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THE ROANOKE NEWS. THE ROANOKE NEV75 ADVERTISING RATES. A DEMOCRATIC WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, PUBLISHED BY fc. M. sVO M G fc W. W. HALL. One Tear, in advance, flH Months, " fbree Mouths, 2 eo l ott 75 cts. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. ATTORNEY AT LAW, HALIFAX, N. C. Office In the Court Houna. Strict attention J'Ivhii to all branches ol the profession. nil U ly JlDWiBD T. CLARK, ATTORNEY AT LAW, HALIFAX, N. C. mr. SOly. T. BRANCH, ATTORNEY AT LAW. ENFIELD, N. C. Practices In thn counties of Tlallfax, Nash Eltrecomte ami Wilson. Collections made In al parts ot the State. Jan 12 if ATTORNEY AT LAW, WELDON, N. C. Special attention (riven to collections and (omittances promptly made, nay ltf. IAMES H. 110XLSN. JOUN A. HOORK. w OLLEN k MOOSE, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. HALIFAX N. C. Practice In the contlesof Halifax, Northamp ton, Ednecorobe, Pitt and Martin In the Hu prerae oonrt of the Stale and in the Federal Courts of the Eastern District. Collections inado In any part of the State. jun 1 ly "AMES B. O'HARA, ATTORNEY AT LAW. ENFIELD, N. C. Practiced In the oonrts of Halifax and adjoin ing count tea, and In tho Supreme and Federal courts. Collections made In any part of the State. Will attend at the court hmne in Halifax on Monday and Friday of each week, jau 12tf JOBERX 0. BURTON J R. ATTORNEY AT LAW. ' HALIFAX N. 0. ' "Practices In the courts of Halifax, and adjoin 'hifT counties. In the Supreme court of tin 'State, and in the Federal courts. Will (rive special attention te the collection 01 claims, and to adjusting the accounts of ex ' ecttors, administrators and guardians. dec 15tf tVIM L. HYMAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW. HALIFAX, N. C. . "Practices In the courts of Halifax and adjoin- veuiiLies, oiiu iu tuo ouirriuu mm i-cuM-iw 'Courts. Claims collected in nil parts of North -vMj-uuun. uiucu in lue uourt nuuse. juiym fj SOMAS R. UILL, Attorney at Law, HALIFAX, V. C 'Practloes In Halifax and adjoining counties ane federal and Supreme courts. Will ba at Scotland Neck, onee every fort- '01501. ang zn 11 J"03. B. BATOHELOR. ATTORNEY AT LAW, RALEIGH, X.C. Practices In the conrts of the 6th Judicial Jnatriot aid lu the Federal and Supremo courts, may 11 u. J1 W. UiSOK, ATTORNEY AT LAW, GARYSBURG, N. C, Practices In the conrts of Northampton and 'adjoining comities, also in tue federal ana HU' preuie courts. J une 8 tf. tt r TJAT SOtLIOOPFBR. , ATTORNEYS AT LAW, WBLDON, N. C. rractice intnecouris 01 nation u.l a.'J,;!n!r.;; Counties, and In the Supremo and FuuVral conrts Claims i-nilo,,il in miv nart of North Carolina Oue of the Brm will always be found in the oince. juueioiy. D R. . L. UU3T1SK, 4VSQEOS DENTIST. Vm be found at his office in Enfield. D " r . n I . 11. T).,n rare miroau uxias was ir iu ! less Extracting of leeth always on baud, HUB Li, II. K D R H if J. BURTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, WELDON, N. C. Prnetlna. In ....-. U..lltn. CV.inn All wl10lnntr 1,11111, H..ti (n O.nMiiim-innKlllI hVtl "al courts. Clalma collected lu any part ol rtl C.ollii. June 17tf B, SMITH, JR. ATTORNEY AT LAW, . ' ootuhd Nkck, Halifax Countt N, C i.."'-"" In the county of Halifax and adjeln tato utle aud lutho Supieuio cou't " the VOL. VIII. ' Meet Me Love. f ret ir.e when the sun is sinking Slowly in the distant west, Heat me when the bird is hauling To tho shelter of the west j I have words of love to whisper In the oar that's ever true, 1 have word of love to whisper Soft as falling ot the dew. Meet me love and we will wandor Thru' the walks so haply known, Meet mo, lovo, and I will clasp theo To my breast, ray irne, my owuj Riches of the earth, they vantxh, Famo, wlih nil hit pomp, Is dead; When I olasp thy tinkers fondly, W lienI kiss thy lips of red. LOVE'S SUNLICHT. ... , , 1 "I wish I were dead" whisnarprl EJith Lyod, ai she struggled to keep back her iobi. ' What have I to lire lor?" Her ling qviiercd painfully. She bad known so much sorrow in her young life. The first inemorv of her child hood was an old fashioned room, with a bay window overlooking a stutely lawu. In this embrasure she, had spent years. The piano was there, and for yews each diy slio had sat fingering the keys, un til at last music became her Iricnd and companion, dearly loed and cherished. bhe had a distinct memory of her father a pale, tbin man, dying slowly, but surely, of consutnotiou. Ilur mother too, was ever present to her re niembranca a proud, fierce wooinn, jealous eten of her only child. The mad loe of her mother for her hus- bin d left uo room in her heart for Edith. That jualous dead watch wore her out. In this terrible wrestlo with the prim foe she was beaten, and six month's af ter Edith's father was in his crave, her mother followed him. And then it became known that Mr. Lynd had lived far beyond his income for years before his death. Ilia Creditors' raved and 1 stormed. Wbat they could do they did, Every ti y morsel tf property they took from bis child Fricbtened and wretched, Edith turned to the only frieud she bad iu the world. This was her father's old companion. Mr. Carruthers. M.ttiuy there was none. Her mother had exhausted every re source after h r father's death. Thanks to Mr. Carruthers, Edith ob tained a situation in the family of Lady Lindsay, a poor but exceedingly proud Scotch lady with a large family of good looking daughters. In ber new home she might have lived contentedly, if not happily, but for ber great beauty. Ltdv Lindsay tried hard to keen her in the background, and hor eff irts were seconded by her daughters; but it wis not to be done. One more season had run it course, and the hope of the house had failed to fulfill the expectations of her scheming worldly wise mother. A score of suitors bnd dangled about ber the whole season long. During the hot summer nights, peer and baronet bad attended Constance Lindioy ; but neither ono nor the other had committed himself to au cp"ii avowal. Proud some evil to'pne had de clared il'-tcropered was Consta ice Lin if. For her, money had 1 o charms, position no ii Q ience. She yearned fur love, pure and simple. Of all those she had met, only one had reached her ideal. This was Sir Georce Holmes. He had been the lion of the season, for he had proved himself to be a bravo and daring man. Tall. daik. full-bearded, with deep grey eyes, a stalwart, haittlsomc frame, restless wearied niani.cr ; such wus Sir George Holmes. Constance Lindsay had suubbed bim unmercifully tho whole seison through. Suit he had clung to her, and bis gentle respect had touched bis heart. He was to come down for the shoot ing season, and Constance looked for ward to the first day of September with a passionate longing., . .,' ' 1 As the time grew nearer and nearer she grew more and more peevish and irritable. Of all the household, bdun fe't it the inott. . . It was too bot to walk or ride, and so music was tue sum nucupuiiou ut Liii stance: and it was duritg one of ber exercises that she spoke very harshly to Edith. E lith resented that, and a high quarrel between liie two giils as the result. Edith lad the best of it for Con- stance had abused her p js'uion, aud felt ashao e I of herself, But fiis wts unknown to Efith, who could bit winder why sich things should b ?, and sob out her broken sen tences h the solitude of her cham ber. And this was why Edith Lynd cried out in anguish of spirit that ehe "wished she were dead." The first of September arrived. Ia a couotry bouse it is a great day of the year, . Sir George Holmes felt this in no or dinary degree. He loved tho country. Tor him the woodland and lawn had cx traordiuarf attractions. He stood on the lnwo this bright Sep. tembor morning, looking over tho broad meadows. . S.ul.leidv the bushes were divided, and a huge mastiff sprang through wi.h a i'ivuus bark. Dntn Osar down! Where are bad fellow?" cried a silver voune voice. "Cimo to ru ibis iustaot, sir J" WBLDON. ISr. The noblo hound crouched down, wagged his tail, and looked back with a peuitent glanco iu his great brown eyes. Sir Goorgo followed the glance. A dark, beautiful girl stood before him, Hor lap was full of autumn berries and flowers, some of which she dropped as she started back in surprise. Sir Ucorgo took otT Lis bat and bowed. "I am sorry to have startled you," he said. "Pormit me." Ile'stooped and picked up the flowers, holding one little branch uf red berries in his band. "I presume you are a guest of Sir James Lindsay," bo said, "though I have not boeu introduced to you? Will you permit me to introduce myself? My name Is George Holmes." "And mine Edith Lynd. I am not a guest. I am a governess to Sir James's daughters." "I am charmed to know you, Miss Lynd," said Sir George, smiling. "Ah, there is tho breakfast bell. Will Caeiar allow me to be your escort, think you?" "Thank you ; but I would rather re turn alone. I do oot breakfast with the family when when there is company," faltered Edith, in a half laughing, half embarrassed fashion. "Hark! They are calling you Sir C-orge. I should never forgive myself if I detained you a moment longer." ' Nor me, I suppose?" he questioned, laughingly. "I don't know," she answered, in a more serious tone of voice, and like a vision, she glided from his sight. He sighed as he retraced bis steps and regained the lawn. Composed as he habitually was, ho started as be left the woodla id. Bjforc him stodd Constance Lindsay. Her checks were white, ber lips trem bling. "C'imo. Sir George," aha cried, al most hysterically. "We feared we had lost you. Will you come to the bouse? Have you been telling the birds the fate in store lor them?" "No," he said ; "I have beco admir ing a noble hound aud " Talking to Miss Lvnd, our governess. Shf is very beautiful, people say." "Yes?" said the Baronet, inquiring- iy- "Oh, yes. To foreign tastf, now, she would be simply superb " "There I disagree with you, Miss Lindsay. I have traveled too long and too far ia foreign lands to lose my piedilcctions. Tuis may sound para doxical, but, to appreciate our owu dear land, we should leave it." lie felt her hand tremble on bis arm. "You do not propose leaving it again, I hope?" she said. lie shook his head. "I do not know," be answered. "Per haps yes, perhaps no." By this time they had reached the long glass doors of the dining-room, aud a second and louder shout wel comed Sir George to the morning meal. All the long day Edith wandered round the house and through the adja cent plantations. New music was in her cars, new thrills ia his heart. Tho voice of the grave looking traveler was ever present with her. sue had never met with ono so noble and gentle in all her life before. Ilis words bad a strange meaning in them, a wonderful fascination. She forgot, for a few dreaming hours, her position as a menial of the house hold. But dream and reverie al.ke were soon to end. Just before the dressing-bell rang. Lsdy Lindsay knocked at her door. Edith opened it all wouderiugly. Her ladyship sailed ' into the room, and seated herself in the best chair. One look at her stern, haughty countcnauce prepared Edith for the scene to come. Lady Liad.ay beld a bank nota loosely and negligently in her band. With this she fanned herself in a languid fashion. Wben she condescended to speak it wus in a harsh, grating voivo. "Miss Lynd, sbe said, "1 bavt re solved to make au alteration in my household. And as it concerns you as well as others, I think it my duty tu ap prion yno of k as soon as possible." Ldub bowed. "My daughters are now too far ad- aticcd to need instruction except by the very best masters, and therefore 1 shall iot require your services after this ek. Let we see tins is Monday j if you could mnks it convenient, I should like you to leave here on Saturday next." and she handed her the note. Very well, Lidy Lindsay," said Edith, with a swelling heart. "1 shall he very glad to recommend you, of course," quoth ber ladyship, rising : "and I sincerely hope you will do as well as most vounr; persons who leave my as.ablishment." With this, she sweet from the apart mcut But Edith was not destined to become a govcroets again. S.-rvauts will talk among themselves, and thus the secret leaked out. The servants l.ked and respected the orphan girl. Her white face and Grmly-set lips at' tracted their sympathy, iue uews spread through the household. Tim Duuova", Sir George Holmes' at tendunt, was full uf it, and chatted of it morning, noon and uiuht. He had accompanied S r George all through bis travels, ted was a great C, THUltSDAY, favorite of the Baronet. So, with many embellishments, be told the story of Edith, as ha gathered it from tho ser vants of Sir James Lindsay, and Sir George was touched to the heart. Moreover Constance had erowo capri cious and haughty, and bo, like a mod ern St. (7eorge, the Baronot went to the distressed damsel's assistance At the poor governess's fet he knelt and told bis love, and Edith became Lady Holmes; aud years after, when 0 cruel war raged between two gioat na tions. Edith's oamo was known and hon ored far and wide. Wounded men never coased to speak well of her long after they had reached the dear old land of their birth. Vete rans spoke of bor as a ' guardian anjel." Faith and Itreal and Ilisltcr. A forlorn, seedy looking individual with a high forehead and slouched hat. stepped up to a ministerial personage yesterday, on Court Avenue, uodsnid, "My friend, are you a Christian. The ministerial pcrsonngo replied that he was, and bad for some time beon trying to spread the gospel among men. "My dear bjothcr," said the tramp, so am I. For many years I have been trying to live the Ufa of a consist ent Christian. But of lute years adver sity has coma upon me, aud I have aid my wife and children away in the graveyard. Nw I am left alone in the world, a poor lone wanderer, without friends and without home. Bat I have not yet lost my hope in the gospel, although my feet are fast slipping. I know that a roan cannot hvo by bread alone, but still a little of that nourish ment throwu ia once in a while, has a very salubrious effect. F r four days I have been living 011 faith, anS I find that it does not agree with my con stitution. It don't fill up, so to speak. It does very well as a change, but as a steady diet it is hardly a success. What I need now is a littlo of the staff of life to kind o' balance the thing you know. I dob t mean to depreciate faith in the least. In fact, I think it a very good thing. But, you see, there is a natural craving iu every human stomach for something moro substantial. That's my fix now. That s the kind of stomach mine is. I feel that a good assistance to faith in the present instance. Look at these hullow eyes of mine. Gaza upon these sunken cheeks. Cast your eagle eyes over this wasted framo of mine, and auswer me if you do not think I am not a pretty fair witness to the fact that man canuot subsist for four consecutive days on faith alone, and maintain his physical corporosity and good look's. I was once beautiful, us the saying goes. Once I was a strong, hearty man, but now I am nothing but a shadow of my former self, m.d all because of tho small nourishment afforded by the steady diet of faith. Now, if you have a dollar lying about loosely iu the recesses of your panta loou's pocket, you can bave an oppor tunity to bestow it upon a charitable object, which object is myself. I feel that if I had a square meal again I could 01.ee more stand on a firm foundation and renew my hope in the power of Christianity. But without something to fill this terrible vacuum in me, I fear that I shall backslide. Iu fact, I know I shall. I feel it in my bones. So my dear brother, lend me fifty cents and save a fellow Christian from falling iuto the bands of the tempter." The ministerial persouage could not resist this touching appeal. He leut him the money, and in less than half an hour the object of his chnrity was lay ing out along a rail feneo 00 Walnut Street, and muttering, "I wouder (hie) who I'll strike rex.? Tho I! 011 Hi ol ( hifdrcn-A Iteautl- ful fculeru Allegory. From an obituary iu the Kolicious Uorald tiy Kev. uv. t. 1. uaioti.j When I stand by tho grave of a little child I can see clearly the beauty in that fable of Adam lile when he bud been driven from paradise and .was .earning his bread in the sweat of his face. liaphael and Isreal, tho two angels who were stationed as sentinels at the gate of the empty Eduo, talked to eicb "'h"' rrvch "f Admn and Eve, aud watched with pitying eyes their toil and siilleiing. The punishment seemed terrible to the compassionate angels, as they saw our first parents at their un wonted toil among . tho thorns and briers, and theo looked back upon the quiet loveliness uf the lost paradise And many an hour did the angels spend ia prayer to Allah that he would sweeten the toil uf the man and the sorrows of the woman. The day came when ber first-born son lay in the arms of the happy Eve, und Adam watched the babe with gladsome eyes. Allah had answered the prayer of His compassionate angels. Now, for the first time since the fiery sword was set at the gate of Eden, Eve sang ns sho went about ber work, and Adam labored .with brisk cheerfulness, and hurried home joyfully at sunset to gaza upon tho budding beauties of bis babe. The child grew in loveliness j day by day bis fond parents, and the angels scarcely less fond, saw him develop iu w traits of interest to their observing eyes. He was so bright and beaut ful a reve lation of ao entirely new creation the bust of all the creatures Allah bad made. On the day wben be took bis first steps, crowing in baby glee, while he tottered from bi mother's to bis fathei's outstretched haod!", Eo said V OCTOBER 10, 1879. softly : "Paradise bad no joy equal to this," and Adam answered reverently, "How morciful is God." But there came a day when Raphael aud Israel were recalled from their post ton as sentinels, leaving only the fiery sword to guard the lost Edea. But instead of mounting in joy to their places among their fellow-angels, tbey weut with reluctant flight, looking back longingly to earth aud listoniug to the prattlo ol the child Btaoding by his mother's knee. Their fellow-angels taw a shadow over tho brightness of their beauty, aud noticed that often they stood with silent harps, tt If listening to catch a far off sound. Till at last Allah asked Raphael what bad brought a dimness over ' his radience, tod the angel answered "Why Is earth given a joy that is unknown to heaven? Grant, most merciful Oiic, that children may come to gladden our lives by their beauty and lovliness. Adam in his sin is more blcs ed than we in cur holiness." And Allah answered : "It is not mount that fallen roan should bo happier than holy spirits, la a few years that child they love so dearly may wring the heaits of thosi parents in untold anguish, for sin Is stamped upon his nature, innocent rind pure though he seem. But heaven shall have all the beauty and joy of the children without the after strain. You may ga among the sons of men and gather tho brightest and fairest of their little ones, ere their souls are blackened by sin, and briog them here to increase the happiness of heaven." Eversince that day the angels have availed themselves of Allah's permis sion. They come to earth and take from us our brightest and fairest children, in their young Innocence, and bear them away to gladden heaven itself. And no longer is there a shadow over tbo radience of Raphael and Israel as they listen to the fresh young voices, and watch the children takeu away in their purity. ' Such is the fable, and thus it explains why so many children are taken In their infancy from the loving arms of parents and to the aching hearts which are left mouruing for their dear ones, comes tho assuranca which comforted tbe sor rowing king "I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me." Anecdote ol a Celebrated Doctor. The renowned Dr. Abernethy was a man of sharp wit and biting tongue, but was sometimes brought up with a sharp turn. On une occasion the doctor was forced to own that he bad tbe worst of it. The story runs thus : He was sent for one day in great haste by an ino kceper, whose wife had in quarrel scratched his face with her nails to such an extont that the poor man was bleed ing and much disfigured. Abernethy thought this aa opportunity not to be lust for admonishing the offeuder, aud siid, "Madam, are you not ashamed of yourself to treat your husband thus the husband who is the bead of all your head, in fact?" "Well, doctor," fiercely returned the virago, "and may 1 uol scratch my own bend ?" A gontleman once asked Abernethy if he thought the moderate use of snuff wou'il "injure the brain." "No, sir," was the doctor's prompt reply ; "for no man with a single ounce of brains wnuld ever thiuk of taking stmll." ttiud Word. Rtndall Morton lies a fi io place uear Pittsburgh Hiid tho boss cherry trees of iboiQ leading from the gito to the hoi'se. The trees are so planted that the inferior varieties are nearest the guto. We have a great many visitors in tho summer time, and the first thing every fellow dnes when he enters the Sale is to go for the first cherry tree and pariake of the fruit thereof; theo hu natural y works his way to the next tree and samples tbo cherries ; he finds the fruit better than tbe first tree ; then he moves on to the next and discovers that tho fruit of that is still bettor, aad so he gradually works up to the residence, eating from every tree oo his woy." "What dnes he do then?" "Then," said Mr. Morton, putting his feet up on the window sill ' his com plexion turns to a sort of bluish while and he snys : "'For God's snko have you any whisky in the bouse?" "If wc have any whisky," said Mr. Morton, "we give him time; if we haven't any we put a mustard plaster on him and encourage him by kind words." - The Family Table. A sensible exnlnni;e remarks that a (jrast deal ol the enjoyment ol a inenl depends upeo the appearance ol the ta'ile. A clean monthly ironed tabio cloth and ca;,kins a e the lira', requisites. II thcee are caielul ly folded ufitr evay meut and laid iu a box kept for tliu purpose, they will look well for several da's. Where there are small chilrlron, a iqunrc white nit clotb bonnd with scarlet braid or simply piokrd around and liJ under tbe'.r platet, will prevent muth so' I in,' of the cloth. A lew bright pretty dislias add muoh to the appi arauce of the tabio. Now duriug the Simmer a pretty ornament way be secured lor every meal by rnerelv rnuniue into tbe yard nr garden and gathering a few buds aud flowers and spray) ol ureen for a bou qtiot. This habit, if onne eotntnonced, will so urow upon the taste that the spoons or napkins will ha'dly bo more Indiauen sable. It Is well to let tho children lur nis'i tl 0 table biutj'iets trout their owu djwvr uuli. NO. 33. A Mother Influence. The'following picture of maternal piety and description of a mother's influence bave never been surpassed. 'Margherita Puaterla caused ber little son, Vdotorino, to kneel before ber. while ho tauUt him tbe Lord's Prayer. A mother teaching her child to pray it, at the same time the moat sublime and ten der imago one can picture to himself. Then, the woman, raised above tarre trial things, resembles these angels who, our brothers and our guardians la life, in spire our virtues and correct our voices. "Ia the soul el the child It mgraved, with the portrait of bis mot hor, tht pray er which lbs taught bim tht Invocation of the 'Father who ait In IJetreo.' When tbe seductleus ot tho world surround him, he finds tho powerjto resist them la that little prayer taught bim' by maternal Dpi. Thrown among men, he meets Irtud under the guise ot honesty, soot virtuo deceived, generosity mocked, hatred furious and tinmltiuated, and friendship lukewarm aud stifl.th shuddering, he is ready to nurse bis fellow men, but ho remembers his 'Father who ia in Heaven.' D e he, on tbo contrary yield to the world, do tbe s?eds oi a miserable selhNhucss of dark corruption, germinate in his soul; at the bottom of his heart resounds a voice a voice severely tender, like that ot his mother, whose memory works in bis breast like a living conscience. Thua ha traver ses life ; then nu tbe bed nt death, aban donud of men, turrounded only by the retinue of bis work, he returns again, in thought, to the days of his childhood to his mother, and dies lull of a tranquil con Qdeooe Id the 'Father who is ia ileavea.' "Alter hearing her son repeat this prayer, Margbeiita uudres.sed him b erne II ani put him in his little bed. covering him with kisses, and saying, 'Thou shall ba virtuo. as!' And tbe little Venturino slept la tho arms ol angols." There is aa much truth as beauty la this brief extract. The mysterious influ ence ol a mother, tht power ot home me mories we have all lelt, tod we all know them. Those memories are like guardian spirits, which lollow us ever oo life's highway.' We cannot, probably, ovor-estimite the power which these memories may exorcist upon ua, either to preserve from tin or to rescue ui whea we have fallen. When a youth goes out from bis home guardod by all those angola of love, be has the stron gest possible security which can be given to human virtue. Bull, he Is oot absol utely sale. lie may fall! Alas 1 many do. But then a thousand angels Irom bis early home come forth to hit rescue. Aa incidont occurred a few years slnco, which illustrate this subject with (rest beauty and force. In oue el the prisons nt one of our maritimo cities, a man a foreigner was confined, whose history, to tar as known, was a n cord ef the black est crimes. lie became ill, and it was snou apparent that a lew wetks would terminate bis earthly carter. There were tho&'j who pitied him, and would minis ter to his wants, temporal and spiitual : he repelled all advances. Vice had so grown over bis hoart, that sensibility aud affection seemed to be dead. lie hated the world aud Ood ; and, with demoniac sullanees, awaited the Awful crisis when ba Blmuld go forth to meet the dread tot ributioos of Eternity. No (liar la could move hire from that desperate state do kiudness could solten no tuudoioens could briog te his eye one snsweriug glance. All was dead within him: his seul was withered. Thus he had lain for days, wben, one evening, jnst as tbe last ray el sunlight was playing on tba Iron bars ol bis prisou window, a straio ol musio, which onb red bis cell Irom the street with out, reached his ears. It was a national air ol his native land, with which, wben a child, his mother used to charm bim to sleep I Tbo angels of his childhood tbe spirit of Lovo, which had watched over his cradle, were hid In that simple strain, tod with it stole into his heart. That moment was he saved I Tht prison el bis soul, bis tQections, were laid low, and a divine hope cast its beams lar down Into his heart, where, for long years, all bad I e n dark and black. Ilia bosom heaved wiih tumultuous emotion : hit lace was wet with those tears which angels rejoice at, and ho cried, "My mother 1" A few days after, worn out by disease, he died aud died a CunsUin. A Diitapitoluted Chinaman. Ywlerday morning, says t recent Issue thd Virginia (N-v ) Koterprise, a China snan came into Yuungwnrtb's chop house with a basket containing about balf a bushel ot yellow-bellied, warty-backed toads, which be offered to diopote of at six bits per dczen, calling them "ftogn." When told that tbty were not frogv but toads, tnd unfit to eat, ' tht'' Chinaman looked ui.happy. Tit evidently thought be was bringing to town a luxury that would be mapped up almost inttantly at a big price, Haid be: "Toad, toad you I'M ie itnu load 1" "Coriaiuiy," " said Toungworth, "regular toad no good." "What lor him no good ! Mo thinkee yru foolee me. Him walk-e all tame flog, him talkeo all the sa'iie flog, wbat for him toad ?" and John looked as it ha tutprcted the toad tulle was a j 'h ts get bit ' fl 'go" for noth'Dg. Jo itu ff us-urtd that h i same was "uo good," aud he finally I unit d sully away, yet he held on to hit baskot ol toa4s and carried tbm eff In tho direction of Chinatown. It appears that the poor fellow had luggod his load ol toadsall alive aud kicking, too all the way from the town of Sutro. havi' g found them abjut some puud divtJ that way. Health Hints. For people with eklu disease a carbolic bath should be used. j Alwrys take a bath in a warm room nnd in tepid water, nnlcss particularly robust. Bleeding of a wound in man or beast c n be stopped, it is by a vixturo of wheat tlour aud common stlt, ,j equal parts, bound ot with a cloth. Aa exchange says aoft cftrns can be cured by this 00m salve 1 Boil tobacco down to so extract, tlnm mix with it a quantity of white pitch piuo, and apply it to the corn, ren'twing H once a week till the coru disuppears. a . 1 h I I o 9 19 89 00 4$ 99 46 M M S 66 99 76 . SPACR I I 8 One Square, 8 00 Two Square, A 00 Three Squares, 8 00 Four Squares, 10 00 Fourth Col'n. IK on t 8 00 10 00 16 00 18 00 ) 00 14 09 so es so ca 40 00 69 00 Half Column, 20 00 80 00 vv uoie (Joiumn, On Year, WDOSS, WELDON, N. C. Joua n. roortVPswfci . : . --.v ' : d IIICIIARDSOW COTTOH PLOW A 6PECIALTT. KANCPAOTURBB Otf, AND aN tKUl AOWKf in i: ( v d-: rra, ' : .''.' m. :ti .- f,l.f ALL KINDS Off FARMING PLBMENTS, STEAM ENGINES AND COTTON (JINS. Alse Ageat for the Chicago goal C?ok UNITE CTAX23 CZi&UZS SCALES. Everything la this Hue from tna srvtH Railroad 8eaTe to tba KMAL1.K4 P tu.i Scale furnished at Hurprlainir LOW Fio. ures. A Platform HAY or STOCK Sot's of FOUR TONS capacity tor 0.v and All kinds of IRON AND BUSS 0ASnKO3 t - r . itm ! ? i , v . Furnished 'at SHORT NOT rCH Twvl '& 1'otersburg er Norfolk PKIC1C3. I am prepared to de ANY KIND el Repair W ork for ENGINES, MILLS AND OOITODI GINS, ESSfig" MAOHINISW'aod I koflp nenstantly'nn hand of ur on Manufacture OOOI OFFICII . COAL AND WOOD STOVE. Aluoa good asaortaiat of HOLLOW LUMBER rnrnts! d In any quantity a (be LOWK JT Market KatwL Sep 8 1?) i