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VOL. VII.
TRUE TO THE GRAY.
IV Pli.UIL KIVKR8.
I cannot listen to yrmr'trnrdi,
The land Is loii)r and r.lild j
Go siiek aoma happy Northern girl
To he your loving bride.
Mv brothers (hev wcro soldiors
Tim yoiint of ths thri'B
W is HUin whlla ll.rlitln by the side
Oi Kallanl KitlhuijU Lu.
TIipv loft his body on tlin ft. Id,
(Your Hidn tha .lav had won,)
A aoldior a minimi him iih his fout,
You might liave Iwen thuoiiO.
My lover wa a snlillnr,
lioloniri.l to iJordon' band (
A sal.ro pine d hU ilant heart,
Yc.urs inlnht Uivu b.'on the hand.
He rnrle '. and full, hut was not doad,
A horomat) spurred hi- stood,
And tr tinplwi on li!s dyin brain,
You may have d mo the tioed.
I hold no batrod in inv heart,
No cold, unriithte.ius priilo,
For many a gallant ddier fought,
Upon the othor sido,
But still I cannot kiss tho hand
That Nin itfl mv n mntrv r
Nor lov ilia Piss that trimplod down
The colors that he bore.
Between my heart and yours there rolla
A (leap and nrinison tide.
Mv brnthor's ami my lovor's blood
Forbid mo bo your bride.
.The girls rhn Jovr.d tlia boyn In gray,
TUo Rirls to cmintry trui',
Mny ne'er in n-miloclt Rivo their hind
To tliosa who woro iho lilaa.
ayy rrT.. f."imEr.ai
. . MADt L'S CHOICE.
, ' BY CAKltlli A. WOLFE.
In the parlor of n hotel in a fjikhiona-
bio wnterino-plunR in a Norlhern Stute
Bat a "oup of ladies discussing a new
arrival
3iie rail it be twenty-four," said otic,
"and will certai:i!y be cinrried before
lor.j ; why r.ho hs never married before.
nlh !iar lV.ce, fi're. K1,J fortune, is a
pnzrie to r.ic ; bi;t then, gentlemen
not always sflek those qualities in a
wife "
"Which ought to be a preat comfort
to you, suni nnother. ' I'ect nssured
that it is Mabel Weston's f.ull alone that
Klin is not Mrs. Somebody. , But, fas-
tidioog and haughty as Ghe U, sill step
out of our way when the tight one conies
along."
The subject of these rcuiailts was in
her room, arrayed in a magnificent toilet,
awaiting, in a listlesi aoit .f aav, the
suuioions to dinner. At last s!ie was
sealed at the table with her Cousin Tom
at her siJe. II r eiitraucti h id created
a sensiti n ; she rec 'g-nxsJ tli'f fact in
ttiili s cl y . But the adulation of a,crowd
was so very conwno. plnce a lliii g to
her, tint she cared ls to discuss the
quality of the praise piven than the
quality of the viomIs si;t before her.
hat do you think of the company,
Mabel?" said Tom, as ho led tier out of
the Hioiue-liall.
'Go, one can scarci ly tell vet," she
answered. "Tho men, strung out in a
row, reminded me of lay fiurfs in a
tailors shop. I find the same nuirber
of pretty faces at all these place. Tom,
if I bad not g1 1 over my passion for
dolU years ao, I mijht get ei. (rapped
by tome of yo der creatures btdoro I
leave."
"You ore a bad c-ise, Mabel. I am
afraid you will rem iio Mib3 Weston all
voiir life."
Bn'ter to live as I am than lo give
my ln.d ithout my heart
Inn are a queer tin, M ibel, mid I
don't relieve it ili pay n.e to try to
make an impression on you. So, since
you don't like oir votino men, let m"
introduce to you a friend stnndino there, j
alio is nearly old enough lo bo your
lather."
"Who is he?"
"A widi.wir from Louis il!e; one of
our preat steaniboat men, with plenty of
money, whose name is ns familiar as a
household word through nit Kentucky
and nlong the 0 oo. Sliall I pieseul
himr
' D ', please ."
"Ail right ; wait l ore a n.omci.t, ami
I'll brii g him In yon,"
. So in nnother minute Cupt. Gilmore
and Mabel U'tst.n were, inloducid.
Two bouts altraard Torn met then
sindliiio kb wly through, the thickly
shad wed walks of a imiple prove She
was laughing gjly at komeihieg the
cuptiio was telling her, and the ff tsh ol
pleasure on her lace caused Tom 1 1 run
li'l ban Is down io his pockets, ni d pive
a low whistle, which with bim was the
expression of great sorprise.
'Cipt Gilui'.re is booked, that's cer
tain," juculuted Tom, as be looked
alter them. "The idea of Mabel talk
i- g to i ni' man all this time, and then
looking us il she was not in the least
tired of him "
The captain was, ns Tom said, double
the age ol Mabel, but the ysars rested
no him so lightl) ihut one would not
take bim to be wto than thirty-fine
lie was of a medium height, but pos
sessed a more coni'umidinj physiq ie
and Healing than many a larger man
could b nst 11b seamed born to com
mand. This n.blle poer to control
k ode him feared, und often disliked, bv
his suboidinales. but drew his f'ieuds
closer li) bim Ha was a fine-looking,
and possessed a peculiar magnetism th:.l
exerted itself in a pienter or less degree
cr oil lhal knew bim.
And ni.w ibis woman, over whom the
biealh of many passing love fancies had
sejt, but never touched, bega'i in this
fust meelii e t' realiio that her senses
were buing aroused to an interest in tin
man, and a;; the davs passed on, cuance
WELD ON", N.C, SATUHD.VY,
and inclination thrw her almost con
stantly in Dipt. G ilmnre's society. Ii
was not long before Mabel Weston knew
that the lien't-cia.iegs of a lift-ti.i.f
were at lint satisfied j that from tho in
inol depths of her lonl welled up the
thoiiL'ht that she at last loved. The
thought gave to inr ace a tender, spir
itual beauty it had never posies ed be
fore. The love of other mm had
nnnnyed and worried her, but ibis man's
loe. inlet preted as yet only thorough
his eyes and voice, was heaven to
her.
The weeks pnssed on j Capt. Gilmore
showed Hie same preference for her
society that he hud ulvniys shown, but
mad.; no new adatces toward Ini,
theunh he iniist have stepped, almost
imperceptibly, a little way in the pat h
of tiassi ..ii, for he begun to miss her
when she did i ot appear, and bo rould
dncover himself watchb g for her end
listening lor her footsteps. And he
never felt fatigue or the flight of time
with her. There was an event in his li! e
al'.ich he wished In had told ber of in
their curlier acquaintance; it second
such nn awkward thing to do cow ; nnf!
S the secret troubled bim, and made
him 1 oik oltaner nt Mab. I. She, wor.inn.
like, noted the change, slight ns it was,
and wai tiiuiiiphai t ; she interpreted his
new demeanor her own way.
"Let us go out iti this park," said
Mabel, ns she camo across him one
evening on the piiiiszi. "I mi s i tired
of the daucien and idii?:2 and crotjj."
"I am jjiii'l you cailed o i me to escort
you," he said, ns ha placed a rus io chair
under one nf the grand oil trees, away
fr. m the throng of promeuaders.
"Why ?"
"Because this is tho last evening I will
be lu re, und I want to spend it with
you"
The ninon was shining full on Mabel's
face, and revealed to C pt Gibm re that
ceiy vestige of c .I r had left it. She
caught her o.ii:-.:li with a quick sioh, as
though stricken, witii a sudden pain.
"But but yon will return, captain?"
sbo said, in a falteri ig voice, us s,!ie
reachei forth her hand to him.
He took the liltle hand olLred bin),
which lay cold ns ice iu bis, and
answered,
"N', Miss Wcs'.on, I must not re
turn "
' Is it possible," he thought, "that this
bnughty, peetless woman cares for me?''
And a great temptation came to him
which be crushed almost before it be
cr.mo a thought, and hated himself for
the transient emotion.
There was a silence for a moment be
tween them, and then Mabel asked,
" iv li v must you po
"B 'causa a dear Iriend, my wife, re
turns from abroad to-morrow, and 1
iiinM be ut 1: .me to meet her."
Mabel hr.d not expected Ibis. She
had a v.iguu fear that she would hear the
naiiio of g.nae one who n he prof ei red to
her, but never that his answer would toll
her she had given the great we.i ill of
her love to U'lnt'ier woman's husband.
"Why have you ne'er toll me of this
before?" asked Mabel, withdrawing her
baud from his. "It is understood here
that you ore a widower."
' I did not think tint our short ac
qiai tauce called lorn recitil of my
domestic nll'itrs Miss Weston. My wile
his been abroad so long that only Iriunds
a'ornt my own home koow that I have
had one. Ii' I c inld hive known thut
y 'U would have beea less my friend il
I were married, 1 slnml most ceitainly
have t dl you Y oi mill believe Ibis i f
me, v, ill yon not ?'
Stic as too thoroughly wretched to
upbiaid him, and the til t:Mit came to
her, loo, ihi.t she had nothing l; upbraid
him lor. She bad always sought hi n
ami be hail never in a ,y way committed
himself to her Coag.io and unrequited
I ii' caused this woman lo forget her
w nrauhuess, and she threiT herself i i
ber chair nn'iiu in a passion of grief.
Capt. Gilmore took her bauds in
Ins. . .
"I nm sorry, Miss Weston, belive n.e,
and corse myself for what I have so tin-
n ittiegly done. I never dreamed that
you, in your youth and beauty, could
caie for me. You will pet over this and
happy yet, I hope"
Can I iit Inv.! on nod i lT at will,
Cipt GiNinie? N i, ii 1 1 You will leave
me, but 1 shall see your lac, bear your
voice, and look int. your eyes through
time and elen ilv I" ,
"Hugh, Mi-s Weston I for your own
-,ke. Mabel.'' he said, as ho released
her bands, " i,t mortal, and yon
cannot k his to wh it the love of a hem-
tilnl womsu like y.m tempts me."
1) i you love this wife ?" asked Mabel,
nfter n little pause.
"My love has been in her keeping for
years, Mils Weston J and there lies all
my trust nnd honor."
"1 u are n good husband, faltered
Mabel, "and I must b mor yml s long
ns l live, l.eave me, now; 1 will return
alone." ,
"Good.by, my friend " 1
And the while lips nf the girl an.
swered,
"Good-by, Capt. Gilmore."
As tho man ent away, these words,
which he had read somewhere, cauie to
him:
"Na crime, no sin, no fault, no folly,
brings so much woe as Joes the terrible
error of irresolotiou."
wax
Three years passed away. Mabel
Weston had traveled far and wido io tho
meantime, endeavoring to forget the
one love passage in her life. She had
never heard from Cipt. Gilmore, and he
had become like one dcud to her, Shu
hud not married yet,' and did not think
she ever, would. She had cot.c home
now, and was spending the Summer with
a friend ins nitliern Indiana.'
"Mabel," said her friend, one day,
"there is to be a camp-meeting ut Sugar
Grove 10 icainpment, on the Oilio, twelve
mil s below Liuis-illo. We will go for
a few days. You were never at ot e.
and it will be something new for you."
S i the next week found Mabel with
her friend i n the grounds at Sugar
Grove Io all Mabel's w unlerinjs she
bad never seen anything I k- this. T ley
arrived at night, jast after evening
seryices bad com oeiiaed. There was
an ii I in . . st oppressive qiitt per Hiding the
place aud punpl.i. Il was. s I ditlerool
from her ideal of Western caiiji meet
ing. There were no line arthy shouts or
shucks, no wild excitement, no rushing
liaiiticallv about, but, to her surpr'ue.
everything seemed lo be done decently
and i:i order.
The rippling of Iho waves on the
shores of the 0 do on one side of the
grounds, the sighing of the wind through,
the forest of t'-erts which lined the hill
tll.lt toacrcd to nllllo:,t a liiouiltain'.s
height "ii the other side, the moonlight
straggling through the branches of me
trees, the smell of tho burning wood
from tho louts, the filth glare of) the
tires which lighted the grounds, the
changing shidows of the tents, the
chirping ol tlia night-birds, the incessant
hnpi of insects, seemed a fitting accom
paniment lo the earnest tones of the
speaker. Ami God never seemca s i
near to her as here.
The preacher was thfl llev. Mr.
M (from Louisville. A in hi who
haJ given up a career of lame for tho
cause ol'ieligiou. Ah Mabla listened, 1 1
the clequance of the speaker she
learned, as she never bad before, fio:n
who ce help must conic to meet braely
such a trouble as hers had been and
was still. It was well that she usU-m!
and tcceived in that hour the slrcngt'i
that she needed, for. as she turned to
leave the tent after the sermon, a gen
lletuau who had bent) seated boiiind her,
held out bis baud in greeting S ie
I i died up and recognized Gipt, Gilmore.
They walked together out nf the crowd
in silence.
"Mabel. I have tin wife now," he said,
pathe'icully.
"Dead?" Mabel asked.
"Yes. over two years ajo. And ynu,"
he sail, lin king down into her face;
"I suppose you aro married by this
time?"
"No."
No?"
And tint was all. Thev separated
in re, sha lo go with ber friend, h;! to
return on iho city Thev tiliit only
o ce more during tlin meeting, ami then
only I mg enough for him 1 1 usk ho
her where sua was spending tho sum
mer. A week after Mibel's return to her
friend's house, Cipt. Gilmore visited
her. lie met her with outstretched
hands, and his first words were,
' You know why I have come,
Mabel."
"Not until you tell uie." hho replied,
quii-tly.
I h:ic come to ask you lo be my
wile, Mabel."
"Hecifse you pity tnc?" she asked,
looking up into bis eyes
"B'cause I loe you." ' '
''Then I will be your wife."
That was tbo'r betrothal. Tho wid
(ling followed soon alter. And lo this
(lav neither has bad cause to regret
M ,bi I Weston's ch i Jo.
TRUSTING.
11Y JKNNU'. IIKUIIMVAY.
Tli're is an ii.desciibable fi cling of
holiness that comes to me when I medi
tate o a the priceless thought trusting
li is t'.e veil of tne world beyond and
all he
by nil. Those who
trust nr.d wait shall not he ' found want-
g, rce a loving motner, wnn won.
deilul patience, trusting that her son
finy el return, though shu ban no tid
ings of him for yfiirs; watch her Ihr oiti
the tedium i. f mouths, weeks and days,
with the oabn, angelic trust lint lie will
agsin he restored to her. With nli.il
earnestness she poms out ber soul to
God, tros'iog that all sr.-i 1 1 be well and
ho lie happy to mu'i l,ei cop ofsor-
row seems filled to ovetfl iwing.
How muc h power i involved in the
word Iru-tin,;, It is a luo'.c i i ltlt lo
nnnv a m'iiv ti.ar'; u.a isiuinw inter k
ft .rm. liow iii'inv nsluies w. u' I vIiik pv
lh lieivvt n'e.si!"nt n o row were it not
lor that TLoivn turn auxibsry What a
if-and Id s. and wlnt a ulro.'i! aiichir snd
sopoott lo the toiil it ii to trii-t; I'ist, no
m it ei how rilwae ' he pi' lis ol lite msv
si.'in, the laith thut tesehes us la loe.k up
ward w II heiiiitily i hem with joy and
ubiiliii'-s nnd e ahle Uf to proced nn nor
j oimey with h 8iiiit ol Hi lek'U'viuo.
) are sometiines deceived In sonic o!
our earthly trm.!, which fli-mld bn'
ft renal lico our loth in the hitler and
uioie peril ct that never tails. What nn
invisible ts!imnn It Is to a ymini;, lnvinr;
im iiie, and huw lirqunutly it proves a vis
ihle forraw. ' '
A ynens eirl, possesimg an aTr.cti"iiate.
hoi. est. hunt, will lofn a.rliMui ot iv,
with links ol con'tancy. trust liilnes snd
d ielity, to have it brok-n by ficklriien and
wrona'. How many henrts hsve been
wriikel liy eonfldence in unwatthv pei.
sons, to awake bom their delusion when it
is too late.
However, triutinn; prnniisci nisnj blr-p.
i n ts, nml the O.ie who desire) nur tr irt
l Vcr fntthlul to his promises, tberelory,
tl.O'n who lely nn him wnh aa cuhilter
inu tnwt c ball never ' fear cor bu dii-mnyed.
NOVEMBER 0, 1878.
A SPLENDID TRIBUTE.
From the London Standard, Sept.
The younger among us 'tiihnot
7i'n.
per-
haos remember the keen warm sympa
thy with which Hie E'ghsh of 18G1-05
witnessed the heroic snuggle umiu
taincd by their Southum kinsmen
ng.iiiist six foIJ odds of titiuibets nod
uiids of position, resoutces, Vantage
ground, ' simply incalculable. K.en
Hi. so who lioin Kyoipatliy with the
Noiiheio Stales were U ilavoriiblo to t!ie
cause of a great nation revolting against
leal tytsiiny, c.'Uld not but led proud
of our near ki isiup wilt) that iu com.
paiahlo sol nery so designated by their
ei.i:iiii".s allien, on liliy battlefielu's
man, tinned a contest sticli as no other
race i.as ever iu modern times main
tained, and :;l last, when all hope wna
gHiie, hi Id lor six months, with -t 3.000
uea tijinst lot), (100, n slender line ol
eurthworks thirty miles in lei gib ; aho
marched out 2.S.O0O ttroug, nnd alter
six dis !" rolie.il lo luce of a countless
cavalry and a ovei whelming artillery
and iiil.ii.tiy pressing Ihcrn o:i till std-'S,
suircndurod at last out 8.001) bsyuncts
and sabres. It is this people, the
ll iwer and pride of the great Knglish
race, on who. ii a in ire terrible, more
merciless enemy, his now fallen.
I'liete can be now no division nf
sympathy, us there is no passion lo
excite and keep up the couriiwo needed
lor the occasion. Yet the men ai d
women of the S itilii are. Hue to the old
tradition. Her youth volunteer lo serve
and die in tho streets ol pi igiie-slricken
cities as readily as they went loitli bov
a d gray ha. red men, to meet the
threatened surprise id Petersburg, as
they lolnu o, red lo charge ugiin and
ng ii.i tho canuo i-crowoed hills of
Gettysburg, and enrich with their blind,
mid honor nitb the name of a new
victory every field around Richmond
Their sisters, wives, mothers and
dajgbteis aic d .ing and S'.illciing now
as they su lie red fnuiine, disease, incess
ant anxiety und nlaiiii throughout ths
four years ol the civil war. There may
be among Ihu vai ious uali ins of the
Aryan Uuiity one or two nh i would
Claim that they could have furnished
troops like those which followed Lec
and Johnson, S;uul iu d S mewall
Jackson ; but we doubt whether there
be ore race beside our i.Wii that could
send its children by hundreds ti face in
towns desolated by the yellow fever the
honor of n muse's liio nod Iho imminent
terror of a murtyt's death.
...
An el ler'y nnn weanntr bluu jeurs spec
tildes and K pnzz'eil expn ssi. ni. Hood on
I lie corner oi r.urth and Onve Tuee-luy
a!t.'r..o.ui lor io inly hii hour. Z ni! around
ah-tr ijoedii. Final!'.' be stopped a crntle-
iiiitn alio a :i pmisino nnd lefpiiie.l :
'.s'nir.gir, who hi;i 1; or, rstlur, wht're
am I?"
' Yon aro on Fouith street "
"I b 1 1 my m'pioii'.iH. Tlin isn't the
iil!.l nUc. YoU see, i'oi i: n a stratpjer
in the city never v;as ia !;t. Luis he
lore "
And he s'arted r.fi", fayln'r ho hd prem
ised to inert a man on Fonrieentli and
Olive "a ypli mini eliap,"
"Look hi re,'' said the ccntleman, "do
y -u know llo! man w i ll S"
' ,'ust uo't linn this mm ning not inti
m '.-ly a qnstiru I. y-u see; Put h 's one nl
the m.'est lellows I ever r nv." Au I he
t r ll i ;..if nwiV. ' '
Aboiil rfiy n'eloek in I'oe evening the
i!,'ntlenian hippi ned to run across hi
speilieled Iri. ml aaain ami Inquired
ivhe'lu r ol no! be hid lound his Unw lie
qua nt .nee. w liereiipon the oid I. Uov rsis. d
his tj!,ifu k1-v ly nnd lenoitl;.''!:
S':anei. I have mv s'.ifO'fiops. I lent
I'im lean te: ly f.ve do 1 its tliin iiorning.
HI I he prinn'-ed lo m oieii'l F Ollteenlh
and O' ve hi live n'elnrk ihis Pernor.!) n I
iioiirn Hie money, hut he wasn't there,
and 111 woist, ol it is, he ia a i.iii.i.-ler o;
the coo !, a; !e.i-t he loi.l in- so. and he
lis I h i'.ilile. (t ni l evi'leui'e, h.-J ?"
"We", o. y friend, y u'll never net your
ni'oiey. You'va 1 een swindled by a
s!i r.xT."
" l iiink aof 1'vo bad mv su-pinnn.
Fact is. I:iwevrr, I don't rsra ss inu 'h
'iosl .osiii!) the money a uutitini; the old
wcnna'P -sin.'- up there in a liooiluio lieu-e
p ,iut in over Lis shoulder wi!'i bis Ihiimh.
"I tell Vou, s!,r's il 111 Olser !1 Will liml II
"!i T!n"l won'', tliere b- a IIUHS, though,
I h ivo my suspicions "
AM EXpYsiTrOMlrSODE.
Am 'Hi; olh.-r etiriosiites or rxhilvit ion at
th.' Aui 'ii mi department ol H e l'stis Fx
p. -ol u vvu. n ,.i'n cm ken puny an
Annrsn Inisr Itiio-liou -e. the rb'tkin
was lik -n to . nt'lotine one uio-ni"u, lei'
w hen ihe henyy kuile I. II un tis toek the
low I cava a Inuht. d npii vk. h.i.1 sli.r
e or t'o ir.'unirio.H )iip' j oked Us
li a I n v.iv liitm nu ler IU". knl'e an I ma Ie
I's wiy b.te u io its cnp in Hie xpo-ition.
rii.' kui'e vC'is eut 1 1 I lie loundiy lor Ie
p 1 1 M. Bar I !'!' an lis key e.
A9AM AT THE CIRCUS.
Adam never knew what a rirrns mi"sni,
st le.si n.it nn'll Bve intr-v ine.e.l im i0
n.ie. Ad un never saw n thin-h -cue i b m ile
iu shun sliirta rule a loping hoise ruuinl
s lino ht I juaio Huou.'li s hoop, while s
nun with ti H lace paiued white, a-.d tin
in nth a r.-d ex rjierati-vn, tells thst cons
vut-ive story shout stnlli ig ll t y into In
shoes to lid tun n nut a id ids ('atyes goinit
down tn est the hsy. Youn Adsni nrvet
ii "ilin old clown." thoauh ho rame very
soon ttl'nr Adsoi'a day, and the kn In
coni'he'iiiTii with he has Ikv-o ge'.'i'.g fl
ever num." ....
As two ladies ircro walk'nif nlong the
Street one rxeliim "i a lie sky 'ervlrirnly
il trkene I : ri ete's a thundrr-stntm rtani
loi! on I I'm so alriiid ol buliliiiint " l o
which Ike Mlln r cs u.ly replied : 'Very
weil, my ibur.. Then lot ut step into that
cr n. Iiieh levins to htic a good cou.luc-J.r."
NO. 39.
A PIOUS CLOCJUTLEMAN,
i Nice old ; gentleman ho was big
while waist-out, low cut shoes, bald
brad, ami s lvi r-buwed spectacles. He
led io die singing on Sunday evening io
the hotel pm lor, and sting that old
Insbinnrd bass in "Oornpntini," and
"Chin" in that sonorous u;i-aiid-'lown
st Ie which , country choristers Used
to practice in r.ci:ompnn)ii'; Ibo b;g
(i bl'e ; ai d r.ilhul be h id tho bland.
belinvolriit loi k of a good, old lli
c. lii.tty ileiuoe. He was "looking
inipid tho hetisc" iixt night, nnd
stepped in where s in e nf O'e "boys"
were playing cnrils-inmethinr where
they were talking nf 'calls," und
"r ait.es," ami "seeing " The "boys"
looked a little 'disconcerted; but the
old iimn didn't say anything nut I the
hand Mas played out; and one of the
party, under the tireteoci' of having an
engagement, winked to the olbpri and
said be must go, i: tending to break it p
until the nil man had gone away, nnd
then resume the game. But he had
scarcely turned his back whoti tho uged
visitor remarked :
"I wonder he didn't 'raise,' JO with
the b mil be held."
")) you understand the game?"
asked one nf the party, taking a cigar
from his mouth.
"Willi, a leetlo. I've seen 'em play
in' no it ; an' sometimes I've thort that
I'd like 1 1 take n hand jos' for fun."
"Just sol" tvaid another. "Suppose
y n u try a gains i.r two wi.h us?"
"Wall, 1 don't n.iml. jes' for Iho fun
of the thing " So the old man set
tlowc, nnd, will) a good deal nf instruc
tin", managed lo get through with iho
gtinie, nnd won on iho penny ante.
"Tear 1" said be, "if that feller Hut's
gone had been sput.kv, and pot in fi n
dollars, he'd get it instead of theso eight
cei Is wouldn't he?"
"Why, certainly !" said (ipr of the
young men "ccrl.ri ly 1 It's your
deal, uncle ! Now, why don't you go iu
for a live dollar ante?"
"Wall," sai I iho nld msn, throwing
down the cards, "I duntio but I will;
but I hain't got nothing but a twenty
dollar bid tint I drew outcn the bank to
cmn:? here with."
"Well, uncle!" said the other, pathct.
ing up nnd glancirg at bis cards, "I'll go
yer twenty, un 1 ynu ecu put it in the
missionary box, when ynu wiu it, if you
hko"
' S!i i ! s i I ken," said the old man.
'I don't think 'twud be gambulib' all, ef
tonl s the case.
"Not al ali," said the other, winking
at bis companions.
" i ell, then, 1 don't care el I go ycr
lliis 'ere utder fit y ; but I suppose you'll
think I'm doio' nn il to skear e. How
ever, our denomination s tarnal poor,
ad a big contribution is jest what they
are liankeiio' ailer."
"Oil, no 1 I cover your fifty, uncle!
We niioht to be liberal, ynu know,"
And so the gem,! went on till finally
I've old man remarked : "Wall, I'd nn
idee I had Ibis 'ere roll o' bills i i my
pocket so you '.tall,' do ye? Five
hundred dollars up! Ye, ymi have
pot three pi tins three queena and a
j ick 1 Wall, 'lis kinder queer I got
tolher queen I Iliwl haw I haw I
"it's, I ni sorry b r you; but what are
your other cards':'' said the young man,
triumphantly.
"Willi, three of 'em fx kings 1 by,
darn it all 1 lhal p."t o' money's mine
young teller 1'' said he, stretching out a
powerlul paw and squeezing tho bills
out of tho hand nf the young man, who
lin.l already begun to roll them up
"Trap-', mister, you'd lika to take
your hand again J" said he to the other
who had returned meantime; ' they are
poin' to sing seme psalm-tunes up-stairs
before poin' to bid, au' I promised to
j ne cm.
1 here was a blank look ol amaze
ment in the e'rele as he left, nnd the
thought forced ilscll into more than one
mind of danger of trusting to appear-
III CI S.
.. .. . r
A WOMAN WITH A NEW PA!B OF
SHOES.
Wlteo a woman has a new pair i f
shoes she pcrf.tnis ultoeetl er ililFercnt
from a man. S'ie never shoves hri
tors i 't i them ai d vai ks and haul
until stie is red in the lucu nnd all nut
of bientb ai d then p.ots stampipg ant'
kicking around, but polls them nn pari
way carctupv, twitches Ihe.ii nil iioiun lo
take a last l " k nod s. p if she has got
the ribt one pulls Ihein on acain, looks
at llicin dreamilv, says they are just
right, ibrn lakes another look, stiqs
suddenly to son.. oh nut a wrinkle, twists
amnod nod surveys them sidi ways, ex
claim "Mercy, how loose they arc?"
looks nt them again square in from,
woiki her foot eroiiiol. s i they won't
hurt her quite so piudi. Likes them o!T.
lo ks at the heel, tho toe, tho bottom,
gets tip nnd walks do.vn the room nnce
or iwoce, renit'ks to her better hnif
tuat she won't hs' i them at any price,
tilts down the mirror to see how they
In . k, turns iu eveiy p issible direction
and nearly d'plocates ber neck trying to
see how they to .k fron that wir, backs
off, steps un agnii, takes thirty rr forty
farewell ook, says they make ber feet
look awful big nnd never will do in the
world, puts them on and ofT three or
fnur times in. re, and nsks her husband
what ho thinks shout it, and then pais
no attention to what he says, goes
through it all nguin. nnd finally says tie
will take tbein,; .It's a very simple
(natter, judecd.. , , . , , .
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Two ."-.qiiarus,
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Four NipiRrea,
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ADVKRTISKMKNTS.
CJ I U N
PAIN T U 11 M
V antnd In evnrv sootlon of the Unitrr.
stales and Provineos to answers this a 1
vuriiseinoiit. A.ldres,
DANIEL F. UKATTY,
, - Waablnuton, K, J.
Doc. ltf
g C II O O
L T K A V II E H a
You can easily increase your salary l v
liv devotion a very small portion ol your
leisure time to niy Intnresl. I Oo rot e,t .
peet you to c.iovaMS lor my eelcluipi- ,
lliiiitv'i i'Ihiios and Organ' nnlem T.;
-co titt") but tho service 1 require ii'
In both pleasant and proliiaPlc. i'i,:'
p.itticulars lien. AddresM
LANIIIL F. I Hi VI TV,
W.iblntton, N, J.
OCK Y MOUa'riLL8,
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C.
January 1st, 1S75.
We are now prepared lo lurcisb the
trade with
BlIEli 1'INGS,
SHIRTINGS,
FLOW LINES and
COTTON. i YARNS,
all of the heat quality and a lo-v prices,
Our terms ttriet'y pet cash, 20 days,
Address
BATTLE st SOX,
'an S5 a Bocky Mount, N. C.
n- F-"ii u t T e "if.
Fire and Lite Insurance Agent.
Flacos risks of all kinds in first-clnsj
Companies as low aa safoty will pjruiii.
Call and aea ma before insuring e'.se
where, at
BROWN'S DRUO STORF,
Weldon, N. C,
July 13 1 y.
13 TjQ'P loisincss vou can oniruirn in.
D I'Jtl 1 s.itoJ'JO per dav made lev
any svoiker of either sex, r.Kht in llieli
own localities. Particulars and aimplns
woi lb $." fieo. Improvo your aparn tuno
at this husliinss. Address tinsun A Co.,
I'oitlnid, Maino. Juno 1 1 y.
"-'il-.r 1'alt.l.luUllU!. CllM.VeHl.
June 8 0 in.
K U li!
Any Person who will make nnrl for
ward mo a list of tint names of rclial.la
parsons of their acquaintance who wl-b
to proouro an loKtruiuont, elt or I'limor r .
in .;an. I win iiso mv nM cuii-avors li
sell tliein mm, and lor every Piano T
l uee, e.l 11 -e'.liim to llieir lit within nmi
hi , I w 111 credit tlieiu w ith $10, and lor
every Orpin i-, to lie applied en payment
n either a piano or OrnHii and w hen u
ilii.ioin'.vi to a sum i- ll 111 'lent to pay lor e:.v
iristriiinenl, fceleeled at Iho toweat whoi".
ale priie, I will iuiun .l.atoly hio tho io
H'riioient, free, i r after any amount is
eredtled the Pataneo mav he paid me In
cash and I will thorn slop :lntn the instru
ment. Tliey need pot bi known In tho
matter, and will be doini; lln ir li ienils a
ro d service, as I shall make special i llers
to them. Moiling snverlor iiis'rninent I. r
l'roio one half to two-thirds v bat is oiiii
naiiiT ssk.-.l by ni;"ut . Please send iph h
list n: niiee, an .1 at'er Min bavo luaeie
inquiry, you ee.n eld t It.
A .ii'.ress,
DAN 11 1. F. UKATTY,
v ashingto.l, N. J,
Pre. 1 If.
PALL
I N 1 R I C li S ,
s ' I'.ik s Aur.vi v
and jf-Oor ? 00 per work.
fi BURN HAM'S
1';&h WiRRASTta BfST&CHtWrSI.
"rns vvta rvii.v so sivsa pit of onnsn"
UOtl t STKAI
KFsVINfj
S'j9 JJAililsK
Tor Dnmeslic use,
1TH TAPI.E FIXTPRKS Povi-i.tTt. oNtT t.
ApMtv.O n"i Hii-ivi . :,r.fc. stroiii a ot
ilui-al le Ma.'hine. r.;i!ruet. .1 .e.vrsiii and soli,)
fr. Ill llie Pes! rrp.riil w.tll l;;-.l inuuat icsl pri'
cisi.ui. for 1'eti.sMtit I'aiuii)' us. ,.r inftimtselur-liis-
pi. i-pos.-a. APvavs is-a.iy nt a nioiueut'N un
tie,' to 'In (. ilv s iorti. ti"Veiviiit vif or.ler, and
will lust a weliexallou m ith loo. .rate care ; essy
p. ipi.l. rs'.iiiil ami ninnajr,' ; plil, sinootli. ai,.l
svvir. riinnlinr. likf Ih.- W"H i-ejrutnte,l move
lu.uit i t n Hue wa'rb : Minnie, Ooninset, Krnelcnt
nu.l itePslile. wild all Ihe vatiinPle lniisvve
inents to Pe found iu ;e highest prlecit Maelitn
wftrrioii .) to .to th snma work, the samn wny
ami lis rilpld sn.l sun... Ml ss a iT5 Marlillic. Ail
aeknowleiUo(t!riutii)'h of uercniniiti ineelianleal
skol. essenilaUv the wvrkini? woninu's friemt,
and fsr in sitVAiice of all ortinnry Machines, for
al.s.ilule stnuifrlh, RePM.ilny and Keueral use
fulness: will Him. Fell, Tnek. S'Miii, Quilt,
Itliul, llrahl. foist, (intlier. Uufflc. nhirr. IMslt.
Koltt. ncsllop, i R..II. KinliMlilea, Ron up
Hn a.lt lia. ir., witli wouih-rlul lapi.llty, iientnesn
ami -as, saws tha atnnst lastjna attteh a
qusllv line and sm.Kith through all kinds of
f'ooils, from enmPrle ta aeverai thirsincss cf
ron.lclntli or lea'licr. with tire or coarse cotton,
linen, silk or twine, lilvcs )srfeet satisfaction.
Will esrn Its cost seveinl '.lines ever til tt
work It (io- , or make (,....il li . injr for any limn
or woman who (li-sin-s to use It for that pn i--pnw)
wuraaao fsUhul n.1 .t l! aervsros.
or chll.lren csn use It williont d.iuis:;e. Vrie,.
of Maelmio with ll.'lit tst'laa fully equlpr4 f'l
IsniP.v work, Iia. Ilslf f a, Cover, frne lira v
rrs aii.l rnl.lnet ftyhw ach al corrrsin.lint,:y
low rules. Safe delivery wnarknteul, fne frs.-u
aainss-e. Kvptsnatory I'SiuplHeui Illustrate oy
wllh ciurravlinrsof lha aevsral styl.vs vt Mi
dlines, references, variety of sewlnc e... mslli I
fro. t'enlldcnltiU tortus with liberal ttntuc--mciits
lo euter. rising Otercymen, Tesp.iiers,
Ilusiness Men. a lavelunr or I.oenl AtrrrPs, &.,
wiio desire ex.'iiis.ve A-.'cnts. fiirnlheti, nn a-.,
nlle.ailon. A.l.Pess .'olin H. Knulntl ,v .Co., 4s
ltroa.lwiiy. New York.
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