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fa Commercial Printing II 1 AYS TO U1V -THE PEOFLE- Letter Heads, Bill Ileads.-i Note Honda, Statements, Business Cards, Envelopes, eto., Eieouted Neatly and Promptly. uu invitation to trade with you. The bent way to invito theinis to ad vertise in THE TIMES. 2SZS VOL. V. ' WALTER B. SELL, Editor, ELKIN, N." C, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 2G, 189G. EUBBARD & ROTH, Publics- NO. 7. "Ml III IfRI THE FARMER'S THANKSGIVING, . Tbs earth is brown, and skies are gray, And the windy woods are bare, And tho first white flaked o! tbe coming snow , Are afloat In tbe frosty air; Set the sparks fly up from the htokory log On tbe homestead s broad stone hearth, And tho windows shake,' and tho rafters ring, To tbe lads' and the lasses' mirth. Tbe farmer's face Is furrowed and worn, And bis looks are thin and white; Bat bis hand Is steady, his voice Is clear, And bis eye is blue and bright, As he turns to look at bis sweet old wife, Who sits 1 1 her gown of gray, wan ine coowett 'kerchief, and creamy frills She wore on her wedding day. He bows bis bead to the laden board, And the guosts they are silent all. 'Thanksgiving, Lord, for the sun and rain, And the fruit on the orchard wall. For the silver wheat, and the golden corn, And tho orown of a peaceful life The greatest blesslug that Thou canst give A true and a loving wife!" 'iUu white-haired lover he bends to kiss Her band In Its frill of lnoo, And the faded rose on her wrinkled check, with a proud and a courtly grooei And the gnowflukas click on the window- ! pane, And the rafters ring above, And the angels sing at the gntes of God Tbe words ot the farmer's love. -Mlunle Irving. HOilli AGAIN. A THANKSGIVING STOBT. a rtn.il a very sin . gnlar name, Jane, such a very singu lar name. Oh, if it should be 1" The words were a wail, in accents of such utter mis ery, that the strong woman who heard them felt her eyes grow misty. She bent over the louDge where the speaker, a silver- helpless for years Willi paralysis, was lifting beseeching eyes to her lace. "Don't take on, so, demy," she said, soothingly. "There's many one, the more s the pity, driven to suiotde by Hunger ana com. way should tnis one be " Then she choked. Her nursling, her baby, the child she vVrthipetl, unvea cy nunger mapwj snioiae "Bat, Jnne.!l' tn persisted. "it is suq-rtlttnie. See," and the poiniMrt'io one sentence in the paper beforo her; "the only clue to the identity of the would-be suicide is a wedding ring marked 'John to Delphine." "I see," sail tho nurse, "but but-" And again the wished-for words of comfort failed her. The paragraph was no unoomraon one, merely the record of a woman s attempt at self destruction. She had thrown herself off a bridge, clasping a babe close in her arms, and had been rescued and taken, quite unconscious, to a hospital, Her dress was described and the in scription on the ring given; that was II. But the paralyzed woman reading the newspaper was journeying over memory's plain, baok back twenty five years, when s baby lay upon her breast, the only one God ever gave her. A blue-eyed babe, nursed ten derly, reared in every luxury, petted, indulged for twenty long years, the idol of two loving hearts. Then oh, the bitter rock on the plain one day this child of so muoh love left her home to follow the fortune of a man who was so unfit for the care of her weet girlhood, that her father had forbidden him to enter the house where his child dwelt. 1 The lovers if the very name is not desecration, where on one side was mercenary calculations, on the other blind worship met at the.honseof friends and planned an elopement. When Delphine was gone, when no doubt of her treaohery to her parents remained, her father, a stern, hot- tempered man, oureed her, and for bade her name to be mentioned in his house. And her mother, even then helpless, shivered and moaned, and silently prayed for the child whose deoeit could not destroy her mother's lore. And for five years no line came to tell them of repentance, no prayer for pardon. One letter from John Hoi lis, the man who had so basely stolen young, trusting girl from happy home to follow his evil fortunes, the father nswered, crushing forever the hope of fortune that had prompted the Tillain Such letter as he read, grinding his teeth with impotent rage, effec tually prevented second demand upon his father-in-law's purse, and Delphine knew in that hour what misery lay before her. Bnt she made no appeal. The future she had deliberately chosen she accepted as her punish ment, seeing at last how wickedly she had requited the love of years. "Mrs. Bernard, dear," Jane said, oftly, caressing the hsggard face, at last buried in the pillows of the lonnge, "don't don't take on so." "If I onlv knew, if I oclr fcnaw " the mother moaned ; "and, oh, Jane 1 J ins Ananksgining Day. How can 1 pray tLankfully if my darling lies to day in hospital dying by her own ctf Jane, 1 must see Mr. Bernard." Jane" went willingly upon this errand, bnt returned slowlv. 'ill. Bernard has cone out, ma'am." j 1 AN INTERRUPTED THANKSGIVING SERVICE. "Gone out? Why, he never goes till after 10." Down in the cosy library, where James Bernard enjoyed the leisure well earned by years of mercantile toil, the morning's newspaper had been opened deliberately, tue money article scanned, the foreign news en joyed, and the reador was idly looking over other columns, when a sentence seemed to spring out of the page be fore him, so clearly it stood deiined against the mass of print. "The only clew to the identity of the would-be suicide is a wedding ring, marked 'John to Delphine.' " . Eagerly every line of the tragedy was read, the sweat standing in great beads upon James Bernard s face. Shabby weeds I" he muttered, "a widow, starving 1" Then in his heart arose a great cry, breaking through the stern repression of years. "Delphine, my girl, my treasure I" He could read no more. Only that one pitiful record could he see upon the whole broad printed sheet, and the yearning bitterness of hisheart would not be stilled. "I must be sure," he thought, at length. "I hope Delia will not see this. Shall I see? No, my face would betray me. I will not see her until I oan tell her it is not our child, or" What? lie would consider no fur ther, but put on his overcoat and hat, and hurried out into the bleak November air. It was Thanksgiv ing Day, and the city wore its holiday air. Stores were closed, and groups were going to and fro with the expression eipeotad pleasure brings upon faoes worn with the world s cares. The batchers' curt s rattled about noisily and hurriedly, that turkeys might be delivered in time to secure longer holiday for the carriers. Children with "going to grandma's" legibly printed on their faces skipped lightly over the oold pavements. Nobody noticed the handsomely dressed old man who strode rapidly in the direotion of the city hospital, for getting carriages, horse cars, every thing but the necessity of satisfying that dreadful doubt in his heart. Now he sickened for fear this des perate wretoh was his child; now he prayed it might be, that he could claim her for his own again. "Here yes, sir," said the physi cian, in answer to his inquiries; "liv ing? oh, yes, she'll get over it; needs food as much as anything. Oan yon see her? Certainly Sarah," calling a nurse, "take this gentleman to 39 pauper ward." 39 pauper," Isy upon a cot that was scrupulously clean, perfectly comfortable, yet sent a ohill to James Bernard's heart. Her babe, a lovely boy of some six months, pale, bnt with large, dark eyes full of intelligence, was seated be side her, and the mother's eyes rested npon his faco mournfully, but without any delirious nre. James Bernard staggered baok little, and the nurse whispered : "She's quite herself this morning, though she will tell us nothing of her self. Shall I speak to her ?" "No, I I will speak to her." The voioo was hoarse, choked, but the woman upon the bed heard it, and looked up. Many cry of anguish, of dying agony, of piteous appeal had rung through that "pauper ward," but never one of more passionate entreaty than the one word, "Father!" that burst from the lips of the womaa snatched from death by a policeman's rough grasp not twenty-four hoars be fore. The morning was dragging wearily long in the room where every luxury wealth eonld command was heaped about Airs. Bernard's invalid lounge. Trembling with excitement, mingled hope and fear, the mother watched the hands of the clock travel slowly over the face. Again and again Jane had gone to tho library, only to return t make the er.e report. "lie s not oon9 id yet, ma am. It was past noon when the Ions strained patience gave way. 1 "Jane you must go to the hospital, t shall die in this agony of doubt. Yon eVn see if if this is a stranger, and if not oh, Jane, surely surely her father will forgive her now." if in answer to the err James THE MORAL WARFARK, Our fathers to their graves have gonet Their strlfi. is pnst, their triumph won, Jlut sterner trials wait tbe raoe Which rises In their honored place: A moral warfare with the crime And folly of an evil time. So lot It be. In Qod's own might We gird as for the oomlng fight; And, strong In Him whose cause Is ours, Iu conflict with unholy power We grain the weapons H has given The Light, the Truth, and Love of Heaven. Whit tier. Bernard at this moment entered the room. Upon his face there war a strange solemnity, and not seeming to see the quivering lips, the imploring eyes lifted to his face, he kissed his wife tenderly. "Delia," he said, gently, "did you read the newspaper this morning?" "Yes, James I" "You saw, perhaps, a paragraph de scribing the attempted suicide of a woman named " "Delphine 1 James, you read it? James James you will see if it oan be our child.' James, you will forgive her now I" And the poor.holpless figure writhed as if the poor mother would have thrown herself at her husband's feet. "You thought too," he said huskily. "Yes, yes, Jane was going to go, but now you will go. You will see if our darling, our Delphine, has been driven to such mad misery as .to try and take the life we cherished bo ten derly. James, yon will go?" ".Delia, you must try to be calm," oried her husband, frightened at the terrible agitation, so muoh more piti f ul from her inability to move, except above her waist. It was awful to see the white, thin fingers twisting and working, the pale face so agonized. Literally afraid to tell his tidings, James Bernard took the little figure in his arms. . "If you will be quiet, love," he said, "I will tell you good news." She was quiet enough then, lying panting with exhaustion in ner hus band's' arms. "Then you know !" she gasped, "I have been to the hospital." "And it is not our Delphine?" "Delia, it is our Delpoine 1" "Oh, James James 1" and here the tears broke forth, and the invalid shook with sobs. "Oar Delphine, Delia." "Dying?" "Thank Heaven, no I She has had hours of unconsciousness, but is ra tional again, and she knew me. Her illness now is not dangerous, only the elect of" with a ohoking " sob : "Starvation I" "Oh, James James 1" "She can be nursed back to life." "There?" "Can you bear it, Delia? She is here I" "And not with me? Oh, how can yon keep her from her mother?" In answer to the cry, James Bernard left the room, motioning Jane to fol low him. Only a few moments later he returned, half supporting, half carrying, a weak, trembling woman, who sank, half fainting, into her mother's arms. There was a long silenoe, broken only by the voice of Mrs. Bernard, speaking low, caressing words and mnrmurs in answer, faint And low.but full of tenderness.- ' Then Jane appeared, asking: "Is there no weloome for my bon nie boy, the darling with grandpa's eyes?' And glad greeting followed the painful, yet joyful meeting between the parents and the long lost child. It was sad story Delphine Hollis told to sympathizing listeners; bnt the miseries, the trials of the nnloved wife were softened in the widow's re cital, and over the dead was spread i mantle of gentle charity and forgive' ness. 'Dinner, Mrs. Bernard," Jane said. at last, "and Thanksgiving. And while she set the invalid's table. James Bernard escorted Delphine to the dining room to preside over the bountiful repast providod there, with heart fall of most Bincere and fervent thanksgiving. Tiielr First Thanksgiving at Home. Mr. Nowbrvde (attempting to carve the turkey) "Good heavens, Mar 7 1 wbat nave you stoned tbis with" turkey Mrs. Newbrydo (with dignity) "Why, with oysters as you told me." Mr. Newbryde (again trying to foros his knife through) "But it feels like rooks or stones." Mrs. Newbrvde "Oh. ran mn. horrid, cruel brute I That is the oys ter shells. You always told me the only way you liked oysters was in tho shells Bool hoo I hool" Pack. A funny way to make money Write jokes. Thanksgiving Decoration, The old question comes up again and again as to how to devise some thing novel for Thanksgiving decora tion. The day is one pre-eminently homely and simple in its spirit and traditions a day set apart for return ing Utanks because of the necessities and every day comforts ot life. Nothing is so appropriate in com memorating the occasion as the em bellishments from the harvest fields. In drawing rooms nothing is more ef fective than Indian oora and diminu tive yellow pumpkins, the corn with its long stalks and golden ears Btaokud on either side of the wide doors or grouped in corner, the small pump kins with more ears of corn piled at tbe base. Vines of cranberry crowded with the tiny red globes can trail across mantel shelves or twine up and down columns, while garlands of red and green peppers, all sizes and shapes, and great bunohes of wheat and oats are rich and beautiful in efleot. FrnUs of all kinds grapos, late pears and peaches, rosy apples and purple plums, mingled with their own foliage are unique and highly typical of the har vest home. For dining table ornamentation a novel and "most attractive mode is. to out from the ordinary garden vegeta bles shapes simulating flowers froo the beet a deep red rose ; from the yellow turnip, a tiger lily; white lily or chrysanthemum .from the pota to, with lettuce leave's for foliage, while cabbage, celery, cauliflower and the dozen other kitchen garden pro ductions add blossoms to this original bouquet. One of the ornaments serves at each plate as a favor, while a huge group mingled with fruits forms a fine centerpiece. It is a very simple matter to shape these mock flowers, a sharp knife and a little skill is all that is required. They may bs prepared the day before Thanksgiving and kept fresh in a bowl of water. Revenge, "What are you doing that for?" asked the old Gobbler of .the young Tom, as he observed that fine looking bird standing in a corner of the barn yard on his left leg, and drawing in and shooting out the right with monotonous persistence. "Hardening my muscles, replied the young Tom, shifting to the right leg and keeping np the performance with bis left. "Are you entered for theThanksgiv ing games?" inquired the old Gobbler. "No," responded the young Tom; "I am entered for the Thanksgiving dinner, and that boy who lives in tbs big bouse has been coming out here every day for a month to see how I am coming on. Well, ifI must be eaten, I must, but that boy isn't going to give many thanks when he tackles my drumsticks, that's all I" Harper's Weekly. A Tlruuirht fur Thanksgiving. "Tie only way to regenerate the world is to do the duty which lies nearest us, and not to hunt after grand, far fetched one for ourselves. If each drop of rain chose where it should fall, God's showors would not fall as they do now." Tale of a Tough Turkey. Right up to the markot stall strode ho, And bought a bird that was tea pounds threo. Then quickly home to bin wife he sped. And told her all that the man bad said Ot how to pick and stuff and oook. And so with loving hands sho took That tough old bird that was bard and gray, And Into the ovon she stowed htm away. And then for their manied life wag young With Joyous hearts they gat and sung Until, as around the oiock hands spun, She satd with a smile that the bird was dona. And he laughed aloud, and bis joy was great, For his stomach told that tbs hour was lata. And he kissed his' wife and he cried tn glee At the One old bird that was ten pound three, And said, "I will cut him now In two;" And took his knife that was bright and new And hacked away for an hour or so. Till bis blade got dull and his movements slow; And then, with prayer and a moment's rest, He took off bis ooat and then bis vest, And baoked sway till twilight name. And bis arms were sore and bis back was lame. And the houn wore on and the weeks sped by, And still, with sunken cheek and eye. He worked away, and his wife sat there. With patient face, in the game old chalrj Until one day, as his knife bla le broke, And bis withered frame sink down, she spoke. And said with a smile, that Was halt a sneet i mouia mini you would team to carve, my near. - -Sail and Express. The erudition of the State Geologist of South Dakota will evolve probably) some scientific explanation of the eub' terranea'n vagaries of Mrs. Mary Jonnj son's farm, but it will require also tbi opinions of meteorological and bleycll experts to satisfy fully the curlosltj' of the public. From the details now at hand one would hazard the opinion that Mrs. Johnson has been living in fancied security over a prehistoric bllz &ard or tornado. Probablywhen this ancient twister was performing In the reckless manner common to Us kind It was caught unawares by. a combina tion of landslides and held in cap tivity with its forces yet unexpended. It is due to the happy thought of Mrs. Johnson that she would like to have a deep well that some expert drillers reached this realistic cave of the winds and released enough of the contents at the pneumatic stratum of the farm to Indicate its boundless wind possibil ities. "As soon ns the nlr cushion Is reached," says the chronicler of the episode, "the wind rushes out with n icreech like a locomotive, and sixteen pound sledges are tossed Into the air as lightly as feathers." A wind that has been reposing In enforced Inac tion for decades and possibly centuries rod that on the slightest provocation bandies sixteen-pound sledges as If they were feathers and screeches like a locomotive Is a farm product that must receive the most thorough Investi gation from every possible point of view The meteorologist and State Ge ologist may determine Its status In the Bora and fauna of the region, and may Issue wise and technical bulletins ts to Its pnst history and future possi bilities, but It Is apparent more prac tical minds must be brought to bear on the phenomenon to Insure obtaining the greatest measure of utility. A bi cyclist of experience would be nble to tell at a glance or two whether It would be feasible to run pipe lines from the farm to all parts of the United States as a supply agency for the Infla tion of tires. It Is not Impossible that tome similar plan could be devised so that the Innumerable windmills of the Nation would not be dependent longer on nature's Intermittent supply, and pachtsmen certainly would welcome such a stable force as a panacea for the vexatious calm that has been found 10 troublesome In the management of regattas. I A Mince Tie. " The ' mince pie of to-day Is round. Four centuries ago, to cat a round mince pie would be to 6tJgmatlze yourself as a Jew or a heretic. The orthodox shape Is a long oval. It was doubtless meant to represent the cradle In Bethlehem, and tradition further asserts that the strange mixture which makes tbe mince represents the fruits and 6plce with which the three kings In the leeend filled the cradle. CAPE FEAR & YADKIN VALLEY HI John Gill, Itecelver. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. In Effect November 13th, 1890 NORTH B0CNP. No. 2. Dally. .Leave Wilmington 7 60 a. m Arrive Fayetteville 11 00 ieuve i'Hjettevllle 11 Leave Fayetteville Junction 11 27 Leuve Sanford 1 00 p. m. i.eave uninax a ou Arrive Greensboro 8 18 Leave Greensboro 8 25 Leave fctokesdale 4 10 Leave Walnut Cove 4 40 Leave Rural Hall 5 10 Arrive Mt. Airy 6 83 SOUTH BOUND. No. 1. Dally. Leave Jit. Airy 8 40 a. m. Leave llural Hall 10 01 " Loave Walnut Cove 10 32 " Leave Stokesdale 1 1 07 " Arrive Greensboro 11 53 " Leave Greensboro 12 10 p. m, Leave Climax 12 41 " Leave Sanford 2 55 " Arrive Fnyettcviila Junction 4 12 " Arrive Fayetteville 4 l!i " Leave Fayettoville 4 35 " Arrive Wilmington 7 4j " KOttlB BOUND. No. 4. Dally. Leave IJonnettsville B su n. m. Arrive Maxton !M0 " Leave JIaxton 9 50 " Leave J'.ed Borings 10 18 " Leave Lumber Bridge 10 33 " Leave Hope Mills 1101 Arrive Fayetteville 11 19 " BOUTII BOUND, No. 3. Dnilv. Leave Fayetteville 4 28 p. in. Leave Hope Mills 4 49 " Leave lied Springs 5 36 " Arrive Maxton 0 00 " Lfave Maxton 6 17 " Arrive llennettsville 7 25 " NOBTH BOUND. (Daily Except Sunday.) No. 16, Mixed. Leave Ramseur 6 45 a. m. Leave Climax 8 35 ' Arrive Greensboro 9 V0 ' Leave Greensboro 9 35 " Lave Stokesdale 1107 " Arrive Madison 1155 " SOUTH BOUND. (Dally Except Sunday.) No. 15, Mixed. Leave Madison , 12 30 p. m. Leave Stokesdale 1 28 " Arrive Greensboro 2 40 " Leave Greensboro 8 20 " Leave Climax 4 15 ' Arrive Itamseur 6 00 " NORTH BOUND CONNECTIONS at Fnyetteville with Atlantic Coast Line for all points North and East, at Sauford with the Seaboard Air Line, at Greensboro with the Southern Railway Comiuinv. at Walnut Cove with the Norfolk h. Western Railroad for Winston-Salem. SOUTH BOUND CONNECTIONS at Walnut Cove with tho Norfolk Western Railroad for Roanoke and points north and west, at Greensboro with the Southern Rail way Company for Raleigh, Richmond and j all peints north and east; nt Fayetteville I with tho Atlantic O ast Line for all points South; at Maxton with tho Seaboard Air Line for Charlotte, Atlanta and all points south od southwest. W. E. KYLE, 1. Vf. FRY, Gca'l l'ass. Agent Gen'l Manager. ELKINMfg, CO niGH GRADE COTTON YARNS, WARPS, TOMES, KNITTING COTTONS, elkin, ; rjaO. What is Castoria in Dr. Samuel Pitcher's prescription for Infants tind Children. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. It is a harmless substitute for Paregoric, Drops, Soothing Syrups, and Castor Oil. It is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years' use by Millions of Mothers. Castoria destroys Worms and allays fevcrlshness. Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd, cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. Castoria relieves teething troubles, cures constipation and flatulency. Castoria assimilates the food, regulates thr stomach and bowels, giving healthy and natural b.x-ep. Cas toria Is. the Children's Panacea the Mother's Friend. Castoria. "Castoria Is an excellent raedidne for chil dren. Mothers have repeatedly told tr.e of its good effect upon their children." Dr. G. C. Osgood, Lowell, Mass. "Castoria 18 the best remedy for children of which I am acquainted. I hope the dny is not fur distant when mothers will consider the feat interest of their children, and use Castoria instead of the various quack nostrums which are destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium, morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful agents down their throats, thereby tending them to premature graves." Da. J. F. Kinciieloe, Conway, Ark. Tho Centaur Company, 77 ft In OF WASHINGTON, D- C Will Dispose of the Following; Judgments- IIIIIMIIIIMIIIIIIIII North Carolina. B. P. Howell, Jonathan Creek, 190 00 J. II. 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Manson, Swansboro, 65 00 T. W. Harris, Jr., Swauquarter, 54 99 L. Heilbroner Bro., Torboro, 139 BO L. Heilbroner & Bro., Tarboro, 189 00 J. J. Wilson, Talbot, 211 62 Ducker tc Gurren, Tweed. Wheeler Bros., Worrenton, 87 22 93 25 123 40 47 09 J. O. Morton, Washington, Boston Shoe Store, Weldon, John F.Hardison, Williamston, 109 15 W. J. Harris, Wilson, 809 81 W. Corbett. Wilson, 764 60 Wm. Harris, Wilson, 71 07 Mitchell & Askew, Winston, 83 09 King Bros. Pure Food Co., Win ston, 'ii 07 Anderson 4 Co., Woodleaf, 286 00 SEND BIDS TO The National Collection Agency, ma j WAOI The Charlotte Observer DAILY &. WEEKLY Oaijwsli. Tboiip(bs, PuMlshers. J. P. Caldwhx, Edltot CBSCRIPTION rrticK. 6 1 Year, V Months I " MOO nor tl.N. star Oieitm, !i Yer. II 00 -.6. .. WISELY Omni, t Mouths Fun Telf graphl gervict, Mid large eorps Dorropondtnta. Best advertising SMdlnm betveen Washing ton, D. C , r.nrt Atlanta, O. A. AdOrers OBSKRVKR. OHARI.OTTK. 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