THE ROANOKE NEWS. A ORMOORATIO WBBKI«X NEWS P; A PER, PUAL(I8BEiD'BT ■ATCHBLOR * I.OCKHAK*. On* TMr, In wItum, ■Is Monthii, “ fbra* Monthi, " > »2 00 I 00 Tfi eU PROPIMIONAL CMHDB. »p >lXVoV . ATTORWBV AT LAW, QARYSBUR'J.'N. 0, Prkntlow In thnoonrta of Nnrthicnpton find «i|Jolnlni( onuntlei, mlio In the Federal •nA oourU. June 8-tf JOS. B. BA.TUHELQB. ATTORN CV AT I.AW. R\tBIGH, N. C. PrMtloen In the oniirtH or the 8tb Tnill- «t«l nietrlol *nd In tbs Kederitl nnd Su preme OnurU. May II If, WU,TRIt CIi4HII. K. T. CI.AHK, Rtlflg|>, V. 0, Hallfiix, N, C. ^IjARI^ ft CLARK, ATTORNKV« AT LAW, HALIFAX, N. C. Will prhntion In the C>>urts of Hnllfiix «iid adjolnlns couatia;, Mnrcb 19 tf. w. A. Dl’xy. D O N N , VOL. VII. WELDON, N. 0., SATUJIDAY, OOTOBKa 12, 1878. NO. So. K ATTI>n!(BY9 A C1DN9BLI.0RII AT LAW, ■eatUnil Neok, IlalUax Co., N. C. PrMtlos la tin Courts of II.>liritx !\nd •i|ilalni{ or>iintle«, and lo tba Siiprmno ktid Federal Ci>urt4. j«nl8 tf r|lHOMA(> M. MILL, Attoraey at I.»w, HALIFAX, tf. O. VraeUosB In Hallfitx and adjoininf; ^ounUes and Federal and Supreme Courts, Will be at Sojtland Neok, uuce every fortnight. Auk. 28—a W. H. D*v, A K T> \V. W. lUl.l. HALL ATTORNEYS AT LAW, WBliDON, Bl. C. Practlos 111 the courts of Kalirax and •djolnlnc oountlea, and In the Supreme ■ad Federal oaurt«. Ulaliqs oollected lu acy part nf North Carolina. Jun 20 1 ^AMUEL J. WHiaUT, ATTORNEY AT LAW. JAGK8USI, N. C. Praatloe* la tba Court of Nortbampton •nd adjolaing oouutlea. Hep 15 1 Y AVIS L. HYMAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW HAHFAJf, N. C. Praotioss in Ihs courts of Halifax ant) adJolninK ooantiea, and in tba Supreme and Federal Gourtt. Olalma collected iu all parts of Norib Camllna. OIB’W ta the Court Uonse. jttly 4-1-Q. n BURTON, J ». yiTTOHNEY AT LAW, H&LirAX, K. C. Prae|||H|Lia (he Court* of Halifax OoantT^Hi Co’inttes nd)olnlng. In tbe iupMma nourt of the 8tate, and la tbe tFedsral Courts. Will give specil^l attention to the nolteo- tl«n ofciaiins.and to adjn«tlng tbe accounts fit Bxeaatars, Adiniai3r.itoi"« and Gnar- 4laqii dec-lS-tf J M. a^I^JiASO, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Ui^LIFAX, N. C. Offlee in the Conrt Ronsx. Strict atten tion gl7ea to all brauoboa of the profes- $foiff Jan 12-1 c g T. B~B~r~S~0~Wf ATTORNEY AT LAW. 3BKfIBIP. HALIFAX COUNTY, N. C. Pnetlnas la -tbs Counties of Halifax, pash, Kdgeoombe and Wiluon. OoileoCiona made In all parts of the iRUt*. jan 12-6 I JAMES B. O’HARA, attorney at LAW, BMFlEbP, ■. C. FraotlnM in tba Counties of Halifax,. jUK«cenbe and Nash. In the Supreme )l}oarl of (h* State and In the Federal OolMations made la any part of the Will attend at tba Court Honse in Halifax m Monday and Friday of each Jau 12*1 c ^KDRBW J. BURTON, AXTORNET AT LAW, WELDON, N. C. Practices in tbe Conrts of Halifax, War- .nn md Northampton oountics aud in the Sanraaeand Federal Courts. Olalms Qolleoted In any part of Norfb ^mllna. June 17-a .IAHMll.inn.LlN. f. WOQB’i. ULLBN « MOORB, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Hslllhz, H. O. ^^raotlc* lo the Ooqntles of Halifax, Mfurthampton; Bdgecombe, Fitt and Mar- Court of tba State 'UMtm tiw FM«Tal CodrtB of tbe Baaterq Dlatrlot. Osllao^na madt iu any part of Nortb Owolliia. Jan 1-1 o WASTMIO TIME. nr HARV K. LAMnBRT. Lose lime can navnr be rngaiuod, Out still, my lad, ’tis brst To never overtax your atrengtb— To bave aura hours tor rest. Then in your hours of toil, my i,j Bo enriieiit, faithful too, Cu'iimunn* uo other |>l*»e of worlc Unlil with one you are ihruui;b. Be prompt, thon ooimt tba iionri, lad. You pick up every Jav ; ’Twill aeam a- If yoii nave the time Hauio ilawdlor throws away. Di.nouranod f You liavo many ttsicsT You aro to.) hIow tn win f F!nl>.b tliB wnrk wliioli coinei in llrat, T.ien ou the ii.txt Login, Tbe rest will fjll Into a file, A nd Bomo on one by one, LikvaoMlera wulklnn tlirnugh a pass. Until yonr tasks are d no. This soerKt, iari, nf value «rpat, Htoce obildliood han benu iniiie;* A Mjuad of work 1» vanished quick. If bronslit Into h llni*. JESSICA LELAND^ DECIS ION. “Muit it bp, Iheti, that our happy, happy summer is to end thvis!” .Jessica Lclaiid looljL'd up into llie glowing, handiiofiio face bending eagerly over lier; but her lover saw no smisCac- tiiry answer in licr sad but resolute face. He turi'ed away with an impatient get- lure, but lie gentle tnuuh of licr hand on his arm restrained him. “It would not be right, Geiirdle, to lie you down in your nmnhuod tu a burden whicli it is best that I thould bear alone. ily aflfoctlon for niy rooiber will make my confinement by lier in her eick bed less itU>ome; but you have not grown to love her all your life as I have done, and you wou|d he almost totally deprived of niy society. The doctor says it may be a case re quiring constant nursing for years, while another attack may lake her from (ue at Htiv moment.” “Tlien who could be so fitting a com forter iu this groat afHictiun a$ one who loves you with his whole heart? Vou need not feur that I should grow weary. One liiuk at your face would pay for hours of wailing! Try me—the Gor dons are a loyal race. It was a matter of pride with us all that from the found ing of the family we have not the record nf one member who was recreant tu a trust or false to a lady love.” .ressica looked at him again, thinking whnt a noble face it was. The eyes so dark in their blue as to be taken for blatk—the broad forehead—the straight, evenly penciled brows—the clear cut lips, just shadowed by a silken mustache —for Q;.'ordie «as barely twenty, al though six f.ect tall, and massive in prn- porlion lo his height. But though her heart pleaded strongly fur him she persistented in her refusal. ' I shall never mairy, Ueordie. You must forget me. You are too young to orieve lung.” Say that if J wait—len—twenty years—nq matter how long, and come ti) you—vnu will reward me for my pa tient fi'jelity.” ' No 1 That would be binding you to me, perhaps f>r your whole life. It would be too selfish. Good-bye.” She turned lo go, 'Jessica! Tj'i'el do not part from me so coldly I Let me take with me the memory of one kiss, that I may feet in my heart that you arc nut indi^ ferent to me, though ao cruel I” Jessica hesitated, tlien she put np her pure lips, murmuring, “Q, noj nut cruel! You will see it in its true light snmetime,” as Geordie caught her to his breast in a liugering., passionate em brace. The girl could feel tliat every fibre in his strong frame quivered with emotion, and it was with great diifleulty that sbe could refraiu iierself fruiu crying out) “Stay. Geordie, I love you I I love you 1” Bat in her intense abnegation of self ibe kept silent and in another m i- ment she was alone, her lips thrilling to the ever-to-be-remembercd pressure of her lover’s 6rst, and a|as I bit farewell kiss. When the cause for self control ex isted no longer, the girl gave way. With a lung, low cry, she threw herself prune upon tbe floor, and aioaued “0 my dar ling I my darling I. it- you onlykuew bow every throb of my heart made answer to yoiir appeal; but I couU uot let you be lacrificedr’ Time wore on unheeded. Then tbe repeater on tbe mantel struck ther bour. and Jessica remeuibered that sbe bad duties tu attend to. She hastened to roum and washed the traces of tears from her face, then she went tu her mother, whose incurable illness caused by a sudden stroke of paralysis, had caused her to refuse the young lover, whose devotion to her through the sum mer bad made her life a beautiful idol. Her darling widowed parent sh'iuld never be neglected for a comparative stranger, though ber heart should break ID the partiu|;. Jttut she^was made of mere enduring material ,than that. In the calm face which bent over ber invalid, and smoothed tbe bair from ber forehead with such tender touch, there was a look nf peace. Sbe had fought ft battle with herself, and won. "Go, l«yda, for a walk,” said she to tbe nurse. “I will taka yonr place.” Then (be stooped.doirn and kissed ber gintber’a iorebead, and murmured some tender words, which w^' f 'nsfrired by tbe wiitful eyei, though tbe lip* were i ' . Thus her life wore on for several years, during which there was little change in the patient Never an impa tient look or word to show that Jessica wearied of the charge. After a lime speech was regained, although iaiper- feclly. Still, It wts a great comfort, for the could understand lier meaning; and UUCP again mother and child held sweet cummunion together. About a year after Geordie's de- (larture, an Kujlish paper cnrae con- taining tbe marriage aiuiie of (^. Duncan G()rdon, with an account of the fc^tivi lies attending '.he wedding. Jessica’s lips parted in a sad smile, at she read. "I ws'i right after all not withstanding hb is a (i irdnn, [ knew It could not be in man's nature to wait for weary years. Dear Geordie! i,ia» ho be happy 1" thus run the lhou;>bts in ber mind. S!io did not blame him, and could put the sweet memory nf his luve »*ay, and to dwell upon him, was to her as though of same dear one at rest beneath the daisies. It was nearly fisro years after her uiother'a (irst lulzure that another ac curre.l, and after a few days of uncon- sciousness tbs gentle sufTerer was re leased, and Jessica was alone. Kvery day during the summer her slight figure mi^ht havo been found, at the sonsft’s glorifying hour, kneeling by her niothei’s grave, over which hur fov- oritu fl'twers had beou planted. (t was late in October, O lO even ing, as she returned tu ber homo from her loving pil»riinage, she saw a form comii'i' tu meet her, which seemed to have been conjured from thu past. She Could not mistake the fret* swinging step —the frank, still boyish sipile, with which he greeted her. Viir a moment her heart throbbed wiUlly, then sank io her bosom like lead. Why bad ho como tu disturb ber placid life? lie pnt out his hand, “I heard of your loss. .Jessica, and, tliough far away at the time, I am hero. lla«e you no words ofweltiome for mo? You have no idea how niy heart uched for yuu in yonr sorrowful loneliness.” Jessie gave him a col I litilo hand, and said mechanically: "You are very kind; but how 'could you leave your wife tu come tn see me?” Geordie's eyes opened «ide. "Wife! are yim dreaming, nr uni I? I bave no lady-love bat nature since the girl I loved refused me. [ have been such a wander tbat my own land docs not own me.” The poor little heart that had felt so henuinlied and sorrowful was well nigh bursting with the sudden II lod of hap piness which poured iu upou it at Geur- die's words. Her face was a study in the transform ation which changed it from a lit m idel of a mourning N'lobo to a brightness like the mHrning. Geordie understood it, and drawing the slender arm within his own, they walked on together. His tone wus very tender as he sai.i : ••Do you remember what I said about waiting for yon? Ah I the little unbe liever I but the clinging firmness with which he Imprisoned her arm took the edge from his words, “ilow did you get the information that 1 was married? Didn't I tell yuu a Gordon never for got ?’ ‘ I received a paper containiog, as I thought, yoiir wedding notice.” “S1 you mistook my cousin for me I and I sent the paper! What a blunder I I might have thought that you knew but little of my relatives; but it oever en tered my head that tirahame and Geor die had the same initials Well, its all right now. Were it not for those sable robes. I should imagine those five years to be a dream. You haven’t grown a day older. As the bright, tender eyes studied her face with tbe expressions reme nbered so tvt'll, and which she had never thought to meet ngaiu. Jessica’s lips began to (juiVer. They had by this time reached the pnrch of her house; and Geoidie drew her within it« sacred thelter^and kissed away her tears. ”Mv own Jessica's” he taid, softly '•hl»y it be my privilege from this lime forth to soothe your sorrows and share your joys. I shall be like a miser of su- ciety of which { have been deprived so long. You must make up your miud to adopt Another shadow. Yielding to her lover’s urgent tnllci- tations, Jessica Consented to be married tu him as soon as she could complete a few simple pruparatiuns. The good old pastor who bad bap tised ber prouounced the wedding beiie- diciiou. Need I say that the faithful daughter so fulfilled the duties of her new rela* lion tbat after a few years of wedded life, her husband and cbildrea rise up and call ber blessed? Sume of these beautiful eveolngt a man with • vilted-coilar and a sprinkled coat will niintter an old fashioned bit of profanity between bis teeth; he wtll scud swiftly across tbe street; be will pick up the boy that is' manipulating the side walk hose; he will twist bis head ii.to a crack iu the fence and kick his whole body through after it, and then that boy will learn that it is not right iiot safe to glue his eyes iuto tbe top of a tree while be aprinklet tbe streets, t^e tidewalk and inipartiallr. , Mind, ve not advocate tba reckless, extravageni or wa"ton killing of boys but these are revolutionary timet and the temper of a down trodden people It .lettlett and unsafe,—Qawkeye. k THRiUlHO STORY. Tbe following incident actually ac- curred on board a British frigate, and waa communicated tu tbe writer, tsveral years ago, by an old man-of-war’t man : A timid boy, about fourteen yeart of age, hesitated to go nlofl, but by the captain's ordctt, was forcibly put in the main rigging, and then a boatswain’s mate was commanded to lash him like a dog until he learned tu run aloft. The poor fellow's legs and arms trembled, lie grasped the shrouds, he cried, be prayed the inhuman captain for God's sake to have mercy on him; but all in vain. The boatswaln't mate was ordered to lay on harder, and harder, re^Mrdless of the boy's piercing screams, which (U ide even veteran seamen turn from the brutal scene with disgust. His clothe* were tent from hid back, the blood followed the lath, and still the tyrant roared out, ''Ijuy on, boatswain's mate 1” W’ith one wild scream he apraa; from under the lash, and buunjod up the rigiiing wiib anmcing rapidity. Ho doubled the futtock riggiug like a cat, pasted up the topmast and topgallant rigging with undiminisheds peed, shinned thu utirattled royal rigging, and perched himsi’lf like a bird alongside of tho pen nant which steamed froiD the masthead. Here he paused, looking fearlessly upon the deck below. All hands came up to sec him—his cries and cruel treatment had already enlisted their sympathy, and, if possible, had inceaied their hatred of the captain. The monster was smiling compla cently at the euccrts ol bis experiment; he was one of those tyrants who boasted that the cat, proper y applied, could inaUe men do an) thing. Still he was apprehensive that the boy might destroy himself, and the circumstanccs be used against him at the A lntiralty, where ho knew representauui.s uf his cruclty had already been made. The men gu*ed in silence, lookintr first at the boy and then at thu captain, who was seated near the talfruill They darded not be seen speak ing to one another—it was a II >gging oli'ence ; even to night spies passed under their hammocks to a-certain if they whispered. The officers walked the lee side uf the quarter-de,->k, occasionally casting their eves aloft, but were as silent as the men. Still the boy cljng tu the masthead, playing with the pen nant, apparently unconscious of the interest he excited below. Tired with gating aloft, the captain su ig out through the speaking trumpet, “l)jwn Iromal^fil l)j»nl” Thu by sprang upon the truck at a bnund, and raising himself erect, waved his capt around his head ; then, stretch ing his armes out, gave a wild laughing scream, and threw himself forward. The ctiptain jumped to his feet, ejtpecting to see the boy dashed in pieces nn deck; but when clear of the shade of the sails, he saw bin) sliding along the main rtiyal stay towards the forctup. gallant masthead, and heard him laugh and chatter like a monkey, is if etij iy> ing the sport. He reached the mast head in safety, and then descended along the top-gallant backstay hand over-hand. The captain looked at him, and was about to speak, but could nut find words. The boy frothed at the mouth and nose; his eyes seemed start, ing nut of his head ; he rolled upon the deck in convulsions, stainding it jjiijtb blood which still trickled from his back. Ha was a maniac. The surgeon's skill in the cimrse of a few weeks re- sti>red bis budily health, but nos his reason. From that time forward he was fear less. In the darkest night the fiercest gale, he wnuld scamper along the deck like a dog. and bound aloft with a speed which nn me on board could equal. He would run over the yards without holding, pass from mast to mast on the stays, ascend and decend by the leeches of the sails, and run upon the studding sail booms. He was as nimble as a cat, and had forgotton fear. Some of the light duties aloft he learned to dis charge in company with tbeix—be did as they did, but could nnt be trjsied to ' do anything bimtelf. One order he always obeyed without hesitation. At the command, “Away aloft,” he was oflT and never paused until he reached i the masthead. As he was harmless and rarely spoke^ the captain kept him on board, and. in the course uf a year, sent him aloft for amusement. His strength increased with his years, but bis bulk and height remained nearly the same at ^gbteen at wb.ea he became a maniac. His ribs, breast and back seemed one case of bone, and bis sinews and muscles made his legs and arms appear like pillared columns. He was fair, with light blue eyes and delicate skin; his face ovel and full, but void of expres sion—neither love, fear, revenge nor pleasure could be traced tu its ttolid uutli.n,e. Uis eyes stared at evervthiag without appearing to see, and, when he tpuke, there was rarely any meaning in bis vords. He followed the men in their various duties like a dng following his master. henever ha was struck ur startled by a boatswain’s mate, he ran up the main rigging, screaming at the top of bit litiigt, and oever ptuted until be had performed tbe first pyolutloa which bad made him ft m^niae. As tba taUor't story ruot, tbe tbip arrived at Plymouth lobe docked and re fitted. Tbe captain, ftvslling bimtelf of tbe leiture, was going to be married, and the newt was coinmunicated by bis tervaht to the oook. who suod circulated it ou the berthrdeck among tbe men, who eurMd bla and all bis kin. Ht servant came on board uf tb* bulk where the men were lodged, the evening when tbe captain atl to be married Crazy Joe (tbe name the boy wat knot*n b)) met him at the gangway, •nd asked intelligently If tbe captain would be married that evening and where? The ta vant gave him tbe in formation he detired, and went about bit butiiu'tt. That night, while tbe captain wat un dressing, be was seized by the throat And dragged tu the bridal bed. ‘‘I, ink, fair lady, on nip,” said Crszy Joe, “but do not scream, ur I will kill yon. lok on me. [ hold within my grasp a devil, who dclightt in cruelty—a merciless fiend who hat scourged the backs of buiidreds of brave men—^ rullian who has robbed me of my reason ; I bold him within the grasp uf death, at the very moment his black tuuV thought itself %ithin tbe reach of bliss. Monster 1 look upon ynnr lady—think u moment of the heaven of earthly joy almoit within your reach—then think nf me, poor C'riizy Joe! and of the hell to which I send you! Die, wretch, die 1” When the alarm was given, tbe s'rangled body nf the captain wat found laying alongside of tbe bridal bed; but the maniac nh-i killed him was never recognized ufterwardi. He belonged lo (Cornwall, and probably found shehcr from pursuit in the mines until thu ex citement passed away. The lady stated at the time, and many years afterwards, that the attack of the maniac was ' so sudden and silent that she knew nothing of it until the curtains were pushed aside and she felt the pressure of the ciptain’s body bent over the edge of the bed, Joe held his victim around the neck with the right band, and turned him from side to side as easily as if he h.id been a child, while the forefinger and thumb of the Uft hand grasped ber own throat, ready to extinguish her life if she nlicmpted to raise an alarm. His face was pale and deathlike, bis eyes started, but were moti»nles«, and every word ho uttered seemed to is>:ue from tbe very depths of his tnul. The captain's looks were terrible beyond descriptinn—death left the impress of ferocity upon bis darkened features. How the maniac entered or left the room she never knew; his departure was the noiseless as his entrance. So paralyz‘d was she with fesr, that an hour elapsed before she could mutter caurago to call for help; but she thanked God, when the captain's cruel character became generally known ashore, that she had been rescued from biij uUianc7.—1/Jiidon Nautical Magazine. A8E OF*AWIMAlS.~~ A bear rarely exceeds twenty years. A dog lives twenty years; a wolf twenty ; u fox fourteen or sixteen years. Lions are long-lived. Ooe has boon known to live to the age of seventy years. bits seven. Klephants have been known to live tu the great age uf four hundred years. Alexander the Great, having conquered I’urus, king of (ndia, took a great elephant, which had (ought val- iamly for the king, and named bin Ajax. He dedicated him to the suu, and let him go, with this inscription; Alexander, the son of Jupiter, hath dedicated Ajix to the sun.” The ele phant was found with this inscription three hundred and fifVy years afterward. I’iga have been ki^owii to live to live age of thirty years j the rhinoceros to twenty. A horse has been known to live to the age of sixty-two, years, but averages from twenty to thirty. Camels sometimes lives to the age uf one hund red. Stags are long-lived. Sheep ex ceed the age of ten. Cows live about fifteen years. Culler considers it prob able that whales sometimes lives for a thousand years. A swan has attained the age of two hundred years. Peli cans are long.-lived. A tortoise has been known to Jive to the age of one hundred and seven, insects, at a gen eral rule, and shortlived, though there are many exceptions t(fthe rule. FUNBlur^ Pu kin pi it the tats of Nu England They are vittles and drink; they are joy nn the bafT-shell; they aro glory enuti' for one day ;and are good, cold or warmed up. I would like to be a boy again, just for sixty minnetts, and eat myself phuil of the blessed old mixtur. Knny man who don't luv pungkin pi wants watchin cluss, for he means to du somethin mean the fust good chance he Can git. Give me all the pungkin pi i could eat, when i wiiz a buy and i didn’t kare whether Sunday-school kept or not. And now that i have grown up to manhood, and have run for the legitU- ture, and only got beat 856 votes, and am iboroly marrid, tbare ain't nothing I banker for wuss, and kan buy quicker than two-thirds of a good old-fasbioned pvnkin pi, an inch and a half thick, well tmelt up w'ah ginger ftod nutmeg. Fung kin pi it the oldest Amerikan beverage i know of, and ought to go dovn to posterity with tbe trade-raftrk of our grandmotbera on it; but I am afraid it wont, for it it tuflT, eveu now, to find one evetf now, to find one that taatet In tbe mouth at all as the* md 40 ye*rt •£0. Hla N«w«paper t>'OMtrlh«Uaaa. He wss a fiieod ol mine, and ated frequently tn diwp in and give ate adrloe as to how I nuuht to iqn my papet. lie W'is a ininliter, and consiqUi^nlly tbougbt I could devote it a little more lo tbe cause of religion, and nnt quite ao much lo politicii. He w«i a lover «f tbe ortgiosi, tna, and saiil he di,|iked to see reprint, and thnnuht I ihnnid write more—lake the time, in fact, to Hll the paper right up with i|oo(). new slnfT. )t seemed such ao easy thii)j{ (or blm tbat one day I ventured to »ay : "Urothet, ynu hal u clntiuus mraliog at the tchnul house Ust olKht. I hear -sup- pose you write It up lor met” Ho didn't seem to act a* though he wanted In. I urgrd, IU flushed a little, and turned arnnnd awkward like, lie bad never been bunord with nn Invitatlnn to write lor the preM before. I (till urved. Then he took off hit glnvei and his ha‘. Then I gave him a seat at the table wllli paper and pencl'. Ua tat dowu ta editorial work. lie was always talking about bow II shoi|M t)u done, and now be waa at it. He •tarted iu. I Went about my wotk, and bavi g written a column or two of matter lor tbe week’ll piper, left him tlill wrlllnt;, wblle I went out to snlleit some adyertlsemeos, I was gone an hnnr or two, tsbeo I eame back be was still at It, He was iweatinit awl'ijlly. The table and II mr were white wllb unpv paper, and thu pencil In bit baud was much diminished in lengtii, I went to dinner, When I letumed he was at it yet, Tlie pencil waa sherter and he was wetti-r. It was sumoier. The hnurs draii^ed along Into tbe middle ol the alter noon. Uis eyes wete bent on the da/.zlinx white paper befoie him, and hia Ungers moved netTously, and the pencil whs a stub. I be^an 10 be frightened. I knew I hsd only a small weekly paper, and that Ita fnurteen caluiuns ol apace (one side was a patent luwsr I) would not hold the cooiontt of the Bible, and the supplemental mosiagei from heaven beside. At li^st thu man looked up, and timidly advancing with a piece nl paper in bl's hand, suddenly went back to change a word. Then he came on again, and, like one who bad nassetl tlirougb a vi!*ioo, held ctjt the paper and feebly tsned; ‘■Will that doj” I looked. There was just seven liaet ol it, advertising measure. Ilu was a large man. weighed over three hu idri'd ponnils then, but when I met him three weeks latei,he weighed less t'ean hundred and twenty^flve. He bid been sick. The seven line nine-hour efiart was too much for him. But it was not all lost. He never advised an editor again, Nelllier did hu co nposc for a paper saain. It was hard woul for him to write, tod be saw be waa not out out lor an elilor, NOW I UY MtTdwHTd~gLEEP. Who wrote that child's prayer! Hi* woik bas done more for huniHnity than all thu creeds of councils, or all tbe systems ol divinity pnt toj’elher. I fancy some gifted and loving mother composed it for ber own darlings, not i|reaining that lor centu ries it wnuld be taupiht by innumarable mothers to millions ol chiMien; that Indeed it would ho transmitted from xonerstloo to generation, through nil revolutions all po litical and social changes, to the end of time. Ilow many men and women, biave lioys and gentle cirls to«day dite their first impressions, tbe first awakening of coo- BcleiiRe, the first thought ol Qod, the flta- cious Guardian nf Ills children on earth to tint precious prayer? How l^aoy aged men and tnatroQs, sitting serenely in the golden glow of life'a cloudless evening trace with gratitude to Qod. tbe promise and the potency ol their characters and destinies to the twilight wouUip ot the bedside when kncelin j at tbstt mothe a knee they said that prayer t Happy child whose mother solemnly aed tenderly teaches her little eues the simple, the immortal word# I In tbe very impressive and touching ad dress of Juilge Thomas Thomson, to live yuung men convicted of murder, be ie> marked that bo pitied tbem; and bad thoui(ht that perhaps no tenmer mother shielded tbulr infant iunocenee, sndianght them kneeling at ber kace, the prayer. “Now I lay me down lo sleep." I know nut. aalct the Jiidije. who wrote tbat prayer but I would ratber be the author of it than the finest pnet of tbe world, for it hss shaped tbe destiny of millloos on millinas of the human race. Courts and cndes ot law tnay pass away, but tbat p^'ayer will endure to the end of tine to oless maa- kind. When listening to Judge Tbomson't words. 1 was reminded of a touching beau tiful ipcident iu tho last hours ol the use ful life of that noble and just man. Judge D. f, Wardliwof Abbeville. The grand old .fudge lay nn his death bed. His fami ly did nnt suppose that bis end Wfts so near. In pertect peace be bade them good nii(ht. saying that lie thought be would sleep well. He seemed to sleep sweetly and only a little grand-daugbter sat in bis chamber. The slltncs of tba nlgbt in the old patriarch's room was softly broken by bis voice, repeating tbe prayer of bis infan- ry. As a little child, tbe learned and able jurist and seatesman witb bis bands folded on his breast said, “JSfiw I lay me dowB tn sleep, I pray tbe Lord my soul to keep; if I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take.” Tbo praver concluded, bs fell asleep and died before he woke, and ibe Lord took bis soul 'I “And Jesus called • little cbllu unto him and act him in tbe midst ot tbem and said Vei lly, I say unto you. except ye be converted and become as little ebildren, ye shall not enter lato tbo kingdom of heaven.'’ ‘■As ye sow sa shall y« weep,'* m«r|iaFtd a farmer wbll«digi(iag bit oaiont. the roanoks ADysaxtanQ iiATBp«.. Sea iheU give ft murmuring wbsn held ito tbe etr bccsMse ttbat mty be cftlltd expended vibration always exist in aiir where rarloos sonndt are occur; ing. Thete tremblings of the sir are received upon the thin covering of tbe shell, ftnd tbit beirg coliectcd Into a fuc^i, are trausmitted to the eyr. aPAOB OnsSqnars, $001 tMlMM Two Hquftres, A 10 10 00 30 N Hbrea tlquarsa. •Oo|lfiOe|Mrt Four Souarea, 10 001 is 001M 00 £•’"/»>» Col’n, IS 00 I so 00 40 00 SO 00 I to Ob M 09 Whole oolumn, One Year, a M«0 M0« ADVBBTISEMENT8. PAIKTSVi Wa,ited In every aeetloa of ilw Sisteaand Provlices vtrtlaemenl, Addrea. ^ PAMIBL F. BBATTT. D^Ut WaablawoB.lr./. ^hronlp, i3crofu|jus, Pilva.*, SyphllltlpHod I'emale Dlaiasea, Dpermftl lerihrei. nrselt-ahuae at bla Medical le. •tiiiuet Akhq dt C'hduof Ulook. ounofttaA ibe CUy H.ii Parir, SyrJeu^, N. 10 Ml ptru of U. 6. tod CaiMtU. DudU be deceived hf adrerUiH* M)?(|UHok« who tbroDjT oor cUf«B butmnault Dr, Hoyt nr aend for oircolaj iinx 27* •peolaitlea to bla P. O. LADlks. My sreat liquid Fieoeb dE FaMMta, or Fem,»l5 J .1 »j’ ‘be oure orall pafo- ful and dangeroua diasasea of rour ter. It moderates all excess, and brlon oa lii* moDtnly period with regalarltT. In alt neiyoba and spinal eflrecflons, pains lo ibe oack or llmb», heavlna-*. fatljue on all*.;t otertion, palpitation ofiaabe.irt,'JsaaV« oraolrlt, hysterho, siolc bejd^iobe, nbltes! and all painful dlseaws ot(,.iilonpd bv a dlsoiderBds.vaieiu,iteneel a on e wheii all oihor means fill. Pi les *3,00 per Boi,- lie. hont by maU. Dr. iy. B. He>., Box ;i(8. Svr,iome, N. Y, Nov25 1y, g O U O OL TEACUBRS. Von cRii easil.v incioa..o yonr lalm-* hv bv devoiing a very smdll portlan of *cnr tei' ure lime to niy Inteiesi, I iio not ex peet you to canvass for my celebi-alrd lliattv’a P HHos and Organa nolens *ob oettsto; but tfie service I require ofioit 111 liotli pleasant and proflinble. Foil pjrti(;uUr!i free. Adilre^t, " DANIEL If. BlfiA'i”l'y, Wa'.hlnaioo, il. J, JJOckv MOUNT MILlij ^ HOCKy MOUNT, K. 0. January 1st, 1979. W« sre now prepared to fpiDi>>b (b^ Hade with 8UEETINQ8, SHIRTINGS, PLOW LINGS an* COTTON.i YARNt. all of the best quality and at low nri*;'*. Our terms stdctl; net ciub, SO days. 'an 2G a BATTLE A SON, Rocky Mount, K. 0. K- F- BUTLEP., Fire Had l,lie ln»nrtsue« Aateut. Placos rial^s ofalf kinds In flrst'Clasa Companies as low aa a.ifeiy will psi'mll. Call and aue me before Insuring elsOr where, at 0P.OWN’8 DRDG STORK, Weldon, N, 0. July 131 y. ' ID TpCrri buslaess you can engaM In. -DXUOX per day made br any worker of either bOx, right la tbef* own lonallUes. ParticuUrs aud aimplea worth ^fiee. Improve yonr spare time at this business. Address ItiTiNSOK A Co., Portland, Maine. juuelly. BURNHAM'S H WAUMTIO BEST& CNEAKIT. A1R0.IIIIUIIB MAGHIIiERY. niOSSB&BtlOESAn.SO,’?*. r>nipUMaft«s. Omca, Yoaa, Fa. June 8 e m. ETAl.no BUUIAL CA8BIS rgH Pe- 'ons wUiilnir MetalUe Bnrial'.Casef can al waya obtain jtbem b» applying to ast^ ac ibe Hiore of Sfe»»n. WlnUeld 4i Bm>T. I »a siill keeping, as heretofore,• fbll eisf sortment of tbs Very Best 0A8A9, st ui« Verv Lowest Prioef. In my •meaeefl'dm Weldon, Measts. WIntteld A Bmry trtU .bem. apr 4 1Q JAUB8 SIMKOPS,^,, j W:^oa.ll^«|t Tub 0MOBBS1OIIIID vmji respeotftaUy eslts tbs attenthm or- i trade so his extenalve etMk«f WiaM and imported UqooHh towbldtW.le maklDg additions' *Kd oonslMIMV ^ t AW B#6BBOai' Freneh, Apple, Blaekb Brandies,y«Bne»md M London, -i.'om Sherry, 01 Seappm porUr,aa)||ft>iiKX How Is It possible for you to plek ’yonr teeth, wheo'jos bave to tftke them as they comet In tbe fall tbe robin’s pipings O'er the meadow cease to flost. Id the fall each average yoneg sta Oets a new light ovetcost— |lbscaa.
