THE WILSON ADVANCE.
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THE ADVANCE GLEANINGS.
Tin Hal' iuiore Oriole was st great
MICC-CSS. t
Wilmington; wants a canning
factory. .,"."..
-Charlotte's Graded School ojiened
with .';'." pupils.
A n-w brick .Fpiscopal church is
to Ih biult at Henderson.
Since JS77,i 4.VC-W dogs have
lieeii drowned iy the authorities of
New York.
The Moore. (Sazette lias lieen re
vived at Carthage with X. M. Dllll
hip editior.
Shelb, N. C, man is making a
splendid quality of hraiidy from the
lucions watermelon.-.-
The Xe ic South says that the fish
industry of Wilmington is assuming
gigantic roMirt!ous.
Arabi Pasha lias surrendered tin--!
conditionally and is now a prisoner.
The war is virtually over.
A Virginia paper Malione "wauts
to lie President." That's where
the people and Mahone (litter. '
Key, Or- Oijems will lecture in
Baleigh October oth for the liene
tit of lvleutou shcf Methodism
church. :
Confederate bonds command .$7
per 1,00) in llichinond. ' Common
' sense is lowei-j wit h nil appreciable
demand. i -
The Green I rafters will meet in
New lierne Si-pl . 'J l h., to nominate
a ( !.ii "fe-siii:iii Jit he beaten by
ilul.lnor O'Haia.
At Brownsville. Texas, th.' fever
docs u'oi abate. The new cases a er--age
about fifty a day. 'Die deaths
aie about S a day. ; .....
The old and popular Boyden
I louse, at : Salisbury, has been
closed, Col. Brown will open a
h-ilel in AsheVille. '--','
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Two circuses, Hell Bros, and
Cole's are heujding fo North .-Oarn-lio.i.
They will both be " here' iliout
the middle of October.
The Chutaw Rixord h id entered
up. hi its ti I'th volume- It is one of
our mast valul'd exchanges,' and we
wi.--.li it long continued . success
Ill C.ibb county, (i.i., a natural
ink is found wliieh neither cor
rode , I iile-i ; not freezes. The
record -i of 'the; county are kept with
ii. .
Alex. II; Stevens says that we
American-) have ''the liest govern--m
mi in the world," which ;vis" proh
aol iiii : but. it is still mighty f ir
IV. mi pei fei'tion.
A Nevada paper tells of a man
who was eaten up by a leur while
a-deep. lie will be a much aston-
-
i .'ied citizen when he wakes up
and rind . where he is. J-
The Xeic : South says that th
Wilmington peanut is the best on
the market;, it has more of the taste
of the nut anfl less of the taste of
the pe t or bean than any other.
O. I). Hut h. city, treasurer of
South I '.end, Iml., has absconded
with -0,O00 of public funds. The
story of the gleanings of Ruth isuot
popular with the Hoosiers of that
section. ' "
A h it flirtation is the latest idiocy
. among the girls. There is no way
that a man can wear a hat that
doesn't meah something, and the
only way you're safe is to go bare
headed. ' j - -
The special jury h is returned a
verdict of !M years in the peniten
ti;iry against Samuel Hazel, who
brutally murdered his five year old
child at Anna," 111. Heought to have
been hung. ; '
The Advertiser talked friskily
the other dayaliout "a gain Of two
republican.;. Congressmen" at the
late election in Arkansas, when
Congressional candidates were uot
voted lor at all.
Moi-si- invented the telegraph,
and Hell, the inventor of the tele
phone. loth had deaf mute wives,
...i-.i.i .
which icnes a .man to oiiserye:
".lust see what a man can do when
everything is quiet."
.tiicueiei : says uiai: "Woman is
the siiuimer ot nian; not his repose
only", but his joy; the salt of hi
life," to which he might have ndd
ed the rest of the seasons, ; includ-
. ing mustaril and vinegar. "';'"
ln Castou c'liinty, within (he last
ten days, lull new babies have been
ushered into this .Vale of, tears.
Nine of them appeared last Mon
day in one township, -which is still
demoralized from I he effects.
i ..- - .-
ihe recent decision of the Su-
1'ivinc Coui t of Florida making all
liulroad.jiroperty in the State sub
ject .to taxation, will, it is thought
increase tw taxable projierty of
t lie State some th e lnilliolis of dol
la i s. : . . t : :;
.-nss lazette C. liernluMih has
severed hir connect ion with at
rw
itimit ami ubriHiil. , An exchange
sas slu, fis about, to weld other
ties." Does that mean get mar
riea, it so we extend best wishes
m Advaxce.
The Wilson Advance.
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VOTi 12.
As Josh Billings grows older in
years he grows in wisdom. Head:!
When a voiuig man ain't good for
anything else, I like to see him car-;
ry a' gold headed cane; if he can't
buy a cane, let biui part his hair in
the middle.
A F'OKCIBI.E (JOMMENTAUY. A
convict says lie was sent to prison
for lieiug dishonest, yet is com -lulled
every day to cut piece.- of
pastelioard to put letweeii the solej
of shoes made there and palmed oft"
on the inuoceot public as leather.
. The following occurred in a San
Francisco court: "Have you," asked
the Judge of a recently convicted
man, "anything to otter the court'
lie fore fhe sentence is passed!'
"No, your Honr,"repliel the pris
oner, "my lawyer took my last
cent." '.'.;.' t
Thei tlreenslmro Patrio says a
man in Swain couuty stole some
projierfy one evening not long since,
and was captured early next inoru
ing, tried iind sentenced to the
ieiiiteutiary,-,aiid was placed on
the Western roml at work by 3
o'clock the same day.
A Iniy fell into a creek at Oxford,
I ml.; and went home in wet clot hes.
His angry mother said that she
wished he had stayed in tbewater.
Taking the remark to heart, he re
turned to the stream anil drowned
himself. Then the thoughtless
mother drowned herself in unavail
ing tears. .
At a large anil enthusiast ic meet
ing of the Temperance Union, held
at Spriugtielil, (1 nil ford county, N.
C, September .1, 1882, Hesoleetly.
That it is the sense, of the meeting
that in the present- campaign .there
tiiusf, lie temperance candidates in
the held in the counties here repre
sented (Guilford - and Randolph.)
Itesulred, 2. . That a copy of these
resolutions be sent to the press for
publication.
This is how they raise children
in some portions of Virginia: A
iii in will get up early in the morn
ing and after stretching and wak
ing himself good will sav: ".lohn
nit.'!'' "Sir!" "Have you. given, the
calf some fresh pine straw to eat?"
"Yes, sir." Then wash your lace in
the branch like a pretty-, fellow
and. go to the persimmon tree aiid
get your breakfast." '
- Some men have tact. Said the
bridegroom who didn't wish either
to offend his bride or die of internal
disturbance; ".My dear, this bread
looks delicious; but it is the first
you luive ever .made. I cannot
think of e iting it, but will preserve
it to show to our children in after
e.H'.s as a sample of their mother's
skill and defines-1."
President Ar hur gave a brief
impromptu reception to the people
in I'.angor, Me., Tuesday afternoon.
In the midst of it, 'the Commercinl
sas, he tound tiniV to compliment.
little Miss ''-upon her "Tain
O'Shanter hat," and to say to some
ery small boys;, who were sliding
through the room. Come ."boys
uitshake hands with me. I like
Isiys." '
A man never loses anything by
kindness. : The Greenslioro Patriot
says that a gentleman at the depot
iwaiting for the Danville train saw
a 'worn an slip iikui something and
learly fall. He hurried to assist
her to rise, and as he did so she
dropped a v alise, which. -.proved to
lie his own, which he had left in
the waiting .room a few minutes
liefore, and which she was attempt
ing to .steal.
The Philadelphia 'American,' one
of the leading Northern reptibli
can papers, savs the republican
party in some parts of the South is
hot a pleasant object of contem
plation. In Virginia, it has com
mitted suicide for the b,-ntvit of
the repiidiators. In North Caro
lina, it has organized au alliance
with all the vice and ignorance of
the State, to prevent the passage, of
la ws to restrain drunkenness.
Can nothing stop these fatal mis
takes in drugsf The North State
Prexn says that a blind man by the
name of Ballauce, aor near Lake
Landing, llvde county, sold a - few
days to a person calling for calo
mel, some st rich nine. A liortioti
was given to a young lady and the
balance taken by Mr. Thos, Mid
gett. The woman died but by suc
cessive-treatment Mr.. Midgett w as
saved. The. next Legislature will
fail to do its duty unless it makes
it a misdemeanor for men who are
ignorant and inexperienced, to
handle drugs
When the time comes, Mr. Chair
man, that the officer seeks the man;
when the use of money in buyiug
votes aie unknown, then, indeed
we w ill have "a free ballot and a
fair count." Sin and wrong never
make a man free. Under their do
minion he is liound soul and body
The ouly freeman is the one who is
the gentle and merciful; w hose glad
eye drinks In with joy the beautiful
creations of his Maker as they glow-
in the rainbow, flash in the stream
let, and blush in the rose, cousci6us
that all men are his brethren.
Bob Va)ice.
NEAR-BY NEWS NOTES,
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Tbc
Weeks Wealili of Ker
New Uathered br 6ur Re
porters and Neatly
from our Numerous
bor.
IVipp4-d
NelKli-
There are five flourishing .schools
ill Scotland Neck. j
Vayue county will ujomiuate
couuty officers Sept. 30th.
Mr. J.. II. Jones, ot Battlelioro,
will shortly ojieu store in Rocky
Mount. I
TheTarboro MZicrKrctunjlaiiiy
loudly of its imi- market, and calls
for a city market house.
Hevi D. R. Bruton has been con
ducting a revival in the Methodist
church at Scotland Neck.
Mr. Titus W. Carr, has resigned
as a Commissioner in (Ireeije coun
ty. Col. R. C. D. lieamaii wks elect
ed in his place. j
The Tarboro Guiile publishes the
remarkable fact that not one of the
prominent merchants of that pl-.we
is a native of the county.
Capt. John S. Dancy has) resign
ed his place as one the directors of
the Tarborp Fair, ; and Dr
Baker has leen appointed
jdace.
J.
in
H.
his
The Reporter says it is
unored
that Frank Powell, of the Southerner
and .Post master Williamson, of
Tarlxuo, are alsmt to tight
We suppose its all fudge.
a luel.
The Kinston Free Press says that
.Humphrey, Wassom and! others
who oppose Hubs are manoejiveriiig
with a view to putting a second rad
ical county ticket in the
Lenoir county.
field in
Tarboro lia-s a Bei)nett-Pkillii.s
club which is in a flourishing condi
tion. Dossey Battle, Ksq., address
ed the Club last Friday night and
J. L. Bridgers, Jr., will speak Fri
day night, Sept. 22nd.
The Wilson correspoiidenf of the
Sunny Home, said in his last week's
letter "money is very scarce"
Wonder if said correspondent is
"hard up." We might rerjr appro
priately keep such a notic stand
ing at the head of our columns all
the year round.
WTe learn from Mr. C. T
Willis
up his
taat he has recently fitted
opera Mouse in larooro wptn gas
fixtures, lie has also opened an
other entrance to the hall
convenience of parties having re
served seats. He thinks Tarlioro
a lietter place for troups tlui
in Wil-
sou. i
The Kinston Free Press
rei-ords
the shooting of Mr. Herman liryan
in that place last Wednesday night
by a negro named Silvertoii Law
"lioru. I The ball penetrated the
lungs. There is great ind .gnat-ion
on the part of the citizens against
the negro. Mr. Bryan will proba"
bly live.
The Rocky Mount Reporter says
that Jerry Cox, colored, tlie noted
criminal, who is confined in the jail
at Nashville, it is said breaks bis
chains, &c, almost as fast as they
are put on him. He was chained
to the floor of his cell last Wednes-
day but by some means broke the
chajn and was lying in wajifto kill
the jailor when he brought his sup
per. ' I
Battleboro no Fence Meet
ing. At a meeting of the' farmers
of Edgecombe' and Nash I counties
held at Battleboro Saturday Sepl
9th ,1882, for t he purpose of discuss
ing the fence question Cajpt. Win.
1L Powell of Edgecombe as called
to the chair and Theo. Hobgood of
the Sunny Home was requested to
act as Secretary. Mr.. .Joe Powell
of Edgecomlie and Mr. ,14 15. Phil-
bps, of Nasli, speaking for their re
spective sectio.ns thought that all
with the iKissible exceptions of. two
in Nash, were in favor) of doing
away with the fence. J. J Phillips
read a letter from D. 11. parlow en
dorsed by W. G. Lewis stating they
would sell their lairils Ixffore they
would replace their fencek. On mo
tion ofT. P. Braswell, the chair was
requested to, ascertain wjho were in
favor and w ho wei'e opposed to the
fence. Only one dissenting voice
On motion ol d. L. Wiiiiberly a com
mittee of three lroin EdgecouilH
and three from Nash w erCapiointed
to ascertain the views of those w ho
were not oresent and also. to find
out the necessary steps Jo be taken
to establisfi the no feuci law,- com
mittee to reMrt at next; meeting to
lie held Thursday, Sept. 21st., at
o'clock P. M. G. L. Wiinlierly, J.
J. K. Lawrence and .W
H. White
head were appofnted oji the Com-
mittee from Elgecoiule
aud J. B,
Phillips, G. W. Ward
and W.P.
Davis,.' from . Nash,
journed to meet Sept.
Meeting ad-
21st. South-
erne r.
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What are Boys Good For?
The w ho urchin answ
ered: "They
are good to make men out of," made
au admirable reply.
But the sort
of men we are tohae in a few
years, depends iiku the sort of
Iwys we have now. A man is but
a grown up loy. The present crop
of boys contains some hopeful
LET Ai L THE ENDS
WIL.SOX, N. C,
sjieeijueiiK, who gives promise of
useful and noble manhood. But it
also allows a large percentage of
boys who must lie reconstructed
before they can jMissibly develop
into a manhood that can fill any
honorable or useful position in soci
ety. Boys who shun or shriek
useful work or improving study,
and spend their time in idle dissi
pations or vivacious activities, can
never liecome useful men. Boys
who, lieing obliged to do something
for their support, are not hopeful
prophesies of manhood. They will?
never amount to much. When we
seethe tendency. of cities, boys in
dustrious only in playing billiard or
bace-ball, or in some other useless
or demoralizing pursuit; ami the dis
position of country ltoys, to seek in
the city for easier or more respec
table) employment than the coun
try offers, we feel uiihojieful of the
future. It is from these two classes
that the constantly increasing 'ar
mies of shyster lawyers, quack doc
tors jMor preachers, bummer politi
cians, drunken loafers, petty
thieves, tramps, dead beats, et id
omni genus, are chiefly Tecruited.
Boys, is you want to be men of
worth, don't be afraid of hard w ork
or hard study.
"Lives of frreat men ail remind you.
Vou can make your lives sublime."
Read the lives of the great men
of the past and present, and : emu
late the virtues and .imitate the ex
ample of their boyhood. Dr. Benja
min Fianklin went from a soap-boi,
lers shop, through a printing office
to fame world-wide and. i in mortal,
by dint of industry and study.
What boys have done,, boys can
do.; Selected.
Was It An Wsnlt?
In a voice full of'deejiest emotion
the Secretary than announced the
following:
RlDGEWAY, N. C, Aug 31.
Brother Gardner
Honored Sir Some' time ago
I noticed a discussion in the pro
ceedings of your club to the effect
that your honorable body was at a
loss to decide on au emblem. Allow
me to suggest a chicken retiring to
roost, with Giveadam Jones' open
hand for a . background. 1 think
this picture on the banners of your
club .would look very handsome,
and at thesainetiinebe verv- appro
priate. Hoping my humble sug
gestion will meet with your eutire
approbation.
I am truly yours,
Cal. Ned Goouhen.
Several members of the club
were on their feet before the Secre
tary had finished the epistle, and
until Pickles Smith fell over a stool
and spralled on his b:wk it w as im
possible to tell who had the floor.
ixeadam Jones. " declared that it
was avi insult w hich he would wipe
but with blood, and Judge Cadaver
was trying to read a resolution to
the effect, that the club dispatch
three delegates to North Carolina
to demand a retraction, when the
President called for order, and
said:
"Gein'leu, doan' lie so thin skilled
I doan' see liuthn strange in a
chicken retirin' to roost. Chickens
can't stan' axon' on de co'ners all
night any mo' dan cats kin. Nei
ther do I see anything out of de
way in Brudder Jones' hand fur a
background. Kase his hand am
dar am no sign dat he is arter de
chicken. If he was arter dechieken
his hand would be in de foreground.
Doaieholler till .er hurt, an' if ye
am hurt while prowlin round
anoder man's premises doan' holler
if ye kin help it." Detroit Free
Press.
(lone ! Inflammatory rheumatism,
cured by St. Jacobs Oil. Ira Brown
Chicaijo Tribune.
Wilson's Taxable Property.
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-The following itemized state
the taxable nroiierty of
Wilson county and the taxes re
ceived rhereou will prove of iuter
t t, our leaders. The statement
was verv carefully prepared and
eiven usbv Mr. B. F. Bnggs, and
may be relied on as correct m every
particular:
STATE GEN EKAk TAXES.
NO. ' KI.VD. . YAI.ITK. TAX .
2S2,(8 Acres Land. $1,141,385 $684.82
MH Town Lots M.m 255.00
l.a7S Horses 77,020 46.21
1.3K3 Mules 85.219 51.13
4 Jacks US 7
4 Jennies 45 3
9 Uotrs 96 6
1.127 Ooats 1,08(5 64
3.H77 Cattle 25.U76 15.05
18.587 Hogs l,842 12.50
2,353 Sheep 2A1 1.40
Value farming-utensils, ic. 214,7 128.81
Money on hand 90,615 54.37
Solvent credits . 610,it 3H0.02
Stock in Incorporated Cos 18.575 11.15
A U other personal property 2K8,S01 1618
Kailroad transportation 22,800 13.68
$2,590 net incoine and proBts 25,90
Total
SPECIAL STATE TAXES.
Insane Asylum $3,003,700
Penitentiary 4,003.700
lntereston 4 per ct b'd d'd 3,0iO7m
$1,828,12
$;i,304.07
1.501.85
1,8022
$6,606,14
Total
SCHOOL TAX PAYABLE TO COUNT T TREASURER
1.460 White Polls at 1.21X eU $1,773.90
1.029 Colored Polls at 1,21s ets L250JJ4
$43,800 Bank Stock 54,75
$;t,003,700 Val Tax Prop at 12 V cts 3.754.62
v . - Total $6,833.51
. COUNTY TAX.
15 per ct on $100 real and personal prop
erty and bank stock.
One per et on net income and profits.
45 per ct on the poll.
Total ; $5729,64
May the good work begun by St..
Jacobs Oil continue until rheum a.
tistu and neuralgia have been ban
ished from the earth. Albany (N.
Y.) Press and Knickerbocker.
THOU AIM'ST AT, BE THY COUNTRY'S,
FUIIAY SEPTEMBER 23, 1882.
GRANDMA'S PAKTY.
Grandma had a party the other
day ! It was the funniest thing I
ever heard of in all my life, which
hasn't lieen . very long yet, seeing
I'm just a slip of a girl, ouly turned
10, ami Bob Andrews says Bob
says oh, pshaw ! I'm not telling
about him, but altout Grandma's
party. You see, she was 82 years
old that day. Eighty-two mercy
me ! I wonder what IH look like
when I'm 82 T My hair ia black as
night and her's is whiter than any
thing I ever saw, for there is a sil
very gloss about it that I cannot de
scrilie, and she is so -old and small
and yet every one says she has a
lovely lace ; it is just as if all sor
row, and regret, and disappoint
ment, and care had b en taken out
of it. It makes .me cry sometimes,
it is so sad ; but then Bob Andrews
says I cry at anything! As if he
knows.
And it's queer, isn't it f but
Grandma's cheeks are red some
times, or at least they are pink, and
it always reminds me of the sunset
shining on new snow, aud when she
looks out of the wiudow a loug time
her eyes grow large and look almost
young. I was telling that silly Bob
Andrews about them, and he said if
1 would look close into them I would
see an angel., I did, aud all I saw
was my, jowujj (J'acej .and I kissed
Grandma and told her something I
had read an day that , made me
think of her : , , ,. ,
.7 "Her eys are bprooB ttf BUent prayer."
For : Bometimes I : think Grandma
prays much of the time. What else
can such old people do t
But about hex party ; there were
eight old ladies invited to it, and
they were all as old as Grandma, or
very nearly, soand they t remised
when tLey walked, and they stoop
ed and had wrinkles and were dress
ed oh, dear, if you could have seen
them ! Little- old-fashioned black
silk gowns, with skimpy skirts and
white neckerchiefs, and work bags
and strings of gold heads, aud
watch chains made of hair, and they
wore brooches with miniatures of
such funny looking young men in
them, and they talked in such pa
thetic wheezy voices, as they shook
hands with Grandma, and wished
her "many happy returns of the sea
son, dear." You see they didn't
any of them seem to think they
were old.?spnej,yeia j0l(l Lidysaid,
"it's so range that;! should have
the rheumatism; none of my family
ever had it. What would you ad
vise me to. .do, Mrs. Lindsey ?" she
asked of one of the company. .
"I'm sure I couldn't tell," said
the in her old lady. "I never had a
touch ot rheumatics in my life.
Can't be you're getting old ?"
"Old f Me. old ? Why, I haven't
seen i.i yet! Mo, it s a cola 1 ve
taken. I'll just take care of myself
through the winter, and come out
like a lark in the spring." .
"I had such a fall the other day,"
chirruped a frisky little, old maid,
with dark, false curls and a bit of
rouge- on . her cheeks. She., was
nearly SO, but as straight as I am,
unl Bob Andrews says I lean back
im so straignt. "l was coming
through our hall, tripping along, in
a hurry, and I fell over the door mat
;iikd down the stem. ; It gave me
quite a shaking up."
"ion should look where you are
going next time," said one of the old
ladies.
Oh," said the aged spinster brid
ling, "that's 'what the doctor said,
but girls will lie girls, you know !"
Mrs. Lindsey is a cranky old
Scotch woman, and she put in her
word just then :
"Fools will , be . fools," she said
with a sniff of disapproval, "and
there's no fools like old fools, sis I
told Sam McCullugh when he asked
me to marry him last year ; deaf
and blind and not a tooth in his
head he'd 'a' been a gift for any
body to take up with !"
I eould'ut see where Mrs. Lind
sey differed from her own descrip
tion and 1 was thinking it over,
When the little old maid sjHke up :
"Girls," she said in her affected
falsetto voit;e, "do you remenilier
Bruce Conway f "
; Then there was a chorus of "Poor
Bruce !" "It only seems yesterday
I saw him!" "Such a handsome
young fellow," etc.
, "I've heard," said Mrs. Lindsey,
"that he was engaged to Sophia
Lamb when he died."
j "Indeed he wasn't;" spoke up a
very old woman who sat on the
sofa knitting stockings for her
grand-son "be never was engaged
to Sophy." ' '
They didn't notice a blush on
the wrinkled old cheek, but I did
let me alone for seeing' all such
things, as Bob Andrews says and
then the old hands dropped into
her lap, aud she ceased to knit.
"Bruce has been dead fifty years,"
said grandma, musingly. "It
doesn't seem a day. l used to go
up meeting house bill to put South
era wood and lilacs on his grave
poor Bruce!"
Then I saw a tear on the cheek of
the knitter, and I went and asked
her about her work who was the
little stocking for!
"It's for my granddaughter's lit
THY GOD'S, AND TRUTH'S.'
tle ly," she said; then turning to
me trembling and eager, 'There
wasn't a word of truth, in what
they told, my dear; Bruce Conway
was engaged to me when he died.
He gave me this ring" twisting a
bent and warped gold wire on her
thin, veined finger. "I've worn - it
all my life, and, please. God, it will
be lairied with me when I die!
You're the only one lever told, my
dear!" .
I think when they w ent out and
saw the supper-table. with its lights
and the grand birthday cake with
eighty -two tapers burning, they
became more cheerful, for they
laughed and told stories and re
called old times, the ; parties they
used to have and the cakes they
made, and they said no one knew
how to make such good cakes now,
and I'm glad they don't, for I
shouldn't like caraway seeds in my
tea cakes, and pound cake as heavy
as lead would kill me! v "
When tea was brer, the little
spinster sat down at the piano and
played. Oh! I wish you could have
seen her. She boblied up ahd
down and sideways, and jioiiuded
at the keys; but, worse still, she
sang a sentimental song, in her
little cracked voice. Even Grandma
had to smile. Butthen she sang
the "Land of the Leal!" Grandma
had been a great singer in her day,
aud although the power and music
had gone out of her voice, it had a
soft, sad sweetness that would have
made me cry if that Bob Andrews;
would have given uieury own hand .j
As it was I just kept the tears lwwtk
as the dear old soul sang it:
.in
"I'm wearin' awa, Jean,
Lige snaw-wreaths in thaw, .feanj
I'm wearin awa,
To the land of the leal.
I ' y' "
"There's nae sorrow Ihere, Jean, "
(.There's neither cuald nor care Jean
The day is ane fair
In the land of the leal.
"Our bonnie bairn's there, Jean 'f
I
: Then they all broke down, and t
t
and and that ended- (Jrahdma's
party. They said they had alovehj
time, but I never saw anything sq
sad in my life, and when they weroj
all gone I cried too, and said:
"Oh, I never, never, never,- wan?
to be old!" - j'
"And you never shall be," saiij
Bob Andrews silly fellow! I
"I should like to know how you
can prevent it," 1 asked, scornfully
as 1 could. . f
"By taking .such good care oj'
you, darling, that you " But',
pshaw! you don't want to heaj"
what he said. Detroit Free Press
Comfort to Old Maids.
Old maids are useful. . They cnij
cook, sew and take care of the chil
dren and nurse sick people, an
generally play the piano. Old bachl
elors are useless. They do not even
know how to drive nails or split
wood. . :
Old maids are amiable. If one
wants anything done that requires
patience and kindness of heart, a
single lady is sure to be the om
do it.
to
i
Old bachelors are ill-natured.
They snub children, despise babieH
and hate young mothers, and are a(
ways so busily employed in see.ing
that ot her people take care of theiii
that thev have not a moment to
give to any one else. f
Old maids are nice looking, and
young for their years. Old bach
elors have red noses, rheumatism
in the knees, bald heads and moiit lis
that turn down at the corners..
Old maids can inake a home Of
one little room, - and they cook de
licious meals for one over the gas
jet, in cunning little tin kettles,
besides making all their own ward-
rolies. Old bachelors need an ar
my of tailors, waiters, emiks and
distant relatives to keep them com
fortable. When old maids are ill they tie
- i
up their heads in pticket handker
chiefs, take homeopathic pellets out
of two bottles alternately, anil g't
well again. When old bachelors
are ill they go to lied and send for
four diK'tors, have a consultation, mi 1
mautlepiece full of black bottles, all
the amiable married men w ho lie
long to the club to sit up with them ,
at night, besides a hired nurse ;
they telgraph to their relations,
and do their best to jiersnade the
world that they are dying.
When an old maid travels xhe
takes a sandwich, a small pieceof"
pound cake and a - ttottle of lemon
ade in a basket, and lunches com
fortably in the carriage. When an
old bachelor travels he orders a
meal in courses at the station, and
' i
raves because he has net time j to
eat it before the "fifteen minntesfor
refreshments" has expired.
Old maids drink tea, and it cures
their headaches,
Old bachelors drink strqngf li
quor, and it gives them headaclies.
Old maids are modest. Tliey
think their youth is over and their
beauty gone. If after awhile, some
autumnal love is given, then they
take it as a sort of m iracle. and hone
people will not laugh at theui for
"marrying so late in life."
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Warner's Safe Kidnev and Liver
Cure. 1
WHAT THE. SOUTH WANTS.
The tollowiug from the pen of a
distinguished Kentuckiau we heart
ilv endorse, and such should lie the
sentimeuts ot everyitrue Southern
man. ! -
"I am tired of hearing the depre
itiug cry of Wej want Yankee
brains'and enterprise.' We don't
want any such thing. We want
Southern brains aiid enterprise.
What "the South wants is common
sense ami action. ;i lie om ruling
class was nt and isi not a more in
efficient class than the same strata
in New England. On'-the contrary
history shows that when we applied
ourselves to the, thing in hand we
excelled the North. We had more
good statesmen and orators than
theXorth. Our military meii w ei
the foremost, in imjuuers aud tar
the South, with all her smaller ci
ties and sparse population, was at
least equal ami abroad, held supe
rior to the North, jln physical , de
velopnieut they are jaud have Iteen
sujieriors to the North. Slavery
preveuted manufactures aud com
merce and iuterfeirjfd with common
education, and therefore,' ivas ; a
block to most of the progress of
model ii civilization, mechanics, arts,
roads, bnildings,jhips and all that
It prevented inventions and the
intelligent use of jt he methods al-'
ready known. If warred, against
economy and se!-restraint. But
slavery is gone, and gone 'forever
and the road to progress lies full
and free liefoie us. If we take the
old slave line as the border of the
Sontb, we have a larger and lietter
surface and soil than the North and
also better cliiueji. We are the
place of the great world staples
tuition, corn, (uiaizie,) 'tobacco ami
rice. Y-There. are vast fields, yet to
lie occupied with jthe sugar cane.
The cotton and all jthese. other other
staples should reach their highest
preparation for cujisumption hre.
We have all the i; minerals of the
world. We have tjie clime lor the
best peaches, apples, .aud cherrh's,
not to seak of the orange banana,
lemon aud the watermelon ami
many small traits, j The vine and
the silk culture niuKt succeed here,
if anywhere in .America. The South
has the-liest tjinlnfr; ..the'woofj of
the suuny clime i;j firmer, stronger
and more varied than ' in the North
and its growth more rapid. When
forestry become alrart andeultiiie
as it w ill the Soutll w ill Ik the place
of its highest sunless. When sor.
gliiini and the sugar beet, the one
for stock and the jither fo- sugar,
shall liecome the great staples, and.
they will in-time, the Soutli will le
the place for tlir culture. We
have also the site (or liax and hemp
ami the best, wheat and , barley.
I There is plenty of capital in the
South for all legitimate puiKses,
Where comes thej ''money for our
ibreign travel, ouij- summer water
ing places, our extravagance -in
household . and jiersonal decora
tion I We have feiiough. to begin
with, and more will join us if need
In-." --
A Mmelous
iircamstance.
An old style. Camp meeting of the
MethiMlist Protestant (Ihilrch was
held, at Bethel
I'liurch. thirteen
miles south of (Ipiain, commenc
ing on the :id inst., ml ending on
the evening td'tlnf Jth. It was verv
sm-cssful and
Over t,00(peo lie
sii'gely att'emled.
Wer present n
fhe convertsat
Sunday. Among
the meeting was' a boy 14 years old.
He was naturallya very bright and
intelligent lad Ijuf unfortunately
stuttered so badly as to preveHt his
attending sehiiol.
II is speech couhl
only le understood by-inemliers of
the family, and tlieu with great dif
ficulty. .Inst at.tjie inoinenf o! his
profession he spike clearly and
without any impediment whatever,
in every respect as well as if he had
never had the defect at all, and
continued to do o until our 'in for-
mant left the ground. This circum
stance 84-emed ( marvelous to his
friend's and adnuaintaue.es, who
knew of his impediment ofsjieech,
that it created i great sensation
anion'' them ami in fact the entire
assem bly. jtfeir Observer.
1
The Alamanctj "Gleaner", pub
hshed a week aftir the alwve wur
rence", says that the cure is a'lienua-
uent one.
Annoying
Attentions.
A young Brooklyn widow is the
object of attentions, which are le
coining not only jannoying but in
tolerably OnThnrsilay thirty-nine
quai-ts of ice creiim, fourteen tons of
coal, three kegs of leer, lorty wagon
loads of ki idling, seven insur:
atrents ami- a twin infant's outfit
were sent her in small quantities
from sres f dealers. On Friday
a !arK't--Ieaiierj came early, then
two more, then florists, bakers, con
fectioueif , coal carta, beer wagons,
etc., as lHfore.
first caller was
On Saturday the
a wet, nurse, who
raug the bell at .5:30 in the morning
ami was succeeded in the course of
the day bv al-uk thirty others in
search of the same infant. There
were also thr4 more lager beer
,uw. aa t. la-water hed
Idlers. In the evening the exoress
NO. 30
men began calling, three being
there at the same time for truuks
directed to different Kiuts varying
from Bbylou, Long Island, to Mon
treal, Canada, Ou Snuday ( came
twenty -one quarts of ice-cream and
an undertaker. Since that time all
has beeu quiet, but the I ' jdv sjien es
are so unstrung in couseqeilcv of the
excitement that sho will leave the
city. . The detectives have been put
ou the track iu the b(ies of arrest,
ing one of the widow's discarded
suitors. . i "
True , Woman's Rltfits.
1
A young marrietl woman dowii .
in Kentnckv, being asked tfahe
did not havea Kort ofunc6ntrt.il-
1
it 1 11
aide hankering to" march to the t
i...i... 1 1..,.. :'.. e.
; , ,-, r ir 1 1
Jaw, and hlK?rty, and freedom, and
equal rights, both civil and military
as viewed from a womanly stand
point, said: "Ballot box be smashed,
I'd rather rock a cradle' with agtHxl
baby iu it, than lock the throne of
every principality ou earth by my
suffrage." Thats the kind. of. a
woman to have arouud thef house,
acctuding ro the auti-wonian's suf
frage idea. It is claimed that snch
if woman lays over the thin-faoetL
dysieptic novel reatler of a history,
who demands the ballot, by an over
w hehuiug majority iu loth houses
aud the mind oi' fhe young man
lookiug for some one to split the
kiudling, build the fires aud fry
doughuutsfor him. (
Lying About Snaies. 1
A SwuiihIruo item iu the New
heme Journal furnishes a good idea
of how a man can lie about Shakes
thus:
, .More snakes this- week. Mr. T.
Marshall was getting fotlder last
iweek when n large cnu'h-whipuiake
attacked him and his boy; thenion
ster had a white rabbit hi li s
mouth, and was twelve feet long,
He attacked the boy, who is alout
l.'J yen i s old, and if it had not been
for Zeplt, , probably ' wonhl have
whipped the Itoy to death. The
rabbit w as a geuuine white rabbit;
don't know, where it came from.
The snake was killed, and Biyce
Morris kilied a large rattle snake
twelve and a half feet long with
fourteen rattles and ineasnred
twenty-two feet around; his rib
Imiiics were five inches long; inside
was a live raccoon and a dead blue
lieiTon. J. II. Littleton sawSiuother
snake 'yesterday near Ma j. I'iu
ville's sixteen feet long, Vint did not
succeed in killing him. .
Kisses.. .
To steal a kiss, that's fair.
Tti buy a kiss, that's stupidity.
Two girls kissing, that's waste. .
To kis not at all. that's bad
taste. . .- i:
To kiss anot herinan, that's n. isty.
; To kiss your sister, that's Neces
sity. To kiss vour wife, that's correct.
To uet caught kissing, that's!
dreadful.
, To kiss the baby, that's unsatis
factory. 1 To kiss an ugly woman, that'n
courage. :
To kiss the chambermaid, that's
dangerous.
To kiss your mother, that's the
purest kissofall.
To kiss tlie gill you're engaged to
that's expected.
To kiss a -rich '"old maiden aunt,
that's hypocrisy.
Tonkins a bliHiniiiig girl, that's
jieaches and cream.
To kiss your mother in law
equivalent to highway robbery.
The lteidsville 3'ime says Ben
nett i a gotnl and true man. What
he says he'll do or as he vows tlie
trying. That's his grit. True he
has proven so far a most unequal
shaker, . In lialeigh almost a fail
ure, but down List bwhiug like a
storm-king, and again in .the sud
den calm or reason and -truth, like
a sea at rest, the jn-ople in crowtls
anchoring to him. Then at Fay
ettville another flat. .'"But -from
there to Durham where he fairly
roused the woods, lawyers, fanners,
mechanics all agree that Bennett
at Durham was glorious. Kight
from there to Greensboro where
another cold wave struck him. But
what odd w hether hin stomach ih
in order for a lively sjeech to-day
.or a laltored one to-morniwf The
man's the same aud K. T. Bennett
is a man. The exqle cau safely
trust him. 1
The rapid destruction of our for
ests has become a matter of
National, or we may say- iuter-
SnroJ national coii frii. The American
nt fit rrSJatTV Ai-WK'iatioii has for its ob
ject the checking of this wholesale
annihilation by devising method
for the preservation oi existing for
ests and proagation of others.
Tlie annual congress of this asso
ciation was held at Montreal, Can
ada. August 21 and 22. The Hon.
George B. Loring, United States
Commissioner of Agriculture, is
I president of the congress, and the
1 Governments of Ontario and Que-
I "lal representativei. w
- atteml me meetings oi ine m
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Selections for Sinday Eeadiug
1 RuLllty.
Uft ra, Kivtxl Jeaus! fur the Umr la nH-h
Thiu I mint cliuib unto Thycnxwm t. .
The vurkl fa U out, IU kmjrtbeaiuir nhlom
Earth's mi pi, pMaiotr,.aD lu J.iyn hvo it
Phantom lkx-k ruund mi, multlplylnif fast ; -,
Notbliwr mmmim taniribto. The a I Dn.iiulil
Most pvniiattenlhath pitbol. Ctnno '.
0 sated Spirit ! fnn th vxttut tn .
Tlw certain .lroMurn the inimlo play. .
The U-oi-hTi aruUtm-rtcl, we will in- . . r
Fowl the f.M.liKh flown, the kltur, tho nmn n,
Tlie 'Mh stc-, with n iTe wtx, : .
1 Mavm to sanl brfuro a minster avrtn.
Anl hr faint onran in thf dlotanw N'low;
,
M'evale..t and extravagant has
'';l'i'"i''KPrHisetM,,ethat
1...., .... 1,. 1 ....1...
" urn nit iiuiit-nij aim miiit'i iiin ill-
-
teui.ts a just aeeiuint of any olie,' lie
lslooked npou as little less than a
1
monster; and be will 1h h ippx if
some one (Iocs not shy it rck at
him, with the complimentai -miu
sol." Tr. Lafcrtys""'-" ,
'....-'" i-
A well known financier in New
'York, who died lately, was noted
during life for lavish and unceasing
liberality, as well as for tin wisdom,
with w hich he gaxe. to indnidifiils,
to chaiitable and religious pTfrpoes ;
in a word, to every worthy cause
Ou one occasion, when a li icml
spoke to biui of his geuerosit, he
said, bluiitly: "Vou mistake. I
am uo geuerous.T lam by Nature
extremely avarichMis. But when i
w:is a youug man 1 had stMise enough
to see how mean ami iH'liltiiig sm h
a jMisition was, and I forced .m sell
to give. At first, I declare to yon,
it was torture to me to pari with a
jienny ; but 1 iwrsisted, until the
habit of liberality waW formed.
There is no yoke like J hat habit.
Now I like to give." . - ," "
; ... . '; V" - - . . "... ''
-SUK llAilU J)ONK -'W.IIAT SllK
CoULU. She'coulil eiM litfiAn Ui V" :
Sunday school, but she will Viol at
tend it. She could collect ioney
for the missionary work of Ihe
church, but she will not. She could':"
visit and nurse the hick, but she.
will not. She could attend the
prayer meeting and help the sing
ing, but she will not. She. could
contribute freely to the ordinary ex
ense,s of the church, but she ill
not. She could real many valua
ble hooks, but she will not. She
might lie a memlM'r of the Ladies'
Society to aid Hie poor, but she w ill :
not. Yet she expects-her Lord to.',
say to her at the last tlay, "t'ome
thou giMwl mid faithful servant."
But how caii it tie and lie truthful J"
A Backwoods ADVKNtn k. .
A Virginia banker who was chair .
man of a ,iioter intidel club, ;i '
once traveling through Kciiiuiky,
having with him bank bill-; to the
aimnint of twenty live thousand
dollars. When hi' came to a lonely
forest where murderers and robbers -were
said to lie frequent', he was
soon lost through taking the wr-hg
road.- TWK darkness of the -night
caine tpiitlj' over him, and how to
escajM- r. oin the threatening ilancr
he knew not. In his alarm he -ml
deuly espied in tin- distance a duii
light, light, and urging hi Iioim-on
ward, he came at length to a wretch
eil cal. in lie knocked, ami the.
door was opened by a uoiihiii tlui
said that her husband wasimt Incit
ing, but would soon n tin n. The
gentleman put up his horse and mi
tered the hut, but with feelings thai
ca.n Im- imagined iH'ttcr tluii do
scribed.- Here he was with a larjie
sum of money, and 'crhaps iu the
house of ue of the very r.ibltcrs
whose name was a terini to I lie
country. ,
1 In a short time the man of I he i
house retumetl. He-had. on a deer
skin shirt, liear skin hat, seemeil
fatigued, and was in no talkative ,
iikmmI. All this ImhIiiI the infidel
no good. He felt for his'ph-toN in
his jMickets, and placed 'them so as
to lie ready for instant Unc, Tin- '
man asked the stranger to retire to
1m1, but he declined, saying he
would rather sit up by the tire all
night. The man urged -bul ...the.
more he urged the more the. intidel
liecauie alarmed. He felt assured
this was his hist night on e nth, but
he determined to "sell hi i life as
dearly as he' could- His infidel .
principle gave him no comtort.s
What was to.lie done f
At leugth the IrackwiHtdsniaii
arose and reaching over to the wood
sheir he took down an old worn lxok
and Raid: -
4tV ell, stranger, if you won't gi v
to bed I will. But it is my habit to
reatl a chapter in the Bible lH-f.re
going.
What a change did thest word-;
prtxluce ! Alarm was at once, re -moved
from the skeptic's .mind.
Although avowing hiinselt an infi
del, he now bad confidence in the
Bible. He felt safe. He felt lU.tt a
man who kept an old Bible in his '
house, and read it, ami bent the .
knee in prayer, was neither ..a rol
liernor a murderer. He listened to
the prayer of the good mini, at once
dismiiwed all his fears, and l.ying
down, be ulept as calmly as lie dil&
under hia own roof.
: From that time he ceased to re
vile the good old Bible. lie be- ,
came a Christian, and often related j
the story of this incident to prove
the folly of infidelity.