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THE ROANOKE NEWS. THE ROANOKE NEWS ADVERTISING RATES. ?A DEMOCRATIC t ;' WKE K I. Y ; N K W S 1 A. PER, a ' 'ftK, ' 'VI : ' . , PUBLISH ED BY. ... , v - " v k BATCflELOR A LOCKlIAKT. fine Year. In advance, -tit Mntuhs, . " fbroe Months, " . - ; f 2 on I eft 75 cts. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. T. W. MASON ATTORNEY AT LAW, . ' i S GAllYSBURt, n, c PraoMoos In the flourta of Nbrthnmntnn and adjolniiu oonniics, also in tho Federal and supreme oourts. Jnne 8Hf. JOS. H. BATCIIEL'IR. ATTORNEY AT 174 W, RALKian, n.c. ' , . PraeUcos In the. oonrts of tho 6th Tinll elal District and In tha Federal and Su preme Courts. May 11 tf. Truss. I T 0 W. A. DISS. DUNN, K HEN ATTORNEYS 4 ClUSsnLMRd AT LAW, Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., 81. 0. r ! i n . ; . . . , , , Praotica in ths Courts of HiHtax and adjoining; counties, ami (u tho Supromo and Fedoral Onnr's. janlS tt' T .lOtfAS N. HILL. Attorney at Law, HALIFAX, N. C. Praeticos in Halifax and adjoining Counties and federal and Supremo Courts. Will ba at Saotlaud Neok, ouce every tortuigut. V ; . , Auk. 28-a W. H. DAT, ) '. ATTORNEYS W. W. Hall. HALL AT LAW, N. C. Praetieo' In'tliif ennrti ' of Kallfax and arljiiiiilnir enuntrhs, and in the Supromo and Federal ftourts. CjafmS oolle'cted la any part of North Carolina.' ' ' jtin 20 1 ( g AMUEL ' J.' WHIUUT, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Fractions In the Court of Northampton and adjoiuiuir counties. sop I Y A V I X L. H Y M A N , ATTORNEY AT LAW HALIFAX, N. C. Fractions In ths eiurts of Halifax and adjoining counties, and in "the Supremo ami Federal Courts. Claims collected iu all parta of North Carolina. Ottioe in the Court House. July 4-1-Q. O . BURTON, X b, ATTORNEY AT LAW, HAU?AX, N. C. Praoticea in th Courts of Halifax County, and Cointios adlnlniiitr. In tho Supreme Court of the St.it", and iu the Federal Courts. Will i?ive sim iWl att.ontion to tho oillee tin of elaims,and to adjusting the account f Eseaut'irs, Ailintai'srators ao l tiunr tians. doc-l.Vtf J. M. URIZZABD, ATTOMSY AT LAW, HALIFAX, N. C. Offlce Id the Court Hons". Strict atton tlon ttiren to all branchoa of tho proles, ion. . jau 12-1 o JjV T. B A A M C H, ATTORNEY . AT, LAW, IVriBLD, H.VLIl'AX . t !' . C9UNTT, N. C. Practices in th Counties of Halifax, Hash, EUecomhi and Wilson. CallMilioua mile to all parts of the tat. jan 12-6 i AUKS E. 0 U A It A, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BSiFIELD, N. C. Praotines In the Counties of Halifax, Edirtooiabe and Nash. In the Supremo Court of the Slate and In tho beOnral Con'ts. Collections msdo In anr part of the State. Will attend at tha Court House in Halifax an Monday and Friday of each sjreek. Jau 12-1 o A X D R E W J. BURTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, , , WELDON, N. C. Practices In the Courts of Halllnx, War ren snil Nortliampton counties and in the fiunrerae and Federal Cnui U. Clalina collected in any part of North Carnlina. June 17 a tAMKI M. MWLLKX. ly U- L h E N JOHN A. MOnnx. MOORE, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Halifax, ft. C. ' Praritloe In the Counties r,f . Halifax, Northampton, Edireoombo, Fltt and Mar tin In the rt'inrnme Court of the State sQillnthe Federal Court oftnaKasteru District. Collection tuade iu any part of North varojiua. jaa i-x e VOL, yii. G3CD-KIQHT. Oood-nluht, litt e Kirl, eood jKht If wtiiriftH h o lite, , I m iure you will tnow its rtirht " ' " To so ilo ami ai'CHpt your fHte (i;)w.ijlgl,t, Jifi'e iO,jlcti't wait. Good-nluut. liltle girl, good ninht 1 I'.'a picasa.it fur you to play, But tiio rnliina Imvo taken High', And tui'ltod in their npsN svvsy Good-ninht, little (jirl, Jon't et.sy, Ooorl-nlcht. little cirl ! sweet rest Is needful as sir and Hahr, And tho sun tlnl -Io iiis in the west To-morrow will lo.ik so hrn'it Jv.xt think, litt'e cirl ! u iod,niaht ! Llttl" ffirl, if'in't ni'il.t 1 1 WON AT LAZT. "D.irlitij. " It is a sick man's feeble call, snolte scarcely above a whisper, but it r.-achc ivsie crooii s listening car, and iu a moment she tins spninir from her and is hy (he Invalid' side. 1 es, futlier 1" hc answers.. "T liFrn. lear I'' am With evident effort he stretches out. one thin, emaciated hand, and clusps in his the white, delicate fingers, which rest there so lovinnlv. The dark eves. though wearing the look which constant MlfJering gives, fistened themselves upon the girl's face with wurshiuful loudness and a sigh breaks from the parted lips. "Has he come yet," he questions. "No, papa. lie may be here ouw at any moment "God gra'it it may nut be too late !" lie says, as though uttering a prayer, and the girl's calm gives uway under bis words. F.ither, father I" she cries fallinn on her knees and burying her face in her hands, "Jo not say th:it Y hi will get welll Indeed, indeed , you will you must l" No, my child I My hours are mim- hi'red ; but if, before I die, I can see you Cnlu C films' wife, I shall go almost will inji'iv." - ''Oh, papn, not his wife!" pleaded the Eirl. "Give me lime to know him. Our betrothal has always seemed 68 strange, so ui rc.il, that though I bare almost learned to I e him turou! bis euers, still, it I were bound to him it would turn into h ite I" "Hush, Klsii Ihi-.Ii! You have not forgotten how sicred is this b.iud that to liis lather I owe till I uni in the world, a. d that I promised, on his (leulh-b-d, is son should woo and win j.ui, Il.id I not se:'n him? Tin) I imt know how well be was cal.'tilatej t. wi'i any giiTs fancy? I'l tsessed i I' a face and (onn any man might envy, with eves whose lestrous light is fill of honest purpose. cultivated anil brilliant in convers iti ui 1 darling you soon wi.l I ive 111 ill as he des; rves. I do that which I know is lor your lutnie happiness. I caim l leave my child alone upon tho world !" I tic sick man's voice di-'d awnv. II had s iid mure than, his strength coulJ bear, and he sank back, ahiiunt fainting upon bis pillows. L'lt at this moment the door eagerly oponed. A man stood upon the thresh old. Klsie; glanced up. Who was this in truder? Tall and ihi ', with bald held, and eyes hidden from siht by blue class, g, through which he puered around tlierootn. D.d he bring bad news from Cole? Cole,, who had been prostrated by a low malarial fever, a d so prevented from hastening to the side of Iho man who had so urgently summoned him. Trembling, she arose and aiWanced, to meet him. The strai.ger bowed, as he said, in low musical tones, which suuutle 1 strangely from such a s urcc : 'Am I in time? I hive travellei night and d.iy. But I forget; my ill nrss has so altered nc tuiitt your father would hardly recogniu me," be said, handing her a card She read no it tho yery name which seemed branded on her brain "(Jule C.llins." Could it bo? What night nnre sessed her? This this was t'.ui tier father asked her to marrf I pns- 111:111 Shf could tint; end sbe eveu shuddered ul such a thought. Hut C'de already h'd approached the bed aheady the k'n.k mau's ," rcstcl upon his face, as ho bent leudeily over hi"' i ' "Poor fellow I bow ill ynti must have been 1" lie said "Hat, "h, thank heaven you are in tint-1 Call the clergyman; 1 am going fast?" 'Father," sobbed Elsie, ' please spare me this !" "Will you not let me die happy I" he questioned reproaehla ly. And so Cole Col. ins won his bride. Like ft piece .of cold, white tu iible, she answered the solemn questions put to her with the cal nmSt that despera tion sometimes gives, The uin who was dying had,. never refused one wish of her young li'e. To him aiie owed it; to him s'io sacrificed it Hut it was the spirit of a martyr, nt a bride. "15l-ss you and reward youl" he said hen all was over ; the i clmrd bis eyes with a L'lad si i'li of contct t, and the pirit, as if wailii g but for ibis for its reh -ise, fl''d away. A week I iter, and Elsie sat alone in hrr own r 'tun, but her. while face and heavy ryes testified to sumelhing of all ske had endured. Not once bad the man so strangely madiJ her husband the man whose name or whose memory brought a shudder intruded upon her privacy. Not since she bad been carried fainting from her dead fathei'a side bad ber eyes rested upon his face. WELDON",- noancms1 "0. G d, tint I mi"ht never see it agiiiu!" she said aloud, the words wrin g from her in the intensity of her anguish, a, unrying tier tie ia nu the arm of the chair wu wh'uh she sjI, shi! subbed out right "Is if, then, so hiteTuI to you Elsie?" questioned a sad, musical voice. "If so my child, your wish shi.ll certainly be gratified." A ,d glancing tip in Sudden terror, E'sie saw t!ie man of whom she spoken standi' g before her. A wild, fl eti .g fancy for a moment pressed her, that could she shut out Inreier the horrid vision, and listen only to the voice whose tunes were full of melody, life might yet be endurable, lint eh, to live d iy by diy. to spend her hours, slcping and waking, tido by side Willi this snectre of ugliness, she could nut, and stdte of herself her s bs b (rjt "tit thick a'. d fast. , j . "h.sie, said her husband, "I knew my sickness had altered me, b.it I did not realize how great the change had been. I5 tt hi l eve it:e when your lather placed your hand in mine, he consigned to me a tru t I shall i ever betray. Listen l I am going away, on business which will detain me until you summon me b ick. We may never meet again. U rrsts with yoil, but the chains shall bo made as light as in my power. Would that I might cast them nlf from vim loiever. Yoii will write to me, will you not? Y "U will let nie write to you? All I ask is that l may he.ir frem you that I may kn-w th slep I have taken is bringing ynu the happiness t would gladly lay down my hie to procure. Was it fancy that his voice broke here in a sob fancy that, a kiss fell as a leather on her brow, a whispered bless ing on the ui'? She knew not; but. when she raided her head, she was alone. and a thrill nf pity run through her fur the m.in she had exiled thu man whose generous nobility had called thai pity f'.rth the man whose fa to was, perhaps, harder lhan her own, i wo years past slowly by, spent by Elsie in tlte lusur'oiis retirement of her beautiful home. They seemed almost a dream, made rea'ity only by t'ue letters wl.ijli came, from time to time, cheering her solitude letters at first received shiijileriiiglv. but which she grew at lit to look for, so well did the writer seem to ii' dersta d the wants of her heart. It was as though he touched a delicate instrument, and knew how to biing music from each hidden chord. li s letter ran thus : "H ive yon s i conq iereJ you repug i ft' ie that you wo .Id welcome a liu iid for nr. sakit that you will receive liim for a siioit tiise'iis your guest? A your aunt makes her home with you, it will bo in accordance with the proprie ties ; and you will net refuse r.ie the happiness of i -n r iilg something "f your daily lite fiom his lips, on his return If the gratification of this wish idmnl I cause ynu sniinyance, consider it un made; but I think you will fii.d Mr. Hiyard a guest by no means trouble, sumo. When weulrl this stranger arrive this man who knew ai well the husband who was to h-r an unknown ? This was l or daiiy thought, U' til one morning, pie paring for her drive, his card was put into her hand, ami she d"scer.dcd in stantly to tlie drawing-room, ' ti meet a"d bid him welcome. She utmost hoped she might fi.id Iiiru oh), and ugly, and disagreeable, that she might do tnore. A wish nl Cole's I It seemed almost like some atonement to grant it. lid, as she st i.-ds upiu the i!.rehii'd, she starts. The man who has risen, teulv lo receive her, is the hau ls iinest she hr.i ever seen. 11. s cheek bear the pei f, ct glow of health; bis eyes, dark and lustrous, are bent up n her, with a light beneath which her's n mil ; bis hair falls in short clustviiog tings around a hgh while loruhead ; and when she approaches, with a strange, constrained we'e nie, her head scarcely emus to the level of the broad shoulders. U il b.. ds over the littla hand wfAh reference due a qip'cn, tnd in that moment she feels how easy a thing it w.ll be to give the stranger that wel come and the friendship her husband had asked for hi.n nt her hands. No longer the il.us d ug, or the hours, seem long. She has wand -red iiuo the realms ol deligM, She has met a mini! st 'red with tnexhaiis.ib e weadh. She has grow to natch his coining, to be grudge the moments fpei t aw iy fmui his si e, ere, wi;h ligl. tiling flash sb -reall d whither she bus uritivd with the current, II 9 visit lias drawn to a close. Ui is to leave her. Her future rises barren a-d des d.ite before her. All I she sij'i ia vain for tba old emptiness of the pa.t. Why bis C do done this thing? Why sent this man, wilh the wonderful fasins lion ol his presence added to his wan dermis hejutv, lo poison her life? lint she civca no uutwurd sigh ; only he watches toe lovely check grow pale, and lh little hand irriuMcd within his own as she falters h-r "goud-by," uur asks him to come again. Then she flies to her boudoir, sod in a moment hr pen is firing over her paper. She writes : "Veil said you would come whei I summoned you. I bid yon come now I I hid you teach me a wife's duty to. raids a husband ; to better fu fill my dear lather's dying wish; to forgive mo thute years of culduess, and let me alune for them ia the future : to be N. 0., SATURDAY, better worthy the generous nobility you have shown to oye si uiideservino " Her letter dispatched, she k e ber duty done. At least her husband's pro tect'! .ii would be hers. She needed it against herself against'this new, strange blissltrl- 'misery ; w!ii)!i afl crept it to her life. This suffering she must bide form every eye, nor fail in the duty of a woman and a wife. Hat when, s few weeks later she kecw her husband had a- swered ber appeal, was waiting her approach, a great sob rose i i her throat, and the room grew black, as she advanced to' ''welcome him. Then the mist cleared, and she saiy it was not he, but, Mr. liayard, who stmd hefiirn her. ' 'Cole. I" din gasped, 'where ishe?" "11 to. my wife I" he answered, open ing wi le h s arms "Can you forgive the deception I Imvo practiced? I kiew you would not recognize me, sii ce the ravages illness had made had disap peared, and I bid grown so hungry for one sight of your dear face, I planned ibis little scheme Was it all fancy, darling, that. I thought a gleam of love sometimes stole into your eyes? Will you s ill give it to your husbind, dear one, r t-b ill I agaiu luaie vo l 1" Hut El.ie, springing to the shelter of bift nr.i i, wliis aeis ; "Stay forever 1" 0?1 THE RAGuED EDGE, A cross -eyrd man in a long linen ulster and a tall hat rang nt the bell, asd when the woman nl the. hoots opeieul the door she was ssti-fitd he had an rye to the s o ins (tho straight eye, so she snapped : ' "Well, what do y hi want?" "M i. lam. ba cul ii," said the cross- eyed man, in a snio th voice. What for?" she queried, suspi- Ciou-ly. . 'AUJaoj," said the crois-ttyed nnn, iiave ynu ttlulu t ,.; 'Yes, I bae," replied the won.an; "what nf U(!' .i'l "A little owl: qieticd the cross yed man. , , , , "No, a boy," repli'eil the woman. '(). coeise a hoy," repeated '.be crossvej a;an; ..juuuj bdy unt very id J r ' "Ab nit that s;e." said the woraan ; ".That about him.'" ",M i lain, do y.ni jet excited," pur sue I the ci iiiS-ejcJ man ; "be brivo an ! c.l n " 1 ' Mercy on n;e 1" exclaimed th.i womae, "what's tt:e reattei 5" "lleully, geiuly,"' s-'ul lli 3 cinBs-t'yeii man, in a srodhin;; m.innr.r; ".csHa'ii. younell'. I'i 1 not that lif.lu b y go to play this morning ?"' "Yes. yes," sai l the mother, exeil e.ily ; '"wS.it i.hy is llitie nnytliing t';c n.lteri" "Is there not a railrad track crosses thu i.ext sticet?" qmricd the cross-eyed man in r Sulrmu voico. "Yes, nh. yes," rjici'.ated the woman, in gnr.t fear. "O'.i, tell lite what has happened ; what" -I::' cal r," L.ternipti'd the cress-ved rim , sootl.ii gly ; "be brave keep Cool, for your child's ahe " ):, !.at is, il I wliat is it?-' railed the woman, wildly. "I knew it I le.u it. Tell me tlie worst 1 Is iny child wlier is mr darlinj boy:" "Ma lain." lephed the cross rye 1 man, genii; , "I hut this moment saw a litt'e boy playing upon the railrnn I truck ; as I looked upon him he eeui J -.o be" "Dli, dear, oh, o'rar," screamed the wotme, wringing her bands, "lll nie the worst ; is I e " "He seemed to he daubing liimsrif wuh oil." continued the cross eyed man, q i tkly draai' g a buttle 1mm his piH.he "and I'.e g I here the l-t-i' thing in li.o world Lightning Grease leadicator. nly 2j cents a battlo. warranted " There was a broom standing behind the door, and with une blow she kn-ckj hi (all lit mer .bis eyes. "d with i other staved 'lnhi off Ibc s'ep' auJ ihrouMi tlio gale. A id as Hie cr-ss-eye l mao m v I swiltly up lb street, she shook the broom at him, looking for all the world like an ni.cieut g.xl nf mytlud gy with a pasien-J'u toiled face and highly txcilcJ ted arms. ' TiiuiriT Wivrts. .V man may bo supposed to sue money Mid lay it by lor s'n k iess or other purpo isi tut Ue canu l do tins unless his wife lits l(im or helps him. A prudent, fnigal, thri'ty woman is a crowo ef glory to her hus'iand. Sae helps him in all his good resolutions; she mav, by quiet and gentle encouragement, bring out his better (pialities; anl b her example she may implant in him nubln principles which are the seeds of tha highest prac tical virtues. A young lady, named Miy Fjrrer, nf Edinbnrg, I'id., has bad a straege; ex perie'icc with ber voice. She had lost iho fac by of speaking above a ahlspcr until onn day last amunaer, wbea she was playing croquet, wilh a piece of ice in her mouth. 1 ho lec iltpnod down her throat, and the sudden cdTrt to re cover it restored her speech. Siie went on ialkins then until a few nights " when she dieamed thai she had lost her voice, and, sure cnimjn, when she woko up in the mo'ideg she had lost it. The doctors call it aphorica, sod say she will be all right wbea ber duitous system it built up, t DECEMBER. -7, 1878. A PREACHER S STRANGE DANCE. ! A New.Ynik. correspondent of tho Boston Journal publishes the following remarkable declaration by a well-known clcrgymaa ; "I have had," said he, "some cry droll experiences. ' A-nong the most exciting was the one th&t I will now ml a to. A well known merchant fas very sick same thought nigh unto death. He would see no pastor, nor allow any one to Sjvtnk to him on the subject of re bel -n. One' day he " mentioned my nu'tie, though he was no acquaintance of mine. He mimed me two or threo times. At length his wife asked him if he wanted uin to cull. He hrsllnted for some time, and then asked bis family to send for me. He added: 'Tell him to come right away. ' I obeyed tha summons, was tishero.I into the sick chamber, and at once rec ognized the gentleman as ona who had been an occasional hearer in my church. He greeted me with great cordiality, and asked that nil should leave the room. Ho wa ited to speak to me pri vately. His wife left with evident re luctance. The man was so weak he could with difficulty turn in bed. As so m i the door wis closed Hie patient sprang from his bed, turned the key in thu door, seized me with tho stieng'.b of a giant, and Slid, 'Now, we will have a iiici! dance.' claping me about the body, and he, iu his night shirt, commenced to caper rou .d the room, humming, in a low voice, 'I and my Father ure one, equal in power mid glory.' ' He kepi his pace for a full hour, till I was nearly dead from exhaustion and fright. He was a wild maniac. Ouce I attempted to scream. Hi seized me by the throat. His eyes flashed fire. He said he would braia mo if I was not (plot. Round and round he turned, keeping tip. the refrain, 'I and my Father are one. equal in power and glory.' Pretending to be pleased, I suggested that nu call i;i some of the family 1 1 join us. lie caught tit the idea. He opened the d mr to call the household up, a id I initially tl-rl down stuir, pursued by the inid.nu. He was arrested, takvn to the maJ-hous:!, nnd iu twenty -four hours died a ravinp; m.inUc. I have never since heard those word re peated without being thrown i ito a cold sweat. I had dance enough liut night to last me the balance of my life." A G3CD D3Y REWARDED. A good hoy of twelve, having a tear in his eye nnd a lump iu his tliroat, shied in very quieting and informed II j ih that ho hid a composition to rnte for sch oil, but i. ine w u!d lend him a helping hand. His father bado'l lime, his m -ther was sic!:, and his big sis'er couldn't even write a 1 ue-letter. "A compos oi on M ichi.iery,' is it ?' observed II j ill ns l e reached for his pen. "My sue, I'va written mil lions of comp ositioi, a, ui.d I'd help you nut v.i.h tho greatest of pleasure. I will llo .v begin : "There are several kinds of machinery, one nf which is a tvil.l-tn II If it wasn't for the iVhi l-i.'.l'.l the world would soon re turn to baibarism. A bnot-j u k Cannot be cl.i-sed as machinery, because it h is no escape. i.lc. Toe sama c.iu bo said of an extension table. Anong the great est oventio;is in machinery may be classed the cngino, locomotive, sin-mill, cider-press, buck-saw, hair-Srush and bind- irgnn. If it wasn't for machinery ne'd nil have lo Walk around with our haoilt in our pockets, and the price of admission to iho circ.is Would be a dollar end a ball'. We mie-t all gio credit to inventors. We must, speak kind words to them, rcer ideal their wood-piles, and if ihev die wo must feel very sad. This is all atjout machinery, except that the man who iu'Cutid the lior-eradis'i rrnler never received half praise enough, liood-by lov. to all." "It'll belt thfl stockings olTn any composition ever read in our school 1" he chuckled, as he received it. 'I I flitter nns-lf it will," replied 15 j ib, ns he stroked his coin in a sell s itisfi ! war, "and I hope (hat the uioril that runs nil through it, and slicks out in every chnplir, will have a good i fTect on f'.ichers nnd scholars, ('.mil. by, my son ruuii uiher that the p.ood boy is always rewarded." Pclruit Fiee lVess. REMIKDEDmf i C.: HCWE. .n iff..'ting illustration ol the r.atuiii' llllle o; lor W ! lt is de III ' t to IM III it r our. iii U.r I) -hi i )u the In. u I uf diath, is thus telstnl : Some vear S';i a e- ive Groinlaeder c .loe to the V ited Stales, I' (i too hnl r him here, so hi m.ol Mip bit mmd to Mum homo, an I took pas-age oa a !ii;i Ih it w as coi"g ihut way. He was t.k.n nick, an I as lie wu lUing, be t irneil to boe who were standing mooed li i in. and Haul ; ' fi on deck, and pec il you ran sre ice." When that man w is a ba'iy the II t thing ho Hi, atier lies motlnr, nil iee liis house ws ma iu id no-; he crtdlcil in ic. ; tun wat r t lint he disnk wss mel' il iee, Il he ever a' a table, it ws ath e "lire. Tha mountains were nl lo- ; the fj-lds were ol lm; snd wh n he hrruino a uifn, be hud a ulede and twelve dogs thm tan tl'ty iiili.s s d iy over iee. Aud many day lie stooped over a hole iu the. Ice twenty-lour hou'S, nnd pm Ins par in the "s e( any eil that might run to re ire. lud stwsys been srcu-lien'-J to see ice, and he knew that ii bis comi aiions on the thio could see ice, it would be C 'nil delict 'hat he n near hnme - The ttmuci ol b e was tho ytry last thought ia Lis Bind. 1 NO. 43. A WEDDIN3 STOPPED AT THE ALTAR. Thore was a strange scene at Cincin nati one day last week. A respectablo and intelligent young lady w.is engaged to be married, and made the discovery that her fft tnced was in the hub'.t of drinking, and tuld him what she had learned. lie promised reer to drink gain, and she forgave him. The wed ding day was subsequently set, and a'l wont will uulil llie morning appointed for the performance of the ceremony. During the interval he made bis usual visits, nnrt though he drank at time', his betrothed neter learned of his faithless ness until it was nearly ton late lo pun ish him for it. They were standing side lT Mo, and a moment more would have found them man and wife, when be turned toward her and bis tell-tale breath spoke of whiskey. When the minister propounded the usual question to her, the response came faintly, "No," In surprise the question was again asked, and this timo the response was clear and decisive, "No." Slie then tu ned to her lover, accused him -of drinking, reminded him of bis promise to her, and said that a man who would break a promise so solemnly made could not be relied upon, and she feared to trust ber future to such a man. Ex postulations and entreaties were all in vain, and that little "Yes" still remains unsaid. Tiik Edinburgh Rtview for October just republished by tho Lronard Scott Publishing Ci., 41 Rircl.iy S;reet, New York, is a valuable number, as will p.ir hy the following summary of the contents: 1. "The Cipyright Cimmission." The 15 ard of Trade being of opinion that literature was exceptionally pro tectcd, a C mimission was appointed to consider tho whole qiev.inn oT Copy, right, and the report of the Coramiltco is here discussed at length, 2. "Low's History of the Indian Navy." The Iid'uti navy was do.ie away with in 1:53, an the publication of the abive-inmed work has given De cision to the pros tat iuiertsLing record of its services. 3. "(Jardiucr's (lovcrnment of Charles I." The review oi" lliis work is mainly devoted to tracing the trua origin of the ship-money fleet. 1. "Receot Explorations in Palestine." A g ioj account is h(!re gicn of Lieut. Cmdei's recent Report, especially dwelling upon the actual observati n and measurmcnt uf sites and build ings. 5. "Who wrote the Ainali of Tacitus?" A closo examination of a recent rir.hlie.itinn questioning the ns-lh:ntici.-.' of t'ta "Annals." nnd claim ing them as a taJuclion of the fi.'tccnlh century. 6. "Tiie Jesuit .'lar'.yrs: Catnpion and Walpile." Ai account of th Jesuit missi m lo E . 'l in ! i i lo Ifl, with a sl.u'.c'.i of the lives and ciu .icteri of its principal leaders. 7. "Sir Henry Tiylot's Cllected Works." R. "0 irrespon Jeucn of M. de Balzac." 9. "Kogland in the Lttvsnt." 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I lenoio-.. ; Ii,l,-1iI. emtH.lh. nnil swill rii'oiini". like it:- w. ll reul.iio.l n.ove-n-nl of a (In" waieh ; siinolo. r.noi set, KAleient ami iletml'le, wiia nil lie- valuable lini-tsive-inetits lo In- fonml In lUe lilirln sl prlreil Mni-lilii w.irraul l to io hi same w. rU. llie ssine wsv ami as ratlin and Kinootli aa ST.1 Machine. An Ri'lin.iwie.Uoil triumph of uit'-hIoiis nioehanlral aklll. eseli'lally the workiinr woninti'a frlenil, an.l fnr in a.l aoeo of all oislinari Machine-, for al'iolutc .stn-n rtli. Kel'a'iltliv ami ironerat nse tntness; will It nil. K'.l. Tile. Seam, Onlit. noio, Bmlil, Tora. i:-tlier, Knitl". Pnirr, i'lalt, Koi.l. se..i:o.. H. Ii, Itiiil.rsM.l-e. Kan up Hr.'S.lllis. e.. Willi wnnuVriiil ra-.i-il't .-. n.-atn- s an.l ens", news the alr.ni,:eil li.-;. in r 1 1 iti li e qmtlv One an.t smootli itiroiii'i .i'i kt.uls o( irooW. from cainlirie lo si-veri-.. ttitcUiie. si' Proa.. riot Ii or li-sthir. with tine i.ro'rwiv u n, I neii. ailk or Twine. II ive-- i-i--foot s-alHIacllen. Will i urn Its co.-t s-vi-'-nl t'no-s ov.-r In Ihe work il oWa. or make a r.sMi tiv lis for any nmn nt wion.su wtio itosoos to n-e It for llmr roir poa,. j worsa.io faithful an-l "jr the nTfanta orrliiMreiie.iii ue il wilh. ul ilna;e. 1'r ra ol Ma 'lilne wilh li.-til talilr. ful.r emiiep.-l Tor lainilv wo,',-, f.'ii. llslfre. rover, ,lie Hrw ern and latiinot.t.vlea es. n i r.irrrHiniliiintr low lilt -s. strife ilettverjr tfUSRltit.vil, free from .laons-e. Ks0netorr fanuUileia ttlu.trriril n ilh cnirrsniors of the ev.-ral etjlrs ,.f la rliliien. r't-n-iiees, rarietj' 'sewlinr -.. mallnl free, t'otill.lenlial I Tin, well lile:-nl hi luc--menta lo rnlerer'.almr Clerjvno , Tesehers, rinsiiiess Men. "avetniT or I.oi-.-il Aont.v e., who it -sire rselnslve i on'. tiiml-l'e.l, on r . pltrat-oli. Ailiir.s John 11. Kcuilall a l'o., i2t Unsnlwai-, Sew Vork. lH'CtSly. SPACE