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THE ROANOKE NEWS: HE ROANOKE NEVS ADVERTISING BATES. - - A. DEMOCRATIC ) ' r v." S ,'- I M 'ALA !QQQ M 00 1 14 00 v ce 20 no 30 1 0 a to in 00 so ce 4 a I -io 00 te 00 1 BS-ULWEKKIY NEWSPAPER, PUBLISHED BY DAY & BiTCIIELOR SPACE r e O 3 it mis If One Square, 5 Ofl l wo, Squares); 8 0 Three MquarM, 10 (Ml One Year, In art ram. Six Month, " , rbrea Months, ' rnur etqunrea, 12 0 3 00 2 00 1 no VOL. VII. WELD ON, N. C, SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1878. fourth Col'a, 15 00 Half Column, 20 80 vuQiaColamn, (One Year, 6 JSO. 8. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. w. m. iwm " " "wTT'm. J I T C H E V A DUNK, ATTRBTmyBU,OR AT LAW, Scotland Nwek, llwlilni Co., !.'. frantic In tin Courts of H'ltfax and B-l lining (viuntie, wd In tun Supreme and Federal Couru. Jania tf rJH0C AS M. lllib AUoravy at twt HALIFlX, N. 0. Praotlnns In Hull fax and adjoining Counties and Kedorsl and Supreme Courts, Will be at Sojtlaid Neok, once every fortnight. Aug. 28-a W. H. DnY, W. W. .11 AM.. D A Y HALL ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Pr.fiiM In t'e otirti of Halifax and djni :nt cinntina, and in tho Supreme and I'Moral court". Clal ns collectnd iu any part nf North Careliua, jun 2(1 1 H gAMUKt, J. W MIGHT, TORNEY AT LAW, jmksov, nr. c. Practice in the Court of wad adjoining counties. Northampton sep 15 1 Y AVIS L. II I II i S i ATTORNEY AT LAW HALIFAX, X. C. Fraction ir. His courts of Hali'ax and adjoining counties, and in tlio Supremo and Faderal Court-". Claim oollected iu all parts of North Carolina. Offise in Ihe Court House. jaly 41 . R BURTON, in. ATTORNEY AT LAW, HAUFAX, . C. Praatioea Iu Ihe Court of Halifax fVnnty. and Co inties adjoining. In the lorn) Court of the State, aud in the fa torsi Court. Will give psill attention to the oolleo lira felalms,and to adjusting the account af Exaoators, Adminisrators and Hur Hans. . riec-15-tf , J. M. a R I Z Z A K D, ATTORNEY AT LAW, HALIFAX, N. C. Offise in th Court Hons". Strict atten tiaa givea to all brauchoa of the proles ia. jan 12-1 o E3. T. BRANCH, ATTORNEY AT LAW, SXF1BLD, HALIFAX CODXTT, N. C. Praallee in the Counties of Halifax, JU.k, Edgecombe and Vvilson. Calleetions wads iu all part of the Stat. jan 12-6 i A M C 11 A KA, ni i w r . 1 a v la iaf FIELD, N. C. Praaiiow in the Counties of Halifax, Ueouatie and Nash. In the Supreme 0rt f (ha Hist aud la the Faderal vearss. Calltiiions made la any part f the Stale. Will attend at the Court House in Jealihx Monday and Friday of each swaek. jau 12-1 0 K D K I If J. BURTOK, ATTORJIET AT LAW, WELDON, N. C. raatirs la the Courts of HalUax. War raa sad Northamptnn eountiea aud In the Baaraas and Fwtural Courts. Cl. aeilanutal 10 aar aart of North 4ral aa. juna 17- Uaaa a. rci-i.sa. J0U1 A. MOOSK. M ULLIN MOORB ATTORNEYS AT LAW. iiaiirax, sr. r. Practice In the Counties of Halifax JSVtaarrjtta 1, Kditruomba, Fill and Mar tia-'-Iatna alupreme Court of ha State 'and In We Federal Court ofte Eastern 'Hialrlot. Ci llactio'n made in rpart of North A KISS ANN! It WILTON. Thorn are so manv thing In life Ma e up ol love and sweetness, Ami yet a liiHs iraiixoPiirln them all And Alls It to cornplHeniss. Tlio prcokus hahy learrx o soon The wondrous art of kiing : Without It what wijuld ohlldien doT Their Joys would nil be inifslng. For childhood demonstrates Us love I5y twining rtns and ktn-e, While roguish boys no naturally Km dainty little misses, Lifo's swontt drop lies In a kits, And sparkles in It ll wine : (m il pressures' linger long mid ll 1 Idle up to It completeness. ' IKE HOUR BEFORE DAWN." , i The latest September riavs liarl come in ull thrir put (V clion dajs ahen the pure, cool nir seemed like an ttlixir of life oiid youth when there wns l!:e first suggestion (d Ihe exquisitely ud dtiys fll ihe dying summer time iu the huzy, red gi.ld utrnospliuro ill it hung silently over the hill-t' ps. ad brooded I ke gome palpable blessing over Imt-land and lawn. Hlancbe Carroll sot on the low door step of the ftirin-houve that hud been her hoiiie that summer, locking out through Ihe twiliflit with wistful eyes that werel blue as Heaven s dorne. Thu.kii'g al ways thinking, it seemad tn her, since those other days, not vet a year go ,e by, when, instead of beiiij. what she was now, Mrs. Peinertm.'s half ussist tint iu tlie duties of Ihe family half sister. daii"hter, Uiea whatever one choose tn cull the intim Uo relation that eaisted between them when, instead of this she had been belle and heiress hose snay a as undisputed, whose rein had been as iiuigi.ihVeiitly triumphant as its sudoen ending had been pitifully sharp, and hitter. ishe had never, in nil her eighteen years of pay, j yous life, known what it meant to have a wish uenratified a aant, however imaginary, unlu'h led. There bad never lieen any lack of ready motiey ; there had been Imises. and ciirriajjes, and s-'rvants at the j ir . signo', and tiips to the Continent beli ever the fancy seized her. Then hud come the terrible hoaneial earthquake, and a wet k after, Blanche (jairt II had lean ed from the IijiS of her distracted futher that evert thinn must go, even to her jewels and luces, and costly little elegancies so that his name would not be dishonored lor the first time in his life. A wei k after that d y, which had seemed the most dreaaiul ol all possible eys, some one had corr.e tn her, and ddd the vtry llacki.esof darkness to er woe by telline her of how Mr. Car roll was found dead in his 1 llice chair apoplexy or paralysis which, as rjot vet decided Utahe almost llapsed under that second blow. Never hiving remembered her mother, she hail loved her futher with double intei sity, and when he was dend and buried, t lie world yawned before her, with no protecting arm between her and hen there did not remain a hundred pounds in all the aide world sba could call her owo. Poor HUnche t And yet it wjs not the very worst. The worst uf all was Elmer Westcourt s election, with scores f those whom she had implicitly believed were best, truest, dearest otheis whose deletion hurt her for the time, hut whom she learned she could readily exist with out. But Elmer Westcourt? lie had been ull that was most nnbli', must perfect, Grandest in 'n asculine human nature. To him she had looked with almost the revcrettCH of a devotee to her patron saint. His physical beauty had commanded hrr passionate adn iration, his qualities of n.ind had called out nil her keenest approbation, and his peculiarly master ful way had taught the girl lor the hist time in her lilc bow sweet it was to be governed. There had never been an engage ment betacen them, and yet HUnche had been si positively sure he loved her She hid seen it in his cyc, time ai d again, she had more than once listened to saret, suggestive words ho had spoken, iu his low, thrilling voice, She had, with good reason, built the most beautiful castles of their future together, and had been only wa'tiug his pleasure to apeak, when her truu-lu came to her " And, with all other summer fiieticls, he, too. had left her, without a word, wilbou: a sign, tn think what she chose, to suiter or not, as the case might be. Then, i her distress, hersoitl). wounded pride, her disolationof soul, Blanche had rushed away from London away up among the cool, green hills of Cumber land, where she was not mistaken in sup posing she had one fiteud left Mis Peiiibertou, who, alth tugli personally a stranger to her, Blanche knew had been a dear, warm friend in girlhood days of her mother. Aud so it came to pass that Blanche Carroll made ber borne iu , the tenant fann-bousf, where, with livht, womanly duties and pleasant responsibilities, she was bravely striving to forget ber bitter past, and the sou id of Elmtr West court's voice, ai.d the look in hit eyes. ' She was thinking of all ibis as she sat in the twilight, that cool, breeiy Septecu ber night, and into the beautiful blue eves bsd come sucb a wisifuluess and heartsick woe that dear, motherly Mrs Pewberton, looking up from ber knit It will never, never do 1" she said, energetically so much so that her kindly, emphatic tones brought a sudden dash of color to Blanche,' s face. "It will never do the way you allow your self to brood on things that ynu can't hel(. I am really delighted to think ,1 n n v ill be home so soon. lie will t .he you in charge, and make you give up these useless memories, which only seem In make yen miserable. Such a dear, blessed old boy as my John i, Blanche, ai d so handsome I Why, 1 coi,fiJently expect it will be a case of mutual uffuiitv, you and b", unless he has lost h s heart abroad ; this year he has been to Germa'iy I" A case id affinity for her I B'anche felt a thrill of sick hum Mrs. Prnibertun never Imagined her words had caused, for, althuugti she knew there was a lOT'-st" entangled somehow with Blanche's old life, the girl hail been proudly reticent ol particulars, nr Elmer We-(court's nam?. fli Pdmberton ta ked so much, so often, of her darling, "ber blessed bov." hef Only son, John, who. to her, fulfilled every dieatn of manly excellence and perfection. And Blanche used to won der often what the Qeiet homo Would be like when Mrs. Punibertuii'g son came into it. She used to wonder how it would be poss ble for her to endure the presence of any one who would in any way remind her of man's perfidy end heartlesstiess. Bat il their lives her life was to be invaded by a man. Well, after a time, she grew tn be ashamed of ber morbid cowai dice of feeling, and reSolvd. with a stern delerm nation that was pitiful, that Jnhn Pemberton and odd, strengthful name it was to ber should not interfere with the duties of the quiet like she had chuser, and which, al'huugh she was hardly conscious of it, was leaving its impress on ber discipline, and patience, and nobility on her nature. Nevertheless, the pain the very bit lei ness of woe was not removed. Her father's death she could, iu the ordinary lieu ling course of nature, have got over. I, 's ol aeallh, position, and summer IVi m ds would, alter a time, have been us a tr'fl ' to her. Bat Elmer Westcourt's defection 1 So long a she lived, it would hurt her with that keen, sick pain which gome women do suffer women with great purity and trust of nature, who can 110 more iiu ig i e deceit and cruelty in one they love than themselves are capable of it. Truly it was her darkest hour. To her, Elmer Wtstcourt would always be the one who had power to touch her heart. To her he would always be the beloved, though not the lover the one above all others, although tmtvurthy, strangely paradoxical as it was. So Blanche tried her best and bravest to eoler into Mrs. Pemberton's spirit of welcome for her son. Sho beautified Ids room, that lor more than a year hud stood alone In its unoccupuncy. She baked delicious cukes, and arranged toulhsoiiie bills of fare, ai d went through the whole house, leaving everywhere the impress of her 'artisli: touch, that de lighted Mrs Pemberton so thoroughly. "John will appreciate il to, blesg his dearhraitl Blanche, I never waited anything iu all my life as I want my boy. Aud do, do Blanche, make him feel, so fur as you are concerned, that you make him welcome ; will you?" Up in her room, hours after, Blanche remembered particularly what dear old Mrs. Pemberton had said about her con tributing her slime toward welcoming ai d pleasing the coming guest, and as she stood before the glass, brushing out the lung, lustrous hair, that was fuU of gleams of sunshine, she thought how far past the lime it was when she could be a pleasure or a pride to any ono. Sha thought how worn-out sue bad grown to be, how ag -d and nld-wumanisli her fierce, ceaseless fi "lit with fate had ell her, and she smiled wearily at the idea of her being even thought of when John PembertUH came. I think Blanche renily thought it was so that she was worn and faded, when. instead of her old-time radiant, sparkling beauty, she saw a sweet subdued, serious loveliness, which others recod aud admired if she dij not. 1 She had never, in nil her flash of beauty, aud wealth, and happiness, made a fairer picture than she looked that day, alter she had dressed for Mrs. Pember ton's son's home coming. She worn white, with delicate blue ribbons, and her lovely hair was piled high on her head in a golden confusion of fl igsy puffs and tenderly ring, and glossy braids. It seemed strange to Blanche that she could not possibly take an iutereg: hi the coming of this gentleman she wi , not so very long ago, hud go thoroughly en joyed a tlirtaliuo. Mie wondered wny, 10 s.ote 01 herselt, she was go listlessly indifferent, and honestly tried tn catch the infection of Mrs. Peinbertou'g ex citeinent of joj. The old lady had put on her best dress a rich, rustling silk to do h .nor to her son's coming, and Blanche thought, ai she went into her pirlor, that she had never seen a sweeter tableau ol placid, aged beauty, and happy old days, than Mrs. Pemberton ollered, iu her laco cap and gray puff;, aud pale face lighted by shcIi glad eyes. "How your sun ought to worship suck a mother?" she said, with a warmly gracelul little impulsiveness a churac Itcristic of wtber days, to which she gel doru gave war now. "Mr. Peinbertou gurely doeg i Mr. Ptrobtrtoo mmned (torn ber chuir at the sound of carriage wheels at, the door. . ' He has cornel Oh, Blanche! Bat whatever possessed voii to think his name wag Pemberton I Why, John is my first husband' son t" And Bla'cbe slipped nut of the back dour as the gentleman came in the front one wei.t away upstairs again, leaving mother aud son to the sweet sacreduess of their glad meeting. In all her lifa, B'anche hud never felt so lonely a in that half hour she spent up staii st, knowing how entirely foigottvn she was.. Kbe wag net selfish, either, but it seemed as if all the trouble she had ever know came surging il waves of keen remem ranee over her. She realized as s'le hsl never done before how pitifully alone ghe was in the world, and then into Ihe midst f har rowing thoughts the toars that had left her heart but had iiot yet reached her sweet, sad eyes, into the in i J at of the desolation of her youiig life, came Mrs. Pemberton's voice, quick, glad, exult ant, as she culled (rum the loot of the stairs: - ' "Blanche. Bla the, do come down! There' a mjstery I can't quite under stand. Como hete t' And Blanche, half smiling at the dear old lady's pardonable excitement, went quietly, promptly, to be presented to her son. Mrs. Pemberton caught her by both hands, to dtug her perforce into the parlor. "Il beats all I ever did hear of 1 I never was so " Just then a tall, handsome gentleman came through the putl r door, with quick eager steps, and Blanche looked and saw Elmer Westcourt. , ' B.anche Cat roll I My darling, whom I thought I hud lost until a few miuutes agul Bla.iche, my hive 1" A"d the girl stood looking at him, clutching Mrs. Pemberton's hand in a vice-like grasp that was chill as death, her face pale as her dress, her eyes full of mingled piteous bewilderment, and wondering doubt, and mute testacy, "To tbink I never once thought of telling you Julio's name was Westcourt I You see, I always call him John, el though Elmer is prettier, and ha has an cquul right lo it, it being his middle name. And to think " "Well, I'ao clear beal I" And Mis. Pemberton sank duwo in the hall chair, and wiped ber eyes and her glasses, while Mr. Westcourt took Blanche in his arms and kissed her, and hustdy explained what she did not fully understand till later hhvr he had sent ber letler after letter, aud how he Con cluded she hud done with him. And they both knew then that Blanche's equally sudden removal from her old home, and her self-elected retirement to the country, had been sufficient reason why slie never had re ceived what would have changed all her life for ber. But the suishiue was come at last the glad, bright sunshine, that was all the belter for the duk weather I hat had so long bidden it. And Braucha'g lite blossomed out anew, under t the radiaut iuduiuces of love and hope. - HOW I FELL IN LOVE. It was in the June of 18GS, whoo T, with a patty of friend, spent We sum mer at Hillsdale, a very quiet, secluded spot, situated among the mountains of Vermont. It , wag beautifuL place. The birds sang all day long ; the creek gliding Irom the muun'aius, dark and cool, fltshed like diamonds; and oh, the mists that at suonse and sunset hung ver the valleys, and wrapped the ever- Usl'ng hills iu purple splendor I At the the hotel where we were slaying, there were perhaps a ivien guests, very pleasant people, too, and there were so lew of us, and we were so dependent on each other's society, that we souu be came quiet like a baud of friends a sort of family party. We rode, we fished, we picniced, we me a-berrying, and came home tired enough ; after an hour or two of pleasant chat in the par lors, we retired, and slept the rdfeshiog sleep of childhood. A short time before we came away, we got Hp tableaux for an evening s amusement. They were a perfect suc cess. We bad three pieces, the most prominent of which were Faust and Marguerite, which parts Netta Ham mond, ihe belle of our party, and my self, were to represent. Even now the occurrences of that eveumg seem to me I ke borne dream. The soft moonlight sleeping go tranquilly without ; the warm scented aus that stole in through ihe opeo windows, laden with sweets from forest, meadow aud garden ; the happy, smiling, upturned laceg of the audience, and above all, the fair vision that, lor a few short moments, became part and parcel of my lilo, I saw her I felt that I should see ber till I died standing there before me, half bending, as in supphaoce, yet with ber lurce. soft, magnetic eyes lifted to my own, with such a world of passionate emotion' shpiiberio toiafcir darkTlepihs I kriew thnt for inomeid the- hud for- gotten her past, and Cjasd to look for ward to her future, . The universe bod held but U two; she,;, Marguerite j I. Faust. Then and there I gave my heart without reserve to Netla Hammond, feeline thai, nothing but death would keep me from winning her as my wife D nwtlbiak wie- a mesumplious cox C tab, I knew that whea we met the next morning wo should be two 01 mm niplace mnrtaU aufinti sinr tftaftt stud drift kin? I our tea s Aisust: But. mhr iro did Dot meet I - The next morning, almost be fore daybreak, I wag awaked by my friend, Charlie Herbert, to accompany him oo a hunting expedition, to be gone for two days; I had promised him two dayg before, and it bad slipped my mind entirely. It went, but whea I returnee), my bird bsd flown. 1 w Three yearg passed. All my friends had married hanpil, and peoplo won dered why I still remained single. But I knew j a pair of dutk, mijesiic eyes that looked into mine that night at Hillsdale, still haunted ma. She bad dropped out of my life entirely. I had searched for lie; incessantly, but could find no truce. It w s in June, 1860. just three years from the time I lava w iten about, when I took avention of one year. I intended going to Europe, but I thought that tefore Matting I would visit the place where I had loved and lust. I went, and who should I Bud but the woman for whom I had s mgSt si long and s vainly. I need not gay. for I snppose you can conjecture, that I wooed an i won her; and at the same time, and in the sa-ne place, wb'tre we had stood three yiars before as Faust and Margureite, we stood as man and wife. A witness was under examination in a Toronto court, in (he case of an unpaid account, when the judge put the ques tion to him, "What is your occupation?" Tho witness did not seem to understand the meaning of the word "occupation," and answered with "Eh:" Judge 'What do you do for a living?" Wit ness "Oh, my wife's a dressmaker." When a boy was ssked, "Where was the text this morning?" he quickly re plied : "It was somewhere in hatchets " la hatchets?" "No, it was in Acts." "Well, I knew it was something that would cut," said the hoy, triumphantly. ' "Thai's our family tree," said an Ar kansas youth, as he pointed to a vigor ous hemlock. "A good many of our folkg have been husg on that tree for liurreriu' horses." Worlh says not one woman in ten knows how to sit down on a dress, lie means her own, of course. Any woman can sit down on another's in a stare or horse car, and do it scientifically the first time. It is said that sliding down hill in the evening air has been the direct cause of over six hundred deaths this winter. Always slide down hill in the summer. . SUBJECTS F0RTH0UQriT. Pride is like the beautiful accacia, thnt lilts its head proudly above its neihhnr plants) lorgettit g that it too, like thrni, has its roots 10 the diit. R' roemher that it il not he who givis abuse or blows wh.i affronts, but the vhw we take ol the-e things is insul'irjg. When, Ihrrelnre, any one provokes yea, be Ri ch red that it 11 your ovn opinion provokes you. Nothing la made in vain nothing by a complex process which can be made by a simple one; aud it has o I tun been re nisiked by the nanst dtl'gent students ol Ihe living world, that the infinite wisdom ol Ihe Creator i more sijikioj-ly displayed in the ecunomy than ia tbn tLauilestatios ot power. The greatest man is he who dieses richt with the most iuvintible tesnlutin, who resists the soreBt lemplaliou trwm within sod without; who bean tbe hcavieat burden cheerfully ; who ia Ihe calmest iu the storm, an the most leaihn under menaces aud Irowus ; whose reliance on truth, on virtue aud on bud 1. uioet unlal'.enug. Hll bands and Wives. It Is staled as a tignitioant lact in the (Xpernmce ol ijriaou keeper, mat while wives constantly visit and condole with their husbands, w hec irnpii.oned, husbands seldom or never visit ih.-ir ering wives In prison, but almat invariably desert Ihem in their trouble. An I yet how man v ol these poor women hv suttered brutality at tbe U-in-ls al cil nioal husbands. Kkrp Bust. The man whu has nolh ing lo lo is the mast miserable nf beings. II yen have no regular worK, oa chore as lurmera d when 11 riii lo lmr.1 to work ia Ihe 6ld. la occupation we loraet our trouble, and get a respite Irom sorrow The man whore mind and hauls "re bum finds n time to werp and wail. It work Is slack, spend ihe time In reading. Ne man ever knew too much. The hardest tudanis in the wsild are the oid men who know the moat. WonDJ Fon thr Aokd 'Old age,' says one wboa wards have survived his name, "is a blessed time, when loukinc back over the lollies, sins, and mistakes ol past life t.io Isle indeed tt remedy, but lo repent we may put on eailhly gr mmits one by one, aud dress mir-elves for heaven. Oriels that are heavy In the younc, and to the old calm and almn.t joylul, as tokens ot the ner and ever near ing tune when theia shall be D more deth, neither snrmw nor crying, neither nay moie pain," Even though walking in dmkuess lor a while, the aged havt) the sure promise ; "At evcutide ll aba'.l be htiht." Tint CUAB08.--A newly started paper delicatelv Hononnces that its charga mr marriag aoiiees is just what the ecs scy ol thu bridegroom may prnmp ." I talked with a min'uo Irom Her Mnjesty's dominion : Saya I, "Where are vou going J" Saya he, "To hide a hoe." Saya I. "What are going te hides hoe loit ' Bays he. "I dion't say hoie a hoe : I said hide a hoe." 8as I, Si.elit." 6s h "I-Ka-ho." "Oh," s4t I "Idaho." THANKFUL During the ten? ioa f of a tempe'stire meeting in a ueiebboring town, one of ihe perioni who occupied th alaga was an eiiibumasdo denCoo who lnqonlly intrr rupted thu speakers by yelime, "Thank ilesven lor thst I One L'en'leman cslleil a,)on, l e nte and a d . "Lsdits and sentlemen, I am heart and soul in ibis csuitv, aud leet that ll will l a ureal bemlit to It. people ol tbik place." "Thank Heiveo iur tht I" veiled tb deienn "Hut la lies and imtleman," he con tinued, "I am going to say lint it will h unpoesihle lor ma to addrn you lhi ev.niug" "Thank llearen Inr Ibatl" ssid th absent uiiu'led ileaeon j and then the chairman took him out ilnoia and Had Iwo men sit on him, BELIEVED HE w7sA W0MA1 . Q lite a play ol the imagination occurred th ot Iur day with a well tdo farmer lo Caswell County. Very portly in size b Wis taken Mck, a genetal let down of Ihe neiyous nsieiu and tn the aururire ol hit Irion 1 1 he Imagined himself n woman, and an impressed vtat he with the bellel t b t ho drove every male duet or oat of the hoii- hpiI ent three niilis alter a goad old lady w be lor years bad been nursing the an k, n 1 nothing waul I do but she muit rub him and "doctorty" him exactly as II he wa a woman. The old woman humored his whims, even to making him hot tea and gruel, and alter rubbing him sn hour or two she Dually persuaded him the crisi wae over, and that instead ol a woman he visa a Urge lull trown man. The regular phisician tola home with mouth stretched, and the wh! neighbor hood got in such a titur tint the portly and dignified gentleman csnont aopeat on the church ground Sunday without mile all around. The riectors pronounce tt the only cace of muliennc in ma they have ever known recorded in this couo try. r.ciusville Times. NE LOST HIS FORTUNE. Ht was a hollow eyed , dealate and for lorn looking Individual, and presented 1 sad type of human. ty as he leaned up agiinst a I imp post. The winter wioda Aug mourn'ul dirges through the rags that hum? doiu bis cost, and bis neglected beard resembled the Qbres on a cocoanut, lie had evidently seen rainy better days and much whiskey tbat might have bjcd belter. ".Move on,"said an officer ia a gruff yoloe aa be cams up to htm. , "That's it." said Ihe desolate looking man ; "that' what I've heard Irom the world ever since I lost toy Inrtuoe. Thl lug world is too busy to all 'W one to stand alill even lor a few moments, and I mast 'mave no,' although I have nothing tj move and nowhere to mnve It to. Ok it I'd only saved my lortune this would not hive been. I'd been riding ia a car rings with taur horses and red painted r heela. Id had disnoids, fine clothes servants, deadhead licketg to shows, an aihtnrratic cso Ol dyspepsia and " "How did ju lose your fortune ?" asked the officer, who wns perhaps ignorant nf the art aud desired tbe inlarmatioo for his own private benefit. "Well, you see." replied the broken man, "I was in Chicago io 1873 whan wheat iamnel twenty five cents on the busliel. aud I hnowed a man who bad 400 UOO buahels for esl oa the day be lore th- jump, and if I'd bad the money to buy I'd have raids a cool buadred thousand on tha ntxt day. co you see I lost a Inrtnne in one day, and beta I'm hinted a it on tug tramp and cut of 'Now, then, you move on or I'll take yea in," said the officer, and be moved 00 IT WAS ALIVE. He was rather an uncouth leoking in dividual, and aa be sauntered into the store the crowd sitting oa tbe barrels winked at etch other and made remarks about his person. "Where did it come from I ' aked one, ooinlini? at dim. "Somebody left Ihe door opeo and it blew In," saiil another, "I don't think it's alive," sid a third Touch it an I see," iruia'ked fourth "Yi-s, it's man see. It move f queried th1-' li"l. All h inds laughed boisterously. .... 1 v . . 1 m a poor man, na 1 o.ui 1 mi iu 1 -m -have any trouble with anybody. I'm a jJ. Christian, and I dot t belli ve in tarnoil aud atrile aud cau't pnillolpatt in it, I may you. worldly minded people, that yo 1 will allow me to depart in peace sai l ihe new arrival. One of Ihe crowd, innie daring than the re.t, hninoieiiii 11. e IU a..tta oyer bis eyea, an 1 another dabbed his nose lull ol nvlassea frani a bitrel standing by Then the pnr Christian look a small volume Iron his pocket nd began raid ing the Sdip'ures in a drawling sing-song tore. While he wsa engaged at this Ihe crowd plated nil aorls ol tiirk. n him. One put some eggs iu bis pocket and another mashtil them. Then the biggest man iu the lions poured some oil 00 las hat auc Itgbteil i'. Then ihe clrrk bit him under tne Lost with a codttth. Thin that man quietly put the little volume in his coat tail p? ket, and the elsrk went head first ia the aiUsse bsrvel. When Ihe biggest ttiaa in tbe house picked himself Irom un-Vr the coumer it was next ta an impossibility to tuess whe e his rose left off aud where the cH'iH.h began. , No 1 made work for the glagier hi hit a ventilator in the ind w. No 3 hatched out ball a barrel ol e.'s, an 1 No. 8 got on the pie shell and stayed therr. As No. 4 wa ked out ol the (io x on bis bsik be wonri.r.'d how much it would coat to make bim as goad s. nt'W, iid Ihe poor Christian man re marked ' .' ... . "The next lime yon folks pick me up lr a slouch look aut yon ain't in the wrong pew. Good day lei lei 8," Tbe clerk is walling lor them to come round aad srtt'e for damage dace, but they must have Inrgutten where ths place is aa they pass right by without leuking in, sn9 S!lif :erjsia unpal L - , ADVERTISEMENTS. S CHwOL TllfiHIll . 3 .srA J. T ' Ynu ran easllv InarsMn amrv gar by devoting a iry aml portion of your leUura time lo my interest. 1 do rut - f pect voo to eanvaaa hr nr oetabraMl ftoatty'a i'ianoa and (Wana nnlasa vn ' Bii.tti; oiiiuinaorvico 1 require er you in both pleasant aud profitable. Fu full particuiara Ire. Addrea, .. DANIKfj F. UKATTY, Washington, N. J. D K R 1 O O K D BALTIMORE MP. DB. J. E. KICOItD. 141 Fav.tta SI. below Howard, haa devoted thirty yaara of hi extensive practice especially to the) treatment of Chronic and Private) tliarasehf aneciions of sue Mdnev and Bladdaravf Diseases nf Ibe Heart and Toinu. I'r,:,n- 00a UlHoaae of tho Blood, Throat, Nosw . andHkln; Dlapapajsv. Stricture. Chroniat Omeaae ofthe Urinarv Oriraiia. TTInsra. eif. fnglveDiaourgo,Nervoujsand Physical 1 iscuu 1 1 jr,. t YOUNG MEN, victim ol abiipe and excess, with Lassi tude. Palpitation ol the Heart, ringing ia the Kar, Ni-rvoUHnesss ruaafcias. J-''t- lly. Weakness of the Rank and I.lml.. fn. digestion, should apply before It la ta win. ana restore vigor to tlielr bodlea and minds, ere they efttall misery aud diaaaa upn those ol their poaioritv. Private Iinese reeentir nfr.r(rl cured in three days. Kercory aud Potash discharged. I hrntito (Jnnorrfiea or Oleet In five etavs) by a local application. Pereoue at a die, tancn by giving avmntomn. treated mil mndioims sent by mail nr express. " n Hurniea m an eases. , Write symptoms directed, , DR. RICOKO. 141 W. Fayette St., ap.ll.. ; BHlmore, JOCKT MOUNT MILLS, ROCKT MODOT, N. C. January 1st, Wl. We are bow prepared, to furaiak th trade with t 8HBETING3, t BHIRTIN88, V PLOW LIUHI Mi COTTON YARNS, all nf the best quality and at low priest, T war terms strictly net cash, SO days, AddrM SATTUt iOTX, Soeicy Meant, 9. JL an CI a A CO., GENERAL FORWARDIKtJ A Prompt aitoaUoa g'.vsai to eiV-0nsia 'f manas. 4j- A Liberal Cask Advanoo SBada aaa alga men ta. LUMBER A 8PECIALTT. Refbkknok: W. H. fimltb A Son, W, O. Marrow t Co., A. Wrenn, Norfolk, Ta.a A. Qurribaldl, J. W. Faucett, J. il. Mul len, UaMax, N. C. fb 21 n ETALLIO BURIAL CASES 70S RALE. :r-!i.w frig-, s- . . , Pemona wiabingr Melallia Burial Ca can alwaya obtain them by applying to at tba Store of Mens re. W'intHld A El l I itr, still aeopiug, a heretofore, a till, ortmeut 01 the Very BirCASKS, ne 1 very livrnt frieea. Jo my absence no ' Weld on, Messrs, Wlnfleld A Kmry Will deliver Cases to peraoua who may wlaa tbens. JAMES SIMMONS, Weldon, N", 6. apr 4 1 1 TUB UNDEKS1HNKIJ VERT respeotfully calls the attention of the trade bia extonaive stock or dr.mtaal and imported liquora, lo which b ia Willi making additions and oonsistlug of pur BTEAKDBOl'RBOX WniSH French, Apple, Blaohherry and Cfl J Brandio, Jamaica and New England A I London, Torn na lioimi.v uin, 1 l Sherry, Clarstt. Rhine and t .ve-yea Sonppernorjg Wlno, Scotch tne! Lonrle Porter, and a very large 101 01 i RECTIFIED WSIISKZ "V whir t am offering at pnrsiMhat , '"jX. fwil .ogir. satiation - J rl ' j I ! -r' 1 I ft. ting, taw (be misery yt,.- ... be, "Uide a b." niiiina. u --i a. -rri-s v sr jr.di A-a.-.t,fJV- ; f " sWf ' 11