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THE ROANOKE NEWS ADVERTISING HATES. W K 15 K L Y N E W S T A P K R , THE ROANOKE NEWS A DEMOCRATIC ' PUBLISHED BY IIAT IIKI.OK A I.OCKIIAKT. 1 : i One Yesr, in advance, f Six Months, " I rtiree Months, " J . f 2 on l ro "j L-tS. T. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. W. MASON. ATTOKXEY AT LAW, aAKYSI?UR3, N. 0. Praecipes In the courts of Northampton J nnd adjoining enuntlos, also in llio Federal and Supremo courts. Juno 8-t.f JOS. B. HATCHELOK. ATTOUXEY AT I.IW, RALEIGH, X. C. . PraPtipPs in the courts of the 6th Jndi. e.ial District ami in the Federal anil fn ' promo Court.. May II II'. WAl.TKU CI.AKK, RaloiKh, N. C. LARK A K. T. CI.AItl, Halifax, N. ('. CLARK, i ATTORNEY? AT LAW, HALIFAX, N.C. I ; Will prs".tifie in thn Courts of Halifax land aljoiuinir counties . March 10 tf. w. a. nrss. BUNS, 3 T. II. KITl'HKV. 1 XT I T o II K N 4 ATfiaSKM A C )UN3i:t,LORS AT LAW, SeotUnd Xeck, llnlifux Co., N.C. I Practice in tin Courts of Halifax and if a Hii'iin i. iiiu'ios and in tliu Supremo I and Federal Courts. IHOMAS N. HILL, janlS tf IT1 Attorney at Law, HALIFAX, N. C. "PrantioBS in Halifax and adjoining Oountio and Federal anil Supreme Courts. Will bo atSoitland Nook, ouoo every tortniijht. Aug. 28-a W. II. my, A Y w. w H A Ham.. L L T A Y , A ATTORNEYS AT LAW, WKLDOV, X. C. Practice In the. caurU of I.'alifax and adjoinim; enmities Mid in tho Supreme and Federal oourts. Clai'iis collected iu av.y part of North Carolina. j ti n 2U 1 ij gAMUKL J. WRiaur, ATTORNEY AT LAW. JiCItSOM, n. c. Practices In the Court of Nurthampton ad adjoining conation. nop Hi 1 Y A V I N l. II Y M A N ATTORNEY AT LAW HALIFAX, N. C. PrantiRB ir. thn courts of Hali'ax and adjoining ooun'.itM, and in the Supremo and Federal Courts. Claims collected in all parts of North Carolina. Office In the Court House. july 4-1 Q. O. BURTON J It." ATTORNEY AT LAW, HALIFAX, N. C. Practices in tho Court of Halifax County, and Cmities adjoining. In the Supreme Court of the Statu, and iu tlie Fel'sral Courts. Whl riv.i ipniial att viti ill to the nnllon tin ofolaims.and to adjusting tho aceniitiU of Kxeoutors, Adininisrators and Uiiar dians. rioc-15-tf J. M. U R I Z A R I, ATTORNEY AT LAW, HALIFAX, N. 0. OfOoe in the Court Hons". Strict attrn ihin given to all branches of 'ho proles lea. J" '- 1 0 . VOL. VII. WELD ON", N. C, SAT UK I) AY, JULY 1 1878. NO. 0 0 I LL KEEP AKI3S FOR YOU. 11V MA1.I1K.N VAM NTINK. No lU'itter liovv tho world may frown, What sorrows round may If Iu'ii is arc trim unto the uoie They iriunipli over ail I So let tlui wind hlinv fold nnd chill, While ( it he is provn iinlrue, I'd luce thnhlorui of iTiml lata And keep a kiss for .you. Though sppraiod hy din'rce, t ir hy a ail in istake, I'll try t ovr'ilr.ip tlie 1mp.ii h It niitv thmi w III will wail ; And Im'o thPK'Kid limn conips aaiu I'll n il In'i'i'.il'ier run, Hut hold unto the pilr.j I (rain A ml Keo,i n k i -t for jmi, And when v" roarh the gulden straud, T" weep and ii:h no nmre, We'll kii.0 P:li h in tier and i on To hi h. fnrevprinore ; W hen f'.mlpst hopes are roalir.nl, And heaven is in view. I'll liier-H tin1 hour 1 ' id resolve To k' ei - c jwR f(. Voii . MAHrtltD FOfJ LOVE. "N', cannnt I npvor will believf! it,"1 said little Jessie l'easn, as she sat listening to the story tier mo t 'ntiinate friend anil companii.'ii was telling "You never liked Charles vien lie was here, Sam!) " "Tli.it is quite true," replied Sara!) Benton, lli'r hriyht bru-ette luce wore a look that seemed to say she cnulJ give very good reasons for her prejudice against the. lover nf her fiiei.d. I jut a glance ii.to Jessie's tearful blue eyes checked the words III it were hovering upon her lips, 'And a you did not like li'nn then, it is very easy for ymi to misjudge biin now," Jessie went on. "What was the date of bis last letter?" continued Sarah. ' Oh, kv do you ask? What cau it matter? lie has heeu very bmy, and has written less frequently than usual, but I am sure, be loves m still I an sure lie cannot be false, lid is jj-od so noble si alfectiotiate." Sarah took her by the liaed. ' Jessie, you are an angel, or re r one at least. I've w itched y u goin to the post' ItL'o and coniieg back eiiioty-haniled and sick at heart for five lone weeks. oil are too nice a girl by far to be allowed to break your heart for a scanio like Oltarlos Rono .t Why won't vou listen t me? Voil know I have been your best friend ever since we were school iirls together, and you ought to know that I would iievrr tell anvtliiiiB to make yon unhappy, if I was not very sure it was true. Why won't you believe me when I tell you that lor the pnst three months lie has b 'en pay ieg attention to the: daughter of his empl jer 'r" ' Reciuse, Sirah, if I do once believe it I shall break inv heait, as you tay,' was Jessie's lolb leply. Sarah walked up a id d iwn the pun for a fe limes, thinking deeply. Tnen she cume close to her Irieid once mure. "1 wish yniir nui'her bad asked .viy one Ue to tell you," she saiJ. "My mother?'' "Yes. When I caiie linme from New Yoik and told her al' (li.it I bad seen and heard, she b-eged m i t t tell y nil then, and I would not. Now this fresh news lias come, she says I must break it to you for she cannot. 1 don't like to iio it, Jessie ; I'm not sure but that you'll hate nr; f ir it after I am Jtssie heard bim sigh once or twice. That made her turn around to glance at bim. for she felt just (ben tho deepest sympathy f . r any one who was in (rouble. They both colored deeply ns their eyes met. Tho gentleman rose and lifted his hat. "Mis Tease I I'm surprised to soe ymi here !" Jessie wns evn more cmbirravi m! than he was Judge Hunter was tneir neighbor in her native village, and the richest man tliete, and after having lived a widower for ten years, he bad sur prised li"r one day by asking her to m arry bim, She had refine I bim us kindly us possiole, for at thai time l.er hea-t was lull of Charles Ueuio.it. Ti ey bad never since met. and to meet thus was salhYiently awkward for then) both, as may be supposed . "It is like a fate." sni.l tlie judge liis eyes fixed upon her burning lace. "I went away from my home to try t ) for get you Jessie, and I've not boon uble to try to do it. I was thinking of you 01. ly a few moments ago " ' Were you?" sighed Jessie. A hundred wild fancies were wliiiling through her heart and brain. Cuief iiml foremost nmong thorn all was the thought, -'Charles will bring home bis bride within tho month ; if choose I can cider the village church on the same day, before them, as a bride." And she did choo-e. "Did you hear me did you notice that I sighed, Jessie?" exclaimed the judge "Ah, my dear girl, I've done nothi. g but sigh ever since the day when you (old me o i could never be my wife. You little know how unhappy yo r decision made me." "I am very sorry," said Jjssie sftly. There whs a long silence. The judge took her hand. S:ie did not withdraw it. 1) n t yon thi. k ymi can t iko back the answer you gave me on that day ?" ue asked coaxingly. "Yes," said Jjssie, linking far out to sea. Jessie had her wish granted. She walked us a bride bef ire her lost lover nod liis bride, when he entered tlie vil lage church, on the day of bis first visit to his home. Judge Hunter, r.' ea he introduces his friends to bis lovely wife always tells them with pardonable piide, that she ", narried him for love." So in truth she did. 1. it it was for love of ber own pride. She made him an exce'teut wi e, however. No oie knows the truth except Jessie her mother and S irah li .'iitou. These three women, strange to siv, have kept tl.e secret faithfully between them, a'd will keep it so to the ci;d of '.heir lives. U vHAPPY MARRIAGES, IIV .II.NSiK Itl'.IO'.lWAY. CLO AGE. all I iich a uecuu'il ctnnge i many marry to) young E. BRANCH, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BNFIBt.n, HALIFAX COUNTY, Jt. C PrajtlMi In tho Countion of Halifax, lUsti, K iKPPombo and W ilson. Cnlloocioa male in all parts of th CUte. J" 12 6 i A M K S E. II A K A, ATTORNEY AT LAW, FIELD, N. ('. Prvitioos in the Counthis nf Halifax, Cdiitooiiitin and Nash. In tl.e Supreme 'ourt of the Stale and In the Federal Courts. Cnlle-tions made In any psrt fit the fttale. Will attend a', llm 'Court House in 3lifn on Monday and Friday of eieh week. jail 12-1 n A N D R K V J. UUHTO N, AtfOKVEV AT LAW, WELDON, N. C. PrartleM in the Courts nf Haltlai, War ren nd Niri'inuit'n eonnties and in tlie Munrnme mill Federal ("our In. VUimm eollaeiod lu any part of North Oartlina. . junu JiMm m. 111'i.i.sx. JyJ U L L K N JOHN A. MIIOKK. MOOR E ATTORNEYS AT LAW. llaliriii, n. c. Praetloe In the Counties of Halifax. Nurtliami to i, Kdirwomhe, Kilt and Mar gin In ino Supreme Court of the State n.t in the Federal Court of the Katrn IllstrlcU Col leptious inaJa iu any part of North Curollua. Jn 1-1 0 gone "What news b is come that my own mother cannot repeat to mti" laid Jessie, lurid' g very pale. "We only got the litter this morning It was dirccle;' to your mother." "A letter! l'loiu CharUs?" Yes " "Where is it? 0'i, why didn't you give it to me before? llow could you keep it from me? If you only knew how I've sullen (1 lor the want of ill" "I do know. So dues your mother; end lint is the reason why we did not give it to you at mice," said Sarah, tak in nil envelope from her pocket. "Stop, Jessie, let me tell you what it is before you open it." H it Jessie bad already torn ide tho envelope. She stared wildly at the cm ds enclosed. I'lrdi! What arc they, Sirah?" ' His weJ.lirg cuids," mid Sirah solemnly. "Married! ( hunts is married, and not to me I" The sweet, nale face crew paler still and ihe sbght form swayed forwaid. and would have l.illu i to the II i r ll nail RjMt'Ui had not caught it in her arms. She lias beard the woist, aid will get over it in lime, she said to .Mrs. Tease, who ran in, Irightened out ol her ...... T ,1 J wits. ' Hut It 1 were y ill 1 wnuiu semi her away on a visit somewhere before that wretch comes here with bis bride as thej say be is going to di litil month." Jessie Tease went away for a short visit lo llie seiis'iore, as her mother wished and fr.euds advised. Sho was young and romantic, and she certainly believed herself to be heiiil-broken. And so she made no aiqiuintsnces, and went down lo the shore every day and set there t think of her lost lover until ihe bade fair in look like the very ghost of the pretty girl that lover had so heart lessly deserted. 0 ie bright aftereonn Jessie fat i" her accustomed place. A gentleman camo and sut down near her. Hit was tall, portly and handsome J man of fifty, perhaps, who looked prosperous and wealthy, but who also looked voty sad. Ho'v o'lru the question arises, "Why are there si many unhappy marriag"s!" What kaleidoscope in life has oroduced such a complete revolution in the ni.ir- ried rpl itinii ? S.l.O Is it not that hklore ihe chii bCter has been developed, or properly f irmed? Wheu they are more pleased by the eyes and senses 'ban the mind and heart, or that so.i e persons marry for beauty, without the other attraction to keep the times en kindled, nr tlie nl'piiwerlul love of ni mi y. S ime in -.rry lor intellect w. ta unt hents, and vice versa, nnd not hav ing the proper balance wheel there n.iist neci ss.uily be disc rd and difiuei. cv i the s-.-ales of reason. Reauty in the abstract docs very ell: money is a consideration, but should he secondary, not primary, tu se cure permai.ent h-ippiness. (low sol uotn we meet, ut the present age, two persons who li.e happily together until the golden wedding, nr when the silver threads begin t mingle, and clai u the darker lock for their own. A b'ooding of heait and tuiud should prodoce the proper harmony, as "reason is (he fl iwer of the mind." and as heart cannot be chained it will, like water, run to meet its level. Utfad -r. are you h ippy in y-'ur mar tied relations? Po you adhere to the promise to remember the marriage vows: II you are happy, nj ncu moo be glad ;; if not so, asterlain I'ae d.lli cully and o deai T In remedy it. He ready ( o meet each other hali'-w iv, or even venture liner-quartets wav, if ne cessary. I! is li el gi.en you finer sen sibilizes thin the chosen one bear with her, and iturdy the higher nature. 1) i you p issi ss a n dure more calm and amiable, bear with her, and iu a O'liet loving manner, let your influence alt its stay over like a gentle breeze no a summers day. Are your faculties in a better stale ol cultivation be ev. r ready to impart In her nnd be grateful for your advantages, and try to develop one nr m ire of the ten talents she may possess, lou g men, do you intend lo enter the p irlals of matrimony? Look well bcfire yon leap; do not be carried adrift by a passing fancy, for you will find It ns evanescent an the morning dew. Sturdy the character of tlie ludy you in tend to marry, mi .'.u is to become ihe mother of a future generation, tho head of your household, partaker of your joys, the iharrr nf your Sorrow. Hear with each other, that the sparks of yoi.r love may be kept in a steady hUze. A id you who are unhappily married, remem ber that you have yet time to kindle from (he slumbeiing embers some light of other dus. Growing old gracefully is an art in which lew stu lv to acquire pei fection, and yet how beautiful is age with the grace and tenderness that properly be long to tho uut'iiiHi and winter of life. There is a poetry that should linger about and crown it with respect, rever ence and aiftiiratiiMi, The latter days should b; kcl to quii.k, pleasant music, and only soft, sweet notes should rippltf from the heart, where it is yet spring (ime with ull its i-ln-tishcd iis.ncia lions. () d people di serve a sunny niche in the hi'Use.!i.,ld ; their loving faces should be frame I in the memoiy, dearer and dearer than the gems that come Ir 1 1 in the Ditisi's brush which cull for ad. titration. Their deeds of mercy and lovi i(j kindness, of patience and en durance through trials, of tluiughlful ness for others and sympathy iu the hour of need, should bo printed mi the heait in characters that will never grow illegible. If their hearts have been full of kin. I humanity and sweet friendliness and generous acts, then the coming night should be g!tnm"d with the stars of affection an 1 devotion. Would tin v drift back with the tide, we often ask? Perhaps, if they could only le leein the errors of youth, c mUl only stem the hreakirsmore courageously and imblv, and make of life a richer p ie n. If their lives all the way through have been set to (lie music of lii-h thoughts, noble, as p'ralioiis and brave dee Is. then the blossoms nf admiration and honor should he laid daily at their feet by kindly hand-:. o the old, the rush ol early memo ries comes back like tlifi lost notes of a song they oi co loved. They delight to live over the past; lor then the meadow daisies grow again, the yell nv d I'ldulions are plucked with fearless fingers, the running brook murmurs no music sweeter llian that lln-y once knew in their hearts, and the Iragrant tl iver-Mossom breathes only the per fume of a vanished June. They carry with them always llie poetry und sweet ness of remembrance. About those whi) grow old gracefully, there lingers lorever the Irtshness and tenrlereess of youth. The silver hair -.veins "Time's gathered snnws." The foolish, biilll ni, hopes of mere worldly ambition faile away before the infinite longing for things liiglur nnd holier, and those upon whom they depend tin re come verses which never can be wiitten, of sympathy with soirow, re cigniit'inn in i 111 ction, clieeifulue-s in disappointment, and the sweet faith that helped to oveicome nil obstacles. We oliliu cs smi'. at their odil funcirv, nnd noi derii g why ihry cling su closely to little l:ei ps:il;es ti' d treasures of the past ; they inuv l e but In ks on the cl aio of Tin.es ibat cany tin in back to a more gol.ieii dun n. Old age is fid! "f study. U 1ms bat tle d with lift so long, ui d grown weary so idle n over i'.s tuokeu auiliitions, its repented laihin s. its vain hopes. They o ;eu torprt tl e woild m ce held lor i them so many aspirations; ns they diift silently toward that unknown shore the rapture of that "sltai ge, beautiful song" ol youth seems i-nly a dim reality, half fi'i'.'ot'.ea. The ni set hours of old age are filhd with gleams of failing pictures, tinted w'uh roeate tl"ii Is or khadowed with tens; but if it be a season of content ment, res'.lol and cheerful, it always wears a giaci nis coloring, the dew ol its sweet iiilluence res's upon our hearts; ami we iiise'isiV.y yield ad niralion, reverence and I ve to the unconscious eliar n nf pe ice, repose nnd serenity (hat crowns beautiful, graceful old ages and gives it a poetry grand and tender and sweet. WHAT ARE YOUJT HOME? Strolling mound among some mem bers who live on the subntbs of our town, I found two buy playing marbles I'he boys played a different i;aine now from what I u.ed to play. Wo I rid n ring, with-u It.; marble in tlie corner, mil to plump that out Ir. no lav was to win the game. isow, iney nave a s'.rah'ht lii o with two m u hies "n'l "lhiy lor keeps" I always stop to talk with boys, and I st ipped to b-ivu a chat with these. I told the n how we us -J n pl iv, and they tol l mu hmv thry play now. "Well," said I, "hoy, you dun't play for keeps, d you '." 0 ie of them cut his eyes nt me iu a moment, and said. ' Ain't you Joe II mpci's pa?" "Yes," s-.nl I, "but how diJ you know it?" "You can't get him to play for loops lie says it ii gambling, and that his pa say s-" 1 was gratified to hear such a good account ol one of my boys from a stranger, for it is not ulwas so. I! it that boy's recognition nf me through my little sou set me to thinking. lie. was nut at nil like me iu peism, but when I began to denounce a certain game ns sin, the intuition of that strange b iy led him to know me as the father of h'.s playmate. Isn't it often tlie case that our children nre but reprints a kind of pocket edition of outs-'les? As they sit around tho fireside and hear us talk ii.g ; as they ask us questions and le ceive, sometimes an inconsiderate answer ; as they w itch our indoor life, when we nre not on guard, and draw their inferences, are we not holding a must solemn position, and unconsciously giving tone and taste and character to those who, of all others, ought to con cern us most? Y'nu are iich; your children may i h.vit your riches You are poor, but your children may bo rich. You ure talented, und your children may inherit your talents. 15 it you can not convey to them by will your educa tion, or your principles, or your religion. These are lo be impressed upon (hem, not by one act, but by the constant, peis.'verin ell'nts of your daily life. Rut, under "the grace of Ond," they may become, nnd they will become, what we most we most desire llicm, and in nine cases ont of ton will be reprints of ourselves. L-'t in learn, then, to 'hhoiT piety it home." SPAt'K One Square, Two SquarHi, Three fsijuaies, Four Sijiiares, Fourth Col'n, Half Column, Whole. Ci lumn, c O S Oil I : i 0 I S 1)11 10 On 15 on I S 00 10 00 l.i no 18 00 20 00 20 (II) .'1(1 00 I 5 li 00 20 00 30 I 0 36 1)0 40 00 til) 00 One Year, I O 20 Of) SO On 40 tO 40 Oi 60 ( 0 65 00 "5 00 C 0 M T IHT M E N T. uv licoi.a oi.e.NwnnD. Coi'tentnient a jewel rare. Hy very few pn-suvol ; (Hi, that 'ivv.iulil Unit a tlivolliu(r-p!uco, Within my trouble I breast. Tin modest Utile violet, C iiilnnl in fn'-est shade, T" w aste lis iniki-aiien nu llio a!r, To with r dm and fade. Sorely, 'tis h clit of lie -ven, I'uniiMitoil w lili nne's ini ; If rieh or pom-- thronizh weal or woe, Dweller in n aluoo or eot. INDEPENDENT ACTION. How useless it is to rely for happiness on ".he woi lil." l! you would pa-' through life iu the easiest possible inaii-ii'-r, siirink from nothing iu itself virtu ous and rational. Venerate only that which is inherent and chaogeU'Ssly right. Released your mind from the tram mels nf conventionalism, and S'iffr no other restruiut upon your acts than that i ri posed by conscie ico and tho Rule, si will you insure; a sweet immunity from cou.itless petty cares und annoy ances. acquire an ever-increasing streng'.h of character, and build on a firm and duriable basis that inward res pact for yourself which is incalcul.il I ; more to be valued than the changeful approval of urtifual people. a wonoerful'fTorida spring. One ol the ie.ttest curiosities ol the sunny South is the Silver Spiings, Florida. It buiaU I or 1 1 1 iu tlie oiiildt ol the iiioht lur tile country iu tlie iSute It bubbles up in a hitsin iiciily one hundred feet deep, and about, nu acre in extent, and sending from it a deep stream, sixty to a hundred feet wide, and stetidin six to eight miles to tho Oelawaha river. In the spring itsell sixty boats may lie at anchor. The Pin ine Uim loiius a natural inland port, to which three itenuiers run regularly I nun the St. John s in .king cIoki) connection with tlie oCeaii stciiueia st Tala'.ka. The clearness I the water n truly wondcrtiil. it seems ven more transparent than sir. You see llie bottom eighty leet below (he bottom of o-.ir hoat. (he i Mu.'. form ol the miulle.st pthble, the outline and color of the leaf tli.it has sunk, and all the p ismatic colors ol the rainbow nre rrlbcted. Luro lid) s.viui in it, every i ale vinihlc and every movement distinctly secu. II you go over the kiu.hi! in a hoat you will see the flassurcj in the rock fioni which the river rushes upward like an iuverled cataract ADVKRTISKMKXTS. g I G N PAIN TK US ' Wantod In every seetion of the t'nlterl t:ates and l'ruvineos to unsweu tuioad. vurtiseiiiont. Aildres DANIKL K. HKATTY , Washington , N, J. Dos. lif ' f J AVl'lNKssnii M1-sKHy7"ijI TUB I 1 liUFSTION Dr. W. K, Hovt of :t year" sueeoRifnt practice trnaraiiineH speedy and p rmunent eiiioil'all Cliti'iile, Seioful nis-, 1'iivate, .Svi'lillltli! anil l emale )ieHs(1s, Spornia errlnei, or se'..iliiiii hi liis Medical In. tit He, Airan et ( liencv llloek. otiposlte theCilv Hall I'urk, Syraemxi, N. Y. Med- leiiienei:', in nil pails ol tho I'. S. and anada. Don't be deeelved hy advertls- inir ipiaeks who Miioiik our laigo cltien, but oonsult Dr. He t or send for circular feiUuut on hm speeiaitiea to bis P. O. isox li. LAIiIKS. My L-roat liouid Fronrth Heiiu.d v, AMI K DK FrlMMH, or Female Friend, Is iinl'alliiiir Iu the cure of all pain ful and (lungerou disfasea of ynurnnz. It moderates all excess, and brings on I lie montlily period with regularity. In all nm voiis and spinal iiU'eetions, pains In Ihe back or linibi, lieaviueis. fatitrue on slluat pjrnrtion, palpitation of the heart, lawnest ofsnirit, liysterieK, siek hoadaehe, whites, and nil psin fill disease oeeauioned by a disordered system, it plleets a cure when nil other means fail. Price SJ,00 per Bot tle, snot hv mail. Dr. VI. K. Hovt. Col 7 fl. Syracuse, N. V, sov go 1 y. HOW A LITTLE GIRL FACED DEATH, Tlie Howard ('unity (Ky..) Adver tiser thus tiiuchiiigly tells how a dear little girl faced deith lately iu tint vi cinity. "Willie, a bright little daughter of Mr. T. W. Waltoe, died recently at her fathers residence, near Roanoke, in tlie sevenih year of her age. I.ittlu Willie had been sick a long lime, yet she bore her iilllction with all the pi tieneii nnd I'o'iitn ln of nop much older. On tl-e day of her death she called her little brother and sisfr around her and divided amonj llicm her toys. She lingered until seeu o'clock iu the evening p'uhoiii the least apparent change in a perfectly conscious condi tion, talking lo those around her. She counted the strokes as llio clock tolled seven ; and, when it had h ushed, she turned to her father, and said: 'Ta, I will never hear the clock stiike again; give me an apple.' The apple was given her, and after eating a piece nf it she began talking of dying, express ing a great aversion to being put uader the ground after death. She waa as sured that only her bodf was buued that the spirit left die body, end went to Heaven. This seemed to c'v her great relief, and egain addressing her father sho said : "Is ma watching for mo iu Heaven V And on being assured that she was she said : 'Turr mo over the", and let me die." She was ten derly turned on her si te, nnd spoke no mure. The clock tolled eight all the same but little i line never neara li the wis dead. In s bookulh r's catulo'ine lately ap prre, ir,e lollowimt article: "Memoirs ol Charles ths First will, a luad cqiitally JCCUtcd." HE it PAPA'S GRAVE, A little g'ul, with tangled locks peep ing fi u ill under a calico hood, clad in a diess of chintz, that hung all awry, loit ered behind ns tlie great, du'ty crowd moved out of the gates of Mt. Adnn tlie ether day, after they had scattered their ll 'ivors and done honor to (lis dead. Iireamily she niz'd after them, her eyes fided with a far aaiy lo de of ten derness, until the las', one had disap peared and th rattle of the drums had died away. I'lien she tun ed nnd vag uely scanned the mounds that rose about her, clutching still tighter the lading bunch of dandelions and grave grass that her chubby band held. An old man passed by nnd gently pa'ted her curly head, ns be spoke her name, but she only khra ik back still further, and when he told a passing stranger that the little one's father was one wlio went on a battle field and never camel buck, there was only a tesr drop iu the child's eye (o tII that she beard or knew tlie sto y. When ihey weie gonu she moved on foither to a neglected, empty lot, and kneilin" down she packed up a mound ufeaitli, whispen g us she palled dawn and smoothed it will) he: chubby hand : "Tnis won't be s lawfully big ns the others, 1 guess, but it'll be big enough so that liod will see it and think that papa is buried here." Careful y she trimmed tho sides with tfie stray grasses she pluike I. murmur ing on : "And it may be it will grow s that it will be like the rest lu two or three years; and Ihen nuy be papa will some lime come back and Hat she paused as though it suddenly dawned upon her young mind that he rested where the S mthern breene whisper "unknown," nod Ihe tenr-droe that sprang to her ejes in listened the l ltle bir.cli of dandelions that she planted Among the glasses on the mound she had reared. When the sexton passed that way nt night as lie went to close the gules, he found the little one last asleep, with her head pill -wed on the mound, aud ehen he roused her she started and looking dreamily around her for a moment, and then smilingly faltered : "Yes, Til go home now, (or Clod says he will watch papa's giave." NEW WAY TO RETAIN SUBSCRIBERS Au Indignant subscriber tu a newspape went into the olliee a lew days ago an I rs deed Ini uuper slopped because he dillcrrd with the editor in Ins views an siibniiling cn.-c rails. Tlie editor conceded Hip man uehttostop Ins pupur, and rem irked coolly, us he linked over Ihe list : ')u you kno v Jim bowers, down at Ilarrlaaabblo I 'Very Well," Said tlie linn. Well, he stopped liis p-ipir la't week hee iuse I thought a Inriuer was a litimol tool who didn't know that Timothy was a good thing to (rait on liuckeJ berry bus I nm and he died in less than lour hours" Gracious! is .hat sot" skeJ the nton ished fsnuer. Yes; and you know old Overgo Krick son, down ou l-.agle creek ( "Will. I'vu heard ol him. "Well." said the editor, nravcly. "he stopped liis- paper because lie whs the hap py Isther nl twins, and we congrtitn ateil In in oil his mieecm so Into in llie. lie It'll lea l within (wenty minutes. Thcrv'a lota i similar cases, but it don't matte; T just erofs your nmue oil", though you dim' iik iron .s and tin re s a had color on your none." "S"C be e, Mr. Kditoi!" said the sulvcri her. looking n mew list ulirmed, "I believe I'll iut kee, on another veur, hcrait'e I always di I like your paper, nnd come thick iliou' it.youre a youeg man, snil some allowance orter be made, and he deputed rtatisihd that lie had a Urtirow e-capu Ile a death. g 0 11 O O L T K A C 11 K It S , You can easily lnoreaso your salary br iv dovotinir a very email portion of vour leisure time to my in(eres(. I do not ex pect you to canvass for uny celebrated Hearty' pianos and Orirans unless yon sue tit to; but tho sorviee 1 require of you 111 lt.lfll r.l.iiu.1,,1 u.1.1 ..pr.lll..lOA 1S.1I ... ....... i, . hii uijinuin, J. U14 particulars free. Address, IJ.lMr I. F. B HATTY, Warrington, N. J. JOCKY MOUNT illLLS, ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. January 1st, 1S73. ' We are now prepsrvd to furotsk tbs) trade with SHEETINGS, SmiUTNGS, I'LOW LINES and COTTONsi YARNS, all of the best quality and at low prices. Our terms strictly net cash, AQ days. Address BATTLE 4 SON, Koeky Mount, N. 0. an 0 a A N I) O h 1' II A C O CHRISTIAN LIFE AT HOME. I have no Itith in (hat woman who talks of giscc snd glory abroad, and iiss no oip at homo. L"t llie buttons be on llie shiits, let the children's S' ek lie mi nd-d let the mad mutton be done to a luin. let iho house be as neat as new pin. m I the hone be s hippy as home a-i be ; and tl en, win u the cannon limls, snd the in u bh s and tb t, it u il i veil (lie g'uins nl sand, tire all in Hie box, i y n (hen anil there will be tm in b r thine little deed, nl love and laiih which in my Mtter's nsmn. Is'tkofyoil who loye bis nppeniinc. S. rvi (lod by doip; common action in In nvenly spirit, and (lieu, il your dally calli'iir only haves you clacks and crevices ol lime, till these up with holy service. T" u-r (he apostle's woids, "As we hnvo op poi daily, let us J i good unto al! tuetj.'1 HEAVEN "Wlien 1 was a boy I used to think o' heaven ns a ulorious golden city, wi'h jeweled walls, nnd gi'es of pearl, with nnbodv in it but tlie angels, nml thev were all stringers to me- Hut after awhile my litt'e brother died ; then I (bought ol hesveii as (hut cieit cily, lull of engels with ji)t one litt'e b-How in il (h( I was nrqii'iinti'il with, lie wss the only one I knew there at tliat lime. Then another brother do d, ii" I there were two in liesven that I knew. Then niv a' q isuitanees be t. il " sn 1 1'ie number nt friends in heaven t'r-w I rgi-r all lh lime Hut it was n it till '-nu ol my own little ones was tak"n that I begin to leel tint I bad a personal iiiiir-st In henen. Then a s ennd went, and third, and a (mirth; and so iiihiiv nl my Iriends and love I ones have com th"te thai il seems as il I know mote in ' raven thsn 1 know on raMh. And now, when my thought (urn loihesvrn. It is no the raM, nil I the jewels, nd Ihe p.-sil ths' t think o! but the bve l ones theip. It is not the n! irp so uiteh as the eomnanv tlmt makes heaven Stem bca'iti I ul." lisye any of ns lost dear little baby 'mlliers ii I fi-t ra. too youog to learn ilmut Jems h'te? We shall llo 1 them in heaven. P il yon ever think of Ibis: that there ar more ch id a in heaven thsn there are eron peopiel ItissJ. Dn you sk me how I know it ( I will tell yon ! is very well known that mote 'ban half nt Hie peaple horn into this world lie while they sre children. Hut Jesil t kes nil lin o ones to hesven. lie taught nr. this li'mself when lie took them in his aims, put his hands on them, snd liles-ed them, S'ltinr: ' Suffer the little ehi'drcn to enmc unto me, and lorbid them not, le.r such is the kingdom ol heaven." GEXKUAL FORWARDING AND roniNSlOY MKItdlASTM, Norfolk, Ylrclnia. Prompt iiiumlion tziveu to all Conelgo meuta. Liberal Cash Advances made on Coo signojeuU, LUMBER A SPECIALTY. RKFRKKNORs : W. IT. Smith A Son, W, C. Marrow ,f Co., A. A'renii, Norfolk, Va., A. Garrilialdi. J. W. l-'auceit, J. M. Mul len, Hallux, N. C. loti 21 0 O tKT, A member of l church in Vermint de iring ' mi from (he Lrd," prayed this wisr : ' Send us not an nl I nmn his dntsge, nor a young irisn In his gnilin homl ; but a una Tilth su the moleru iu pruvvaiioti." - ' ' TALLIC UUU1AL CAS KM FOH BALK i '.-.--. ' s-J .W ' W i. ..An, r:7- .?tfc.-',i w-.--4I IVroim wlHliins Melall'O Huriiil Cases can alwavtt obtain them by implying to me, ui the store ol Messrs. Wir.lh Id A F.mry. 1 i-i.l still keepioc. Us biirelofoie, a full as x'.rtmeiil ol t tin Very Host CAtKS, at tha erv Lowvhi Prices. In inv absence fiom Weldon, Miwsra, Winlield A Emry will deliver Casus lu persons who uniy wish their., JAMES SIMMONS, apr 1 I Q Weldon, N. C. I VKRT L respectfully call tlie sttentiun of tha trade - bis exlenslvo utoek of uomeeUo and nnportivl Itiiuors, lo which h is still niakiiiK additions acd conslstiiiK of pure KYK. AXU ItUl HIIO.N WHISKIES Freneb, Apple, RU.'khrrry and Cherrt' Hrandies, Jaiiinieaand Nov England Kuinl London, Tom ami Hollei.. Gin, Port Sherry, Claret, Klrino and It .ve-yer-old Heiippemoin Wine. Scotrh and London Porter, and a vary large lot of RECTIFIED WHISKEY whieh I am oflorlnaat price that cannit fail lo give atiretl"t. 8. SFLPNJIB, Ag't. a;tUC-a siKoonoaa bquart.