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LOUlSBURG Ni C; FRIDAY, MARCH, 21, 1876.
NO. 19.
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Professional Cards
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tinn il claims. No 60 tf
53 53
PETERSBURG Va,
E. Ill WIT Ell.
Watchmaker and Jew
eler.
r'VF. W;tt.clifs and J-wcl-y of the 1m
M him ictor-uirl :it tin- lowct p ici-s.
,11 WO.I.- IMTMMlilliy UtllMldi'll t' :t'id w:ir
lantfil. . .
ll t3Syinure8t, Petersburg, V
i 1 1 1
Somr of Mrs. Belknap' Costumes
'Wk ARE CREATor.ES of the
. v-: Hour."!.'
Figure to yourselr a lady some
what above the medium height,
very slender, and as straight as an
'arrow with that exquisite pose of
the head wliich made Mrs. Kate
Spraguc so famous. Mrs. Belk
nap's throat was covered to the
chin with a band of the black vel
vet of her gown. Around this
band, which was headed by u nar
row thread lace, were four rows of
pearls of great value. I .speak of
the band and pearls first because
they strike the eye ?n view of the
rich costume. There were pearls
in the ears, buttoned on, apparent
ly, in the present fashion, and the
onlv relief to the black velvet hat
was a couplo of delicate and rare
plumes which curved in a line wfth
the sweep of the train, as with
quick step she came forward to pay
her respects to Mrs. Grant and
part) . The reader may by puzzled
to get the plumes and train in posi
tion in the mind's eye, but the ef
fect on any actual vision was start
ling. It was not until she moved
off awl took her place with head
erect, in the select coterie behind
the table, that I obf.ervtd her face
and learned who she was. It was
not a. pleasing face, because ho cold.
The complexion was glowing' and
the features were irregular enough
. Acmuio rsiffiit. man form; was it some victim ot
premature burial from the plague
When I United States Con. that had torn away from the un
til at Rio Jan iro, I passed a night prisonment of the coffin, and come
of horror, which morninir revealed
under the most painfully distressing
circumstances, and the mournlul
results of which could have been so
easily prevented had it not been for
negligence on my part, that I have
never ceased to blame myself for
tnc horrible death that occurred.
A rich trader from the interior
called at the consulate to transact
some business in regard to the ship
ment of hides and tallow, and, as
he came bringing a letter ofintro-
to pursue me with its deadly conta
gion? I shuddered to think it; and
then I was forced to remain in my
fright and weakness within reach
Oi the fearful and ghastly form, to quaker, adamite, or other heretic.
Xlo Oluo Lam
No qaaker or dissenter from the es-
tahl:hel worship of this dominion,
shall La allowed to gWe a otc for the
e'ection of magistrates, or any other of
ficer. No food or lodgiag hll bo offered
visible from the dim lights I alwavs
kept burning in my rooms at night.
The moments dragged by like
hours, and hours seemed like ages,
and still day would not come.
Again I swooned away, and when
If any person turns quaker, he shall
be banished, aud cot suffered to return,
but upon pain of death.
No priest shall abide in the domin
ion; be shall be banished, and suffer
death on his return. Priests mat be
next I revived, the broad daylight seized by any one without a warrant.
was streaming in on the stark, stiff j
duction from an oldTriend of mine, form lying at the door. !
I extended to him the hospitality oi Oh, heavens, it was the trader J
my residence. And, yet. it was difficult in those
He was a sociable, well-informed fearfully distorted and foam-coT-
man, had been engaged in the cat- ered features to recognize him; but
tie-trade, both in California and yet, it was my guest such a guest,
Australia, and could relate thrill- and such a host! What ' an train
ing incidents by the hour, an 1 so tentional turn, my hospitality had shave on the Sabbath day.
No one to cross a river, except with
an authorized ferryman.
No one shall run on the Sabbath
day, or walk in his garden or elsewhere,
except reverently to and from meet
ing. No one shall tratel, or cook fictuah",
make bed, sweep houses, cut hair, or
OOU HIEE
JOB OFFICE.
We linvp ndde 1 to our Ftock a fplcn
did J OU PUESV with Bn lS?nt
fl c i.m of typ r.f th l itest styhs.
a I we are now prepared to do
JQSWOES
in the ncitcst and best manner.
S v u n-'d jiot bend yonr IB
YYIMUC N rtU. for we will do it just aa
Me' tnd cheap as jou can get it else-wherc.
LETT Eli ITEVDS,
ENVELOPE?,
to have piquant, if Hi ere had been
much expression. Hut it was
the pure red and white t-l.;n, r'u
lips, .-black - hair and dark oyrs,
which, out of velvet arv! the White
House, one could just j well frame
in the kitchen looking gbv-s a in
my lady's minor. I do not say it
is an ignorant face, but the -read r
may make any inference he pleases.
To return to Mr. Uelknap's cos
tumes. At Lady Thornton's party
shc wore a white silk "(imported
trimmed with lace ol priceies
value and lavishly1 adorned witit
rWprs Tliere was' a wreath of
flowers pendant, in all a quarter of
a yard in depth, around the entire
skirt, made en train, and orna
montino- the waist. Ycrv little
adornment was required for the
interested me . by hid conversation
that I forgot an important business
transaction, and found myself com
pelled to make my excuse alter tea,
for the purpose of attending to it
then, leaving the trader on the
veranda to enjoy his smoke. I was
absent loncer than I had intended
to be, and returned to find my guest
had retired for the niixht.
1 aho found upon my table a bot
tle, accompanied by a note, but,
supposing it to be some present of
wine or (.(her drink, which I was
the daily recipient of, I left it to be
examined, and. perhaps, touted, by
my guest, and myself at the breakfast-table
next morning, and retired-
The '' weather being very warm,
it was 11:3- eustum to Ivavc the in
ner doors'-of inv res'ilence all open
'or a free circuit. tio:i of air; but
this night I retired, feeling an uu-n-uai
oppression from -the heat, and
there, seemed to lc tome strange
'influence setirg uj 0:1 ire so'tic
foreboding of f.-ar that held me in
wakefulness far into the night and
then when sleep came to me it was
hi fit tuli starts, filled with hideous;
dreams, from which I would awake
witli a cold perspiration on my
brow.
It was, perhaps, two o'clock
when was aroused bv a most un-
taken! And what a pitiful appeal No woman shall kiss her child on
my guest was making to me, had I the Sabbath or fasting day.
but known it !
I rang for the inmates of the
house, and they came and gazecd
on the fearful, yet, pitiful sight.
My servant came and threw more
light on the matter by telling mc
that the trader had friven him the
The Sabbath shall begin at sunset on
Saturday. .
To pick a ear of corn growing in a
neighbors garden, shall be deemed a
theft. r' '
A person accused of trespass in the
night shall be judged guiltyj unless he
bottle and note, and narticularlr clear himsplfhr hia oth.
insisted npon his giving it to me When it appears that an accused has
and calling my attention to it on confederate, and he refuses to discover
my return. The note was brought, them, he may be racked.
I read it and all was explained. No person shall buy or sell lands
alas 1 too late. without ccrmissinn of the selectmen.
Elophant Exeputincf a
Criminal.
Among the modes cf punishment in
Yogui in tbe East there are few th-.t
are not characterised by barbarians in
a greater or less degree. We may, tf
we like, hold the theory in America
that the execution of a crimnal should
be carried out as a determent to otters
rather than as society reeng9 upon
him personally for the offense commit
ted; but with Indians such an argu
ment would not hold Hater fur a mo
ment, and this is sufficiently proved by
the rc&neraent of torture wlich many
of their anodes of punishment involve,
and which seem specially designed as
much to gmtify the morbid tastes of
the beholdsrt as to accomplish their
ultimate design ol the victim.
Although the Krjgliah hare done
much to abolish these barbarous modes
of execution in the different native
states under their control, they still
prevail in some part of the Indian em
pire; notably at Hyderabad and at Ba-
roda, from the lattet of which ctpitols
comes the following account of the
mode of executing crimnals with the
elephatt: ,
The wretched victim is bound hand
and foot, and then by means of a rope
around hit waist, Is secured to the bind
lg of the elephant, which is then driv
en at a brisk trot through the streets
of the city. Of course, at every move
Picture ornlnnof .
Witness of the round daaee hxrt
abundance to amuse themselves with,
even if they do not participate in tie
"shake of the light fAntatic,, 'The
following closely drawn picture, by the
author f "Good-bye, Sweetheart,- mir
rors the ball-room complete,
. "A galop is plajing, and a hundred, ,
two hundred people, are floundering,
flying, and.bcundiug round, 34 Nature
and their dancing-master have taught
them. little women burying their
noses io big meua coat-aleevcs; big wo-,
men tiying not to it their chins . on
the top of ht 10 mca's head; men who
hold their partner's hand out, like a
pump-handle, sawing tWe air with it up
and dowu; men who hold their partner'
band on their own hip, describing an
acnto angle with the elbow; men who
hug their, partners Lie polar bears;
men, who hold their, partners uaoom,
fortably tumbling out vf their arms, a
if they were afraid of coming near them;
men who run round their partners, men
who kick, men who scratch,, men wlio
k nock ;knecs every variety, In fact, of
the human animal, rnduog violently
round, doing their best to make them-'
selves, giddy and tear their clothes.,
Homo.
The trader was subject to fear
ful fits, and the bottle - contained
Best of all things to us is home. In
hours of ambition . and plcaauro we
may sometimes forget its exquisite
ment of tbe animal's leg. the body cf fpctnc8S, butltt sickness or taduesa
the man is lifted np and dashed violent- come, and we return to it at onee.
ly against the guound; and it is well Let the hollow heart that feigns a
for him if one of these concussions I friendship which ihev do not feed.
the only medical preparation that
would restore him: and his note
explained all this, and requested
me, in the event of his being taken,
to give him a wine-glass full, and
bathe his face and hands till he re
covered. Poor fellow! genial, but unfor
guest of mine we placed his body
in a vault to await his family, a; d
I have never ceased to blame my
self for the mishap that scut him
into that long eternity.
Prosencj; o 13 Unci.
A drunkard shall have a master ap-
debar him from the liberty of buying Jnldjitplj prove ratal, in ubichcas ftand revealed before ns-et ns know,
and Kellin.
earthly
groan,
and, springing up
waH, which was the very extreme in bed, saw the most fearful sight
CARDS,
ofdecollere, exposing to view an
i;iimital)lG expanse of shoulders
and bust. The dress was so low
that the waist rested in it some
what after the fcshion of a lily iu
its cup. It was comely in view of
the many coarse, scraggy, mottled,
and disgusting spectacles of. the
that ever 1 beheld, almost freezing
the blood in my veins a hidepus
form robed in white, with its mouth
and clothing all flecked with bloody
foam, each hair seeming to stand
separate from the other upon its
head, and its eyes deathly glaring
as it came toward me with out-
Ac.
Whitelaw & Crowder,
Marble & Stone
"W O R E S ,
Corner Fayette v'dlo and Daln Streets.
kind in view, but there was a little stretched hands, uttering the most
too much of it. The precious unearthly groans,
stones that were worn with this jn horror, I sprang out of bed
rich costume were diamonds of pure and ran, pursued by the awful form,
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TERMS PER SESSION OF 20 WEEKS.
Half in AflTance.
Su'.ar English Course, $12.50 to $15
tc&l v do i . .
ard, $50
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c notic.-. tbnt tuition will be charged
the day ot admission to tbe end
liir.tion
lost li'ut, unless anaagement be
le tO filter fur lititt K ntv
id advune.
Wm. J. KlNG.'.PrincipaU
lustre. At another party, Mrs.
Belknap wore a rose-colored silk of
royal'value, and at another cnter
tainmcn she was attired in a pale
shale of blue silk. The laces and
jewelry worn with these diflerent
costumes were of marvelous tex
ture and richness. I will not try to
describe them. Dinner apd visit
ing costumes must all be taken in
to account, furnishing in all, a
wardrobe fit for a queen. It can-
as I crouched here and there to es
cape it; but on it came, growing
more fearful as it approached. At
last I thought of the latticed closet
in the adjoining room, and fled for
it, n y very knees knocking with
fear, reaching it and closing the
door as my ghostly pur.-ucr put his
hands through the broid Jattie-
work, reaching far in after roe; but
I was safe from pursuit at last, and
in the feeling of security mv
not be said that Mrs. Belknap has strength all gave way, and there 1
indulged in any great extravagance
in the way of a house. She lives
in a block of several dwellings,
rather contracted In size., Bnt the
furniture is beautiful, aud mnch of
it has been imported at great cost.
She entertains very handsomely.
In the sensation of -the hour., -she
comes in for a large share of com
ment, much of which is invidious, of
conrse. It is told that at a lunch
party the other day,, she was re
minded that official .consequence
was short-lived. Ycs,n said she,
giving her pretty throat a swan-like
arch, 'we arc creatures of the
hour." Indianapolis Neivs.
lay upon the floor in helplessness,
as I stared out at the fearful form
that was clinging to the lattice try
ing to reach me, while it uttered
the most pitiful and unearthly
moans.
The excitement had: been too
much for my weak frame, as L hai
only recovered from ari exhaust
ing illness, and I swooned away un
acr it. now ion": i lav in an in
sensible condition, 1 kiwwrnbjt'jbiit,
when I revived, the horrible form
Professor Wilder gives these short
rules for action in case of accident:
For dust in the eve, avoid rubbinr:
cash water into them; remove cinders,
etc. h ith the round point of a load pen
cil. Remove insects from the er by te
pid water; never put a hard instrument
into the ear.
If an artery is cut, compress above
the wouud; if a vein U cut, compress
below.
It choked, get up upon all fours and
cough.
For light burns, dip the part in cold
water: if tbe skin is deftroTod. cocr
, - j ,
with v. rnish.
Smother a fire with carpets etc.; wa
ter will often spread burning oil, and
increase the danger.
Before passing through smoke, take
a full breath, and then stoop low; but
if carbon is suspected, walk erect.
Such a pUon wounds, unless your
mouth is sore. Enlarge the wound, or,
letter, cut out "the part as long as can
be home to a hot ccal, or end of a ci-
In case of poisoning, excite vomitiog
by tickling the throat, or by water or
mustard. .
For acid poisons, give strong coffee
and keep moving.
If in water, float on the back, with
the nose and mouth proje-rting.
For apoplexy, raise the head and
body; fainting, lay tbe person flat.
Whoever publishes a lie to the prej
udice of his neighbor, shall sit in the
stocks, or be whipped fifteen stripes.
No minister shall keep a school.
Every ratable person, who refuses to
pay his proportion to the suppport of
the minister of the town or parish,
shall be fined by the court 2 and 4
evpry quarter, until he or she shall pay
the rate to the minister.
Men-stealcrs shall suffer death. .
Wlinsovcr wears clothes trimmed
with gold, silver or. bone lace, above
two shillings by the jard, shall be pre
sented by the grand jurors, and the se
lvtmon shall tax the offender at 300
estate.
A debtor in prison, swearing he has
ro estate, fhall be let out and sti 1 to
make satifaction.
Whoever seta a fire in the woods, and
it bums a'houss, shall suffer death; and
persons sufpected of this crime shall
be imprisoned without benfit or bail.
Whoever brings cards or dice into
this dominion shall pay a fine of 5.
No one shall read common prayer,
keep christmas, or saints-day, make
mineod pie, play cards, or play on any
instrument of music, except the drum,
trumpet and jews-harp.
No gospel minister shal join people
in marriage; the magistrates only shall
join in marriage, as they may do it
with Jes scandal to Christ's ehnrch.
When parents refuse their children
his sufferings are at an end. I wa &" must at momenta, that
Otherwise the miserable wretch is however important w may be in our
taken outside the city where he la wn estimation, our places would be
placed frith his head upon a stone, and l.an. hour notice ihou'd we die
the elephant, raising his enorrapus foot to-morrow; then we whisper to. our
crushes it as easily as a Nasmith ham- "l magic word Home and are
mcr would a Barcelona nut. Horcver comforted.
it may be disapproved on humantarian ''Home, awtet 'home !'! it does oot
'principles, there can be no doubt that matter how humble it is, nor is it leu
in the end the execution cf a crimnal a home for beiug a place. It is where
iu this faihion is dccidedlv effectual those we lova d well wherever that
0 9
and, divested of the preliminary tor
ture, less actually painful than maay
modes of inflicting death which pre
vail ehawhero.
ANoblo AVI lb.
During the revolution ia Poland
which followed the revolution of Thad
deus Kosciusko, many of the truest
and beat of the sons of that ill fated
country were forced to flee for their
may be where we art valued for our-
selves and are held in esteem . because
of what we are in ourselves and cot -because
of power, or wealth, or what
we can do for other people;
Who would be without a home?
Who would take the world's applause
and honor in place of the tenderness of
a few true hearts and the coiy fireside
meeting where the truth may be rpo
ken without disguise, and envious car
pings are unknown? In' life's battle
even the hero finds many enemies, aud
lives, forsaking home and friends. Of
those who had beeu most eager fbr the nQch abuse and slander and detraction J
liberty of Poland, and most bitter in but into a home, if it is what it ought
their enmity against Russia and Prustia t0 thsse things never find their wsy.
was Michael Sobieski, whose ancestor
had been a king a hundred and fifty
years before.
Sobieski had two sons ia the patri
ot racks, and father and sons bad been
of those who persisted io what the Rus
sians had been pleased to term rebellion,
and a prise had been set upon , then
heads.
There, to bU wife, the plainest man
becomes a wonderful thing a sage,
man who onghtio bePrcsidot of the
United States, add would be were bis
worth known.
How to Break or? Bad Habits.-
Understand the rcaaoi, and all the
reasons' why the hah' t is injurious.
Study the subject until there is no
lingeriug doubt iu your mind. Avoid'
the places, the persons and the thoughts
I hit Lf ad to the temptation..' Pre
pay a fine of 10; a woman that strikes
her husband shall bo punished as the
court diiects. . , ,
A wife shall be deemed good evi
dence against her husband. -
No man shall court a maid in person
or by letter, without first obtaining tbe
consent of parents, 5 penalty for the
first offence; 10 for the second, and
for the third, imprisonment during the
Ask a chemist what winter is ?
ami he will tell you it is the result
of the abstraction of heat by nights I pleasure of the court.
uiat nrc longer man trie davs and
by the greater declination of the
The Archduke Constan tine was eager
convenient marriages, the magistrates to apprehend Hichael Sobieski, and
shall determine the point. I learned that tbe wife of the Polished
The selectmen, on finding children I hero was at home in Cracow, and ke
ignorant may take them away from I waited rmoa bet. "Sladaaae, ho said, nant the r.laces. associate with the
their parents and put them io better I speaking politely, for the lady was beau- persons, induhre in the thoughts t,u
n.nu,-u ...op, wlaHe'. - Jf now uu mJ roa temptation. Keep
A man that strikes -his wife shall I where vonr husband andaons an hid- I . . . .
. ., bopy, idleness is the strength of bad
Iknoweir , . habit. Do not give op tbo strung!
If you will tell me where your has- when jou have broken your reflation
band is, yonr sons shall be pardoned . once, twice a tboosaed times. That
'And shall be safe T . j fa Duch need there b for
Tea, madame, I swear it . , Tell me i6 $trU vn y ,u have broken
wncre youx nuauaaa is couceaifa, ana
both yon and your sons shall be safe
and onharned.' ;
earth's axis, but ask the child, tho
common citizen, and he will noint
was'still there, bnt it had fallea by, to lcaf.es trees, to snow-covered
the door aud waa lying stilL with l frozen streams, to poor,
saivenug, homeless chudrenpand
then say ThatU winter."
Vested interest mmey in tha ai.-t-coat
pocket,
its fiice upturned, and its eyes fixed
in a deathly glare.
Oh, heavens, what could it be !
It was no phaiatoa of air, and yet
I could not believe it to be a hu-
The saying -'Excuse hate and a
bad pea" has been attributed to a pig
who ran away from home.
Married persons must live together I ,nd laying hor hand npon her bosom.
or be imprisoned. . . h0 lies concealed here -in the heart
E!,er3L- --eui ofhiswifo-andyoawUl Uve to tear
round according to a cap., ; . J
m this heait out to find him.
Let no young man ever permit it Tyrant as he was, the Archduke ad-
to enter his mind that economy lt mired tho answer and the spirit which
meanness, or that It is to bedes- h inspired it. and, deemins the rood
you to strive.
your resolutions just think the matter
over, and endsavor to understand why
'Then, sir, auswerad the noble wo- I it is you failed, eo that yon may be on
man, rising with a dignity sublime, I jour guard sjpinst a recurrence cf the
time circumstances. Do not think it
which is honest, and which goc3 to
establish ono's independence.
tsrill smfs ssi Vnfflin VnrtK rsMn4nw
led a pardon of (
father and KZJ
is an easy thing that yon have cnder
taken. It is a foHy t expect to break
off a habit io a diy which may have
been githeiing long years.
A girl iu Wiscoaia swallowed forty ,
nercussion ctx- Her mother refrain.
piseL It is he who Eaves, who can
anoni io give; ana noinmg is mean r . ..... , . " i rmn.k!taUrLr fVtrcf cf
Minuiuu luoo Vt ao 1 .. j a rj
an txplowcn