V t -"-v 5 - iii g 9 mm 4 HALL & SLEIDGKE, I'koi'Kietohs. A NEWSPAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. TEEMS-S-ml anm m in aivan yol. xii. WKLDOX, X. C, TIIUIiSDAY, FKHRUARY 28. 1881. XO. 1!. r rH I I .- i ! 1 bi . ' PROFESSIONAL CARDS. li. K 1. 1. 1 O T T . i r Attorney anal Counsellor t l.w, NOKFoLK, VA. K.oiiis '.' nrpl I Vlrj iuliin lltilltliiir. "t .j ly. , . . ; - j K A X (' H A B K 1. 1. , Atturneis at l.iw, KNFIKI.n, N.O." J prai'thv I" the ronntlrs of llalltii. Nah. Kluc-(,-niiU anil Wllmjli. ( iillwtliilit lim.it' in nil mrl 0f Itir SIMU-. JH11. 12tf. R II. SMITH J It , Attorney at l.lw, W'OTI.ANIi NKCK. N c I'mi'licca In the c-iiunly of Itutiflix ami a.lji.lnltiB ihiium. mill In the Miprctiiccuurl of tin- huh.. iN't Hi ly. l II I :. A K II ill V M A N, II Attnriirya tt .W HALIFAX, N r. liDli'i'llltllf I'tilirt Hiiiikp. Ktrti'l MttrillltiM (ilvfll H.all I riim hcaoftlit' imti'iwluii. jhii I.' I) ... ri II o M A 8 N. II I I, !., I Attorney it Law, ' HALIFAX, N.L'. I'm. ilri'ii hi llullfn mul (joining fniiiilii'l hihI rViltTiil itml Supreme courts, f uk air. f' W. M A SO N , Attorney at I, aw, .ii (lARTSVUHIr, N.U rrHi llri'K In the enurla of Northamton and ad JiiiuiiiK eountlea, alwi in llie FedeJiti and supreme eourta. June H tf. , W4 I. T K It K. I A N I K I., Attorney at Law, WELJXIN, N.C. I'raetieea In Halifax anil ailjoiniux eountlea. Sqeelnl attonllon niven to eollei'tioni in all parti ol ilii' State and prompt return made, fvh IV ly. WW. HALL, m. a 'I Attoqjeitt WELDOX, N. V. Speelal attentinti given to Oolleetlona and remit taiicea promptly mule. may 1 If. JyJ U L L K N & y 0 O R I, Attorneya at Law, HALIFAX, X. C. 1'raotlc In the count lea of Halifax, Northampton, EilKecoinbe, I'itt and Martin-in the Supreme court ol the State and in the Federal (ourta of the Kaaieru Dialrlct. C'ollecliona made In any part ol tlie State, jau 1 ly 1) K. i. E. Bill E1.DH, Hurgcoii Dentlnt. Having iK-nnanently lia'atcd In Weldon, can I loiiudallilia outre in Smith a Brick Hoildmg at all liineaeieepl w hen alwenl 011 unileaaioiuil binine. careful attention given to all bram lna ol be pro i uiou. Fartlea vialted at Ihelr homeii When ile airnl. J"')' K D1 I. L.J Hl'KIKK, .in ! . ( n Surgeon Dentlnt. Can he (mint at hit oftlce In Enfield. Pure Nitrous Oxide tia fur the VainWaa fcilraT ting of Teeth alwaya on hand. ' June Si 11 K.tma T Via or Fuji U 8hi J? W"o" lUIIIPURITIEFTHEBLCCO. CCSSTIPATiOW, sr.it"" DYSPEPSIA, JS.MSir weight tnnmaeoaled akin yellow, hot ami cold eo mSZ dull.dry i ifcK5SjSaSj AfOPlEXYyTd m ear. lddl"-S Sfuaion in nd,i.ervou.nflMhenigM RIDPItTO, t.urnlnit.atinrinf-bearing dwu HEART? Z?JT!Z ;L..I,..i.. teft .H. 1 Ml af Waaia - "rU.. HEADACHE,ilSy Juaa U 17 M.L.JAC0B8.&IBHO.. i il ! I HUIFIK, R. C ' ) CnOICKST LIQC6R3. Our kM costal ui all the cbo'caat brauda wine.. brandle..whl.kle., beer and ar.tuad.la th. beat HutoklogauJCliMrlnlToUcc LJlaadal thaw. . FAMILY GROCERIES art chea. and all the taat kind. kot eouatanU band and itvk coullnu.lly Rpl.nl.hed BILUARDS ftHtX POOL J f y tarda at a waall MtpcM- J l UMiyj Vl,T OH 1 I , , , Uiuir. s. ri,m. A Wl in the f nnnl, ami a iii.,mriit w .tan.) Face to face ai.4 hand claspci In hand, WBile yoiirsy, thai tra light wild a aoiilntl beam, Awaken in ailue ownaiiaiuaerliu; eluiiu j Bala inomsiitMhon 11.4 lowing ahiiher w"re t iiuuiiq, l i A Uig human tide that k tuntlaf anmnd 1 i Kiilla hi-tween, we ru..h on with Hie liurrinK throng And our friendship i but a fj.illen ..iig. Sweat while it lajted, but son f,irg,i- , A flower tbkt hat fiuled-t dream that It not A (Inner hold, anil a tri inner claup, A klnaler mile, and hea.iler .ap, And thrrmwil might hare awepi imliredeil by , Ilut who was to rive It-von or t 8oaifeetneti gone from our llvei.und the flower nnnae iwaui) naa glaUih ned u man) an hour l.lea di nd. and the dream that wemitht have made true l.lkeailiailehaaAud. Who la to blauto-l or ).m ? Ah,therld li wide, and, day by day, Wcdrin fnnneaeh utheralill lartlier an ay , Ho man) around in wlih mlllug ippluux Thai eeiiilniil) aatraui, we never paii.n Tn think ofaHendMilp thai mli;hl hate been, Till a world Ide dl.iaiiec Ilea la twe. n. Ami the llde haaturiitil, ami alrandrd alone On the bare, blenk h , wi wearily moan For the love we let naa 111 unheeded by : Then who It Uit abtrf oy or 1?. . . MISGUIDED AB.BITI0N. l,i.l . ... .1 A i- : i,rviu. h. luwuy wu Wl It" K"ll7a l" have 11 hard shownr" mi a iiuitnnily Unnufi l lir lmJ,,l l...l. 11...:.. I, .... uvuu.'i, vi'.vii 1 iiiimI nn they sat urt the Auua, in the twilight. li't it ram ; (hank. liraYiMi otf wheat ia all in, and we never liati I'cUer iTii all of thirty Whets to the arro. Anil now, wife," continued .Mr. Pariah, "we will have that now ihaolon, Tor I llimlit t)ln luat tifivtnnut f,, m, f'.ii'tii trdav ; and, as we have both wmlicil pretty hard to accomiili.'-h it. I think wv can now afliml to live easier and enjoy ourselves.'' "Ve, I think we may." replied Mr. Parish, 'but, I declare, 1 fear that Jewi'ic will get wet coining home trntu Mr. Mason's." "Oh, have no .anxiety about that," said Mr. l'arish,V'Dau II 11011 will see to that."' ' t 1 tl Porliaiifl ai " aniil Ilia wif'p "liut.M mIip added, luiiaingly," "I do not exactly like the increasing partiality that J an and Jennie seem to huve fur each other." "Why, wife, what is the objection to Dun ; there ia not a more honest, sensible, .. .... r..il ; i. ,...,,..1,. " 1IIIII1BI 1 10110 JIUUil i':uyn ill loc luniiii, "l kuoiT that," replied Mn. P., "but neither is there a more haudsome or lady lilii oirl tlimi .T Wlicn MrH. Fur below, Cram the city, spent a week, here, aheauidto me 1 duzen limes, as slie looked at Jenn'e, 'What a j.ily I hat you !. 1 1 :.. uo uoi live iu me cuy, wueiu uuimio: would be the belle of society, and would 110 doubt make a brilliant murriage fur she would grace a palace.' '' Well, wife, I don't believe that the mistress of a palate is any more happy than the luistres" of a I'armliniw.' -PuaVibly ; bul. Joseph, I tliin't waul Jennie to plod through as inn'iy weurv years of drudgery as 1 have had to. "Yea. 'liina dear, you have hud to work too baidjbiitt'iiiugh yourtirtd limbs ached with fatigue you have nevr had au heartaehea t endure ; uuj he gently took her haud with a pressure of le that waa as grateful to his wie as a kindly rain to the withered (lower. Mrs. Parish resumed the conversation : "You know that our Kdi'iedoes imt -eallv like farming, and JW'wstir :Moise told Mrs. Brown thit he was the luost prom ising youth iu his academy, and it was too bad to kep him followiiig the plow." . ' Humph!" said Mr. P.."hec..uhl fl low worse things than the plow." Hut the fanner's wile had attacked hi weakest point, for Kddie was his only anu. and a spri'jht'v lad Uio who,d his father had bi':'t high hoKS. M r. Parish was aniU.ious for his son. and it was the ro i at t'rei w of h;s wak ing hours to that son diatiiiguhed. and 11M his own old aspiration fulfilled in ,;, This was nut the las. lime the suh iiH-i was ilisccsscd and finally il wi's de .... . t ..... 1. . eided to lease the iiuni anu remove 10 ric Thw had bei'li no engagement between lau Masou and Jennie, not even a formal love-making, but they were mutually at traet.sl to each other, and then- was a sort of (licit understanding tin t they loved, and us a matter of course Would sometime ! married. i , , 1 "lan, tlid.Tou know tin t we are gniug to inovo away," said Jennie, one evening as thev were taking a walk together. 1 ' lining to move away! nam I'an. wnu nnl'eii;o.d sun.rise, the dor leviug his faoe. "What ii you mean 7' . .' I r v.--Vh. fnthur Ims renleil the fann. and we are all going to the city to l.vc.' 'Then the one ho of my life is enjej." said his voice hu.ky with auppnweJ euiotilin. ( J Why,; Pan,' Jon go.', wa are not unit" oul'of lh world,,' wtueiinrr, e n , . 1 1 11 .... without nouiit, wk' uau ?:'c fan.," 1 " ;k "Jennie, you an" going out ol my world, never to. return, adh..nld you eter Oiic Wk U thi pW I will never accm to yon '' ,low- .... . Ik O' " uy nol, i'an ( lohl v.ui. Jennie, how beautiful Jon are, fur it aeema like flat wl,;, li I desuise. but there are plenty besii'le uie who aee that you are, and you will h uuuierotis admins, win' ah gant uianoeri aud polisbed apets h you cannot fail to contrast with my awkward waya and homespun talk, aud I will ap pear m a verr uisauvauiugcuu. "0, In, how eau you ay ao? ' Y ou kuow I hare alwava, wnee we were chil dren going to m-hool together, liked you bet ter than any one else. I am sure that iust to ac a little of the world is not going ' . ... I' -IT t..M,-..lH V.lll " W change my ice'iuga iv-"- .7 "Ah, you think now. Jennie, but afur enjoying the glitter and eicil cut of I ha city you would never content with At qui'1, humdrum life of a far mer, wife. You will there hava suitors at jouf f Tl J " '' cltM like kpighi- iw- ).ou ? bewildereX fiJaotiiawd, entjrulled; ad . ,ay he wii wins four W T one in return aa hout, loving and de-TuU-d m Mine. Ht, J''". J" ev;rr have need of. humble friend, like myself, remember I would aacrifice my life to tc cure your happimw" His toil-hardened hand rlaaped hers ; he tried to speak again, but no aomid was uttised; a ailent "good bye'' itiivcreil on his lips aa he wrung the hand he held ; then turning, Ktrtxle hastily away. Jen nie was astonished at the vehemence of the usually iuiet young man. She had never dreamed before of the intensity of feeling that existed under that placid aud iuiiert,irballe exterior. Jennie's heart was divply touched, and she sincerely sympathized in hi distress, and half re gretted the ehnnge they were about to make. But she was ouly eighteen, and her imagination was captivated with an ticipation of the new and guv life ujkiu which she was to enter, though Mr. Parish and his wife felt, that to themselves, this change uf residence Would 1 a sacrifice of lsilh tniiney and cuinliirt ; but it waa for the Kike of their children, and so, a few days later, the family was aettlcd iu a faxhimuble quarter of the great city. Kililie had obtained a place as a student in a law nfliee. Mr. Parish found city life rather ilk some, and wmild have been far happier on the old farm. It was an uiixious. toilsome tuak. tisi, for hi wife to adapt herself In manners, dress and con vcrsalini) to city ways, being quite unac ciiftonicd to them. Hut she strove to ac quit herself well in her new sphere for Jennies sake. As fur Jennie, chaper oned by the fashionable Mrs. Furbelow, she was introduced to the gayest society, and, as predicted, became the inuch-ad-inired belle of the sot or clique in which M.s. Furbelow moved. For a lime the thought of pi .or Pan, itud his sad look as they parted would aleal over Jennie, caun i'ig a thrill of pain, bul it was aison for giilu n in the gay whir! of what is popu larly called pleasure. She was quite in toxicated with the charming little flatteries that were poured into her unsophisticated ear. Instead If- the cloiskr-liW nnii liary from which she had graduated, had she attended an institution where co-education prevailed, where the young ladies and young gentlemen mingled iu the same class-room and met at the same table, she would now have been far less suscep tible to the adulation of the gay young men who fluttered about her, for the very novelty of it 'ed her to place ii'i undue value upon their unmeaning attentions. There was one man, representing him self as a gentleman of wealth and leisure from the South, who had luxurious rooms in a first-class hotel, and with little efforts had gained admission into Jennie's cir cle o' society. Uisinauncrs aud conver sation were those of a refined man of the wiirhl. and the ladies all p-onotineed bill) charming, his bearing was "so elegant and distingue." He had completely won llie good wiil and confidence uf Kddie fre iiueii,lv taking hi in to his rooms, where iu the most familiar manner he spoke of his business matters, his plantation, his niiiar crop, his railroad stocks, and his liiui'Maiia State bonds, all conveying the idea of immense Wealth. In the timM patronizing way he took him tirotinJ the c'iV. juai to show him a little of the World, aud invited him into'a notorious hut go,' geona gambling house. Ivlwanlliesituted. t (h. 'lis only to see what is going on," said Mun.tillc, the name bv which Kd- ward's new friend was known, "we are Ifoi going iu to p'ay ; I never gamble." So they entered, and watched the players. A awhile I'M ward became interested iu the game. "l!y tiinrge" xaid he, "I wmh I had an X, I'd like to try mv luck." W ell, just for the fun of it. I'll lend you one." said MoiitvuMe, handing him ten dollar greenback. Edward staked the money aud wou. A second time he , iked und won.. A third tiuu ho was guile; to try, but Montville checked him. "No. no. my boy, qui., uow, before your lin k urns," ami led him quit-o reluctant mil oi' the house. Hut the young men had iiiilelio! a moral ptii.iou, and the vi.u was slowly undeiiiiiniug the eornvt prin ciple ius,:led into his nature iu h!s early rti :d home. Ai fin' Jennie, she looked upon Mont ville as a prince, and her vanity was ex eeasive'y flaitcred by his arduous atten l ons, llioui.h her affections were much' to. interes.cd than her pride and ambi tion ; aud when be at last proposed nmr ria ;e, though for sjiei iouii reasons he cu jiiiue.l stiiet secrecy upon her, she was delighted beyond mesisiire, and her imag ination m the illimitable wealth aud splendor w'lh which he woe.ld suriiund her. "I don't like that Moiihille who calls here so 0V11," said Mr. Parish to his sou, just as the postman luul IcU a note from the gentleman named, ilvil'ng j Kddie and his n'Ncr to take a drive with limi, j "Why, father, he is a perfocV gentle man," cries Jennie i J t i " And a deuced goial le'low,'1 eliimed In he b other. A deuced humbug, if noihing worse," Mtid ibeir J'ltlu r ; 'thoso resile, piercing black eye of his never look me straight iu the face, as those of an hoiient man would." That U all a whim of vours,, father," replied Kdward, "why 5 h showed llie more than g.'iil.nilll worth of bonds and railroad at ip. and only yesterday, while. I was at his rooms, he received a letter from his broke in New Orleans, saying thai he had j tint mild two hundred hotheads of his sugar." ! Hut Mr. Parish shook his head Incred ulously. Montville and Kdward again viaited the gambling Saloon. Moiiltille lintv. latin 1 reluctantly, look a hand. Kdward avoided belling hic.li. and at liiM won, then his luck alternated and he bi-eauic more rockiest, aud all his own money wi s hwt. Montville siippliisl him with nmre, but still he lost, and he became ! ( .11 dent. "Hear up, my dear fellow, you'll have betler luck licit deal. Here, waiter bring us a couple of jlnwi of brandy," said Montville. "No. no, I never drink," said Kd ward. , t i , ' i .1 "Just a glaas to nteaJy your n.rvi-i, my boy" t And Kdward gulp! it down. I'liae e.iKtomed to ardent spirits it excited Ilia lraiu, and he bet and played wildly, lillle iliiukinu that his otitHiuciila wc.y con federate of Mi.nl ville, who at li'st deela ed hi nurse exhausted. Kdward was frantic Montville pli.il him with more liquor ami drew him into a side room. "Here, my boy, juat write your father' name to this, and I cau negotiate it and get the cash in five minutos." "Hut. my (iod, Montville, that would be forgery." "Pshaw," replied he, "it's only the use of his name for a few hours; that will hurt neither him nor you. See. it's paya ble at the First National Hank, and will not be due yet for a month. To-morrow you can drop into the bank and deposit the money to pay it. aud no one will know of the transaction." "Hut," pleaded Kdward, "luck may ruu against me still." ".No danger," replied his tempter ; "but if you are afraid, here Ls a bundle of so curities thai will sell oil 'change to-morrow for ten times the amount of tho note" and the half-intoxicated young man put them in his pocket and signed his father name to a 8J.IKIU note. Montville stepped out for a few liiin utesand returned, pretending to have pro cured the money on the note, and they re turned to the gambling table. Hut the drugged liquor that Intel been administered to Kdward began to take i-llcet, and soon he was unconscious. Montville took him in a hack to a low hotel, placed him in bed. and left him. Half an hour later another scene was transpiring at the dwelling of Mr. Parish. Jennie, well enveloped in a cloak, stole down stairs, carrying a well filled Michel, noiselesdly opened the back door, and passed out and around the house 011 the street, where she was handed into a car riage which drove rapidly to the depot. In the morning a note was found on her dressing-table explaining her hurried de parture. Hut Jennie's journey was cut short, for at the first station from the city, two of ficers, who had been telegraphed, entered the car and arrested Montvillo, adorning his wrists with iron bracelets, and let him out of the car, followed by Jennie, who was frantically screaming as she thought only of train robbers and bandits. Montville turned to her aud said, savage ly, "Stop your noise, you d d lillle fool, ami go home." This brutal speech brought Jennie to her senses, disen chanted her, and she realized at once the ho-rible gulf she had so narrowly es caped. A dispatch to the presj the following day ran thus: "A notorious felon caught. One o" the most astute and accoinplMicd of forgers, black-legs ami swindlers in the coiii't-y. John Kasson, with a dozen aliacs, was ,n rented this morning on the westward-bound train, und returned to prison, from whiee he had escaped a year since, aud where he is scrv-ng a ten years' sentence for forgery, Ile has been li; uiing here for some months in the role of a wci-.lthy Southerner, and had wormed his way into society, and we fear that more ihau one young man has been entangled in his wiles and fleeced. Ile had become .the lecdcr of a notorious gang lure, all the rest of whom arc at h'rgc, but the de tectives are mi their l.'ack. When caught he was being accompanied by the beauti ful young daughter of one of our most respectable cili.t 'lis, nliolit he had induced to elope with him. She was re tied anil restored to her ilisl'ueted parents, whose names we suppress. Iu the rascal's t t'lik was found a large amount of fraudulent bonds, and many forged business lete s, conveying the idea of great wealth." When Kdward awoke the ne:;t day w'th tin ach'ug head and bcwihlevd h'iin, the recollection of bis mad beliav'o.' si w'y dawned upon biui. and he rose a id hastened to the hotel to titid Moiuv:le. There the mortifying truth with regard to h;s dour iViend Montville was made kuow:i to him. Thea he went to a broke- and found the ncuurilic u'vcu Inn enl rclv worthless ; and he had no doubt the iL hens hud negoiialisl his note, mm d s grrce and a prison confronted h' n. Iu bis Jesin ralin.i he Would have t..lc'i bl own life, if his death coti'd conceal his citou aud leave his name unblemished There was hut one course for him to lake, and thrt he dreaded to do, for he knew it would wring bin kind old father's heart but there was no alternative : he must ie him all and throw himself upon his uiirev. Shocked and distressed us he wits at h;s sou's iillinuilv. he would shield him at ant me ifiee, and Isith himself and wTo . .. . 1 . n .1 1-11 fi It that the Uilssu'pa ol I tier cinuiren would never have occurrci' but lor their inis.-iiiilrd tilnbitinn 'i rTrard to them Mr. Parish raised the nionev bv uio:1 itatrinir his I'a'in to pay the forged imti ami avoid c:..s,iiO of the crime. Then be took immediate measures to return to his old home; and never did wounded doves Keek safe.y in ilicir own cote with more joy than did the whole Parish I'aiuMy in tliuilear olil furai house. One pleasant a'lerinsin, some two yerrs after the occurrences ilincribcil, .Mr. I ar ish Mid to his wife, "(' line, let's take a walk over to Pan's new house. You know that next wik he and Jennie will move into il." "Please wall." replied his wife, "t il I 01 n pick up Kd's. hooka aud in w. -papers for lie leave them H'eWed around.'' "Wife, don't scold about Kd., for he is doing nobly, llu ha.i learned indepen dence, and h'.s work as tin agent has not only fitted him for anv position n life, but paid off that uiifot.uiiufo Uioilgiigc o'l our farm. "Jennie." said Pan Mason to his young and pretty wife, "I must goto theiilv tomorrow, would not you like to go with ine?" "No, I never waul to go to the city gain." "What makes you hate llie ellv so, Jennie?" I Ih, I biriiuie o fired i.nd disoiistcl with the ihy hie during the year that wi were the-e; It makes me sick to think ol it." That one miserable episode ill Jennie's eansT that came so near inalint; a wreck of her life, nml was remeuilieivd by her with such inli'iisc chagrin and remorse, let us h.n;', Hover ctune to the knowledge oi lu r kind and wortliv liusbanil. The director of the mint advises that llie coinage of gold dollars ami three cent pieces be discontinued. So far as the gold dollar part of the advice in eoncermsj. we do not care; but when the three cent piece is withdrawn from circulation we shall feel that our financial friend has becu taken from us. ( IIKIS1IW It 1:1 1). A I'l.KASl.NH SKKTt'lt HP II Kit IIOMK AMJ .sritltul SUINUS IN SAI.ISIII IIV. ttalriiili Slate t lirullli'le. When the body of Col. Charles Kisber Was brought lioluc I'miii the battlefield of Mauasses, his sister, Mix Christine FUher, forbade anyone entering the room where he lay until she had finished a portrait of him. Then when he was buried she made herself a mother to his children. She is a devout Uouiali Catcholic aud a recluse. Hut for the care of her brother's children she would have taken the veil. The t hil- Iren were Miss Prances pisher and Mr. Fred and Miss Annie, the latter being twins. Miss I' ranees risher became Christian lleid," and war which wrought her irreparable loss brought us our chief literary renown. It was a matter of bread aud butter. ''Christian lleid" has estab lished her fame and held the old home stead, Mr. I'retl Pisher has been educated to the law and Miss Annie pisher is now finishing her musical training. It is a variously gifted lauiily. Mis ( hnstian r isher uses her pencil with much grace and Miss Annie Pisher has musical talents of a very high kind. At present, during the absence of the last from home, the household consists only of these two maiden ladies, Miss Prances Pisher and her recluse aunt. They live at the old "Fisher place," which with the little brown Catholic church makes one of the large squares of the town. It is a cosy but hardly a cheerful place. The old two-story frame house, with its bended" weatherboards, was once painted brown. The dark front door suggests re tirement. The stone floor of the piazza has somehow a hint of a convent iu its ap pearance. Tin1 kitchen stands far back iu the rear and a large area of pear trees and iox bushes stretches down to the little hiireh. Iu the front yard are oaks and cellars, unit an avenue ol small box bushes leads to the front door. Miss Fisher herself lives nn almost r- tired life, not from inclination so much as because she is very busy. During these years since she liegan to write fiction she has been us industrious as the busiest man iu North Carolina. The work has not been a recreation, but n creation, ami there fore hard and continuous labor. The icople of Salisbury without regard to reed not only esteem her highly, but even egai'd her with a sort of homage, "liless our life," said a gentleman to me, ' there 1-11 1 a man in .ili-lnirv who wont. I not pull oil' his bps! coat for Miss Fanny Fisher to walk on and wi-h it were ni.ide of bet ter cloth to be so honored," UtON III It l si I.I.I n:its. Hen: I'ellcy I'linrc's lle.liili.sct'licea. M itlbcw I, ll.ttis, who died in the spring of IS.'iil, was probably the most ill- fl uial of Washington eorrcspoiiilen's. lie was a New Yorker and a printer by traoo. leco'ii'ii'' eililoi i.illv con leetcrt with a paper, he bad entered political li'e 'u l"!1", iihuo.v ininird.a.elv afrer the adop tion ol the I't.l.'.'.il 1 .institution, lie jot'ieii llie o.iosii,on or HcuiKTa.iC party, t 1 1 1 1 1 1 came 111I0 powvr bv the c'ectioii ol Jeilcisoii as President and Purr as Yicc- PlV-iilelll. Matthew I,. Il.tvis was the intimate and most eoiiliilciitii!1 riciiil ol Aaron ISnvr b.r ncail" b ib' a ecu ury. When Hurr died he Icl'l n'l his papers to Mr. Ihivis. who aim" Irs h'oiaphcr. lie also published the priva'.e ne 111 nirs oi' Aurou Hu:" in two lohi'i't-'. Iu tbe preparation of this last pub'i. aipou I will lice remark that Mr. I'aiis lifted :n a linnnt" which docs honor to his memory. The extraordinary fasciu- a. ion ol luirr when ' e our sex were con cerned i-, a ni.:':cr ol' his ory. lie le.t be ll ml him h l.eis IV.iin lad'es of the highest rank in our coi'li-h a'isloei.icy which to'il ihe s.oiy of their "lailty iu black and white. The publication of these Ichors would hawe ileslioveil the peace and domestic ppiuess of hundreds of families iu this civ alone; i'l the same tiuie. it would have made the lielune of the publisher. So gie.;l was the 1 ci t leent ill rega d to these li II laW ihrt no sooner did the 'Vt ls be come gem-ally known that Hurr was demi and that his le'ters and pija rs ' had gone into the possession of Mr. Havis, than huu dl'eds of leitelM I'roui all palls of the city anil country came pouring iu upon him. fsking "about ce-tain letters," and begging, iu 'he most humiliating terms, that he would destiny them, and appealing to him as a man of honor at least not to publish tin 111. This was highly honorable to Mr. Davis, and I hope his successor will follow bis ex ample, as I "eel satisfied that even uow the publication of these letters would cause the greatest iii'mry among some of our first families, whose beads might have to change their names on finding such terrible proofs at:aiiit (heir leiiiliiuacv. Till. I Mil lI Ht K IIOV. A I mint every father knows alaiut the iiiitiisitie boy, and fr'spie:nly bus occa sion Iu Wlsn Ills liovs were g.rls. A .North Hill father liegan shaving himself in the presence of h's t'our-yea.-old hoK-!'ul. The hoy cnniuicnc.il and kepi oh, with a result s. 1l11ewll.it as follows. W hat you doing, piqm?" "Shaving." "W hat you shavinj for?" , "To gel my face clean. ' "Why don I you wi sh your face lo get it clean'.' "'Al'stlic way 1 do." shave it to fel tbe hair oft'.'' "What bai.?'' "The hair thai grows on my fair." "What hair that grows on yoi r face?'" "Mv whiske.'s." " II hat are whiskers, papa?" "Hair that g-ows on the i'acc." "What docs the whisker hair grow on the face for?" I don't know." Why don't you know why whisker bail's grow on the face?" " llceailse " The interview came to a sudden trrmi'l alion. A long gash aud flowing IiIimmI was ihe tause, wi.b the sudden departure of Y01 ng America in bis mother's arms as an incident. IU l"i'ii' Mn!l. Ktcry effort is made iu forming matri monial alliances to reconcile matters rela ting to fortune, but very little is paid to the congeniality of diqiositious, or to th accordance of heart, A 1.IVKLY t Hllil'IMM. III1W TI1K SlN'tllNU OP A IUVA WAS Al' I'HKf lATKll II V A HI KAI. FIHTHK. The following musical criticism from 1111 Aurora (III.) paper is full of strong eon leniponininus human interest : "The Kellogg concert, as might havu been anticipated, was largely attended. The dollar freeze out was rather rough on the hiHitlhime, but the audience managed to exist without the customary war-whoop. The divine Ixiuise Wits us resonant as usual, which, by the way. she ought to he, being well seasoned. The editor of that paper makes no great pretentions in the way of musical criticism, but when a genuine fi'.IHI grand spi-al stub-and-t wist, back action, self-adjusting, chronometer-balanced, full-jewelled, fourth proof, rip. snorting conglomeration conn's to town he proptim to hiinip himself, Kellogg's dia phragm has evidently hot, like wine, im proved with old age. Her upK-r register is upstairs near the skylight, while the lower register is closed for repairs. The aforesaid Kellogg performed her grand lripileact of singing, rolling the eyes and talking to some one in the wings at the same time. Her smiles at tho audience were calm, but deU'rinined, but her smiles at the "feller" hid behind the seem' were divine. Her singing, when she conde scended lo pay any attention to the au dience, to our critical ear (the other ear b 'ing carefully folded up), seemed to be a blending of the fortissimo crescendo danifino or care either. Her ciartume was a harmonious blending of the circus tent and balloon style, and was very g r gisms, barring a tendency to spill some of the contents out at the top. The Italian part of the business was as fidgety and furious as usual, and demonstrated what early asMicialious with the hand organ and monkey will accomplish. The venerable ami oli. se freak of nature, lirigtn.li, was as graceful as usual. His appearance very nearly resembles a stove in a corner gr.i ceiy, or a Water lank on a narrow gu ige railroad. Ile was not fully appreciated until he turned to go off the stage. Ile then appeared to the best advantage, and to take an interest in getting out of sight us soon as possible, an effort in w hich he had the sympathy of tbe audience." tiii: toi hi oi ri it 1 u IVImtt Free Press. A boy. ten year old. pulling a heavy cart loaded with pieces of boards and lath taken from soiuti demolished structun an every day .-ight in all large cities. Tired ami exhausted he halted under a shade-tree. His feet Were Sore mid bruised, bis clothes in-rags, his face pinched, and hulking iu years older than it should. The boy laid down upon the grass, and in five minutes was asleep. His bare feet just touched tbe curb-tone, ami his old bat fell lii .in bis head and fell on the side walk Iu the shadow of the trees his face told a talc that every passer-by eniild read. It told of scanty food, of nights when the body shivers! with cold, of a home with out sun-bine, of a young life confronted with mocking shadows. Then something curious happened. A laboring mall a queer old man with a wood saw on his anil - crossed the street to rest for a moment beneath the same shade. I le glanced at the boy and turned away, but his look was drawn again, and now he saw tin1 picture and lead the story. He, too, knew what it was to shiver and hun ger. Ile tiptoed along until he could bend over the boy, and then he took from bis KM'ket a piece of bread and meat the dinner he wits to cat, if he found work and laid it down beside the lad. Then be walked carefully away, looking back every Un mn lit . hut keeping out of sight, as Le wanted to i cape thanks. Men. women and children had seen il all, and what a lever it was ! The human soul is good and generous, but sometimes 'there is tiifd of a key to open it. A man walked .l.nn from his steps, and left a hal'-dollar beside tbe poor man's bread. A woman went down, and left 11 gisal bat in place of the old one. A child came with a pair of sh.a, and a boy with a coat and vest. Pedestrians halted and whis pered, and ill. qiM'tl (limes and quarters be side the lirst silw piece. The pinched faeed boy suddenly awoke and sprang up as if it were a crime to sleep there. He saw the bread, the clothing, the money, the Heore of H ople waiting around to see what he would do. He knew that be had slept, and realized that all these things had come to him as he dreamed. Then what did he do? Why, he sat down ami covered his face with his hands and sobbed, k.i i.ik;I7.i(; vomi.. Marion Crawford iu his new novel, "To l,cf ward," says : " h, woman, Iod -(riven helpmate of mall, and liolilest of tind a gilts and of all created things is there aiiy nun bold enough to y thai he can make praises fur you out of ink and paiier thai shall Is' worthy to rank as praise at all by the side of your giasl deeds ? You, who bow your gentle heads to the burden, aud think it sweet, out of the fojluesa of your own sweet sympathy you, whose fingers have the strength to bind up broken limbs and rounh, torn wounds you, who feel for each living thing as you feel for your own bodily flesh, and more you, who iu love are more tender and faithful aud long-suffering than we, and who. even erring, err for the sake of the over great heart that liod hu given you. You are only women, and you know nn belter ? W hat ereater, or Inirher, or nobler thing can I say of you, iu all hum bleness and truth than that you are what you arc. and that you know no better? What better things cau any know than to hear pain bravely, to heal the wounded, to fis'l for all, even for those who cannot feel for themselves, aud to he tender and faithful and kind iu love? And even being given of heaven and loved of it, that you should turn in time of need and trouble and say a prayer fbr slreugth aud knowl edge, even that is a part of you, and not the least iliviiu part So that when the man who cannot suffer what yuu cau suffer, nor do the good that you can do, sneers aud scuffs at your prayers and your religion, I could wring his cowardly neck to death." a nu t mix: iciui;m. The Toronto !!'' of Jan. 4 among other details of llie scenes at the hospital among the injured by the recent railroad collision at lliiiuii. r, tint., has tho fol lowing In ward No. 1 at eleven o'clock hist night lay Patrick Caven.-v. se.".uiu'ly en joying a sweet sleep, lie Wis terribly J sc.ihl.'J, and bandages p. r.uilt si only a i small portion o In, la.e to be s vn. (hi a couch b.'-itle him I ty his ui.ith. r iv-tiug, bul Hot .-leepiiu. watihing li ii.let'y ovtr lu r son. Sli. had li. . 11 1 here in early Illum ing, aud started In r intuition lo remain there till to Jay. Diiiin,' the day, from time to titii.', the 111 .tier inl.l a reporter, her hoy would w.tke and a-k : "Are you there, lu.it her ? Do li t leave inc." The poor hoy was unable to open his eyes, and It was tiiittiinwu wh (her or not bis sight Was gone, though llie doctor give 110 hope that il wa preserved Cavaney's Mother said -li ' was a wi.l iw, and bad been so I'. r tu 11 years. She came ,0 Tor onto in . I une last with her son I'a.rn k. then aged aiMecii. one ul.l r sou, itml three younger children. The oldest son has been out of eiiiployuieiil for some uioiilbs, und Patrick was almost the solo support of the family. It was the knowledge of this that made him say when he awoke on one occasion. "(Hi, mother, mother I if I die (li re will be no one to help you. The poor mother was almost broseii-heari.'.l. Imt still she bom up bravely. The suindii'ss of the sleep iu which he was wrapp.tl at eleven o'clock raised her Imp's an 1 caused h-rto believe in the recovery of her sin. Alas! u few minutes later he awoke. He whispered "Mother," and bis Mother bent tenderly over hill'. II.' could not see her; Ion 1 r eyes were liliud.il. but he knew tint she wi- by Tt i lit hihI ho was happy. "1 :i 111 dying, mother," he said; "good bye. The Hint h 'I' called the nurse; she caiue. but could do noihing. 'I'he power icmpi-i h t was niighlii r ihau li rs. and uiih a lew Murmured word- the dviiej boy passed in to eternity. The broken-he in d mot In r wept bitterly for a while, and then left llie iii-i'il.il for her Uow ilcsolateil home. ( tM HUM I I). Winn Mr. I'opperman threw' off his overcoat la.-l evening hi- wife said : "My dear, tbi- is your birilulay. Now, what kind of a present would you prefer ?" Will. Money." "That's jn-i the kind of a present I have for y 01.' and Mr- l'opp. iuian look floiii beneath h. r :q 1..11 a plethoric hue; and emptied upon ihe table a pile of jing ling coins. "There'- y.mr birthday pres ent." The husband looked at llie coins iu ama.'iiielit, ami tie 11 -aid . "Why. my dear, the Money i- no eood. There is nothing h. re but Pad quarters and dimes wiili holes iu cm. II. re - a quart' r with a hole iu it, and tin- hole is bigger than ihe quarter. Wli.it ra.-cil palmed thai mom y en you'.' Oh! tic scoundrels iheie are iu ihe wmld!" "Calm ynur-cK luv dear. ' -aid Mrs. Poppenuan. "That lui iiev iiiu-l all he go..i. Thais what oii'egien tne lor pin money since we've b. . 11 macro d. MtitV'si 1 v i 11 i t M.n iicnr. "Darling." said he. tenderly encircling her slender wai-t with his larboard arm, "enn ymi tell me in what respect you re semble Mary, of the little lamb fame?" "No, I cannot, dear II nry." -he answered, hlu-hing one of ih..-e western sunset blushes that betoken colder wealln r. "Heeallse," said he, as he tenderly stroked the golden hair, "because you have a p-l that I..ves you si 1. "And now d ar Henry, can ymi tell mi' why you are like Mary's lamb ? " "No, dear, why am I?" Ifecause, " said she. glau ing li. rv oi-l v toward the d. r. "heeaiis,' you are sure to go. I bear papa coining down the stairs and Veil know," "Why 11111 I like M.irv - l acher .' ' ihuu deled the old man l.inrhi- le ad in ihe door and f'.li Iiiuj .1 - 11 p . mi l Indian club. " lei aiisc, mi wci im; hiiii-i II . ' alt, r II o'clock is again-! ihe rule and I 11111 going to luin you mil." As ihe young Man limped painfull) away he was beard to Mutter to hinisi If; "Well. I differ from the lamb iu one respect, for I'll never follow Mary anunore !" Tin: Hoi skwiki: A ilonnstto Journal lor American Iioii-i kccs in, will be sent tbr one vcar tree to every huly who w ill aeutt at oiiec the names ami ailili'css of ten iniirnc.l luilcor Inmsekei pcrsanil '.'I n uts in '-'-cent HlatnM tor s.-t.igc It is the liest family ias 1 iu the C. S., anil this oiler is Inilile only to win re nanus to whom to send sam ple copies, as we know cw iv lady who once sees Tllli Ibll SKW II K will subscribe for il. hVgular price tM.wi r Je.ir Sentl lo-ilay no to secure next number. Aihlresa TllK lloi (ii;w in:, Ida-heater, X. V. I am tiiissinmilelv Ion. I of flowers." said Miss Fussiinf. ather to Algernon, the the other evening "I always have some kind of a tloWiV about me." " Well, I can tell you," tiplied the devoted Algwn, "that you must have had a mighty mean kind of flower with you last night, for I have workeil on the lapel of my csiut for an hour and I haven't g"l it all off yet!' Itciiivo Pii.ks Symptom andt'tire The vmp soius are moisture, like js-i,ir.iil.ui. intense itching iiicrcascil liy acratciilutr, very ilMn's-niit, imttlrie litrly al niitlil. si-uii- a- If inn annua wen crawling ill liliil about Ihe hi Hun; tlic private Mtrtn are souii'tliiies attis'tcil. IT iill.iwi .t to continue verv serious nulls limy l.,ll..v. "sWVM;s HIM MKNI' l-a .l.-ii-.iiit, (tin. iiirc Al-o Car Teller! It. h, Suit Kliemii, sciitil llisel, l'.r)'sliH'liis, ltarlH.ni' llcli, lili.ti low, all w sl . ciii-ly slou I ls. iisi'ii Scut by mull f..r ,'rfi cent. 1 u. xea, SI ',. tin iitin). Ail.llcw, Hit. fUUNU SUN, l'liilailcl.na, I'a. s.,1.1 1.) trnmjtt ll was hitler cold hist night, yet we had a Ivi'.iut'fu! iniilsumiiicr dream. We dreamed wo were walking iu groves and grottis s with a bcaiilil'ul dark eyed maiden with oh! such ruby lips; and as wo were about to snatch a kiss we felt a shake on the shoulder and beard a Voice saying, "(teorge, (Jeor gel (let .up ami lsiko the fire." Some women can't let a fellow kiss girl even in a dream. It AVISO cngugeil Mrs. Kva Davis, of Wei dot, X. I'., lo lake charge of 111 V millinery and dress ipaals department, I now oiler all my full inillini rv and dress g.si.ls at prime cost to make nsun lor a hnyc nml IhviuII I'ul line ol' tll'css tt'HxU ami ladles hats, bouuets feathers, in fact a tvuular millinery store for tbe coming spring season. I. A, PAUINHU1.T - A D KUTISKM KNTS. 1) Aa. jit a PROPHYLACTIC FLUID. A Houthot(t Ariirlc lur UnlvvrMl 1 umlty Um. Far ftorlt and I Typhoid fc'rr, I UiiilitherU, Hull- SurcTlit'tits,NiikalI j Vitx, MrmlfiB, and till 'niiii(catu IfIhchhch. IVrotit witlitj on ihe hi.li h, nlil uc it Drtly. Siarlei K-vei liu ntvrr lK ti known 10 "iprraJ whrrr the Mnul wu iisr.i Vrll.iw Krvtr h.n bt-cn inred with n uflr blark vuntlt Ititcl takfii place. The wurrt c.tafi ol L'll'tiltietu yirlii to U. v-rMl in tlrklVr- , RMl,I. ro mul rrlrntirtl ttntl ind ll.l iren pr.-vrtil. IITTINi of Small ft hv bai'mif with " pog ritKVKN'TKU m u r .1 1 r maiir ,. , ' ; Fo, M..r.. Tin i.ai li it i1' M 1 x lh tutiaivti iut fHiiiii'tt mrt cute. I'imiImkIoII i!rtrYnl tr sVVntilril hmvt 4'hllhh.liift, KIIm, i lialhiks), cti Itlii'lltititlUiit rtirrtl H'ft 1hUr4 .Hi. In to it ti urrt ly iu me Nhli FflVtnr pfrevmlril. Tn purify tlte llt-calli, riManiv llui Tlht il rn'l be tniiJ. Catarrh tclicvcd and Kryilpflm cured. Huriistuiicvtdimtaiutlr. Hrar prtvtntrtt. Hvvrnlrry uird. Won ltd a liealctl rapidly. NvUt'Vy nimi An A olid tit fit Animal or VrgctUt l'wiv iu, Stint, etc. 1 utot Iht Fluid durinc mir prfscni afltction with s.ailrt fever with He rltirj dvanimfT. It i Hnli'irt ttilr t ill tii It roiin. Wh F fcAi ftinn, Kyiic, AU. I ml drlinnt). w not pitted, ami W4 out the Koine aetintn ihrM r ., inj no Other tut. it - I W Pamk. thiK, J'liiUdrlphu, DiphthcriA FrevnitKL The phyiiciani hcrt uic Haibyt Hmd very uccc.ifully in the treat mem of Otphtheria. A. bTOLI.KNWiatK. Crfeniboro, Alt. TvtUr dried up. I'litilrra prevented Ulcra purified and hi-iinl la ruaiaof nrathlt khuulU t Ulfil iUmt the wi pa It will prevent any unplesia ant .cll. l lie eniltirnl IMty- lMa4l).,l. M UUOM hIMri, M. Uh NT York, .ay : " I aia convinced Fraf Parbyf 1'ruphylAi tic f luid tt a valuable J1.mfe1.unt." uiidi'i hilt L'nlvrr-lt.v. NiiahvlUo. Tonn. 1 Ictitr u the mutt tacclteini tUliti of Prof. tUti. I'mpliyU. in. fluid. As t dmle:iani and drttTK"nt il i loth t'lestreih altv and practically iopcm.r 10 any prp.iMtHn with a tnth 1 am ao Huaiiitnl N T I.tTltiN. J'rjl Chemistry. Iiarhrn Multl U ItiTommriidfrl by II oil Ai niAhuiM II Srai MiM-s, titorita , krv Ciiah K. DnaMs, D D., Chuah el the Straiigen, N. V.. iv l.kCoNia.O'lumtiia Pr.if.,Unlvmity,S.C. rv A ) Haiti a, IV-.f , Mrntr Univenhy; Kev. t.io. K. PiaKia, lliahop M. E. Church. lNIHMl'r.N!MI.UC TO EVKHV HOME. Peifectly harmlf-H. ITaed Internally or eiiernally lor Man or Itratt. Ihe Fluid li.i Item tVionmuhly trtted, and wa luvr ahim.lam pviteri e thai it Tu dtieevrry(hin( liTe t t.iiinrd - r Itiller informatmn get of your I'iuu a pamphlet ar tend to the prop nr ton, I. H. 7FIMN Sk CO., Mam.l.ieiurmnChemiii, l'HH.Ar't.P!llA. f.d. tt l v SITTER llifj Vim oik r:rlynnd Ide Ihe Tear ruo I ti. 'i d, n, ruMomill) , Uo' bt-iiltlilul tliMinltis) iiniirit d li) a W tlolraoilH' totiid Ilk.- lloMKI. r'M Mi.lhiirh It III.) -I Tliltll. ill iiiiiiiy mid tUi.hui) aa u nmrdy uml pn v. uiiM- of iii Hiti rninui"iii it. It rh.i'lc MH-iin nt rliriiiiiuIiHiu hihI maUriat s nit.oiis, r'liivi-4 iMiniiia(inii( tl prp fi t n. d liihitiixiii'siri, at Tram priinniiire -lriTv uf 11, 1. j.i)iriil i-ii.rniei, tint ik (in nitli uii'i 1 ol itr:' titi'l liimii-im run a li s,, , mi. . r'nr nhU l-y mil Uiuuta aud I), .th 14 jjt iu rallv. Juiir 111) ;OOKViJ ; a. . -bisH gsf). r? 1( IIIIV 'J.1 1 v It Ell ESTATE 1GEICT- I have taUlillnlii'il a It KAI, (STATE ACIENCY la th iu n of WELDON, N. C. 1 . I liava TKN Inniata In WuMon ' ' FOR 8ALE OR RENT.: Abuiil Ualf uf ilmni aturtt, othvrs tllllun-l I alau have alaiut O.IMMI AC REM OF l.ANU IN II A 1. 1 FAX COUNTY FOR lilt Kor ninlcr partlrnlan, iianin a ltlilna Ui l.ujr a rent mil Siily hi mo in pcratm iir Uy Int.. I sin una taaliiK lip all lamU uaillra ariih IiimII and aiiverlialnii Hit1 aaiiif al my own tipfnaa, ns lisn a aalc la mailt and Hull I chorKv roniinlultiial, Fur my alaiirliiv aa a (.'RllraiMi auif a maa a mill) In I iru.litl, I refer l.y tiiiImIi,ii tn It II Hiunli.Mcnlaiiil S'et k : Or. J. A. (Villus, li.l.cU W A. Daniel. Wvlduu.T. W. Ilarria, Llllleum. wiiif k. r. Hriim. I Eradicates i J MALARIA, j VWO POR CATALOGtfb'tf. f i

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