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DWAUD T. CLARK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HALIFAX, N. C.
tnr. ZOly.
W. II ALL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
WELDON, N.C.
may Hf.
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EL SMITH, JR.
ATTORJJKY AT L VTV,
Scotland Nkck. Halifax Countv N. C.
Practices In tho county or Halifax
and adjoining counties, ami the Su
preme court of tha State. Jan l(i ly.
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A. C. 7.OI.1.I00FFER.
Z 0 L L I C 0 V 1' B II.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
WELDON, N. 0.
Practice In the courts of Halifax and adjoining
count ion, and In th Swireme and federal court ti.
Claims collcctc:) in any part of North Carolina.
One of tho firm will always bo found In tho
olllce. June SS 1 y.
JO.
B. BATCHELOR.
ATTORNEY AT LIW,
RALEIGH, N. a
practices In the courts or tho fitli Judi
cial District and in the Federal and fu
prema Courts. May 11 If.
rp W. MASON.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
GARY3BUR3, N. C.
Practices in the courts of Northampton
and adjoining counties, also In theFodoral
and Buprome courts.
June 8-tf
rj SOMAS N". HILL,
Attorney at Lair,
HALIFAX, N. C.
Practice in Halifax and adjoining
Counties and Federal and Supreme Courts.
Will bo at Sootlaud Nook, oueo every
Tortnight.
Aug. 28 a
M. fKIZZABD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HALIFAX, N. C.
OSB.ee In the Court IIouso. Strict atten
tion given to ail branchos of the profes
lioa. , jan 12-1 o
VOL. VIII.
WELDON, K C, THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1879.
NO. 19.
TRIED AMD TRUE.
Be thou my lover, quoth a maid,
List'niiit, to th songster's wooing;
And the murmur through the glade
Sped away with zephyrs blowisg.
The merry bird made but roply
With gwooter notes by tnr, wh'lo clear
Each Icrrost songster tuned bin lay,
A welcome to the glad spring year.
Came autumn sighing through I ho glado
A nd Reared tho loaves with annry breath
While singing nut the liltlo maid
Ho cloned her eyes luro'er In death.
Now ovor warbled notes are heard,
Homo 0,1 tlio winds that moan above,
Win ro HWrotly Kings n in oklng bird,
To tier honcclorUi a willing lover.
WHEN THE SHIP COMES.
is silting j his face is
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R. E. I.. HUNTER,
SICRGEON DENTIST,
Can be found at his office in Enflold.
Pure Nitrous Ox'de Oas lor the Pain.
hn Extracting of Tcoth always ou baud,
,0un-Z2 tt.
3E.
BRANCH,
ATTORN 3Y AT LAW,
sxriuLB, .vlu'x ooxxr. n. c.
Practices in the Counties of Halifax,
;Ssh. Kdirooornta.9 aud Wilson.
Celleatioas male in -all parts of the
gtate. jan 12-6 1
JKDREW J. BURTON,
ATTORNEY AT L1W,
WELDON, N. C.
Practices In the Ciurts of Halifax, Wi
Tn nd NorthvnnUn counties and in the
fianranifl and Federal Courts.
Claims collected In any part of North
Carolina. j"e 17-
A Y I N L. II T M A N ,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
HALIFAX, N. C.
Practices In the courts of ITillliix and
djoinio? oiun'.ini, anl la the Supremo
mad Fa lor.kl Cvirta.
Claims colloctol in all parts of North
Carolina.
. la the Court House.
.inly 4-1 Q
AMI
O ' U A RA,
A sweet-faced woman and a sweet
faced child ate wandering among the
ducks of the great city. Tho woman is
plainly dressed, but evidently in her
best attire, and there is a touch of gen
tility in her finery, in the real collar
relics of bitter days, porhaps Ihe pearl
tar-rings and the neat gloves, The
chi'd is neatly dressed, too, and, as she
clasps the woman's hand, looks love at
her guardian. 15 it the woman's face is
not at its best now ; a careworn look
and a faint wrinkle upon the pale fore
head age her aud lessen, the charm ol
her features.
Site is inquiring of tho dotkmcn, of
stevedores, of Ihe loungers about the
wharves whether the brig Good L ick
had come in. Slit always receives the
same rep'y to her eager (pssti on, for
the brig Good Lick has been list a
mouth age, dashed on a lee shore and
orotld to pieces by the sea, and will
peer come in -never never more.
It" they told her, she wouldn't believe
them, for tha woman and her child have
supremo faith that the trig Qoxl Lack
will come in soon with carso and crew,
h hi ph thev have been asking the same
question and making tho same prayer
for many and many a d ay.
Then she goes across the 6trect and
winds her ay along the bales and
boxes and passing cart, and through all
the hubbub and blunter of the wharf,
and climbs a fi ght of stairs to where
the brig owners have their office. They
are used to seeing her. They smile
sadly when she enters with the child,
tod look significantly at one another.
as much as to say : "Poor thing I she's
mad. No wonder! no wonder I"
MaJ 1 Yes, she is mad with "hope
deferred." with anxiety to meet her hus
band, Culob Shelter, master of the brig
Good Luck to meet the master of the
brig, ber husband and hie father of her
child. hy docs he stay away Irom
her so long?
"Is the Good L ick in yet?" she asks
of a clerk.
"Not yet, ma'am."
' She is expected, of course, to day?"
"Of course."
"Theru's-a vessel coming in now. I
. ii T I, T II.,
see trie tall masts. Jjook i ii on i
pointing out of the t-flice window to the
river fro.T. "M.iibc that's it I Ellie,
denr, look I there's father's vessel, with
father on board I"
The child clasps her little hands at
the sight.
"Sorry to say that ain't it, ma'am,"
says the cletk. relapsing into his cal
culations and paying no mine attention
tithe woman, S ie stares out of the
open window ut the approaching vessel
drawu by a tu;r, a id thou with a blank
look utxui her face and a moan that is
hesrt-rnnrli'ig, sa' s :
"No, Edit1, no ! That is r.ot the Good
L'ltk. I see Ihe figure-head. The fi'-
ure-head of the Good Luck is nn angel
awrlute and unld ancel. No 1 i.o I
that isn't it."
Hut rapa s"011 cnnie home
won't he, inanmaf" whispered the
child.
Old Mr. Taw man, who is at the head
of the e.slahlwh'ueut here, now comes
from behind his desk, and, approaching
the woiiih", says in a kindly lone :
"Mrs. Shelter, sit down : int.ko your
self as coniforUbla as you can in i
dini'v much like tins, littro b ile o e,
Gushed with emo
tion some strange excitement. Ho
throws iuto ber lap a buudle of bank
notes.
"There, Mrs. Shelter, no go home.
Take a car at the door."
"O i, Pai not tired. And I should
like to be here when tho brig comes in.
I thank you so much, so much."
"Here, little one," says tho goid
hearted Tawman, "here's something for
you to buy candies will)." He puts
into her tiny outstretched hand a bright
quarter of a dollar, and laughs at the
wonder and delight of tho lulls recip
ient. "I'll keep this for my papa,"
Poor Utile thing, she is weary unto
sleep. She cuddles herself in the big
chair, and sinks iuto a slumber in an in
stant.
'Now, Mrs. Shelter, you've had no
dinner," says Tawman.
"Oh. yes-, sir."
"Yesterday, perhaps but I mean to
day. Go down with Mr. Pelton, there,
our young man, and get something to
eat. You see we have arrangements
for the comfort of our clerks. We give
them a hot dinner, and a good diuuer,
too. There's nobody there."
"Go down there and ask the waiter,
George," addressing Mr. Prltoti, whom
he had summoned, "to give this good
lady a cup of tea and a piece of toast,
some chicken, and ail that." Thru
pausing a moment, as if propriety and
philanthropy are Struggling for mastery
in his miud, "No, no, George, till
Henderson to send Ilia diirier up into
the room here; that's better." The
young man leaves the room. Then
Mr. Tawman enters the telegraph office
again and consults the operator,
"ietid this message at once, Mr
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ENFIELD, N. C.
Praetioes In the Couutles of Halifax,
Kdecomba and Nasb. In the Kuprnmn
Ceurt of tha State and in the Federal
CeorW.
Collestiona made in any part of the
(State. Will attend at tb Court Mouhu in
Halifax, ea Mouday aud Friday of each
week. jau 12-1 e
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BURTON, J B.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HALIFAX, H. C.
Practice in the Courts of Halifax
Cottnty, and Co in tins adjoining. In the
Supreme Court of the State, and In the
Federal Ceurts.
Will iriva speoial attention t tho colleo
tin fclaims,and to adjusting tho account
f Gxeoutara, AdiniuiHrators ami Guar
dians. doc-l.Vtf
liUKI H. MDI.LKN.
U L L E N
JOUN A. UOOKK
MOORE
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Hulinix, n. c.
Practice In tha Counties of Halifax,
Northampton, Edireoombn, Dtt and Mar
Bin-in the Supremo Court of the Stat i
n 1 1 In tho Fudoral Courts of the Eastern
mtiriot.
tnl Sections ruaJo iu any part of North
come here; ni'e me a kiss. A blight
pretty little dear, Mrs. hiic er.
"She lo .ks pah'," Baid the mother,
"She is tired she has been walking too
much." Tho old gentleman sits down
and lifts the little girl on his" knee and
kisses her. S'i wi nls her arms nbout
bis neck and exclaiuis:
i OU teli in? bui u la come soon
won't you'f"
"Yes. dear."
It was ihe habit of th'S firm to pay
snt of Dcisi 'ii monthly to the windows
of canlaius who were lost in their Ber
vice. It as not much of a stipend
being only half-pay, but it was certainly
a blessiiisi iu very many cases. Mis
Shelter had always received her hu
band s money here while be was it sea
or it was scut to her wheu she was sick
or the wea ther was bad.
"Ah. Mr. Tawman. I'm suro the
Good Luck will b in to.-lay.
"Certainly it will. What's to hinder
it?" he ni.ssver.
lie puts tho child down and gees oer
to his desk, and, unlocking It is drawer,
he takes an account book aud bi'gins
writing a receipt; then goes over to the
cashier's room. While he is there the
telegraph nletk calls hint over. Click,
clickety. click I g ies the magic instr i
ment, repeating its dot and dash nies
sige. "Hear thnti" says tho operntor.
Thai's news for you 1" Too proprietor
coul. I read every word by it b mini.
"L's like a message fnm Godl" said
Mr. Tawmau, reverently. "1 Diust not
tell her."
He coucs back to w'scro l!c woman
A cry of alarm goes up from the wharf.
"Heavens 1" exclaimed Mr. Tawman.
thoroughly aroused. "What does fiat
mean?"
'II is swimming like a fish !" says a
clerk.
"lie has landed 1" Hark at Ihe
cheers 1 Look 1 look 1" shout the oper
ator?. "She is hugging him ; so is the
little girl. It's Captain Shelter 1"
'Thank God 1" exclaiued Tawman.
"And pray heaven sho may not sink
under the shock. Poor woman. How
she clings to the drenched man! Dear
lear 1"
Then he puts ou his hat and runs
down the steps like a boy, and darts
over to where hnsbai.d and wife and
child are united and happy.
"Ah 1 he exclaimed, shaking the cap
tain by the hand, and not caring fur the
gaping and wondering crowd all around
him ; ' this is good luck, isn't it eh? Did
you get my telegram i"
When tho man cau speak ho answers:
Yes."
"I planned it all!" chatters old Taw
man. ' You sec I got a dispatch yes
terday from the llrcakwaler, saying
Captain Sneltcr had been picked up on
a raft by the schooner Mary. 1 to!d
her in tho car yesterday that the brig
would c imo in, end come in it did.
Over to the cilice, ecry ot e of you,
a d after dinner and dry-tlothes, Cap,
we'll have a talk about business. Couie
ou."
GENERAL T. J. JACKSON
j;a;5;n'. ii you Blouse. lie writes
something, and Ihe operator clicks it oil
at once. It's a long message a verv
lmg message indeed but the Presi
dent's message, itself is not half so im
portant, so interesting to those whom it
concerns. Then, by the tioio the mes
sage is sent, the dinner is ready in Mr.
Tawmun's private offije, when Mrs.
Shelter partakes of it, but does not think
proper to waken the weary child, that
she may eat also. Theu Mr. Tawman
savs:
Now you had tetter go. I'll see to
the child, and bring her up with me tonight."
".No I no 1 exclaimed the mother. "I
must have my Kllie with me always, sir.
You arii very good, though, sir; so very
good 1 Aud is there no news of the
Good Luck?"
"Not a word, I'm sorry to say."
"It csu't bo possible. The brig mu-it
come is to-aay.
"I'm sure I hope so, with all my
heart and soul, Mis Shelter."
'T kuow you do," she responds with a
sigh.
Now go. I'm sorry you have to
waken the child, but I suppose you cau't
help it."
"Come, Elbe, says the mother,
touching her liglilly on the shoulder,
The child, with a start, awakens, and
cries "Is it my papa, dear, dear papal
Then, seeing her disappuiuti:eut, she
burst into tears.
"Don't cry, dear, don't cry! The brio
will come in. Don't cry I Dou't cry "
The good old man speaks soothiegly to
the sobbing child ; utul the mother,
catching her hand, walks slowly u ' d
sadly away, fallowed by Mr. Tawman,
who lifts the little girl down and helps
both her a:id her mother into a car.
Tha next morning . tlio mother is
again loitering about Hie dock with the
same agimizad inrpi'ny. She again puts
tho ii losiion to the wh.u ftueu, a"d
aoiiia only rece'nes the samo answer.
Then, as before, she seeks ihe oliice of
tbu owners, still accompanied by the
little g'ul, ond asks :
"Mas Ihe biig Good L'ick como in
jet?"
' Not yet, ma'am."
She sighs, aud looks out Ihe window
at the shipping. Sho says she will wait
for Mr. Taw.nan, and sin down. When
Mr. Tawman comes iu ns usual he greets
her very kindly, and kisses tho little girl,
and says :
"I'm sorry the brig 1-n't in yet."
"Will it be in ti-dayi"
"I hope so." And he goes behind
his desk and lnoki over his letters. Ma
has not long been engaged in his Coi.
respondencn when a suicim frota the
womau attracts hio. She has risen,
and is pointing txuitedlr out of the
window.
' Hero is a ship coming in! Look!
look V
' That's not it," says a clerk ; "that's
a schooner.
"Oh, no!" adds Mr. Tawman. "Thai's
not tho Good L nk I"
"It is I It is!" She daits from the nf-
fic, dragging the child afer her, runs
across the bustling wharf out to tho
very edge of the water. Mr. Tawman
rushes to the window, opens it and calls
to her. To no purpose, however. All
the cleiks cluster ubout tho window to
walch her.
The woman is mad I" says one. "She
is going to drown hciscli."
Tawiunn says quietly to the telegrapl:
operator :
"It's the Mary."
The schooner is be'me towed up the
riv r by a tug. Sho is making prcpa
rations to anchor in tha stream oppo
site the whaif. All Ibis ti.ua Mrs. Shel
ter is standing in tho midst of a crowd
of cjcited people waving feer liaudker
chief, ami the liltlo girl is waving hers.
"Look ! look there 1 There's a man
overboard!" cried one of the cloils.
Gen. Jubal Early, in a noble letter to
the Savannah News, refutes tho slate
nients id Mr, J tillard in regard to
General Lee and General Jackson,
His remarks then close with tho follow
ing piram;), which no true soldier can
read without emotion :
"there is another rer.s.in, which to
mc is a ni st potent one, and that is
because I know that the bc'.j jst man in
Ins strutcg'C movements and lus tactics
on the field of battle in all the Army
of Northern V irginia, Stonewall Jack
son not excepted, was General IT. belt
l'i. Lop. us, under that calm and
dignified exterior thero beat ono of the
boldest heat Is and dwelt ono of the
most daring minds that ever inspired the
commander of an army. He required
no council of war to uroe him to deeds
of b ildnoss, and I never heard of
council of war during tho whole history
of that mmy under his command. It is
true that ho oficn conferred with bis
corps commanders, and sometiiiies with
subordinate entrusted with special
duties, but it was nut to culeh inspira
lion from their counsels, but, to instil
into them a portion of his own daring
ppirit. General Jackson had his c nfi
denec in a pre-eminent degree because
lie was always ready li second with
alacrity the plan of the commanding
General; and no one felt the loss of that
invaluable lieutenant more thau General
Lee himself did.
"Id satt-.lv uciv ono ol what I say in
regard to General Lee it is only neffes
siry for him to examine tho yet ur.
written history of that iinparalclied
cauipaicn from the Jlapulan to the
James, of the operations ou tho line of
defences around Iiichmnnd m.d Peters
burg, and of the retreat for mere than a
hundred miles to Appotnatox Court
to
A MASONIC STORY.
Two men bad been fast friends. In an
evil hour they quarreled. They did lot
peak and had not spoken for years.
Mutual friends tried the art of recon
ciliation in vain. They were avowed
enemies for life. One of them became
Mason after the estrangement, and it
happened that the other remained ignor
ant of the fact. Ono ovcninn he too
was admitted to a lodge. Almost the
rst voice he heard, and certaiuly tho
rst face he saw, was that of bis enemy,
who presided over tho ceremonies of
initiation, and was oblieed, according
to usage, to address him by tho title of
brother." This was a peculiar situa
tion, and a sevete ordeal for both.
After tho Lodoe was closed, the
Apprentice sought the Master, and with
out any preliminaries the following
colloquy ensued, commenced by the
newly made Mason :
"Are you a member of this Lodge?"
The answer was, "I am."
"Were you present wheu I was
elected?"
"I was."
"May I ask if you voted? '
"I did."
"Now will you tell me how many
votes it requires to reject a candidate on
ballot for admission ?" Tho Worshipful
Juter answered, "ono.
There was nothing more to say
The initiated extended his hand, which
was warmly grasped by tho other, and
uttered with thrilling accents, deep emo
tion mcllowine his voice. "Friend I
llrotht'r! you have taught me n lesson I
shall never forget." This is a little ray
of Masonic light. No language is so
eloquent as tho silent throbbing of a
heart full of joyful tears. While this
kind of cement is ued in our moral
edifice, should it not be enduring?
Masonic Trowel.
THE DARKEY TOO HARD FOR THE
SCALLAWAQ JUDGE.
A good story is told on Hancock, a
scallawag jodgo iu Mississippi. He had
been endeavoring to convert a conserva
tive negro, aud, failing, swore tl a any
nigger tbat voted agniost his own race
a id Color ought to bo luui' Sim 0
bunj his head for a mouem,
as if in deep meditation, aud tho.i
looking tho Jtidgo struitbt in tho
face, said :
"You say nny nigger who vi tei agin
his own race aud dlor mi?ht t be
hung?"
"Yes," said tho Julge, "bo . u .lit t
bo hung."
"Well, J idgn," said fambo, "what do
you think ought to be clone wid de
white man who votes ogia his race aud
color?"
The Judge bid his blo frond good
night, and has never invited him to 1 i
huuse since.
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JOHN w. FOOTK, Proprietor,
THE
RICHARDSON COTTON PLOW
MOTTOES TO BE STUCK IN THE HAT.
Trade
own
the
tho
than
use a place that will rcmaiu forever
famous, i ot us the scene of triumph for
he invader with Ins untold legions, but
as the scene of the strugolu of that
greal licatt and that great mind which
miud which so reluctantly surrendered
the small renuatt id less than nine
thousand uf the Army of Northern Vir
ginia with arms in their hands.
'General Jackson did eanu.m
esti.b'ish bis rciiululion on an cuduru r
foundalio'i as ono of the greatest
soldicis, heroes, patriots, aud Christians,
ever produced by auy country tr age
Let his fame, therefore, rest ou his
deeds, and let not his puis nine be
connected with wild and absurd proposi
tions and schemes, cither for tho pur
pase of adding to his glory or obscuring
that of any of his compeers. ho is it
tluil claims to havo known his secret
thoughts nod purposes? If he had nny
fault as a commander it was bis extrcmo
reticence, that often left his immediate
subordinates in ignocanco of his pur
poses until they wete called to uct.
Was it r.!v'. Unit oiianLeio in '..iiii pel-
sonully should know m.oo t.f his views
than those who iuimcdialdy surrounded
him? The wild schemes with which his
name Is sometimes identified are calcu
lated to do as much damage to his char
aeter os a soldier ns Btune of the ex
aggerated accounts in regaid to his
rehgious devotions nnd opinion are
culculaled to do to tho earnest, truthful,
aad spotless nat'ire of his Christian
character."
Reod your comity paper.
Never "fool" in business,
lie vigilant. .Pay as you go.
is money.
Never lie to your partner io business
or wrong him out of a cent.
Learn to think and act for yourself in
all things that are honest.
Do not kick every stone in the path.
Do not stop to tell stories ii busiuess
h'U'S
Fay strict attention to your
(fairs.
Keep ahead rather than behind
tunes.
Have but few confidents, and
fewer the better.
Use your nwo brains, rather
those of others.
A man of honor respects his word as
he does his bor.d.
No mnn can get rich who lounges iu
ttores and saloons.
If you have a place of business, he
found thera when wanted or iu business
hours.
Ilo who seeks to build his reputation
on the weakness el another bas an
unsafe foundation.
Learn to say "no." No necessity of
snapping it dog-fashion, but say it re
spectfully, as you ought to.
Help others when you can, but never
gie what you ennnot afford to, Bimply
because it is fashionable.
Never buy an article you do not need
simply because it is cheap, and tho man
who sells it will take it out in trade.
Never put on airs with .your partner
and cry out "I do the most." when you
know he is the "main-stay" of tho busi
uess at his ov.D loss.
"I HiVZ CAUOXC TBS CAR,"
It is a la'-l that lias heca noticed and
commented upon litre out of mind, that
nuny husbands neijli rt tliosii little atten
tions and mill ks ol i4l-ciiin of whioh tht-y
wito so lavish during c iurlship. Of course
there must be a reason (or a custom wlucli,
though ri preliensibli' in thu ab-truot, has
the sanction ol all but universal practice,
and it Incivivs the duty ol the p'.ii!osophei
to inquire into nnd expound it. Pjrhais
it is l est lllustnted by an hinednte which
was told Cau.ciir by a hiend, whoe wife,
hy tho way, nianilested her displeasure in
very decided terns while he was relating
it. It sens that ou Columbus avenuo
there dwells a weded pair who wore made
one last lall No knioht of old was more
devoted to his "luiro ladvu" than was the
husband dunn" the honevni.inn and the
moon that followed i'; but ere the third
moon bad waned the vounir wile r.otpit-or
thought she n t ii, no doubt It was luncy
a change. A time paiscd on it became
still more apparent; tur l.ui!ard was
loving, of course, but somehow lle e wis
a lack al the old ardor, there was a l-.llini;
off in tho old (I cnonstrntivenes'. This
trouble! bpr, aud. woman like, sho wai
quick to couciuda that his love I r her hud
cooled. One cvouinii, after thinking Ihe
matter r.vcr nil day, sue broke out with
You ilin'l love me nry im ro." "What
makes vou think si ?'' ho ssked in s bus!
ncss like way, scatnly Iittinsj Ms eyes
(rorn thu book which ho was read mi;
B'Caue," she fobbed, "you rever pet
me ny more, ana y.)u are not nalt so at
tentive oa vou used to be." Aud then she
broke down into a regular cry. Ihe bus.
hand saw that sometliin:; must b de.
Laving osiila his bonk and icjjretfully re-
liMVii-hina his ciaar a man does bate to
be disturbed when once, stttled for the
evening he went to liii weeping wife and
led her to the window. ' Mv uesr," 1,8
said, "do you see th it h-irse car coining
up the avenue?'' "I do," aha sobbed
"And do you see that in in running; to
catch it" "Ye. d.-ar; what of u!" "And
do yen sic that he is straining every nerve;
that be is shouting to the conductor at the
lop ol his voice, and doinx Mb best to
make the car stop?" "I do, "said lb ewifo.
whose curiositv was aroused, "hut what
on earth has that to do ." "One m.
meut, my iU ur. Look again. Do you
b rv that he htu canoht the car, mid
that he ia n longer running but is prob.
ably ouietly seated insida, taking a ra t
lie lias got through shouting and running
bi-causo ho has cntuht tha car. New my
dear," at this point he kissed away her
tears "it is iimt so with me. I bave
caught the car." And with th it tilt self-
satiifi.'d niOLSter led his wi'e back to ber
s.:st on tho sola and silently resumed bis
easy chair, ciar en 1 book.
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AN ACCOMPLISHES J'JGCLER.
OF AGRICULTURE
A CiUIKKEN WAGER EKDS iN DEATH.
Okhia Lcnsburg, of Le Stier county.
Minnesota, while on a drunken spree,
undertook to swallow the glass con
laiued in a whisky disk. Tho glass was
pulverized, and he swallowed it mixed
with a tallow caudle. Thu next day be
began to feel the effects of the un
natural lood and to writhe and scream
in agony os iho glass cat into his vitals.
His su(T. rings continued until the close
of the third day, when death relieved
him. Medical aid was called in, but
for tho consequences of such a fool
hardy trick there could be no relief. A
post-mortem examination wr.s had, and
the man's stomach and intestines wcro
found to be lit'ira'ly ground to shreds
His death lelt u wife and u'mo children
iu a dcs'.itu'.e coudiiiou.
A SPECIALTY.
MANUFACTCHKR JF, AHU BBNRRAB A01XT
tor,
ALL KINDS OP FARMING IM
PLEMENTS,
STEAM ENQINES AND OOTTOM
0 INS.
Also Agent for tho Chicago Seals Oos
pauy't
UNITED 8TATES 8TAiV&ARI
A clergyman once sail to me, "Will
arming ever be considered more res.
pectanie man now: Ply answer was
"N.." Farming is hiahly honored, when
we consider that from it flows all the
calls for artisans of every name to sup
ply the real or imaginary wants of all
mankind. Heaven, as a state, whether
it relates to the present or tho hereafter,
consists mainly iu tho beautiful. Adam
was to dress tho garden, which meant
to make it look well, aud i t the same
time it would be useful. How is it to
day? A beautiful garden attracts visit
ors from all tho (urroundintr country.
No less docs un extensive farm, made
beautiful by tho diligent hard; by the
product of tho farm, man and beast sur
vive. All other callings are supported
by it ; but to the question, "Is it more
respectable than formerly, or will it be?"
1 answered, "It has always bad tho pre
cedence ia respectability." God and
good men in former times louked with
pleasure and delight upon seed time
and harvest; so iu this uge, professional
meu extol the beauties of agriculture,
aud especially every one who is looking
for a lucrative office Irom tho honest
yeoman, as much as to say, your call
ing is respectable Robert Mansfield.
A colored witness was cxnmiued in
a Washii glon City Ci urt to prove the
identity of a white man tho other day.
District Attorney "Did you see tho
man ?"
"Yes. sir, I seed him."
"Was be a white man?'
"Don't kuow, bir."
"Do you tell me you saw the roan,
and can't say whether he was wbito or
black !"
"Yes, sir, I seed him, but dares so
ninny wbito fellers call'm' demselvcs
'oxers' fund here, I cau't tell one
fii'in tod'er.
Witness dismissed cxplaoatioD satis
factory.
Corrofpondemo Ilostou Courier.
One ol the muuntebaLks who phowed
his talents lo the Uingirbresd F-tif in
Talis not only ix uieratid bimstll f.om
payment id board, lie would put his
tock iu trade in Iront of an ally (taking
Care it Was ro blind ally) ol a bnu-e with
a back rs well as a front door. (lis whole
stuck ia trde (his brj7, .n Ir.ca exe'u-ive)
was a piece of old carpet nnd a light l-dd
ing table. Hn "rib t0j:uo, loud voire.
and promised wonders always drew a
I tree crowd around hiiii. lie announced
that he slioull first perform the most ill til
cult tricks id lcgeHcmaiii, uul nlterwards
explain. He did perlonu two tricks, and
exolnined Ihe ni'de ol playing Ihrm. lie
next asked for a silver thc-fr-uc pie e. a
gidd ring, nnd cn'd breastpin, which he
should, in thn sight of the spectator.)
(iissnlvo io ni'p'iiinc ucid, nnd whin the
thru t irt had ntlrlv dis.ppeared
hey t presto I -they would bo each in its
respective ownr' Docket, ilu ni'ver
aikirl in yiji. !e sopr.cr had the
three ol. jei ts in hand than he termmed.
halt fiiyhtmed to duath : "Mon Dieu I
ninn Dieu ! there conic thn policemen!
Let's run ! Don't go lar 1 I'll bn bark us
sunn as they are c ut o! dghl !"' Tlie words
were not out of his nv uth before table
and carpet were under his arm nnd he was
ni .king quick Bieps (or tlio entrance of
alley or bouse. The spectator gradually
withdrew, C'ii'B to other shins ; three ol
the spi ctntors aiono were pt:eiit. They
had good reas in to ronnir.. One's r aon
was a silver five frnno piece; another's
rea?on was a gold rinr;; the thiid's reason
was a gold liirnstpin. ratienee became
impatience, Tl.cy made inquires. They
we e told tl.cy were fools. They com
ulaitied to tha police. Good watch was
kept for Iho necrmmnnc er, He was
nabbed. He will have no bills lor bed or
b ard to pny for the next six nirnths. I
don't pretend to fay ho will he as com
fortable ns il he was Maying at Parker's.
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Everything in tula line from a 106 TOS
Railroad tie tin to the SMALLKST TK A
.Scale furnished at tS irnriainu. I.nw bs..
urci. A Platform HAY or STftCIf Hn.?.
of FOU It TONS capacity for gltO.eo aad
r reiui.
All kinds of
IRON AND BRASS CASTINGS
Furnlxhfld at SHORT NOTICR anl at
L'otei sburg or Norfolk PRICSd.
I am prepared
Repair Work for
to do ANY KIND tf
ENGINES,
MILLS AND
GINS,
COTTON
A little boy, when asked to what
trade he would wish to be brought up,
replied
"l ii oe a trustee, because ever since
papa has been a trustee wo havo had
pudding cveiy duy."
It is the mist boiutiful truth in mornls,
lb it we have no such thia as a riis'lnrt
or divided interest from o ir rare, Io their
wtl'are, is ours aud by choosing the broad
est paths to i ilea iiieir nsppin s , we l
choose the Burcet aud tho s'ujitesl ta our
oa a.
I konn const an 11 " An 1,.nJ Af
Manufacture a liOOD OFFICE
my owa
COAL AND WOOD STOVE.
Also a good
ware.
asaorlmsut of HOLLOW
LUM BF.R furnK'. ni in any qiuuttt-r
a he LO W K if Market Katei. X
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