : In bri liuntly lighted parlor lays the .corpse of the sleeping soldier. He wus jtretcbed upon a bU r one hand resting opoo his heart his clothes aosslaintd with blood that hid Rowed from his own heart. The father stood with folded arms at the foot of the bier and looked calmly and sad ly on the loved one, while the mother buried her face in the folds of his shroud. A light step was heurd and Lucy came in. She advanced to the bier, ai d gazing on the sleeping, she raid in tones I never shall forget :" Gone 1 gone II forever gone 1! 1 The sccue was changed. Lucy entered holding in her hand a wreath of laurels. She drew near the coffin and sa d, as she placed the wreath upon his brow, " He has won them, I will place tbem npon his brow," then stooping and putting a band on each cheek, she looked lung and wist fully into his eyes, then pressing her lips to his, she said, " Brother, dear brother, farewell." A DELICIOUS DISH. Boil new potutoes and early beets sepa rately, but at the same time ; when tho roughly cooked, slice separately, and while still hot put a layer of beets in a deep dish sprinkl" lighily with pepper and salt, then add a layer of potatoes, sprinkle with salt and pepper and lay on tbiu slices of new sweet butter ; then slices of beets and po tatoes with salt, pepper and butter as be fore until the dish is full. Over the whole pour enough thin sweet cream so tnat after filtering down through the beets and pola toe', a few spoonfuls of it will be found in the bottom of the dish. Serve - while stil quite warm. Tim will be sure to repeat this dish several limes each year. THOSE STUPID EDITORS. When yon write to an editor for publi cation, muke it short boil it down. Pitch right into the midleof your subject, and be sure to stop writing wtien you are through. Editors always like, something fiesh and original in the way of communications, and are especially fond of news. But the editors must always be the judge of what is worth of publication. Of course every writer thinks his production the best, just as every mother . thinks her Daoy tne prettiest that ever was born. Bat the editor may be so stupid as to have a dif ferent opinion. If so, it can't be helped Don't try to argue him out of bis opinion. If he is too stupid to appreciate a good thing, you can't expect to remedy his dull ness. You may think you are a good deal smarter than the editor, and that may be true, but the editor may be rejponsible and vou are not. There is no class of people so covetous of the good opinion of others. It is well to remember that fact. Printers' Circular. A COLORED BOY S UNCOMFORTA BLE CRAVAT. A mericus (Gu.) Republican. A colored man named Jasper, living eight or ten miles from town, says that on Friday he and his little boy, about ten years old, were hoeing cotton ; that he was some distance ahead of his boy, who was working near the edge of the field, by some weeds and bushes. He heard his boy hal loa, and, looking around, did not see him. He theu ran to see what was the matter On arriving ut the spot be found the lad on the ground in the coils of three large black snakes. Ou his appeuruuee the snakes prepared to fight him, and, seeing that they would soon choke bis little boy to death, he took bis pocket-knife and cut the one that had made the little fellow a very un comfortable cravat into balf a dozen pieces by inserting the knife next the lud's neck and cutting upward. He then caught the others by the head and with his knife cut them in two or three pieces. He wus bit ten several times. FIG IlIISG IS IRELAND. The most intense excitement prevailed on Tuesday at Cloninel, where sales of farms had been announced to take place. At early morning several hundred well mounted and disciplintd horsemen, wearing gtee'n sashes, preceded by bands and fol lowed by an immense procession of peoplp, paruded the town. All the streets leading to the court house were Ijned with police and military. All shops and business places were closed. The sales passed off quiet'y and things went well until toward six o'clock when a cry was raised that a local clergymtu bad been arrested. A shout went forth to rescue the priest. A rush was nt once made on the p. dice, but was replied. The riot Bt4--wns then reud, and the hussars charged ai d recharged the mob, who hurled volley nfur volley of tt'Uieut the military, it.flicting upon many of them severe injuries. Several poJicvmpn and civilians were also - seriously injured. The injuries in the case of one or two of the constabulary will, it is feared, prove fatal. The people afterward gathered in the lower end of town; where they were addressed by representatives of the I. . op nr. No arrests had boen made up to the evening M. 1. Key, of Huntsville, Alu., has just received a patent for a gnu which li is the capacity of firing 3,000 shots pet minute. Dill Arp Makes His weekly Visit to Readers. Written fur TI.e Constitution. our Well, it wus o splendid frolic mighty nigh equal to a small eircup. The reaper moved ulong through the golden grain like a thing of life, and the ripe straw bowed its head und fell before the blade most beautifully, as if conscious thu't its race was run, aud it must get ready for the oven. Harvest time is full of poetry. I remember that about the first rhyme3 I ever learned began, "In Adam's fall we sinned all," unl apart of it wns, "Deuth cuts down all both great and small," and there was a picture of a horrid old skeleton with a scythe blade, and he was just slaying the grain, like death slays the human family. Then in the old fashioned books there was pictures of men half bent cutting down wheat with a little short crooked sickle about a foot and a half long. Next came the modern cradlo with a long sweeping blade and five long fingers, and that was considered the perfection of implements. Farmers worked mighty hard in the good old times, but they didn't mind it, and were as happy then as now. "Oft did the harvest to .their sickle yield," and tl.ey made a frolic of it and had a good time and the good wife and daughters refreshed 'em with pies und cakes and beer, and at night, they gathered round the festive board and told big yarns, and took comfort io their day's labor, und after that ,they threshed out the wheat with long hickory, sticks, broke in the midle and banging by the bark and on a rainy day you could hear 'em beating and thumping like a pounding mill. Farmers don't do that way now. People would perish to death a waiting on em for now there are so many millions doing nothing or trading and speculating an 1 loafing around that it takes ull Boris of machinery to keep tip with their vittels and clothes People have got to eut whether they produce anything or not, and if they can't get it one way they will another. The books say that one heal thy strong man can from his own labor sup port eight persons and that's just what they are doing. About one man iu eight or may be ten is at work that is, doing something to maintain bis luce making something useful or "grow'tng ! Suiiielui.."iT' The balance are suckers. They suck the juice out of industry and live e.ff of other people's labor. Gndy said not long atfo that there was going to be another big corner in bread stuffs this summer but the fanners wouldu't get the benefit. After the farmer sells then the rise comes and the speculators makes the money. He is a non-producer, a blood sucker, a vampire, a wrecker, a buzzard, a public cuss I despise em. The reaper went rattling along reeling to its own music and the binders followed in its train and so did the- children and little darkies and the women folks" leuned upoo the fence and looked just lilt women and children do when the circus comes or the volunteers are marching along with a brass band in front of em. It too some time for the novelty to wear off and the fun to play out, but even to the last it w..s a good honest show and diden't cost any tiling to see ittll the day long. We had an ovation of our own after the wh-at was all cut and shocked for they say you never know whether you are going to bave any heat or not until it is safely harvested. I reckon it was well enough to ovate Gen eral Gordon and his unborn railroad, for it did do barm and give right smart satis faction to all concerned, but it seems to me that the best time to ovote a man is after bo has finished his job, though I suppose they can theu ovate him again if they want to. "Let not him boast that put tcth the armour on. IN -i 1 tlimlc it is the sal est plan to wait tell the at mour is takeu off, don't you? For you see 'something- might happen or the road at be built or the general might be sold out by his company or the Louisville and Nashville might play a checkmate or Mr. Wudley do something or the world might come to an end prema turely, for folks do say that about the 20th of this month the moon anil five planets conjunct and no telling what kind of a corner such a syndicate might get op. Wto knows but what the devil has a blackboard on the wall right now with the price of sinners for July and August. Sinners of all grades-first class, niidd.ing, ordinary and dogtuil. Spot sinners and sinners for future delivery. Melhinks I fee a stock broker setti ig tip there reporting gales and discounting death on the pale borne for selling short. Fort aays there in just obliged to be another world for folks to get eveu with one another and balance accounts, whether they git eviti with justice or not. B b Ingersod may my wind he pleas. a to make bad men culm and serene, but it won't do. His doctrine 'of; universal ealtaliooaud gcucral glory would ott.turn the government and make discord reign, for I know lots of men who wnulilent be allowed to live two wcka if folks dident believe the devil would get his ijuws en 'em in the long run. Theie's u power t'f folks allowed to live because ihev are not filten to die. Good men lean to mercy and believe in a future punishment and are wil'bg to wait for a new deal, and I know some preachers who are about as willing for some folks to get a little scorcL ing over the brimstone pit aa I am just a little if not more. Tell Judge Henderson I'm going to send him some wheat as is wheat. 1 sowed ten acres of Kentucky umber, a beautiful grain and right broad-side ten acres of Dallas w)K at,-ifi:o!', tl.av I gotTroin nrju'ld fiieud'ut Crawford, of Lincoln. The Kentucky took the rust pretty bad on one corner neit to the Dallas, but it never crossed tli: line. The Dallas maintains its reputation this year with me and next season I ,-liall plant nothing else. Tell bini we are b'euking colts now and they just tumble my boys right und left. Its splen did fun, and is a part of the farming business Couldn't be tell us bow to breuk a high strung colt without breaking anybody's neck. Yours, Bill Arp. HOME. NEGLECTED CHILDREN. Many a mother has wept over the sins of her child, little dreaming that while she pursued her round of idle pleasures her child wus taking its first lesson in sin from the example of a vicious nurse. The truth is parents take upon themselves too many unnecessary burdecs ; and consider them selves bound by duty to peiform loo many tasks, wbicbare of much lers consequence than the teaching and training of their children. The father has his trade or pro fession, and his few leisure hours he must spend in social pleasure The mother has her household cares and the comfurt of ber family to study, und besides this, there is mueb time to be devotul to fancy work, visitors and umu-einents of one kind aud another. Her chi.dren are mere secondary considerations, and depend upon the kind ness of hirelings. Their di esses maybe miracles of puffing, ruBL'S and embroidery, but what dote that couut when their minds may oe the model of nearness, her bread excel tint of all her neighbors, her jellies and preserves enough to tempt the fustidioi.s ; but if in ull this, she has kept aloof lie in her child, has chilled his heart toward her, what does it count ? Rural Sun. THE TACTILE SENSE. The sense of touch, when highly trained, enables lhe blind to rend with heir fingers almost as readily us others with their eyes. With it alone Laura Bridgman rapidly reco?n;z'S a friend ; feels the approach ol one crthing in ti e hall, and even picks out Itr own clothes returned with those of others from the laundry. The ancient sculptor determined the final uCr-i' his statue iu maible, n-t by his eye, but by the nerves ut the roots of bis Gnger-nuils. The expert compositor depends lesson his eye than ou his finger-tips in handling his types. The wonderful capacity which jits hid in all our senses ia brought out only when necessity forc?s us io their Scial training, hut it might be well if their Inller development wus made part of the education of the young generally. Without this sense we could hold uotbing in our hands, except when looking at it ; nor stand with safety ; .nor lie in bed wilh comfort. Few are awuie how dependent ueare on the sensations locaUd iu the surface of our boJii s. A mon in Germany, on recovering from a severe fever, wasattructed with numbness, whichwus soon followed by loss of all tariT& sensation. He would wound or burn himself, and become aware of it only by seeing the blord or the tear. Gangrene (mortification) following an injury to bis finger, the latter bad to be amputated, but it was done without the slightest pain. Though he retained bis full power of motion be could tell only by his eyes wheihtr his arm was extended or bent ; nor could bu walk, or even stand, in the dark, and when jn bed he simply seemed suspeudtd in the air. The case was regarded as a very inter esting one by the medical profession, and, on the persou's diuth, some twenty years later, a pool -mortem txaminutiou allowed that his brain was wholly uiu.ff cted, but that there had been txteusive sol'ening -of the spina! marrow from the top of the neck tc! &.inall of the bacg. Youth's CpmjHin- Look here, boy," said a stery Galvotou panr.t, "you are telling me a lalsehood. 1 cm read it in your face." '"Why. pa. yon know you can't read worth a cent without your Fpecticlw. RELIGIOUS NEWS Frcm Sunday's Baleigh Observer. To-duy there will be an ordination ut St. Augustiue church, by Rt. Rev. T. B Lyman. There are upward of twenty Lutheran churcbts io Baltimore and its suburbs. Six of them are English and fourteen German. The Baptists have io Asia 162 mission aries, 616 native preachers, 45 churches and 40 0H7 members. There wero 3,191 baptisms lust year. The new and elegant Methodist -church in Durham will bs dedicated to-day. The dedication sermon will be preached by Rev. N H.l). Wilson, D B. " It is estimated that Presbyterian Sab- butb schools contribute annually to benev olent purposes $250,000 and a very small part of this goes to Presbyterian causes. The Revised Directory of Worship, so long before the Southern Presbyterian Church, has been o iin sent down to the Presbyteries for their .approval or sugges tions for further changes. Bishops Pierce and Wightmar. and Dr. T. O. Summers, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, will not be able to attend the Ecumenical Methodist Conftrenc3, and other delegates have been appointed in their places. Statistics gathered for the Presbyterian church from eleven States show that while there are 749 vacant churches, there are only 3')L miuisters without charges, which proves that there is not aa over supply of ministers in the church. Rev. R. A Wuiles, who has been for a year past assisting Rev. W. T. Hall, of the First Presbyterian church, Lynchburg, Va.. preached his first sermon in Tarboro recently. He has charge of Tarboro Rocky Mount and Wilson churches, us stated supply for one year. The Moravian General Synod ut Bethle hem, Pa., elected the Rjv. H. T. Buchtnao and the Rv. H. J. YanVieck as Bishops, subj.'ct to the approval of the .Unity's Elders's Conference i j Germany, repre senting the whole ehiiub. The plan of uni n of the Nortl et:i and Southern pro vinces was unanimously adopted. - Dr. McCosh, after correcting a state ment tha! he had directed that t!ie revi.-ed New Testament be read in the Princeton College Chapel, sayj : "I am bound to say tliat the translators have done their woik carefully and faithfully, so far us I have looked into it. But the new translation should not be forced on any oue authorita tively." The Methodist Episcopal Church, South, reports 1,673 traveliug preachers, a gain of 113, and 37,831 members, a gaiu of 15, 335. Of these members 1.081-are colored aud 4,981 are Indians. The collections for missions umeuniej io $152,762, an increase off 23,048, The largest conference is the Virginia, which has 57,008 members, 189 traveling, 19 superannuated aud 193 local preachers. Simultaneously with the publication ol the revised Vc-isiuu of lhe ls"ev Testament Drs. Wescott und Ifort published what is bt lievtd by scholars to be the best and critically the most accirate Greek text of the Xe' Testament which is anywhere to be had. TLis text is founded exclusively upon d(.Cimi'iitu-y evidence, aud not ut all upou ony printed text. This work will be uiveu to the public wiihiu a few days. ! Birmirrham, Ala., Is to have a ?40,000 hotel. Gadsden, Ala , is to have a Catholic church. Farmers 'in East Tennessee complain of rust io wheat. Ice se'ls at five cents per pound in Ma rianna, Florida. Kyle's 'opera-house, Gadeden, Ala., is nearly completed. After the 1st of June gas in Selma, Ala., will be $3 per thousand. Nationals! Talk about your principles. Illustrate them in the workshop, in the stores, on the streets, at hotavand abroad. Wherever you go proclauu them, explain them, und mge every voter to embrace, and, ale all, vote them, ami victory will soon crown your labors. No vote is thrown away when it is cast against corrupt political parties, or to rxprrss desire lor a reform In the govern ment. Aiwa) a vote for principle, though you huve to vote alone, aud ynu can chef Lsli the sweet n fh etion.r-tha? your vote is never lost. Jmi OrtNov Adams. The illnTal teward of labor, as it is the necessary t fleet, so it is lhe natural symp tom of increasing national wealth. The scanty ntain'.euanoe ol the laboring claw, ou tiie oil er band, is the numra! svo pi' iu that things are at a st-r.d, or gon g back wards. Adam Smith. IltrEXTOItX Of A DBVNKAItD. A hut of lojrs without a door, Minus a roof and ditto floor ; A clapboard cupboard without crocks. Nine children without shoes or frocks; A wife that has not any bonnet With ribbon bows and striujrs upon it, Hcolding- and wishiuif to be dead, Uocuusu she had not any bread. A tea-kettle without a spoilt, A meat cask with the bottom out, A "comfort" with the cotton gone, And not a bed to put it on ; A handle without an axe, A hatchel without wool or flax ; A pot-lid and a wuifon-hub, Aud two ears of a washing-tub ; Three broken plates of different kindp, Some mackerel-tails ami bacon-rinds ; A table without leaves or legs. One chair and half a dozen pegs; One oaken keg with hoops of brass, One tumbler of dark-gruen glass; A fiddle without any strings, A gun-stock and two turkey wings. O, readers of this Inventory, Take warning by its graphic story ; - . For little any mau expecta, "Who wear? good shirts -with buttons In 'cu, , Ever to put on cotton checks, A nd only have bi-H.s pins to pin 'em, 'Tis, rememlier, little stitches Keep the rent from growing great ; When you can't tell beds from ditches, . Warning words will be too late. .Alice Cart. 8TATE NEWS. LaurinWurg Enterprise : Mr. L. W. McLaurin informs aa that his bogs some of tin m very fine, are dying daily from cholera. Hickory Press : Six or eight new stores have been opened in Hickory within the past two or three mouths, and we bsar Of others that will be opeued soon. ChrIotte Southern Home : A colored, man at Caldwell Station, bad his house robbed of meat aud floor. They ripped open a bed and carried off the tick. Charlotte Southern Home : Mr. John Wilson, living in this county, was robbed of 160 during the absence of himself and wife. Some colored persons seen in the neighborhood are susj ected. Concord Register : A nursing infant of the German woman, whose small-pox created the late incitement io this town, died from that disease last Saturday. The child of course took the disease from its mother. This makes two cases of the dis ease here. As no more have yet become manifest, it is safe to say that the disease has entirely disappeared. Reidsville Times: Rev. John S. Price, colored, spoke here last week on prohibi tion, and whites and blacks crowded the court house. He is a line decluimer, his language smooth emotional and musical and temperance his theme, u good, oid fashioned tempi ranee, that captivated the whole court house. Some of the first men present pronounced him fpleudid. Anson Times : Judge .Gudger, holding court, stated in bis charge to tbe grand jury on lust Monday, that he "had recently hi Id court in two anjoiuhg eastern coun ties, each of large population and other, wise airiiilar, except that the oue (North ampton) had a county prohibitory law, the, other ( Halifax) had not. In Northampton, he found eight cases only ou the docket which he cleared tbe first dy. In Halifax he found a large number of cus s, which took nearly the whole term of court to try, ufttr moving some and leaving a murder case ou the docket." BITS OF S US SENSE.; Hard on the feet Corns. The best .kind of sidewalk : Walking by the side uf a lovely girl. Philadelphia Sun. Most men can hold a kid a long time if there's a pretty woman's hand in it. Sjpritwfiehl Sunday Sties. When a young man wants to protect a young luJy he naturally puts his armor round her -r Bnatoii Glebe. It is pecular Low sound a man sl- eps when his wite crawls over him ou her way to the kitchen to make a fire. A farmer often brags about his patch of corn or bis patch of rye, but never about the p .tch on the teal of his breeches;. Earl Marble. When a woman uiu't thinking about a new dress she ia either sleeping or talking about some other woman's uew dress.- fVilliamspoit Breakfast Table. "If Jones undertakes to pull my ears,", said a.loud-mouthed fellow on the street corner, he wtll have Jiis bauds full" The1 crowd locked at Ihe.muu's ears and smiled. Can anybody lei! us aby a womuu emerging Ire ma croadid cur, always nmkea believe she is goiig to git out at ,tme side ol the platf. rin. until !o or I H-ee men bnve jujij id ff in the mud, und then step 1 3 ut the olhtr tide ? Sl.e always dots it ; and we want to know the let sou why. Philadelphia Times. Hugging pur lie for the relief of the poor have become popular ia the west, &i much pee hug m charged, the schedule price being as follows : Girls under six teen, 25 cents for euh bug of two minute; Irotn sixteen to twenty, 5C cents ; from twenty to l uly-Gve, 75 cents ; a: othtr muii's wife, $1 ; widows, acc rding to their Io. ks, I rum 5j c-ota to 3, M maid, 3 cents each, or two lor a uicklc. Modern Argo.