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JAMUEL
J. WHIG 111',
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
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Protie in Mm Court of Northampton
' had adjoining counties.
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A V I N L. lintAN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
HALIFAX, N. C.
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HALIFAX, N. C.
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KDKKIY J. BURTON,
ATfORXKY AT LAW,
WKLOON, N. C.
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nd NorthaiVlptoii oountloi and in the
Supreme and Fodoral Court.
Claims collictid m any iart or ivirui
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
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Prantloe la tho Counties of Halifax,
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Bistriot.
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, VOL. -A7H. WELDON, JST.
G.'J THE FALL OF A LEAF.
Tho lni d nppmrfd w liens pi inn's soft brof zo
Kevivod tiui torpid onith.
Anil liird-i nltunod thnir nl.ulsouie lav,
As if ta hail lis l.inh.
Tha l'iif .ippoTii o.l, no raainct htorm
(.'on lil tear that loaf a way;
'Twi nurtured hv tln t'onile new,
And hy 'he sun's mild my.
Thevollfiw l;if apppnrrd. Tlio wind
Now whlstloi) Ihiiiimh tlio ile 1,
Th" lofty trM low howoil Its bo'ul,
The luaf hi'iii'im move. I, mid tell.
The pr:i!t 1 'r-ir li v vim so,.nt woo-i hnp 1
1 iipo!h il Ihouuhl an I ram ;
Tho I'lonm ol ileullll iv .u on Iih i'h;-oI;(
His brow was hiiii'oth mid luir.
Tlio imip niw in hi to ioto w is noon,
I In si u H o him io's i! in :
Or l"ilo l nnd toilnd, hv ! iv mid nlht,
Soiiui K'itti'i'it'H (irises to win,
Tlio wfirv, ii'i d man, was soon,
And I'o'v tho d iv hi fir liim ;
Willi imtoi ii.ir sii'ps iio iiniirs Urn lirinlt,
'I ho liiu k grave elosos o'v er hi in.
A WOMAN'S CRI.VIE.
nv in: k ir. m.tr-s.
"As yon am to lie my wife, Va'crie,
f.T i it y silo; slop fl'iiiii" b'hIi those
ab iniiiiul)!'' f ips li i i ttoml tins parlies
anil 1 1 c i 1 1 1 li . i ' s tliut aru bi-ii'O given
lio.v." Ami I Iio si-'i'ilii'i', a tall, hatul-
1 somo uni' ii m.i'i. ifii'ssoil i i an cvcniiiy
suit i I' il.ii U I roaJi loth, stood leaning
iiouiii'U the arm cli t ir !n'i t' sit Valoriu
Pciiil, tho atLoonleilm'd hello id' ill e
li'tla sea siilo circle, ami lietivLlu'd to
yiinn" CieraM liiey the son ol' a wealthy
city morcliatit.
"UcriM, I s'ia'1 i! i j ist as I please.
The yoiiii" men pay me uttiMuioo, and 1
slnill iiuilte no uiiteiy iioiiest it.''
"Thou you do not believe me sincere
in my regard lor yi u, Valeiie."
' I linie n i reason to d 'ii':t it yet,
(lor.ilil. V hi are ei l..Mitly j mIoiis, and
iieed!":sly g i ; Cor heie in this i lie place
n lint else is there 1 1 do hut to fl rt and
play t he part of a eoq I' tlo?"
"J3.it yii iiiiohi In- less i ti 'viH with
lUeScMgijiiis; llicy ate d c'tleilly vul
gat." "Ciitiio, now, that is ton sovce on
those poor voii: ponple. I shall j;o
into liysieiies il' o i do not ihane the
sut j. cl. L'-t us y i into the purl ir n .il
have a jianic ol' chess "
' Va'.eiie, ymi are honitless utterly
devoid of feeling, i'mi do not care to
ocy tnv uislies."
"And you would liae inn make a
nun of invsi 11', ui d keep away Irani
society. N ', (jeiuid, I do not care to
obey you, if tint is your de'ire. I am
too I on, I of eay li;e in I his piu.is.iiit ic
soit for that."
"It is very .evidet t tint yen care ni ire
for the silly attention of others than
yon do for me "
"And if I do. what then? ' she iisaoiI
her blue eyes lot ki 'jj l.i.n fuil ii the
lace. ,
"Y'ou cannot have tho c nisi ler.iti in
for my feelings due from a promised
bride ; that is all."
' llmeu't I pliel ted y -u my whole
heaiton c t lynii solely? Wh it fUu
is th; re for me to d '"
"Say that uain, Valerie; say that
yuu will be mine,'' said Gerald, sloopi ;g
and clasping the white hand h.ch lay
119011 her pink muslin dres'i in his, and
ptcssid,! it to his li,,s.
"All yn',u, Cerald. Tin re. iln.'l fed
sliylttd because I now and then look at
the people here. N'. thiej; iviil come of
it, I'm sine. Now, Herald, suy that yuu
am rry for doubting me"
"Wcii, then, I am si ny.'Vsaid. the lover,
pre-si'ijj a ki-s upon her a'. toaster bioiv ;
".Hid I Hill tiy imt to be jealous ai y
mine And present no his aim to toe
lair girl, they pa-se-l from ihe veianda
nf the hotel into the pat lor.
In an alcove, paitly coniTah d by dra
peries, tl.ey paused belVie u bttle ina
hoaany l hes staud.
Valeric knew ll.e power she h.-ld, and
she did not scruple to ea side glances
uoiv and then toward an adjacent table
mheic sat several Jillng men playing
tittds. Tl e 1 1 ui Ii was, she I ived society
and excitement, and was ns ut lit to be
the wife of Herald (itov, Iin had a
naturally jealous disposition, us lie was
to wed a viiaoo.
"Z mods ! what a pretty woman that is
in the tilcvc, Jai k," tern aiked one fl
tie ynune. in on ut the. table.
"ou siv pretty : l,v, that is i' iss-
ical loreli in s. She is ur renal liio.
nes, tiie caravansiny bi iie. lv Joe!
hut you should Viioif her. Hairy. 8he
will m iko you gid !v-'iei'i,.i the first teo
minutes, and at Co en 1 ol a half hour
desperately in Invev 15 it ther is yon in
(irty, who has her heait uid haiij ; he
is li iiibly jealous, so tluy say."
Well, he should t like her away to
some soiitaiy island nl.eie lover) of
female beaa'.y caneot t.py ber out."
"lie would, if she eared to go, JJir,
between you and mo, llirry, there is
not so iiiuch all'ectiou bel.veeu them as
there mi"ht be, at least, not ou her
side."
'Perhaps nut.1' responded llirry, lang
uidly. "C ime, I have a little scheme in
view. I will go and get my fi ite, and
play a few nolcs under the wind w just
to try the effect on the nerves of young
Gre.:
Accordingly, the faity arose and rpr.t
the room, leaving iivo livers sole occu
pants for the time being.
"I here, llioso inquisitive nitiniei nave
gone ; I hope they will learn manners
enough not sture when they corns again,"
said Gerald.
"I don't think they did 80 purposely.
Young men must ute their eyes," said
the fair flirt.
"Hut they stared, a-d that is an im
pertinence they will have to ausivar for,"
said Gerald, as tie arosa and abruptly
left the room.
lie had not been gone lon before
the low, melodious tones f the "Last
Hose of Summer, played upon the. flute
came in through the window, and ebbed
and swclbd with the get. tie evening
brerz' until it seemed to be very rear,
then died away with a low, bnig-drawo
c id.n ce as sweet as the chimes ot a
silver bell.
"Oh, how tenib r !" murmurc 1 Valerie,
as she went out through the open win
dow upon the balcony.
'l ie performer was concealed by s imp
datk bushes, but his presence could he
di lei.tud 'by t'.e s mad. S d'l an I I nv,
II. rilling and throbbing, now loud and
distinct, then deep and far away,
but always teutleily melancholy,
it seemed to her the perfect ideal of
knightly minstrelsy when lovers wrnt
forth to serenade tho;r fair divines.
She hardly dared lli'u.k it was meant for
her, Lut bieathlessly watched and lis
tened, totally iinu.inscieus that the moon
had slowly r's ti from behind sum:
trees, an was shii.tn directly' upon her.
Gi raid Grey, coming up ihe avenue
fio.n the bench, where he had been
smok'nio his evc:.i,ig cigar, saw her with
thu nio'onlieli'. s'.reaniing over her,
long before, ho heard the music
of the flute. lie noticed with
ad. nil ation the almost statur-Lke
mould of her features, and thought, as
most lovers think, that she was dream
ing of biui. Alas, how misguided he
nasi Coming nearer, he could see the
lips parted over the i early teeth into a
smile that expressed perfect trust in the
present and contentnie .t for the future.
What, then, niiil he have ft It when the
music commenced ugain? It would be
difficult to tell what h'n feelings were,
but there came into his fico a terrible
lijdit a passiouthat convulsed his whole
Irame, a d made him surge ti und fri
like a drunken man.
"She is false to me I At last, have
found on' what I suspected; she holds
secret meeli gs with i-trange parlies
Sie is false 1 Oh, my Valerie, you are
mine no mure. Farewell I'm ever 1" lie
looked up 1 1 the balcony, but she had
disappeared.
Like a snr kc with stealthy, noiseless
tread, and with di ated, bloodshot eyes,
be crept upon ti e ui known musician.
A s iui.d of tearing s id, a low, gurgling
groan, and the pros' rale form of a man
lay behind the clump of foliage where
the morrow's sun revealed it to the in
mates of the hi tel.
The party of young men supposed
their friend sale in bed. Could they
have known the true situation, and the
blanched, honnr-stiickon face of Gerall
Grey on beholding what he had done,
the would not have slept so soundly.
Il uirs afterward he had put nut to
sea in a sailboat, aid was far away
when the body was discovered the next
morning.
Tiie sul event taught Valerie Pearl a
praclicil Ksson that a Hli-'.ime wil
i e'.cr efface. She may not have loved
Gerald Grey as she should have loved
him, but the promise was was given, and
the stioina placid upon her name by
the result will never wear away,
Poisons travelling a bead now and then
meet with a broken-down wan who ex
tr'sses in every lineament of his lace
tho despair that u judicious woman
mihl have savid bun from.
imUESCt'cF MUSIC.
A reporter who r.cently visited an
I. diistrial School was very much iiu-
pussr l by what he st.v und learned
there coucer aing n it onl.' the taming,
but the reforming a d refi Trng ii fluence
of a "concord of sweet sounds." Al
tiched to the institution is a music
teacher who has nt nil times in active
triib ing a iiu.nher of boys, who perforin
in the various instruments that make up
it brass band. This teacher, who is an
intelligent German, and, to ail appear
ances, an aide instructor, testifies to the
wonderful elli: icy of mus:c in soiling
the nigged ua'ures f th boys who nr
sent to the nhii, I, n-ually liucmisa they
nie iineoniroll ible by puents or guar
di ms
He says he has notice J tho singular
fact that boys wli ise aversion to learn
ing was so great that they could not or
. . ! I , . f
vau'J n t Uv'pi'r" o.oo n Koowieo.jo oi
their "a-h, abs," took II dd with ei, lent
rel sll of the comparatively dillicult study
of theoretical music, and in n very short
spice of ti ne m istere l tho notes sulfi
c eutlv to read a tob rably bard score
or piece of m isL'. TnU see ned to 1 1 i ill
like a phenomenal phise, and he can
only account for it on the ground that a
love of music is inherent iu Jie average
bad boy. lie has usually in training a
hau l of t.veuty pieces, but be 'ays '.hat
this number he c Mil t easily nrgmei.t at
uny time to two. three, tr even four
times as many, for be very rarely fi als
a boy who has not a taste fur some mus
ical instrument.
The greitest trouble he Ins yet en
cn mtere.l in ihe formation of bis bands
is the fact that as soon as bis pupils be
come really proficient they aro ready for
a discharge for good conduct, the music
pnEiessing such no influence for good
over them as t completely reform die
positions that would be otherwise incor
rigibly bad. Since he has held the po
sition of music teacher at the institution,
several boys h ive been discharged for
good and promising conduct who have
turned their knowledge of music ac
quired within the walls of Ihe Industrial
school to profitable aecout.
C, SATURDAY,
WORDS CF WISDOM.
It is bat poor eh.qai'iice which only
shows that the orator can talk.
If what is said he not to the purpose
a tingle Word ii already too much.
We can hardly learn humility ami
teudeinesi en )uh, except by sullVr
i"g. The worse misfortune is to be unable
to bear ini-lnrtuno.
II,! that hath in bridle on his tor.guo
li'is h i giaco io his heart.
Hoop wateis are still. Wise tneu talk
because they tin ill much
We could in t Ciduie so'itu le weie it
not for the poeiful C mva i niship of
hope or of some unseen one .
Heal g-ea'ni ss dies nit d.'puu I on
the thiols we d , but ou too mind with
which we do them.
We are in the sil'e pith during cur
pilgrim statu while wo are in the valley
of huiuil'uii ni.
The whole ch tractor of the christian
seems to be Ci-'mprehendei
in this title
a believer in (Jurist.
A real clitisiiau loves close,
searching preaching, and seek
ministry of tin so who speak
pointed,
not the
enticing
words ol mail s wisdom.
The man who will abandon a fiiTnd
for an eiror, luioas but little of the
human character, and shows that bis
heart is as cold as
j'idgeme..t is
VV CUt .
M ire man grow old rr ) n h iving noth
ing to do, than from overwoik. The
riinniiii' machine will keep briilit for
years the idle machine will booh tust
out.
When the presence nf Christ is real
ized, then d i love, gratitude, humility,
lai'.h, genllenesp, meekness, etc, How
forth iu swtettst fragrance toward their
author.
Truth is always consistent with itself,
and needs nothing to help it out. It is
nl.iays near at hand, and sits upon our
lip and is ready to drop out before we
are aware; whereas a lie is troublesome,
and sets a man's invention upon the
truck, and one trii k needs a great many
more to make it good.
THE P0WE3 OF GENTLENESS.
S. ADVOCATi:.
I; is related that a belated stranger
stayed all night at a faruioi's house,
lie Noticed that a slender little girl, by
her gentle ways, h id a great influence
in the house. Shs seemed to lie a
briuger of peace and good will to the
rougher ones iu the household. She
had power over animals also, us the fol-
lowing shows :
The fai .nor was g dug t i town next
morning, ami had agreed to take the
stranger with him. Toe family came
out to see them start. The farmer
gathered up the reim, nod with o jeik
laid, "Dick, go lung I" ttA D ck didn't
"go long." The whip cracked about
tin: pony's ear, and he shouted, "bick,
vmi rascal, cot up!" It availed uot.
TliC'i came down the whip with a heavy
hand ; but the stubborn beast only
shook his heal silently. A stout lad
caoie out a id sei?.'d the bridle nnd
pulled, and jiinkKd," nnd ' kicked the
ruhelli ms po iy ; 4t.it not a me p w.ml I
he move. At this ci s n sweet voice
said, "Willie, don't d so." The voice
was quickly recognised. And now the
magic hand was laid the neck o! the
soeiningly incorrigible animal, and a
simple 1 iw word was spoken Instantly
the rigid uiu-cles icUx, d, and the air of
st'l' h irnnesS vanisaeJ, ' Poor Dick,"
said the Sweet voi.je, . und she stroked
and patted softly his. neck with the
childlike h mil. "N go afong, ynu
nliightv fell i w," io liall-ciiidiog, but in
a ti ti ler voice, as she drew slightly on
the b;iJle. Tim pony turned and rub
bed Lis head against her arm for a
moment, and stalled off on a cheerful
trot, and there was no further trouble
that day.
The stranger
remarked to tho far-
tiler :
"What a wonderful pinrer that hand
possesses I"
The reply was :
"Oil, she's good 1 Every body and
everything Ime her."
WHEM THE DARK COMES.
A little ghl sat. nt twilight, in her sick
m-'thei's ruom, busily ihinkieg. All
(lav she had been full of fun nod noise,
and many times worried her poor tired
iiioiber.
"Ma." said the little giil, "what do
you suppose mikes mo get over my mis
chief, und begin to act good, j 1st about
this time every night?"
"I do tint know, dear. Cm you not
tell !"
"Well, I guess it's because this is
when the dark conies. You know I am
a littlu afraid of that. Ami 'hen, ma,
I begin to think of all the naughty tbings
I've dure to grieve you, and that per
haps yon might die before morning; and
so I begin to act good."
"Oh." ihotiobt I. "how many of ti
wait till dark come?, in lite form of sick
ness or sorrow, or trouble of some kind,
before we "begin In do good I" How
much belter to bo good while we are
enj tying life's blight nmshine? and
then, "when the dark comes." is it will
in a moasure, to all we shull be ready
to meet it without fc.tr."
Hoiiinutic death, a young Inly drowned io
Ims.
A PHIL 27, 1878. NO. 11.
THE BEAUTIES OF MATURE.
BY C EUWAIlt) Ml'llltAY.
The man v. li t goes through this woiM
of nur". w hich is s fraught with beauty.
and gives no thought or feeling to any
thing else but bust iss and ihe co.iimoft,
eveiydav affairs of life ; who does not
sit down once i i n while and give up his
soul to communion with nature and its
ol uinwi bo.iipy, loses half nf the enj iy
cient of his life, lie seis n. thi'oj,
really, of Ihe blight side of li'e. His
biutil ibu'S not take iu the entire rich,
iii-sand (Jury id the world in which he
in in s in d has his being, lie d es nut
n ll.'ctoii the eiiedness nf God in thus
placing him in a " otld of beauty, whom
everything is Calculated to remind him
ol his never ending tare end watchful
love.
We know that be.iuly bus a softening
effect upon lite senses; so G n', the Su
preme Hob c, h.is sin rounded us by a
w irld nf beauty Hit how lit1!') we
think of these things. We see beauti
ful objects, and our s oises me delighted
with them, but should wo n .t go farther
than this?
The beauties of nature aro varied.
We have the earth iu its suoiinei's glory
O'ul its niotei's glooui. We hive the
trees loaded with their foliage and liiiit,
and wo Ii ive tiioin stiippej ol lue u:lorn- i
tnent, and ii!:m,st her, It of beiu'.y. 1! it
on waking some mni i.ing. wo Ii id thove
same trees all covered with beiuty in
the shape of spaikliug ite. The sun,
just rising, throws bis bright lays over
them, and they spatkle aid gltsien us
thouoh Covered with precious stones.
Oil, who is so ilea I us to sre no beauty
here nothing to lift up his soul above
the things of dull, pludJiog humanity?
And yet there are men who can look on
such a scene and feel no pulsation of
gratitude to tho great Giver of all
good.
Why do the birds sing? I'ecaii'te all
around them is s i lrh;ht and glorious
they cannot help it. The jay that they
feel must bo exiuess"d, and so it poms
I'm th in a heart stiiring melody. Then,
boside that, G nl made them to sing;
il is the pait they are to play in nature.
Some people fiod beauty in a goldeu
sunset; others find it in a sunrise. Hut
all nature is beati'iln1, and tends to
bring men out of this narrow worldli
ness into a realizing sense of the luct
that there is a God.
The II iwers are beautiful, and 'vho
can doubt the good they pet form when
a hunch of them is given to a pour,
weak suII'tit who has imt been out of
donis, it tiiiy bo, for months? 1 1 w
grateful one's heart is in such a moment
that a part, a siu iil part of niture's
beauty c in bo traosp uted to the s ck
rooii), where il is so mn:h neede 1. O.ia
can scarcely imagi io that tititure, with
her thousand beauties, her It o.veis that
are so constat tiy teaching us lessons
h,T gently blowing breez's a ol warsi
air, can do so much toward bunging
ha.k the bloom to the cheek, und re
stor'ng bia'th to the innilii'.
Some one Ins truly siid tint
"Your voieehss lips, (I dower! ate
living pioiolu r-,
Fieh oiip a loupii, and e.Hi leal a Ii ok;
Supply inn to Ihe l.iii"v numerous tenei"rs
From o u a tha lowliest nook ! '
And who shall say that there is no
beauty in a s'a nil? Toere is a gra id, a
sublime beauty iu it ; at such ti nes we
feel awed and amazid, a J we think Hut
God is speaking to us in the thu ider of
the tempest and the lighlni'ig's 11 :sh, (or
nature sometimes comes
am embassador lor G nl.
and says,
ONLY TIGHT.
" 'How flushed, i.nw weak,
What is the mailer with biiu'r'
is!
" 'Only light.'
" -Tight ?r
" 'O dy tight.' Mm'., h st. an I great
est glit, bis l -tc!le-;t, degraded the
only power lint raises from brute crea
tion trodden down ui.iKr the form ol a
debasi: g appetite.
'"Only tight.' The gonllf! sister,
whose strongest love through life Ius
been given to her handsome, talented
brother, shiinks wi b contempt a id dis
gust from his embrace, und brushes
uu'.iy the hot, impure kiss be imprints
upon her cheek.
''Only tight;' und his young biide
stops io the glad ru-i she is making to
u.uel !.;..,, a. ', ciieik; tha ivciju.ue o:i
hrr lips, to g iz; iu tentir ou ihe iceling
form and ll-ished face of him who was
her idol.
" 'Only tight ;' and tho fathiii's ficc
grows daik uud sa f, a, with a bitter
sigh, he stoops over the sleeping from of
his first bom.
"lie bus brought sorrow to all thtse
affectionate hearts ; he has opened the
door to a fat 1 1 indulgence; be has
brought himself down to n level with
brutes; he has tasted, exciting tha appe
tite to crave tho poisonous draught
ugaiii ; bit has f alien fiom high and
noble manhood to bubhii g idiocy und
heay s'upnr ; fcriiugrit erief to bis
mother, dis'.rast to bis sister, alum t de
mur to his biide, uud boned his father's
head with sorrow. Hat blame him uot ;
fur lie is 'ouly tight.' "
Tint following re licls; Washinuton
was a surveyor mid luiunr; Krunklin a
piintrr ; Iitiu Paine a Hayin.ker ; Girt-u a
liluck'niiili ; Waircn a plivnicmn ; Sumplm
a shepherd , R gei Sherman a lioi-inkci ;
Maiiou a larnirr, i.s also Wile I'utnuin,
Kihan Allen and Stark ; 'luncoek it shin
piug merclisnt ; 1'ruiiiUull a i aitmt; and
An. aid, who, ill. joh a liaitor t a
gnqii ijeueral, a d;iigj,'i:t and berk rir.
CSOWJNG OLD,
How strangely nur ideas ol growing
old charge us we get on in lile ! To
the g'ul in her tecs tho riper maiden of
twenty-five si ems quite age I. Twenty
two thinks t'nity.fisrt "an oil thing."
Thiilwfi'O dreads forty, but congrat
unites herself that there may still remain
somo ground in be pos essed in the
fii'loon yearn before the bull' century
shall be attained, Hit (i:'ty does not by
any means give up the battle ol
lie. It loils loiddb-'.ged aid
vgorous, and think old ugo a lo g
way iu tho future. Sixty remcmhoiH
those who have done grout thinks ut
three score ; ami one uoutits il l air,
when I e was mairied ut uno hundred
and twui.l y, had at nil begun to led
himself an old man. Itislli ! desire of
life ii t,s which iniikcs lis feel young S
long,
NO TEETH IN HER UPPER JAW.
A city gentleman who had just pur
cha ed a turn) in the country wished to,
b iy some cattle with which to stock it
He therefore attend d an audi in where
cows aero to be sold. 0 le of them
was a remaikable flue animal and he
b inolit her at u fair price, lid was ex
infilling his purchase, when a farmer
y,h i it'itorturritely arrived too late t
bay thu cow himself as he intended
drove up and thus accosto I him. "I
say, friend, din you bid off that cow?
I did." was the reply. "Well, did ynu
know that she had no teeth in the
upper ii.v!" "No," replied tho gentle
mac, indignantly, 1 Ts that so?" "You
miti see for yourselt." The gentleman
examined the; mouth of the cow, and
finding no upper teeth; immediately
went to tho Buctinneer nnd reuuested
him to fell tho cow again. What's the
trouble i" asked the auctioneer. 'She
hasn't anv upper front teeth," was the
reply. ''Very well," replied the action
ei", with a smile, "I'll put her up once
more." He did so, and tho shrewd
farmer who bad givio the information l
the city gentleman bij her off nt the
same price Lx.
MYSTERY OF MUSIC.
A lover of music writes: I would fain
know what mu-io is. I m ek it as a man
setkii eternal wisdom. Yesterday eveuing
I walked I ite in thu mmiubeiit iu th
beoililul avanue of lime trees on the bank
id Ihe Hhine, u id I heard a tapping noise
and nolt sinoin,'. At the open door nl
eitlii'(e under tho hlonmiiii? I una tree, at
a mother unil hfr twin hihiesilho mis
lay on lor bri'H-t, the o'her in a cradl
which she rocked with lur foot, keepinir
time to her biimioa. In every tr nil, thin
when the tii.-t tince of life toxins tost
iiiu-ic is the nursd nl tho soul ; it murmurs
in the car, and the child ileeps, thu tones
a e li-.t companions ol bit dream. ; they
are Ihe world iu which he lives, lie lm
uvthine; lbs babe, though cradled in its
motliei's arms, is alone in the spint; hut
t.wios ti l l entrance into thu ball -conscious
Saul and i nuitsh it us the emli tounshtt
the li c ol plant.
WISE MAXIMS.
Mr John MeDonr.ugh, the New Orleans
niilliniiiiaire. Ii.n engiaVi-d on his toiub a
seiies of nisx tn. which lie bad o'isciil'ed
' m the nil s lur hit cuidunee tiitough lilt.
I lia 1 prescuhe I as the rubs lor hit guM
mieti thr. U4I1 111.1, and t which bis succtsa
I w is iiiiinly altiihutiihle:
i Keiiicmiier always that labor is one of
: ihe conditions id oar rxistsiice.
1 '1 ime ia e ll i : throw not one mir.ute
' iwuv. hot n! ice each one to atcootit.
l) i unto nil men as you would bu done
hy.
Never e.vet what is uot voiir own.
v. r think anv nutter so Hilling as nat
to i rve uoli-.e.
N.vir -'ive uut that which dci net tltt
1 coi.i'' in.
Never spend lull to produce.
Li-t the (.iieutest oulir ley laic tho tians
action nl j our hie.
S udv in tliteoiir-e of 1 1 1 0 tit do tin
gie-itrai H 111 mil' t ol good
Deprive yuuisvll dl iioihino neeesttry t
your eonl. tl, hut live in ail hmiorauly
sloipiicily and Iril.a'.lly.
I.i'oir.'tliun, to llio Imt moment of your
1 x. stance.
I'lilVArK Pbavku The rol that pro
duce, the bji.dilul and fl oirinhieg tree,
with a I its ipin'ina hrmclii-s, vurdant
leiiv.n, mid iilreshing Iruit-tliit wiiich
until it cap, hie, victor and Ii oil lulness is
ad unsitii; and the lurttiL-r und derper the
100I1 spread lo ot 1! Ii. the 111 ire I lie Irer
ip.uiiU ah-'ve. I'liii-tl iii, it you Ung to
bnuj I. u'h all th- Sjiiitt, ptrike yur routs
deep and wile Ill ptiv.to priyer. Tin,1
litth and support, (hit frongth nnd Bfucc
which yon -e. k nl toi l in act re', that thev
ui iv In- 1 xcri'bc.l in the hnr ol peed, (Jul
wtd 111 that h oir uive vou before uhu.
A KAV.lllirK Soitiikiin Disii. Two
in-iircrt weio in the woa.ls stihttinc rails
wheu the iiue-lion ol what was tho brsl
thiiisj in the wotll tn es eume up. A
Htake of ' Iu' Int." " deposited 011 a
reic'lihoring stuui. to he tk-n by the one
L'ue-ii i: at ihe most pala'alilo tli-h. Altir
throw in ' liea.it and tads" lor first t;uess,
the winnt-r ex- lain.-, i. "Piissum and w '.!
pertater 1 '-"S Ii on !" 1 j iculateil theolher,
tiiko de in nicy ! lake do money I ilidn'l
tliink you'd uoe Ihe berry best Ius' thing.''
ILi't, iii'Te or Us, I suppose, most
nl us t'uve, but we keep them so close
eased ami padlorked we wear an nutaid
no hard or dry that little or noao of t lis
love that may ho within. eesp? tw c'ad
den th-se sriiuti I ai. And so llio pats
will, ant any ol the sweetening to society
that comet when stl.'Ciiou is Dot lelt but
expressed.
flcn. Curtl T,?ti bsrerttned the Ariinj;.
ton ri'ata where bis Ini'Tortal lariber tn
loriif residia Ho has had a long hnrd
fljht in tho courts ami it is a niatttr ol
nonaritulalinu that tie has at last beitt-D
Ike ei;eipv.
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15 00
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14 00
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3(i 00
10 00
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f no
61) O 'J
109 0 j
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hree "'oiiares.
nr Nipiares,
10 00
Id oo I
n -th t'ol'n,
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60 00 I
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Ono Year,
ADVERTISEMENTS.
giu
N PAINTEKS
Wa.-itei! in "very aectlon of lh Uoited
tes and Provinces to ansn-ei ihl r .
Jrlisoinont. Addres.
DANIEL F. BIS AT TY ,
Washlnutnn V T
De-. llf ...
API'lNF.-sSOU JlISEltY, 13 TUB
trtTF.STlON
Dr. W. )'.. iloyt of 3) years successful
practice iinarunlueH speedy and ptrnianant
uruifHlL l lironie, Seroful ius. Piivate
Syphiliiin and Female I)isoeJt Kpsrnm.
fi rnio i, oi noii-HioisB i nis Medical ie.
stitule, A uitri it Cheney ISIuck. opnositu
lh i City Hall Park, Syrueuwi, N. Y. Mtd-
.innoui. to nil parts nl tho U. H. and.
'ana la. Iioo'i ho deeoived hv ndvertm.
iniriiiaeks who throng our lai(ie cities,
lull e insiill Dr. llo t i r send fi,r circular
eaiiiur on bis sioelailies to l is P. O.
l)ox tnil.
L A 1)1 Kt. Mv L'roat liuuid Fronnh
I'.omedy, AM IK DK FMMK. or Femald
Frioiid, Is unriilitiii in the cure of all nwln.
lul and dangerous diseases ef your sex.
it oioueraios an c.vooss, aim limits on tha
niontlily period Willi rciculuritv. Io all
nmvoi.s and splnul Htloelions, pa'ins in thu
hack or liuihs, hoavinoss, fatiKuo on sllg.'.t
exurtlon, palpitation of the heart, Inwnesa
ofsuiril, hysteric. hIrIc lleadaoho, whites,
unil ail t tin ful diseases ocoasioued hv a
lisor.lorod system, il elfeots a euro when
ml other moans fail. Prioe fc.,00 por Hot
tin, sent by mail. Dr. IV. Ii. Hovt.'tiox
27(1. Syracuse, X. Y.
fluv l y.
g C II O O L
TUACUKKS.
Ynu can easilv lnu-ssn vrinr mlkuf 1
liy tlsvotinK a very small portion of ytmt
leisure time to my interest. I do not
poet you lo canvass for my selnbrataai
ISeattv's f'ianos and Oman unlesa van
see lit to; but tho service I require of you
in noui pieasani auu proiitahle. jTbu
particulars fren. iddress
DANIEL r. HEA'I'TY,
Washington, N. ,
JOCKT MOUNT
MILLS.
ROCKY MOUHT, N. G.
January 1st, 1871.
We are now prepared to farniali Ui
trade with
8UBETINGS,
SniRTIXGS,
TLOW LINES and
COTTON.i YARNS,
all nf the best quality and at low priest,
Our teiuis strictly net euali, BO days.
Add roes
BATTLE 4
Hocky Mount, N. 0.
'iin StJ a
11
ANDULl'H C O : ,
GEN Ell AL rORWARDINil
AND
(OMMIMSIOX MEIUII ISTS.
Norfotb, Virglutek
Prompt attetilioo given to all Consigui
ni enls.
Liberal Cash Advances uiado on Cou
. tignmenia.
LVMHER A SPECIALTY.
ltvrs!aiNrrs : W. II. Smith A on,
C, Marrow it Co., A. iV roll 11, Norfolk. Xt.l,
A.liarril.aldi. J. W. Faucett, J. M. Mul
len, llablax, N. C.
febglSd
KTAI.l.lC lil'KIAL CASW JTOH
SALK.
s 1
Vrsp tviahiisjr MeiKlliu Rurial Casts
eat. always obtain' tlieui by applyiuir lomd,
ai the Morn of Moasrs. Win lis.. UI st Emry.
1 01:1 alill keopina, as horetoforn, a fuil aa
.orioient 01 1 lie Very Host CASKS, at lUj
Verv Lowvst Prices. In my absence (loin
Weldon, .Mesiiri. VViiitield A Kmry wilt
iloltver Cases to persons who may w ials
liiem,
JAMKS SIMMONS,
Weldon, N. 0.
npr 4 1 Q
fllll K UNllERsllllNKD
VERY
respectfully calls the attention of tttj
trado bis eitonsivs) stock of dotunaio
and imported liiiuors, to which bo la laill
milking addltioua ai d oousitting of purs
KTE AKD BOl RKO. UUI!ltLIS
Kroncli, Apple, Blas'Islierry and Chsrry
Brandios, Jamaica and Nev F-npland Hum
Lsindon, Toia Hiid liollai.s Giu, I'o.t
Sherry, Claret. Klilue ami i.ve-year-oid
Souppernoni' Wine, Heok.h and London
Porter, and a very large lot of
RECTIFIED WHISKEY
hiri t am oftorilit e.t prices that Cannes'
tall to irlya aatisfHotion,
8. W. SI-LDX!, A't.
ajiril fi-a SI Koauoke Square. ,
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