THE REPORTER AMD P l «
VOLUME XL
ftapart ermni Post.
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»*• *qurt(Ki. Hne» or |«w) I U*h 91 M
■far sack fetditooaal iu««rtMQ .SO
9«ntracts for l«Hg«r tima «r M*r« apart cab b«
»*• In pro|»«rti«ti to th« abov« rate*.
TrtMt«tl *4r»rtUer» will b« c*t»«ct»l to reatit
M»*r4i«| It tkasSrataa itlhi ti«« th«y Mnd
*HU fca«*arf«d»o pet 09*1. hlghar j
m "ROßiit'D. gilmer,
Attorney tad Counsellor,
MT. airy, n. c.
rnuiuoM le tlx eouru of Hurry, Stoknt,
TuOun aerf Alltghany.
W. F. CARTE RT
w.
MT. AIRY, BLKRY CO., W. C
sffcMtvar hliurrim* arc wanted |
R. L. HAYMORE,.
ATTORNEY AT LAW;
Mt. Airy N. C.
■ptdal lUUnlieu tu lb* collection »l ,
eJalaa. 1 l.rn
'■. M. MARTINDALK,
WITB
WM. J. C. DULAtfY 4- CO., i
STATION ICRS' AND UOOKSKLLUKS 1
WAHtCUOVSE.
Books *'Specf«/fy. - /^j
•tauanerv of all kinds. Wrapping paper,
Twiees, Houuet Ibuirds, Paper hi ••!«.
SM W BALTIMORE ST., UAI.TIMOttK, JTT>
J. 8. HARRISOX^
WITH
A. L. ELLET & CO.,
DRY QOODS & NOTIONS
10, 1* k 14 Twelfth Btr«e*,
A. V- Rtiin, )
A. Jvw»ow W*T*t»«, f
ftJAar ißi&m'd, Va i
\ B. f. KINO,
WITH
jowxso.v, sutton $ co., \
DRY GOODS, j
lb. IT .»! M So.lh fib.rp, lm*t,
V. W. /OUfBOt, ». M. BfTPOK
I. I. ft. «*A*ai, O. J. JOMNSOH.
». BAT , iUKI JOIWfc
Cay * Joaaa,
nMa«4u*mr«n M
• A»*U» T. ■AM■* I. OOIXA KS. TH r« K M
W. A. Vwkar, I.e. Mill. U.S. Spr.fflM
imi«, Airu ?API>
IN. *» MlHw MM. M.
SLHART, WITZ # CO.,
* rtili IK 4«.l«r« la
*MMM. ■Nimr.«l«VM, WHITMAKD
rANCT OOfIDS
WITH
Menry Sonneborn $ Co.,
WHOLtS-tLK CLOTHIERS.
m I mm m., (VwwwU-rmm* A L. aU.nl Mil
00 --1
-wass
AfMta the F*lrt.»k« tl.iul.nl KwlM, uul
JLmCm Jtawel Battle CMh.
liytlii I. « CWir
if. vujm,
WITH
MTEPHE.VPUTXE Yf CO.,
ITMaeefc iliulm fa
*OLojro " V |f| , *«ki.,
ITJf. DEVRIES* CO.,
lif nHm Mi •
milON AND OOMKSTIO DRY
•OODS AND NDTIONSm
aKrss?!sss?—^**
8. T. DAVIS t -
WITH
V. J MA&RUDKR Artd OO
V*. tl BWp hr«tt, BaJtuu
~Tf. TATBT«rK7d
Baunf, 4nd«rsan $ Bdrd,
Wholesale Grocers,
fa. ]«• N*Vi«W *a4 bin. ft««Md !*..
JULTIStOIIR WD.
:|fs L '" * -
I I
Ho •) • ">?
|On the Road Again.
•I " J'LwJ nH*alt bliiliu".'." i" tli« rmuuk nf
i | ten hMiil a« ilm rumbling ul' a 111 - h> ,!> I
1 I licit «. livarJ A«•) uv«r lli lnl!«, au>l
tltcaiw U:i'i9 of iwr-iruv, iM*fer-1
j fliuchitiK CAMIII (C.foi ne and li»b> iiiitt heave
] in vightand d;tt.v up with proud, twin step
i iu t':ont of J epptr 4l SOU'S old httiMl, now
occupied l»y S» M> I'CII'LIS & TO.
We do wmi li .. Ma ■* on ii
to Jlatan wl.e,. v« Llk. , ; ..-.»d
whlh? *Vt wiili?. 11 we (to i.ot «m\ mU we
« will do, we uertltinlY menu • iaj,
aud while you nu«v not ihtiik ii > n ln
terwa m hear, we toll iliial v\e «. 1 akc
it 1.. your luterest, if you havt io «»>, o .
Imve anything « lalt Io tell,
i W« liav* opened h*•!•*», ium io I a IriHo
I I'or a month or a year, l»»»t 'uipe 1 »o a l.i
1 uesi» that we will l»e uide Jo p. :i» b.nk I>■ ■
! should a« live Io be old Uu-n, am. have i.li« .
tothOvtlnn » f Vnow'np fhn» r.!;!! • tfe hnri
made mi honest living out » f ■>. eni almi 1
j have ibe pleasure of Kyi. lout v.e lmvv j
been of lO nie ad Mintage to our fcllou men 
j and this section «»f tlie b'alo. in our Uu.n- [
| neas we propo# to 4, let live" .is noil an to j
1 live. 'Io ai-eoiiiplUh Ud» we mean to buy
] goods in the btfsi t'ron* the Inst lion- I
| ses. and to sell f»r a profit at Ihe same t nu» j
j as low aa a similar aiti le inn l>e bought in
any market at retail.
' As prtmouslv antiouuce if \> 1! '*e rr
j possible to get eveiylltttig at o i-v. b » I a*»
I ingAOAtl formal'l large o.deis, we will fill up
I Jtist as fuel HS tli« Kutkls l '»" f.e nault«; f ofn
i tue depot, aiu' will continue M: add Io out
I stock until w • I -• i . store «•••• >t* i«iu |»at
j the detnatuK «I' :hi* se.'tio i .11 us
in keeping, and ti \ nrti u h»i' • sua In kepi
I in a general store like ours, will he procured
J ti|>ou abort notice, it to be loo, M ill a. 1) ui.it
-1 ket Narth or South.
' If the people will lay a*i«lc all prejudice.
I ha>k at it as it reall) is Iha can se-» no rea-
I non why we cannot s»*ll linrc. hauled j
t with our own teuuiH, in • . 1 «.a 11 lioiim- by j
| our own labor, us cheaply aa those who dot
| business in milnxul towns, and |av lea\> '
' reutm enormous local taxes, a id high dink ]
| salaries. All that we ask is that wvan* paid
ias much for good* lieic as a similar article
can l>e liought at in any ui.iik»*' 111 the State, j
unless it he for sail aud one or two other 1
I heavy articles.
We will do business up f >n a strictly cash !
has n, but wilt take in exchange for good*
j produce of ev»n y kind it full mat ket prices.
. and s- >iild we meet with tliu we 1
.intend our eiloi;.t shall merit, sud should!
tlis people aj»i»re. iatc an luine>t elloii on our
; part to huihl them up while we advance our ■
; own intcrepta, we ho|ie to make a
makkkt Fort tohacco
j be»w at their own doo?a, which will t»e of in
j estimable advantage to the county.
N. M. l»K» Eli A CO. !
| Danbury, X. July .tril. IW.
I suakst w. rowaas. soo.\a u. iatlo .
R W I'OWKISS A CO.
j WHOLE HA LE I) UI (.GISTS.
Deslerf l ta
I PAINTS, UII.JI, DVK«. V AKN "V K.V,
Frenuh and Anaarioan
vniDOW l>Uhß, FOTT V , & C
I IUAKS, BJIIKIKH AK1 1 t;nK*viM;
j TOUAI'Ct) A Sl'Kt.'l *I.T\
j 1306 Main St., Uioliaiond, Tu.
August 2t» — «ui
BUPJ
WUnt, «n4 wtil un«f»kieljr ehangn the UlotOtn 1
I IfcaiaiiiaavH'iaain stirus. opt a*.
ibs i»Q»ub|e. icnkbv ras4l f«r 8 1«*»»er nirnnn*. I
! jttnLM*?.** l
; ABENTB WANTED ESiirJi£uiv*nu: 1
tiac WMhia« r»f
! w.Ui IIKBL. *n4 TOE tn
I to rt.isutrr It Wia B*J knit • s.ral *n in .
Wt*% r«r it hit. I) u c. * «. > •
|w •I'raltr w-l Win* f«-ti • Ttv«»inl*l> Hull Ml
■Aikijll tu., *0 W4»UMIoU Lu»i> u. ala*
~KRR
wW*uttered |br Lftitj Ve.n vus I»/ -
biLlrr^rnt?SiATUUK decay. . i
all the ejects of youthful dt eietion, w.ll
for tl»e sake of aufleriug hunuc •, M-nd tree
to all who need It, the red j,* and di t'.oi
for making the simple enc d> *> * ch la
waa cured. Suftei«ns v. ishin? >0 politic
the a 11ver^msf'a ea]ifrioiier an Io m\ by a«'
IV wnflwn v,
' JOHNIL (MiffS 4?i:# U N. V
.
;
1 PIMt'I.KS. —1 will mall (Krca) th* 1•• -.■>: '
ur • filmplc VKG UTAH I f BALM tli-iu
will rcmova TAN, FR&CKLKS. I'lMl'-]
Lf.Siknil BLOTCH t:.l,\rA\iuz\v .kin «j»t.
cl«4r mil twain ittl; fur pro ,
■ I, i. a I aid
B«M #r •mSoflrfSß-. iillfiii ifl*.
ttamp. HEN. YANDEI.F A CO.. 11' l a: !
1 clay St., N. Y. F»b. 16'82-ljr
j h ah won «»r * c
r i with
j»
i Wholesale Dealers ia
BOOT*, aaOSB. TEUNKB. *C.
Pr(tni>t aitrniioa p»«t io oritur., mii*.
kc.l«*«a«Mk- : -t.- || iOfifjjj
I .viff rnini. isou-lt n ujneta''^
ijlir iiibio *llsi :
By Tlrtue of a ,d»w of th« bajwrior
Canit of Stokaa cuant.v, I will >4l atfirt/lir
aui-tlun at :b« inurt-luiiue diKV In Danbury
■ fersfraist,i7*jas!
latuVof l).!i. Dallou, attlum 1 hillLp> and
other., •■nntaialuv IWafrH more or 1.-an,
• «j|il a* the land of tlx Wn* of Mary Unit s.
drccaaal. Taitiw one third ra.li, the le
•• maiader oo a credit flf »i* in.intfw.
WW. M. WATTS, ?«*■>.
♦' ' «i> '
DANBUIIY, N. C., THURSDAY. JANUARY 25 1883.
!
SEEK I
i
health and avoid sickness.
Instead of feeling tired and j
worn out, instead of aches
and pains, wouldn't you
rather fuel fresh and strong ?
You can continue feeling
miserable and jjood for no
thing, an't t; l one but your
self can PmAiiult, '-."t i'l y,.j
are tire 'of th Iciad oßtfe,
you can ii if you
j choose.
Ii w? I ,y l,ettir.jf oac
I bottte of Ukown' Jkon Bi r-
TKRS.and taking it regularly
according to directior.J.
Ohio, >r or. :6,1151.
Gentlemen Ih.ive^ufferrdwith
f in my sitle ami b.tck, and great
snrenm on mjr brc.»%t, with «hu. t-
I: g p*ins all through my bo.ly, at
tended with great v» ul ncii, depr*.-
•ion of spirit* »nd bus of appe
tite. I have •.'•n fveral difTcrent
mmticlne*. ai was treated by j>r -rn-
It ent pity:-- i »ns kiJ.
ney*. i.nd splrtn, but I P''t no relief.
1 thought I w.-mi' 1 tiy liiow i*S lu :i
)tmns; I hnv« now taken one bottl*
fli* tide and buck fell g.m- -aorrtic*
all cut cf my bttait, a.id I have a
gmxi appetite, «nd am r*.niug in
sirenrtnand flesh. Itc.« ->t.yb«
Culit-o lac king mtJunut.
JOHN K. Ai.Ls.Nosa.
Brown's Ikon BiTTniu? is
composed of Iron in soluble
I form; Cinchona the great
j tonic, together with ot. 5 * _-r
standard remedies, making
a remarkable nun-alcoholic
tonic, which will cure Dys
i fjepsia, Indigestion, Malaria,
Weakness, and relieve all
Lunj and Kidney diseases.
I
"
HO s ISTE|S
'' sTOjiAcn
:J STTER s
lloateltrr'a Stomach ttilfers atsadS
; nr« In the lltnm, iiultli t'H a lirulthr, sat
. Ural flow oi biU-, prevents coiiaiipstiMn
1 wulKiiit unduly purgiiiK the hoWrU, grn*
fly stimulates ilir eireulailoa aud b* i>ru
' ni'itma 't vigomwa condition of the pro*-
i -al s\»tcni. promote*, al.no, that cheerful
■ s w hien i« (tie iruvat indication of a weli*
«lfii>r.-d condition ul all the nnntial pnw-rs.
k it Sale b\ ull DrUtffiMU aud Dialers
liNt'ralijr,
EAK3>" u T,IK MILLION
Too Chae's Balcini cf Shark's Oil.
}'nnitirrtif !{■*'• the li . '
On'if ibsoltif • t) •' n' - t
'lias J.I is a racrc. i.niu jk "« ,
>•'-% of small While >haik, ca't.il ,u •'
VmIIoU Se:-. kaotll 1 a« CaIUII Alt Alio \ I •*.-!
uki ktu. Kvery Chinese fialieruian km -*
it. its virtuca an n rea»i»rativ« t of
ueru tliaisivere l l»r Buddhist IVievt a «.t
the year 1410. Its euros were so nutne •u*
arid iuany so tn minijhj minimi one, that the
emedy was oIM .ally ptwlaim'd ov r He
Lcutire Kitipire. Its use so uniteisal j
[ that for onr .MH» ytar* no Dro/m** bun j- (
' is f nl dm>iin/ Hit Chin>--f J'fttflr. S'Mit. (
• cl|.-irces pri paid, to any ad )n»ss a' ?iO.« pe
lAttle.
Hear What tbe Deaf Say."
| it baa perfo.med a miracle in my ' .sc.
| i have no unearthly noiMSsin my he id anil
j bear ranch b-* ler.
j I Imve lH»eii greutly benefited.
My deafness helped a gieat dcJ—t'nak
, another Niflle will cine me.
1 "lis Virtu*! ar* iwqn*tionuhh and i» ci«r- j
afire cJi(Wilder idmniute, M lh* wilier or j
! jjentnuallft 'en- fy, ha*hfrom tjtiterh nc* a-"i .
oOttr. ca'inn Wri eat once to Ha\].h &i. ,
i JfiNNKV, 7 l ey Stieet,Kaw York.eiu'losin i
! SI.OO, and you will receive by return a itnii
j e*\y tlust w ill enah'e you to hear like any- ,
i hotly 'ls*', and wlmkw curative etiects w ill Is- j
! permanent. You will never regiet doing :
j so."'— Kiutoh Amkkican Rkvikw .
; * oy*To avoid loat in the Mails, please send j
money by Registered letter,
t Outv Imposed l»v
| 11 AY LOCK A JENNET*
(Late ll.t> iis'k A ( a.,
BOi.K AO HUTS KoK AMEMICA.
1 I ley Jst., New Yirk.
i 1
( GrBO. E. MISS EN & CO.,
f * > iA~l.l-.j4, N . C.,
WAGON MANUFACTURERS.
i
I t'siov, only tnc Im-s? of materials. w« make '
the l*st of work, and warrant e»ar) iob,— '
I We liave the oldest aid Wagon \v orka. !
and oui Wagons have tl e l»esl reputation tit i
| I any lit tl e Stat". I-Acry Wauatt beam the I
. ! name "J. I". NISSCN, Saleni l\ f>., >i. C."
! Write for prioes. to ail who art* usinr |
1 w* Wagona.
A I'OUBIMaB'i ecrll.
! ' Thn* wore to to «ce • lawyer yc>ler- |
'laj— Mar; Ann and her uiolber. Ma- i
rr Ann waa a little einbarran.wd, bul Ibe
olil woiuan was calui. Wben they j
cpoka about a breaeb-of-proiui»c case
tho lawyer asked : '
'•lVbat evidence have yom got ?"
! "Mary Ann, produce tbe letters,"
: ounnanded the mot la, r, and tbe ' girl
took the ccret off a willow ba.kut and
remarked that .he thoaglal 9~7 latter*
would do to begiu on The other U.)l
would be produced as iood us tiie case
was fairly before the court.
••And outside thews ljf«!rsT' jjoraued
■ " ' "1
"Mary Ann. j loduca yo r diary,'*
.suni the ii, il.ei ">v» inn i tbe
. ' ng '.f ■ ii' >, :aca,' and iell ho.
n.a j . r tu 1 usii •»» wis
taliteil u 1 •,.
.* I lie looting i* Jit i..aee' f ~aa.«• C
tbe girl.
".Sow I urn io liit hrudiiig of-Darling,
and £ivu us :liv number of ;iuie» he has
appli. ) the turm to you."
"If 1 have figured rtgbi, the toiai is
0.-J44 llu.es. '
••I »» you coumod pietty straight, i
IV. y.-u ire (;i«.d ill a> i 11, raj •• 11 o. Now |
tll-ll o ,ic huiliiill" •>( ■ n dbiiie Cot- '
tuj..-, 0.. i • II ti. now .k.iny lum - ne haa
lailii -u a lirui" i. i > u at'ier uuar- j
riajje '
..'i'iie looting is 1,395 'lines."
"Very well, ibis lawyer wall's to
be mire lliat we've ifnt a case. II iw i
iua.iv limes has Ci.arles tlenry s.nd He j
would di« far you !"
'•oSU answered the girl as she turned
over a leaf. •
"How uiutiy tiuies has he called you
- an angel
I "Over 11,000, iliauia " *
! "Ilow about squeezing bands?"
j "Over 384,000 iquce7.es."
"Aud kiescs !"
, "Nearly 4i7,000."
| "There's our case," (aid ibe mother, i
, as she deposited basket and diary ou the |
lawyer's table, "hook over the docu- |
| uicnts and if you waul anything further :
! 1 can bring iu a d"Ken io swear
jto the lant». We sue for SIO,OOO daui- j
ajes, aud we dun', settle for loss than an
! eighty-acre farm with buildings in good !
| repair. We'll call again next week— I
I good day, air
ll« I'rajed I'ur 100 iniicb Pep
per.
One of the must prominent preaclieis j
iu iliv city, tells ih« following anecdote
i as a fact wlienerer be hears a siory too
| lucredible lor belief:
"A very wicked man became conveit- j
ed aud iu course of time it came his
luru to pray iu class meeting. ,\«t
beiug usod tu speakiui; in public, of [
course he was ery much embarrassed.
This is tbe subiauce of nis prayer :
"Oh, Lord, ihou giver of all £ ,,w d
things look down with pily ou poor
peoj le. Vuu are rich and can spare
 int'io p.eiitv io eut, while on earth, i
t-end every one of tlieui a lull barrel of :
llour, pleu'y cf luid ai.u a side of bacou, j
| a haw or sv, and a pound of butter. I
v !>•■> rv ..i ol y.' ir buugry. starving
iieituiena b rr"i ... malt; a nrrel of
'
i pepper—oh, rell, that is ino uin.'li j -p- ;
per. A uien
A l.anyer'i Luci y Thought
During the paluiy days of the income
i tax aud when blanks were mailed to even
1 tailors' apprentices, a ailiter living near
! Colun.bus, 0., called upon a'lawycr iu
i that city auu said .
I "I'm afraid I'll have le pay an income
tax on about sßoo.''
"Is thai so? That would be too
bad."
"Yes; the b.re idea makes me foci
torriblc. 1 want to fgurc with you and
sec if we can't beat tho govcruuient."
The two sat down end went over in
come and expenses a dozen times over,
but iiguro as they woald there was S,SOO
! on which income should be paid.
"I have it, 1 have it !" suddenly ex- j
j claimed the lawyer asa light broke iu oa j
: him. "Vuu must return the money as
; lent on a note fur a year. I'll give you
my note, take tl'.e money anil I'ncle
»m may whittle."
I "I'll be hanged if 1 don't do it," cried
] old eornitalk, and do it he did.
He hadn't beeu able Io collect any j
thing no that Bote up to a year ago, but i
j he best the government all ibe same.
New York city pays $7,01*0,000 a
! year for it, religion, and $22,000,000
| for ill drinks, and it eecius to regard the
| latter as altogether the best investment.
| SumnterbreezA says marriage if a
i nieaua of grace because it ltd liiaa to
repentance.
round lllui quallUcd.
When 1 was a young man I spent
several yeart in the Soull, residing for
awhile it l'ort Gibson, on the Missis-ippi
river. A great ileal of litigation was
! going on there about that time, and it
was not an ea»y matter to get a jury.
One day 1 was summoned U act iu that
capacity, and repaired to couri to get
excused. ( iu my uauit boing tailed 1
informed hi. Honor, tht Judge, that I
was not a freeholder, and therefore not
qualified to serve.
'I am stopping for the time being at
this place."
"Vou board at the hotel, I pre
sume T"
"I take my meals there but have
rooms in another part of ibe town, where
[ I lodge :
".So you keep bachelors hall ?"
"Yes, sir,"
"How loug have you lived in that
j wanner!"
I "Aboui 0 months."
"I think you are qualified," gravely
| remarked the judge, "for I never have
known a man to keep bachelor, hall the
| length of time you name who had not
I dirt enwugb to makes hiiu a freeholder.
! The court will not excuse »ou."
Women Whip a wife lleuter
For several mouths past John llunk
ot Bhelby villa has beeu beating his poor,
helpless wife whenever it pleased biui to
du so. |,.isl night he attempted to go
■ through witii the performance again ; but
as souu as !i« rung up the curtain the
j city maishal was sent for, who with a
constable marched Bunk off for the jail,
i V\ hile on the way there the officeis were
! waylaid by u vigilance committee, coui
! pos-.nl if arou' a 'I tea men and .is
'mm. w».utn. The mtlj purir.u laid
J h Id of the officer* while the ladiea took
1 hold ot Bunk ind gave him the soundest
w!:>r.niiijr he ever of petting.
T.i b.. ws wus bald on aim came
■ from whips, b«rrel sia v e, brooms and
; all manner of instruments. Wben tbev
| were done the women disappeared, tht
men escaped in the darkntss without
j their identity being made known
The Greta: Bailnem.
iT he money made by farming is the
clearest, best money in the world.
| It is made in accordance with God's
' first law—under honest and geuial influ
i ences—aw.y from the taint of trade or
! ihe fierce heat of speculation. It tills
the pocket of the farmer at the expense of 1
| no other man. His gnin is do man's lons .
but the more he inaket tbe better for
| ihe world at l.rgo
I'iosperous farmers make a prosperous
people. Wha (ever benefits our agri
j culture benefits the commonwealth.
A tramp sat upon a doorstep in New
York, tenderly holding bis head in his
hands, when Kli Perkins came along.
"W hat is tie matter with you, man ?''
asked Kli.
"I'm in doubt, sir—l'm in a state of
| doubt."
*'ln doubt ? what about ?"
"Well, sir, 1 went into that vally
gate up there te get something ta eat.
1 -light liavt known something wsuld
happen, for there was a dead book agent
! lying in the flower gardon, and a lina
uient man with the sidu of his head cav
ed in, l.auiug up against the ptacb-
I tret."
"Well ?"
"Y'ou see I always was veiitursonit
so 1 vciy politely stepped up and taking
off my hat asked a woman standing
there if oho would be kind enough
to give me some berry pit and soiut
brtast of chi ckep.-
"Well, what happened then ?'
"Now, Mr Perkins that's what I'm in
doubt about. I'm thinking over it now.
1 don't teem to wake oat ahetber 1 got
the pie or the buck porck fell on mt, or
perhaps I fell asleep under a pile driver.
I dont know anything about it, but to
! give myself tbt benefit of the doubt, 1
i believe 1 d sooner work a half hour thau
|go iuto that yard sga'U—l would.''
The North Carolinn Iloiisi* of Itepre
lentativrs adopted a resolution recently
j instructing the Slate Congressmen to
' vi te fer Kc !'"■»! ai.' to S' te school pur-
I poses. I lie vute itoud OS :o 0.
j The glove powder, so generally used
topiovtnt injury from perspiration, is of
i value ; but common corn-starch, rubbed
' thoroughly over the bauds before putting
on the gloves, will alto answer tbii pur
pose.
Huxley ityt: "There it one time
' when wen walk en all fouri." Tel,
, i when looking for a dropped collar bat
ten.
i
A Mole I'roiu Daisy.
; "Hut papa —"
••Not another word,' said the person
thus addressed, a tall handsome man in '
i whose deep brown hair a tinge of gray
was just beginning to show. "You
know, my child,' he continued, "that
, nothiug could give me more pain than
refusing a wish of yours, and that 1 am
ntvur so happy and freo ftoin care as
when some aet of mine has made your
life brighter. But the request I can
not grant. A sealskin saque with fur
; trimmings ! By uiy halidmu, you jest
bravely—" and turning hastily awny,
Punstsn Perkins stepped to the side
board aud took a drink.
I Lillian stood an tlx- aMraaerra
i tory, looking steadily down at the heavy
velvet carpet ill which her shapely foot
sunk deeply, but presently the spirit of
desolate loneliness s«emed to leave her,
and going quietly into an adjoining room
she began eating pie.
In a few moments her father enme in
to the apartment. "Perhaps I was ra
ther harsh with you, Lillian," he be
gan.
But Ibe girl interrupted him. 'Don't
speak of it again, dear papa,' she said,
'because 1 know that you really Imve
no money to spare. While I Was men
ding your overcoat last evening 1 saw
thot note from 'Daisy,' and 1 Would
not —'
"You saw the note ?' asks Mr. Per
kins in hoarse, agonized tones.
'.'Yes, paps, but you know that I
never—'
"How much will a sealskin sacque
cost '* .
"Thrac hundred dollars," and as the
girl .-poke these words a I aleful light
! si., t ;Viv U. r eves
"Vou car! have tbo iir>:i •> o-i;inrron,'
I' he said, and woui slowly out of the
room.
"1 thought uiy darling papa would
! weaken," siud the girl and lifting
fork .iio»ly io tivl hp. theiastof the pie
was goue.
Mo Time Io E,l«.
Jesse C. bad the reputation of being
the biggest liar in Ueorgia, and was
never known to couie out behind.
One het day Bill H. sat on the shady
i-idc of tba-barn. After dinner lit saw
Jesse riding in great h-.:*tr toward town.
Bill hailed him nnd went to the gatt.
Jesse asked him what be Wanted.
"Stop and tell us a big lie,' said Bill.
"No time for lying now,' said Jesse.
"Your Uncle Soli died suddenly an hour
ago, and I am going for the coroner and
a coffin.' And oe he went.
Bill ran to the honse and told hi.
wife. She gathered ep the children.—
lie hitched the horse to llie wagon,
loaded his family, . nd posted off fonr
miles through lieut and d'itt to Uncle
1 Soil's.
On arriving he found the family snd
two neighbors in tbe large kitchen.—
. Uncle Soli was buried to tho ryes io a
big watermelon. Tbe surprise was mu
tual snd explanations followed.
"Well," t»id Bill, "I asktd Jess for
a big lie, and not only got it but was
fool enough to believe it. I wouldn't
believe him again if I knew be was
dyin'."
To Advtrtlitri
Tbt Reporter ani> Post offers the
following inducements to advertisers
who may wish to reach tbe people of
Middle and Western North Caroliun,
and other sections ;
1. It it the only paper published in
Stokti county, tbe pnpulaliun uf whieb
it about 16,000.
2. It goes to nearly every State io
1 the Union, circulates to a oonsiderable
extent in Surry, Korsylhe and Rooking
; ham oountiss, tn tliit State, as well a.
the adjoining counties in Virginia, while
its circulation among the 16,000 of
1 Stoke, county's population, is nearly as
great as that of nil other weeklies omu
-1 bined.
3 It is tn a p-o*;>orou» condition
and frowns'; in 'a\or, ts eiroulaliou to
i day being greater than at any tuuu since
| the first number was issued mors than
i ten years since, and lias nearly doubled
wituiß tue last two years
4. The rates offered by tho Report
kr ASD Post to advertisers art as low at
f are offered by sny paper with a eiroula
' lion as large a* its own.
A broken promise can never be wen
ded. A new oae must be made te take
( its place.
, The circus it tbe only place to which
■ j the Roxborb »|"rj-ted list skenld be
' •"tn.
N0.33
hmai.l bites.
Truth is stranger than fisb stories.
Th! boJy of (iambetta wis buried at
I Nice, Saturday.
Once a candidate, always a candidate!
Tbere is no such thing as an ex-candi'
data
Tbe pruJeut man has saved dimes alt
.summer that he mar have good quarters
in tbe winter.
Fannie: Vou are right. It i«"beUct to
return a kiss for a blow. And a great
I deal sweeter.
Characteristics of a rich tnan : The
: elegance of his carriage anJ the lofli*
nesa of bit g^tn.
New Haven fop* are (electing pat'
terns for new spring suits in order to
take in the trauslt of Venus.
Old John Hobinson, the famous show-
I man, is dying. Since his retiroment from
i the show business he has lived iu Ciucin
| nati.
i If the fire of We should consume
| a maiden's heart, we presume the aver-
J age insurance agent would account for
it on the ground of a defective flue
J "1 has hearn, Mr. Charman,' said
! Mr. Sutton, (colored) from Chowan,
! l: dat Nolf Cltna is de binemoM State in
' | literacy, and darfo 1 shall woto for de
| motion."
j The cranberry crop of the east is a
failure and every man who understands
i tnat it takes two pounds and a half of
; sugar to a handful of berries will be
j glad of it.
1 Old fashioned country dances arc
bfginning to be revived, and it is tbougbt
' ''iat fashionable balls this season will be
less suggestive of fitting up with it corpse
: 1 tlau formerly.
Gcriuiti carp in Georgia have done
' 1 rcro.ifkablv well. Iu tbe viciuity o*
i.. Grange there ar« iarp three yitjr*
. old which are believed to weigh s-ight
I or ton pounds.
| Rome men elairu that they dok'» care
; two straws about polities, but wbeu it
( comes to uiiied drinks they aie mighty
' particular to have two straw* aaid sound
jones at that, too.
A two story building it» to-be erected
in Karmington for, aeo Pnureling item
I "the manufacture- of ladies and
misses' heels." The luifding will evi-*
deutly be bigh oocwgft for the purpose.
j Young uut: Our answer to your
. ' question skall be short and to the point.
| l>out get a>arr>ed if y»w are poor and
i proud, unless she is rich and not too
j proud. In the latter ease.wby'collar it.
A lady out West has a railroad sand
■ wieh whieh she puts in ttw heel* and toes
of stocking when darning. It is also
, used us a door knooker and a family
. engine to knook tbe life out of tramps.
Highly sugar-coated r A New York
divorce lawyer's advertisement reads :
I "Hymeneal incompatibilities, as a spe
cialty, carefully adjusted. "Tin slavery
! to detain the band after tbt heart hath
I fled."
W. T. Hlackwel) baa sbold out hia
i interest in the firm of Blackwel! Si Co.,
manufacturer of fhirham smaking tobac
! co, to his partner Julian 8. Carr. for
I S'JSO.OOO but reserves * royalty on the
I'Bull"
I As in some parts of tbe world the cold
! is so intense that the mercury freezes and
the registering of the temperature ceases,
| ,O w "h conscience; we may sink so far
in sin that it ceases to reprove, for itself
; is frozen and powerless.
i If our faith stops in Christ's lift, and
does not fast on npon the blood, it wilt
not bo a justifying faith. His miracles,
wbioh prepared tbe world for his doo
i trines . his bolineas, whieh fitted himself
| for his sufferings, had beeu insufficient
for us without the addition of the erosa.
Piety is not to be measured by alt en -
1 dance upon public Worship. All the salt
|of the earth is not fiMnd in the pews of
. kJcd's house The adversitios and afllic
, \ tiotib that confine people at home often
, imike the strongest faith and the purest
j | life.
| '1 he Attorney Ooncral of Quebeo,
Mr. Joseph Alfred Mousseuu, recently
1 appointed a geutletnan a Justice of the
• Peace, and, in officially notifying lilin,-
wrote : "As 1 have boe informed that a
, .'•rtain number of tbo*e whom 1 have
raised t« the position of J. P. are dead
8 ! and buried, you will be kind eneugh to
i let me know before tea days whether
>i you are drad or alive. In oase you do
s i not reply witkin tbe next ten days ytfe
| will be conildered dead."