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ATTORIEY AT LAW,
GAftTSBURG, N. C.
Praotloes In tba oourts of Northampton
sad adjoining counties, also in the Federal
ana Supreme courts.
June 8-tf.
JOS.
B. BATCHKLOR.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
RALEIGH, N. C.
Practices in the oourta of the 6th Judi
cial District and in tbe Federal and 8a
preaae Courts. May 11 tf.
KtTCHBM.
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D U H N .
K
SIN
ATTORWHT8 A OOBHSKLLORS AT LAW,
feotlaad Neck, Hnlliax Co., IK. C.
Practice In the Courts f Halifax and
adjoining counties', aud in the Supreme
and Federal Courts. jaulS tf
I ROMAS ,N.
HILL,
Attorney at Law,
HALIFAX, N. C.
Practices in . Halifax and adjoining
Counties and Federal and Snprome Courts.
Will be at Sootland Neck, once every
fortnight.
Aug. 28 a
vr. H. DAT,
W. W. Hau..
HALL
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AT
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
WELDOff, K C.
Practice la tlieourt
adjoining counties, and
of Halifax and
a tbe Supreme
aad ,eaeri eoan .
Claloaa ooileoted in any
Carolina.
part of North
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AUfJEL 1. WRIGHT,
ATTORNEY AT
LAW.
c. :
liACKsoari nr.
Prtetloes in the Court of Northampton
aad adioialug counties!
I sop 15 1 Y
Oae Tear, in advapce,
Sis Months, '
Ibree Months,
QAVINL. H1MAN,
ATTORNEY It LAW
HALIFAX N. 0.
Practloea la the court of Halifax and
adjoining counties, and in tbe Supreme
ail Federal Courts. 1
Claims ooltected iu a parte of North
Carolina. ! .
bo U taa Court Hajse.
Jaly d-l.
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IUII 5, J a.
ATTORNEY T LAW,
HALIFAX, I C.
Fractions in the Couts of Halifax
Ceaaty. and Counties atolning. In tbe
upreme Court of the Kite, and in the
Federal Conrts.
Will l?ive special nttentlo to the collec
tiea ef clainss,and to adjustlg the accounts
ef Executors, A.dueiuirat4s and Guar
diaas. dec-15-tf
U. I 1 I I U 1 D,
ATTORNEY AT Ww,
HALIFAX, . (A
Olios la the Court House. Bid atten
tien givea to all Urauoho of W proles-
ala.
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B.
I. A II 0
ATTORNEY AT LAr,
IIBLB, HiLIfAX OOrjKTT,
C.
Practises la Cointles of lllfax,
lash, Bdgsoenawft and Wilson.
Gelleetioaa atade in all parts ' the
lute. J 1
T A H
K.
H A A,
v
ATTORNEY AT LAW
' :
Practices in the Counties ef Hali,
Wirecombe and Nsnb. In llio Siiprio
Oeurt of tho kitate aad lu the redil
Ceort. L .
Celleetlons asada In any part or n
State. Will attend at the Court Ilmne,
v.iirov Mnndir and FrldaV of el
week. Ju l-mX
KDKIW J. BURTON,
A.
ATTOKSEY AT LAW,
nrTTTinW Iff. P.
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2 L ""'"..'.r.S'intbe
tlawreaae and Federal Courts. ......
Claiote oelleewd in any part Of Novtu
Carellna. ' Junola
I asm m. inn. LIN.
JOHN A. MOOBE.
MOORE,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
nallfax, It. C.
Practice In the Counties of Halifax,
ii,.,.i.4,, RriaAnnmhe. FItt and Mar
tin-lathe Supreme Court of the State
ad in. the Federal Courts of tho Eastern
Bitt..l.4
OolleHioAis mado In any part of Kortu
VOL. VII..
AT THE GARDEN GATE.
They lingered at the garden gate
Tbe moon was full above;
He took her darling baud iu his,
The trembline little
And pressed It to his feivent Hps,
auu ouibijr bum um love.
About her waist be placed his arm:
lie caltod her all hi. own.
Ilia haart, be said, It evor beat
For hor, and ber alone;
Ami ho .as bappior thanaking
upuu a gniaeu mrone.
"Come woal, como woo," Iu ardent tones
Tbis youth continued he,
"As 1h tba noodle to tbe polo,
I ' - T ...II , . i 1
oo x win constant no;
No power on earth shall tear theo lore,
From out the chamber window
A drizzly, nlirht-oatinnd limit-
popped
A hoarso voice yellod : "You Susan Jano
Come in ai.d (to to bed 1"
And that was all (it was enough),
I im yimilK Ill.n WIQIV Until
THE RUNAWAY MATCH.
Many yean age thert dwelt in tho
town ef P , a pretty villaz. distant
isms miles from tbo market tows, a
peculiarly comely and graceful waidco,
who bad a decidedly ugly and cross-
raised But wealthy lather.
Minnie waa Danl'orth's odIt child.
and report said alio would bo his sole
legatee. Tho old man was a sturdy
farmer, aad was estimated to bo worth
full tea thousand dollars at the period
a very handsome fortuoe, to bo sure.
Ia tbe meantime Minuio bad a true
and loyal toier in secret. Ilig name
was Walker Joe Walker, and he was
simply a farmer, employed by old Dao
forth, who entrusted Joe with tho snan-
agecccat of his pluco for two or three
yean.
Hut a very excellent farmer and
goed manager was the plaii. unassum
ing but goed-lookiog Joe Walker. He
u only twenty-three, and be actually
fell in love with the beautiful, pleasant,
joyous Minnie Danfortl), bis old em
ployer i only daughter. But the strang
est part of the occurrence was, Minnie
returned his lore earnastly, truly and
fraokly, and promised to wed him at a
favorable time.
Things went ou merrily for a while.
but old Dao forth discovered certain
glances aod attootious between tbem
which excited his anger and suspicion.
Very toon after Joa learned the old
man's miad indirectly in regard to his
future disposal of Minnie's ban 1, and
ho tjuickly saw that bis case was r. hope
less one, unlesBs be retorted to Urate
gem ; and so ha at once set bis fits to
work.
By agreement, an apparently ssttled
coolness was observed by the lovt rs to
wards each other (or fie or six months,
ad taa father saw, as ho thought, with
satisfaction, that his previous susp cions
and fears had all besn prematura. Then,
by mutual consent, Joa absented him
self front the house at evening; aad
sight after night' for full. three nimtbi
did he disappear as soon as bia work
was finished, to return home only at lata
bedtime. This was urnsuil, and old
Daoforth determinod to know tho ause
of it. ,
Joe fraokly confessed that he at in
love with a man's daughter, who re.ided
less than three miles distant; but after
several months, tbe old man had utterly
refused to entertain bis application, of
the young ledy's hand.
This was capital just what nld Dao
forth most desired. This satisfied hi in
that he bad mnde a mistake in regard
to his own child, and he would he Ip to
get Jos married, aad thus stop all fur
ther suspicions or troubles at home. So
he said :
"We'll, Joe, is she a buxom lass?"
"Yes, sir." said Joe. "That it,
ottor folks say so. I'm not much of a
judge."
"And you like her.'"
"Yes, sir; yen."
"Then marry her," said old Dao
forth. "I can't ; the father objects."
"Pooh I" continued Daoforth; "let
him do so ; what need you care? Huu
away with ber I"
"Klopo?"
"Yesl Off with her at once I If the
gal will marry you, all right. Mirry
hor aad bring ber hero. Yen shall
have the cottage at the foot of tre lane.
I'll furuiih it for you ; your wages shall
be increased, aad the old man may like
It or not, es he will."
"But-: "
"Give me no buU, Jeo. Do as I bid
yeu ; go about it at once, and "
, "You will stand by rue?"
"Yes, to the last, I know you, Jae;
you're a good fellow, n good workman,
and will make anybody a good hus
band."
"The eld fellow will be so mad,
though."
"Who cares, I say? Go on quietly
but quickly."
"To-merro night, then," said
Te.
"s," said
Daaforth.
Til hire Clover's hoe "
"No, you shan't,
"No?"
I sav ao. Take my horse tho best
.' ' . J..... .IT
young Morgan; be n taico yea eu
ne style, ii tins new phaeton.
Ktactly." ' ' .
t seen is you rs spliced, corns
f'lhire, and a jelly tiuso we'll haia
at. t the old bouse."
t tho old man might drop ia on
"h I lie's si old fool, whoever is
ii tist's know voir eood Qualit'iss
T wall as I do. Doa't . to afrsid.
A faheart. yen know new woo
I air
WELDON, N.
"The old man will be astounded."
"Nevermind, goes. We'll turn the
laugh en him. I'll take cars of you
and yonr wife at say rats."
"I'll do it!" said Joe.
"You shall" said Dmifortb, and they
parted ia the bost of spirits.
An hour after dark, on the followisg
evening, Joe made his appearance,
decked in a new black suit, and lookiag
really very comely. Tho old man
bustled about the barn with hiw, liolp
ing to harness "young Morgan" to tlie
oew phactnn, and loading the spunky
animal himself to the road. Away
want the hnppy Joe Walker in search
of his bride. A fiw rods distant ho
fonnd her, as per preiious arrangement,
and, repairing to tho neit village, tho
parsen very quickly asada thewt ono in
holy wedlock. Joe took the bride and
soon dashed back to the town of P ,
and halted at tha bouse ef Daoforth,
who was already Inoekiog for him, and
received hlos with epen arms.
"Is done?" asked tho old man.
"Yes yes," answorcd Joe.
"Brine her in, brine her in." con
tinued tho old fellow in bich eloe:
never mind compliments; no matter
about tbe dark entry here, here, Joe.
to the right, in tho parlor, we'll have a
jolly time now," said the anxious furraer
pushing away for lights and rcturuiag
almost immediately.
"I am married
"Yes, yes"
"And this is my wife," ho adilod. as
he pntsod op the beautiful bride, the
bewitching and lovely Minnio Dan
forth. "What 1" roared tha father. "Joe,
you villiao, you scamp, you audacious
cheat, you yon you "
"It is trno sir: wo are lawfully mar
ried. You assisted me, yon Dlaoued
tbo whole affair, vou lent mo your
horse, you thought ma last week worthy
of nny man's daughter, you promised
mo tho cottago at the loot of tha lane,
you"
"ldidutl I deny it I luu can't
prove it. You're a a a"
"Calmly now, sir," continued Joe;
and the entreaties ef the happy coopla
were'at onco united to quell tho old
man's ire, oad tn persuade bin) to ac
knowledge their union,
Tho father relentnd at tbis. It wis
a job of his ewn manufacture, nnd he
saw bow uieles it would bo finally to at
tempt to destrey it. '
He gave in reluctantly, and tho fair
Minnio Dnnforth was everjoyrd to bo
duly acknowledged as Mrs. Joa
Walkor.
Tbe marriage proved a happy one,
and the original assertion of eld Dan
forth proved truthfully ia every respect.
The cuaoiog lover was a good son and
faithful husband, and lived many years
to enjoys the happiness which followed
upon this runaway match, while the old
man never cared to hear much about
tbe details of elopement, for bo saw how
completely he bad overshot him
self. A ROMANCE OF THE WAR.
A gentleman well acquainted with
Colonel Ue:ilfwbo rcceotly committed
suicide ia California), and an srJrnt n !
mircr of his poetry, relates n story told
by himself when tho two spent a night
in conversation, criticism and recollec
tions, so dear U men ef his kind,, over
a cr,ty fire aod warm dacoctions. Ho
spoke of tho night before the batt'.o at
which (iencral W. S. Lytlo fell. The
two (llealt and Lytic) lay together in
the eeneral s tent. They were- both
given to writing poetry at such times,
and each had an unfinished poem on
band, and they read and criticised each
other humorously for sumo time, when
said Lytic :
'Realf, I shall never livo to fiuisb
that poem."
'Nousmise,' said I, 'you will, livo to
write volumes of such stuff.'
' 'A feeling has sudJeuly como over
roe, couiiniicu too general, solomuly.
which is more startlini; than a pro
phecy, that I shall be killed in to-morrow's
fight. As I spoke to you saw
tho green hills or the Ohio as if I stood
among them. They begau to recede
from mo in weird way, and as they dis
appeared tho conviction Hashed through
mo like tho lightning's sh'ick that I
would never see tnem again.'
'I rallied him for his superstition, but
tli e belief hud become strangely im
pressed upon his mind, and he suc
ceeded in so far thrilling ma with his
own unnatural fear that I. begged him
to finish hU poem before ho slept, that
such fine work might not bo lost to the
world. .
"In tho small hours the general
awakened mo from a slumber into
wbkb I had fallen to read to mo that
beautiful poem, which must livo as long
as our literature survives, beginning :
"I am dying, Ep.vt, dying ;
- Ebbs cheorimson life blood fast."
"My eyes filled with tears as bo read.
IJa said not a word as ha concluded,
but placed the manuscript ia his pocket
and lay down to sleep.
Uclora dawn came tho call to arms.
When 1 next saw poor Lytlo bo was
cold in death among heaps of slain. I
thought of tba poem, and, searching the
pocket where I bad seen him put it,
drew It . forth, and it was forwarded
among other things to bis friands."
A younw lady who bas a young nun
"ksepinr company" with her, who is
emplowed ia a telafrsbh office, calls
him "ibe electric spark."
G, SATURDAY,
DIVIDIN'Q UP.
A man of 45, having a wooden leg
and the look of ono who had suffered
long with the tooth-ache, sat down in
tho chair vacated by tho boy, and
after a smilo of encouragement begao :
"If matters don't mend pretty soon
I'll either murder her or talio my own
lifel",
"Domestic ' trouble, I 'snppose?"
queried Bijuh.
"Thai's it, sir, and I'm getting ds
parnte. I left homo thinkiug I'd jump
from the duck, but I happened to think
of you aod so I thought I'd ask ad
vice." "Is tho bread hor7y?"
"lilast tho broad t I can stand heavy
bread, sloppy tea, raw meat and hall
cooked potatoes, but I can't nor I won't
stand this iufernal whining, coruplainiug
and jawing around I"
"b'ellow-travelcr along tho tow-path
of time's broad-gauge canal, I think I
see tbe pint. You buvo boen married
about two years l"
"Nnt qaite."
"Yen are fifteen years older tlinn
yonr wife?"
"Yes oightecu,"
"You hnvo a woeJon log, and she
8ha ?"
"Sho hasn't, but I wish sho had two
of 'eml"
"Sho likes cood clothes?"
"You bet !"
"She likes tho mad whirl of society
sixteen dollar bonnets reserved sats
at the opera eight dollar boots forty
button kid gloves nnd trains on bur
dresses?"
"She does that's her to a dot I" ex
claimed tho husband.
"And you prefer your home even
ing fire newspapor snow apples
gnmo of checkers glass of cider cat
on the hearth, and so on 1"
"That's the sort o' man T am, sir,
and she harasses mo to death. She's
on tho trot all day, and on tha pad all
tho evening, and if I remonstrate sho
says I want to make a slavo und &
prisoner or her."
"Don't you go along with her to tbe
theatro and panics?" ,
"I used to, but for tha last year sho's
got awful particular nbout my wooden
leg; says the public will think I was
shot whilo stealing chicken!."
"Does, ch? and yon sit at home and
keep your heels warm by the cook stovo
whilo she gallivants."
"The suine, sir, nnd now what shall
I do nbout it? Something has got to
ba did, oud that right off. I'll bo
banged to Davy (Vocktitt if I put up
with it another day I You are an older
roan than I am, aad you'vo had three
wives to my one, and I'll do just as you
sny nbout it."
"Fellow-man, you barn b'cen wrong
from tho beginning," slowly answered
Bijah, as he looked out of the wind iw
in a weary way. "Tho man who mar
ries n woman only half his ngo Is a d. f.
(deceived friod-cakft) nt tho start.
Youth may reverence old age, bnt lovo
sii't reverence. Youth and old ago
dou't like their tatcrs cooked tho same
way, and the mm who sjs they do is
a f.irger. They don't sco alike, and its
a cat-a'id-dog life. Then, again, you
h.uo a wondett bg, and you should have
married a woman with a glass eye or a
bn.keu tioso as an offset. In that caso
neither party has anything to twit toe
other about. If I us to marry again,
bald headed as I am, I should look for
a lady wcariug No. 10 cloves and No.
J shoes as an olfcet. Dj you lovo your
wile ?"
"Well, t.) bo honest about it, I
don't think either of us aro dying of
love."
"Then, my friend, ynu go homo and
have a candid Ullt, di.idc up the things,
and part good frieiuU Givo her the
largest half, throw in Rotn small
change, and seo that sha pet's snfo
home U her mother. By and by you
can quietly sacure a bill of divorce, get
on smiiis store clothes, and look out tor
a woman of fifty who tins tho rheumatics
so that sho can't g id."
Thai's honest, is II I
Honest ii'ju". If you can't live
happy together don't hesitate to live
happy apart. No use in any scandal or
bird words, but divide up and call it
a bad mistake. This killing on&'s sell
on accouut of domestic troubles is all
bosh."
"That's so, and I'll walk straight
borne and besin tbo dividing up busi
nets. Thank you, Bijah, may your feet
stop crowinc as a reward for this.
ben ho bad departed liijah took
short cut through tho alleys nod
presently gained a position from whence
bo could view the bouse where tho man
lived. Developments did not tarry,
The husband bad nut been in tha house
flvo minutes before ho was suddenly
rushed out agaiu, bat aud caoo flying,
and his share of Uio tbiogi, consisting
of three flat irons ; a kettlo aod two
bricks, overtook bird before ho coold
dodge.
"So youag and so artless I" to used
Bijah as he turned away ; "and yet that
last brick thumped him between the
shoulders just as purty as if I'd thrown
it myself !"Dctroit Freo Press.
"Well, I will take It, though it is rather
dt; piy you half cash and owe yon the
rest. That do V "It will." U the
course of time the creditor, thinking that
tbe bill hat run about long enough, calls
upeo the purohaeen "My dear boy," says
tbo purchaser "yon ain't livlsi np to yoor
contract.' II I were to pay you the rsit I
weuld'nt owe it to you, and the under
standing was that I should owe it to you'
JANUARY 11, 1879.
A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN.
Stand upon seme lofty peak of tbe
Alps, where mountain towers over
mountain, until iu tho distance, the
loftiest peak, mantled In perpetual
snow; sfaoets up far into the sky. Listen
to the uucoasiog rush and war of waters
falling over precipice after precipice,
and hastening madly on in foaming
cataracts to tho plains below; gnzo upon
tho varied lumhcupo of bill and dull,
beheld tho spot where storm clouds
rendezvous, nnd the majestic e agio
rears her imperial brood ; hear the wild
notes of thn birds of prey mingled with
tho shncUiug peals of thunder, whil'st
lightuings leap from crag to crag, and
the aonl is amazed, awed into rever
ence in tho presence of the sublimity ef
nature.
Visit some tropic isle, where never
cadiog spriig clothes forest, field aod
plain, with ber renewing vcrdoo; inhale
tho puro atmosphere gently staaliog
from groves filled with the fragrance of
luscious fruits, hanging in golden ripe
ness upon tbe trees ; bend a listening
year to tho rippling of a noisy brook,
and stoop to quench the thirst from the
pure crystal stream, and bear, too, tho
many tonguod songstors of tho forest,
as they siveotly carol their anthems of
praiso to their bountiful Creator, and
tha soul is filled with gratitudo profound,
for tbo benificenco of nature.
Stand upon soma quiet lake, over
whose unrullled bosom, cveoine, clad in
her robo of stars, keeps maternal watch ;
far out iu tho dim distance rests a light
gondola, from which soft strains of
music float upon the zephyrk' wing;
bed low tho ear to tho water's side,
and hearken as tho waves of melody
como dancing through tbo starlight,
and the wholo being is enchanted by
tbo subduing power nf music.
Yet thorn is a scene still more sub
lime tlinn any that Alpine heights can
afford ; there is a fancier flower than
that whichfiraces tho tropic isle ; tbero
is a melody moro eloquent than that
which floats upon tho bosnra of the
lako. Grandeur, wealth and eloquence
are all embodied in tbo raastcr-pieco nf
tha Creator's hand a beautiful
woman 1
How long, think yon. could tbo most
enthusiastic tourist fenst upon the
ruggjd splendors of tbo Alpino scenery ;
iohalo the delicious fragrance of the
oranga groves; ir listen, with enrap
tured ear, to the swoctest strains ef
music that iE.iliau harps ever pro
duced?
An hour a day, at most, would suflice
tn satisfy the eye, to dull thj ear, to
tiro tha brains, But let that tourist Mod
his Ideal of wotsanly perfection let him
see prate in all ber movements, fault
less in her form ; let bim gnte npen tbe
speaking eye from which superior merit
holds converse with world; let Liu listen
to her soft low voice -"an excellent
thing in woman,'' nnd bow long, tbiuk
you, would he be content to own bim
himself a willing captive charmed to
admiration, nwod to reverence, won t
devotion? Ho must be more or less
than ciao, should ha fail to respond
forever 1
Come, behold n beautiful woman.
A modern writer says : "The character
istics of true womanly beauty, aro delica
cy of appearand) and manners, refine
ment of sentuuoot, gentluuc.is ofsneRua
shrinking from notoriety, aud an' aver
sion to all that is coarss, rude, or indeli
cate." No thought of evil, no malig
nant purpose, ever held dominion on
that brow. Tbosn eyes havo never
looked down in pitiless contempt upon
wart aud misery ; those cheeks have
never beoa mantled by tha blush of
shame; tbosu bands have ever been
ready to raiso the fallen and ndsaiuister
comfort to tho suffering; that heart.
filled with that charity which "beoreth
nil things" aud "tliiuketh no evil," is
ready at all times to sympathise with
tho ufllicted, and to rrj iico with tlmso
that rejoice." 0, tho unbounded infla
enco of stich a woman 1 What w.uld
tho world be to-day if wo wera deprived
of tho sympathy and love of this, tho
dearest and most vuluablo human bleat
ing ever vouchsafed t man t choor
him on bis pilgnmigs? Inspired by her
love, man will accomplish aceiug impos
sibility, bravo any danger, defy any
enemy-- -wiita nis soui witnni nun is
'melted with very heaviness" on DC
ount of dissppoiutment or trial', whoso
voice can speak such w.irdi of codsols
tioo as that of somo loved lomaln friend?
With what fortitudo docs sho sustain tho
most overwhelming reverses f fortune,
and whoii, the spirit of man Bsems
crushed, and his hopes lia prostrate in
inouubr, uio iciiacr tones ot tne guar-
utao angel bidding biro, "hope on, hope
over, again recall bim t ) lilo and &c
imiiy ; nnu cneerea oy ber eosmiranins
words and smiles, ho again joyfully goes
torwasu to encounter tie toils and
snares of life.
Gentlemen, if.you should ever be 10
tortunnte as to oavo your names en
rolled among thoso who bavo lived so
that tbe world shall havo been beaefit-
ted by your existence, if you should ever
leave "Footpriats on the sands of t imoi,"
will not your success, In a treat meas
ura, be duo to tho loving inspiration of
some dear angelic being, who was ever
ready to succor you when tempted, eo
courage you when despoudont, and pray
for you when ia affliction; 0, beautiful
woraau, to theo the heart of tbe great
tho ooblo, the bravo is bound by a three
raid Dood known on earth and recof
niied in hesvoe the bond eflovc. Well
does Tuppcrsays:
NO. 46.
"There la none enchantment aialstbeaadr
Maftinlan for all times."
whose potent npell o'eyn.patby charmed
pasjiive world.
The lords of every land are barnessed to
ber trlumyli.
Roauty Is conqueror ef sit; nor ever yet
wiim found amour tbo nations
That iron moalded mind full of proof
against ber power."
WAS IT A RETAIL STORE?
Ho bad on a cent of remarkably cpo
cuiiiilmiarico bahind, with a comfortable
absence nfslcevo as far up as (he elbow,
pants of somewhat scattered texture,
and a chip hat with a cyphon-lika look
trailin" from a crack In tha crown. He
was from awny back, lfo walked
hesitatingly into one of the Union
street bazaars that flung a million or
two yards of fabrics to tbe dusty breeze
In front.
"What can I do for yoa?" aiked a
polite clerk, diiengageding himself from
a bevy of shopping ladies.
"0 notbin' pertikler. Just go on
waiting on tbem gals." and be shyly
fumbled a bundle under his arm.
"Tho ladies aro thrsugh purchasing
and I am ready to attend to your
wants." Tho gentleman from afar
looked all around the glittering em
porium in a dazed sort of wny, but took
ills time about speaking. Finally bo in
quired :
"Is this here a retail store I"
"It is," auswered the clerk.
"And you retail all sorts of thtogs
here, do you?"
"Why, yes; wo keep a general stock
of goods and sell them lower than the
lowtst."
"You ain't foolio' mo, aro you? This
here is a sore enough pluco where they
retail thiugs?"
"Certainly my friend," answered
tho clork losing patience. "What do
you want to get!"
"Well, ef this yore's n retail Store,"
said the man of tho fl jwing lucks looking
decidedly awkward as a number el
voune ladies drifted up close to him
"of this yrre is n retail store, I jes lowed
I'd fetch in this' nld shirt o' mine and
get you to retail it. That thar bsiom'i
a rulo stunner to last : a s done wore
out thrca sets o' tails now, and I jes
thought et tbis yere was a retail store
I'd just get you to retail her again."
Scattered ladies and a red-faced
clerk.
BY-AND BY.
Somewhere, dowu tlie stream ol T'.oio on
whir.tt wo aro Unities?, is a bcautlfal
island, called tbo Bj-au9-b7. It may be
just before os, beyond tha next tura of tbe
river : or we may not find it until the
strtam dicmboiaes itself into ; the eoesu
of eternity. But we all look tor it, (rem
infancy to old ace, and dream that all
evil will bo banished, when we arrive at
tbe beautiful island By-aud-by.
All day we Host down tbo turbulont
stream ; the blue color ol heaven rnros
above us ; the ustathosanble riop'js vawa
beneath tis ; tbo mysteries of Uo.l and uu
mortality ttteam iu upon us with thoir
awful splendors, and truths that have oon
founded the luftlect intellects truths that
in alt sees have roused u: the son! Irom
t. foundations, haptizsil it with revcr
aec, and kis lied it with love environ
til with their intensity, and all thoughts
ol the island are buiu.Vjed from tho Mind
Rut when the solemn gray ol twilight lalls
around our bark in fancy we see its
wmmcal shores, gren with trees ot beauty,
Hitting brtfare us like a star over the broad
shadows ut years, and our loagings
return to warder oa its fairy banks and
listen to the silver voices of its inhabitants
And as tho rosy fl'ish of day fade in the
west, and the watch stars open onu after
another their holy eyes we to rest in the
happy belief ".hat tho innrnlna eunrite
ill nild this immortal land, lull in oar
vision ; this clime wo nave soneht so lens
and vainly, and Dither have tied all tbo
lost lummurs ol onr youths, which, ws
besouirbt with tears to stay.
A Uu J of proiuiio is tint By-and-by,
Ia it wo all havo rich possessions the
nnticipAted eniuymuut of wbicb alone
reudeia. lite tolurable. His pait has
proven a wsa:y way ; tho present is lull
of thorns and tc?ut with dangers, but
ijoiuon liv-an i-by tlwro is a rccomueoia
for at1, l hcro tho broken heurt tliill bs
lieled, ami tlio wrary Hpirlt Und a rest,
Wan would HI hM rr.rtlwiKht in thi
land ? Though poverty, glnoni and dee
atinn environ us here, we havo belli
wealth and health aad loriuz friends
iu
th.it fair clime.
How enuort? wo look for that inland
If it wcru Ui'l down oa any chart, n
at'.cr hfw JU'.aiit. so tlut wo ',i,6
wauld surely come, we should be eaMeflo
in t!io prospect. Hat on Ariadne como
revetl lis ivivrmihlno secrete and we
mint rest content in Its anticipation, an
posntsi it only in our dreams.
THE TRAMP'S LAST REQUEST.
Tho Michigan tramp does not sit still
and let moss sccumulate oa hUbart.whil
all tho rest of the world goes ahead. Yet
turday a c'nuino specimen of tbe Iron
pltitvJ tmvoler called at a bouss on Seoond
strett and H'ked lor dinner.
"No lood lo spare," was the reply.
"Can't you give ma an old coat! "
"No."
"Or a pair of aid boots !"
"No."
"Can't you spare mo even a pair
seeks!"
"No."
"Ner a piecool bread!"
"No."
Tbe fellow's cbin dropped as be tumbled
in bis pocket, aod bis voice had a Ions
some sonnd as be pulled oat a small auto
graph alknm and said :
"Well if yon can't do any better.
have to ba latlsfled with your otteigraph
ritase use bins ink." Detroit Free Picst,
A woman an West Washington streit,
who bas several marriageable daughters,
cans mem "waiting tnsius," because ibe
says they are "weitiug lor husbands.''
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vTe are so prepared, to fvaisJs tte
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Washington, N. .
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