,i..r his nrotea J services tti the citl- nf Tarooro and vicinity. I a in T. A. McKair'B anig store on Main IRANK POWELL, I ri TTORXE Y-A T-LAW ktBOKO, 11 c. RANK NASH, TARBORO. N. C, Vaetice in all the .Courts, State land Fed- EORGK HOWARD, Xttorney and Counaelor at li TARBOEC N. C. 'Practices in all the Courts, tjtate and rl; no?. 5-1 j. ;DREW JOYNER, A TTORNE T-A T-LA W GREENVILLE, N. U. Future will , regularly attend the: Superior of Edgecombe. Office in Tarboro House. M. T. FOUNTAIN, fORN'EY AND COTJNSEUjOR AT Li.W, Tarnoro. . U.. . f Si te over Insurance Office of CapU Orrcn liams. . J -- . . " feb2l-ftm FALTER P. WILLIAMSON i Attorney-at-Law, I 2 in Post Office Building.) 1(1 TARBOKfF ti C.: S i. & ', F" Practices in Bute and Federal Courts. TBTftSDAY. .March 12. 1885. GlIXIAX. DOW3I BIX ptLLUJI LLIAM & SON, I' -t Attorneys-at-I-aw, TARBORO', N C. ' j 1. . ( practice in the Counties of Edgecombe, ax and Pitt, and in the Court of the (Judicial District, and in the Circuit awl pine Courts at Raleigh. Janl8-ly. B. H. BATTLE. kky Mount, JA8. NOBKLKKT, larnoro. i.TTLE & NORFLEET, Attornftvs-at-Law.1 ! 3B0RO & ROCKY HT.n.;C. IICUIT. Edgecombe, Nash aid Vfi- Loans negotiated on reasonably terms. BRIDGEES. B. C. sha: lDGERS & SHABPE, I .ttorneys-at-Law, TARBORO', N. C. RPE- -aJLC bwteriFrqinpt attei SSEr" BATTLE, Attorney at Law TARBORO, N. C. R,ittl fe Hart. Rocfcv Mount. N.C.I- Bee in the courts, of Nash, Edgecombe, in and Halifax count ies. Also, in the fal and Supreme Courts. Tarboro office, firs over new tiowara ouuaiug,. main opp. Bank front room. ; apr 1 '84 I. N. CArW, - : i' Denti&t, TARBORO, N.C. ! f ice bums, irom 9 a. m. 'till 1 p. m. and K to 6 p.m. ' j ! F"Next door to Tarooro Mouse, over r s asu. - ft . R. W. JOYNER, , ' - SURGEON DENTIST as permanently located inHWil N. C. All operations will . be lly and carefully performed and lerma as reasonable as possible. Ih extracted without pain, pffioe Tarbofo street, next.door tr Post Vb. , ". Jan-ljQm T T fTTJ Send 6 cents for postage, r n I i P ana r ceive fre-, ai costly I U1ZJU. Box of Goods a will help all, of either sex to more mon ht away .than anything else in thi world. Ones await the worker absolutely snre. ce aaaress x iyj., auguam, ne. CKY" MOUNT MILLS in full and successful operation, and urerjard to fill all orilnra inn flhwt. Yarns and Cotton Rope, at lowest prices, rs addressed to Kooky Mount Mills, ky Mount, N. C.,"will bejpromptly attend- JAMKS 8. BATTLE, s 8ec and Treasurer. IrU 11. 187&-tf. I; v L. SAVAGE. :ery, bale, V; Excliqrige I T'.. 7 (1..T7. j unci rt etv tiivbowis. i ci ER (jRANVILLE k St. ANDKEW STBBBTi TARBORO', N. J. .j J bese Stables are the lare-est in the State." ! have a capacity of holdinc ten car-toads uiveuimacau. laniorr itock. -r :andaijd keepers notice! laving been re-appointed standard! keeper Edgeoom'lje Counfy I hereby give legal ttce to ail parties who use weights & meas ss to bring all of the same to my soffi-e in s Court Housr and hare them tried!: by th :u.'ard nnlinthev have been tried within fc last two years. Those failing to j comply Jtli the law will be prosecuted as the; law dt- f i-h, -i ue law requires me locouect iuc uui, f ill do it. J. B. H tatt, Standard keeper, i irtjofo, N. C. 9-t2. . : 1 I SEVENTY AND SEVEN. lie KUt In sitann. v 1. uuV j M""v w iier Knee, iTi "v0"','",,ul0VinBiy Thej wrinkles on the aged face. itlssMiKer eye and face so fair, aS Ik1 the oalm of her snow-white hair. 'oT3L Hj?"?!? that the ie threw S? .,l5h.t8 that a picture never knew. e tried in a loving voice and mood, four, bony gran'ma. dear and good ! F'fJiK11' nahed in the faded eyes. a i. AeJ r deDth witn Pt surprise, days dden "uhta of he by-xona ifu ? 10 nswer his steadfast gaee. AK.aaddio." she cried, -'you did not know Jiran as she was long years ago, A IVmnie lass. were tf words the y Raid " brirte'Xa1 U 'r' lhe ynn A hnsh fell over tne eager tone As she mused awhile on the days long flown Ana; a dream-light shone in the tear-cfimmed sight As she looked afar in the fire-side light. v'.t?u'uinher faoe with ' childish awe, v itb honest heart the deception saw, or,.breakingthe silence, he sioke again. I didn't say bonnie but bony, gran." bony, was it ? I see ! I see ! Yonh-e not well versed in flatten-! " I rft very sorry for what I said," lie S-ied, as he hung his curly head. kifwwi him soft as he lay at rest. V its tired head on her loving breast vAmig whils the clock ticked silently, he pmrmered low and musingly,' " KTn in age am I still, so vain Thsf the words of truth have a touch: of uain, . ""en in my face less care might be If all 1 d loved had been trne as he." . - Lhd.ith K, Perry, In Boston, tllobe. MIDNIGilTJXVASION. Madame Ciirrelle's school was a remark able institution, and the Madame was a remarkable woman. I was of, what Myroi calls, , the bread-and-butter-age. therefore, did not appreciate these things muchjpbut I did appreciate the four lovelyr girls who w ere ray intimates. Ves ,ella Raymond was my favorite. I shall neve,r forget an incident related ly he1brother. Phekind her mother lived alone on their stati and were one day alone in the 2??-the servants being all ont when strigRling ruffian entered ta parlor wrher they sat and demanded their money and jewels; Mr4 Raymonfl was X'aralyaed with fear. Vestejla feigned excessive terror; and taking a iufJB Im,x frbm her packet, she headed it io him with the key, saying : " Ae were, preparing for a journey and nad jfiiokd pur jewels. I believe this box C0nt;us Uie-wi; will you open this and see ? My linijers tremble so I cannot un lock jr." Th man laid his pistols on the sofa for the pin-pose of unlocking the box, when Vestflla snatched them tip, and com manded hixn not to stir hand or foot. It was his turn to be appalled, for there was ho mistaking the wilt flashing from thcu eyes, and there was no trembling in the finger tliai pressed the trkrger. -JU &a&iiunlt! ! -V?r.",Tr- ., lata few moments the' servants entered," and lie was secured. This was Vestella's style, and she man ifested it in various ways among us. But the steely vigor of her character was soffened and rendered lustrous by the glittering polish of mirthfulness and frolic Her merry conversation was our unfailing-antidote for homesickness. So cheer fuland affectionate, so warm-hearted and coit tiding. And wliat sarcastic observa tions she would make, not exactly "upon mern and things ;' bnt nu things in gen eral and the Madame in particular. At her instigation we Ave formed our selves into a society "for the mutual, discussion awl preservation of all such secrets as it seemed unadvisable to com nipnijcate to our many friends among the otfier young ladies in the school." pur rules provided tliat.lb.ere should be no reserve upon any subject between the members ; that any interview with a gen- tmnn siionld be faithfully reportetl, and all that, transpired at said interview ; and ttjat any member guilty of falling in love : should have her hair cut short and woven lftto bracelets for the-other tour. 1 Vetella was a rogue, a mischief, a very Amazon, tehe could skale, ride, swim, , and oil dear, 1 cannot mention half her exploits. Vet when 1 remember how Bhe ' hung over me through the long nights, when I was racked with fever, away irom home . and friend, how nearly she filled the place of a mother to me, I felt persuaded that, if the memliersof our society had an opportunity to fall in iove, she would be the Hrst one to improve it. I The house was built in a style uncom mon in this country It peculiarity con sisted in two souHi-e towers upon the front one upon each corner giving it Jtiie appearance of an Kpiscopal cnurch. i Vestella called it the double-barrelled School house. The honbe proper was Hbree stories in height, and the towers rose . soiie story bove the roof. The windows Sot each story opened upon a broad verau- itdah, extending across the front of the 'house and quite around each tower, and fthese piazzas were, supported one above the other by alender pillars. The upper story in eacn tower nau. formerly been used as a deposit for old furniture and other rubbisu, but when Vestella entered the school her rambling: disposition led her into one of those rooms and ' nothing would do but it must be fitted up for her occupation. ' bhe bad such a taking way with her,.. and the increasing popularity of Madame's. establishment hau ao-often forced upon, her mind the propriety of shortly enlarg ing her buildings, that Vestella carried her point, and was installed in the " tower tOP " " . 4, . It suited the society, for we could discuss: our secrets without danger of being over heard, and could vent the explosions of: mirth which they often elicited, without -risk of a visjt from the hall- teacner,. . . The lawns ana garuens exienueu iu. front of the house lor a great aisiance,. with a great stope, terminating m a circu lar pond, purrounued - by an artiftclal grove. It was my delight in the after noons, at sucn nouns as ncicuw in nir rooms, or ttl recn-aiiou, iu wu; my book or fancy work, and slip away to. a cunning uiuc bc " . k..h.Huj:r rra crraitf vines. fcuv aunw o r ... . I tpnti-fl here one aiieruuuu w cu .o iiArt M tiv men's voices on-the other aide of therpaiing. Mi tlrst lmnuise was to ruu, uuv thought, perhaps, 1 might gainer Bome- tninK to report to me uocici-jr. x partexi tne vueieavcs iuu iiw 0 a creak in th(?i es, there are four: but just look at it. Here, you see," as he pointed toward the tower. " is a broad piazza under each row of windows ro xl rest n places and the pillows are just the right size( to ciimb. Wut I was telling you about Cleth.' witn Kaui Kaik-s. a real savage, jealous-tempered fellow, just as I bet with you now. He got in, and got out. and no OIe in the school ever knew it. He took faithful note of everything, partieularly the featuies of the occupant. He cut off one of her curls and tarried it to Paul. He had no idea that Paul had the remotest acquaintance wifh any of the girls. But I knew all the time that Paul had been introduced to one of them, and had been flirting desperately with her for six months. Sow, it hnpjiened liiat her chamber was the very one. Cleth fonnd a photograph upon the table and carried it along with the ctirl, to prove that he had- won the bet. liut he showed it to i inree or lour ot us letlows first. It was a lihotograph, of Paul liimceK. ll.ew k i laughed at Pavd about it : and, oh, how I enraged he was! He challenged Cleth and shot him ; iui.1 now, if yon ' " You need not fear me, for I have not been flirting with any of them ; least of all with that tall, fierce one up there. If she should happen to wake up- " But you: can never get down again without being caught." " Can't I, though ? I'm a good path finder and never get lost." " You will try it to-night, you say " " To-night at 2 o'clock?' And they walked oil. I was petrified with astonishment for a few moments. As soon as I could collect my scattered senses I fled to the house and rushed Up to Vestella. All the society members were with her. I burst upon them with the terrible news I had heard. Nellie de Lisle fell at once into a swocn. Anna. Vesey screamed and wrung her hands in terror, while Florilla Carter and myself insisted, upon reporting all to Madame. "Xo, no. girls, do nothing of the kind." said Vestella, as she calmly sprinkled water upon Nellie's face, and tried other means to restore her. Ve will arrange it better than that. Come up here, all of you," she continued, after a pause, as she saw Nellie beginning to revive. Come up here, after Mile. Westron has been through, and I will show you a trick that will astonish ynu." The hall-teacher went her rounds every night aLJO o'clock to see that the lights were all out and the girls in order. And that night, after she had retired, we noiselessly slipped lip to the appointed place. Vestella had closed all the blinds and dropped the curtains, fastening the two side windows and leaving the sasu of the front window up. She waited for about an hour to be sure that all in the house were asleep, then cautiously lighted a lamp and proposed her plan. It was adopt ed with many suggestions and improvements and much sutpre?sed your whole hie. Then return to me -anil rign a confession which I shall write, and which shall be left with the court for your future good behavior. After which you must have a cupful of cold water poured over your head. This you can show to your comrades as evidence that you won the bet. Now," sir." He rose from his knees, and, walking' straight up to Anna Vesey, knelt before her, and executed that part of his sen tence. Then to Floriila, ami so on to all of us, using different terms to every one, expressing himself so elegantly and with such appnrent sincerity, that we were secrely enraptured with and forgave him readily, though none of us spoke. , ; L Then came the water ceremony. Vestella idled a large cut glass pitclier w ith water, and, making him stoop with his face over the washstund, poured it over his head. - Then we each idled it in turn, and poured it over his head and down his: oufand no two hairs wm lviiu, in thn "Now, '. tsir." said ""eitella. "von Mn sign tins couf esiou and thin go down the j ioj juui-ame up. lou are a good patu linder, and I hope you will not be caught again. Tell your comrades that you found, the 'tall fierce one' wideawake." He crept to the winuow." Ve followed him to the balustrade, saw him reacli tu ground and run nimbly down the lawn. The whole-scene had occupied but little more than an hour. Having assisted Vestella to arrange her bed, we sett led bac k to our own, to ended the " Miduignt Invasion." from Washington. and Obaerwattoa by . J Correspondents. Fashionable ladies in Washiontori re ceive almost as many curious letters from total strangers as do Congressman and other officials. A favoaite request in the past fonr years on the part of such writers; has been for pieces of dresses for making1 'crazy, quilts." ' The wife of a member of the cabinet was asked not only for pieces of her dress es for a quilt, but also for some of her hus band's and the President's neck-ties. A lady wrfo, owing to her husband's htttr official station, has upward of six Tiiindretf names on her visitlhe-list, and Mffc until his curls were all straightened Qi?aL. utfe . re therefore very ?re lving in the ieceieu a letter lew We t e nmi from mi aenuaint&nce in an. oM -r' ". . wru had gone into mourning fr. wear relative, asking if she could dia Je of the elaborate toilettes and gloves tha bereaved lady had prepared to wear this winter. ' v A lady of a Senator's family was seen at -the -Capitol, in the library, this , winter, diligently poring eter a huge volume eom ti jing genealogical charts. One of the Senator's constituents having written to 'ler. making the. modest request to trace up for-him his genealogy back to Char lemagne, and through him to other ances tors, she -patiently endeavored to do it. i It was believed some forty years ago tl at a string of clear amber beads worn ground the neck by a child prevented wore throat, and children generally used to be seen with them, if their parents could afford to purchase such beads. Mr. Bnt terworthf the present Commissioner of Patents, still holds to this faith, and he -and one of his full-grown sons, both having 4elicate throats, always wear a string of -ciear amner Deans close around their necks Mho lathe TCahdl. The following description of ibe Mahdi is specially interesting just at the time when the attention of the world is cen, teied upon him .- Imagine -a man about 40 veant'of age. or medium henrlit. as lean, as thA RMvincr ! i.-nti, .!,; ..n 7 J " r l vuvnvu uicu .nu :ai n. is, as shotteu herring, with a mahogany N SenatorLogan's wife wears a cameo pin complexion, coal-blck 'beard and eves in diamonds, on which is an admirable ,,,, ,,,, ,., w . . ,, ' likeness of her husband, cut in Rome, a.i.l three ertical clashes on bis palhd (Her daughter, Mrs. Tucker, has worn at all cjuvks : add to this a lont cotton shirt as Jjthe partie-, she has attended this winter a a garment, a narrow turban as a head- I el7 high Spanish comb of tortoise-shell, dress, a pair of wooden .mdals, and In the hthnds PtfifiSFSSSZ ,mu,-s ul) iuo-5coi auiuiuiiiy asinng .uoove rne top ot her head. airs. Horace lieiyar always carries at i a large bouquet or lilies-of-the-on.l .i . .. i. ..... 1 . v. theMahdi. 1 hose who have seen him say i the latter flower. Her husband is a secre that Mohammed Ahmed plays to perfec- 15 tary of the British Legation, and she, a tion the part of a visionary dervish, war- t w sl"kmK-looking blonde, has been con j luoscui auiuiuiny asinng raoovetnet of ninety beads, corresponding to an equal f Mrs. Hoi number of divine attributes, and you have 1 5ni0 ,.i; r,.,, .. , , I vauey ana laughter fron the rest of us, who had now lost all tear snul were rnie DMINI3TRATORS NOTIUK. unden-iimed havintr nnalified aSTadmiA- f tor of the latejB. F. Dunn's esUte hereby r ti-A all nersons indebted to t-ai-l Dunn to Pkc immediate payment, and thosa having rims aain-t him to presents them duly au- ntlcated to tlie -undersigned, on or before Uih dav Of March 1886. or this notice p!i be plead in bar of thefr recovcrv 1 !; S March 11 '85. . . Cai.vjji PTT, 11. . Adminstrator. . ; 1 1 i h onsumption. I have a positive remedv for the above disease tU use thousands of cases of the worst kind Ind of long standing have been cured. ln- eea. so strong is mv faith in its emcaey. uu will send two bottlks vbbe, together with : valuable TRKATiss f n this disease to any hfferer. ttlve nnMi and P. O. address, t pn. T. A. 8LOCCM. 181 Pearl St., N.iY, l3-4t r hminiH. Ther were two voung men. wnom recognized 'as members of the Collegiate Institute. Oneof them, a tall, graceiuiiy- (ormed young reiiow. un a iau6"'"s blue eye, was conversing -and gesticulatr ing with reat animation. ' ' I can do it 1 tell you I can do it ; I will w,er a dozen baskets of champagne that I can do it." 14 Done ! " exclaimed the other, grasping his hand. " But how on earth are you to net up there?1" . . . " li "Just as Cleth Hyles got into the chamber at Miss King's. He cUmbed up tne pillars to the balustrade in front of Ik LrnnA atorv. then he had to take the- water pipe to the th.rd. There " w ltt tie .projection ineroi uc hnd got In at the window. Now, thia la nothing to that." . . " But here there are four stones." A cold shudder crept over-me. and mr heart beat so I fancied they must bear it, for I began to have soma idea of their in tentions. . : for luu We took 'the mattrass from tae bed it. was a new one, very thick and heavy and set it up edgewise ; just the distance of its width from the window. Tnen hav ing taken out the bed-rope, we made a slip-noose in one end and spread it open Tinder the window, raising it a little from the floor by means of a circle of thick books. Vestella took the, other end in her band, and, having extinguished the lignt, stationed herself in tne darkest corner, beside the window. We fonr crouched be hind the mattress, ready to ptish it over t a signal from her. -It was now 1 o'clock, and we waited in light rustling away down neiow rousea us to a high pitch of expectation. He was -coming. Mow coma ne get along witn so little nowe He must nave Deen experi enced in such undertakings. In a few seconds we heard bis hand-t creak, as he grasjied the balus.rade, and immediately his iiead and shoulders were thrust through the window. The mat trass seemed to startle him. He looked around, listened, then seem ingly impressed with the necessity of greater caution, he gently set one foot upon the floor, then the other, then stood erect, and lowked and listened again. Vestella pulled the cord witn all her fctreagth and down lie went. Down went the ruaUras upon him, smothering his exclamations, if he uttered any. iiach of us flew to a corner, and forced it down with all the force we c jtild mus ter in our trepidation. We heard no sounds from him and felt no struggles. He evidently felt himself in a scrape, and had shrewdness enough to perceive the more quietly he took it, tue more easily he would get through. hat little noise mere was occasiom-o i bustle in the room lelov : the hall-teacher rapped at the door. "Xow,''.I thought all is-over with us." ' Miss Kavmond. ' Well, Mademoiselle." replied Vestella drowsily, as if awakened irom a sound sleep. - " Is all quiet in your room ? " "Perfectly, Mademoiselle. " I heard a noise as of some one falling." "So did I, Mademoiselle. It mut have been in the street. 1 will open the door directly." "Oh. no: I would net disturb you. Good-night." ..-,-. After all Iiart oecome quiet, esieiia knelt down beside tne mat trass, and put ting her foot to the edge, said iu a voice scarcely above a whisper : " Young man, you re a prisoner. . " I surrender at discretion," he answered in a singularly low ami quiet tone. It was tne same voice i nearu in mo garden. .. ...... ..nt.mir mi, (tiT-mc Y lit VUlt auuuiii v- wui . ....j you out ? - 1 W1U. . " First, then, you are to move as quietly as-possible. You are to answer all ques tions we propose ; unci v ueu juu pti., speak in a very low voice. Now let him Up, girls." . ' " We all took our seats in a row. Ves tella in the centre, and lit tiie lamp. The young man arose, ana we uau a iuii view of his lace. There were t he same laugh- inir Utn cr I hod smb. in tl gnrdn- They were not laughing now. however thov were cast dowii.aud tne wnoie J . i. ; r.. nressioil Ol ins icc sheepish. "UDon your knees, young man, Vestella, sternly, putting o frown. , , t iV He knelt at the distance of about three paces from Vestella's feet, with such un studied grace, that 1 could think of noth ing but Raleigh receiving knighthood from Queen Klizabeth. " Give us 3-our name, sir, and your his tory Tell us for what purpose you came here.'Siid how you did it. There are four stories here, you know " Heatarted as' if a bullet had struck him. He glanced nervously at each of us, turned red, then pale, then reddened again, then hung his nead : but at length found his voice, told us his name, his history, his connection, and ended by assuring us that his object was merely a frolic ; that he meant no harm to any one. "You were to take faithful note of everything in the room, particularly the featuresof the occupant "he started again "you have an opportunity now." VI remained silent " Can you remember how we all look, or would you like photographs " He was still silent, blushing deeper and deeper. -" It'a mv dutv to hand you over to Mad ame C that you may be dealt with ac cording to law. What have you to say why sentence should not be pronounced upon you t" " Oh, ladies, I do entreat you to spare me exposure. I will submit to any terms you impose. I should be expelled from the Institute ; my mother's heart would be broken by the disgrace ; .1 should lose au my friends ing his head when walking. and murmur ing constant prayers, his eyes fixed on Heaven. His father was a carpenter on Xaft Island, in the Xubian province of Dongola, and about 1652 came, with his fonr r-miflrpn to t'litnrli a biqII am J nks of the Nile, south of Berber." S .ch she brought from Africa. still Wry young he was plaeed as LMrs. Bryan, whose husband, a Washing- sidered one of the beauties of the Wash ington season. . Miss West, the British Minister's slaughter, wears a uecklace of Brazilian beetles, and earrings and bracelets to match. the ba When sti an apprentice under the care of one of hia uncles, a ship-builder of ( haimkah, oppo site Scnnaar. It seems that the future prophet was not without his failings, for one day his uncle thought we'd of flogging; him in regular French style. The pro ceeding was not appreciated, and the child ran away until lie arrived in Khartoum, One lady has a pendant and ear-rings of tilV.ra--V-.a " U tUPI. ndillnAVin. ......... I'm genueman, was mvitea to organize the Post-oHice Department in Japan, and did SO. has pendant for the neck and bangles on her bracelets of cats'-eyes pro cured while in Asia. 'lhe widow of Jndge Gould, of Troy, who fas in Washington visiting her flaugM&er the wife of Dr. Ji. S. Lincoln, where he entered a sort of school or con- t "Wear her late hiiHhand's miniature set on vent of Iwg-ing dervishes, who were in i broad old bracelet charge of the monument erected over the f Mtas ttayard. Senator Bayard's daugh venerated remains of Cheick HoghalL pa- "r, who i very slender, wore at a recent tron of the city.. There his life was a reM fancy ball Josephine toilette of pale pink markable one for bis piety : but as to edu- trimmed with pearls. Tha skirt and cation, he never learned how to write or I bodice were all in one, the waist being just even now to reaa nuentty. uater he went. T ,mer I,ne '-cue ufrtrr-iS- if I let ex- deci ledly said awful voriie ili c".i,le of an eminent faki Nnr-el-l)aim. and finally was ordained by him and went to Abbas Island, White Nile. His fame as a saintly man was every year ou the increase. He lived in a kind of pit or subterranean repository for grain, called a silo, wh eh he had dug up with his own hands, and there he passed his life fasiing and praying, burning in cense day and night, and repeating the name of Al.ah for hours at n time until be would fall t; the ground panting and ex- hansted. If anybody spoae to him he gave back no answer, except sentences from the sacred books vf Islam. Karthly things seemed to inspire him only with disgust and pity. ' lie had made a vow to absorb hiinseif 'in the contemplation of di vine perfect ions and to weep all his life for the sins of mankind. But his tears did not destroy his powers of vision, and he kept his best eve wide open to business; and the faithful coming by thousands and depositing rich offerings at. the montff of bis silo, lie never lailed to see the gifts nor to slow them away carefully for storm v days. In ltjix he had become so wealthv that he felt the necessity to de clare tiiat Allan had ordered him to leave his silo and to take unto himself a large 'collection of wives, whom, us a truly prac-' tieal man. he cho.e umong the imst influ ential families of the country, especially that of the Bagnras, the -most opulent slave-traders on ;he White Nile. F.very one has still fresh iu his mem ory the appalling extermination of Hicks Pasha's H.uo) men, surrounded on the 5th of November, Is the nrst day oi tne fourteenth century of the hegiia at Kas ghil, while marching on Kl Obeid. - This norrible butchery, happening on the threshhuld of the century an lonnced as the one of the last p ophct, gave a ,blootiy eon secratio'.i to .uonammed Ahmed, wbt, after tne three-days battle, went all over the batile-tieid. piercing with his spear the ghastly cup eoi his enemies, and ex claiming :"" - t is .1. I, the propnet, who de stroved t ic h:'ieti(s." o.n pared to him Mohammed 'u no more, in his mind, tnan a sni iil pio.mit. He alone was the only grtiit and 'ixiu-erftii messiah an uoiincdd ny iioUa.nmed h.niself. The snltan of Coiistantinoiile was to more the supreme caliph, the chief of lslamism ; it was he. Mo;iammed Anm-d, and he or dered his own name to be invoked in pub lic worship in tne place of Mohammed's, right atur t he na ue of Allah 1 IIE3 SOSGS. A. II. DCSNK. On golden curls, on nodding head, On lips that naby prayers'have said. The tirebgrit, glancing dancing red. Its rauiam e aiiigs. While breathing out into the glow. Sweet melodies unceasing now. Now merry, gay, or sad, or slow. For mamma sings. Ah. me ! the very songs she sung In years agone when she was young. And all her listners spellbound hung On her lips she keeps. For the low ceiled twilight room. Where her mother fancies bloom. And no. passion comes tof loom. While baby sleeps. y And does she sigh for those lost days i Of lotty halls, applauding praise. And bright eyes' proud, admiring gaze? Love never count&the cost.. So naught cares mamma on her breast , The baby head in baby rest, 1 In her love content and blest i She deems the world well lost. i tkir; CheTl-k jthe principal tt-"f, vrhlCL &JJl"JTxhe covered with Japanese embroidery in gold thread. On the centre table in the first parlor U a short sword In a sheath of elab orate! v carved ivory, known to be of the time of Francis II. Mr. Foster, our minister to Spain, who, with his wife and daughter, has been spending the winter in Washington and keeping h.uise in the same dwelling they occupied before going abroad, has many choice souvenirs of travel in the houte. A very old Moorish cabinet of a heavy black highly polished wood, inlaid with silver, and having large silver handles ffnd other orni.m nits of silver affixed to it, stands in the rarlor. Tea is stiil t .e most fashionable and gen erally the only lieverae at daylight recep tions ih .Washington. Punch is rarely seen except at evening parties, where it is almost invariably found. Prior to 1876, tea was rarely ever used at receptions m Washington, "ny day or night, chocolate 1 .iaton thun tn t.hn sentence or the court," Vestella whispered to us, and each took her stand in a separate corner of the room. " In consideration of your extreme youth and the distress which a knowledge of your foolish freak would bring upon friends, this court the Court of Inde pendent and Honorable Misses has deter mined not to make public your misde meanor ; but I do hereby adjudge you to kneel before each of these young ladies separately, ask their forgiveness, and give them your promise that you will never at tempt anything o&lhe kind again during The Yioui Indians of Son ri .ong smci used tactics of wr that weie unknown civilzed iroops. In a former ni rising, sa, ttie San Fracisco Call, they were attacked bj Gen Pesque rias, wl o v as roach amused V see the savage u-e btaikeU as a t-hieH ag.iutt the soldiers' bnllels. Sliding ui a blanket at both eada. bo at the edae just tore! ed the ground, th1 Indian rinVman n:arched b'-ldly tows d hi behind this apparently flimsy protectirti. Tha Mexican Gen ral whs snt'n alarnfd, how ever, to find that his bullets did n(l stop the Ktranpe advance. -and the. movie fort of blankets scon ctme so cTne poured in such a dea'ly nre-'t fain to fly the fiield in coofasio sreaf h ss Th- Y quis had quaint Jd wi;h tt e s:mple fact t bo'let will tass ih oush tae s rained over frame or laid s knvfaoA it will nnt ripnetrte a moistened and hung up so as tojwing char of the er. unci. Tie b llets nh Gn. Pr6qneiiaa imapined wer-passfe through tbA le d an blanke s and ihinninjtbe ranks 1 of the savages were all falling hinlesdy oa . . . !J Mil knlaA me ouisiue oj uia wwicu uuiw(-r bim and x he was nd with come ac- t while a llankets nt a Arm cle one if being the fuvor.te hof drink. Madame D Catecazv. the fonner Russian Minister i wtfe. was the first to introduce tea on a re ception dav at the National Capitol. She used to have a small low table with tea, lemon and sugar on it, and o.ily one or two cups and sanccis at a time, and poured the tea herself, which was handed oy servants to visitors at her Thursday afternoon receptions. Although tea is now so universally used, one scarcely knows, after all, to whom one may ven ture to offer it. This was the way an at tentive hostess was annihilated by a gen tleman visitor whom, calling on her re ception uay, she asked to take a cup of tea. He drew himself up and sternly re plied, "MaJame, 1 never trifle with my stomach ia that way." The vunch at Justice andMrs. Bradley's i.T . : i ... ,.An fw o.cnig receptions ip mouc uuu icvipv one hundred vears old. There is a great pride among the ladies about their recipes tor punch. One of them says a great mis take many make is in having the punch made just before it is used. She thinks it should always- be' kept twenty-four hours after it is made before it is offered to any one. This, she says, makes it mild and less likely to sicken the stomach or affect the head. A luxury enjoyed in the Senate restau rant at tne capnoi ia Known as tne "MeDonald stew," because "old Joe McDonald," as the Senators affectionately term him. when a Senator from Indiana, taught the cook to make this dish of nne oysters. The are stewel in their own liquor. It is taiu Senator McDonald stood by the cto. repeatedly until he learned exactly how to stew the oysters perfectly, It is a lavorue dish witn the benators i-whn tiisx take lunch about 2 P.M. borne oi tne- ladies wpo nave come to Washington from other cities to pass the winter have two addi esses engraved on their cards, one in Washington, and one that oi taeir residence eisewuere. . iiome times this is doue in the case of a. mother wno has the names of -two daughters also on ner card, as tor instance : Mrs. St. Leger. Miss St. Leger. Miss Amanda 1st. Leger. Friday. 56 Jefferson Sfluare. 1348 Dakota Avenue. The address on the left is understood to be that of the ladies when at their home, and that on their right their address in W ashington, while tne reception day ap pears between tne two. The whole natu rally has the appearance of a business card, and a lady picking up a card pre cisely similar to the aoove, one day, re marked, " uh, tiiat is tne full style or the firm, with the directions to e.ich of the branch establishments." The temperature of the -mince on the Comstoca vein is exceedingly high. At depths of 1,500 feet and U.OOO feet the thermometer, placed in afresh-drilled hole, will show 13uegries. Very large bodies of water have run lor years tit 150 degrees, and smaller bodies at 170 degrees. The temperature is kept down to 110 degrees hy lorcmg in fresh air cooled over ice. It costs the government S23.O00 a vear to fold the speeches Congressman and !Sena tors send out ascampaign documents. Sena tors ana representatives nse foa.iau worm of stationery every year. A chaplain for the senate or House is paid fjuo a year; a messenger f 1,440. A red-cheeked boy named Daid Sales man, an interpreter at Castle Garden, new York, where th emigants are landed, only tmrtern yeari of age, speaks six languages, English,. Polish, Hungarian. Bohemian, German and Russian. He crossed the At lantic alone two yam ago, and seemed hi a present position s on a'ter his arrival. Pota'oes should always be boiled with their tkins and should be scraped never peeled. - , - i NEW YORK FASHIONS. Small capotes and slightly larger bon nets with peaked brims make up the bnlk of the trimmed hats imported from Paris as models for spring and summer nse. The fish-wife bonnet is most largely im ported, as its pointed brim has finally found its way into general favor, though it is still considered appropriate and be coming only to young faces: Straw bonnets are shown In all dark colors to match costumes, but there is a great number of ecru, beige, brown, and black ; English straws trimmed to wear with various dresses. Bonnets made up of some fanciful fabric over a frame of wire, are to be used for dress occasions, and these are marked by an abundance of color and gay contrasts ; indeed, a mon otone bonnet is the exception instead of the rule, as it was last year. Flowers will be used in -preference to feathers on spring bonnets. U'he new im portations show boSquets of several kinds of flowers mounted as pompons or ai grettes, JThlstler, in their brightest pur ple, or else going- To seed, are among the new flowers, and orchids of oddest form are also represented. Large poppies with long stemmed buds still wrapped in their green calyxes are liked for straw bonnets and field daisies, buttercups, aiW corn flowers are bunchei together. Birds' nests of chenille, with grasses inside and tiny birds perched on the stems that ( he nets 'rest upon, are also shown. " Small gilt pins placed near together all around the velvet binding of the bonnet are stylish ornaments. Very large dragon-flies of gilt, with gauze-like wings and iewelled eyes : are also shown, and these long pins with a claw end holding a pearl, or cat's eye, or one of the glittering electric stones that shine most brilliantly. Large filigree balls studded with tur quoise or with coral, or banded with che nille, are on the long pins that are to be thrust through loops of trimming. -French laces imitating real thread laces are used for making entire bonnets, and for partly trimming others. Wide scarfs or barbes of lace are doubled, and have the edges gathered together across the top, and the closed part tnen fofms the crown, while the lower edges are? filled in, and covered with a bandeau of jet in whic h are many pendent beads. This bandeau edges the front also, and flowers with loops of velvet or of watered ribbon form the high trimming, and the strings match the ribbon loons. Poppy red tulle or French crape and black lace make a stylish con trast in such bonnets. The snail bonnet is a new idea in niilli nery, made by gradually widening circles of straw on each side of the bonnet, with lace and velvet loops in front that poke upward in the shape of horns. The fash ionable bows of velvet ribbon for trim ming are made in two ways ; the first is of ribbon two inches wide folded double and in several erect loops, with three ar four ends sharply indented ; the second reauires two bows, each made of ribbon only an inch wide, with a long loop and forked ends on each side, tightly strapped together. These bows in the quaint new shades of dull blue or red are seen on al most all bonnets, and many of these have two colors combined. For the country are large pokes of roush straw of many colors, trimmed with a bunched up kerchief of printed mnslin in moyenage colors and designs, and lined in the brim with puffs of red or yellow crin kled crape. Long pins of gilt or oxidized silver are thrust in the loops of the ker chief. Printed foulard squares are used in the same way, and the flowers printed upon them are repeated m an aigrette mat is utexi witn xnem. Squares of soft mull printed in Madras 5fWHie ered galloon is to be used as a support for shell frills of lace that are to extentt'very high around the neck. v elvet cockade bows of bright red, blue, or yellow ribbons are worn on the front of the corsage to brighten up dark dresses. A throat bow of dull plaid silk or of a moyenage etamine scarf is added to morn ing toilettes. Colored embroidered collars are. intro duced for children, and are to be worn alike by small boys and girls. They are. in the open desigus of Irish laces, and are shown in dull gray and ecru, and in dark red or blue with white embroidery. There are also new and tasteful collars for these little folks made of bhx-ks of fine linen alternating with embroidered blocks, and edged with a finely wrought ruffle. FROTIIr Noah arkist. was not only a socialist but an An exchequer: master. . A . retired baggage When a dealer in hosiery fails he socks his creditors.,. Very popular novel (atnoua office-hunters just at present) " Put Yourself in His Place." As roller skating was not in vogue in the Garden of Eden, we are still puzzled to account for the fall of Adam. First wretch: "How's your wife, old man ' Second wretch : " Bullv ! Bed cold ; can't speak above a whisper "Nervous Girl" want Co know how to cjire a tickling seiwiatloji abant the faee. Get him to shave off hinoustache. - s, uWhatiaV It is what yoyfl'M'T'S'itar'tl your wife sitting up for you after the club. When a man stays dawn town at his office until midnight trying to strike a balance, he generally loses it before he gets home. "Well, my young gentleman, and how would you like your hajr cut " " Oh, like papa's, please with a little round hole at the top." A grease spot can be taken out of a car pet by applying a warm buckwheat bat ter, and the batter can be token out by cutting a hole in the carpet where the bat ter was applied. "Yes," said the school girl, who had risen from the lowest to the highest position in her class, " I shall have a horseshoe for my symbol, as it denotes having come from t he foot." A colored wonfa when reproved for undue expression of grief, said : " Now, look heah, honey, when de Lord sends us tribulations down, don't you s'pose he 'spects us to tribulate ?" A Harlem Lillie, on being told that she had got a little sister, (-.lapped her hands and exclaimed: "How delightful!" Then turning to the bearer of the good news she added : " Does rha know ?"' " "I feel like Joseph," said a sorrowing husband; "like Joseph in tin; Bible.; for my wife is dead ; she was cremated, and yonder stands the urn with tfie ashes in it, and, like Joseph, I love my Pot -of -her." Mamma, who tore Mr all out " said little Mabel. TT A T T 'Q VEGETABLE Hair Renewer. Seldom does a popular remedy win such a Strong, hold upon the public eonfldenee aa has Hall's Haib Rbkbweb. The eases In which it has accomplished a complete restoration of color to the hair, and rigorous health to the scalp, are Innumerable. Old people like it for its wonderful power to restore to their wbitenhur locks their original color and beauty. Middle-aged people Hka ft because It prevents them from getting bald, keeps dandruff away, and makes the hair grow thick and strong. Young ladies like It as a dressing because it gives th hair a beau tiful glossy lutr, and enable them to dross ttin whatever form they wbh. Thus It U tha r favorite of an, and it ha become so' rhaply r Bland's hair 'Hush, child. you mustn't speak of such things. Papa is bald, too, you-know." "Yes, but I want to Know who tore Mr. Bland s hair all out ; he isn't married." Kate Field tells how the Mormon in iquity can be got rid of. "Give them," she says, " whatever they are most op posed to; whatever they don't want, make them have." Just what we have alwavs said. Give them plenty of miliimu-y stores. " i - Said that dapper little lawyer, Ambrose H. Purdy, "There is a restaurant in New York city where " 1 can get twenty-four kinds of meat and vegetables for fifteen cents." " How do you do that i" asked Colonel Fellows. " I order hash." -Y-n " .?-: Uncle: "Well,. Ethel, vntfve-.l looking at the fire a long whila - What do nlairts nr Rtrine are imrwirtii fne ttioni-. I vou see there?" Ethel (dreamy little 5f-wnwr TOinmnio . l I laces -ndk' FAMOUS AUTHORS. Tne Personal Appearance of Iflen Whose Names are Ilouneliold Words. N. P. Willis always looked as though he had just stepped out of a bandbox. He was of light-build and stood abut five feet nine. He drefesed in the best taste and his countenance, though deficient in man ly dignity, was so pretty that he was a great favorite with the ladies. His part ner, George P. Morris, who once was so popular as a song writer, was a - short, shout man, with a dull countenance, which would hardlv suggest Woodman, Spare that Tree." Poe was of rather undersize and dressed in good taste for one (so wretchedly poor. His face had a sad, dreamy, intellectual look, which would at once rivet attention. Lougfellow was a man of indifferent appearance. Before he became gray he was a blonde and the most striking feature was his nose, which was altogether too prominent for beauty. When I first saw him his face was clean shaven, and this rendered the nasal organ the more conspicuous. I think that he afterward vore full beard and moustache in order to give the rest of his face, more fullness and thus reduce the nose to rea sonable proportions.. Bayard Taylor waf- -V.,K v -.of very fine personal appearance. " He wV ,1I and well shaped, and his countenance was marked by power. He too had a prominent nose, but it was one which gave dignity and strength to his face. Edward Everett was a- man of un usually, find appearance, and this added much to his admirable oratory. James Fenimore Cooper, however, bore the palm among the literati of his day, and. Ia fact, of any other day. It is doubtful if the world of letters ever contained his equal in manly beauty. He stood fully six feet and was finely proportioned. His movements were easy and had that air which belongs to naval service, in which he passed his early years. His head was large, and his features were of a leonine cast, while his clear, gray eyes were radiant with power. He was one of that class of authors whose personal appear ance was superior to tneir writings. I saw him once plead in court, the case be ing one of his libel suits, and the impres sion became at once indellible.. Those libel suits, like libel suits in general, were a great blunder, but they certainly develop ed a surprising gift of eloquence. Cooper, indeed, was the only American author whose oratorv excelled his books. nil half a dollar f "I would rather you did not go to skate, Edward ; I don't think the iee iS safe." said a fond mother. " Yon need not be afraid of my getting drowned ; I can swim." "Fr.1 mother: " It's not that I am afraid Oi your being drowned : but if you were to get in, just think hat an awful old you would nave." Mr. Minks : " My dear, you should not put coins in j our mouth, for diseases are often caught that way." "Well, I'm in no danger from the money yon give me," replied Mrs. Minks. "And why nt, pray?" "Because yon always i-oic a quarter hard enough to -crush ail ai.i ,-ial life out of it before you part with it." " " So I may renlly have fie next waltz?" said a Harlem dude to a married belle the other night : it's so good of yon, Mrs. M. 1 know how rarely you'll consent to waltz with anybody. I am greatly favored." " Not at all, Mr.- Ladedah. I don't object to waltzing, in general; it is only my husband's absurd jealousy, you know. But I'm sure he won't riiind my taking a turn with you, you know." We wish the dynamiters would continue to carry chunks of the deadly explosive in their coat-tail pockets. Then we .vould stop throwing ashes on our sidewalks. Statistics just published in Holland show that in 18i a 1-3 per cent of the Dutch nation was convicted for drunkenness. The total population amounts to barely 4,000,080, yet 17,500,000 is annually expend ed upon drink. . According to the data obtained by a San Francisco statistician the actual popula tion of the Chinese Empire is 280,000,000. This congregation of human beings is so vast that were there no more births in China it would require the death of one person every second for a period of nearly nine years before the Mongolian race would become extinct. An eighty-year-ol I farmer in Union coun ty, North Carolina, a attacked and killed a few days ago by one of his boa-s. Tha old man usually carried a heavy stick bnt on this occasion he left ii at home The an imal look advantage of hi defenceless con d tion. charged upon him, and in an instant fe'led him to 'be gionnd and iiflicud wounds which resulted in big death within ta-ei ty f. nr h n:. The Chilian govs' ninent offers a rewaid of 5 for eery cond r killed. SrW Clothes. Old clothes may1 be comfortable and economical aud they may have associations that are invaluable to us. How many miles has Amaryllis walked with her sweetheart in her old boots ! with how many disappointments has she not wrestl ed in her old hat with its languid feat hers! how many pangs has she not smothered in her old cloak with its rusty trimmings !: but in spite of the dearest associations, and a pathetic feeling that one's edd clothes are a part of one's self, like the skin, Ihey do provoke one with a disagreeable habit of splitting and erackin and growing threadbare, und losing , altogether their original characteristics of respectability and usefulness. To lie sure, there are peade so insane as to dislike new clothes people who assure us that new lioots are a pinchi"1? abomination, that newtloves are an invention of the fiend, that new gowns give 6i.e an overpowering sense of the unfitnesslof things a sense of respon sibility, and of principal invested in stock that pays no interest.. not calcnlating that the interest is returned, to us in self-complacency and the knowledge tiiat, come what will, our garments a-e as fiedi aa our neighbors', rne sage has ioIcius that " the consciousness of K-mg well dressed imparts a greater tranquillity to the mind than the consolations of religion can af ford," and there surely is nothing that so completely divests the average woman 'of dignity and self-respjct, or the capacity to do herself justice, as to be keenly alive to the hole in her elbow, the shininess of her silk, or the rustiness of her boots that the best blacking has failed to medicine : she has in this case A pertinacious conviction of her own unworthiness and insignifi cance, whichdoes not enable her to shine. Thoreau says that "'our moulting season, like that of the fowls, must be a crisis in our lives," and indeed many of us find it so. unless our purse is bottomless, or like the purse of Fortunatus ; there is such a bitter uncertainty whether the new "things" will become us; whether the gown will be well moulded to our figure and draped to our fancy; whether the bonnet will add or subtract from our years; whether the gloves will not split at the first trial, or the boots pinch ; aud, above all, whet her the whole costume will con tinue in voue till it is shabby, or lose its style so early that we shall be made almost as miserable as if we had not abandoned the old one, Aud yet how much we will endure on 'account of new clothes; what tedious hours of shopping, of matching colors : what snubs from salesmen who are disappointed in the, brevity of our purse, snubs from dressmakers who de spise us for our love of simplicity, it may be, or our desire to be gorgeous without the means, not to mention the discour agement of our friends, who shake their heads over our purchases,, and sometimes orse than all, our own disapproval ! BUCKINGHAMT5DY1T rOB THE WHISKERS lias become one of the most larportaBt pops lar toilet articles- for gentlemen's Use. - When the beard is gray or naturally of an aade Sirable shade, BCCKISGHAM'S DT is to remedy. PREPARED BY B. P. Hall & Co., Nashua, N.H. Sold by all Druggists. A NEW AND VICE. VALAUBLE DE- 1 - I Water Closet Seat FOK-THB CURE OF HEMORRHOIDS, Commonly Called Piles. INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL PROLAPr l SUS AI. i' I- No(low?y coi nty. Vir'gTn:a, the r?gisn nhabiied by the first setilerp, and made in teresiing by remio)6C'.nces of Capt. John Smith and Focrhontas. is fast ret irning to i s primeval condition. "In twenty year it will be a wilderness," propb.es es a vJsitor. Tie residents ar? oi l end sad. The ycung hav - gon- to n ore promis na reg:o is. Deer b' o wse where cattl- fed, sad the oat en i pine cover great pla nlat'ons where the negro once cultivated co-n and tor aW", NO MEDECINE OR SURGICAL OPERA- - , TION NEUiUiBAKY, T I,. invented a 8TMPLE WATER CLOSET SEAT, for the cure of the above troublesome and painful malady, which I confidently place DGfore tne puoue as a- oom j.a. 'i?E, .i..j tt,a Manmneat uf the leading physician. iXf jAi r0Twh!;.TU."eVrii- ney. Will ; .LW2a?rUr& f urmshed at th. follow. ing price' '.. .jA:- :.M-t- Toplar.,..;...6.00r -: - Directions for twin? will aooaapaar ch We trouble yon witn no certifleataa.' W leave the Seat to be its advertiser. - Address, t LEWIS CHAMBERLAIN, Patentee TarboTO, Edgecombe Co.. NJ C. jeSft-Iy piOR RENT. ' - A Cottage on Pitt Street apply at this office Janl5tf DMrNlSTRATORS NOTICET" Haying qualified as administrator upon the estate of T W Cresp. all Pe", notified to present their claims on or before Jan.lstl8S6orthi notice will be plead in bur to their recovery. I- j Crist, Administrator. Jan. 23, 6t. Patronize Home. A fine lot of Apple Trees , for sale at the Edgecombe Nurseries, near Old Sparta. C. ri. Jjusn-Lno. .Orders left with Cobb & D.tuSS will receive prompt at ention. Septli om .1 A. WILLIAMSON, Manufacturer of -1 Opposite Coubt House, TARBORO, TELFAIR HO0J&rr"viftfc - . THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH 18 located atSewsnee, Tenn., npon the Cumber, land -Plateau, 2.000 feet ahove sea level. This school, under the special patronage of the Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in the South and Southwest, offers the healthiest relience and tne best advantage, botn moral ?IZr'n - Theological Liart! of this University mentstothe BEV. Chancellor, Sevranee, Tenn. : 8-4t J UTHER SHELDON, DKALEK IN in 'JVJt BCILLIEKS' HARDWARE, PAINTS, OILS, GLAS8, Kuii Kitildinir Material of every description VOg. 16 W 8IDK V ARRET SQUARE 49 ROANOAKK AVE., NORFOLK, VA. ovemberl882. 18,1-y. n i r - I f ff : DOORS. BLINDS T i . i - i - -f FOR i k 7 lIan and Beast. I.Iustar. I.::.i:r.er!t h okkr than mart men, ::r.c-J ::iorc and rr. jr.' c:ry year.