North Carolina Newspapers

Cljc ant ten . .... A Democratic Newspaper. I'uhli.shcJ every Irridajj in Lottisburg ATI2S of sucwciaryjo il ! 0 V Copy 1 year o 00 . - M 6 Month. ...It.. J; . c0 " -'waww 7S t.Tihpis cash in am-Aisii 1 p TIiqi-o Aro Tcars, 0 there are tears by Leauty'shed? Upon the lonely graye,' ' , .They full for-friends and kindred dead, , And for the worthy brave. i , .'" V On sorrow' breast' tfceyimelt in care, - J; The fell muiicianaof despair. v O thrre are tears that brightly fl.w wnen parted friends embrace; !f liey bid.the beating bosom glow, Eememberance to retrace; : And they are called the gems ot y, :: , . Tore and unmixed, without; alloy. O there are tears of wrath and wroEg, That gush in boiling streams fJL"hey nerve the arm pt vengeance strongt And haunt the maniac's dream They are the streams of rage and care, :J Bacred to atget and despair. ; E H " i ; ', O there are tears in love's young eye Bright as the dews of morn : Andjtjierc are tears that none may dry Tnfey cbill the heart forlorn ; ' Where disappointments coldly fall, lhey oft bedew the Btvble pal!. And thjrciare tears thjit burst the goa', Of natw rr's feeble eye ; T rey punly the sinful sou!, To take its flight on high; And they are tears of inhir.anr.' TliAt f pring f rom humble penitence. SEEEOTED STOIIY. ' Jl Ci PC f i Tii r1 ' Wit crT o 1 MY KMMA GARRISON JONES, I'm afraid you'll b3 like tho boy svlio won the -elephant,' llo'sc -now you've got your husband, you'll be at a loss what to do with him. But you would have it your own way, ypu know?' llosabel laughed and set her dainty head on one side like a pretty canary, he was tho smallest; the prettiest, and the most affectionate little girl in in Westervillc, and this was her wed- dmg-inorn. She had married Colonel Montravillc, a very 'handsome, very high-bred.very haughty gentleman.and a gentleman who. rumor asserted, had i " sown his wild oats pretty freely, and was even yet addicted to periodical fits of dissipation. - , ; Aunt Moss, who had raised Rosabel from h, baby, and endowed her with a handsome I property, was dreadfully, opposed to tho match," and did her ut most to prevent it. But Rosabel must , have her. handsome, stately colonel.-' They weTe married ; and in the bridal chamber, while Rose changed her white eatin for her drab poplin, preparatory to setting out on her wedding tour ivunt losa ventured the foresoine re- piark. V 4 Of course I would. auntie,' respond ed Rosabel, as jshc fastened Jier garnet sleavobutton.;. l had to have ray colonel, and now I've got him. Tnvin no fear abput what I shall do with, Lim.' f: -; : Well, I am, Rosa replied the old woman, bluntly. lie's a pwud, self willed man. ' You'll never rule htm, Vtl 1. -Til I I -J 1 1 . 1 mu jic ii ureas your ncarp witn H13 -wild ways.' f - ' i 'I -J ' 'Not he J' retorted Rose, crossing to the mirror to put in her garnet brooch. i My he4rt won't be broken, auntie dear,- so Wt fret; and I think I'll find a way to rule my colonel. Yoa'll ficcl Isn't my dress lovely? Comc, they aro calling us, Good-by, you dar ling old untie.1 , Don't fret; little Rose won't come to grief.' '- ? 'Heaven grant it, sobbed Aunt Mosa, as she kissed her darling good-by. Ileavea grant it, she prayed as tho carriage whirled her away. The wadding tour was over, and Colonel Montraville and his pretty Jmdc were at home in their handsomo xottage, which was a wedding gift from Aunt Moss. - ;j: ; J Rose had planned a reception, to which her old friends and , .quite a numbo of new ones were invi ted." :. a:' r .. mum ' -' , ' hl:. . v Oii-the ArxaungUa question the j stood onjtjie tfajejprch, ftjher pret ty bright silk, with blue ribbons in her i yellow, crimped hainawaiting the com ing' of li er "h&sband. ; IKS011, appeared, driving under the' naaples--such a handsome, distinguish ed, joltfieriy..; figure!' Rosabel's blue eyes glowed with pride as she watched him; ; : ,-; V Ja- ell,' peC running up the steps and kissing her eagerly, ' here you are, all ready and as fresh as a rose. You recei ved all the articles I ordered, did you? Confectionery, fruits, and cham pagne V. 4 Oh, yes, dear, responded Rose, pleasantly ; ' and the frosted cake was elegant. I sent the champagne back.' 'You did w:ta ?! Sent the champagne back,' repeat ed Rose, serenely we didn't need that, you know.' j 4 Whoever heard of an entertainment without wine T asked the colonel, a r frown gathering'on his brow. I've invited a nu.mber of my own friends ; Rose ; do you expect to choke them to death?' ' Certainly not, dearest. I've or dered lemonade, and we've plenty of that which is better still pure, cold water.' , , ,' ' ' "", r Colonel Mon raviile broke from her clasping arm, with a suppressed excla mation that had a very suspicious sound v : "' . , 4 Nonsense, Rose !' he said, severely ; ' don't affect such 6 illy airs. You know tha't I've been accustomed to drinking wine all my life, and I'm not going to stop now. nor invite my friepds and offer them cold wafer. I'm not the man you take me for. if you think I'm going to do that.' A ; T Rosabel's bright face never clouded. She caught the arm he had drawn from her in both of her dimpled hands. . Yes, you are, dearest, the i very uian I take you for the best man, the no blest man in all the world, at least in 3'our little wife's opinion ; and you're not going to drink any t-.ore nasty wines, or pffer them to your friends to drink;.' . 1 ....! " 'Rose!' Dearest ' ; ; ; . . 4 Do you pretend to dictate what J shall or shall not do ?' Why, darling no. You are dicta tor, not silly little me 5 but I'm going to beg you, to intreat you to grant me this favor -tho very first favor I have asked of you since our wedding day 1 You won't deny me? He shook her off again. If she would only speak out in a dominant way, so he might have an excuse for getting angry ; but she clung to him again, her pleading blue yes bright with un shed tears. . v ' Don't be silly. Rose,' he said ; Tm going back to town for the champagne. Take care 1' " ; I But the clinging arms only held him all the closer. r'' Please, dearest, please, pleasa,Col onel Montraville, let mo have Diy way in this, and I will be ' the venest little serf in all things else. Gvxq up the wine now give it up for all your life long', for your little 'wife's "asking your little wife, who loves you so. Please, please, my darling !' j Tho cooing, bird-like voice was in hi car, the soft, red lips touched his cheek, the bright tears fell upon his hands. - . 1 Confound it! let me go, then, and tare it your own way .' And Colonel Montraville, who would not have winced before a line of bristling bayonets, tore himself - from her clasping arms, and strode into'tha oottago for once m his life completely mastered. Ilosabol stood up and shook out her ruffled plumage like a dainty bird. " I told auntie so, she murmured with a little exultant laugh. I told j her I should find a way to rule my col- onel. - ; - . Two hours later she dispensed the refreshments with ; her. own pretty hands. MVOPD TO POLIJICS, LlTIllciENCE" A N J)1rt. LOHISB 4 You'll allow me to Vive vou anicp Captain Brooke approaching a cluster of her hnsbind's military friends,: 'and somef this fruit cake it is delicious, and some pf my own' compounding and a glassof lemonade, perhaps ? No? , Tin quite socry, Ml must offer you. water Wm Waont use wine, asynisee. Montraville doesn't ap prove of lgbcxjb I,qI tr&zt you'll excuse us and partake of what ' we offer you.' . p The officers exchanged amused glances. ! 4 How long since you've got ta dis-. approve of wine, Montraville?' they questioned, the instant they got a chance at the colonel. 4 So much for perpetrating matrimony. We warned you how it would "be ; you're under her rule completely, old fellow, a nd the honeymoon not over.' 4 You tell the truth, comrades,' re sponded the colonel, ' half-pleasantly ane half-vexed f I own up Pm un der her rule, arid, the worst of i isnj likely to remain there.' And ' he did Little Rosabel con quered; and te-day her colonel stands first amid the defenders of the good cause the great cause- the sause of Total Abstinence. Neio York Weekly- - , ; . The mother was Eewlng busilj, and Joir sitting on the carpet jbesidc her; and provided with dull, rounded scis sors and gome old magazines, was just as bu3ily cutting out picturcp, It would litter '' the carpet so said Aunt Martha,! whi had come in for a c -ay chat, Mamma knew this; but she knew, too, jthat a few minutes' work would make al! riht agair, and J sie was happy, - All went w ell till the little boy found he had cut off a leg of a boko that he considered a marvel of beauty. It was a rtal disappointment and grief to the little on, , ; ; Mtmaif, see !' and half crjrng, he held it up, Play he's holding up one foot,' the mother said' quick'y. ; Do rtal horstp, mamma ?' Ob, yes, sometime?.' I , 4 1 wil.' and' sunshine chased away the il ud that in another minu'.c would have rained down. ; Ii wa3 a little thing, the mothei'a an swer; lut the quick sympathy, the ready tatt, mde all rigbv The bov'a heart was comforted, and he went on with' his play, while the mother.sewc-d quietly, with no jar cf nerves or temper, and Auntie's call Ust none of its nleas antLes?. " " 1 . ' I'm tired of cutting pic, marjma . said Josir, after awhile! " - Well, get your : hcrsc-wr. and play, those bits ot pper ar e wood, and you-re going to bring me aload. Draw it over to that corner by the fire, and put them into the kindling-box ; play that' i the : wood-jouse.' rieased and proud, the little team ster arew lod after load tdl the papers were all picked up, without his cver thinkirg he was doing anything but play. . ... 4 Well, I declare, said Aunt Martha, 4old as I am, I've learned one thing to day, and I wis i Emily would come in and take lesson?, I do. Mrs. Waldo looked up in surprised, What do you mean, Auntie V Well, I spent "yesterday afternoon over there,' (the old lady had a weak ness for visiting, and wa3 Auntie to peple generally,) and things were in a tnrl and bigL-rh-low ail the time- starting ; with less than osie's given you ad in times ticcj I've sat here. I've had a good talk with yor, and you've given me pleasant thoughts for a week to come , over there we could't hear ourselves speak. It ww, Don't do that,' and lYou naughty cnild spill, and scratch and break, and tumble, scold, ar.d slap half the time. Emily means well she loves htr chil dren and never -Epares . herself sewing for them, or nursing them wfcen thej're sick, hehas a world ot patience some wajr, but she don't s?era to have any faculty for managing them. Wel!,J well, tyl send her over, herr, only I wont't. let on, why, and the old lady rolled op her knitting, as the be'. I racg for tta, . .. ' . - A little tact, springing from thought ful loei how good it ial j ; , j , 4 young Folk AVic, CTRG, N. C'JULY, . 4I wisa I; knw wbei4 to get a cent Ido..Bicfc: if i;doo emigrate to Kamuchattka to dig gold. Money's scarcer than wit ; can't 1'fve by neither -at least I. can't. Soft1 the last old shirt, pawned my boots r thne ceDts, and went lioiu rich as a lprd.- V 4 thousand dollar?, and wanted iWbeat room in the housr, Iisulted mo by saying the attict was too good for me. I'm an injured individual Society persecutes me. -1 , don't do scciety no harm, as I knows on. I don't rob wid dcrs's housep, I don't know no widder. I don't put the bottle to myneighboi' lip.' I aiu'c got no neighbors, and the fact is I don't own any bottle?. Couldn't fiill 'em ii I did. . ln an innocent t man. ; Xobody can look me in the face and say I hun'tm nobody, and jet I haven't got a rocf to lay my head beneath. ' My old land lady' rated me-why f I could't pay', and left, 'Cause why J ain't it better to dwell in the corner ot the house top than with a brawling woman in a wide house! But I ain't got a house top ; but if I had, a corner would'nt be safe would it ?, Tm a desp'rit man. I'd go to work ifitwassu't for my eicessive btnevc lencr, Im a utaard of taking the tread out of somebody's mouth. Besides, wisdom's the principal jibing; don't the good book say so I Whav'd money to wisdom ! A'nt't I studying charac ter ? It a uiin kicks me because I can't pay lor my licker, ain't I getting uc derstandmg ? Aiu'c it a lesoa in hu man nature I I'm told lha world owe3 me a Jiving. .When is it going to pay, I wonder? I'm tired waitiog ? I had rather mar twenty prayers than not pray at all. Let ray broken words go up to heaven : when they come up into the great angel's golden censer that conipsssior.a'e Advocate will put together ray broken prvyerf, and per- fame then-.. Words are but accidents of prayer. . As for the f hurcb, the govcrnm-nt is upon CarU.'a sboulderp, and he will plead for (he blood ci his a.iot- T ie bush hath! been burning 'above' five thousand yearp, and we never yet saw the ashes o! this fire ; yet a little while, and the-vision shall not tarry ; it will speak and not. lie. I am more afraid of cay duty than of the head, Christ' government, I Fiiall be glad to be a witness jto br hoa the kingdoms ot the world become 'Jhrist'e,- I could stay out of heaven many years to see that victorious, triumphing Lord act that prophesied part of his eou!-conquering love in tak ing into his kingdom the greater sister, that Church of the Jews, ho formerly counted our wel:-beloved for her little sister-Canticles 8:8 -to behold him set up as an ensign and a banner ci love to the ends of the world 1 Pi-aycr is one oi the noblest exercises ,of the Christian religior, cr, rather, it is that duty in which all graces are con centrated. Prayer is charity it u faith ; it is a conformity to God's will a desiring according to the desires of heaver, and an imitation of Chriai' in tercession and prayer must oppose all holiness, or else it is nothing, and there fore all that in which men need God's Spirii all that is in order to prayer. Baptism ia but a prayer, and the holy sacrament of the Lord's Supper ia but a prayer. And obedience ia a prayer, and be -s tnd procures blessing. An impulsive Connecticut young man sent his girl the piece of fcheet music entitled, -I Will 3Ioet you at the Beautiful Gate.' Iler father saw the piece v,h2n bhe opened the. j ack age, and after daubing a bucket full of tar over his gate; quietly remarked to his daughter : He can wait for you if he wants to j but you won't either of you swing on that gate, if tar will keep you off.' An old lady selling eggs ia Savan nah, Ga asked S3 uual, What's the news? - The latest, eaid the obliging clerk, h that the Yankec3 have got the Modocs. The old lady strutk her knuckles on the counter and exclaim ed : hope tho last one of 'em will die ofitr " 4 1873. .Tim ,SmltIi4 Meuascrio A'pary of boys at .V.w. Soiith'i house Vtre playing a g-ime that they call me nagerie. All the i oy s who never play td it Lei jrc were turned into the h!!,'ai.d then being calkd into the sitting room one by one. asked to tell what pirticu . la; anira J they most wished to see. , Oue boy wished to 8tte a hip,)opctimu!, another an elephant othcrt timers asd boas ; but th-y were one an;l all led to the looking glass and pointed to their own reflection, a.d told there was the animal they had expressed a dt sire to see. This gmc the boys thought very funny, and they laughs! heartily at the last boy who waj admi ted into the menagerie, tor he had asked to see a monkey, and lo-.-k.-d vry m-cU ".aken down" when shown his own self. " ''Out here U old drunken Tom' Cath boue," saidne of the boy, looking from the window; let call him in and let him bare a peep at an iiy looking animal.' So poor old Tom, tha drutikan was called into the room dnd told to tell whut animal he wanted to 'see. Ohlshow me t'UQ wor8's!ookinr wild beast you've -got.' .aid he. Come, bjow it to rojshow ms the beast" 5 "All right, then! svd the boy and pushed Tom right in frt ot the look-jng-glcsp. He stood lor a moment" looking iuto the glss with a sUy drunk -:d's smile; but presently such a look omorrcr and sorrow passed over his face tkat the laughter of the bor8 was checked ; and they could not he'lp but pity him as he sank into chair and covered his face with his hand.-. ! : We didn't mean to hurt your iee!-ing-,' said Jim. Wc did the same thing to all the boyr. And just before you cauue in Dick Willoughby asked to ace a monkey, and we showed him himcli.' But the por fellow looked up with a mournful-look in his bleared cytp and said, 'l am worse than a beast worse than a beast.' And alter he had left them, the boy watched him goingdawn the street?, und from their hearts did pity poor old Tom . Cathbonc. And so do we ; and much we hope that none of the dcir boya whom we now kt.ow and love may ever come to bj such aa he isjtrlday. T. Genu Wliiit IVot to Do. j , Don't spit on tho floor. ' Don't spit at all if you can help it. Don't drum with your feet. your fingers or Don't sit with your fe:t higher than your head. Don't go with dirty nails. Don't trim or clean your" nails in company.. Don't make sipping tea or eating boup a vocal exercise. Don't eat fast. Don't drink between each mouth ful Don't interrupt? others in conversa tion. , . Don't use profane language. , Don't whisper in church. Don't look too often at your watch in church. - Don't sleep in church. Don't go in debt if you can avoid it, but if you do . - Don t forget to pay your debts. Don't borrow your neighbor's Cou lUEn, but subscribe for it. Epabkles or tiik F&excii Pk si. There ia nothing more necessary than EuperSaitier, nor more useful than pleasure. ' ; Anothei'i genius is aiwaja greater than his woikr, and he could always hive done bctt:r than he dii Aa author thould be original in hi genius, but ordinary in Lu private life. Men vt genius say things the leaat foolish, and do thm-s ths most fcoiiah in the world, A sensible man doe not seek conso lation he seeks forgetfultta?. Mankind make a pirate of their . rows aa they oo of a new coat, v Women never pardon a man I cr los ing an cj per; unity of loving them. Tm not in nourning. said a yaung lady frankly, to a young querist; but M k.wdow;s are getting all the offers' nowadays, we poor girl have ta resort to artifice 1 .., NO. 36. To, Subduo.Stubborn IIorKCM Pot. D. Magner, the dUtingu-ahed hois --.atner who Dcrformed nrh nn. dcrfal feau in New Yoik City a few Wt .e Sn, aai given some of the di lls of his management. The firat atm tai ia tO divt tlia linim.l nl lacuna ncrvousneaa. One of the wya of doing Uiis is to draw the head with the laJ- te: r so far towars the tai' and tl- tt t a loop in the end of the animal' tall, lat he will commence turning rnnnrt th. and round like a kitten when trying to catch her tai'. The borsa ia allows to whirl until almait ready to fall firm ex! haustion. The head mrnt K toward the tail "oaJ y a hctle at first. He says that to break a balking hurse I uso the aam.s treatment. I have often taken a ho'.se that refused to pull, and girenblma little head and tail 'treat ment, put him in the wagon, and he would pull all he could. A few appli cations will cura any balking hortc, without exception, if properly adminis tered. Ia breaking vicious hore,sa man must be possessed of great patience; must never let his" his temper get be yond control. Ona must keep cool, and when a point is gamed, go up to the horee and give him credir, by strok ing theahoulder, and by patting' him gently with the hand. TJiehim kindly when he docs riga acd correct him for doing wrong-, and he will soon learn which ia right and which is wrong ; and the horse w.ill goon learn that man is his master, and also his friend. No success can be derived from any man ner oi handling, without a rreAt amount Ifof patience also. After a hone has o.en worked single, he caa ! werked wherever you will, but always keep watchful eye on him, for once vicious he will always need watching. iViiHvrerliis: In n. 7irclo. Bright boys sometimes purzlo law yers and judges by answering without giving any information. . Th following is a good specimen : Where do you live? inquired the judge. Live with my mother ' Whero does your mother live? She lives with fither.' 'Where does he live? 'Ho lives with the old folkes.' Where do they live ? eaid the judge, getting very red, is an audible titter went round tho court room. . They live at home.' Where, let me ask you, is their ho-ic? ; That's where I am found, said tho boy, sticking his tongue in tho corner of his cheek, and slowly closing one eye on tho judge. Here, Mr. Constable, take this wit ness out and tell him-to travel ; he ev idently does not know the nUuro of an oath.' A Dutchman residing in Berks conn ty at Maiden Creek Tas applied to contribute something to the Washing ton 3Ionumcnt, the aent at tho same time presenting a picture of the con templated structure, forhiscontcmpli tiw, The Dutchman regarded tho plate attentively for a moment, and at length exclaimed : Veil. I won't pay nothing toward him for I don't see no use to built a Louse mit sacli a birr dumbly!' ". A young man la a suburban town sent off his first postal card ba Thu-s-day morning. After writing a mes sage on tho back, he enclosed it ia aa envelopcclapped on a throe cent stamp and droppel it into the postjlSce, re marking thit it was a very handy ar rangement, and should Lave been in troduccd years ago. . Have you Goldsmith's Greece, was asked of the clerk in a store ia which books and various miscellaneous arti cles were sold. No, said the clerk re fioctively, we havenV Goldimiths Greece, but we Lave soiao sphndid hair-oil. Fanv, tew a ded mar, fx or jot abut sz mu'.ci inapor aoce z a legacy." Oae or the grate.t pLrzorcs in this lite ix to hav plenty tu d', and then Cfc Cdurtc'c RATES OF ADVERTISING. (10 usx on xxss csi riTCTs a tQiaa One ffquare one insertion ...... .". I . t x qq On - Eaca subsequent Insertion-; One Ona month ..m tns One One Olc Two month 3.53 Three moutW;.;...v.v.t.V Fix moutli ; ..J 3.00 Twelve month Urmf1 'iOX Urttr ,IUC0 aaM on ADVERIISEMENTS NORTH CAROLINA . STATE LIFE INSURAHCE " T ComiKiny. RAixian, north caroutia Capital," - - $200,000; .. -f OFFICER3: r" .: goa. Kemp P. Battle, Pre.ident. ' " F. , U. Cameron, Vice-President. : . W. II. Rick, btxittary. Sf & H' J10. Director, ?rT,WnL Bter t Med- Dimtor. J.E. Catchelor, Atvornf y. . O. IL Perry, Eupcrvulng Ag-nt. ., DIRECTORS : v 'v Hon Kwp P Battle, Uoa Tod R Cald' well. lion John Y Conningham. Col T M Uolt, Ron Wm A Bmith, ,Dr W J Hakiwc, Ron John Mnn:ni, Gcu W R Cox Col L W Rumpbrey O Tate Uurpby, Col Wm E Andeao, John O Wilhama, Cul W L 3auoder, H Y Mm Aden, Coi A A AUKoy. I J Yoac. James A Graham, F U Cameron, J O McRae, J B Batcmlor, J c BlakeWaU TCr,UlVW, G uiu. J J Darii. John rucaola. . . t FEATURES AND ADVAHTAGE3 i ' . It ii emphatically a Rome Company. Its large capital guarantees atminu and salty . Its raua are as low as those i ot aav firt-clas4 company. , . It offu-a all desirable forms of iaaur ance. . m IU funds are Inveatcd at home aa J circulated among oar o n p.-opte, No neceaaary rttnctlwu imposed upon residence or t. rcf.' ' Puliciea non foriw.u Die after Twa 4 yeara Ita ofSccrs anddir.-ctora are proral-' neat, and well-knoan North Carolio... lacs, hose exptritnee asbuaineas mea. and whose worth and integrity ara alone aafSclent guarantees of tf Com pany s atrengih, solvency and succcaa Geo. S Bktr. Loci Agent, u. A, Loodoo i . Louubur, N. C; Diatrict Agen PitUboro, N, O ET Good Agtni-, with whom lib. rat contracts will t made, wanted la every county la the 8tatcV ma 21 Ga ' GREEN & ALLEN, -Grocers ' And, COMMISSION IIEUCRANTI - - ;-...'.' a "' , Solicit Oons'xxaanU of '. . Cot to 11, Tobiiooo, Wlioat - - .. ITlotix. Corn, and ; Produce Generally. AgcnU for tha Excelled Cottoa, Fertilizer and Gulletu Improved Etetl Broah Cotton Gir a. We. 110 Syeimwa rilrt, Tltnscjrt Ta. o. 1 - lj - . 11. IL Uadlson', WHOLESALE VI: LIQUOR DEALER, t s - And aent for the sale c HAKOFACTUHED 03ACC1 . . t 9 CISARS, u ' IW bycamore Baeet, Peterabar, Ta. S5 to $20 1 wa w ata fWr Saddle & Harness I.Ia!;er Court B, Locueceo, ZZ. VJ Uavinj n ployed a yosn- rata to a-" tend to mj Rar, bcrajur cay tntire at. teatiun will te girca to mikiraad ro pairing Siddles Uaroexs, dc. All ordt r lor wws. in ray ib will tcre rracpt ajectioa. TLt ciiiz.ni tif Louubar' and surroonding country will do tll t Se mea callb le purciailc elf mhere." : a ' - aprii 4 J. il fane -