THE ROANOKE NEWS. A DEMOORATtO WBBKLY NEWSPAPER. PUBLISHED BY ■ATCHBLOR * LOCKHAKT. On* Tmr, in Kdymoe, Bis liloatha, “ • FbrM Uontha, " 7& oU. VOL. VII WELDON, N. 0., SATURDAY. AUGUST 31, 1878. NO. 29. PROFIStlONAL CARDS. fji wr^MXTo^iT.'^ ATTORNEY AT LAW, GART8BURO, N. C. PrifltloM In theonnrti nf N'orthKTiptnn lind ndjolninat onuntlen, atan in (be FoJeral •od Hiipreme courts. Jano 8-tf YOS. B. BATtJHELOR. ATTORNeV AT LAW. RALEIGH, M.U. Fritatlo8!i In the annrtsi nl' the 6th In'll «l*l DIslrlol and In tbe Federal And 8u- pr«me Court*. May 11 tf. W/ILTEII CI.AKK, BtlelKh, N. 0. K. T. I'l.AUK, Halifax, N. C. o LARK A: CLARK, ATTORNEY* AT LAW, HALIFAX, N.O. 'Will nrkntlun In the C.)urt!i of Halir«x «nd k.lilalatnp; counties. MHrnh IR tf. A D U N , w. II. klTl'IIK>l. I T O H E N ATTaKKHVit * C)UNaltr,t,OB« AT I.AW, McotlBnd Keek, Hnllinx Co., N. C. Pmotlos in th« Courts of (I.iliriix nnd fti|»inlnii o->untlA, and in the Nuprnino and Federal Gaurts, .Uil8 ti' rjrm'bxiAsir'HiLL, Attoraey at Law, HALIFAX, N. O. Pranttoes in Halifax and adJnininK Counties and Federal and Snpreinn Courts. Will be at8o]tUnd Neiik, onue every tortnlgbt. Aug. 28—a W. W. H.tl.l,. ic HALL. W. H. D*v, A "X D ATTORNEYS AT LAW, WBLDON, 1U C. Praotioe in the courts nf Kallfax and adjnininx counties, and in tbe Supreme and Federal courts. Olalnna oollected In any part nf North Carolina. jun 20 1 gAMUEL J. WRIGHT, ATTORNEY AT LAW. JACKMON, W. C. Praoticss in tbs Court of Nurtlinmpton and adlointDg counties. sop 15 I Y Q A V I N L. HYMAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW HALIFAX, N, C. Pranticos In liie courts of llalil'ax and adjolnini; counties, and in the Supreme and Federal Courts. Claloii collected iu nil parts of Nurtli Carolina. OlHae la tbe Court House. ,|ttly 41 Q. R O . BURTON, Jr. ATTORNEY AT LAW. HALIFAX, N. 0. Practioea in tbe Courts of Ralifax County, and Counties adjoining. In the iupreme Court of the State, and la tbe Federal Courts. Will ilve special attention to the oolleo- Mon ofclalms,and tn adjusting the »«ooiint. of Bxeoulors, Adiulnlsratoi'ii and Ouar- diauB. dec-l.i-tf J M. ORIZZAKD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, HALIFAX, N. O, OfBce in the Court Hoiis>', Strict atten tion given to all branohos of the profes- •Ion. jan lli-1 c T. B R A N 0 Hi ATTORNEY AT LAW, BNflBLO, HALIFAX COUNTY, N. C. Praoticss In the Counties of Halifax, Hash, Edgecombe and Wilnon, Collecttoas made in all parts of the State. Jan 12-6 1 B. H A RA, JAMBS ATTORNEY AT LAW, BKriBLD, N. C. PraotioeH In the Counties of Halifax, PSdtfecombe and N'asb, In tbe Supreme Court of tbe State and in tbe Federal Ooarta. Oeila^ona made In any part ef the Jitate. Will attend at tb* Conrt Bouse In Jbllfax OB Monday and Friday of each weak. Jau 12*1 c J^KDRBW J. BURTON, ATTOKW6Y AT LAW, WELDON, N. C. BnMsUoM in tbe Courts of Hatllax, War- ■ran «nd Kortbamptao oountles and In tbe iBaprvme and Federal Courts, Claioia coUacted In any part of North Carolina. June l7-a , fUlRI H. HVLLEM. JOHN k. HeOBI. ULLEN * MOORK, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Halinix, BT. C. Practice in tbe pounties of. Halifax*. ' Wurtbampton, Bagecombe, Fittand Mar- tUa—Inthe dupremo Court of tbe State «Dil in tbe Fedaral Courta of tbe Bastern JDIatrlcL Oollwilon* toad* Id any part of North Oarolinit, jaa 1-1 e THE VALLEJO SIIENCE. BT FATIIKR liVAN. Bnt (Aron tbo def>p ihctre mr% bllbwM, Tbftt hAvertib»U break on the bvaoh And I havo bwirfi Rotiffii in the iillenc« That nevor hUaW f\'mt into npeocb ; Ami I h>iv« hatl droamv in tbo vnlleyi Too lofty for t«riKUs((6 to reaob. And I bavo neon IbouKbta in tbo vaUoy, Ah, me! How tny spirit whh atirnid; They wear lioty veila on tbelr fattos, Tbeir footHtop> can ao>ircely be beard ; They paNN down t(io viiDay liko virginal Too pure lor tbo t jiiob of a word. Do voii aak mo tho plaoo oftbifl valley T To boarta tbat aro harrowed witb caVoi It liotb afar between niDUiitain^t And »od and hin anid'oU are thAro; And one tbo dork inountiiin of sorrow, Aud QUO the hriiciit inotmtxin of prayer. ANOTHER ENOCH ARDEN. "If there's one think I like it ii more than nnother," suliiiiquized Five, think ing hiinscirunobscrvcit. We heard him, for all that, for he sat just outside the cabin under the shed, nntching, between tho whiffs of hia pipe, the drip, drip frnin the shingleii, while the four of us droned uway at dran-poker inside. The bar was fl.inrishiiii; just then ; men were drifting rapidly Into Tuoluinno, attriictcd by tbe reports of rich dif'»ings, and there was hardly a inquire inch on the bur that was not staked nlTwitb a claim. The on*-strceted town was burstliiig, the cloth-hoHses, stores, and sulouns with their usual loafors, were drawn up in drcss-paradc along the tliuniughfare, in which pack trniii.4 now and then mean dered ti> and from the outer world. The doors uf the Bella Union and the Blue Wing continually swung open, as the boys sent in for their hourly coinrorts. The devotees of the gaming-table held high revels nver the chiths, and empty pouches and ringing licuds were the morning bulletins. Uitr cabin stood a little withdrawn from the main street, the home of Avo of ut fur many mouths. Those days are past and gone, when Jack used to toss his steaming slap-jacks up the chimncy and deftly catch them on the outside— those days of aloiost unvarying pork and benns, with a very seoii-occasional taste of fresh beef. We knew quite well each other's history, so far as general points wont—all save that of Five, who was an enigma. Of him. the only tangi ble and disoiverahle mark was a blue 5 worked between his thumb and forefin ger—and so be woo his title. A spare, nervous little man, w.ith a black, sweep ing mustache, a careworn countenance, and » restless eye. The force that draws men together in pioneer times is inexplicable, 8im bad been a mioister, had slipped from ^face, and fl iated tn the gold country. John Bunyau was a broken-down merchant from Troy, fond of tipple, and a master band at a story. Braiiimo had last come from Oalcuttn, wliere ho had been a missionary, he said, but he thumbed a jick tno well fur that. Five and I. a runowav from home, made up our honsuhold. Five, at fir.st, we used tn ply with questions, but gain ing niithing by our trouble, gave it up. His only live companion was his dog, a brindled, sulky, snappish brute, with u stumpy tail. His faithfulness and love, withdrawn from every ond else, centered in his master. Five's chief sulace was hii violin. When others aniight the saloon, be took his violin and whiled away the hours with touching melodies, soft, dreamy airs of home, or anon, wild waitipg srains that thrilled tho soul. Many a time and oft havo I seen a knot of rough fellows hanging around a cabin at eventide, listrning to tbe music as the quiet nir bor£ it sweetly to them, and thus Five’s violin was a minister of com- fort to many a lonely man. lie would rarely play when asked, and then only some dittv like the Wrecker's Daughte^ or Tora ]iigbee’s S.iake, which would put fits into a fellow’s beels—reserving for bis own communim the strains that wore so melting to all. And in this way he found a coiupaniunship that compen sated him for his lack of friends. lie was commonly set down as a musical Portuguese, but tha seqnal will shotv that the conjecture was far from right. Hot! hot 1 terribly hot were the sum mer days, and I, unused to hard work, dropped my shovel one burning after, uoou, and went up to the shanty tired and disgusted. I was surprised to find Five at the house and in his bunk, for he had gone out with the rest, and was always a steady worker. Sick, old man?” Yes, lad, very sick, dead sick. Brace, lie down.” For the dog at his growled viciously as*[ put my hand on Five’s forehead and found it almost blistering wicb fever. "Not so bad as that, old man, you're good for many a day yet. Have • drink?” "I don’t mind—something cool." I fetched him a pan of water, and be drank it, saying: •'What are you doing here at tbis bour of the day r” “I'm tuckered out. Five, and bad to give up,” “Well, I'm obliged to yon,” and he lank back into hie blankets and fell Into a deep slumber. Tbo next morning he was right again, but after be recovered, he seemed to open his heart to me, and often in tbe dioa, uncertain hours we ta'ked of men and thinga. I heard his aoliloquy, as I said before, and oot long after, tired of cards, went out to him. “Well, old mao, wbat are you mourn ing about DBw'i" “I can h»rdly lay, lad, but moitly of homo. I don't know how much uf « home it ii now, but I bad a wife and two children, and a mnther-io-law, which lait was poison, and I hope hts bolted Into another and better world. Yer see, it'a bard oavigatin’ in a shnsl place, and a mother-in-law it the shoalest thing r«e stuck. Have you been mar ried?” -No." ‘ Don’t you ever marry any one but an orphan, then.” “Why so?” “I'll tell yer my experience. I came from Rhode Island, and ancimtly was a captain, and have sailed the purtiest crecturs that ever skimmed the water, I got on well till I met a little blue eyed girl from Maine, nnd [ thought she would do to cast anchor with, which I did and we was as happy as two bar nacles on a Kunny log, till her mother cinie to live with u^, and nrter that the compass had a continual variation, and things got to be no better on short meter. That ar inother-in-iaw, she tried to bo steward, and bu'iten, and first mate, and had her eye on the cap tain’s ctbin, and we was in a mutiny all the time. I tnid the wife I would pen sion nir the old hulk and drag her into a safe harbor, nnd then she and me and the babies, which there was two of ’em, would go off soundings and try blue water all along. But the wife wouldu’t. I’lii told that wimmio think they can alius get husbands, but they never can have bu' one mother—so they sticks to her. Blessed if I see what they wants of any mother after they gits a man to fill the bread-locker, and buy ’em new stu’n-sails 8i> I bought a little bouse ith my savin's, and put 'em all in, and when the gold news came, I come out here, I tell yer, if tbere’i a cranky inother-ii'-Uw on the quarter-deck thi ship won’t keep her course. Kvery thing soes sou-sou by north, as the devil steered tbe wild-mild, and captain is like a lee monkey ua the back stay. I gave 'em every thing but my fiddle and dog and come out here. P'raps when I’ve made my pile I’ll go back again and veer around the folfcs. There’s little Maggie, my purty little one, she never turned agin her father, though tbe others did. And if I can only see her, take her little hand and walk out among the birds and fl-iwers, and hear her talk, I thii k I can be happy again. And if the will only call me Father once, I want nothing more ” And the old man brushed away a tear with his sleeve. This was Five's story, sad enough to him, and when the fellows were disuosed to jeer him for his oddities, and I told them that his heart was almost broken by troubles at home, and unconscious sympathy was felt for him forever alter. Tbe mines did not tempt me to remain long there. The road for future was. rugged and stetp, and it was not long after that I bade adieu to Califoroia and returoeJ to civilizuion, to tell to won dering auditors the stories of the distant land. Five was the last to say goodbye, and even Brucc came and licked my hand. Twenty years, a life-time to many, a weary waste to some. Whera ooce a few scattered houses stood I find to-day a thriving city, a wealthy penple. For ests of shipping line the wharves, and white sails flutter over tbe bay where once the occasional steamer plowed her burstiing way. Tha broad acres where Tauqeros once drove their herd, and called it waste land, the bard.fisted sons of toil have dotted with thriving farms, and the railroads join their (orces as a leverage io aid of progress. Tbe Colo nel and I had been ranging up and down the South iToaquin valley, spying out the lands, nnd worn with struggling through quicksands and sluughs, had sought shelter gladly from the pelting rain that set in at nightfnll. A wonder ful valley—this San Joaquin. Three hundred level miles by seventy-five, be tween two mountain ranges, and along the western side the swirling river winds, while down from the bold Sierra come ice-cold streams to join the tide. Myr iads of browsing sheep and cuttle trim down the luiuriant grass, and miles and miles of fields are budding into a prom ising harvest time. The cabin stood near one uf the foci uf this natural eclipse, where four shepherds dwelt, whose sheep and lambs were now en- scorned withio the corral which illy pro* tected them from tbe rain. Three of the men were iniide the hut coaxing an obstinate fire into a bUz.*, the fourth sat alone near tbe door, the bright coal in his pipe shining like a fiery eye. The Oolonel was soon engaged in a series of yarns, in which I had no particular in* terest, and so 1 left them and stood io the doorway. ’“Looks as if it was ooiog to clear up, sir.” “Ef you ain’t got no regard for truth, that’s so. Young feller, I kinder thought you said tbat for want of autb- in’ to say. Look at that tbar pillio’ o’ clounds) don't they look wet?” I was obliged to confess that they did. "Well, I did BO because I wanted it to dry up, to let us go on.” 'That’a more tike it, p’baps.” ‘ You must have a lonely life bere.” "Well, it ain’t escitin’, but folks can be as lonely in a great city as anywhere here on tbe plains. Arter a man has been through with them tbingg be gets to be contented anywhere. I puts ■ it down tbat livu* in cities is Ottnatural and bad« A naa’a get to have bisself for compspy three-quarters of the time, and he’s got to take good care of it, and got to play a lone band any way and don’t get no cbumi io hi* «ix-by two." “Still, I think the pleasure of living is In having gnod friends.” “So I thought when I waa young aad foolish. Kiperlence le every thing, young feller, likewise la eddication, which I don't mean book-learnin', but facts which is knncked Intn yer by hard bumps. It makes me laugh to read them books which is printed at the col leges, which says as how we are ad vanced in eddication. Why down In Australia Ihere's tribes of Injuns as can holy-stone 'em all. They've got a wep- ping they call a boomerang, which is only a bent stick; but them nicgers will jerk it into the air till you can’t see it, and whiz I it comes back and hits any thing they want before or behind ’em. Them learned beggars can’t do nor rx- plnin that. Them niggers liave trained tbeir eyes to look into muddy water, and can see fish to spier ’em—and they train porposea to catch fish as well, So much for eddication.” "You have been iti Australia, then?" “Of course, or I couldn’t tell yer of this. But it’s time to turn in, 0 me, Bruce," and hero a dog that I had not seen before, answered his mastci’j cnll and followed him into the room. As they came to tho light I thought I recognixed the dilg—a grandson of the old one, I afterwards learned—nnd scan ning the man closely I found he was Five, my old missing friend. “'Vhyl old man from Tuolumne, don't you remember me?" “Can’t say I do.” "Don't you remember oiir camp in parly days, and .Sint, and Brannan, and Bunyau, and me?” \ cloud of recollection seemed to pass before his eyes, and at last ho ex claimed : (s it possible that you'er tho little unf” “Yes, I am,” “Well, this is master surprisin', to isay the least. I am glad to see yer. How's all the folks?” "I’ll talk tn you ta-mnrrnw,'old man; ii’s too lati) (0 spin yarns nowand wc rolled up in our blanbets, and soon every thing was quiet. Still dark and rainy was the morning, when at an early hour we were amused by the sound of voices, nnd conquering a disposition for one more nap, wu arose and made ready for the fragrant coffee and discuic, prepared by the busy hands of Wacks, who sang at bis toil. Five silently swallowed his breakfast, slipped quietly from the house, opened his c 'rral, and followed his sheep out to pasture. I went out, too, and soon came up with Five, Old man, I hardly cxpected tn sec you ngain, and here,” Vur may say that; it's funny to me sometimes.” Where have you been all these years V” "Shifting,” “[n this country all the time?" '•No. iS-eio’ yoa made me kinder tremble-like about the gills and bronght back old limes, I'll tell yer where I've been. Arter you left the diggings I struck it rich for a while, and had a good lot of dust in the lockrr, niul tho.ight I’d steer for home to see if that mother-in-law hadi.'e died, and hoiv my babies was. And I went down to Frisco and wei,t home by steamer to Provi dence—but didn’t find much Providence in it, yiiu bet. Nobody knew me there, where onst I knew every one. I suppose I had changed in them years I was agone. I wouldn’t break in upon my wil'e, so I went to a hotel and cast anchor. Very cur'us man they thought me, iiskln' questioi.g 'bout every body.” Did you not find jiiur family?” 'I found she was married to another feller.” Did they think you dend?" I suppose so, as I hadn’t sent any dispatch while I was gone. Shu was rich and happy, they said, and liad a rich husband; but the mother-i'i-liiw hadn’t yet pegged out. I could not help feeiiu’ mean-like till I heard the last, but wheu I found she was a livin' with ’em I didn't make no more sighs.” '''But your children—yoti surely made yourself known to thenir'' ' Not as the roads are. There was only one I cared for—my little Maggie, my blue-eyed darling—and I (ound where she played in the park, nnd spoke to her one day. I knowed her by her sunny hair and she had a little dog on the end of a spun yarn. She had the s,tme pretty ways, though she was a heap grown. Ouce I walked up to her when she was alone, and I says to her; ‘Qood-ioorn- log, little lady.’ ‘Goud-aiorning, sir,' says she, a little timid-like, for I suppose I did look mighty rough. 'What is your name, little lady?' 'Maggie,' says she, 'and this is my dog Pug.' Bless her heart I I did waut to clutch her to my heart, and ask her t^i kiss me just once, and ask her if she kuew me.” “Why didn’t you?” "Well, I thought I’d better not. I asked her where she lived, ‘Over in that big bouse,’ says she. 'Is yuur father and mother there ^ ‘.My father is dead iu Oalil'ornia. Mother and Emily have got a new father, but I have not,’ 'I’ve beeo to Oalifornia,' says I, swallowing soinetbing like a loaf of bread io my throat. 'You have?' says she, ‘and did you know my fat her?' I have been iu many a tight bos, yoaog fellow, but that was tbe hardest deal I ever bad. 'No, little lady,’ says I; 'but are you happy here?’ 'Yes, sir,' saya she; 'as happy as I can be till I get to beaveo and see my father. Du you thiok be's’ waiting fur me there?' 'I hops an, darling; any rate, he will be. Won’t you kiss me jastonce?* The little thing looked at me straight with her ahiny eye*, and give me a kiss that I can taste yet.' 'Your little girl may kiss somebody from California some day. Are ynu going back there?' 'Yes, little lady, I shall go to-morrow' 'Wait here then a mioute.' And she darted away nver to her house and disappeared in the garden. In a second she was back, and In her chubby hands were beautiful fl iwers— violet'', plnkf, and mornin’ glories. 'Will you take these with you and put them on niy father’s grave if ynu can find it? He may be lonely there.’ ‘Yes, lassie,' tnys I, almost broken, 'I’il take them with me as ynti wish.' And I conldn't help catchin' her in my arms nnd kissin’ her hard and fast. And then, without snother word, I left her standiu’ there with a world o’ wonder io her eyrs, and got my dunnage from the hotel, and back I cams again. Kxcuse me, I must turn them sheep. Here linicel” The poor oH man could hardly speak, ar.d I waited till he come up tn me ogain. "D.> you see this?” He took I'rom his rough shirt a little packet, fastened rounii his neck by a cord. He unwrapped this, and there l iy a bunch of faded flowers. ' 1 told the little lady I'd put them on her father's grave and I’ve worn them no my heart ever since ” 1 coulil not keep tho tears from well ing up into my eyes, aid nn pretense nf fi'ling my pipe, slipped away till I cuuld conioi od my voice. ''It.it what havt> you been doing since you came back?” ".Most any thing. I was a fireman in the city for years. It was excitin’ like, and they was a good set of boys, was the Knickerkockers, And we had a little lady in our cnmpiny which always set mo thinkin’ of my Maggie, though in Inokj she wasn't. But just the same ways and actions, and I be. licve every roan in the company would have diud for her. 1 got to be foreman once, nnd our iifo seemed about as gnod as any, Kittlin'to fires, pilin up lad ders, fightin’ Are and smoke, agoin' to funerals—take it nil, wo enjoyed life. And I thought as how I should die in that business, and that the boys would string along with tho band arter iny bones some day, but it wasn’t to be. There ain’t nn parades now, nor no nothin', and the city is too dull for me since they disbanded us and put nut fire by machinery. Homypathic nnncense, I says, puttin’ out fire with fire, nnd I never did believe in them new-fangled notions. D'ye see this Five nn my hand? Tiiat led me to j'lin that company. It has puzzt-led many a fel ler, but il'« only whnt we did at school. There was five of us used to go for apples nnd melons nnd such, and wc was nil numbered. You've 'had my story young feller, nnd I'm glad to see you. The sun is cornin’ out through the cloud-*, acrd if you want to reach Bear Creek to-night, yon must start io. If you ever comu up here again, see me. Good-Sye.” We shook hands, and I felt him fol lowing his sheep. ().ir horses were sonn ready, and bidding adieu to our kind hosts, wc cantered southward, and my old friend Five waved his hand »s a last farewell. HE PREFERRED TO WALK. [Commoiloro U illingpin ] ' .She's pretty hot, ain't she?” said a hackwoods passenger, addressing the en gineer of a Mississippi steamer that was raciiig with another boat. "So-so,” responded the engineer, as he hung nn additional wrench on the safety-valve cord to stop the steam es caping. I reckon we’ll overtake that cralt soon,” pursued the passenger. That’s abont it,” returned tho en gineer, giving the cords another twitch and hollooing through the trumpet to the fireman to shove her up.” “One hundred and ninety-five,” hummed the passenger, looking first at the gauge and then at the boilers. ‘ That's about where she is rustieat- ing," put ill the engineer. Then tha passenger ran his fingers through his hair nervously, and walked about tho decks for a few minutes, when he came buck to the engineer and ob served : “Hadn't you better leave that boat go?” "Can’t do it. Mu,st pass her.” ' B'Jt s’posin we should blow up?” “Well.” said tho engineer, as he peeped over the guard to see how fast he was gaieing, "if it’s the will of Provi dence for this boat tu blow up lie’lt have to stand up.” Then he hallooed to the fireman to roll up another cask of bacan, and td mix plenty of rosin with the coal, and give her alittle more turpentine and oil. The nest mnmeift ther* was a splash in the river; but before the yawl could be lowered the man bad succeeded in reaching tbe shore, and hallooed out:^ “Go 00 with, tbe race, I sueis I’ll walk 1” A Minnesota grown iaihct who has seven up daughters, has sued the county. H« claims tb it b.i residence has beeo Ufei aa tbe‘Uttart'-bouM for tbs past two yeais.. ISIIzabetb Allen, in a poem, asks, "Ob, willow, why braver weept” Blliabeth is a little mistaken as to tbe facts. It isn't tbe willow tbat weeps; it is tho boy who daocts under tbs limber ead ol it. PIERCED lY k NEEDLE. "Dmth oomM at )iA, aiid with allUle pin, Dures throunh his Castle wall,—aad fare well King I” What Sbak-^pesrr wld nf (he vanity ol kioKs’ lives described equally well the Irailty ul humsn lile everywhere. The (ol« Inwlna ilogalar itoty comes Ircm Toronto, Canadai A ynung man named Henry Hubbard, aead tbirty-eliiht yesrs, fell dead while wa'kini( the streets, Ol courts the usual inquiry was instltutec) aad exsinieatlan maile. It wss a' flrst suppnaed he was tbe victim nl lieait dtsuaie, hut the most vig> nrous ti>«rch lailed to detect any signs of disease In that organ. The doctors were pnzzled; the man waa healthy. an>l in the lull possession ol his power.; whnt could have caused his sud den duparturn from this warld I It was at last tracoii; In nne seetinn nl tho heart, while undar tho microicnpe, was illioovered tho minute point of a neelle. Death had been hroui'ht almut by this broken point of a nee.lle. But how dli) tho neertle get tn the heart t Tho doctors renewed their researches, and were at last able to follow the course of the needle's goint, which had llrsf entered the insn's loot, anil trnm there had slowly worked Its 'vay through the liody to the heart, when death resulted. Tills is nne nf the most remarkable cases on record, and show, trnm what slitfht ae.ciilunta death may re sult. All the time, tho deceas,*!! mao had no knnw1e>f|(e ol bis impending doom; •lowly and surelv the lat»l piece nl steel pursued Its serpentine route until it came in contact with the vital organ. THE BRIGHT SIDE. Link on the hrighi side. It is the right side. Tbe times may be bar-f, hut it will inikc them o> easier to wear a gloomy and ssd countenance. It is the sunshine and not the cloud that aives beauty to the flower. There is always before or around us that which should cheer and fill the heart with warmth and gladness. The sky is Itlue ten timts where it Is black once. You have troubles, it may be. So haveoiheis. None are free Irom them; and perhaps it is well that none could be. They give sinew and tone to life, fortitude and couraitn to man. Tbat would be a dull sea, and 'the sailor would never arqulre skill, where there is nothing tn disturb its surface. It Is tho duty of every one to extract all the happiness and enfnyment he can within and wi'hout him ; and above all, be should look on the bright side. What thouKh tbinits do look a little da k? The loni;et lane will turn, and the night will end in broad day. In the long run, the iireat balance rlRhts itself. What ap pears III becomes well—that which appears wrong, riuht. Men are not made to hanit itown their heads nr lips, and thnse who do only show that they are departing from the natlis ol true common s'^nse and right. There Is more viitne in one sunbeam than in a whole hemisphere of clouds and (iloou). Thcretore, wc repeat, look »n tho right side. Cultivate all that is warm and lieniai—not the cold and repulsive, the dark and morosa. Trosy'ToSu^ They wc in the bell-tower of the City ri'ill yesterilay, and she leaned her yellow- baire I head on bis slionldi-rs and listened 'o the mighty 'ticki ticki tickl' ol tbe big clock. Wo don’t want such a big clock as tbat, do wc, darlinf,? she whispered. No, my little daisy, he answered, as ha bugued her a little closet; I kin buy a clock f»r two doPars which will run three days to this clock's two. I’ve got her picked out alreadj! We’ll be very, very happv, she sighed. You liet wo H'illl I've figured it right down fine, and I believe wo can live on twelve egL's, one pound ol sugar, ten pounds of flour and one pound nf butter. And you have a bank account? she pleaded. I will, even il I have tn buy a second hand one. And will we keep a coachman? Yes. And havo a piano t Yi'S, darling. And I can have some square pillows with shams on them? Yes, my tulip—jed we’ll, sham every darned thing trnm celler to garset, have the front door painted blue, and—hut less go’o look at some sei'ond h’ind cook-stovcl W A IT. Walt, husband, beioro ynu wonder audi bly why your wile don’t get on with the bnu>ebold nflairs, ‘‘as your mother did;” she is doing her best and nn woman can endure that best to be slighted. Bemem- bor the long weary nights she sat up with the little babe tbat die); remembor the love and eare she hestoived upon you when you bad tbtt long spell ul sickness. Ua you think she is made ol cast iron? Wait— wait in silence and fortx arance, and the light will come back to her ejes—the old li)!ht for the old d-iys. Wait, wife, belore you spi'ak reproach fully tu your husb.and when ho comc heme late, wearv and “nut ol sorts." Ho worked bard hr yon all day—perhaps lar into the night; be has wtostled band in hand with care, and selfishoess, and greed, and all the deninos that follow io tbe train of money making. Let home be another atmosphere entiiely. Let him feel that there is one place in the world where he can Ilnd peace quiet and perfect love. The me.le uf making Inve in Portugal is very simple—but it lacks energy ana the true inwardness of tha American article. The Pottugal young man pays his addresses by simply standing in Iruot nf the bouse cccupied by tha object of his affection, while tbe young lady Isoks down approv- Inaly from an upper window, and that's all there ia ol it. No gumdtopa, nn meos- urmg ni waists with arms, no eaxing Into the liquid depths of love-melting eye*, no and so-leith. It is a great sevins ol the aid mao's gas and tue), but.po a cold nlgbt tbe young man Is liable to have btii eats iroxen, onlesi htf^arriei a stove In bit ooat- tail pocket. Tbeae allcot eonrtablpo, we are told, Oometimes oonltnna for very liing period* b fare.Uie lover ean oak tbe Impor tant questloa or thothdy retarn the flnal answer. Tlwre ia a big room for Improve' meat io the matter ol Portugal lov«-mak. lag. THE ROANOKB MVMTMIIItt KAraS. SPACE I inni Onof^aro, »M| ■MlUMl Two Bqoerae, A CO tO 0* M *01 pr«e Hqnarea, tooluoo air«| Four SqnarM, 10 M I 18 MIM 0*l PourtbOnl'n, If 0« 110 06 4B •• *• 00 r »• 00 IM «# I Whole Oolamn, OneToar, »»0 WN MM U0» 7tO«i ADVERTISKHENTI. glow PAtSTESS Wanted Id evorjr aeollOB of the Unite# Stateaand Provtnoaa to anewere tUead- vartUeuout. Addrea, D&MIEL P. BKATTT, Decltf Waahln.,on.K.,. Dr. W. R. Hoyt of S5 yeara aaeeeaeftot practlm guaraoieea apeedy and p«rmaD«Mt oiireofall Cbrnnic, itornfuljua, Privaw. H.vphilitla and Pemale Dlaeaaea, Rperiaa- terrbcet, nr aell-abuao at hla Medical In^ stitulo, Airan A Vbeney Block, nopoalte the City Uali Park, Syraeuae, N. Y. Ms4- InineHent to All parta of tbe U. 8. and Canada, Don’t be deoelved by advertla- ngquacks who throng onr larRe eltle*. but Qontiiit Dr. Hoj t »»r Hond for ctrcnlar treating on bia apeolaitlee to hla P. O. Box ‘170. LAUIES, My great liquid Preneb Remedy, AMIK DIC P2UMB, or Female ITIend. la unraliing In tbe onra of all pain- rul and datigemua dlaeaaea of your box. It inodoratea all exceaa, and brion an tba montnly period with rnguUrlty. In alt neiyoua anti spinal airectlnna, paloa In tbe hack or limbs, heivlneaa, fatigue on aliw.-it exertion, palpitation nf tha heart, lownm of anirit, byateric*, *lok headache, whitea, and all painful dlaeaaea occaaioned by ■ diaorderod ay stem, Il eflTeota a onra when all othnr rneana fall. Price |a,00 per Bot tle, Hont by mail. Dr. W, E. Hovt. Box 27A. Syraouae, N. If. Nov 1 y. s OHOOL TKACHEK8. You ean easily Increase yonr aalary by by devoting a very amall portion of your leisure time to my Intereat. I de not ex- fleet you to canvasa for my celebrated leatty** |*lanoa and Organa unleaa yon see fit to; but tbo service I require of you In both pleasant and proaiable. Pult partieulara free. Addreaa, DANIEL P. BEATTY, Washington, If, J, p^OCKY MOUNT A1UJ.8, ROCKY MOUNT. N. Janoery 1st, ISTK We ere now prepared te fnraish tbe- trade with SHEETINGS, SniRTINOS. PLOW LINGS oncf COTTON^i YARNS, ail of the best quality and at low prices, Uur terms strictly net cash, 80 days. Address 'an 80 a 1878. BATTLE A SON, liocky Mount, S. C: 187^ C L O T II I N 6 t SPRlNf} AND SUMMER STYLES: Just Reokivbd At Noah Walker *Co*« No 143 Sycamore Street. FINK DRRSSHUITS, FI.VE Bt)8INER8 SUITS. HOYS' AND YOUTH’S CLOTHINOV A full line of all gradna of Ready-Made- (Mothing tor Bo.v’a, Youtb'a, anil Men, from three ytara old up at piloee to anlt tho times. We keep all the latent atvlee of Genta’' Furnishing Oooda on band. SamploH on band. Cintbing and 8blrt» made tn order at onr Baltimore bonae at short notice, at Raltlmorn prices. Pleeae give ua a call before buying. NOAH WALKER A CO- 143 MVCAnOKB NTHBBT^ Peteraburirs V*. ALKX.P. SHORT, ) > AOBMHa.. J.GRO. WILKfN.5|ON, J notiXtl ATKINSON-Saleaman. Oot S—1 Y M ETALLIU BURIAL CASES POR Persona wishing Metallle Borlal Oooee cau always obtain them by applying to nse« at tbe Store of Mesara. W^intleld A Bmrr* 1 ua atm keeping, as beretolbre, a ftill aa* si.rtment of the Very Beat OABBS, at the Very Lowest Prioea, In my sbaenoe firom Weldon, Measra. Wlnfleld A Burr wilt deliver Casee to peraona who may wiekt them. JAMBS SIMMONS, apr 4 1 Q Weldon, N. O. The UNOBB81QNKD VKRT reepeotfully ealla tbe nttentlun of tbo trade to bis exteoaive etookof doueetio and Imported llquore, to wUeh be te etlll making addlttona acd oooatatlug ot ptm RTB AMD BOITBBOSI WHMKin Pieneb, Apple. BlMkberrr uid ehenqr Brandfa^ JainalOfteBd New BngbMd Rtut t«ndon, ud HoUai,t.^ ste, Pwb^^ Bherry, Olei^Rhine and ».v« SoappernoikK wine. Sootob and 'ter, sttd » very lH|e lot of wbUb I am o wliestvo eprUM
