Good Tilings.
A painful trance-action- getting'
ont of bed la one's sleep, and walking
td of a third story window.
t .Never take your, Christianity from
'Cbriitiani but ask yourself, 'IIow
would the Lord Lave mo act?' and fol
low him,
.""When Sim pk iu died, he died poor,
although ho left throe hundred thou
sand dolLrs. None of it belonged to
him, yon see.
An old convict s advice to his son:
"NoTf bUa a horse, my boy, unless
he i faster than any other horec in the"
"neigborbiwd."
A boston paper notes that a dry goods
tfnu la tht city ''was engulfed io the
financial act,' It was swept away by
tin raging Kilo s. '
Why U glazier in danger of De
faming intemperate? Because he must
Always have his glass before be can be
in his daziVork.
A cttrtrtftiled dog means, of coarse a
dog with his tail cut short. But all
fdogs are curtailed without regard to
the lenghth of their tails.
( A friend stepped in to pity a neigh
bor whose wife had run away. "What
aro you pttying mo for?' snarled the
neighbor, "she hasn't come bak !"
yAnj affectionate father in Michigan,
wo believes in moral suasion,1, keeps a
tawhide hanging in ' his boy's room,
over which I inscribed. "Honor thy pan
fents,"
. -
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' Said a fop to a young lady, "Why is
it, do you suppose, that when I have a
.cold It always . settles in my head ?"
Perhaps it is becauso naturo abhors a
Taouum," was the reply.
A young man asked Ijis bachelor un
xslc;' m What advice would you give to
n young man Who , wa9 contemplating
matrimony?" Jfl shquldadybe him to
Jfcep on contemplating it'
I HI' .lit ''. mt i '
seems to wc," said a banker at
Saratoga to a tello, ' "that you ladies
are always desperately fond of officers."
''Is it at allstrango," retorted the belle,
that a lady should like an offer, sir?"
' Says Va ' scientific authority "The
wfeo crop of Franco this year would
fill a ditch three and a half 'feet wide
three and a half feet deep, and 4,000
miles long. Now, don't you wish you
were a ditch?
; A widow near Boston, who has bu
ried three. husbands, wants to . marry
again,' and as a recommendation, shows
H broom that she has used fourteen
prcare, which has no dents on tho han
vdle; ' 1 " ' . '
., : ; A Connecticut . gentleman, on being
introduced to a newly married
.an, who had found his wife in the
nutmeg State, congratulated him warm
Jy, saying: "'"Theso Connecticut girls
mako excellent wives, I've liad four
of era.'.'
A darkey who was stoping to wash
hi, hands in a creek, didn't notice the
peculiar actions of a goat just behind
him, so when he scrambled out of the
water and! was asked how it happened,
he answered I ' "i dunno 'zactly ; but
.'peared as ef da shore kinder h'istcd
and frowed me.? '
r Every day is a little life; and our
whole life is but a day repeated. And
h.encc it b that Jacob numbers lib life
$3 .41" Closes desired to be taught
thiapoiat of holy arithmetic, "to num
ber not hb years, but hb days, and
these i ioas.toppplyhb heart unto wis
dour. Those, therefore, that dare
joso a day t are . dangerously prodigal;
and that dare misspend it, desperate.
Tlio Italnlw
it '. Huu, .
mul tlio
.i'ATery:beautiful rainbow was light
ing up the C clouds every one who
saw admired it, and so much praise
wade it vain, , I am much handsomer
thin; the ; suV it; exclaimed ; V for,
bright as he bt ho has only one color,
and I have ao many." The sun heard
this, and, without entering into a db
putwilh accijea. .bow'he
quietly smiled. Then, hiding hb beams
luthecds, he .concealed himself for
an Instant, and ; the rainbow also disap
Jeareij. iPersons who aro vain and
ungrateful forget whoso hand it b that
haa taadp them prosperous. Is it not
jWit Iff ioJfia turn should dry up
tlP'Wur(Vfl of their prosperity?
A. JCentwilcy Love Lot-
tcr.
From the Courier-Journal.
The following b a verbatim et Vitc
ratm copy of an important document
which forms a portion of the records
of a suit now pending in one of the
courts of this city. The letter begins :
feb the 9, 1874. my dear Mbs
I seat aiy sealf to appli to you a few.
lines to let you no I am well and I
hope the few line will find you the
same and 'I all so scat myslef fer the
further .happyness according to my
dcturmanation and desier hopen that
you will appli according to your de
tenningation and dpsier. Your love
to me has bin mose. free, your conver
sation sweet, how can I bear to
F"
journey where with you I cannot meet?
my lco is still the satni and do hope
I will got answer. In '"this noit I
choouse you frum amung the rest
becase I think you are the boss. , As
shore as the vino' grose round the
stump, you are my darling shugisr
lump. Mi deer love you nius excuse
my shourt letter untell you send mo
ansucr. So must close. I remain
jours truly obedient. .
P. S. When I am at home pleas
write soon as you git this letter and
you will obelige me.
Ann Eliza, Ann Eliza,
Once I loved but now despise her,'
And as I jio longer prize her,
I will go and adverse her
For, although I'm not a miser,
1 won't pay for,whatfhe buys her.
CRUMBS FROM JOSH -BILLINGS
I don't kare how rich a man iz, if
he expekts to enjoy tlings iif this life
he haz got to liv just as tho he was
poor. " x". ... .
The only way to hold-our own iz to
keep advancing no one can set still
and do it. - . ,
A dogiz no flatter," if he iz yurc;
friend or yure enemy, yU kno it rite
off. ' V .
It duz seem that all mankind luv
lies more than they do ' truth. How
menny people do yu su'ppoze thare iz
in the world who wouldn't rather listen
to flattery they knu waz false, than to
reproof they knu was just ? , '
Wize men laff at most things in this
life it iz only the phools who gap at.d
swallo. -
' Fortune iz a wheel allwuuss, ' on the
move; and thozo at tho top: to-day are
at 'the bot'.om to-morrow.
There iz not aman on earth who iz
frco-f.om envy. If thare ever should
be ono. he ought to pray for immejiatc
translashun, before ho git the disseaze.
Yu kantallwis tell how nmt,.l. .
man iz really tickled Lv hearing i,5n,
laff. Thare ought to be a moshecn.
invented, to :meazzure the joy in him,
just az thare iz to find out how much
water thare iz in milk.
Honesty iz the basis ov all that is
good, or even remarkable in enny man.'
xne ru.izon win every DodJy luvs a
child, and pets a puppy, iz bekauze
tht-y are so natral.
Whenever yu seo a phellow who iz
forever and amen in a red hot hurry,
vu kan make up : yure. mind that he
haint got mutch to do, and but little
kapacity to do it.
Man iz a natraV glattoh, beir.s some-.
uuug ov a pucoi. tie eats everything
that kreeps, kraub, flies, swims,, wig
gles, and tl en wonders what on earth
ails him ,
I never knu a person yet who was
allwuss bragging ov their - rtlahun's,
that had ennything ov their own to
brag about. ; J
t The quickest way to take ,the lm
mility. out .of a man who iz forever
blaming himself for sumething, iz to
agree with him. Thb aint what he iz
looking for. . .-., .
MACDONALDg NEW STORY T i!
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SL George and .....
A n ' n iSC Micliael.
A ROMANCB OP CAVALIKR JLKEf "RoVSU-
' HEAD. " , t
BY GEORGE MAC DONALD,,
Auth.r of "Annals of a Quiet Neig!
borhood," 44 WiRred Cumbermede, etc.
1 ,V). Illustrated. 12mo, Clotu $175,
4tThe works of no novelist 6f tbe
present dy have had wider ale or
been more i; universally adm-red taan
the atoritscf tbb wonderfully iHitcd
author. - St. George and Sf. Mkbae.
is his last and crowning effort.-" Co
lumbus Dispatch. ' ' 'M. .ui:
4It is one of Mr. MacDonatd's most
enjoyable productions, and will
win him hosts of new triends and ad
mire?." Habtford Post. - . -
"There is a good portrait'of the au
thor," and a number of illustrations
which aro more than ordinarU? fine "
PoBLisncn's WlKaXTi
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on receipt of pric by ...
Jt B. FORD & COl; PublisLeis, I
27 Park TJac. , New Yor.
Mot i ce
Building Contractors
and
GABI3STET
LOUISBURO, N. C. '
SASH, BLINDS JND
DOORS
MADE to ORDER, and all kinds of
Machine work done at short notice, on
as reasonable terms as elsewhere in the
Stale. Alt grades of Coffin?, Furnish
ed, with bearse.
Tongue and Groove floor
ing and ceiling, a
SPECIALTY.
o .. .
Plastering
hand.
Lathes alwavg on
SMITH & BEACH AM,
BOOK AGENTS "1
AND GOOD SALSMEN
Are "Coinikq Money" with thelamous
BIDA DESIGNS,
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elegant publication in America, aud the
BEST TO bELL. Critics vie ith
each other in praising, it, and the ma
tes buy it. -:-. ,. . ,
Agents in Clmrloton, 8. C, reports
97 orders; one in Ninety Six, 8. C,
106; one in Va., 247; another in Mem
phis, 200 orilrrV, taken in'trbee weeks.
FULL PARTIOTL AGS FREE. Ad
dress ,. . . , - .
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ANCE & BANKING
COMPANY OF
FAKMVILLE Ya,
Assetts 223,935.00.
$10,000.00 United Slatos
Bonds Deposited with
the Treasurer of the
State, for the"
protection
of lhe ; Policy Holders.
The Farniville has ever been noted
for its promptness and equity in pay-n-ent
ot losses, and its geneial liberali
ty to the insured. Its increasing busi
ness and populaiitj, pUce it in the
front rank of the Iusurance Compauies
ol the Country.
All classes af riski, such as, Steam,
Water and Horse 'powei Cotton jGn,
.Storo Houses, Stocks of Good?, Resi
dences &c, taken at equitable rates.
GEO 8. DAKEh, AGENT for
Frauklin County.
Lui--burgf N. C. Sept. 3-2 m. "
IOOK AND JOB PRIVTIXi
661s Biii i in
'UK B OS . MAmCIUSIN
Executed dn the very best and latest' lm-'
?f?rT,le: We ve the only combined
Job office and book-bidert $
THE CITY OF RALEIGH, and fhl
IN THB STATE. Oar Printing, Incladinjr'
Pamphlets aud Books, has been ertt Bsk7if
l.K,..arTfU, A. M Peace Inutitute,
kkh: "IhaTeneverW dcalincs with arw
Printers rho do better work.' P ttl,
good, Prtacipal.IUlelgh femaltf Scmin.?!
Done aU my printing for the last two
years-do as good ork and on as reasonable
?y. lS nouse North, or
Sonth. Mrtj. Robt. Bingham, Snp't Bhur-t
to School: - Wei know ofStKter honS,
"e President and C&shler Citi
rMl1 of Raleigh : " We know
?3JVbllfhmcnt torntaj? out neater or,
wVa,c.toi7; iotm- M of tKif print-1
tog and buidinc; done for th Bank has takek
premiums at different Fairs" f
t? J0 market. Bod for eaUlo
joxl want good work ard low
Er'r WI1?? K8 PAMPHLETS,1
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TTpii.'P NOTE HEADS, BUM
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PRINTEE3 AND BDfDEES, - '
RAiijaiGH, y. c. V ' ;
BIBLTCAI, RECORDEB,
Organ of N. C. tBaptUt. jmbUsLtd
oldest Religkma Paper la tho South. As an ;
advertising medium unsnrpasscd by any in
COTTON GINNING;
J haTe recently got a CONDENSER,
and added to my new Brown Gin, and
am now prepared to gin cotton exactly
like it ought to be.
The CONDENSER bolta the cotton
and takes out all tbe dust and dirt and
tbreby improve the lint, miking it
bring a better price.
I find that tbe cotton this season baa
a great many motes in it, and of course
one can't make as good turnout asjast
year, but I will f
to get all the lint off ( the seel. Hare
been making thus far from 33 i to 36i Ibsi
cced cotton. 1
All Cotton Insured.
' . - ) :
Consult your own interest and bring
your cotton to mygin.: . -
B. P.
1 1 Will buy seed cotton at the highest
market price;' also bales. A large stock:
of goods on hand; at Gkanqk Pbicbs
and Grange Tkbms, that is
CAI0R1110.
' B. P. CLIFTON
oc!224m.
S; A. Stevens & O o.
DEALERS IN
Furniture, Carpetings &
Pianos,.
Coener Main ahd Gkanbt Sts.,
NORFOLK, Va.
The largest Stock of tbe above
goods in Virginia.
All poods guaranteed to.be sold as
low as in any. Northern1 City,: as our
business facilities are unsurpassed.
Our goods ' ate all ' manufactured to
order and ve hMc a Tisit or an order
from those desiiing goods in iur line
to convince them of the advantage ob
tained in dealing m-art-r lmme..
Havins: been t-stablhlii d . twelve
years hnd having sold laigwly.in the
vicinity f Franklin Cunty, all can
refer to the public generally, "
We aid Agents and keep on hand a
large ass-ortment f P anns and Parlor
Organs at Manufxcturs prices,
bend for Circular. r '
LOOK
TO YOUR
TEREST!
You can buy the following Ar
ticks at the Drug Store at 5 per ctnt
less than tht manufacturers retail
pricts. ; . ' , "
Hostetters Bitters,
Vinegar Bitters. .
Simmon's Liver Regula
tor OIL.
And many other standard articles.
All persons in arrears
at the DRUG STORE wiil
please come forward and
settle, and not wait for
another crop.
BLATCHLIT'S
.',,. .
Improved Cucum
-er Wod Pnmpii
the acknowledged
tiTAHJiABD ol
.he market,- by. popular rer
dicf, th4 best pump lor the
least money. Attention is in
vited to Blatchley's Improved
Brackets-the Drop Check
Vatve, which can be withdrawn with
out disturbing the Joints, and the cop-'
per chamber which never cracks, scales'
or rusts and will last a life time.
For sale by Dealers and the trade genJ
erally. In order to be aura that yo
get Jilatchley,! Pump, b careful and
see that it has my trade mark as apovc j
If you do not know where to buy! de
scnptlvpnclrcularv. together with the
name and address of the agent nearest
ion, will be promptly famished by ad
dressing with suxap.r, r,;7f';;y;
;CharIesE.Blate
r Vt v;:i , c llamifacturerJ : I n t
508 Commerce fit , Philadelphia, a
April M-m. i i y. 4 !
e- '
THE 8ES3IOK COUIIEHCES
SenL, 2nd
i Fnll Faculty; elegant buildings
S ftt class acsemmodatioas. 8erentv.
fiTe to ninty dollars win pay: all ex
penses for five, months- We offer the
Tery bt at low rates.
Aid given to young men of limited
meansv s r-u- -.- - -v ;. ;
?. O. Trinity College, N. C.
Tl in i'irn
(dtUAMANTEE
mm
' fcoTTon.connissioN merchants,
Hespectfully solicit consignments or Cotton FLIppers who consign to us
trill be afforded every facility.
537" BAGGIKG and TIES furnished.
3 fx JK? rj
HALL'S SELF-FEEDING COTTON GIN.
The following are some of the reasons why HALL'S OI NSare superior to
all others: ,;. . ' ,: ... ... . ,
Is.: It ia most, economical; it requires the attendance of no experienced cinp
ner, and dispenccs with the labor of orie'hshd. v - .
2d". It wilt pick more Cotton in a given- length of time than any other
Gin ia use
3d. It never BREAKS THE ROLL, thereby l.-sing ne time, and ssakiog a
more even and better tara pie. . r . - -
' 4th. It will run longer without whettinR or sharpening the Self-Feeder
will fcot carry to -the Sas any hard eubstanecs t?it will injure them, such as
. rock, naili, .tickp. bnrd uamatured balls. &c, which also render th danger
from FIRE much less.' -
5ih. It picks the seed cleaner than aoy other Gin in Use; thereby making a
lario" vi.ll "
We have in our posrssion the result
Cotton was pro luci d in-m two pounds,' seven and ont-half nuncVs of Sewl
Cotion. 'Ihese Oin- are pirfrct ami' complete in every particular, and are
made to run at hirh Fixed, They can be found In almet any section ia North
Carolina where Cotton is grown.
Price, $5 per Saw. Send for Circufer. N
HYMANS & DANCY,
Geueral gente for North Carolina and Virginia,
& pt 3
FIJIMSTITTJRE.
E. 0. SALUSBUUY.
alusbury MSgw&
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
FURNITURE,.: :
Also. Carpels Oil ClolhsV Window Shades and
MATTEASSES.
lT Call and examine out stock, before purchasing elsewhere.
NO. 207 and 209MAtN i?TREET, " " " ' ' ' !-
Norfolk, Va.
Sept 3--m
'W J JR, D
It !
Are determined to close out :heir
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GENERAL MERCHANDISE, :
."if.L : u
. AT THE LOWEST
V ye want gds bHEAPJALL ON THXIT. ' Aay UU ef preJuoi
take! at
IV h B D
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WILLIAMSO; ;; UPCIIURCII
T.liOMAS, '
WHOLEBJLLlGSicSEl
'' l" . . - 4. -.,
Com 'm i t s i on Me rc ha kts
Xo:5S PsyetteTUle Street.
v ; baleigh, x c. v.
Opposite Uetropolitaa Hall.
J Li
ol a test in which nn mnnrf nf T int
J. C. ROWE,
i& 33 JEl O-
Franklintdn, N C, 1
LARGE 'snd ASOR TED STO K of
POS3IBIJS Ff GURi. : '
't priest,
AT.
t
1 10.
Farnldint'on, N. C.
1 i'
osroTieE
TO THE PHYSICIANS OFFRAIIK-
4 UN AND WAKE COUNTIES. '
UaTin.been appointed Agnt or
the -Kentucky Mutual Benefit Asso
ciation of T hysIcUus, for Fmwklld
and Wake Cotmtles, . Respectfully
D' ihc. Physicians of said connlles
ttbejrn. procure t ertlficates of
LITe Membership by applying to me;
T . . J B CLIFTON, 41. D
Loulsburff, N. t
Desirable Residence
1 InrLouisburg 2
That BalnLla Residence, at prescst
occtipUd by Rer. U, U. Vaujjban', aiU
oated on Elm Street, and fromicg tt,
head ol College Street, is offertd for
sale. The lot contains about two acres
of land, on which isjocated tbe dwtlW
log ol ix rooms, with kitchen and oth.
er necessary outh6u, with a wellof
good water, all within' phaisaat walkir
dhunceof tbe.buj.lcm pan.. of tli
tOWO. PICC MOBKBATK.. -T'CRJU
Luxiauu For (ortl. tr inlot astion, ap
ply to ; -
Not1M87&. TOO MAS WHITE.
John Armstrong-'
No. 1 FayetteTiUe Btreer, 4
RALEIGH. N;'X7. J.
300K BINDElt, "
AND
Blank Book Manufurturir,
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Newspaper, ilsgazlnes and Law
Books -'of erery description '
bound la tbe ?cry best,
Stylo and atLoveat Prct
jsnSO 12m 1 -r
F. R. CZTLX. T "a1 H. BS
cwroN FAOioiti, ,;
WHOLESALE & RETAIL GROCKIW
1 "' " no' ,- ' 1 '
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
No. , Wilmington St. Raleigh, N.C'-
' We solicit ciuiu mints of'eustrj
produce aud cotton. Onltrs promptlt
attended to.
LZZLE & RAKER,
oet23 3m. Ualsjou, N. (: '
EAGLE' HOTEL
V iLouisburg; ii. C. v
' . PKOPklKTOK. .
: . :..,:-o .!.. ' V,
Tho present propri tor has leased
the KaIc Hotel, lortucrly occupied
by James Dent) fo a number or years.
He is prepared" to aeconinietlatc
regular and transient lxKirilcri, haa
niec rooms, wq 1 Xurnilied and titteJ
up In the best style, tic has aUo large
and convenient rooms for halesu.cn to
display tlieir samples. The table U
dallr tuippllud tvith tliu bct Uie mr
ket aA'ords. Lie will sj are' no puiua
in .iiiuking' his boardera cumfortable,
aud hopes he will receive a liberal
patronage from the public
Jan. btu 1875.
THE SUNNY SOUTH,
o .
Tns Laoi-8T akd Baso(kbt Litbw-
" ART 1'aPiK ' 1st AMKKiCA. '
RRILLI1NT ANNOUNCEMENTS.
p X3T EraosMKics Fbee.
The following new atbries will soon
be coramenced, and will be ' the moat
intensely" thrilling ot any romances jet
published in an American Journal.
RILLA ROSCTJE j
OB,
f XIOSTA ASO SoUTB.'
A thrilling Itatioaal Ik)usance, based
. upon tbe aminttrstions .of Presi
ideata Lincoln and Johnson,
... , and tbe Exeeutfoo of Mrs. : -8urrstt
in 1&65.'
Wbitteji bt a dictko dished EtatbV
. MAN.
WRITTEN IN BLOOD - n-
' vr i : ; ::
Til IXiDBiorrr Plbdox.'
A story pf the last Napoleon's Relga.
J Bt by. Quad, of the Michioaji Pacaa. ,
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FIGHTER G AGAINST. FATJT
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A-Brilliant Society Serial. 'caw resolek
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"Iltiatiara. " - "
This will be a deenlvintereatin
I
criea of sketches gWing the early trhiU
claadraaUa and many amusing tccf
dents of our people-14 j .their 2ort to
establish an isdrpepdtnt Gercrsaent.
" A number of unoicsJly tB&iz,-
LtAjrr'SsosT Stoeixj sppear in each
Issue, with a prat variety ol Sparkling
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