cry, and snatching it up tore open
the seal, and drawing out a deli
cately written letter, read as fol
lows:
“Gilbert W. Douglas.—Long ere you
read these words, I shall be many miles
away, basking in the smiles of the only
man l ever loved; for, Gilbert, when I
married you I was bound to another,
both by the lawsof love, and of honor;
but I forsook the one to whom I had
given my heart, and married you, for
the sake of your gold, for I knew you
could afford me a life of ease and luxu
ry, while Harry, my best loved one, could
not, for he was poor in this woild’s
goods. But thanks to a kind Providence,
he is now able to support me in ease;
and, oh, Gilbert! I fly to his arms,to feel
once more his kisses upon my cheek,
and brow. I take my baby with me, for I
could not part with her; Do not despise
me, only try to forget me; and measure
the depth of my love by yours. I as
sign myself no longer Estrella Douglas
but
Estrella L’Estrange.”
“Oh false, cruel, perjured Es
trella!” he groaned, crushing the
paper in his hand as he arose and
left the room, with tottering steps.
Guy Leton listened until the echo
of his footsteps had died away;
then falling back upon the sofa
he murmured, while a satanical
expression overspread his face.
“Fools, fools ! to be so easily
duped.”
Ah ! Leuton, beware, beware,
for the wicked are invariably
overtaken by a just retribution.
[TO BE CONTINUED.]
A. Bad .Bov.—They say that
the chief astronomer at the
Washington Observatory was
dreadfully sold a few days ago. A
wicked boy, whose experience
seems only to have made him
more depraved, caught a fire-fly,
and stuck it, with the aid of some
mucilage, in the centre of the
largest lens in the telescope.
That night, when the astronomer
went to work, he perceived a blaze
of light apparently in the heav
ens, and what amazed him more
was, that it would give a couple
of spurts and then die out, only
to burst forth again in a second or
two. He examined it carefully
for a few moments, and then be
gan to do sums to discover where
in the heavens that extraordinary
start was placed. He thought he
found the locality, and the next
morning he telegraphed all over
the universe that he had discov
ered a new and remarkable star,
of the third magnitude, in Orion.
In a day or two, all the astrono
mers in Europe aad America were
studying Orion, and they gazed at
it four hours, until they were
mad; and then they began to tel
egraph to the man in Washington
to know what he meant. The dis
coverer took another look, and
found that the new star had mov
ed about 18,000,000,000 miles in
twenty-four hours, and upon ex
amining it closely, he was alarm
ed to perceive that it bad legs.
When he went on the dome, the
next morning, to polish up his
glass, he found the lightning bug.
People down at Alexandria, sev
en miles distant, heard part of
the swearing, and they say he in-
fused into it much whole-souled
sincerity and vigorous energy.
The bills for telegraphic dis
patches amounted to $2,600, and
now the astronomer wants to find
the boy. He wishes to consult
with him about something.
An Erect Posture.—A writer
on health very justly condemns
the habit of laughing, in which
large numbers of persons indulge,
as injurious to health. He says:
“An erect bodily attitude is of
vast more importance to the
health than is generally imagined.
Crooked bodily positions, main
tained for any lenght of time, are
always injurious, whether in the
sitting, standing or lying posture;
whether sleeping or walking. To
sit with the body leaning forward
on the stomach, or to one side,
with the heels elevated to the
level with the head, is not only in
bad taste, but exceedingly detri
mental tohealth. It cramps the
stomach, presses the vital organs,
interrups the free emotions of the
chest, and enfeebles the functions
ot the abdominal and thoracic or
gans, and, in fact, unbalances the
whole muscular system. Many
children become slightly hump
backed, or severely round shoul
dered, by sleeping with the
head raised on a high pillow:
when any person fincls'it easier to
sit, or stand or sleep in a crook
ed position than in a straight
one, such person may be sure his
muscular system is badly derang
ed, and the more careful he is to
preserve a straight and upright
position, and get back to nature
again, the better.”
^ ««»♦ w- —
The Olddst Inhabitant.—
Several years ago there was such
a tremendous freshet on the Illi
nois River, that it was for a long
time referred to as the flood.
During a law suit in Peoria, and
old man, named Adam, living in
a little hamlet on the river, known
as Paradise, was examined as a
witness.
‘What is your name ?’ was the
first question asked him.
‘Adam, sir,’ said he.
‘Your name is Adam, is it?
Well where do you live ?
‘In Paradise, sir,’
‘Oh, your name is Adam, and
you live in Paradise, do you?
Well, how long have you lived
there ?’
‘Ever since the flood, sir, re
plied the simple old man, Whose
words were drowned in a roar of
laughter, in which the court, jury,
council and spectators all joined.
Mrs. Partington thinks that
grocers should have a music
teacher to teach them the scales
correctly.
“Who made you?” was asked
of a small girl.
She replied, “God made me
that length,” indicating with her
hands the length of a new-born
infant, “and I growed the rest
myself.”
RAILWAY DIRECTORY.
CAROLINA CENTRAL
> Railway Company.
PASSENGER TRAINS.
Leave Wilmington daily (except
Sundays) at
Arrive at Wadesboro at
Leave Wadesboro at
Arrive at Wilmington at
FREIGHT TRAINS.
8:00
5:25
7:10
4:35
am.
p.m.
a.m.
p.m.
Leave Wilmington daily (except
Sundays) at 6:00 a.m.
Arrive at Lanrinburgh at 5:30 p.m.
Leave Laurinburgh at 6:00 a.m.
Arrive at Wilmington at 6:30 p.m.
Passenger Trains leave Charlotte daily
(except Sundays) at 8:00 a.m.
Arrive at Buffalo at 12:00 m
Leave Buffalo at 1:00 p.m.
Arrive at Charlotte at 5:15 p.m.
Irregular Lumber and Timber Trains run
on both por tions of the road as the business
requires. 8 L. FREMONT,
Chief Engineer and Sup’t.
ALEIGH & GASTON
RAILROAD.
MA."I. TRAIN.
Leaves Raleigh, 9:35 a.m.
Arrives at Weldon, 3:30 p.m.
Leaves Weldon, 9:15 a.m.
Arrives at Raleigh, 3:20 p.m.
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN.
Leaves Raleigh, 8:00 p.m.
Arrives fit Weldon, 6:20 a.m.
Leaves Weldon, 9:15 p.m.
Arrives at Raleigh, 8:00 a.m.
Mail train makes close connection at Wel
don with the Seaboard and Roanoke Rail
road, and Bay Line Steamers yia Baltimore
to and from all points North, West and
Northwest, and with Petersburg Railroad,
via Petersburg, Richmond and Washington
City, to all points North and Northwest.—
And at Raleigh with the North Carolina
Railroad to and from all points South and
Southwest, and with the Chatham Railroad
to Haywood and Fayetteville.
Accommodation and Freight trains con
nect at Weldon with Accommodation and
Freight trains cn Seaboard and Roanoke
Railroad and Petersburg Railroad. And Ft
Raleigh with Accommodation and Freight
trains on the North Carolina Railroad.
Persons living along the line of the Road
can visit Raleigh in the morning by Ac
commodation and remain several hours, and
return the same evening,
A. B. ANDREWS, Gen'l Sup’t.
S EABOARD & ROANOKE
RAILROAD.
PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leaves Weldon, 3:20 p.m.
Arrives at Portsmouth, 7:15 p m.
Leaves Portsmouth, 6:00 a.m.
Arrives at Weldon, 10:00 a.m.
(Daily, except Sunday )
Connects at Weldon with Wilmington A
Weldon and Raleigh & Gaston R. R. train
At Portsmouth with the Steamers ot Bay
Line for Baltimore, Philadelphia and New
York. E. G. GHIO,
Sup’t Transportation.
W ILMINGTON & WEL
DON RAILROAD.
Trains cn this Road leave Wilmington at
6:15 a m. and 5:45 p.m. ; and arrive at Wel
don at 4:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Leave
Weldon 10:30 a.m. and 7:35 p.m.; arrive at
Wilmington 3:40 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
The day trains di not run on Sunday.
The 6U5 am. Passenger Train makes
connection at Goldsboro for Raleigh.
Connection is made at Goldsboro with the
North Carolina R. R. for Raleigh, Greens-
aoro, Charlotte, &c., and with the Atlantic
& North Carolina Railroad for Naw-Berne
and Beaufort. JOHN F. DIVINE,
Gen’l Superintendent.
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Charlotte, N. C.
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