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VOL. XXXI.
WELDON, N. C, THURSDAY, FEMIUAUY 4, 1897.
NO. 1!.
A I V KUTISKM liNTS.
MARRYING FOR MONEY.
JUST SAY "YUNO."
BORN UNLUCKY.
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piri'e m-t'ili'tl.
I rarrv a lull linv
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purii ver,rlull(. Iilwiil nirilirinr mi tlir mar
ki t It rritiilalis anil rlrntnrs 111' livrr.
l rt-lml lil-IM ami Ileal ilio-a"! klilnr,
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in inner, rnrr chill an I l. vor, ratarrli in
its lirat -,t;iKi', tilrrrn, w.rrs nl Imn! "taml
inn. auls iliuotimi. rrratm apprtitr
utrt-iitfthena the wmk ami l.uiKiiiil, nivo
tone nml viirar til tin. whole rvmU'IU. i
one ntioulrl he without it.
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Norfolk, Va. Wrl'lilCi: oil CKN
je ll ly.
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Wholesale an.l Retail Dealwn in
CAKl'KTS, STOVKS,
and Mttxri, etc
IMMENSE STOCK
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kjiliiifiiil
& TONIC, iif
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is a vigorous feeder and re-
j sponds well to liberal fertiliza
j titin. On corn lands the yield
! increases and the soil improves
i if properly treated with fer-
tihzers containing not under
I 7" actual
Potash.
A trial of this plan costs but
little and is sun: to lead to
profitable culture.
All .tlmut I'Ma-li-M,- r-sii,is ,,f if, iisp bv nttlml ex.
ii'ii.Ti, nil 1 li i' !,--! I inn. in li,.' I'niK.-il i:e ji
ui in .1 Ini,' I k wl'i. ll I' ll nii'l will mnillv
lite I , ;t!iy l.uriii't i:i A'i'Mi. i v, in, u .1 win,- lur it
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itin! a litit- nt'
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my in ij-.
miiiieiils aafl Tomh
inNiiiss m;n r i-t;i:i:.
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prit-.i ;hnl sUtc .i'i- nt" ilc'-r iM-il,
l, H(.i. r -1 4K h hi tlir south
COUPER IB'.RBLE WORKS.
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to in:: li.nik N.iriulk, Vii.
n.iv .' ly
Twin City
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WELDON, N.C.
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eneral
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A;rnt lor Ihrr.l.l.iauilZ li.l.KK MiOS.
an.l HA V s I A I l. Sliot.rs.
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CLOTHING.
for M I'.S, Voi ril'Sain! ClUMiKKS.
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Mr T II T.ivlor. MfVonliatupb'iuim
IV, in with me til I will hf pha-eil to h
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il 1)1,1 Mnrkct s,umv. X,.rf.,lk, V.
Baty Caniaies, Refriierators,
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,r io ly.
MARKET
CREEN CR0CERIES
To all my I'rirn.l-:
I huvo ujirtitfil MAKKKT at the
olJ "DrlmoDi" stan.l.
LlSTofAUTICLKSKKI'Ton II AND:
leirSlall U.i l', Mi I''1'1' received
daily, Pork Sjumh.'.', Calibac,
Potatoes, Kic.
C. Gh EVITS,
Wrldutl, N. C.
opr
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USER i
B. P HALE. WM.MSM,
I'rotirietor. Manager
MANSION HOUSE.
. - IlllTII ON
AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PLANS.
Unim Btn, NORFOLK, YA.
SKW A ! i i , i l.-I.M i-. , i.-
'TI3 LOVIi THAT riAKI-5 THE
WORLD (iO kv)t'ND."
Sim' pi-tiple think nimicv !s a vu-aXtT
pn.vrr t!i hi nvv, till! Whit n mi-lake I
Si'c Innv ihi- vu-.ii t'l-.iH'V kini' t aic cull
Irolhd hv tin- hrh- h..y I. U1M.I ! Sei- hnw
th trir.it .i.l lit r a-i'l im-n of powvr are
twNtnl aii'iriil hi- little luitft rs !
A wont ill's iiinl pnfiinn pus-it'tinn is
th' cap u'itv fur aw.ikcniiii; pine ami nohle
ltiv. Mure pof-iit than v it ur icU-lltu-t in
th.- w.mi.mlv rapacity fr happy wifehood
aii't mntlK-rh'i.i.l.
A wnm in wlin is weak nr iH;tasi1 in the
special organism nf her sex is ileprivetl of
tin- poivcrati'l proline which naturally lie
limi; to her. Sm-h liouUes are tmt a iie-CL-ssitv.
r-.'tfi'ct health ami tiemrth of the
fciniuitr nr.inisui is in"urel bv proper
care aiiti tin: nuh alTordeit by enlinliteiied
medic il seiftK'c. Dr. Pierce's l-'avmitc Tre
srripti'in cures all wrakne.'s and diseases
of woman's special organism.
I r near! v v years Or. Pii-rcf has been
chief ciMiHiiUiii'4 plivieian to tile Invalids'
Hot"l and Surgical Institute, of UurVkUo,
N. Y, ,'o oiIi-T phy-ieiaii has had a moie
cxtensivf pr.vtice or grrat'-r Micct" in the
treatment ( women's li-. a.rs. No oilier
Rudi perf 'et and si' titific remedy fr thene
ailments li e. ever been devi-ed. It lias re
stored heallh -'.i .'ntli and unmanly power
to t-ns nf tii-m-.md- ..f w nien.
Vt' i'il' ll w!i wieild imd- r-it iil'l their own
powers and p js iiiiiiitii s ho-ald read Doctor
Fierec's th'ti: ; md paye illtt-tratcd book.
"The I'eople's 0'oinnou Sense Medical
Advi'fr." It i-; the ni"-t inlm-stim; and
rnliirliteiiinvr b..ok of the kind wtv pub-lis!)-,
d. A paper - biiind copy will be sTit
absolutely free to unv mie setidinif ji one
C"!i! st.imns to ti ivili ' co',1 of iiiailimv on v.
Adliis, WmtM-s I)isp,.,i4,ry Medic il As.
siiei.ition. Hud'do. V. l',r a handsoun
cloth bound copy send st.imps.
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We're onourvay
-
The Hustler!
who Sells the
CHEAPEST
and BEST
Dry Goods,
GROCERIES,
Sir(l- Amiliini You Want "yin
-:I11"S (JOT IT.:-
Khli.hl, N. C.
i . ml li i..ii Is a Well Mdile I'ianu
t an lol ., t 'liti "ii h..s , n that rvtry ile
I. l'l is lioil, ilonnl'i the sues, ll is
i.ls .11 V ,U.O 1 i,,,HS:0l WOoll ll.,kS til,
i : s,. . ,t .u.il i.il, ..hi. li mas s tin
' UO'll , I 1st II'. ..Il'ill I'll -i. in s ihe Ion,
0,r ol ttiC 1',
M.Tm sti. rF si
.s p. rl'.i't.y oi ... 'A t i ,i is s.iio
II. lll'Cll ,1 IO ' i, i.. .oi .i is lllj,:. 0
lino- to suit .,,.11 lo 1 1 1 1 .ten
O-iloiil,.
I 1 1 A S I M Oil .
!l S. I i '" i v s ilaiti..,,,!,'. Mo
Wisiio;lo;l, 4l l.i ,' n si.. ..
licl H ly.
I'Hot'tysl'iX.tl. I'AKI's.
inm a. Mi-i.i.lis. w a i.tkr nsii
0 L L K N A D A N I K L,
A TTOKXKYS AT LAW,
W'KUMlX, S. C.
Warttreln ihe-'ourisof Million iiulNorthamr"
, i 4ii.t hi ihe stipri'iii, oi'l .'.', lent! i ciirli.. Col
."li,,nm't.' I" silo, -is. ,( North rurnlnn.
manchotlic l IWofst. S l'i .'very Mon
. ii.ii i
D
It. T. T. l!iV
DENTIST
Wehlon, N. C.
JnTOnVe over Km ry ,1 l'icrce'sstoro.
10-lflly-
J)R W. J WARD.i;:-
Snrpn Deilist,
CK fFfflP1 "T W W
ENFI1XD, N.C.
.Office OTtr HArriaon'aDragBtora.
dec SU Ij.
'.lever Hd'inse d' a Much Cnniemncj Mai
liiBniiial Step.
Am -in. i lie ittiti. ersurily liar li j u ilir
"ii l.i- it 'ii .tine .1 miii tiiinian arti .ii
nn;. In' i-lii--, il lliii iiiiivnwil Mvirn ix
j r. , toward tlir "ill who marries for
uiniicy Hum urn thus.: who do not
he.-iia r lo draw the mint wliuilH com-nii-,iiis
lii.t"eii sueli a jiirl and others of
Ii, r s. x, says a writer in Topic.
MakitiLTol love, so called a sort of
lelieh, the world delies what is, ultrr all,
I 'll an iu-tiin't, us lliu'ili it were a
ur.itnlt-r, liucr thiii than eouraue or iroh
iiy nV sell' deuial, or any oilier really
lieamilul hiiinan trait. It Hollands any
in-anity . in in i 1 1 ii in the name of love,
pruvi'led nlwajs that the eonventtons are
ohsrivcd. Lovo that leads to the degraded
lil'e i f the tenements, to alliances with
the diseased or morally weak, that throws
away years ot Irainiiif! in an art or a
scii nee, tli it breaks the liearH oT ,aretits
ail of tl.e-e things, and ninny as mon
strous, are excused il' only "love" is of
fered as a reason for their doing.
In a world like this, when', in spin1
of countless public and private charities
I'.r the alieviaii in of their sufferings and
the permanent bettering of their condi
tions, thousands of helpless liltle ones ex
piate by cruel suffering and acute wart
their parents' scorn uf money coii.-id, ra
li mis in in iiii ihiiii il alii, iimes, it cannot
-ni'.'iy be wholly reprehensible to look
wi,li favor on inotieyed alliances.
Sentiment is, indeed, to be prefemd
to , mildness, but the irl who decides for
the decencies as well as the luxuries ol
life, for hersell and any children that
may be hotn to her, by chousing wealth
in-ic.id of p'lveriy is not necessarily
sordid, and, b 1 iniifiil thoiioh seutiuieiit
may be, when to cherish il means inevita
ble life in small, unwholesome quarters,
(he hot, stuffy town for the children
even in tle'ir critical second suimm r
(since the liti !e borne cannot spare tin
s, rviees . f iis mistress our is there am
money 1. 1 sp ii'.' for the season's ueedol
oiihiii;), wle'ii a- is usually the case
senlitueiit iii '.nis all this fryhtful iliju
tiec to liith , h 'Ipiess licitios, tbepiici
too hi 'li, a., ! il ee is,. to he a virtue.
CMAItl.l.s AMI MAKOAKKT.
Charles Willi mi Perkins and Mai
unlet IL pl.zib.ili Kissam skated rapidii I
over the fn t, n surfii't' of the river.
Charles William was in love wiili
Maronn-t. Vor ls of burning passion
'rang to liis lips, hut instead (if paying
love you," li" merely said: "Pints
ke as il it would snow."
She said she thought it would, but
meliow this did u it satisfy him, lie
im, ,l to draw h r to his heart, to hold
n r in his arms Why should lie not do
He had arms and the necessary uius-
ular strength. Put bow was be to go
bout ii? An idea caught him, and you
may he sure it was a swi t one, for ' has.
William was a rapid man on skates.
Throwing out bis luinly right foot, be
lily kickeJ Margaret's skates from un-
Icr her.
Oh. joy! Oh, rapture! Ile catches lur
as she lulls and holds her in his arms
Shclirsin his embrace without a strug
le lias she fainted? Is she loi much ci -massed
to speak? Will she turn upon
id rebuke him for bis pcrfnlous conduct?
lie almost wishes he had not done il.
Yet be cannot drop his precious burden
Oh, im! Charles William knows a good
hing when he bus it, and in this ease.
it leisl, he will h ild on until they have
opped sliling and have recovered their
lIllllC".
At last they bring up with a jar
iiiiist a bank. Ho tremulously ventures
i look into her face.
Will she ever forgive him?
"I say. Charley," she murmurs, ' why
li'ln't you do that half a mile back?
DIDN'T KNOW HIS t'Kia.DS
11 .hop llid'. y ( K .is . .pal), of K. i
icky. w'o'ii he w.i- liuii'ing and li-lun
reeenilv, mm lot lie i.tj (in jt.uo of an olo
to i'1'it lin-T, woo ti.ki ur-'iit fancy I.
lain wi I) nit sispec'tng that he was
tii-hop 'h" ' the nish p was about t
lohotue h. invit'd I In-oil in iu to coin
In Louis, t it- to he ir l,tiu I reach.
"I'r .cli? Whni. you preach? Kit
ioii. preach ei n, il ! you km shoo
"it to r. . i . i. t one MinJ n
ith v.o. host el.,' ti -, mil I'll give you n
front seat.
The old i hap w i" l,,ro, right up n
fron . .iti'l irni.ilM,"! nmil the bitter eml
alter which he bur. led f.rward to slink
he nish oil's b hi. I 'Parson,' he crieit
warmiv "I d oi t know a great de ab.nn
y ur ere. ds nud d gmaiiees, bnt I've r I
mil s t with you every time! 11
Wave.
HI1KOVI.K HITV VKAKM
Mrs. Winsl.,w's Soothing Syrup has been
used for ovet filiy years by millions ol
mothers tor children, while teething, with
nerfecl stxvess. It soothes the clnlil
soften! ihe uums, allays all pain, cur
wind colic, in i is the hest remedy to
Diarrhcea Ii will rcli, ve the poor lit r
sufferer immediaicly. S 1.1 by druguists
in every lrt ol the world 25 ceiim a
bottle. He fure and ask tor "Mrs. Wins
Ik ('.on JiKt'.r Will t'nitrstan 1 anj Ywi
Will Nut 1I.IU' Anv Tmutlc.
"A good story is told of a Chicago
uieichiiiit," said the ambassador of a
(jieater Xew V rk inercan'ile lions,.,
'II.! had to o) unexpi cled to St I.ouis on
aec'iiint of a lame diuk,' and meeting a
drummer from that ambiiious and rather
oiiy Missouri town, he said:
' 'How do you fellows nninaoe to f,"'t
such cheap fares to distant p lints? I
want to on to St Louis, but the price ia
rather still'!'
"'I'll lix that (or you,' replied the
drummer, '(jive me 8.") and I'll enroll
your name as a member of the T. H. A.
Then you can travel wherever you like,
free '
"The merchant gladly handed out his
S.'), with it his friend secretly bought him
a ticket to fit. Louis lie accompanied
him to the train. 'Now,' said be, 'when
ihc c inductor comes all you have to du is
to move your hand across your mouth
from ri;ht to left and say "Vuno" lie
will then know you are a T. P. A. and
you will have no further trouble.'
"To the conductor, however, the drum
mer said: 'That man with side whiskers
is a harmless lunatic. Here is his ticket
to St. L mis. When ynu come around
h i will make this in ition a'nd say " Yuno."
Just pass him and say notbiiiu'. lie
likes to believe that is it mystic pus and
which allows him to ride five.'
"The plan worked to a charm and the
merchant marvelled at the scheme which
Hindu travel so easy and cheap.
"On his return from St. Louis another
conductor asked lor his ti :ket.
" 'Yuno,' said the merchant, milking
the prescribed gesture. The conductor
didn't know, however, ami after several
frantic attempts the merchant h id to pay
his fare On his arrival in Chicago he
hunied up his friend, the drummer.
"Sa)!' he cried, 'what kind of a trick
did you p ay nn? U hy, the plan didn't
Work for a cent coining home!'
"That's straugi,' replied ilie oiloi
'You must have made Hem mistake
What did you do coming bad.?'
"'Why, I made the puss wbh in.
id acr.ss my mouth ands.ii !
' 'I 'id you move your hand h
Yuno!'
oi il.i
to leli'
'Yes, of course '
'That's where you made
il
sec, you were coming back, and
hoiild have i,as-cd your hand across
ur moiiih from ! ft to riobt.'
what 3 1 : wol ia do.
She (bilding him goo 1 nijht a the
clock strikes 12) I hato to have you
o, Prcd.
lie It won't b: for loug, d irlitig.
She Y'cs, I know, but it is so dark
lie I'm not afraid of the dark, dar
ling.
She I know yuu are not. Iu fact,
you seem lo prefer it when you call on
me.
lie Well, don't you also?
She Of course I do; but Fro 1, there
areso matiy fiotp.ids ou the street at night
that I'm afraid suuethin might bappcu
to you.
lie Oh, I'm not afraid.
She Have you a pinto ?
Ile No, not even a cine.
She Suj.p sj a bid mm ahou'd stop
you while on your way home, what
would you do?
He (bravely) -What would I do?
Well, I'll tell you what I Would do,
dirling: I would riu San Francisco
Wave.
in; AGiuaai with mat
I am convinced," said the philo
sophic housekeeper, "that this world is
a gleat deal older than it is said tube
It there had ever been any doubt in
inymiod ou that point," replied the pro
fessional boarder, -'tbese eggs wou'd have
lispellcd it " Host . li Courier
IM.II VSAN I' I.AHOll.
"N.m. doesn't it tr..tible y m fir Jack
to 'i iV" rl.-'.i 'ii it I s ii in liotli anils.'
'Well when hecilis 1 hive to do part
of his w ok for him " ('hiesun Record
SI KI'KISINd.
"Liok, Herald! Your farther and Ci.p
tain Armstrong an. giving Klla a lesson
on the bicycle."
"Yes, Mauiuii. ; but why does Klla
ways fall ..ff on Captain Armstrong's
8.1.
-Pi
lull Can hk u.i. m hen your
blood is pure, rich and nourishing for
ncries and uiusclis The bio. d is the
vital fluid and when it is poor, thin and
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What lie llasSiilkrel an! What lie Think
lie lias lu l ear-
"Were y ui in the war?" itniiired the
y."iiio her i worship t of a s -r"t s n'i.'t ,
ti ild in i hi. en y a t h stirred and r i v
haired veteran il'.ilung life p liul'ully h .li
bled aeto-s the 11 mr a liter i nil.
"No,"he swh-'il, ''but 1 couldn't have
been more injured if I had been," mil he,
rubbing one of his legs ten Icily as ll
spoke. "What w,n the trouble?" persisted the
young mm syinpathiziugly.
"Trouble! It's ben nothing but
trouble since 1 eiine on earth," sa lly re
plied the alllicte l one. "I was b iru un
lucky. 1 am a livinir picture of bad luc.
and the m on; I think of my misfortunes
the more forcibly I am reminded of th.il
passage in the o,, 1 K,ok which says th it
the sins of the father shall be visited upon
the children to the third and fourth gen
eration. My father, was agood man, and
so was his father, but I am convinced that
I must have had n pirate for one of my
ancestors and that I am visited with all
his sins."
"Is it possible?" commented ihe youug
mat).
"Y'cs, my bad luck b .gin when I was
born," for my mother died then.
When I was but 2 week old, the hou-e
took lire and I wis nearly suffocated and
cremated. Before I was .'I years old a
servant dropped me to ill ! sidewalk, and
I had brain fever as a result; I fell down
stairs and broke tny collar bone, and I
got lost and wis found by a policeman
half perished iu an ash heap."
The victim of misfortune sighed deeply
over these incidents in his career and rub
bed his parol) z 'J hand. Continuing, he
said:
"1 was hut 4 years old when a playmate
cut oll'thc ends of three of my lingers
with an nx, and two years later 1 had
measles, whooping cough, chicken pox and
scarlet fever. Wiirn I wis S, I fell from
a cherry tree and hroko a leg. and is soon
as that got Well I was knocked d i,m mi l
trampled over by a iiinaway horse. I'll u
kept me in bid a long time, aud my noe
ins been chunk- d ever iuce.
"When 1 wi- 10 yars old, I was the
otiy boy ill seiio.l nhi i.,,t licked ami
kiokci by big.-'-r boys eery day, and a
year later I was the only one it) the town
who had cholera. When I was lo, I
went to a circus, aud ihe tent blew down
I was the only person who was steppul
upou or hurt, and the entile audience
walked over tnj. It was three months
bolero I recovered from that affair, ami
six in nulls later I fell through the ice
while skating and wis pulled out ball
drowned. A year Inter, while rabbit
sheeting, a friend shot me iu the hip, and
have never fully recovered from it.
The next summer lihtuing struck a
tree I was standing beueath, and I was
picked up for dead. When I was 25, I
tin fell through the ice, and the netting
;ave mc pneumonia and left my lungs
weak. Moon alter 1 got well 1 cauglit
cold, which nearly resulted in consumption
The following year rheumatism attacked
mc, and at limes I c inn it use my left arm
and leg, and my last misfortune was to
receive a paralytic stroke, which baa ren-
Icred my right side from thetopofui)
head to my foot absolutely useless, as you
have observed when I hobble about.
'T suppose," he said, with a world ol
pathos in his sad voice, "that some day
I'll sit on abirrol of dynamite which will
explode, and thru my troubles will be
ended " Washington Post
COMXICTIXU AMOTIONS,
She "Why do you
sppea
pleasantly surprised?''
lie "Because you appear so surpti-
ingly pleasant."
Old tientleiiiau "And now I appear,
uu-ur; iscdbut unpleasant, llreak uway
and take your irners."
km:v a i-'i:v.
Are you a.-.in lintel with any sociity
people
"Oh, yes, I know a thing or two.
Life.
TOO Ml t'H 1'Olt HIM.
'How did they manage to get old Soak
to sign the pledge?"
'Some one offered him a drink if he'.
do so."
A IpKCISIVHTKST.
tliles Tin iu love with both gills, an
can't l'r the life of uu m ike, up my mind
which is the prettier.
Merrill Take them into a erowdi
cable car s nun d iy and see which gets
seat first Life.
CASTORIA
For Infanta and Children.
View from a Woman's Stanif.int.
Ik liilfirenee with Men.
The great incident iu woman's HI'-, nil'
th'T'Core an irn-vitaVc on ' in the w. in
ol li -ii in, is I i.'e Th 111 ,.-1 c ."-1 no
meiii in woman's love, in r--1 1 it , r i" li
tiotl, is iloiiht.
I'lvcn the inmost confulen 'e i-i ih" ',.
eeiity of the love she has . lungcl. Ir.
women do no', at times, har.i-s th, 10s, jvo.
with the thought that perhaps th,. mm
only fancies that he lovo her; that in tin
depth ol his heart is buried some ,,llo 1
love that may bo ipiickeiii'd; that bis ! v
now so ardent, 111 iy sn gnw dim iii o
gradually fade away.
They seem never to permit such t
tinning to icst the ui-rit of the lon io o
give.
To the lovt-r these doubts ;,r- n 11
well di liti' d they cuuconly in th" unex
pected mooils that so perplex all lover-.
She is unhappy and she docs not know
why. She is despondent, but canum ib
flue to herself cause for hop, lesstiess Mr
is wounded, hut is unconscious of what
hurt her. She feels that her soul has
gone out to her love; that she must have
it hack, but that if it is not given backs1, e
must die. She is so happy and she is so
sad. She feels that she and her l 'Verarc
all iu all to each other, except that she
may not lie ail in all to him She is
devoted to him, but is h" as devoted to In r?
And the rutin, having no understanding
of her consciousness, simply berates him
self for having at some time, somewhere
in some manner. dune something to wound
the scusitive nature of this dear girl. Or,
not being able to find any solution of the
trouble, he early comes lo resolving every
shade of difference through the broad
general principle that all wutueu have
their mood.-; that such moods do not
really betoken ditiiinislitnent of affeciioti;
and that annoyances uf this sort are part
ot the penalty that man has to pay for
the happiness of love.
In the matter of love men and women
seem tube essentially different. Man al
ways shows an abounding joy in being
I ived. It is never perfect hnpiu"ss to wo
man unless she can mingle at times with
1 he assurance of sweet, gentle mel ineholy.
pritiging from doubts which, if called to
answer, she would indignantly scorn and
deny.
So it seem ever to have been, and prob
ably it will ever be, so long as this sweet
influence, love, impels men aud softeus wo
men. Perhaps this enhance the pleasure of
love Jno Keats, with everything of beau
ty tint was to have been to him a joy lor-
ver fast fading from his vision and bis
fleeting breath almost ready to leave his
lying body, left, nearly as his last word,
that his dearest hope of lovo was of a
sweet unrest." Philadelphia Times.
IT WAS.
Dobson That was a somewhat previ
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Smiley Yes previous to the Flood.
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Return to gladden men,
Not thinks that when it comes it brings
llousc-clenning time again.
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