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REAMS' WAREHOUSE PUBIIAM,t a l?f maile tt.c !ift averse tale of TOBACCO made by any in tLc State $C0,2C,crop round. ln v , n . ?if 'Vn'''5' ifi-' i.;.v.;:fl .. B LAW 1 011. 111 v r' - J -. t....f , r ill! J. D. CAMERON,' EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.! f TKUT tfr XJ-,T- i-tftl! ;SXIW H'-'EAlas.lTo' ro'ilMO BKUMS' 3TO SCBUTX IT TSTY TERMS $1 50 A' YEAR, INVARIABLY IN ADYAMC aftd-jwaafrysa writ -frrjfw nwra a t -t ti-sr-a. ;,r;.,r-g, -sj"rf-f y--- .---T--rf -rir-vn-rr-i , r r-- t i-Ptr r n rvr . -.t-tr-.-C-n iot srrt-nsfrea ' 'rir.T-;,y-gj-at---jaji.-Jfa 11 , 1 r ii .Kei Serto-TiL ft-Ba 3fr-3'"- f -1 -v -r :;,,!.;;; -; ;HiLiSBORpTJGH, 1L c, -AUGUST .14, 1818.,,:;:,";,.: v':r..', ;;i::.v. -; --w Enfes, M58.i.!. A VALUABLE INVENTION. THE WORLD RENOWNED WILSON SEWIWG MACHINE' In workmanship Is equal to a Chronometer Vatcrr,-and at elegantly finished as a first-clasa Piano -It received the highest awards at the Vienna and Centennial Expo n sltlons. , IT SEWS ONE-FOURTH FASTER than other machines its capacity Is unlimited.' There are moro WIL80M MACHINES sold In the United States than the combined sales of all the others. The WIL80N MENDING ATTACHMENT for doing all kinds of repairing. WITHOUT PATCHING, given FREE with each machine. ? S YILSOtJ SEVING MACHINE CO. ' C39 ft C2a Oroadway, New Yorki New Orleans, La.f Cy. Statt a stadisew Sn., Chicago, lits.f and 8an Francisco. Cal. ftXUKJM KUtKI 'NKVr.. KXt ELLKD! ALLISON ADDlSOiVS, 1' COMPXTTE JIANI'RB ron TOBACCt "Itf K art m.ktni; lul r Mtrrc 1t In) ll Mm UMrk4. It Mill Ut U r IntrriM M lic vn foBrrp ihk jr. s ..-u r. . HM:A1KtolmfilfjrKMTiPNnMj imd rr. MMiiiIlK mro, til IIh- !- mt-rla' kmn, Mittl In the nint timri.nh .nil careful huuhpt. . " ltM'AIK m. Ult ll la AimmhmiU.SiIiiIim' l'b.i-!li:.tf. nl hKAI. Utte riHihalr uTUuw ttrrikrel Imm IniMr nf aiitni.ilx. MXAK K lt arlhM to 1'KUMIT. CwtHnn mis il l-(litK. It Mart.tlM) 4nt qnkJilT nml ii.tsln It tu uuJuriUf. -.,- ' KK'A('Klt I a rrHovatnr til wnrawit land. HMJATCK It lu hwa or trial far Mta and Ihr jrm-r.hvrrdU'l I-! lt l all iu naiwa m I l .' A'nniMcTolawlaiture." TIm in4 I iw 114. " - ' VrUtm a lu and brat aa lltirnrt a thma ul anv wl trr MoMilanl. Itij-b tirade Km ilfiu-rn. -Wc"xllHI lour BHtrnMHi. 1 " ; "ALLISON A ADDISOM,' -. t . - 3!nttff Horerx of ' THE STAR BKANU COMPLKTB HA- '' NU IlfS", HHHIIilr Vaw BriocbOILov retarat'tirg, VA- ? 1 SKKD3 ! ! SKKDS ! M . WEVftn rail Utr - aUrttthiM nf aar frtrnikln Xortli t'arntin. to ar b"x .ft mrntal all vartrllca M riKI.I ami II II A KKl'.IM. arbii'k arc unra anil ( llw bmt uiialilv. Ma4 Kir aa axrfcuhunl aaaital VwViv m( thrwiirraMr. inilrr. and rrrriiHilr ritrd, nH utt tmi trti 4 Willi -iirl.ii-i. bar fir. , -ii4h-u 5. THKBKItLI.V TRKATY.'i 1- TTtaa ava. na.ivw tatrr at w.k fr hHha alanylhlnf rl (itlai nut rrtiilr.-l: wr rit Mart au f tl nrriUr at iMina? mmm t MltMlrlauft. Mm. own. bny and alrl ant ra wrywbrro to wnrk a. Nr h tlwtlm. atlv ittu sail irtaia fir. Addrra Tare A Co; AagiiU. )lUw. ' , ' 1 ' State fiTHarti Caralina. " PRS0S COVNTY, ) Alei. WkiifialJ, Saaati J Uregurj. TLm. WLitfielJ, KJi WuiilklJ, Kn.iijr M ITltriaJit aoJ Ur buaUoJ Al-i. U:lri h'; tut, Cliarli. KltiwC aad WetiiuU Wbit " fidlj aiimtra, bj tbeir Mil lik-nd Kfe rau Wuitfiold, Jau 1'iouanla .Mtl Mar ,, biubaiii! Wm FltaMuia. Fuihsi Lung. f J'.ol br buabali Alct, Lung; Vtenw n Wbhfialtl. C.rtina Mor,-ai.4 UrbOa- baiti 1Uibt Morgan, Mff Rioiaiif aud liiubaiJ j Willuui liiuiiacr. Laura J Wb.lfiolJ. I'.ra Lm V biilalJ auJ I'ar- a a ' k.a a fl a If tbaifMKt ffiauJ fcliilib iVkit&rld. Albert Wb.lfiolJ, .Marlba Ulalk and bar babul M illtaiu KUImk. I'arbaui WkilfialJ." Anrakit Wbt firli, Ji-nuie Jimi and bar bu.baod Jubaa, at. WkiiCclJ, l'ii.k WbiifielJ, J.-I.u 1) U biu &! Cfa lYbitSflit auJ HoU. Jff. CutmIw ind " WbiifisU ly tbeir clt fiioud Stella WbitDalJ. II. 1 I I Vl" II' i If liettm WbllflnM AUr.lm Natnd her 'iiuUMtuJ U'tllL.iM AlmiraJ Ijh Urll il Wi.llllcM. Manxoit WltttlkM. Wia, U , Vhlinll. Iicrreia Hudttluaai Iter Imln -il I4w nuBiv unkiiAtfit. ItlcnaMi Wlile- ' flld, Wid VVhlltleM, J-rtiiifWUItntflil. - H.titM WliU.ld, UK wlili H..UI. Uu. Mf'liltrtuld. Huaan 1'aiiliier and lir liiie tmitdjohu I'aiitlieriirtlietrlivlra, immee unknown. CaUiarlu Itlmmrr ami her ItiMlmud jaiuxa Uluuiivr a.id Ilia liclraat ftlnwi kIiomj namoaara unKduwn, ih aviii Mincy,Jiliu. Jauiaaiil Jrtk-raou Hull- )flrll tlaVNWMMl. 1 i . SmmH9ftit Httirf, 'nItKi.l4irih frni-mlliiic la tlnXllvUlim if .i,uhi U11J vHnl h Ur U4 a III al lr4a .uiiitijwv. WaMH.H. iWr rf., Itira wii J,.iirt Hurt '.Vhitia lil, JUliw M-Mir-awd ' iWJiii-I-mJ M.mth niba l WliM. tU. ilxi-..vt H aHMd. Wai.tl. Wl.ll M. rrai-ta liad.laaar aif Mn l k. Im iiiim 'arMiikan, HMianl WliHHt-W. Wan Wlilf. jffVhtJJnha WanaVI4. Hh.iiw. Wnllnrhl. It. r , AVn-lil. Uro-p WaUfiJ un I'mubrr ami t huilwiid Jlia raalla-r wr llirlr hrlr at la Who aaaMxar nnkanaa. 4'athaiiiNt MIhiih,, .and art knidiand datara Kltravr ai il llw Mra at Jaw, adore aaiiH are witanoa a.r Win. Jllwr, ilia.Jainraml Jrrtmma WlillflrM. l--ad, are ima-apaldriiU ef laa Male Sorth fernlina. hr a brn-iir anllHrd U eitear at tlM! t h-rh'a ;ffleee aid onrt, at K:ira. la aald muat, tmi before taa 4th da of Wniulf next, and anwar or daiur ft the mni alut UU U a III I firitmHmt l Mid oflVr wlllitu left dare trnia tlM ' hm4, or JKt.mrrt OI I Ubea pro-coa ff W.Va!irjTi..i4rH. CVrkMld Cort.Iat jf If at. .. . 1 1 ' Ity lkrlin Tral ' Kiisciu itldlim a great dnal le lliau wtmltl have aailiflrl ber rf'vlutitititie war. K-HgUu lUiertjr, liowrviT, tokll tdtriKllanalu lb Kaet link bren lecui'eil. lUrlnurm bhUi, (buIii imiyaa triuulary pritt'ility,uiiler lliv u7riliily 4" tlw Bultaii,' Her relatione KuroH'aut A THRILLINU R1DKFOH LIFF Andy Baker arrived here on Saturday evening , with llie mail. He furnlsliea furllier iMrllculnra "of th rteath Wfieorite Alct'uthan, the driver, at the hulidHoftbe ravHjp-a; ' Wheii'' he aaw the hand f In. diana inakinglnwkrtbi ! him li wheeled rannd tn an inalaut and ut liia tmrnes tn ' ; '-THBOLD FARM OATE. The old farm irate hanga aaiorjnj down, , On ruxty liliiKee, lieiit ami brown; Ita ltit-h la gone, and liere and liters ' ' " It ehowa ruda trueei of irjalfl" t a a The old farm gate liaaaeen, each jtar, Hie bbauainia lxin and dieappear; re liriKlit Kreett ' Imveeof apriii uuftild And tuin to Autumn'aTett and gold. f Hie children have upon It clung, And In and nut In rajrture awunir, , Wheu Itu-iryuunx i.raru weiegtaid and , : pure , - ; When Ihm) raa fair and faith waa iure, ibaddea that gale have lower true Tld the aUiry, ever new; Have made their vowa; have dreainetl of oil-. And arale.! each protrute with a kbw. The old farm gate liaa ieiied wide Tn wekjniiu limit lt 'tieW'madv brble, Wheu liluca tdiHnri'aiid loctiala fair, With their aweet fragrant: DIM the air . Theate, witb ruaty weight and cliait, llaicl'Htetl upon the aU-tiiM iraia) That Uire her 11 (View fiariM away, Ujhiii adieary Autuuiu Iay. , The iicheua KfajaiuL 4ubmm grvrn Uaxi lite roMeu ftuti a'tw aeuu; Inltutbs cnrvtd with youthful akill, 1 1 Inigyeara ago, ar on it still. ' . ! ' Vt dear (o n,e abvatl lliinit, " Ky reamu f the thought it lriiip, f a Hint nld gr, now tagging down, " On maty liiueabvut and browu. JOHN AKDTHB IWTAOK-KTAMP. Jidin wna a hn who lived out' Every week lie wrote ioiiie to bla mother, whu lived ou a anull rock farm autung the lillkt' One day John picked up an old euvtloj fnMn theVJ-tMjif, audita W! that the pnatagetainp ti It wa Wl I 'uchol ly titewd ntaolt i'a alanjp pt ihnw thnt It bad done duty and waa hence forth unclean. The ptattmatter inlaed hit Aim then, aaid John, and left the alauip aa good aa new. I'll vm it myaelf. Ife moUteueil H at the in we of :he tea kettle, and carefully pulled the aUiup wit No. aaid cotiKlritce, fir thai would le eheatiug. The alamp, Itaa Lveu on the letter; it ought nnf. to carry another. It van carry another, Mid John trecauee you there lain mark to prove It wurlhleaa. The poni-ofllce will not know. But you knowaaid ooiiaclence, and that la citnaKh . ft ia not hnneat to una It a aeenml time. It ia a little matter, te be aurr; but It la elieatliif:' (feaj lonka for ptluelple- It U the quality af every action whleh llejmlgea by, " " ' But no one will' know ' It, aahl John faintly. . . ; , : . No one I , crhxl , iuaclcui. flml will know it that U enough, and He you know, diacovrrs truth tn the inward parte. - Yea, cried the beat art of Johu'e Hiarac- ter, yea; it la cheat lug to uae the pnetage stamp the aecoud lime, and 1 H ill not do t w, :,-v ' ' - John tore It In two and gave it to the wluue' Tint Uy won gtorkHia victory. Paeaing the early nullalieaat the hotel table, an amiable gueat emptle litem all Into hie plalo. 1 'III, I here, you! Vriee another f uei: aonie f uahke ratlWiee, tint.' 'Not halfao liilK'haal do, phlloao- phlcally repliea the Hrat ueet. Deal gently will I ho who ftray Draw litem hack by biveaud iternuaakMi. One klaM la worta IniMiaanil ate a. A kind word I mora valuable tn thelnel than mine of gold. Itlchee are gotten with pain, kept with rare, ami bad with grief. The fare of fit-hen lie heavier upon a good man than the Inconvenience of an honeat poverty We ffteem other not an much for what they are wort It, aa for whdt they are worth TrklgarFawceU wlaliealltal "tuaucauld aiakeUivellkeablrd." He dtrea Edgar, be doea.illkea goose. A clear acorieciertfa 1 I M' law, and tanipeiancatne Den puyaio' eetidiMivv (u nief with auch a heavy load to pull arid the eavaea puMtiitig them on home buck, ; But the driver and file pna tteiiger, knowing the fate that wan ill atore for theui if they fell, into aitvage IihihIm, puidieil along for a few minutea'at a ligh niuii rale- The' ImlMa ttf the pumuing aavagea were whixisiug lound them thick and fast, but they heeded them not. Tl.y were appalled, however," at the fact that the distance waa gradually lewteiilng be. tween the pornuera ami the puraued, tint iu tbia it I re emergency their couliietut did not desert them. The nemouiac yell of theaavaicea were Imiw heard cbaie to tbeir rcitr. The dixtance ed over waa about three tttilea, and then tiegan a new phaae of tlie struggle ' for life. It wa but the woiktnfali luataiit for driver and jaowenger to iimp from the atage and cut loose (he Jeadent. Thla they did, and each man mounting a hnrtle eteil onward, leaving utageand the other two hontea behind theuu They now seemed ins fair way to racaoe. Theeavaue ket right on after Ibem, aeemiiig uot sat lulled With tlie booty that hail I ten left Iheiu. About two mile liavl bee il made when au uiibaiketl for ac cident K5wirred. T',u , horaea were atill cany lug all their ItarueM, and being t hue eneuiubeieil, the one ridden by the driver tunihleil and fell, lie did notdraiithe other lu.rxe down wilb him, although the lion-es wereBtill connected with tlie bar. neaa an when attached In the wagim. The home rhldru by young Hamilton detached liiniMelf, and be wna left to keep lip the race alone. Pour McCuthan had not time to get Ida '.torse up and mount him. The mtmrlin direction of Dry Clock. , It wast a ra aa tlntrie that have hitiiertoexiHted hette ltouaKtdia and Turkey. Her fu. ure pi loou KM blMl.lyAl tltat tiey Wi'wild hialntahi ttte na to bebjng i to any , reigniu dynaaty. , ,.,. ' TbeprovU of Eiottern lb linv lia, which formed tiutlto( .Botkaun, w ill be iioml ually ititder the direct NditicaI authority of theciulutu, but virtually wilf ; liae.u aluiiuiatrativeautoiMHiiy and aC'hrieliau governor' fit the formadou of be uiililia oi tlie country the reiigbm of Inhabitant will be taken lout aitouuta,; and ti e ChriaMatia' will be I t the Majoiiiy there being two of thai faith to one of Mo liatuMiedail. - .;, - Bonitia and Hereegovina are to be occu pied tiy'Auatrla. ' The aeijuUiiiou of theae two pro'vliioe will aevurv for Auatriavery iiujautaiit military lawithtun, and eapet'iully give tne advantage ofabutk.ug ot aolid lerritory to that narrow atiip of laud whichexteuda along the aeaeoaal, umler the tianie ol Uaimatia.' ' ' ' Mouteuegru and rvtvia are declared iu deieiident riute; the former annexe the pirtof Autivari, warahipn of all nation.. The latter ialo get an exteitaioii to her frontier. - Boln fcutea, however, aie to bear aehareoflhe Turkiab public Debt, in iroioilion to that territory they avuuite. ltouMiauia ht tlecbircd itidepeudni by returning to Ituaaia that part of lktamtra nihta whk:h iie took under the treaty of l'aibt, and receiving the Dobrudaclia Iu return. . To all thear change theSultau Itaa given hie BUbiuiaaiou, With European reaidenla orcouauU to make up mixed commi'loual the checks that i-au tie" applied will be aulUcieut to put au end to tin eculr aido of M iiImmm ai it ii u fa) ui. , (Jreece gebt iiwUtit.g; but Tlie 'rotie l engaged to aupply. to Crete the plan w tiovernment of ! ; KnglHiid gaiiut by the splendid diplo macy of Beactiuatuiltf more than tlie mere tft:UUtm of i'yprua or Utf pnitecorate of Aaia Minor, aud time eaU only develop the tmnreuae Mdvautage which are to result, to her front the tueetiug of, the Ueilm Uongreaa- , TUB LEUKXDOF-KL DOUADO." When the 4MUibtrda Hrat diacovereil Guyana and eatabliobed eoaMiHiiiicaliuu with the natives,' the latter very auoii be. came a ware of the ardent atrecsiott which their vUitora entertained ft gobbt They relateil to the new onner the libtory a great cblcf who In the Interior, ou the hank of a vaat lakecalletl l'arlme, who ajsed atacc-i will) walla of tlie precbm metal, and who every day powdered liim- aelf frw.il hand to tool Willi gold dual. Tlie linauiiialloii of the. adventurer waa at once flred, and they deteroiiiHNl to vblt lheCiaua whom. In their iauguage, they railed "El Dorado," the gilded mail, j The tale waa not wholly Uaaeluaa, aa anm iucli inyaierlotia eraonage did exlat, and dally performed m toilet aoinewltat re eembliug that dcttacribed In thenaliva account. But, Instead uf lining real gold dunt for hi Urooratlou, fie employed a sulHitauue, well" known to miner, railed gotdeu aaud, which la, In fact, only au ore of iron In minute particle, utterly value- letw, put which glitter like gold. Many attempt were, frullioMily made, to pene trate to Kl Doiado, and, among otlH-ra, Hi r Waltvt Raleigh. At lant aotne ad Ven turers reached one of the palace situated on the l-'ounmapl, an affluent of the Vary, but which turned out to la nothing more than natural grotto, the walbt of which were formed of micaceous rock Mica la one of the cmst!tueuU of granite, aud has yellowhdi metallic glitter, which, tinder a strong light, make it resemble gold. Aa for the famous take l'arlaie, aoitte founda tion ale exlated .for the legend, as the region Inhabited by the Indian chief la situated au the alluvial lands at the foot of a mountain range called Tumuo-Humac, and every year, during the rainy aeaaen, the ground la covered by au Inundation to an Immense extent, and the natives' are able ttf navigate the Vaat forest la theJr tMUoes. ,, ,j The atevk toat drunk t Orance Jinntil m Jnly If, runs as fullow.t llere la to tbe rt, goJ. pioui and immortal iemo ry of Williaat. I'rinea of Orange, who de livered' a finm IVpe, IVary. wooden elioe. braea money ami slavery J May be bo will not diiuk Ibis toast be jammed, rammed tnJ crammed into the ureal get of Albion and 8rd ever tbe bills of Ty rune, ltd tnde sparable! of fir I'm ten ia ma' anon. KiMr.ble- srt loiig hoe peg for the ologi wbksk tbey Wiar wand tbe to.. It U good to I deaf aliou fbt elamlerer bejint to talk. metliately began their brutal and tortur ing work, killing him by slow oceas and mutilating Ida body. One of hi eyes waa gouged out. The fiend took hln w alcb. rilled his picket and left the dis figured body near by. The mall sacks on the stage were uleueiiily cut on and their contents either appropriated orden trel. Hamilton ,wai pumued a short iliHiauce, but the chane wa given up. , lie raw hi hone several, miles father taking In I lie sag brunb. iV hell opaiie Dry Creek the aiiima' sank from cxbaualioir HamiltoH wale his way on fatblie Dry Creek station, got a fresh horse, aud lie a ml the slock tender started on, warn ing the few Mrttlera along lite road of the imgeitdlng danger. ; A BOY'S DELIRIOUS VIMtOXrL Tint Mllkaukee (Win.) Hentlitel says; Wniirnt Elliott, a lad alaatt eleven years of age, resilient rat Fourth street, laKween Wirt and Cherry etrcrta, ia exciting (he Interest of the tieigtilawlnaal on aorount of a singular deliriuht that he haa Uotane sultjectfn' within the paat few Weeks. Having rxpres-ed a winh to earn enough timing hi school vacation lo buy a small printing press, his fa' her procured him employment In a brewery, and It was while engngol lit stamping corks tltat he became ill, ami manifested an extratir- tlinary abnormal condition. Wllliam'a ronttuemenl to h'.s bed iba uot Iwhar liia (moi obaerving what b transpiring iu the neighborhood. Ou one occaakiii hia toother requested one of the children to aHcertalu the condition of a little girl who b.vl been quite seriously III for some lime. William Immediately advised the litUher not to scud hlsiU-r on tbe errand, slm lite child site wa no solivitoua About had died He had seen her go to Heaven. Inquiry revealed the fact that tbe little girl had breathed her last. In estrange voice and singular manner be declare that he, too, hi about lw goto 11 raven that be will be translated like Elijah of old-ln a charkitof ttre. The odd hw havlor of lh boy ami his mysterious com munications have been carefully noted ty pby-lclan, and Iht phaea ot hta iwculbtr delirium have become a study a well an a matter of luterrst to the Mentis and neighbors of the family. A Itootiester wife opened a tclerrtpklc weassge adJreMMtl to bar kusbanJ, end read t 'Jenny will most you io Sjrseuse Ihi veiling.' Tkett she did Ter)lbio that jealous woman eoulJ do, only to Snd that Jcuny waa a lawyer, and the wae was to arrsnge for.cunauIUtiuo lu aa lm portautesM. 'iEUUjl AUTi ATKINSONS DBA T 1 1.. A dtapstcli to tbd Cliicago. j'liiies tout filuiwood, III-, ujt5 'Over 2.()Utj perMina bsl iollt'V'ied near tbe railroadVthlidii licre on Saturday eveuiiift butt to see, a talloon sceiiiioti f Prof. Ii. D; Atkiunon. iTbo balloon, ititluted witlr bt sir, having been cut loohe, tbe jcrouauf, buiduig on to the trspeise with one baud, waved sa'sdieu lo tbe peoplo, saying, be went up, 'It is tbe pimrent awctiMon I ever tnaJe, but I'll do tbe beet I uau.1' As it rua,.; Atkinsoa swung liia leei over I lie barj ud liO'kinp on by the kae) jiiiul iittng wtb bit bead ihiwu. Us next booked bir feet at tbe junc tion of I lie rope where it was fastened lo tbs bar,' eunpeiidunr himself at fall length. Tbe balloon by this time had asoeaded in tba ouiet evening air between two buudred and lb re hundred let, Atkiuaou, tken rigl.t iug biuihcll , Buispeiided himself fruui tbe bar by one arm, but suddenly.1 as though paral).id. bo let go hi bold aud fell, still holding up but aruisV .'t s. :Uub f , ' Wouiea iiuresiuet) snd fiurtjd, ohildrcn shrieked, aud men hid their fa'JCi to shut out the awful upeciacle. The crou:iut IcII on hi back with a 'shocking tbnd about a yard outside of tbe ratUay track. Wlion be was taken up was' toue dead. . Tbe mangled oorpe was carried to tbe Leota tluuiw, to await tbe order of hi widowed mother, who dwell in Burlington, Iowa Atkinson was iu the employ of J. A. Wbettor.y. one of tbe welt known Wht to ny Bioe acrobat-, . He had been making a-cents daily eince lad April, atoug the usrrow gaage railroad from tit. Iuia to Cairo, aud back to I'eoria ami Minoiik, and the1 little company of five was now on ita way to Glcburg. Atkinson took the place of PoBaldKMi under Barnum's tuaiiageiiiciit, when that performance disappeared. Three year spn, in making au seceut from Cat hoQit. Ky. tbe balloon eaoght lira, sud At kinson tell one tboUMSud feet, striking tbe brauub of a tree, which broke tbe full, lie e-Kwped witb a few fractures, aud went into be busiuvu sgaiu. , AGIFTKD Kxi'EItT. One of the tuoat akilful exports in Ame rica is J. V. Tandy, coin examiner at the trraoarv, to whom I am indebted for touch R MntHMI remarkable gift for discerning the slightest fraud io specie, sud yet bo can hardly tell bow it ia done. If a counterfeit pitce be concealed in a heap of money he wiil detect it blindfolded. . All that is required is to ren bi Gagera through ibe toss, slid in a few mntneut every one is tefted. ' This is the renlt of that ' tenisrksble power of touch which ia er.ly perfected by lug prae two i ituisk a man iaof intnea-c value in a pljoa like tbe treasury. Coin in Ibis in stitution ia handled in large so nM, snd it is wheeled on trucks like other merchsndise , lot in weighing a bag the Inns of a single piece would be noticed. Tbe treanuij is floored with marble tile, but these would .con be destroyed by the heavy tracks that roll thnrash the tevie detarf!neut. For tbta reasau tlie ttrungeet wooden floar is ned.' being made of maple strip set in edgewise and fastened in the aunt secure tasm er, r Even ucb a bottom ta none im solid lor the incentsot tritttrstiou of iron wheels sod heavy burdens.! ' ' ' Ftmtim otd Lady. 'Did jou ever road all shout that greet plagne in lmlon. dea ridf Affeclioosie Hatband 'No, Bor I d.iaa'l want taw ; ksin't H enosgb to 'ave (r( M,jng entirely too much if p1gie , Ipeet ker t keep kerowdr dry t Tub Absolute Tjikort. One ot the delegate to the National Con vention, oil bis ret am from tfyraeu, went tote bis heart's delight, to whom be bad been engaged for six ecatstio months, She met biro at tbe hinge-weakened gate with tbe remark: ' j . "Jamc, I have learned to lore another- Tonight wt fart,' ....!.. . . Learned to hive another ! Part ! J Why Ftonj, what do you mean V I Nio-tn. preciMily a hat I say, ibe aa- weret. with an icy m:te.i ' Dli. tin, it csimot I, it cannot be. oaf tea sre joking. Yoa oanmtt mean it Have I not jour absolute promise to be my wife?' ........ ' , You bjve, she replied in tbe tome on- impss-ioucd Itme 'And it is beosa yen have tnv abeolabt prowtieo that 1 feel free to be fickle. U reached around to bis hip pocket aud whipped out his pietol. exclaiming t If y wonldaotsefi me fall dead at voir feet. explain. . , m. ... a. . a. SiW a. a a I will.7 sk said. ?ly 'absolute pro mis ia like tbe absolute fr amney joa dote on titer is w provite atsde for re denting it. He slowly returned hta pistol to ma poci- et and departed frma her preneuee without a word. Albany Jeers!, Mr. and Mr. Flynn of Sidney. O ; bad been Married ooly a few days when, in the middle of the night, tbe husbsnd thought ha beard a borglr hiding under tbe l ed lie arose annul v and armed ttinclf wim a shot gun. Tb bride waa asleep, witb one of bsr reel ksBgtng over tne s ige ni tne bed. Flynn uw the foot, and thought it was the burglar face. Tbe light wis dim nd the foot mtf have heeo uooommonly tare, lie tred. shooting awtr three of Mr. Flyna toe, It' easy enongk t t k womsn to tmst ta Prav'idenee lhi kind of weather, cot yea ei which was tub wisiEiii ; ; There was an intllipeiil eiliicled. was' , thy geuib'tiixll. who bud a poor, iguoranr Miopia iiiiinled t neighbor, Hcng ' bear '' nciglibor!!, llic two often met in Htiel don verne. Jesimgly tbe gentieinua of ttrtellt gence would often litt:h sf hi pixa igiio,, rant beigbbbron auootto'. of li itiitid igno rance. Finally, in jent and goud buiiio" one ihiy he nid to biiu: 'John, take thit cane ; 1 give it to you ; keep if," and um it till you meet witb a bigiter tool than your self, tbeu give U to ltim.' , Jnl.n tH.k the enne, -returning expreii ns gf thaukfulnetw to bis kind neighbor for tie gift.' A fee years had rlipted a Way i.lF'it.td eteraiiy, . when the geutlemso was taken ficktf ami lay Upon bis bed of death, . . Julia called lo seefaiio. v Suid he to the Mck man. 'Neigh bor, bow do vou feel lo-!ay Y 'Ah, John. I am very nick 1 ' John. I sin about to goto that fiir off country whence no traveler ever return t - Well neigbltor,' said John, if.t yon are going to take aucb a long journey, , and into such a ntrsuge Isnd, I siippese yoti ' bitve made preparation to be happily local, ed when you arriva there. soppoaeyou have employed some one able slid willing . prepare a mannitm for your reception ami habitation in that strange country. . Hava you prepared fur jour journey ?' 0h, John. I have neglect el that f 'Vt'bst!' raid John, 'arc yon. going to take acb a long jonrnev into a strange land, and hvr made no pieparation for peaceful employ ment there? As big a fool as I am, and a you have so often told me I was,' it has been lbs great business of my life to pre pare for this long journey lo prepare fof death ! Neighbor, you remember you gsvw me this cane , snd Vld ms to keep it until 9 I met with a bigger fool than ntyxelf. then give it to him. 1 am lorry to tall yon, but by neglecting your soul's salvation, yon prove voor.elf to lie a bigger jnol than t am. Here, sir. I give you tbit cane ky your own direction you are the , rightful owner of it. DON'T WORRY. Men ami wnmpti give over ' to worryt they will worry about the atrangeat, tltw WeMTlu conceive. .- . , . t It matter, very little what are the out ward circumstances the will can find something in them to remind Ittaf Its own lintiiatron or (tower, aud to provoke ita com-eqoeut reoentuteuu It ia . curious to nee how people of this habit will take any. thing that first cornea to hand gotnl bad or liidirtvienl ami imitniitly begin to find Iu it something tu grow axioua and ttei patient over, ami lo till aliottt ou thbt aitlt) ami then on that, until an exciting com sciommess of their own Inability to do any thing iu the matter, , aud an in Haling feeling, iu voiumnjim lie ttf it, get tlie up-r hand of their owu gtnl sciixe. What ww have to say tin thla aubject by way f practical Buggestkin, It Just what every body aays, ami eaya to little or no Hjrpose. Worry aloesa'l do you tlie kiast gootl. It relieves front uoUtiug, it helps nothing, it pjulilWe for no wotk, It conduces lon deaireil result. Il very gratuitously put aiiBiimul of wear aud tear Upon' the tiervotis system without iu the ailghreel degree obtaining lit returu any uiuwn tattory satisfaction1 It i ueither a duty imr a pleasure; and yet men almost invite, certainly entertain it, as if It were both I WORDS OF WISDOM. a The greatest Irwtbs are the simplest. Matty men ir cateeated locsoae tkajr ar But known.'' -, it A page digested is belter lbs" a vetaww hurriedly reed. We would willingly have Mhers pertcot. and yet we amem) not evrewa fawlta. w. . . . aa Life is a esuket. m preetowl n lte:r, but valuable iu pniworihm to what forteee, or industry, or virtue, has placed within it. We sleep but tbe mom of lire never sto and the pattern which waa weaving when tbe saw went dvn ta weaving wnea it come op tiHRMirrow. .... , , . ... . , , lie who sport enmplimcnts, a ate bn knows bow te wk u good aim. way mis I ibt mark and be wounded by the recoil of biaowngun. ' , i - - ItiritMoxp, Vai Aug.! t lt night two oerroes entered tbe store ami dwelling of Mr. .Moa!ey Henlcr in Goochland eonmy fifteen miles wet of Richmond, for Ibe far pose nf robbery, hnt wore frtgbleneil oil. Mr. llenlcT went lo the window with a gun and white leaning out was shot ia the face. This was followed by another sbntthrml;h a psnel of the door the ball striking Mm. Dimard's (Henley mother-in law) in tne abdomen. After this the thieve without entering the boose rictnndt nvonev end boots giving tba site the) : wanted, owl cither articles, all of which were gtvaa thewt by Henley's- wife, whereupon tbey left Henley reoogniud the man who shot him, as a son of two negroes seel loitering about tb neighborhood for several dsts. Tbe country people tr astir and after them Henley's wound thongh serious is ant es stdereJ fatal, but Mr. Pimrard wUl reo batty die " I
The Durham Recorder (Durham, N.C.)
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Aug. 14, 1878, edition 1
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