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W1LS0N, NORTH CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 3, 1887.
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NUMBER--40.
IV Mont. -
.billIup'S letter.
-:o:
, iUT OF WIT AND
COMMON SENSE.
How ho and Jlis Children
Fun With Labor,- Work
ways Ennobles.
Mix
Al
TLe nights are Kitting cool,
and the days are gitting; short
er. ? The fodder ia1 all, pulled
in the
and' safely stowed away
barn loft.
If facta are stubborn things,
then gelling fodder in the low
grounds is a, fact. There ain't
a redeeming circumstance about
it. Its working on a continual
strain to ruil it, ana inere'8 no
fun in tielng it up, and 1 reofcon
that the toting of it v two or
throe hundred yards to the
wagon road, ten 'bundles at
time, stepping like a blind
horue over corn-stalks bent
down, and tripping up la tang-4
now1 and then losing your holdl tWng,ana we asked her if ehe
and having to load up again;
dote for grumbling. It won't
do to stop. If I can't plow I
can do something else, I can
tote water for a rest. i
Grease the wagon, oil the ma
chinery, lubricate the energies
with a little recreation. Don't
run in the old ruts too long.
Dig a while' and then try
another tool. My good, old fath
er used to say, 'William, when
you gei urea hoeing potatoes
you may weed the onions for a
rest.' Chop wood, shell corn; go
u iniii, ana won't nan to
take a little tramp after squir
rels and ducks and partridges or
pursue mo social possum on a
moonlight night. Variety , is
me spice or uie. it Helps a
man in body and mind, buti the
poor women can't do such
things : to any great extentrtho
my girls do sometimes go jpos
sum huntin' with me and the
boys and blow the melodious
cows horns and stream at a
boogerf in every bush. One day
the boys said it was too wet to
plow and they were going down
on the creek to hunjt rabbits, so
I concluded to go 16ng and tote
the game. Mrs. Arp she said
ahe knew we wouldn't kill any-
TlIEIIi CORRESPOND EN VIS
ENDS SE11IO USL Y.
iofarIated m?6 womaa HA GREAT -MISTAKE.
"Yes; X do: that's jast what I
wane to do, you scrouuaei, you
great big good for nothing scoun
drel," screeched the Uttle woman
with the rawhide, her eyes blazing
nre as she made a parting pass at
her burly victim. Then Mrs. An
nie Holske, foi it was she, the wife
of Ed. Holske, who is in England
as John L.i Sullivan's advance
agedt, sat down exhausted with her
exertions, coaxed by young Mike
Collins, J who was in the editor's
sanctum when the row began. But
the irate little woman had still com
mand of her tongue and she lashed ; ihere 1 I can see him ; he waves
captain Uoofce with u as merciless Jhis handkerchief again. Look, Lil
she wrote well. She also wrote a intoxicating iinmna i
good hand-a hand like, her face tary effect upon the communities in
and persou, . aggreeable to look Georgia where it has' been tried
upon. land that the nreilip.tinna that
'Will you copy it, Lily ! she made by the onnon-ac nm,7
mat it, woma injure the busij
noss prosperity and rt.r,i
The Kind Motlier Answers her
Daughter's Letters, . and she
TJierebv Places Herself in an
Awkward Position,
and all the time smothered,?, Up
to that you can't see where, you
are going, and not a breath of
refreshing air to cool you,, is
about the meanest business
I have ever experienced. It's
all fact solemn fact no ro
mance, no poetry, no Joke. But
that ain't all of it. Its got to be
. hauled and then be thrownvup1
in the barn loft and stacked
away, and if there's any hotter
place to work in than J a barn
loft, I don't know it, and I've,
been considering that after its
all done you cant sell it for
more than a dollar a hundred
and right now, in .my j present
frame of mind, if I had any to
sell and some fellow without
any soul was to offer! me 90
cents I should hit him if it was
''the last lick I ever j struck!
They may Jew me on corn and
Wheat and cotton and potatoes
but I won't be Jewed i on' my
fodder by nobody. It does
seem to me that all this sort of
work ought to be done by ma
chinery or not be done at all.
I've been diggin my taters
Me and the children have been
looking1 forward to this inter-jesting
side show to the farmt
ing business with pleasant an
ticipations. I always did love;
to follow lifter the plow and see
'em roll out and tumble up, and
pick up the big ones and feel
the weight of them, but I didn't
calculate on having to mate a
full hand- For two whole days
my boya pressed me into servp
ice, and I got awful tired of
picking np and toting off in the
baskets to the ends ol the rows
where tho vines would be
handy to cover 'em up, My
farmer boy stripped the vines
wun a.noree-raKe or ma own
ivrjtftion, and it done it better
and cleaner than I ever saw
done with a plow. Then run a
one-horse twister on each side,
and me and the little chaps
kept up pretty well, and when
he split open the middles and
throws 'em up right and left we
all had to move up lively,
tell you. My legs are all right,
but I don't believe my ! back is
as limber as it used to be.
got awful tired, and the plow
. business seemed to go long so
smooth and easy I ventured to
exchange work for a while.
could run round the rows pretty
well, but when . I came to split
ting open the middles the plag
ed thing seemed to get cranky.
and would run out and. run in
lirst on one Side and tnen on
the other, and the furrows
left behind looked like the
track of a crazy snake., I used
to could plow but it looks like
I have lost the lick. My b'iys
was a-lookin at me and smoth-
erin their fun, and about' the
time I was willin to quit I ob
served Mrs. Arp and the girls
a-perusin me through the crack
of the fence. They was mighty
V nigh1 dead from laughing,
which 1 didn't en joy, 1 but . the"
- sympathlzln woman suddenly
composed herself and I remark
1 ed that I was workin too hard
considerln my age and infirm
ity. You are . all over in
sweat of perspiration said she
ana l thought you had a touc
oi oi. v itus aanoe, as you was
following that plow. I Let the
boys do it, and come to th
house and rest.' But I would-
ent. I'm not going to give it u:
yet oy no means. , I'm not f '
ing to get old before she doffc: -!
1 nary time. Bo I stuck to the
patch until the job. Was il no
and I got the sticky turpcr tino
Juice that milks out of iu
yams all over my hands, and
the stain died mv flnerers an iu
Jua red, and It wouidu't wash
. on hot scour oil, bat it's all
honest, and is a sign of work.
tell you what, hard work and
he dweat of the face is the
curso of that original sin put on
us, but it was tempered down in
mercy, and there is a comfort
that follows it that folks who
don't try it don't know any
thing about. The law of com
pensation -comes hito every
thing in this life, and: the poor
can be happy as 'fell as the
rich, if they have a mind to,
and don't spend their time jia
gruuil'tifi and cuiiipla-inlr. !bout
th-li hird l-jt-in .this firb-Vxtn-nry
life, " .
Mfii't W x'i is ihb,.' fest aritl
wonld cook all we brought
home,! and she said, Tes, and
dress it, too.' About the time
we got started the two little
chaps came up and bagged i me
so sweetly to let them go: I
couldn't refuse, and so there
were six of us in all, and v two
guns and two dogs, and in about
an hour we had jumped J six
rabbits, and killed five of them,
and they .were getting awful
heavy, when suddenly one- of
the boys looked up in an elm
tree that was in the middle; of
oanebrake and said, 'I thought
hem things up there were
squirrels' nests, but I do be-
ieve I saw one of 'em move.'
We all stopped and looked, jand
sure enuf it did move, and the
other; one moved and we knew
they were coons. I never isaw
boys get excited so quick. They
ailed the dogs and made for
the canebrake. The creek was
to cross and nary log in sight,
so they just waded through and
surrounded the tree and held
he dogs fast while one of ithe
boys got ready to fire. By (this
time I was getting ready, td be
a boy again myself, and I hoi
ered to them toT wait, and I
pulled -the little chaps through
the cane till I found a log land
got them across, and was soon
on the battle ground. Bang
went a gun and down came a
wounded ooon, the biggest j old
fellow I ever saw, and J never
Baw$uch,a fight in my life.! He
wasent hurt mucn with the
small shot and he did fight and
growl and screech most amazin.
First one dog and then theloth
er backed put with a howl land
then set in on him again, until
finally pld Zip surrendered land
gave up the ghost, Bang went
another gun and the other coon
let go and fell into a fork, and
there he lay for dead for about
niteen minutes, when one of
the boys said he was goin to
have - him anyhow. So. he
climbed the tree, and when he
had got about 50 feet up the'poon
straightened up in the fork and
looked savagely at, him j and
gave a growl. I wish you could
have seen that boy slide, f He
came down that tree like a fire
man comes down a scaling j lad
der, I He left his hat and right
Btnart of his breeches on ! the
bark and grapevines. Well, of
course they shot him again, and
mat tumbled him, and then we
had another fight, and the boys
say they never had as muoh fun,
and they feel sorry for your
town boys who don't have ! any
sport and are penned j up
within brick walls and the best
they can do is to waste a! few
dollars on a French actress, and
not know a word she said, I and
then go home and say, bully for
Sarah. Well, I shouldered the
biggest coon, , and I think he
Weighed about twenty pounds
when we started and about
forty when we got home, and I
laid him down suddenly in Mrs,
Arp's lap and said, 'Skin him
and cook him, if you please ?'
1 ougntent to have done that
It was premature, and not alto
gether calculated to promote
our conjugal felicity. Mrs. Arp
is a stately, deliberate woman
but I think she got up a Uttle
quicker than I had ever observ
ed her. If I were to kill
thousand coons I wouldent try
that little Joke again. It dident
pay
; J3ut we had lots of fun out of
e oon8. and the time
as she had done with the whip.'
"ou scroundrel," she shrieked as
she shook ; her fist at the. captain
"you are4rying to take the bread
and butter out of my children's
mouths, and I am going to show
yott up to the whole world,"
'It was a breezy, exhilerating
scene while it lasted, and in a half
hour was the sensation or the day
in sporting circles. Indeed it al
most brought on a bout between
young Collins and the big captain,
for when Mike interferred Uoqkq
grabbed the woman and ordered
her; off the premises. Hot words
passed between the two men, but
no blows were exchanged. Mrs.
Holske was finally pursuaded to
leave the room. r-
Five or six years ago pretty An
nie Tweed made a name for herself
as a female pedestrian, but when
she married Ed. Holske, the pedes
trian, she dropped .put or sight.
tier attack on Captain Cooke this
morning was the outcome of some
letters and articles that the stal
wart captain had written touching
the connection of her husband with
the Oarney-McAuliffee prize fight.
Holske is the individual who agreed
to allow McAuhffe six weeks' grace,
provided the latters backers paid
to Carney oOO for the extension
of time. Holske i had always been
regarded as Carney's backer, but
Captain Cooke, acting for the real
backers of the Englishman, repudi
ated Holske's action and also im
puted dishonest motives to the lat
ter While Holske was in America
he paid. little or no attention to the
talk about him, and his discharge
from the staff oi the Police News
did nod seem to bother him, as he
had been appointed the advance
of the John L. Sullivan combina
tion, which wid leave, for England
next week. N. Y. Star.
THE LIMEKILN CLUB.
i
Brother Gardner Puts His, Foot
Down Upon a Growing Abuse.
nc&ies cinitn nad neen wiping;
off his chin and waiting for an opi
portumty to deliver a great speech,'
and the opening now presented
was seized upon to state that a;
manufacturer of stomach bitters
had offered him 87 for the DriviJ
ege of making a new brand. "The
Only Genuine Pickles Smith Ton!
" Before returning a decided
answer he had thought it best to
bring the matter before the club. I
Brudder Smith,"? said the presil
dent, as he soUly scratched the
back of his neck, "1 have no doubf
dat you could take dat m an' ma
good use of it, but vou will nebet
see 'de cash. My name am wanted
tur a new town in Kansas. Si
saac Walpole has been offered 82
far de use of his name oh a patent
rat trap. Civeadam "Jones coule
own a mule if he would father a
new brand of 6tove blacking
Trustee Pulloapk has been' offered
new suit oi ciotnes to put his
name on a hair dye label, an' I
reckon dat tnoasf all of us could sell
out fur m' or less. But I has put
my rut right down on all sich uoa
sense. If manufacturers want help
to palm off deir wares an' com
pounds on an innercent public, let
em' go to members of the Legisla
ture, Mayors of cities and Guv'nors
oi states, wiq a pen in one ban7 an
ten dollar bill in de Oder. We
mus' maintain our honor and mteg
rity orde pnrceedinga of dis club
will sink to de level of a session of
Congress.
xne committee on anatomy re
ported that i they had given the
twenty-two remedies for chilblains
sent into , the club a (air trial and
that not one of the lot was of any
account. , The secretary was in
structed to offer a reward of 25
for an effectual remedy and the
meeting adjourned, leaving Elder
Toots fast asleep on three chairs
and his wig in the water pail
Detroit Free Press.
13
m.d Visit vnn ni r-. mm
thw cp-:- 5 renewed our energies
ami li'.H' us feol all themore
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J .huiy lnb:r suiv fun,!-thn
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' I1T A RAYvHISS ZM.
ZCrs, Annl Holske lT;-r.cos'"ii
Foot Boston, Editor! She V'
Stinging TOp.' ;
Boston, Oct. 24. Woman, are
you madl Do you want to call the
town abont my ears and make a
public show Of me?" six-foot -editor
A, W. .Oooko, of the Police News,
yelled as be manage to get his 250
poands of avoirdupois out chis ed-
! u : . I 1 I 1 .3 ,. J .
iwrim uuu, wiuto ue muj pet
ate cffort3 to escape the descei-ding
blowe from a fresh .rawhide, that
were rained on his broad shoulders
The Yankee Way With Seed Corn.
One of the most important things
which a farmer does is selecting
seed corn. -As a rule,- coarse cobs
show last maturity and small fine
cobs, well tipped out, indicate per
fect maturity and AdaDtation rto
soil, and it is well to maintain this
fixedness of character. After!
husking, the curing of corn takes
place to a great extent, anda large
soft cob gives a tendency to mold :-
therefore they should be avoided.H
Our old farmers decided it the cob
was too large m this way ;
Dampen a piece or orown papery
bind it tightly around the ear I as
high as the kernels covering them
trim the end and let it dry : then
draw out the ear, shell and return
the kernels to the core. If all the
kernels will go in easily they won id
sav the cob is too large and the
corn is not fife for seed. The small
est cob, the best tipped out, all the
rows running straight from end to
j end, will not usually be found
among the largest and longest ears,
but among those oi medium size.
J, M, Merrimao county, N. H.i in
Home and Tartu,"
An Offensive Breath
iyi that is Lennox Butler. '
vies,' mamma, I see the hand
kerchief."
"Well, I hope he will have a
pleasant voyage. Don't yon, Lilly!"
vOh, everybody does af to is sea
son, mamma, and that is the best
steamer on the water, they say,"
"And I almost wish we were go
ing, too," said the mother, with a
pensive look in her eyes.
"I shoald like to go when the
Grantleys do, if we could afford to
do the thing in proper style," said
tho daughter. "They are so bright
and pleasant." '
The mother gave a little impa
tient glance at her daughter, and
said no more for a few in mutes.
At It st she said ,
"What was he saying to vou
while 1 was talking to Mrs. Otter-
son ? Tiresome ' woman. I tried
to avoid her, but it was useless."
".Nothing very important. Sev
eral things that my hat became
toe, ior one thing. I knew: that
before and that oh, yes he ask
ed me if I woqld answer him if he
wrote to me."
"Weil ?" !
"Oh, I said that I should ha e to
ask you. And he said he should
write at any rate." -
"I'm glad you are so , prudent,"
said the mother, "but Mr: Bhtler is
a gentleman at all points, and he
pays you a compliment when he of
fers to correspond with you. Of
course I shan't object."
"Ub, mamma," cried Lilly, with
her own comical little laugh, "I
hope you will. I said it on pur
pose. I hate letter-writing, and I
I shouldn't know what to say to
Mr. Lennox Butler on paper. I
never do in conversation."
"Oh, well," said the mother, "you
can make two dimples in your
cheeks, and look up under your
eyebrows. That seems to suit
most men quite as well.
She was a fine looking woman.
with firm fea.uros, and no dim
ples herself, and a brilliant woman,
too. And there was a little piqne
in her tone. 1 -
The daughter did not notice it.
"I practiced that expression in
the glass," she said. "When men
get beyond me in their ctjn versa
tioi I assume it. It saves me a
great deal of trouble, but t cannot
do it on paper, you know. 1 don't
mind answering notes. Thanks.
I will go with pleasure. So sorry I
am engaged,'! and that sort of
thing ; but a LETIEE ! Oh, you
must object, mamma
The mother said nothing. She
was only thirty-six herself, very
handsome and attractive in her
own style. She often wondered
ow this girl, bora when she was
eighteen, came to be hers.
I She had married a serious, fine-
looking merchant of fifty, who had
left her a widow betore the child
was five years old, f,nd this pretty
little doll was their einly child. She
was proud of her peauty, which,
happily, she was) possessed of
means enough to display to the
greatest advantage, jbat they had
no likeness to ea '.h other -what
ever. ' -
She said nothing more for a
while, and they walked slowly ou
and mingled with the crowd of peo
ple who had been on board the
steamer to bid their friends good
bye. Some were .in high spirits,
chattering of the pleasant weather
and the luck of their friends in be
ing able to cross in such a favora
ble season. Others walked grave
ly, pondering, perhaps, on serious
matters connected with their
friends' departure. A few only,
and those of 5 the foreign folk
amongst the crowd, were sheddiug
tears. Americans either do not
feel strongly, or they have thor
oughly taught themselves to re
press all tokens of emotion.
Old and young, well-dressed and
shabby, gay or serious, they climb
ed the slope of the street. Those
who had come in carnages parsed
the pedestrians swiftly and were
rapidly lost to view.
It -was not until they had reached
the door of their own house that
Mrs. Elwyn said to her daughter:
"You are very stupid if you do
no understand that Lennox liutler
is the finest man of our acquaint
ance, and that his social position
and his means combined mak him
a remarkably good match for any
girt"
To1 which Lilly replied, "He is
forty, and he never dances. I ve
no doubt he would want a wife
who knows Greek and was scien
tific. I like a good many men
much better."
It does not take long to cross the
ocean in these days. A letter from
Lenuox Butler was amongst the
little notes vthat lay at Lilly El
wyn's plate when she came dowu
to breakfast one ' morning. She
made a little face as she opened it.
"It's on foreign correspondence
paper, and looks like a manuscript
for publication," she said, "I nev,
er shall wade through it. And
what a hand I I can't read it."
But the mother read it, and in
sisted on reading it aloud, and af
terward wasted much time in urg
ing her daughter to reply to it.
Your lively little creatures - are by
no means always yielding and obe-
said.
But Lily again refused and Mrs.
Elwyn signed her daughter's name
to the letter. - It wa& a letter a girl
might have written with propriety,
5ut a letter Lilly t could not have
written to save ber life.
So the i corresnondence" began,
and it continued.
Mrs. Elwyn haring written one
letter with . Lilly's signature, no
longer felt any scruples in writing
more. ' - '
Two of tho brightest and best
educated people in society matched
their wits against each other, their
knowledge of literature and hu
man native. their, experiences in
life.
'Great Heaven!" said Lennox
Butler to himself, as he read those
he received, "what a wonderful
being is that little girl - with the
flaxen hair and baby blue eyes.
She is acompanioQ for auy man
The beauty of a child, the mind of
a mature woman, , the soul of. an
angel. What could be more de
lightful than to possess a wife like
that! And by degrees the de
scriptions,1 the remarks and epi
grams of his letters were intermix
ed with compliments, aud finally
with more than compliments. Mrs.
Elwyn scarcely observed the
change. She enjoyed her corres
pondence tremendously, and it was
now a long while since Lilly had
even opened the letters. She read
and re-read with delight ; and thus
it came to pass that one morning
Mrs. Elwyn sat locked ia her own
room, actually trembling with agi
tation, for the letter which had
arrived that morning from Mr.
Lennox Butler, ended thus : '
"We have not known each other
long, I know ; but our long and
frequent correspon pence has made,
us better acquainted with each
other than years of mere social in
tercourse could have done. I al
ways thought you beautiful, but
pardon :ne I never dreamed your
mind all that it has pioved to be
yaur ideas of life so true, your am
bitions lofty. It is this that has won
my heart and made, my love for you
a tumg that must endure while my
life lasts."
1 J'oorMrs. JSlwynl the situation
almost made her ill. It eeemad to
her that there was no credible ex
traction from this dilemma to be
hoped for.
"You must accept him, Lilly." she
kept repeating. I am sure you
will be mad not to do so. Oh! how
can you laugh! . I am sure you have
encouraged him. I see now that
tho letters have really led him on
to hope "
. 'our lettei-fL not minp. inainn '
sanid Lilly. "Bemember that."
growth of Atlanta, have not been
realized.
Prohibition, then, does prohibit
In Georgia to a sufficient extent t
benefit the community, and that Is
all that is contended for by any
friend of the cause. No prohibit
ry statute completely and absolute
ly prevents the commission of the
offence or act prohibited, but iu all
law-abiding communities it doo
exercise a restraining influence and
coou. evw against which it is!
ijiuieu. iuo act prohibiting mur.
uci uues uoc prevent the commis-
Muaoi mnruer under all circum
stances, but no sensible man would
for that reason advocate the repeal
ui mo iaw against murder. And
yet it is just as lair and just as log-
ii:. io uso - mat absurb catch
phrase, "Prohibition dm. nnt- urn
hibit " against the laws prohibiting
murder, larceny, robbery, and ar.
uu, us against tue law prohibiting
the sale of intoxicating linrmm
We pity the poverty of that man's
mind who has to resort to Rneh a
suiy phrase for argument it is not
to nredmdice the imhsd nf tnm.
perance. Ex.
NEWS OF A WEEK
WHAT IS JIAPPKvrvn rv
HIE WORLD AROUND VS.
A contented report of the newt as
gaUieretl from the columns of
our conttmitorarir. State ami
National,
mama "
'As if I could forget it V cried
Mrs. Elwyn, bursting into tears,
' Then Lilly went to her and kiss
ed her.
"I will answer this letter,
she said. "Don't cry. I will refuse
Mr. Butler, aud he will not wish
me to do otherwise when he has
once seen my literary effort."
j.nen sue seated nerseit at ner
mother's desk and rote rapidly, for
she had really something to. say.
"Dear Me. Butleu," she be
gan, "I have your last letter here.
In it you are kind , enough to offer
me your hand and heart. However,
you do it without knowing ma in
the least. You say 'you like my
looks. Thank you, so do some oth
er peoptfe; but as for those letters,
they cannot tell yon what I am at
heart, for I never even saw them.
Yours came. I hate long letters,
and I asked mama to answer for
me. I did not even read the next.
You have a very fine collection of
letters, no doubt. Mamma is all, I
am not, in mind and education. As
io nearr, u l nave any, i suppose
Will Molton has it, for I am eugag
ed to him. So, yon see, it i only a
fancy'.about me. Mama is desper
ately- se.ious and blames herself
terribly. I hope you won't blamo
her. It really seems only a good
joke to me., 1 remain your fneud,
IjILLY lOAVYN
Lilly posted toe letter, and Mrs.
Elwyn took to her bed in despair.
iSo answer Came from Lenox r,ut
ler, who bad now been abroad for
two years. But one day Mrs. El
LITTER AITS TEASH.
1
How to Eoaeen worn Oat Lands
There is noth'ig a farmer can do
that will ; pay a handsomer profit
than keepiug a hand and cart from
the first day in the year to the last
nam'ng pine straw, oak leaves,
trash, wood mould, swamp muck,
rotten log3 and stumps aud the
dirt from aronnd the same in the
fields, and cow. peus,'hog lots and
norse lots, iou can- make two
acres of worn out land good in this
way cheaper than you can clear
one acre aud get H ready for seed,
une nana, horse and cart can cov
er twenty -five acres with dirt be
sides keeping your lots well straw
eu. adu iweniv-uve acres are as
much if not more than oue hand
will grub in one year to say noth
mg about cutting it down and
clearing it off for grubbing, and
cleaning it off after grubbing. And
when we bring our old, exhausted
lands np iu this way, you see its
value is so much capital added to
our wealth, and we still have our
woodlands undisturbed.. '
And besides this, reclaimed and
redeemed land is so much easier
both ou man and beast to cultivate.
i ... . '
anu you can cultivate ho much
more without breaking plows,
stumping toes and sometimes los-
iug- your hwett temper.
.Now if you have never tried this
plan of bringing up old exhausted
lands tiy it. Yrou have no idea
Uow much one faithful hand and
cart can do in redeeming worn out
lands. Scotland 2seck Democrat.
, TSDSSAL JU20ES.
For the Court to te Esld in Ealeiga
iccr 23th.
ITcvo:
the street in
walking cos-
wyn, coming in from
her most becoming
tump, found him waiting for her hi
her reception room
The gave a little cry of surprise;
but became to her and took both
hands in his and held them tight.
and bent his head and kissed them.
"Say that you are glad to see me
back, and want mo to stay," he
said-
Ami so it was Lilly's step-father,
who gave her away wnen she was
married to young Will Milton.
And theie were at least two happy
couples in tue world tuat evening
four people who felt quite sure
that they had chosen well and
wisely.
PROHIBITION IN GEORGIA.
Its Effect in Atlanta and the Differ
ent Counties That Have Tried it
Iu a recent interview at Atlanta,
Govornor.uordou said that prohi
Tho following is ihe list of jurors
drawn for the November term of
the U. S Circuit Court "to be hold
in ltaleigh November 2i), 18S7.
il&luax county bwau S. jfor-
mn, liriukleyvillo. , .
Johnston couuly-Smith Brooks,
Siuithfiehl; Booth Barbee, Smith-
field; LL D. Hood, Sclraa.
V ance county S. S. Snead,
l'owuesville; W. 11. liarrows, Enter
prise; j. li. l'lummer, Middleburg;
k. w. lveamey, Middieuurg.
liocty Mount; Abraham Dorsev,
W hitakers.
Edgecombe county v. B. Sta-
ton, Tarboro; J. 1. Dillingham.
raruoro;
.Wilson county II. M. Thompson.
m a. . . w .
oiamonsourg; j. is. Mercer, xois
not; uun?ra iius, Wilson.
franklin-county Omega Pur
nell, Franklinton; Dr. Willie Per
son, Franklinton; George Winston,
m i i
j? ranKiinion.
Cumberland county J. II. Ben
ton, FayetleviIIe; John C. Poe,
l ayetteviIie;E. V. Powers, Fayette
ville.
Warren county Walter Egerton
Macou; N. M. Palmer, Macon;
Henry Williams, Warrenton; II.
B. Hunter Jr., Warrenton: It. K.
Watkins, Mausou.
Harnett couty James Mj Tur
ner, Sr., Lillington; Benj. Harring
ton, Luliugtou; IS ml S. Stewart,
Averasooro.
Granville county Archibald
Taylor, Oxford.
Wayne county Philip - Fort,
Fremont; Sccdham Holland, Fre
mont.
Northampton county N. K
Bawls, Garysburg.
Wake county O. D. Osborn, D
II. Young, Robert Horton, Bryant
Smith, Anderson Betts, AI li.
Hodge, Charles Root, Colin Camp
bell, W. U. J. Godwin, F. S. Pierce
and M. Bowes, Kalelgh; It. F.
Temple and J. C. Freeman, lto'es-
ville; G. B. Andrews, Auburn;
D. W. Allen, Forestville; J. S.
Mangum and T. F. Ilan isou, New
Light.
The Atlanta Exnosirinn
110,000 over expenses. That will
uo very well.
The "tater" vines hav Wn t-m.
ed by the frost, says the Greene
county Enterprise.
A vessel has been ouaranton.i
at Savannah because it is believed
that small pox f9 0n board.
The hog cholera is rairinf? in
Johnston count v still, vn it
stated in tho News Observer.
The chestnut eron nf
North Carolina is said to bo tho fin
est that we have had in years.
The W.& W. railroad romnanr
:n l.m i .. . - J
win uuuu a una irom I'.imtn t
J&ooeson count v. we feea it utAti
r -
Tt a TV I. v
tne Edgecombe County Commis
sioners made the Tarboro military
company a present of 100. The
company did at least that much
police service in the threatened
trouble over the lyuching of that
negro.
Rocky Mount Phoenix: We on
aeratana that a grand tournament
wm come off in this nlaea on
Xhursday, Nor. 17th, and a ball at
night.
Judge Shepherd sentenced Mr.
Calvin J. Green, found cuiltv of
perjury, io one year in the county
jau, and imposed a fine of ?50. He
took an appeaL Durham Recor
der.
Green Henley, who has been in
carcerated in the county jail for
some months, at last concluded
mat it was not good for man to
live alone, oven in jail, bo there
fore took unto himself a wife
Stanly Observer.
Mai. John O. Winder. President
of the Durham & Northern railroad
company, has advertised that bids
will be received at his office nntil
November 1st, 1&S7, for grading,
cross ties and trest'e timber for
twelve miles of this road from the
town of Durham and for ten miles
from the town of LIentloron. Dur
ham Recorder.
- , . ..
xvs ior ourselves, we Deiieve m
co-education, in public school, acad
emy, high school, college ami uui
-versuy, and iunnermore, believe
that the day is coiiuug not such a
great number of years hence, when
young women will bo admitted to
our University at Chapel Hill on
iue same terms wun voung men.
hy not ? School Teacher.
What is generosity anyway !
When a hfty-Umea millionaire
makes a hundred thousand dollar
donation, is he generous l How is
it that v anderbilt his so many
millions while the average pay of
every fifth man in the United
States, according to his lieutenant"
showing, is less than a dollar and
a half a day J N. Y. Cor. Land
mark.
What pined him most "Kicked
you out-, uia . ne t sympathized a
friend with a walking delegate who
had found himself suddenly pro
jected to the sidewalk in front of a
manufacturing establishment 'Yes;
nut that wasn t the worst of it.
"o I "W hat pains me most l
the lact that the boot he kicked
me with -wasn't union made."
Puck. .
were delivered at a birth. These
triplets, two girls and a boy, are
now 6 years old and are as healthy,
strong and bright aa any parent
could wibh their children to be. At
birth the boy weighed eight pounds
and the girls seven aid six pounds
respectively. Mrs. Preston is S3
years old, six reet in heigbtb,ana
weighs 170. Her Lusband is three
years older, five feet in height and
tips the beam at only 130 pounds.
Mrs. Preston's sister, Mrs. Henry
ShaPer, is tho mother of a pair of
hearty girl twiun, uow 9 years old,
and the third Bister, Mrs. 'Robert
Turner, or Stafford county, Kans?;
has a son and daughter born on the
same day, who are now 8 years old
and r, ay live to be 100, so far as
perfect health and physical sound-
ncs are concerned.- St. Loaia Republican.
nn; at zvzz
ilaka Ycur Clilirsn Feci that They
Hava in Sa&ty a 2:3.
Do not iw arraid of a little fun at
hotac, good people. Po not but un
jour Louse lest the sua should fade
your carpet; anp your bearu, lest
a taugu suouiu should shake down
a lew of tbe musty old cobwebs
that are hanging there. If von
sons let them think that all mirth
ana social enjoyment must be left
at the threshold without when they
come home at night When once a
tome u regarded as only a rlace to
eat, unnk and sleep In, the work
is begun that cods m gambling
nouses ana rccmess o erred auon.
Young people must have fan and
relBxation somewhere. If they do
not find it at their owt. hearthstons
they will seek it at o:!.t and less
profitable places. Therefore, let
the fire burn brightly ia winter, and
let tbe doors and wtadowi be cheer
fully thrown open in summer, and
mate ino uomesieldeiightlol with
thofl Ltilo a.u t jut parent so well
anderfctaa I. Do not rrntesa the
buoyant t-pitMs of your children
Half an hour of aserricieat within
doorc. and meirlmeot of a Lome.
oiois out ike remembrance of many
a c.irj aud annoyance dormer the
day; and the bekt safe guard that
they -n taue with them into tbe
world h t'ie unsi-ea inlluence of
bright little home siuctam Farm
and Fi reside
::as2 cctoti cold laim
Crxpary Crsziioi to
"V7cri Then.
L
Anen' ?h . ; . , . , .. -
Waito i. ; , .... , .- , i
and a st . ... f
for hia I - s I
leo.la, I.. ; . t. .
dent io - ua . , ., .' i -.. 'v '
which ii -r . .. ; ; ,. ' .-.
hast, wl t I
thought it '- ,r - . ' !
at the e- ... ,
cll-knt : . - 1
day, DC ! ', , -
did tbe !.t . , ' j I
he t&ot . ; r , u
gentlem . 1 1; . :. lt
feted a u-.. , . ' - , 1
host wai I'- . r - ,u.
noyed, t ..!.-..;,. . :
promiie.
o en a ''.'...;'..- -t
or and i . -,.v ; v ; j
to tbe ti : . . " . - , , . ; " : I
lemma, i. i . ,n ! . , ; ....i
annouoc i ui ,;, . -
gO,n sa j :
! a party ' t "-;'-. . '
in acoar r , , ;-j
rooma c . ' ,: i
qr-'toea v, ,t ,. j t
we all ai. :...;.': '-, r
went to- m : ,.t . :.
shook i
ci ale I en. nr. 1 . . . i 1 1 l
possible i- , i . . t . t .
Finally . r . '
All of u , ! a-
with ou ..... ' t
tender U -.'.. . ' . -,"
birt am i . .
bar. Tc . - v . ',.
same m ' . ' v. 1
lacked It i '!:. ; .i
idea thei i ' . v,
and tbe i 't
to pay ft : d:u YiVj;,.nc,
My sbir - ; vr., .
hot In lb-; .--nx . : : e
fed wif j. rt ; ' t. -
Globe, .
It lizrt uzts
. ... ' r
' ill .1 .
-.1 ,(
i.l:'.
On Saturday last a colored My
named Gua Green, while hunting
near town, was rataily shot. He
naa me outt oi ma gun resting on
a stump with the muzzle pointing
towards him, when tbe butt of the
gun slipped and struck another
stump, firing the gun and putting
both loads through bis body and
shooting his intestines out Not
withstanding bis ghastly wounas,
bo crawled .several hundred yardf
to tne roausiue, wnere lie wra
round, lie died Sunday at his
home. Franklin Dispatch.
Ex Judge Henry II. Folk, who
was born in Rertie county, N. C
graduated at Wake Forent in 1843
and removed to Brunswick, Tenn..
where he was leading attorney and
Judge, has recently been ordained
to the ministry. Ry invitation he
preached last week at Goldsboro
and Wilmington. It is thought he
will be called to the pastorate of
the Goldaboro Baptist church. Tbe
Chronicle will rejoice to welcome
him back to North Carolina. "Here
be our homes while ve live; here
be our graves when we die.' The
Raleigh Chronicle.
It is reported that New York is
goiug to introduce manual train
ing into quite a number of its pub
lic schools, and if it proves satis
factory manual training will be es
tablished throughout the State.
This ia a noble experiment and
clmnlil liA ilrnf a1 lr urorp Rtitn I
Kifinn 1-iflQ hrPAtl fria1 Itrnnrrli 1 rrn I I. ... M..n.n .. '.I. -. 4. . .
"Vr" 11 nn ;? T-T D11CM Aana elorn WnHncat m the union, livery boy through
out toe country snouia- nave a
knowledge of agriculture, and then
if be finds that be can devote hi m-
We le.u a from the Ni Wi? Observ
it Vii; a eunpany ha iaxtbeen
foruutl and incorporated under the
lajrs of North Carolina, for devel
oping and working tho Mann-Ar-rington
gold mine in Nash county.
The capital etock of the company is
?700,uoo. jiir. ij. v. Lyon, of that
city is secretary treasurer and ilr.
W. A. Campbell, of N. C., ia gener
al superintendent. The remainder
of the company is composed of gen
tlemen of 1'ittj.burg,. Pa., of ample
capital and who have large inter
ests iu the extensive iron works of
that city. The company hold in
ree simple 150 acres or land in the
placer district or Is ash countv. In
which there are four welt defined
fissure veins fro in C inches to 4 feet
thick, with Ilaroniau !ic walls.
This is the first organize company
for working tho auruen n$ veins of
Nash, aud it is not simplj a venture
in tbe ordinary acceptation of the
term. The company have exiend
ed 10.000 In exploring with the
mine that they might know som-
thing of its imsibilitiea before tnak
Ing a permanent Investment. A
twenty stamp mill will be erected
at once and oeratioaa begun ou a
large scale. . They already have
enough ore I f. -r several months
ahead, which ju'..l frcm 20 to ?50
per tiu of pure nu-Jl. haccbaroid
quartz cres will be the principal
thing worked. .
1
1 1
' 1
it
A oc
cannot b
expendit
new pro r ,
ispondif i , .i i
leal apf cmj a ,
freshest
ward eqi -tst.
class ne r -tare
of i.;iri
preseR, n ..
Iondentt .
that wht . -
Money mai tHl U;j
or the pe j . It
strength l"h t
only by i i-.nu.vz -
t canno ju -.art
lieie in t r t :U-
and the i..i :
ancea. A a'. r
a oewspr ;w
tioa dig::
coafiden - f
foundati wii'ti
ortrutb l . I. .
change m .d u
fijenee c "r-1'
a year. r.
ly after cik -l..t t:.
changeless t?.url.r t
Tbe peo( ".! t
1 bey cat i I t- . i
They lot' 1 .-;..
words dc n : .
office by . .'
after be - .!-,
the peop
lU jKjwe
ocrnel, .
the top ,
ocyera u;
cality, t :
truth ter
ChronicI'
11
r:;l:i tha Zztczzg:.
It it wrong to play a joke on
revenue officer? One like this for
iiifttauce. lie ia approached by
goolt citizen of Durham, who aaya:
! know where there ia a Mill
ana me uovernrocnt is not rt-ciiv-
ing one cent of pay."
"Yon don
"Yea, I do."
vouia soi mma u-wng roe
where it
'That depend, I mnt never be
known iu connection with it."
GohI : I will not , k t it he
known."
l)o yoi jay for tmcU informa
tiour
N', wa dint."
erywei:; l nceun ; nil iou
mere i is. '
MSe here; I will give joa fV)."
Make it ?5 00."
And you will tell men
Yea."
"Here a font money. Now where
is tbe strap
HJome cla-c. .It is down yonder
m Gattis' juuk shop. He bought il
of old coprer vehterdar. Good
day."
lie walked on and tbe revenue
officer felt for his iocket-book and
"cussed." Durham Recorder.
TV fM I
dient. Liny answered with merry
is,most distressing, not only to the giggles, and made her pretty dim
persoa aiiiicted if he have any pride, pies for her mother's benefit, " and
dui io tnose wun wnom ne comes raised ner arcnea eyeorows, and
in contact. It is a delicate ' matter shook her dainty bead in a comical
to speak of, but it has parted mot way. But the sternest refusal
orly friends bu$ lovers, Bad breath conduct bare 'ten' !?de more
and catarrh are- inaeperable. ;Dr,i fluul. ' . ..
fiage'a Catanh Remedy, cures the At last, in despair.' Mrs. riwyn
worst cases as thcuHands' cau testi- wrote an answer to tLe letter, ber
ry, j ' self. Slie enjoyed the task, and
option in 100 out of the 137 coun
ties in the State ' of Georgia, and
not one county has gone back ou
its action, lie did not hesitate to
pronounced the result good. lie
reclared that Atlanta had not been
damaged by it. ; An lears of trade
being diverted from the city had
proven groundless. He said the
change had noticeably benefitted
the freedmen.
This is very important evidence
ou si subject upon which many con
tradictory statements have been
made. Governor Gordon certainly
has not been known as a temper'
ance .advocate, aud therefore, It
cannot be said that his statement
is the evidence of a partisan. His
high character as a man, aud the
ieXiUU U position A .'rtOlj no k;c n;o..-.
ure a gUHi uuU e that hia evidence is
impartial and sn plotted by facts,
it must then be accepted as tnie
that the prohibition of the, sale of
lil tho Northwest
Of the over four thousand arti
cles now taxed, many might be
placed ou the free list with as
much benefit as was felt from the
abolition or the duty on quinine.
The wayfaring man cannot err in
the way that leads ; to a reduction
of the surplus. The politician will
not, if he has any conception of I
public pertinent on this question,
audo'fthe influence which-It will
exercUe In the elections of the next
year. St Paul Pioneer Picsj, Rep.
self to some other occupation to a
better advantage, be will not be
any worse oil by it, and will have a
knowledge of manual labor as well
as mental training.
PROLIFIC CTCCI
Organic weakness or lss of
power in either sex, however in
duced , speeddy aud lH-rmnneutly
cured. Li(vn loceute iu damr
for book ol particulars. World's
Dispeusai'" ITcdical Asof-ciaiiou,
Euavio,a.T.
They Multiply and EcplKdsh with
a VciC!iC0. .
A remarkable group of ladies are
Mrs. Norman Taylor, of Nor borne,
and her three .married daughters.
Mrs. Taylor has herself twice given
ea! b iift:wcn, One of the !MgUVi
f-rs, Alii. in--'oa 11 iojad.4,of V(t" .r-;-,
borne, maHi m l.rf7-l, is themotL,- zC
er ui eiijlit h.renj three of wLich 4 iu t:
We can grow succcaafuliy within
the borders of cur highly favored
State, corn, cotton, temp, flax; jut.
wheat, oat." boriey, rye, buck bear
lie, silk, tobacco, pcaouta, sorghum
cauc, btoom i-orn, ra net, luoorne.
clover, orchi j, timotHy and herds
grass, aweet potatoes, Irlhh pot a
toes. bop. peas, meloaa, sUawbcr
ries, apples ,peachea, grajie, plama.
chernew, etc., ana yet we nna peo
ple confining their lalor and cir
to tho production of tingle crops u
the exclusion or all others. Ast!
these crops frequently cost more to
for
produce them than the price
which they are fcold. And
wor&t roatare or this suicidal end
and ruinous policy is, that the i ro
ducer has no more control over tbe
f lh.-
,1m
it ,
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10
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Tli?S5
prcteata I .
a repadi .
tot on I...
t,be prin p"
saoie-. li
to pay a ne;
rcfafes I ;
cent We '
script I')
agrees U .
Statea
written i
the clerl
preenU
coanty t
ita full
al by
have tht
by one f -m
lit icrd . ,
qaentax.
debt. Ik
ing. If tl
oue dolb r
u.h the 1
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ty or bia A
gram, or I ! .
ipaoted a. .. .
uiy barn i-v
when it -and
pile
gone ont
-d offa '
k brigh
get hom
l-rn lit!
The co
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i !! !.-... m I -I
.'In ."'-l.tti .; ii'h! 4 v I
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t ,fi-;v i. ' " - f . I
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'low dt-pndt iit ov(
: . i 1 .ig at
The V
rice crop
at 2S.0UC
last year
Mr. Gid
ly broke.
weTs gii
Tbe C
or sac
near Lat
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