North Carolina Newspapers

VOLUME XIV. Reporter and Post tUIUOID WEEKLT AT ! ] DANBURY. N. C. PJIPPIB k 80N3, Puis. 4" Prop* ■ ATM tr •VMCBIPTION I CMTw.fMbK !■ an Kntki, " UTM *f MTMTMIMi •H MUX (tmi ÜBM 1 Um * •* 2 lattnk aAdlttwal Iwrtkm, .. * hrl«l( "■» *r «• •P» r ' ™ JSSESTU ttSTSi. rtuw »h.y "fiSiX-wiU «»« »lfk«r *%£27ol!s'wUl k* lasarUd »» T« Dollars mrwi —K. -M, « ' * PROFESSION* IS£ARDS. ROBERT D. GILMER, Attorney and Counsellor, MT. AIRY, N. C. Practices in tl»« courts of Surry, Stokes, Yadkia and Alleghany. W. F. CARTER, ir. MT. AIKT, SI RRT CO., X. C yraetlees whararer hitaervicaa aro wanted R.L7HA YMORE, ATTORNEY-ATLAW Mt. Airy. N. O ■aaalal attention gi«n 10tl>s collection oi claiau! I—l2m B. F. KING, WITH JOHNSOX, SUTTON $ CO., DRY goods, *M. IT aad M S««th Sharp, Stmt, *. W. JOHMON, R M. BI.'TUON I. a. E. QEABDE, a. J. JOUNSON. f. BAT, ALBERT JON KB. | S»7 fc JoiXQ&w manufacturers ol §A®BLEBY,HARNESS, COLLARS,TBt'NR ! V t. IM W. Baltimore «tre«t, BaUt»»oro, Jf«l. W. A.T»ck«r, H. C.Smith, 8.8. Sprnggin* j Tucker. Smith *■ Co-. M»B«fMt«rbrt A whoI«nal« Dealert in ««VT|v shoes, hats aad cap# Jbk BaitiM*r« street. B«ltIwor«, Jf«i. • *4". . ' ~~ ~ T ' I jr. /. * if. E. VEST, WITH Henry Sonnebom IF Co., WHOLESALE CLOTHIERS. M A—iff It (tirT-TT- ® Lombard SU) BALTIMORE MD. ■ . MHEEBOEM, »• BUMUNK ■ WATKIMS. W. S. ROBERTSON £*&TT»«LL, A.B.WA'I'KINS. Watkins. Cottrell * Co.> InporMra awl Jokbara or HARDWARE. 1307 Main Street, RICHMOND, VA. Amfe ft ratrkamka Slaixtarxl Koala., an Aakar Eras* BaKiaf Uotfc. fy-ryi,— foanty, I- & Blair W. a. MILKS, WITH STEPHEXPUTXE Y$ CO. WhoituU* draUrt in MEATS, Shoes, and Trunks, 1819 Maia Street, O+L 1414 a. RICHMOND, VA. I. E. ABBOTT, Of II G., • .with WIIM, BLLETT t CIFMP, RICHMOND, VA., Wkafeaala Daalara ia BOOTS, ■HOBS, TBUBKB, *O. r „,|l attaation paid to orders, and iatla featlM f«raata«4. fm~ Twf iaia *a(l Prim S*Ui * tptntUy Barak, «. m aaaaar w. rowaaa. asaaa D, NVTO . E. w. POWERS l CO., WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, Dmktaln PAWTI, OILS, DTM, TARNIBHK3, Frmoh and American WIBDOW OIIAhS, PUTTY, StO ■MOXINO AND CHKWINO CIGARS, TOBACCO A SPECIALTY 1806 Main St., Biohmond, V Aaait«ail* — J. L. C. BIRD, WITH W. D. KYLE & Co., lEPCBTKBS AITO JOBBEHB O* BfARDWARE. Cutlery. IRON, NAILS and CAEEIAOE GOODS '» ' No. 9 Ooveroor Street, RICHMOND,VA. spills SUBSCRIBE FOR Your County Paper, -zThe Renorter and Postn OF THE PEOPLE! FOU TTIK PEOPLE: OR TIIK I'KOPLK! FOR THE PKOPLKL OR THE PK»>PLK! FOR THE PEOPLE! OR THE PEOPLE ! KOR TUB PEOPLE ! ONLY $1.50 A YEAR! sL'nscßinii: sow It is your duty to aid your county paper. Wo propose publishing a good family paper, and solicit from our frieuJs aud from the Democratic party in Stokes ami adjoining counties a li beral support. Make up clubs for us. Now go to work, and aid an enterprise devoted to your best interests. Head the following NOTICES or TUB PRESS : The REPORTER AND POST is sound in policy and politics, and deserves a libe ral support.— Reidsville Weekly. The Dan bury REPOETKK AND I'OST begins its thirteenth year. It is a good paper and deserves to live long aud live well.— Daily Workman. Tho Danbury REPORTER AND POST celebrates its twelfth auuiversary, and with pardonable pride refers to its suc cess, which it deserves.— J\ews anil Ob server. The Danbury REPORTER AND I'OST is twelve years old. It is a good paper aud should bo well patronized by the people of Stokes. It certainly deserves it.- Salem Press. For twelvo long years the Danbury REPORTER AND POST has been roughing it, and still manages to ride the waves of tho journalistic sea. We bot>o that it will have plain sailing aftor awhile. Lexington Dispatch. The Danbury REPORTER AND POST has just passed its 12th anniversary and under the efficient management of broth er Duggias cannot fail to increase in popularity with tha people of Stokes aud adjoining counties.— Winston Sentinel. The editorials on political topics are timely and to the point, and the general amke up of every pago shows plainly the exercise of much care and pains taking. Loug may it live and flourish under the present management. tain Votce. The Danbury REPORTER AND POST has entered the thirteenth year of its ex istence, and wo congratulate it upon tho prosperity that is manifested through its columns. To us it is more than au ac quaintance, and we regard it almost as a kinsman. — Leaksville (Gazette. The Danbury REPORTER AND POST last week celebrated its twelfth anniver sary. It is a strong and reliable paper editorially, it ia a good local and-genor al newspaper and in all respeots to its town and seotion. It ought to be well patronized.— Statesville Landmark. Tbo Danbury REPORTER AND POST has just entered its 13th year. We were one of the erew that launched tbo RE PORTER, and feel a djep interest in its welfare, and hope that sha may drift on ward with a clear sky and a smooth sur face for as many more years.— Caswell JVevn. The Danbuty REPORTER AND POST has celebrated its 12th annivemary. The paper is sound in policy and politics, aud deserves tho hearty support of the people of Stokes. It is au exoelleut weekly and we hope to see it flourish in the future as never before.— Winston Lender. Tho Danbury REPORTER AND POST came out last week with a long editorial, entitled, "Our Twelth Anniversary" and reviews its past history in a very entertaining way. Uo en Bro, Pepper in your good work; you get up one of if not the best country papor in North Carolina.— KtrnersmlU JV'eK*. That valued exchange, published in Danbury, N. C., tho IIEPORTKH ANI» POST, has entered upon its l'ith anni versary. Long may it live tu call tho attention of the outside world to a ooun ty which is as rieb, wo suppose, in min erals as any in the State of North Car olina, and to battle for correct pclitioal measures. -Danville Times. "INOTIIIIVO SUCCEEDS LIKE HUCCEBH." DANBURY, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1885. 1.1 H K THE H'JiRINi:. f Hi-] fare ia likn the sunrise, Her eyas are like the sea, And mornlug comes Into my heart If she but look on me. Hor li|» are like wild roses; Aud wlien slit' MlU'relli Her tender words of lwve, tliey bring To me the wild flower's breath. , And no a holy tlSyfireak Is mine with ever)' lmnr; Ktoch moment feels the blue sea's might, The rose's magic power. Brought to Life. Fifty dollars a month is not much of a salary, but 1 had arrived only a fort night before, and had no acquaintances in the eountry ; therefore 1 could not presume to ask for better terms. My two pupils, M. Rabut assured me, wero very well behaved children ; the girl was just fifteen, already a young lady, and the toil-year boy was equally apt at study. After all 1 was only required to give five hours r. day to teacbiug ; the rest of my time was altogether my own, to be devoted either to work or sleep, as I pleased. 'And remember,' he t said, 'your pa vilion is at such a distance from the fanrily residence that you can feel per fectly at home there and perfectly quiet. Of course everybody will treat you with tbe consideration due to your position in the household. You will observe that my poor oldjmother's bead is a lit tle weak, but tsbe is the kindest of souls.' 1 accepted tho situation. Ombrevillo is situa'ed on tho heights ot Moka. Tho muh) itself walked quite cautiously up the ascents, aud as 1 was careful 'o keep tbo animal at a walk on the descents also, I camo to the conclu sion that L might just as well walk. I got down. Without troubling himself further about uiv wishes, my black who guided the vehicle soon begun to urge his animal rapidly along the road, which made a sharp turn at the bottom of a long steep slope. When I reachod the tmr, both vehicle and negro had disap peared. I was all alone. I reckoned that there was scarcely another lcauge to travel, and as it was not quite seven o'clock, Ijwould be able to be in timo for breakfast. It was in Apr:l. A threatening storm bad been growling all the day before ou the other side of Le Ponce summit; on either side of the road tho trees drench ed in torrential ram, shook down show ers of water from the leaves with every breath of wind ; the water sf tho ditches to right and left ran with a loud mur mur under the shadow of tho high grass ; tho air was fresh and all im pregnated with sweet smells; the sun still bung at the edgo of the forest eur taiu ;it was a delight to walk. From the bottom of my heart I thanked the intelligent black who bad imposed this pleasure upon me, and 1 continued on uay way. As I walked on I began to dream. What future did this new land bold in reserve for me f I had not come to it with any idea of making a fortune— (although a youug man of twenty-five, I had acquired enouch oommon sense to save me from such illusions) —but only to earn a good living, and lay by enough to enable me, when an old man, to re turn to France and sleep at last under tbe shadow of my own villago spiro. Meanwhile, after half-an-hour walk, 1 had reached a point at which threo different roads forked off from the main one. One of thom, I knew must lead to Ombreville—but which ' I invoked tho Triplo Hecate, sat dowr) upon a rock and waited. A negro parsing on the run, pointed out to mc which road to tako. B>ou I caught sight of tho lofty ohimnev of the sugar-mill—then tho houso itself, buried in a thick grove of mango trees, and, as I feared being late, I quickened my step. Under the verandah, already crowded, 1 saw people rushing back aud forward—running, and no one notioed me as 1 asoended the front steps except a big fat ncgress crouching at the en trance, who sobbed and oried with re newed despair at my coming. There on the sofa, at full length, lay • young girl—almost a ohild ! Her long, bright bair, all streaming with water, fell over the baok of tho sofa, and bad dripped upon the verandah until a little pool bad formed upon the flags. Bhe was whiter than a piece of marble ; tbe violets of death were on her compressod lips ; her lifeless arms lay rigidly straight by her side, and M. Rabut, ou his knees beside here, was kissing one of her bands. 'Drowned, my dear sir, she got drown ed,' said a good lady of about sixty years of ago, who came to me, holding out her hands in tho friendliest manner imaginable. 'But you have walked here,' she oonlinued ; 'you must be tir ed. Of courso you will take something ? Myrtil !' 'Mamma! Ob, mamma" exclaimed M. Babut, raising bis head. 'You see,' bp saiii to me, with a sob, she was out batbiug ; the river suddenly rose, and—' His bead fell forward again over tho little wliito band, to which his lips clung. 'Myrtil! Myrtil!' again cried the good lady, 'bring a glass of Maderia to the gentleman. Or perhaps you would prefer something else ?' I questioned the family. The girl had not beon twenty minutes under wa ter. And yet tbey had done nothiug— had not even tried to do anything. I gave my orders briefly—thoy wore obeyed.. Tbey had laid her on her back. I lifted her he*d so that it leaned side way on the loft. Her teeth wero clen ched. How cold her lips seemod when 1 pressed my own upon them 1 Tho poor father, senseless with grief, allow ed us to do as wo thought best, apd tho grandmother walked hurriedly to and fro, busy, fussy, always calling Myrtil, and declaring'the breakfast will uovcr be ready, and here aro all the people coming !' Aud a carriage in fact suddenly drew up before the front door steps. Two young girls desconded with a happy burst of laughter. I can Bee them even now as they stopped, looked, turned pale, and stood there with arms twined about each other's waist, and eyes big with torror —silent aud motionless. Half an hour had passed. What ' was not that a flush wo saw, mounting to the colorless oheek*. Oh ! how fer vent a prayer I uttered that moment to the good God ! And it seemed to me thu arm I held had become less rigid. At that moment a horseman camo up at tull gallop. 'Myrtil! Myrtil!—take the doctor's horse to the stable!' oried tho good lady, descending the steps to meet the physi cian. 'Ah, dootor, I know it !—jour powder could not do mo any good. The whole night, doctor, I was in pain. Ah! how badly I slept!' The doctor came to us. 'Good ! young man ! —very good in deed ! That is just what should have been done. 'Come, come !' ho cried in a joyous tone, after a tew momenta had passed. •We are all right now—wc shsll get off with nothing worse than a fright ! Why you old coward, have I uot al ready told you so. Hero ! let ine see a happiei face on you !' And ho gave M. Rabut a vigorous slap on the shoul der. Then suddenly turning to me, he asked : 'But you—where are you from ! I don't remember ever seeiug you here before.' 'I came from Brittany, doctor, by way of Pari-) and Port-Louis. 'Look!—look !'—ho had already turned bis back upon me—'sho is open ing her eyes!' M. Rabut involuntarily seized my hand, and dragged me to the sofa. Sbe opened her eyes. They were bluo—the eyes I always liked best. 'Hclene! my own Helens!' murmur ed the poor father, stooping to kiss her fmehead. 'Gentle ! you !' exclaimed tbe doctor, pulling him back. 'Let her have air if you please ?* 'M. Rabut drew back, without letting go my hand. Myrtil returned from the stable. 'Myrtil! Myrtil!—well, bow about that breakfast! Is it going U» be ready to-day, or to-morrow !' 'JMrt/oi! I'm ready for it " cried the doctor. 'That gallop gave me » frro oious appetite.' •Why, Myrtil!—serve' the Maderia to those gentlemen !' This time Myrtil obeyed. It was tour in tbe afternoon when 1 left my pavilion to retnrn to the house. M. Rabut came to look for mo on the verandah. 'Come,' bo said, 'yos can see her now.' He brought me olos# to her bed. Her dear blue eyos still bad dark cir- cles about them ; but the blood was circulating under tbo olcar skin ; for she blushed at my approach. 'This is he, my Hclene ; if it badu't been for him'—and his voice choked. 'Don't fret any more, papa. 1 am only sorry about my locket. Do you think they will ever bo able to 6nd It?' The locket contained her mothers hair. It was barely daylight when I reach ed the river. The negro who had taken her out of the water had shown me tho evening beforo the prooiso spot whero the current had "arrind her away, and also the place where he had found her— about fifty yards further down. It was a long narrow basin, shut in by groat jamrosos, whoso tufted branches met above and stretched from one bank to tho other. Tha pale light, fliekeiing through tho leaves, made gleams hers and there upon the water like the re flection of molten lead; beyond the darkness was complete ; it looked per fectly black there. 1 dived and brought up throe flat pebbles ! But breakfast would not be ready until ten o'clock ; I bad plenty of time. By eight o'clock tho bottom of tho basiu had no mysteries for me. There wa s not a single oabot-fish that I had not disturbed beneath bis rock—not a single camaron tl at I had not compell ed to crawl backward into his hole. But the lockot was not there—accord ingly it must be further down. I loft the basin and followed the course of the stream—interrogating all tho roots, ex ploring all the boulders, questioning overy tuft of grass. I was about to pass on, when I saw a little serpent, like a thin silk string caught upou the root of a wild strawberry plant, wrig gling in the current, I seized it—it was the locket' She would not come down to break fast ; but M. Rabut told mo sho would certain ly come dowu to dinner. She was still a little weak but tbat was all. Man is a selfish creature; the medal lion remained in uiy pocket. While tnoy were laying tho table that evening, 1 stole softly into the dining-room. When her father had led her to ber seat, and she unfolded her napkin, she found a little box in it. 'What is this ? Another of your at tempts to spoil me, papa 1' But tho astonished look of M. Rabut must have convinced her more than bis denial. She opened the little box. 'My locket! my lockot!' she cried, putting it to her lips and kissing it over and over again. I watched every kiss—l looked at her out of the corner of my eye. finally, her eyos met my own—she understood. But the little mysterious beauty did not even say •Thank you.' And the long and short of it is, dear sir that I never gavo Hclene, who be came my wife, a single lesson. Ah, yes, parbleu ! I taught her how to swim. AN INTERESTING DEGISION j An interesting decision was rendered \ recently by tbe Court of Commou Pleas |of Mercer ODunty, Pa. An injunction was applied for by certain members of the Roman Catholic Church, restram j ing the reading of King James* version of the Bible in tho public schools. The petitioners claimed that the translation kuown as tho Douay Bible was tho only eorrect version, and that the reading of of another and iu their opinion incorrect version was offensive, and its forced reading contrary to the constitution and laws of Pennsylvania which guarantee freedom in religious opinion, Tho court held that it had no authority to decide which was tho correct version of the Biblo, and that all versions stand equal boforo the law, and that tbo school directors had authoiity to authorize tbo reading of whatovcr one they might think proper. This decision gives the Catholics the right whero they have a majority of the school directors to have their own versiou read iu the pub lic schools. "What was tho trouble at church this morning!' inquired one Dakota eitizen ol another. "I understand thero was a row." "Ofi, it didn't amount to any thing. Some of tho members in the baok pews threatened to shoot the min ister unless ho spoke louder. That was all. Better m little fire that warms, nor a meiklo that burns. IT IS WELL TO REM KM HER. That evory path hath a'puddle That tho fruit of success ripens slow 'y- Tbat ho is tho richest who wants the least. Tbat a million dollars will not buy a ray of sunshine. That the greatest of faults is to be conscious of none. Tbat tho brightest thoughts soino tirncs como from tho dullest lookiug men. Tliat Methuselah, even, never com plained of time bauging heavy on his hands. That all of tbo good things of this world aro of no further good than as they aro of no uso. That a newspaper may bo a sower, or a stream of pure water, according to'its source. That what a man gets for nothing he is very apt to value at just about what it costs lum. That wc unlock the door of fate with our own hands, and then throw the key away. Tbat compliments and congratulations cost nothing but pons, inl: and paper, or—words. Tbat tbe easiest way to outwit the world is to let it believe that it is smar ter than you arc. That there can be no greater mistake than the stopping to worry over a mis take already made. That with contentment the lowest hovel is more of a palace than tbo lofti est mansion without it. That while few are qualified to slime in company, it is in thu power of most people to he agreeable. That our homes aro like instruments of music, of which a single discordant string destroys the sweetness. That tbo path of life is beset with thorns, and tbat they who are not afraid to encountor them may gather the rare flowers that grow between.—Good Housekeeper. THE HUMAN FIGURE. The proportions of the human figure aie six times the length of the feet. Whether tho form is slender or plump, the rule holds good; any deviation from it is a departure from the highest beau ty in proportion. The Greeks make all their statutes according to this rule. The face, from the highest point of the fore head, where the hair begins to the chin, is one-tenth of tho whole stature. The band, from the wrist to the middle finger, is tbe same. From the top of the highest point of the forehead is a seventh. If the face, from the roots of tuo hair to tbe chin, be divided into three equal parts, the first division de termines tbe place where the eye-brows meet, and the second tho place of the nostrils. The height from the feet to tho top of the head is tbe distance from the extremity of tbe fingers when the arms are extcudcd. REFORM THE FOOLS. At a meeting of the farm animals the Dude once attempted to prove bis relationship to the Jackass. "Why," ho said, vainly, just look at my ears ! We mu6t bo nearly related." "True," returned the Jackass, "you may be a degenerated mule, but though I have oftou heard men call you a Jackass, they have never yet insulted me by call ing me a Dude." At this speech tbe o'.her animals buist into roars of laugh ter, and the crestfallen l)udo slunk silently away. Moral ; This Pablo teaches us that an ordinary mortal should not at tempt to claim tbo acquaintance of a fool. THE SMALL BOY'S COMPOSI TION. Ho wrote ; "A pm is a queer sort of a thing. It has a round head and a sharp point; and if you stick pins into you, they hurts. Women use pins to pin on their cuffs and collars, and men uso pins when tho buttons is off. You can get pins for five cents a paper; but if you swallow thoui thoy kill you; but they have saved thousands of lives " "Why, Thomas, what do you mean by that ?" asked the teacher. The boy an swered . "By poople not swallowin' of 'em." "But Honry has talent, father!" "May be, child, may be ; but you can't live on that without a little bason to mix with it." It is wise to seek a secret, and hon est tonot reveal it. THE FLOWLKS C^LLLC-O- NO. 24. IDI4LL BITES. A hired horse— tired never. Kvory fool likes kin bauble. Spot* of the sun—A boy's freckles. A man that is warned is half-armed. A miserly father makes a prodigal son. lie a friend to yourscl', an' ithert will. Credit keeps the crown o' the cause way. We ask advice, but mean approba tion. A bow long bent, at length must wax weak. A tauuter and a liar aro baitli ae thing. Every man's talc is gudo till auither'a bo tiiulil. A ill wan penny will cast down a pound. A man canna thrive except his wifa let liim. Courtesy is cumbersome to them that kan it not. Every one knows best where the shco pinehes him. Every ago confutes old errors and begets new. A man is weel or wac, as be thinks himself sac. Love, a cough, and smoke will not remain secret. Kvery man can rule a shrew save he that hath her. The worth of a thing is best ken'd by the want of it. lie cannot be i friom' to any one who is his own enemy. No estuto can make him rich that hai a poor heart. He that does you a very ill turn will uever forgivo you. He had need rise betimes who would please everybody. Me has the greatest blind side w!io thinks bo has none. Dry bread is better with love than a fat eapon with fear. Fetters of gold are still fetters, and silken cords pinch. If an ass goes traveling, ho will not come home a horse. It is a great point of wisdom to find out one's own folly. paying well causes a laugh ; doing well produces silence. Lanncss travels so slowly that pov erty soon overtakes him. Abscut none without blame; pres ent, none without excuse. Rebukes ought not to bavo a grain more of salt than of sugar. To one who has a pie in the oven you may give a bit of your cakc. Hotter ride an ass that carries mo than a horse that throws nic. Applause is the spur of noble minds, the cud aud aim of weak ones. He knows enough who knows how to live and keep his own counsel. The friendship of great men is like the shadow of a bush, BOOK gone. It is not the greatest beauties that inspire the most profound passion. That often happens in a day which docs not happen iu a hundred years. A necessitous man, who gives costly ■tinners, pays large sums to be laughed at. Marriage with peace, is the world's paradise , with strife, this life's purga tory. A Philadelphia man elaiins that ha will shortly fly without the aid of wings. It is conjectured that be will start from a bank. Our minds arc as different as our fa ces. We are all traveling to one des tination—happiness; but none are going by the same road. The hate which we all bear with tbo most Christian patienoc, is the hate of those who envy us. There aro all sorts of ctvks, but a new invention is badly needod. (t is 000 that instead of striking at lip. m. will pick up a dilatory lov?r and firo him out of tho front door. A clock of this description would niako a fortune for the inventor, as there aro probably a million Aiuciican fathers who would buy ono.