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LARK CLARK,
ATTOKSKYS AT LAW,
HALIFAX, N.C.
Will practice In th Courts of Halifax
and a Joining counties.
Mured lfi tr.
w. a. xitcus.
K
ITOHBN 4 DDs.l
ATTllHIT0'IINii:t,LnR at l.sw,
Reellaa Keek, Halifax Co., N.C.
Practice In th noun or (I'IIThj ,,,
aHI-ilnlng counties, aad in the Sunrwino
end Federal t;nurt. jmlStf
T
HOHki. M. HILL,
Attorney t Law,
HALIFAX, IT. C.
Pnn'.ioos In Halifax and adl'iinine
O'.iuiMm and Federal and Supreme Court.
Will ! itt so .timid Nock, once every
fortnight.
Ausr. 28-s
W. H. Pat,
W. W. Ham..
D
A Y
HALL
ATTORNEYS AT LAV,
WEliDOl, sr. v.
PrviMcn In the riiiirt.s of Kslifax and
adjoininc counties, mid In the Supremo
and Federal courts.
Claims collected In any part ,f Xnrtli
Carolina. Jun 2U 1 li
gAMUKL J. WKKJUr,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
JICXJOX, N. C.
TracUaa In Ihi Court of Nurtlwmpton
and adninini( cniiiitin.
pop 15 1 Y
Q
A V I N L. u y man,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
HALIFAX, V. C.
. PratinMlr. thi oiurtii of FTill a and
adjolninit nxinMna, and In thu Supremo
and Faierl !o'irt.
CUimioollARte.1 in all purts of North
Carolina.
0a.- ia the Court Houne.
july4 1Q.
R
BURTON, J u.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HALIFAX, H. C.
Praatiaea In the Courts of Hilifnx
Caanty. and (!i mtina adiolninu. In the
f -' Curtoftha Htata, and in tlie
F Itral Cmrta.
Will jira tpaUl atteition to the collar.
rtlalin,and toadjiititi) the -c unit
I Exaautora, Admiuurtara and liutr
a. ,p,...,.,f
J.
. O R I Z Z A B It,
ATT0RM5Y AT LAW,
HALIFAX, N. C.
OBae In the Court Hoiia", Strict atten
liaa gya to all branolios of '.lie proie.
jan r.'-l o
E.
BRANCH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
UriKLD, HaLIKAI CODNTV. N. C.
Fraatlaaa In the Cmntiaa of Halifax,
aia, Kluocornbi end Wihon.
Callaertona male iu all nurta of the
jan 12-6 i
AMES
E.
11 A It A,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HSI'IELD, X. C.
Praati M it, the Couatle of Hallfa,
m t and Nh. In the SupreniK
Oar m( la, UlM tB1j , lU, Ke:'.i.ral
a'ia.
Oailanlona mvle In an part of the
iStala. 7illBtinit a' the Omrl House in
alifcx Moudy and Friday or nat-h
JM 12-10
DRKw J. BURTON,
ATrKer at law,
WULDON, N. C.
Pratlloaa in the 0iirti f Haliiax, War
Torthampwn a iiinliiM and ia the
"V" l Federal Oourta.'
Olai llewuwt in ay art of Nut!i
r"a. june I7-a
vtuaa.
"Hi
JOUN k. MOORE.
MOORE,
N
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Hallflai, X. C.
PrMtloa i, tu Countiea of Halifax,
nortWaitn,4) E,l8nombe, Filtand Mar-tla-Inti,,
jju)rrt.ne Court of the Nlatu
hi the Federal Courta or the EaMurn
flatriot.
Celleotlom mi la nj part of North
''reiiBa, ji jn 1-1
One Year. In sdvance,
Hi Months, "
Three Month, "
VOL. VII
ONLY WAITING.
0n'""f''ftTII h.lHbUMi
0'jl.v w.lil..i b m-rrLl'
In a satin ri, aiil,
Anil the .ur r hf.,,,1 , passion'
Im-uugl, the twiliulu , lfl kl,a uiy.
Onls walling lora lovod one
lo accept iiih fir Inn own i
0.y wnitlnc-vs, ,n wu.nnir
An. in, hear, i, : , ,
How ., t ,,r hi. loot-ucp,
Y" learbi'W ,u, ,,, WMy '
8,1 ''" wvrUlvn, wishing, ' waiting,
Only Waiting to 0,..y. '
Only wiUliu lor mi echo
Ol distant nlulii him" mnff,
O.ilv waiting in i,u'iow
'll! why don't ho ,.10 n
Ah how I mlsln, k hi niB.Mina
In lux acemtsi ,.r, ,,., "
If he wishes , l. .
es mi to ii ii' it in.
Well, perhaps, I niiirht
'No.'
HE I. A IK KlMVlito
i O.M.
riiR ar!j mriied incvti .n nf tho m,m.
hr-rs of ihr ,r al'.oidi- - tlie Supwior
(joiirt lor HjIiChx innntv mi nt ,k..
nt
Court Mouse i H.ilifax i.'n Ihe 13 h day
. I LV.1. r.. . T .....
. . rtwniBij-, in,, jM di U U,ichel, r,
INq , iu lie Ci-utt, aid J M. Muilns
K q , uttiiii' as Seerelarv
Un'.ii thr iiieetinu lirinn calli',1 tn
order by the Chairman and ti n .d iect
it explained,
Thomas N IIlli, K.n . Chairman of
ihr- C imuiitlee. on Resolutions, sub
mitted ihe fo.iiHi
"Viikrkas, Ci"d has in his nnsterimis
aisdnin temovrd fr..m our midst under
circumst.mcrs of creat pain a .d dis'ress
I'.daard Cn ijjlir d, K-q , a beloved,
reer. d and umdi admired
thi- IJ.r.
IicsuU-eil, Uf the Uir of the Suoerior
Coin t of Hililax c iii.ly, that in puv re
spect to bis mi iu i ry, tiiua boi,,o jn
meek subini.sii.il t i our lu,s, Wri jm
di'sire to express in feell,' seosrt. our
hib appreciation of liw cb ir i, t r ,,'
our late brother us a man, ami as a liw.
yer, illustrated as it has herm thn-ijli
his whole life, by qualni-s and acts which
ennoble the imr, ai d comuiend tJ our
fnllovtini; Mm ether.
Restilcid, That in the death of our
br..lher the State of his n loj ti n has
lost a irn-d and dented s m, ih8 c mi-
iini .it v iu which he lived a us -ful an.)
valuable citiz-'n. ami our urolessioii a
member alio held its trusts iu purity and j
Slien lustre upun Its praclicu.
Ren-ilonl, Tuut ne mingle our tens
ith those of his laiuily, while we re
mind them that ttiu vsitilim n ol r
which thev bnvv brinus u loss winch is
not theirs bIiiii", but I I s wifi ( q r)
weight upon us. we mourn with th.-iii.
and teiidur them the sympathy id" our
grief.
Rfsolcetl, That we respcctfuilv n quest
the llotioiaiile Superior Court of Hal -
lux conoty, i.uw in mss , to order that
the minute of this meeting ami a cp)
of these it solutions b- spiead Upon its
recrds.
ResnlcKtl, That the Secretirv of t!,i
Hieetino be directed 1 transmit to the
la iiily of our deceased hmiher a copv
ol thesir res- lulinns, and that he nuusr
them, t ioetlier with thu minuies of tins
incetiio', to be published m the HoA
NtiKK News and the IMc-th Daily
News"' rni rrs.
Thomas N. Hii.i., 1
John A Mooki:, )
W II Day, Oi.tn.
John Iiati.ino, )
srn.it Wiin akki:. J
After reading s.t;d reso uti nis, re
maiks in respect ti the ni'u: .ry ol the
d ceased wire made by Messrs Th on is
N IMl, .1. M Mullen, W. II. Knchen,
W II J),y. VV. W. IVebl-s, It b.-rl O
Hurton, Jr., J JI (rrzzird, His II r
Judge Sjtieuck, J.ihii A M (ore and J.
15 IS. ihel .r.
The res ilutions wrre then unani nutisly
ad -i led
H ibeit O U irton, Jr , E q., then read
the lollowioo skelci ol tho hfe of the
deceased, prepared bv the brother Mi.
Andrew C niijiud I the deceived ;
IIIOdKAf.Ul'AL SKITU! OP EDWAitD
CONUil.AXD
Tin re is n vuid m the ranks of our
fraternity. Iy nil awIiiI casualty our
beloved brother, KlwarJ C MiiI.n.ef, has
been reunited (' reer from the scene
his law., nod the teqa, st ,,f ,- ej;l
brethren makes it uiy duty ti give a
skeich ol his li'e.
1 he deceased was b irn in the t iwn of
Cuatlelio, C unty Doiea', Ireltnd. in
the year lft 1 0. His lather, a pr im-i.t
physician, made it Ins chiel care to (Mve
his child. ca a good eJucali The
truthful nature, a. d rare (acuities, eaily
developed, with which his youngest w
Kdward. was ui.gtlted, caused him, so
1 ug as that worthy pireot lived, to be
the object o( his assiduous care. H.-i'ore
his emigration to this C ntii.unt a lew
years alter '.is fathei's death, his pro
gress in (ire,k anj Latin would have
qual fied him to e. ter the S iphoniore
cl iss in our University. Frmii his n.la.it
years ha was a ii.delatiMab:e reader,
and, at the? period lo which I refer, be
was acquainted with some ol the best
wiks of modern literature, besides, bis
knowledge of his ury was not u-tiil in
one id his Bgn. When the b y of me
school, where be wus a pupil, formed a
debating society, th uigb thu youngest
among them, his discu-sive aptitude and
sti ck ot iiitoruiatioi., gave him an as
ceiidancy. Iu the vouuiiuoity where a I
kn hill-, it was there the general iioin
iu , that a remarkable lutuie was tn
Stme for him. Hid space to d.vell on
his portion of lis early history 1 would
b, .ur. tb.t th, qUa,itit, which cbarac .
U'ELDON,
N.
ti" Zl lii, mind in his advance I y,.nr,
wi'ie c nspicu. us, th ujh iu u less drgiee
in dis bo lin d.
Hh arrived i X,.w Ynrk in the yeir
lJ t. D hi ig hi rrtulence in th.it cil.
.is fJixaiiiiH as in.t hi'leiiteil, hut In
h id no uppoitu.iiiv of purniing his cl i--Meal
gMiJi. s Tli ei-cui whicd 'ud
most i fl i-nca on his futur cirn-r, wis
liis cnuiii'Ctioii wild h, M,--r p..l t i
Assoii iliun, tislnl)i,n,., j,, f., Y irk by
yiu'ii; iniMi o iiiliivaie I tisti un,l litei.
nyy s;iirati m lor nutml iiiiurovem nt
The nficises of tlrs sociitv cu,s;,t d
of iilij;ii'iil ess:i . ilidialfK, l.-ctnri's in.
minus aulj.'cu. and u itil c rx i b iions
Omfveiiil . cciiiicins wturii ih,. pu ilic
was Mdiiiitl.'d, tin. lulent iwn;i,,., b.
ih dicciiSHd, both as u r;trr and h
spr ukxr, wus C'Uiipliiii.M.ied in snniu id'
the j urn . Is A nber , f tlie
b.os of this soen'tv luvo s'n.cu bne mi
rniinunt in turioiis proresiinns A il
-tht-rv Mr J J . dors. , a oem l.-iu ,,,
ut ciiiism lima e Un.l, n .. ,. I .. ......
cfssdil auth-r. r uiw ,.i i...... ...i...
I h,ie nil fxtrnsie circulation in t'm
State.' R.-ta. A ... j .l .
dfccnstd, a wnrni fiieiiiUiin fubM!.tnl
lor more th;m th iti-fue Ctr. I'lu-y
wer cinvtni.t Cnnespoi (1,'oiA
O i reiiiovinj. to ih,. west Mr (?. wis
appoint, d li DrriHd uu I SHvrot:iry t a
liter.iry inslitutiM.i in St. L uis II -ri
als tie u tainccj luti
spenker.
refutation as a
Ii was frnrii the crlib'ily thus Caiii J.
tliimjll in I limited 8(.hire. that cvim.
tiirrs aere mud,; lo him tn pi ter (in tin
ktndy ol law in this Sialw. The linii..
iii he hid rfcived in (he soci.-ii s
me. tinned, as coi.sideied an excvlloi t
p eiura!i, ti lor Inn nvio sm ct s-. T'-.e
nenl justified tliis b. ;.-C. Ili at
the U.ir hi,s u iriiiuiph. L ka m. st
oun La-jcii he came inl.i luuratiri;
pruclice l: wli, hut he made nn link.
an! se(i. till his :,'e ,ts idu!ir,
placed him in (lie h,t rUnU ol tlie prof. s
Sinn. Tilis position hi! retained l.nl
i Islan.liun his ircrtusiij; deafness
T"e t tililnated l.iw cases in
hich he as enc-ijed, were the tiinl ol
fj.iv Iloldeii and ihe .lolmsion will lumi
The fiist is on rcc .rd and does not re
(1'iiie Sji-eiul int-iiti ni, ol' iti ,lUl.r
lepoit was ev. r pu') i,he,l, b, t jt ,..
k nwledoed that l.,r,e id iieui,.n,tr,iti.i ,
loan id umlit., ioneiiuiy, mil ac.t-inss
in diHfCtini evi,l, ,c were . x'nliili.d in
t'ie pl-ading ,il M, (
Itiepe l.. us .il;;ls of misrulu and
p'nsL-npiive las whici hi itm-.ss d i i
his yon!) hid the elHa uf rend ti ij
Inn. mi ard lit v nary of J n .ca'ic I h
eity. Vet h.! wis cms r ativ in the
best seose of the term. N . in i held in
more tilihor'once ule advanced I her.
alisui, t!ial nfleLts t'i renovate s n:i ty
l)V dislroyiu toe sa euards of ci.'iozi-
tion
Whilst them was a chance for pr-icn
he stT,!..u usly pp ,s .d Sl.L,.Ssi . ... Ii,t
when the li u ie mi was passed, he t ie ,
Hire himself i ,to thu c o fiVl wifi all
the devoted ipsi of Ins IMNr, Ull rr.
mained u e'ul, i i spue reve se-, t..
H e Inner ei d
The i.ohle tmid he made in the con-
ei.tioi, of 18115 a, d 'CG to delfuce .1
lusliLe and riybt, ,is rtsstaoceto vi.
iliitivea d op;,ifSsi. measures, g iin..-
It him the apor.ival a oj rej ..l 1,1 fi,.
true beared sons f the Siat". Hi,
ciirsu was warmly C'Himei.ded
in
ve .
etl. r bkh he rei-iv ..
erahle J.nloe R.,ffi X,,
bunted more uniiorm a
ene:gv to tiueli iral,! th-
the people, when ground
ro ii
ma i ever ex
I in l iiintahl'
C m ill I ill ol
to llio r 4' i Ii
under Car, lel-liig d
Ciniiglaud.
uiina'.iju, than Mr.
Ail his iictinns proved lhat. in l is
whole sairir, 1st', and cha.acter. no man
t)el..ug,d u.u.-e intensely tu Nlli, (jaril.
liaa.
As a writer he was remarkahly sue
cesslul, and Mood nioh iu tn,. esli natioH
o1 s one f ihe best cuic j,, t,B j,tlte
A se'e.li oi Iroin bis compositions, p,tr.
Iihed and iu oiamisrript will, n js Ii ,, ed,
t e gi en t.. the public. Exceeding Imi
and bnohi with promise was the mor,.
ln "I his lile As gav in de:i.rai,..r, as
Iree Irom sad foreb .di gs, as he -as in
his j.vous youth, did he appear ..nthat
o..K. i,,,- ,.lal on wnicr, ha was to
view the scenes of earth
liw uir of heaven.
and breathe '
He was on his war biiii.e, whii.li ho
h.d left two hours before A walk of a
few mi .utej w odd h,u placed bun i
t'ie b-.s.iii f his family to whom noil,
ing could hev s.-e ued ni ne ceiluii.
than his speedy rs urn.. Wmt a re
turn I what a greeting! wailing ovei
lb dead hie st of sorrow from nn a ve
stricken crowd men I ,ng unused to
wee i ,o, shedding tears like lain. Iu
one des dating moment, he Inn been
t rn forever from tnose wIm were "Jear
to him as li.-ht and life "
"The sleep he sleeps will never be
broke." U U death gives to those who
have see.:, the privilege- or revealing
hat they know, to those who ba-e
I v, d, l iiiscl .suig their ,ve. Then
by shnuld we not tell t i the Itviw
what they have I .st iu the dead. "
L t us be j est to me memory of n:ie
whose voice and Words nfteu tlirillud
popular assemblies, but never in gdvo
cic. oft cause which he did not be.
lieve, in his soul, to be j .,t, f OMe ,
never deserted a friend or cowered br.
fore an aggress ,r wno would have
sbaieii bis last crust with the destitue
ho, if he erred through excitement,
wa always ready to remedy bis errr,aott
a. i e lr his fault.
Honored 0e m remains i.r him, who
old "t have stooped ti a sordid act
nr arir,..Arl . , . . . , . .
b X
0, WEDNESDAY, MARCH "2oTWllior T
o' la teho .d and hvp.ci-. unrialit .r
m a, and honfsiy 0f parpi.se dc.ern,
to nave inscntied mi his gra.
"The grind old nann; g tinman "
Uu m. tio.i i, J ot A Moore K.n ih
chairman of the 0 iMimitiee on resolu.
ti-ns iiriu rr quest d t present the pr
,.,...,i;,.,.u ..I' 1 1 . .: . '
... . ... oirnuig in uie toiirl
ith a r.iupst that the same be spread
on I'll, luinutes.
Thereiiiioi, tkf me.'li'g ndjinn oH.
Jos. H.Hatciiki.011 Caiman
J- M Ml'l.l.l N. Se, t', ,
A MAN WHJ MAOE THE WILDERNESS
HOWL.
At Inlf.pvt ele.eu ..'clock ye-terday
r""' -pan "f halMaru"! horses.
iiitached t u cuvere l wiig-io, halted ..t
the cur stoni. on (iratiot street, and the
driver .iu..ht s.uie oils hi a feed
More and placed them before the hiii.
uuils whil'i be and his wife proceeded to
make a cold lunch. They had a stive
in the wagon, n i l were muM .g them
S. Ives n,,d lew uiticles of value to mm,
"ther clime. At noon three or four
J umeymeii lldcltsiHiths Woikint' inn
si'Mi near th wagon came nut and
began p king fun at the ol I ,. f w,
was the only one iu sight in the vehicle
Sae kept her temper for a while, bat
w'-ien a snow.bali uruclt her in the ear
she i-alleil nut :
"If you want I). S 1 1 to C'inio down
there and oreak a lew head yuu'J better
,S"ep tins t ii : n j up
u bo's d- s .t
S i ut us the in in
Misissippi River I'
who discovered (he
veiled the men.
1),; S 'to u .t d w i on the endViaH.
II- looke I to be about forty yeirs old,
mid it was plain ihat h had fight in
him. lie li ftnP'1 on ooo of the whec s
and chewed crackers un I .,kii the
cr .wd iu the eies while his wife stack
her h--ad out rem nked ;
'We don't want to pi,.k a liriht, but
we em't he imposed on l'
'Is that your ym.ngpst child ?' ca'led
out one of th- j ,iinrv,iie,i,
'I!- keerful I' .he replies'. 'He's the
man who made the wildernen howl, and
)""' I b t'sr move on j'
S.'einj dm ab.-nd, soma me in the
hai k-;iound t.'Sstfd uu a i old tin pit",
which came down fair and sq i ire on Da
S t
tiea t. 11,. spit out his cracker,
1 oft' his big comforter, and the
learned out of the wagon and
pu'l,
wife
said
W.ule right i to tho crowd, hn'ihv?'
II- wailed 0 le of the jmrnevmeu
met liin at the en-h-stone, and in
..I) ut a minute the in n wh i hid made
Ihe wildeiiiess him I ,.,d crawled uulei
his wig n for sirciy. Tim w.ona .
j i nped down and saw him under there,
and was satisfied fiat he wis a ILked
nun. U s u ise wasiange l ar.und, one
eve was closing an I his upper li,i was as
nig as an uppli-v ,ne .
'What's Ihe matte, i' she asked as she
neered nt hi.u between the SjiokeS of
the hind wheel.
'Licked !' hn softly said.
S le felt that so oft explanation was
demandeJ, and lernino t,, the croad
s ii.1 :
I'd have h,-t our hull nuHU on Imn,
bul I own up ihat he's walloped You
see, we lived op in the woods, and he
can he cleaned ut n sch .ol. n aster
we kinder thought he could stand up tn
anything smallei'u a hunicaiie. Get
into the wag n, hu'.Sy, and let ms rub
you with camphire 1'
He crawled in without n word, a-d
the siinll of camphor and the lejiiiu
up of an old shirt convinced th crowd
that the show was n.er. Llelioit F:ee
li ess
BICaMl.iG Aot'O UMBEC3Mi:vJ3.
To lovers of the beautiful, it is reillv
trying 1 1 ubser-e h w few wouien un
dertju l the metii .d of arranging the
hair in the way m st heco.i,i..g t them.
No wo nan, sh ,ld follow a fashion
which is u suite I lo her simply because
d is the I'ashi ,n. L t ev ry wmiau
study her fa. e before she dresses her
hair, as she studies her hand before she
buys her gl vcs. If she finds her fore
nea I narrowing ab ve the cheek-bone.
lul ,B "eer l8" ",s,!,t P l(J' her ba r
at the Mrte. I! it be a broad forehead,
title her fa. 6 it our iw, let her av ,irf
Ihi. stvle rigidly, whatever he the fash
ion II her Iniehpad be ill shepen, 1. 1
her cuiti a'e a "f.inge ;" if she possesses
a fine brow, she should not si dis'uisp
it ll her hutd be slightly flit, a euro,
net of plaints, or the hair turned over
acustii vi', aru the only alternatives ; l.ui
il naturally too high, let her disperse
elsewhere the Ulln-ss nf hair. And
shou'd ihe head be perfect in shape, let
her dress her hair as plainly as possible,
and make a point of showing a charm
lhat is exceedingly rare. It would be
simply waste and ruin to pad it into all
sorts of ssapes. In weiring false ha,
great j idgmeut should be exercised
As in iic ii should be used as looks nat
eral and no m re. Great cable ofbair,
and oiosS' S of linolets. are not natural,
and therefore weary eye, while uu
body is luipoied upo i by them.
The dill rencs between a pig and a
P'. euotne it th .t one u,e a peo and Ihi
oilier a q il 1
A t'enll.Miian ind when a pretty girl
tr I on Ins t-irs that he had icelwd the
stamp ol besuty.
A child, whin ssk'il why a certaia Ire
cew ero.kud, replied; "Somebody tnd
u'on it, I Kiipriote. when it was little."
The liutiei Uie times, the more the den
til! 'co .is down io tre in'jtb.
MRS GAINES'S ALLIQATOR STORY.
Mrs. Gaines, Biirrom.ded by a group
ot l- teresiel listeners in ihe parlor nf
the not.-i, was miightng and carrying on
as merry as a gill of sixteen, telling
strange anecd des of her most strange
and romantic career.
"Is th it s.,':" said a person in the cir
cle npentedly.
I e.er heard any one say 'Is that
s i" withnut thiuki. g of an all-gat .r
slnry," said the little w man. ' Hue
any of vu ever heuid it:"
' ell, a credulous stranger was going
i'Wu tie Unl river in tlie snail packet
that niiviait-s that stream The man
ensconced himself in the pilut-'ioine and
kept up a c nli u il vollev of inierroga-
II VIS." '
"Are there mviy al ittora in this
stieaoi, stranger? '
"Hundreds . f them: indeed, I nii"t.t
say millions of them I"
' Is that so stranger?1'
Never told ,, li- in my hip, Rjr ()1)e
time wu weie run. i g a race, and every
thing was excitement Tn our surprise,
the i.taer bout passed. 'Throw over
the li,.s," said the captain. The lines
were thr 'Wu ovorb ard and the ulliga
tors took tr. lings, and they j nd made
tracks, a' d they shot nhcud ol the ether
boat and ru ir bont d wn streuui so
last ihut in fi.e minutes we were out ol
sight "
"Is that so stranger?"
"Never tld a lie in my life. Another
tune the boat struck on n bir. We
win lied and winked, but she didn't move
a peg. -lnr ,w over the lines,' said the
captain. The lines were tnssed into the
water, and the a'liga o s seized them.
ii d nrew 1,3 od as bli k as the skin un a
boiled potato."
' Is that so stranger?"
"N"er t .U a lie iu my life. 0 .e
time nil t"e alligators g ,t sick and were
about to -lie. "Throw over tlie medi
cine,' said the captain. The nmdieine
chest was emptied into the river, and the
al.igat us all got well. '
'! that s . str.ng-r ?"
.,V - ...,J ; . ...
..ever If list a 119 III Illy lite. Alltr
awhile Ihe captam g t sick and tli-J, and
the alligjtirs hpJ a meeting and
adopted resolulioes and res dved t-i eear
mourning for thirty dy. Kich all'ga
tor clapped a ehu ,k of nm I over his
right eye, and the in -eting a 1j .urued."
"Itr that so sir mger "
"Never told a lie in my life. Read abnet
in rge Was .iogt tnd the hatchet iu
nif infantile career "
The story told in Mrs. C, lines's rapid
dramatic muiiier brought d iwa the
house.
1AM AFRAID.
' f;('rge, lei1 do vn to old Rn d's
, . . . I : I . I, . :
umiu nun- snowm unite in a c-m-
oinoiii one eveniiio ja-t alter the lamps
w, ru hi, nn I he ,ta,'a vmit w don,.,
I've liot to 'ii lv," replied ().,. :ije.
' Ln ihe aiiidtin do iuell and come
on." s.id I)
"I ean't ; I 'iinst opt lhat lesnn "
Well, net up in the nirnng an I iret ii.
Pm'efsor J -nes sc moruiaif is ihe nahi
ii ne t' slu lv, any wav, end he edjlit to
kn .."
"I srr, s'rsid." si I Oeor ;...
A r"ar nl I moiiter hs ilia reply that
L'leeted thin hunk cont i.i n. joined in bv
all the b ' lhal '., , nroon ..
"What sr- a'ra'd ol ?" ini.iir,d Dm, as
oon as ht. pou d . oaimaiid In t mgue.
tS.M.rte hesilHie I.
' ()' In ni .nils " s -pered nne,
" tnd Ins in .nners. " s i led another.
"And his iiiou.ny," suppleiueole I a
iliir.l.
Let him speak lr Inni-ell-" suggested
Dsn. "What sre y,.. ulr.i I of tttorge "
"W'iy why, if we no th.Tr we mioht
s'av la'e ; thee I m'giit nveislvep invseil
an ! not get no early in the mirni ,g ; !
i hey fiii- ke and .ar and diink ; and it',
not miien nl a iil .ee "'
"O turn a hull ! go hire a ball I" wa
eclvxl "ii all i le.
It i not pi. ss,nt to he I.iu;he1 nt and
tie oge wh j ist reidy to r. w ien ooe i
he la g.r buys sihueed the cU'nur nn I
irl ;
"Come on bnys. Who rarss for inm.'i
or in.ii.nrs. or grendinotbeit ? Come
sheafl. Come. Ocorfe " he ailded pnliei
ino'v : "don't be k'scke I duwn ; ihe tools
don't ki.oe wh; th.y Hre Isuuhinit at;
you've as t'oo 1 a ri .nt to your -piuion, as
anyho lv ; hut c.me nee anil jinLe ler
ynnmelf ; i( y,u ,j0't like it yo'i ueed't to
i.a-k " N
I am sorry m ,hJ (,e buneyid word
had t he d. mre. I .ft . t, and th ; hnt irop,
(J-nrge and ail. wvnt iiisdino down 'o ti e
lowest little drain-shop in all lhal cm
niit.it with as nei,-h br ivs 'o as il their
not s nonsrieiice in ihe cnw-1
Late in the nlylit, nr rs'her ea ly in Ihe
ill onin Genri;e -lipped ( lie.y into his
h-iue at ihr bai-k d o r, ud erent liaise
hs.ly up the b'.ck siairs To-da? a
l. 'Hted, deurnb.1. .le'.aurliel. rmn'mvd
drunkard, wlimn internpersn e, ai s stionu
nin armed, has neercime and lakrn cp
live, will tell you. with lesrs nl ahsma in
is evp. th ,1 he is goiiiu strsigtit down to
hell, with n power to s.ve, l.rcame in
his youth he was alraid lu nr. -I m
alrain."
There is a Divine Arm ahle to ssve even
him, but liu has unk so low hu scarrely
wants to be saved, and we hardly dare
hope he will.
Couiave ! hrva, pnurao 1 Dare ta .to
rivtht. One to .hun the wron j-. Hive the
courage to y, "I Avt ArrtAin."
Did ynq pver ee a yuung lady nndeitskt
lo drop s letter into ihe post-offlee brj
without drawina it hark several limes to
Kan the directions and the KiHii nin it'e
hrlore finally letting it dr.i-t As mrous
ss it may seem, we have.
How m.ny nl inu , re there f" a tnire
Irom an upper window. .1 a iirensdieff
party. "Four,- w .e ,,,,. "Divide
thst among y," j ( , t()jre t g h( t
of Slop, (ell, . lik, ,hp Sfp,,e d(jw
bee,"oo tb-ee btcuth
THt OLD M.NWH0 SMILED.
One time there w .s a B '"d old n i
livio in Detndr. His k was brut, In
step so fnvi, sit I unn who (trz-d un-i
his nnwy l-.cks and wilnkled face
wniurr-l to each othei :
"I1,i is a good m .u whw hat not long (.
I've."
I he old man ha I been well t-fl ia hi
lar, hut when he lund Mm-, It nn th.
shsdy s de ut hie, aiu dead sn I Uie
t.iuken up, I e a d t I Is o ily -on ;
"Here, Wuhan), t 'ke all ' I have and
let vour huuie lie my huiue unul I die "
The sou i . ok the pj,ns vou bet In
did ! and the lather wr.s jiivun a mse
con er, a Id j oliair Hint a coin cm i pipe.
All wui.t wo, I l.ti a yer or so, aod then
Hie 1.011 and the son' wilu b. u i. n to tusk,
it utirntilnrt li!e tur the nice old insn
i i the e..rner. They threw out hints,
deprivtd him il his c anions, aoi en.
cool day :n winle hu Was toll that lo
h.'l belter go In II-iliKx -Nova Scotia.
The o I in ii In-art was ie as be aero
t in tin r o I I to balile. ac iiu t hunv r
"t d CO 1, and when nilit , a ne i
noweie.l io a doorway and neol like n
tit'l.
"Wlin is making Ibst chie-inusic up
there !" cslle t a leporter, hose sieps hud
bo- n a rested by the sobs, a id hu went up
th, steps, patted th old ids i nn the head,
and hy an I by the story was told.
U uiie nlown to tin- station with me.1'
aid the reporter, taking the old ni'..
rm "Y. ur son is li st e.nisin lo the man
who pr.feir.d bnzz.rd to lauiii, and I'll
help Villi lix him ! '
N X moniinu one id the daily papers
(ioniained Bn it,.u, i,u t ti ft that an old
getwleinan named Uiolhuait had been
loun I wandering the stnets at night, and
'hat when taken to the aUliun $10UOO
worth ol United Stairs bonus were lomol
on him. The ol I nne read it over Mira ¬
tions, flipped bis leg as he taw Ihe point
-lid a b' autilul smile covered his laCd and
(Ii nlie.l up thmuoli his h.ir. In sb.iut so
hour his son Wil:vn rushed into the s a
tinn and c ,lle I out :
"Father, dear laiher. come ho i e ! All
ot ui weir crtiiiK ai: niiiht lo g nd my
woe is I ing iu a com store state ou ymii
account '
The n ,1 man went home with h'm wink
ii'ij al the lauitf pus's ard ini:ng as he
t imed the corneis Uo had : his com
loris ha k, 'lid ih; son houjlit him s
vo-i'y ti e and a pair 1 1 bnx ne 1 bout
that veiy .lay.
Well, tin e went on th son venturea.
to suuci st Hi it Ihe bonds had better he
lume l over tn him, and every time he
aid bonds' the old man would smde an-l
turn ihe subject to patent milk cans or the
ne esjity ol roui.teileiters Uk'ng more
pams with their lea l nickli". The inner
lay the lather went in Us t io die, and he
smiled nlien.-r then helo e as ht lay wait
iii lor 'he cuiii'ii oii. The son s.id hm
mart was breaking and than wrnt ilir. u.h
'he old man's clothes to find Ihe bond.
Ho .li la'i liu i any U s-sr- he l the hern
.i, I the usr-et and the eell.r, sud Dually
when he saw th-t death w-s Vsry near he
baud eve- the lied and whi-Dited:
' V .ther. d i you know me t"
'Oli, y. I knw you like a book,"
replied il.n dying mini.
"And. father, don't jm c that this
linn .' is si t kil'ini; me J"
"Yes, William, I see it."
"Am. fiithrr tho, thiiip. -bond, ynu
know. 1 s.ipp i-e you wai t them Usui " U
pur,-liae y u a monument J"
"Coirect. Widam," whispered Ihe
lather, winking a ghssiiy wink, and it
Pott sune ol I smile cverrd his fate death
came tn t.k- mm to a 'e!ter h-me.
When evininj te 4nH the nn so I the
n1- wi'e were i d y searrhing ti.e vtraw
bed to kui their hsn Is on llio-e I un Is. a
r. porter stood under lbs uss lamp c is
the s'leet, and with hi thumb no hi ue
he .W. etly c .Med i U' :
"S.ld sL'Kin and not the tin -nex Alia!
ton a'en lorward '' - Deiiau Fire Pr ii
DIDN'T KNOVhTwaS LOADED.
Y ll will p'easu observe." s, id oil Mr.
Ls'libw.-ll, as he lei 111 through his icheol
the her dav, Ilia' the tn.vt are r, quired
lo displsy the utai .si attention to quielne-i
a ol di-cip ine. md in abort time brrnme
iliv. sled id thst un st ananyng dtspomion
to tease each othei; in short, they s .on
settle down into thj travity nl ms u'e
yesrs. under the whole s ima sjntein I U .y i
mtrod.iee.l.
We at this moment arrived In front if
evcrsi hoys who were standinu arcun-1
haeket ol w.ter, and no had j.ist cha-g d
his mouth ih the co items ol a tin c.i ,
wlnle tin old erntlem .u w. etoiping to
ecover his p-n Iioin the 11 ...r, when
another pasnn..' alon behind snapped his
Cnger q ndily beneath the ,1 inker's ea,
Mint caused him by a sudden Ha t to .je t'
the content id Ins u.o i'h nv.-r in. m. i.
gogue's bald pste. Stating upright, rub
In U.r sd lace dripping, Lbs master sild:
.v no oi.i inni f '
The nelly uu:.minim! n.i.,1 n,. ,.r;...
dun. p. " .
Jim Dun. von rali-ul ih.l ,11.1 .1 .
thst lori-
Jim, apualletl at the mitchiel
done, muttered nut tint Ii ...
ha had
net bis
an t, bui tua; Torn Owens bsd
hllll.
snapped
This rhsnred th t
,,. " . u ui biii
l,ailibwU wr! h. and hbin I.',. .
of eld
porientou-ly over Owens' heads, he asked:
'Diil ynu snap Gun f
The ru put. Iremblinn with U.r ..
mured.
'Yes. sir; 1 snspt Gun, but I cidi.'t
know he was I .ailed."
MARRYh oToVmqIieY.
A late -uthor very iruthlully says, "Gold
i-snnot buy happiues', aud the parents
who compel their daujhlen tw m.rit r,
stsli,n ar money cammit a urievn-i. nn
sgsiiut humanity and God. And a wennn
marries cnurl lor Ids wealth will
find that th has made a tembl- bargain
thst all the glitieiings nl a hearties
grandeur) are phspnnrerent gliit,.
n s ol heart. wretchcioessj that h-r IHe
will be nne gdded n,ie'y, and her old age
will Ue like a crair on ih 1.1. .,.1 . . i .
desert mountain, where cold niooooeam
...inenmes gutter, but on birds sing, but
wild storms howl iH h nana
- . ..ni(.a tUUU'ltrH
'"r.nd I threaih th awee.ing storms
atiall be heard the stern voice ol tke gral
God, s.ying Your nches are corropted
jour Ksrreents ar mntb eaten, your gulii
an I silver are Cankered, tn I the rust i.l
tbem sh-ll be a witness against yoa and
tal oor fl.uh li iv ' ' J
I, O I t- J I O
One Square, 4 Ot) 10 00 M 60 ! 00
Two square, III liOO MM t (
Three Squares, 10 00 I 20 00 90 (0 40 Ll)
Four Kijnarea, 12 00 I il 0 i 10 if
P'lurth Col'n, 15 00 I 80 00 J 00 0
HslfColumn, 20 00 140 00 (V (0 j lit Ot
'bole Column, Onp Ypery lie 00
ADVERTISEMENTS.
gCU8L TBlCQBSS. s
Ynu ran eaxlly Inereswe year ewlary if
bv dovotinR a very email pertlon of ytup
leisure time to my Interest. I 4o ci t av.
neet you to canvas for lay celelutl
ittatt.T'a pianos and Organs urilpM y
o lit toj but tlie serviee I require of van
In both plnaeant aud prn.at.le. Foil,
particular fr-. Addrev.
DANIEL F. BKATTY,
Washington, N, J.
H K I O O R D "
BALTIMORE, MP.
DB. J. K. K1CORD, 141 Fayette St.
IjpIow Howard, bee devoted thirty year
of hi extensive practice pappplallT to tLe
trpntrnent of Cbionloand Private Plseaiesi
Airoetlons of the Kidneva and Bladder
Ouoasesof the Heart and Lungsj Foiaon
ohm Diseases of the Blood, Throat, Nose
and Skin; f)lpopia, Strictures. Chronlo
Ois-ese f th Urinary Ortan, Uliwra, Of-fnnsivBDisotiarge-s,
Nervous and Phyaieal
Debility,
YOUNG MEN,
victim ol abnee and pxop, with Lasst-
tinlo. PalpltHtion ol th Heart, ringing lu
the Knr, N rvonsnpsa, Itlusb'ntr. Timid
It v, Weakneeaot the Buck and Limb, Iu
diuesllon, should apply hefoie it is tee
bite, and restore vlir.-r to their bndiea and
minds, ere thev entail ini-eiy and disease
up 'n those ol tbeir posterity.
Private nikeases rpcpritly eonirirted
onrivi In Ihrce days. Mercury and Potash
nbtrliHrged.
bronin Gonorrhea or Olppt In Ave rlsve
by m local epplieatlnn. Persona at a dl
tii- by Rivinir eymptoms, treated and
ni-dicinis pnt by mail or Pxpresa.
A cure iruariitoed in all oases,
Writo symptom directed,
DR. RICOKD.
141 VV. Kavett RI..
Baltimore, Ui
apt t I-e ' "
JOCKY
MOUNT A.;i.LS,
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C.
January lsl, 1870.
We are now trepateii, to furnish lb
trade with
BURSTINGS,
SHlRriNOS.
PLOW LINKS and
COTTON,: YARNS.
all of the best quality and at low pr!a,
Our terms strictly net easb, 80 days.
Ad trass
BATTLE A 80S,
Socky Mount, If. t
'an SO a
RANDOLPH tfc CO.,
GENERAL F0RWARDINS
A V D
conmsaioN ubucuamtiJ
KatrAaa,, Ttrglatau "
Prompt atteoiioa aireo to all Oooatgay
mens.
Liberal Cash Advance mads M Co, r
alcnmenks,
LCMHER A 8PECIALTT.
HKPRH--Nr.Rss W. H.RmlthA Son W.
O. M.rrow lCn., A . vVrenn, Norfolk.'y, !
..trr,bldl,J. w. Faucett. J. al, 'Mu,i
Ion, UalHax, H. C. j
fcb 21 6 d f
KTALLIO BURIAL CASES ro
1
8 ALU.
t l-rp
Pernnft winhlnc. Mi.ni. o..ti . ?
tati always obtain tbem by applying- to
I M. ,,, , stteaers. Winti3ld Emryf
1 m:i atill km,, , ... . .. .. -' : -
. ... r"-v, oi.m.rB, a jun ae:
..rtiiiiit oi the Very Uest CASES, al lh$
Art I Jturuel L . . S . . fe
.if
. . . , iwm i n my a rwene n ons it.
. , -..... . inueiu a jtmry will
deliver Case lo person who may wutk
tbem.
James simmoivs,
Weldoa, N, 0.
aprl iq
rTIHK UNDKU81HNKD TIRI
A respectfully calls the attention of the
trade w hia pitj.ri.lv. . . ., ,
and imported liquora, to wbleh be ia ui
..inuu. woaisuug oi pare
BTE AND BOIIBBOX WHISKIES
Freneh. Apple. Dlankberry and Chrr
Brandies, J amaica and Keyr Knland Hum
S........U, .u.u ana tioitei., u,0, Port .
Sherry. Claret, Rhine and Kv-vear-ld sV
Souppprnor.g Wine. Scotch and LotMjnt
Porter, and a very Itrge lot of J "
RECTIFIED
WHISKEY
which I am orleriniiat prieestba
ibji io gave eatisftxct'on. v
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