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Oiliee . in T. A. McNair's drag store on Main
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Williams. " feb21-6m .
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Wilson and Halifax counties. Also in the
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OPIUM St WHISKEY HABITS cured at
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wiit Free. B. M. WOOLEY, M. D., AtlanU,
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A selling our Standard Books A Bibles.
Steady work for Spring and Summer. Ad-
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lMted talorues of Patterns mailed
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MKJIOHI, A 61BN HII.I, ECHO.
Back to the dear old home once more.
Baok to the dear old home;
WTere the buy wheel on the polished floor -
MadenslwHhltehum.
T'"r,I sat In days gone by.
vrthKTa'.byhtostde
His locks a my, he's net so spry"
As when she was his bride.
The ilowinf fire sheds renial rays
Of light aronnd the room ;
Each thinking of their youthful days.
Spent there without a gloom.
" Mother, I'm thinking o'er to-night
The days ws spent together;
Since we were young and hearts were light
In fair and stormy weather.
The Wee ones added to our cares ;
They added to our joys '
Like yo (when young, the-girls were fairs
And aaanly were ourboya.
W like to'e kapt them all tfll now. v
But God he kaowita beet i
To hU dlrino mandate we'll how.
FeeUng they are at rest.
Be took them ere temptations earns
'Mid life's tempestuous throng ;
Born innocent, they died the same.
An sing the new-node song; -
how oaos more we're an alone.
And ne the ether shore ;
The day is gone, our work is done.
We'll rest soon erer more.
We're always 11 red tn this dear home
Since we were Joined together;
We not like others wished to roam ;
We're llred Jmst tor each other."
sv- .
Around each neck I placed an arm.
Their cheeks I loving kissed.
As if toshieM them from all harm,
NoMwwM be so mnch missed
" You're been a blessing, child, to me ;
May you hare friends God grant.
Thro' all your Ufe. if long it be ;
For aoght on earthHo want."
-God bless ou child," the old man said;
' " Now rise the window dear ; "
Tkea on my arm I raised his head
And feK that death was near.
"Good might I They rest their last long rest.
Belored by all on earth ;
Tseir loving hands together pressed ;
Their lives had been no dearth.
In the same grave they thug were laid
Together side by side ;
Gainst tfaoee sweet lives naught could be
said V
Like bridegroom and his bride.
So I'm la the dear eld home once more.
Alone in the dear old home,
No more the wheel on the polished floor ;
Nor music of It's hum ;
Who'll geatly raise nay dying head T
Whose Hps to mlae be pressed t
Who'll think of sae when I am dead.
And say. - What Ufa to blessed ? "
TAKBOKO , N C THURSDAY AUGUST 20, 1885.
NO. 34
THE WATTS DXIAJt.
Police Pick Up a Forlora
Oblld ffhe His Forgettea His
Wleery.
Policeman Cnrtis. of the Oak street
polios atation, says the New York Herald,
while walking through Ann street at 3
'dock In the morning, saw what he
thought to be a buiidlg of clothe lying la
a doorway ef one of th tore He stooped
down to pick It up, and. to his surprise;
found that it was a sleeping boy. Gently
he lifted him np In his arms, aad, as he
looked into the childish face, said : "Poor
little fellow ! I wonder if he has a home
or a mother."
The little fellow did not awaken until
within a block or two of the station house.
When he did open his eyes he said :
"Where am If Why are you takin' me
inrM
"I only intend to take you to a place
where you can sleep undisturbed, child."
"Say," said the boy, " I was dreaming
of mother, and oh! I had Bach a nice
dream 1 "
" Is your mother living t " asked Police
man Cnrtis in a kind tone- Tears eame to
the large bine eyes, and, after Indulging
in a little cry, the boy replied : " No, sirj
she died a week ago."
" What did yon dream, my son 1 " said
the officer.
"I dreamed that mamma was Bring;
that we hsd plenty to eat and drink ; that
it was Christmas night, and I saw all
kinds of toys lying around the room
Little brother latere had all the cream
cakes and candies that be could eat, and
dear mamma smiled and seemed, oh, so
happy I Suddenly she got np from the
chair on which she had been seated, came
toward me, and kissed my forehead.
Then I awoke to find myself in your
arms."
Policeman Curtis listened to the boy
with, so he says, as much interest as if it
were a play.
At the station house the child said that
his name was " Ed " Kenny, that he was 8
years old, and lived at 88 James street
With his father.
The Coafeselons raCSasekes.
By Baidette.
Tss. lt is a terrible bondage. It Is
slavery. Yes, I inhale the the smoke, and
then blow it out again. It is very aflly.
is it not f I do the same-thing with xay
breath. Away with this assises breath.
Boms breaths are much pleaaaater far,
faraway. Why do I smoke cigars f Bo
ca use I am the biggest, and therefore the
cigar cannot help itself. It to an economi
eal habit ; the smoke of the cigar keeps
the moths out of my hair. Then I use to
bacco to preserve human life. Science
tells me that three drops of the .oil of to.
bstoeo placed apoa the tongas) of a rattle-
snaks or a dog will kill either or both Of
them in a minute. I tremble to think
how many times I walked ia the very
shadow of death before I began to carry a
ping of tobacco aronnd with me. Now
when I meet a mad dog, I am secure.
Be may bite me, bat I will kill him. The
cannibal who eats me will dream that
night that he got hold of the wrong pre
scription.
Am Kxeelleat Hlat.
The way to keep money is to earn It
fairly and honestly. Money so obtained
is pretty Certain to abide, by itt possessor.
But money that is inherited, or that la
any way comes without a fair aad just
equivalent, is almost as- certain to go as
it came. Tbo young man who begins by
saving a few shillings, aad thriftily in
creases his store every coin being the
representative of good, solid work, hon
estly and manfully done otanda a better
chance to spend the last half of his life in
affluence than he who, la his haste to be
come rich, obtains money by dashing
speculations, or the devious means which
abound in the foggy region lying between
fair dealing and actual fraud. Amongst
the wisest and most thrifty men of wealth,
the concurrent proverb to "Money gees as
money comes,"
The Mexican Indians when at warfare
with troops make a shield oat of their black
eta by wetticg and holdiDg them up by the
upper edges. Bullets sway the blankets
instead of penetrating them, the blankets
acdfiff like a balistic nendulnm. These
blankets are handwoteo and are foiled until
thick sod waterproof.
LIFE nr DAMASCUS.
Aa Exterior and. Interior View of
the Homes Jewesses and
Their Jewels.
The luxury of the Orient is not apparent
at a glance. The exterior of the" private
houses in Damascus ia rough and uninter
esting. A wall of mud with a Sarcenlc
gateway Is about all you see. You pass
through a dirty alleyway, perhaps by the
way or the stable. A narrow passage
leads into a large open area a court of
marble or parti-colored stone pavement.
A founUiara the centre is skirted . bv
lemon and orange trees and vines full ot
roses. The house is built around this cen
tral court, into wb fen all the rooms open.
The walla are ot stucco, painted in gay
eolors, and carvings aro affected. -;, r y
Tb harem i connected with this estab
lishment by a clrduftouseorrtdor ar
ranged so as to exclude the wives of the I
rawwut muuu uvm toe new 01 tne maie
servants. The rooms are shabby, devoid
of. comfort, and every home I have seen
suggests anything but home comforts.
But the, furniture earyings are often very
flue.
The Jewesses of Damascus are very
handsome, as a rule, and they love to show
their faces. We visit one Jewish family.
The matron receives us in the elevated
floor or lewaa at one end of the court. We
are escorted to divans. The women get
themselves into a heap on cushions. The
children come forward and kiss our hands.
They lore to display their Jewels, and I
observed handsome diamonds on a little
girl of perhaps ten years. These little
glMs speak Arabic, French and Greek. One
is betrothed, and is but twelve years of
age. Their dresses are like those our
grandmothers wore when they were brides
waists up under their arms. The be
trothed wears orange blossoms and is very
happy. Wreath9 of diamonds are much
worn. These Oriental Jews and Arabs
are very fond pf gems, and a gem once in
the family rarely leaves it.
The funny thing about these lavishly-
bedecked children and women is their feet
they wear great wooden clogs which lift
them three inches above the floor. One
pair of these cloga, I notice, is inlaid with
pearl. These clogs are held to the foot by
a strap, but they clatter and make the
gait very awkward. The women are very
much entertained by Inspecting the hum
ble Yankee bounet and gown of my better
half, and are specially grateful at a few
little souvenirs she gives them. They re
turn the courtesy by giving her a veil
with a border of crocheted silk, which
would be the envy of the ladles of America.
The women U6e the stilts or clogs while
walking in the court or any damp or
soiled . place, but when they come up on
the raised platform where the drains are
they sit in their stockings.
Coffee and cigarets are furnished us for
entertainment. . The ladies are all very
curious to know how we live in our
country, what our houses are made of.
and so on. They are very hosnltable. and
do not allow us to leave until they have
shown us about .the apartments. The
Moms are high. A curious arrangement
is' it that about two-thirds of the apart
ments ' fronting the - court have a floor
about a foot above the balance of the room
whose floor is marble and on a level with
the earth in the court. The platform Is
covered with elegant rugs, and the furni
ture is inlaid with pearls. The marble
wainscot is carved. Much . gilding and
marble are in the walls. Windows open
above and jar the celling with an Interior
balcony.
The sleeping rooms in the second story
have walls of glass, swinging French win
dows, bat they are too cool for winter use.
They open into one another. The mural
decorations of Damascus houses are in
primitive colors, and as faulty in perspec
tive as the work of children. To speak of
art in this connection is absurd. It is all
veneering and stucco and semi-barbarous.
Much money is spent, bnt In a bizarre and
inartistic way, on marbles and carving
and elaborate scrolls. But everything is
put together without fineness every joint
in the mason or carpeuter work yawns
with apprehension. I had thought it
might be difficult to get access to Dam as
ens honaes; but, on the contrary, the
Damascus plutocracy feel complimented
by our visit. You are expected to remark
that we have nothing so grand in America,
and so on, that is all.
Death Wtthent Pain.
A person struck by lightning does not
know it, the fluid being much quicker
than thought. The nerves which convey
pain are rather slow in their power to con
vey their information. Mick a pin in the
tail of an elephant and quite a perceptible
interval occurs .before the noble animal
gives his opinion of the man or boy at the
other end of the nervous system on triaL
Lightning does its work before the victim
knows anything. Two men were struck
while taking refuge under a tree. Both
were carried into a house and laid out for
dead. One of the men revived, and, after
weeks of terrific suffering and infirmity,
be got out again and is still living. He
said that he knew no more about having
been struck by lightning than he was con-
scions of having lived before the flood. It
was all news to him when told of the fact.
Chicago Current. - ...
John Brown's Betake to a. swearer.
A Mr. Gill or Des Moines, has a rich
store of John Brown anecdotes. Brown
was greatly opposed to the use of profane
language, and "sternly forbade it among
bis men. At one time he captured a bor
der ruffian in Kansas, and he could Shame
a Flanders regiment with his horrible
oaths. Brown listened to him for, some
time, partook of his supper in silence,
lighted 1iis pipe from coals in the ashes,
then said to the border heathen : " I very
much dislike to hear you using such lan
guage !" Greatly surprised at the decla
ration he asked Brown to state his objec
tions. " I'D. tell you, sir," he replied. "If
there is no God it is exceedingly foolish,
and if there is It is desperately wicked,
Old Brown said it in such a fatherly way
that the fellow desisted, and never after
ward swore in his presence.
Not SInch of sf Recommendation.
Tn Woatiim fiiwn a r.if ipn of thft nATns
of William Shakespeare has been appoint
ed Postmaster.
Recently a visitor asked one of the resi
dents of the place If he were familiar with
the works of bbakspere.
'All I know about him is," replied tne
resident, " he has been workin' for the
Postmastership for sixteen years, an' he's
got there at last. That's about all the
work I ever knew Bill to do."
DAKOTA'S -GlRtFAR&ERS,
LAND THET CULTIVATE. .
They Find more Vexation In aetttag
Bid of the Cranks who Waal to
Marry them than In Earning a Uf'
Ing A Fair Preposition. . v -
? " .- ; Crackle Glass,
An ingenious process producing glass
with an Iced or crackled surface, suitable
tor many deoorattv purposes, has been
Invented in France by Bay.. -The product
appears In the form of sheets or panes.
one side of which is smooth or glossy,
like common window glass, while the
other is rough and filled with Innumerable
crevices, giving it the frozen or cracklod
. appearance so much admired for : decora
tive purposes . This peculiar cracked sur-
A CHIMPANZEE.
The Mitchell, Dakota, correspondent of ' face is obtained by covering the surface of
the New York Sun, writes that most of 4 the sheet on the table with a thick coating
of some more easily fusible glass, and
the young ladles who own and work
farms in this Territory have a great! ab
horence of notoriety, because of the nnm-.
her or bores that are sure to hunt them
Up, either in person or by letter. One ot
them said : ; "I had some of the funniest
then subjecting it to the action of a strong
are, eitner open or m a mama As soon
as the coating is fused, and the table Is
red-hot, it is withdrawn and rapidly
cooled. The superficial layer of flux seoa-
leuera yon ever read. About a dozen of tatea Itself Jnthta operation from the
them were Wronf niea '.who wanted to f 'Underlying gl surface and leave .be
lt is shown by Major Ben: Perley Poore's
descriptive Cttalogue of Government publications,-tbat
Congress and the Executive
Department have printed sixty, thousand
books or pamphlets since 1776. M
The population of Paris is raid by the tax
gatherera of that city to have diminished
100,000 la the last four years'.
marry, evidently a lazy,' shiftless lot, for
not one or them could Bpeu, and m every
case the. letters Indicated Ignorance even
of the common oourteales pf Ufe. , They
were principally from widowers, and all
began by saying that they had been think
ing of going to Dakota for a long Hat I
suppose they all thought that I would
jump at the chance to get them. I never
answered any of them. , Some of the let
ters were from old ladies in the Eastern
and Middle States who wanted to give me
good advice, and others were from girls.
widows, and old maids asking how I man
aged to get along, and what was necessary
for them to do in order to tret themselves
established as weH as t am.- I answered
some of these, and two or three ef them
have written to me since. -
One young fool came to me, and after
following me around a sixty-acre lot
twice, Just because I treated him decently,
actually had the nerve to ask me if my
thoughts ever turned to matrimony. I
told him that they never had, though I
didn't know what might happen if I came
across Just the right person. 1 That seemed
to help him on a little, and he asked what
sort of a person It would have to be. I
told him I didn't know, and called his at
tention to the fact that my off horse was a
little off his feed.
' How would I do f ' said the young fel
low, and I says :
" ' If I had a ten-acre lot full of fellows
like you I wouldn't take the trouble to
scrape you up with a horse rake.'
' I rather like some of these young chaps
from the city, though the kind that are
not making love, but who are always
wanting to help you. They think they
are so strong, and when anything ia to be
done they are so quick to take hold ; but,
gracious goodness, I could break a good
many of them In two, if I wanted to.
They're good boys, though, and I'll never
say anything against them."
This young lady, who ia as brown, ai a
berry and as solid as a russet, with all the
spryness and grace of the gentlest of her
sex, owns 100 acres of good, land, and has
it under a pretty fair state of cultivation.
Some old farmers might make fun of a few
things, and she readily admits that she
has much to learn but she manages to
make her living and eouwderably more.
Her mother Bros -with Tier; anft wRl the
assistance of a stoat maid of all work they
get along without any male help. Before
the young women eame here she tried to
make her living as a dressmaker in a small
Michigan town, but she failecVat that, and
finally determined to come here and settle
down on a farm. ' She laughingly says
that she does not know how long she will
keep at it, and there are those who suspect
that before long somebody will come
whose suit will not be in vain.
Up near Blunt there are two young sis
ters, not more than twenty-five years old,
who own and work a farm of 200 acres.
They went on their claim before there was
a building of any kind there, taking a tent
along to live In, and with the assistance
of a carpenter for a few days, they built
their house and sheds and made ready for
farming operations. These 'girls came
from an Illinois town, where they had
heard stories of the productiveness and
cheapness of Dakota lands, and. having
no near relatives to oppose them, . they
struck out to make their fortune. During
the first year they had a pretty hard time
of it. They were healthy, but not robust,
and a great deal of the work that they had
to do would have tried the strongest man
sorely. Their capital was small, and they
did not realize enough the first year to
pay their own expenses, bnt neighbors
took an interest in them, and the assist
ance which they rendered carried them
through. After that they prospered, and
every year now they do better than the
year before.
When I saw these girls last, they were
resting after a hard day's work' in the
field. Except that their hands were hard
and brown, they appeared like any other
young women whom one might meet,
save possibly that they were fresher,
healthier, and brighter. They both de
clared that nothing could Induce them to
leave their farm, and that no proposition
for a life ot idleness and luxury in a city
would have any alluremenU to them. I
suggested the ever present topic of matri
mony, when one of them, the younger, rev
plied with a good deal of spirit :
" That is what the men are always talk
gh 'vejeti precious little
else from any of them since we came here.'
I remember once crushing a young fellow
who was out here looking for a place to
settle, he said. He had been following me
aronnd about half the day, and along to
ward evening, as I was doing some chores
at the barn, he grew sentimental, and pro
posed to. me right there. I pretended to
be awfully busy, and I said :
" ' Just give me a boost with this bag of
corn now. Pleasure first, business after
ward.' " He never returned to-the subject, nor
did I. There have been others just like
him, and we have found that the best way;
is to just pass them off.1 They get over 1
right away, and if it don't hurt them any
more than it does us, no harm is done.
There is one point, though, on which my.
sister and I are agreed. We realize well
enough that the time may come "when it
will be best for us to be married. -This
life is not all pleasant, by any means, hut
there is one supreme satisfaction about It.
We are now independent, and whatever
conrsewefrarsu wfll be' followed because
we want to follow it, and not because we
have to. Any two young men who think
they are coming out here to settle down
on our farm are going to find out their
mistake., We have figured the whole
thing out, and our terms are fixed, If we
have to wait tin we're 40 years old. We
have 200 acres of good land, and when
we marry there must be two. more 200-acre
lots with ours. -Now, I call that a fair
proposition, and any way it is the only
ne that we'll ever accept" '
; . Io that New Meads markets: everything
is sold b the eye. There Is ho standard of
measurement . Ninetenths of the hand
reds who sell tn the -noted French markets
of the city do not knew what -a bushel or a
peck is. They buy tbeir. vegetable by the
lot, and place them in little piles on Ubles.
These piles are of different sizes and prices,
me onyer ioors at m piles and buys tns
which be tbmks is biggest and best Some
fames backets and boxes are used to meat
ure, bnt they are of all kinds and shapes,
hind the 'evidence of Its attachment to
the same in the form of numberless nre
mlarltles, scales, irregular crystal forma.
etc, giving the class snrfaee the peculiar
appearance to which the above name has
been given.- . The' rapid ' cooling of -the
glass may be facilitated with the aid of a
stream of cold'alr, or by continuously
projecting a spray of eold water upon It
By protecting certain portions of the glass
surface from contact with the flux, with
the use of a template of any ornamental
or other desired form, these portions will
retain their ordinary appearance, and will
show the form of the design very strongly
outlined beside the crackled surface. In
.this manner, letters, arabesque, and other
patterns In white or colored glass, can be
produced With great ease and with fine
ffe0t
Beery Akest a Pepalar Aetor.
One night Henry E. Dixey. the comedian.
fell In with the customary crowd of poker
players at Delmonico's, and they followed
the myrtle art of filling stratshta aad
flushes, aad practically illustrating the
verb " to bluff " until the morning sua
stole over Madison 8quare, waked up the
waiter, made -the gaa look half-hearted
and yellow, and brought the party to a
realizing sense of the situation. They all
cashed in, and Mr. Dixey bade them a
hurried good night and walked wearily
down stairs and strolled up the east side
of Broadway. It was very late. The sun
was shining brightly, the cars rattled
cheerfully. Ruddy-faced workmen were
tramping to and fro, and the porters were
washing off the sidewalks and whistling
with ear-splitting cheerfulness. Just after
having passed Twenty-seventh street the
comedian turned on his heel and crossed
Broadway. As he stepped np on the gut
ter he instinctively paused and stared in
front of him. There he saw a Wearied'
looking youth with a face that was hall
yellow and half gray, eyes that were red
lidded and embellished with deep purple
rings, and lips that lacked color ; the
whole face expressing fatigue and disgust
Dixey looked at it for a full minute, recog
nised himself, straightened np, and went
heme. From that day he has never played
draw poker Km York Sun.
IThat e BeaA TThen the Day te ver:
It ia wise at night says Canon Kingsley,
to read, but for a few minutes,
some book which will compose and soothe
the mind : which will bring us face to
face with the true facto of life, death, and
eternity ; which will make us remember
that man does not lire by bread alone ;
which will giro us, before we sleep, a few
thoughts worthy of a Christian man with
an immortal soul in him. And. thank
God, no one need go far to find such books.
I do not mean merely religious books, ex
cellent as they are in these days. 1 mean
any books which help to make us better.and
wiser, and sober and more charitable per
sons ; any books which will teach us to de
spise hat is vulgar and mean, foul and
cruel, and to love what is noble and high-
minded, pure and jast In our own
English language we may read by hun
dreds of books which will tell us of all
virtue and of all praise. The stories of
good and brave men and women ; of gal
lant and heroic actions ; of deeds which
we ourselves should be proud of doing : of
persons whom we feel to be better, wiser.
nobler, than we are ourselves.
She Canght Him.
. A certain lady aaspected that her hus
band was in the habit of kissing the cook,
a pretty German girl, by-the-by, and re
solved to detect htm ia the act After
watching four days, she heard him come
in one evening and gently pass through
into the kitchen. New, Katie was out
that evening and the kitchen was dark.
Burping with jealousy, the wife took some
matches in her hand, and, hastily placing
her shawl over her head, as Katie often
did, she entered . the kitchen by the back
door, and was almost Immediately seized
and embraced and kissed in the most ar
dent - manner With her heart almost
bursting with rage and jealousy, the in
jured wife prepared to administer a terri
ble rebuke to her faithful spouse. Tear
ing herself from his embrace, she struck
a match and stood face to face with
Katie's bean, one of the factory boys.
Hey husband says his wire has never
treated him so well since the first month
they were married as she has for the past
Week. .. -:-v . i- -- . "v
'". ''' ' The1 Close f Service.
I could sometimes wish that yon did not
leave your pew so abruptly and promptly
as yon do, the moment the last syllable of
the benediction- has been . pronounced.
There is ne need that yon should have
your hat In your hand ; no need that yon
should have the great coat on the shoulder;
nor yet that, the moment the last syllable
is pronounced, doors should be thrown
open as though you were eager and impa
tient until the thing had come to a close.
It would be well it would be bettor; more
in harmony with those outward ex
pressions of reverence if there were a
moment's silence, a silent pause indicat
ing that when the service is closed yon
have not been eager for Its close, and then
it is yours to go away tn the hopeful con
fidence that God, who has been reverently
waited upon by you, and whose benedic
tion has been pronounced ever yon tn his
name and by hie authority, would go with
yon and help yon to make the rest of your
life, not secular as distinguished from re
ligious, but spiritual and godly : through
and through Dr. John Hall.
Plato Was AU Right. '
: The poet Whittter once lent volume of
Plato to one of the neighboring farmers.
and when the book was returned asked
"Well, friend, how did tbee like Plater
"First-rate." said the farmer : "line's
got some of my ldees."
u5i
Perseee Utile entlesnan at the
Table and In His General
Habits.
I wag onoe, says Dr. A. K Brehm in the
Popular Science Monthly, the owner ot a
highly educated chimpanzee. He knew
alt the friends ot the house, all our ac
quaintances, and distinguished them
readily from strangers. Every one treating
nan kindly he looked upon as a personal
friend. He never felt more comfortable
than when he was admitted to the family
circle and allowed to move freely around,
and open and shut doors, while his joy
was boundless when he was assigned a
place at the common table, and the guests
admired his natural wit and practical
Jokes. He expressed his satisfaction and
thanks to them by drum ming furiously on
tne xaniet. in his numerous momenta of
leisure his favorite -occupation consisted
aanxvestigagearefuuy every obiect m
bis reach. H lowered the door f the
store for the purpose of watching the fire,
opened drawers,., rummaged boxes and
tranksv and played . with - their contents,
provwed the tatter did not look suspicions
to him. How easily suspicion was aroused
ta his mind might be illustrated by the
fact that, as long as he lived, he shrank
with terror from the common rubber
balL Obedience to my orders and attach
ment to my person, and to everybody
earing for him, were among his cardinal
virtues, and he bored me with his persist
ent wishes to accompany me. He knew
perfectly his time for retiring, and was
happy when some one of us carried him to
the bedroom like a baby. As soon as Jthe
light was put out he would jump into the
bed and cover himself, because he was
afraid of the darkness. His favorite meal
was supper with tea, which he was fond
of, provided It was largely sweetened and
mixed with rum. He sipped it from the
cup, and ate the dipped bread slices with a
spoon, having been taught not to use the
fingers In eating ; he poured his wine from
the bottle and drank it from the glass. A
man could hardly behave himself more
gentlemanlike at the table than did that
monkey.
Oat aad Sparrew,
A gentleman writing to a foreign paper
says : One day my house cat rushed into
my room, having in its month a sparrow
caught in the neighboring garden.
Scarcely had puss entered the room when
she let the bird free, evidently with the
purpose of playing with it, as is the cus
tom of caU with mice, before devouring
them. The sparrow having one of its
wings injured could not escape by flying,
but boldly began to attack its huge enemy
by fierce blows on the nose with its beak.
The cat seemed astonished at the attack,.
and beat a retreat From that moment
the two seemed to forget their natural in
stincts, and came to a mutual understand
ing. The truce continued, and gradually
grew to a fraternal friendship ! They ate,
played aad slep together. Often they ran
abewt the house, the sparrow perched on
the cat's back, and sometimes carried
gently In the cat's mouth, from which it
was released en the flrsO wish te-befree.
When feeding together puss never
touched a morsel till her friend had first
partaken. Many of my friends came to
see the strange sight and were muoh
amused at the proceedings ot the friendly
nair. One morning the marrow seeing
he window open, and its wings now being
In good order, took its flight and I saw it
no more. Whether it ever remembered
Its captivity with regret I cannot say, but
lam bound to add that puss did not die
of grief on account of losing its companion.
He Hnmored Him.
A New York stock broker, who was on
his way to Buffalo last week, observed
that one of ' his fellow passengers was
closely regarding him, and after a time
the man came over and asked :
" Didn't I see yon in Chicago in 1670?''
The broker wasn't In Chicago that year,
but thinking to humer the stranger, he
replied in the affirmative.
'Don't yon remember of handing a poor
devil a silver dollar one night in front of
the Tremont t"
Ida" '
"Well I'm the chap. I was hard np,
out ot work, and about ready to commit
suicide. That money made a new man of
me. By one laeky snizt and another l
am bow worth H.000."
Ah, glad to hear it."
' And now I want you to take S5 in
place of that doSar. I can't rest easy un
til the debt is paid."
The broker protested and objected, but
finally Just to humor the man, he took
the twenty-dollar bill and gave him back
IIS. The stranger then withdrew, and
everything might have ended then and
there if the broker, en reaching Buffalo,
hadn't ascertained that the "twenty
was a counterfeit, aad that he was $15
out of pocket Wall Street Nw$.
' A M Pint " of Law on the Jndge
Farmer Woods, of Brewsters, N. Y.,
tamed p In the Jeff arson market police
eonrt says the New York neraia, as
drunk and smiling as ever. It was about
the tenth appearance in the same role.
" Conaarn it f said he to Justice Duffy,
' I her the aU-firedeet luck when I come
to town I ever see. I no more than land
at the deppy than one of these 'ere bine
coated fellers yanks me to another blue-
coated feller who shoves me inter
celL"
"Bnt" added the old man, flatteringly
'there's generally a gentleman a-sltting
where yon be that lets me go hum."
' You get drunk's very time you come to
town, don't yon r" asked the little jndge,
sternly.
'No, judge, yer wrong; an' it's just
there I claim a pint of law on ye. Yer
ain't got no right fur to punieh me."
" wow is tnas rw
"Why, I didn't get drunk here. I was
drunk when I started."
He was discharged.
A Model Parlor.
Your chairs and sofa should be chosen
with a view to comfort The latter must
not be too fine to lie down upon, or even, in
the privacy of family life, to lay one's feet
upon. And the whole couch should, if
possible, turn toward the fire, so that its
occupant may have his face toward the
cheerful glow. At the same time, a little
wickerwork table black and gold if yon
will may hold a lamp for reading. As to
chairs, a couple of good, well-staffed easy
chairs, to match the lounge, and arranged
so as to look toward the fire, ought to be
enough for luxury, while six or eight little
ebonized and cane-bottomed gossip-chairs
are the simplest and prettiest " occasional"
furniture you can have. Add to these a
black wickerwork chair, and you have
seats enough. Tables are of very little
real use in a drawing-room ; still, we must
have ope or two to give the whole a fur
iiisuedjook. A spare table near the bay--wmdow
wiltallow of jardiniere and-a
Tern or India rubber plant to stand in the
sun. You can have nothing better than
black and gold for this purpose. Another,
round ot course, is needed for afternoon
tea There must be 'Some "place to lay
books and other heavy articles ; and the
table for this office should be solid and
should stand against the wall Nothing
remains but the piano, and that must nat
urally be placed where the exigencies of
space demand. Don't hare too many or
naments in the room, so that one can
scarcely move without knocking some
thing down. The etagere over the mantle
shelf will hold a few such pretty things :
and a Japanese cabinet, out of harm's way
behind the sofa, may display a few more ;
but we should never make our living-room
into a sort of bazaik If we must hare old
Chelsea and plaques of Limoges ware, we
may fasten them against the wall or put
them on little brackets ; but we should
leave ourselves space to move unrestrain
edly through the midst of our room. Too
little furniture is far better than too much.
A few books may be scattered here and
there : they give the parlor a refined look.
Your pictures may be a few well-chosen
engravings. In such a room as this, one
may sit at ease, without fear of spoiling
anything, and enjoy quiet delight In
merely looking around at the nearest picture.
A HOME DRUGGIST
TESTIFIES.
.opulri ? home u Bot always the best
test of merit, but we point proudly to the fact
that no other mediae has won fo7 itself
such universal approbation In ita own city,
state, and country, and among all people, as
Ayer's Sarsaparilla.
The following letter from oneof our best-
h?VjS88Cllu8eLt8 I)rug8iU should Nof
interest to every sufferer
RHEUMATISM.
t . KIeunatlsm,oee-
rere that I could not move from the bed. or
dress, without help. I tried several reme
dies without much if any relief, until 1 took
AVer's Saksapabilla, by the use of two
oottles of which I was completely cured.
Have sold large quantities of your Sarsa
r A rill a, and it still retains its wonderful
popularity. The many notable cures it has
effected in this vicinity convince me that it
U the best Wood niedioine ever offered to the
public. E. F. Harris."
liiver St BucklLnd, Hass Ma; 13, 162.
; Geobok Akdbews,
'-everannr in tH I a..iI
f.'1 'WViMt rVOTW.!....
wasforverewrs'lm
uuwwi amioteu witu salt Kbenm iu its
worst form. Its ulcerations actually covered
more than half the surfaoe of his body and
limbs. He was entirely cured by AVER'S
Sarsaparilla. See certificate in Ayer's
Almanac for 18S3. '
PREPARED BV "
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all Druggists; 81, six bottles for 15.
SUIT
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AND VALAUBLE DE-
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Water Closet Sea:
roK THS-
Oall Hamilton em Married Lite.
The duties of merited life require the
same qualities that the duties of unmar
ried life require, generosity, truth, pa
tience, ooBstaeratioes eomprotrdse, fidelity,
large-heartedness. In married life and in
unmarried life alike, the highest happi
ness aad the highest blessedness require
that yon should often yield your own
whim, taste, ease and pleasure to tne
pleasure of another. It requires often the
still harder dnty of maintaining your own
stand in opposition to the wishes of an
other, and It requires the wisdom of high
heaven to know certainly when to do the
one and when to do the other.
In 1884, the revenue from distilled liqu
ors in the United States amounted to $7 V
905,88V This is the taxes paid. Add
profii say 100 per cent and yoa will sae
what the people pay for their drinks. - The
amount consumed has steadily increased-
' The number of railroad aeddeots in Hie
United Saves daring 1884 la given at 1,191.
Of these 446 were collisions and 681 derail
ments. while 65 are recorded as 'vaT'ons.'
There ware in all 880 nerflons killed Snd
y 7,700 injured.
Last Friday in an old field about a mile
from Fayetteville three men were hanged
for mnHer. Joe Howard, white, and Tom
Uee and Tom McNeiL colored. Two com
penies of the State Guard were on duty and
6,000 persons were present
It was estimated that 180,000 prsons pass
ed over the Brooklyn bridge last Saturday,
Sick Headache.
This complaint is the result of eating too
much and exercising too little. Nine times
in ten the cause is in the fact that the
stomach was not able to digest the food
last Introduced into it, either from its hav
ing been unsuitable or excessive In quan
tity. A diet of bread and butter, with ripe
fruit or berries, with moderate and con- I NO
tinuous exercise in the open air, sufficient
to keep up a gentle perspiration, would
cure almost every case In a short time.
Two teaspoonfuls of powdered charcoal in
a half glass of water and drank, often
gives instant-relief. Sick headaches with
some-persons comes on at regular inter
vals, and is the signal of distress which
the stomach puts out to Inform ns that
there is an over-alkaline condition of its.
fluids ; that it needs a natural acid to re
store the battery to its normal working
condition. When the first symptoms of
headache appear, take a tablespoonful of
lemon juice clear, fifteen minutes before
each meal, and the same dose at bedtime.
Follow this up until all symptoms are
passed, taking no other remedies, and you
will soon be able to go free from this un
welcome nuisance. Many will' object to
this because the remedy is too simple ;
but many cures have been effected In this
way.
'o, lor- lilt Again!"
In the early days of Methodism in Scot
land, a certain congregation, where there
was but one rich nvan, desired to build a
new ch'apel. A church meeting was held.
The bid rich Scotchman rose and said
" Brethren, we dinua need a new cbupel
I'll give ? for repairs."-'
Just then a bit of plastetalllnv from
(be ceiling hit him on the bead.
Looking np and seeing bow bao It was,
he said:, "lirelbren. lis wore then 1
thought ; I'll make it !W pun "
Oh. Lord." exciamo a devoted
brother ou a back eit. " bit ln galD i "
There are many human tabernaclss
which ere In sore need ot radical building
over, but we putter and fus ami repair in
spots without satisfactory results It Is
tinly when we personally alarmed at
the real danger thfit w act lndepend
ently. and do the right lulujz Then It Is
that we most keenly legrrt because we
did not sooner use out judgment, follow
the adric liern of lite experience ol
ethers and lump away from our perils
Thousands of persons who will read this
paragraph are in abject misery to-dar
wheu tbev might te In a satlaractory con
dition They are weak, lift-leas, full uf
odd aches mid pains, and every year the
know they are getting wore, even thou
tli best doi lors are patching them
spots The origin of these itches and pains
is tbe kidney and liver, and If tbev would
build these all ovei new with Warner's
safe cure as million have done, and cease
infesting their mouey- In miserable un
successful patchwork. I Key would be well
and happy and would bless the day when
the Lord hit 'eui" indicated the common
sense course foi them to putsue LunUvn
rVws.
A Dally Defalcation,
l. The Hon. John Kelly, the head and front
of Tammany Hall, a man of strict integ
rity, an indefatigable worker, early at his
office, late to leave, so burdened with
business that regular meals were seldom
known by him, with mind in constant
tension and energies steadily trained, fin
ally broke down !
The wonder is that he did not sooner
give way. An honest man in all things
else, he acted unfairly with his physical
resources. He was ever drawiug upon
this bank without ever depositing a collat
eral. The account overdrawn, the bank
suspends and both are now in the hands
of medical receivers.
It is not work that kills men. It is
Irregularity of habits and mental worry.
No man in good health frets at his work.
Bye and bye when the bank of vigor sus
pends, these men will wonder how It all
happened, and they will keep wondering
until their dying day unless, perchance,
some candid physician or Interested friend
will point out to them how by irregularity,
by excessive mental effort, by constant
worry and fret, by plunging in deeper
than they bad a right to go. they have
produced that loss of nervous energy
which almost Invariably expresses itself
in a deranged condition of the kidneys
and liver, for It is a well-known fact that
the poison which the kidneys and liver
should remove from the blood, if left
therein, soon knocks the life out of the
strongest and most vigorous man or
worn n.n Dailr bnildlnn ud of these vital
organs by so wonderful and highly reput
ed a specific as Warner's safe cure, is the
only guarantee that our business men can
have that their strength will be equal to
the labors daily out upon them.
Mr Kallv has nervons dvspeDSla. we
learn, indicating, as we have said a
break-down of nerve force. His case
.ahsiTilri ha a warnine to others who. pur-
enincr a like course, will certainly reach a
like result The Sunday Herald.
CURE OF HEMORRHOIDS,
Commonly Called Piles.
INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL PROLAP
SUS AI.
MEDECINE OR SURGICAL OPERA
TION NECESSARY,
I have invented a SIMPLE WATER CL08ET
SEAT, for the core of the above troublesome
and painful malady, which I confidently place
before the public as a Surb Kblie'f and
Curb
It has received the endorsement of the
leading physicians in this community, and
wherever tried, has given entire satisfaction,
and where it fails to relieve the money will
be willingly rei anted.
These Beats will be furnished at the follow
ing prices :
Walnut $6,001
Cherry 5.00 Disc ount to Pbisleians
Poplar .o.00)
Directions for using will accompany each
Seat.
We trouble you with no certificates. We
leave the Seat to be its advertiser.
Address,
LEWIS CHAMBERLAIN,
Patentee
Tarboro, Edgecombe Co.. N. C. je36-ly
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