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B. BATUHELOU.
ATTOKXCY AT llff,
JOS,
RALEIGH, N. C.
PrnRtices in the courts of the 6tli Jndi
el si District and in tbe Federal and Su
preme Courts.
May 11 tf.
K. T. CLARK,
Halifax, N. C.
0 L A. It K ,
WALTER CLAItK,
toilelgh, N. C.
. AYroKY AT LAW, '
HALIFAX, N.C.
t Will nrtseUeo In tin Courts of Halifax
i and a .(Joining oouiitii)-".
March 1(1 tf.
yr. n. iitcukx. w. a. ui sx.
I T 0 H K N A DUSK
attorneys A c uJsr:M,orts at law,
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I Seotlaixl Nock, llnlil.ix Co., Sf. C.
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Practice lu tho Court of Halifax and
adtoininif mnntim, and in tha Supreme
I and Federal Courts. janlS tf
IfT'HIAS N. HILL,
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I Allorucy at I.hw,
I HALIFAX, N. 0.
Practices in Halifax and adjoining
i Counties and Federal and Supreme Courts.
Will bu atSoitlanl Noak, once every
fortnight.
W. H. Day,
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Aug. 28-a
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A
W.
Ham..
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ATTORNEYS
the
Practice In tho ciurts
adjoining countias, auu in
and Feileral nouns.
Claims collected In any part of North
AT LAW,
w. c.
of Kalil'ax and
Supreme
Carolina.
jun 20 1 tfc
C5 AMUEL J. W'KIUHT,
ATTORNEY AT
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and adjoining counties.
LAW.
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HOPE
BY Y 11 A. N K W. G 0 1) 11 K Y ,
Hope is a Hlar that brightly beams
As o'er lilt's una we glide,
With merry hearts no happy air.ilos,
H 'ii ii t for the other cid".
We do n t I'mr thooc-'.n waves,
Though far away Irom shorn.
For lii'pn iloi'S liecin so bright;' inw
To piide us sali'ly o'ur.
Th" sliv Is dark and drarv now,
Hut siH thai 01 1) an bright,
Pros glimmer o'er Ihn iroutilul sea,
A nil Itn ides us mi mi Ighl,
Ulilnii I' n 111, fur orb ol' golden 1 ij'lit,
'I honh loud (ho thunder I I : t t ;
Heroin) the I'lotnls we nc ihn Unit,
We'll tiui-li Hie shorn at ln-t.
A SMALL MARTYR.
Q
IVIN L. II Y M A N
ATTORNEY AT LAW
HALIFAX, N. C.
Prantlm in ths ourts of Hililax and
adjoininR O'lun'iua, and in thu Hupreiua
n'l Federal Courts,
CUinrm )llctea iu all pnrts of North
Carol io a.
Offl26 In lh Court Hoina.
J.ly -l Q.
. BURTON, J b.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HALIFAX, 5. C. ' '
Practices In the Courts of Halifax
County, and Counties adjoining. In the
Supreme Court of the Stale, aud in tbe
Federal CourU.
' W 111 gie spacial attention to the collec
'lUa ofolalins,and to adjusting the anoountu
of Kxeeulors, AdiniuiaratJi and (iiiar
diant. dec-15-tf
J.
H I Z Z - A a D,
ATTORMEY AT
.IIAI4JFAX, N.
LAW,
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Offiea In the Court Hons". Strict atten
tia giveo to all branchos of the proles-
,eia. JanU-10
.E.
BRANCH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
IKFIBLD, HALIKAX COnSTY, N. C.
' PrMllasa in the Counties of Halifax,
JUsa, Edgo:einb and Wilson.
CelUoiioui uialo in all parts of tlik
AMES
K.
jan Vi 6 i
XI A K A,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
4 Praetless In the fouutles of Halifa .
i ,dMosl aud NU. In the Supremo
3 .Can of lit Stale aud iu tho l'udurul
4 learu.
J Cell!tions made In any part of the
folate. Will attend a', the Court House in
Halifax oa Muutiay and hriuay oi acu
.week. Jan 2-lo
A
V D R K V J. BURTON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
WELDON, N. C.
. Fraction Wi the Courts of Halifax, War
den snd N'orthainptnn eonnties and In the
JBoareuae and Federal Coui u.
Claiios ettliectad in any part or .Miriu
Caraliaa.
June 17
ILUM M. MILLIX.
U L L E N
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JOHN A. MOORE.
MOOUE,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Halifax, H. C.
Practice to tha Counties of Halifax,
Northampton, Hdnoooiube, Fitt and Mar
.,tia latne (Supreme Cuurt of tbe Stale
. snj In taa Federal Courts of lbs Eastern
Diitriot.
CollecHiona mad In any part of North
Carolina, Jan 1-1 e
It wits nliiinst imp osi!)li to toil itie
material of which Tn'titm's pants li ul
been oii;iiiully ii-.aiio. I'atoh by patch
is siiil to bi1 imihb oly, b it pilch up o
patch, bi'scurly. Pjor, little, bcjioarlv
Turn !
The re was a hungry I ink in the boy's
great Inn est eyes fur, diHiiito bis rajs,
it was known to thi! noiyhb rho.nl tliat
Torn bus honest llmt no ainotpit il'
gooj food cuiihl bnuih. Hcivrn knows,
the poor chilii ticcdcl I'noil sorcl)'
enough, but h;s lonely I ttlc lieait longiMl
for something more than this. 0 mid
you hate snen him all alono in tha great
chuichyard, layino liis poor, tirtii head
down on his ninthoi's grave, nnd wetting
ihu green sod with the bitter tears
wrung from his toiUred heart, in Lis
lonely agony, then you wou'd have
understood that Tom's greatest need was
tii be gathered up into soma one's great,
warm, caressing love.
lie was only a baby now this sevn
years old hoy prematurely old through
his woeful experiences of the great
world about him. How he comes into
this world, and the reason of his coming,
was as much a mystery to him as it is
to the west prolound philosopher
that ever undertook lu elucidate the
subject.
Neither could be understand the re.v
sin that one white, sweet (nee that had
bent lovingly over him should have b. en
laid away t'oreter with the damp ground
lying heavily and immovably about. 1I-J
reniemheicd the last words those pale
molhei's lips had said, and iu his baby
heart had treasured them as a sacred
trust.
. "Tom :6v, stay by tha father; Its true
to bint ; try to make him belter, so that
we may Le all together there "
Then, with the white face turned
toward the open window, through which
the disla t blue sky was visibl ', the last
spaik of life went nut, and Tommy's
head rested upon the bnsoui ol the
dead.
A'i unsteady step bad come tip the
walk through the broken gate, a d a
dark shadow had falh u upon t' e sunlit,
fl.inr. T mmy lifted his hea l.
Hush 1" he said with his small finger
on tus lias ; "alter so tiiucu Dam, sue s i
asleep at last.".
O.er the boated face a l ink of horror
came, and into the bleared eyes tne not
tears gushed n' d rolled tloaly down the
coarsened cheeks.
Mary, U Mary darling! speak to
me once more ! U boat tuu late, too
ate 1"
He cowed down ver his dead he
clatpi d his hard bands in agony, tore at
his uncombed hair but there was no
awakening; as poor little motherless
Tommy had said, "she was asleep at
last 1"
He was too remorseful iu this, '.he
first har of bis crii f, to think of Mary's
child, but the thought came to him at
last, lie was not entirely alone. Tiie
boy, wilh bis muthei's daik gray eVi'S,
was looking wistfully up to him. II iw
ofi en bad he seen that look in the eyes
once bright and loving, low dim and fur
ever closed.'
"I'oor lit'.le Tommy," he saij and
folded the lonely hit I 'J felbw to his
bosom. ,
"I will never n" &,!,y f'0:" you." the
boy cried, his heart lull of gladness ut
the unwanted caress. ''She said 'be
true to father, and try 1 1 make him
better, so that we may be all together
there.' "
lie pointed with his I title finger to
ward i he blue tky. and the nun shud
dered, for to him the gulf hing be
tween his preset t life and the one which
ho felt assured she had entered, seemed
impassable.
I For a little time, he kept sober ; hut
there came a night when Tommy waited
hij Coming in vain.' The old life had
not faded Irom the hoy's mind. W lie i
ho heard bis step, he cowered d w i iu
silence, his little heart heatiinj painfully,
for well he remembered ihe cruelt? of
the heavy h titd ; and she was not here
to turn aside the uimerited blow. Ah!
it is an old story ; no words are pathetic
enough to do it justice.
The house iu which Tommy lived,
and where ihn father slept in drunken
stupor, .was near the levee iu a great
city. It was raining fearfully, but
above the tioUa of the rain could
be heard tho mad roar of the river,
as it dashed ouward, pait the ularmed
city. '
Of a sudden, a bell sounds, ringing,
out clc.uly above Ihe storm above the
deafening roar. There is a wild sh )ut
log iu tbe street mad voices crying
cut:
"lhck 1 back from the river, for
your lives, back I the leveo is giving
ay I"
Whitevaccd Tommy hears this, and
tues with all bis mighi-nt tho drunken
man sleeping to near death's door.
"0'i, father;, cotuel" be cries;
' w ken ; waken l
"A muttering 'cursS ii the '(inly An
swer. ,
" WV1I be s e.it away 1 IM'ier the
river is eve' fl iwi"g the town 1" '
No words apply, to the boy's frantic
appeal.
"Oume, father, enme! ' I ' hear the
water rushing along 1"
lie clapnd his lathe ' hands. tu:4
tries, in his puny strength, to pull him
from Ids miserable he'll. lie falls back
himself hi'lplcs:- and dihCouiagcd.
"l) i mother I" he cri.ss "hu isn't fit
to go! I've di"0 my best I I've tried to
save him to muko him better; to make
him good enough to come with ine to
v. 'ii, up thee ; b'lt he will not listen!
(Jive him a little longer lime, Oh, father,
w.iken it is almost t"o late!
Too late, too late! The river is
growing' more fearful, the clamor of
voices i.l vini away; tho streets, by all liv-
A D3S'S VENGEAKE.
in' ou ortAY.
. . i . , IT, .1
nig Uetugs, are aesertea. u.ner me
d tor some col l and creeping thing; is
fast coining.. It st-a',S in slowly, a li't e
stream at first, then rushes on faster
t russes the floor, and laps about the
little bare feet.
'Oh, lather, fnlher, it i here!" and
yet the faithful child stands firmly.
Upward, the' water, rises. It covers
the cold feet, eddies about ihe ankles
It striltvs a chill through the unclothed
limbs n deep chi'l through the child's
heart. For himself he is not afraid ;
but. 0, God of merfy't must lie go, an 1
her Ni uufu' filled? lis think, then of
that unknown future J of the. great gu'.i'
between the good. and bad; of the lear
ful wicked, ess of his unkind father; of
the anjelic g mdness (it his blessed
.(ii other ; and though he is too much of a
child to clothe the thought in words, yet
his baby beait real zes tbe terrible
tragedy, and he cries aloud nfiaiu :
"Father, oh, father, do not die, and so
forever be kept away from mother and
at
Tho
that
chill
us?
The sleeping man turns heavily.
"He is awakening awukeuiug
last!" the child criei", eagerly. s
The water comes up to his waist. It
creeps over the edge of the bed nod wets
the moldy straw. It reaches the sleep
ing man. He mutter wearily :
Ourse the cold ! If I had a drink i f
whisky I might 'drive the chill away ; but
the lit dime is gnue."
"Oh, lather come quitk, come!
levee's br ken away 1 It is water
yi u feel it is that which sends the
over ycu. Oome father, cornel"
"Whatl water r .rrii all tt limit
Tin cursed liver i i the room, aud not a
stream of ol ! ho ub fl iwing by as 1
dreamed! Why didn't you waken me,
Tommy ? V n U.io.v I am not fit to die!
Ili're, let m o rust my band on you
shoulder."
lie stajoered heavily to his feet.
Crossed the room unsteadily, unlatched
the door aud went out into the fearful
11 iod. In going nut, he went down two
steps. It brought the water to - bis
shoulders Tommy, following him
el selv, we.;l d w:i the two steps also. It
brought the water over Tommy's hetd.
The drniike.i man rushed on, miking
tnvard tha bluff that ly back from the
river. Theic was a faint, drowning cry
of ' Oh, father," ending in a hoarse
jiurnli. a lilting up for a momei.t of n
waite face aud two white, childish hands,
aud then the bauds and lace were
gone lost amid tbu rushing, boiling
water.
A fearful b!uT ting against the mad
slie un, a terrible struggle for a worth
, . , ' .... i : .1...: ., .
less It'e, a.U IHU siu-orn imwinni:
reaches the bluff. Then the horrible
tiutfi rushes upon him. Then he uti lei-
.laols the failhluloess of his dead
child realizes to its fullest txtent
that he has set.t lhal child lo his
death. '
The morning came. Rocked on the
swaving branch of an uprooted tree,
they found the little martyr, his white
face gleaming in tho spring sunshine.
ll.it the I'Ure, yennz soul had c iteied
upon that everlasting spring of which he
had su often dreamed, with his head
lying on his mother's grave. Two
graves then in the churchyard two
deaths in the housciitld aud ho re
sponsible for both! Could he ever
b come thr 'Ugh his terrible penitence,
ii.n.rj enough t i meet them up there?
He seemed to see Tommy's tiny hands
reaching out to him tlironh ihe torriule
g'imiii that bad settled awiliiy over him ;
he seemed tu hear Mary's voice calling
to him.
Let us hone that the child's death has
not been in v ai n. for he lor whom be
iiid has tu'ned his feit away from the
mad along which destruction marks the
way, and bis old haunts, whers death
stiil lurk, know no more. Heaven help
him lu bi'Comc wot thy of poor litllc
Tommv, the martvr.
iI was always - f, n 1 of do. Oo'd
smith, in. his beautiful style, makes a
touching and eloq icut plea for the d a",
where, iu alluding to a sort of mania for
dog killing which prevailed at the time
of which he sneaks, in consequence of
uuieasoiRh!e apprehension of the
spread of hydrophobia, ho says, n'liong
other fine things, that the dog is the
only animal which nill leave his own
kind voluutaiilf to" follow man. It is
true, and the truth shuuld bind uiau lo
fce the dog's protector and Iriend.
An Aineiicao luing, on one , f her
voyages, hud on board a splendid speci
men n( the Newfoundland breed, named
Napoleon, and his magnificent size and
proportion, his intelligent heid, broad,
white chest, white feet. a:id white-tipped
tail, the rest of bis glossy body being
black, ma.li! Iii.n us btautifnl as . his
peerlcsi namesake, nhu no doubt. would
have heiui proud to possess him. He
tvas owned by a seatrnu i a ned Lsucav
Ur, wjjo was naturally enough extremely
fund of him. The captain, however,
tvas not partial to animals of any kind,
and who had an unaccountable and es
picial dislike to dogs, so much so, in-
deed, as if all his ancest "is had died of
hydrophobia, uu.l he dreaded to be
bitten like his unfni tcnate predeces
sois. This dislike .l.e one day mani
les'e l in a most th' CKing manner, tor
asvNupolcon had severul times entered
Ins room, and by wagging bis ereut
banner of a tail, knocked paper and ink
off his desk, on the next occasion the
captain seized a knife and cut half the
poor animal's Uil off. The dog's yell
brought his master to tho spi t, and
seeing the calsaiity, aud the author of
it, without s . moment's . hesitation he
felled tit't captain t the cabin floor
with a sledgehammer blow, which, I-id
it hit thu temple, would forever bi'e
pi evented the ciptaia Irom cviui ig ; ulf
any more dogs' tails. Tito result wis
that Laiicas'er was put iu irons, from
which however, hi) was soit.a released
The captain partly repented bis cruel
deed, on learning that Napoleon had
once saved the owner's life.
The while shark, ns all my nautical
I'rjeuds are well aware, is ono of the
very largest ol 5'iarUs. It averages
iintrcjhan twenty left, and I haie seen
fiiii!, tveuly-teveu Ut d a half feot.iu
length, it is generally considered lo
be tho fiercest and most formidable of
all slinks.
li.it a few days eUpsod after tho cat
astrophe to poor Napoleon ere he be
came the hero of a most thrilling oc
Currencv, th; very thought of which has
olteu- thrilled me -with horror. Daring
the r'tetv.il tho noble beast was not at
all backaard in txhijitiu his wralh at
the capuin by low growls when be ap
proached, l o vai i did his master, fear
ful for tho lit'e of hi dog, ess av t
click these signs of his a agcr. The
captain, however, marie the allow
ance be shuulJ, and cll'crcd uo further
harm to him. . ,
One morning, as tho captain was
standing on the b onsprit, he lost bis
looting and fell overboard, tho brig then
running about ten 'knots.
"Mm overboard I Tho captain over
board I" was the cry, and ull rushed to
get out the boat as they saw the' swim
mer sir.king out for the biig, which was
at once rounded to; and as ibey felt es
pecially apprehensive on acc u it of tbe
wlide sharks iu those unlets, they re
garded his situa'i on with tha most pain
lul solicitude. 11 the t'unj the boat
touched waled their worst fears were
realized, I' r ut some distance beyond
the swimmer they beheld a nhi'.C shark
advancing upon biiu.
ll'jrrv 1 hurry, men ! or we shall be
too lite 1" shouted the male. "What'
thnt'r" ho exclaimed.
The splash which c iued this i.qairy
was accasioned by the plunge of Napo
leon id i the ses, tho nol le animal l.a-
inj bot'H ffatchine the cause nt tho
tumult Irom ihe bow nf tho vessel.- H
had uotice the enptai ,'s fall and the
shout, nnd for a fen moments had
ventrd bis feelings iu deep growls, as if
conscious of the peril of his late enemy,
and iiratified at it. His growls, however,
were sunn chmiL'cd into those whines of
(sympathy which s i ofier shows the at
tachmeut of d g ti) man, when tho hit-
..... , ,
ttrr is III uangei. rtl lant no piunga
into tho water, rapidly making Ii is way
lo the unvf reatly exhausted captain,
wb", a are of bis double danger, and
belt,!' but a passible sftiuimei', made
p'nyed their r"os of long triangular
teeth. , '
, .Tbe .wild shriek of tha capta'o ai.
uounced that the crisis iiu.i come. JirH
now Napoleon, inspired with increased
strength, had also unived, and with a
fearful howl leaped upon the gleaming
belly of the shark, nnd buried bis teeth
iu the rouiistei's flitsh, while the buU
swiftly no red them.
",avedl il se re hull as smart as iuai
dog is I" cried the m.it', as !l saw Ihe
voracious monster kh'iddcr in tho seu,
and, smarting with pith', turn over
aiu, the dog retaining bis hold unit
becoming submerged i i tbe water.
At this juncture the boat anived, ana
Lancaster, Irs knife in his teeth, plunged
into the water where the captain had
also now sunk from view. 13.it a few
on ments elapsed ire the dog ruse to ti c
suiface, and su n after Lancns'er rose
with the ins iusil le from ol the ciptain.
"l ull them In and give mo an oar I
cried the mate, "for that fellow is pre
paring for another launch."
Uts orders were obeyed, and Lie
second onset ot the marine monster was
foiled by the mate's splashing water in
b,is eyes, us he came ngai.i and cut a
fdv minutes loo file to snap off ihn enp
tain's legs, while his body was drawu
into tho bout.,
Foibid a second time, thu shatk
passed the boat, plunged, and was seen
no more, but left a truck of blood on
the surfacu of tho water, a token of the
servily of his wounds from Napoleon.
The boat was now pulling towards the
brig, and not many hnurs elapsed before
the captain was on deck again, feebli
from his efforts, but ablu appreciate the
servives of our canine hero, and ibOst
bitterly to lament bis own cruel act;
which had mutilated him forever.
"I would "ive my right orml ex
clained tho castaiii as he patted the
Newfoundland who stood by his si
"if I could only repair tho iij'iry I have
done to that uobie le-lluw. Lancaster,
you are now fully avenged, and sn is he,
and a most Civilian vei geauce it is
though my i ihuaiauity will be a source
of grief to me ns lonrj; as I live1
H2W HE W3RXE0THE"MARKET.
' - THE i:0RSE s
0 ie day my brother was out driving
in the country when a stranger slopped
him by exclaiming : "Hallo I that osed
i h my horse I"
"Ones, not," replied my brother;
I bought her at a livery siab'e, a id
tl ev told me sh came from IJistoi."
IT'ii !" sail the man, "What dii you
c 11 her?"
My brother answered that tho horse
s sold t him. under the name of
rink".,
"II 1 1" said tho man ;
narro
Suddenly he cried
"Nel-ly 1"
Q lick as a fl ish, the
up bis purs and looked round
'N'ellv," said the man, steppins In
front of her, "Shake hands I"
Up eaino the horse's riaht hoof for
the man to take.
"ow give us tho other hand, Nelly ;"
and she raised her fore-font.
"There 1" Slid the man R'nilin?
d'ye suppnso that wasn't my herse?"
What does my readers think? louibV
Compauiun.
"that isn't her
out sharply,
hnrso pricked
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ION PAINTERS
Ho was a tobacconist in lliidsilla.
They are up to snulf. O i0 was i-i
Greenville, Tenn., some ti ne since, an
orders were dull, and he found himself
with but ono bare ten dollar bill in his
pocket. It was a fresh, green, pretty
tiling aud. was all ho had Tha next
day was Sunday and ho inquired for the
pi i icipil church aud went to the Pres
byterian, walked solemnly down the
aisle aud took a seat iu the amen corner.
The hat passe 1 arouu 1. lie deliberate
ly took out the ten di ll.ir hill and un
folded it and dropped it iu the h it
, A young m in sitting by him inilged
h'uu. "Didn't you make a mistakur" bo
whispered.
"I don't thiuk t did," replied our to
bacconist.
"That was ft ten uollar bill yon put
in.
' That was what I took it for."
"You're pretty liberal "
"Dunno, no use giving to a church un
less you give something."
The whispering ceased and both set
tled down to j iin in tho singing of the.
lymti. Tne next day business opened
in Greenville f .r that tobacconist. He
was overrua with orders. Tba y;'U 'g
man be sU by happened t be tha sin
of a prominent tobacconist who was a
Presbyterian elder, and it is well known
that the 1'iesbyterians always nlly
around the nun who is 1 beral with his
money to God. Reidsvillo has lal a
good run on the Greenville market ever
since. The nld elders shut their iycM
and go lo sleep on a lupd of Reidsvillo
tobacco. Winston Rep iblican.
horrisseYakd wood.
A SMsRT JEWESS.
Adnlphui Fiiz-ntlon was a "msrt
yo ino man it was his lirm conviction
ilia' with the opposite pcx he wns Irresisti
ble. Ono evening l-'ilznii-loa wai at the
opira. nn ) in an n.iioinhg hex ho espied
a he.iutilul yo.;na li lv, without a male
ilttendnnt. lie nndderl to his cnmpsni'W,
and icin irded tlist Ik- nui. I in ok a a con
quest Si iuto the unjoining bus be made
Ins why, snd nneer,m,ninuiily sea'Ci hitn.
sell bv the vioung lady's side. Sho look d
up in surprise , Ad.'lphus smtlen sweetly
and begged pa-don ; ho must hae been
mistaken J he had thotviht ho roCiignizfd
in her nn acquaintance. Blio iuioruicd
him he had In en mistaken.
Still," ventured Adolphua, ' I hope I
dun't intrude."
The lady mule on replv, but turned her
attention ti tha stsge, where a scene wt
transpiring in which she wai mneli in
teicstcd. At length Ado'phui addresiel
lier ngiiu. Tu ning quickly. ho said.
' Yon unnoy me, sir 1" and her bright
eves tl isliud.
, "lle..B nn- i" cried Adolphua, drawing
back wi:h eio k terror. ' Dm't est me!"
The I .uly smi'e i a sweet, beaming smile,
as she replied,
"Be not aUMie.l, sir. I am a Jfwen,
and my relijioi toibiJi mo to eat pork 1"
Uulortunately lor Adolplius his Mends
heard the lejoiuder. and he ia not likely-
soon to hear the Wat ol his rijo a 'cr, and
he i nut likeiy anon t hear the last ol hit
passuge with the liesntiful .lewesi. '
EDITH S FIRST Wil LETTER.
Tiic Trensuris Tlmt llii Major
itrri,-s in Ills I'oeWet ullli
kcr :i-ture.
Wa.itoil In every aeotion of tha TTnltaJ
Statos and Provinces to answers tblsavt '
vertUeuieut. Addros,
DANIEL F. BKATTY,
Washington. K. J.
De ltf
HAPPf.VESSOR MISERY, 13 THE
QUESTION !
Dr. W. IS. Hoyt of 35 years successful
pmotloe guarantees speody and ptrmaneet
miruifall Obroriie, iSenifuljiia, Private,
,-ivpniiuio aim I'umam Diseases, Mperma
terrhcei, or sulf-abuao at his Medical In
stitute, Asan A 1'heuoy Block, ennoslte
the City Hall Park, Syracuse, N. Y. Md
ieine sent to all parts of tbe U. 8. and
Canada. Don't bo deceived by advertis
ingquacks who throng our large clthM,
buteonault Dr. UoyUor send for cireular
iwitirm on bis apociaities to liia P. O.
liox 27'1.
LADIES. My great liquid French
Remedy, AM1E DH KilMME, or Female
Friond, is unfailing in the cure of all pain
ful mid dangerous diseases of your ex.
It moderates all excess, and brings on tho
inontnly period with regularity. In all
noivoi.s and spinal affections, pains in the
hack or limbs, heaviuass, fatigue on sligat
exertion, palpitation of the heart, lownas
of spirit, hysterics, siek hoadaehe, whites,
and ail pain ful diseases occasioned by a
disordered syntem, it eUeels a eure wheat
all other means fail. Price $2,00 per Bot
tle, eont by mail, Dr, W. E, Hoyt, Box
270. Syracuse, N. X.
Nov 25 1 v.
s
O II O O h TEACHERS,
You can easily Increase your salary bay
by devoting a very nmull portion of your
leisure time to my Interest. I do aol os
pnet you lo canvass lor my ee!erabs4
H-alty'a pianos and Organs us less yem
mo rlt to; but tho service I require of yo
In both pleasant and profitable. Fall
partloulara tree. Addresa,
DANIEL T. BKATTY, "
Washington, N. J,
FHICICY
MOUNT .VIILL8,
ROCKY MOUNT, N. G.
January 1st, 1878.
Wu arc now prepared to famish tb
trade with
SHKETING3,
SHIRTINGS,
PLOW LINES sad
COTTON.i YARNS,
all of the best quality and at low prices.
Uur terms strictly net cash, SU days.
Time are gro vln utill with tho en-
llenieu wlio ut Washington write Dceehe
r eongreineu. Tlieir lalior ii ocver
e nv, tnciute when they nasuniS a rirtain
style lor a memhtr they are runipol'e I lo
reuif niber and rra?suni it nn ut-e-queiit
nrca;ns Tiny are Ireq.i.'ntly
compelled tn ttr a nis-n a fviirite poet,
ol whom, of couiae, he kuoas unthiog ;
mid on a burned nr.Kr to wute another
fpi teli tiiuv ickr to their diariea and tie
' (.'ongie.osiuaa Sml'h ot Mucallnngr,
wishes to hava it done In the style ol
Chsrlea Sumner, with fltepocttral ri'inU
tienf ; gave hitn HhelUr, about birds;
louiirt li.tllt and wanted Stall ; iH-tfy (B
tlitic ; raihar bstd as tt price; wants
plenty ol relrreuce lo (he "fircdom of liia
district." Al-o a little wit lor iutertvip
liMus. Una agreed with Jones, ol Cali
coballico Coouty, toiulcrrupt Lint at tijf Ut
placs." -
j inter o id l .uu'.er strukes, ab.lJ bis au-
versary closed r.ipiJIy up in hi.n.
Pull boys, lor dear liter shouted
the route, as the boalt now followed the
dog, whose huge limbs propelled him
gallantly to the scene of danger.
Mowly the laligued saimmer made nis
way, while ever uud an n his beau sanK
iu the waves, nn I behind him the back
of the voracious animal lo'.J what fea'-
fiil progress he was making, while Lan
caster, in Ihe buw of the boat, stood
with a knife, - hi his uptnis-d - band,
watering alteniauly tiro caplaui and his
pursuer, and the faithful animal who
had sived his owu life.
"What a swimmtr!" exclaimed the
tDen'wIio marked the spread of the
splendid animal. "Thi shatk will bate
one or both if we don't dj our best."
1 The sccuri was of short duration Kra
the bnntci .ull foverto.ko jTie dug the
enorinoui'siuk.' f ai.wijvp; .'hree boats
Irtiglh or the,capUui, ,i4 bud sud lenly
turiied-oMr tin his 'bncli, rrqinTatury to
daitiog ou tbe siukiog 4uao, and receiv
ing him iu bis vast jatrs, ahicli. now dis-
The death o! John Mirrisey nn I the
failure ol Hen Wimd ieea!l 1h Oele irateil
bout between these two gamblers, when
tha I liter won $121 OOt) bom the I inner.
The Ntw Ynik rorre'pun lent ' nl tl.c
H ithh) Courier describes Ihe cession.
Ben was in the habit ol dropping into
Mnrrisfcy's p'ae.e oceasi.iiially lor a little
recreation, and one night, about ten yeara
ago. he tailnteicd in as usual an I Ull atool
ol the bank. Meniasey was there tin l
many nun, about town, all ol whom knv
Wend 'a pluck and hvig-on-ativene's, and
the party n'ttled down lor aiim lively
.vork. Wool IimI -ibnut II 000 in his
piK'ket. and aa ihe belliiur w i heavy he
inauageil lo gel to the linttnni in about nn
hur In Isrt ho was ch imed nut. I'm
hia blond was up that niolit, nnd, as hi
reputntinn lor p u k wts st stske amoi g
the bays, he (lit i Ie t that ni ce l. r all It
should make n- break, ilia ready rash
was gone, but he o vued valuable r ineity
nn I ryon row, where the Staata Zitittng
bud ling now ftands ami he prooo.el lo
liypothecate Ihe properly to M orissey
agniti't whatever nun, up to'lta value, 1 c
shiiulil luss. 'Mi J idl r was avep'o 1, an t
Ihe gteat night began. It lasted all night
and up to 0 o'eh ek next niorn'ng, an 1.
when a trure to finally ralkd, H-i had
vo-j hick the $15 000 In- s'attrd with and
arnrtd about $120 000 a'ics I t'esides.
With the money tint Moiri8ey had
advanced him on tho livpotheested
propeity, lie turned around and gave John
the worst whaling he ever received at the
card table. Not a ilgn nt wincing was
shown op cither elrio till physical x
hsunlinn forced a ee-sation ot hostilities
11 )th men were true grit to the laat and
neither showed the least ill-tempe! tram
begioning to end. It was en that occasion
that Bm perlnraiod the ixtmrdinarr lsl
ol smckine (93 wotth si ctgats in our
night. Mnistey bail a i-pscial brand ul
cigars at ft each fur Ins II u!i ciistNiners
and Wood, w he i( a-trriue-ndoui niu'kcr
(or chewer, rather, tor lie merely chew)
luriouily at a cigar, and then S.ngi it aaats
managed to spoil niuety of tbe:o wtiilo tbe
0'gbt lasted.
From the Now York Sun.
Kirvh"df knows that niothets hy by
ss a preci-.His store tin. fust little stockings
th baby wore, and regard them will) ever
increasing pride if the baby livia, and
chetifb them as sarreri nouvenirs ll the
haiy dies; and the Mj r has n len won-det.-.l
hither mi n lmvo ttuy i; that is
the counterpirt ol this ono lhal Sueaii pes
culur lo woitien.
It r-ii the M iv days beg in to lengthen
nnd btroliteii Mrs. Srwtlguhn took ihe
I) iby ulf into the country, where it might
have, during the eventlul second year ol
tiililhood, the beneli's id treah air aud
!ood and ample plavgrunnd, wit h green
graa tn roll upon. Diilythe M j'tr re
eeivs lifers containing bulletins sh swing
how the i n 1 1 u t Is fluirishing, and detail
ing nl-o siime id us resnarkn Ie advfnturts
For instance, ene day iast week Came this :
"I'u i nooning h.inh atiuved into the
ki'ehen while I was in tl;o ilitiing roam
aud tho C t 1 knew 1 heard an awlul
cream, and little E Ito cui rua nng in
with her liiiht haml dreadlully burned
lioAi alio did it I diiD't kuow, but the-
mut have put b-r hand right nn tha atovs,
lor the whole palm is one great blister.
Siie tski-s it blavelr. anil I have got the
band all done no in cutton battiug and
fl iiinel, and every now and then she holds
it up ta me like a tint white boxing clove
and says plaintively, 'Earner, burner.' "
"L.tby's liKtid must have lua'.vd rabidly
for t days Liter this name :
"While K iith was standing on the back
steps thia moriiing, trying to catch a but-
ti rllv, site tell "If, and it duiu't hurt her
bit. but mother says it will cost as much
as seven dollars to' replace the nit and
nlanta that K lull ftll uiMin : b.ibi ie so
ilinyy Ji.il knew."
And t-liu h ili velop-.ng ttatts that in
other piopV's children wnu'd dnubilew in
dica'D an alarming and prtcocioua lerocity, i
but which iu thisetsi' so ma only to ahow
a rare degree ol murage. ll"ie is a btllu
tin ihst is: 'Baby cauitl.t a 11 V thla
morning, ami tore it iu pic.tca." An sthei;
"K lie alopped on nn u jly spider to-dy
anil erushed it ; and on 'he tame day it
is reeoidvd IU .1 alio "s:il 'Papa' iu ber
ep."
Y'slerd.iy tln ie came a letter that w
bulkier iloui u-ua', aud the Maiur, as he
opened tht envelope, wudpted whit was
in it. A liltie p'cre of brown paper il nip
ped out. covired ull over wiili piBsilltngi
oi no cliar.ch r nr un-anitig, bul s!tiy
drawn, cvi lenrly by the baby ; and reading
lung down the letUr Ihe .lUjut i ame lo
the dully bulletin : ' A- 1 ait here wr.tlng
he tmby Is on the fl .or, quiet, lor a won-
ier, and busily engaged with a pieco ol
liiown piper 'id pr"' il ; sn 1 I sax her
hat sue la doing, ana alio Snys 'iriite
papi;' and here is the baby's letter, enclosed
lo f aa s in-.
S this little piece el brewn paper.
eribblid all over with suit pcue-illlng. is
nditb'a tttst letter, and to papa; ami it
must be cnnlesse.l 'hat the Major la very
pretul ol it, and lie puts it carelully away
with lbs picture ol Kdith that he carina
in kit porktl, an.l thinks to biniaell that
he baa, may be louud the counterpart ol
that peculiar pf ol woaicu, aud been as)
nutti d ts the btghett order ol huiuniiy ;
Cynthia Di'isures the little tloik ng
Philip trvisarcs no Icia the tetter, written
in s band that usne but him can r't'cipher,
and m.ho reula it over again bo reada be
twien tha lints that, ' alter all, this is i
very pliasacl world to live in,
'an 28 a
Address
BATTLE 4 0N,
Hoeky Mount, N. G.
RANDOLPH CO.,
GENERAL F0RWARD1NH
1HD
ronniosiux nisnciiAacri,
NerMk, Virflaits,
Prompt attention given to all Coaaaga
mcnts.
Lllieral Cask Advance made oo Oosks
. igumsuts.
LUMBER A SPECIALTY.
t
Kkprkkscks t W. n. Smitb A Son, W.
C. Marrow .f Co., A. vVreun, Norfolk, Va.j
A. (itirrihaldi. J. W. Faucetl, J. M. Mul
len, Ualilax, H. C.
fub 21 B
KTALLIC CU1UAL LAS KM FOX
EALU,
. " .'t--,l,,v-i-si'fl-o sjitiyf
Persons wisbinr Metallio Rurlal Caasa
can always obtaiu tboui by applying tome,
at tbe More of Mesars. Winli, Id & Emry.
I im:. Ntill keeping, as bereioioie, a full an
rtment ot tha Very Uest CASTS, at tht
Very Lowest Prices. In my absence from
W;don, Messrs, Wtnficld A tmry will
d nliver Casus to persons who may wlea
luem.
.JAMKS SIMMONS,
Weldon, N. O.
apr4 1Q
flVHK UXnURSlUNKD VERT.
A respoe-tfully calls the atteullon of tk
trado i bis extensive stoek of iloraestia
and importHil lieiunrs, to which b ia still
making additions at J oouststiug oi para
KTC AXD BOl'ttBOX WHISKIC
French, 'Apple, Blaokhorry and Cherry
Brandies, Jamaica and New'England Hum,
London, Tom nnd Hollai.e Hie, Port i
Sborry, Claret, Khlne and f .ye-yeiir-old
Souppornong Wine, Iseoteh and Loudoo
Porter, and a very large lot of
RECTIFIED WHISKEY
wHrsh. I am nfterlng at prices that eaBDct
fail to give satlafaetlon. r
S. W.SULDNER, Ag't.
april8- . UlKoanoKe Scjuaxa,