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rrf ROANOKE NEWS. A DEMOCRATIC ff K E K L Y NR W S P A P E II , PUHUSHED BY HALL t SLEDGE. THE ROANOKE NEWS ADVERTISING KATK8. KPACK u h M a O Ono S'liiiire, Two .Siiiiarts, Throo s-rpiareH, I-'otir Squares, l'ourtli Col'ti, Half Coiuinn, Wliolo Colli inn. 3 mi 5 on K (Hi ID (III lo Oil tM no H (10 111 (HI 1.1 (Ml IS 11!) ill (10 an ou H (K) an oo :;ti it) 40 oo to 00 M 00 3'i lio 40 IKI 4o 00 . (I 00 ; oo 75 00 ,, year. I" advance, tliu'h. 4-2 00 1 IHI 7li cts VOL. XI. WELD ON, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1832. NO. 80. Out Year, Roanoke News IHE ADVERTISEMENTS DAKBYS PROPHYLACTIC FLUID. A IJoosehold Article for Universal family Iso. For Scarlet nnd Eradicates I Typhoid l'ein, Diphtherial, Suli- HALAEIA. I vution, llcorutotl (Sore Throat, Small 1 Vox, Measles, and ftH(olltaf;loul)laeasr8. Tersom waitingon ihe ihoulil use ' frce'y- Scarlet Fever has hn known to spread where tlie Fluid was u,ed Yellow Fever has been cured with it after black vomit had take place. The wont Vises ol l-iipiuncrw ysu, .w u. i everi-ii.'"",. . f t idiiii refreshed nnd killed sores iircvont. fed by bathing with Darby! Fluid. Impure Air made .1.tUl.lrlMf. SMAT,I,-r0X and FITTINtl of Small Vox I'KEVENTEU A member of my fam ily wan taken wilh harlllfls nnu piooi,... r'.niRfflo'n destroyed I ""' ''' '"""" " not f o?ted Kcot, . ft. 1 - .bout : .;.!..... mi... ! the house asain In ihrcc l""1'"" ' "-- WfrU ..j ,l rhuflni?.. etc. Rheumatism cured, (loft White Cniiilex Inn secured by in rue. Ship Fever prevented. To purify the Ureal li, Cleanse the Teetll, It can't be surpassed. Catarrh relieved and cured. Erysipelas cured. had It. - I. W. 1'akk. IMbON, Philadelphia. Diphtheria Prevented llunurelieveUinslnntly. The physlda,,, here Hears prevented. usc Darbys Fluid very Oyielitery cured. successfulfyintlic neat Wounds healed rapidly. me, of i.pl.iheria Scurvy rured. I A. bToi.i.!iKiiiifie. An Anlldoe for Animal , (Jrcensboro, Ala or Vegetable Poisons, j Stings.etc. Tetter dried up. I used the Fluid during ! Cholera prevented, ourprescnt affliction with lilt-era purified and Scare! fever Wltn Qe- iie.'icu tided advantage. It is indispensable to the sick room. -Wu. F. Sand fiiki), Eyrie, Ala. In eases- of Denlh it should he used about the corpse it will prevent any unpleas ant omell. '1 lie eminent Thy. Rlei.iii, .I.M.UtlOX SIMS, M. I., tsewr York, says: " I am couvinci-d rruf IVhthys Pniphyl.-iotic Fluid is a valuable disinfectant." Vandorbllt University, Nnshvlllo, Tenn. 1 testify to Ihe most excellent qualities of l'rof Datbys Prophylactic Fluid. As a disinfectant and detergent il is both theoretically and practically superior 10 any preparation with which I am ac quainted. N. T. Lufton, Prof. Chemistry Darhya Fluid is Recommended by Hon. Alkxandux H. Stbi-mkns, of Oorcij Rev. Chas. F. Dbbms, D.D., Church of the Strar.gTS, N. Y.; I n. LbContk, Columbia, Prnf., University. S C Kcv. A. J. Hvm.il, Prof, Mercer University - ' Rev. Goo. F. Pinncit, Bishop M. E. Church.' IXniSPENSABLE TO EVERY HOME. Perfectly harmless. Used internally or externally for Man or Beast. ' The Fluid has been thoroughly tested, and we have abundant evidence that it Ins done everything here claimed. For fuller informa-ion get of vour Lruggist a pamphlet or send to the proprietors', J. H. ZKII.IN rt., Manufacturing Chemists, PHll.ADI'.l.l'IIIA. feb 1 yl 1'A P P E V & 8 T.K.E 1., MANUFACTURERS OP Engine, Tobacco, Hay and Cotton J'mm, SAW MILLS, GKIST MILLS, MILL IKONS, riowH, Iron and BrassCiistlngs. up 89 ly Pelersbur " My porcolaln-lincd Ptniips sra rrnnufctured iin(krllcerise,and buyers arorjuaran toil acaloot any and all Cairns from the Company holding trto patent. Dun't nil to HtuUe a note ' tint point. Carefully made of Best Selected Timber. The BLATCHLEV PUMPS are for -sals by the be d houses In the Ira e. Name of my nearest agent will bo furnished on application to C. Q. B LATCH LEY, Manufacturer, SOS MARKET ST.. PHILADELPHIA, PA. lr 27 6m N W O 0 0 1) S. A. M. INGE. SPKIXG A SID SI JIM EH GOODS. Jut received nnd oonstenlly rrlvlnn, new tnodanf every dexerlptloii. We invite your alien lion to our now stick of DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, HOSIERY, BOOTS, BHOES, HATS, GROCERIES, CROCKERY, GLASS WARE TIS WARE, TOBACCO. CIGARS. 8NTFF, 4c, Ac. LOW FOR CASH. iy the brick jiunorso. afSSStfi i the most r5 Ci Valuable Improvements. A. M tNGE. V'eWi)),lf..?. THE CONFEDERATE NOTE. RepreaiMltliig lintlihli; .it ij,p, t n t-1 tl li e, And nauBlit intlic :tt.-r t..,,sv it A a ili.iler.f a tmtinii timi pas-, .1 away Keep It denr friend uinlshnw II. Show il to llio.-e who will l..h an oar, To tlietnle thin trllleu III toll. Hf liherly I,,,, f a .nt riot s di. aai. Of a st. inn cradled nuti.iti tlnit f.-n. Too poor to possess the iro..i..ii or-.. And too iiiih'Ii of astnttiL' r to ..,rr..H, Wo iMiie to-day our ' ).r-nii t,. ,,; And hoped to rodi em on II e in--r. v. - The dnj-8 rolled mi, nnd ihe we. ks I emme j eiuv But out- colT-rs were emi'ty still ; Coin was so aie. the tr-nsnry (t:i U.-.I. If a dollar slioul.i dr-p in the till. Bill Ihe faith tluil was in u, ,w strong indeed. Tllullirh poverty well ,. dirern d. And this little eh. ek repre-etitsi the jmj , That our sulleiin veterans earned. They knew h had hardly a value In told, Yet us gold our soldiers r reived it, It (fazed ill our ojcn with a promise I., pay, And every trn- soldi-r li dieted H. But our boy llioulu liuie uf price or piy,' Or bills tlmt wore over due. We liti-w if It u-ii -lit our t- ad to day, "l'wns ul our poor country could d, Keep It, II tolls all our history ovr From the iilrii, of the dream to the liw, Modest nnd horn of the ritiir. 1 Hope, I.lhe ottr hope of sueees-i, It pasMod. THE OLD MINSTREL. A TofelllMl SeENt:. 7"hen'er hall was c-uwded, f, r the famous minstrels were clvins; a hcucllt performance Ttiey had just conelinled Ilia sweet refrain of the "Suwnnee Kiicr." The ttiinult of ap plaime was huslie.l hy the nppe n ance of a r.isweil old wreck crowding thioui:!i to the front. LKlins his liaiijo as a s'ti of brother hood, ho cried tvilh a choking voice: "Hoys, eiti lh.it sonif once more onto for a poor old min slrel's 8ako. It brings buck tlta lost and dead; my old home rises before tne, where I was ouec Ko .d mill happy all Hie day. I learned the son;; there of my mother. 'I ho vision of her fmllmjr fare praising her boy, cum-s bac! Willi the ringitic notes of the banjo nnd ihe 111 'ttiories of Ion;; nno. I wandered nway to litij; und play for Ihu world. It listened and a;)idauded. 1 was Il.itlurod, fcusted, intoxica ted with fame and the whirl of jilcaMitc. lint 1 wrecked it all. Now, old and broken in he. ti t and strength, I am left hut one fi.eini til) lianj i. No one listens lo It, for Ihe wo id has found new favorites and the old minstrel is tui ned away, yhe who first praised ln d:ed while I was playing for the world. Died w ilh out eeeini; tne for years. Tim song she tauglu her boy led 111 tit from her side. lie left her foi the world. The world has forsaken him as he did her. Hoys, smj; my uiolhet'a tone ngAin, and let n: y old hturl till with u better life onee more." I'lit: bouc si-nallcd lis assent. The old iiiiiialrcl is.it down in the front low. When I lie solo leached iho concluding lines of the sec ond st.inz i the singer's eyes turned pilyiiiK upon the. wuudurer, and Willi voice tieuiti.iui; Willi emotion came the words; "All ill and do u tills uoi id 1 v. and. -ted. W hen 1 was y-uli' ; till, inanv w. re ihe days I s.U.uidere.l. Many were th 1 solids I siii,-. The stranger s il bendini; foi ward, lln: Ivais eoursiiii; the fmrows of care, lingers uncoil sciously ctiressjng the strings of his IliUuiuI banjo. All the SUilltller of Ills life came bos lo Ins heart again. Mo.h-r, home, love and all his boyhood dreams. The chorus began, and Ihe shrivelled flngeis sought the chords, wilh a stiange weiid hai uioiiy unheard before the strains floated nloiij, the lido of song. The house was spell-bo nJ The time worn instrument seemed lo catch lla master's spirit, und high above the or che-tra rang Iho soal-like chords from tip quivering strings. When the interlude came, the minstivl leaned over his bat J ) with nil the fondness ol a mother over her bane. Nut a eotind from either was heard. Tlu Bolo lose ngalii, and the almost etipcriinttiral harmonics liriltcc. with it. But lib bo ii e l like a mourner over tin dead. Esery heart in the audience louched, nnd tears of sympathy were brushe.i away by many a Jeweled hand. The singei's eves were moist, anil Willi plaintive sadness lln lust lines were sung; "When shall I hear the bees a loitntiiins All 'round the r -te.li; When shall I heir the Ii :in.o V. til it 111 It . T. liuwn ill my K-.d old homo''" The last chorus followed. The lioary hu.i.l of the tuiiiblrel was iifiej and his face eh-ne with the light of aamv iliiwni'g. His Video joined Willi a ueciilllr blending, peilect I" liar tiiony, yet keeping with li is banjo high above the singers, tinging like a licit harp suing long overstrained. 7'he in-mory of belter clays, the wtiywatiftlcss, soriow, icmorse, hopo und dis pair of all bis wasted ,ifo Beeined pent up in tboae marvelous touts. Tht chorus closed aud his bead sank tioivn, the long while lo.ks shrouding the banjo. The maunger canto Vforo the curtain aud said: "Tho minstrels give one-half the ben cllt proceeds to Ihe wandering brother." T he house approved with lotdj deuiotisti.itiotie. A collection atarled lu tht galleries nnd swept over the hull like a goldm eliower. The two luiua were heaped logethtr on the stage. 8iicli a cotilribution never graced Iho footlights be lore. Again the audience broke fot lli iu round after round of hearty good cheer. Hill the banjo was still unshed under I In shtotld of snoiv -w luie bai, nnd no woid of Ill-inks or token ol g. H'tu i- came Mom Hi- i I til tlgllte liiw.ild wliich all i Jes were tnri.e I T bey llle'l I'ou i" Iho s'a j-an.l Hi- li.unit'i Willi to OS' OH 1 1 till there, lie l.ird 111. Il.ll! . oil ;l.c l.nvid !ra! -til f"M "f ' ml-:-tie. had wandi red away out- more, lln ! dead. His he .rl had sung dial ln-1 song on the borders of Ihu spirit laud Ming It us a lorn tings w hen II e-cp-s Ihe pison loirs Whi.h make life sad und dieaiy, mil flies lar iii f , dill lie scenes wlole "Ihe li-.ii I glow, wia;) longing." A SrnOBsTiuN. In a J-'.nJisli Itidusiri.il school containing aboill six hundred childien. half gills mid half boys, II became eoiiicnlen: to give gills aboill eighteen leoiw of l ook In f triiclion per work and eightceiilniurs of woi I., wlnle the boys remaiunl at full i-b-'ol lime ol thlrly-ix hours per wc-k. Ct examiiiailoti day II was found that the glri wt-re more ol-i t mentally and practie illy In admuce of Ihe boys. When work was found for he bojs and their school-hours reduced from tiriy-slx to eighteen, thoy did as well as the girls. Whi'e too much woik ami loo 1 it I lo play n.ikes Jack t dull boy, it seems pretty evident li.it a por tion of children's time can be euipiotcd ill in dustrial work lo their advantage rttlups It would be well to divide llo-lr wakllg hours, one-lhird to work, ono-thlrd to itudaud otio- INK. w play. JOSH BILLINGS. tin Tft.i.st what nr. knows mioi;t mauhiaou. History holds lis lung as to wlio the pair why. who first put on the silken harness, and promised Id work kind in It tluu thick and thin up hill and down, and on the level, sw im, down, i,r Rote. But whoever Ilia waz, thar must have made a good thing of it, or so many of their posterity would not have liitriicssed up since ami diove i-ut. But thop- ain't but phew folks who put there momy in miilrini-iny who could set down and give a good iipinyun whi on arth tha come to did it. Sum man y for love, without a cent In their p.H-kels, nor it fiieu-1 in the world, nor a drop of pedigree. This looks desperate, but II is the strength of the game. If iniiM-ying (or love ain't a success, thou in ttiiuiony is a clou hoot. .uni marry b-kiwsu thoy think wiminin will he scarce next year, and live tew wonder how the crop hoids mi! . Sum in.ury tew get rid of themselves, and discover Ih it the - line was one that two ciild play at, and n- ither win. .Suin in airy tie-second time to get even, am) llnd il a gambling game-tlio more they put down tin- bos they take up. Sum marry to bo Imply, nnd missing It, wonder where nil the happiness gors to when It dies. Sum marry thry can't tell why, nnd livo they can't tell how. A DRAPED LOCOMOTIVE. A I'll T1KK I'K SAliNKs. ''7'o me," Ihu sad passenger s.iid, "there Is something inexpressibly niourulul In a draped locomotive; and especially 6o when It is draped for a dead engineer. Tho president of a rail way company stands a long way from the en gine, ami when lie dies Iho engine mourns as we sorrow for a rich uncle whom wo never saw and who led us nothing. But Ihe man who was ap.nl of the engine's life, who spurred her up the long, sleep climbing mountain grades, and coaseil her around di.-.zy curves, and sent hot- down tho long level slietches wilh the (light o(an in iuw, who knew- how to humor all her caprices, and coaxed and pelled und urged her through blinding storms ami ru v l -ss nights, and blistering" heat and stinging c old until engine and engineer seemed to be bo Ii an 1 soul of one evistetieetheu win li this in. in .il Lid gets his final orders and crosses the dark river alone, w ith only tho fadeless tar get lights of sure and eternal promise gleaming orightly on the other side; and a new face looks out of lite engineer's window, then 1 think 1 can see profoun I and sincere sorrow In Ihe .'anting spn ii of power, standing in Ihe statioti, taped Willi tl.lU-.Ttlig eiulileins of woe, wall ing for the caressing touches of Ihe dead bauds ' Ii ;t I ft will neier feel again. And t-iiginee s mil me that for days the engine, is Iretful tin der the new bunds; il is restless und moody, starts oil nervously and Impalieiilly sometimes, iheti drops ml.' a suileti gait and loses lime; iiiat no man gets so much out of an engine as its o.m engineer. ilui liiigtotl II iwke.vu. LINKED TOGETHER BY STEEL. A fhoi'l lime no u pi.iiiuttiii vtiuni; inei- li nil uf llil.c a l' f i r .t i-K tu S.m KuiH'imo, .nut I'v a w.ipi'V n..:ic;l(.-iRT niei a Imly mi tin U l.li VV.U .l pHnH U 1YV IlllitS llltWll lln r.u.l to mj: lirr Ihiilia-:. li. iii mtitl)' tti nlatitU-il llicy Wvuuu i iia' ii m u iuufi.t uuu, .hi J fiii.jii aiui f,',l nun. i li!i-v-ii, naiiiitur, ihm l.niy uii one wai ami Hie j;iMitli'iinn t tlie iihi-r. On Ihe Irani w.in ;. hln:ti(T, Wm hiip- .ctiftl to li.ive a pAir uf ii.uitli iilfs, .unl thu nil, w.iU cuinUioior Liciiij; uvii .a-'intiint'tl witli tin- IMVrU'IS ilti.H'C JIHMltltMU-il, I'ltiU.lBfil to t lit' ollift-t la jtiuct.t.tl J.ikt: iu Uu- iiitiocenl UiiilH'it'is, A..-iit bt-iiij ;icti, tin1 Ouiulur ioi', mUiii!4 tht' li.utik'titT-., cm imi-ily tipro.ii-li-iii lite uncuiittoiM.s V,ir n,"l utt.icliftl liuii uiiltB urniH ly lliv: nil, rial jowdry. llt lb u ' i .iCvl u i .a kiU, iiiul I lu-. BicqM i utvukc with h ! ui t, ou y lo liuil lti.il in ihi ii n,i-i.'i'iu lnnn- ' I'cniv llu-y tt.i.i bv'i J nin'tl t.otluT, ami tli.t. il IIKIII WllllV.lt A kt Vl' llM 'Uii ttu'lll. lllt I ji'iiu.l im irily in tin- I.nih, mnt, n 1: liuii-u Ii tin- cnl It ih'in &uuu: !y a nwi-tl liis cup-u ily u iiitil I'lt AaUilt "Uf, tlu- luil) hiij Hliuoat aui.i'ij tt In r dt-sliii.tti m, ittnl iM'il f .11 u f4cpar.il urn. I lir it uti'.t 111. it, tli'; Itoi.Uic a i .itf. 1 lio hlu'i ill luiil Inst Uio k'-y, .uitl tin' Mtu.tLiou wiiiih it iu;e liatl U't'U Kiiiksl a it,; lit tiui ry jttt, ;rt-v ouiti.ui.iM.n: in Hit' cMii'ijic. '1 he kt-y omi'kI not In1 f MHiil, aii-l Ihe lit x t ht.it ion tlie t'oiihu:t"t- h.t.i lo I'l-D.iHvi a tiii .tiui n tlnouli tli- t'Miinti.-t prot'us of llllni; tlio wristlrU m thai Ihu 1 1 a v i K i couUi pit c.'ii on tht-n- .trp.i r.i W- a v-i i i'jiiii:iin'. 'I lie c-'iuluclnr Ht iti rt ili.it tht- in x t linn to' pl.iy a pniciicul joko lif will rigornii-ily avoid tin j;riillo luiniKutr. THE PRESS. Kvery iulelligeiit eln..-ii nekiioivlcdgcs the pow er of ihe. press, F.very public enterprise ap peals to the pre-s for support; Slid It seldoui fails to secure It, if it de-eries it. The mod oin newspaper is i!-eifa putilie iiislltiitlon, an. I therefore sympathizes w illi all others, it is Hot sul-j el lo Uieii.ur-'iv and light rulcsi wniei. apply to merely private callings, but lo tin broad and enlightened prk-ipli-a springing utl if its relaUou I i the p.iliii,- and it. duty lo tin people iu the coiieciuin ai.d publication of d - fullll lllou lel.lll 14 lo tilt 11' l-ll leslrt. 1 lie tia-lnes of joul o.il:-lil is no iong r li Ul- lo locidelil to ihe pritto r s trad'-, it has t. ol.O .. a,! O..: ....J .e.o ... .i i ... , n., .o,l, rt til iolO or. d IlilLCIUill olg.llll.ltioils, Sllllil.il' to llledieul soei'-ln-s and liar as.-oi i.iuous. llic II-wspiuu- is the i;real educator of the tl i-s -s of III p'.-oole. it lis. Is llieUi ll-'-ln week lo week, iuil.itcs ilieiu to read, and com p. OS til III to lllOlk. Too lllleliig, he. of a (sill ly can be J1J41 d by Iho number and chanc er of new sp ipi is taken and paid (or bi It. lie 111 iu who resits -i now soapor Is tl eltlen of tilt' Will Id. Ho (eels nil il.1'1. si in the people ol all I. unit, for their dole.- are brought lion e to Ins door. llcjcjM-.s W illi Ilieiu Iu tl.eir (on one and si nip .111 1. -s w i -h t hem In ibelr Ull-foitllUeS. A good in wspiper is in xt to 11 c llli.le III ennobling mankind. The in iv-p ip r Is als 1 the great agent of plogre s and ref.-rui. Aous -s do not reform th ins Ives. Tho new -paper brims them to the inn Ice of public opi ion us of-011 as il pio cluiins Its imperious if. crt-i-s. , The glorious umlou lit blessed with s free press, and as long us it rcmai. s dee from i fll cial censorship tho llberiles of the peoplo art Bare, tsurp.ittoti sud tyranny cauuot prevail sgsiuil t (f-' piem. A SHORT WINDEOJOLORED MAN! Col. I'crcy Yerger, although a kind huabsnd, a leading member of the church, a patriotic citizen und otherwise a high toned Austin gen tlemsn of culture and refinement, Is neverthe less not in the habit of meeting promptly hie pecuniary obligation, lie owes every body, Including ?ain Johnslng, his colored carriage driver to which trusty Jehu lis owes a years back wages. Of late Col. Yergrr has been ex hibiting no uncaslarss whatever, about the matter, much to Ihe mental dlfquieluJe of the faithful, African. "Boss, I tenders a vacancy In mjr depart ment," exclaimed Sam yesterday, having screwed up his courage lo the sticking polut. "Why, Hani, what is It that perturbs you so much V "I'm disturbed boss, ht-kasn 1'sn a short winded nigger. My lungs Is dc(erted." "Judging flora the way yon shout at camp meetings, I should Infer your organs of respi ration and articulation in a pefectly normal condition. " "I reckon Jey Is boss, if you say so lint lie a short winded niggah all Ihu same. I cant run wuf a cent." "What occasion have you to indulge In such violent, pedestrian exorcises?" asked Col. Verger, with his usual suavity. "Boss, does yer dlsrcioembcr mo asking yer when yer was going to i-ay me my back wages and yer told uio my wages was running on all right." "Yes, Sam, your pay Is running on yet J' hero Is no occasion for apprehension," "Jess, so boss, but 1'se s short winded nig gab, nn my wages baa got .nth a big start ob me Iu de race, ilat I feels hit Iu my bom a that such a short winded nlggah will nehb'-r be able to ketch up. Dein dar wages sin bound to keep ahead ob me, so I lenders do vacancy In my department. 't(Jim'. HEAVEN." " a i-i.u r. wui-.itr.oi i.iivki) osrs have gone. "When I was a boy 1 used to Hunk of heaven as a glorious golden city, with jewelled walls, and gates of penil, wilh nobody In It but the angels, and llti-y were all strangers to inc. Hut after uwliilo my little brother died; then 1 thought of heaven us that gf'S1- cll.V "f angels, with Just jnst one little fellow in II that I was aetiaiiited w ilh. He was the only one I knew then', at that time. Then another brother died, and there were two iu heaven Unit I knew. Then my aciiialntauces began to die, and Ihe number of my (rieuds in he .yen grew larger all the lime, lint, it was not till one of my osn little ones was taken that I be gan lo feel that 1 had a peisoual interest in heaven. Then s second wont, and a third, and a foiutli; and so many of my fi lends nnd loved ones have gone there, tti-it it seeim as if I know iii'Uc tu h awn th in on earth. Ami now , when my thoughts 1 litis to heaven, it is not the gold und the Jewels, and lite pearl that I think of but the loved ones Ihere. It Is not the p'ueo, so much as Ihu company that makes Heaven so bentitiliil. Have any o( us lost dear little brothers ami -Islets, too young to learn about Jesus here We shall tluil them In heaveu. Did you ever think of lilts, that there aru more children in iieaveii than Ihere are gio.vn people . Il la so lio you a-k tne how I know it. I will telly hi. it is v ry well known that mote than half id be people born into this world die while Ihet aie children. Kill Jesus lakes all little ones lo heaven. He taught us this himself wjeu be t -ok them ill his arms, put his Ii mils on thein and blessed them, saying, "Suffer the little hildreu to eoiue unto me, ami forbid tliein not; for of such Is the kingdom nr. Heaven. KoV. Richard New ton, 1). 1). not In the rTnks. 7'he old army oveiooal thai used to be anch a ramiliar sight on our streets is one of thorni est now; indeed it Is so seldom seen that we involuntary turn and ga.u after il as something that bring sad and often cruel memories. The other day an old mill wearing a coat tif this kind, which reached to his heels, stopped at a cottage a Utile way out of town and asked leave to rest awhile on the porch. "I'm a bit lired he said lo the woman who opened ike door, "aud if you don't inttiil 1 will sil here and rest myself a bit." "You're welcome," said Iho woman kindly, with a glance at the mortal blue, t hen she kit him alone, but after a lttlln returned Willi a bowl of eollee and a plate of white bus cuit "Kat," she said gently. "I had a boy who was a soldier." "Hut I'm no soldier," answered, the old man. "I never was a snhlirr; niy boy went to Uie war and was was killed. Ho was sll 1 had too. This coat was his, seems like he's m ar me when I have It on. I gate him to his country; the handsomest and bravest boy, he was too, iu the regiment, (iod bless him He did his duty, died on Iho liold and this coal was all that caitin titek to hi poor old dad. N'ii I never was a soldier," 7'he woman nt in and brought out some cae and Ihe whitest honey slid aided it to Ihe , oil -e and biscuit. "Are you alone in tho world ?" shu asked. "(Ill no," answered the old man cheerfully; "I've got a sister but she Is old ami lame, ami h has a daughter ih.il Is sick ami alilng. You -co I li.iVe tli tu lo work (or and Ho y ate a si :'it .-( coiiif.ot tome. Miuyis the timo I'd have biuke down sno e Haiy died but for thein lo i poor t tillers. M .ii v was my wife ina'ani she w is a master hand to uit-s sick folks, nno she thought after Tim died III it It was her duty to go into ihu hospital s-r.lcc: and miss me soldiers sod she died lli-'.n sixteen year ,i'o, Inu slio did ii heap of good woi a liist l . ny a soldi" T ll i klssod ll-r shadow oil the w ill. Mary, darling, (iod wanted lb. l'i the ranks uo there ! 1'te often wl-hed that I had ti -ru a soldier, if on y to bent (or tho llul mother and Tun; but I never was." He drank the coffee, ste Ihe good -food Ihank'uMv und ottered to pay for it wilh e hoarded pieces of old worn silver, hut Ihe Old Wulll.UI Shook her held. Put b ick your money. My boy was a sol dicr,' she .aid. llul I mil nol a soldier-well well," lis he looked In her face, "I thank you and take it lor Ins sake !'' ila wished good night to Ills kind enter, tiilncr and turned away. At ho walked off slow and limping, bent by iiitli iiiily, I he long skirt of his army overcoat struck bright aud blue agnnst the splendor of ihe sunset; he shaded his eyes with one truiu- bliu baui sud loukeil wluUullv it tb ton aud a nothyst door that seemed ti open in tha west. What ssw ho there? a little round shouldered woman with a small homely fare; a lank overgrown boy with sparse, red hair. Ayo ! and of such as these are angels made ! So watching, ho passed downed Into the shad ows and disappeared. The woman at the gate looked after him. "No soldier?" slie said gcutly, "hut I won der if the boy who died on his first battlo field ever fought as he has, or sacrificed ns aiuch to his country? All Iho soldiers didn't go into Iho war with flying flags nnd rolling drums; tomo of them stayed at homo and fought harder battles. I'm glad I gays him a bite and a sup I He is a soldier, and a brine one, too, and one day he will know it !" I think she was right. -m- '-ru. II is not what wo take up, but what we give uii, that makes, us rich. It Is Ihe heart that makes a man rich. He Is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what ho hat.. H'. li.ch.r. 1 look with scorn upon the selfish greatness of this world, und with pity on Ihe most gifted and prosperous In tho struggle for olllc-e ni.d power; but, I look with revcrrncn on Iho ob scure man who suffers for Iho light, who Is true lo a good but persecuted cause. Ainn J. (otrtill. It It I 4 Ml lltVK. 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V '''Mi hk rm.lot hrr purl iom u pp ! Ii! n rhon H til.' ClM'Ill'f'vt. O' l 1'' 1 1857 KHT A li i, is ii i: l) 18,)? J il ll ll it r- Istl, 1H57. RUFE W- DANIEL Hlsstoek of tl-m -r.. Urooerlea ami Confer f loneries .'itito-aee iu part FUl.Vi'll. AlTl.li, IILACKIIKHKY and WH.n I'llKititY IIHAN0Y, WIlHKIKs, l'Dltr, SIIKHRY. MMU.UIA sod CIIAMFAUNK WINK. CIDAns, BACON, FLOUR. MOI.ASSKS, LAUI. OINOKll. I'KPPFH SPICK. A1TI.ES..1KI.LIKS riCKl.F.S, BMANOY FEAtTIKs and COXFECTIdNKltlKS COKTSi DK'M I.A(iI'.IC 15 1. 1. It OS I C E. And many other articles too numerous to men tlon. It. W PAMKT.. 10 Wash, Aveuuo, Weldou, .C, ocUly PROFESSIONAL CARDS (. ELLIOTT. Attorney mid Coimsicllor at I aw, Oill'til.K, Vt. Hoonis 2an 1 1 Virginian Building. Oct 6 ly JJAHNi lI A llLLL. ATTOKl-'.Vi AT t.WV. i:si-ii;i.i, n. c. l'raetleos In th" cmuC'i- of Halifax. Nash F-U'i-eoiiil"- aii-l W ilson. Colleelioiis ii, ait.- In a: I ptrtsof t li.- s:ate. Jan l'i t(. II. SMI I'll, JR. 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T K It K. 11 A N I i; i itloru.-i iiiul oiniHt-llor At I nn, W K I. I O , Ts. V. l'ra'-lb-os In Halifax and a itdnimr inties. S oil ntt-o'i riv -ii to r.di e io a in ill parts of in., state and prompt retu ns made (eb n I y )7 lV- 'l.i-. AT TOU KY A r I, I IV, vi-:i,i)o, .-,-'al a'tentio'i irlvn to collections and remittances promptly ma. to. inn- HI. J K. E:. 1. 11 U N T K H, s ii ii u v. o ii i; m h r . arm Cnti lot fiiiiinl ut Im otlli-e in Kiiilold. Puro Nitron. Ov, ilo il ls Inr tho I'.im ns l-'.Xtruetliii! of 1'i'Otli iilwavsini lminl. .luim 'J'J tl. Jims n. ut i.i.r. Jons- . unoin f I 1. 1. K N k M O O 11 K, ATTHt KY H T I.AH'. HALIFW X. C. l'raelleo In the eoinit los of llillfav -..rll,... ton, I-. tr.-e, onii.., pur ami M-irtiu-lii Hie su- IiSi'III Ott'l of tl... W,..,.. n..l O. tl... L'. nilrtsof tho l-.isieru liHtrlel. Collect Ions ina.la in any part or 1110 stat-. Jan I ly on. t K. 70l.l t, ol ITU. Mi, p. . ,,o i.t, oi ria jyi. A. K .'i.l li HFl l.lt Ultil , I'llYSK I S lll SI IC(.KS, W K 1, I) O N, X. C. Urs A. n and Ii. It ZoiiieotTer. huvlnif tinltoil is partn.-rs lu tho praetn f in. dir. no under b" sly I tli-in o( ir A It Zolteotl. r A Pro. liter their professional services lo Iho pnolie t-iiorally and .olim n share of th- Ir patr-more. lo-y itus'aut i.-.fui aed pronipt nit.-nti. u to el'l- n's. i -f i ho linn will aUnvs I.. ( d 0 th'-ir ot'loo lu ,, ;t.-r Urue st,,ro wl .-r.. ..IMents tvCI l. ti-..i. , ,i hours ,.i,,l wi.i-n i-eossai-y, toth nit v i -1 1 an i irHo f alien- 1 oi to nailents without ovtrn el.nro. tut' ll If. I se-'i. t Ot'K 1 1)1 I li III.' t Oil lis,, (K--II'.! -ll- I III iv.-, ) " .f.Vr .'';.' v. - -Arr-V: !tV-W -i. snioie street. opposite Until n. Phi l.ltMH'lii;. V A lOII II III. -II 1 4, I II nllN. rosse., llt-HtNlllllOS) a .1 .. riiYCHloiu-4 if every ,l.--eripion mad to order nn l-r in rie troiu f. h,,. Ii,.i,:i,s .-.it ty m ill t no, n, Mr. ss, with o. lit s amps en. o., d i,,r re ui ti " ll n -r lei or r.-i-e v -d the w r. Is pro. a d sol I. 1 u at 1,-d Hd .s n., ,-iv,. pe ! oi-'a. ti -n . I -u .-li i- s ii ,u , . i in , ' my vpe-i- I p h i e. .' e I . - , a i l.-'.esi lie s in , n,-,i , i r ,-h-i 'a:.e- . i "rie-p.u.iti nee soli,- ,ed ir .. h i ti .n-. ' HA'. . U i It apr I t iy. l-'ir.t ii ii tl Mio lusiirniicr Agrut. fin bo found in ihe H i-t ..,:.. N.'' Office. Wklmin, N C. REPRESENTS, New York Citdorwrltors. "A -rrteiilturftl" of Wstortown, y. Y, W'-siorn, sf Toponto, ('atl.-lds. Pamlico, of 1'arl.or.i. N ('. Lvneltluirr, ,.( l.vnehburir, Va. Foiultalilc Life Insiiraiine Co. of !f, T. ntno.ny juiviiir Willi idaee rlskaln;any Otjjs"'' at low saieraics.
Roanoke News (Weldon, N.C.)
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Nov. 9, 1882, edition 1
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