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THE ROANOKE NEWS. A DEMOCRATIC W K E KLY N E W S P A P E 11 PUBLISHED BY BATCH ELOK VLOCKII.iUT. One Year, in advance, Six Months, " TlireB Month, " f2 00 1 PO 75 cts. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. rp W. MASON. ATTORNEY AT LAW, QARYSUUIV, N. C. PraeMoes In tho courts of Northampton mvl adjoining counties, also In luo Federal and Supreme courts, Juno S-lf JOS. II. BATCH KLOR. ATTORNEY AT t.WV, RALEIGHT, N. C, Practices In the courts of tlm ilth ludi cial District ami in thu Federal ,iinl Su- prome Court. May 11 tf. waltub ci.auk, Raloigh, N. C. K. T. Cl.tKK, Halifax, N C. C L A R li, G LARK & ATTORNEYS AT I, iff, HALIFAX, N. C. Will practice in Hie. Courts gf Halifax aui adjoining counties. March Hi tf. 14. KITI'll KV. W. A. 111'VX. DUNN, K I T 0 HEN & ATTlRNKYS A C HTNSCr.r.ORS AT LAW, JSca-Uniitl Vt'ck, HtiliLix Co., x.c. Praotico in tin Courts of Halifax and odioinitig e-ou'itim, ami in thu Supremo and Fo'Joral Courts. jaulS tf fpilO.MAS N. U1LL, Altorucy ut I-nw, HALIFAX, N. 0. Practices in Halifax and adjoioinr; Countios and Federal and Suproinn Courts, Will bo at Scotland Nook, once every jtortnijjlit. Aiij;. ie W. D II. Day, A Y W. V. Halt.. HALL & ATTORNEYS AT LAW, HYEEOOV, N. c. Practieo In the court of Halifax and adjoining counties, and iu tho Supromo and Federal court.. Claims oollootod iu ut'.y part nf North (Carolina. jun 20 1 Q s SAMUEL J. . WRIGHT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, JICUMO.V, .V. C. Practice in the Court of Northampton jiud adjoining counties. sup do i x Q AVIS I. II Y M A N , ATTORNEY AT LAW HALIFAX, N. C. PracticRS In ths courts of Halifax and adjoining oomiMos, and in tho Supremo ami Federal Court. Claim colloctod in nil parts of North Carolina. OiUjo In the Court Houso. July 4 1 Q. BURTO N, J u. ATTORNEY AT LAW, HALIFAX, N. C. Practices In the Courts of Halifax .County, and Counting adjoining. In the Supreme Court of tho Statu, and iu the Federal Courts. Will givo spn.ii.il nttoation ti tho collec tion ofclaims.and to adjusting thn accounts of Executors, Adniiuisrator and (iu.tr dians. dcc-ln-tf J. M. Q R I Z Z A R D, ATTORNEY AT LAW, HALIFAX, N. C. Offioe in the Court Hons. Strict atten tion given to all branehoa of the pro It s ion. jn o E. T. BRANCH, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ENPIEI.T, HALIFAX COOMTV, N. C. Praotlons in the Counties of Halifax, Hash. Kdutocoinbo and Wilson, Collection male In nil parts of (he State. Jan 12-0 I A M K S K. U A RA, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ENFIELD, N. C. Praelicos in the 'ountlo of Halifax, 'Jdeoomh nrl Nash, in the Supreme. ;.?r.urt of the Stula and In tho Federal ,Coii r W. ColleMioim made In any part of tho ,tl. Will attend at thn Court llousn in Halifax on Monday and Friday of each woei Jan li-i o A N D R E W J. II UHTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, WELDON, N. C. PretioM in the Courts of llalilax, War ren mil Northampton counties and in the 'hnnreme and Fedt nil Courts. Claim oollected in any part of North Carnlina. June 17-a imti a. iii Li.itv. y U L L E N JOHN k. XOORK. A M O O HE , ATTORNEYS AT LAW. IlAllliix, N. C. Practice in the Counties of Halifax, rvjrthnint ton, Ldtfiioinho, Fitt and Mar tin In tho Supreme Court of the State n.1 In the Federal Courts or tho rtslorn District. Collections made lu Buy part of North Carolina, Jau 11 o If A it ii VOL. VII. THE FIRST KISS. I kissed her hand ; her laughing faco With dimpling smiles was running ovor As hoini) we siurled to retrace Our pathway past the late shown oloycr, The grain was nodding o'er tho lanti, Tho wild lien irave a drnwsv huiintiiin' Though summer hold its b unitcum h-uid J ho autumn d;tys woro surely coining. Ah, Kate, how fair how sweet!" I said, "If 1 niir.ht kiss tho 1 i - hcreal'lnr f" She only shook her litllu li a l ; Her litis were t unninu o'er with laiiirhli.r She Mimed awav, b--r laeo lull' hid llcr lio.i !. Hiul !.(. her I ins. I rl 1. ( ii. Mv arm nrotiiid her wui-t I slid. And then -l did ! I really ilnl it ! Ah, ine! thn rapture ofih il kiss, 1.1 ko the In s: r Mil ore ol the iii-.i-niior i Thn world was lihed wuh instant hlivi. Ai if a newer dav were dawn tin;. Sini? on, oh, lerd ! with soiiir divine. And welcoleii l.ove, tho lat-st c nner For Kali; has promised to l,o uiiiio When autiinin takosthe plaenof sirniuur. FORCOYTON, Yes, I was betroth t Paul E!c- tlie ling, I Every loving woith ; and, as I looked at kissed it again and again. impulse of my heart Mutinied to awaken; und oh 1 how i loiipcj for him to be vviili me forever, that I mii lit never cease expressing niv love in tho many ond words a true, tender heart can invetit. Fur three months we were continu illy in each othei's society, for I was visiting his sister, Clara, and she, half suspecting our affection lor one another, was ever cniitriviii" to leave m together. It ivas always Paul who was selected to accompany me if we were going to ride, although ehe had three more brothers who wouU have been called equally entertaining. ' If, by chance, one of them invited me to go anywhere, they were sure to ascertain that Paul was m t near to hear. This I did not at first notice, though, as it beeariic more and mote evident that I was der to Ii'ip, I inwardly thanked them fur their generosity. but it could not nlvrsvs lust, ond I found my sunshine suddenly turn to daikness when I one day received a letter from home, iu which my mother wished Clio to return immediately. I was arranging a bouquet for Clara in the summer linnso, when I received the letter from Paul's hand. l'heru's good ue.vs from ho ne, pet: what will you give ma for it?" Iu said uighii'gly, holding the letter a liule too lih f..r iiie to reach it. "Give you? What do you deserve for tormenting me so?" 'This, little 01. e." And snatching a kiss from my up turned laee, he throw thu letter into my lap, and sat down at thn further end of the summer house, saying he would be good for ten minutes whiln I C"j yed my letter ; which pr mise he kept by throwing row-leaves at me. I broke the seal, with a beating hear!, thinking how happy I would miko mv mother when next I wrote, bv telling her of our betrothal. Giancing at the date, I exclaimed : Wliv. iliis lias been a loi g time turn ing twice us long as usual. I'ticn, without looking up, I began to read : At the first Ii' ? mv heart stood still; and 1 must have turned pale, for Paul quickly came to my side, und placing his nrm around me, inquired, in nn anxious way : hat is it, darling i '(Jo, Paul, I must leave you leavo you and all this summer happiness, and to go to rny homo so far away ; and there comes over my heart a presenti meiit that wo shall never meet uga'm if I go home now." "Then do not go, my darling; stav wit-ii me ; be my own sweet bri.lo now. Why need a few years make any differ ence, even if you d'.J promis-j not to marry until of age? A bad promise is belter broken than kenl.'' Nn, no ; I cannot." And ihe tears would cmne in spile of every iH'rt to Midline them; but Clara's meny laugh us sdie came down the path to tho arbor, d.stui bed our sweet com munion, and 11 ished wilh Hie exercise of running from Paul's Newfoundland dog, she bounded into the ut'bor, and line herself doftu at my leet, completely ex hausted. Paul rnsrt silently ; und the seat where ha had been sitting Clara sooo took, thro wiiii! her arms around mt', wailing Inu 1 nnccl mr.lci. ir Ui In her words called lu sh before me my great sorrow, did she see that there w is something aoi'u-i, a my tears fl t un- risti.iineuU, when I laid my head lu her lap and told her all ; and she wept wilh me. Then there came into my heart all the former presentment, Why was it? Soon 1 tnii-a bid adieu to oil so dear to me, and thu foreboding that it would be forever I could not banish J s mu thing told me that no more would I roam through ihosa gra.id avenues, shaded with tall pines, with him; no morewould we paze on the wateis nf that l"ved lake by whose side he told me his loto and first called me dailing. Jut why linger over our parting? F.veiy nook and corner where Paul and 1 had ever been together wo revisited ; and as we sat in the summer-houso for the lust tine, he drew ms towards him, and placing his hand beneath my chin, he looked into my eyes, and said : "Only one year, pet, and then I trust I shall sit hero with Kate Kdgcworth instead of Kutc II indull. It will seem a long year, darling, but we will try and bvjputietit." Tho next night found me on rny way to the north, leaving all that was dear to me and going among strangers; for WELDON, N. wo had only lived there a short time, and I could not feel at home so .soon among those who cared nothing for Ine. At home I was greeted warmly by all ; yet my heart cried for all it had left, and would not he comforted. In a few days came a long, loving letter from Paul li ny precious was every word. liny i lived those l ever-to-'je-lotg dten d.i)s over again. How every word he cter spoke to mo seemed ringing iu my eais, and my idol seenu d in re and mure cxilted. New fiiends came nrotind mo in my new home, and all were valued accord ing to their comparison with mv standard ol excellence Paul. 1 only counted time by thu regularity wilh which I heard from hi.u. For thic; mouths my heart wan fully satisfied wilh his frequent living letters. Will) ids dear picture before me, I read them, und imagined he almost smiled on me in my happiness. Then there came a change. I waited lone, but no word came from him ; in agony I wrote ugain, and received in reply a cold formal letter; "he was well, hoped I was not concerned about him, but really his time was so occupied he could not write so often us ho had for merly done." Oa ! was my fear a shad 'W of coming events? 1 shuddered, and tried not to think. If he was going to strike the dagger of disappointment into my heart, why nut do so now? nut lorturo me with hall-love. I could endure suspenee no longer; I must k iow if I was loved no more; and in diryeratiou I wrote again. After months of weary waiting, t'.io strain proved too much for my nerves; for weeks 1 lay at llie point of death; and when uwc.ko to consciousness I cried out in agony : "Oh. wliv did I nut die? Why must live?" When I was well enough to receive it, they gave me a letter from his sister, that s.veet one who wouldn't wrung or wound I ho heart of the most insignifi cant. S ic knew all, for, bv accident she found a portion ul the letter which he had toi ii up and thrown to the four winds when he had received it from me. 11 nv sweet was her sympathy. Could 1 only have laid my head on her bosom and went, my heart would Lave been less heavy. Weary months Irave passed since then, and the day on which my wedding was to lake place has gone by long ago. Still my heart re-echoes the old long ing ; and when others have c one to me with tales of love, mv heart has turned to stone. They call me heartless; ond well tl'.ey may, for never can love bring back tho warmth that his coldness has frozen. Thetc are rumms that he is ub .ut to murv an heiress. (Ii, could she kumv the w ords ho haa spoken to me c mid she hear the vows uttered beneath the shade of those lolty pines ..uuld they speak, she would tremble for her happi ness und could guess why ho turned from me to her. C dd lie the snow nil over the earlh ; chilly winds mom around the house, and penetrate every crevice; but colder and more penetrating comes the snow of despair to a hrokeo heart that is forced 1 1 live, mid long; for death. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A COLD BOY AND A WARM BOY. One Sunday afternoon l;st winter a policeman walking : 'i mg Columbia street east caught silit ol a b iy about tweUc years old trying to pry U: a hite'ien window. As the la I belraycJ no alarm when accosted, Ihe officer mildly de niaiith d if he lived there, and why he was prying up the sash. "I live here, but I'm locked out," re: plied the boy. "This is about tho dun dredth time this qa.no lias been played on ine, und this is the last hair that break the camel's back!") 'Where's your mother "Gone over to my aunt's, s'posti. I have just get home Irmn Sund.! School." "And why should she I ick the door?" "That's the bloody mystery 1" angrily exclaimed thu lad. '-There's a big liosted cake in the house, of course, but woi'd !. t'"!'-'h i1? Why I i it In'.'.' the sight of raisin ciko with frosting on iu" r "Vnu simply desires to get in to warm your feel," suggested thi' iilli.er. "I'hai's all., und I'm going iu if it takes the n of uuM" The oilicer walked on, at. J in a few minutes passed up the alley behind the house to help catch a loose horse. Seated on the fence was the b v who w is working ut the window. Hi) was now w.ii king at frosted cuke. "Ah ha I didn't you tell mo you dida't like cake?" cried the ellicer. That was when I was cold," replied the boy as he hunted for the raisins. "There's a heap of difference between a cold boy und a warm boy !'' "And you dou't feel as desperate as you did?" -Not quite, though I can't lell what minute I may want some pickled peaches, and it makes mo mad to think that ma hid this cake iu a basket in the parlor stove I" The love of glory, the fear of shame, the design of making a fortune, the desire of rendering life easy and agree able ; and the humor of pulling down other people, are often tho cause of that ralur so celebrated among wen. C, SATURDAY, SHLTKMBER 21, QUIET LIVES. Life's map is drawn with light and duk linos. V few of God's creatures nre peculiarly favored by special gifts. They appear lo live under un ambrosial skv, with golden rays of a dazzl ng sun, without clouds or storms; to dwell in an I. Iiji, with no black palls, no funeral knells. Their lot seems enviable, as if some unseen iingi brought their chui rst gills und rarest treasures lo cnl.nge tlieir Stoics and increase their lei. city. Some rise miraculously in pre-eminence; strangely endowed wilh honors; renown and celebrity Inllnv tlieir footstep; fame and mcccss duster nhotit their name. When they die, their epitaphs are written on elcg-.r t monuments, or carved o.i mm bin statuary' Near them, uuobsetved, walk thu quiet heroes and heroines. The veil is not drawn aside to reveal iniiuto goodness; they pass mining wayfarers, hu nble men and get -tie women, n'm ist without n it,;. "lvich one has his own put to play in the drama of life;-" often those looked np ni as tho great of earth lire Ihe little of heaven; what is deemed perfection and completeness below, is condemned and doomed by the vei dicts above, Cd-'slial vision is so much clearer than the terrestrial. Not eery flower give forth perfume ; ms s have concealed thorns; the tiny blossom, bidden under the shadow of a forest tree, is often sweeter than the gorgeous hot house il uver. The lily of the valley rears its spotless head a nong lolty exo tics; yet it receives equal care and nurture from t!n heavenly Gardener, und to Him is ol in much value ia if it were translated in its beauty and love liness from tropical claim':. Very many, born in obscuritv, reared in penury, and neier agitated by stintnge ciicumst.ii'ccs are God's heroes and heroines; struggling, conquering tictors in llie battlefields of sin ui.d temptalinn, the htave-t soldiers in the camp of life. Intrinsic merit, viitue, noble hearts, are worth more than kingly coronets ; they aro not Inund on the beaten roads or bro.id avenue, bill in the by-paths of life. 0,'ten nre entertained, unaware, messengers' of live, guardian angel, ministering spirits. Their still footsteps come olteu unexpectedly, liide.iiiiu stiati.e, calm of temperament, cup bearers of ineicy with tokens of sym palhey, helping hand in houis of trial and days uf s uroiv. Tlieir names are not blazoned in the fashionable recep tion looms, nor registered among distin guished guests ; a belter record of thorn is written upon tho white sheet of thu unseen and unknown book. Tho neg lect of simple excellence, of uepieten tinus goodness, the forgetluluess of quiet live, is merely human weakness. Tnere are many iu nooks .and comers, living sublime lives, that G (! loves to notice, for whom ho is keeping His p.ire-t gems and choic6st crowns. Al though no ling fiMeral cortege, and ceieinoiiial p irade are beheld ut their bin ial a radiant procession of angels bear their spirits' return to God, wilh welcome greetings : 'There are face ihern, divin Iy l'ir, That the e:u III lost loiitf uo." host among its glitter and show, of whom the world was not worthy. It is well there are quiet lives in con tradistinction to those who live on the pl iiidils mid adulation of the multitude. To be among humai it) "a darfs not llio giant, is not unv proof that such lives are profitless. Tho lesser and in significant often prove of v.iluo and benefit to tho npparently eminent und superior. Tnere are nuiii'jeis of human being, who, iv umded mi l pieiced, drink cm st int W of llie bit'er aters of M a. ah, who lie silent teachers i f resig nation to the lhriiie will. Martyrs ol suffering, saint-', io lioli .c-s, God's I'ai.li Itil servants. M my a quiet lift! is an embodiment of the better existence; in the world, hut not of it. t'ii'1 lives g irner up in any faded hopes, many a fond memory. 'J del lives because God ordained them si, bending to their lot with unmurmuring obedience and pi tience. C inquerers of fate, d oiling iu solitude and meek humility ; doing their duty to Gad and mm, a vay fro ui the silver tints and gold-ui hues of in in moil's joys, invisible and unit cgnu d by human eves. If a choice is to be made between tho ts-i tc:ii;.::ra! c .'.a'.es, a cntca Dst;;cen temptation and aliureuieiil, tho quiet life without honor or euiiduiiieiit would be the wier riecMou. The q liet life brings peace and content, the secret link no n ii to tho chlldieu id fottu 10. ii lift lints weli spent within the walls of home, full of limit; deeds of kindness, silent manifestations of love, self-sucri-fi.e and sell'-dovotiou, arc pri cincs in ihe Lord's s ght. These humble ser vants of the Muster will be icwaided when "lie inakelh up his jewels," on the mom of the everlasting life. "So I think God hold sumo souls iilwavs, Svrtotly to mirprisc us at thu Lust day." 8. P. I.. A ICiN't) Woiirv Speak a work of en coiiiHgciiitiit whctievrr you can consistent ly do so. Uivo the helping praise when you Fee that it is lieseivcil. Tho thought 111 it "no ono rates and no one knows" blights in uny a promise. Wbi-thtr it be Hit young attiat at hi rust I. the joung piencher in Ids pulpit, tho win I; m no at Ins bench, the boy at I. is iiiiillu iiiiitii'iil mob loins, or your little girl at her piano, give what prnlso jou can. lor many a one hu I alb n by 'lie way lor the want of Hint word ol enrotitageiiitnt which would have "established their ln-1." Tiue beauty tuctiusc; while lalse lessees vu txuuiiuallou. 1878. WOMAN AJ.ADY, Wilduess is a thing which girls can not ulf ird. Pclicacy is a thiu which cannot bo lost and found. No urt can restore the grape its bloom. Familiarity without love, without confidence, with out regard, is destructive to all that makes woman exalting und ennobling, "Tho world is wide, thoso things are Nlllllil, Tlmv may ho liolhina, yet they ere all." Nothing? It is tho first duly of woman to be a lady. Good breeding is goo.l sense. Hid manners in a woman is immorality. Awkwardness may be ineradicable. I! lshfnlness is constitu tional. Ignorance of etiquette is tho re suit of circumstances. All ca i bii con doned, and do not banish men or women from the amenities of their kind, lint self-possessed, unshrinking and ag gressive coarseness of demeanor may be leckoned as a a states prison ofTense, and certainly met its that mild form of restraint called i nprisoiiment for life. 1 1 is a shame for women to be lectured on their maniieis It is a bitter shame that they need it. Women are tho umpires of society. Il is they to whom all mooted points should be referred. To be a lady is more than to be a prince. A lady is always in her right, inalienably of respect. To a lidy prince and pleas ant alike how. J) not be restrained. H i not have impulses that need re straint. I i not wish to dance with tho prince, unsought ; feel differently, lie sum you confer an honor. Carry your self so loftily that men shall look up to you for reward, not at you in rebuke. The natural sentiment of man .toward woman, is reverence. His looses ft largo amount of graco when he is obliged to account her a being to be trained in propriety. A .nan's ideal is not wounded when a woman fuils in worldly wisdom ; but il in grace, timent, iu delicacy, iu should ho found wauling, inward hurt. in fact, iu see kindness, she be receives an WHO SHE WAS. There is always considerable danger in talking lo new iiiquaiiitiuce that is if you are fool enough to wander from genet -alkies into personalities. I used 1. 1 do it a good deal iu mv younger days as all young and inexperienced persons are upt lo do. It otcuircd in this way : I was up to a small country town one Sunday, and went to chinch. After ser vice I was introduced to a young gen tleman, to whom I tuok rather a liking, lie was going home the same way that I was. I proposed that we do the dis tance together. He readily assented. Wo lit cigars, and progressed home wards. Ahead of us was a couple, gen tleiiian and lady. I notice. I the young lady particularly young men goueially do, I believe. "What big fee', that girl has I" I said. 'Ves,' assented my companion, rithcr quietly. "And what a whopper of nose she does possess I" "Ves " "What a nioHth foi' pie I" ' S i yon say." "And her hands, they must be large enough to knock down oxen with I" 'Ol course." Thus I went on. I puyed the girl immensely, and in a way of which I am now heartily ashamed. Finally struck with the sudden and uncomfortable thought Unit perhaps I bad been talking without any surety of rny audience I asked : "D.i you know the lady?" My companion puffed leisurely otuo his cigar. There was nn amused look in his eyes, ns he replied ; "Slightlt." "Who is she?" Another pufT on the cigar. Then quietly came tho answer : "My sister 1" A LOYINQ COMPANION. No personal beauty, however will alone for lack of bcautv of great mind. 1 1 estim.ibly great is the inllnencu a sct l-nlmlo I wovun may wield over ih'i-o around her. It is to her that her fiirnd would come iu season of sorrow und sickness lor help and support ono soothing touch ot her kindly hand would work won lers on the feverish child, a few 1 woi d . Ii t fill from her lips in the ear of a sorrowing sister would do much to raise the load ol griel, which was bowing its victim down to the dust lu anguish. I he husband comes home, worn out by the pressure of business, and feeling ir ritable with tho world iu general ; but when be enters the cosy, S'lting-rooin, and sees the bl'izo of Ihe bright tiro, his slipptrs placed by loving bauds in readi ness, and meets bis wilo smiling lace, he succumbs in a moment to the sooth ing influence which act a balm of (J dead on his wounded spirits, that are wearied with combatting wilh the (tern realities of life. Tho rough schoolboy (lies in a rage from the taunts of bis com panions to find solace in his mother's smile ; the little one, full of grief with its own large trouble, finds a haven of rest on its mother's breast, and so one might go on wilh instance- after in stance of the influence of iwect-inindcd woman has in the social life with which she is connected. Iioauty of face and foras may charm for while, but the wiaa of sei se looks for t cultivated bcart and mind in choosing a vile. The music of the future Sixty day uotcs. NO. o DON'T. D ui't judge a man by the clothes he tveais. God made one, and tho Jailor the other. Don't judge him by his family con nection, for Cuiu belonged to a very good family. Don't judge a man by his failure in life, many a man fails because he is too honest to succeed. Don't judge a man by his speech, the partot talk and tho tonguo is for but till instrument ol sound. Don't judge a man by the bouse ho lives in, for the lixard and the rat often inhabit the grandest stiuctnrcs. Don't judge him by his activity in church all airs, for that is not utifre quently inspired by hypocritical and seliflsh motives. Don't judge him by his luck of dis play, for tho long-eared beast is the humblest of animals, but when aroused is terrihle to behold. Don't take it for granted that because he carries the contribution box he is liberal ; he often pays tho Lord in that way, aud keeps the currency. UNYOKE THE BULL. Years ago when ilock Island was a small village, and its people had lots ol fun ull to themselves, one of our sober, dignified citizens put his owu head under one end of a yoke and a Utile bull's under the other, to teach the animal how to do useful work. When he found the bull was miming away with him down a dirt road towards a ciowd around the country storo on Illinois street, ho measured sixteen feet at a jump, kept up with the bull, and yelled ut the top ot his voice: "Here we come, darn our foul souls I Head us, somebody." When halted and the yoke was being lifted from his neck, he jelled: "Unyoke tho bull I Never mind nie, I'll stand." OLD MAiOS ANDOLD BACHELORS. ny Al.l.KS CUOKTON. Opinions diller about thc.-'e in lividuali. Alter eaielill thought upon thn subject we are loieed to th-' eoni-lii-ion Hi -it old ina'nis are a blending lor which we should bo ex tremely lliiinktiil, while old buelit'lois are always in the wav. How q'lietly and kind ly old ninid go aliout, ministering to i lie sick and needy, speaking worn ol cheer to the laiii'-hearted, and ciiiiyii'g sunshine und comfort wht-icvcr they go. Hut who ever snw, or ht-ard of an old bachelor going fiom house to house, with a hesit tilled wilh love and pity for the destitute, cm. villi: luukets of lood and clot Ii in is. wai in smiles un 1 warmer blank et,. ! No, old bachelors ii'e usually stint;?; and yet, tliey love money, love line clothes, love to est, and enjoy 'a good lime," at any expense. As to their pe.s nial attrac tions, (hey uic gem rally hitld-heiidiil, round-shouldered, bcll-conceitid, often wear lalse teeth, and a lady once lemaikcd, "the s: i iicgest tiling utiotii tnein is, tticv don't lik the girls." I soopose the reason ol this is, they art' so sellish they don't want to make presents to them. Old ninlds are always pleasant end a gricable, even to ciusty oil bachclnis, when they haaooa to meeii and yet, thcc vey same bachelors ate nlten so ill nalu'ed hs to siv, "Their pleasant manners are only t'onip'iny inanneis, and when they are ul Iminn they lira as sour as vinegar. ' Ol comse this it "eour jirapes," they have been ill anpoin'ed. Old maids remain single Irorn choice, not liom neces-oly for we all know lliut even ihe ngliest and most un attractive are admired by at least one person in the world, and, "Thnro never was a gooso ao gray Dot Homo dav, soon or Into, An honest uander eiiino thai wuy, And look hr for his male." The tiue reason for their pielernnee Inr a lift, ol single hlie Ir.csi 1.1. that they think they ran do more goo.l, said at the Mme time find more real, true enjoyment than Ihey could by inairyiii! nn old baelic'or, und having him to take euro of and wait upon nil their liven. Ami it is equally tt u thut there arc old nuii.la who sre liandsi iii- er by far, than many of their inariud friends. GOV EPN M E NTiVt H E TONGUE, The tongue ta the instalment by which should bo expressed high and ennobling feniiir.enta ; but it isnlteni r llie vidnclo by which is expressed, blaphcmy and guilty 111 oughts, which arc iio distusling to the ens ol ii lln -d and reverent nice and wo men. Tnere Is no misei y so liiipient un I so disluiirg as tint occasioned by Hie ungovi un d tongue a tonyuo which In "untulv," and a nu-tcr. True, tlicio arr many cornns ut rvoy tuin in lile agslnst whii h wo may h'i-.ik out in impttience, but this is the very thing against which w are to guard. How nlti n is it ihe caso thut men give wy to pssiinan-t ne Isngusge which alter iv aid they aie ashamed to knowledge. Therefore, I pay that Ihe ffovi-rnini'iit nf the tongue is a thing of the greatest importance, upon it denends our nrrsnit and futti'ts happiness. How olten do we see in an alar h'S lellow man because of sorno iau words by which ho was oC'endel. and the murderer dcpait with the blond ol his biothi-r upna his hands, which ncnico eternity shall make to fade. Jv battle- Held ha presented a victory so listing and in hard to bo woio as that of ooveming the tongue. Tho tongue the power of speech is one of the greatest blcsaing to mankind and, like many nthrr blessings, may In ma le a curse. Und did not givo us tongue to slander our brother, or to ''bear lalso witness against our neighbor." but was designed, rather, to blc-s. Let ui therefore, endeavor lo govern our tooguos, mm -Fi.k of tub IIkad A curious state ment is made concerning .the ir.e of the human head. French batten say that, in genet al, men from thiity to forty years of age have larger heads thau thoso Iron) twenty to thirty. Not so, however, with the tco'ckiastics, whote heads cease to grow at about twenty five. The cum bishop, aichbishnps. etc , have no largtr headt than the students ol the hrgcr icuir uarlt! THE ROANOKE NEWS ADVERTISING RATES. i 1 i 1 i o I H I 35 I 3 3 00 1 8 00 H 00 20 00 s (0 io oo "o oo soon 8 00 I 16 00 30 I 0 40 f.O 10 on I l.S 0(1 SO 00 40 00 lj HO I '0 00 10 0(1 flu 00 20 00 I 30 no liy 00 ! (if. 0(1 Ono Year, 75 00 SPAC'K Olio Square, Two Siiiares, Throe !) mires, l''our Siii;ires, Kmirth Coin, Half Coluui n. Wholo Column, ADVERTISEMENTS. S1 UN I'AINTElts yiintn,! In every .section r the. United States and Hrovmeos to answers this ad . verlisouiont. Addre DANIKti I H HATTY Doe. Itf Washington, N.'j. HuutIox?" MISKRY, "l.s"TijB Dr. Y. I'. iloyt of r. years successful practice Kiiaraiitees speedy and pu maiicol, cur, fall Chronic, Seroful .us, I'.lvaui, fhiliiie am I do DisoHsea, Kperma- ierrhuM, in- shII-hIoiso at hi. Medina! In slltnte, ,'i;mii ,V. ('henry lilnr.k. mipnalle the City Hall 1'nrU, Syraimso, N. V. Med-, icino sent to all parts of the U. S. and ( unada. Iion't. bo deceived by advertis nirquaeks who (hroiifr our large cities, bin cumuli lr. llovtnrseiid for circular ti-oatimr on bin specialties to bis P. O Hnx l!7t;. : LA DUOS. My (treat liquid French Koinodv, AM IK DK fiiSIMH, or l-'emalQ l;rionil, i uiiiailiiiR In tho cure of all pain ful and dangerous diseases of your sex. It inoderttes all excess, and brings on Ilia montnly period Willi regularity. In all noivous am) spinal nlleeiions, Jiains in Hie hack or lioilii, heaviness, fatigue on slW t exertion, palpitation ol tho heart, lowers of spirit, hysterics, sink headache, white., and all piin ful diseases occasioned hv a disordered system, il ejects a euro whe-i all other means fail. Price $2,00 per lint He, sent by mail. Dr. IY. E. llovt, liox '!,'. Syracuse, N. t. ' Nov ?." 1 y. g U II O OL TliACUmtS, ' You can oasijv increase, your salary by bv devoting a very small portion of you. leisure time to mv interost. I do not ex pect you lo canvass for my celobialed lSutty's Pianos and Organs unless you seo lit to; but tho service I require of you In both pleasant and prolliiiblo. Full particulars Iron. Addrox, DANIKL V. KKATTY, Washington, N. J. R OCKY MOUNT .MILLS. ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. January 1st, 13TC. Wo are now prepared to furnish t!i trade with SHEETINGS, SHIRTINGS, PLOW LINES urn; COTTON,i YARMS, all of the bet ipialily and at low prices Our turns strictly net cash, uO days. Address BATTLE &. SON, Rocky Mount, N. C. "mis! 'an 20 a 1878. c h O T II I n a i SPRIXU AND Sl.'MMKR STYLEi Jl'ST ItKI'l-'lVKO At N o it Ii WV ii I k c r tV Co No 1 13 sycanioro Street. I'INi: OK ESS SPITS, KINK r.l SIXKSS SPITS, ROYS' AND YOUTH'S CLOTHING. A full' lino of all grades of Kiwi v-M ado Clothing lor Hoy's, Youth's, and Men, mm three years old up at prices to suit tho li mes. Wo keep all tlm latest styles of (ients1 Furnishing Oonds on hand. S iniph on hand. (' ntliiua and Shins made to order at our Cal'imoro h"'... ut short notice, at lialtitnoro prices, 1 .oaso ivo u a can neioro nuvtiig. NOAH WALKKR e CO. III! KYC'AMOUK STISKET, l'cterjtburj;, Vu. ALEX. F. SHORT, ) y AoiiSTs. J. (!EO. WILKINSON, J ROUEII ATKINSON-Salosinan. Oct :t-l Y MEPALL 10 HUKIAL CAS liS FOE SALE. ' I .- - ., ' '-. Persons wishing Mutallio Rurlal Cases ea i always obtain thmii bv applying lo me, at the Storo of Mt ssra. VVlmL-lii fc L'mry. I ei:i still keeping, us heretofore, a lull as ai.rlinenl ol the Vtiry liest (.'ASKS, al the Very Lotst Prices, In my absence H o ill Weldon, Messrs, Winllold A Kmry will deliver Cases to persona who may wiatl Ilium. JAMES SIMMONS, Weldon, N. C. npr 4 1 Q f iTheT U N O K It S 1 il N K D V K R Y 1 respectfully cull. tlm attention of the trade t bis extensive stock of domestic and Imported liquors, to which ho la still making additions aud consisting of pure HYE AND ItOl'UItOX WHISKIES French, Applo, Blackberry and Cherry Brandies, Jamaica and New England Rum I London, Tom and Hoilai. (sin, Po Sherry, Claret, Rhine and J.vo-ye- Seuppernoiiii Wlno. Scotch u Porter, and a very large loto' RECTIFIED which I am oflerlnA 0 full to niv satisfaction S. W.Sf '4 aprll 6-a 'JII