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Reporter and Post, j
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DANBURY, N. C.
Ptil'l'Kß & 30N3, Pubs. S* Props
HAIKU or Kt HHt ItBIMIOK ;
('HO Year. paonMe in mlvniici'
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K«r eaeh additional insertion 50
Contractu for longer tlino or n»«r»* apace can bo
tntde In prop orlimi t > tin- .il«ovt> r
'I rannlent advertiser* will -e «'\|MVIPI to remit !
Mcord.ii„' to thexo rstltill tin- l.mo they MTIUI ,
tl»*ir f:t\ .irn.
•*»ejil Notify will l»n V) per rent, higher
tlikn :»Im• v e rAtwH.
(liunlnc.HH (':o(U uill bo inserted ut Ten Dollar*
)»er Mnuin.
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PROFESSION A I. CARPS.
j jtorwnv ». ■! L. i/
Attorney and Counsellor,
MT. AIRY, N.
I
Practices In ilio courts of Surry, Stokoa, j
Yadkin awl Allefltfmuy.
n: F. CARTER,
&rro%xin*-.!Y' La n\
MT. AMY, SI'SiKY CO., X. i>
Ptfldlfeiwlmti'vi'. l»i>>-r\ i. es are wft»»tr«l. j
" R i:. L a. / )\)[oiik,
ATTORNEY-AT LAW;
Mf. Airy. N. C>
S|M>cial attention giwu to the collection ol
claims. i—l-iu
11. M.MAUTINDALE,
WITII
W.U.J. C. DULAW $ CO.,
STATU) S Ells" A SJ) ItnohSh: J.I. Ells' \
HAIII-.IIOCSE.
YY~SRLWIIL IIIHIIH ft eiulty. m £ J)
Stationery .if all kinds. Wrapping impor,
Twines, Bonnet Hi tards, l'aiier lilinds.
B.UW. IIAI.TI M IRK ST., IIAI.TIMoKK. Ml'
J. S. IIAIIItISON,
W ITU
A. L. ELLET & C 0.,!
DRY GOODS & NOTIONS
10, 12 A. 14 Twelfth Strce",
A. T.. KM.KTT. \
A. .lrr»noN WATKIX«, '
sßichm'd, 7a
15. F. KING,
WITH
JO 11. A 'SO. A ; Sl' T TO. \' ,V CO.,
l>li V (J(H >E)S.
Num. -1 tnnl 211 South Sim i JI. N' 11'Ct,
T. W. • M. STTIOS
1.1. It. It. UllAnilK, li. J. JOHNSON.
l. K. I)AV, Al.llKttT JUNK?. \
ZDay & Joi3i«s3^
miinrtfirtiirers »l
SAW>I,KUY,HAKSKBS. OI.I.AUS.TIM NK*
Xn. MO W. Bnltinviru Mreet, lulliniore. IM.
W. A. Tucker, H- C. Smith, S. H- |
Tuckor, Smith &■ Co..
Manilla* tin lit n A' wli«U'hhlC Dealer* In
mors, tuoKs, iiats A\l> CAPS, j
No. 230 Daltlmore Street, Italt.more, ,Vil.
ELHART, WITZ $ CO., |
im|H»rlcr» X. wl*oU"«al« dealers in
XOTICXK.tIHSIKMY.nT.OVKS. WHITE AND
KANUY UOOpS.
No. 5 Hanover strcHt, H.nltlmore. Vd.
j:. j. x- a. t:. iih'sT y
WITH
Henrij SoiinrLforii s> Co.,
WHOLESALE f'LOTfUEks.
20 Aanoyvr St., (bel weciiij rmaii l«oml>ni«l St.s)
11A LTIMO Ut: Mb.
H. SONNEDdRN, B. HI [.MI.INK.
C. WAT KINS, W. S. HOIIKUTSON.
U. I«. »*•» fTBKI.L, A S. WATKINS.
Watkins- Cottrell & Co..
lutj*'i t» i> mihl «)oUbi-r» ul'
IIABDWA li 10.
1.107 Main Street,
mciiMoxt), I'.i. j
for P*!tknlix StamJanl Scale;*, and
Anker Urund
A/ey/jta Putnrif, 1.. II Hluir
ll'. 11. MlL rs
W IS'll
STKPHEXI'UTA 'K J \\ CO..
*. jhhk- llVio/mi/f t h a I fin in
y Hoots, Shoes, and Trunks, j
ys t l-'IO >fuin Struct,
r 4 JWlinf. • UK UMOM), r.t.
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ySM. l*fe\'aii(R.'* Wjr.lt. DKVIIIKM.
CHRl.spr'N mn'lllKS. atOIAIJVOV ICIVVr'.I,,
II M. p&\'R[ES * CO.,
•w ami .roldicrM of
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY
OOODB AND NOTIONS.
812 ll «»r llalthnurr Strict, hrtire'H lloicartl
ami LUrrty, BAI.TIMOKK.
olfablUc6l 1844.
S. T. DAVIS
WITH
T. J MAGKUDEKand CoJ
M*uufactLrci»and Uonlet^m
nooiimnjrs AXI> nftoaA-vs. at.;
No. Unit tin t > ro, Mil.
*■■■ ■ M -+.sk~Je'. ia V *_•:
4- V. YATKB of N. \
1 • wiUl ;
Baijne, Anderson $ Hani, '
Wholesale Grocvi s,
>'o. and 52 ij. ilouartl St..
IpAl/1 IMOItK MD,
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DANBU-RY, N. 0, THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1882.
Ultt:i> 3IOUILKN.
A little ellmw l*atis ti|ii>n your knee—
Vour lit-.*,! lixs m niiieli to 'x'ar:
A cliill*t>'l.-ur i-ye.s are l««.>I»in • l.nin»lv
Fnmi nnilerii'Mlli a tliatrlniniingleilliair.
I'erlmjw jon tin not heed lite velvet loticli
tlf warm moist fjttgers liolilini,' ymns so
U^lit;
You *1" not prize tlie blessing over inueli,
Vutt urealuu *t too tiled to pray to-niyht.
lint it i» abl !csseilnesg! a year ano
1 did liut set it us 1 do to-day,
\V» are so dull and thankless, and too slow
To e.iteli tlie stnioliine.till it sii|is away.
( And utw it aeeniK surpassing strange tome
That while 1 bore the boiuls ol* mother
hood,
1 did not kiss more oft and tenderly
The little child tliat brought me only good.
I Wonil I' so thai mothers over fivt
I Vi r;,11c AU.i.r*. •-iittsix? ro lior pou'n, '
Orlli.il the footprints, m lion the day sju-e wet,
j Are ever black enough to make tliein ti-own.
j if I could lind a filtle muddy hoot,
j Or eaj». or jacket on my chamber floor,
| If I could Kiss n irwv, restless li*>t,
| And bear Usialteriniiiy hottseonee more—
! If I could mend n broken cart to-d.ty,
j To-morrow make a kite to snarcii lite skv.
! There is no woman ill (jed's world could say
| she was more I lissfuliy content than I
j Hut all! the dainty pillow my own
Is never rumpled by a sliiuin : 1 ~-ail;
jMy sinking bhillirj; frtm Its nest Is llnwn,
'1 1.0 little child ! used to kiss—is dead.
The Legend >i' ihc i:cai:t!l\il
I3aud.
| T!iere was a Jispute among throe la
-1 dies as to which hail tlie tuost beautiful
i hand. One sat by a stream and dipped
her hand into the water, and held it up ,
j another plneked strawberries until the.
j ends of her fingers were pink, and another ;
j gathered violets until her hands were
I fragrant. An old, haggard woman pass
| ing by asked, "Who will give uieagift !
for 1 atu poor." All three deuicd her;
i but another who sat near, unwashed in
the stream, unstained with fruit, una- j
domed with fi nverg, gave her a little gift |
| which satisfied (he poor woman. And ;
ilien she asked tl.etn what was the dis
pute, and they told her, and lif.cd up
lofore her their beautiful hauds. "lieau
tiful indeed," said siic, when s!io saw
them, llut when they asked her which
| was the most beautiful, she said "It is
! not the hand that is washed clean in the
; brook : it is not the hand that is tipped
IwIHiYbU: tt is not the TV-ma that u gar*-
! landed with fragrant flowers; but the
I hand that gives to the poor is the most
' beautiful.*' As she said those words
! her wrinkles fled, her staff was thrown
j .-.way, and she stood befuro thciu an an
gel from heaven with authority to
decide the question in dispute. And
i ■ hut decision has stood the tefct of all
i time,
never I'l'ivlitcn Children.
Many children are very sensitirc to
[ sights and sounds. They may have
! strength enough to conceal their eiuo
i tious when others arc present, aud they
are perhaps ashamed to appear scared
when orlicrs are only amused, bat they
earry their impressions into their beds,
sleep is driven away from their pillows
or when it cornel, bad dreams conn: also,
and the little sufferor tosses all night in
constant fear of what he litis seen, 'l'hc
J child shuts its cjes, but tlie image is
I there, aud is as visible sud terrible in
the dark aud to its clotted eyes as if the
! sun was shining. And more so, because
with the return of light, more than half
the horror dies out. In my childhood a
| nurse shut mc up in a dark closet byway
of liuowhmctit. I remember keeping
! close to the door, in awiul horror of what
1 might be in the back part uf it, every
moment trcnibliug lest 1 should be. sci*-
1 ed by some fearful being dwelling in the
1 blackness of darkness. There is no one
. thing which parents should more care
fully fruard ngainst when they trimt
j their children to the care of a nurse,
than this siu of frightening them. The
shock given by one fright, when the
system is delicate, frail, and c.Mjuisitcly
sensitive, may be fatal in early life, or
may make life if spared a long uiisury.—
; A", Y. Obeervrr.
With all your toils to make house
beautiful, do ngt negloct the first cle
ment of all, to beautify yourself, body
, and soul. A sweet, loving word, and
| a warm clasp of the hand tiro far more
, to*guest than the most elaboratelyem
broldcred lambrequins at your window,
l or tlie most exquisite damask ou your
table. There are bare cabin homes that
have been remembered wi th pleasure,
' because of the bountiful loving presence
J thefc: and statgly palaces that lcavai
' tlie impression uf an iceberg on the
' mind.
' Mulieit live in the sea as iiien do on
lam! : the great ones eat'up ihe little
one*. — Skakr.yxti r.
I
llhliliiii; up.
A man of 4 ">, wooden leg
and flu! look of one who had suflevpd
long with the tcoth-aehe, sat down in
the. chair vacated by the boy, and after
i a smile of encouragement began :
"If matters don't mend pretty sooa
I'll either murder her or tako my own
life»" '
"Dcmectio trouble, I supposa ("quer
ied Jiijah.
"That's it, sir, and I'm getting des
perate. I left home thiuking I'd jump
from the dock, but I happened to think
of you and so 1 thought I'd ask advice."
"Is ilu bread heavj ?"
. last !ue b.cad ! I ■ i|» stand iicavy
( H "• '.ofiuy t-a, f ~tii) I*
,c ,okcd 4>atatics,l>ut I.can't nor 1 won't
stan 1 this infernal whining, complaining
and jawing ground!"
"Fellow-traveler along tho,tow-path
of Time's broad-gaugo canal, I think 1
see the pint. You havo been married
about two years ?"
"Not quite."
"Voutu'e fifteen years older than your
wife t"
•'Yes—eighteen."
"You have a wooden leg, »n>l she
she »"
"She hasn't, but I wish slic had two
of 'etu!" x
"She likes good clothes ?"
"You bet!"
"She likes tho uiad whirl of society—
sixteen dollar boimcts —reserved scats
at the opera—eight dollar boots—forty
buttou kid gloves and trains on her
dresses ?"
I "Sho does—that's hor to a dot!" cx
. claimed tho husband.
"And you prefer your home—evoniug
fire—newspaper—snow apples—game of
checkers—glass of cider—cat on the
hearth, aud so on !"
I "That's the sort of man 1 am,.sir, and
, she harrassos mo to death. She's on
| the trot all day, and on the gad all thtf
evening, aud if I remonstrate she says 1
want to make a slave and a prisoner
| of her."
"l>qn't you go alone with her to the
! theatre and parties I"
, j "1 used to, but for the last year sho's
I got awful particular about my wooden
. | ieg*; tnys tint public will think X was
I shot while stealing chickens"
"Does, ch ? and you sit at homo and
j keep your heels warm by the cook stove
i while she gallivants."
j "The same, sir, and now what shall
{ Ido about it ! Something has got to
be did, and that right off. I'll be hang
ed to Davy Crockett if 1 put up with
it another day ! You uro an older man
than I am, and you've had thrso wives
to my one, and I'll do just as you say
about it"
1 j Fellow-man, you havo been wrong from
: the beginning," slowly answered liijab,
as ho looked out of tho window in a
wcavy way. "Tho man who marries
a woman only half his ago isja d f. (do
coivod fried-oako) at tho start.— Youth
' may reverence old age, but lovo isn't
revoreuce. Youth und old ago don't
' like their taters cooked tho sarnu way,
1 and tho man who says they do is a forg
er. They dou't see alike, and its a cat
and dog life. Then, again, you have
' a wooden leg and you should have mar
-1 ried a woman with a glass rye or a bru
; ken nose as an offset. In that ease
neither party has anything to twit the
1 other about. If 1 was to marry again,
bald headed as 1 aiu I should look fur a
1 lady wearing No. 10 gloves and No; 9
shoes as an offset. Do you lovo your
wife '
"Well, to bo lionost about it, I don't
1 think cither of us is dying of love."
"Then, my friend, you go home and
have a candid talk, divido up the things,
and part good friends. Give her the larg
' ist half, throw in sotno small ohnnce,
and see that she got's safe home to her
mother. "15,'a'iJ by you oan qnictly
secure a bill of divorce, got on some
store clothes, and look out for a woman
of fifty who has the rheumatics so that
she can't gad."
, "That's honest, is it ?"
"Honest Injun. If you can't live
happy togothcr don't hesitate to live
I happy apart. No uso in any scandal or
. i bad words, but divide up and call it a
. bad mistake. This killing one's self on
account of domestic troubles is all
1 bosh."
"That's so, and I'll walk straight
' home and begin the dividing up busl
i noss—Thank yon, llijali, may your feet
, j stop growing as a reward for this."
, l When lift had departed Hijali took
1 short cut through the alloys aud prcsent
|ly gained a position from whence he
, i could view Ihe house where the man
lived. Developments did not tarrv The
i '
j husband had not been in tho liotisc five
minutes before ho was suddenly rnshed
out again, that and oano flying aud his
share of the things, eonuctirtg of three
fiat-irons: . a kottlo and two bricks,
overtook him before he conld dodge.
"So young und so artless !'• mused
llijali as ho turned away : "and yet that
last briok thumped htm between the
shoulders just a purty as if I'd thrown
it myself!"
Teat* for Esna)«.
The greatest scholars are not always
the wisest men.
Some peoplo arc born to bo contrary,
and they fulfill their mission with ifiig
|f Jvus 'ical
1 It is easier u. increase our wnutr,, v bt'
it ever so much, thau to reduce them,
' be it over so littli).
To maintain a steady and unbroken
mind amidst all the shocks of the world, 1
; makes a great and noble spirit,
A clergyman suggests that the wages '
of sill be cut down, and the salaries of
ministers raised a peg or two.
Trifling precautious often prevent very
great mischiefs; so a slight turn of the
wrist parries a moral thrust.
Money iu your purse w ill credit you
; —Wisdom in your head will adorn you
—but both iu your necessity will serve |
you.
If you do not wish to get angry, never :
argue with a blockhead, lletncnibcr,
the duller the razor the more you cut
yourself.
A 31 Ighty power for Good.
Will tho papers of thirteen years
hence show as great .an improvement
; as have the papers of tho last thirty
, years ? They will undoubtedly im
prove. They arc a rapidly growingpow
\ er. Thoir influence was never greater
I than it is to-day. Tlioy mold public
j opinion. They make and unmake our I
rulers to a large extent. They shape
nud enforce our laws. They are tlis \
terror of evildoers, and tlie guardians j
ol tho public interests. Thoir watef- |
fulness excels official zeal. They give |
tone to tho communities in which they !
are published, each according to the
measure of its ability and standard. In
, this.JYo* W>4 th.>ir,;.'•»»*« i* tycf.ti) r '
i than that of tho king in his dominions,
I ! and more stable. They reach every
| nook and corner of the land, cheering
tho lonely, upholding the woak, advising
I the strong, helping all. A tremendous
power indeed, llow they smite the
j wrong and uphold tho right! The
press of tho country is honest, indopend
| cut and unpurchasablc. Office-l:old_
j ers may fail iu tho discharge of duty,
! and congrsses and legislatures may go
astray, but the independent press rc
! mains, a faithful protector of the people's
i interests, a purifier of politics, a defender
! of tho country, a teacher of sound mor-
I als, a mighty power for good. May it
ever continue such.
Xot Room Knoiiuh for Both.
ITo was a "culled tramp," aud ap
proached Captain Jase Phillips as the
| train hauled up at Pewco.
! "Ts you de capt'n of de kears ?"
"Yes," replied Jaso.
"Don't want fo' ter hire' any deck
bauds, duz yw I"
"No! I'm not running a steam
boat."
"Zaetly ! Mout 1 ride straddle ob do
i cow-snatchcr to de ne»' laudiu' ? I'sc
; busted, an' a long ways from home."
"Get on. All aboard !"
And tho negro straddled tho "cow
t snatcher." Ed Gilligan pulled the tbrot
! tic wide open, aud the train had not
I gone more than half a mile before the t
, engine collided with a cow, throwing it
■ ' syrr a feneo into a oorn field, llio
, negro after the cow. Next day, coming
• 1 down, tho negro limped up to Jesc at
r i the same depot and Mi id :
"lloss, 1 didn't rido fur wid you on
i dat cow snatcher ; kasc, ye see, do cow
wanted to ride dar too, aud dar wa'n't
room for bofe uv us; so we got off to
gedder up h'yar iu de corn field fo' to
• rest. Do nex' tiuio J rides wid ye Pll
: frcese to do tail gate of de wagsu. Hit's
r safer."'
i ! An elephant ouce nearly killed an
I Irishman for an insult offered to his
j trunk. The net was rash in tho ex
t tromc; but It was impossible, tho Ili
- beruish said to resist a nose you «ould
t pull with botl. hands.
: A Philadelphia man has figured up
. I that he will save S4OO on ice erenm,
,' carriage hire and theatre tickets this
, ' y»sr. lie has married the girl.— /vr
, ■ rhtni ;t. Poor, deluded »oul!
i
i
■Sutler un a Lawyer.
Hen liutler was a down-east lawyer
before he got to be Major-General aud
representative of his district iu Congress. |
hike all lawyers, lien had a hard pull ,
of it at the start, and perhaps the sharp
ness ami acumen for which he is so uni
versally celebrated, was acquired at this [
early period of his life, when he was
striving for a practice, and the odds were '
brains or starvation.
One day while sitting in his office,
there entered "a long-legged, gaunt, I
hatehet-faecd specimen of the genus
Yafikye, who lookod, sharp enough to
raiiVc Musicals off pinstaud noedlas. and .
wlnjtnVM ► . (Jongjusfl
'mail :
' "Mr. Lawyer, lam going into a little !
bit of law biisiusss, and as you seem like
a right smart, plucky sort of uhap, 1
thought I might as well give the job to
I
| "All right," said Hen, "you cau'iput j
yoor case iu better hands."
"Well, then, 1 had a ham hanging in j
an out shed, and a neighbor's dog came ,
along and ate it. What would you do j
about it!"
"Why, prosecute the owner of the i
dog, of course. Make the fellow pay ;
I damages."
| "That's the talk, Mr. Lawyer," said 
! the Yankee, with a sly smile beginning I
to work around the corners of his mouth.
"Hut you see—l don't kuow as it :
makes any difference—tho dog was j
yourn."
Butler opened his eyes a little at this '
onslaught, but ho wasn't going to be tak- j
en back in that manner, even by a brother
Yankee.
What do you value your ham at?" }
asked liutler, drawing out bis wallet.
"Well, 1 guess five dollars would be
letting you off cheap," said tho Yaukee,
"for it was an all-fired good ham."
| Without entering a word of* protest, ;
I liutler paid the money and then said : 1
i "There's your damage for tho ham. j
|'Now fork over ten dollars."
"What for ?" inquired tho Yankee, in
I his turn astonished.
"For my legal advice," said Tltitler.
"You don't suppose I can work without
a fee, do you ?"
Mr. Y aniicoTfis bit: sn drawing a face
as long as his legs, he slowly counted out
the money and inwardly vowed ho would
bring no more law business before the j
youthful but razor-liko dispenser of Coke ,
an l lilackstonc.
Two Miles ol It.
Some unknown genius has discovered j
the following "llules for Spoiling a Hus
band."
Snarl at him.
Find fault with him.
Keep an untidy house.
lloss him out of his boots.
Always have the last wold.
110 extra cross on wash day.
Quarrel with hiiu for trifles.
Never have hii meals ready in time.
Let him BOW the buttons on his
shirt.
Fay no attention to household ex
penses.
Givo as much as ho can earn in a
month for a new bonnet.
Tell him plainly you have married him
for a living.
llaiso a row if he dares to bow pleas- ■
antly to'an old lady friond.
Get everything tho woman next door !
gets whether you can afford it or not. j
Provide any kind of a pick-up dinner
for liiin- when you dou't expect stran
gers.
Let it out sometimes when you are
good and tnud that you wish you had
married some other fellow you used to
go with.
If ho Has an extra amount of brain
work and comes homo with his nervous
system all ou a stretch—don't try to
keep tho children quiet. Tell them to j
make all tho noiso they want to, aud their j
father is nothing but an old crosspatch |
anyway.,
Young man—don't attompt to carve
a turkey when yoor girl is watching you
at the table, for you can't do it. We
tried it ouce,and whisked.a drumstick
on her silk waist, and have been paying
damages for the last fifteen years.
"Well, Mr. Sniffles, have you posted
tho ledger t" asked an employer of a
new clerk. "Yes, sir," said Sniffles-,!
"I've ]>osted the ledger, but it was too
big fo get into tho letter-box, so I had
to take it inside."
Tho married ladies of t certain city
have formed a Coiiie-Home-Husband
CM. It is about four feet long, and
i has a'brush on the end of it.
' I
1 Democratic Platform.
We congratulate ihe people of North ,
Carolina on tho era of peace, prosperity
I and good government win li has Ken
, unbroken since the incoming of a Dem
! ocratic Stale administration ; upon the
, puru and impartial administration of jus- j
j tico and the houcst enforcement of the
laws ; upon the elficieucy of our common 1
, school system and great advance made
, in education, aud the general improve- I
meut and enterprise manifested iu every ]
j part of the State, and we pledge our-'
selves to eicrtelt efforts to advance tho
j material interests of all sections of the
Stute in tlii future ai we bivodone ill tho
it," , i pKriTHrr-
I between a "Democratic administration of
, our State affairs and tho Crimea, out
| rages and scandals that aceouipaniod
Republican misrule. Affirming our ad
herence to Democratic principles as da
j fined in tho platform adopted by the
I National Democratic Convention, held
! at Cincinnati m I8b0:
RcsoluvJ, That we regard a ficc and
fair expression of the public will at the
' ballot-box as the only Nurc means of pre- j
| our free American institutions, ;
j wo denounce tto Republican party
, iitfd the futorforouco of its federal officials
j fof- thoir gross frauds upon the electivo
| franchise, whereby whole districts,
! States and the Union have been deprived
I of their just political rights ; and we be
! liove the corrupt and corrupting use of,
I federal patronage, and of }ublic money
j drawn by taxation from tho people, in f
' influencing aud eontrolmg elections, to
jbo dangerous to the liberties of tho
I State aud the Union.
| licsolvid, That we are in favor of tho
[ entire and immediate abolition of tho iu !
\ ternal revenue system, with its attend- i
' ant corruptions, and that wo denounce !
the present tariff laws as grossly unequal, ■
j unjust and vicious. We favor such a
I revision of the tariff aa w ill produce a
i revenue siiffieience for tho economical
i support of tho government, with such
incidental protection as will give to do
mestic manufactures a fair competition
with those of foreign production. That
there should bo an immediate repeal of
all laws imposing a direct tax for tho
j support of tho govcniuiunt of the Unit
ed Mates, but if it should pKivo imprac
ticable to abolish the internal revenue
I system with all its attending demoralise
j ation, fraud and corruption, then we
! urge upou our Senators and Itepresen
' tativos in Congress the importance of so
| amending tho law that the revenue uffi
; eers who now receive in salaries in North
Carolina alone more than $->OO,OOO
I shall bo elected by the pouple of the
localities to which they are assigned.
Resolved, That the oourso of the Dem
ocratic party since its accession to pow
er in North Carolina in furtherance of
popular education is a sullicieut guaran
ty that we earnestly favor tho education
of all classes of our people, and that wc
will advocate any legislation looking to
an increase of the fund for that puiposc j
that will not materially increase the i
present burdens of our people.
Resotvedy That the question of pro
hibition is not now, and never has been,
a party question in North Carolina, and
never been endorsed by the Democratic
party, and the people of the State at
the general election, in tlie year 1881,'
having by an overwhelming majority vot-
J ed against prohibition, and the Surprcme 1
Court having decided thnt tho prohibi- .
tion act is not aud never has been a law, i
'we regard tho matter as finally settled,
I and any attempt to renew tho agitation
j is merely a weak effort of designing pcr-
I sons to divert the mind» of tho people
I from the dangerous principles and cor
rupt practicos of the ltepublieau par
ty-
Rcsolvvl, That while wc are uot wed
ded to any particular form of cuunty
government, wc recognize the fact tha*.
j a large part of tho taxes of the State arc
j paid for the common benefit by the
| white people of our eastern counties, aud
I that wo consider it tho bouudeu duty
of the white men of the State to protect
' these people from tho oppressive douiin
atian of ignorant blacks, aud pledge
ourselves to such legislation as will se
cure this end.
Aud whereas it is seriously suggested
that a vigorous effort will soon be mado
to compel the State, by judicial proceed
ings, to pay the fraudulent and unlawful
special tax bonds, amounting to $22,-
000,000, issued under legislation passed
by the Kcpubhcati Legislature iu 18(iS
and 1 SOT ; therefore,
Resolved,further, That tho Democrat
ic party will resist such recovery and
the payment of such bonds by ovcry
lawful means.
I
NO. 7
SHILI. BITE*.
Opening spring goods—Showingrratt t
| trujw.
A tare hunt—Looking for your
olotbuH before day-break.
Olio Ohio tramp sing* : "There's ar
j rest for thu weary," etc.
I The follow who tumbles off the "tail
i board" of a wagon is the man who "fall*
| behind"
l "Not lost, but gone before," exclaiin
| ed the man wheu his hat blew oif and
ahead of him.
Iu the midst of life we nay be called
1 I cpon bj- a femato beitk, apu^t,—And to
1 nave uo money.
The Chinese liken a drunkard's nose
' to a light house, warning us of tue liltlo
j water tliatpasaulh underneath.
j "I never did like mutton with copers,"
j Brown said, as ho brushed his clothes,
after ail attraek from a ram.
I it way be healthy to take a walk on
an empty stoiuache, but we pity that
I man who furnishes the stomach.
| As a rule leather men ar« no better
than other people, though they hava
both inner and outer soles.
Bicsiud is the youug lady who can g>
to church without paiuting her cheeks
or penciliug her eyebrows,
i An article entitled "From tho Chan
i cellor"? liter lieneli" has cost a Berlin
! editor four weeks imprisonment.
Bed, on a railway, signfies danger,
and says "stop." It is the samo thing
when displayed on a man's nose.
What is the difference between a.
cloud and a beaten child ! One pours
| with raiu and the other roasrs with pain.
I "It takes a fellow who has been kick
-1 ed off the front stoop by the irate par- -
cut of his girl to tell the story of the
uiicsle toe."
Pompous teacher: "Now, then
scholars, what is the pestilcuee that.
walkethin darkness t" Thin little girl:
"I'loase sir, it's bod-hugs."
1 "See how I ride o'er tho raging mailt "
exclaimed a man who was thrown over
his horse's head into a ditch ou tho
other side of thu feuce. —l
Girls, don't accept the hand of any
body who tells you that ho is goiiig to
marry and settle. Make him settle lirst
and tuarry afterward.
! "Mother," said a littlo square-built
utvhiu about five years old, "why dou't
thu teacher uiake me monitor sometimes f
1 can lick every boy iu my flass but
one."
"1 detest tnas(uorados," said a beau
tiful lady to a gallant olficor.
"No wonder, madam," ho replied,
"siucc you do so much execution un
masked."
In this country a boy has too much
to fight against. First, it's his
mother's slipper; next, Fourth of
July ; then green apples ; aud, finally,
Santa Claus, a rickety pair of skates,
laud an airhold in the ice.
Iliat Settled It.
"The time has come at last," said Mr,
1 Bidlack, impressively, looking his wife
stjuaro in the eye. "I have known for •
! several days that it was inevitable, and
: might happen at nuy time."
"Why, dear, what is it! What can
you mean? You look so depressed. It
cannot be—and yet—o, relieve this
killing suspense. Alexander, have you
—have you failed said his wife, with
clasped hauds.
"No, my dear; my credit is unim
paired, aud business is looking up."
"You dou't wean to say my dear,
that your old pain in your head has come
back*?"
"No."
"You haven't had to pay that note for
your brother Joseph ?"
"No."
"Have you—now tell mo, Alexander
Bidlack, have you had another attack of
vertigo ?"
"No."
"lias your cashier broken his Murphy
pledge ?"
"No."
"Now I know—l expected it—l knew
it all th» time—l felt sure it would be
so—Mr. Uebonnaire has asked for Scra
phitm!"
"No, nothing of tho kind."
"Then tell me—without waiting
another moment —what has happened
—1 can bear it—let mo know the
worst."
' "Well, that breeches button I told
you about, has got tired of hanging by
oue thread, and here it is."
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