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the masonic journal
The cedars of Lebanon are the oldest
trees in the World except the elder trees.
There is no wild beast more to be
dreaded than a communicative man hav
ing nothing to communicate.
The earliest art students made arrow
heads. Some of the latest art students
make chuckleheads.
“Hew is one of your most energetic
trustees, says a village paper in an obitua-
ly notice, “and we trustees happy.
Whatever you have to do, do it prompt
ly, and if it is worth doing at all, it is
worth doing well, whether any one is to
see it or not.
Teacher—“What is the definition ol
flirtation?” Intelligent young pupil —
“It is attention without intention. ’
“Have you much fish in your bag ?”
asked a person of a fisherman. “Yes,
there is a good eel in it,” was the slip
pery reply.
“Now my little boys and girls,” said a
teacher, “I want you to be very still—so
that you can hear a pin drop.” In a
moment all was silent, when a little boy
cried out, “Let her drop !
“Old age is coming upon me rapidly ”
as in urchin said when hs was stealing
apples from an old man's garden, and
saw the owner coming, with whip in
hand.
Whejfi the hey day of life is over, old
age may be sunny and chirping, a merry
heart may nestle in a tottering frame,
like a .swallow that builds in a ruined
chimney.
Wi.en they build a railroad, the first
thing they do is to break ground. This is
often done with great ceremony. Then
they break the stock holders. This is
done without ceremony.
The Sweetness of Home.—He who
has BO home has not the sweetest pleas
ures of life ; he feels not the thousand en
dearments that cluster around that hal
lowed spot to fill the void of his aching
heart, and while away his leisure mo
ments in the swmetest of life s joy. Is
misfortune your lot, you will find a friend
ly welcome from beating true to your own.
The chosen partner of our toil has a smile
of approbation when others have desert
ed, a hand of hope when all others refuse,
and a heart to feel your sorrows as if they
were her own. Perhaps a smiling cherub,
with prattling glee and joyous laugh, will
drive sorrow from your' carew’orn brow,
and inclose it in wreaths of domestic bliss.
No matter how humble that borne may
be, how destitute its stores or how pooriy
its inmates are clad, if true hearts dwell
there it is yet a home—a cheerful, pru
dent wife, obedient and affectionate chil
dren, will eive possessors more real joy
than bags of gold and windy honors. The
home of a temperate, industrious and
honest man, will be his greatest joy. He
comes to it weary and worn, but the mu
sic of the merry laugh, and the happy
voices of the children cheer him. A plain,
but a healthful meal awaits him Envy,
ambition and strife have no place there,
and with oleai conscience he lays his
weary limbs down to rest in the bosom of
his family, and under the protecting care
of the poor man's friend.
Advertisements,
^
'WILMINGTON cti WEI.IION RAIL LOAD
COMPANY.
)FFiCB Gent. Sufeuintenjient', ,
iVilmino-ton, N. May 18m. j
OP SCllEDI-'I.I'L
EYERETT SMITH
Life & Fire Insurance
Gkeenseoeo, N. C.
Railroad
.at
at Yhi.j a. m.
11 :a0 a. Ill
3:00 p. ir,
!!:50i).ni.
9:.'iO a. m.
ll::i.y a. m.
1;87 p. lu
C:0a l>. m.
FHEIGIIT
Off
IV
CIIANGP
On ami aft('!■ June 1st, Passciigcr 'I'rains
on tlie Wilminatou ami Weldon
will run as follows :
MAII. TRAIN.
Leave TTiion Depot daily (Sun
days excelled)
Arrive at Goldsboro
“ Rocky Mount
“ Weldon
Leave Weldon daily
.Vrrive at Itoeky Mount..
“ Goldslioio
“ I'nion Depot
EXPRESS TRAIN AND TIIIIOUGII
TRAIN.
I.oave Ilnion Depot daily ....at 5: p. in
Arriveat Goldslioro 11:4a. in.
Rockv INloiuit 3:0 a. m.
Weldon 0:00 a. in.
Leave 'iVeldon daily 7:00 p. in.
\rrive at Koekv Mount 0:00 p. iii.
'• Goldsboro l'J:7>0 a. in.
“ ITiioii Depot .' 0:30 a. in
Mail 'I'laiii makes close eoniii'ctioii at
Woidim for all points North via Hay l.iiie and
.Neipiia Greek routes.
Express Train coiiiioets only with Aeqitia
Creek route, gfes" Pidlimui’s Palaee i-iloepiiig
(tars on tins 'I'raiii.
Ereialit Trains will leave Wilmington tri
weekly at .'iiOO a. m.. and arrive at 1:4(lp. in.
.lOlINF. DIVINE.
3f,. General Siiperinteiideiit.
Represents the IMetropoeitan Like of y
York, tlie inaugunitor of the two most popj!
ami equitable plans of Life Insurance ^
THE RESERVE ENDO’W'MENT
and
THE RESERVE DIVIDEND H.Ayj
Every pledge of tliis company is pm ,
written out. and the full- resj oi.sibiliiy oi i ‘
Company iiiul as-ured deliiietl, the‘Peiif!
of the Metri roi.iTAN slii.iild be lead hf
a Pulii tj ill umj utktr Oninpiini/iaacapini
Oliscrve the following Original and (hr*,
teri.'tic ProvLiotis of lids Cuiiiiiany:
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A paper thus advertises;
this office, an editor who
every body. Also, a foreman who can
. so arrange the paper as to allow every
man's advertisement to head the column.
A bachelor returv.ing from a ball in
a crowded coach, declared with a groan
that he had no objection to “rings on his
fingers,” but he had a most unequivocal
aversion to ‘bells on his toes.
Hava you any nice fresh farmer’s eggs ?’
inqured a precise old lady at a grocery
store, ‘No ma'am,’ replied the practical
clerk, ‘but we have some very good hen's
. eggs.’ She took three to try.
It is very desirable to be a good rea
der. A clergyman is said to have once
read the following passage from the Bible,
with the emphasis thus; “And the
old man said unto his sons saddle the ass;
and they saddled Aim.”
New Richmond, "West Virginia, is
: shipping walnut logs d rectly to London,
where better prices are obtained than in
this countrv.
There is a bullfrog farm in South-east-
- ern Wisconsin, thirty acres of swamp
fenced in, and the proprietor sends
thousands of these featherless birds to
.New Y'or-k.
Over the porch of the Old South
■ Church at Boston is chiselled : “Behold I
have set before you an open door,” and
under, on the door, is printed in emphat
ic letters, “Positively no admittance.’’
American postage stamps lose their
.gum after lying about a few days. In
England last year 61,000 stamps were
-found loose in the postal boxes.
Mr. Swope, of Maryland, wanted to
teach school, and when he was declared
incompetent he burned the sohoolhouse
down.' Tb it din't make him any more
-competent, however, as he admitted while
they were taking him to jail.
Dr. Holland, in Scribmr's, gives us the
following ; What is the cure for gossip ?
Simply, culture. There is a great deal
of gossip that has no malignity in it
Good-natured jieople talk about their
neighbors because, and only because, they
have nothing else to talk about. As we
write, there comes to us a picture of a fam
ily of young ladies We have seen them
at home, we have met them in galleries
of art, we have caught glimpses of them
going from a bookstore, or a liorary, with
a fresh volume in their hands W’heii we
meet them, they are full of what they
have seen and read. They are brimming
with questions. One topic of conversa
tion is dropped only to give place to an
other, in which they are interested We
have left them, after a delightful hour,
stimulated and refreshed ; and du.ing the
whole hour not a neighbor’s garment was
soiled by so much as a touch. They had
something to talk about. They knew
something, and wanted to know more.
They could listen as well as they could
talk. To speak freely of a neighbor’s do
ings and belongings would have seemed
an impertinence to them, and, of course,
an impropriety. They had no tempta
tion to gossip, because the doing of their
neigubors formed a subject very much
less interesting than those which grew
out of their knowledge and their culture.
And this tells the whole story. The
confirmed gossip is always either mali
cious or ignorant. The one variety needs
a change of heart and the other a change
of pasture. Gossip is always a personal
confession either of malic or imbecility,
and the young should not only shun it,
but 'by the most thorough culture relieve
SEAROAWD & ROANOIvE RAIL ROAD.
Otticeof tlieSuperlnti-iiilent of Transporta
tion, ol Itie Seabord A Koaiiokc Railroait Com-
paii}'.
I’oHTSMOUTH, V.\., Jan. 1 i8f)
On and after this date, train-: of tins Road will
leave lYeldon daily, Sundays excepted as fol
lows:
Mail train at 4 p. m
No. 1 Ereiglit train at 4 a. m.
No.‘2 Freight train at 8 a in.
Tuesdays and Fridays at at 8.00 a. m.
ARRIVE AT PORTSMOL'TII.
Mail train at 7,1.5 p. in.
No. 1 Freight train at 13, Noon.
No.‘2 Frciglit train .. at 4 p, in.
Freiglit Irains liave a passenger ear at-
taclied'. Steamer for Edenton, Plymoiitlp and
landings on Black water and Chowan Rivers
leave ''Frankl n at 7 ,40 a. in., on Mondays,
■Wednesdays and Fridays
E. G. GIIIO.
Supt. of Transportation.
Its nays ol grace, fn m one inoiitlitoM!; j, 8
terniiiied liy the age id'll ePolicy. ' I
Itscohli uaiiee fii-nu-iu; ii.sure(lpciiodi,r
anothi r witlioiit inen ii.-e of j i-emiuiii.
Its Reserve l.iivideiid J-ui;d coiisi(lci-p(l,i,i
dei'osit at an interest loiTl.e paymenti((-.r
ture I reniiuins
Its yjieeitio Guarantees of Dividinds.
gtiri'i-iidei' Value, *
ID Incontestable Chiu.-^e, pi-ralingfrouiljS
payiiKiii ol the first preiiiiuiii.
Tl.e amount explicitly .-stated to lie
RAID IN DEATH.
The amount explieiily stated to be
1‘A1D IN I.IFE.
Also represents .sei e.ral Fir.-t C'lassFircC®. I
pa'des, in w hicli risks will be writ eii oiis!
classes of insurable pro[;erty, aiidoii tlie ms j
favorabic terms.
JAS. SLOAN’S SONS,
GREENSBORO, X. C.,
GENERAL MERCHAMlJ
Lime, ( emeiit and I’laster, ITiospliates inL
Agrieiiltiiriil Implements a bpeciallv.
1—
EL'GENE ECKEL,
Druggist and PharmacisU
GliKERSBORO.N. C.
P(’r>onal attention to compounding P^l
scriptions at all hours—day or nigiit. ‘2-i I
THE YARBOROUGH H(JM|
RALEIGH, N. C.,
G. W. BLACKNALL, Trop'r.
Refer to all traveling gentlemen. iyj
JOHN ARMSTRONG,
RALEIGH & GASTON RAILROAD.
Sureiuntendent’s OrFK'E. I
Kab-igh, N. C., Dee. 25. 1875. f
On and after Moiulay, Dee. 27th, 1875,
trains on the Raleigli A Gaston Railroad wU
run daily (Sutuhiy excepted) as follows:
MAIL TRAIN.
I.eaves Raleigh 10:00 A. M.
Arrives at Weldon 3:30 1’. M.
I.eaves Weldon 10:!IO A. M.
Arrives at Raleigli 3:30 P. M.
ACCOMMOl lATION TRAIN.
I.eaves Ihileigh 5:00 A. M.
Arrives at Weldon 5:25 P. M.
Leaves Weldon 5:15 A. M.
Arrives at Raleigli 5:40 P M.
Mail train makes close eonneetioii at 'Wel
don witli the Seaboard iind Roanoke ILiih oad
and B:iy T.ine Steamers via. lialtimoie. to and
from all points Norlli, West and Northwest,
and with Petersburg Kailroiul via. Petii'slmrgt
Rielniioiid and Wasliinglou City, to and from
all points North and Northwest.
And at Raleigh with tlie North Carolina
Railroad to and from ali points Soiitli and
Southwest, and wilh the Raleigh & Augusta
Air Line to llavwood and Eiiyetteville.
JNO. C- WINDER, Gen. Sup’t.
Book Binder and Blank
Manufacturer,
RALEIGH & AUGUSTA AIIM.INE.
Sl'REltlNTENDF.NT’s OfFICF:, )
Pvale’gn, N.C., Dee. 2.'itli, 1875. )'
On and after Monday, Dee. 27tli, 1875
trains on tlie R. A A. L. Road will run
daily (Sunday excepted) as follows:
MAIL TRAIN.
themselves from all ternptat on to indulge ; Train leaves Raleigh 3.40 p jp
in it. It is a low, frivolous, and too often a
dirty business. There are country neigh
borhoods in wki-'h it rages like a pest. 1
was j Churches are split in pieces by it. Neigh-
In
many persona it degenerates into a chron
ic disease, which is practically incurable. ' ''oad, to and from Fayetteville and points on
•r VI Mester.I Railroad. JNO. C WINDFH
I’ouiig cure it while them may. | Y ”‘.-'t-’-r-jv.
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MRS. S. M. SMITH'S
BOARDING lIOrSE-i
Middle Street, one door below TattiTioni
Grocery Store,
KEtr BEIIEE, K C.
1—
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THE NATIONAL HOTEL,.'
Deliglitfully situated,
A Kow House. Fine Kooms,
luslu’d und Fitted up in the Style- i
Hnth-Kooms nud Watcr-CloFcts on «r i„
Floor. liilliord Saloon in Baseim'nL k
C. S. BROIVN, Proprietor, |
1- J.vo. W.
1. XOBCtt
H. WIl.I.I.S.
The Mareohal De Faber at a .seige
.pointing out a place with his finger. As 1 u j ■ u i- i-r
L spoke a musket ball carried off the | for life
finger. Instantly stietohing another he
-continued his discourse:—“Gentlemen,
I was saying—”
.\rrives at Sanford,
P. M.
Arrivosat Cameron
P. M.
Train leaver Can'cron
Leaves Sanford,
A. M
Arrives at Raleigh
A, M.
Mail Traill makes close connection at Ral-
iegh witli the Ra'eigli and Gaston Railroad,
to and fi-oin all p,, uts North.
And at Cameron witti the. Western Rail-
Let the young (
Superintendent.
11. D
WILLIS & NORCOM.
Commission Merchants,
Aiul Dealers in
FRESH and SALT FISH,
COUNTRY' PRODU'J"'*^"
Front Street, BEAl FORT, A-
tear Orders piomptly attended, 1°
B@“ Quick returns on Consis"®*^”*''
-26
p. 0.