THE REPORTER AND POST.
VOLUME XI.
Reporter and Post!
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DAKBUKY. V. C.
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'jLOBMRfi)~ GILMER, *
Attorney and Counsellor,
MT. Aiar, k. c.
, hMtna la Iha eourta of Surry, Utaltaa,
Tadkia aad AUa«kauy.
W. F. CARTER,
&rro*jfMr-*T-L* w.
MY. AIRT, Bt'HRT CO., N. C
ftaetlwe wherever hieearrlewve wanted.
R. L Hji VMORE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Mt Airy - ' N. C«
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ATTORNEY AT LAW
WIIIOTOK.M.C.
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Chronlfl UUr
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ITMPTOJW or A DHKASKD UYKB.
M Urnih P»in ki it»« Sine, ftometiaic* ihc j
Kim a UU under U»« Sh"til«l«r-bl.i>ie, lor
kvtidiadsiii gener.il (..»• of appetite. Hotr.k
(tSHtaUv a«uv«. fe/stctinut .tiMrnsiiag widi Ui;
W»« HcmJ It trouble I with |>tia, it dull AJWI heavy,
wuh CAMKknblc >> M of Niamury. sccunpssied
wnk x painful tcn«» ti> n ofWaving undnac «omotSinf
vfckU stagta la kavr U«p 4m—; a tliflit. dry cough
atkl iwabtJ be* it >om«iin«t an attendant, alien
iai»uk*»(ur e>m»umpti,jii. the patnat complain*
•f vcftriiwtt and debut.) ; nervous, e itily turticd;
itrl mmid vr kutm ug, *aniutn«». a p richly tcaautiun
M ib« tUis aaoit. tpirtu ant low atui drtpoutlnm,
■lbil»#lllliiil tbat ancae w*«ld be b«K -
fciM, fM om can htnlijr umiiwn up f>*iiuuic to
«»* 4m hm, every nrmWy Scw«i
w *b« >UT« tyaintono atland Uic dbva»e. but cam
ha*t oeeurfta when but few of ibeni existed. yet
CiaintnaWMi after death ha* tbown lb« blwr K>
bare Ucn txtuaeiveiy deranged.
It abauld \*m OMMI by nil persona, old nnd
/auf, ahanavrr nity of the abuts
ajmpUtma appear.
f«w»ni Travrllnc or V.lvlnc In fn
bMllby by laWiuf a »lu«c ovcaaion- 1
ally to kacp the liver in Healthy action, will av.tid
afl Malftria, IMlioua altnrko. Itttiincu. Nan
aaa. Dro.ii.KAt. Depreeeinn of Suiriia. etc. 1c
wtU Invigorate like a |liu of win*, but it uu la
latloaUag btttrug*.
If You hava talrn anything hnrd of
tUittUub, or fed heavy alter meal*. or ali-rp- I
Inaa »i night, take a dote uad you will be ralicved.
Tint* aad Doetore' mile will be aavnd
by always kMpliic iha Itngutator
la the lfnuae f
For, whatever the ailment may be, a thoroughly
tab Durgailrc, aIU-rallv«? .iwl tonic on
•ever V- out of nlacr. The remedy it hnrinU-a*
nnd daat not Interfere with bmiuvta or
pioneers.
IT in Pt'BKI.T VROKTATII.K,
And hut all the power and cfli*«ry ».f t'-domel or
Qmaime, without any of the injurious *ltar cilrvu
A fior»rnnr'« Tnatlmony.
Sinua>ut livtr Regulator hat l>e«n in me in my
fcnniv t»r tome time, au«l I am tatisßvil it it a
valuable addition tu the medical science
J. I*II.I. SMOMTBK, Governor of Ala.
Ran. Alexander 11. At**tthena, of Ga..
tart. Have derired aome benefit trum the uae uf
SNantena Liver Regulator, and with tu give it a
further thai.
-Tk« oaty Thlrtf that never fall* to
MUaVI a N -| have utvti m..nv rcmediet Air l»yt
pefaia, liver A/lection aixl f >eltilitv. but never
have feund anything to benefit me to the talent
bipataona Lirer Regulator bat I tent (nm M in.
aeaoat to Georgia (nr it, and would «end fitrther for
•uch a mediciae, end would advise all who are sim
ilarly affected to give it a trial aa it tecott the only
thing thai never lulls to rekotc
V. M JANNKY, Minneapolis Minn.
I*r. T. W. Maaou naya: Fnwn actual ea
periensa In the ute of Mmmut l.lvcr Kegulat r m
U4> practice I hare Uen and am satitAed to ass
•td f»eawlb« it as a purgative incdiciuc
MTTake only the Gwnalne. wbicb always
bat un IAJC Wrapper the rod Z Trade-Mark
aodMfuluraor tf. 11. ZCILIN A CO.
FOR SALE BY ALL T)RUG«ISTS
DOSTETTER^
Bitters
What Ihe grrat flotfriter'i
ft.omarii Hitters, will do. niunt 'ie gathrrfd
tr*m what It h*» done. It hnd rnd
|e«| enrea lit tMtn«nn>is of eaten «* i|ya|u-p
--aia, bilious dleonlera. Intermittent fever,
nenroua nffactioiit, general debility, con
stipation, »i«k haadanlte, ntfiitnl dea|»on
denov. and the iH-euli:tr r»>in|»lniiita and
disabilities to Which ibn f«ebU nre eo
•MbjNt.
for aal* by nil Drugfflsta and Dealer*
(eucrnny.
EARS FO » TUK MILLION
Too Chos's Balsam ef Shark's Oil.
t'tmtireijf Krrtnre* thr Hettring, nn»i is the
Only Atootute Cure/or Uetij'nt ** Known.
Tfcti Oil it frniti pt/tMilinr
ciea of small WltiU* Miark. (Slight in tl)«'
Yellow .V'a, known im ( Al{ n.vit.vi>o> Kox-
DKI.KTH. Every r|»ln#«t lUlktuumi knows
It. Its virtiit* a* a ivstorAttw of lo an titi
went discovrrfU by JiuUilliUt I'llmi al»»nt
Ihr year 1410. Its ct|ra« WflK so ntiinfrnns
and m/tny »o /tcrmini/ly mirarutinm, thultlir
rrmndy was ottkiallv pr»H-I:tlined over llio
entlrr Empire. Its use INHSIIDI 1 M» nnivei-sal
that ft»r ntcr ;M)0 yearn no Drti/m w Itii* i
inltU among the Vhlnrne jleojde. Jv*ni,
charges prepaid, to any addrt'* at SIOO jicr
bottle.
uLi :
Hear What the Deaf Say.
U ha* P*rturmwl a mlrarle 111 .OIV r.w'.
I har» till unearthly nolM's In my IK-uU anil
hr*r much belter.
I h»ve bc«n greatly heneliteil.
My (leafnes. hclpeil a (treat deal—think
another bottle *lll cure mi'.
"IU virtue, are ttuinHonnhU and ita rur
attre ehararj; abtnlule, a» Ihr ifriler run
pmntuiUf I ratify, both from experience an J
nbmrration. Write at once to IIAYUM-K A
JiixkßY, 7 Dey iHreel. New York,eiiclualni:
tl.Ot). and you will receive by return a reni
ady that will enah't yim to lieur like any
body -lie. and whote enratire eflccu will lie
permanent. Yon will never retrret doing
•o.'— CIUTOH AMEJIU'A.Y URVIKW.
OJrTo avoid lota in llw Stall*, please *end
money hy Hejlutereil letter.
Otit) ltnpuned hy
UAVJ,OCK * JKSXKT,
(l*te I {ay lock A
nil PON AMKntra.
7 Dej St., New York.
GEO. E. NISSEN & CO.,
SALEM, X. C.,
i WA6ON MANUFACTURERS,
t*ttlt( only the heat of material*, we make
MM baat of work, aad warrant every Job,—
w« btn llw okbwt and Waiton Workr
I and oar Wagitna have t)w beat rrpalation ot
any m the .state. Kwy bears tlie
name Hj. p. SI-iSKV Heh-m P. 0., N. C?
Write Sir prirea. Hefn tu u|l *ho urn minf
otu \V M^Ubl.
DANBUUY, N. 0., THURSDAY, MAY 17 1883.
Cttrrincl) I'tiumnnlcallie.
"Madam, I ain looking for a atray
linrse," said a man, stopping at an
Arkanaaw IIOUKC and leaning bit chin
tNi the top rail of the fence. **11376
you seen anything of him !"
"How long has he beon gone !" ak
od the woman, leaning against the
door-facing, and regarding the man
•itli that inquiring look of curiosity
which, in the country, to plainly speaks
of the scarcity of strangers.
' Been gone about 2 days.'
'V\ bat tort of a horse was he V
■Jlouu, with white fetlocks.'
'llow old was he ■'
'About 10 years.'
•Good work nag, I reckon,'
«Kirst-rtte.'
'l'id you raise hiin !'
'No, I bought liiiu at a sale.'
• W liose sale !'
'Old man Bigley's.'
'ls Bigley dead ''
•No.'
«l\ hat did he liare a snle for, then ?'
'He wanted to sell out and go to
town. But I aui iu something of a
hurry. Have you seen the horse !' j
'V ou say he was a good work nag ?' |
'First-rate.'
'And had white fetlocks ?"
'Vss.'
•And he was a roan ?*
'Yes.'
'And lie's been gone several days !' }
'Yes : but, madam, I aiu in a hurry. ;
Have you seen liiiu !'
'Are you certain that he has white
fetlocks!'
'I know he has.'
'And you know that lie's a good work
nag!'
'Certainly I do. Have yon seen any
thing of liiiu !'
•No.'
'Have you beard anyone speak of
seeing him !'
'Yes; since you mention it, 1 think i
1 have. I heard a man talk about see
ing a roan horse with white teilocks.'
•That's uiy horse ! l>o you know the
man's uame !'
'No.*
'Where do you suppose I can find (
him ?'
'You can find him out there at the i
stable,'
The stranger went to the stable, look- I
ed around, halloed, and returned to the
fence. "He's not there.'
•Not now.'
•Didn't you know be wasn't there be
fore I went V
•Yes, I knew he wasn't there before j
you went.'
•Then what the devil did-you send me
there for V
•To see him. I knowed he'd be tbar
agin you arrive.'
•I'll be blauicd if I understand you.' !
•Now, look here, stranger, you can't |
make me tell a lie. You uxed me if I'd
seed the horse, and I said no. You '
axed me if I'd heerd any body speak of
the horse, and I said yes. You axed
me whar you would find the man, and I
told you. Y'ou went thar, and—
•But who was the man ?'
•Yourself, stranger.' And she turn
ed away to rock a dug-out cradle, while
the stranger, shoving down a panel of
fence in his anger, turned away and
sauntered dowu the road.
TRAMPED PROM KEMTCKT. — A
womat named Uoarck, with two little
children and a dog, were lodged at the
statiou-house Saturday night, fjhe says
that she, her children and the dog walk
ed all the way from Catlelisburg,Ky.,
where she lost everything hy the late
riso of the western rivers, and that she
is now makiug for her old hoiue iu Ab
ingdon, where she hopes to remain for
the rest of her days. The children see.u
unusually bright and cheerful, and the
dog is as fat as a butcher's dog, and
they seem not to have suffered iu the
least by their long walk Lynchburg
Virginian.
'Jookliu is still mourning over Grant's
defeat in Chicago, ile declared iu bit
speech in New York on last Saturday
night that failing to nooinate U. S. U.
lor a third term had "held this country
back for ten years." lie said some
thing more significant than that. We
must hope that he s|>oke the truth when
he declared that "the Democrats are
about tu take coutrol of the country."
So be it! lie said farther that he could
think of but three States in which the
Uepiiblicans had Wo victorious siuee
1«»0
Mrs. Wtu. Wiggins, Bidgeway, N,
C., says : "1 find Brown's Iron Bitttri
to be the best tonic I ever used."
Mr*, flcvtchroe'n Crier
I've had my life insured," raid Mr.
' Scotchroe, according to tlie veracious
■ bistorain of tlia Liltli) Hick Gizelte
! "Now, incase I die, my wife will re-j
; ceive S2,O(H). In ovc of uiy death,
I however, I don't know tlmt she would ,
be benefitted, for she but dc'.trmined j
jto kill herself if Anything of ■ serious
nature happens to me. Let ine toll |
you what she did,' ami Mr. Scotchroe I
! took hold of the two men to whom be
was talkiu);. "Why, she baa prepared
a bottle of stuff deadly enough to kill j
a mule. She (ay? t j:*.t nH-'n the inonyj
I fall* due .the uliull full ji tbe |
I eouteuta of the bottle "'
"It may be unwarranted incredulity i
on my part, Scotchroe," replied one of!
tbe men, "but I'll bet you s"> that I I
' eau go to your house, tell your wife
that you arc dead, aud—"
| . "Just £0 ou. Break the news to her j
| gently- I'll stand outside prepared to j
j ru?h in when she makes a dive for tbe I,
bottle. Come ahead.'
The two men went to Scotcliroe's j
cottage. Scotehroe stood out by the '
: chimney while his companion went in. |
"This is Mrs. Seotcohre, L believe' j
said tbe man, when a red faced woman >
opened the dooi.
| "Yes, air."
j "Rather a fine day.'
"Rather."
"lleard any new* to-day?"
"No, sir.
! "(jot some for you. Scotchroe is a
| capital fellow, a splendid man. Kvery- j
j body liked hiiu. Pity that such a cal- j
I amity should befall iiiui,'
( 'What's the matter."
"He went down to the depot to day
and stood around. A switch engine ,
. came walking along. You know switch j
engines have killed more men that all ]
I the others."
"Yes' said Mrs. Scotchroe. switch |
engines have always borne sanguinary
reputations."
"Well, this switch engine took sight 1
at Scotchroe and floure d him"
"Did it kill biiu>' # .
"Well he'll ba brought home after:
a while in a sack,'
"Will they bring him before din- !
ner"
"1 don't know. Hy the way he had an |
i insurance policy for $2,000."
"Yes, MII want the money right
away.'
"Rather unfortunate, but when he
was swept up from the track, among
| the rubbish was found a paper showing
! that Scotchroe had relinquished his 1
! policy "
"What, deceive me in that way, leave j
1 me without any support; tbe miserable 1
' wretch. I
Scotchroe ran in and attempted to ,
i clasp his wife.
I "Where's that polioj!'
"Hero it is."
i "Give it here. It's just like you to
surrender it and get killed."
' Come on Jiui,' suid Scotchroe to
his friend; "I want to got the vilest
drink to be fouud in a ten-cent sa
| loou."—A'x.
We often read of successful men, but
seldom of successful women. There arc
, thousands of men who would bave been
utter failures but for their heroic wives,
who, by an influence as uuobtrusive as
it was potential, were at once their safe
guard aud their iuspiratiou. There arc
hosts of them who have made their mark
in history who are indebted to faithfnl
maternal iufluencc and training for all
those cleiueuts of giytv"" la ,
' uot such a wife or such a mother |
a successful bin! Let eaeh
have her weed of praise— Rxcfinntft.
Bau Hois.—A tierman nobleman
! bad two Hons who were reported to be
. rather fast boys. Oue of them was a
1 clerk in a bank aud tbe other was an
, officer in tho army.
•1 "How are your sons corning on," ask
j ed a friend.
I "Bad enough! The one in tlie bank (
' who ought to be drawing drafts, spends
' | all his timo in hunting; and tbe oue in
the army, who ought to be busy shoot
ing, is always drawing drafts on uie for
money."— Sifting).
i Talmage gives this little penpicture
i of Samuel J. Tilden: "A few daysago
, 1 saw in a railway car the aickeat-look
' . lug man I ever saw out of bed; bis cbin
I and hands afflicted with tlia worst palsy I
. 1 over saw, either in or outside of a bos
. pilal, exciting the pity and sympathy of
| all who looked at him- He ia one of
i the candidates for the presidency."
i Trifles make up the sum of lift. Be
j prepared to conaider small ihing*.
Curd Playing at Home
Flaying cards for 'pastiuie' or as an
innocent amusement' soou becomes a i
passion, ami when onoe fixed a mult will
forego huuie, family, business, and suf- !
I fer the loss of his all for the exciting ,
scenes of tbe card-table.
That accomplished writer, the late
Dr. Holland, of Springfield, Mass., said:
j '1 have all my days had a card-playing
community open to my observation,
and I am yet unable to believo that
| which is the universal resort of the starv
■ od in soul and intellect, whieh has nev
er 19 any way linked to itself Under,
| elevating, or beautiful associations—
j tbe tendency of which is to unduly ab
! sorb tbe attention from more weighty
matters, ean recommend itself to the fa
' vor of Christ's disciples. The presence
of culture and genius may embellish,
i but can neven dignify it.'
I bave this moment,' said Dr. Hol
. land, 'ringiug in my ears the dying in
junction of my father's early friend,
I 'Keepyour son from cards. Over tlicni
I have uiurdeied time and lost heaven."
fathers and mothers, keep your sons
| from caids in the 'homecircle." What
| must a good angel think of a mother at
; the prayer-meeting, asking prayers for
the conversion of her sou whom she al
lowed to remain at home playing cards
for 'pastime !'
The late Bishop Rascom, in denounc
ing all forms of iniquity, speaks uf the
gambler wbn, rather than not to gratify
his passion for play, would stake the
: throne of eternity upon the cast of a die
| —who, unmoved by the tears aud cti
\ teaties of her that bore him, the wife of
' his bosom, and the children of his own
bowels, continues to indulge his hated j
passion, until the iufatuatcd reprobate
| would table his game upon the touib of
| his father, or shulßo for inlaiuy upon the
' tbreshhold of hell.'
"Hard Pun."
Rev Robert Collyer deliverod an ad
\ dress to the students of an Kasteru col
lege in tbe course of which he remarked
; that he had worked on a farm, carried a
. hod, shod horses, broken stone on a turn
pike, bad reaped and cradled grain, dug
a well, cut wood, aud had preached scr
. mons that nobody wanted to bear. His
! wouderful success bad been achieved by
! pure grit aud honest industry. Y'ou
must dig down to "hard pan," he said,
to lay a foundation to fame aud fortune.
Tba reverend gentleiuau seemed to have
drawn the most of his inspiration from
Poor Richard's almanac. His apiculat
ed ap horisuis may be grouuded as fol
j lows :
Any kind of an honest job is better
1 ter than no job at all.
Take a dollar a day for your work if
; you can get no more.
A man's best frieuds are his ten fiu
! gera.
When evil days come, as evil days
; will, no man deserves the title of gentle
! man if he does not take holiest work to do
regardless of social influences.
When country boys couie to the city,
if ibey can hold on to the old sweet ways
{they can defy the world.
Keep your grip on the hard pan of
principle and good conduct, aud you
| will be men of good name aud good
i fortune.
When a boy fills a house with bugs he
I is all right provided he dou't run after
; humbugs. He has the making in him
| of a great uaturalist.
A good farmer is better than a poor
doctor, and a good horseshoer is better
than a Bishop who preaches sermons
1 that nobody wants to hear.
A good day's work of what you can
best do is the hard pau to which all
I uiust come.
I Society say* one thing and nature says
1 another.
■ I Work is good medicine.
i Only those who make clean money
and do clean things win success.
Tbe boucst man who dies poor is rich
j if he ouly holds his own.
Sleep eight hours out of the tweu'y
' f a , eat three meals a day, and walk ou
1 tlie sunny side of the way.
I i Have a reserve force that will come
. out when you neod it.
Don't wiud up tlie solemnity ufeourt
ing a girl with prayer.
i "In my whole life," wrote Prince
Metternich, "I bave known only ten or
. twelve persons with whom it was plear
ant to speak—i. who keep to the sub-
jeot, do not repeat themselves, and do
ant talk of themselves ; men who do not
listen to their own voice, who are culti-
vated enough not to loose themselves in
common-places ; and, lastly who possess
I tact and good taste enengh not to ele-
I' vate their owa persons above their sub
joeto."
THE FLOV.TRS COILFCTIO
Marrying fur .llune)'.
1 heard a sad story of a pretty girl
j uf good family of great ambition, win
j married the son of a Congressman a few j
' years ago iu the bel.ef that the  ou- j
; grcssuiaii or the sun, or somebody in the
1 family was rich. Of course, the girl
was poor ami proud and from tbe South,
and she was only too glad to sell her
self for the luxury promised her. And
of course it turned out the maguificcuce
of the Cougtcssman was hollow, that bis
diamonds belonged to somebody else,
that his horses were anotliet's and iltat
his house and its beautiful pictures unu
fine books and elegant furniture were
really not his. He didn't really bave
auythiug except his son, and the sun had )
nothing except his foolish, deluded bride,
aud the story ended in a very miserable
way. It was an old story—so old as
to be dog-eared and somewhat rag- j
ged.
But it served to remind me of another
story, a good one, and that I heard long
ago. There was a man named Watkins
in a Confederate regiment duritig the
war, who was well on toward middle
life . but when his wife came to camp
one lay she seeuied to make him young
by comparison. There sccuied to be a
contury's difference between tbeui; and
the man, who was as ugly as a Georgia
cracker is, was handsome beside his wife.
"Ilow did you ever come to uiarry such
an old witch as thatasked one of bis
superior officers taking liiin aside
"Well, you see," said the man rather
sheepishly, 'her mother kept a little
store down on the corner of the street
where I lived, and I used to go
there to get what I wanted to cat. One
I day 1 found the old woman's ugly
, j daughter all alone in the store. Just
as I cauic in I heard the clink of silver
through tlie loose rafters iverhcad, and
j the old woman counting, 'Due two three'
1 and so 011. I sat down and made love
j to the girl, aud the old woman up stairs
■ j kept 011 counting. Byo-and-bye she was
- away up in the hundreds—loo 450 500.
I I courted that girl harder and harder as
1 the old whmaii got Uigiier. Finally she
- ' stopped at 000. 'Great Scott!' I said
; to myself. 'Nine hundred dollars!
■! 'Beloved Sukcy, will you be initio !'
1 ' 'She said she would, aud wc were mur
! ried that same day.' 'Well, is that all
1 | 'No, tlmrc was ouly thirty of those silver
, ' dollars ; the oi l woman counted them
. I over thirty times.' Perhaps it would be
| well to investigate a little every time
' , A Xorth 4/ai ollnlairs l.ui k In
Texas
Yesterday morning when tlio train
r: came in from Atlanta a long sandy-
I bearded inau hopped down the stops
f of the second-class car, and planting
his f'let firmly 01: the ground ho took
■ up a position like a base-bill catcher
aud propared to help his household down
1 and out. l'irst came the old lady with
a bandbox under one arm and a carpet
> bag under the other. Tlie resolute
mail vaught her 111 his arms, and dumped
, her to the ground with a thump that
s made her exclaim as her glasses dropped
from the bridge of her nose: "Mercy
f on me, Johu—look out for the children!"
1 aud lie looked. They kept coming out
1 of the car as fast as he could land them
and when atlas! three little flaxen-hair
.- Ed girls as much slike as three peas came
r j out, the fond parent breathed a sigh of
1 relief as he helped tlicm down and turn
ed to the old woman with the remark:
r j "Count 'ein, Molly, and see if they are
r ! all here, let's march." The old lady
1 carefully scanned the crowd ami feeling
! satisfied that uotic were missing signified
1 her willingness to move on. There were
I ' just thirteeu children iu the group. A
I few of them had been born single, but
9 most of them :ame into the world by
, twos and threes. The father gave his
name as George Hustings, and stated
i that he was on bis way to his old home
in Brunswick county, which ho bad
' | left years ago to live in Texas. Since
I his stay iu that State his groatest success
J was in raising childrcu. His wife had
twins twice aud triplets once while in
e ' Texas, and fearing that the uext return
might be worse lie sold out and caiue
back to old North Carolina, where he
says he intends to stay the balance ot
e his day s and toil for meat and bread for
r i his family. A most singular fact is
- that in all this crowd of children there
. is bat one boy.— Charlotte (.V ('.) (>A
strver.
o _____
II A number of Knglish iron aud steel
- manufacturers, liavo written that they
n will visit Tennessee during the latter
is part of the present month with a view to
i- investigating the natural advantages of
'- the State for the manufacture of iron
aud stacl and cotton good*.
NO 49
fiNiLL MITES
Home after toil, aud rot after labor.
Do not be misled by an over sangmn*
I disposition.
Judgment and reason should tonn the
j basis of all calculations.
Seek through legitimate channels for
| the means of enjoyment.
To-day belong-! to you ; to-morrow
may be out of yonr reach.
Living fronj hand to mouth bring*
ultimate sorrow and poverty.
Haute make* waste. Iff auroof your
venture*, aud avoid mistakes.
When the harvest i 4 ready, the la
| borer should not loiter by the wayside.
j Truth and soberness belong to the
! wise ; hypocrisy and duoeptlou to fools.
Whatever you undertake to do, do
well. So shall you receive your reward.
Kstimate your expenses within the
narrowest limit, and live accordingly.
Uorrow not, neither lend, lest you
aud becoiuejantagonistic.
lie wise that you may be prosperout ;
take lessons froiu experience, and proht
thereby.
Ilcware of promising more than you
can perform. I'll try is often better
than 1 will.
Time is precious. Kaeh passing mo
ment is full ot opportunities that iuay
lead on to fortune.
Kconouiy uiust of necessity deter
mine our ends. Without it uo business
can long be prosperous.
Philosophy teaches many truths it
would be well to remember, aud apply
in every day concerns.
The W Ickcd Boy.
, "What ails your pa's teeth," asked
a | the grocery man of the bad boy. "The
I hired girl was over here to get some
corn uieal for gruel, and she said your
9 | pa had lost his teeth.' A
' 'Oh about the tjeth. That waste*
I | bad. You see, my eliuiu lias got a dog
, that is old, and his teeth have all come
, ! out in trout, and this morning I bor
rowed pa's teeth before he got up to see
i j it we couldn't fix theiu in the dog's
r mouth so he could eat butter. I'a says
( it is an evidence of a kind heart for a
, boy to be good to dumb auiuials, but
it's u daru mean dog that will go back
on a friend. We tied the teeth in the
1 dogs mouth with a striug that went
| around his upper jaw and another
( j around his under jaw, aud you'd a dide
'to see how funny he looked wheu hu
( laffed. He looks just like pa when he
r tries to smile so as to get me to come up
to him so he can lick uic. 'I he dog
r pawed his mouth a spell to get tho teeth
| 1 out, \nJ then we gave him a bone
i j with meat on, and he began to gnaw
( the bone, aud the te!th came off the
plate, aud he thought it was pieces of
I the bone aud he swallowed tho teeth.
t iMy churn noticed it first, and he said
I 1 we had k> get in our work pretty quick
. | to save the plates, and 1 think we were
>j in luck to save thcui. I held the dog
, | and uiy chum, who was acquainted
! | with hiui untied the string and got the
| gold plates out but there were only
, two teeth left, and the dog was happy.
C , He woggled his tail for more teeth, but
wehad'ut any more. I aiu going to
I give 111111 uia's teeth some day. My
chum says when a dog gets an apjie
tite for anything you have got to keep
, ' giving it him or he goes back on you.
I Nut 1 think my chum played dirt ou
, lue. Wo sold the plates to a jwwelry
L man, and my churn kept the uiouuy.''
( —.Milwaukee Sun.
Mea or Mew as.
I ; A wealthy young follow was court
• ing a girl of cxporicucc, aud when b«
I asked her to marry him she was slow
• ; to accept.
« "My datliug,'' he said, "you should
1 | have no fcais. l)ou 11 tell you I love
i you devoutly, and life would be a bluuk
i 1 without youf'
R "Yes."
r | "And you need have uo alaim about
t our substantial comforts, tor I am •
r man of meaus."
s "Thai's just what 1 don't like. I'v*
seen so many men, aud beard talk
that I want to carry a gun when I sew
one coining round. There am *o many
:1 1 men of means, and so few given to ae
f eoroplishiug what they mean, that a
r girl feels like voting for a prohibitory
o j tariff and su pping the growth of the
if whole lot."
n • The bank account was shown, and
i he got the girl.