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BE SURB YOU ARE RIGHT ; THEN GhO AiEEAD: Crockett:
VOL.! 61."
t-
PROF ESSI If A Ii CARIJS.
D
R. H. TV BASS
f I
i
i
the ciU-K
Offftr his professional service
e za of l arooro ana vicinity, t f ;
Office ia T. A. HcNalr's drug store on Main
Street. ft
U- : .;' f j'tV ; ft ,-. ... : .
pRANR NASH,
TARBORO, N4C
Practices in all the Courts. State and Fed
eral. & s. 8f83
4-
J. J. MABTLN.
B. Cv, 8HARPE.
Martin & Sharje,
, :, - , TARBORO, It.iC. -
" frastiee ia tho Coarts, g.ete aid Federal.
eo-5-821y . j
- " ' .. ' ' jl
H. A. Gilliam. DahSEtL, Gilliam
I GILLIAM fe SOL-,
JSkXtOfXrym avt Xv-t-Xrs "
; - TARBORO', N. C. j; . ,
"WB1 practice in the Counties of Edj-eobmbe,
Halifax and Pitt,-Tid in the CorU of the
First Judicial District, and in the Circuit and
Baprtme Court at Raleigh. ' i janl8-ly.
o
OSSEY UATTLiC,
T.nBOK0' ROCKTs MOUN'F, N. J.
" Praetloca ' U: the Coarls oi Ediracomb
Nasn, ritt, Wilson n4 : Halifax couuties
lis ia the Federal sd 8upi Conrts.
Ca7 Collections a a secialtyi 5
iOrrtca, for toe present, iaiiroat root of
a a are Hew.rd' law of5:ei aeit door to
w at.re of B. &.
Da: 15, 1S81. !
Ka-h&C;
Main l.
If
I
t7
GEORGE HOWARD,
Ittarney nd Coamielpr at Lav.
. ' Tin Knur
it, n
!fl"lr5 js is all the CoarU, Sut n 1
r ilrHl. - n ;U t.6t1j.
jy. I. H.CARR,
Surgeon
Dentist,
TARBORO, N
c.
flle hoar, :roat 9 a. m 'till p. m.aud
from 3 to 6 p. m. i 4
SJJNext ioor -1 faKiorji lloiiw, iTtr
Laaior . Boyster'i. j
THOS. H. BATTLE,
Jltorney - af - Law
TAHBOB.0, N, q.t
Ofice next to Philips Stalon's ;Law office.
Will practice in the Federal and State Courts.
Refers by express permission to Judge Ruf
. f the Supreme Court ; Catizena National
lank, of Raleigh ; BatUe, Bmnn Cc Nor
folk; Jno. Arrington fc Soasj Petersburg
d21-6im - . :
I
-Pender t SeliooL
' Irs.' Gci'L Pcuier, fmuppal.
. (umed aiUr the Chnstmai Holidays on
WEDNESDAY, Ji.NIJj.Rt iuo,
ia the Brldera' Grove property, i Jately oc
eupied by the Edgecombe! ligk School,
with iacreasea facilities for conducting as
good a Strictly Female School jas. cau te
. fouad anywhere. The Second iTerm for
the first scholastic year will begin5 on I
' MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2th.
For paiticalus, aderess theJPrinitipal.
ja4ftai , . .
MR. J. G. CHARLES ' hating I'taken the
Bank building, on the Corner of Trade and
Pitt streets, is now prepared to take boarders.
Tarboro. N. C, Jannaryjlli, 18B3.
J. I SAVAGE
1, "! -' " ' ,!' -I'M--si--:
Cokhib Geax TILLS k 8t, Anidke Stbikts,
' TARBORO', lil'cl .
1 Thee Stables are the largest inlthe State,
and hart a capacity of holdini tea car-loads
of stock.
GIts him a call, " i I janlSy
, (io- Heward Tnn. ; Vai K. irippea, Vies Prss
M. Veidell, OasUer. V
Qs Msg bsruici 1, Eiatisj Co.
"V CBARKlW DKPARTKENT.)
Bakk open boa . . . . ; .9 AU M. 'to 8 P. M.
Discount Day,: TmnisDxi.
Dr. X H. Baker, Geo..Howard,
H. L. Staton. Jr., . W. M, Pippen,
H. Morrii. ! - .
J). 18-1 j.
JOHA It. MXOJ
Ibattneoldstaadof.raltn .'Bro.,
while he blows his Horn uie i, always pre
pared V serve' you with the- purest EA I)
DK TIM and the beat flavored ClpARS.
lve hiaa eall.v '.s t
( - J. R- DIXON.
i ' Opposite Ceart Bouse.
Tartero, Dee. . tf. , !.
Rocky Sloant Hills
: A KM ia full and successful operation, and
. are prepared to all all orders; for Sheet
ings, YarH and Cotton Rope, at lowest prices.
Orders' ' addressed to Rockv ICount MiUs.
Rocky JsLonat, N. CLr will be promptly attend-
4 to. t - 4AJ4S 8. UA1T1JS,
. : See'y and Treasurer.
! April 11, 1878-tf. ' , . i ,
AvWlLLIMilSdri-,
sIAJTOT" ACTURER 0J-
Hand
ffiade
:ivd DPALBB In:-
Saddles, " Bridles, MUs Whips,
nailers; Blankets, wc.
i
'V.
: Haring bought out Mr. R. A. Sizr. the uian-
1 .
"k.iiuius Miu rcpaiiujf wmi utf unaer CIS
charge. Any one wanting a flue -hand-made
narness will do welljto give me a call.
SINGLE HARNESS...? ..... 15 and up
DOUBLE HARNESS, ....... 25 and up;
, Machine Harness at all prices, j j jan!7y
Vlkflll Pr yer oan 'be easily made
OIUlIU at boaae, workia;for . O.
Hiaeoot tfr-Co.. 10 Barc'av fitrae.t. New
York. Bead for their catalog and' :fnll
i. a ' . W - "i
New: Year
: i
1S83. : .
1 1 I . -
I shall open on
the first J day of January,
at
R. II. Austin's Brick Store, two doors from
my old stand, a well selected stock of
Notions, j Hardware,
Groceries, j Provisions
And Farm Supplies,
All of whieh will be sold rery j CHEAP for
CASn. or on TIME, to PROMPT PAYING
Customers.
turn mw
And Bought for Gash.
t?Give me a call before opening1 your ac
count for the year.
i Respectfully,
T. II. Gatlin.
Tarboro, Jan. 13-ly. I
BEBSi !
. ( -
LAGER BEER.
I
The Mot Refreshing Bev
erage Known.
DflctorsRecortl It
G. 0PPENI1MER&S0N
BEER BOTTLERS
The Trade Supplied at our
Establishment, ext Door
to Court House.
Orders by mail, from any part of th
State, promptly attended to. j
8 Will have a snpply of "Buck
Beer in season. i ! . j i
Tarboro, C, April 13, 1888. !
g 1 !
WRIT GIOIfllDlS.1
4-4-H4
GROCERIES km
5 2
58 S O '
M 2 V)
V O ? rt
" mm m
fi i m 50 o
ti to co t
-
Also a fine line of
Family Groceries.
Havine opened a Grocerv and Bar. nTt
door to R. C. Brown & Co's. we invite all onr
friends to (rive us a liberal share of their pat
ronage. We will try and please: ! r
PARKER & DAWSON.
Tarboro'. N. C, Jany 18, 831y h
d lies
Are uponJ us, but
there is a rift in
the cloud full
of promise to
those who
TRA.DE with
T. E. LEVIS,
NotwithstandiDp the inroads made on
ins stock dunng XmaS, bis Hn- I of Staple
nm GROCERIES
. ' : ' ... - : ,-t- 1' I i
Has not oeen allowed to run
low. LEWIS' is the place for
those who have little monv. but
wa?it it to go a LOXG WA Y.
Only I th e
Best-- G-boAs
Are Kept and they are CHEAP. ;
- If you aret not convinced of these facts,
caii ana examine, or inquire or me main
tudb who daily trade. ' j :
T. E. LEWIS,
Main St., 2 doors above Fender's
Jan. 5th, 1885. . j 1 ! ! i. ; !; .
TO THE; PUBLIC I
. :Ot " t
HAVING RECENTLY PURCHASED THE
Interest of Mr. B. JJ Keech in the firm of
r KEECH A MALETT' '
and formed Copartnership with' MR. J. P.
MA LETT, for the purpose of carrying on a
FIRST-CLASS GROCERY BUSINESS,
I will after this date bo found at the store on
Main street, known as the Williamson build
lng, where I will be pleased to serve my friends.
Wishing one and all a happy and prosperous
year, I remain . 7 - y . i : , j, .
Very truly yours, i ,!
j WILLIE HART.
Tarboro, N. C, Feb'y 1st 188S. 1m
The H
IStlt Dyspepsia, f
Ooattweueaa, .
Slok Heartache,
Chronic Diar
rhesa, JTaundlM,
Impurity of tbe v"
BlooiVFevarand
Agrdc, - Malaria, k
and all Diseases
ot liver, Bowels ladKidnejs. j
SYMPTOMS OF A DISEASED LITER.
- Bad Breath; Pabi 1a the Side. aoaKda tbet i
pJn is felt nadcr the ShoutderUvde, austakm fa,
tencrally
c the Hrt
ZZZSvLZLXZ?
dsot, wnilinm alternating wita lax;
.with eoosidenbi loss of jnaofyf accomptuiiei
with a painful icoaatioa of leaving undone something
which ought to hT heea done; a slight, dry cough
aad fluaaed face at anmninne aa attendant, oftca
iwtafcw for eooawaptioavf tae patient complains
Mwcariness aad debility ; aenrouc, easily startlad; .
tset cold or bsuniae. sometimes a orickrv sansatioat
i Bwoice wun mulu qoii ana aeary.i
of the skin exists; spirits are low and despondent,
and. altKauoh aftfrMlUx - -..uV. ll
ficial, yet one can hardly samnoa api fortitede to'
OT t in bet, distrusu every remedy. Several
f ef theahore syaiptoms atee he disease, tHit ease ;
nare occorrad when but &w of them existed, yet
examinatx after death has shown the Liver to
have beea ezteasircly deranged.
It saaMbMtd by all persons, old aad
yoaac whanoTor any of the aboye,
ymptoma appear. - '.'( "
Fersons TraToUnr mr. lirimg ia Un
, haalthy LooaUtiao, by taking a dose occasion-
JjT hasp tbe Liyer hi healthy action, will avoid
' all Malaria, BUiena attaeka, Diuiaess, Kan-
.. sea, Drowsiness, Depression of Spirit, etc. It
will invigorate like a glass of wine, butts uo in
; teaieavttas; beverage. j 4 .
If Ton hare ataK aythlat; laaid et
digestion, or feel heavy after meals, eaaleep
. lass at nignt, take a dose and you will b rdkved.
-- t - i 4
Tfaaae and Doctors BHU win baaved '
y always keewiac the Keg-nlatbV I
' , la thaBoaset f
whatever the aihaaat any be, a tharotighly
: sale portative, alterative aad teado can
never be out of place. The remedy is harmlesa
amd doe not inter-far with business or
pleasure.
' IT 7J PURELY YEGETABijE,
Aad has all the power and efficacy of Calomel or
Quauwwitaottt any ef the injurious after affects. .
." ' A Oevjera Testimony. ' "
, Simmons Liver ReguUsor has been ia ese fat my
buuIt far some time, and I am satisfied it is a '
valnable addition to the medical science. 1
J. Gtts. Sbostkk, Govaraataf Ala.
i Hen. Alexander H. Stephens, bf .Ga -says
: Have derived soaav benefit from fte' pse of
Sumnons Liver Regulator, aad whh to give it a
nutacr taiaL -. .1. .. J
Keliera."
uaecl manv rrmpxi.-eiLw rvm.
pepsin, Lhw Aftectioa and DebUity, bat never
have fouad anything (a benefit me to th extent
one Liver Regulator has. ' I seat froat Mia
1 to Georxia for it, mmd vould end nutber for
1 medicine, and nsnlil n ki
ilariy affected to five it a trial as it seen the only
thing that never fails to relieve.
: V- P. M. -JaaVBT, MinneapoiieIina. '
Dr. Tn'W. Mason says:. From ttal ex
peneace ia the nse of Simmons liver Regulator ia
my practic I have been and am satisfied to use
aad prescribe it as a purgative medicine.
t6?Tak only the Oennine. which always
has on the Wrapper the aed Z Trade-Mark
aadSia-natar af J. II. ZEILIN & CO.
FOR SALR BY ALL DRUGGISTS. -
House,
SOLWOOLARD.
Dou,'t You Forget It,"
that I have one of the finest stocks of GRO
CERIES, Ac., ever offered tot the trade In this
Vicinity, j JIM"
Country Merbtarils
are requested to examine
my Prices.
I HAVE LN STOCK
Q Barrels of Flour, different grades.
125 Bas" Coffee
ff Barrels of Sugar. !
-a (( soxe8 of Tobacco," bought before the
1 UU advance. ; r ;
t rn Boxes
and Barrels' of CricVcrs and
I am agent for the manu
i.JJ uates. lam
ss a as .
facturers and offer these goods at
' manufacturer's prices.
f-Th Barrels of Mott's Champagne Cider,
JVf soldat the mill price. The trade
can save freight by buying of me.
SOL WOOLAli),
Next to R. C.
Brown & Co.,
TARBORO', N.
Feb. 16-ly.
lfurnitiire !
V.
B. G. Garlile,
1
Main St., mst J
Pamlico BaiikiiigCo.
' ' ' . " ' I ' I ' . ' ' '
HAS, ON HAND NEW, FRESH STOCK OF
!.-
. Bought for : Cash,
which he offers at moderate prices.
rurnilurs cf all Sids l lepairel
C0FFI1I8.-' CASIBTsI AWI)
DERTAKIING GENERALLY:
Patronage solicited-
b. c. oaelile;
Tarboro, Fb. 26, 1882:
OCA TT VS' ORGANS 27 Stops 10 8ft
OLH I I I reeds only $90. Pianos $125
Kare bolidaX . indnceiaente . ready - write o
onl Beatty, Waehington, N. J.
Jobbing
UieMD
Furniture
urboro
, .March; 1, 1883.
:593S30LSS13$EU
1 - i
Idropfmy Jdlepeh and hark. v"f "
U Aad catch the faintest sound f
She -must he playing hide-and-tseek 4
She'll col
" And 1
in snaay nooKs arouna ; '
come aad clinibiny chair again,
f I hear a ktifled. lauA-but.no! : ...
pee ury suousuers aer ;
( She comoth never mpre r s , vj.
I waited only yestenlghTJ " "
lTheevenlno; service read..
Arul Jingered for mf iddUsxiss
Before Bhe went to bed t
ForgettM eh had fiWit fW5' '
; In slumbers soft an'i sweet,
Bmoaument above her head
An violets at her feet. -i t
R. H. STODp.BD.
Drawing for a Prize.
"Bat you must admit" she is very
pretty, Miss Mercy," said her - visi
tor, emiling quizzically, as ebe once
more endeavored . to draw ,' out her
hostess upoa tlia party; under dia '
cuseion. ' . C , ' .
"No, I ain sorry to say I cannot
'5a iCT t 'Handsorue Is'that handsome
doea,,ancl for my part I .,fail ta. un
derstand why a young: woman, if. she
ia a widow, should berunnijagaroand
th couptry getting up concerts and
theatrical perforuiaces fleecing peo
pie out' of their money and uaaking
heyself generaliy ndiculous, if sbo
ha,a mother and avhonie to stay in.
Wbj dpesn-t sua settle uowu aud
tate in sewiagof teach prhool, like
a respectable person, instead 91 .flitT
ting about from place to pdaee malt
itiff herpelf a laughing stock -anti ta
nuisance generally?" an d Miss Mercy's '
black eyses snapped indigBantly j as
she stroked down her soft, dark hair
with her plump little hands, and sst
tTed herself m her chair vvith a de
cisive movement,, as though to put
an end, at once and forever, to tue
discussion ;
: Miss:Mercy Pioctpr, though natur
ally the cherrieat and brightesV cf
women, and one not addicted to
making ill-natured -epfeecbe-9, had
bpen ao unusually; tried during j the
past few months . that her stveet
temper bad become sadly ruffled,
and she Only needed the match i ap
plied in the snape of praise to her
rival to make her break out into a
sudden flame of bitterness and cen
sure; for Miss Mercy loved John
Lockwood, and bad loved him - for
years, and on his return irom the
West he had treated her with such
gentleness and apparebtewtionisteppeiut tits frame, in her pale
that her tender heart had " fluttered
with expectation, and she almost felt
eure she was loved in return. But
then the, .widow, the brilliant ! Mrs.
Razelton, bad appeared upon the
scene, drawing him from his allegi
ahce to her and diverting his atteh
tiona cntil she grew weary and
heartsick, and almost despaired of
ever winning him back. No wonder
the lit'le woman failed to discover
beauty in the gay and dashing widow,
for who ever knew a fellow creature
to appear to advantage in the eyes
of an opponent. , - : J
Still, there was a good deal to be
said after all on the otter side, for
Mrs. Hazeltou, though indisputably
gay, was far from being 'frivolous,
while her beauty, in spite .of. Miss
Mercy's 'opinion, was certainly" of ' a
hinh order; Married at the ase ofi
eighteen and widowed at twenty,"
she was now, at; the age of ; twenty-
four, a atill and charming womaD.
Fair and winsome, she made friends
wherever she west, supporting her.
elf by ! giving music and dancing
lessons, with occasioajilly a concert
r aa amateur dramauc performance
Jhrown In. :
And John .Lockwood? 1 J ohn was
iJ-. handsome. careless , fellow, not
worth half the laurels with which fie
ws8-H8ually crowned. Some
ten
years before he had left his native
village and gone WesC to seek his
fortune had been fairly -euceeseful,
not" so uauch from energy! o -application
j to business- as fi-om sheer
good luck, which somehow "pr other
always seem to folloJuai. But six
months ago he had 4-returned from,
his journeyings, returned to find
everything changed. "Everything
but Misa Mercy, as ho remarked,
half fondly, Kto that patient little
woman,? his sweet -heart of former
days, and she had blushed and smil
ed dowh into her "heart, thinking to
herself that at least was un
changed.
John had come back lo get 1 him a
wife, ' he laughingly announced on
his arrival, and many, a maid had
smiled up into his eyes,"and mauy a
keart had quickened at his advance,
for John was thoughtless and dis
tributedhis attentions wiih remark
able evltmeBB until the adveut of
the widow. But now all' was chang
ed, and Mrs. Hazelton, with " her
blue eyes, golden hair and infantile
ways, Had apparently taken possess
ion of him. It had been an unusu
ally lovely .winter, for. Mrs. Hazelton's
dancing school had been weir pat
ronized by both old end youcgv and
the Tuesday and. Thursday night
"sociables," as he termed the throw
ing open of her doors to the general
public it thof b two evenings each
week, between tbe hours of 9 and 11,
had insured the Bnccessj and! popu
larity of her school for the; public
is. always fond of . dancing if 'some
one else will enly pay the fiddler,
i Miss Mercy was a regular attend
ant, not so much because the was
fond of dancing , as because John
was 1 sure to be there, and he was in
variably', attentive and kind. Not
more ao to her than to the sprightly
little instructress, who laughed and
chatted gayly ' and seemed to take
his attentions quite as a matter of
course But isometimes he would
invite Mi&a Mercy y to iftnee, ,and
then request her to! sit in; sotaerqniet
eorEerltistead ancl talk' to fhini and
U10 flushes would ; mount tcirher
cheeks and herbeartwould throb
with delight, which wquld suddenly
deepen to pain iheu he would leave,
her afterward and" walk off with the
wido've hanging fondly Wois itfjia. 1
Ah, John, ca-prieioHsprjiDo
you not know there is cruelty lin such
kindness? ; j I
Valentino's day waS approach
ing, aid it was generally- understood
that the young man was 'to start for
his Western ,home the dayjfpllowiiig:
The little' Villag-tvas 5 in I-constant
state of s Iialf-subtlued J excitement; j
for Mr, and Mrs. Turner, old friends
QhnfltbefjtritTf 'nfj &
large party on that night in prder t6
givdHheyourig fellow a good send
off, and no end of conjecturea arose
as to whether it might not be a wed
ding af tef all. - Nobody wis prepar
ed to say that a trousseau was actu
ally in . course of preparation, al
though it was hinted that Mrs.
Hazleton was having ' a lovely new
lresj made, purchased itr the
ith the rirn
f 1 . 1 , 1 ' . 1 .
ceeaa oi ner tasu quarter s gaiary. it
was understood he was to bring the
widow far fheparty,wrfoweVtST(?sand
I the older women thought ruefully f
the long nve mile drive. 1 vyhat a
chance for -him to propose lo her on
the way, even if he hadn't done 80
already.7- :
The long looked-for : night at length
arrived, and at an early hour the
great old house was 'ablazetwitri light
from garret to; gellar, while! the merry
tinkle of sleigh tells ' without an
nounced the arrival of the -first of
the guests, for in good old fashioned
towns, and yitk old-frsliicned coun
try people, parties assemble as soon
after supper,' or yearly candle light,
as convenient. Miss Mercy, an es
pecial friend and .favorite of , the
hostess. amo in time to assist the
arrangements of the table, - making
Uereelf nseftil in suck a variety, of
ways', but in so quiet and unobstru
sive a r manner, that , Mrs. Turner,
who afTtnis crisis was. ia! a highly
nervous and distraught sttedeclar
ed sh? onlJA'neveit have got along
without h.er Eever." Th;little wo
man looked unusually pretty ia her
black silk dressr,-5fHh ,jiwbunch of
etraw-colored chryaandrsuiums at
her throat and another in her glossy
black hair. , , H j.
f Mrs. Hsftleton !ahd John wefe
ithe last to arrive, the former flashed
end raJient from the long;! drive in
the' frosty evening air, ami looking,
like an old fas'oned picture just
blue silk, dress cut square -in the
neck, bee fair hair (lone high on the
top of her head in aj mass off bewil
dering curls, and .her plump, i white
arms but partially concealed by a
fall of filmy laice. . - i
John was in bigh spirits, escorting
Ler out to supper, and afterward re
turning to the parlor for Miss Mercy.
He finished the evening ! with old
Mrs. Turner, sitting by hef side and
waiting upon her with ready good
humor. After supper tjthe idirth
and fun grew fast .and furious," and
Jchn became the target for many a
lively sally, . j j .
"Why don't you get married John,
my boy?'' Asked jolly Captain Mc
Allister, giving him a sly poke in
the " ribs; "I thought youxl come
home for a; wife," - i
' - 'Tiiat is exactly -whai i I should
lika'td know, captain,"" echoed a lady
ettinding near. ; I have 6tav3 jtp the
conclusion Mr. Lockwood is an un
miflgated windle. 'f He made us
believe we should dance ai hia f wed
ding, bui has " never Agiven 1 us a
chanea." ;! , i1'
"WFat's the matter, John ? "Won't
theprrty is
(for jn my soulT can tf. mate- out;
havevdu -or are vou in a strait be
twiifthe twof Can't you make-up
your mied whica-one you whH
Tee youg man laughed . good pa-
turf dly as; ue repliea : 1
expect you ve hit the nau on
the head this time) captain. I fear I
am eoaiewhat in the. position of the
party who joriginated the lines begin
king i i K- "I "
"How Happy I' could be with either,5 .
Were t'otuvr dear caaruier away "
The captain roared vociferously :
"Bless my heart, ia that s the case?
And so you can't decide ! Why,
bang it, man, if I were yon I think
I'd find a way out 01 it, . even if I . had
to draw cuts. 1 "
' "The veiy thing," exclaimed aho.
rus of voices. "Draw "cats, "John
do draw cuts, it will be euch fun,
and see which it shall I be the old
love of'tbe jjU-j'-t a
1 be young pan raised his jeyes
with imperturbable coolness as he
replied in his unusual careless tone.
"If the Ladies have no objections
I m sure I have none. ;
"And will you abide by the decis--
ion and really marry whiebever falls
to your lot V - sxs i j
' Unauestionablv, if ehe wEl have
me.
. The two ladies were sought for and
found : one in the library, ; the other
in the daacing-room. !
; "Oh, Mrs. Haeelton, Miss Mercy,'
the young ladies exclaimed as they
led them , back to' the room
where a'Tittle crowds had collected,
"Mr. Lockwood is going .tojpraw
cuts for a wife, and tbe. choice lies
between you two. Oh, won't it be
fun?" y': 1
"Fun for the one who gets, him,"
said the widow, laughing' lightly,
While Misa Mercy exclaimed, impe
taoiulv : '"Draw outs:- John''Lock-
wood draw cuts for a wife how dare
he do it ?"
"1 think it would be pretty, per
baps, to have ther ladies draw,' said
Captnin McAllister, irearching in his
pocketbook for a slip of paper te cut
into slips ; "then they 1 couldn t ac
cuse Mr. Lockwood of unfairness ' or
partiality. "What do yon say; John.
bare ou any objectioM !" ! i
"JNot tbe least in the world," said
the yeun man, unconcernedly "any
Vray to suit yours alvea.? r " . '
Tbe slips were eat f and ' tbe cap i
tahi Ranged them in' Lis hand. One
ong one marked' pnze, and the
others short ani blanks. "Now.
adies,' said tho ' captain, are you!
ready?" 1 - i
Miss Mercy, had a severe struggle
with her beartr before 3 she could
bring herself to cdnshit; Mrs. HazleT
ton had , not thofir t of refusihgj
and' why " shonIt''eheH'hold back ?,
Musi shresigp-Jfc "'wvc't ' oice
alid forivir.tJtrbiiDuld sllefittake one
ix8T euurs 10 to tain uim 1 ner eueexe
burned with excitement, and ' hir
band trembled so she could scarcely
put it out. i' ' ' - - ' .' 1 ,''
"Beady,"" .said . the captain' once
agahijsmning benignlyat ls'the two;
Tadies ia- their , hands were'' simultan
ibusly exte;,0,,-H , . 'f '"!l"v i j
the choicvt was feeing trraaaei;Jtben-
"Miss Mercy, taM jgbtit f i Miia Merer
has rbt itr,tjuas xsBbuted6n jtll
sides.:'4n'i s 1', -"r- 7 - ,
Mrs. Hazelton tiJrned away ' with:
heightened color. "What ' nonsense,7
she exclaimed, leading the way from
the room . "Surely; 1 Mf . Jjocfcrvoodj
will not be expected to abide' by the;
terms of sucb an adventure
Miss Mercy eankiaT a chair near:
by, unable to Btand and hardly darl
ing to raise her eyes. "Had, sbej
indeed, won him," and was ' it' really
true ! or was it only an idle-jest and
and a cruel one at that 'i Her heart
beat wildly, and Bhe took no notice
that the party was breakin' up and
the people were going home.: ': i
When she arose she found herself
alone in the parlor and John, - wh a
quiet smile on his handsome face, was
advancing toward her. ' She tried to
pass him without looking at hito,
but he stopen her, and taking - ber
burning face between his hands,
raised it slowly till her eyes met his,
For a momeajt he studiod the quiver
ing iaoe, tnen wnieperea eortiy, in a
low, calm" voice 5' "Be readv to mor
row. dear, at 10 o clock "and the
next instant be was goae gone to1
tuck the widow, snugly in the sleigh;
preparatory to their homeward
Little Miss Mercy passed the night
ib a state : 01 ; lovensh excitement,
weeping and laughing hystoncally'
at intervals, -A "Was John really in
earnest in what he said, or was it but
a. continuation of an idW eet ? He
bad called her dear, and his whisper
was fond, nay, almost tender. ."Did
he mean it seriously and could it be
that bejoved her ? Or was he bent
on making a martyr of himself to a
mistaken sense of honor?. If such
was the case she would "never marry
him- noj never,'' I even though her
heart string "snapped in giving him
upatlast. ; V j . '
When morning proke she was al
ready upputfcing the house in order
and packing ber trunk in case any
thing should happen. H .
bhe dressed herself with care in a
soft, dark cashmere dress that might
answer for a traveling dress, and alter
gathering a fresh cluster of her
favorite chrysanthemums seated her
self in the shadow of the j curtained
window to watch the passer by. She
wpuldn t be silly enough to dress up
in flowers in the- morning ! unless .
But then one never knows what mat
happen.,..::"'.;;:, ,.:,';:! ;..- "
it lacked a quarter to 1U o'olpck
when the jinglinn; of sleigh bells ar-
rested her" attention, and leaning
forward she caught & glimpse, of
lively procession ' approaohing ' the
house, .headed by J ohn and the cler
gyman the Bev. Lemuel Svkes. Her
heart leaped to bar throat .and., she
wanted to run away, , but j lust then
the voice of Mrs. Turner t waa heard
exclaiming j 'We've n come to ..the
wedding but where is the bride?.: j
Her mend found her, but . she. re
fused to appear ; so John Jiipiseif
came- lor her. , , .
"Not wanting to back out at : thi
late hour," he cried, extending bi
arms aad drawing her to him. i'AA
little, wonsan, I should be , heart bro
ken, indeed." i j
She looked, nto bis face incredu
lously.-.. ' i r :- , : j
"But do you love me, John?" she
whispered!
"Always and forever, -darling.
"Why then did ydu hazard your
chance of uappieness so recklessly
she asked- "It might have gone, the
otuer way. , is t.s
"It might, indeed," said theyouug
man; penitently, in which case I fear
I should have been constrained to
cry, "God help me for my folly 1 ;
And so it came about that the. wed
ding really did come off, and f John
really mad his word good by carry
ing back to his . Western home bie
old sweetheart'ahd'new wife. It was
hinted, that there was a' lively ' scene
between him and the widow the
night of the party ; but. as, the. for
mer never mentioned it. and the
iattei was"not a.woman to "wear .her
leait on her, sleeve, the- facts were
never iuuy Known. j laowever 11 was,
she consoled herself shortly after
ward by marrying a young physician
and it is to be loped that under his
skillful hand the wound was thoro
ughly and effectually healed.
:A Colorado wan was recently kill
ed while gathering a scuttle of coal
in hi back yard.' After a fewJ heatt-
r ending occurrences like this,1 wires
will begin to learn their househol
duties. '.- ".
Instead of having written
tombstone, "He never told
on his
a lie.'
the greatest , man of modern times
will probably prefer the words, tu, lie
never stoie ajtumbreJla.
THAT BAD BOT.;
ZlsPar' Jokes Sim, aai Ee Jokes 'Far.'
''What on earth is that: you have
got on your upper lip?" said the gro
cery man to the bad boy, as he came
in and began to peel a rutabaga, and
his upper iip hung down oyer .his
teeth,' and was covered with some-;
thing that looked like shoemaker's
wax. ' ' "xou look as though you bad
been digging potatoes with your nose."
' O that s some of pas darn smart
ness, l asked mm if he knew any
thing that would make a boy's mous?
tache grow, and he told me the best
thing he ever tried was tar, and for
me to rub it on thick when I went to
bed, and wash it off in the .morning.
I put it on last night, and by gosh, I
can't. wash it offT, Pa told, me all I
had to do, was to use a scouring brick
and it would come off; and I used the
brick, and it took all the skin off; and
the tar ia there yet, and say, does this
lip look very bad?"' ; : f a ,
The groceryman tQid him, it was
the worst looking lip bei ever gazed
upon, but he conld cure it by rubbing
a litue cayenne pepper m tne car. xxe
said the tar would neutralize th pep
per, and the pepper would loosen the
tar, ana act as a coonng ; iouon to
the lacerated lip.: The boy went to
a caa of pepper behind the counter
and staek his "finger, in and rubbed: a
lot of it on his lip, and then his hair
began to .raise, and he began, to cry,
and rushed to the water-pail and ran
his face into the water to wash off
the pepper.' The groceryman laugh -
edr and when the bad boy had got the
pepper washed oft, and had resumed
his rutabaga he said:
"That seals your late, in o man
ever trifles with: the feelings of the
bold buecaneer of the Spanish Main
without living to rue it ; I will lay for.
youv old mart, and don t yer forget it.
Fa thought he was smart when he got
me to put tar on my up to bring my
moustache out, and to-day he lays on
bed of pain, and to-morrow your turn
will come: . You will regret that you
did not get down on your kneea and
beg. my pardon. You will be soriy
that you did hot prescribe cold cream
for my bruised lip, instead of cayenne
pepper. Beware ! you twelve-ounce-to-the-ronnd
huckster;! vou gimlet-
eyed seller of dog sausage ; you BrJd-ed-eugar
idiot ; :j you. small-potato-
three-card-monte-sleirht -oi-hacd-
rotten-egg-fiend ; .youvillian that sells
smoked sturgeon and smoked dognsh
for smoked S halibut ' Beware! the
avenger is on yer track f ; rt,: ; '
"Look here, young man, don t you
threaten me, or, I will take you by the
ear and walk you through green fields,
and beside still waters, to tbe front
door, and kick your pistol-pocket,
elear areund, so you can wear it for a
watch pocket in your yest. Ne boyIS
can frighten me, by jingl But, tell
me, how did yon get even ; with your
"Well, give me a glass ol cider, tnd
we will be friends, and I will tell you.
Thanks ! Gosh, but that cider ie made
out of mouldy, dried apples, and
er water," and he took a handful of
layer raisins off the top of a box to
take the taste but of his mouth, and
while the grocer charged a peck of
rutabagas, a gallon of cider, and two
pounds of raisins to the boy s pa, the
boy proceeded . i A I-
"You see, pa likes a joke the beat
of any man you ever saw,: if it is on
somebody "else,: but he kicks like a
steer when it is on him. !l I asked him
this morning if it wouldn't be a good
joke to put soiae soft;, soap on the
front step, so the letter carrier would
shp up and spill msself, and pa said
it was an elegint idee. I Pa is a Dem
ocrat, ci andi he thiake that anythiog
that will make it unhealthy for Rad
ical offia holders, is lejitimate, and he
enoouratred .me to paralyse the inter
earrier. The letter-earner is is old a
man as pa,nnd I didn't want to hu-
Miilate, but I iust wanted pa to give
his consent, so he couldn t kick it he
rot eaughVtn bis oWn trap.- Yer see ?
Well, thM aiornmg'tham and
two of tbe deacon called on pa, to
have a talk with him about his actions
ia church, on two or three occasions,
when ke pulled out the pack of card
with his handkerchief, and played the
masio-bex, and they bad a pretty hot
time in the back parlor, and finally
they settled t, and were going te sing
a hymn, when pa handed them a little
hymn book; and the minisi-eropened
it and turned pale and said: What
is this ?" and they looked at it. and it
was a book; of Hoylesi games that
had put in pa's coat pocket for safe
keeping, ' instead of la nymn-DOO
Gosh! wasn't the minister mad?' He
bad started to read a hymn, and he
quit after he had read two lines, where
it said: "In a. game of four-handed
euchre,' never trump, your partner's
ace,' but relfJOn ihe ace to take the
trick on suit." Pa was trying to ex
plain how the book come to be there,
when the Hunister ' and the deacons
started, out, -and then I poured the
two quart tin pail full of soft soap
on the" front step.-' It was this white
eoao. iust the color of the step, and
when I got it spread I, went down io
the basement to get dear of danger.
The visitors came out, and t)a was
trying to explain to tbera, f about the
Hovle.lL wheft one of the- deacons
etevped in the soap, and hie feet flew
up and he struck on his5 pants, and
he slid down the steps. ' The mfoifc
ter said' ''Great heavens," d acon, are
vou hurt? Let me assist yon, - and
ke took two 'quick steps f and you've
seen theae fellowis in a nigger ehow
.s.i i:-t--' a. si;i
lusii B.ICB. eacu utuci urau utn ucv,;,
and fall on each their ears, and stand
on their hands,' aad turn1' around like
a top. -The mioiste,"Brfeet "slipped,
and the next T saw he Was' s tan dip g
' on his bead ' in his batsnd his - Ig
war sort of wilted and felrlinip by
his aide; and he felt over on his stum
mick. You talk about spreading the
n i
gospel in'heafheri lands! ' 8 1, IS noth
ing to the way you can spread it with
two quarts of soft BOap. The ttinis
ter didn't lookj)iou a bit When he
waattnW toc&tclftb-:iailag He
looked as thouge. he wanted to mur
der very man on earth $ buff it. mi
be he was tiredi 1WelL''t)a WaB pari
llyzed, and he;and the other, deacon
rrushed OUt tO piCl 'uii lhe!!n.imter
and the first old maB, and when they v
struck the Btep they weAtfcififigi i tPa's
feet somehow jalipped backwrds, and
he turned a surnmerlanlt arid atruck
full length oh his back and lone heel
,M acrfss tioimslet?, nleokf and
Jie slid down the steps, anddtie other
deacohfell all over-the other. three.
and pa swore at them, and it was the
airtrol lrmirmn .nt. ! . 1. V
ever saw. I think if the miniiterhad
been in the woods Borne where, where
hobedy could have heardlj hiul,' he
would, have used language, ji They all
seemed mad a teach othe. jfb.6 hired
S'rl told ma three tramps was out on
re Bidewalk'fighg paiwiM
took the broom and started; lo help
uei- cuubutuuon is not very i Strang
and I .didn't want her,
y-
ing trapeze blzneis; W Ijfce
u ...ji.i : . n .
n't
th the
brootoanaHoweltieaevl
erhead.
Well, i don t know where! ma did
ratrike;J)at Iwhenshe'cayie ineh
said she had palpitation of the heart,
but thai wasn't whar she put '43ie ar
n'ca., O, but' she did go through the
air hka Iv' pvMkti throu"glcheJse nd
when she went down the steps bump
bupity-bump ! I felt (sorrr ifor
ma. The minister had gotten so he1
i IJ' -i I 11.'. 111, i.l
uuiuu ,Mtn ujj iue Biao-yfaiK, witn
his back against the lower step, when
jna came sliding down and ote of ihe
heels of ner gaiters hit the minfeter
in the hair, and' the other fjt.wfent
tight through bet freerl his Jarm and
his side, and tlie broom like, to pushed
his teeth down ; his throafr.j'! Btip he
was not mad at ma.-. As oon.,a8 he
seed it was ma, he'said, Wliy, ifeler,
the wicked stand in -slippery places,
don't they,"-and,ma said ehe was mad,
and for him to let go: her Stocking,
and then pa was mad, and be said :
L-ook, here, you skypilot; this thiner
has gone far enough," and then a po
liceman came! along1 and hej thought
they were all drunk, but he found
they were, respectable; and he cot a
chip and scraped the soap, f)ff thenl,
and they went home, and paapd ma
they got, ia'to; the. housed edmal way.
Jjust then the letter carrier cnie along
butHe didn t hare any letters for us,
and he didn't come, onto -the steps,
ana tnen 1 went upstairs, ana l ssia,
"Pa, don t you thmk it is real mean
after youand I fixed ibeBoap.on the
steps for the letter carrier, he didn't
come on the steps at all,"nd pa was
scraping the soap off hie pants with a
piece of shingle, and the hired girl
was putting liniment on ma, and
heating it in I for palpitation - of the.
heart, and pa said, ."ion dam rjut, no
more of this, or 1 11 maul the liver out
of you," and I asked pa if. he didn't
think soft soap would help a mout-:
tache to grow, and .be picked up ma's
work-basket and threw it at my head,;
as x went down stairrt, and I came
ovf r here. Don't yon think my pa is
unreasonable over a little joke thathej
planned -himself r"' .' r ., ...... -,. )
ine groceryman said he did nt
know, and the bad boy wut out with
pair of Bkates over his 'shoulder;
and the groceryman is wondeiing
what joke .the boy will play .on him
to get even fqr the cayenne pepper.
a! ill
Fixed la Mi Jtiad.
Biding up tbe Columbia
pike from
Franklin to reach the baLtla 'ground,
I came across an African resting" by
the roadeide, and after several
AMiT llttnon !TiBiiirAi4 '''! Skii
"Anyooaiy jaroiind ber' troS niy
relics of the battle11c Jf I
'Doe8 yqu mean cannon baik.sah?'
. "Yes, cannon balls, piece's of .shell,
hnlleta. tinA in forth5. ''fr --.S-'
-Well, sab, I has de id!iifca 1 cai
non ball dat killed Gioersl Jackson !in
dia vee fontf , ;.: tn-
'"No1"
."Deed I has, boss. .
Ybu don't meari tO rfay;
to -,i s at
tufitG-ea-
erat Jackson I was killed beVe T,t' v
"Dat'n zacUy what I xeanTnu I'ze
got de werryj canQoii-ball.4at niaahed
bim. How much will A-oiij pat-for a
relic?" ?' , ''; If ; -
' I got down and krgudwftfiiiiin
I read the fist of generals jwr&feiTat
Frauklin, and then told bim hovr ai d
where Jackspii died, but liwaajtirm
as a rook. , , ,rAt? :,.
- "It's no use, boss nouse,?bftsaid.
as he rose up to go. "Yort bay1' pe
right, but somehow? I? ze got it fixed
in my mind fur ten y'ars past dat itly,
cannon ball killed Gineral Jackson,
an I ahould start ont now wid some
odder storry I couldn't . dUrecollect
it fifteen minits. Yes. ill ' teiick jlo
Jackson, aa' ide price 'of dat ' rfcrtl 'rim
two dollahs lj"i Preit.". "7,w
... . j1- s - iJ.-j
- Sealskin is no- miich t ib-deraaad
thi year. that old ladies can have-o
reasonable doubf as to wbaj became
or their cats; " . i K 4
H. , i.J... '"a .i' - flji P
f( Tbe mania for , adnlteratioig . v.Tso
great that you can't buy a .quart jbf
sand and be sure that it fc not half
'f
f" i".-.-1-
A retired shipmaster r visited I a
country ,'schpol the. ether day, and
said it reminded him ' of h old -timet.
It was a literal school of jwails. ' : j
"The crippled beggar lieceiv'es' ao
sympathy from' Mr,' J-, cf tbis' plaet, '
who always jf epliea to an i appeals 'A
lame cxcuseJ ir; a buiiexcgwei' ! .
!-... i j 4.' j A
A recent bride's dowryr includtdl a
$1,000 set of false teeth" v; And-ber
husband when he opeaksa of I her
precious month knows, what ha js
tilting, auoui
:..i