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It THE ROANOKE NEWS. THURSDAY, :: : MAUCII , 1. "WOA, BACK, BALL; BcKRY." GEE, Won, bark. U'Try; j(iv. th.ir, w.ui a-.i! 'Tis tin- liiu-Uwomls yuwlli We he,ir, In tlit' uicthiiik hrmUt ,u)d clear TulklnK to hi t.ft" m.le teer, Snnit'tliiif'H Inini mill HutiK'tiuK'K low: "Won! buck, Hull; yee. Herrv; wo;tiil" Kurly, when the miii's itr-i Iik'IiU Splashes rcil ni (lie 111 tint:iin heilH, When Din hunt 1' iiiiis m the mr Ati'l blink with tiriuhl ryes uvrrywlmrft, The youth it, up, ihc tix-'ii fed. Ami soon tli ' n hiielie 1 to curl or sletl, Forth to the uoixl we see him , And aoiiictime Ion,) ,111,1 MiiiH-l iiiii'h low, We heurlmii; "liee, II. ill; won, Hcrry, wj- Nnjht uml unomlav In his even Mnitflt) dark titul brilliant .lye; (Hi Inn check no tiKii of euro lli-aim itUmc exhibits tiH'M-, fthowluc Hut Im 1 rich hWnl Ileum of joy u cuiisliinl llneil, No ilccp pallor ever linnem, SbowniK iiiui Um ol tjnt r s e.ltl linger, Ami Ambition's ilccp -t flow Ne'er hm driven o'er hi hrow, While bis thoughts sue hlit iui.I clicnjr, (XI he sriaks hi It.ill uml lien y, S 'liietniH'H l iiiil iiuil -uiinet mi.'s low ; "Wu, hack. Hall; nee, Ib-riv; wim-a-al Hack ait-l forth lie hourly While still Oeeprr H the lose Hi) tu fri'uli ami rouu I ouiu( cheek, An Ii: lhiiuk'll an iiu.i.-i- ei k - Ittiatte of it oiiik i-vo liir!. Who hu Itonml lion wnli a curl, At h th k of her swe.'t face. He In 111 tinelily HiiTeaie Inn pace I Hut (lie cutlle, ii. ii r iltr-mitm Of the ltiijiiUe III him lei'muitf, . -Wlill (iinlimie raiher at.'W Till reiiumlt-il with it hi.ov, ,'l'hi ll they forward yierliU boutul Ami ildtn nuii-ltly o it Mie ifrniuid Till tln-ir uiiinler littili tie-in sti. "Won, back, HjII. woa, I terry, woa-ar Never will his joy tic Ics; He will untw in happiness. No t;rave cure ill wnk-h hu bmist, Mnii' toil when he should rent. For no pme in lire tin re I intern 'ltoo the reach of Ins hard linger. F, here the. s;ik'i' toil a-il plow He in'" it wants not tlrcimis to ::o; Where the wucr sir ve to pi me, Hea content with (nth and Ueru. Spe'ilatiou" golden tliiiht Ne'er disturbs ins humble si-tit. He's contented to bo rirfht. Soiiit- day, in future near. That tiweel girl's fin e will appear In the doorway of Ins .oine. When his dav of toil is done. With urn steer wo sec linn so.ni HnvniB bouie at tw ilij;ht t muijti. And we sec a fair one wait F.uarer for him at the Kale. Now he's there: thru sp -aks he low : "Wou, back, Hall, woa. Merry, woa-ua!" '-ML A PK1VATE TELEGRAPH. How It Kuaultoci in tho Saving ol Many Lives. Juhu Mills, ilio hwo ot this sketch, was a rnilrmul migiiipor, uml h;nt Xwen fur n timn in tho compuny'f piii jiloy. Wlicit l ho ui'W cninu oit" was coinpU'li tl :iml jiliin'il mi tlieinail, John was giwn rh.-tro f it, juuI he evinceil u natural priile in his prof or uioiit. At one nf (ho statimis there w as a yonnij gv, at.-K-rnnh inu'ralor, lictwoou whom ai ul tho ciiiiu'er thoro j .had sprung up a w arm altarhmnit, j and whi'iu'Vi-r ".V.l'' t-aino alnti, Kate goner ally inana'l lo Ks at ihc dour j hihI oxi-hancl signals with lu r lovor. One day tho train :is (tmaini-d at tho i station, uml tin- Womotivo ih'tacln'd nmt Hont up Iho road to do sumo nd- 1 ditional work, and K;itc went along fur a lido. As fdio li-toncd to the j sharp, shrill imls of tho whistlo, it ocourrod to hor that ho mifjht ! to a oh John to sound her name I in tho Morse (olographic oliarai'tois, so j that nho could d'inuisli his signal from that of tho nthor onginos, whon- j ovor his train approached. Ilia plan work 'd to a charm, a id far ami noar I the whisilo shrieks I K-a-:- until ono ( day, us tho operator stopped upon the 1 platform, she ovorlioard a con versa I tiou hot woo n two yonn men, and j learned that they u dorstood tho sig- j na! and wore lauhinly wondering who Kato could ho. 1 heir means of I'OHinutuii'atiou having Ihth discov ortd, they woim obli. d to discontinue it. In tho moantinio Kato had, ly inoans of tho (olograph, made tho ac quaintance of a young lady in a dis tant city, but whom sho hail never M'en, and lo hot lu- indo known tho Liot that tho secret had hoou discov orod. Then her friend suggested a plan as brillia.it as it was ingeniuus, t was simply to arrange a moans of lolvgraphic eoniimniieut ion hot woo iho approaching train and the slatinu, su k4 10 ri i i ir a bc'l hidden away in tho closet in K ite's nfli eng. no ' ' bo ing iho only ono provided with means of completing Uie circuit, which uai done by laying ihc poker tt jhiii tlio tonder-hi ak.' o a to touch the win in pa-s:n. Kale found an opporlu niiy to aoipi lini John with tho pro posal plan, ai;d in iho incantiine had found an abandoned wife which ran for a long dis'a- re elu-io by the track, un l which Hii,iiiod to use for rurrying out her porp Tlianl gn ing day came -ioon a tier, and John fortunately having a Imli lay, hu and Kato wont bi:r e!y to work, aiul ln'foro I lie liatl eudi'd tho tak was a compleio suri'.' s iho dramatic tinale of their little opisle is told in the following: It was si.igular how nbse ii-minded and inattcnlivo I ho ojm-c itor was on tho dav thai the r -at oion'itic ontur pri-io was tini-h"1. N i wonder she was dUiurlu' I Would lh. now line Work? Would her Utile batten bo strong eiioujrti f inch a great clr fiiii ? Woul I .1 hn be able lo close it? Tho poo pit iii-a:i Jo ats '.iihle for the train. The e'.o k poi ite I lo tho hour for its arrival. SmMculy, v. th s artliug dislinet Jiess, the b -II raig cb- ir and loud in the echoing roo . Wi:h a cry of do light she put o i her hat and ran in liable out upon the pia'T-ini. Th whisl'oLrk: lo.i I mil eo.tr on tl rool, cri-ip air, ail ".Vt" appeared rmmd I he curv-. i'l the w oods. Tht Iplendid uintis er s id fily up to her f el and ; a . j ...... r t cliarin." With a s;irinj t;ih, and sat dow i eat. 'Hlesod if I cotih r -L-.! I. '.v..ki U -ho reaelt.-T tne m tho tireman' 1 loll what ln going to do," said ihc liroma:i. ' Ho told me about it. Awful bright Moa! You m h laid tho poker on tho tun-iler-brake there, and it hit tho tree lift m, and I saw the wiros touch. It was just prime." Hut tho happy moments sped, and '&y" groaned and dowly departed, while K it stood on tho platform, her face wreathed in smile and white steam. , So tho lovers met each day, ami nona knew how sho wax mado aware of hit approach with such absolute oeilniuty. Scicncft applied to lovu, or rather lova a)plied to ciuuco, can more tlit world. Two weeks p iMiil, ami then thora suddenly nrrivud at the i at ion lata ono evoninjf a sjMcinl with tho directors' car (tttachod. The honorable director wero 4itmgy'm,y alwayt areand WOtAd Oauso pit their louruov and taV a cup nt tea ami a bit of supper. Tho honorable nnd llieir w ives and chiU dron coinplutely tilled tho stalkm. and the place put on a gala aspect. As fur Kato, she deinurelv at in her don, book in haii'l. and over its unread pages admired the gay party in tho waiting-room. SmUle ily, with furior.s rattle, hor eltcirie bell sprang into noisy life. Kvery spark of color left lu-r (ace, and her book fell wilh a dusty slain lo tho ll .or. W.iat was ii? What did it mean? Who laigili1 Willi att'rijtht cned face he bin--l from tbootlico and burst throiigli tho ;isU ii-.be I people and out upon llie suow-covrred plat form. There slo n the directors' train on the track of the it looming train. The conductor! Whom is he? Ob, sir! Start! Star ! t'f ! to tho siiliuj:! The epivs is com in . ! ' With a cry sin- vialehe 1 a hint 'm lroni a hr.tkcimiu's hand, am! in & tla-di was guile. Tiiey saw her light pi ehing an I ilancing through tho darkness, aii.l tliev were lost in won dcr ami am . 'in in. ' Tiie girl is tr.i. ! No train U due now. Tlicio can be no tlaii-T. Sh-' uri-t b'' - An! iliat liornU.' wlnilte. Such a wild liiir ok on a winter's ntghi! Tho i men sif nir (l M. ii .iio ;Iik (lie woni- i en ami eliililr.-u ll l tu fra itie terror i in e ei V il live! inn. ! "Unit for yonr l v-' !' -creann il ilio i ciUilui lor. "i'iitiii''?i a big smash-up : omii'o;'' j A "li'U t. shar.i ser -a n f ivit tho 1 wh.lle. Tin- lli-ailll ,'!it Lr!e Hied o! lite s imt -c .v.'l'e I irick. ami there wa a mad ruh ot .! 1 i n wlioe', ami ; I lie oiir-niiie ellgi'ie roar,- I ke a lie- : nion. Tin1 li'reat "'.' ' slowly divw n.-ar and stoppetl in tho wo... A linn- ilred heails looke.l out. and a stalwart . iiguro leaped down lroni the engine' and ran into the hrighL of ih; hciil light. "Kate!" Id! John, f' ' Stie fell into his arms, sensrhs and , white, and the lantern dropped from j her nerveless haml. j They look l.er up tiinb r!y :iml boro Iter into the s alioii lioiie ael laid her on the si fa in Ihc "holies' room." j With hu-hi'd voices ihey gathered round to oiler iihi and comfort. lio i was she? How d:il she save tho train f How diil she know of its approach? 'Sho is my daughter " said the si a- lion master. shn 'lends iho tele- I graph." j Tho president of tho railnmil, hi his i gold-bowed spectacles, ilrew near. I Ono graml l:nlv, in silk ami satin, pil- lowed Kate's bead on her hreast. ; They all gathered i ear to see if he : revived. Site opened her eyes and j gazed about dreamily, as if in scaichof i iojnel hing. 'Io you w ih any I bing, my deat t' j said the president, taking h t hand. 'l ' Some water, if you please, sir; and i I w ant 1 want" "Aro you looking for any one, ' mis-i,', "Yes no -it is im matter. Think! you, ma'am; 1 fed beitt-r. I -pramed ; my foot on the lcepcrs when I ran down t'.ie track. It is not severe, and ! I'll sit i-p" j They v. ore greatly picas -d to see her ren.ter. A ipiiel buzz of con versation tilled the room. How eotild she tell ih i spocin! was eiiasing u? ; Good heaciis! If Oie had not known it, what an avful los of life iheto ' would have been. It :-. very c.-re. les iu the Mipcriiitei:tlent lo follow our train in a rookies, tuanner. "You f. et better, my dear? ' said ! the in'sitleiit. "Ves. -ir. thank ou, I' m ure, I'm thankful 1 knew John I mean tho engineer i a- comi ig. " "You can cifl be more raleful than we aro to on t v averting such a di-astrons oodi-iou." "1111 sure 1 am please. 1, sir. I never tlionefii the telegraph ?he p aused abrtlplly. "What telc.'rapli?" "I'd raiher not lell, sir." Hat you will tell us how you knew the engine Was ci'iiiine,?" "Wo ought in know in order to re ward you pn.pi rlv." She put her hand in a gos'.iiro of e fuvil. and was silci.t. The president and director- consulted looiber, and two of them i". im- t.i h-r :ul btietlv ;dd tiny won! I re .r':d lo know how sho ha I bro i i: ade Hare of the aj proai-hing dan.-r. Well. . r. if John is W ili ng, I will tell yon al. ' John M 1 . i lie e ii ' iu 'er. w as called and ho c m , cap in hud ami tho en tire company iih i, I found in Ui nri'atOSl i'i;'( i ll. s. Without lh - ;'( e aT'et iti m she put her hand v. .1 . nt ri nv ir u, and laid: "N. all i Ic! Uli to V. iow ab ml it. J h ? Thoy ll save 1 lluir iivi's. th -v -ay." "Ami m n , itKt," siid J dm. reer putly. "Yo i !.a I b-ll.-r 111 them, ur let 111-." She -at down a::i'm. and then and there John pla ucd Imw the open ciieuit line hul li .-a bui',1, how il waa U 1. and fra k!v tol I w!iy it had been erected. Never did story create profoiimlor sonsa'io.i. Tii- 'je'iiM' ne t shook hamU wiih hint, a-ul l!ie r ri lent act ually kissed h r f -r ihe eo tipany, A real corpor.tiom ki s, loud a id hearty. Tho Indie- fell upon her tie. -k. a'td act nally cried r lh- splend.d irl. Kven ih children t oiled It. -r dress and put tlu-ir urn- ab tit her nock, and ki-sed away the happy tears (hat Covi reil her cheeks 1 tor child! She was co. fed with confii-ioi. an I knew no' what losnvor do, and h o'.ed im !orin-rt.' a' J 'I hi. 11-' drew near, and pr u Hv t ok h r hand in his, mid shr ! r ooiod u aytlio tear- and sniiled. 'Iho ycnlteilH'M suildenlv seenn'd to have found s- iiu lhing v.i'lv interest ing to talk ali ml, tor Ihey gathered in n knot in I lu i ot nor i f i lo t i.onu i'l-oently the .r-si lent -c.id aloud: (teutlcnien ami dirceiors. ytu must jinrdou me, and 1 r is! ih ladies will do the same, if 1 cad ymi lo 1 I- r fof a bri f mailer of business." There was a sudden hush, ami the room, now packed to suffocation, was painfully iriiet. "J he secretary will pleaso take min utes of lh s in -i-ting." Tim secretary sat down nt Ka'v'i desk, ami tin to whs a little pan -a "Mr. IVesiilent." Every eye turned to a corner where prav-hairod gentleman hnd mounted a chair. "Mr. Grave, director for the State, gentlemen." "I beg leave, nlr, to offer a resolu tion.' Thou he began to read from a slip of paper: WRsnAR, John Milli, ngiiiecr ot enjrino aurabn- "fia," ot thit ritwiy line, en-rWA a pf'vmtr tclt-irntph; bJ, wbrM, h, wlta ik msIbUdc of Um trlrfraph prtor of tbit lUtton (I leare blank for her ttamei, osisl UesftidlliM without Mm consent of ibe com pant, and for otbor than railway bunlneti; It is rofolvcd that b lw nnri ncntiy ironi tns posiun &s einruiecr. uml unit the sunt operator be rt'iinestetl to resign - A luurmur of disapprobation lilled tho l'itom, hill the president com manded silence, and the Slate director j wont on: -resti:tj her pint'. j It ih iurttier icsohcil. ami i-. herehy imterdl, ' that the jtuiil .lolni lie oi. i. !ipnMit-.l clia-f engineer of I lie new repair shops .u Sliowmi. j A tremendous cheer broke fioai iho coni)ianv. ami the res -lulioii w as pa-sed ! wilh a shout of assent. H w it eudetl ihey never k new. k j seemed like it dream, and ihey could 1 not believe it true till they d i d alono j in iho winters nirit on llie tr.ck be side the glorious ' ;V.l " Tho few cars the engine had brought up had boon joined to the train, a id ' ell" had boon rolled out on the aiding. Wilh many hand-shak.ngs for J din, and benny kisses for Kale, and a round of pari ing chceis for the two, the train liol -p d away. The idh-rs bad dispeis.-d and none lingered about iln abo tloned elation avo llie lners. ",V.i ' would star that night on the sidinir, ami ihev had walked up I he I rack to h d d a long farewell. For a few moiiieiitsi they s;..od iu iho gb w of the ureal laiep. an I then ho ipltctly put it out. U"d left the giall' lo I breaihe nw.xy Us tin y bfe iu oeiiiln ebo of white - c m. As fof il.o Iouts they h d no hied of iis libt. ; The w inter siais li .ue upon them, and '. iho calm, c dd ni,'ht -ei'im d a pat ; di-o ! b"bw. - lloid-ni J urn-it, SHOOTING ARROWS. It'-1 Vililc sloll ll.O o-.l hv tlu tr.'lo-ri ; ot Aneieiil Tl Iu the das i Iu- t the lu.lVi'o was found in v st henls on In.- Wh sieru ; plain-, then' were 1 idia - wiio, while; rid'iig at a gallop. oitld send an :ir- ; low ihioiigh a I i iVa.o s h. tly. He ll, aikaliie :i ih.s -h o in,' wa-. ot t diil not i pial that r. ael d by tho ; archil's ofaiciitit lint s. Mr l on, in his hisioiy of (ia r ... k. Seod.cd, aa ih.it lie M..i U;o s of .hat il unci ; Were snch .-killlld at chcrs that theV ! could hit a man ai ih ili-tam-.- of f,,ur and even lite luiilnil j aid-. II iu-slance- the killlue; f ,t sen ii-o.matt at live huiclred ard-, an I two men killing sixeral M I. ...U at lour hu.. d ivd yard-. I -: -he read-r should discount the d :a:;oo of the range, iho hilt llof llie li ! in i M'lrr.il w o..ierful nhots made bv Turks. In 171M iho T: rk'sh Amha-s .dor liot tin ai row. in i (;. 1 1 i ear I. mloa, fonrhuiii';!' l and l.fu-en aid- a'aiut the wind, and four hu ulr.-d and cighlv two yards with the wind. Tlie secre tary tf the Ainha-ador. on hearii g the i-.ifes a. n o, -ui i rise from the Knolivh g. .rtlemo;i pr. s.-ul, -aid the Sultan had shot live hundred v.-trds. This w as I he a: e- p r fof i, a nee of lioidern d:iy. I mi : a pi;;ar. stamlniotl a plain near t' .'i-: a-i t inople. rec rde I phois raii!:in r no to ei.hi lnui fed j yards. s r K b r; Ai s ie. 11 it,h A idia-ad .r to ih.- S:;l.h i e i' r:e, j feeoid lh it in 17l'- ho Ke jHVvnL ! w h. u the S it: an u. l an arr ov -i iim j hundred ai ul sevi-n t - I w o aid-. i 1 int'i' ( ' i a ! "n WESTMINSTER ABBEY. ThfSlt.tr of uifrr In O.ieof lo Vrlit' Mtnt I ki nt mi hi ruci tirfn. In one seiw 'i '.' of it w Inch belongs t) iheep.ieh which clap-ed between the are of Kdwanl ihe l'onfesof ami the dis v-tfoiis d ii s of t'haiies 1. and Arch- ' hi!iop Laud. Ait Kuli'a writer who lives iu America has -aid that "in sijrn- i hig away his own empire (ieorgclll. j did not igu away the empire of Ku- : gli-h liberty, of Kuirli-di law, of Ku Ulih literature, of K.iglih hloo.l, of Knglih religion, or -if the Kni'li-h tongue." Ann ricaus enjoy, no ir thaii wo. the beiietit of the tirent Char ter, the Tetiti if Kiglu, Ihe Habea Coipusact. They need not go back for their hi-tory to Indian anna!- or Icelandic sagas. Their- arc the pal aces of the I'lautageiiets, I he cat he. dials which enshrine our old religion, the illustrious hall iu which tho Ion;: line of our great judges reared by their decisions I hi- fabric of our law, the gra colleges in u hieb our intellect ami science found their earliest home, tin graves where our heroes, and sag.s. and poets sleep, ludo d. I have un derstated their .-hare in tho abbey, ll reaches dowa not otilv to the day-of ihe l'lliui Fathers, but to the war id imb prudence. Chatham, and llurke, and Harre, as w. 11 ai Patrick Henry, advoeatcil the American cause, which eiigag.il the imp.i;by of the gnat ina-s of Knu'lWhmon, if not that ol (ireenyille and Nor:h. 4 ()( ttie war of independence there are but thr.-e memoi ials, all full of palhos. In tho north cloister, in a nannies,- grave, lie- (iem-ral Nir John Hurgoyue, who died on Augu.-t 4. 17i';t. at the age sevent, sixteen tears after he had -ur-remb-red ami resigned his sword to 1ietier.il (late at S o at. .ga in 1777. It is sirauge that lliru should Ite no moii uni ut, not et eu an inscription, to mark tho spot w here lie the reuiainsof a man whose defeat s. tit -uch a thrill thiough (In- heart of Knlaud and America a has nevei been equaled iu modern times. i'a-siug by for one motm-nt the tomb of Andre, to which we shall return, notice on tho wall of ihe choir, south :iM". Ihe little unp-ctciidiug table to Willia ii Wra-rg. Ho was a law v rof South Carolina, who, when the Ann ri i:n colonies revolted fro in (It e a Britain, "in tie vildy maintained his lot ally to the wr-oii and government of his soxeiciu," and was theivf .re eonijHdb'd to leave his di-troM-d family and Kin))'" fortune, ami to tlv fom the State hi the v -ry tear of Hmgovne's siirrciub r. 11 -hip w .-.s b.; .n the coasi of lloll.iuil. The bass-rdief ivp rosenls the shipwreck in which ho per isli.tl. and the escape of bit son, who, wilh the faithful aid of black !avo. clune to a float in: p iekage, and w as ia-t alive uih.'i tin slior. The most interesting memorial of ihe w :ir is iindouluedly tho famous tomb of Major John Amlnv i'he eir.'tinistances wl icit brought alKc.it the death of that brave, bright and unfortunate young oilie r aro narrated with sueli ample detail in all American histories, and the whole story of the treason of Bene dict Arnold ami the arrest of Andre is so familiar, that I need not dwell upon llieui. His one desire was that ho should not le regarded as a spy, and that ho should be shot ni a Soldier, not hung ap a felon. But Provost Marshal Cunningham had hung Captain Nathan Halo, ami hence Andre pleaded iu rain jn his letter to Washington that ho had agreed to meet a ierott" (Arnold or his agent) "who was to (five hint intel ligence upon ground not within the post of either armv." "Against my stipulation." he said, "my intention, ami without my knowledge, I was con ducted within one of your posts,'1 ''Sure ly,' he said to Major Tallmadgo. "you do not consider Halo's case and miiio alike," "Yos," replied the American Mawr. "prephwlv liaiilar. and similar tu of i, oio lini1,' uoiv inucu no won mo sympathy and alTeclion of his captors by his frankness and courage; how Wash ington thought bim "more unforttinato than guiltt." and with his own hands closed the shutters of his room from t hi. h the gibbet at Tappaii wa- visible; bow until tho l.i-t fatal moment ho was kept iu merciful ignorance Miat he was not to die a-oblier death; how bravely ho met his miserable fate; how ho was burn d under tho gallows, ami a peach tree planted on the spot; how, forty year- later, at tin; retpioil of the Duke of York, his remains were disinterred ami sent to Kuglaml; how it was found that tho peach tree had twined its roots among his hair; how tho funeral ser vice was read over his remains on November '.N, i-t in tho abbey by Dean Ireland, ami this monument erected to his memory by (Jeorgo III. are fact known to all. The Ainericant hate treated his memory with generos ity. They wept at Ids death; they scut home his remains with etury circum stance of honor. .IreAfe'ictm f'arrar, in Il'iffhr's M'l'jatim: CATCHING LARKS. Au KtigtUh Mvthmt uf Nftltiif I.lltl lttr.ti In 0xn FlrliU. Kails, as a rule, have a habit of roo-tiiig on stiibble-lields, w licit nucll ure atailable, and later on repair for (he uio-t parts lo fallow lauds or oeca iionally open heaths ami im-us, pref erence being generallt given to fallow; and it i- here thai "trammeling'' is most gem-rally carried on. Tho di mensions of the u. t vary, but the aver ai;o is: "Length, thirty-si jards; lire.ulth, live or it feet, and me-h either an inch or three-ipiarters; two light poles some six or -even feet long (bamboo for choice, and lilted together like tli joints of a ti-hino-rod) com plete the arrangement. The plan of procedure is simple iu the extreme. To j work llie trammel the sort ices of two ' men are repined, one at ea.-Ii end. and : ;i thitd usiialh aceo npanies ihe others, earning a -ai k to hold llie birds. The ground to lie operated upon is I let ided on beforehand, al-o the dire.- j tiou ill w II it'll each Held shall be Worked, ! this, of course, dependine iu a great ! measure on tic coniormation of tho 1 .surface, ami more still on the direction ; of the wiml. Hating arrived at the spot where it is proposed to make a ! start the net is exleude.l to its full length llat o:i the ground, the poles be- : ing attached to either end. ami all is ready to co.ntiieuc.' operations. The poles, w hen the net is at w ork, are hold by ttie workers in such a manner that the bottom cud of each just touches the ground, and the upper is depressed suf lieiently to make the il.tei t oiling stretch of net cover the area immediately be death, without the lop edge brushitM; the bottom or tad, i tho other haml, J rails along its entire length, and the ru-tliug noise thus created causes tho birds to rise, lu th--ory, to do this seem absurdly easy, but, like throw ing a tly or hitting the leader of a team iu the exact right, spot, it tv. pores tio small amount of practice to attain protieiency. The poleiuau must mot e forward iu perfect time and step, otherwise the net will "bag" and become altogether unman ageable; in tho ame way it must bo dropped smartly and simultaneously at both ends wheo a bird or birds "strike;" alioto all, the exact extent of the tield being worked must be know n to a nicety. W as to allow tho pivot man lime to make the wheel when the end leached without getting "tangled up." A couple of adepts will fre.pieutly secure liftoetior twenty dozen bird in a uiht; by no means uuremuuerativo bu.siuess, whereas two poviees would probably not capture two doen all told. According to Dr. Lister, who oc cupied ihe position of pin sieian-iu-chi f to Q ieeu Anne, ihe lark, when eaten either boiled or I'oa-ted, help the colic." How far the theory may bu correct we are unable to -iy, but no one w ho has tasted tho dainty will, we fancy, bo inclined to deny that, either in ti-pie or roast, a dish or lark i tit to net before a king.-JVf MnU Uaicttc. DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND. IIoumI (Mil lHr Kneiuntrt ft Mtn Wh Vtu.U.l ?lut Hob Him. Customer Tho coal is too large, 1 tell ton. Isaac Why, man, it hangs on me like a -ack. rioihiu Dealer, (-cent I hand)-lio yon dinks this vas a coal tard, or a grocery dore, eh? Veil, it vaiisu'l ! 1 gifs you jjoot measure, mine vriumlt. 1 gifs you tin-vorth of tour money. Vat tMi t aut mil a goat dot tit you like dc paint on a p.irp -r's b do. preejtes blow ing througti mit tou visiters, eh? I Clli n limit. 1 gifs you plenty cloth to keep the cold ml id. "But, hang it, a mau w ants to be as m ar the fashii.n as possible. I don't want lo look like a clothes-pole wrapped up i'i a blanket." "Ho' ho! Von vauts to Ik: a dude! lb.' ho:" "No, 1 simply want to be decently di essi d." "Veil, mice t rioadt, dot g ..a make toil -o. Led Ule see; turn I'otluL Ha! i ou looks uiic BiViidetitCitncUml iu dot goal. No you va iioilo so tall as ll. osi dont Cleveland. You vas ab nit the height! of the Biiuce of Vales, uud by himiny you buks shisi like the Hriiioe in dot goat. Node kvide so fi'oud, but sh'Hist abom I td. Vot did 1 av vas do hrice of dot goat?" Seven dollars.' "By shitiiiu't gracious, I was rub my neluf if I sdU dot goat for selVen tobtr. Dat as a lift ecu t dar goat ," "BhI vou oflerod it to ine for seven dolUrs." Veil, veil, dake it. dakeit. I dond go back on mine t ort. But I was rob mniesfluf, mi helup me gra. loiK." "Vou are nibbing youri'-lf by giving it to no for seven tiolUrs "So helup nu- gracious!' "Well, then 1 will rob no man. I woro off all evil oil Jew Year' day ami i am not going to licgWi to rob peo ple as enrly as tliiv 1 won't take the coat," "You wood dake dot goat? IM goat dot make you look like tho Itrincc of Vales.'" "Not If it nude nie look like John I Sullivan. I will rob no mau." "Say. mine vriendt, vat vu gif (or dot goat!"' "I 11 give you throe dollar.' "Tree tHr! Hat lu! ha! Portiapt you dinks I keeps a sharity bureau.'' "Throe dollars." (Preparing ty take tho coat off). "Say fife lular." "Three dollars." "Say fiur lolar.' Three " "Dike it, dake it, dake Co:tcr. Simetimea the prtMiure of an arte sian flow of water roaulta from a gas pressure iimtead ut from a high head of water. Dakota, for luaUnce, haa everal artesiau wella 1.000 fnet Uttp, wilh 260 to ?) pounds preatura, but there ue no high places Dear by t0gir Uiii head vl water. ,fc FOREIGN GOoSIP. The population uf TirU is said to bo decreasing (pule, rapidly, American iuvestiuen's In Mxico iiggreato nearly or quite Sl.OdO, 0 0. 'Ihe past season's wool-clip in New South Wales is tho largest over Lnoivi) in that country. -The Loudon tironion aro to bo uni formed in asbestos cloth, like their Tails brethren. They will be veritable fcalauiamlors. The Emir of Afghanistan has fall en In lovo wilh bag-pi pes. and has or dered two hundred of ihem for Cabul. The S!iah of Persia has also ordered a brass haml. Thus muaie soothes the savage breast. The gic it tower of Iron, a thou sand feet high, which was to have b'cn Iho feature of the next world's fair at Paris, is to bo abandoned. It was found impossible to Induco work men to build it. The largest electric light iu the world Is In (lie lighthouse nt Sydney, Ausii hlia. Il has the power of ISO, IHM candles, and can be seen at sea lifty miles dis ant. America largest light, 24. 10!) candle potter, Is at San Jose. Cal. An "Anii-Celibaoy Insurance C mpaiiy" has been csiahlishcd in Denmark, iu which young women be ginning at the age of thirteen can in sure themselves for a tr Hing sunt. If they marry they forfeit all claims, but if the , r on lia spinsters unl il to t,' ihey am enlided to u small an nuity. The liuiaii war staiv has led to great activity iu Au riau military circles. 'I here does not seem, how ever, lobe any real irroiuil for ihe ap pr. h iiMou lhat Russia contemplates 10 lib ilcnni'i- ratiousou the frontier, :il lionet there is evhleut'y a good deal of ha I feeling at Si. P .tor-burg. -The L imlou Tt'i-'jrufift believes that better limes are in store for Brit ish farmers. Ii believes tho improve ment i coming in the direction of s;ock raising, to supply ihe lare ie. ti and for beef ami ninth u which has been to so large an exlent supplied foil uleoad. aid ilia' thousands of nere of tine far-uiii land ia Iho Brit i!i 1-lauils w ill bo utili.ol for that purpose, A London iiewvpaper -p -aklug of the breaking up of ihe Wil 1 West how in Lotion, says that ButValo Bill has gather -d in Iho "dis" bo toiid ihe wibles; dreams of avarice; that since th exhibition of 1 s.'l Lon don has never -ecu a show lh it so took 11 by slorni. and that (ho show might have gone h i eliibilinj in Lo idou for iho re-i of M. CodCs natural life. Ausirin-lluugary boasts of some of the ol lesi new -papers iu the world. (i ihe ! of.l.umarv next the lnnjt:r I'dun-f will commeinorato the l.'i;h anniversary of its toundalioiu A copy of the lirst issue is preserved nt the National mus, 01111 in Bida-lV-s h. There is, however, a more r.ticient newspaper in Vienna, it intoly. tho W'tint'r ZeUunij, w hich is the of ficial .y.i; and was founded in the year 17tL -The fact lhat iiftoon to twenty-five steamers a mouth aro now arriving at the mouth of the C 1110 illustrates iho growth if coinmerce in that region Sine Stanley showed Iho importance of the great river. (Vie ocean nicamcr has already a-ceitlcd tho river to Bona, fifty mil's from tho sea, and llie b -st channel are b ung marked by buoys, so that deopnl caught vessels may safely navigaie the lower river. L: lie hotels for the entertainment of travelers have b eu b ult at Banana ami Ii. ni :u A story comes from Honolulu thai lifter Q icon Kapiolane and hor daugh ter got homo from their recent trip to K trope they caused to bo put into idiop window pictutes of themselves taken iu Lo d n iu tho 4iipcrh court cos i umos 1 hat I hoy had b nturh: In Puis. A iiatiru nudi passed resolu lio 1 s denouncing (his broach of Sa id wiih I-land c s outs as to clothing. Visile 1 all ih.i shops where the pictures w.re displayed, destroyed iho por traits, and thou woul to ill.1 p ilae ) ' uml demanded that the cihtniin-a theit.-elv be delivered to them. Tho loval ladies had to yield, and saw the ti iiimphs of Wo. Ih torn iu pieces by the mob. A promise was then axacted thai ih' i teen and Princess hereafter Would wearoiiir tho nativo costume, and lini mob br ike nit. AD KKTISKMKN1S. WELDON J Dining Boons, NEAR RAILROAD SHED, OX 1IDIK1, SlIiK. I am now rm'ivin' OYSTERS, Ami mil ii. llie I'm.-U.U. J a vu-r wliicb ii rich .10.1 o'tine fta or. I! -niix-r I am llie ul.li-i ufsler .l.-jl.r in I.iko. I luve Wn h.iiidliDf; tl (ur out Iwriitjr 6vc year. nj pro f.w. to tii.m o.. l I'rnui IkuI I still liave regular uiculi au.l moala on ihe Kuropeaa plau. . ill be kept anil uv perwoal atL oii. n will be gitren. jtisl'jcliuu guwuoted tu all. 1 ihjnk tuj frieodi iuJ the public for past patronage an J respectfully solicit a eiinlinuanc of the taine. J. N. JUDKINS. Neit It. R. Shed, Weltioo, N. C. tug, IS) 3 di. ADVKHTISKM KNTS. r It. MINI. TON' ASM WKMHIS KAll.t AMUtiuscm-js. Ciimlniseil Wclieilule. 'IIIAINS I. DIM. SIU'TH No IT la.i j N.. 1;.. omly tinted .Ifiu. cili isss Il'tist neii iMllV. ia.il '-M I l.-n.e Wcl.l .n , A i- Kweky M.'iiit . . . ! r I'nrli..,'i I t I Leave l.irl.re 1 Is.') Ait . . . Arrive tVil-011 j i V( r . 7 01 .. )...itc tt ilsun I 4 l ' ) Anive v-liini ! . I'.t " Arrive Kuvctlei lllc. 7 4') " l.fhvei.tiltWn.i-1, I i V. " ; - 4ii " heiive WuriiUM I S "I " l,.-me Miiifinillii .. . nui "Is i ' Anive Wibiiiintoti I 7 in - ! V ..l THA1SS liOIMi NUKT1I. x.i 11. I Xo :a 1 xh m daily iluily iluiiy vx. I huiiilny. Leave WilniiiiKt.'ii l.iHve MhkiioIui I IJOoiy ! turn m j s.. . ui 1 i " ; iu a.. 1 .- is l.eiive tif!iw Arrive 1 .ol.Mj.mi ... heme ruyelttoillu Arrive St-lma ........ Arrive W lUmi I.euve WiInoii Arrive Kocky Mmitit I 111 .si " 1 .1 ,.i I ll m " I ii . t " I s ;ki" I I"-'"' ! f 11 :.y " 1 1 11.'. till f IH " an I 1 is " j Ml Arrive TtirtM.ru I l "10 " t Leiive litrtH.ro j 1 le.snty j Arrive Welduii i .n " ; 1 tnjtui ; il ;ii I'Slty eieej.l uiti.iy Truiii . 11 S. ntluml X,'ck ltniu. li Komi lenv.lt Miilifrt ..r MMiliorl -ek hi .i ui p in Keiiirmi s li'ii.- -e fun I Xt,rlt ul U.'li H. iu,, (hilly i"ui.l snU'liiy Iron leiive) Tnrt)' r.i N I'.vhi tll-euiHrlc 1111.) Italrmli k ti iMily c v I'M Suieltiy i , 111. t nuiliiy : y 111 . arro.- tt ilhtnu-iMii N c, - ui v tu , ' l a 111 Ii- lui ii'll I' iivcn tt iDinmitoii, N. I' , ttioly i's eeil ioi1tiy 7 Iiih tn. sim.luy '.' . n . in iirnve 'l'itrli.r S ('. Sl.it 111.. ll :u h 111 I'm 1 Mi U11.I S f llr.Oh tl t.io.t t.... I Uir. N 1 , ilmlj fct'i'l "loiilnj s .111 m ni . Hrrot' "inittiliel.l N 1',i.-wk 111. Ceiurmtii: hiie siiniloii-l.l. S I' , Ut .t 11. in , hi 1 1 vc i.ul.uiK.r . N i'.. U Hi 111. t rain on u-hlllc Mntm Ii l -.ive ttucky Minim tit I ito i tn , rric ul N.'ilirdle 4 e" ) III . SprOlK !I.H' . ir.jt til. H-tllltOlll! I HIO .rm lli.(n' 1" i'i n iu . Nnshvillc 11 l 11. in. i- Mount ll -. in. .lulu itir.i sun. to v. 1 min on 1 I111i.n1 ltmiieli Ichvcn ttr f..r ciitil'.ii. ttntly ce.tpi sinnluy, nt 1. 0 m. Ite luiimii: Ifinrl' linen til M m 111 coiini-. tlDK "I Willi 4. I . mi l 'W s iillilx.iiii.l truiii mi ttiUnii mid Ftivi ttevillf Itnnt. h i. N'.i .1. V.rtliin.iin.1 i s). 'hnily v- ii lil Smirfrty. I rum Nu, :7 siuh will mi))' U Bt Wilcoii. (.'I.UtH.ri.iinJ Mmkh 'lit Trmii No in-iki f i l.ise cutiiiectiuii at H'chl.ni l'..riilt .inls V-rlli dnily All not i in Hit liru-.U.I ml .Lilly eeit "iiii.Liy v n liny Line Tr illi muketelose ettiiiierlinii f.ir nil i..lnti Ninth viti Uirlinnai I tout ttii-tiiiiiitiMii. All ir.iiti!. run s liiaufcii tt iltnintnti iohI it (tftloiitil'iii Hint lm f 1'uM nan i'iilMfc leeiT HltH. Iir.l J It K I VI Y t TruiH T.M KJKt; iS ii. ii l I'i J r. IHVINV. 'ii-iicriil -up't llSer Auellt, (I'lllKt cunftMninit o.4ir.fl pUttv jj lrlrm Uiuy m wrtb. nil w lirri I I hr w iKm-tiima for TrtlB I llo&d8ndiuil-rrei. MuImI ryniMkliiC t.oiHls of ) ktnite I Then -n,1 for Prarttral POI I THY HOOK. IOOpnrt lu uful rnlorrd plnlri riiftmvlnat) U'.ai m uit rrtiu; 01 w m ri(-j(iii; hIkjui inuultm. inJ m Urrt lu buy m.ir Una llur,Jrtl ( r fsit 11M 111 I ..men (onn. (Ve iifiitirttj '-t a M.li.nnrt . ri.-., r..r 1 1 " 1 ".'-.1 -m.'" aim :i m I'-, 11 I '-ii'-i-l. r'raru-a, . 1 o lir I'n eri 1 lir r aiiMtrc and lli . r 4fi.itii i uuuf- (i rni i tie unc i. lira nnp a:.,t .,.' In ilia t'ntai ntli. i.r. 01 ilrnta .nu A I' v Patent - ..V 1 !; a p'itir I and fl'pd u.it ti .tit'.. 'I rnn tor r h.MM.'iKiionut mod ail . .1 1'n ar not lead II. Itll S.-lnch tiaa 1 1 .. in o ei:luntial i- ii.i.oa i') tt.a "orUI. r pataula lailia M 1 1: nt'l lh larx-.t . na ia irr Tiia a) ni Ul'lltMtllllJl la nut ii-tifd WIIKI.V 1 aliinilal l. urn I'til faiNir C".lrd I x-iiK n.e,'hi)i-'. . u-'il. ...... . (.iipcor.. v.-rku auj oilier itiMir 1 tFii 1 nil .,!ji:rLfcl (.oiri. vub ln tli in auj ruittiiri. I rntitt' n t l,n imiira i.f a'l iHttrntav) tn.l 1 .1 1' nf Mr lawniimi (.alnntrd ait-ii -k To e I -ji huu.ii lur uuu duear. ty A I y til l-iVrv If ..i a'i , iTnliiii 1 1 ptont writ to TI'mi'i A 'i. .! uf h..a.iii:ic Araanwa. l llr. . . Hai.d'K(k PROFESSIONAL CARDS. w. a ,M sx- A TTOHXKV .1 r ..I If, Si "Tl.AM. Si k. N. 1. Priietlcea wluTrvertits nervices htv reUiml Will li'Ht HalifUM.il the fim ami cPo1h1 Moiitlnyi lit each month, Juu 1, l7. JANt H. Ml L IKS, WIl.TKH X. Pi MIL. J I L 1. h N 4 1 A N 1 K L, A TTOttSKWA T LAW. WELD0N, N. C. Pracrtee tn tlieemirU uf llnlifai antlN.irlliimp (011 ami in the Suj.reiiu' ami Ketteral eotirt. Cul-ln-iiitif uiaiU- in rtltttrthof Ni.rtti t'aroliim. Hraneh office nt Halifax, S t'., upt-ii every Mon lay. jau ly V. H. Bi sUtt, R. U. ftMITH Jr RlLKIuH, R. C KXlTLAMD KE4.K. K. fr B I'SBKK Ja SMITH. Mr F II. HuxUf ami Mr. It U.Su)lth,JrCoitti e)-.r at Ivtw, haw f"Tiiuit a liuith J iMirluerhip fur the iirm-tlif ..(law tu Italitai county. Ur. Himte will atti-nd tin- C'.urUol Jllifi n-Ktitary ami will aUuvlait the euunty w beuwer huaenriet an- required. oiil6 ly. -JH0MAH K. HILU " Attorney at l aw, HALIFAX, N. C. I'laiMlce lu Ilahftx and alJoiiilUKCuntloaaQd Fiileral an 1 Sui'tvon cuitrU. ftUK. 2S tr. w. T U U R N K, A TT0KSEY AT LA KSK1KI D.N. V. Pnn tletn In theeo irtu of llalifai hii.1 a.ljo nitut ruiiittieft and in the Supreme murt. r..lhrtnni 111 t.le any w here hi i ie SUte, and c tnrua .non made. W W HALL, Altornry at I. aw, WELIXiN, N. C. fw. l.l ..u-ntl.'ti liven biculltHUuu. in 1 reuilt tuim .r..lul41jr msilv. ni.J 1 tl, JJK. J. K. H HOt L II 8, Murfoa Drutl.t. foili.l .1 hi. ..tti.v in ILliIrl .IT rk Hilildil'ia at.U tlmM ........ h.. .lu... .1 ...V Crehil Mteutiun Kivu tu 1 bruii'lm .it .. n- i ua. nraa tuihhi .1 iatlt bus ea . ueu died juiy ia JJI. X. L. HUNTER, arjtoa lleulUU - Can be fctnd at hla otic Id Kuflild. furt Nltroua otldc (Ua foipht fa In I KilrM u i oi lena auwari ua una, JUMtt p "1 ml AH I l. M IrstH bt-m olorli Ml l.60 13 lrr altllna. tot I A' fril.W M an. ia D (E H , iwl Uw HOOK OFCAt.K I I XklUliK. t tO pur. :..(t llla. B u I fXtrHl'on' lutiful .ihrrtl plnlr. n H Trxntmrtit an.. hrMHiiti of ail kinrl('ii H vfjf "' tbfirriinv H.-k l- l.nild mid M.mi Wt H '&4b liu.li lirlH. i'Atf, fir klailrd tuf U 1 f li I ruin. Ihe Tit.M Utibka, 10 t la. I I ABSOCIATfO FANCICRS, I nftX; HMtfc Klfkili Strtvt, fhluulrlahla, Pa. H Apr it y MMaa r . l n ' t.. ' liOi n on NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 1888. T. I, EJ WHOLESALE RETAIL DEALER IN VIELDOfl, MiD HALIFAX, Would rcsn'itrully uininuncc tu the tlit .ullie t hat lie lm nuw the lireat auj moat conij'lrt.' Murk ul' pnrral iiiirihaiulisi' i'Vrr bruulit ti Eautfrn Ctrulina 1 1 a viur bought truin Iiunrt(.rs iiml Maimlm'timTa. anil Jihouiintt'i u!l uf hit. fullind w inter bills, ( iin ntlt-r tlicrt-utt'iit buriiins in nil tli'f.urtiiH'iitii. So lifiteu tu Duthing jou In nr. but (;u :inil B U C 0 X V linn u..nl. ..r iv.,.1, I.MI 1.. and i'imiilrti. lini' ul' ll.mtl .Mm bine uruii'u uaiiuiaciurfra ai CLOSES T An iiiiniuiriw ftiii k uf llradv iiiadc Ciidt'rliirt I'mni l .'ill ih t imir up. All linit on linn. I, Conn. 1,-tc. .nitK iroin tJo M. mli all piinv. Mi:it nml Flour ill Cur Ii:i.l l.ntM. xxil Salt ill Si ainliw. Siu-k. at S. ct!. l.iiLiiiiv, Cotton lima, rannini! luipltiiuiita. IIul'l'Iui and the celebrated Teiin. rarm Jt Wauoii., bulb double aud mii.'Ic, always alijllnlij; ou wallt at A irn u J. J Sl'LKN 1 H 1) TOW X I,( ITS F Oil SA Low Prices, on Reasonable Terms. F I X E FA UM I NG LA FJLiOiE ArELD0T, N. 0. This is a fine opportunity to pur chase land where it will be certain to double in value in two or three years. Apply by letter or in person to T. N. HILL, Halifax, N. 0. Mr. J. T. Gooch will take pleasure in showing the lots and lands to any one wisning to see them. tug 4 tf 1888. 1 X C E 1) . .i .1 i r.. i uiudc SIimv of I'kn iu, ZiigUr and utbir icl- FIGURES. Clutliini: Iriiin Hll In t'M) nr uit. All wuul kindu ul I'uiuitiiri?. 1'ri.iu the tlitaiKUl lo tha tu Sl'Ji M tuit, iui:li! aud double Ud A lull line 0 Coffins aud .Mitalic Burial Caxn. l'lice thtiuaiid are buK uiuih juu can save hv urihaMiig lure .-mnilv Flour fruni t.i SO mr ham.l nn. TJvpr uu hand. To Mini np, jou irill find nearlr :: , ' 1. 1. Ell 5. I A K 1 J UK IX TIIK TOW X OF W KUK)X, AT ALS0- N I) FIM )M 1 TO '2 M I LES
Roanoke News (Weldon, N.C.)
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March 8, 1888, edition 1
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