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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
B. BATCHELOR.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
RALEIGH, N. C.
Practices In the onnrts of the 6th Jndi
e ll District and in the Federal and Su
preme Courts. May 11 tf.
WALTER CLARK,
Raleigh, N. 0.
LARK fc
0
K. T. CLAKI,
Halifax, N. C.
CLARK,
ATTORNEY'S AT LAW,
HALIFAX, N.C.
Will pristine in the Caurts of Halifax
March 16 tf.
w. a. nrxx.
and a ijolnlw? counties.
w. H. KITCUBX.
K
I T G H B N
D XT N X
ATT.1RHBV1 A OUNSKLXOIM AT LAW,
Scotland Week, Halitnx Co., Bi. C.
Praotlca In the Courts of flelifax and
adjoining counties, and in the Supreme
and Federal Courts. Jaul8 tf
rjiia )M AS M. HILL,
Attorney at E,kw,
HALIFAX, N. C.
Praotines In Halifax and adjoining
Counties and Federal and Supreme Courts.
Will be at So itland Neok, once every
tortni ant.
Aug. 28-a
W.
D
H. DAT,
A Y
W. W. Ham..
HALL
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
WELDOU, K. C.
Practice in the courts of Lalifar and
djoinin counties, and in the Supreme
and Federal court
Claims collected In
Carolina.
any
part nf North
jun 20 1 H
gAMUKL J. WKIOHT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
JACKSON, N. C.
of Northampton
sep 15 1 Y
Practice in the Court
and adjoining counties.
G
A V I N L. H Y M A N ,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
HALIFAX, N. C.
Praotlois In ths oturts of Hall'ax and
adjoining oun'.ies, and in the Supreme
and Federal Courts
Claims oolleoted lu all parts of North
Carolina.
Onloe in the Court House,
july 4-1 Q.
R
. BURTON, J
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
' HALIFAX, H. c.
Practices in the Courts of Hill fa a
feanty. and CVinties adjoining. In the
Supreme Court of the Sute, and In the
Federal Courts.
Will give apaaiil attention to the oolleo
tien of elaims.and to adjustiBg the aoeounta
of Exeoutors, Admiantrators and Uusr
Mans. dee-15-tf
M. R I Z L k S D,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
, HALIFAX, N. C.
QMse (u the Court Hous". Strict atten
tion given to all braucuos of the proles
1, 1878. NO.
E.
BRANCH,
VOL. VII. WELD ON, K 0., SATURDAY, JUNE
1G.
Kl SSES .
Kisses, kisfe-", what are kisses T
Asked a maid ot me one day ;
And her pouting lips meant mischief,
Tell me what are kisses pray f
Half afraid to make ti e venture,
Yet, to give son e ritibt reply
Kisses, maid, are Rweet confection--Al
the baker's you'll them buy.
Yes, eh said, I've bought them often,
And her lips second linli to Kigh j
But I mean hat are t lie kisses
That no currency can buy?
Tiifh, I said, deer maid, don't fancy
Aiij'lhiiii: that's so untrue.
Monty will buy all the kisses
That we want, both 1 and you.
Ye, she said, with Hlrange persistence,
C in! y kisses nil ran buy ;
But il 1 were selling kisses
Only one to sell I'd try.
Yet, I said, who wants bought kisses?
Long I wallet! lor reply.
Then she said : to sell my stock out,
Ouo X might give just to try.
Temptingly tho rod lips pointed s
Can you wonder what 1 said ?
Sweet V II take your stock for sample,
And 1 kissed those lips a i red.
RALPH'S ATONEMENT.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Bit FIR LB, HALIFAX COOMTT. V. C.
Practises In the Counties of Halifax,
Pash, Sdgeaemba and Wilson.
Callaolioa made tn all parta nf the
State.
A U JC 8
Jan 12-6 I
H A HA,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
EX FIELD, M. C.
Practices In the Counties of Halifax,
Edeooiabe and Nash. In the Supreme
Cetirt of the State sud lu the Fedoral
Courts.
Celletlnat made In anv part of the
fit ate. Will attend a', the Court House In
Halifax en Monday ana rruuy or eacu
svssk. lu '2-1 o
JKDREW J. BURTON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
WELDON, V. C.
Praetleea In the Courts of Halllax, War
ren sad Northampton oountlos and In the
Bupreuae and Federal Courts.
Claims uolleoied in any part of North
jDsrellna. Jun
HW M. MDLI.XW,
yj U L L K N
JOHN A. HOOKS.
UOORK
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
nalMax, sr. c,
Prantioe In the Counties of Halifax,
itortharocien. Kdgeooinbe, Fitt and Mar
tin lu I'm Supreme Court of the State
and in the Fedoral Courts of the Eastern
Biatrial.
Collections made id any part of. North
15e true to him, Mabel. Let him be
your first thought in life lor jour dead
mnthei's sake."
So p ike the poor 'lying woman in 1 w,
grasping words, turning licr either eyes
first on the daughter who s'.ood beside
her bed. then on the infant lying nu the
pillow ui her side.
"I will, mother Inill!" is the sub
bing answer, and the little gitl of twelve
sunk on her knees as she madu the
promise.
Placing her linnd on lirr bowed head,
as though to sen I it with one more feeble
effiiit to articulate, the tired lids closed,
and Muhel llalford wus an orphan.
The child left to her care, fretful d
delicate, occupied her eviry moment,
at d as the years sliped by, and he grew
to boyhood aud she to womaihood, it
was as though she had never known
girlhood ; so that when one evening in
the summer gloaming, some six years
after her mothci's death, she listened
for the first time to ord s f love from
Ralph Raymond's lips, it was as the
opening of a new life to her.
II was a young, strong lellow a
favc.riU with all q'litk-ieinpercd, self
willed, but with a warm, hontst heart,
which, somehow, neither he nor she
knew how, had traiis'erred itself into her
keeping.
She listened dreamily as he talked.
She was eighteen, yet it was all so new,
so sweet because so new, a d her head
dropped on his broad shoulder; aid shi
held out her bauds to received this
thing, when suddenly a thought camn to
her Fred, little Ficd ; Iter promise to
her mother.
"You forget that I hae Fred," she
said ' Wlmt coul I I do with him?"
"D? Leave him to your aunt. You
enn see him every day. The care of
hint is too much for you, anyhow, Mabel,
I khall be glad alien you me no longer
able in assume it. lie is a big boy
tow, but she can do all that u need
ful."
"No, lialph," she answrreri, vcy
sadly now; "I can never gUu i i o d up
I promixed mother, on her dying bi d,
be should be my first thought i t life,
and niv premise I mean to keep. I see
now this sweet dream was not for me.
''And you would give me up ? Much
you care for n if you can let that boy
como between us."
"0 llilph, don't say that I What,
ever else you do, do not doubt my love
Think how lonely, how poor, my life
will be, dear, without you ; but do not
ask me to break my promise to the
dead."
' It was one which shoit Id never have
been exacted," was the reply. "Mabi
the boy will be well cared lor. ion can
see him when you choose. Darling, life
has other duties lor you, the duties ol
wifehood, pray Heaven, of motherhood,
when children of your owo may need
vonr love."
"And think von, Ralph," she answers,
amid her l en re, ' I could hope for bless
inn while I had been untrue to one left
in my care the brother alio is sacred
to mr. lo whom I nm a mother and
sister both? Iaasarntg even for
moment lo !ream id happiness, i ou
ion will find it in another form; but
1-1 "
' Then bring the boy to our home,"
be answered, half rouh'y. ''He is a
weakly, whining lad, but 1 have enough
fur both. I can't give you up."
"No, Ralph," and this tunes she
spoke with new resolution and no tears
"You soon would weary of him. I
could not da listi e to you both, and
were you ut kind to linn it would break
my heart. So long at he lives I shall
never niorry. I can, at least, render
up my trust fulfilled. All is over, lialph,
between you and me, except the
memory of the past."
"So this u the end to your love tins
what your fine protestations meant ! A
memory, eh f iuu leave me ttialf A
memory to push uie onward tn destruc
tion. It is your work) Remember
that, and what ever comes, keep your
memory closer to vnttr heurt."
so he left her. and with the tales ol
Heaven shut in her face, just as they
were opening to receive her, Mabel
wended her way slowly back alone
S now must her pathway bo in life
alone. Never before had she realized
its sadness and its desolation.
The mouths which followed were full
of bitterness. Sometimes, as she walked,
Ralph Raymond would reel past her, bis
business neglected, Ins mauhnod lor
roiteu : or sho would hesr bis Dame
mentioned in terms of reproach, where,
ever before, it had been of praise;.
lie had, indeed, carried out his threat.
and if lie remembered, it served but to
ive him to destruction.
She was young to have such lines of
carp, such a weary look in the gray
eyes, she thought, as she peered into the
mirror; then Fred voice woull call her
fretfully, and with a sigh, again she
would take up her cross.
Bit one aftereooe, in a swer to his
mime, no voice responded, and as the
hours went by and the shadows lengthen,
the grew anxious, and went I. ere and
there seeking him ; and, after a long
and fruillt at search, the neighbors were
at last mused, and a dread struck to
every heart.
Ho had wandered on the moor. The
coalpits was the first distracting thought,
which dotted hero ai d there, an open
trap for the uowury. What child's feet
could hope, in the darkness, to have
escaped them ?
All night the search coi.li; ued, whan,
as the dawn was breaking, a parly who
had been rioting away the hours came
upon a group with lanterns.
tor whom are you looking r said
trie of their number.
For little Fied ILlfurd. ne has
si rayed away.
The rest passed carelessly on, but on
oue the name fell like a knell, and
he turned mechanically to j iu the
seekers.
' Little Fred Hulford, did you say,,'
ie questioned at lasi in hoarst; to km.
lus, said one of the men rouhlv.
15 it you can bo of little help, You'd
better go home and g to bed."
"Where is his sbterr" he con.
tinned, unheeding the words addressed
him.
"She is somewhere, looking like one
distracted, it's my npinio:i it's only his
body we'll find "
Only his body I Poor I'ttlo fellow, who
had stood an impassable barrier tK'teeen
him and the phi he lined. Had il not
been for his little hie she w ulJ now
havi! been his bride perhaps the
mother of his child and now it ma
Imp was ended. IJu would go to her,
would cons le her grief, would wipe
away her tears, and find huppiness for
both after long wailing. B it ah I was
he now worthy of such a boon?
lie g'a ced at his disordered dress,
felt the flush upon his cheek, on whieh
he morning mr blew so refreshingly, re
membered how the late hours had been
spent, and groaned at the memory.
alien about arose a shout full iwed by
gioan. The child had been found,
but how and where?
It was as they had feared. His little
feet hud wandered on the ede of one
of the places wheru nn old shaft had
been sunk, when, halfway down, in the
dense darkness, by suns miracle his
clothes had caught upon some project-
g limb, and hu hung over Hie abyss.
It seemed ns though he were found
only to be lost aaio. In no way could
he be reached except by climbing down
mi tiimnst impassable gulf, protablyto
be hurled headlong to destruction.
hat man s life was ut such little
worth as lo be put in the scale with thut
feeble child's? A silence fell upon the
i , , i .i
group a tin nee uroKcn Dy a woman a
voice.
'Save him I she cried; "save him I
He is my all I"
At her words Ralph Raymond started
to his lett
What was il she asked of him? for he
felt as though her words pppeuled direct
to him. To save this child with his
own hands lo erect ihe battier once
more between them to risk his life in
saving the life which is to destroy his fu
holies aud happiness.
Hut there raises before him unother
picture of atonement itoiicmenl lor a
past. Hinds made worthy which were
all unworthy, cleansed which were
stained ; a life soiled aud blotted offered
for one pine and unblorred,
".Men, I am riiuly I" he Said, and
stood at the pit's mouth.
Then for one moment, crossing to
Mabel's side, he bent low and whispered
in her ear :
"I will save him, Mabel, for your
dear sake, and if I perish in the effort
you will let this at me."
Then in the presence of them all, be
rsistu iter lounl eou piessetl 0. lu i
lips, stepped buck, and permitted the
rope to be place arou' d his waist.
A ep by slep in the gray dawn, mid
s lence broken only by '.he Song of wak
ing bird, or the lowing nf the distant cat
tle, ith the bngt t earth above him
growing lurlltcr anil latlher ironi uis
sight, he took his perilous way.
1 he songs he had hcaid that night
again souatled in his ear, accompanied
by loud laughter ai d coarse jest, and,
strangely mingled with them, the hymn
his mother had sung to the buy standing
at her knee the boy as pure ol lieail
as the little lellow be now went to
save.
L iwcr and lower he climbs downward,
wttb the dim wonderment growing in is
brain whether he ever again will see the
sin, light, or smell the Iragrauceof the
(lowers.
Aeverl Uig toot slips. A groan
breaks from those watching a moan
from a woman's pale lips. His foot has
slipped. He has fallen and wrenched
the rope from this grasp of those holding
it.
Rut no I Almost by tho side of the
boy he catches at a branch. It bears
his weight, and a cheer follows, long
and loud.
At last his band grasps the boy's arm.
He calls bis came. There comes do
swer. lie bends a d looks into his
face it is the face of the dead I
SI iwly, sadly, he binds the rot o
lowered to him round the chilli's body,
and it is upraised to the sunlight its eyes
can never more i-ee. ihen no turns to
follow, seeing only a woman's ogonized
face, hearing her cry of despair, with
no thought for the danger in wlii:h he s
er.gnlfed.
li il life is sweet, and clinging un
consciously to its possessii n, I e fights
bis perilous way upward', and, with the
hunts of those around, leeN, his feet
once more touch the solid ground, and
fulls faint and cxhuustcd.
When he once more opens his heivy
eyes ihey rest nn Mabel llalfotd's face,
nod he knows they have borne him to
ber home, ll.it from her from they
wander to the child standing by her side,
whose while, dead face he last saw in
the darkness.
' He was only unconscious," she says,
tent'e ly. "O.i, llilph, how can I thank
you'f"
"By giving me yourself," he answered,
very low. "Have I not won the right
to help you in your cure of him':"
And Mabel, sobbing out her happi
ness, knew that he was right, as she al
most revcneu'.ly answered :
"Yes."
BEAD UPON THE WATERS.
IiY N K.
It was a bitter cold night. All day
long the ice king lud been closing his
fiigid jivvs upon every thing within
reach, aud now the sentinels stars lud
made their i ppearance as if anxious to
witness the sway of his icy sceptre
James Vurney gathered the robes
closer around him and urged his horse
to a quicker pace. O.i turning a cormr,
ihu horse shied at some olject beside
the ruad, and nearly upset the sle'gh.
L inking around to ascertain she cause
of the horse's fright, he saw a Man
stretched at full length on the slow.
Stopping his horse, he went t Ihe
man and tried to rouse him, but in vain.
A closer scrutiny revealed tho fact ll at
he was smTji ing from a broken leg, and
had fainted Iroin pain and exposure.
J noes Vurney carried him to his
sleigh, and carclully covering hia up,
took him to his own house. A surgeon
was called, the broken limb set, and th !
8'iflfcrer made as comfortable as possi
b e With t u eleful nouising he rapidly
gained strength, and when tie was ubl
to leave he idTered to pay for board and
nursing. U.it his kind h ist refused to
lake pay, saying that he had dine noth
ing but his duty, and that wis pay
enough.
The young man was deeply ofT'Cted,
and when he took leavu of his benefac
tor ho said,
"God will reward you for all your
kindness tu me. sir."
Ten years passed, bringing j ij's ond
sorrows, and the tittle village of Ulen
fall had developed into a thriving man.
uf.icturiiig tow.i. I'ublic improvement)
had been steadily going on, and Jams',
Yaiuey awoke to the fact that his larn
had been steadily increasing in valun
from the rapid growth of tho towi,.
There was one piece of land of about
five ecres, whii h had bsen ao. obj-ct of
dispute ie the days of James Yaiuey's
father, and his ntxt neighbor, father M
the present owner. They had settled
the matter by each taking half the Ian I.
This land was now the must valuable
pait of the farm, and mote than once
his neighbor had cast a longing eye on
it. Finding thai Yariiey's lillo was not
very strong, be lata clai.n t ) the lana
and opened a suit at law to recover it.
The case was laid over frmn time to
time tin ier various pretexts, and conse
quently tho costs of coutt began to ai
sumo large proportions.
James Vurney had i small amount of
ready money laid by, and this was soon
gone ; more followed, and as a last re
suit he had been obliged to moitgngc
his fine farm, to raise money l contest
his opponent's claim.
At last tho case came to trial. Able
counsel had been retained by the plaint
iff, and everything which ingenuity could
devise or money uccumplisi) bad been
done, and now they ciiino into court,
C3CS SUre O! a VerHa I'l "' isvnr.
The counsel for the plaintiff opened the
case in a very masterly manner; he
brought forward evidence to prove lhat
the land in qoes'.mn belonged to his
client, and after summing up the evi
deuce, chisel with a powerful plea in
hich he pieei tod the claims of his cli
ent in so strong a liht, lhat nearly all
present leit mat ne una won me case.
11,0 counsel tor the delcuce brought out
his witnesses, ai d in a feeble manner
set forth the claims of his client. 15 it
the strong arguments an! iloquent plen
nl the opposing counsel bad made such
an impression ou the minds ol all pres.
eit, that the defence was a were
farce.
AH eyes wcro turned on James Var
upys. ns snd and dejected, he kept bis
seat. If be lost the cao he was ruined.
The evidence was all in, sud the jodge
was about to give lha case to the j iry
when a stranger, who bad listened to
the trial with tho closest attention, arose
and addressed tho court. As he pro
ceeded with arguments the comt listened
with the most earnest attention. The
witnesses for the prosecution wcro re
Called and subjected to tho most rig'd
cross examination, and one of Ihe prin
cipal ones confessed lhat for one hund
red dollars he bad sworn to what he
kuet was false. Tbeu tUa stranger it-
t irked the arguments of the prnsccutioe,
tire them into shreds-, aud stripped
them of toVir sophistry, at the same time
layii g bare theT sinister designs, lhat of
defrauding an honest man of his lawful
rights. Then he quoted precedent after
precedent to prove the falsity of their
position, and alter sit Lining up Ihe evi
dence, closed with n powerful plea,
which was so conviciug aud exhaustive
that t ie prosecutor was QVctually si
lenced. The jury returned a verdict for the
defendant without leading llnir srats,
and all were convinced that jus
tice and truth had ttiutuncd at
last
James Varue y made his way to the
strangei's side, that he might thank him
for his valuable services, ai d was great.
ly surprised lo find that il was the young
man whom he had found by the road
side with a broken leg, ten years br-fore.
Aud thus the bread which had been cast
on the waters returned nn hu idred
fold.
ONE DAY NEARERJMS DOOM.
When a man has been sentenced to
bo executed, as the lime appointed
draws i.igh many people nie often heard
to remaik, 'Will one day mire of poor
's tiiie has gone.' It does not appear
tn occur to the careless outside observer
that this is no truer of the piisoncr than
of himself and every one else that at:
other of his d is I as gone, ond ll at he
is iust us absolutely i no day nearer to
his own deuth as the doomed pris.im r is
to his. It is a noarer spproauh to his
death which the condomned man makes
at a common pace with nil the lining,
only the day ol bis d oni is knnan t
him. while that of others is concealed
from them.
Mercifully concealed, too; for ho
much would the ei j'ymetit nf this life
be diminish, d, if wo knew beforehand
just when we should bo obliged (' q ail
it. Tho unctrtiinty when we are to
go, tho cxpetlntution of dying in our
own homes w th our last houis co soled
by the nttentioi s ol kindred und lih nils,
and sustained by the hopes inspired by
religion these considerations rob
Deuth, coma when it mav, of much of
its terrors, aud leaJ us to look upon it
rather ns tho peaceful c!oo of our life's
labors.
THE ROANOKE NEWS
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WE ARE PASSING WAY.
it t uouin,
Kveryiliinir animate or inanimnte on this
tfinihl o'rl earth no'nta to tho-e titithlul
wonlf, ';We sr pasiii swv." The rich
hiiiI Hie poor. 'tin- young and the old, ihe
liamel ami the illiterate, the hijih and the
low, the hnii? mid Ihe unhappy, the gay
and the s il, tl.u woo l and the t ail, all, all
are "pns-inn away." The lulling lenl
-peaks to tu nl ibis tin t. The withered
grass proclaims it. The laded am tell
nn thu siinii tliuw. The dra'rti 'tive storum,
winch huil the grand old ouk to the earth,
n minds us nl ll, Ihu c tiluiMiug pf tumid
ami the iliraving monuments enimn u
think nl it The history nl ihe noihl from
the creation tn the present ppekii lo us o
it The broken circle of Iriiads nuke in
nfl et on it. "Poets, sauec, and nicphci
niund It in our earg. I'renhem. priest
and ilinconi ix'ion us to pr p te lor it '
Vet how wnilis'ike to permit nur thoughts
to inn in tins channel. Notwithstanding
our days uiu nil UU Iibeied ami wu are list
hastening I rum these enrttily sh-itcs we use
eveiy device in our power to piipiluaie
our meinoiy on lliis earth. In vain do men
build monument ol niaible and eric' shstis
ot granite thut will resist and wi'hsiand
the ruthless It ni ol time ; it require! bat
a lew short yuirs for their nanus to be id
lireiy eiasul
'No marble and reonrdinu brass decay,
And like the, Braver' iiicmnrv, pas away;
The winks of man inherit, as Ls just,
Their anther's fraility and return to dust.''
'.low lheiicnn we perpetuate nur unmet
ihiouh ihe renFfligs Ries to como il nl1
material llilncs mn. I Inil 1 Wei: in huil i
upon that ' Koek ol aeis'' a monument
ilia' shall stand louver. Dy laith in Go, IV
blessed wop! may w e be enabled to look up
to that belter country which is above an l
beyond the boll ml irie? ol earth and time
where the lears, the nnxieiiee. ami the la
bors ol this world hive no pi ire an I thu
luinoil ot hlu snd Hie stri ci ol ninonn are
unknown - where the wiiked cu-e I nun
trundling, and the weary are at ret
where temptation will be over mi l cwifl'Ct
will cease. U'.essnl eouutr; I MftV It be
our thiel solicitude to cinie.rs.li: to lhat
joyllii und happy land. Let lis seeing Ihu
"lahioa ol tins wnrlj pascth away," nuil l
upon that "firm foundation'' t !--- in in
0 in ph hi I soul' we w ill iiiaiih i. . lo tne
ktlory land cm ti lent 'hat C are not, not
ever shall be forgotten.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
s
ION PAINTERS
Wanted in every aectloo of the United
S atnaand Provinces to answers this ad
vertlsoment. Artrtres,
DANIEL K. BEAT TV,
Washington, N. J,
lie-, ltf '
HA V JI N KSS OK M IS Eire's "tSm
QUESTION !
Dr. W. K. Hoyt of 35 years aiiRceeafiil
practice nuarantoes mpeedy and permanent
cure (fall t'hronle, Ncroful m, IMvsie,
Nvplillillo and female Diseases, Kperma
lerrhiei, or aell-ahuse at his Medical In.
stltutf, An III A Cheney lllor.k, MipnattS
the City Hall Park, Syracuse, N. Y. Aled
icinn until, m nil parta of the U. 8. and
Canada. Don't be deceived by advents
iuif quacks who thronn our laiRe cltlea,
but commit Dr, Hovt or send for circular
t'natmir ou his apeulaitica to Ua 1 O.
Ilox i!7d.
liADIICS. My great liquid French
Uoniody, AMIK DK F.'IVIMK, or Female
1'riKiid, Is unfailing In the cure of all pain
ful and dangerous diseases of your eex.
D iiio.IitiIo all excess, anil brings on the
moiitiily period with regularity. In all
nei vm.s and spinal attentions, pains in the
back or limbs, heaviness, fatinue on allgf.lt
exertion, palpitation of the hear', lownesa
ofsnlrit, hysterics, sick headache, whites,
and all pail lul disnasos occasioned bv a
disordered system, il elTects a euro when,
nil other means fail. I'rioo fc!,00 per K it
tle, sent by mail. !r. IV. E. Hoyt, liox
S7d. Syracuse, N. V.
Nov io 1 y.
s
C II 0 0 li T E V CUKUs,
You can easily increase your salary kf
by devotinu a very small portion of yeae
leisure time to mv interest. I do not ea-
pc-et you lo oanvass fur my relvbratM
itty's I'tanos and Organs unless run.
sen lit to; but the survico I require of you
both pleasant and nrol'nable. Fall
particulars free. Adilresa,
U.IMKI, F. ItEATTY,
Washington, N. J.
i
"WHO SAYS. HERE! COME SHINE 'EM
UPf' "
The bont-bl.tckinjj trade is destined t
be overcrowded. A Yale graduate
opened a law- llice in New Yoik, nml
then, rather than statve while waiting
for clients, opi n d business as a boot
black under tho sidewalk at the entrance
of a down-town rest iuruut. Hu earn
ings soon ran u; 1 1 six (1 dlars a day,
und he had to hire and assistant. Whih:
he was at work ho disguised himself so
that bis bis best fiend could net rcc
ognizo him, b t out of business hours
the bout-black was on elegant gentle
man, living i i a stylish boatding.houso
on Tiventy.fl.st street. That ha fell in
love with a beautiful being, tint ho had
a jealous rival, who It tally discovered
tho venerable papa that ihe young lady
was keeping company with a boot b'ack,
goes without saying li.it tho denoue
ment is very touching.
"Lillie!" yelled the old gentlemen,
red in the face, "come here. You
may take John as s inn ns otl please.
Ho set about earning n living honestly,
and has succeeded, lie will get on "
The boot-black ha3 resigned the brti-.li
and resumed the pmct ou nf the law,
and he has gathered his 1illie to hi.
bosom. G young lawyer, and starve nn
more. "Who says, ',Uere 1 come shii.e
'em up?"
ADVICE TO THOSE ABOUT TO MARRY,
I married my wife about thirty-five
years ago. The ceremony was per
formed about seven o'clock in the morn
ing. Before retiring that evening we
had a cood talk with each other, ami
tho result has sweetened our eutiie lives.
We agreed that each should always bo
watchlnl aud careful, never, by word or
act, to hurt the feelings of the other.
Wo were b.ith youn , hot-lempered, both
positive in o.ir likes aud dislikes, and
hnlh, anmewhnt ei iot'iBo and inflexible
just the material for a life of conjudgnl
wircfare. Well, lor a lew years we
found it hard wrk to always live by our
agreement. Occasionally ( nit of'en) a
word or look would slip off the tongue
or face before it would bo supposed ;
but we never allowo I the sun to g down
npon nur rath, licforo retiring at tiighl
ou such occassous there wire always
confession and forgiveness, and the
culpret would become iu ro careful in
the future. O ir temper and depositions
became gradually more co genial, so lhat
alter a lew years we came to be oue in
reality, bs the marital ceremony had
pronounced us nominally. In thinking
back we find lhat for more than twen'y
years nne little agreement has been
unbroken, and there has been nn occa
sion for confession and forgiveness. I'i
bus! 6 s ) hii'0 had nd-e stv and pro
peiity, fuilure and su.cc-S We raised a
film v of children, and now have our
crundchildren ab nit us, and are simple
ennugh to believe thut we have bettor
children, and belter graiidch'ldren be
cause of oit litil'i agreement. Under
such a contract religiously kept, do ill
natured children will be reared, and no
boys will find the street and bar-rooms
more pleasant than home. To make a
good wife or a good husband requires
thu co-.ipcratiou of both. Ex.
THE LIFETIME OF MAN,
A I.liClKNn KllUM TI1K CIKKMAN.
When Ihe woilil wa created, and all
ccatur.s a-s tnbli to have llnir lilet ire
appointed, tin. ass ll st advanced, sud asked
how lone he wool I have lo ive1
'Thiitv vea's." replied Nsiure; will
lliat be ajreeahle to thee?''
"Alas!" answered the s. It H a lti!
wlnl I lleinenib r wh-it whims nie ei
isti nee will hi-mine : lioni morning until
nijjht I hill luve li luar lieav bii'd.iis
drr'"iiw e rn s o ks to the null th it otlu r
tllii V eat bread, whllo I shall hava no
courayement n r be refre shed hy anything
but blow ami kicks Give hut a poition
nl II at time. 1 nrsv I
Nature wa moved wilh coniiisssion.and
presetted but eightien yesM. '1 lie ass wenl
nvnv comforted, and the d'iz ciiue lots
ward.
' How l.iprj dost thotl nqliro to Ive?"
a k J Nature. " I'liirtv yeais weic to many
lor Ihe as. hut wilt thou be content witn
thillif
"hit thv will that I slnuhl?" repl'fd
the d ii. " Think how much 1 nhsi he
to i u il about ; in, Iret tll nut last lor a
lona a Itiue, and when I shall have lost my
voice lor brkinu and my teeth lor biting-,
what else sha I 1 be fit lor but to lie in
c oner an I growl V
Na'ine tlinu.'ht b was light, ant gva
him twelve uai. The nr.e then appeared
"Th'.u will. di'UbiUts, willingly live the
ihirtv vears.'1 naid N ilure; "thou wilt not
have to lahor as the sss au I the dog. Lilt
will be pleasant to thee."
"Ah. nol 'ciied he, "so it limy seem to
others, but it will not be I Should pud
dim a ever rain rtown, 1 snail nave n
snoiiii I I shall Slav mo ry tucks, ami ex
tuu laticlilei by my griunces, and ihen I
rcwaided with a 'Oir apple. How atle
S irrow llrs concealed brliind a jest! I
shall net ho able to etiduiu Ur thirt
years."
Nature was gra' ions, and he rccivcd but
ten. At Inst came man, hesbhy and stu ng
and asked Hie measure nl his dsis
"Will thirty years content thee l '
'How thorl a tune I' ixulatiued the man,
" hi u I shill have built my house, aud
kindled a tim on my own hea 111 : whin
the tree i I shall have phintid aio about I
b oom and hear Iruit : when lllo win Seem
in mn mutt d a rsble, I shall dm. Oil, Ns
ture. grant me a l.ui.'er nerio I !
"Thou shall luve tne eight, en years of
the ass beside "
' Tut is not en nigh," replied man.
"T ke likewise Ihe twelve years of th
ling v
It Is nt jet sufficient, reiterated mm,
"give nm tnre "
I give thee, then, ten yearn ol the ape;
in vain will thou claim nmie,"
Mao ilepsrte.l ilissatislied Thus man
lives seventy yeiis The llmt ll lrly ate
his hiii'iiin year, and pa-s swiltly bt He
is then henlthy ami hippy lie labors
ri'teiluHy and upices io Ilia existenee.
The cigliiien yesis nl the as come nrxi,
an I burden up. n hmd.-n is heaped upon
him ; he cantes Ihe com that is t ieed
M lirrs ; hlnw an 1 kicks art Hie wsiies d
his laiihlul service-. The twelve Var nf
the .log lollow, and ho loses bis teitH,
an I Ins in a C'lm r snd giowle. When
these atu ga ir, Ihu spe's ten yesrs lorm ll t
concilia on. Then nun. weak and silly,
b, cuuiei I lie spoil ol Hie childien.
ltanish all malignant and revengeful
thoughts. A spirit of roenge is a spirit
of the devil, than which ntithiug'uiukes a
n i morn like him, and nothing can be
itrre iDii'Site to the temper which
Clvisi amty designs to prom , Is. If your
revcogo ho not satisfied, it will give yi a
torment now ; if it be, it will give yon
grcalt r ha altrr. .None is a trtatr
setl-tornientor than a malicious and
reveugfiil man, whs turns the poison of
his own temper in upon himself.
MOUNT A. ILLS,
liOCKY MOUNT, N. C.
January 1st, 137Q.
We arc now prepared to furnish the
trade with
SHEETINGS,
SIIIHT1NG3,
PLOW LINES and
COTTON. i YARNS,
all nf t lie best quality and at low prices.
Uur terms strictly net cash, 30 dtiys.
Add ross
'an 2G a
BATTLE & SOX,
Rocky Mount, N. C.
A N U I) I, P II A CO.
GENERAL FORWARDIXd
AND
COMTI!VMO NEIttlliXTM.
Norfolk, Virginia.
Prompt attention given to all Consign,
nienta.
Liberal Ca h Advances made on Coo
aignmeiita.
I.l'.MHKR A SPECIALTY.
Kffbiknprs; V.
( Marrow ,f Co., A
A. liarrilialdi. J. W.
Inn, lialitax, N. C.
H. Smith ,t Son. Vr.
v'reun, Norfolk, Va.
Kauceit, J. M. Mul-
feb 21 8 n
rAl.LtO Bl'KIAL t ASE-S FOR
SALIC.
'S'r,,
li ne few coufidan'.s,
betur.
the fewer the
Pvrsona wishing Metallia Burial Cases
can always ntitsln tln"in bv applying to me,
at the More of Me-ssr. Wiutiol.i A Kmrv.
1 rtti Mill keeping, as horctotore, a lull
si. run. nt ol tho Very tlest CASKS, at the
v nry Liiwni I nous, in my aosenea noin
Weldon, Messrs, Wlnfleld A, Kmry will
loliver Casea to peraoua who may wia
them.
JAMES SIMMONS,
Weldon, N. C.
pr 4 I Q
rpilE U N f) E K H 1 (1 N K 1 VERY
L respectfullv call the attention of the
trade vi hla exletislva atoek of domeatio
and iiiiportud litiuora, lo which be is etill
making additioua ai.d oouaikliug of pure
UYK AMI nOi'ltnoSi il ktlWKIES
Kronch, Apple, ltla-'kberry and Cherry
Brandies, Jamaii-a and Nit England Kniu
London, Tom :'..! llollai. Hin, I'ors
Sherry. Claret, Kl.lno and t .ve-yoar-old
Scuppernoiig Wine, is.s.toii end London
Porter, and a very large lot of
RECTIFIED WHISKEY
which I am offering at prioea tlmtoauutt
(ail to five satisfaction.
8. W. 8CI.nSJn, Ag't.
aprtl 6' .iKoauoaa .,oar.
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