North Carolina Newspapers

THE ROANOKE NEWS. THE ROANOKE NEWS ADVERTISING RATES. A DEMOCRATIC WEEKLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED BY t,M. LONG W. W. II A LI, ?2 00 1 00 75 cts PROFESSIONAL CARDS. p E.a b oyfn a r tmas, Surgeon Dentist. Office over W. H. Brown's Dry Goods 8toro, WELPON, N. C. Will visit parties nt their homes when desired, Torms Reasonable, oct S3 ly QRIZZAHD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, HALIFAX, N. C. fttfle.e In the Court House. Strict attention ? riven to all branches of the profession, an 1! ly gJDWABD T. CLARK, ATTORNEY AT LAW, HALIFAX, N. C. mr. 201y. Jjt T. BRANCH, ATTORNEY AT LAW. ENFIELD, N. C. Practices In V c mntles of Halifax, Nash Blifecombeainl WiUon. Collections made In al parts of the Mate, jan 12 tf ATTORNEY AT LAW, WELDOV, N.C. Special attention Riven to collections and remittances promptly made, may ltf. UMK9 U. MULLEN. JOHN 1. MOORE. JJUllSS 4 MOORE, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. HALIFAX N. C. Practice In the conntlesof Halifax, Northamp ton, Edjrecombe, Pitt and Martin In the Su preme court of the State and In the Federal Courts of the Kastern District. Collections made In any part of the State. Jan 1 ly JAMBS E. O'HARA, ATTORNEY AT LAW. ENFIELD, N. C. "Practices In the eonrts of Halifax and adjoin ing counties, and In tho Supreme and Federal courts. Collections made In any part of the State. Will attend at the court house in Halifax on Monday and Friday of each week. Jan 121 f jOBERT 0. BURTON JR. ATTORNEY AT LAW. HALIFAX N. C. Practices In the courts of Halifax, and adjoin In counties. In the Supremo court of tins State, and In the Federal courts. Will (rive special attention to the collection of claims, and to adjusting the accounts of ex ecutors, administrators and guardians. dec ir.tf j.ATINL. HI MAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW. HALIFAX, N. C. Practices In the courts of Halifax and adjoin In counties, and In the Supreme and Federal eourts. Claims collected in all parts of North Carolina. Office In the Court House. Julyttf rp somas N. HILL, Attorney at Law, HALIFAX, NT. C. Practices In Halifax and adjoining counties and Federal and Supreme courts. Will as at Seotlaud Neck, oaee every fort alfht. auR M if JpOS. B. BATCHELOR. ATTORNEY AT LAW, RALEIQ H, N. 0. Practises In the eonrts of the th Judicial District and In the Federal and Supreme Courts. Bay 11 tf. J W. MASON. ATTORNEY AT LAW, OARTSBURG, N". C. Praettoea In the eonrts of Northampton and tdjolalnff counties, also in Lba Federal and Su preme tourts. J ii ue S tf. W. . PIT. ' A. C. XOLLICOrFER. D AT k ZOLLICOFFEB. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, WEI.D0N, N. C. Practice In the eourts of Halifax and adjoining ounties.and In th Supreme and Federal courts. Claims eollected In any part of N"Hh Carolina. One of the firm will always bo found In the Office. June it 1 y. D R. . L. HUNTER, ABRGEON DH TIMT. Caa b found at his office in En Bold. Para NitrousOx'de Gas for the Pain leas Extracting of Teeth al wayB on hand Jam W tf. A K D a E W J. BURTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, WELDON, If. C. .factlcea In tho courts of Halifax, Warren and "'joining counties anil In the Supreme and Fcd- orth Carolina. eourta. claims collected In any part- 01 June nu H. SMITH, JR. Ono Tear, in advance, gU Months, " fbrae Month, " ATTORNEY AT LAW, SootlamdNbok, HaltfaxOodntt IT. C '"J'ons In the county of Halifax and adloln- noonUea, and lu tho Supremo court of t.lio Jwilflly. VOL. VIII. A Shadow Jn li.c Valley. There's a shadow In tho valley Whore the. lilies lio asleep, Where tl o latiuliinii wators murmur, And tho sweet ias?B droop ami weep, Thero's a shadow in the valley And as'iih iloats In the air, Like the brentb ofanjjels resting O'er tlio fair mhiuh mtrrororl there. Such a shadow in the valley llrintfH a bunion to uiy heart ; Ctniiot yoa, to i, understand it? Have you ever leit it smart f I have watched the lilies lying, I liavo seen theswnot fl iits weep, And have wished that I, when dying Might be laid with thorn to sleep. Like the human heart o'arshudowed Ky a sorrow swilt and deep. Like 'he sweet 11 irs and tho lilies In the shadow vain a.-lecp, There's a melancholy awentnoHS In tho pei Tuine-laiion air, And t bo tall roods xeom to whisper, "You'll li 11 it aorrnw every whore.'' A WIF E'S SALVA T 1 0 N . " A coxy, prettily furiiihed sitting- room ; singing birds in gilded caes, a plump Angora cat on the velvet ring be fore tho fie, a wise-looking pup stretched lazily on the fl ming skirts of a pretty woman's pretty dress. Trulv a sweet domestic picture. Hit ttop! Surely that is a frown between those prettily arched brows, and the full swell of the under lip is very much like a pout. A id, as I life, there are two great tears on tho long, black lashes I And now she breaks out in a torrent of petulant, impatetit words. 'The same tireio no thi'irs day after day first breakfast, then kiss Charlie good bye, then directions to look for the six o'clock dinner, aod after that ncedle-woik how 1 hate ill or calls made or received, in which one is trmted to a full account of Mrs. Bl ink's extravagance, of Miss Iloiiiton's, flirta tions, of that horrid Col. St. Cyrp, S' awfully fust, my dear, ai d so distress ingly good-looking. IL tired I aw of it all I And there is Charlie. Who would have believed he could have change so io so short a time? lie no longer cares for ball, theater or opera, but dons dressing-gown, smoking-cap and slippers directly he has swallowed his dinner, lights that horrid meerschaum, and passes the evening behind a news paper enveloped l i smoke clouds. 0 i, dear! I wish I had nut been in qi it e a hurry to get married. 'Oh, go away, J3;jou, and with her slippered foot she thrutts the teasing pug from her. A rap at the door, and to her sharp 'Come in' a servant appears, bearing a card. Madam looks, dishes siys, 'I will b down direct'y,' and flies to her dressing-room, brushes her flushed cheeks with the cooling powder puff pats the brown waves ol her hair with two pretty dimpled hands, glances at herself in the glass, smiles, and descends to the drawing-room. tall, gentlemanly-looking man rues and comes forward aa she enters. 'Mrs. Thornton.' That is all be says, but the tone and the manner ore mi st impressive, and thrills through the heart of lha wife as Charlie's words and tone used to bif re he took to neglecting her for dressing- gowns, sleepy hollows and meerschaums Well, they talk of the weather, the last new opera, etc. Commonplace sur.- yc'.s enough. Bit why should his eyes cause her a to waver and droop, glad to shelter themselves behind the white lidsl Why, at parting, is Ihe little white hand so hastily withdrawn from the close, warm pressure of his? Why, after he has gone, does she gnzs so tenderly at the band she bad s i hastily withdrawn, raise it almost to ber lips? nnd then suddenly let it drr.p to tier side? Why? I can tell you that. She loves her hus band with her whole, warm, passionate heart. And for yeirs and more sl;e has been living on husks H considers his whole duty done when the table is bountifully supplied, the wife well dressed, and he does not waver in his allcgience to her. Posse ssii n has dimmed the bright luster of his love, and this old admiirr, alio she gladly threw over for Charlie, is welcome to day, for the sake of the ripple ho makes on this dead sea monotony, dovti which she is slowly dr'ftiog. And his eyes Causes tier's to droop, and his hand pressure causes her head to ll.rob. be cause there is love io llio ryes and ten derness io tho hand pri ssuie. ha stands there, in the center of thit pretty room, with a w'lite, white face, and a wild, frightened look iu the eti, blue cye, tHtt i bursts i ilo a passionate flood of tears, throws herself on the nearest chair, drops her lace in her hands, aud her hands on tho table be fore her. Five ten fifteen miou'es pass. The sol s grow fainter ai d fainter. At length silence reigns, save for an oc casional chirp from the canaries and the ticking "f the pretty French clock on the mantel. A ran tit the d ior arouses ber, and J imes enters with a cluster ( I violets. There is no carl nothing to tell from whom they came; but she knows only too well. She likens them to tearful blue eyes, and kisses them tenderly, pityingly, and then thrusts Ihem hurriedly into the open drawer of the table, closes it and turns to greet her husband, whose step had announced his coming. A moment later she is cxcesswcly provoked at herself for the thrusting the violets out of sight. Why did sho do Holier not sav nnvthi.ie about them. And should she speak of lUy's visit ? Yes. she would Src-lv tell that but not now after dinner. Charlie was ulwavs lust a trifl i imnntieut cross when he was hungry. She would wait till after dinner, lijt before the dessert vraa WELD ON, K brought on, while she w:s eating her salad, her husband asked to be excused. Tnere was a most interesting nitie'e io the Evening Spouter on the Cninesc question, which ho had commenced in the omnitius on his way home, and be came deeply interested in. And olThe went, and whon tho dainty ru;i custards, fragrant mocha and lus cious fruit were brought in, there was i troublesome lump in the white throat nnd a suspicious moisture in tho blue eytsof ih wile, and the custard nas trifled with fur a moment, and a spoon ful or two of the mocha swallowed, for were not the watchful eyes of 'Jeemcs' up ti ber? And then she hastened fr to the room, her mind fully made up. Shu would go to Charlie, tell him every thing jjst how she missed the old caresses and delicate little attentions, how lot essmo it whs to sit there, night after night, gazing at the back of his newspaper or at the top of his sleek brown head, bs it peeped above the top of the paper. She would tell him of II ay's visit, and nb ml the hidden fl iw ers, and with this resolve in her heart she opened the door of the sitting room. 'Charlie, dear,' she would not give herselT a moment fur fear her courage might fail 'Charlie, dear, will you put your paper aside a moment? I want to tell you something.' 'Now, L iu, don't bother me. I never was more inti rested in my life, Uyjin g.i this fellow writes well. Where's Lelia, or lijiu? What is the use ol y er having pels if you r.ever notice them. Now sit down, that's n good girl, nnd dress Lc'i.i up in pink ribbon or t-omcthiog. You ought to be fond of tlmt confounded c it : it cost enough, ' II iw quickly the moisture leaves the blue eves I What a sudden, firm tih eniog there is oT the pretty red lips, and what a hard, cold heart this of ber's has suddenly become I Aud the tempter whispers in her heart: 'Not so woulJ Riy lltmiugton have look d or spoken.' Aud Charles Thornton, Esq, rttirns to his paper with a most self-satisfied air. An hour later ho throws down the Spouter, and asks what it is sbe has to S:ty to him. 'I really hove forgotten. It was of no consequence.' Take care, Charles Thornton ! Your wife's first falsehood. Who is to blame for il? And to whnt will it lead? Three months later. Hay Remington and Mrs. Tnnrntnn have met many times that sad day on which he sent her the violets. They have lunched to gether, rode together ond attended Ihe matinees together, and to-night it is nil arranged that she will leave her hits ban i's protection for that of Ray. Is sbe happy at the thought of leaving her husband's home? II ppy? Nol wretchedly unhappy. Hut that fthich seemed only a td'ght grievance at fi st has become now an uuhappioess too great to be borne. Of course s'ib confided her sorrows to Uav, and his indignation was intense. O ' c nirse, all fiis only made her lot se-'in the harder. And now she is going to escape from it all. Rat the treach'Tous little heait, Ivr bosom, that she had thought so cold and dead to Ca irlio, niiw,b('gios to plead for him. How he haunted the corridor outside her hed-room door that lime when she was so ill, ai d he was forbidden to en ter. And alien at last she was well enough to see him, how shocked sho whs at the alteration in that dear face. Why il was worn as thin nnd white as her own, and when h first saw her owu face in the glass, ihe great hollows in the palo cheecks he tsed to praise f ir their plumpness and bbom, and saw in place uf the luxuriant brown tresses he was so fond of, the boy's shock of Curly brown hair, and threw herself, Wc'eiiing, on her pillow, sobbing; how could he could he love her now? II w tenderly he took her in his arms, laid her head on his breast, and kissed the shorn I cks and sunken cheeks. And though she lived to tc old aud gray, cool I she ever forget his words? M dear one, my wife, I am so thank ful that I hoi I you here oo this heart, wiieiM al one ti.i.o I feared you ncvci ould rest again. I love y-u, ihy dar. lioj. for yourself, your warm heart, yiur pure soul, not for Ihe bloom that can I'.iJe or the toony brown tr.sscsthat are gone.' Ah 1 with a sudden sharp catching of the breath. C mid any other man ever be ihe same to her as Charlie? Oil I she must not think of this. What i this? A bracelet he gave her on the first annirersiry of their mar riage. No, she cannot tikfl that. And her wedding ring I re, that must be left with tho rest. Uhl sho had not dreamed it would be so hard to part with the eld love tokens. Even the des pised Lelia is caught up and kissed and cried over. A id what was she about to do? "Yes, Rhe was actually going to kiss the little white tidy on the back of tho sleepy hollow where Charlie's head rested every night while he read the Spouter. When Charlie returns to his dflierled home (he left for Washington that morn ing) what will ho say? Will bo care verv much? Hark I O ie twothree sin counts the nine. Then the strokes cease. The hour has come. She starts for the door, stops, with her hand pressed to her heart, gazes wildly around, and dasbes out blindly into tbe night. A C, THURSDAY, till form is standing nt the foot of ihe steps jit is Ray. lie draws :the little cold hand through his arm, They turn the corner, a carriage is wailing, the steps are down, the wife has entered, Ray is about to follow, when ah 1 great heaven I what is this? Her hus band stands before him. There is the (1 ish and report of a pistol, and Ray Remington falls Sho shrieks wildly, springing from tho carr'uge, aud awakes. Yes, thank God I awakes to find it all a dream. Sho wns in her own dear little sitting room. The is the dear old sleepy hol low, and there is Lelia, the fluffy An gora cat, on the rug by the fire. Hj.iu there, too, with his funny little gnggle eyi 8, aod founv little pink touguo lolling out. find whit is th;S? A card Ray mond Remingt on'a. She renieuitns now ho did call, and he had the imper tinence to show by his look and tone that he s'.ill cared for her. Sho rings the bell violently. 'Janus, in future whin Mr. Reming ton calls I am not at home ' Miii'k i wain on Hub. os. HIS SI'RIOl'S TALK TO TIIK SOI.D1FKS OK T111C AltJIY OK TUB TENNKSSUK. Mark Twain's remarks at the linrqict of the Army of the Tennessee io Chicago, where in response to the fol lowing toast : ' Tho r.aliios : As they comfort us Io. sorrows, let us n it Turret ilium in oar f etivilies.' The humorcst said: Now, that's somcthi 'g like. We haven't all hid the fjond fortune to be Indus; we haven't all been general, or poels, or statesmen ; but whoa the toast woiks do.vn to the babies, we stand on com mon grou .d for we've ail been babies. It is a shame that for a th usand yea-S the worl i's banquets have utterly ignored the baby as if ho didn't amouii'i to anything I If you, gentle men, will stop and think a minute if you will go back fi ly or a hundred years, to your early married life, and rectiDtcmoliite your fust baby, you will remember that he amounted to a geod deal uikI something over. You soldiers all kn w that when that little fellow ai rived at family headquar ters you had to hand in you resigna tion. He toi d entire command. You became his lacky, his mere bodyguard j aud you had to stand around, too. He was not a command r who made allow a cs for time, distaice, weather, or any thing eise j you had to execute his order whether it was possible or not Aud there was oi ly one form of march ing in his inar.ual of tactics, ai d that was the douule-q liik. He treated you with every sort of insolence and disre spect, and the bravest of you didn't dure to say a word. You could face tho death storm of Dunelson or Vicks burg, and give back blow (or blow ; bu' when be clawed your whiskers, and pulled your hair, and twisted your nose, you had to take it. When the thunders of war -vere sounding in your ears, you set your faces toward the butteries and advanced wi,h steady trend j but when he turned on ihe trrrors of his war whoop you advanced in the other direction, and mighty glad of the chance.too. When he called fir sooih ing syrup, did you venture to throw out any side rcnuuks about certain services unbecoming an idficer and a gentle man? N ' ; you g"t up m-d got ii? It he erdcred his pap bottle, and it wasn't warm, did you talk back? Not you; yoti went to wink and warmed it. Yon even descended so far inyotir menial office as to take a suck nt that wi.r:i, insipid stuff yourself to see if it was rigl t three (.arts water to one of m:!k, a touch of sugar to m dily the C lie, and a drop of peppermint to bill tbose immorUl hiccoughs. 1 can taste lhat stulT yet. And how many things you learn as you went along Sentimental young lolks still took stock in that beautiful old saying ihut when the baby smiles in his sleep it is because the at gels are whispering to him. Very pretty, but "t vo thin" simply wi.nl on the stom ach. my friei.ds. If the baby proposes to take a walk at his usual hour half- past two fa the moming didn't you r-o: up j.ro.iiplly at d remarked (vith a mental additi in that wouldn't i.nprove a Sunday-school 'imc1 ) that that was the very ihinfj you was going to propose yourself? ()', you were under good discipline. And as you went llutteiing up and down the room in your undress uniform,' you not only prattled undig ;fi'.'d baby talk, but even tuned tip your martial voices aud tried to slog. 'Rock-i-by-lmby on tho tree top," fur instmce. What a spcctailo lor nu nrmy of the Tc nessec 1 And what an affliction for the neighbor?, too, for it isn't everybody within n milo around that likes military music at three in the morning. And when you had been keeping this sort of thiog np two or three hours, and your little velvet head intimated lhat nothing sn'tcd like exer cise and noise, and proposed to fight it out tin that linn if it took all night "Go on I What did yon do ?' You sirnnly went nn till you dropped iu the lust ditch. I like tiic idea that a baby does nol Amount to anything. Why, ono baby is just a house and a front yard full by itself; one buby can furnish more busi ness than you and your whole interior department can attend to ; he is enter prising, irrepressible, brimful of law less activities do what you please you lan't make him stay on the rcseavation. DECEMBER 4, 1870, S .llicient unto the day is one baby. A long as you are iu your right mi' d never pr y for twins. Twins amouut to a permanent r o ; and there ain't any real difference between triplets and insur rection. Among tho three or four million cradles now rocking in the laud are seme which this nation would preserve for ages as sacred things if we could know which ones they are. For in one of these cradles the unconsious Farra gut of the future is al this moment tee'hing. Think of it I and putting in a work of dead earnrs', unirticuluted, but perfectly justifi ible. profanity over it, too; in another, the future renowned astronomer is blinking at the shining miiky wa with but a languid interest, poor little chap, aid wondering what has become of lliut other one they call tbe wet nurse ; in another, the future great historian is lying, and doubtles-ly will continue to lie till his earthly mission is ended ; in another, the future president is busying himself with no profou'ider problem of State than wbnt tho mischief has become of his hair so early, aud iu a mighty array of other cradles there are now some sixty thousird future i fiije seekers getting rrady to furnish him occasion to gra p e wiih that same old problem a second time 1 And in still one more crad e somewhere under the dig, the future ; 11 astr o is io nmander-iii-chief of the American armies is so little burdened with his nppruaciiing grandeurs and rr gponsibilit'cs ns to be (.i-ing his whole strategic mind, at this ro m Mit, to trying to find out some wiy to get his own big toe into his mouth and acl L;v ment vthich (meaning ho disrespect) tho illustrious guest of this evening also turned his attention to some fifty-six years ago! Aud if tho child is but the prophecy of the man there are mighty few aill d ubl that he suc ceeded. Mist'iUcu Identity. The other day an omnibus full of pas sergeis drove up town from the Uni n depot. Side by side sat a c mercial traveler named William McCiby and Mrs. Winnie C. Pumbleton, the eminent lady tempt ranee lecturer. When the omnibus n ached tho Barret House ihe commercial missionary seized his valise and started out. The lady made a pr b after him and he hailed. "I beg your pardon," she said, "but jou have my valise." ' You are certainly mistaken, madam," the traveler said, courteously but firmly, "this is mine," "N i, sit," the ldy replied firmly; "it is mine I u'd know it among a thousand. You must not take it." Hit the traveler persisted and the lady insisted, and they came very near quarreling 1'ieseutly one of the pas sengers pointed to a twio valise iu the omnibus and asked : "Whose is that?" "It isn't mine." said the traveler; "it is j ist like It. but this is mine." ' And it isn't mine," raid Ihe lady ; "he has mine, and I want it or I'll have the li.w on him. It's a pity if a lady ciii'i trivel ul nie in this coui try without being robbed of her property in broad daylight." Finally, the traveler said he would open Ihe valise to prove his propei ty. The lady ofjected at ftrt, saying she did not want her valise opened iu the presence of a crowd ol s rangers. lut us there was no othtr means of settlii g the dispute she at length consented. The traveler sprung the lock, opened ihe valise, and the cuiious crowd bent forward to see. On the vejt top of everj thing lay a big flit flask, half full of whisky, a deck of cards and one or two things it a nobody knows the name of. Tho traveler waa the first to recover his srlf-possession and speech. "Madam," he said, "you are right. The vnliso is yours. I owe you a thou sand Spoil " lint the lady had fainted, and the traveler rehckcd his valise with a quiet smile. Fi rly in the afternoon a sign painter down town received a unto in a feiviiiise hand, askini; him to come to the ISiur-t II uso to maik a red leather valise in blick letter a fool and a ball long I'uili gion Iliwkeye. - Ine i .J.iSo o: !.j ;r:aa !!crchrr. The reverend d 'Ctor, sme years ago, was goit g home nt night, with a volume of nn ct cycl ipvdia under his nrm. when he saw a small animal in his path. The doctor knew it was a skunk, but hurled the bonk at him. As might have been exp-cted the worthy doctor was glad to retreat. When he ar ied nt home, his friends Could scarcely come near biin. His clothes were so infected that he was nbl g "d to bury them. Some time after this some one pub lished a pamphlet epeaking very abi.s'vely of the woithy doctor, who was asked : "Why don't you publish a book and put him down at once?" His rei.lv was tirnmnt and wise: "S r. I have learned better. Some years ng", I issued a whole quarto volume anninst a skunk, nnd I got ihe worst of it. I never meAO to try the tho experiment again." A yotin man In pressing his own suit frequently wrinkles the girl's. It Is hard to lauli when wc are expected Trees be-in to die at their tops; men begin to Jyo there, too. NO. 40. A Might Mistake. A mm ordered a most elab rate dinner at a restaurant which he enj oytd Aid praised much after which he I glited a cigar, aud sauntering up to the landlord, declared his inability to pay for it. 11 it I don't know you," said Boniface. "Of course, or you would not have giae me a dinner." The enraged man seized the pistol, collared the offender, and taking aim at his heart, said : "Now, sen if you get away from me without paying for that dini'cr." "What is that in your hand?" gasped Ihe impecunious customer, drawing br.c't. "That, sir, is a pistol." "Oh ! that's a pistol, is il? I don't care a fi for a pistul ; I thought it was a st imach-pump." Never Well, Iltird'y Ever, N ver in ult poverty. Never eat hetwein meals Never eat a very hearty simper. Nver stand lon it the cor n r t.f a street. N ver Irii; it wnl only shorten your days. Never atop to talk in church alter the bci vice is ov- r. Never speak of your parents as the "old man" or "old woman." Never speak iu a C"Ltimp!uou9 manner of woman kind. Never abuse ono who was ocoe jour bosom friend. Never leply to tho epithet of a lool, a drunkard, or a low tellow. Never setk to create a lunch at tho ex pens1! of leligioo or tho Hible. Never tpend ninny of your evenings away Iroin your fsmily. Ni Ver taste an aloin when you are not bu tory; it is suicidal. Never anticipate too much; disappoint ment is Dot plenllllit. How Ladies Kins. Two la lica meet. They pucksr their mouths into an annular protuberance, acd cock in i; their heads to one side, as a hen will belorc iiekiui up a Rrain of corn, two fares, lull of unspeakable resignation and inflex'hle devotion to duty, approximate, touch and retire. The school girl kis is a very different (iff nr. As uulike the kns of Irieodship as Atiinst is unlitic December, as fire is un like a. lies, as lite is unlike death. The two school n i r I meet. Mouth flie to mouth and lips to lips. Evrh would swallow the other. It is well it is so. The swallowing tendency of one is offitt hy the like tendency of the other. Thus are hoih preset ved lor the sons uf men. And thry talk while they kissl E irh says to eanh. 'Oil, you dear tlar 'inn rreatu el Wheie have jou been these eep? (since morning.) I've t"t 8" many l limes t i tell j( ill" etc , etc. etc. And this is all said contemporaneously with that km'; in the same instant of time. Ihe Old Ceil t'tnt. As the old American "red cent" has now paed nut ol use, and, i xe.ept rarely, out ol sight, likj tlia "old ok-n bucket," Its history is a matter uf su.'lieent interest for preset ration. The cent was first proposed by Robert Morris, the financier ol tbe revolution, and was named ty Jefferson two years alter. It h"jan to make in ap pcHtancr tr.-m the mint in 1702 It bore the hesd of Washington i n ona (ids aod thirteen links nn the other. The Krench revolution soon crested a rage tor French ideas in America, which put on the cent insted of the head of Wa hingtoa the figure of the Goddres of Liberty a Frenrh Lib erty with neck thru.-it lorwaid and fl.nv inij lock'. The chain on the reverse side was displaced hy the olive wreath t peace, but the F.et'ch Liberty was thoit lived, and so was her portrait on our rent. The next head or flu lire t h -it succeeded th'S the staid classic damo with a fillet around her hair came into lai-hion about thirty or iorty yents 8(o, and her finely chiselled Qtrcian leaturcs have been but slightly al tered by the lapse of time. A Ittch Muu on Itlebes. The following story U told ol Jc b U d'way, a wealiby citizm of Philaiel. ph'a, who die 1 many yeais ao, leaving a foitune fit fi7 or fix million dollars, (lor whom the itidway Library is name I, ) is taken from an article in tbe Ia'.ernational Review : "Mr. Uidnwsy," said a yonnn man with whora the nnlliO'iaite was conversing '"yo i art mo'o t' he tuvied linn Bny, Lentlem o I know Why so I" reponi'. I Mr. Rid, sv. "I il nut aware of unv cm;so lor which 1 shi old I-.! particularly envied " "What, cit I" ecUime. the yocne mm in aoioni-h n-n' ; "'ti? veil mo a luiil'iaiiie. I li'nk ol tiie tl oiisinds your income brings V 'U ever month " "W II, what of that.' rrpliid Mr, Uidtfway. "All I cct nut of it ii my victuals anil clothe, an ! I cannot rat more than one mnn's all.ijacce ct wear m e 'han one suit at a timr. I r:.v cannot ynu do as much P "Ah, but," faid the you'h, "think of the buudrcds of fine houses you own. and the rentals they brins; you." "What better am I oil lor lhat 1" replied the rich mm. "I ca i o ily live In one Ionise at a time. As tor the money receive loi rents, why, I cai. cit it or we i it. I ran only use it to buy eth-f house. for othei people to live in; they are t' a bentneiaries. not I" "Unt ynu can buy splendid fmoituro and costly pictures, fine ciiriuL'es and horses; in fact. Anything you desKc." And after I havo bought them," responded Mr. Rldgway, "what then 1 1 can only look at the furniture nnd pictures, and the poorest man who is not blind cau do tbe same. I can ride nn i asier in a fine carriage than you can in omnibus for five cents, without the trouble ol attendinu to ilnvvrs. tootmen and hot lor ; and as to anything I desire, I can tell ynu, ynunj man, that the less we desire in this world the happier wo shall be. All my wealth cannot bny me a single rlav more uf lile ; cannot bny back my yooth cannot procure me power to koep alar off tbe hour of death ; and then what will all avail, when in A few abort veirs at most I lie down in tbe grave and leave it till, foterer. YoiiDg tuau you bare uj c.ca to envy rr e." SPACE One Sqnsrre, Two Squares, Three Squares, Kour Souarca, Fourth i'ol'n, Half Column. 8 00 8 00 net f. ct io oe .o ce o vn u oo so t io oo is oo so oe 15 00 20 00 48 tt 20 oo l ao oo ct to M M t M MM 6 (I Wbolo CoiuEin, One Yer, 1 vV--w s,' i V ( ' J J i. 1 L -i if A .i1 r.-t yh-. .: TALBOT T & snOCKUE MACHINE WOEK RICHMOND VA. Manufacturers of Portable and Stationary KnKines and Hollers. Maw Mills, Corn and Wheat Mills, Mlinltlnz, I lancers and Pul leys, 'i urhiiin Water Wliools, Tobacco Ma chinety, Wiouht Iron Work, iu rasa and Iron Castings, Maohiuery ctffirerj oa nription. Ginxiko and Ttirtnsiirso IIachucj ASPKCIALTT. Kepnirius Trouipfljr & Card oil Dene. TALBOTT'S PAFENT SPARK-AERESTB The Invention ot the Ago, It does not destroy the draft. It doot not in lor fere with cleaning the tubes. It will uot choke up, and requires no oleta inu. It requires no direct dampers to b opened whon rtmitir; steam (dampers be tug ohjuotlonable, aa thoy inny belelton and allow ' arks to escape.) It require no water to extinguish sparks, which, by coinlfloation, destroy (lie dr ift. KoKiilns, v. lieu water la ured, If neglected, tho effleiency Is destroyed bf evaporation of the water, and the boiler w kept in a tiltliy condition. It in simple nnd riurabln and can be r lied upon. It can he attachod to any boiler. No planter should be without ono of teaa, Instiranon companies will insure Rins and darns where the Talbott Kngiima and Spark-Arresters are used at asme rate M eliari,'o i for water or horse-power, irsend for illustrated el real art m4 price list. Branch limine, OoU'.sboro, N. C. J. A. If A USICR, i leneral Manairer, T. A. URANUEK, Local Manage, mav 8 dm piEDMONT NURSbiUKH. GBEEHSBOBO Bf. C. GREAT REDUCTION OK PRICES. I nniito to ive. fntlie latrons of Piedmont Nurseries, the nencllt of the travelling airfliirf commissions on my Nursery Stock, cnnsistlajr it Fruit Treea. ami have reduced the i"l re per eenr, Aiiplea and Peaches, 1st elms, S to S fret; nn i!iiirivr. Fruits aa am jrrown hi North Carolina, and ready for lucclion. Hat erenee iflvrn t anv Nurseryman In HiRnv4 county lVaeher. and Anplea riiuiiiujr from tla earlieit to tne latest varieties. Treea will rm pack- d In (rood siimik? hoxes or hales, and la iiveredto R:ilmml l. 'i ts or Ftpresa OUIflea without any extraclinrire for boxes ar delivery. I will furnish nt the follcovlnjrlow rale i Peaeha and Annies iu any iiii no it y. improved fruit. 9 ce nts each, l'. nrs. I'lunia. Apricots. NeetarlniM (jiilnce, Utah Apples, I'lirs, cherries 8.1 ecks. ornamental Tr''H. tvosea ami nnwera win mm sold eheapi-r than can te sold ly any Nursery Ml North Carolina, ci.mii to accompany tna ornara. Anv on.' not Imvinc cah may till out a not ta a npauy order, aluned Py purchaser, io b paid when trees are delivered at depot sprrinvt by pnrelinaer. Note to ft'-coinjauy trees M& paid when treea are dellvereil, pntrhaa-ra par all freights on same. Trees wl I lie shipped r Novemt.erand purchaser notified when to meat them. Venous orderii'ir will state plainly wurra to ship. Name the depots. Letters of Inquiry answered cheerfully. Cr l -rs solicited and saUa faction guaranteed. rX-mlln orders at onr. l. u. in nm. Proprietor Piedmont Murseiiam. Julyratn. 2 C.1KUIAGES AND BUGGIES MADE TO ORDER on REPAIRED AT LOW PSICKa All kinds of wood work and Crimmhrf done In Rood style. Rlaekauwl!) work doa at short notice and with neatneiw. All new work warranted. Fine palntlnjrfor hiii'Kios done at low price, brrct paint uwed. THE UNDEUTAEIilQ EEPARTMIKTT. Coti'ina and Ctuoaof all sicca constantly on baud. Carriage Matorlnla kept onhiiad At pttoJj below l'otorsbutg Diaj-ket. Weldon N. a Juno 5 ly J N O. T. FORD,. Takes pleasure In announcing that ha can siill bo found at bis stand on FIR8T STREET, Where bo has on band A full line Ot tia Finest WINKS, WUISKTK8. and BKANDIKS. TOBACCO, CiaAUS, and SNU FK, CHANGES, APPLES, and CVNF&CT10NEKIK3 nis stock of Canned Goods and Grocer ies la unusually Fall and Complete Old Cabinet WntpinsT A Srncuurr. FREsn LAQKR BEETt 05 DTtACGHT. Ha guarantees aaUsiaction. Call and sou him. Not:i ly. ' - --.vi