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THE ROANOKE NEWS. i I A DEMOCRATIC i I W K EKLY NEWS 1 A PER, i J PUBLISHED BY ! BATCH fXOIt A I.Ot KII AKT. THE ROANOKE NEWS ADVERTISING RATES. i One Year, in advance, I Six Months, ! Three Moutlu, " f2 Of) l no 7"i cts. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. rp W. MASON. ATTOKXEY AT LAW, GARYSBURG, n. c. Practices in the courts of Northampton nnd adjoining onuntios, also iu Ihe Federal nnd Hu promo courts. Juno R-tf JOS. IJ. BATCHELOR. ATTORNEY AT LAW, RALlilG II, N. C. Pranticns In tho oourts of the (!th Indi ttial District and in tho Kodoral and Su priuie Court. Mnv 11 tl". WAI.TKK CI.AKK, Riloigh, N. C. K. T. II, AUK, Halifax, N. ('. C L A R K, LARK A ATTORNEY AT LAW, HALIFAX, N. C. "Will nrkotico in the Courts of Halifax and adjoining counties. March in tf. kiTctins. I T C w. a. ni'NV. I) U N N , K HEN & ATT-JBSBY C-lUNSKMirM AT LAW, Scotland Keck, HnliLix Co., . V. Praetio.o in ths Courts of II lifix and adjoining counting and in tho Nuprnmo and Federal Courts. ,inl8 tf TJtllOMAS N. HILL, Attorney at Law, HVLIFAX, N. C. Practices in Halifax and adjoining Counties and Federal and Supreme Court. Will bo at Scotland Neck, onco every fortnight. Aug. 2S-a Tv. 11. DAY, W. V. Ham.. D AY, A HALL. ATTORNEYS wi;mox, AT LAW, 7i. C. Practice in the courts of Kalifax and adjoining; counties, and iu the Supreme and Federal courts. Claims oollectod in any part of North Carolina. juti -0 1 U gAMUEL J. WRIGHT, ATTORNEY AT LAW. J A( KSOM, Practices in tho Court and adjoining counties. IV. of c. Northampton sop 1") 1 Y Q A V I N L. II Y M A N ATTORNEY AT LAW HALIFAX, N. ('. Practices in 11)6 courts of II.tli.nz and adjoining counties, and iu tho Supromo and Federal Courts. Claims collected iu all parts of North Carolina. Oilloe In the Court House. july 4 1 Q. R o RURTO N, J B. ATTORNEY AT LAW, HALIFAX, N. C. Fraction iu the Courts of Halifax County, and Counties adjoining. In the Supreme Court of the .State, and in tho Federal Jourts. Will givi special attn-itinn to tho collec tion ofelaims,and to adj listing llio accounts of Executors, Adiniiiisrators and (luar diaus. dec-l.Vlf J. M. G R I Z A A B D, ATTORNEY AT LAW, HALIFAX, N. 0. Office in the Court Hons". Strict atten tion iiiven to nil branches ol the proles jan 1:1-1 c E. T. H It A N C H, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ENFIELD, HALIFAX COUNTY, N. C. Praotlnfls in the Counties of Halifax, Nash. Edneeoinbn and Wilson. Collections male in all pails of Hie State. Jan 12 0 i A M E a i:. II A HA, ATTORNEY AT LAW, EM'ILI.D, N. V. Praotiees in the Counllos of Halifax, Kdgocombo and Nash. In the Soprnme Ourt of the Stale and in the Federal Courts. Collodions made In anv part f tho Utate. WillaUend al th Court House in Halifax on Monday and Friday of each veek. jau 1--1 c A XDIiliW J. B UK TON, ATTOKXEY AT LAW, WELDON, N. C. Praotiees in the Courts of Halilax, War. . ren snd Northampton eoimties and in the Hunremo and Federal Court. Claims collected in any part of North Carolina. June 17-a , fAMKS M. Ml'l.l.tS. JOHN A. MOOIII iy U L L E N A MOOSK ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Halifax, X. C. Practice In tho Counties of Halifax, Northampton. Edgneoinbo, I lit and Mar vtin Inthe Sunrome Court of the State vid in the Federal Courts of the Eastern District. Collections made iu any part of North Carolina, jau 1-1 c VOL. VII. THE VALLEY OF SILENCE. 11T FAT1IKK ltY AN. But far on tho dop there are bilbws, That never shall bruak on the beach And I havo heard sonus In tho ailoucft That never shall Hunt into speech j And I have had dreams in tho valley, Too lofty for language to reach. And I havo seen thoughts in the valley, Ah, me! How my spirit was stirred; They wear holy veils on their lives, Their footsteps can scarcely ho heard ; They pass down the valley like virgins, Too nuro lor the t inch of a word. Do von ask mo the pl.vo of this valley ? To lewis that are harrowed with euro, It lielh nl ir between mountains, And i. nd iiml his angels are there; And -mo Is this ilnrk nniunlain of Mirrow, Ami one tl.o bright mount tin of prayer. ANOTHER ENOCH ARDEN. "If there's one think I like it is more than another," soliloquized Five, think ing himself unobserved. We heard him, for all that, for he s;U just outside the cabin under the shed, natchiiip, between tho whiffs of liia piiip, the diip, drip from the shingles, while tiie four of us droned away ut drun-pnkur im-iJo. The bar wns fluiirishini' in-t then ; men were drifting rapidly into Tuolumne, attracted by the reports of rich divings, and thcie was liaidlv a square inch tin the bar that was not staked off with a claim. The one-strcetcd town was burstliug, the cloth-houses, storts, and saloons with their usual loafer?, were drawn up in dress-parade along the thoroughfare, in which pack trains now nml then mean dered to and from the outer world. The doom of the Bella Union and the lilue Wing continually swung open, an the boys sent in for their hourly comforts. The devotees of the gaming-table held high revels over the cloths, and empty pouches and ringing beads were the morning bulletins. Oar cabin stood a little withdrawn from the main street, the home of five of us for many mouths. Those days are past and gone, when J.ick used to toss his steaming slan-j icks up the chimney and deftly catch them on the outside those days of almost unvarying pork and beans, will) a very semi-occasional taste of fresh beef. We knew quite well each other's history, so far as general points went all save that of rive, who was on enigma. Of him. the only tangi ble and discoverable mark was a blue 5 worked between his thumb and forefin ger and so he won his title. A spare, nervous little man, with a black, sweep ing mustache, a careworn countenance, nod a restless eye. The force that draws men together in pioneer times is iiuvplicable. Sim had been a minister, had slipped from grace, and floated to the gold country. John liiinyau was a broken-down merchant from Troy, fond of lipple, and a imntcr band at a story. Braunan bad last come from Calcutta, where he had been a missionarr, he said, but lie thumbed a j ick too well for that. 1 ive ami 1. a runawav Irom home, made up our lions-hold. Five, at first, we used to ply with questions, but gain ing nothing by our trouble, gave it up. His only live companion was his dog, a brindled, sulky, suippish biule, with a stumpy tail. His faithfulness and lmc. withdrawn lioai every one else, centered in his master. Five's chief sulace was his violin. When others Sought the saloon, be took his violin and nhiled away the hours with touching melodies, soft, dreamy airs of home, or anon, wild wailing srains that thiilled the soul. Many a time and nit have I seen a knot of rough fellows hanging around a cabin at eventide, listening to the music as the quiet air bore it sweetly to them, and thus Five's vioiiu was a minister of com fort to many a lonely man. lie would rarely play when asked, and then onlv some dittv like the Wieckcr's Daughter, or Tom Ii. "bee's S.iake, which would put fits into a fellow's heels reserving fur his own communion the strains that were so fuelling to all. And in this way he found u companionship that compen sated him for his Ink of friends, lie was commonly set down as a musical 1'nrtugnese, but tho scqual will show that the conjecture was far from light. Hot hot I t"rribly hot wore the sum mer days, and I, unused to hard work, dropped my shovel one burning after noon, and went up to the shanlv tired nod disgusted. I was surprised to find I' ive nt the house and in ins bunk, for he had gone out with the res', and was always a steady worker. 'Hick, old man?" "Yes, lad, very sick, dead sick, llrnce, lie d wn " For the dog at his growled viciously asl put my hand on Five's forehead and lound it almost blistering with fever. Not so bad us that, old man, you'ie Bund fur iimn.' a day yet. Have a drink?" "I don't mind something cool." I fetched him a, pan of water, and be drank it, saying : "What are yon doing hero at tuis hour of the day i" "I'm tuckered out, Five, and bad to give up." "Well, I'm obliged to you," nnd lie sank back into his blankets and fell into a deep slumber. The next morning bo was right again, but after be recovered, ho seemed to open his heart to me. and often in the dim, uncertain hours we ta ked of men and tilings. I heard bis soliloquy, as I said before, and not long after, tired of curds, went out to bun. "Well, old man, what are you uiouro jrig about nowi" WELD ON, K "I can hardly say, lad, but mostly of homo. I don't know how much of a home it is now, but I had a wife and two children, and a mother-in-law, which last was poison, and I hope has bolted into another and better world. Yer see, it's hard navigatin' in a shoal place, and a mother-in-lavr is the shoalest thing l'o stuck. Have you been mar ried?" No." ' Don't you ever marry any nno but an orphan, then." "Why so?" "I'll tell yer my experience. I came from Rhode Island, and anciently was u captain, and have sailed the purtiest erectors that ever skimmed the water, I got on well till I met a liitlo blue eyed girl from Maine, and I thought she would d i to cast anchor with, which I did and we was us happy as two bar nacles on a sunny log, till her mother cmie to live with us, and arler that the compass hud a continual variation, and things got to bo no belter mi short meter. That ar mother-in-law, she (ried to bo steward, and bo'sen, and first mate, and had her eye on the cap Iain's cibio, and we was in a mutiny all the time. I told the wife I would pen sion offihe old hulk and drag her into a safe harbor, and then she and me and the babies, which there was two of 'em, would go off soundings and try blue water all along. But the wife wouldn't. I'm told that wi.iimin think they can alius get husbands, but they never can have bir, one mother so they sticks to her. Blessed if I see what they wants of any mother after they gits a mun to fill the bread-locker, and buy 'em new stu'n-sails So I bought a little bouse with my savin's, and put 'em all in, and when the gold news came, I coiou out here. I tell yer, if there's a cranky mothcr-ii -law on the quarter deck lln ship won't keep her course. Every thing goes gnu-sou by north, as the devil steered the wild-mild, and captain is like a lee monkey on tho back stay. I gave 'em every thing but my fiddle and dog and come out here. P'raps when I've made my pile I'll go back again ai d veer around the folks. There's little Maggie, my purty liitle one, she never turned agin her father, though the others did. And if I can only sec her, take her little hand and walk cut among the birds nnd flowers, and bear her talk, I thii k I can be happy again. And if she will only call me Father once, I wunt nolhiiig more" And the old man brushed away a tear with his sleeve. This was Five's story, sad enough to him, and when tho fellows were disposed to jeer him for his oddities, and I told them that his heart was almost broken by troubles at home, and unconscious sympathy was felt for him forever alter. The mines did not tempt me to remain long there. The road for future was rugged and steep, nnd it was not long after that I bade adieu to California and returned to civiliz ition, to tell to won dering auditors the stories of the distant land. Five was the last to say goodbye, and even Bruce came and licked my hand. Twenty years, a life-time to many, a weary waste to some. Wherre nuce a few scattered houses stood I find to-day a thriving city, a wealthy people. For ests of shipping lino the wharves, and white sails flutter over tho bay wheio once the occasional steamer plowed her burstliug way. Tho broad acres where fauqeros once droo their herd, and called it waste land, the hard-fisted sons nf toil have dotted with thriving farms, and tho railroads join their lorces as a leverage in nid of progress. The Coin- nel and I bad been ranging up and down the 8 luth Joaquin valley, spy ing out the lauds, and worn with struggling through quicksands and slouglu, had sought shelter gl.'dly from the pel.ing rain that set in at nightfall. A wonder ful valley this San Jouquin. Threo hundred level n.iles by seventy-five, be tween two mountain ranges, nnd along the western s'ulo the swirling river winds, while down from the bold Sierra come ice-cold streams to join the tide. Myr iads of browsing sheep and cattle trim down the luxuriant grass, and miles ntid miles of fields are budding into a prom ising harvest tune. Tho cahin stood near one of the fuci of this natural eclipse, where four shepherds dwelt, wh' se sheep nod l.unbs were now en- scorned within the corral wiiicii iiiy pro tected them from tho rain. Three of the men were intide the hut coaxing an obstinate fire into a hl.iz, the fourth sal alone near the door, tho bright coal in his pipe shining like a fiery eye. The Colonel was soon engage.) iu a scries of yarns, iu which I had no particular in terest, and so I left them and stood in the doorway. 'Looks as if it was 5',03 to clear up, sir. "F,f you ain't got no regard for truth, that's so. Young feller, I kinder thought you said that for want of suib- to say. Look at that thur pilliu o clounds ; don't they look wet?" I was obliged to confess that they did. "Well, I did so because I wanted it to dry up, to let us go on." Thais more like it, p haps. ' You must havo a lonely life here." 'Well, it aiu't excitin', but folks can be as lonely in a great city as anywhere hero on the plains. Artcr a niau bas been through with them thing!) be gets to be contented anywhere. I puts it down that livu' in cities is onuaturul and bad. A man's got to have hissclf for company three-quarters of the time, and lie's got to take good care of it, gnd got to play a lone band any ay, C, SATUJIDAY, and don't get no chums in his six-by-two." "Still, I think the pleasure of living is in having good friends." "So I thought when I was young aud foolish. Experience is every thing, young feller, likewise is eddication, which I don't mean bnnk-learnii,', but facts which is knocked into yer by hard bumps. It makes mo laugh to read them books which is printed nt tho col leges, which says as how wo are ad vanced in eddiciilion. Whv down in Australia there's tribes of Injuns as can hnly-stono 'em all. They've got a wep. ping they call a biomerang, which is only a bent stick ; hut them niggers will jerk it into the air till you can't see it, and win. ! it comes hack nnd hits any thing they want before or behind 'em. Them learned beggars can't do nor ex plain that. Them niggers have trained their eyes to look into muddy water, and can see fish to spier 'em and they train purposes to catch fish us well, So much for eddica'.iou." "You have been i.i Australia, then?" "Of course, or I couldn't lc!l yer of this. But it's lime to turn in. C uie, Bruce," and here a dog that I had not seen before, answered his mastei's cll and followed him into the room. As they came to the light I thought I recogivzofl the d ig a grandson of the old one, I afterwards learned and scan ning the man closely I found he was Five, my old missing friend. 'AVhy ! old man from Tuolumne, don't you remember me?" "Can't say I do." "Don't you remember our camp in early days, nnd Sim, and Biannan, and Bunvan, and me?" A cloud of recollection seemed to pass before his eyes, and nt last he ex claimed : "Is it possible that you'er the Utile un'r" "Yes, I am," "Well, this is master surprisio', to pay the least, i am glad to see ver. lloiv's all the folks?" "I'll talk to you to-morrow,1 old man; it's too late o spin yarns now ;" and we rolled up in our blanbets, and soon every thing was quiet. Still dark nnd rainy was the morning, when nt an early hour we were aroused by the sound of voices, nnd conquering a disposition for one m ire nap, we arose and made ready for the fragrant coffee and discuit, prepared by the busy hands ul'Wacks, who sing at bis toil. Five silently swallowed his breakfast, slipped quietly from the house, opened his c ri al, ami foil lived bis sheep out to pasture. I went nut, too, aud soon came up with Five. ' Old man, I hardly expected to see yon again, and here." "Yi-r may say that ; it's funny to me sometimes." "Where have you been nil these years?" "Shifting." "In this country all the time?" "No. S cin' yon made me kinder tremble -like about the gills back old times, I'll tell yer and brought l where I've i been. Artcr you left the diggings I struck it lie'. i fr a while, and had a good lot nf dust in the locker, mid tho :ghl I'd steer for home to see if that mother-in-law hadn't died, and how my babies was. And I went down to Fiisco and went homo by steamer lo Provi dence but didn't find lunch Piovidence in it, you bet. Nobody knew me there, where oust I knew every ore. 1 supp- se I had changed in them years I was agor.e. I wouldn't, break in up n my wile, s i I went to a In lei and cast anchor. Very cur'us man they thought me, iiskin' questioi s 'bout every body." "Did you h"t find your family?" "I found alio rt.ia married to another fe!hr." "Did they think you dead?" "I suppose so, as I hadn't sent any dispatch while 1 was gone. She was rich nnd luppv , they said, nnd had a rich husband ; but the mother-i-i-law hadn't yet pegged out. I cnuld not help fee'.iu' niean-hke till I heard the last, but when I found she was a livin' with 'cm I didn't make no more s'ghs." 1,Bul your children you surely made ynuiself known to them':" ' Not as tho roads are. Thero was only one I cared for my litllo Maggie, my blue-eyed darling and I tound wl.o.e she played in the puk, and spoke to iic-i one u.y. i fci.u.vc.i I. or uy r.r sunny hair and she had a ht'.te tl g on the end of a spun yarn. She had the sniie pretty ways, though she ausabtap grown. Unco 1 walked up to her when she was alone, and I says to her; '(lood-morn-ing, little lady.' Gtiud-aioriiing, sir,' says she, a little timid-like, for I suppose I did look mighty rough. 'What is your name, litllo lady?' 'Maggie,' says sue, 'and this is my dog Pug.' Bless her hemtl I did waul to clutch her to my heart, and ask her to kiss tnc just once, aud ask her if sho knew me " "Why didn't you?" "Well, I thought I'd better not. I asked her where she lived, '0cr in that big bouse,' says she. 'Is your father and uiothor there?' 'My lather is dead in California. Mother and Emily have got a new father, but I have not,' 'I've been to California,' says I, swallowing something like a loaf of bread in my throat. 'You have?' says she, 'and did you know my father?' I have been iu many a tight box, young fellow, but that was the hurdest deal I ever had. 'No, little ladv,' says I ; 'but are you happy hore?' 'Yes, sir,' says she; 'as happy as I can be till I get to heaven and seo my father. Do you tbiuk be's wailing for Ss AUGUST 31, 1878. me there?' 'I hepn so, darling; any rate, he will be. Won't you kiss me just oncer I lie I tile thing looked at me straight with her shiny eyts, anil give me a kiss that I can taste ytt. 'Your little girl may kiss somebody from California some day. Are you going back there?' 'Yes, little lady, I shall go to-morrow ' 'Wait here then a minute.' And she darted away over to her hnuso and disappeared in ihe garden. In a second she was back, and in her chubby bands were beautiful II iwers violet-1, pink", and tnornin' glories. 'Will you take these with you and put them on my father's grave if you can find it? Ho may bu lonely there.' 'Yes, lassie,' says I, almost broken, 'I'll take them with me ns you wish.' And I couldn't help catchiu' her in my arms and kissiu' her hard and fast. And then, without another word, I left her staiidin' there with a world o' wonder iu her nyi s, and got toy dunnage from ihe hotel, and back I came again. Excuse me, I must turn them sheep. Here Bruce 1" The poor oi l man could hardly speak, a-d I waited till ho come up to me ngain. "D you sen tins?" Ho took from his rough shirt a little packet, fastened round his neck by a cord, lie unwrapped this, and there lay a bunch of faded fl crs. ' I told the little lady I'd put them on her father's grave and I've worn them no my heart ever since." I coul 1 not keep the tears from well ing np into my eyes, aud on pretensa of fi'ling my pipe, slipped away till I could command toy voice. IS.it what have you been doing since you came back ?" "Most any thing. I was a fireman in the city for years. It was excitin' like, and they was n good set of boys, was the Knickerkockers. And we had n little lady in our company which ulways set mo thinkin' of my Maggie, though in looks" she wasn't. But just the same ways and actions, and I be lieve every man iu the company would have died for her. I got to be foreman once, and our life seemed about ns good as any, 1! tttliu' to fires, pilin up lad ders, lightin' fire and smoke, agoiu' to funerals take it all, wo enjoyed life. And I thought ns how I should ilio in that business, nnd that the boys would string along with ihe band arter my bones some day, but it wasn't to There ain't no parades now, nor nothin', mid the city is too dull for since they disbanded us and put out be. no me fire by machinery. H unypalhic nnr.cense, I says, putlin' out fire with fire, and 1 never did believe in them new-fangled notions. I' ve see this live on my baud? That led mn to join that ounpany. It has inizz led many a fel ler, but il'ii only what we did at school I'heio was five of ns used to go for apples and melons and such, and we was all numbered. You've had my story young teller, and 1 in glad to see you. The sun is comii,' out through the cloud-, and if you want to reach Bear Creek to-night, voii must start in. If you ever cmuii up hero again, seo tnc (.Jooi!-S e." We shook hands, and I felt him fol lowing his sheep O.ir horses weie s .ion rcidv, nml bidding adieu to our kind hosts, wc cantered southward, and my oi l friend Five waved his baud i,s a farewell. ast KE PREFERRED TO WALK. Commodore K dlingpin ' She's pretty hot, ain't she?" said a backwoods pissenger, address) ig the on gineer of a Mississippi s'eamer that was racing with another boat. "fvi-so, responded the engineer, ns he hung an additional wrench on the safety-valve coid lo i,lop the steam ts capiog. ' I reckon we'll overtake that cralt soon," pursued tho passenger. " Thai's about it," returned tho er gineer, giving the cords another twitch and liollooing through the trumpet to the fireman to shove her up." "One hundred and iiinety-fi'e,' hunmed the passenger, looking first nt the gauge and then at the boilcis ' I hut's about where she is rustical inn," put i.i the engineer. Then tba passenger ran bis fingers through his hair nei votisly, and walkod about the decks for a few minutes, when !;c c.v::c back U the engineer and cb served : "Hadn't vou better leave that boat go?" "Can t do it. Mut pass her. ' Bil s'posiu we should blow up?' "Well," said the engineer, as be peeped over the guard to see how fast he was gaining, "if it's the will of Provi dence for this boat to blow up we'll have to stand up." Then he hallooed to the fireman to roll up another cask of bacn ai d lo mix plenty of rosin will) the coal and give her ahllle mure turpentine and oil. The next moment there was a splas in the river; hut before the yawl could be lowered the man bad succeeded reaching tho shore, and hallooed out : , "(It) on with tho race, I guess I'll walk I" A MiiinigoU giown lallur who has eevi up duughteis, has sued tin) county. II claims tti t h i losidinco has been use) a the 'Cuurl'-liouso lor the psl two yeats, Elizabeth Allen, In a poem, asks, "Oh willow, why forever Weupt" Ehisbrth a lltllc nii.takun as to (he lct. It isn the willow Unit weeps; it is the boy who dance uudcr tu laubei cad ol II. NO. 20. PIERCED BY A NEEDLE, Death comes at last, and with a little pin. Hores throimh his castlo wall, and fare well King !" Whit Shuk speare said nf tho vanity ol kings' lives described equally well tho Irailty ol liunmu lile everywhere. The fol. lowing singular story comes Irom Toronto, Canada : A young man named Henry Hubbard, red thirty-eight vetrs, fill dead while wn'kitig the streets. Ol coumR the usual inquiry wis instituted and examination niade. It w m a' lirst nuppi s-il he was Die victim nl luut dm .-ise, hut tilt) most vig orous P'iri'h lailed to detect anv signs ol liiscusi! in that orgsn. The doctors were puz.U-d; (ho man was healthy, an I in the lull possesion ol his ower-: wh it could liuve enuieil hit sud- li'ii departure Irom this vmld ? It was t lust tiinv-il; in one section ol Ihe heart, while iind-r Ilio niicrojcope, was liscovered the nilnure point ol n nee lie, Dent Ii had been brought about by this broken point ol a nee lie. lint how did Ihe needle get to Ihe heart ? The doctors renewed their researches, nnd wero at Inst able to follow the course of the needle's lint, which had lint entered the nun's loot, and Irom there had slowly worked its 'iv through the body to the heart, when b-ath resulted. Tnis is one of the most nnuk iblii cssi s on record, and shows oin what slight accidents death may re- suit. All the time, the deceased man bid knowledge nf his impending . doom; slowly mi i surely tho latnl niece nl steel pursued its serpentine route until it came in contact with the vital organ. THE BRIGHT SIDE. Look on tho bright side. It is the right side. The times may be hard, but it will make them no easier to wear a gloomy and aid countenance. It is Ihe sunshine and not the cloud that gives beauty to the iwer. There is always before or around us that which should cheer and llll the hesrt with warmth and gladness. The ky is blue ten timis where it is black once, ion have troubles, it may bo. So have otlieis. None are tree Irom them ; and perhaps it is well that none could be. I hey give smew and tono to life, fortitude an. I courage to man. That would be a dull sea. nnd tho sailor would never acquire Kill, where there is nothing to disturb Its urfuce. It is the duty nf every one to extract all (he happiness and enjoyment he iu within and wrliout hnn ; and above all, he should look en the bright side. What though things do look a little da k? flie loiigeit Uuo will turn, ami the night will end in broad day. In the long run, the great balance rights ilself. Whnt ap pears ill becomes well that which appears wrong, right. Men are not made to bang town their heads or lips, ami those who do only show tint they arc departing Irom Ihe oaths ol true common "iiso nnd right. There is moru virtue in one puiihcatii thin iu a whole hemisphere ol c'ouds and gloom. Thereloie, we repeat, look n the right side. Cultivs'e s'l that is waim and genial tint the rnld aud repulsive, the lark and morose. a rosy'Tortune. They we in the bell-tower of tho Cily Bill yesterday, and she leaned her vellu'- li uie I head on Ins should rs and listened o Ihe mighty 'tick! to kl lick!' ol the big chick. We don't want such a big clock as that, lo wc, dailini,? she w Ii if pi-red. No, my little d nay, he answered, na ho hugged her a little c.losci; 1 kin buy lock lor two dol'srs which will run three lavs to this clock's two. I've got her picked out nlrcndv! We II be very, very liappv. she sighed You hit we will! I've figured it right lovvii line, anil I believe wu can livu on twelve eggs, one pound ol sugar, ten pound ol Hour and one pound nt butter. And vou have a bank nccounli the pleaded. I will, even if I have to buy a second hand one. And will we keep a coachman) Ye?. And have a piano Yi s, tl irling. Ai'dlcan hive some fqnaro pillows wiih shams on tlicmi les. my tulip -ve-! we ll sham every darned thing Irom Ciller to garset, have the front door painted blue, no I lint I go'u look at mine sei-ond band cook-stove WAIT, Wait, husband, ln-lorn yu wonder audi bly why your wile d.iu t get on with the hoii-oh-dl nil sirs, "as your mother did;' she is iidii)'; her best and no ivo nan can endure that best to be slighted, ltemcm ber the long weary nights she sat up with Ihe little hihn thai die 1; rcim-nincr the love nnd care she bestowed upon you when you had lint l u-.g spel; ol sickness l) i vou think she is made ol east iron! Wait- wait in silence and lorlo ai-incc, and th iigbl w id vouie hick lo hcl ui:s lou u, light lor !'i. old tl ,ys. Wait, w lie, belore you sp ak reproach I ii 1 1 v lo your hus'iind when he conic home late, w-iiry nnd "wilt id sorts." IIu worked hard f r you all day perhaps lar into (he night; he hss wic-tled hand in hand with Care, and sellisbncss, nnd giee l, slid all the demons that follow in the train of money mnkiiig. Let home be another atmosphere rntiicly. L"t him feel thst there is one place in the world where be can llnd peace quiet and perlect love. The niO'to of nuking love in Poring! is vert simple but it l icks energy and tho true inwardness of tho American article The I'oitugal young man pays his addresses by simply standing iu Itout of the houe occupied by the object oi his affection w It i lo the young lady looks down upprov ingly (rum sn upper window, anil that' a'l there is nl it. Nt) gumdionn, no inoas iiriug nl waists with aiius.no gazing Into ilio liquid depths of love-melting ryes, no and Bo-loilh. It is a great saving ol the old man's gas and luel, but on a cold night the young man is liable to Have tin ears Irozen, unless lie camel a ttnve in his coat tail pocket. 1 hesu silent courtships, we are told, sometime) continue lor very long periods b lore tho lover can ask the impnr (ant question or the lady return the II mil answer. Thero is a big room lor improve nierjt iu the unttur ol Portugal love-uiak S I 2 I i I I S I .3 I J O I h I X ( Q 3 00 8 00 H 00 20 (0 f 10 10 Oil HO 00 30 00 8 00 If, 00 30 ( 0 40 (,0 10 (HI 18 00 86 00 40 0 ) IS (10 20 00 40 00 ftu,0 20 00 30 00 BO 00 fl.o 0(1 One Year, 75 no- SPACE One Square, Two .Squared, Thren isqiiares, Four Squares, Fourth Col'n, Half Colnmn. Whole Column, ADVERTISEMENTS. s ION PAINTERS wanted in every section of the Unlter Stales and Provincos to answers this ad vertisement. Aridres, DANIEL K. UEATTY, Washington . N. . Dec. llf KAPI'INKSSOR MISKRY, Is THE. QUESTION I Dr. W. K. Hoyt of .to years successful practice guarantees speedy and permanent euro -.fall Chronic, Scrofulous, Private, Hvi'hllltlt! and l'Vinalo Diseases, Kperma terrhoM, or snll-al'iiso nt his Medical In slitule, A can fc Cheney Mock, nnpoiuta uiDiiir mm rarK, ,-syracunR, w, l.Alml ieinesent to nil parts of the U. S. and Camilla. Don't be deceived bv ndvertis. inpr quacks who throng onr large cities. nui cnnsnii nr. iiov t or send for circ ular treating on bis specialties to bis I'. O. l!ox 27(1. LAIUKS. My creat lionid Prnnch Komedy, AM IE I ) K FIMME, or Fumalo 1 rinntl, Is iiiilailini; in the cure of all nain- I'ul and dangerous diseases of your sex. it nioiiorates all excess, and brings on thn monthly periotl with regularity '. In all neivous anil spinal iill'nctiotis, pains in tho hack or limbs, heaviness, fatiuue on sliir.';t exertion, palpitation of the heart, lowness ofsnirit, hysterics, sick heartache, whites, and all painful il'iMoases occasioned by a disordered system, il etrects a euro when all oilier means fail, l'rico ?2,00 porft.it tlo, Mint by mail. Dr. IV. K. lloyt, Jlox il. Syracuse, N. V. Nov 2o 1 y. s O II O O Li T E A C H K It S , You can easily increase your snlartr hv by devoting a very small portion of vou'r leisure time to my interest. I do not" ex pect you to canvass for my celebrated Iloatty's i'iumns and Organs unless voit soo lit to; hut tho service I requiro of you in iioui pioasani ami prolitnhlo. Fall particulars free. Address, D INI F.I, V. UEATTY, Washington, N. J. JOCKY MOUNT .MILLS, ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. January 1st, 1376; We ire now prepared to furnish the trade with SHEETINGS, SHIRTINGS. PLOW LINES ami COTTON.) YARNS, all of the best quality and at low prices. Our ti iiiia strictly tu t cash, 30 days. Address BATTLE & SON, 'an 2il a Rocky Mount, N. C. 1878. lSSf CLOTHING! SI'RINfS AND SUMMER STYLES Jrsr Kki-ki vkd At IV n a Ii Walker A V o s No HI! "yenmoro Street. FINE DKESS SI'IIS, I- INK IH'SI N KSS 1" ITS, HOYS' AND YOUTH'S CLOTHING. A full lino of all grados of Kendv-Mado Cloiliing lor Hoy's, Youth's, and Men, from three ytars ol 1 up al pi ices to suit the times. We keep all (lis latest stylos of Gents' Furnishing Ooods on band. Sunplos on hand. othing and Shirts made to order at our lisltirnorn bouse nt short notice, at Haltinioro prices. I'luuao glvo us a call b"foro buying. NOAH WALKER A CO. ll;t SYriMOKK NTKKET, IVtersburg, lis. ALKX.F. SHORT, 1 AOUNTS. J.OKO. WILKINSON, J KOiiElt ATKIN'SON-Salosman. Oct 3-1 Y M KTAI.LIC IIUIUAL CASES i'OR SALE. ' ; rorsnns wishing" Metallio Burial Cases can always obtain them by applying to mo, at tho Storn of Messrs. W inliclii Jc Kmry. I im:i still keeping, as heretofore, a full as sortment of the Very Host CASES, at tbe Very Lowest I'rices. In my nbscneo from Weltton, Messrs. Winliold A Emry will del Ivor Cases to persons who may wislt them. JAMES SIMMONS, Weldon, N. C. apr 4 1 Q milE U N I) IS R H 1 1! N U I) VERY X respoctiuiiy cans ine attention of tos tritdo v.) his extensive alock of Uomestlo ami imported liquors, to which bo is still making additions acd coimistiug of pure ii ye Axn iiorituox whiskies Freneh, Apple, Blackberry and Cherry Hraudies, Jamaica mid New England Kum London, Tom and llollai.. Win, Port Sherry, Clarot, Rhine and I .ve-yenr-old Koupporuong Winn. Scotch and London Porter, and a very larpe lot of RECTIFIED WHISKEY which I am ottering at prices that cauntt fail to give satisfaction. 8. W.SELDNEP, Ag't. april6-t liiKoanone Square, y