The W'T'sok Advance.
FuiDAYjl January 2, 1882
KVEKYiiYEAU.
1" mrinff has loss brightness
I Every year,
And .the snow a ghastlier whltoness
Every year;
Nor do summer's flowers quicken,
Nor autumn's fruitage thicken,
. . 1 1 . A. I tit
Ah they once (iia, ioj ney siCKen
I very year
It in growing darker colder,
. j. J, very year,
AP the heart and sou3 grow older
.K -I Kvery yfcar;--- ..
-I rare not 'now for denting, .
Nor for-eves with pas-uon trlaneinsr-
Love isiess and lessfttrancing
Every yeir.
Of the loves and 'sorrows blended
Every year:
Of joys and friendships ended
I - Every ij?ear: t v-. .
Of the ticHj tJmt still jnight bind mc,
O'.the lovet'iat iuytouth did blind mo,
v intirmiues nowjreimna mf, .
Every year. '
a " - ; .
Oil! how nad to lookEbefore us ' ;
Every year,
While thciclouds grow darker o'er us
. - Every year, l
And lb serf the flower. faded j i
That to bloom we night have aided
And immortal garlands braided,
?Every yean
! il
o the past go more dead faces . -
Every year; .
Come no new ones In thejr places,
Every Vo ir. I
Everywhere the sad eves meet us
In the evening's gloom' they greet lis
And'to come to therji entreat us,
E very -yea r 1
are growing old,'' they toll lis,-.
Ve are more alone.they tell us,.
'. Every year
Wo can w in no ncj affection) i
We have only r'ecdfleetion,
Deeper ,wrrow and ;f I ejection, ,
...p'hank Cod! ncloiijds are shifting,
, y V ' V Every year,
O'hr the lund to'whjeh we're drifting,
Every year.
No. losses ihere will; grieve us, .
Nor lov'in
g faces leajve us,
Nor deati
of friend bereave us,
Kvory ilv'ir.
A TRUE POxlIAN.
"Jy only -daughter,, sir,,
said Col
I venture
o'nel Fonc
eagle. 1 4UVnd,4s
to hope, a!cc()!iiplis!aJ iulior way. We
are not miich in the wav of schools or
academies here, but I havle been " her
instruotor!my.sclf,aiM she isa thorough
mathematician, anfexcellent musician
and a linguist of io rnean capacity .
e are studying Jebrew now Very
day, she and I, and she devotes her
evenings to comprehensive reviews of
lior Latini and Grek. She' will , be a
scholar, sir, if I live to complete her
eJucationi!" ;,'.'. f: - ''.
JIK OrJftoh lookd curiously at the
o idly-assorted pair th silver-haired
.Khabhily-attired ol gentleman, with
his ljakl fprehead, agle-eye and deli"
ckoly' white hans, and;v th da?k
Lrow ed, Rullen-lp6:ting girl," with ' a
Ripay nkirii untidy rock and patched
'hoots. '-".' I : ' : ;.; ' )
Pretty? Yes, shi might be pretty
under somo circiiiiiistances
The dia-
mnnd itself H not an attractive stone
before tlft lapidarys art has polished
U nide angles intofeuttering facets of
white fire.-, But sh certainly possess
ed no sweet, feminize graces now.. .
"Haw old areyoui ATiss Fonteagle?'
!he Rltedjfinding.it fmperatively neces
iary to say something.1 t 1
And Nannie Fonteagle answered In
s words, --"Seventeenl" while her looks
replied, plainly, "None 'of your.; busi--ius!"
j. .. i:: $ : ,: ' .-'
"Go, my child, "and gather some
flowers to deck our humble home,"
?.aid the d)Id gentleman, magniloquent
ly, while he conducted the son of his
! oldest friend irtt the tumble-down old
stone house, wheref the carpets were
. moth-eaten, the fujniture mildewed,
ftnd every trace of decayed gentility
to -d the sad story q
Mrs. Fonteagle,1
beauty once, and hi
better days
who had been a
,d her portrait en-
Kraved in ft "Gallery of America Itose
. .ouis,v. was Bittuitr bp in state m a oat
tercel boudoir, in a black Isilk dress
that must haVe beeti nuite a quarter
()f a century old,! with a flower in her
dver sprinkled hair, and still preser.v
."igthe girlish attitude Mn which the
. engraver's-pencil fiad immortalized
her, odd y contrasting with the sharp-
, Ptted outj-lines &id fiagercd abruptness
ner sixtv-odd vciars.
Aud this was thd way ltl Which the
yia couple livedi ii the dead past as
it weri f'oliiAl !lYnforirfl tntvlnvr
contentelUy on'th recollection of his
Past gra ideuV, jaiil his
laucying! thit time ha
wife fondly
had stood still
inee, the days in which she was count
M worthy to be oite of the "American
Kobuds-.'y t .jrf . v;: :
. -Mrs. FonteagleJI sweetly welcomed
.guest andtduilhed the little hand
Vl at her side.t L
We will dine, fea&pta'lshe said to
the umid. . .'f, H : I .'.
'I'leaso, ma'airt," breathlessly ut
woci that young person, Thero ain't
"hin' for dinner! We eat the last
the cold beef yesterday and the
'S he tipped ovr the pan of oysters,
v"rhaJwilldo, flafepta' said Mrs.
-'Mgle, with aired pot mountlnc
to each of her cheek-bones "I said
wo will dine!" f ,
And Sarepta withdrew with ft jt?f K .
The dinner wan .served presently
an instance of the magnetic power of
will but there was no ' cold beef,
neither were there oysters. Fruit, a
thin watery soup of herbs and parsley
tastefully garnished salajd of lettuce
and mayonnaise, and a dish of peaches
and cream, formed the meal;
"Quite Arcadian!" said Mrs. Font
eagle, With a giggle.
"And very "badly served' secretly
commented .Mr.. Crdfton.f to himself.
"But the salad was nice."
" Where Is Nannie!" the Colonel
asked " ' ' V .
'.'Drinking in the beauties of the1
Bunser, i presume,'? t no lafly answered
on ii . i mc uv.n i.ium mva iu ann uer wioxougn Knowieuge oi nouseKecp
soui, and we do nbt tie her down to ing in all its details. And tho-two
any hours or rules." i old people, with their burden of in-
' The Colonel fell asleep in Jiis chair solv ency and care lifted off their lives,
after dinner. Mrs. Fontcagle and her , dwell quietly on, in the ancient,
painted fan withdrew themselves into tower-lika house, and talk to every
the boudoir and Mr. Crofton, in- body who crosses their! "path of , "the
wardly bewailing himself that he had I excellent marriage which my daugh
promixed to stay a week at Fonteagle ; ter Nannie haA contracted." :
manor, sauntered out upon the heights ' "A thorough scholar' says Colonel
wljich overlooked the valley below. 1Tonteagle, with dignity, "A musician,
As he stood-there, ;a rustling sound-a linguist, .a thorough IlebreW student,
ed in the bushes, and the darkbrowed and a proiicient in Eatin and tireek,
gipsy sprang up the hillsidV. ; j I myself was her instructor. litis not
"You have a fine ? place! here, Mlss.! singular that h girl of such intellect
i- uiiirusi , ie rm uy my o iuaKiug ;
himscli agreeable
- "I hate itt" said Nannip, darkly,
"I beg your i pardonl" exclaimed
Mr. Crofton, in amazement. !
"I do !" flashed out the girl"I
hate it all ! The learning, and the !
purity, and the gnuid pretences,
and
the miserable makeshifts. 1
"But-" ; r
Y'Ah';said Nannie Fonteagle, "you
don't linow it all You never heard
the'tradesman howling at the back
doors like a pack of howling wolves;
you don't know that the housfj is ad
vertised for sal8 for tax arreari. How
should you ? How should 'you be
aware that the very clothes We wear
are not paid for, .nor the coals that
cook ouf dinner? Papa (smokes his
cigars and talks about the Mexican
war; and mamma poses ii the . great
chair, and dreams of embroidery work
and tapestry stitch; and 1-1 '.x ex
pected to learn Arabic and Sanscrit,
and nobody iknows what else, and
ignore our wretched' poverty. But I
can!t! ' Who could?" ' ! '
Mr. Crofton looked pityingly at thf
girl's sparkling eyes; and pale, ex
cited,. fa?c.i " r 1 .
"I 'ftm very sori'y to hear this,'' said
he. "Can nothing he done?"
"Yes,", said Jiss ' Funteifgle, brus
quely. ."Something can be done, and
1 am going to do it, in so far as I
can. But papa and mamma must not
be allowed to suspect it. 1 i!mi learn
inga trade!" " !
"You?"v he echoed. ''Learning a
trade!" , V1 ' 1-
rhere'.i'a factorj' neat by here,"
"she said, calmly. "The cciuotry; girls
earn a little pocket-money there sew
ing on shirts: I am ito 'have a ma
chine as soon as 1 have learned to
manage it. I go evjery evening, while
,pa pa fancies I am at the Greek and
Latin, to farmer Pelham'Bs whose wife
toachps me the use of the machine. - I
am jcPTiiing housework, too. I made
the mayonnaise for your siilad to-duyi
and I baked the bread. Our servant
can do, nothing of the sort. But.it
would kill mamma to think that I
stooped, las she would call it, to menial
labor." '. i i
"V'ou are quite right," said Mr.
Crjofton. I
"That is what I wanted I to , know,"
said Nannie, hastily. "iecause, living
here all by-; myself, in such a strange,
unnaturariatmosphere, I sometimes
get confuceJ, and scarcely know right
from wrong." s
?But they iwill have to know it,
when " . i
"When I rcjally go1 into the fac
tory," said Nannie, t "Yes, . I know
that. But'uniil tho" I vould, fain
snare them the- pane. I am tohave
a dollar a day, Mrs. Pel ham s ys, if T
operate the machine skillfully. Ana
a dollar a day will buy mamma many a
littlejuxhry, and go far toward pay
ing thje grocer and baker."
r "You are a noble' girl' said Mr.
Crafton, wafmly; and in his eyes, at
that moment, Nannie Fonteagle was
gUrmod AVith rare beauty,' as shestooa
there, the fresh wind blowing her jetty
curls about, the : reflection of orange
sunset deepening the color on her
cheekjmd the grave, fiiraway sparkle
Of her eves half-veiled beneath the
long lashes.
I "And if I could be of any assistance
to you in this task "
V .... a 1 1
"You can," aici tne gin, RDrupuy.
? You can stay here anL a4nuse papa,
so that he kliall not susnect what oc
cupies my time. You can divert his
attention from Sanscrit and Arabic,
and all these mysteries." I
And, for the first time ill his espe
rittiice of her, Nannie Fonteagle laugh
ed -a mellow, bird-like laugh." ;
"I Will' said Mr. Crofton, heartily
' And so the compact was sealed be
tween them. . . ' t
Instead of the" week he had prom
isoil his father to spend with old Col
onel Fonteagle, the sojourn was ex
tended to three - I , ,
- At the end of that prTiOd, he gfAve
ly addressed himself to the dark-eyed
daughter of the house.
"How is the trade?" f-
"I am to have amachitie: tigxt Week
oaiH Ximnte.with the conscious pride
of one who has conquered fatei "and
then only think of it, Mr. croiton
I shall earn a dollar a day!" r
I "Nannie," said Mr Crofton,seriddsly,
I have been thinking Of another plan
for you. You tell me that this farm
ers wife has made you a first-class
housekeeper." . v; . '.. ,
"I bakea mmce-pie jww
said' Xannie, exultantly; Vh
"I baked mmce-pie yesiraay i
nuilted a auilt . and
made soft soapi
' ... . 1 . .
'"'"' "7 ... ?7?L j -mtnffU.lv. had her share of thw '.world's
into factory." said Mr. Crofton.
"Suppose now, by way of variety, you i
Hut you're not in love With, me
said Nannie, opening her bfigrrt Mack
eyes. m.
"But I ittft' said Mn Crofton, with
great gravity. "I have deliberate! v
made up my mind that I ean't be
happy without you. And although I
don't profess to be a rich man, I be
lieve l ean make you a! better allow
ance than six dollars a week, while at
the same time you will not be com
pelled to work ten hours a day for iti
That" is the business-iike view of the
question. Now on to the more per
sonal one Don't you think, j Nannie,
that you could love me? . Because I
love y u very much indeed!'?
"I doii't know!" whispered Nannie,
"I might try!" , 1 i
And then she bluphed, charmingly.
Ho Colonel Fonteagle's daughter
went to the fair Florid ian plantation
On the snores of the ri ver St. John,
and astonished every one there with
a.nq astonished every one there
mHi power snquta marry well
But Colonel Fonteaele. honest
man, never dretm3d that it Was the
sewing machine and soft soap, the
mayonnaise dressing, i and the Vehe
ment struggle to get free frolm debt,
which couuuCred Mr. Crofton's heart
lhere are plenty of scholars and poet
esses in the Avorld but a real? womari
ly woman is not her, price far above
rubies? . r
Abotlt Love.
Mrs. FactRndfancy has noticed: ;
, That the boy who is most afraid of
the girls is the first to be corralled into
matriin)ny.
That Ihe lit
little boys prefer boys to
L
girls. That they soon change, never
to go back to t heir old love, i
That the little girls love the girls
best. That they don't get over1 their
preference as soon as the boys do f
some never. ? -
That the women love the men - be
cause they love everything they havej
to t.ifce care' of. t ; i'
That i men love the women because
they canft help it. ;- ! . :
Tlmt tho wile loves her husband so
well that she has no thoughts of other
men. -.
That the husband so ldves his wife
that he loves all other women for hor
sake. v .-' j "
That the married man is apt to
think himself all-killing among the
fair sex simply because lie luis found
One woman fool' enough td marry
him: . ' ,
That homely husbands are the best.
They never forget the compliment
paid them by their wives for accept
ing them. That homely wives are
the truest. They know, how to make
the most of what they hayot j
That man who marrie1ate! in life
does Well. ' 4T i
4 That man who marries young does
better: . ' . .
That the man who never marries" Ls
to be pitied. , v, 't '
That the woman who marries does
well; .
cTiliat the woman who does not
inarry does better nine times out of
ten.-.- . ' . i
Death of Mis Violctt, the Faster.
Miss Chloe Ann Tiolctt, who start
ed out on a starvation fast, under the
belief that she was obeying a command
of the Lord, on the 5th of November
last, died at the residence of- her
mother, on Queen Street, on the night
of Jaunary 5th about 12 p'cloek,having
lived without taking food of any kind
for sixty days. The case is a remark
able one, from the fact that it is the
longest fist known. There is! a well
authenticated case of a lady !in New
York State fasting fortyseven days,
dying at the expiration jof that time.
M t3 Violett, although emrtciated ,
j retained - consciousness i and talked
freely; indeed eheenuiiy, up to tne
time of her death. ne was tnorougn
ly impressed with the belief that her
time had come, and that the Lord
desired, yea, commanded her to ab
stain from all kinds of food; she be
lieved furt her that to die fasting would
be a safe passport to heaveu and that
the gates of the golden city would be
thrown wide open to her;; but to die
anv othet way would be disobedience
to the command of the Lord, for
which she would have to suffer in the
next world. For sixty days she cheer
fully acted out this delusion, her
only recret being that she I allowed
herself to be induced to abandon her
first attempt, some years ago, jto starve
herself to death. ! Her friend declare
that, she has not taken a particle of
food Of any kind since the 5th of No
vember last, except a little milk the
nfhpr nicrht which a lad v handed her
fnr water, and which, as soon
a kIi a discovered the mistake, she
spat out; not even medicine would
fhe take, fearing that her life might
hn nrolontred thereby. Of course the
j lady was
insane, aim some pwpic
think the authontie ougnt jto nave
interfered and had her sent to an
asylum for treatment. Her father,
Mr. Robert. Violett. died from an
overdose of laudannm, and her broth
r. Albert Violett. drowned himself in
tho river, nff Quen street, about ten
years ago. Miss Violett was" highly
!7ctua ".-," Y-
respected by aU whoj.new Korean
death is a severe blow to her agea
.nnthpr. who has. her many rnenas
, troubIes."Alexader (V a Oaztte.
The Pittsbuf g Sunday Leader quote:'
Mr" Martin Karg, Silver Creek, Minn
cured a badly wounded horse with St
Jaeobs Oil'
Pagan Eloquence.
Such is tho appropriate title with
which tho Baltimore (Maryland,)
A-merican introduces to itsreadern the
following address delivered by Col.
Bobert Ingerroll at the grave of a lit
tle child in Washington, on Friday,
the 8th instant: i
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"Sly friends, I know how vain it is
to gild a grief with w ords, and yet I
wish to take from evefy grave its fear.
Here in this world, where life arid
death re etrnal jkings, all; should he
brave enough to meet what all. the
dead have met. The future has been
filled With fear-fstained and polluted
by the heartless past; : From the won
drous tree of life the buds and blos
soms fall with ripened fruit, and in
the common , bed of earth the patri
archs and babes sleop side bv sidej-1-Whyishould
we fear that which will
come to all? That is, we cannot tell,
we do not know which iithe greater
blessing life or death. AV'e cannot
say that death is not a good condition.
We do not know whether the grave is
the end of this life or the door of an
other; or; whether tho! night here is
not somewhere else a dawn. Neither
can we tell which is the -more fortu
nate, the child dying in Its mother's
arms before its I lips have learned to
form a word, or he that journeys all
the length of life's uneven road," pain
fully taking the last , slow step with
staff and crutchl Every cradle asks
us 'Whence?' and every coffin
'Whither?'?
V'The poor barbarian, weeping above
hi.4 dead, can answer these questions as
intelligently and satisfactorily as the
robed priest o the most authentic
creed.1 The tearful ignorance of the
one is just as consoling as the learned ;
ard Unmeaning words of the other.
No man, standing where the horizon
of a life has touched a grave, has i any
right to prophesy a future filled) with
pain and tears. I It may be that death
gives all there is of worth to life. If
those we press and strain' against our
hearts could never die, perhaps ;that
love would wither from the earth.
Jay be this coimnon fate treads from
outthe paths between our hearts the
weeds of selfishness and hate, and I
had rather live and love where death is
king, than have eternal life where love
is not. Another life is rnaught unless
we know and love againitho oncR who
love us here. They whr stand with
breaking hearts around this little
grave need have no feari . The larger
and the nobler faith in all that is and
is to be tells us that death, even'at its
worst, is only perfect rest. We know
that through the common wants of
life the needs and duties of each hour
their grief will lessenday by daV,
'until at last the grave will be to them
a place of rest and peace--almost of
joy. There is foi them this consola
tion the dead do not suffer. If they
live again, their lives will surely be as
good as ours, who have no fears. We
are all children of the same mother,
and the same fate awaits us all. We,
too, have our religion, and it is this
'Help for" the living, hope for the
dead." Colonel Ingersoll, thus con
cluding, turned away amid a "perfect
hush; and the little coffin, covered
with flowers, was lowered into its last
resting place." lj
This scarcely deserves the name of
"Playan" eloquence. Fven Heathen
dom could extract1 more coaifort from
the grave than can be found in such
agnostic and gloomy utterances as
those contained 1 in the above well-
worded but unmeaning sentences. If
there is any consolation for the sor
rowing and bereaved in the uncertain
ty here expressed whether death
ends all or not-j-whether there be a
future or not if there be any solace to
the stricken, as
graves of their !
they stand by the
loved ones, in this
dark, dreary,
doubting theofv'i we
fail to see it. Give us rather, the Rev
elation of the Christ of God, who
'hath abolished death, and brought
ife and immortality to light." Give
us the Gospsl,,with its sublime Conso-
ations and hopes, rather than the
cheerless refuge of atheistic suspense
or the abyssmal gloom of a possible
annihilation. ;i
' .1" ! , I
. ' "' ..
Ouiteau's ' Inspiration.
Giiiteau's Inspiration differed from
that of the St. Louis wife-murderer
Who was executed the other day.. The
great assassin's-j-great because of the
position of his victim inspiration
was, according to his claim, no other
than Omnipotence, which, if the claim
can be admitted, choso a most un
worthy instrument. The wife-murderer,
who wasn't egotistical and im
aginative, found his inspiration in the
whiskey-bottle. In his ante-mortem
confession, he said "I called thar"e
several times aiui uia not nave cour
age enough to commit 'the deed. ,It
took me three days to get my courage
to do the deed, and when I did sit l
was just full of whiskey. I bought a
pint of whiskey at the nearest saloon,
and then I bought a knife at a hard
ware store. Trten'I drank some niore
whiskey, and that braced mo up." , It
is easy to believe the Sti Louis man,
for now, as in Othello's time, men
will put an enemy in their mouths to
steal away their brainSi Guiteau's
story is the invention of anlmagina
tive, vain fellow who. fears the gal
lows.' . .'
By actual merit the famous sub
stance, St Jacobs Oil, has steadily won
its way until it s tx-day the national
remedy for rheumatism. Lawyers,
physicians, clergy men all use it.
Cineiunati (Ohio) Daily Enquirer.
f Kptr'ftal irardner tloes riot fare to
Witness "th turning over a new leaf"
"whea it is done by a eeterpillar;
THE NEWS IN A NUT-SHELL
I - . - i
Tarboro has now two 'trains a day.
Henderson wilL have a skating
rirtk.- High Point will soon have
a newspaper.- The Durham Plant
is now a semi-weekiy, r- The Moore
Gazette will shortly be enlarged.
There is a pro?pect for a mining boom
in Guilford.- The rail road is
seventeen miles beyond Asheville.
North C&rolina built 149 miles of
rail road during 18S1; - Last week
eight prisoners escaped from Orange
county jail.- There are 24 white
churches in Vance county and six dif
ferent denominations. Mr.Thomos
Hadley, of Chatham county, was re
cently killed by a falling . tree. A
bucket fell on a man who was cleaning
out a well near Concord and killed him.
- -The Church Mtstcnger has been
removed to ..Durham where it will
hereafter be published weekly. 4f
Thejre are 125 common schools in
Guilford county and the school fund
amounts to $1.50 per head. -CKvytori
Moore, Esq., of Martin county - the
father of James Edwin Moore, Esq.,
died on the 3rd insti aged, 72 years.
Mr. Best has has entered suit in Itovv1
ah county against Clyde Buford and
Logan to oust them from possession
of the W'esterrt North Carolina Road.
Elizabeth City Economist: A letter
from Washington, Ni C., says it is
thought over there that the railroad
will soon be extended to Plymouth
and Washington. A writer to
the NeiC4-Observer nominates Col.
Thomas M. Holt for next Governor of
the State. As nearly four years will
elapse bvf t tha r.o nln t ng Conven
tion this writer is rather premature".
A passenger train from Albany,
lor rsew xorK city was run into by a
following train, and the two rear
coaches telescoped; soitle of the passen
gers jvvere caught in , the wreck and
burned to death soilie forty were
more or less injured; four bodies taken
from the wreck have been recognized
and five were burned beyond recogni
tion.! The loss by the fire at Gal
veston, Texas, will exceed $85(J,ttK).
A fire at Plymouth, N. C, Wed
nesday night, destroyed a store and
dwelling. - E. Lehman, retail,
clothier at Memphis, Tenn., failed for
$10,000; assets $5,000. Mrs. Caro
line Ritchings Bernard died of small
pox at Richmond, Va., tho other day.
-The riyer is still rising at Mem
phis Tenn mny familes have been
driven from their homes;, railroad
bridges are endangered. -4 : Mr.
Scovillej in the condijict of the 1 case oi
his disreputable relative has made an
enviable reputation for himself. He
has earned, though in an unpopular
cause, the esteem and good opinion of
every body. ' Dr. II. G. Glenn, of
California, has-put thirty thousand
acres in wheat and expects to cultivate
twenty-five thousand more. r' The
Episcopal bishop of New Hampshire,
has surprised his peopje by declaring
a belief that the second coming of
Christ is near at hand.- Mrs. How
ell Benton, ft dauijhter of Joseph
Bonapart, and a niece of the great Na
poleonis a teacher of French in
Watertown, N Y It is now de
nied that Haves contributed nothing
to the Garftdl fundi He gave $250
and otfefed $500 on feert&in conditions.
He saved $60,000 while President.-r--The
General Confidence of the M. E.
Chur6h', South, meets in Nashville in
May inext. It will be an important
session. Three, ana probaoiy rour
new Bishops will be elected.- Jesse
Williamsva'negro, .was hung at Savan
nah, Ga., was hung a few days since,
for a murder committed in June last.
Railroad collision at Petersburg, Va.,
two locomotives injured and a tender
broken up. - An . e'ngineeer killed
and a fireman wounded by an accident
on the (Virginia Midland Railroad.--
Johnson & Co's ir jn works at Rich
mond, jVa., burned; during the fire the
safe of the Tredgar Iron Works was
robbed 6f money and bonds. A
movement is on foot in Englanci to
raise funds for the homeless. Jews in
Russiai Bismarck isuffefing from
sciatica.- The Czar has granted a
eeneral pardon of Polish Roman Cath
olic bishops. r-Two prisoners in the
Chester (SrC.) jail were shot by a
depulylsberiflrr whom they attacked.
The river at Nashville, Tenn;, is
still rising.- A.C;&B. F. Wyley,
wholesale grocers, at Atlanta. Ga.,
have failed: liabilities $175,000;- assets
$125,001). The trial of the .Ashland
(Ky.) (murderers will begin at once,
the crahd iury having closed their, in-
vestisation.- New York holders of
North Carolina special tax b.onds pro
pose to push their claims through the
U. S. Sapreme Court. Heavy and
continious rains in Tennessee have
caused an alarming freshet in the Cum
berland river; hundreds of families
have been driven from their honus
and.mills and factcr'ies compelled to
close.- Saw, gfist ! and woolen
mills burned in MofJtn County; Ky.;
loss 525,000. - Benj. Tread way as
sassinated at his home in Morrillton,
Ark;, bv unknown persons.- Two
nejrroes; executed in the jail -at j 'St
Ijoui. Mo., for murder. A French
Canadian, who killed his wife, hung
for the crime at Runouski, Ont
Crane Bros', water pipe factory; at
Chicago,burned;loas $50,000;uninsured.
One man killed and another seriously
injured by a premature blast at Deep
ivun coai pits near mcniinmu,
A railroad collision between Albany
and Tarry town, X. Y., Friday jiight;
four dead bodies had been taken out;
a report .says that six persons were
killed.- A.M. Sykes, a merchant
of Norfolk, Va.f had his throat cut by,
some unknown assailant Wednesday
flight and lies in a criticle condition.
- Dr. OrlandoTairfex jof Richmond,
found dead in bcl. Oovernar
Camerob vetoed a1 bill to confirm the
consolidatifm of the 1. A. S. R. II. Co.
with th? Ya.f Ky A Ohio Narrow
It. tt, C.U The Lflngley Cotton
Mill Augusta Gft.t have declared a
semi-annual dividend of $2.7.50 per
share. The Western Nail Asso
ciation have' rates for nails 15 cent- per
keg. A son of State Senator of Missis
sippi, accidentally shot and killed
him?clf at Jn?kon
WIT AND HUMOR.
He Didn't See. A seedy and: oily
specimen of the ppnuinp tramnvn-iV
I rtMtirg himself against a huiidinil on
tne corner oi xnira and Jefferson
streets, where he attracted the atten
tion of a kindly jookingold gentleman,
who stopped and ih'julfCd tht Ciuse
of his trouble. " '
"Alas.kind sir, sad-eyed melancholy
has settled like a .priestly robe upon
the gentle spirit of this mortal frame.
The desire which seems inherent In
every portion of my vitjd being' is for
more money. t Money! the rich man's
joy and the poor man's idol. Maney!
the curst of knaves p.ndrlhe lust' of
thievs. Money! the ruin , of misers
and of fools. Money! that makes home
a heaven and the dram-shop a hell.
Money! that.creates the pleasures an
curses ofthlsjworld. That's what I
longand sighjhr.my gentle mermaid."
"Can't you get work? Haven't you
a trade?'? ,
'I have a trade, Manipulating til?
silent messenger of thought." 1
' 'Doing what?" 7
"Pounding together the infinite
realms of thought." T
"I don't undentand you."
"I also pan handle my fellow brings
for the irieans to carry tho banner." -
"What banner?" v - v
"My old friend, you are not acquaint
ed with the language I speak. 1 come
from a bidden sphere. ' I shake up
the festive bits of metal that furnished
fcthe vorld its inspirati(;i. I'm, the
aeacuiest slug in the Wtjttes on wild
chaotic takes. . I can set up the fifteen
puzzle but I can't set up honors. I
ain't a baby but I'm flat and I've come
to such a pitch that I feel
that nothing greater than a
quarter stand? between me and eternal
ruin. Kind sir- "
uutineom gentleman was a hair a
block away signaling for a policeman
to arrest another member of t he great
aT II .
lamwy oi cranKS.
- '
A Novol Obituary; "How- much
win in is cost in your paperr" asKeu a
quiet-looking man, as he handed in
the following advertisement at the
EiMjWs counting-room yesterday:
i Smith Busted a trace, in this city,
Friday, jqst after dinner, Mary Smith,
wife of the undersigned and daughter
oi old barn Pratt, tho leading black
smith of Denver, Colorado. The
corpse was highly respected hy the
high ton'dest families, but Death got
the drop on her,' and she took up the
bucket with perfect confidence that she
would have a square show- tho other
side of the divide.' The" plant trans
pires this afternoon at her boarding-
house on. wiuow street. Come one
come all.'
Dearest Mary, thou hast left us, ;.
For you on earth there wasn't room
Zut tis Heaven that has bereft us
And snatched our darling up the
flume: ' ;
Denver papers pleaso copy and send
bill, or draw at sight.
By her late husband,
P. Smith.
"Why is a lady unlike a fnirror?''
asked a cynic of a lady, She ("gave it
up." "Because' said the rude fellow,
"a mirror reflects without speaking; a
lady speaks without reflecting"
"Very good," said she. JNow an
swer me. Why is a man unlike a
mirror?" ?'I cannot tell you." "Be
cause the mirror is,, polished and the
man is not."
An ambitious youth writes:. What
is a good preparation for becoming a
poet? Crawling through a threshing
machine." ' W 0 may get thir? young
man into trouble by this advice, hut
we give it as a sacred duty to human!1
ty. - ' . .
Ah editor wrote a hoad line, "A
Horrible Blunder,'.' tOcgo over a rail
road accident, but thought it wits Itte
printor's fault that t got over' the ac
count of a wedding.- The editor was
the man thrashed all the sflmc
MEDICAL.
foUFifflSf Safeties, Lumbago,
aekdih$, &6fient of the Chest 6ovf,
Quint f, Sor Throct, Swllinai tn4
Sprains, Burns ana eain, i
CSffaraf Bodily Paint,
Ttaih, tat Sn4 Haadaehe, Frotiad Fati
end Bar's, and all othar Paint
. and At he t. '
mm, bmt; simpU and -T &erril JUsff.
bo cMtt, an-j n.oa a? ZTItLJ1
oan hy chixp and px&uv pnoi t eUloM. ,
JXndiacJ id tfr Lancaafet (
SOU) Bf ill DKTIGdlCTS ITS DS1LZES H
HEDionra.
A. voohleu tz. coM , i
isESsk
rr-
oi sr. ron rett.
A HOUSE for rent eontklni, fmir
rooms in the town of Wilson. Anpli
W'ARHEN WOOD A III
Jan22t. - -
t ' - V .in-
P. P O
W fit L:
rAPHIOXAjBI.B BAKBlfi;
TAKBORO ST., WIIO.X, JI.C.
Having ope.ned a flrst-class B&rbnr
ihop solicits the patrooae of ihoa
who wish good work; don. , Satisfac
tion Guaranteed. ! t,iVi-i..
-fOR SALK.
The house and lot on Rnrimr b!i
adjoining the lots of W. J. lUrrtj
Calvin Barnes and Jnhn m- .T?.
House has 4 rooms and netessary oirV
buildings. Apply tn -
, G. W . BLOUNT, AU'r-
Wilson; N.C., Ort. Itlth; iu5'
Homer School
c.
The next iiWaion nfihta ajiWvi Wi
begin theseconl Monday in January;
'ffl c.irular Kiving tenns and otht
parueuiam, apply to the principals
J. II. A J. C. HOltNEIt:
For Sale:
A Bugsry SIiod with a tr.f tm.
four tonix thousand dollars per year In
the town of Black. Creek. A good
opening in a good locality. rOne do
en new buggies on hand Which will b
soldxheap. Apply at onceto
W. f;. ANDKRSOX,
v 0. , Black Creek, N. 13.
Nov 25, tf.
.Vtf TICE.
, ...... . (
iIn,c?equence of the death of Ow;
II. Onffin it becomes necessary to set
tle the business of the firm of Grifiln 6
Murray. All persons indebted to said
firm will plea.se call at their pla of
business and settle at once.
WM. MURRAY,
Surviving partner of Uriffln A Mot-
ray.-. ; -,t
Doc. 9tf. I -i
CY B. Aycocic,
Of Wsyne.
F. A. pifliru
Of Wilson.
AYCOCK & DANIELS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
, -- hi:-.-
GOLDsuoiio, n; c.
rF"Will practice in the CfurU of
Wilson, Wayne. Lenoir add Greene.
i -t-COLECTjIONS A S PECI A LTT.
! Mr. Aycock will be at Fremdat
rj Stardj., - "
J AMES W. LANCASTER, !
Attotne.&t-LaW,
WILSON Jr. c.
OfRc In th"6 Coiirt IloilMV
Pt-cibrnhi nit the courts (except the
iferlr conf-t of vilsoir eui)tjr) ani will
iiv prntiipt attention to biMfnM. entrusted
to hiiil Iti; Wilon and adjoining ctuniea.
JR. Ri W. J O Y N E
It
t&Utt permanently located Id
Wilson, N. C. All opieration will
be neatiy and carefully perforaiied and
pn terms-as reasonable asposslbl tf '
Neeth extracted without pain. ' Office
Tarboro street next docf to Pos office
Jan 3 12m. '
W ( T T n 1?
Vai.uajiM! Twk Ijor ForRalb.
Ry virtue of a power of sale cat
tained in a mortgage executed by H.
W. Edwards and wifo, to me. on the
31st day of December, 1878, and re
corded on Rook No. 14, Page Ml,- in
the oflU'e "of the Register ,of Deeds for
Wilson County, I shall sell at public
auction, at tho Court House door, . in
Wilsonon Saturday th& 14th day tft
Jancary, 1HA2. the lot of land in thm
town of Wilson, on Tarboro ctreet, ad
joining V H. Morris, John T. lismat i".
i and otners. Title goo 1. Terms cash'
.'J': T;t;GODWIN, j
, Mortgage;
By Connor A Woodarrl, Att'yt
Wllsoil, N. C. Dec. 19, 'gJ.-23-at. -
HARDY & BROTHERS,
(Fstabli-hel iti 1828.)''
For the sale or ' .
Cottorij Lumber, Peanuts and othef i
Arid dealers in Pefuvian Guano and
STANIMR! FERTI LITERS.
. Make liberal cash aVfvrfncwi nti cori-t'
lgnments. . I'rompt sales and ouielt
t retums. - . ,
H irdy's Wharf, Norfolk, V
ov 3m.- . - -