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The following lines, which are takeu
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the Roan Mountain, Mitchell county,
N. C. June 9th 1876.
Great God, haw small ia mat;
And yet he boasts hia aize;
Presumes the world and all to scan,
And think* lhat he id wise.
Teach me, Dear Lord, just how
, To feel my nothingness ;
Help me, in mind and soul to bow,
Adore thy name and bless. .
The world that Thou hast made,
Thy holy impress bears ;
Each tender twig that makes a shade,
Thy certain wisdom shares.
May I not show that power,
Which moves with love Divine;
May I uot reason for an hour,
And feel that love is tnina.
My thoughts would rise above.
And perch around thy throne,
And there, content to feast on love,
Would worship Tbee alone.
This purer air that blows,
And cools my wearied frame,
Inspires my heart and plainly shows,
1 oaght to praise thy name.
The thought that fills with awe,
And strikes all self away,
Is, that a voice of sovereign law.
Controls the whole each day.
That voice, which fills all space,
Declares my destiny;
Assigns, in heaven or hell, my place
To all Eterniiy.
*
I cannot lift my voice
To murinur or repine;
I'll ju#t submit—my only choice—
For all the res; ia thiue.
J. W. U.
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THE OBSERVER,
KALEIGB, N. C.
BRAWT'S NKW VBAK'I t'lLt* '
* KRM.
alter the Senators and Con
pressmen and diplomats had left tlie 1
White House, and after the last ot
;he private citizens had clas[>ed the
mud ot ilie President and departed,
;he door bell rang sharply and a visi
:or pushed his way into the Blue
-oom. Tbe President was alone in
he apartment, and as he hastily lock- 1
:d the closet door of a cupboard and
;urned around to ineet the caller, his
r ace showed plainly that he regarded
he visit a* nothing more or less than
&n unwarrantable intrusion.
"You do not recognize me," said
:he unbidden guest, advancing to the
middle of the room. I picked you up
>ut of the glitters of New York city
sixteen years ago and set you on your
riins. I was able to do you service, it
[ remember rightly, just before the
mrrender of Vicksburg. I followed
pou pretty closely through the war,
giving you a friendly lift every now
uid then. I happened around 1868,
Mid, although you abused me for tou»
years, I called again in 1872. I have
i»eeii at your elbow ever since, and
never a man have I treated more,
kindly, but you have kept up the
ibuse. You have abused me outrage
sously, Mr. Grant!"
• Yf ho the devil are you?" asked
grant, taking two or three unsteady
Heps toward the speaker.
"O, my name is Opportunity," said
the caller, and I will add that this is
my last call. Good afternoon, Abler
Grant." Aud thereupon he left the
room, slamming the door with some
ibow of indignation.
The President stood a moment in
thought, aud then, with a mattered
exclamation, turned again to tlie aide-'
board. Bat another caller bad aN
ready entered unannounced.
"Here we are again, old friend,"
said the new comer, who held his
bead high and moved with a loraly
strut. "How'a yoor courage
Ulysses?"
"You have tbe advantage of me,"
said tbe President.
"Don't know me! why this is sur>
prising. I have been your bumble
servant ever since Elihu Waabbarne
introduced us. Some tolks have res
garded me as your master, bat I don't
insist on that point. Givo mc your
hand, eld tellow; my name i» Ambi-
lion. Bv the way, wlio was that I
in«U at the door?"
"It was unity." .said tlie
President, "lie Ints just out."'
"Tlie deuce, you say I" exclaimed
Ambition; ,'lhuti you'll have to ex
ciue me. I'm no account without
I liina. I might stay and potter along
with yofi fur awhile, but I would only
make a fool of you, am) waste my
own time into the bargain. Good live
Mister (irant."
And Ambition, with a Imriied bow
walked briskly out of the White
House. and hastened to catch up with j
Opportunity.
The Blue room had nvv become
very blue to the President, and he
once more had recourse to the si le»
board The next caller was a melan*
cholv chap, whose chin pressed his
breast, and whose eyes wandered
gloomily about. At first- the Presis
dent pai'l no attention to his presence
bui he had a way of making that
p-esence felt.
"Mr. President," said ho, mourn
fully, "1 wish vou a happy new year.
Why are uot Belknap, and Babcock,
mud Orvil, and Avery, and Shepherd 1
here to celebrate this glad seasou with
you?"
"Don't speak of them," said the !
President. "The subject is uot pleas
ant."
"There is in'tny other things I wish
to B|>cak about on this l.appy osca
s.on," returned the caller, with a dis
mal groan. By the way, how is poor
Custer?"
"Sir!" exclaimed the President
this is impertinent. Who are you?"
"You ought to know me if you
don't. ,1 a'n remorse. There is a
uood ileal 1 wanted to say, and would
say to another man, but 1 SPA Indii
icrence coming, and 1 will make way
tor him. Mr. President allow n,e
once more to wish you a happy new
vear."
Indifference, who entered as Re
morse stalked out, was a stolid, hard
featured fellow, not unlike the Presi-.
dent himself. He said nothing, but
beckoned Grant to the sideboard,
where they drank confusion to tlie
past in inauy bumpers. At length
this last and most welcome of all the
President's New Year's callers drop
ped his glass oil the floor atd rushed
out ot room as in great alarm. The
President turned dizzily around to see
what was tiie matter. There enter
ed at that uiunent a guest with'a
frightful visage, every muscle of
whose lace told of agony and whose
eyes spoke horror. The President
started back and gasped:
"You are—" r
"1 see you know me," said the call
er, with a ghastly leer. Iu adminis
trative circles I pass as Neuralgia of
the Brain. Let it go at that."
"And you have come—"
"Yes, Mr. President," replied tlie
appiritian. "Let there be no cere
mony between us. I have come to
stay."
"And I liavo brought mv family,'"
he added, as he opened the door and
let iu a swarming troop of* distinct!
images and hideous, griming little
devils, all of whom echoed the words:
"We have come to stay."—New
York San.
The ••rl •( a Ha* Wcfcara It,
Mr. Lamar, since 1872, has been in
the habit oi highly praising Mr. Carl
Schurz, although most of bis constit
uents have considered the clever tier
man American a Radical in disguise.
Gun. Schurz's course this year cou%
vinced Ibein that they had been right
all the time, and thev repeatedly re»
miuded Lamar of it as he was stomp-*
iug Mississippi last autumn. Finally !
at one of his meetings, some one in
the audience interrupted him with:
"How about Schurz. whose defeat
in jdissouri you were so aoriy about?
What do you tbiuk about bim now?"
Lamar replied that Schurz's course
reminded bim ot an incident in bia law
practice. Sally £axe was bia witness
■ and the counsel on the other side uun
| dertook to discredit Iter testimo.iy.
: Bill Jenkins was called for this pur
po e and being placet! upon the stand
was asked what Salley Saxes reputa
' (ion was a* a wotneu of truth aud ve*»
| racity. •'Well," >aid the witness, "I
' re con It was about tour years ago- -
1 "ilold on," said the counsel "we
I don't want to know anything about
ber bnt whether she is truthlni or
1 not— would people believe
i whatjshe says?" The witness n.ade
several attempts to tell his story, and
at length in desperation exclaimed;
. "Well all that I can say is that she is
distracted ot cointnou sense and guiN
ty of flto." ■. •' '
All Sorts.
More happy by far is the niau with ca
tarrh
Than the one who is perfectly woll;
He is ontt of those who is saved by the
nose.
From many a horrid smell.
'■Julius why didn't von oblong yenr
stay at the Springs?" "Kane Mr Snow,
dey charge too much." "llnw so Julius?"
"Wy, de landlord charged dis colored in
[ dividual wid stealing de spoons."
I
A seedy-lo' king individual was heard
to »ay tosfrriend; "My diar fellow can't
you lend me a black weskit far a short
limt 1 My anni Betsey died a few days ago,
and I want to take a short mourn."
Theelec'ric telegraph.—"Wifo I don't
«ee, for my part how they send letters on
them 'ere wires without tearin 'era all
lubita," "La me they don't send the
pa, er, they just send the writing in a
lluid stale " - ;,
"Where's the molasses, BUI?" said a
red haired woman sharply to bar son, who
hail returned with an empty jug. "Mono
in the city mother. Every grocery has
a large board ontsiile with let
ters chalked on it 'N. O Molasses."
' Now there's a finished gentleman for
von," said a fireman as he gased upon
the peicea of the engineer that had baaa
■.craped up and gat.iered to hie fathers
alter the last attempt to run a train on
nothing
—Colorado item: "Lately a mountain
(ion made a raid on a ranchman's house in
Left Hand Canon. He tore the famly dag
to pieces. He palled the fiddle
strings out or the family cat. He finally
succumbed, however, to the family
rifle *
A paper in Southern Illinois that
it went to press "ene day too early to re
cord the death of John Bates." This ia
not quite as cool as ths paper which ssid
"Ju-t as we are gbing to press John Smith
is i*ing ran over by the cars,"
A man at the Borgia tnnnel the other
morning hailed a fellow laborer with. ''So
y'eve got a baby at yer house what is it?
a boy or gyurlT" "Oueea!" "An Us a
boy." "No." "Well then It's a gyurl."
"Faith," said the delighted father, "some
body's be'n telling ye."
IVORT. —Fifty thousand elephant*
are killed every year to ftaruish the
ivory is worked apiu Ei gland alone.
The best ivorv came from Zanzibar
the silver-gray from regions south of
the equator, and the favorite
mental material from Siam.
•
Aasaioax BKSF—The Mirk />»*« EL
prtßH asserts that 6ijo tons of fresh
American be-f reachea Knglan.l weekly,
This new branch of trade hascrenu I »>n
■jderable anxiety in the English agricultu
ral districts of Shropshire and Staiford
■ihire,
n>racp Ore«ly n«ed to tell this story ;
He nncr aent a claim for collection to a
W. stern lawyer and regarding it as rath
er a desperate claim told thi attorney that
i> he collected it he might reserve half the
am unt as his fee. In due tima Mr.
(ireely received the following laconic
ep.Ktle: "l>ear Sir—l have succeeded
in collecting my half of the claim. The
I b dance is hopeless.'*
KEve.i BE \g«m GiTTina
BBDNK.
Thorn a* Charlton booked his chlo over
the prisoner's bar at the Fifty *o»enth
8. met Police Court and regarded ills
Honor with a bland smile.
"Thoma*. you sre charged' with being
drunk," said the court.
"I can't deny it," said Thomsa, grinning
from ear to ear.
"You don't seem to be very sorry."
-I'm happy, Yer Honor," said the
1 prisoner, gigßling.
I "What excuse have you for getting
l drank?'
'Tve got seven of 'era Judge.'.'
"Sevsa sacasesr ~ .
"Yea, Yer Honor, sevea. Now, I doa't
n.ind tellin' ye all 'boat Ik Ye see IVs
got six boys ia say family, as' last sight
—lt's a girl judge." *
Thomas got off.
Death or Rsv. Dr. Bbcckih
bidok. —Rer. DY. Wm, JL. Breckin»
ridye btolher of tbe Rev. Robert J.
Brikinridge abd last surviving son of
United States attorney General
Breckinridge nnder Thomas Jeffers
erson and nncfo of tbe late Genera
John C. Breckinridge, died on the
26*b nit., at Raymere, Cass couuty
Missouri in tbe 73 year of his age.
lie was moderator of the second
assembly of tne Presbyterian Councill
in 1859. He was pastor for 29 years
ot tbe First Presbyterian Chnrcb of
Lonisville; was President of tbe
1 Univesity of Mississippi and after*
wards o! Centre college, Kentucky.
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Settled. ~
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CHEAPEBT utock of goods we ever ottered
to the people of Alamance.
Our Mr. (Jam, in per ton selected these
goods, and front his thorough acquaintance
with the wants of our people, we van safely
say that we have on hand
EVERYTHING
which the «trade of
this, and adjoining
counties demand, in
the way of
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"""HOLLOW-WAKE, QUEENS-If ARE
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Clothing
TFe buy allkinds of
country produce.
We thank the public tor the gen-*
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to us, and we can and will make it
the interest of our customers to trade
with us. Don't take our word but
coine and see for yourself.
Ife charge nothing
for showing goods.
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The National Is located within fifty yarda
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attractive and plea—l headquarters for
■saten of the Lcgistatare In the city.
, Term are low to sate the times, fare unsur-
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