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Halifax, N. C.
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But still, my lad. 'tis best
To never overtax your strength
'l'u have sure hours lor rest.
Then In your hours of toil, my lad,
l!o ecriiost, faithful too,
Co'iitiiniicu uo oilier pit-cti of work
Utuil willi ouo you are through,
Bo prompt, then count ihn hours, lad,
You pick up every Jay ;
'Twill Hi'Oin a- II yon save tlin liiim
Some dawdler throws away,
liie. imaged T You bavn many tasks?
You arc lo slow in win T
F'nisli iho work which i'oiikm .i first,
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Tim i est wi I fill into a lilo,
A ml ciiiiio on nun by one,
Mk soldiers walking through a pass,
Until your tusks nro d no,
Thin scarol., I ml, nf valuo groat,
.Since childhood has boon mine;'
A c,uad of wor k is vanished tiun.U,
II brought into line.
JESSICA ICELAND'S DECISION.
"Must it be, then, that our
happy summer is to end thus
happy,
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UOMAfc N. HILL,
Attorney at Law,
HALIFAX, N. O.
s?r&Uces in Halifax and adjoining
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Collections made iu any part of North , ,
Carolina. jan M 1 sPeechleSlS'
Jessica Ijclaud loolicd up into tlie
lowing, hand-ooic face bending enyerly
over her ; but her lover saw no satisl'ac-
ory answer in her sad but resolute face.
He turned away with mi impatient ges
ture, but be pciitle teiiuh of her hand
on his arm restrained lii:n.
It wouli.l nut be right, (!e ordie, to
tie you do. ii iu your munliood to n
burden which it is best that I should
bear alone. My direction for my
mother will make my coiifi lenient by
her in her sick bed less iilt'nme; but
on hao not ciown to love her all
your life as I have done, and you would
he almost totally deprived of my society.
The doctor says it may be a case re-
nuiritig constant nursing for years, whi'c
another attack may take her liuin me
at aiiv moment."
"Then who could be s fitting n com
forter iu this great iilll cliou as one who
oves you null his whole heart: inn
need not fear that I should prow weary.
One look ut your face would pay for
hours of waitin"! Try nie the Gor
dons are u loyal race. It was a matter
of pride with us all that from the found
ing of the family wc have not the record
of one member who was recreant to a
trust or false to a lady love." j
Jessica looked at him again, thinking
what a noble face it was. The eyes so
link in their blue as to be taken for
black the broad forehead the straight,
evenly penciled brows the clear cut
lips, just shadowed by a silken mustache
for li.'ord'.e was barely twenty, al
though six f.ett tall, and massive in pro
portion to Im height, liut though her
heart pleaded strongly for him she
pfcisistenled iu her refusal.
I shall never many, (jeoruic. 1 mi
must forget me. luu flie ton young to
Qrievc Ion"."
S.iy that if I wait ten twenty
years nq matter how lone, and come
to you vou will reward me for my pa
tient filelity."
'No I That would be biodiug you to
me, perhaps fir your whole life. It
would be too selfish. Good-bye." She
turned to go.
'Jessica I L)e! do not part from
me so coldly I Let me lake with me
the memory of one kiss, that I may
feel in my heart that you are not indif
ferent to me, though so cruel I"
Jessica hesitated, then she put up her
pure lips, murmuring, "O, no.l not
cruel I You will see it in its true light
sometime," as Ucordio caught her to
his breast io a lingering, passionate embrace.
The girl could feel that every fibre in
his strong frame quivered with emotion,
and it was with great difficulty that she
could relram herself lrom crying
out :
"Stay. Geordie, I love you I 1 love
you I" But in her u.tense abnegation ot
self she kept silent and in another m i-
meut she was alone, her lips thrilling lo
the ever-to-bc-reineiiibcrtd pressure of
her lover's first, und ulus 1 bis farewell
kiss.
When the caue for self control ex
isted no longer, the girl gave way. With
a Ion", low crv, she threw herself prone
upmi the floor, and miuuivJ "0 my dar
lingl my darling 1 if you only knew hmv
every throb of my heart made unsiver
to your appeal ; but I cmlJ uut let you
be sacrificed 1"
Time wore on unheeded. Then the
repeater on the mantel struck the hour,
and Jessica remembered that she bad
duties to attend to. She hastened to
mom and washed the traces of tears
from her lace, then she went to her
mother, whose incurable illness caused
by a suldeo stroke of paralysis, bad
caused her to refuse tlio young lover,
whose devotion to her through the sum
mer hs.l made her life a beautiful idol.
Her darling widowed parent should
never be neglected for a comp native
stranger, though her heart khould break
in the parting.
Hut she was made nf more enduring
material than that In tbe calm face
which bent over her invalid, and
smoothed the hair from her forehead
with such n tender touch, there was a
luok of peace. She had fought a buttle
with herself, uud won.
"Go, Lyda, for a walk," said she to
tbe uurse. "I will take your place."
Then she stooped down and kissed her
mothers forehead, and murmured some
tender words, which wero answered by
tbe wistful eyes, thuugh Ibc lips wero
Thus her life wore on for several
years, during which theie was little
change in the patient. Never an in pa
tient look or word to s'low that Jessica
wearied of the charge. A'ter a time
speech was regained, although imper
fectly. S'.dl, it was a great comfort, for
she could understand her meaning ; mid
once iiain mother and child held sweet
Communion together.
About a year ufter Gcordie's de
laitore, an IviliOi piper came con
taining the mai lingo no! no ol G. iHliicao
Gordon, with an account of the lestivi
ties attending "ho wedding.
Jessica's lips paited in a sad smile,
us she lead. "I was right alter nil not-nilh-.'.aiiding
Ik. is a G irdoii. knew it
could not be in man's nature lo wait for
weary years. Pear (icoidie! may he
be happv 1" thus ruo the thoughts iu
her mind. S'.o did not blame him, and
could put ihe sweet mom ry of his love
ay, and to dwell upon him, was lo
her as though of some dear one at rest
beneath the daisies.
It was nearly five years after her
mother's fust sciz ne that another ac
curie I, ami after a few days of uncon
sciousness thu gentle sufferer was re
leased, and Jos-iic i was alone.
Kvery day during the summer her
slight figure might have been found, nt
the sonscl's glorifying hour, kneeling by
her Riothei's grave, over which her fav
orite fl.iwers had been planted.
It was late in October. O o even-
leg, as she returned to her home from
her loving pilgrimage, she sa v a form
coming lo meet lie, wbic) sceineJ to
have been conjured from the past. S'.ie
could not mistake tliu frc: swinging step
the frank, still boyish smile, with
which ho greeted her.
Ar n moment her heart throbbed
wildly, then sank i i her bosom like lead.
Why had he cumu to disturb her placid
life?
lie put out his hand. "I luarJ of your
lus-i, Jessica, and, .though far awy at
the time, I am here. I l ive you no
words of welcome for me? Vmi have no
idea bow my heart ached for you iu
your sorrowful loneliness."
Jessie gave him a col I little hand,
and said mechanically : "You are very
kind; but how could you leave your
wife to come to see me?"
Geoidic's eyes opened ide. "Wife I
are you dreaming, or urn I? I have no
lidy-l ve but i.iiture since the girl 1
loved refused me. I have been such a
wander that my own land docs not own
me"
The po r little heart that had felt so
henumhed and sorrowful was we'll nigh
bursting with the sudden II ud nf hap
piness which pound iu upon it a'. Geor
die's words.
)Ier face was a study in the transform
ation which changed it from a fit in 'del
of a mourning Nmbo to a brightness like
the morning.
Geordie u derstood it, and drawing
the slender arm within bis own, they
walked on together. 1 1 is tone was very
tender as be sai l :
"Io you remember what I said about
waiti- g for j on? .Mil the little unbe
liever I but the clinging firmness with
which he immisuned her arm took the
edge from his words "How did you
get the information that 1 was married?
Didn't I tell yuu a Gordon never for-
got?"
1 I received a paper containing, as 1
though:, your wedding notice."
"S i you mistook my cousin for nie 1
and I sent the paper ! What a blunder I
I mb'tit have thought that vou knew but
little of my relatives ; but it never en
tered inv head that Grahams 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.
js the bright, tender eyes studied her
face with the expressions feme nbcred
so will, and which she had never thought
to meet again. Jessica's lips began to
quiver. They bad by this time reached
the porch of her bouse; and Geoidie
drew her within its sacred shelter and
kissed away her tears.
"Mv own Jessica's'' bo said, softly
".May it be my privilege from this time
forth to soothe your sorrows and share
your joys. I shall be like a miser of so
ciety of whLh I have been deprived so
long. You iii'1-.t make up your iui..! U
adopt another shadow.
yielding lo her lover's urgent solici
tations, Jessica c inseuted to he married
A THRILLING STORY.
til him as s iuu as she couI J complete a
few simplu preparation a.
The good old pastor who had bap
tised her pronounced tho wedding bene
diction. Need I say that the faithful daughter
so fulfilled the duties uf her new rela
tion that after a few years of wedded
life, her husband and children rise up
and call her blessed?
The following incident actually ac
currcd en board a lirilish frigate, and
was communicated to the writer, several
y ears ago, by an old man-of-wat's man :
A timid boy, about fourteen years of
age, hesita'ed tu go aloft, but by the
captain's oidets. was forcibly put in the
main rigging, and then a boatswain'.-,
mate was commanded to lash him like a
d"g until he learned t ) run aloft. The
poor fellom'.s legs and arms trembled,
he gi asped the shrouds, he cried, he
prayed the inhuman captain for God's
sake tii have mercy on him ; but nil in
vain. Thu boatswain's mate was
I'ldered to lay no hauler, and harder,
reg.iidleks of the b y'. piercing scieains
which in idis even veteran seamen turn
ft urn thu brutal scene with disgust. His
clothes were tent from h'u back, tho
lilo, id fullowed the lash, and still the
tyrant mured uut, ' Lay on, boatswain's
mate !"
With one wild scream lie sprang from
under the lash, an 1 buuuj' d up the
r'giiig wi b am izing rapidity. He
doubled the futtock rigging like a cat,
passed up the topmast and topgallant
Tigging with undiminished peed, shinned
the uniattled royal rigging, and perched
himself like a bird alongside of tins pen
nant which steamed from the masthead.
Here be paused, looking fearlessly upon
the deck below. All hands came up to
see him his cries and cruel treatment
had already enlisted their sympathy,
and, if possible, had incensed their
hatred of the captain.
The monster was smiling compla
cently at the success of bis experiment;
he was one of those tyr mis who boasted
that the cat, projier y applied, could
make men do anything. Still he. wis
apprehensive that the boy might destroy
himself, and the circumstances be used
against him at the Admiralty, where ho
knew lepresenta'ioi s uf bis cruelly bad
already been made. The men gazed in
sileui.e, looking first at the hoy and then
at the captain, who was seated 'ii'ar the
tall'raill They datded not hi seen speak
i.i" I one another it was a 11 gging
ollciice ; even to night spies passed under
their hammocks lo ii-cerliin if they
whispered. The ollieers walked the lee
side of the quarter-dcok, occasionally
easting their eyes aloft, but were as
silent as tho men. Still the boy cl lug
to tho masthead, playing with the pen
nant, apparently unconscious of the
intvicsthe excited below. Tired with
"utiii" aloft, the captain mi g out
through the speaking trumpet, "lVuvn
from at i 1 l n 1"
Tue by sprang upon the truck at a
hound, and raisin" himself erect, waved
his c apt around ins head ; then, stretch
ing his amies out, gave u wild laughing
sere nil, and threw himself forward. The
captain jumped to his feet, expecting
to see the boy dashed in pieces on
deck; but when clear of the shale of
the sails, he saw him sliding along the
main royal stay towards the foretop
gallant masthead, and beard him laugh
and chatter like a moi.kev, ts if et.j ly
ing the sport. He reached the mast
head in safety, and then descended
aloio' the lop-gallant bickstay hand
over-hand. The captain looked at him,
and was about to speak, but could not
find words. The boy frothed ut tbe
inmiih and nose ; his eyes seemed start
ing out of his head; he rolled upon the
deck in convulsions, stainding it ji'iil)
blood which still trickled from his back.
lie was a maniac. Iho Burgeon s
skill in the course of a few weeks n:
st .r.-.l his biidilv health, but pot bis
reason.
From that time forward he was fear
less. In the d.tikest night the fiercest
.ale be would scamper al 'tM the deck
like a dog, and bound aloft with a speed
which no one on boaid could equal.
He would run over the yards without
holdiiu', pass from mast to mast on the
stay, ascend and decend by the leeches
uf the sails, and run upon the studding
sail booui". lie was as nimble as a cat,
and had forgotton fear. Some of the
limit duties ul d't bo learned to dis
charge iu company with them -he did
as they did, but could not be tr isted to
do anything himself. O.io order he
always obeyed without hesitati m. At
the command, "Away ulolt," ho was
nil" and never paused until he reached
tho mastheul. As ho was harmless and
rarely spoke, the captain kept him on
board, and. in Iho course uf a year, sent
him aloft for amusement. His strength
increased with his years, but his bulls
and liei dit remained nearly the same
;ii liiiihteeii as when be became a
who cursed him and all bis kin. li s
servant came on board of tbe bulk
where the men were lodged, the evening
when the captain as to be married.
(,'riizy Joe (the name the boy was
known by) met him nt the gangway,
and asked intelligently if the captain
would be inanied that evening and
where? The to'vant gave bin; the in
formation ho desired, und went about
his bnsii.iHS.
That night, while the captiiu was ii'i
drrs.iiig, be was seiz 'd by the inr uit
and drugged to the bridal bed. "Link,
fair lady, on ire," mid Cmzy Joe, "but
do not scream, or I will kill you. L ok
on me. I hold within my grasp a devil,
who delights in ( ruelty a mctciless
fi.'iid who has scotirjed iho hacks of
huoilre Is of brave men a rullian who
has robbed me nf my reason ; I hold
him within the grasp of death, at the
very moment his black soul thought
itself tyithin the reach of bliss. Monster!
look upon your lady think a moment
nf the heaven of earthly j y. almost
within your reach thou think of me,
poor Cruzy Joe ! and of the hell to which
I send you ! Hie, wretch, die 1"
When the alarm was given, the
s'raiigled body of the captain was found
laying alongside nf the bridal bed; but
the maniac win killed him was never
recognized afterwards. He belonged to
Cornwall, and probably found shelter
from pursuit in the mines tltilil thu cx
citement passed away. The lady stated
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at the tune, and many years auerwarus.
that the attack id 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 ciptaio's
body bent over the edge ol the bed
Joe held his victim around the neck
with the right hand, and turne.1 him
from side to side as easily as if ho hid
been a cbil I, while the forefi iger and
thumb of the left hand grasped her own
throat, ready to extinguish her hie il
she attempted to raise nn alarm. His
face was palo and deathlike, bis eyes
started, but were motionless, and every
word be uttered seemed to issue from
the very depths of his soul. J he
captain's looks were terrible beyoad
description death left tbe impress of
Icrocily upon bis darkened features.
How the maniac entered or left the
room she never knew ; his departure
was tbe noiseless as his entrance. So
pualyz'd was she with fear, that an
hour elapsed before she could muster
caiirage to call for help; but she
thanked God, when the c aptain's cruel
character became Generally known
ashore, that she bud been
li-uiii his aUiaucs. l)iidon
Magazine.
AGE 0FAn1mALS.
Ills ouspnpor Contributions.
rescued
Nautical
He W'ts a fiieud uf mine, au 1 used
frequently to dmp in and give me advicr
as to how I oujjiit to iipi n. y paper, lie
w ,B a uiini-ter, and consiqu. nlly thought
I could devntu it a little more to the cnutc
ol religion, and not quite so much lo
pditic-i. IK-w is a lover ot the origmul,
ton. and ssid lie dirbkc l to tcu repiint,
ami thought I should wiito more take
(lie time, in lact, t till thu paper riht up
with ito.nl, new hi u I:. t sieuiid such an
casv thu;:' or nun unit one nay i veniuiou
to mv :
llrntlict, you hal a tlminiM imciing at
the n'linol houe last niiht, I hear -nip-pose
you w rile it up lor nie ?"
He iti'lu t "cin to net as tuougu lie
wanted to, I ing d,
He Il l-lied a little, and tinned mound
iiwkw ird like. He had never been hoiinni
with an Invitation to wrilo lor thu press
bclore. I still urne l.
Then lie took ell Ins glove and hi9 ha .
Then 1 cave him a neat ut thu table with
paper aud pcnci1. He Sit down to editorial
woik.
lie wns always talking about how it
should tie done, and now lie win at il. He
stinted ill.
I went about my wo k, and havi
written a column or two of mailer lor tliu
week'H piper, lelt him still wri'.ing, while
I went out to solicit Mime advcrtisenieo'.
I w is cone an hour or two, when I
came back he was si ill nt it.
lie was pwcatin awfully.
The table and fi r were white will)
coiiv miner, and the pencil in Lis baud
was much diminished in Icnjln,
I went to dinner. When I lettiitied he
was at it yet. The pencil was shatter and
lie was wetter. It was summer.
The limits dragged along iulo the
middle ol the alter noon. Hn eves neie
bent on the iUz.I'i)'' white paper Leloie
him, and bis lingers moved nervously, and
iho neneil was a stub. I bi'L'ail 10 bo
frightened. I knew I hid only a sni ill
weekly paper, and that i is fourteen
caliiiiins ol space (one side was a patent
inwir 1) would not hold the eooa'uU ol
Ihe lltlile, and thu supplemental lucsingcs
lrom heaven beside.
At hut the mail looked up. ami timidly
advancing with a piece ol paper iu bis
hand, sad Ictily went back to change
woid.
Thou he came on again, and, lilo one
who had passed through a vision, held cyt
iho paper and feebly us.it'J:
"Will that doi''
I looked. There wns just sevcu liiocj ol
it, advertising; navi-mro.
He was a Urge mm. weighed over th
huolred pounds then, but when I met
him three weeks Intel, ho weighed less tlinn
hundred and twontyfive. Mo bid bee
sick. The pccii-liue nine hour effort was
too nun h lor him. But it was not all los
lie never advised an editor ngaiu. Neiliier
did he eo nnoso lor a p ip-r agaiu.
It was hard wmd lor him to wrile, nod
he saw ho was not out out lor an e litor.
glliN PAINTERS
Wa.Ued In every section of the Uuilei
alosand Proviueos to answers tuis ad.
verlisouient. Addres.
DANIEL F. BEATTY,
Wadiinirtnn . N. .T.
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TAI'l-'INESSOIt MtSFllY. 1J 'I'll I,'
JLLljUENTION I
Dr. W. K. iloyt of :)" years silreehsi'nl
pi.iellcn KiiarantooN npecdy and ptrniarieut
oii'-oifail CliiMiijc, fScrofu I us, lMvaie,
Svi'liilllio and Female Diseases, Hpcrrua
ion lni, or Mill-rtl'iiso in Ins Medical 1J.
Htituio, Agon .V Chi'iicv llloi-l.. nnnoM.B
he City Hall Park, Svi.ieno, N, Y, Jlert.
ooviu lo all parts of the U. H. and
t'.lu.ldii. Iion't ho deceived 1, inteei- is.
oiiuieUs who throng our l.iiuo ciiies.
'out consult Ir. Iloyt or send for eit culne
eating on his hpoc allies lo Ids P. u.
Box '.Til.
LA III ICS. Mv orrnat linuid F.R.ieb
r.mnedy, AM IK DE k'liMMK, or Female
Friend, is unfailing in tho euro of all paiu
lu! and dangerous diseases of your er.
It moderates all oxcess, and brings on Uio
montiily period with regulailly. In pit
nm voi.h and spinal nlleciious, pains In .lie
oack or limbs, hcaviii-, hithiio on sli-r :t
oioi tlnn, pulpilatlon of Hie lie n i, laa ..'i s
of soliii, hvxiorio-, hiok lie.ul.ieho, whites
nun an piiuiui tii-eises ou.i'-ionrMl by a
disordered system, it elleels a cit-o when
oilier means fail. l'i i.-e ?J,(0 ner H it-
le. Kent by null. IV. tY. E. Hoji, Eox
ill. Nvrieiwo, N. Y,
N ov -"i 1 v.
A bear rarely exceeds twenty years.
A do" lives twenty years; a wolf twenty ;
a (ox fourteen or sixteen years. J.ious
are long-lived. One has been known to
live to the oge of seventy years. 11 ib-
bin seven. Elephants have been known
to live to tbe great age of four hundred
years. Alexander the Great, having
conquered I'urus, king of India, took a
great elephant, which had fought val
ian'ly for the king, and named him
Ajax. He dedicated him to the sun,
and let him go, with this inscription :
"Alexander, the son of Jupiter, hath
dedicated Aj ix ti the sun." The ele
phant was lound with this inscription
three bundled and fifty years afterward.
1'iga have been known to live to li'.e
age uf thirty years; ihe rhinoceros to
twenty. A horse has been known to
live to tho age ot sixty-two, years, uut
averages from twenty to thirty. Camels
sometimes lives to the age of one hund
red. Stags are long-lived. Sheep cx-
ceeJ the age of ten. l'os lie about
fifteen years. Culier considers it prob
able that whales sometimes lives lor u
thousand years. A swan has attained
the ui-e uf two hundred years. Feli-
i-mia are I mp-lived. A tortoise has
been known to live to the nge of one
hundred and seven. Insects, as a gen
eral rule, and shott lived, though ibero
are many exceptions to'the rule.
PUNGKIM PU
One Yel',
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
s
ClIOOL TEACHERS.
Yon er.i easily iiK.ieao vour Kalarv hv
liv devoting a very tiin.i!l portion of yenr
lei uio limo lo my iuleten. I do not ex
pect yon lo canvass for my cclebiHK rl
r.'.itlv'i, Pianos and Oiiraus unless vnn
eolitto; but iho service 1 renuii e of von
lo both plorts.iut and piolimhle. Full
particular lice. Addic-s.
DANIEL V. UiSA'lTY,
VW-hiiiion, iS. J.
I
0(MfY
MOUNT JIILXS,
Same of these beautiful evenings a
man wilh a wilted-coilar and a spiioklcd
coat will mutter an old fashioned bit of
profanity between his teeth ; he will scud
swiftly across the street; he will pick up
the boy that is mauipulatirg the side
walk hose; he will twist his head P to a
crack iu the fence and kick his whole
body through after it, and thon that boy
will learn that it is not right not safe to
glue bis eyes into the top of a tree while
bo sprinkles the streets, tho sidewalk
and impartially Mind, we do nut
advocate the reckless, cxtravageut or
wa ton killing of boys but these are
revolutionary limes and the temper of a
down trodden people is restless and
unsafe, llawkejo.
main m.
His ribs, breast and back seemed one
case of bone, aud his sinews and muscles
made bis legs und arms appear like
pillared columns, lie was fair, with
Hunt blue eves and delicate skin; uis
lace ovel and lull, but void of expres
sion neither love, fear, revenge imr
pleasure could be traced tu its stolid
outline. His eyes stared at evcrythiyeg
without appearing to see, and, when he
spoke, there was rarely any meaning in
bis words He followed the men in
their various duties like a dog f Honing
bis master. Whenever ho was struck or
stai lied by n boatswain s mate, lie ran
up the main rigging, screaming at the
top of his lungs, and never paused until
he bad performed the tirst evomiio
which bad made him a maniac.
As the sailor's story runs, the ship
arrived at Plymouth lobe docked and re
fitted. Tbe captain, availing himself of
the leisure, was going to be married,
and the news was communicated by his
servant to tho cook, who soon circulated
it ou the bcrl'a-dcck among the men,
Pu kin pi is the sass of Nu England
Thev are vittles and drink ; they are t y
on the b alT-shell ; they are glory enu.l
for one day ;and are good, cold or
wanned up. i would like t ) bo a boy
again, just for sixty minnetts. and eat
111 V so If nhuii of the bless.'d old mixtur.
Knny man who don't luv pungkin pi
wants watchin cluss, for he means lo do
snmethiii mean the fust good chance- he
can git. Give me all the pungkin pi i
could eat. when i wnz a boy and i didn't
kare whether Sunday-school kept or
not. And now that l have grown up io
manhood, and have run for the legisla
ture, and only got beat 8of voles, and
am thoroly mar rid, thre ain't nothing I
hanker for wuss, and k iu buy quicker
than two-thirds of a good old-fashioned
pui.kin pi, an inch aud a hall thick, well
smelt up with ginger and nutmeg. Tung
kin pi is the oldest Amerikan beverage
i know of, and ougnt to go down to
posterity wilh the trade-mark of our
grandmothers on it ; but I am afraid it
wont, for it is toll, even now, to nna one
even now, to find one that tastes in
the mouth at all as tbe did 4U yeers
ago.
when
NOW I LAY MEBOWN TO SLEEP.
Who wrote that child's prayer? II
woik has done moro for hum nity than all
tho creeds ol councils, or all the systems ol
divinity nut together. I fane. BomeciHei
mid loving mother composed it lor her
nwii darlings, not dreaming that for cento
rics it would be taught by innumerable
mothers to millions ol ehil lien: that indeed
it would ho transmitted from generation to
general ton, through nil revolutions all po
lttic.ul and social changes, to the end ol
time. How many men nud women, biave
hoys and gentle girls tod'iy d tte their llrst
impressions, the lirst awakening ol ion
science, the first thought ol Und, the (iia
cious Uiiirdiiiu of His children on cirth to
J .ut precious prayer? l!o laacy aged
men and matrons, eittUig serenely io tin
golden glow ol hle's cloudless evening
"race with gratitude to God. Iho promise
and the potency ot their characters an t
destinies to tho twilight wotiliip ol tliu
bedsidu when knc-l'.u Ht tluir nimlie s
knee they said that prayer ?
H tnnv child whn-e mo. her solemnly and
tcndio'.y'teiichcs her little onea tho simple,
thu iiiunorlal word I
In the very impressive and louehlng ad
;lics ul Judge Thomas Thomson, to uve
. . . i- t
young men convicie.j oi miiuiei, nu tc-
nwkod that hn pit'ed the n; an l uio
thought that perhaps no teu icr mother
shielded their luhtiit iunoccnee, ud lai'ght
them kneeling ut her kuru, tlio prayer.
Now I lay niu dowu to s'eep." 1 know
nut. saiti the Judge, who wrote lDt nruyet
but I would rather bu the author of It than
Iho dnest poet ol thu world, lor it ha;
shaped thu destiny uf millions on millions
ol the human race, ('nuns and codes ol
Uut in m miss nwiiv. but that prayer will
endure to thu cud ol tiuie to bless n,ia
kind.
When listeiiiiij to Judge Thomson's
winds. 1 was reminded ol a touching beau
tilul iiie.ulciit iu the last hours ot Ihe nie
ful life nl that noblu and just man. Judge
i l iVsniiif nf A'l'v.-r.lk'. The grand
old Judge lav nn Ills death bed. Ilia fumi
lv did not suppose that his en. I was so
near, in perteer pevce no uaue mem
night, saying that lie thought bo wnulJ;
p well. He seemed to sic p sweeny
and only a little grsiid-iHugbter sat in Ins
h.in.l.or The si i-ncs ot tbi nigni in me
tld patriarch's mom wassoltly biokeo by
his voice, rfpeaung the prayer ol ins iui.m-
i-v. As a little child, the learned and able
. 3 . . t. : . 1. T..1.I...I
mist and seutesmiin wnn ins uuu. lumn.
on his breast said, "Xiw I lay nie down
to slvep. I pray the Lord my soul lo Keep,
il I shoul I die betore I wake, I pray Iho
Lord mv soul to take."
Tho praver concluded, he fell asleep and
tlieti beloru ho wnku, uud ihe Loid took
his soul I "And Jesus called a llitle Ciilil
un'o him and set him in the midst of them
and said Veiily, I say uuto you. except ye
bo converted a".d become as little childien.
ye shall not cuter iulo the kingdom oi
heavea.
ROCKY MOUNT, N. 0.
January 1st, 1STC.
We sro now prepared to IuroiU (b
liadu w lh
SHEETINGS,
SHIRTINGS,
PLOW LINES and
COTTON.- YARNS,
all of the bet quaiily and at low nrW?.
Our terms strictly uct cufb, 'CO d,.js.
Addre-s
11-
BATTLE A SON,
Rocky Mount, N. C.
iry t l e if,
l ire nuit Lite lifsiir.uiro A 50.1 1.
Places risks of all kinds in first -class.
Companies as low an s.'foly will pe.'niit.
Call aud aee mo before Insuring else
whore, at
BROWN'S DRUG STORK,
Woldon, N. C.
July 13 1 v.
1 1 T-TC'l business you can engaao in.
JL) JjJ O i- 5 w JJ0 per day made hy
any woiker of olUier (-ex, right iu thoir
own localities. Particulars and simples
worth K f' en. Impiovo your spare time
nt ibis business. Address fSriNsoN A Co.,
P01 Hand , Manic. juuo 1 I y.
f BURN HAM'S
fvKxn W VJ a Cj3 If! A J -sw
?!"'r'5!eL tujDDiniTrn eret ru;&i:rsT.
. a 1 11 Mint i itv f.-'i -
:k i Also Mil MSB MACHINERY.
&vr&V FHC2S iSDUCSE APB. 23, '73.
l'amiiblou (it.e. C'vuts, luus, i t.
Juue 8 0 m.
ETA L LIC EUl'tl AL CASKS EOfJ
SALE.
li e
Sea shell eive a murmuring
held to the ear because what may be
called expended vibration always exist
in air where various sounds ore occur
inc. These tremblings of the air are
received upon the thin covering of Ihe
shell, and this brirg collected iuto a
foci)), are traosmiUcd to tbo car.
'As vo sow so shall y weeii," rouruiurcd
a fanuer wblludigging his onions.
How is it possible for you lo pick 'your
teeth, wbuu you have to take them as they
come 1
In the fall the robin's pipings
O'er tho meadow ceaso to float,
In Iho fall each average young man
Gets a new light ovexoat
It becaa.
I'e sons vvisiiiiiir Motallio Burial Caes
can always obtain ihotii by applying tome,
in iiie Storo of Me-vrs. W imitild tic Env y.
1 iua St. 11 keeping, a heretofore, a full as?
S'.ii.ment 01 ibe Very Best CASES, at iu
V01 v Lowest Prices, in iny aosente 11 m
WelJon. Messrs. Wintiold it Emiy will
deliver Cases lo persons vuo may nisi
mom.
J AM lis HlflliVlUt3,
Woldon, N. O.
if 1
'vi'. 'sexists-, r
npr 4 1 Q
rpHE UNUKKSlun k u vr-iw
J. respectfully calls the attention of tba
1.1 ado 10 his extensive buxjk 01 uomtx11.1v
and imported liiiuors, to which he ia Btill
making additions ar d consisting of pure
KYE AND BOl'ltUON WHISKIES
French, Apple, Blackberry and Cherry
Brandies, Jamaica aud Nov EmrlacJ Knrn
London, Tom and Hollai.i din, 1'ort
Sherry, Claret, Rhine and Htve-year-oid
Soupporuonir Wine. Bcotoh and Londcp
Portor, and a very largo lot ot
RECTIFIED WHISKEY
Which I am offering at prices that canuof
fail to slv satisfaction.
S. W. SKLDNER, Ag'v.
' aprllti-a aiKoanoKeSquatft,