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Officer* of 4he (''edewl vc«usurut.
Till-: KXKCL'TIVE.
Ilulli.'iTo' cl H. Hayes, ot Ohio, President. i-T
the Tniin! Mut'-f-
William A. WliH.ler, of Iscw \ orlc, Vice
rrcsii'ci.t t.f 'die Uniti'd Stai-s.
Till'. CAIUNI-.f.
William 51. Evans, ol New York, Secretary
of S'ate
John Sherman, of Ohio, 8 c'y. of Treasury.
Cc, igc w. M McCrnry, Secretary of War.
liicliin-' 1 W. Thompson, of Judiaaa, Hecre
tiiry of ihe-Nnvy. _ -
Curl Shnrz, ol Missouri S' c y. of the Inicru r.
Charles Devens, of Massachusetts, Attorney
(trnerid.
llavi'l M. Key, of Teennessce, Pos'r. astcr
(ieneriil.
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TIII4 81,'rUKMB CMLUtT OF Ttlli I.'NITKI)
STATKS.
Morrison R. Wait, of Ohio, Chief Justice.
KatJian Clifford, of Maine,
N'lllll H. Swavne, of Ohio,
banuiel .1. Mil er. of lima,
1-tuviil Davis, of Jllinois,
Stephen J. Field, of California,
William M. Strong, of Pennsylvania,
il sepli P. lii'H'll y, of New Jersey,
Ward Hunt, of Ixexv York, Associaie Justices.
«s:s: KT.ITR fiovi KMii'sir.
EX HKCUTIV E 1)1.1'A lt'l'M KNT.
Thomas J. .Tarvis ot Pitt. Governyr.
Daxvi's b. Kobinson, of Macon, Lieutenant
Governor.
W. L Saunders, of Now Hanover, Secretary
of State.
John M. Worth, of Randolph, Treasurer.
Ponaid W. Bain, of Wake. Chief Clerk.
T C. Worth, of Randolph, Teller.
J>i\ Samuel L. Love, of Haywood, Auditor.
Tlios. 8. Kenan, of Wilson. Utorney-Gciiernl.
Join) C. Scarborough, of Johnston, Supeiin
tcn.lcnt of Pub'ic Instruction.
Johnston Jones, of Burke. Adjutant-Genera'..
J. McLcod I'urner, Keeper of th Capitol.
Sherwood-Laywooil, of Wake, State Libia-
Han.
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SUniKMIC Oof ItT.
W. \. 11. Smith, of Hertford. Chief Justice.
John tl. Dillard. Tlios. S. Ashe.. Associates,
W. 11. Bagley, of Wake, Clerk of Supreme
Con t.
L>. A. Wicker, of Wake; Marshal.
1 lIOFESSIONAL CAHD.S.
•JNO. W. GIiAIIAM, JAS. A. GRAH AM,
JJillsoyro, N. Grt'hani, N. C.
GBAHAM & GRAHAM,
A i lOK.MIVH AT I.AtV,
Practice in the State a/.d Federal Courts,
C3"3peci tl attention paid to collecting'.
J. I). KERNODITE,
Attorney
GPA Ml ill. IV. t!
Practices in the State and Federal Couits.
ft ill faithfully and promptly attend to all im.-i
--iiivsiutrustcd to him.
PAR&BK,"
A T T O It N K V,
CIUIIA.n, !V. C.
Will attend regularly the Superior Courts of
Alarunnce, Caswell, Person, Ctiatham and Ran
dolph, and the Federal courts at Greensboro.
Business entrusted to hitri shall have faithful
attention,
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T. B. Eldridge,
Xiaiv,
GRAHAM, X. C
Practices in tlie State ami Federal Courts-
All btisfi esc intrusted to him shall itcthc
prompt and careful attention.
James E.Boyd,
ATTORNEY AT LAU
OFIM-I:* AT
GRALIAM FC GREEIISKORO.
IVACTI'CCS IN ALL THE COURTS.
at Graham. Monday, Tuesday and
canesday At Oririf-boro, Thursday, Friday
Saturday. "7 14
Dr. J. W. Giiffilh
DENTIST
GRAIIAM, N. C.,
C*III-L- prepared to do rvr.y and all kinds of
Sn P e f rtai,li »g to tJ'C profession. *•
iilir, tCla triven to the trcatii\efrt of
41 -ease ß of ih c MOUTTI.
ATTENDED IN OR COUNT Af.
Gr. H. School,
GIUIIAM, !N. O.
KgV. I) A. LONG, A. M., Principal
VV ' VV. STALKY, A. M. »
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A - L. COBLK. A. B. »
Monday in August and o'oses the M
1 oai-.i «o Tuition $3-S(J and a4.50 per mouth.-
. i to month. 'J he number of
"twicuu iin.it- cl lo 45.
GRAHAM, N. C.. MONDAY. OCTOBER 4, 1880.
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\\ ilh ox I'l'xvhrniiiim' Jioxx rr.
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Hut after ia my years
An I in those yea i s ! xx'as not id ad,
And liittia' were my tears.
My 'ox*e xxv,s like y ur love, my friend.
It- met. w ;t!i no t\ turn.
I a ,i; ( 'it | ia- ■ iora; te appeal,
In spite ol xxords thai liui n.
Bet you xx-lio IOVR, aud I w ho
.May pan at least ia peace;
One day you'll tuanli iuc for m\ xvords;
One il.iv your pa'ii will ecase.
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(..vni ii iii s inriu titn: JJA.
1 BTLI L> >»• T IS J' KM I SI:
CI.VN(J::S AT A DAKK urcoiu*.
fi ;i II a! ij;ii iI y loxriiial I lie Kon.li.
HIS 11)1'. AS 1)1' S )\' I.U I.I(.N'F V.
Mr. CiMili'lll's views of novereigi.ly
lire ILose ct a man who nrv r under*
stood our sx stem ,i| coiistitirional gov
ernnient, with its a.luiiralile divi-i in of
powers b'.iiuccu and Slate nil
ihoiiiy, or one who honcs'ly pre 1 cis
inonaichild or itiijKTial lorins. As carlj
us Jiiiiiiary, 18G5, lie made a labored lir
guenicof in which lie iittemp'ed lo de
sei ihe xx hat lie termed " I lie poli ic.il
sucrei-si m ots've.ieiyuly." lie under
took to show that political sovereign!j
descended from the Crown ami I'arlia'
me 111 of Great Britain, first to Ihe ilovos
Itiiionary Congress r,t Philadelphia, lliou
to llic goverii.ment represented hy I lie
At li les of (Jnuledcraiion, and finally, (o
the \TION", - ' where it was perma
nently lodged in the ConstiltUion of tin
United S ales, lie had no i lea that Swv>
ereignty hail ever belonged to the peo
ple of Stales:, or lo the Stale
which formed our Kederal Union, ig
noring (lie people altogether sis sources
ol jioliiie.al power, he believed thai exery
element of sovereignty had been abiorb
in one Federal ho id. A 1111:1 holding
sueli despotic notions ot our (ioyern-
meiit '"i t the people, by tlu p-o
-!i j and for the people," is until lo be
trusted in any pubTJ station.
HIS CONTEMPT EOlt TilV. CON'STITL'TIOX
The Republican pai:tv mule no pre
lencj that the confiscation and rcuon
striielion acts were wiiliin either the lei- 1
ter or spirit >l I lio C»ll si i; 51 ioll. Tliad |
S1 «-• 1 > 1»c 1»s, J rues A. Gu.ioil, .1.11:1 A.
L>inghani, b .l.lly declared ilia! the Con- ]
stiiut i*.n 111 tlif L oiled Stales liiii •( lie
lln own to tlio winds, when necessity dt- ;
mauded the sulsiiiutiuii of the swoid |
101 the regular ami ordinary adininistra- j
tion ol the law.
In 18G3 G;iiHeld leit the army and 10 j
Heated to hi- home in Ohio, where lie ■
entered the race for a seat in the :Vi«h
Congress, to wnicii lie was e'eeted in j
October of iliat year. On the 7,h day of 1
December, IStii', lie was sworn in as a
member of the House, taking the follow
ing oath:
"1, James A. Garfield, do solemnly j
swear thai, to the best ol my knowledge
and übiliiy, I wiil support and defend!
the Constitution ol the United States; j
* * that 1 will bear true taillr arid j
! allegiance to the same; that 1 lake this j
! obligation freely without any mental res- J
1 crvation or purpose of evasion."
I low lie respected (lie obligations of
that oath the following will show:
January 14ili, 1804, the House had un
der consideration a bill "lo punixh j
1 treason and rebellion, and to seize ami |
i coidi-eate tlie property of rebCiS." Gar 1
I field (.aid thai 'he insurrectionary States
were out of the and, '-had no
rights under the Cofstimiioii " Under |
Ibis doctrine laud could be paiccicd out 1
and appropiiated to nortiiern ,8 Idicrs, j
~s C:csar and Napoleon, in casf»t of for
eign conquest, had divided conquered!
territory among their followers an 1 de- j
pendents. The measure bcrngVlcnouno*
id on the Democratic side ol llic House i
as a violation of I lie plain letter of the j
Con--litu!i->n, Mr. Garfield speaking for
the fleprtbiican parly, said:
"I would not break Ihc Oons'ilulion j
at all unless it should become necessary
10 overleap its (Glebe, 1 t j
session 08th Con., page JIo.) j
I > 111 i! IJ4 11 1 -tLlj 1 1 c >ll Colfax's ITS' 11 I -
'i l; 11 t•>t*X i>o I Ir III"', (r ( )!ii(i, (',.[• Will lift
*:'"leu i" ■ li "i-e, (i aiHe I I was n x
111i11(Io11 d! Ins dctlaraiiuu about over
lcapi I'ir ilii; C»:i*tiui'i'iii. asko.l
il lie i i' l hefrl ilie same view, Mr. Gars
liehl answered deliberately in 11 u ->;•
I J'O.T:11i11;> word -:
" I inkt> «I! ilio old sancii MIS .f
11 10 il'.V Utld II'(.i11 -t i i 11 ; i 111 and fling
IIII'MI (o llie wids H' neccs&arv.''
i' n nary (lie ]8 h. 1, Mr. Dawson,
IV niocrat, »[ 1 * 1111 s\! \- a 115 a , fj -red a
l'CSohllioll.
"'l'll.it \vbeliever any Stale now in ill
- I reel J• •: i sh :11 su lm it to I]JO nii'liori. 1 v
T I!I3 I' O'H'i'.'i! (! ■ i voi'lll'. i. > : 11 a - d"ii i o.! J• i
1 lie ConsiiLitiou, l|.>-ui!ii irs against her
s'.iall ci'.'i:- •, mid i-ucli Si a t• h »!I i c pro
tected, and her |)• opir-. -hall ho
teed in (I o full ei.jox nmii of »!! i hi'
rights wlil'cfr 111e (' >ll■>tilll:i »11 give*
ihem, ('duUc, Ist session, h iron:'.,
P . 2.Vi.)
();i motion of Iliad. Stephens this res
olution was t.ihlod liy Ridicul votes,
Ga rlield vo; ing 'x en,'
I'll!': MTRF.Mi: COL'tiT.
Gil'"field .Voted for a bill providing
tlint none of the lawless measures known
AS ti.E recoils' met ion acts should ho lO
- unconstiiiiiion.nl except by the
concurrence of two-thirds ol all the
judges ot the Supreme Court. By tlii
vote lie declared hiniself not o.ily in fa.,
vor of muzzling the Supreme Couri, but
ol st 1 iking do xv 11 that tribunal ami su bo r
dinaliug its jurisdiction ami powers to
die will ol Ciuig'Tss. (Globe, 2d Ses.
4U;h Cong, p.,
CONET.SCATILLX ANI» MILITARY SUUJK.CTION. !
In discus-ing the coiifi-cu'ioii net, Mr, '
*; ii field took tlie ground tli,it the coo- '
lederatcs weue in i ho siftine category wi'li
the lories of the revolution, (lint their
lauds and personal estates oiij:ht lo he
tci liseated and paraded ouf among tlie
Federal soldi JI S.
These were his words:
"Conliscafo their estates, both persons
a! and real, lor life and f rever. The
war began by proclamation, and il mint
end by proclamation. We can hold the
i-'surgcut Stales in mi iiary subjection
lor ti half ceniury il need be. 1 win.l to
! «ee in ali I hose Stales Ibe ineii w bo (ought
and ►till Vied for the truth, tilling the
| fields on which they pitched their tents.
(Globe, Ist, Se-s. p . 41'5.
IMI'LAC \I'.I.E IIAT:;.
In his remarks on one of the recon
struction measures, Mr UarGold said:
"If lho gentlemen who report tlii* bill
will put in a section, that all wh > par*
ticipated in the rebellion shall be Foit
i:vi:u excluded from the light of elective
] franchis •, then I wi'l say fhe proposh
J tioii wi I bo just, ami one wc can Bland
j upon tts a nialter of principal. Anything
j is pist which excludes from privilege and
j p iwer ALI. those infamous inch who par
i ticipated in rebellion.
| Subst quciiily, the same bill being be
; foe Hie II use, Mr. (i-n field asked that
the j.rcri >us ipiesiiou be voleil down, |
; that lie might m >ve the following amend
! men I:
I "All persons who voluntarily adhered
|to the la'.e iii.surrociioh, giving ai l ami
I comfort to the so-called S utliern Cons
| lederacy, are KOUEVEII excluded from
j hiding ail)' ofli :e of trust anil profit till -
' der the Government of the hnited
States." (hl>bc, L>t SCSH. 3Dth Cong., pp.
! 21 10, 2IG:».
! HI: W ANTED TO II EVERY KEIIEL.
In debating a bill "lo provide tor the
; more ffleclual government of the inMir
j rrctionary States," Mr. Garfield i rid.' a
I display of malignity and fi;udi«h em*
j city toward a helpless foe, equalled onh
iby the brutal and blood-thirsty William
i L/C La Mnrck, the Wild I'oar of At dm ♦
; nes. It should be remembered that the
I war was then over, and that the Co is
i federates had long before grounded their
| arms and submitted in goo I faith to
; Federal authority.
| Head the following cold-blooded dec
| titrations deliberately uttered on the floor
! of the House.
i "It is clearly life rigid of the victorious
j gtnwnrncnt to indict, try, convict ami
' Lang every rebel traitor in the South for
f (heir bloody conspiracy against the Jtc*
public. * * * I believe, sir, the time
; tins come when wc must lay the heavy
hat.d ot military authority upon tlre-e
reuel communities and hold them in its
; gr%si>. * * - . ■
1 "I yive my support to this military
bill. It ij severe. It was written with
-1 a steel pen made out of a bayonet, ami
, bayonets have done as good service
I hitherto. All I ask is that Congress
j shall place civil governments before
| these people of the rebel States, and a
i cordon of bayonets behind them.'" See
(Jong. Gl6be, 2i Session, £s9th Congress,
pp.^llO-VHOI,
On the l»iu of February, 1877, nearly
two vim's alter the close of the ",var, the
same hill being under discussion, Mr.
(ia field made another exhibition ol his
in-all.'nit v toward the p sipie of tin
Soitib. Sjieaksng in a tone of exultation
and nx i;! i a smile of triumph, like a
coxv«r l|\ dt'spot wiih bis iron heel upon
the neck of his victim, this ndvoca'e cf
imperialism uttered the following lan
»UHU'":
Mr. SIM:\KI::I. This bill sinils out by
!a\i;ig hands on Ihe rebel goven.ments
and taking the ver.y b: ealh of life out ol
sla-m. 11 tlit* next pla :e it puts the bay
ore! at the breast of yjy ja-i'bel iii the
Souib. In the next leaves in the
hands ol CoiK'ress nit' r!v and rbsoliilrlv
11 ni wot kof reconsi rui t ion. Gentlemen
h'Me ivhen Ihev have the p nver of a
1 liniideibolt Tfi tli'-ir bands, tliev kirav
not how to use. It 1 were afraid of this
Couere-s, afraid ol my shadow, afraid ot
•rtr-sett; I WTiid'it'lTecTaii'ii^agitlnst the biII,
and 1 would do il just as
peutlemn aro'ind me (meaning his
timid liepub'icnti associates) have done,
and do de ldm against it. They have
spoken vehemen ly—they have rpoken
sepuhrhrjiUy— airain»i il, but tliey have
not done us the f ,vor to quote a line or
the proof of a single word livnn llir- bill
itself that it does any of these horrible
things they tell 11s of. Tiny tell 11s it is
universal amnesty. mid there is not a
line in die bill Unit will main'.ain the
cl-iargc.'' ibid, p. j;520.
CftKtUT MOIU I.tl'.U
was Ihe corpoiation that built (he Union
Pacilix". 11 tilr tad. Oakes Antes handled
Ihe-stuck, and bribed members ol Con
gress to pass Ihe bi*l by giving them
stock. The whole of the fads came out
in ihe F rty-serond Congress, before the
Poland Republican Congressional Inves
tigating Committee. They are is to 1 -
low.-:
Oakes Ames, in January, 1868, got for j
Garfield ten shares ol Credit Mobilicr
stock; Ames paid lor * the stock; Gar
field paid no Ii i i !•; lor It. Ames sold tl e .
bunds for $«'7G, and lie received n
citsli dividend on Ihc slock of SOOO
leiving iluc to Garfield $329, alter pav
i g for ilie slock, which anvmnt was
paid to him in cash. Am is made outh
to this slide of facts. After Garfield'*
disgrace became public, hc.begged Ames
to modify his testimony by calling the
irausaction a loan, eO that he (Garfield)
might "get of! as easily a* possible."
Ames stuck to his original statement
and repeated: ' I never loaned Garfield
any money, and he never askei mo to
loan hi in any. lie knew very well Ih it
it was a dividend.'' Garfield went be
fore the Committee and stated, under
oath:
I never loaned or agreed (o rcoicve
any slock of the Credit Mobilicr or of
the Union I'aeilio Railroads, or any
dividends or profits arising from either
of thorn"
This Republican CommiUcc" did not
believe a word of Garfield's statement,
lciud their unanimous report to Congress
made under oat h:
"Die facts in regard lo Mr. Garfield,
jas found by the coinmi'fce, nre that lie
i ngtecd with Mr. Ames to take ten shares
ol the Credit Mobilicr stock, but did n >1
pnv for the same. Mr. .Amen recieved
the eighty per cent, dividend in bonds
and sold them fo»iiiiiely>Bcrcti per edit,
cash dividend, which, together with Ihe
price of the slock ami interest, left a
balance ol This sum was paid lo
Mr. Gar'field by a cheek on the senrganl
nt-arms, and Mr. Garfield then under
stood tids sum was Ihc balanca of divi
dends after [ u> ing tor ihc Block.
ti:k utuoi.VKi: isniuK.
Garfield corruptly sold l.'u influence
to DeGolycr unit McCU llan, of Chicago,
lor five Uiiui-aiul dollars. He confessed
lliis under oath. He made an argument
i t favor of a w.r'.hless patent pavement
by which a eevcit hundred thousand dol
lar j>b wn* secured a' per yard,
when in fact, it cost but'sl.so per J'ard.
11c wa«, at tl.c lime, chairman of llie
Committee o.i Appropi iation?, ami
through littn (be jobbers obtained every
dollar Jt their plunder. li\ shis corrupt
course he became ii.iblo to prosecution
and punishment by confine uent in the
pcuiteuliai'y two years and a lino ol
SIO,MX). tiuder4j|(!lhm 1732 of the fla
vised Statutes ofthc United Stitcs, page
31G. lie was, by this criminal act, un
der the statute rcterred to, rendered
thereafter disqualified to Inld any office
ol honor ami trust timier the Federal
Government.
SO COOI.HM,
[Froav tlic Detroit Free' Press.l
The other day a Detroit lawyer had a
sail to go into the country a few miles
to attend a c.tsc on trial before a country
'(squire, and whilt* jogging leisurely along
in lib buggy lie saw a man come runnjiij
across ti'ie fields at the top of Iris speed.
Directly behind him, and armed with a
stout stick, was a woman, and it was a
nip-and-?lick race to the fence. The m m
reached il first, however, ami as lie
dropped on the hijjli way side hb called
out" to the la xv yer.
'Stranger, for ItsnVtu'ssrtko give me
a lilt down the road for half n mile!'
• What's the trouble here?' asked the
lawyer. *
' Wile and I linve bad another falling
out,' was the reply, as ihe :nau rolled
down a steep bank to the buggy
Tnc woman at t his momoitt tcstched
the fence, ami its the woman was climb
inji olror, the lawyer inquired of the litis*
baud:
'Are you fooling or in earnest;
Ml you think I'm tooling ju-t wait a
second!'
jdnnpett down tlio bank, rolled Over in
the rood and rose tip with a big stone in
each band.
'Stpml f 1 veiled ftie si i n nitrer as lie cir
cled around the horse, but the lawyer
wasn't quick enough. One of the stones
hit the back and the ot lief* grazed
nis eai'jiiid hit the horse, and five or
sixliTore were coming as lie struck a
trot, and moved off. the husband limg
inir to the vehicle and running behind.
When a safe distance awav the lawyer
balled and looked back. The woman
stood in the middle of the road shaking
both fisls ill him, and the husband wiped
the beads of perspiration til his chin and
said:
'Stringer, Uaiinerarti 1 nit" never have
any fooling. When she's good natured
1 git one shirt a week and two meals n
day. When she's mai one o!'tis lias got
to light out. and I wl«h next lime you
come ibis way you'd tell me if there's
anybody in Detroit who can make me a
pair of w ings.
IVol n War Ilfro,
(Detroit Fre« Press.)
A colored individual whoso left arm
was missing was soli tiling u'small loan
on Griswold street, Detroit, uud in rec
ommendation of himsell be slated that
he lost his arm in the tight in the Wil
derness.
'Was it in (he fight?'
'No, sab; it was arter de fight. Dal
war a powerlul hot time I tell ye. De
balls flew nround like snow flakes, de
cannons roared and I 'Spcctod lo bo kill
ed lor a bull half day.'
'Bill you wero not lilt?'
'No, sab, I 'spccted to bo bttt I was
not.'
4 ISnt liotv liil you lose your arm?'
'I lost i t arlcr de battle, sail.'
•Undcr what circumstances?'
•Wii il, pah, nil tie circumstances I eber
heard of \va3 chit 1 hud il cut oil wid a
tiiizZ saw.
4 When?'
•Two y'ars ago, Fall '
•And you call this losing your arm afs
ter 'he battle "t the Wilderness?'
'Yes, sal,; I'zc hard up, sab, but i
don't wain to lie to jou. If I'd lost il
before de buttle I'd say so, but it wa»
artcr de battle.'
4 Well I guess it wa',' said the man af
ter a long pause, aud lie v\cut down for
a clime.
mtEAI.B AT \ I.l II Oi: lift.
Shortly after arflving in Little Rock
John Forresltt WIN attiacted by a sign
bearing the inscription, ' Meals at All
Honrs." Entering th« placs and mectr
ing the proprietor, lie said.
"You keep a t«v> rn here, do you?"
"No. I ke>-p H roitauraiit,"
"I don't know much about your new
nanu s; but you feed loika here, duu't
yon?"
"Yen, sir."
"Well, I want to b >arJ hero three
days, or I reckon until I get a job of
Homo kind. 1 see yo ir sign says 'lOfftls
|*L all hour*/ You don't meau that do
I
"Certainly I mran it. I'il board you
! three days for $3."
"Ami (iive me' my uieals all hours?"
_"YI-H, sir."
'•Here, tuke the $3. I never set my
self up as a regular i atcr, but I'll beck
agin yon for the next, three days. I think
t' at I can ift».nd Jier about that long.
li's 11 o'Jsck. tf.ve mo something to
eat."
A imal wan brought out and quickly
uhpitched; and rein .rking that he would
be ba k n time, Mr. Kmieoter left. At
13 o'clock h« caniw hack acain. "You
ncedu't stare at incy" he swid to one of
t he w«it rs
"You nfMa regular boarder, are you?"
"The regulmest one you've got. 1
don't intend to ini-a a menl. I've got a
cbanco now to get eveu for U>iu' hungry
many a time."
At I o'clock John came back, and re-
lie hung up his hat: I'm on
timn, it'rf one o'clock. Fetch me buthiu'
to eat." The waiter wpnt away mutter
ing, and brought iu a rather slim nr-cal.
"Look a here,'' sxid John, "don't try
to go back on your « .u tract*. I reckon
3ou did rather wmlerate my ability, but
I'm a man."
At two o'cloik John came back and
took a seat. 'l'll3 proprietor came in
and asked what lie wanted.
"J want in j dinner, supper or break
fasljjutst what you are u mind to eall
it."
"You have already e»ten here three
tiniMS to day."
"I know that."
•'Why do you come again?"
NO. 82., bIJ
"B 'Cimse its two o'clock.
"It is not hupp r fciine." v - 4 **
"No, but it i* two o'clock time.'*
"L don't understand yon, sir. Whrifc
do yon niPtui?" .
' Your understanding may have been
injured by my ftr.rpri-Tflg ability'. - I
came here with the nml rntandmg tlirtS
[ whh to have my meals at all hour*.''
"Tins contract has been adhered ioj
you have! coine hlire it regularly."
"No, sit; I Imye come here fegtllar»
It was t'je agreement I was to have
a meal every hour, and I am going to
stand up to it if it packs my fttotnn-h as
tight as a gre*n watermelon. Yon are
trying tj impose on me because I am
fiotn the cotmry. have made arranae*
mentr with n to wnke me ton every
hour to hi^btpnnd I'm coming h«»re to
eat. Thai's rtiy business now, and I'll
art fair with you antl eat every lime.
Give me an oyster can of coffee an J some
ball SltSKl'.pf;
The proprietor handed the man $3
and required him to leave. A fight en
sued,» ml John wna led aWav by the police;
Whan he completes his rock pile engage
ment ho will sue the restaurant fvr dam*
ages.
I HI.OT OCT A DAV.
[ keep on a before me a calendar
of the ve&r, with the d*y of eStvh w«**k
uy numerals. When the day is passed
I draw my pen across a fignrs or the
tigur s representing a day. It is g« ne,
autl I blot it out. 8o far as the column
of numerals is concerned, I can do so.
Rut lam startled by the words, "I
lilol out a d»y." A dnjr is a wheel in
the gn-at machinery of life, —a line the
chaii o my | r >batio ; It is aa truly a {art
ot vital and essential bring as a > ear or
a century. The dny it given ir.e.
Will it vanish ut tny bidding? I did not
originate it; I only received it. I have
no more power to blot it out than to
bring ii in.
It was A gift. I/ow should I treat the
giver if 1 could and would blot it ou!?
It came as a prool of the luve of the
(jriver. To ininy l|ut day caine not. It
WHS on itH way, but the chain broke.
But Divine kindness would nut allow
me to.be a loser. Shall 1 not honor the
Givei?
A day of sadness perhapv! Blot it out
for that reason? It my sins tuade
sadness of the day, tin n let the day
stand—a n-smento of and reminder of
niy folly. Tout Jay is worth (Sating
that tilings such a voice of reproof.
Perhaps the day whs sad under divine
discipline. Surely, th*wi, it to
stand lest, blotting it out, off'-nee he
lio gHeri 10 hii?t who afflicts "for onr
profit that wo might be partakers of his
holiness: *
A day 6f gladness, perhip*—the sky
bright, the air balmy, j>»y in friends and
nil worldly comfort—aliove all, joy in
the Lord aud gladness in his salvatio».
.SII.III I niar sieh a beautiful pic'nrr?
Sh«ll I h!ot out such a day. As I eraM
the figure with a pen shall I drop it out
of my mind as if there had never been
such a day? is this the kind return?
A da}! That day just erased from my
calendar, how much could have been
accomplished in it! What a noble riv-r
of holy •motions might have rolled
through my soul in tbnt one day?—what
brvut Of love,- aidof in payer, and
wot king* of faith, bringing the light aud
jiy of ht avar uuto the soul!
There hangs my calendar. I ranr.ot
blot out much longer. The last d«r> of
ihe year is at hnnd. The las* day of the
year is at hand. The sytubo!s of what
retrains may be erased try my driving
pen} hut these links of life—these way
mai ks of tht; path lo eterni'y, th»»».-9
gifts of God,- these opportunities of n«e*
I illness, —my gratitude shall wrlcpne
ihein, my love and z al carry out in their
great design. They shall aid in the
grand result that my name shall not be
hlctted out of the Uook of Life,
ABUNDANT 11 1 18.
Japanese women arc very prftml of
their lusir, which is black and luxuriant.
They cultivate and arrange it with gieat
care by brushing their tresses back from
the forehead and gathering them in a
plaited topknot, covered with (lowe s,
toggles wad hairpins of gold, silver: and
tortoise shell. Rich and poor af« alike
proud of their cotffure, an I Iho k»«lt WD*
man in rags devotes the same at tendon
to hair as ary great lady. To pre*
serve the elaborate structure from being
disturbed, wotrisu during sleep rest their
necks on a padded fork. There is n«>
j differ 2nco between single and tphrried
women in wearing their ha>, ns in
China; and their respective «oci»l status
is Indicated by the position of the be*r
tn which the waist Scarf rs tiid,
wearing kat the back, matron* in front.
The latter likewise tfhavu their eyfbfowsf
amt dye tin ir teeth tdnek. fJiiW nso
rouge freely, and soifc.'titries *fkl thi>ir
ii|>}i. They sue ali ford of Mmkiftg, and
wear their eu>l>i°oid3tcd k bacco poaches
as belt ornaments.
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