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She gathered at her slender waist
The beautunusr. -be she woie ;
Its fold a gulden belt embr.ced,
. One rose-Uued seui It burv.
The giidlo shrank ; its lessening round
Still kept the slim ng jrem. -But'ioiv
ber Aiming locks it bound,
A lustrous diadem.
And narrower ptill the lirclet giew i
BehOidl a glittering band.
Its rse.ite dlitinniid set anew,
.Her neck's white column spanned.
Suni rbc and set ; the straining clasp
The shortened links resist, ,. . --Yet
flashes in a bracelet's grasp
The diamoud, on her wrist.
At length, the rouud of changes past,
The thieving yeucs could bring,
The jeel, giitieri.ia; to the last,
Still sparkles In a rlnjf.
8o, link in link, our friendships part, .
' Bo loosen, Lr.-akv i'd fjll.
A narrowing sum ; the loving heart.
Lives eh .useless ihi-oug'u them,
O.'iver Wendell Holmes, in the Atlantic.
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PROFESSIONAL GAUDS.
-JSO. W GRAHAM.
. H.llsow, N. C.
JAS. A.GRAHAM
Graham. N, C
-TTOKNBl AT LAW,
Practice In the State end Federal ourts, .
J3f3pcci.il attention paid to collecting.
.T Of 1CEEN0DLE.
A Horn ey at Law,
OHAHI TI, w.c.
''"Practices in the state and eacrai ouns.
wilt falihfullv and promptly attend to all busi
ness intrusted to him'
A D VER TISEMENTS.
Bio
Fash ion a I le 1 a if or;
A pleasant mountain road on a glori
ous autunm night, with a harvest moon
high up in the dark blue sky, flinging
weird lights and shadows across the
moor, .and a pleasant glint across the
Yearly advertisements cbanged quarterly" if ; waters, where the black flood was brok-
" ' - - I i ' , -i , i- n
en ty crested waveiets, wnicn iiung
back the moon rays with elect ric sparkle.
A steep and dangerous flight of rude and
irregular steps down the-cliff from the
spot where we jumped from our genu
ine Irish outside car. Then a granite
rock sweeping down sheer eighty feet
to the deep rushing tide below ; and op
posite a sea-girt rock of equal height
and steepness. From cliff to vliff two
slender, ropes some eighteen inches
apart, across which various small boards
two feet in .ength were fastened. On a
higher level than these, by three feet a
single rope to lean your left hand on, a
dangerous stay for one unpracticed, for
it had no connection with the ropes be
lo ,v, and when you leaned on the upper
one the lower cords and boards which,
formed the bridge had a strange ten
dency to sho.it away under your feet to
the right
Such was Carrigarede when I crossed
it last, a few years ago, I was frightened
and nervous," but when I caw a man
come aerosfc knitting a stocking all the
while, and a boy carrying a lamp, I
laughed at my fears.
But I wonder how did Mary MeQuil
lian feel h.v, wild night when she dash
ed s -reaming across to escape the gleam
ing knife of Barney McKay ?
Mary was a pretty girl, as gentle and
as tender hearted as could be found in
the glens of Antrim, and that is saying
not a little. She was engaged to Feliui
O'Neill, aa clean a boy as nature ever
turned out, strong and shapely in limb,
big hearted, whole-souUd, and true as
steel.
But, you see, Mary and Barney were
relations. They had lived together from
childhood, and he had a sneaking kind
ness for her always. A great, dark,
rough, wild-tempered fellow he was no
great shakes at any time; aud when he
went to sea the old people shook their
heads and said the couuty-side was well
rid of him. -
When he was gone Felim had a clear
fields nd brown-haired, gray-eyed boy
as he was, he did not waste his time.
Mary McQuillian .and he well these
things were settled in the usual blessed
old way, and the comeliest couple in the.
county were goingjo be married soon.
In the meantime McKay turned up
rich, golden coins glittered on his palm,
and stranga stories woe on. bis tongue
ofhis luck iu California. But strange
stories had, in some wontlerfull way,
gotabroad among bis neighbors of muti
ny, murder, aud piracy on the high seas,
lie was generally avoided by all,, swag
ger and scatter his gold as he would, ex
cept by the few idle and worthless who
admired his money and hig"liquors.
But Mary McQuillian was his cousin,
and he would be as familliar ; with her
as of old : nay, more, the bovitdi
liking br the coy ai d pretty girt had
suddenly ripened into passionate love
far the beautiful blushing woman. The
modest Irish maiden repulsed her rude
wooer, aud he swore he would have re-
enge.
I need not pause to tell how he quar
reled with the graceful young , giant,
O'Neill; how the ready assassin's knifo
was striken from his hand by a quick
blow from his antagonist's black -thor:;,
and how he got a sou ud thrashing into
the bargain. His revenge, took a new
form now. He would ppareO'Neill's life
to inflictuu himahoror greater than
death."'--" ', " '",; . " -.
By what accident he met Mary Mc
Quillan on that wild wintry night.
GRAHAM, H. C.
fa prepared to make Fina;iotbing for every
body. See his samples of Fall eoods and styies
for 882. . ,. , -
Hiar2 '83 y
t'mramoill. RfroreUo, CnU The Art elimsff tsmm.
im, Iliit4.uij. lull idea, KG routo, cot, ftea.
A bLi r I j r I I t u)
111 that tbe QGobtful cnrioon c - tboughtfui want to,
KD'Wj . Uvtl BBu KiJv uiuuiii iri via, jhhw
?Tff, 3ul4e,,.44pl5o,eoafcBO ln. n.aoey orstp,oj
t,9 tf,JVTTIFH 01aVuvlv
ril JO" r
7 "t, jw in:ipUst,N9rTOaIbimyJiJiMlaoUJ
i ' t ...
Late in Life to Look for Joy--Yct Nev-
- - - - - a. r :-i . i r 1
er too laie uj xueuu.
Reader of HiwthorneV "House of 8Ten
Gatle.' will recall the pnthot with which poor
Cliff oid Pyncheon, who bud boeu unjustly im
prisoned since bis early niailicod. nuld, afier
Ilia release : ".Vly life i koiir, and where if
my liappr.es ? Oh ! give me my happiness."
But Ibnl eould be don., only in part, biennis
thrown up your old playfellow and be
come sweetheart of this hound O'Neill.
13 this so?"
"Cousin said the girl with very pale
cheek but firm voice, "I never loved you ;
you were no sweetheart of mine. Your
ways are not my ways ; but we are of
the name blood; and I would have been
a s pter to you had you let me.".o
"Curse your hypocracy," be shouted.
I,see it now. You are engaged to that
cub. lie has given me a blow, aud that
is the only blow yet I have not wiped
out iu blood. I have s;vorn to have his
life. But I'll spare him ou one condi
tion." "What?" '
"That you be my wife."
"Never!" . shrieked the girl. "Oh
heaven, never !"
"Then, shouted the illian with a foul
oath, drawing a knife from hi breast,
"you suall never be bis 1"
"With a wild cry she burst from
his grasp, and heedless of all other dan
ger, dashed down the sleep pathway.
McKay rushed after" her with fearful
curses, a night's orgie had inflamed his
rage. Across the frail bridge (every
plank of which swayed and groaned) the
maiden swept never touching the guid-
ing-rjpe. After her came her intended
murderer, as she touched the rock she
heard the crash of his heavy foot on the
planks She turned around. The bridge
for an instant swayed violently from
side to side, the strong man clutched
the rope with his left hand, the knife
still glittering in his right, stumbled,
fell, hung from the rock for a few brief
seconds, and then he dropped, with a
shriek, into the boiling, seething flood,
full eighty feet below.
Next morning Mary McQuillian was
found on the tin! that covered the rock,
delirious and insensible, with one or two
of the sheep that fed there staring at
her in dumb wouder. She was taken
home aud recovered in the course of
time, and was happily married. The
body of McKay was never seen after.
Leaving the University before gradua-1 get the better of his fine discriminating
ting, young Holt went to Jhilaaelphia! judgment ; hence it was mat ue
. TI10S. M. HOLT.
A SKETCH OF LIFE AND LA-
BOtts,
Raleigh Hegister.
Among the substantial, prActical and
progressive public men of North Caroli
na none is more worthy of mention than
TnOMAS M. HOLT,
ofHaw River. In the new era which
came iu with the close of the war, and
which has wrought so important changes
in the circumstances and necessities of
the .South, a demand has arisen for men
of affairs, who have heads for business,
to learu business as well as books ; be
ing placed by his father, who designed
from the tirst to make a business man of
him instead of a lawyer or a doctor or a
preacher, in a wholesale dry-goods
house. He remained in business till Oc
tober 11, 1851. His father, Edwin M.
Holt, who it may bo remarked, was u
pioneer of the manufacturing firm of
Holt & Carrignn. The establishment
was known as the Alamance Cotton Fac
tory, and was located on Alamance
ereek. It had been erected in 1837 and
was among the first cotton-mbls started
in North Carolina. Upon completing
the purchase, Mr. Holt took his son in
with him to assist in the management of
the business, which was successfully
conducted by father and son until 1860.
In that year Colonel Holt bought his
present cotton-factory on Haw Kivcr, in
Alamance county, known as the Granite
Cotton Mills. It was then a small con
cern, with only 528 spindles. It now
has 8.500 spindies and 218 looms, and
consumes daily from ten to twelve bales
of cotton of 450 pounds The yarns,
warps, bed-ticks, cottouades, plaids, etc.,
manufactured t here are sold all over the
country, "from New York t Galveston.
They are honest goods, and find a ready
sale. The Holt family are largely en
gaged iu manufactures, owning some
seven cotton-mills, all of which aro iu
Alamance county,und their products are
always in demand."
Colonel Holt is no; onlv a manufac
turer, but a well-trained and enthusiastic
agriculturist. In reply to a jocular re
mark some days . go t hat he would stand
a poor show in runuing for Governor
against a piough-hov candidate from the
masses, he said tha$ he could run a fur
row or bind wheat with any of them. He
was brought up on a farm, and what he
does not know about farming can very
well be dispensed with. In I860 Colonel
Jioitbougut the large tarm known as
Lin wood, on t he Yadkin river, in Dav
idson countv. It has some fourteen
hundred aci-es. and produced five thous
and bushels of wheat last year, besides
other grain, cotton, grass, et Colonel
Holt is an excellent stock farmer ; he
pays much attention to raising thorough
bred cattle -especially Devons ami
Southdown sheep. Co.,Holt is known
throughout ihe State iu connection with
the North Carolina Agricultural Society
of which he has been President for the
last twelvo years. Ho has alwavs taken
a lively interest in its existence and
prosperity. It was through his ius'.ru
inentaiity that the location of the Fair
Grounds was changed, some of twelve
years ago, from its original site east of
the capttol at Kaleigh, to the admtrably-
rather than for mere politicians. It is not selected point now occupied, westward
in
pi
la:
the ap.iritles of abstract, ideas anil princi-
les, however valuable these mav be and
lowever able and eloquent their advo
cates, that our people now look t for
n I l .1 ,i tit. i iwl ,,ltr,.i i, til-., ftf li,i-
F rA A- l
portance in tne oiate uniier me new or
der ol things, so much of men who un
derstand our material needs, and who
perceive that the true pathway to pow
er is in the development ' of pur mag
nificent natural resources, iu tli3 increase
of facilities for loco-nolion, in the iro
provementof our agricultural methods;
iu t he encouragement of manufacturing
industries and other similiar means
through which we may advance to that
real strength that belongs to a prosper
ous and pecuniarily independent peo
ple. An iinpioverished community
like Ireland,
ever so just
much pitying sympathy, but it in
evitably lacks the: dignity and omul-
i eration which attach to wealth. It was
the weight of their riches, more than the
, acts or oratory or milit-try prowess, that
won respect for the prosperous freecities
of mediievai .Europe from thesurrounu-
: . i. . x- ... i. s 1 r i
iig uiouiti ciiic. nurui uruniia uuu ; py
the South can regon the influential po- j,
of the city, on the North Carolina Hail
road. But for him, his influence, hi
earnest support aud encouragement, and
his assumption of its debt at a certain
critical conjunction, it is not. too much to
say that the State Fair would have gone
down long ago.
Colonel Holt is an experienced and sa
gacious railroad man. He was elected
a Director of the North Carolina ItaU
roadiul869 by the stock-holders, and
ha3 been connected with it ever since.
He was President of the road one year
undeitjovernor Caldwell's administra
tion. During Governor Brogden's term,
when Major W. A. Smith resigned the
presuleniiy or tlie road to go to Con
gress, Col. Holt was again chosen l'reai
dent bv a Ilcnuhlican hoard, and hn st ill
for example -may have holds the portion, discharging its re
a cause and ever so soousible duties in an entirely na Jf:if-.
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torn manner. He is also a Director of
j tilt University Railroad, from Chupel
Hill to University Station, on the North
i Carolina Railroad a distance of ten
j miles.
I Prior to the war Colonel Holt was a
Whig, but not an active politician, occu-
ying no otlice except that of Magistrate.
P" i In 1862, and for some years previous, he
was
oppossed to the bill introduced in the
ast legislature to create a iuuiroau
Commixsion, on account ot tu great
powers given the commissioners iu that
bill, while he favored a bill establishing
commission itn m-aineu powers.
Here was an evidenco of fcre-thought
and great business insight more benefi
cial to the peoplo of North Carolina
than "silver-toned oratory," as witness
the troubles of our Suth Carolina friends
recently about the same question of
"railroad commission," resulting in the
passage of a bill by the Legislature of
that State greatly modifying the powers
of t he Railroad Commissioners.
While in the Legislature Colonel Holt
occup'ed many prominent positions on
the difTerent committees, being a mem
ber of several and chairman of two. In
the discharge of the duties imposed up
on him .in this connection, he was, as in
all trusts confided to him, earnest and
faithful.
The inauguration of a gteat State fcje-
nosition is a departure ia North CaroliuA
.i j:... . .? :.".,. tw
ill wie l lguti micci-iuii juu anmcuinu j
the people to the fact that the material
welfare ot the Stale is ot paramount im
portance to any other tnat catt engr g
their attention, political or , other ii.
The fae' that the principal officers of the
Exposition Company were chosen irom
others than professional politiciaus shows
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tne current oi pnnnc opiuions. xi win,
then, surprise no one to know that Col
onel Holt has always been, and is now
in full accord with this movement, ana
an active, out-spoken friend and worker
is its behalf. While Colonel Jloit is a
thorough business man, he is sagacious
and annoying to hW opponents iu poli
tico, ins business arm practical iraiuing
enable him to grasp almost in u moment
tno strong auu aucnt points ui me is
sue, discarding al 1 extraneous matter ;
and he presses bis poiuts home tO( his
hearers with a rugged eloquence Win 18
natural and characteristic ot the man.
If the "proof of the puddine be iu the
eating," and success be the liest test of
merit, no one .as more right to tninK
hat ho can command the suffrage of his
fellow-citizens than the subject of this
sketch, since he always polls the largest
vote of any on the ticket, whenever he
isji candidate before his fellow country
men. It was he who sounded the key
note of the last campaign when jhe de
clared in bis speech before the Demo
cratic Convention at Raleigh, on the
question of sustaining the present sys
tem of county government, "that he was
iu favor of it because this was a white
man's government." On that issue we
fought and won.
Such is the man of whom all North
Carolinians have reason to feel proud.
Colonel Holt was man ied October 17,
1855, to Miss Louisa M. Moore, at Motiut
Pleasant, her father's 'esidenee.in Rock
itigham county. She is a most estima
ble lady, of queenly presence, great in
telligence and kindness of heart. They
have five children, the oldest and young
est being boys. The oldest boy Mr.
Charles T. Holt, was, after finishing his
education and remaining Home lime tu
business ut the Granite Mills, placed by
his falher iu.the LKvight Manufacturing
Company, at Chickopee Falls.Massachu
sets, where he began as a striker at the
anvil and. went through the different
departments a veritable f.hip of the old
block. He is now at Haw Riyer run
ning his father's mills.
A Few PJain Truths.
IT LEADS ALL.
Ko other blood-purifying medicine 1 made,
or has erer been prepared, which so com.
. pletely meets the wauui w pbysuji&ni aud
the general publia as
Ayer's Sarsaparilla.
'' It leads ths Uat as truly scientific prepara
tion for all blood diseases. If tbere i lurk.
Confirms lug taint of Scrofula about yon,
ObnUrULA Aveu's Sabsapabilla will
dislodge it and expel It from your ijretem.
For oouBlitutloual or scrofulous Catarrh,
PftTinnu Ayeu's Sabsatarilla is tha
UAIArtrtn trus , remedy. It has eurei)
nuinliorlena oases. It will stop the iiausooo
catarrhal dischargee, and re more the sicken
ing odor of the breath, which are Indications)
of scrofulous origin. -
Hircontie "Hutto,Tex.,sept.i8,iaa.
ULbCnUUO At the age of two yean onoof?
' flDCQ mT children was terribly afflicted
wunud with ulcerous runuing sores ou its)
face anil neck. At the same time its eyes
were swollen, mncb Interned, and rery sore. .
QftDC CVCQ Physicians told ns that a pow- .
OUKC kits) erful alterative medicine mask
be employed. They united in recommending
Atkb's Saraapabilla. A few doses pro
duoed a perceptible lmprorement, which, by
an adherence to your directions, was contin
ued to a complete and porraaneiit cure. Mo
' evidence has since appeared of the existence
of any scrofulous tendencies; and do treat
ment of any disorder was ever attended by
snore prompt or effectual results.
Yours truly, B. F. JOH3SO." .
' rBEPABED BT " . j
Dr. J. C.Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mast.
Sold br all Druggists; (1, six bottle for 13.
IN
Graham, il C.
sition which was lost by the destruction j wa8 a member of the special court under
ot slave property only by acquiring an the old county court svstem, and acted
equivalent through an increase iu the ! llH chairman of the Alamiinoe County
popular wealth. To this special end ef- Finance Committee. He was elected a
forts of all North Carolinians.Biid partic- Countv CoinmissioiiProf his native coun
ukrly oi our public men, should.be earn- i ty in 1872, holding the place for four
estly directed. ' ' (years. In 187G be was-ehesen to the
Colonel Holt's record is not that of a State Senate as a Difinberat. serving one
. warm Bu.iiiiN.-.jccM.i.Hiiy lau hctcss me jt waB oll the roaUSlUe, lOokpig down
gloom of a New England antiimir day; r-irriinrcilp tlut she felt a h-ird
In a letter to Mcwr Hiscox C , , Mr. L. 0,1 Carrigareut, lUJt sue teir. a tiaujl
n Titus, of Pt-nniwrton. N. J . sais i -I have on her shoulder, and heard the worths
siiffured nn told miscrr f' Oiii t-hiMf ooH from
chronic iiee of the bowels and ditirihasi, nc
cnnipauied by ttrcat pain - 1 sought reliefs'
the hand-of physician of evt-rr school and
used every pau'nt and donuvic rimcilv ind'-r
the sun. 'I h .ve t la- t fcund in I'ARKER'sf
T'SI0a complete specific, pre-pntnt've and
cure. As your invaluable medicine, wliic t did
for mo wtst nothing else could d", is entitled
to the retl't of in? g tlini haVk mv hipp
days, I cheerfully aud gratefully aokt julcdtte
tbe fact." ;
Mr. E. 8. Wet's, who need no Introduction
to tbe pe .pie of Jorn'y City, adds : '-'Tlie tes
timonial of Mr. liros U genuine and VQluniar":
only be does not adrqnutely (tortr-ty the sulfer
ng ne li'is endured tor mxny years, llr is my
roiber-in law, and 1 know ihu case weh. lie
now perfectly free from his ol:'. trouble,
mint's he .lili and life, acriolug it all ti P
KKR.-8TOiICL -
Unequalled as an invi.'orant ; stimulates ail
ou at last, have
only ex-
bissed inio her ear :
"I have caught ;
T9' .. r , . j
The frightened girl could
claim in terror aud say :
"Barney McKay' wbatdy'e want with
UiC?" , ,
Holding her in that vise-like grip be
laughed as he answered. '
"Wait awhile, and you shall hear.
Now listen. There was a time,. Cousin
Mary, when I thought you and I were all
the world to one another.'- When other
bated me- you Uod-by ni. -1-uevtr for
get thrtt. I wen! hway;' and swore Id
and ; come back rich to spite them and requite
Vft' yu- Mary J'm here J .I'm rich enough,
tbe orpiDS ; enn-s ailment of ths liver, kidneys
a ad aij dliecs. -A tis Ulocd,
to stock sb tidy a fa art as. can he vot
from uienarm- to Coteraino. , lint uow
Ifiud it told ebew-fcre tial youhayft
1 politician iu the usual s.-tise of the word.
Ho has never held high oflico ; nor has
be aspired to it. But there are few tneu
among us who have done more for the
welfaie of the State. He is iiot unknown
to his fellow-citizens. We bat e all hearM
of him. For the benefit of that large
number of our readers who desire to
learn the particulars of his career, we
C resent the following sketch, which may
e relied on as correct in its statement :
Thomas Mi'-hael Holt was born July
15, 1831. in that part of Orange county,
Xorth Carolina, which was erected into
the new county of Alamance in 1848. His
birth-plaee, hy the way, was on tle im
mortal field of Alamance where the Reg
ulators shed the first blood in behalf of
American liberty. Michael Holt, his
grandfather was a colleague of James
Mehane. in the North Carolina Legisla
ture, in which body he early took strong
and advanced ground in favor of inter
nal improvements; and even at that
early day, advocated what is known an
ihe North Carolina System, viz. : a rail
road from the Tennessee line to More
head City. ,
. Young Holt received bin primary edu
cation partly at home under a private
teaeher and partly at the Caldwell Insti
tute, then located at Hillsboro, under
Rav. Alexander Wilson, a Presbyterian
divine eminent for scholarship and for
euceess as an instructor youth. Then he
was prepared far tbe Sophomore class in
the University of North Carolina, 'at
Chapel Hill, which he entered in June,
184U. Among his associates at the Uni
versiry were Judge Settle, Gov, Vance,
Hon. A. M. Waddell, Judge V. A.
Moore, Prof. W. C. Kerr, Col. Thomas
C. Fuller, and Hon. Kemp P. Battle, tbe
present Fi-e-.'Went of tbe Iz'XWAte.
term of two years. He took an active
part in compromising the State's debt.
a I'd especially mat part or it which was
alien on the .State's stock in the North
Carolira Kuilroad Company, goi-ig on
North to seo the bond-holders in person
for his purpose, the result of the
labors of bin co-workers and himself
was the saving to the State of its most
valuable iwssesion, the North Carolina
Kailroad. He was also a strong support
er iu the last Legislature having been
chosen to reDresent his native county in
the House of Representatives of the
bill selling the State's stock and giving
the control and management of the Cape
tear aud Yadkin alley J till I road tut he
gentlemen wJio now' own it. The wis
dom of bis course in this respect is now
seen in the development of one of tbe
fairest, richest and most fertile portions
ol jNorin Carolina, resulting from tbe
passage. of this bill. He has ever been a
strong friend and advocate of every
measure that tended to tbe progress and
ail van eo meat of his native fttafe. lu the
LfgWaturo of 1883 there was no' one
more bold, zealous and effective in the
support of any measure than was the
subject of thin sketch in the advocacy
oftheb'. l to place the Department ot
Agriculture o'i the footing upoi which
it now rests, and it is not too much to
say that but for his instrumentality the
Department would have been very dif
ferent from what it now is in usefulness
and ability to accomplish the ends for
which it was p-cted. Here, again, the
wisdom of his eourso was 'exemplified ;
the Department was saved, and the Bos
ton exhibit, with its incalculable benefit'
to our. whole people followed. But While
progressive in alL things. Colonel Holt
d a e: u"t permit bla seal for iTKJgreftj to.
TO
Farmers,
Contractors,
and Others !
I will open r-p in GRAHAM, On the building
known as Push's corner) about tbe 18th of
March, a full
STOCK OF HARDWARE.
Persons wantii.g goods In this line will do
well to call and examine my stock and get
prices, and if they are satisfactory, then buy
" Rcspuctfnlly,
JOON DENNY.
There aro three or four propositions
iu struggle for existence that are indis
putable : 1. No man, no matter what
condition he was born to, has a moial
right to be idle. Idleness on the part of
any one, be he riih or be he poor, is a
disgrace, a sin. 2. The aim of all, es
pecially young men starting-in lifo,
should be independence. , This is gained
when ono earns his bread and butter,
whether it b by the pen or the curry
comb, by the tongue or the spade, by the
laicet or the blacking-brush no matter
how. . :i. All labor being honorable, it
is the duty of every independent person
to swallow his ni ide and banish his per
sonal notions' by accepting the first place
that ill enable him to earn his living.
4. This much attained, success even of
the highest natuie becomes possible,- if
he does his duty luitniuiiy una keeps
hU eyes open for something better, tak-1
inx care, of course, not tu let go of the !
;i!ac; that has given him the boon of in
dependence until he has a sure grip nn
anot her -chance. There is work in the
world for everybody ; there certainly is
u'ni-V piionih forevervbodv in this new
and crowing country ; mm if everybody ,
wou-d take what he can get readily .there mar 13 2m
would soon l:e a wonderful and gratify-.
tne (tnrpMfiA In thi ijilpnoaa rliat ; afflir.ta 1
V .(.w -- ... .
the country. Instead of waiting for
clerkships or sinecures or political ap
poitiluients or places indoors, let the
man who has his living to earn take
whatever he can get. '
STAIRS
In the same buildinir Mrs. John Ocnny a ill keep
a full line of
meiy boons
n 1
-'5
Tlat. Bonnets, Trituminsrs, Mo., Ac., gotten op
iu the very latest styles with neUuesA. .
Aud to her lady friends and others she would
saj, cuius aud sue.'
' Respect ally.
MRS. JOIIX DENNY. "3
Couutry produce taten iu ex
change .for goods.
lis Mlipperr Class Bje-
"f he Squire," says the author of the
" J'hIIooier School master," "wore one
glu eye ami a wig. The glass eye was
'ongtantly slipping out of focus, aud the
wig turning around eidewise .on bis
head w henever he addressed the people
f Flat Creek District." Sad spectacle.
Parker's Hair Balsam preserves and pro
motes the growth of the natural hair.
It also restores the natural color to hair
elbi.ch ha f.ided or became gray. Clean,
w-gant, beneficial, highly perfumed.
The enervation and lasstitude of
Sprinor time are but indications of tbe
sluggish action of the blood, overloaded
with carbonates accumulated by the use
of heating food in winter. This condition
may be remedied bv theose . of Ayer'a
Sarsaparilla, the best blood A purifier
fcrrcnvTi. y . i
COMPANY SHOPS, N. C
Clocks, Watches, Jewelry.
I burn a forcer and finer line of WATCHES
and JEWELKY than ever.
CIOCK8 TO SUIT EVERYBODY.
SPECTACLES AND EYE-GLASSES
OF EVERY VARIETY.
Watch repairing specialty, ait and ex.
amine my goods.
C.F.NEESR
oc25Sm , .
-sfc-. -ws '
J. Southgate & Son,
Life ana fire Insurance Agents,
: DURHAM, N. C
Larpi lines of insurauce, placed ia bet
ompanie, ' "