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" Permanent Cure. . . Also, efjually effliaciotts whta cee! 1:1 other maladies, such as rirs. Ferer Sorea, Tumor. SjU Uheuui. Barns. Piles, or waemrer iaUu aii VMt exirt, jjitchell's Eye SaJve may be Uaed to ftlTauugc Sold bj all druggists, j TtKa tsi ZS thhc-v nsr.4lf srvKrwa to es fcr Oesxorthca ted g . ; Wtu said fssdev fbir. ajad Is every ran It Afestt A Ukk, -j nw4ndLN. V. SoidbrDmntsa. ! . . TzU ei.ew i JOKES L" PAYStKeFtElCHT Tea Waaoa Scales, . Ins ja. bel bivUMt Btms taaBww B.-a r-air lDtt If lilSKtMTCRi .BUiUiiAXXO. . T. HlQFELD'i BBOEfiT Suva yalsvfml tm raf aaa tpprtod Vncgaistt riTENSTRTJATIO cr "-' a taken nirii the C3-15G2 1XTR. rrea va - jtk-a. w(t. WxrK,r allied ittz. 'w. oa ri n . 1 1 -t XOBB byes : fflTCMLL'S mSALVE 'TVStsNJ -W sMevvsresiBi b4S as) 1 j Srtesrylte GniBdniMher'H KVKLTH KIMBALL JoHJfSOJT. ; Orandruotlier was cray and would . dance all night, : , In defiance of Orthodox creeds; And so Tve a little Btory to write ; Concerning one of her daring deeda. Quite handsome was she so the sto ry goes : With dimples that played hide and . seek . r 'Mid the white and bln.h f lilv and , " and rose. And her eyes could look saucy , or meek 1 v ; -: She'd accept as escort Thomas and Tim I ' j . Though one was short ami tb&tUr ertatf; X . She eared' not whether they . were stout or slim, . T -If fiCi etniki only get to the ball L Xuw grandmother lived . in old Ply mouth town, ' And so, kind reader . 'tis plain to see, That all the good people looked with frown ' " - Upon every kind cf worldly glee. One eve there came to this quiet old place; A foreigner recherche and gay; And when he gazed upon grand mother's nice, lie declared her the "belle of the day I" ' Then he hied away to the old Town Hall, Over which some young pilgrims held sway, . A nd planned to honor grandma with a ball, - j Just because she was winsome , and gay. ' j : ; ! That night when her parents were fast asleep, And the moon gleamed through the hndens-iall. From her chamber window she made a leap, . . : ' All dressed in white, and went to the ball. ' Now this j foreigner guy, with dis tingue name, i Claimed her hand for the mazy . dance; I AikI f Jje was well pleased waltz into With this tall gentleman late from .France. "As the music louder and louder blew' (To quote-one line from a ballad old) And the revelers' feet more quickly iiew, ' Her .wlnte-haired father, fearless and bold, " alked into their midst, and, seizirg his girl. Hurried her out through the open door, I And left the foreigner all in a whirl, Minus of partner, upon the floor X Xext morn this story was spread around town, And withered lip spxke grand mother's name With shake f the head and omi nous frown, ; Pronouncing all each "conduct a shame !" But when ase had wrinkled dear grandma's face, And her! children's children betide ! sat The blazing fire in the chimney place, With its mouth 01 crimson gaping wiTe. ; She related this little escapade. And laughed till the crystal tears rolled down ! Those cheeks tnat to mem ry ne er can fade1 . Dear cheeks that ne'er were wrink led by frown ! Edward Graham Haywood. 'Wilmington btar, July SO. Since George E. Badger And Judge Pearson died it is very doubtful if North Carolina has had as able, as thoroughly fur mshed, as scientific a lawyer as Col. Edward Graham Haywood whose death was announced in denly Monday nighnt Hakighl where he was bom. and where u . t. . j ' a -11 v:-n uu""T.nr':": tjI probably ux yVJ'f" was me son oi ne jaws oouavui William H. rlavwood. who was considered the best; equity. -,law V CI JL ails umc. vui. uriiy was preparer f; t prepared for coUege by .the memory, auu " T Episcopal College in Maryland tl we axe not mistaKen. TT the writer of this mates at Lovejoy's. wire, class - David M. Carter. Gen. Junius Danieh Louis- H.. llenry, . a very bright and promising youth, and half dozen others, were of the class. As far as known to us. this writer aloue survives, ilr Loveioy said to us more Aan once tnai it was me oest ciass .i ii 1 I i the most intellectual he ever taught Of the class Haywood was the finest in intellect unless Carter was abler. Wo rather er think Carter had the most log ical mind as he had the greatest qukitionoflan . talents for the ac guages. He was the ablest man in our class at the University and there were some sixty-four mem bers. j Ed. Grahara, as the boys call ed him, was an unusually hand some boy, and. dressed with, a fastidious neatness and costli ness of attire that none mailed He was unusually precocious and gave decided promise of his sub sequent distinction. He deliv ered ' an' address at ' one of the Love,VlT rrrirGcenients ' that the boys, with the boys' in justice and envy, said, either his father wrote it or hi 3 friend Col. D. K. McRae. We, have but little doubt that it was his own work for lie was intellectually extreme ly clever, as we have said. ' He married Miss Mag Henry, a most lovely and beautiful wo man, and. a daughter of the late EI on. Ijouis D; llenry. She was sister of Louis K. mentioned ! above. Mrs. Haywood was one of the most channing and superb-j women we. have eyar .known or sen. . She died a few years ago. By heLColT, had several sons and daughters. rolDa'y wood in early life was I a mem,ber -of tlie Legislator His seat Was once contested he made a speech in behalf of himself. He was then some twenty-eight years old.' Judg-e Badger heard it and said it was the ablest effort of the mind for a man of his age to which he had listened. He was a . Presidential Elector in 1860, &rjd canvassed extensively. His speeches were not popular, that is to say. he did not indulge in anecdote or il lustration. His speeches were philosopb cul elevated, eloquent and statesmanlike. They were too purely abstruse and intellect ual and subtile for the universal mind to grasp. But as manifes tations of ability they were the finest speeches delivered in the btate in the memorable year of many Presidential tickets and impending war. - Mr. Badger and Mr. Henry. W. Miller were both Electors on j the" .other ' tickets. Haywood's speeches ' were' the most thoughtful and attractive to the cultivated. Mr. BadgerV forte was not the stump. He was ' fortyfive years old before he! made a political speech. It was 1 delivered in the Court House at Oxford ia 184L He said that; wjis his first appearance as a po-! litical speaker.! Tho Senate andj the bay wero his proper arenas There Le was unai'proaclied by any man North Carolina ever had at the bar or ever sent to the Senate. Mr. Gaston might rival ( him iu some "particulars, but in eloquence, in the ino&t exquisite English m the most luminous and perspicacious thinking, in clearness of statement, in lucidi ty of arrangement, in readiness of retort, in powers of memory, in wit, in humor, -in sarcasm, in dramatic description, in superb actiDg be has never been equally ed by any orth Carolinian. Mr. Benton, so long in the U. S. Sen ate, from Missouri, was a very able man, almost of the first rank. He was able to hold his own in debate when the great debators and orators and philosophical statesmen of the country were in that angust tody. But we have leen betrayed in to an unanticipated parenthesis. Col. Ilaywoodlike Mr. Badger, was at his greatest." t the bar. He was essentially -a lawyer, al though he was a man of excel lent. reading in some other; de part merits and was familiar with some of the masters in literature. Those who were best qualified to estimate ins legal acquisition powers had the highest opinion of him- He' probably received larger fees than any lawyer ever identified with the North Caroli na bar. He was strictly a scien tific lawyer and his range of stud ies was wide and accurate. The J J to M scientific and learned as Marcellus V. Lanier, Ksa of Oxford, of whom Chief Justice Pearson remarked about 1875, that if there was any more learned lawyer in North Caroli na than he was that he did not - , , 0 - r-t , I -f 1.11 j . Lanier is not only learned at law but he is familiai with five or six languages, can read : Ger- uiau OS liUSIUU Oreek Testament every dav and 1 , , . IT , -vu i- The lateP xieurew viu mens. v.oi. xLaywooa was ui&u of lare frame and grew; stout with age. He was some five feet ten or eleven inches high, and had a . big brain in a big j head. lie had a system of mnemotechy OI ms UWU- "uao luu"5"" Ui i ..uv&aouaum " I - . .-' u t.i.w anya , 7 some oi nis more eiauonuo oj. - guraenta. The last production If 1 T 1 fl,t react irom mm waa ms uxceucut. and onsnnal address upon the, n- ;. Life and Character of the lae! - lhmFV, and .the owner of I creat North Carolina Lawyer. Wo',, . believe that CoL Haywood s last appearance as a puuuu ipeaaci was at Wilson some few "years ago on a Tenth of May celebra tion if we are not mistaken. He was a man of superior abilities, and he deserves to be numbered among the great lawyers of our State. He eerveM in the Confed erate army as lit. Colonel. ' WANTED.-Cv fiialass bar- V? ri: ' VU-t: Hashes, - A. rtUthlal Hone. -. . Yoath'a Comtwuioa. : . One day last autum a miner, whose home is" "in an adjoining county, and who lives alone in a small cabin situated in the fopt hills several miles from his near est neighbor, reached home about dusk from an extended prospert- inctour almost worn nnt. and Igick; He . removed the saddle and bridle from his horse and craze, and turned him loose to entering the cabin he threw him self down -upon his cot apd soon fell into a restls3slumber, from which Jiet awoke late in the night with a raging fever. AJmoU ieliriou?r he khew tool wjial to Oybeiniohund with out msdicine It - might "hap-1 pen mat some neighDor would 'pass in the niornmg, but there was no certaincy that any person would call for days or possibly weeks. ' ". A realization of his helpless condition aggravated his disease, and the poor man grew worse. Morning came and he was una ble to leave his bed. His horse, his one faithtul friend and cra panion, could be heard near by, evidently waiting for his coming. All day long the animal re mained within hearing distance, aud duriug the long tendious hours of the second night could be heard moving about with rest less tread, as though conscious that some misfortune had befal len his master. i . Daylight appeared at last, and the sick man made an" eflort to ipeak: "The "horse, hearing 'the welcome voice, wen V to the door O- the cabin, and pmliing it open thrust his" -head" into the ; rick man's prence, at the s?me time giving a low whinny, as mnch a to say, '-What is tlie 'matter!" 'to which kindly inquiry there was no response save a moan of dis tress. For a moment or two the horse stared strangely about; seenrng- y bewildered, theu quickly with drew, and in a few moments gal loped rapidly away. As the sound of the. horse's feet died away tine" Teick man felt a though his only iii-nd aud means of relief were now lost to him, and he shuddered at the thought that he might fall into that never-waking sleep before any person could j know that he was ilL The nearest neighbor of the 6ick man was a ranchnanr whose nome was located on the river about six miles distant. Onca in a wnne mis neighbor rode ovr to the miner's camp for a 6hort visits but these trips were made at irregular intervals, ani there was no certainty when he would be there again. The ranchman on the river had finished his breakfast and was just coming out of his house, when his attontion was attracted to a riderless horee coming down the mountain road ' at a tremen dous gallop. , j The horse did not slacken his speed until he reached the corral or enclosure near the house.- He was flecked with foam and short of breath showing that ' he iiad corn from a distance and at un usual speed. , -' ;: The ranchman, knowing the horse, spoke to him gently.which the animal acknowledged by a loud whinny, at the same time running restlessly up and down the road by . the' terra 1. ;The ranchman approachea the horse, which, however, would not suffer itself to be captured, but gallop ed off toward its home, stopping at a short distance and looking back 'with evident anxiety. - The ranchman returned to the corral, when the horse again gal loped down the road, and moving uneasily about, as if determined to attract attention, whinnying and occasionally giving a loud snort as though frightened. Another attempt, to capture the horse, which usually was a very gentle creature, succeeded no better than the first, the an imal avoiding the'marf in a.rnan- ner bitfierto unknown. The horse ran up the road again and I called to the man to folio v call- i orl t M r, by AVArv dnmb sign, almost as. plainly as though he were possessed of the power of sneech. These unusual proceedings so - . , nnnhman ,uQf ya flt that snraethmgr was wrons. Gould it be that Galena George . . . t . M . he had been mutdered id his lonely cabin by "rustlers;" .or had acci- denHy fallen into the shaft of his mute without the means of es cape. . The. strange conduct, ot the horse indicated that something unusal bad happened, and that was enough to prompt the ranch man to speedy action- Calling one of, "hi3v assistants," thomen 'quickly saddled' "two of the best horses on the place, and scur ing . their revolvers. to ifcuArdJ against danger, and providing some medicine and stimalshts to use in case, of emergency, they rode rapidly away; in the direc-J tion of Galena George's cabin, . George's horse observing this movement manifested great pleasure and started n ji gallop toward his home. The horsemen fallowed at a lively pace, bat the free hOrse kept wel to tpfe front, around the globe. Yet tiiifl was now aiid then looking b1ack,.as if done in only tweuty years with fo be "sure that- the cbascThad hot out a trace of debt or bond. been abondoned - V , v .On they sped, aid ifl 3&ut for- ty minute from the tiin start 1 icS-the men reached the cajiin of theirmend, wnicn. amedw he deserted. The men dismouated and en-l tering the jcabia iondAiergadivided into over 8,000 sub-class-upon hia oouch, wasted -in form Uy but little conception caii be ana apparently deadend at the door stood the iaithful horse, which, haying tried to "save ha- master, was patiently wailing for some 6igh that he yet lived. The sad sight was so. touching aa to force tears to the eyes of the' men who had been guided by the no- We brute to' the rescue. . I A hasty examination disclosed the fact that life was riot extinct, I and while one of the men set! of over 3,000 sub-classes of de abont preparations j for the relief! vices, in round numbers, are: of the sick man, the other mount- J edhis.horse and galloped away I for a physician, the nearest oi l whom lived some twenty miles J away. I Before - sundown of that day j the doctor reached the miner? I cabin and foahd 'the" sick man i conocioosyi through - Uie skillful ministrations of 'his kind neigh bors. AVithiif a fortnrght'he'wae able to walk about. When told of the remarkable condhct ol hip I Jiorse the man wept like a child. He said he " had "" always known that h's horse was unusually in tel igent aud affectionate, but he could scarcely believe the story of his wonderful sagacity. George is in good iiealth-again anu uie care anu auenuon wmcn 1 At ' 1 t . I " t he bestows upon - his horse are like the care of a devoted mother for a favored son. "Not long Bince a gentleman, having learned oi the incident related ahove,-ex- pressed a desire to purchase the horee, but George informed him that no money could 'tempt hinr to part with 'j the animal; that it was his intention to keep him a he lived upon the very best that land could prod ice, and when be died to burr him deceit' v. and erect over his grave a nionumc with the inscription: "To My Best Friend.?' The Greatest of Orcnt Wall. Says a correspondent of the MillingVorldj.vyho has recently A ill ".. ' fC4"k oeen traveling in cnina: a-i course we had to go to the great walls of China. This country abounds in' great vails. Her mural defences wera'most exten sive walled cpuntryl walled cit les, waiiea villages, willed pala ces and temples wall alter wall and wall within wall. But the greatest of all ii the great wall of China, which crests the mountain range and crosses the gorge from here some, I forty miles away, Squeezing through WjbstSeep r .nd VdfOr. fl.. knlH o o r - " rock cut out Xv.mtomA. whlo onrl tn.mr.in. fAf WpI'J' reach the great, frowning, doub ledsbastioned gate of stone and I bard, brickone archway turn MJ 4n Tl .r,- vW 1,;f i our mission ' the rcat wall of rnx k;iV tr,rr, lraA nA China, built two hundred and r lfr,T-a Anr or. bmit nf trrpat slobs r,f wpIK howr, DUlUOIgreai SiaOS OI Weil'newn l.y iV .iml.. s'twenllhiandlhH ? do the errand, topped out with large hard-burn- fl. - 1 i,. fi, . a aXTL, r;; uain. hih and thick and castellateil jearueui ' rJ n,a r.f rm TfiVht and theoretical writers upon the sub- screw the keys and get it all ontl ior tne use oi arms, lugnc anai. . t. .1 Lr nn'; ir i.hA -tnft aMr nnusl left the rreat wall snranir far no " 1 . .1 a ' . 3 - - T V. ivuv Luvunvfau'vcvv uvw outu&uvi i . . - I now curved, to meet the moun tain ridge, "turre ted. each three nundred feet a" frowning mass of rBasoiiry. of this wall; No nefed to tell you the bcokj will tell you how it was built to keep the warlike Tartars out twenty-five feet high by :forty thick, twelve j hundred miles long; with room I on top for six! horses to be driven abreast. Nor need I tell you that for fourteen j hundred : years it I kent those nordes at .bay, nor j that, in the friain, the'; material used upon it; is just 'as good and firm and strong aa when pat in place. Twelve hundred miles of this gigantic j work builf on. the rugged, craggy mountain tops J vaulting over gorges, spanning wide streams; netting the nver archways with: huge, hard bars of copper, with j double. gales, with swinging doors and bars set thick with iron armor a wonder in the world before ; which the "old time classic seven 4 wonders, .all gone now. sav the great pyramid, were toys. The . great, pyramid con- tains 85,000,000 cubic feet," the great wall 650.000,000 cubic feet An engineer in Sward's party here some years ago gave it as his opiuion that the coat of this wall,' figuring labor at the same rate, would more than equal that of all the 100,000 miles of railroad in the. United States, The material it contains would build a wall six feet - Irish, and two feet thick ' risht , straight An exchange in dewribjftsihe working of the United States pa- tent office sayav that U&m C2f goeiithrogh tb twetity.niai- tamiauig divisiOM of the patent loJ3ce. and takes at least a dace at ita 185 dassea of suhieeta. cuh- had of the diversified subjects of invention to be seen there, or the hnmeuse amount of labor that must necessarily ' be bestowed dpon their examination before a patent can be issued, as no part of a device can conflict with somebody "else's device. The number of "persons eniDloved in these divisions and the cost of examining and "keeping the run' Persons employed,. 263; cost per annum of runninz the divisions. $479,160 It costs tor photo- graphing or otherwise producing plates of these devices for the Patent Office I Official Gazette.for five years ending 1JJS6, :18S,686,- 58.faiid .for nreducin- oomes of I rawincsofthe weekly issues of t patenti,S!eslgns, trade, marks and pending applications, ind tor the reproduction of .exhausted copies for the same Dcriod. $368,872.13. i ! I - - Henderson ews - BcnAcrson Ould Leaf. Miss Nannie McNair of Tarboro is visiting her ' cousin Miss Bettie McNair in Henderson. Mr. arid Mrs. jLysander Moore, of Kansas City, Mo., who have been here on a visit to Mr. Geo. A. Harris' family, left for their home Saturday. From the sale to predict mere win be a cansiderable increase in the pop ulation of Henderson in the near future. . Farmers tell us there is little cause for complaint about tobac co worms just now. They; ore scarcer this season than has beei known in, years. The Germantown Independei.t is of the opinion that there seems to be an oversight in a law against concealed deadly weapons that overlooks the pocket flask. : The heaviest rain we have had in this section in a long time fell Thursday afternoon. It washed the land badly and proved quite I damaging to crops in some local itiep.-v Messrs. Allen dr Ginter, of Richmond, have bought a . lot on Montgomery street, and con tracted for a large foar-story fac toiy. Te. 4ltarw Rrot!ra win a,i-ll so build on Garnett street on their lot, work having .already ( been commenced. This firm handles of the Weed,, i p l. r 1 ; L r i j- . i uireci-1 We have read a great lately about .the New South. We know better now what it means than 1 j:j 11T :J.i il- e un yestctuav. its www morn'nS to S6 a clred hoy to carry z bundle weighing two and . ?.l 8 UUU PUUDU SIIU tU6UIIS IWCfl- ty-five cents from a store o our Ty i House, a lew uiouat.uu, , nc sa- we aeci services ana gave the job to a white boy who onlvaskedfivecents. Thisl the 1 frr w s 1 i boasted '-KeW South" ; and we , . , . j ) TODia uavB a 111410 Pucai I -a 4 sBh Away nHAaAf I KAIrf.I lfJU - AAA lUO IICW 111 UCl fJI fhifi ere ; uiua,o One -llaaslred and .TweTre Tears OkL- ; 1 News-Observer. A correspondent of, ihe Con cord limes has found a man in Stanly county one hundred and twelve years oia. . his name is Billy Whitley, The correspon dent say. of him: "He remera- bersdistincjjy seeing the soldiers coming home from the Re vol a tionary.War. He married at 33 years old and lived with his wife seventy-three years, who died at the age of 101 in 18S1. . He has in possession a gun used at the fight ot YorktoWn by ' a; gentle man who heard the conversation between Cornwallis andWash- ington at the " surrender. With r,m nnMa Ritlw Thoa nmhlM v.w - f j aliieu uiui e uoer wau any vtucr man in Tfrirf1" i-Carnlinsu ; He has! a!so a nocket Kont'tvriiVrt hplnnl ed to his father anft is cossiblv 125 or 150 years old J; He has his third set of teeth . from ihe r- debtistvbut -frora ua rntiAr th afrino-s - As T -rfAod an Ids last set at the youthful . age of 109. To show the strength ol his manhood yet, if is enough to state - that last winter he . cut wood, cut up and split into fine wood a large dead tree", arid last year sprouted iourteen acres of ground. : He has lived a member L oi the Old School Baptist chnrch for more than sixty years. Kev er was known to - tell a lie; never had a law -suit; never took a dose of medicine, and never paid a doctor's bill. He fired . off the old musket over the heads of the immense, crowd after which a tremeBdoos' shoot of three cheers w gtyej hfefc -rHae ielt Hie takwgoff Inshat for the presence of this venerable man of four generations back." A abetter From Somewhere. ; SOMEWnEBE, N. C 1 July 19,1887 f Mr. Editor: I, Tom Tull-ol Somewhere, am goingto fcll you something of what 1 leelandsee happening around i&e. j What 1 have to say,. will ' at leasts have this merit, that it comes fresh; from the heart. My' thoughr? will be disconnected and ot ten times in homely language, but they will be the sincere utterance of a human heart. " Things stranger than romance are Happening . oomwnere tnai you kriow not and dream not of I But such is the world,1 ' j ! For some must watch while some must sleep," - And some mast laugh while some must weep. ' i The breeses-of Fertooe tanihf urfacevof the great Ocean v s a. j .-3. ii' r i - nuraanuy, ana uttaHgnes am dances in the sunlight pfPfos- perity. The silvery. ohrs. ark: les on the happy- wav,e i h-geii tie billow rise and fall and soft. Iy murmer sweet anthems of rest and " peace. But' alas, all the Ocean is not surface." Below the shining wave is the - charm and the abyss; and ah, who can loot deep down into the Ocean o Humanity, and see the misery arid crime and degredation there without having his soul stired tc its very depths 1 AHs, those who Ann AriVcklActtt v nrinn rliA on rfai -hadow they cast upon the great mass of Humanity below them. I am a toiler, a toiler in thi.- great Human. Sea, trying hard U swin, aud at every stroke feeling some one pullins or pushins m lown. It i so hard to keen ui be struggle. To struggle and struggle and struggle and never ?et higher. At times I have thought, why " not give up, wiry not cease my puny struggling and sink, sink down! and down among the monsters of darknes? that revel below me? , . I know the dark side of life and 1 have had glimpses :of the bright side. .The iron fingers o mi A . m Destiny have-wept the stnngs if poor n em's heart Zand they have vibrated as though thev would break. Then wonder not that I should feel for the tufien Somewhere Marnaee ! Dells are wringing Somewhere, and fnner- direes , are tollin?: and your I near uem aoi Dut 1 bear thenif J I This town Somewhere is.one oi tbe hief stalls, in oTiinity4 Fair ud programme as you. night I vupoa la vorial annnirh 7 V ImnA -""u xuc to write to you occasionally, and I f x li you ot what is happen-1 mS oomewhere; oometimes .my letters will be filled with sadness land snmpfimps a'ith rlslnAa! hnf 1 lli W1" a" be true. ; Our hearts are harps, turfed by the hinrl of find and invM n tn " gaaaen our journey through receipt of the tworoarkets about MifA Thev are so fitrann-that lhf,iK4 wnv 9ennniwi 7 rosy fingers 6f joy and he iron 1 nenri At CArTAiB m r annh tAtiak ., their several, notes. But ; tbe damp atmosphere of the world often rusts, the string, and the non nrhonnwr h run mill nn. . ' 7 - i At lAVA Itlflj KJnOItlsiSH ATf PDllfl I v- - " - T O and we have left only harsh dis - course of selfishness and lust. The other day a rich merchant! stopped in the street Somewhere I most'ifatOrap wlalher'colidi and spoke to an old negro who lionsl herarcertabcftight to ' m rati I . " ' ' t sat on a aoorstep. x ne negro was blind, was ragged and cold and looked then as if he wanted Dreao. :xxe naa a oasKei. on cis '.uu - 'a!.- a- MU1 TO IbM ja UUUU viVS 1U At. XLIJ I passed I heard Ihe merchant say,ru give you ten cenU.fprlS "tXctie h your eggs.' . ine oia negro rais ed his sightless eyes and said 'Give meleben cents.pleasesur,' "Xd," 6aid the ' merchant, "I won't give you but ten," and walked on. ' 1 wondered to myself, as I saw that rich kind of a man walk oflJ what heart he had. I am j sure it could hot have been larg- V tvft& lUn lia nnitv nntui.t jf-Mj yyvv coin over wu;a ue wnsuiepuuug. Such heart was not rriven him k. cicJ- it ran mv in twrfiwt I tune and could resnond I to the r I a . tuch of sorrow, - but , the heavy Iweirht of crold had broken some watched these two extremes, I pitied both, but pitied him mo.-t who had so ; much, "yet wanted that great gift of Gxi i heart well trained to the sufferings-of humanity. : ! Tom Tull. Gentle WoBun's llevcnse Chicago HeraM. , Husband and wife had a little tiff. ' He buried his noe in a morning paper, while she gazed out the car window with persis tent intentness. Thus an hour and thirty mills passed. A lady enie ed the car. Husband drop ped his paper and looked at her adrnmngly. " - . " HAhVM-aid he, that's a fine Woman. And a widow. too. Doh't you think she's ha- dso ne l" ; " ''Ye, rather. You seem th like widows."- "Indeed I do. They're just charmmg."V Husband -evidently pique his thought partner. this would But it didn't. "All red, said ishe, tenderly, and placing her hand softly on on hfs lirtnr: -"Alfred, 1 guess I was in th6 wrong a litlla wliile wherj 1' teckme angry at you, and I m sorry. : so sorry,- so sorry. Will you forgive your litt le wife?" "Certainly. D n t S4V "anoth er word about it'V 'And will j'ou gra-it i little re quest I have to make of you, hub by dear' . . H)f course. Anj'thing that ies in my p wev." '.You say that you think, wid ows aro so charming P. . i; . -;,f' Yes;T did say so, but- "men make me one; that's a g iod husband, mine. Oh,, I shall 03SO happy." . . . , ,.r v. , J Protection or Free Trade. ' Raleigh Signal. There is no doubt that, the South is rapidly becoming pro tectionized." Baltimore Araeris can, Bap, Prot. t . This is not true. - If it were true you could" find Protection Democratic nominees in all" or most of the districts, and you would see - them elected. But this is not the case. We do not believe that a Protection Demo crat would stand the gbost of a chnce in any district in the State. Many daily papera are for Protection,- but they have not been able to beguile the people."' Wilmington Star. If the Star will Influence the next Demociatic State Conven tion to declare unequivocally for Free Trade as against Protection, and put the- Democratic nominee on this platform there Will be a iquare issue before the peopled In this event not a single Demo cratic nominee will be elected in this State. The Republicans desire a fight on this issue. Shall we have it nxt year? We are certain the Democrats will try to dodge this issue.- j A BriKht Preaapect tmr Tlrgifs- saael XertU CraIIau Te Westera Tdbeoco JoomaL 11 will bo well to notice that the receipts of loose Tobacco In the largest markets of Virginia or North Carolina DanvUle ' and Lynchburg, for the nine months jeginiung with October lj 1886, aud ending wiih June SO, 1887. I i.riamW i were i ,2rju pounds , short of I the receipts for the correspond jng nine months of the previous I year, the receipts in both mark- I bt ing about equal. It i not I ..vnn4 t..,4. a nnn nrn wuctiwi uu uvcr u.uw.wu j pounds will come to each market I the remaining three months, 11 't h.a J HJUUl HIU MiaiMi HID wmWUCU wnw-uuuo, w..w,vvfyw pounds less: than (thaprecediu I-z ervi. ? . - I - - t a J?ar; .xu.ymno reinforced by shortage m most every Ipose Tobaccoimarkei in both the States is proof positive hU loCA f ff iiuu uic ww muji- vj uicumiso named was very meagre. What ih.. --m -k , ice? l"" T I PrAnfi At f 11 MA M.fAfl Whlh IS 1 WwaT w. ouww -w nww. wvaa 1 not expected by the most san- I jruine to he oer GQ per cent, of thelfe3"'"tfbp'evetr- thder I the I he a bnsht ..future . for all aier chantable. Tobacco in these States j for at least a few years to'come. t . -zj. . Mir aactaausi l he chilling uiasts ot winter wither the fUowers and they fall. irnan fam ily, and if precauti jnary , meas ures are not taken, being-chilled is followed by evil results Tay lor s Cherokee lvemedy of bweet Gum . and Mullein will cure coughs,' colds and consumption. An un'imery death so often fol Irwa iicrTfft nf a. clirrt trtn(rh fr I cold.. It Taylor's Cherokee xem- I edy of bweet trmn a id .Mullein is token in time it will prevent any . . IWlS"U W? VUUUC, Icolds and consumption. - - - . I ' " w- aeeallar. l It is very peculiar that when yon try Dr. .Diggers' Huckleber- y t 1 " f : n cr, your8eif to be without it again ? 1 it never fails tr relieve a.11 hnw! f I a5fTectioA and children teethiivrj For Toiled Use, ; - - - . Ayer's Hair Vigor keeps tW hair sofl and pliant, Imparts to tt tha lustra sod freshness of youth, causes it to grow f lnmriantly, eradicates Dsndraff, cure - . sU acalp disessM, sad Is the most cleanly -of all hair preparations. , - - - . '- AVFR'S Hr Vi bae given mm -Mla-II perfect aatiaf action. I was nearly baM for six years, dorinf whlea time 1 used many hair preparation, Utl withoat saooaas. Indeed, what UK'a hair I had. was growing thinner, Sail - , I tried Ayer'a Hair Vigor. I need w bottles of tha Viror, and say head is sow; woU eoverad with a new growth of hai Jsdaoa B. Chapel. Peabody, htaas. , . sre and laded, may hare new L.J nd color restored to tt Dy tne osa oc Avers Hair Visor. My hair was thin. faded, and- dry, and fell out In largo aaantitiea. AVer's Hair Vi?or atotTDed the faUlug, sod restored my hair to t j arigtaal oolor. As a dressing fo ths . v " ti&tr, thta preparatioB hae no eoaaL 'i, . fdary N. fianmtad, StUlwater. Huuu , . ' mmmM' ' a . . i W lUwIl. imwmnMi nf tha hair frnal vesxance of theuir, toav -he praaerred tor i or an indefinite neriod tcf the use of Ayer's Hair Vigor. A dia -ease of the seal; f the seals cansed my hair, to heal ' ( harsh and dry. and to fall out x , Nothing I tried seemed to 6iv - r - come freely any good until I commenced nsiMVli Ayer ers tx Hair Vigor. Thru knHUi .V V this orenaration reatored my. hair to healthy condition, and it is. now soft, and pliant. My scalp is cured, and tC Is also free from dandruff. --Mrs. . B. Foes, Milwaukee, Wis. Ayer's Hair Vigor, Bold by DmrgUta end Parfoniara. - -v- - Pnncr sarrrr, prompt action, and 'wonderful curative properties, easily1 place Avers Pius at the head of tha list of popular remedies for Sick and Werr- one Headaches, Constipation, and aU iiU menu originating in a disordered liver. - X have been a great sufferer front Headache, and Avers Cathartie Pills are the only medicine tnat nas given me reliel. une aose ox uew nut will quickly move my bowels, aud tree my head from pain. William I Page w - Tr . V . .m .7 . XUCiUOimaa VeV . ... - Ayer'8 Pills, XXn ' rrsparatl by Dr. J.C. Aysr CoIxmll,irasS Sold by aU IMm In Kwliatea. LAND SALE. By virtue of a .mortjrspe executed tn me h -Willtam Kakor and wifc dajed Jreb'r SXf gwl recorciei m dook si, patre hi ru me uegtnier m OaetMae at Oxford. I : mill oa M.hiT J tm mofAuli 116. (tell to tlie hunm nflar-j??r the. tract of laau jibrv '-'.'flU vwahlsy ranvi!la aunty, V5., boHated b lte" rami leading from Bias Ving to Unchaaau an4 by ttteliuMlM of v. A. Tuck and others, containing w aura mure or less. WALTKR CLASK, Trajttxv Sale of lown Lot. On Saturday, t' e Snl .liy of Jiriv ( saaff - . seli at public anvt'on, at the eonrthooae, m th -to -n of o.fnl, at u o'clock, m., soe pair ft malea and a toarn lot on Lee Street, bongat liy -Noah Lajxlis from Lewis O. Smith. Hold on ale . and lot wi:i le aoil as the property of Nik all LamllB,.to aattwfy a monrjre on susef given by Noah Lstidia, ( secure the- paymeat thereof, regiotered In the offlce of the Register of Deeds, book No. tS, Page U. Feb. lh, 18ST. . 8. ii. PBOrFJT, Uvrtggeeir , June lh, 18ST. . . . . - : Notice; , 1 By virtne of a mortgago executed to me by William Raker, dated Oa- tober 84, 1884, as will appear y J reference to book 20, page 100 Regis ter of Deeds, oflioe, Oxford, N. C, I will on Saturday, July 10, . 1887, 1L to th highest . bidder, for caMh. at . the court hoofe in Oxford, N. O.. all the mineral right of wud Willi uu Raker in tbe property known as the Hoyster Coppr Mine sitaatett irx Oak Hiil Township near Bine Wing, in Granvill county, N. C. This Mine is on the land adjoining the land of G A. Tuek and others, and contains two hundred and thirty acres, more' or less. WALTER CLARK,"" Oxford, N. C. Truate. ! June 9th, 1887. .. , SALE OP STORB-HOUtSB LOT 15 OXFORD. By virtue of tbe powers Vested fa ns by the last will and textaiuent of Robert L. H nnt. deceased, weahall. on Monday, the 1st day of Augt st - next, oner ror sale to the hipheat bidder at Tmblie auction, at the eoart house door, in Oxford, the .ne half interest owned by said ' Robert L Hunt, at the time of hi death in the store-house and lot situated in tbe town of Oxford, at tlie JTortt V"" end of Main Street, aljoiuirisr" tli X store of Banky Gee, and the Kiae? v X bury residence, being the place no X occupiea Dy vrnuams dc J-'arman a drag store, about 51 feet front 1 40 feet back from street. " At tK sane time and place and on tl c snuie terms will be offered for sale iri the manner, the ether half interist in said property, owned bf I).' A Hunt. Terms one third ejh, the balance in twelve months to ba se cured by bond and to bear uuVrest -at eiht per cent, . per annmir, from uunuue ui ueuvery oi possession. - ilia. K. 1 HVBT, D. C. White,) r,rat.nj' "We, the undersiirned, have fonimtl j i a co-partnerships, under the firm, name of .' ; ' CANXADY FEILD, as general insurance azenta We - respecfally announce to the nblie that we represent a number of the Largest, mort Reliable and most Lib- t eral coinpant s doing business in the State, and we are prepared to write alT kinds of insurance. We iruantn - . tee promptness and accuracy. tiierelore ask: that our friends. anJ all persons wanting insurance give us a eau at our cmee on nrstJoooy in Bank Building. . Uelectfully, , , N. B. CANXAbyp " 5 ALBXL J. FEILIX no30y lUsi o - ' ' By virtues of the powers to me given in a deed in trust executed 6th July 1587 by Davis & Gregory.1 I will -offer for safe at public aaetion at the Courthouse door in Oxford at 12 m. on Wednesday lO Aogut thavr,ltt bis lot of land on Hillborof-trt"w. . Bollock Avenue recently John Bullock and -bj. him so: Davis & Gregory "S x 103 feet , terms apply to either." ' f ' - Li. t. xtu)ur, ' R. W. WlSSTOS, Trustee. . , Attorney. ' 'v. 7-30-1887. , - V "'k Notice. - Tlie ondersigned having, qnalifi.-d s adminbtrator opoo the estate E. T.Jones, dee'd.. Jr2itZ 7ul " giveuto sli pera-r- Xi estate to make wumethat,. pft." and all bokliog .T. estate wiU , PJZle twelve months from tbw aastsi,'! ' - - Ar,rH2Ii,l33T- n X ... - X. - II Ux
The Torchlight (Oxford, N.C.)
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