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V olume I. ELIZABETH CITY, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1869. Number 18. SORTH CAROLINIAN. PUBLISHED EVERT THURSDAY, By PALEMOW JOHN. Office on portli-east corner of Main and Road Sts. Terms : -Two Dollars a year, in advance. —^*—-^ »-. Jr-^^r^^r-^r^tr%.-r^r9^^^jr^r%-/r "ATES OF ADVERTISING: IM. 2M. 4M. I inch 91 00 91 50 92 50 2 Inches 2 00 31nches 2 50 4 inches 3 50 1 ; coln’n 5 00 12 coln’n 8 00 i coln’n 12 00 3 00 4 00 5 00 7 00 12 no IS 00 4 09 6 00 7 00 9 00 15 00 20 00 2m. 3m. Bin. lyr. 54 00 $5 00 $8 00 512 00 6 00 8 00 13 00 20 00 8 00 12 00 18 00 25 00 19 50 30 00 30 00 60 00 100 00 10 00 11 ^ 20 00 25 00 13 00 15 00 25 00 35 00 20 00 35 00 60 00 Business and Professional Cards inserted in the Directory for two dollars a year for the first two lines. One dollar for each additional line. Liberal deduction, by special contract, to large adver tisers. Court advertisements will be charged 25 per cent, higher than the regular rates. Obituart Notices, embracing more than the ordinary announcement of death, and obituary poetry, ten cents a line. Special Notices at fifty per cent, in addition to regu lar rates. Business Notices in Beading Columns—Ten cents per lino for first insertion, and six cents per line for every subsequent insertion. No Business Notices inserted for loss than one dollar first insertion, and fifty cents each subsequent insertion. Notices In Local Column—Twenty cents per line. No Paper or Advertisement discontinued until arrear ages are paid, unless at the option of the publisher. . Job Printing-.—We are prepared to do all kinds of Job ' rinting in the neatest style, on short notice, at reason- blo terms. Our Printing Material is all new and of the l.-.tost styles. We flatter ourselves’ that we have as good itivs for doing Job Work as any other Office in the ELIZABETH CITY DIRECTORY. PROFESSIONAL. C L. COBB, attorney and counsellor at law, Main st., . opposite “Carolinian” office. • vlnl-ly G BANDY A HINES, attorneys at law, office on Main street, south side. vlnl-ly W E. M. EilRINGHAUS, attorney and counsellor , at law, next door to old Bank. vlnl-ly J AMES L. BALL, attorney and counsellor at law, office east side Road street, three doors from Main, vlnl-ly D R. W. G. POOL, physician and surgeon, at his re sidence, south Main st. vlnl-ly D R. L. K. SAUNDERS, physician and surgeon, Main street, opposite Baptist Church. vlnl-ly D R. JOSEPH COMMANDER—office Road street, near Leather Hill; residence, Ehringhaus st. vlnl-ly D R. R. K. SPEED, physician, office over Green & Foaring’s store, cor. Road and Ehringhaus sts. vlnl-ly D R. R. H. McINTOSH, physician, office Road street, formerly old Post Office. vlnl-ly MILLINERY. M BS. SARAH LABOYTEAUX, milliner, southwest corner Road and Main sts. vJnl-ly CLOCKS, WATCHES, &c. npHOMAS M. COOK, watches, clocks, &c., &c., Road st., X oast side, near Main. vlnl-ly DRUGS, CHEMICALS, &c. J NO. Q. ETHERIDGE, drugs, chemicals, paints, oils, Ac., northeast corner Road and Fearing sts. vlnl-ly MERCHANTS AND GROCERS. J ‘ A# COHN, dry goods, clothing, millinery goods, . boots, shoes, hats, &c., Road st., east side. vln2-ly L AND AND LUMBER CO. OF N. c., dealers in real estate, lumber, shingles and general merchandise, Water street, south of Main. vlnl-ly K ENYON. & VAUGHAN, dry goods, &c., Road street, one door south of Church. vlnl-ly G REEN & FEARING, dry goods, groceries, boots, sho-s, Ac., corner Road and Ehringhaus sts. vlnl-ly S ' WEISEL, ladies’ dress goods, clothing, hats, boots , and shoes, corner Main and Water sts. vlnl-ly C C. ALLEN, dealer ih dry goods groceries, shoes, . hats, Ac., corner Road and Lawrence sts. vlnl-ly C. GREEN, hardware and general assortment of VA goods, northeast corner Road and Church sts. vlnl-ly C GUIRKIN, dealer in dry goods, shoes, groceries, , Ac., Road st., west side, near Main. vlnl-ly D B. BRADFORD, wholesale and retail grocer, No. . 55 Road street. vlnl-ly W M. STEGER, baker, confectionery, groceries, Ac., Bond st., opposite Col. Martin’s office. vlnl-ly J NO. W. T. SMITH, general grocer, Road street, north of Ehringhaus st. vlnl-ly W C. OVERBY, agt. liquor dealer and grocer, Water , st., opposite Market House. vlnl-ly PHOTOGRAPHER. F. HARRELL, photographs, Road street, over Dr. , Butt’s old stand. vlnl-ly HOTELS. P ENNSYLVANIA HOUSE, Jos. G. Russell, proprietor. Boarding and lodging. Main st., westofRoad. n2-ly P ENDLETON HOTEL, T. D. Pendleton, pro’r, Water st opposite Clark’s Agricultural Warehouse. vlnl-ly LIVERY STABLES. L. JONES, livery stables, old stand, Main street. vlnl-ly C B. BROTHERS, Livery Stables, east side Road st. . south of Church. vlnl-ly MISCELLANEOUS. M B. CULPEPPER, United States Commissioner for . Pasquotank Co. Office at old State Bank Build ing. vln2-ly N orth carolina manufacturing, loan AND TRUST CO.’S BANKING HOUSE, one door east of the office of the “ North Carolinian.” vlnl-ly C. AIILEN, general agent Dismal Swamp Steam . Transportation Co., office at Company’s wharf. 1-ly G EO. M. SCOTT, life, fire and marine insurance agent, southeast corner Main and Elliott sts. vlnl-ly J AMES L. SMITHSON, practical house painter, Road st., near Main. vlnl-ly G EO. W. BELL, gun and lock smith, Road street, two doors south of Main. vlnl-ly W H. CLARK, Agricultural Depot, dealer in agricul- , tural implements, Water st. vlnl-ly A B. PERSSE, boot and shoemaker, Road street, near . Canal Bridge. vlnl-ly 1 0. 0. F.—Achoree Lodge. I. 0. 0. F., meets at thair . Hall over Mr. J. Q. Etheridge’s Drug Store, every Friday evening—in Summer, at 7^, and in Winter, at 6^ ELIZABETH CITY. Charter election on the first Monday of January.— Meeting of the Board of Commissioners, afternoon of the first Monday of each month. Mayor—George W. Cobb. Commissioners—H. B. Coleman, Allen Dozier, Jos. Com mander, J. B. Robinson, Jesse R. Brown. Treasurer— Chas. Guirkin. Attorney, CIV Grandy, Jr. Clerk—M.B. Culpepper. Collector—J. II. Miskell. Constable—J. H. . Miskell. Auctioneer—A L Jones. Post Office—W. A. Price, Postmaster. Churches.—First M E Church, Rev W P Wright, Pas- 'tor.—Sunday services at 11 o’clock, a. m., and 8 p. m.— S..School at 9 o’clock, a. m.—Christ Church (Episcopal, IKv J W Murphy, Rector.—Sunday services at 11 o’- :loek, a. ».; and 4p. m. Sunday School at 9 o’clock, a. in. and 3 p. in.- Baptist Church, Rev R R Overby, Pastor. —Sunday services at half-past 7 o’clock, p. m., and on the fourth Sunday of each month at 11 o’clock, a. m. Sunday School at 9 a; m.; Prayer-Meeting on Sunday mornings (except fourth Sunday), after school. Zion A M E Church, Rev W II Pitts, Pastor.—Sunday services at 11 o’ clock, a. m., and at 3 and 8 p.m. Sunday School at9 a. in. Lodges.—Samaritan, No 1, K. of J.—Meets every Tues day evening. T A Commander, W C. Achoree, No 14, I 0 of 0 F.—Meets every Friday evening. Brothers and Sisters of Love and Charity.—Meets alternate Tues day nights. Grand United Order of O. F.—Meets al ternate Thursday nights. FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. Member of Congress, C L Cobb, Elizabeth City; Collector of Internal Revenue, Wni Barrow, Jackson ; Assessor of Internal Revenue, Hiram E Stilley, Washington. BEAUFORT COUNTY. Sheriff, S TCarrow; Clerk Superior Court, G L Wind- ley ; Treasurer, J F Randolph ; Coroner, J & Cherry; Register of Deeds, Richard Granger; Surveyor, Robt T Shields; Commissioners, Sam’l Windley, T H Blount, Henry Hodges, Josephus Peed, Stancil Watarp.—Senator, J. B Respass; Representative, Hiram E Stilley. ' Superior Court-48ixth Monday after the third Mon day in September and February. County seat, Wash ington. BERTIE COUNTY. Sheriff, Lewis Bond; Clerk Superior Court, W P Gur ley; Treasurer, A R Thompson ; Coroner, J G Mitchell; Register of Deeds, E L Simmons; Surveyor, J J Rhodes ; Commissioners, W J Cherry, Win P Mitchell, F W Bell, Benj F King, Augustus Robbins.—Senator, J W Beasley, Coleraine ; Representative, P D Robbins. Superior Court—First Monday in March and Octo ber. County seat, Windsor. CAMDEN COUNTY. Sheriff, Abner Aydlott; Clerk Superior Court, P G Morrisett; Treasurer, Jos C Ferebee ; Coroner, Jos S San- derlin ; Register of Deeds, T B Boushall; Surveyor, ; Commissioners, M R Gregory^ R H Berry, Jas Ferebee, Sam’l F Pearce, one vacancy.—Representative, Wilson Ferebee. Superior Court—Twelfth Monday after the first Mon day in March and October. County seat, Camden C. H. CHOWAN COUNTY. Sheriff, Myles C Brinkley; Clerk Superior Court, W R gkinner; Treasurer, James A Woodard ; Coroner, Myles Goodwin; Register of Deeds, Jas 0 Cheshire; Commis sioners, D V Etheridge, H II Hobbs, R G Mitehell, Chas Blair, P K Jones.—Representative, W A Moore. Superior Cours?—Sixth Monday after the first Monday in March and October. County seat, Edenton. CURRITUCK COUNTY. Sheriff, T KBaxter; Clerk Superior Court, J B Lee; Treasurer, Win Snowden ; Coroner, J A Mathias; Register of Deeds. Wiley Mathias; Surveyor, M S Ferebee; Commis sioners, II E Baxter, C B Cason, T Sanderlin, J M Wood house, J B Etheridge.—Representative, T C Humphries. Superior Court—14th Monday after the first Monday in March and October. County seat, Currituck C. H. GATES COUNTY. . Sheriff, B F Willey ; Clerk Superior Court, R B G Cow per; Treasurer, Lassiter Riddick; Coroner, II Hofler; Register of Deeds, John R Walton ; Surveyor, A Smith ; Commissioners, Joseph Smith, David Parker. Mills H. Eure, H A Morgan, A G Rountree.—Representative, Jno Gatling. Superior Court—Fourth Monday after the first Mon day in March and October. County seat, Gatesville’. HALIFAX COUNTY. Sheriff, Jno A Reid; Clerk Superior Court, John T Gregory ; Treasurer, E T Clarke; Coroner, R B Powers ; Register of Deeds, John N Brown ; Surveyor, A L Pierce; Commissioners, B A Lavender, Charles H Webb, Robert L Howard, Andrew Jackson, Thos Sledge.—Senator, H Eppes ; Representatives, J H Renfrow, W T J Hayes, Ivy Hudgins., Superior Court—Twelfth Monday after the second Monday in August and February. County seat, Halifax. HERTFORD COUNTY. Sheriff, Isaac Pipkin; Clerk Superior Court, Starkey S Harrell; Treasurer, Jordan J Horton ; Coroner, George W Wynn; Register of Deeds, James M Trader; Surveyor, ; Commissioners, R S Parker, S J IIollo- mon, W D Newsome, Win Reid, John W Harrell.— Senator, J W Beasley,Coleraine (Bertie); Representative, Elisha T Snipes. Superior Court—Third Monday in March and -cto- ber. County seat, Winton. HYDE COUNTY. Sheriff, Israel B Watson ; Clerk Superior Court, Samuel R Sadler; Treasurer, John AI Mann ; Coroner, John Bate man ; Register of Deeds, Diomas Al Jones; Surveyor, G W Swindell; Commissioners, Wm S Carter, James C Afc- Cloud, John J Fulford, Robt P Wahab, George L Fulcher. —Senator, J B Respass, Washington (Beaufort); Repre sentative, Tilman Farrow. Superior Court—Fourth Alonday after the third Alonday in September and February. County seat, Swan Quarter. . MARTIN COUNTY. Sheriff, R B Salisbury ; Clerk Superior Court, Joseph AI Siterson; Treasurer, John Watts; Coroner, Merick Gray ; Register of Deeds, Wm C Eborn ; Surveyor, Jas E Moore ; Commissioners, Wm W Aloore, A C Wentz, H J Modlin, Jas A Hardison, T A Ray.—Senator, F G- Afartindale, Jamesville ; Representative, J J Smith. Superior Court—Second Alonday after the third Alon day in September and February. County seat, Williams ton. NORTHAMPTON COUNTY. Sheriff, Henry T Grant; Clerk Superior Court, N R Odom; Treasurer, Jas W Copeland ; Coroner, William A Parker; Register of Deeds, Wm T Buxton ; Surveyor, II Copeland; Commissioners, Edmund Jacobs, Jas W New som, Win Barrow, Geo T Hollamon, LII Boyce.—Senator, Wm Barrow; Representatives, R C Parker, J T Reynolds. Superior Court—Fourteenth Alonday after the second Alonday in August and February. County seat, Jackson. PASQUOTANK COUNTY. Sheriff, Jno L AVood; Clerk Superior Court, William E Vaughan ; Treasurer, W G Pool; Coroner, ; Regis ter of Deeds, C Guirkin ; Surveyor, AV H Weatherly; Stan dard Keeper, A L Jones; Commissioners, Geo D Pool, C AV Ilollowell, G AV Bell, AV A Price, AV F Sanders.—Rep resentative, T A Sikes. Superior Court—Tenth Alonday after the first Alon day in Alarch and October. County seat, Elizabeth City. PERQUIMANS COUNTY. Sheriff, Henry AVhite; Clerk Superior Court, Edward C Albertson ; Treasurer, Josiah Nicholson; Register of Deeds, U AV Speight; Surveyor, T E Winslow; Commis sioners, Jos R Parker, Timothy Morgan, Elijah Peele, Alfred Newby, Miles Overman.—Representative, Jeptha AVhite. Superior Court—Eighth Alonday after the first Alon day in Alarch and October. County seat, Hertford. TYRRELL COUNTY. Sheriff, Bartlett J. Jones ; Clerk Superior Court, Eli Spruill; Treasurer, Daniel E Lee; Coroner, Samuel Nor man ; Register of Deeds, Thos AV Knight; Surveyor, Wm G Nelson ; Commissioners, Jos Cahoon, B F Sykes, James Brickhouse, Chas AIcGleese, Edward Mann.—Senator, F G Martindale, Jamesville (Martin); Representative, T J Jarvis. Superior Court—First Alonday in September and February. County seat, Columbia. WASHINGTON COUNTY. Sheriff, J AI Bateman ; Clerk Superior Court, J A Alel- son ; Treasurer, Levi Jackson, jr.; Coroner, Theophilus Ash; Register of Deeds, John Carroll; Surveyor, II F Phelps ; Commissioners, R S Goelet, J B Chesson, jun., AI Jackson, A AI Phelps, G AV Jones.—Senator, F G Martin dale, Jamesville (Martin) ; Representative, J J Rea. Superior Court—Third Alonday in September and February. County seat, Plymouth. FIRST SENATORIAL DISTRICT. The counties of Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Pasquotank and Perquimans. Senators—J AV Etheridge, Roanoke. Island ; E A White, Belvidere. GOVERNMENT OF NORTH CAROLINA. WILLIAM W. HOLDEN, of AVake, Governor. Inaugu rated 4th of July, 1868. Elected for four years from 1st January, 1869. » AV. R. Richardson, Private Secretary to the Governor. C. AV. Horner, Clerk Executive Department. Ton R. Caldwell, of Burke, Lieutenant Governor; elect- fed for four years from 1st January, 1869. Speaker of Senate Ex officio. . Henry J. Menninger, of Craven, Secretary Of State; elected for four years from 1st January, 1869. DAVID A. Jenkins, of Gaston, Treasurer; elected for four years from 1st January, 1869. D. AV. Bain, Chief Clerk Treasury Department. A. D. Jenkins, Teller. Henderson Adams, of Davidson, Auditor; elected for four years from 1st January, 1869. S. S. Ashley, of New Hanover, Superintendent of Public Instruction ; elected for four years from 1st January, 1869. C. L. Harris, of Rutherford, Superintendent of Public Works; elected for four years from 1st January, 1869. Abiel AV. Fisher, of Bladen, Adjutant General; appointed by the Governor. AV. C. Kerr, of Mecklenburg, State Geologist. II. D. Coley, State Librarian; appointed by Supreme Court and Governor. Chas. M. Farris, of AVake, Keeper of the Capitol; ap pointed by Governor and Council. governor’s council. Henry J. Menninger, Secretary of State; Henderson Adams, Auditor; David A. Jenkins, Treasurer ; S. S. Ash ley, Cebern L. Harris, ex-officio. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION. The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Auditor, Superintendent of Public Works, Su perintendent of Public Instruction and Attorney Gene ral, constitute the State Board of Education. The Governor is President, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction Secretary of the Board. The Board of Education elect the Trustees of the Uni versity. One Trustee for each County in the State; term of office of Trustee eight years. SUPREME COURT. The Supreme Court consists of a Chief Justice and four Assoeiate Justices. There are two terms of the Court held at Raleigh ip each year, commencing on the first Monday in January, and the first Alonday in June, and continuing as long as the public interests may require. Officers.—R. M. Pearson, of Yadkin, Chief Justice; Edwin G. Reade, of Person; AVm. B. Rodman, of Beaufort; R. P. Dick, of Guilford; Thos. Settle, of Rockingham, Asso ciate Justices. Salary of each, $2,500. Lewis P. Olds, of Wake, Attorney General. Samuel F. Phillips, of Wake, Reporter ; salary, exclusive of fees, $600. AV. H. Bagley, of AVake, Clerk; salary $500. D. A. AVicker, of AVake, Marshal. GENERAL ASSEMBLY. The General Assembly commences its annual session on the third Alonday in November in each year, and is composed of fifty Senators and one hundred and twenty Representatives, biennially chosen, by ballot, on the first Thursday in August. SUPERIOR COURTS. There are twelve Judicial Districts and twelve Judges. Every Judge of a Superior Court must reside in his Dis trict." Judges may exchange Districts with the consent of the Governor. At least two Courts shall be held in each county annually, to continue for two weeks, unless the business is sooner disposed of. Judges—[Elected by the people. Term of office eight' years. Salary $2,500].—1st District, Charles C. Pool; 2d District, Edmund AV. Jones; 3d District, Charles R. Thomas: 4th District, Daniel L. Russell, Jr.; Sth District, Ralph P. Buxton; 6th District, Samuel AV. Watts; 7th District, Albion AV. Tourgee; 8th District, John AI. Cloud ; 9th District, George AV. Logan ; 10th District, An derson Alitchell; 11th District, James L. Henry; 12th District, Riley H. Cannon. SOLICITORS—[Elected by the people. Term of office four yeass].—1st District, J. AV. Albertson; 2d District, Joseph J. Martin ; 3d District, John A’. Sherard; 4th Dis trict, John A. Richardson; 5th District, Neill AIcKay; 6th District, AVilliam R. Cox; 7th District, J. R. Bulla; Sth District, A. II. Joyce; 9th District, AV. P. Bynum; 10th District, W. P. Caldwell; 11th District, Virgil S. Lusk; 12th District, R. AI. Henry. UNITED STATES COURTS. Judge Circuit and District Courts, George AV Brooks, Elizabeth City; Clerk of Circuit Court, N J Riddick, Ra leigh ; U S Attorney, D H Starbuck, Salem; U S Marshal, S T Carrow, AVashington. The Terms of the Circuit Court are as follows:—1st Alonday in June, and last Alonday in November, at Raleigh. The Terms of the District Court are as follows: Third Alonday in April and October, at Edenton ; S T Bond, Clerk. Fourth Alonday in April and October, at New Bern; Chas Hibbard, Clerk. First Alon day after the fourth Alonday in April and October, at Wilmington ; Wm Larkins, Clerk. :^.■?:.?;. ^-:--!.i^~:-rr:^';rFSrsrrc.^r’;.'^^ jgOOK AND JOB PRINTING. THE “NORTH CAROLINIAN” PRINTING OFFICE is prepared to do all kinds of work, such as BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, CATALOGUES, PROGRAMMES, CARDS, LETTERHEADS, BILL HEADS, CIRCULARS, LABELS, POSTERS, And every other description of Letter-Press Printing, PLAIN AND FANCY, ALL EXECUTED WITH NEATNESS AND DISPATCH. COURT BLANKS, FOR LAWYERS, MAGISTRATES, CONSTABLES, CLERKS, Ac., of the most approved Forms, on excellent Pa- Ser, will be printed to order, and forwarded by [all or Express to any Post Office in the State. TERMS VERY LIBERAL. Address, P. JOHN, Elizabeth City, N. C. foU^ The Story of Life. BY JOHN G. SAXE. Say what is life? ’Tis to be born, A hopeless babe to greet the light With a sharp wail, as if the morn Foretold a cloudy noon and night; To weep, to sleep, and weep again, With sunny smiles between, and then? And then apace the infant grows To be a laughing, sprightly boy, Happy, despite his little woes, Were he but conscious of his joy! To be, in short from two to ten, A merry, moody child, and then? And then in coat and trowsers clad To learn to say the Decalogue, And break it, an unthinking lad, With mirth and mischief all agog, A truant oft by field and fen And capture butterflies, and then? And then, increased in strength and size, To be anon, a Youth full grown; A hero in his mother’s eyes, A young - Apollo in his own; To imitate the ways of men ■In fashionable sin, and then? And then at last to be a man, To fall in love, to woo and wed! With seething brain to scheme and plan; To gather gold, or toil for bread; To sue for fame with tongue or pen, And gain or lose the prize, and then? And then in gray and wrinkled Eld To mourn the speed of life’s decline; To praise the scenes of youth beheld, And dwell in memory of Lang Syne. To dream a while with darkened ken, Then drop into his grave, and then? asEsiaec zu.«w«B8Sffla»S3fflEiS5e»«Ha5aEainB«SEBBJH8«EEncBa«s»wHEansa*xm-j W^M ftwg. The Twin Sisters. “Well,” said Ned Arlington, “for my part I have never loved but one woman, and she is now my better half.,’ “I tell you” replied a fellow stage coacher, “you have had an easy court- ship. Now, I was compelled to have two ladies.” “Two ladies?” “But you did not love them both alike?” “Now stranger, there was just the trouble. I was thinking of this precious difficulty when I remarked that you had an easy courtship.” “You puzzle me!” exclaimed Ned. Suppose you relieve our minds by a re hearsal.” “It will afford me pleasure and you en tertainment,” rejoined the handsome and social fellow traveler. Here we leaned forward intenton hear ing how a man was compelled to love two ladies with the same degree of fer vor. “My friends,” said he, “If ever you visit New Haven, Connecticut, you will hear these expressions: “As much alike as the Grover girls.” or thss:' “You can no more distinguish them than you can tell Sue from Hannah 'Grover.” Isay, ladies and gentlemen, when a New Ha vener is discussing a point of similitude, he is sure to refer to the Grover girls. “I had not been in Elm City six weeks before I heard these comparisons. I went to this place intending to enter a business firm. On my arrival I stopped at the Tontine. At this hotel two gen tlemen were arguing a point of law, it was then I first heard this language. One speaker was proving that two ex pressions meant but the same thing, and paralleled the two proporsitions with the notorious twins. Now there is one thing I have in com mon with women—that is curiosity. I own it, and confess that I was on nettles. Never could I be appeased until I had a view of these females. “Tell me,” said I to the book-keeper, “are these Grover girls so very much alike?” “Are they?” said he in surprise. “Well I will tell you. Mr. Miller, if you can distinguish them after a weeks acquaint ance, I will pay your bill at this house for the balance of your residence.” “How can I see them?” “I’ll tell you. Observe that bright- looking gent with the white hat. That is Mr. Potter, one of our rising lawyers. He is intimate with the sisters. Obtain an introduction to him, and he will see you through.” “Are these ladies of good standing?” “Oh! among our first people.” “Can Mr. Potter distinguish them?” “Never, sir, never, and. he looks with the eye of a detective.” “How long has he known them?” “Three or four years to my certain knowledge! It may be longer.” This determined me. I soon establish ed myself with the lawyer by retaining him an important case. I found him more than willing to afford the introduc tion, as he was anxious to see the fix their identity never failed to create in a stran ger. I will not forget that first interview. Two exquisitely beautiful ladies of twen ty entered the room. I beheld dupli cates. One was the precise copy of the other. They dressed alike, to a ribbon and a ring. Their voice and counte nances gave no clue. Then their motions left you none the wiser. Said Potter: “Now take a good look, for I wish you to see if you pan identify them.” “Mr. Potter,” said I “you will embar rass the ladies.” “Notat all,” said one. “We are used to this,” said the other. “It is the great amusement afforded by our resemblance. Here both spoke, but, on honor, it all sounded like one voice. “Ladies,” said I, “pardon me; I know you are not horses, but allow me to look at your teeth?” I desired this, deeming there would be found some little speck, indentation or irregularity that would ever serve as an index. They exhibited their pearly rows; but after a minute investigation, I was nobetter informed, I examined the fin ger nails, then their hands, still I had no point of distinction; and I gave it up that Sue and Hannah might forever exchange places without detection on my part. The ridiculous blunders of admirers were frequent. Mantaumakers, shoe makers and trades people in general were continually presenting Sue an account created by Hannah, or telling Hannah some lingo intended only for the ears of Sue. The-beauty of the ladies impressed me. They were of my style. An acquaintance of two months demonstrated their superiority in all respects. In brief, I found myself in love—but with which one?” The tender ideas arose, I found it just as natural to one as to the other. Yes, I solemnly aver I was in love—I had the connubial article. I frequently took them out, yet I never knew whom I had. If my lady would quote Sue, I thought it clear that I had Hannah, or it Hannah was mentioned, 1 believed I was beauing Sue. Indeed, it was a mere matter of faith. There was no evidence, for often one palmed her self on mefor the other. This was a chronic dodge, played offon their various admirers to suit convenience and insure rest. As far as these gallants were con cerned, it was immaterial. Although one might be called for by name, the oth- erwould do just as well, no one being- able to detect the difference. I often implored them to contra-dis- tinguish themselves by some article of ap- paral orjewelry. But it was fruitless. “That would spoil our fun.” they would exclaim, as though I meditated some ter rible infliction. Asi have told you I was in love. I felt that my happiness depended on the pos session of oneof these twins. But for whom should ! ask the parents? Hon estly, it was no matter which one I had as affection made no choice. On a lovely eve in September, one sister was from home. Now, thought I, here is a Surety that lean talk a whole even ing to one of this dual phenomenon. As she entered the parlor, said I, “How do you do, Miss Hannah?” “You are mista ken, sir; it is Miss Sue.” “Are you hum bugging?” “Truly not, I tell you sin cerely. You now address Sue Grover.” I saw she looked unusually tender, and taking advantage of her faltering voice and tremelous manner, I declared my love, and she returned it with all the ar dor of her true and impassioned nature. I summoned the old folks, told our devo tion; gave prospects, and made all esen- tial revelations. The senior Grovers gave us their blessing, and assured us that they would see our course of true love “should run smooth.” But what if that other girl were to come in! What a pretty mix! How would I ever know my girl? Though again I assure you it would have made no difference. I would have proposed to Hannah just the same. My only trouble was in the multitude, of embar rassment incident to non-distinguishment. On this ground I had a genuine trouble. Before Hannah returned I invited Sue to take a walk on the green. When op posite the center of the church, I spoke of the betrothed ring, and requested her to please let me see the ring she wore. She took it off, and I carelessly played with it to throw her off her guard—then callingher attention to a party of students, took my congress knife and (Lew V 1 ? ® Vi blade through the ifmer "part. It left a nice mark, and by this J hoped to identi fy her in the future. On our return to the house I secretly posted her parents. They said I did properly—that it was time Sue should be recognized by her affianced!' . “You tnink you are smart,” said she, ere I le ft her. ‘‘Why?” replied I. “Gh!” responded she, “that ring game Has been tried by a half-dozen admirers. I su «picioned what you were at, but thou-^itl would see how many heads would conceive the same plan.” The next day neither she nor her sister wore a ring. One week after they had resum ed them; but in noitbor wae Hierea mark. It was evident that I was to be out-done, and would have to depend on the discre tion of my intended and the goodness of their parents. At parties I had served trials. I nev er knew whom I took home, and even, when home wouldtalk a flood of love to the wrong girl and received a laugh for my enthusiasm. “Hang it!” said I; “tho cream of the joke is—I can’t be revenged for I might hurt the wrong lady.” The betrothed ring was given. Now, thought I, there is a termination to my discomforture? Well, it did terminate in just—twenty-four hours. Hannah took Sue’s ring went to a jewelry store and ordered one precisely like it, and bear ing thesame inscription. Moreover she charged him to see that the engraving was counterfeited beyond recognization. It was done. Sowas I. Now what could I do? Had Sue been willing, I could have schemed forty devices. But she rel ished the dish, and would never co-ope rate. Wedding day came. I must take a young lady on the word of herself or parents. “Well,” said I mentally, “so I get one of the girls my object is accom plished.” The ceremony was performed before an immense throng in the largest chfirch in the city. The bridal dress for tunately enabled me to adhere to one. Congratulations being over, my bride and Ijourneyed to Niagara, and inspected several Canadian cities and towns. “Ah!” said I, lovingly, to my wife, “Sue, darling, I will know you now,” “How?” said she. “By the diamond ring,” replied I. “Don’t be too sure, Clarence.” “Ah!” laughed I, “Hannah will not annoy me any further.” But alas for our earthly hopes. My beloved told her sister the name of the New York importer, and on our return a small hand was proffered, on which was a fac simile of the bridal gift.. Sue now went to her room, and at tiring herself in one of the twin garbs, I was again unable to recognize my own wife. ' Now, ladies and gentlemen, business suddenly called me to New Orleans. While there my treasure died. I was grieved, yet from the fact that Hannah lived, my agony was but temporary. I returned two weeks after the funeral. My sister-in-law wore neither betrothal nor diamond rings. There was nothing to begained by it, and they were laid aside. My friends, I am extremely sen sitive; a mere child; yet believe, when I tell you that the presence of Hannah was a perfect and speedy restorative. It was impossible to weep. Was she not the same as Sue in all respects? True, when I saw the family sad, I was troubled; but only on account of their grief. I had none of my own. All that I loved was in exact duplicate, and that moved before as of yore. Yes, I confess that no hus band ever suffered less. In eighteen months I stood in the same church, and it seemed before the same concourse. As Hannah was given to me in the holy state of matrimony, it appear ed that I was enacting a farce and remar rying my own wife. Creditors are like corns; they are al ways reminding one where the shoe pinches. The only way to get rid of them is to cut them, and that won’t prevent them coming again. Have the courage to get out of bed immediately when you ask yourself the question as to -whether you shall do so or not. The advantage must be in getting U P- ^%!WtTO>zr3nra3S»3iw3TeErarxTOa^.a_:^^ There is a time when thou mayest say nothing, and a time when thou mayest say something : but there will never be a time when thou shouldest say all things. IlhntUnMiw, Letter from the Hon. T. L. Cling- Mian Ex-United States Senator, Relative to the Special Tax Bonds of the Slate of Worth Carolina. (St. Nicholas Hotel, Oct. 6, 1869. Messrs. Henry Clews & do.: Gentlemen: In reply to inquiries about North Carolina and her bonds, I can make only a brief statement, as I leave the city this evening. Publications have been made in several of the news papers recently, calculated to create a prejudice against the new or Special Tax Bonds. Whether they have originated in the jealousy of the old bondholders, or may have been inspired by a desire to de press these bonds in the market, in order that they may be bought up at low rates, for the benefit of speculators, it is not . material to determine. These special tax bonds stand on a -footing similar to that of preferred stock in certain corporations, and of mortgage bonds issued by railroad companies. It was not a matter of choice with the Legislature of our State as to whether these bonds should have a spe cial tax imposed to insure their payment. In fact, the Legislature did issue some bonds without this tax feature, but the Supreme Court pronounced them uncon stitutional and void. Under the decisions of our court, the Legislature cannot in crease the debt of the State for intended improvements, except to ( complete un finished works, or works in which the State had an interest at the time when the new Constitution was adopted. And even in those cases a special tax must be imposed in the act, making the appropriation to pay off the interest as it becomes due. I need not remind you that this new Con stitution was adopted in compliance with the requisitions of the government of the United States. It may, with propriety, be added that, while some of the provi sions of the new Constitution are distaste ful to many of our citizens, this clause seems to be universally approved. The Legislature cannot add to the debt for new objects without the sanction of the majority of the people of the whole State, and it is well understood that in the pre sent condition of things no such vote can be obtained. The matter then stands on this footing : The Constitution of the State compelled the LeMLa^re to impose this tax, and Ilie obligation was complied with and the tax imposed on a11 tlle property of the State. The sev era) acts were accepted by the companies, and the y are not repealed or subject to alteration b 7 a subsequent Legislature. The Constitution, too, by one of its provisi ons > requires that the money raised by t? is special tax shall be applied only to me et the interest on the bonds. Hence these bonds would seem to rest legally on as firff and solid ground as a private debt secured by a mortgage. The obligation could 9 u ly be gotten rm of by revolutionary ad 11011 ’ winch I do’ not think is contemplate ! by any one at the present time. The taxes imposed in these acts are sufficient when collected to discharge the interest when it becomes due. In fact, the Governor informed me recently that at the rate at which the returns were coming in from the counties, there would be in the Treasury more money than was necessary to meet the interest. - The present assessed valuation of the property in the State does not exceed $250,000,000, but the real value is at least 50 per cent, greater, or not below $375,000,000. I have been in many parts of the State within the last four years, and have been gratified to see that there has been a steady and by no means slow increase in its wealth. The value of the . personal prop erty is twice what it was at the close of the war, while real estate has advanced in value from 30 to 50 per cent. This has occurred without the aid to any con siderable extent of capital or immigra tion from abroad. It is due simply tp the fact that our people work more and spend less than they did formerly. As things are progressing, in a few years the value of our property will be quite equal to what it was in 1860; and as the spe cial taxes are in the form of a certain percentage ofthe value the amount raised will increase in proportion to the whole value of the property of the State. The excess above what is necessary to pay the original interest will constitute a sinking fund for the discharge of the principal of the debt. The special tax debts amounts at the highest estimate Jo $19,240,000. Rejecting the bonds, against the validity of which the Supreme Court has decided, the remaining debt swells the aggregate of the State’s obligations of all kinds, whether immediate or contingent, to $34, 289,945. The payment of this debt depends on two things, viz : the ability of the State to pay, and het willingness to do so. As to her ability, it may be assumed that her present property is of more than ten times the value of her liabilities. No one will deny that a man who is the ower of prop erty of the value of one thousand dollars could pay a debt of one hundred dollars only. It must not be forgoten, too, that most of this debt is not payable short ofa period of twenty or even thirty years. Nearly half of it is only to be paid after the lapse of the longer period, and by that time the wealth of the State will most probably be five-fold or ten-fold what it now is. The expenditure to be made, as the result of these obligations, is almost entirely for work of internal im provement, which will largely add to the ability of the State to pay. There is not one of these unfinished works for which the late appropriations were made that is not in itselfa proper and necessary un dertaking, and as such was begun long since, It should also be remembered that the State owns, in connection with these and other works, stocks, bonds, and mortgages, which in the aggregate amount to the surnof $27,481,000, and are nominally’ nearly equal to her liabilities. The com pletion of the works will enable her to realizea large sum from these sources. I know that last winter responsible parties offered to pay the State $3,000,000, in her outstanding bonds, for her stock in the North Carolina or Central Railroad. In other words, she could have gotten back all she had ever invested in that road, and had the satisfaction of know ing that she had, without any loss to herself, completd a work which added so largely to her wealth and general pros perity. When the works now in pro gress are finished, they will, by the in crease of taxable wealth, and also by the value of the stocks and other securities, greatly aid in the discharge of the obli gations created. For example, when the Western North Carolina Railroad is finished, for the completion of which the means voted are, in my opinion, suffi ¬ cient, it will, by its connections with Tennessee and Georgia, afford the short est line between the Southwest and the ports of North Carolina and Virginia. The large amount of travel along it, and the cotton and other freight which would go to Norfolk or our own ports, will greatly enhance the value of several of the roads in the central and eastern parts of the State. It may be well to remind you that North Carolina is larger in territory than either New York or Pennsylvania, having an area of more than fifty thou sand square miles. The late Professor Emmons, who made the agricultural sur veys both of New York and North Caro lina, in an official report stated that a certain county in the latter State, if it were cultivated in the best manner, was capable of producing more corn than at that time was grown in the whole State of New York. Should this be regarded as extravagant, it, nevertheless, will be conceded by those who have ’given at tention to the-subject that the natural ad vantages of North Carolina, for agri cultural and other branches of industry surpass those of either of these great States. The financial condition of Penn sylvania and Maryland, was, thirty years ago, little better than that of North •Carolina is now, after the disasters of the late civil-war; and yet no States in the Union are to-day in advance of them in sovlency and in public confidence. Were I to attempt to enumerate the advantages which North Carolina pos sesses in her good climate, her mines and minerals, water-power and agricultural productions, and her capacity to give support and wealth to a large population, I should be compelled to extend this let ter to a great length. I content myself with saying, therefore, that there is not the lightest doubt that she is abundantly able to discharge all her obligations. On the second point—viz: her willingness to do so—I have little to say. It will be seen from the above state ment that the special tax debt is on such a footing that its payment does not depend upon the action of any future Legislature, and that it can only be gotten rid of by a revolutionary movement which would overthrow the present State Constitution. Since the result of the last Presidential contest, I do not believe such calculation exists in the State. Those who are dis satisfied with certain features in the new Constitution, expect only to change them in the mode in which State Constitutions are usually amended. No alteration so made will affect the validity of the bonds, the payment of which is secured by these special taxes. The old bonds ofthe State have not this advantage, and may not be as promptly provided for. The people of the State generally are satisfied that it would in the end cost more money to repudiate a debt than to payit. ' ' The suggestions of certain papers in Nortli Carolina, re-published occasionally in this city, tuat the whole or portions oi the debt o ght to be repudiated, have certainly injured the State considerably by depressing the price of the bonds and causing a loss of money—in the first place to the railroad companies, and secondly to the State. But for this undoubtedly more money would have been raised by the sale of the securities, and the ability of the corpora tions to finish the works would have been greater. This effect, however, will be but temporary, as, when the facts are under stood,the credit of the State will revive. In conclusion, I have to say that I regard tlfe special tax bonds of the State espe cially as a safe investment for such per sons as are seeking that class of securities. The attacks now directed against them, whether made for political effect or to put down the price so that parties here can buy them up at low figures and thereby make large profits, will not in the end seriously effect their value. As I shall leave the city to-day, you will excuse my saying that I have^no per sonal interest in these questions, neither owning any bonds nor having since the war, been engaged either directly or in directly in selling them. Respectfully yours, &c., T. L. Clingman. of elements which combine to make the rule that density of population lessens mo ral responsibility, in time and place, eve rywhere on this globe. . To make this plainer, suppose this city had a population of one hundred thou sand inhabitants, then a man would not be known all over town as he is now. He in fact would have fewer acquaintances. Now suppose one living at the water, committed a crime or an immoral act, those living beyond Leather Hill, up town, would not know him, or care prob ably to know him. He might even move to another part of town, where he was unknown and begin life again. Thus we plainly see that density of population les sens individual moral responsibility, and, therefore, increases vice and crime. It may be laid down as an axiom in morals that a rule neglected is a rule re jected. Thus if you borrow a book or some money, with the promise to return it by a certain time, and when that time comes and it is in your power to fulfil your promise and you postpone to some other time to do it; and then again defer it to some future time, the chances are constantly increasing that you will not do it at all. The power of volition grows weaker every time you evade your pro mise, until at last it is frittered all away, and you cannot do it at all. Then let the young recall it, that—a rule neglected is a rule rejected. The minds of 1 most men are a conge ries of maxims, and notions, and opin ions, and rules and theories, picked up here and there. Some sound, others un sound; some healthy, some morbid; often quite inconsistent. All man grasp cer tain truths; few, or none, perhaps, the whole body of truths, and by these dim lights, confused in masses, they judge all things and all men. The most ignorant and bigoted never reflect that our judg ments have to struggle with many obsta cles in search of truth; that probably all truths, like material objects, consists in the nicest equilibrium of ballance of op posing forces, and that our passions and prejudices constantly incline the scales. 1 Most men frequently admire as elo quent what they do not fully understand, if sonorous and elevated words be ar ranged in graceful periods. Those of little mental culture, are always inclined to think meanly of. anything that is brought down perfectly to the low level of their capacity, though to do this with respect to valuable truths, which are not common, is a most difficult task, more so than many can conceive. Many admire the profundity of what is mystycal and obscure; they take the muddyness of the water for its depth, and their imaginations are magnified by the fogs of their mental vision, and they conclude that brilliant language must re present some brilliant ideas, without troubling themselves what those brilliant it as are. The velvet moss grows on a sterile ro. k: the mistletoe flourishes on the naked branches; the ivy clings to the moulder ing ruins; the pine and cedar remain fresh and fadeless amid the mutations of the passing year, and something green, something beautiful to see and grateful to the soul, will in the darkest hour of fate still twine its tendrils around the crumb ling altars and broken arches of the des olate temples of the human heart. Food for the Reflective—-Original and Selected. NO. X. BY F. S. PROCTOR. The theory of morals, or why I should act in accordance with justice and right, has been a debatable one. Some have resolved it into sympathy, some into self-interest; some into expedi ency, or policy, and some into the great est happiness to the greatest number. But at present the world seems to admit with John Stuart Mill, that “Utility is the ultimate appeal in all ethical ques tions.” In addition to all these there are some who insist that conscience, by a sort of intuition, is the arbiter of right and wrong; and others who contend that rea son alone is able to decide all questions of duty. Now they never reflect how few men are reasonable, and, that conscience is greatly, if not wholly, the product of mental culture. So we must seek refuge in the theory of Mill—the test of utility. It is now admitted, as proven by the march of science, that physical laws gov ern the moral more than has gene rally been supposed. In fact it may bold ly be asserted that all moral laws are conditioned by the physical. We may even go it a little stronger,and assert that morals are now, and have always been, in a direct ratio to the density of popula tion in any place. Take, for example, any large city— Chicago, New-York, London, Paris, Ni neveh, Babylon, Benares, Calcutta, both in ancient and modern times. We find in those vast centres of population, very little difference in morals for the last two thousand years. The nature of man and woman is essentially the same then as now, and controlled by the same laws— fixed and invariable, like those which surround us in the material world, and we have only to reflect on the complex conditions of society to see how those laws are developed. Suppose in this city a man were to commit an immoral act or crime, next day every one in the city would know it, and talk about it for days and weeks. Suppose the same act was done in Chica go, or New-York; only very few would know it, the man’s most intimate friends; and owing to the new excitements of a large city, even they would soon forget it. In large cities we often do not know our next-door neighbors, and even do not care to do so. I am aware that there are greater opportunities of sinning in large cities than in smaller ones; and that this may enter into some of the causes opera ting, but it can only be considered as one Sir Wm. Herseliel’s Telescope. ' The vulgar, ever prone to make moun tains out of molehills, magnified the pow er of Sir William Herschel’s telescope beyond all bounds. Stories were cir culated about his having given a din ner in the interior of the tube to a se lect party of friends, but as the diameter of the telescope was only a little more than four feet, the entertainment, to say the least of it, would have proved some what inconvenient to the guests. An other story, which was credited by great numbers of people, was that he had dis covered inhabitants in the moon, but that he hesitated to make the matter pub lic for fear he should be prosecuted for spreading atheistical notions. In fact, the tales told of Sir William Herschel’s telescope were endless, and caused the astronomer great inconvenience by at tracting crowds of idle people to the neighborhood of Slough, where he vainly endeavored to carry on his investigations in peace and quietness. It was in vain that these silly assertions were disproved again and again. Having once believed them, people were slow to reject them, and the story of the dinner was told over and over again. Elegance Hoes Not make a Home. I never saw a garment too fine for man or maid; there never was a chair too good for a cobbler, or cooper, or king to set in; never a house too fine to shelter the hu manhead. These elements about us, the gorgeous sky, the imperial sun, are not too good for the human race. Elegance fits man. But do we not value these tools of housekeeping a little more than they are worth, and sometimes mortgage a home for the mahogany we would bring into it? I had rather eat my dinner off thehead ofa barrel, or dress after 'the fashion of John the Baptist in the wilder ness, or sit on a block all my life, than consume all myself before I gotto a home, and take so much pains with the outside that the inside was as hollow as an empty nut. Beauty is a great thing, but gar ments, house and furniture is a very taw dry ornament compared with domestic love. All the elegance in the world will not make a home, and I would give more for a spoonful of real love than for whole shiploads of furniture and all the gor geousness that all the upholsters in the world; could gather together.— Theodore Parker, Indulging in Luxuries. An enthusiastic Louisville printer, writing about the establishment of Messrs. Kelly & Hamilton, claims that it is the “prettiest office in the West.” Under the date of May 26, he says: “Their establishment is now beautiful, and presents a floral outside, as all in front of their massive windows grow fra grant and beautiful flowers, and some trees. The sight is rather odd before a printing office, and especially so on the most prominent street of our city. La dies and gentlemen stop and admire the taste and thought of so beautiful a front; and the inside is characteristic of the out side in point of style and arrangement.” Flowers and fortunes have not usually been the companions of printers; but if our Louisville friends are inaugurating a printers’ millennium, who will not wish them success ?—Exchange. ASharp Transaction—Wall Street Shaved. Some days since, as a financier was just leaving his office in Wall street, af ter a busy day of stock and banking op- er’.’itions (which had evidently been satis factory; since his countenance wore that pleasani expression which is compatible only with unqualified success), he noticed a countryman, with slouched hat, home- spun coat, and thick mud-covered boots, driving along a cow and a calf. The cow’s udder was brimming full, so that fine streams of lacteal fluid were running from her teats. The thought of pure country milk crowded the broker’s brain, and the temptation to secure such a lux ury induced him to pause. “I say,” cried he to the countryman. “Hello, yerself,” replied the rustic. H “That’s a fine cow, you have there.” “Waal, yes; pretty smart animal, I reckon.” “Where do you come from?” “Dutchess county,a leetle back of Pokeepsy. Been drivin’ all day round town; consarned tired any how. “Is your cow for sale?” “Don’t know; hate to part with her, but mought dicker. Like to buy?” “Perhaps so. What’s your price?” “Look here Mister you can’t have the calf. That’s half Devonshire and more’ll a quarter Durham. I want her.” “Well, don’t want the calf. What will you take for the cow ?”. “What a thunderin’ big house,” solilo quised the countryman, as his glance rested on the Exchange. “Must a cost a heap of pewter!” “Oh, if you won’tsell, I’ll go,” observed the gentleman. “Waal, I don’t like to part with old Bet; but if you’ll give sixty-five dollars in Californy shiners, you can take her. Look at that,” continued the Yankee, pointing to a little pool of milk that had gathered on the pavement, “that’s true old Dutchess county grass juice, two-thirds cream and the rest sweet butter-milk.” The financier thought the price rather high, but the sight of the milk—and such a bag full—-convinced him that the bargain would be a good one, so he step ped into His office and produced the gold, which the Yankee carefully counted, hefted, bit, &c., to make sure that it was good, observing that “folks are pesky sharp down here, and somebody said this was- Wall street, so I’d better look out.” Having satisfied himself that the gold was good, he turned a way with the calf, almost crying at parting with old Bet, who, he said, he loved “more’n he did his brother.” The Wall street gentleman hired a Hibernian to drive old Bet to his home, across the river. That night there was rejoicing in Brooklin. Great was the flow of pure country milk, so abundant that the broker began to think that he had tapped the Milky Way. New pans were purchased, the children were filled up like demijohns, even the cats had a little extra, and Biddy called in all the helps around to talk over the new wonder. The proud owner and his wife congratu lated each other a hundred times, and went to sleea only to dream of saili." 0 -’-'*" a huge tin pan over an ocean of milk. Old Bet was fed on corn meal, and bed ded likea pet dog. Next morning, in stead of fifteen quarts, she gave but three; next day about a pint, and in a week she was as dry as a book of logarithifis. The Wall street financier was complete ly sold. The Yankee never saw Dutch ess county, but had got an old “farrow” cow, just drying up, borrowed a calf, set him to nursing until the flow was some what stimulated, then kept the cow with out milking for a week, when she was in proper order to appear “on’Change,” when he dressed himself for the occasion, and made his debut in Wall street. The done-brown broker has since sold his cow to a butcher for some twenty dollars, and taken the milk pans to his office to pitch pennies into. Wearing Mourning. We long for the day when this custom shall be obsolete. It is unbecoming the truly afflicted one. The wearer says by the black garments: “I have lost a deai- friend. I am in deep sorror.” But true grief does not wish to parade itself before the eye of the stranger; much less does it assert its extent. The stricken one naturally goes apart from the world to pour out the tears. Real affliction seeks privacy. It is no respect to the departed friend to say we are in sorrow. If we have real grief, it will be discovered. When God has entered a household in the awful chastisement of death it is time for religious meditation and communion with • God on the-part of the survivors. How sadly out of place, then, are the milliner and the dress-maker, the trying on of dresses and the trimming of bonnets. There is something profane in exciting the vanity of a young girl by fitting a waist or tying on a hat, when the corpse ofa father is lying in an adjoining room. It is sacrilege to drag the widow forth from her grief to be fitted for a gown, or to selecta veil. It is often terribly op pressive to the poor. The widow, left desolate, with half a dozen little children, the family means already reduced by the long sickness of the father, must draw on her scanty purse to pay for a new wardrobe for herself and childi*en, throw ing away the goodly stock of garments already perpared, when she most likely knows not where she is to get bread for those little ones. Truly may fashion be called a tyrant, when it robs a widow of her last dollar. Surely your sorrow will not be questioned, even if you should not call in the milliner to help display it. Do not, in your affliction, help uphold a cus tom which will turn the afflictions of your poorer neighbor to deeper poverty, as well as sorrow.—The Central Baptist. Scrapiana. All mankind are happier for having been happy; so that if you make them happy now, you make them happy twenty years hence by the memory of it. Christ’s strength is the strength of the Christian. If we would stand, Christ must be our foundation; if we would be safe, Christ must be our sanctuary. It is paradoxical, but nevertheless true, that when a shoemaker would make a boot the first thing he uses is the last. YoungTadies may be said to be very economical when they- resort to tight-la cing to prevent waist-fullness. Have not to do with any man in his passion; for men are not like iron, to be wrought upon when hot. Garments of beauty may cover, but they can never impart worth to abandon ed character. The gayest smilers are often the sad dest weepers.
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