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1 ) .V -J .LU ! ... J, J - .J 1-1 B- .!.! ESTBAX.I8HBO 1843. VTIHS AIIGU8 O'Eli TliKPIiOPLE'S'lliailTS DOTH AN ETERNAL VIOIL KEEP, NO BOOTUIKO STRAIN OF MAIA'8 BON CAN LULL HIS HUNDRED KYEi TO SLEEK' t23 YEAR S OLD) a ir--mi- . v 0 TOIi 30. THE ARGUS. v. knight bos, Fropn. PubHtfitd Every Ihurtday. i ATE8ormsciiirrio.v One Copy one year 2 50 voiixpy six months. On Copy three month , 1 'S 73 UXiS Of ADVEKITSlNOt s (One loci constitutes a square. -UBtllMrtM, tr W)u.r, . . n . . 75, No c)trg midf for Mrrltg mi Dih ' i Trniit dTrfiimnU wt it b a!J '.fur in drno "f jubllctlnU. . L0c.1l amiotHi, without .icntlim. will bt t i Twin r. try libornl for Jr . Addreit tit. Proprietor. TUG SUl'TII. BY fATHIB BTAH. V, give m. tke lunj W'ter th. ruins urt Kprr, Aa I tha tiring trend light On lh. heart of th. (Tend; '' Vm m. th.lnnd TTI U blwt hj th. dim', And bright. with th. deed. ()Tth down-trodden juit. Yri, give metheUnd Where the battle', red blunt IIkii Jlashed On the future - Th. form of the pant, !', giv. in. th. land That hath 'egoude and lart . That tell of the memories Of long vaniabed A.iyu. y, give m. 'he land 'I bat hath itory and .ng, To tell of the itrif. Of the right wi b the wrong; ri. give me the land . Wl'b fart in each fpot, And.am. in the graves That shall-jibt be forgot,. Yes, giv me the land ' Of the wreck and the tomb j There's graudeur in graves There's glory in gloom : For oat of the gloom .. . Future brightness is born ; As, after'the night, jooiastho snnriite of morn. And, the graves of the dead, . With the gras overgrown, 4ay yet form the foouiool Of Lfl)erty's fhrena; And encb nimplo wreck In the way-path rf night, -Shall yet be a rock . q the temple of right. - THE LIGHT IY Tll WIV DOW. ' He plrdded od,' through nlet anJ iqow, with step awkwanl n shuf piuif, yet uitt a certain Teoolnlion, u it. Other men might huve turnwl : aside, unwilling ti breast the- full force of .itch a-ctortu. Not o Dan jt'l Newton "Shuffling Daji," hin I'cllcw-woikmtti cullmi him. lie was no favorite among them silent. Virnodiug, sulUn fellow, they tliought kini-rbut be lived ' lite of which they understood very little. It h il bveil cqusecrated fur four'een yeuis to one object ; and tnere was iu it an element of chivalrous self sacrifice of - which he was utterly unconscious Jiiiuself. JIc passed a sUre, whtre tome of his comrades were laughing, then the forge, with' its door iuk ' 'Dgly open, and the bright red Iiarht streaming nut of it cheerily, into the ' murky, gathering' uit'hVv For a lno- njeflt ne was tempted jtntk to go iu aud warm' himself a little in that : glow but he shook his shaggy-head, aud tqrqed away, "bue U be wait in,' " fee sajd, as' he drew up the col lar or his coarse coat r "little Iann .le'lj be waitju." And then as if the thoHght had given him new lifthe tloddid on atrain Vbliantlv. On through sleet and snow, till he . came at lait i?front of a Jow cot tage, standing in the midst of a square lt. ; A. light streamed forth from its front window over the white pathway. It had shone there for tiin every Winter night-fall for many a year , aid he never saw that? bea . con-ray without blessing his '"little lamb" over; aud over again. How warm she had kept bis heart! And f-et among the bard things, in his lfe, people who took the u-8u!)1q to speak of him at all, always reckoned nh4t crippled child." When hiu. wife died, aud left bitu her four old baby to bring' up as" beslThe could, .they commiserated him, and wmi .deredwbat he was to do. And . when it' was found that the child Would never be able to, walk, they thought hi bur len was heavier thau be'cpuld Well bear. But he knew only foe opuld not have to'W them or " reaepnal about it what had bben bis pweet ci ot)ensation. At firat, to be sure, it was a hard blow when ho found' that the ' little one be loved was neVerto be quite like other chip 1 - 81,8 uever wouia - timi. warning dOwa the path ta meet him, ell ging tQ his hard hands with rosy little fingers but ; this very griel about her wn.te his We nil the more tender . . 7 Sh was the one idea of his life. The only asordiug feeling he had ever known wu lor' her. He bad liked her mother well enough ; but it had boon an ordinary, coraiuon plaee regard, until she died and left this tender, blue-eyed blossom, which ho was hull' afraid ' to touch. The child ronecratud the mother's mem ory, and he cared for her dead more thau be bid ever cared fon. her liv ing. But it wni little Euuice who tilled his heart full, and sat on ber throne miteu regent forever more. Ho had her nursod cap fully, and he cheerfully gave up every hur of his lif) to the task of being fathor and mother to her, buth in one. When she was old and strong enough to sit in a little wheeled chair in which she could trundle herself about the room, his delijrht knew no bounds. In summer she was always at the open dojr to meet him ; and in .vinter her cheery lamp burned always at the rottnife wiodww. When she was twelve years old, she herself jiroposetl to keep house for him. fbere were three rooms in their lit tle cottage, all on one floor, besides the utiliu'ifihed ear ret over head. From nmm to room of these three she could trundle herself around, She contrived to do a cood manv household task : and, with a neiiii bor hired tu come .tnd help each day, she managed uicely, and was the urutidcat of little housewives. Of Nate, however, sh.) lwd been growing r' - 1 j 1 c .1 l 1 . 1 weaker, ana nT miner nita m.-tisiea that she slifluld not be left alone at all. So the uuiuhbor ' who helped ber stuye I all day now, but wJJ. home at night when Dan catoe ; for he was not ready to give up the pleas ure of haviuz his darling quite to himself in the long evenings. Now, as he eater"- . the yard, his steps trrew quicker. -'Ail that was shuffliug and uncertain passed out of hie maimer, and he walked with the strong, firm tread of oue sure of us welcome. JJrawing near, he saw her face at tho window which the ght illumined a face - of almost ideal beauty. N'jt the features bo much, wheu you analyied, them they were far from regular, and biro curious Jiktiiess to his own. liut the great blue eyps were full .f light, the color came and went on the choeks n faint piik flushes, 'and'thcr sMil was transparent as tho most delicate crystal. Around tins wistful, lov it'ir, w; itinir face floated a mass of Soft g ildeu hair, like the halos you gee sometimes in old picture- around he brows ot saints. lien she saw lim the blue eyes kindled, then the face disappeared front the window and wht u he opened the door there she was iu front of it, with hf r lips uplifted for his kiss, the neighbor stood by, her things on . ready to go, and it struck Dan that there was-a look of pitv on her face. '.'You d better uot gt .too near tho child with those wet things on," siw suid kindly. "She's but a weak lit tie thing, aud'she mustn't take cold." He started back remorsefully, and did not go up to the girl - again un til he bad taken all his wet things off in his own room, aud made him self quite dry and tidy. By this time, the neighbor was gene, and he aud Eunice tat dawn together to the supper which waited. He had the keen, hungry appetite of a working tran, but it did uot keep him from noticing, presently that the food on his child's plate remained untouched. He laid dowi his knife and fork, and lookeiat her anxiously. company little, deary? You ain't never hearty, I know, but I want to see yoii eat something." , She smiled faintly. "You kjiow you don't let me work any more, father; and J can't get hungry like yIu, thaU-are busy all day, working for me." "Yes, lamb, Tor you," he repeated, as if the words gave him ' pleasure. ."God knows it's all for you and he knows how thankful 1 am to have ycuto work for. Folks talk about my lot bein',. hard, liait that's all they know. I . wouldn't change imces wilh ho mair; So long as he eaves me ypu, I'l.l never doubt that God loves me."' ' ' ; The girl sighed, nnd a look of wLito pain ouiverod a moment about her lips, j " . . "Take me up, fathor," she said, half an hour after, as they sat before the bright fir together. No moth ers toucii cuid nave Deen more ten der than rough man's as he lifted the little twisted form Hito his arms, and laid the sunny head carefully against his bosom. She rested there for a while, silently, looking fondly up' into hitt liice, and now and then touching his cheeksgcntly vith her thin'fiugers.- At last, she said, with ah -air earnest, yet si ighl.ly . hesitat ing. "You do believe jrod loves you, dou't you, father ?" . . "Yes, lamb, yes ; so long o he leaves me 5u. " if h p. di.lii't .leave. r.ieJ' hs. WADESBOKO, N. too, waa because ha loved you V' The mau'a face darkeneJ.with sudden, sick lorror. "Look hero." said he. in a voice of passional eutrcatr,'- "don't talk about that, don't 1 It couldd't bu lfve, no wiy, that wouldu't leave f ou. .You'roall I've gotchild rail. hhi don't want to take .all away, does he f That aiu't love " The girl stretched hor arm up and and drew it around hi? neck, and laid her face on his shoulder to hide the tears she could 'not keep back. But she Made no answer. After a while he asked a sudden question, breathlessly, as if a auspictou had picreod hiia with a pang too sharp to be borne. . "fas Dr. Peters been hero, to-day, Eunice T' ' ' She trembled a little, but she an swered quietly, Yes futher." "And he says you're goin', docs he, the way your mother went T Child, du't you believe hi in I Yeu shan't go. My love, will keep you alive, llasu't it kept you, now, fourteeu years? Why, the doctor said you wouldn't live, the first time he laid you iu my arms,! But vou haveliyed, aud here yon are, ami here I'll hold you. Hasu't my love kept you so Llonir?" ' . 'Your love, and God's love, father. But what if he thinks, pow, that it's time for me to go home?? ' And then they sat on silently, for a long, still hour ; and the wood fire burned brightly, aud now and then a brand dropped on the hearth, and that and the stonrifutside werethe only sounds whiv. roke the still ness, save wnen, once or twice, a great gasping xup from ShuWingf Dan's s tleep jfx '.t last be t , and tu 7? his girl's face .t last he beut over, to ward-bim, at'cr looked iuto it with eawr, hungry eves. "It'll be a sorry world, lamb," he said, "when you re uot in it when there s nobody waitin at the door, and no light burnin' in the winder Slio lo-iked up, her blue eyes full of tears. """" "FathcrjTthe said gciitlyilHu't vou knowyoi ve told me sometimos, how tho thought that I was waitiu made it cr.fy tor you to get home, w-ht'n the storms' drove ever so hard, aud. kopt you from wnntiu'. to luru intotore6r taveau?"'"" "Yes, lamb, yea,; but wbat'll keop me on my way when you re gone ? ho answered bitterly. "I thought of the -limns you'd said that father, after Dr. Peters went awav. to" day: aud I wondered if it wasu't God's love that was "Tjoing to take mo to the heayily home, so as to make it easier (r vou to come, I'll wait for you there, father ; and I w in t be lame auy more, and HI come to meet you, when you gj on that threshold as 1 never could Her strong ami free, father, strong and free. Won't it make it easy for you to come on. in finite of storms, aud not turn aside by the way, when you know I'm waitin' there, just as sure as ever 1 waited r But the father said nothing. He only held her hand against his ach ing beart with a grasp that almost hurt" her, as if to ease his pain held her till bed time came, and then carried "jher.to her room, and left her there with a lone, sad, silent kiss. OncU aloife, the passion' of his agony clutched him in its grasp ; but hf suffered ho sound to escape him which should reach her ears. Rigid as stone he sat before the fire, and nev er heeded when the room grew cold, and the last brand burned out tell into grey ashes. After that night, he never return ed again to the" subject, lie saw that she failed every day, but he could uot-tal'i about it, aud she un derstood him too well to urge him. TT- .I-.. .4 i l.: .1, . , jvery uay ne weiu mi ma uia , uuw , - was not the time to fail, when shji needed unwqnted luxujties, aud inighff need them no one k3ew how long. Every night he came t herhis face pallid with apprehension. At last she grew too weak to sit up any more, aud lay patiently' all day on her lit" tie bed, bearing without a moan hor tprturing pain, and never forgetting "at night to have the lamp put in the window tire beacon-light for the father cbmiug home. " Junt at the last, there was a time when all knew that the end was near. That week her father did not go to his work. There was money enough for all she would ever need in this life, -and more, . So, motionless, ex cept when he could do something for lfer comfort, he sat all day long by' her . piliowf and watched her, save when sometimes his agony-grew too mighty to be borho, and be had to rush- away from' her, out under the desolate sky, where the winter winds were blow ag, and sariek out the madness of his woe to- the pitiless heavens. Eunice watched hiia, too, in her turn, with loving, anxious, searching gale, but she saw no hope, in his face. . TSlie ; krew'that ho waH T! .'t..; l.:i. C, THURSDAY, her alone. A wjm in who had comt to watch had fal.en ferieep in the other room. D.tn would uot wake her he wasgroedy of every moment in which he could hv. hn girl all to hira-telf. "80 he tat as usual, look ing at her silently, and she as silent ly gaxed back into his face with her great, fur-seeiug blue eyes. At last she said : "Th'u I must not. wait for you there father? You won't come?" lie looked at her with eturtled gaze. Ha had never thought of the matter iu that light before. 'She waited a moment, and then went on "I thought you'd want to come, father; 1 thought youd see ho God meant to draw you to bim by taking me first. Aud i thqught could die easy, fcelin' sure of your comin', aud then wnit for you there a little while. But you won't see God's love ; and you wou't feel that 1 in waitin . Somethinz touched his heart at last her look,,perhaps, or her word or her tone of pitious pleading, or all these combined. He Sank sob bing on his knees b side ber. "God pity me I" he gased ; "Qo forgive mo : Wait for ma there, lam I'll come, surely. I'll walk His way." Uor not my story fitly end hre, where Euuice 's work endod? Here life went out, after that, Wnless' and quietly. Her hand was in her lather's to the very last, and he mur mured; in answer to the appeal in her dying eyes, "I II come, lamb, sure lyt" lie buried his girl beside her motli er : but to linn she is not dead, u hf i"ple. literal soul, that tod's love has givon him one of the tuiny mansions, .and that she waits for him there at its window, ber face tiiutoHiated by a light that will nev er grow dim or fade away. "Poverty In Xew York. I or the last weet the A. i . na per have been publishing in detai the most sickening and revolting re ports and descriptions f the poverty destitution and wretchedness - that prevail to so fearful an exfentamoug tlio poor of that rrcat city. lo reat th?m, cat.not fail t chill the blood warm hearted, au I they f iitake 'us w.n-ler how so much -of human dij- stitution and misery is permitted to exist for a duy in the very midst cf excessive wealth luxury, fluhion gaiety and splendidly pewei churciies. Uno d the reporters o the. Herald iulerviewad a beggarded broker, several panic ruined clerks and others who wcj'Nin the verge starvation, beveral instances are ki.otvn in whi:h respectable ladies have stayed in bed tor - days and nights tovther because they ha neither nor tire, nnd one wo man; afdow, Jbo luid pawned eve rything else in the world but a vel vet dual', in which she had hur misery and rags, absolutely stopped a lady going to church and begged f.om her fifty cents with which to purchaso the first food she had eaten for forty-eight hours. alio report gives n insight into the dark side of city lite, taken from the lower strata, md shows the terrible distress that is stalking the streets of the Metro polis, precipitated it is supposed in a great measure by the commercial and financial panic. Unfortunatel v nine tenths nf the world are igiforaut, snd too often careless, ot now tho of ucr tenth live or die, aud while millions of wealth are sou and end in foolish excesses. and jillions, are lavished in these great cities on splendid churches to insure the rich safe passports - to heaven, unnumbered thousands of humau beings are starving andshiv- rit j ing unoer the very shadow of mar- A nialarwja nnrl alrnrtBt. in th aliiloil sanctuaries of wealthy churches I There is too much wealth, too much charity, and too much piety all in a corner. ' A Religious War. The signs of. au approaching re ligious, or rather irreligious war in Europe, are beginning to' increase. The Tablet, a Roman Cath..lio organ in Europe, aAl a leading Protestant journal, botlipeak of the probabili ty that Bismarck will use Italy as a catspaw ( i invoke France in au: other war upon : the pretext of put ting down the alleged plotting and machinations of the Jesuits and oth er Roman orders, within Italian" limits.- Wheu this war gets under way.v Germany wil.l .throw her heavy, sword into tjtf scale. The German government has already complained to that bf France of the denunciatory language used by the Bishops of the French Roman Qhiirch jn regard to Germany, and the French administration has sought tu put an end to it. -But it i4 doubt-! ful whether thg pissiom' that are at ! tup-, i ru FEBRUARY 20, 187 i. - Tlio Minor. Liquor Law. An act to prohibit the tale of ar dent spirits to minors. Sec. 1. Tke Central Autmbly of north Curetma do enact ,1 hat it shall be unlawful for any dealer, trader or retailor ef intoxicating Ii- auors to tell or give way any tuch rinks or liquors, and iu- any man ner to receive compensation therefor, either directly or indirectly, to an person under tho ago of tweuty-oue years, knowing the said person to be "under .tweuty-oue years of ago. Any porson who keeps on hand in toxicating liquors for the purtiose of sale or profit, shall be considered a dealer within the meauijg of this act Skc. 2. The father, or ' if be be dead, the mother, guardian or em ployer, of any miuor to whom sales or gifts shall be made in violation of this Act, shall have a right of no tion iu a civil suit against the person or persons so ofleudiug by such sa'ea or gifts, and upon proof of such illicit sales or gifts shall recover from such party or parties so offend ing, such exemplary damages' as a jury nuy arsoss, provided such assessment shall uot be less than twenty-five Hollars. Si:c. 3t Any person or persons violating the provisions of section one of this A?t shall be deemed guil ty nf a misdemeanor, and up.u con viction, .shall pay a fine. of not less than ten dollars, or mora than fifty dollars, or imprisoned uot more thau one month; or tho-Gourt may in its diacraioniinpb.se both such fine and imprisonment. Provided, however, that this act shall not aply iu case of minors who are married. Sue. 4. That this Act shall take effect on the first day of May, 1874. Ratified 29th day of January, 1874 The Enigma Unravelled. The Surry Visitor, published at Mt, Airy, the homo of tho Siamese twins, says : "The bodies of the Siamese twins underwent a post mortem examina tion on last Sunday, by three emi nent physicians of Philadelphia, ac companied by the physicians of our town, when, to the astonibhmoi t of all, it wu.s iiiwrtun mm tue iwiua could ha'vei been separated at ary time during lite without endangering their lives. It is also understood that had a physician orsurgcou been pres ent in time, after thejdeath of tho first, he could have ocettX saved the life of the other by duttine them apart, It is thought tftat the last one died through fright, as they had bteu told ofte n ?uriug life, by the most learned doctors jf the world, that one would not survive tho other more than forty minutes, so when Chang discovered th.it Eug waidead he thought his time had come also, and died within two hours." Kind Words Don't Cost Much. . They never blister the tongue or ips. And we have never heard of any mental trouble arising from this matter. 1 hough they do not cost much 1. They help ouc'a own good nature. Soft words soften bur souls. Angry words are fuel to the flame of wrath, an I' make it blaze more fierce- y. 2. Kind words make other peo ple good natured. ' Cold words freeze people, and hot words scorch them, and bitter words make them bitter, aud wrathful words make; them wrathful. There is such a rush of all other kind of words in our days, that it seems desirable to give kind words a chance among them. There are'vain words and .idle word3?nd hasty words" and spiteful words, mi d silly words, and empty- words, aud profaue words, and boisterous words, and warlike words. 'Z Kind words al so produce their own imnge on men's sou! s. And a beautitul image it is. hev soothe and ouiet and comfort the hearer. They shame him out of is sour, morose and unkind feelings. We have not yet begun to use kind words iu abundance as they ought to be used. ' Novki, Gift. It is a novel sort of donation to make to the co'mmun- ity, the but Gov. Coburn has given to people of Sknowhegan, Me, a beautitul pew,.court no use wan a mansard roof, and cells for prisoners in the basement ' The building cost $50,000 ; the lot was given; by the town. ' :v Time KEPT.--By means of the telegraph the Ciipitol at Washing ton is placed in direct communica tion with the National Observatory, and for two-minutes before 12 noon the tick, tick, tick of the cWkjjf tho. Observatory is reproduced on the magnet at the Capitol with tho utmot precision aud regularity. Human natur iz like cow natur, I ay known them both tw. g'V a good I e&H-Ji, End .tuvuTU-..-. !. Th Danburr Man oa Adver-lining. Iu the advertising pages of a Jan uary magazine, are the prospectuses of twenty-five newjnipor, wherein is let forth the fact that each of theie papers is better iu every respjet than any paper published. This surprises us. When we incorporated in an advertisement for this journal the statement that the paper contained the best stories, the freshest correa ponce, etc., we tliought wo ha I struck something original. But seeing those other advertisements lea S us to bs-. lievtt that we have come upon a dread M coincident And wo wish to say bore that we pointedly back down from every, claim we have made for the superiority of this paper. It is our doaire tu work in an unoccupied field, eo we cheerfully take our place aa a humble and unpretending journ al, and although we may may occas ionally f-cl lonesome, we shall take comfort la remembering that we baye no rivals. ' The Negro nnd the Mule. The negro and mule are insepara ble companions'ia the Southern cot ton fields, and like the Hiawathan string and bow, useless each without the other. The lazy indifference and careless cruelty Vf ti e oue, and wou derful powers of eudureuce of severe labor, bad treatment and neglect of the other, complete the compatibility of the two races necessary for the pro duction of 4,000,000 of bales. A characteristic anecdote may be rel ished by those who have had expe rience of the two. The spectator had taken refuge from tho suu's perpen dicular rays under the shade of , a spreading beech $ubtegnine fagi, and lay recumbent, enjoying the fitful breezes and the sombre frothiness of the country newspaper. Along the dusty road which passed by this re treat, came ioggiug a negro, mounted on a mule, both apparently asleep. A the somnolent pair approached the spot, some wicked sprite of the place gave the paper a flirt, which was no sooner 'seen and beard than the mule, aa mules ouly know how, instantly "swapped ends," aud leav ing the negro sprawling in the dirt, jook bis departure, under full sail lue negro half rawiiig.diimself, and wiping the dust from eye aud juouth watched the retreatiug mule for some time in silence, but at length, uucou scious of au auditor, gave expression to this philosurical soliloquy: "Dat's The Jefferson county, N. Y., Gran gers talk plainly. A call has been printed for "the farmers of Ellisburg, and all taxpayers opposed tu the sal ary grub aud all grabs perpetrated .by -the last Cougress, irrespective of former party-asuociatious, to meet to IIOIII ninate town officer "to be elecU at the next town election." ed A orivate letter from CvDrus an nounces that the remark able, tsal statue of Hercules, not krg-miice discovered in the island, has been placed on a steamer to be transferred to Constantinople. The statue was found in s- field whicb bad been Sdoughed and sown, and only two eet below the surface. It bad beeu bored through, and must originally have served as a 'fountain. A breach of promise case has iust been decided ut .Port Wayue. Unly . . . . l ... r . one letter was put into the caje, but that wts conclusive. It was as fol lows: "Mi hart beets oanly for the, mi darlin bunny," Verdict for- the female; damages not stated. . A high schooled girl,-jwst gradu-j ated, sa d in her essay : ".Let us avoid frivolities of life, ami pursue the i:o- blest ends ouly, lhe next day she was moved to tears iu au agonizing 7? ".V , ? il h na rnr hor nninn Arinn I ; , Smith, who was offered a plate of raaccai'ousoup, declined it, Baying that they ''couldn't play off any biieu, pipe-stems ou mm. "How is your wife?" Inquired a doctor wf oue of his patiouU. "She is dead, I thank you," was the witty and wicked answer. , . "T liava l.wt flpjli " a.ii.l t lniurtji his compuiou. ."No hral loss," re- mm avMw waa -' vm vwbVv plied the other, "since you have made j . up ,u . An 'hnnnat furmor DiritM t-i llin chairman of au English ugricultural society : "Please' put mo dowu iu your list Of cattle tor a bull." A white boy met a colored hoy aud asked huu what he hud such a. short uose for. "I siieo s poke itself iulo Other peoples busi ness. - -. Writing a sketch of his life, an Ir- iKhmn.li aavs that ha early nil away f.-onl his lather becaii ii diacoverCd ( tiiftt '-vi'S oi'lv his uim.v. NO. 18. Ad t Ice lo .w V i Iters. BY I received the other day the follow irg note inquiry: I)ekr Sir I tuink I have got lallunt Into me to .rite, i want to try it but don't k tow to bngin. Yu, I no, have had sperianse. Will yu plese rite and give me InTormashua ' on the followiug pitiM, two wit, name ly . ,, What to rite oa. " Wheu to rite. Where to rite. How to rite. How much to ritet , Vhat to rite for. With any other biut'on the lubjea that may occur you. Yours truly, r ABwnu.' Iam gratified always to be able te impart any information ia my power to one about to begin to write with me. Struggling genius I am prone to encourage. I am sot likt some iu the profussiou' whs keep all they , know about writer, lo closely to theinsel ves that poor people would -not suspect they knew anything about it As far as writing is concerned, chirographic pugilist that I am, I al ways stand, ready to "let go ray write." " What I write on." I generally wriie on a table or desk-ant profound ly. Some of my desk-antics are fear fully aud wonderfully made. Dou't try, to write o multiplica tien table, unless you are a complete master of figures, especially figures of speech. I have frequently writr ten on ray knees, but I anr aware that many people have ft npubnance to getting ou their knees, either to write or do anything else. There may be occasions when yoa ' will bo cempelled te write on the top of your bat, but it hurts one's (s)tyle to do do it habitually. , . Literary men often affect tecen- . tricities regarding what they wri'e on. Shelley, I Dcliove, wrote bis "Shell(ie)s of Ocean" on his thumb tail. Byron wrote ou gin, and Ed-" gar A. roe wrote on a drunk, "When to rite."' Write when yon feci like it, but be sure you feel like it. Some people think they .feel like ' It when they don't, which produces a good deal of suffering among read oa. -1 would lay it down as gen eral rulo for toung men of 'aaibiuol!' like yours, when ou dn't find era ployraent that will pay soryour salt then write. . "Where to rito." That depends good deal cu where she is. I f she. is in Chicago it would be be manifestly absurd to write to Montreal. "How to rite." ' Is it possible that in this country of common schools there is any young man who'doesn't know how to write ? You should con suit a writing master and not me. ' "How much to rite." Better leave that to the editor to whom you send y.ur contributions. He will tell yoa for "How Much." Slippery businessThe corner hf lard. - ... - Men of the time. Chronometer makers. - - ' ' A legal tender. A lawyer mind ing hU Daby. - ; . , The best substitute for coal.-- . Warm weather. A boarding establishment A car penter's shop. . ' Is taking a hack the first stage of consumption ? What has a cat that nothing else bast Kittens. . A western jury returned s verdict of'Teath from banging round arum shop." ; - . . What is thexey note of good breed" ing? B natural. Man is an animal that hargians--No other animal does. No dogs eit change boues. """fcv w "IfGeorgebadnotblowedintetbe muzzle of his gun,- sighed a rurat wiilow nt the funeral of her husband, "he might have got plenty of squir rels; it wua such a good day for them." .; . c vr,:.T ' A man called at one of' our shoe stores yesterday, and vainly essayed to get on eight numbers 11, 12 or U , shoos. The store-keeper then smr. llidt ha ahimld DUt OU UUa tier pair of stockiugs and try on tue ctvis Mww "- "T .a box. - - xra TVtrrocer-Whea Cm- n1,.inu,l in ulwillt HfltlllL' bad eggS, plied, "At this time of year the hen are sitk aud often lay bad eggs. Yes. my beaiers," aid Vnn.iii .minister, "little JyhunV U Lskate.1 int'i heaven by way of au a hole, oil Grass Lake, and tie is nny now. Tlie.Biblieal editor of the. Magenta suggests lor its boat house the uauie "Golgotha the place of a kuH Wouid this' be appropriate whew tbcro are so little brains? . - 3 1 ? .0 ePiv . J Sir'"--: ;-: 'r :
North Carolina Argus (Wadesboro, N.C.)
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