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fHE ROANOKE NEWS. A DEMOCRATIC ffBEKLY NEWSl'A P H 11 , PUBLISHED BY ii jl. L o a O & W. W. II A I, I.. THE ROANOKE NEWS ADVERTISING RATES. f 2 00 I 00 75 cIh. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. JR?CEO. W. IIARTMAN, Surgeon DcutiNt. Ollleo over W. II. Brown's Dry Goods Store, WELPON, N. C. Will visit parties at their homes when iVsired. IVriiiB lleimouarile. uet 2:1 ly J M. U K I Z Z A K I), ATTOKSEY AT LAW, HALIFAX, N. C. 'Ofllen In the Court Housn. Strict attention ijiven to nil brunches of tlie profession. j:in U ly D W A It D T. CLAK K, ATTOIS3IEY AT LAW, HALIFAX, N. C. mr.SOly. Jj T. BRANCH, ATTORNEY AT LAW. IOTIEU),N. c. Vraetices In til" counties of Halifax, Nash Kdireeonil'e aful Wilson. Collections made In nl jiartHof tin; State. jan 12 tf ATTOS15JEY AT LAW, WELDON, N. C. Speeinl attention Riven to collections and remittances promptly nm.li!. may ltf. HUES M. MITLLKN. JOHN A. MOOKK. W TJLLKN ilrfOORE, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. HALIFAX N. 0. Practice in the comities of Halifax, Northamp ton, Edffeeoinlie, l'itt, and Martin In the Su premo court of the State and in the 1'ecleral Courts of the Eastern District. Collect ions Hindu in any part of tho State. jan 1 ly JAMES E. O'HAR A, ATTORNEY AT LAW. ENFIELD, N. C. Practices 111 the courts of Halifax and nd.ioln Inc counties, and in the Supreme and Federal courts, rol.eetlons made in any part of I he State. Will ntlend at the court house in Halifax on Monday and Friday of each week, jan lit t ROBERT 0. BURTON JR. ATTORNEY AT LAW. HALIFAX N.C. Practices In the courts of Halifax, and adioin Inir counties. In the Supreme court of the State, and In the Tedernl courts. Will (rive special attention to the colieclion of claims, and to adjusting the accounts of ex ecutors, administrators and guardians. dec lf.tf lALVIS L. II Y MAN, ATTORNEY AT SiAW. HALIFAX, N. C. Practices in the courts nf Halifax and adjoin ing counties, and In the supremo and Federal courts. Claims collected in i.li parts of North Carolina. UlUce. in the Court House. Julyllf rgMIOMAS N. LULL, Attorney nt Law, HALIFAX, N. 0, Practices ill Halifax and adjoining counties and Federal and Supreme courts. Will be at Scotland Neck, oneo every fort night, no 21 if J"0. Ii. BATCHKLOK. ATTIStNKY AT LAW, n.vLKian, n. c. Prnetlces In the courts of thfl 1th Judicial District Slid lu tha Federal and Sur reine Courts, u.nylllf. VV. MAHUN, ATTOKSEY AT LAW, GARY3BURO, N. C. Practices In the courts of Northampton and doiiilnK counties, also 111 the Federal and Su prtrnm courts. 8 tf. w. . nr. a. c. r.oi.ucotrEB. D AY IOLLICOKFKR. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, WELDOIf, N. C. Practice In the courts of HiiIiMt and adjoining Counties, and In the Supremo and Federal coin-Is. Claims i-.dh-cled In any pari of North Carolina. One of tho tlnu will always lie foun t In tie Ollleo. juiu'idly. R, Ii. I; UUIKIl, ,tVnOON DENTIST. iCan bo found at his offle in Enfield. Pure-NILrousOxido (ins let tho Pain ies Extracting of Teotfc always cu baud Jane Tl tt. K J5 W J. a URTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, WELDOX, N. C. Practices In the court a of Halifax, Warren and adjoining enmities and In the Mipreiuc ami Fed eral courts. Claims collected lit any part nf North Carolina. June J7lf H, SMITH, JR. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Sootlaxo Nkoic, Halifax County N. C Practices In the county of Halifax and ad loln "K counties, and in il.c' Supieuic court of the State. inn lit Jv One Year, in advance, Six M'ni8, " jurat) Month, " VOL. VIII. Only A Girl. Only a girl, both pretty and poor, Foreed to work for hr daily bread j None to dopBinl on of nothing sum, But hor slender hands and girlish head. Her girlish head with its beautiful dream j Of tho happy future which is her ideal; A ilroain which is natural to blooming IS, Ami which, alas, is too sweet to le real. Her slender hands, so dainty and small, Sott and pink as a baby's palm, Not acctislomod to labor at all Only these botweou hor and harm. Only (bona, and a truo, pnro heart, An innocent mind and a will that is strong Armed with these trom tho very start. Altho' only a girl she will never do wrong. A D E L I N A . It was the day after New Year's a cold clear Tuesday morning that I dis consolately wended my way to school, wishing that holidays came oftencr and stayed longer, and regretting that out of fifty two there was only odu week of un interrupted pleasure. The old red school house stood at the junction of three roads, and as I raised the little bill just bcloro reaching i(, I 8dw, conniy from iha opposite d:ro:ti,m, a little Mack-clad fioro that looked like a moving blot on tho unbroken white ness of the snow-covered landscape. 1 nevor could tell what actuated mo to linger on her movements bs I did, or why she so strnnuly attracted me, but from the first I think I must have loved the child even before I was old enough to fc! yhtly understand the meaning of the word. We reached the worn old doer-stone together, and, being a boy, not at all afraid to speak to any one, much less a timid little girl, I very coolly asked her if this was her first day at school. "Yes; and I dread it so much." It was the sweetest voice that I bad ever heard or have ever heard since. The peculiar rising inflected on tho last words was liko the short, clear, low tiotes of a bird, and as purely natural. ' )o you come every day?" "Iluv'nt missed n day this winter." "Oh, I am so glad 1" "Why are you so glad?" "Because you are a good boy. Won't you please tell me your came?'' "Kdward Turand." ' I like the name." she Said sweetly, and, boy as I am, I wondered bow any mortal ever enme by such an angel smile. All this time sue tiaa ooen try- ing to untie the round worsted strings of her hood, but bad only succeeded in drawing them iuto a harder knot. "Won't you please untio it for me, Eddie?" She held up her little chin, and with out a moment's hesitation I bent down and did as she requested. It was such a tender, confiding little (ace who could help loving it? I patted cucouragely the rosc-red cheek turned toward rue in a gentle truthiulness, and bade her not to be afraid, for she had as good a light to ciiBiS to school as any one. "Hallo 1 where did that little black bird come from?" cried kind-hearted Hen Phillips ns we entered. "Come along, littlo girl, and get warm, for you lock half-frozen." A general tittering and nudging fol lowed L'eu's eucrgttic seating of the ne scholar aud one saucy little minx, not understanding its significance, asked perllv : "What are you looking so like a crow for? I hate a black drot-s. The vcice Hint had so charmed me in tha entry answered the question in a strangly q-jiet way. "My father is dead." A bush as if of death fell opnn the noisy group gathered around tho old cracked stove. Tho unwonted silence was broken by the cutranco of tho tcachar, who rapped us to order, after which ha briskly called up tha new scholars. "What is your natuo?" "Adelina." Mr. Tike looked wise, 'xVdeliua Lagrange, suppose; and you are tna daughter of tho lady who has recently taken tho Ualdwiu cot tage?" "Yes, sir." "Well, you may take this scat," pointing to a bench not far from where I was sitting, and without further ques tioning Adeliua had passed Uirou;;!) the Uyitifj ordeal of a "first clay," and was duly counted mm of US. Her mother, it was rumored, was a lady of refinement and cu t :re, but very proud and reserved iu her demeanor for a person w!,o was obliged to teach music lor a living. Mrs. Lagiangc, at aov rate, was y .ung, hands. une, and re cently widowed at least thu length aud newness of her veil indicated to observ. inn feminine eyes that the beieavment was tocent, aud that is all tho goius knew about her. Tho summer term brought Adelina acaio to the old red school house, but so changed outwardly that we hardly knew her for tho sorobru "blackbird" ol the pietious winter. She flattered in one morning dressed in white, with sash and shoulder knots of cheiry libbons the loveliest cicature lever saw. At noon she came to mo and said, very Era,e'y "After to-duy I am not coming auy more." Whv?" "I nm going to tho city to live; but you were kind to me the first day I came, and I tell you for that reason, and because you didn't miurj uutyiug .n ., Iia,,H for roe." I felt her going so keeuly that I cou'd . . T IJ ...A !.. V n. not sturdy, try as i wowm, mm j- -m.niiniien in v erummar lessou was u de tided failure. I went bouie from school W.ELDON, N. her way that day, taking care that the other scholars should not suspect my motives. When I canto in sight of her she was standing moliooless by the roadside, at tentively watching a yellow jacket bar. zling for sweets in the downy heart of a white Canada thistle. Years after, when miles and mites away from that spot, I could shut my eyes of a hazy October afternoon, wit li a five o'clock sun dipping toward the tree-tops, aud see a little girl, lovely us the blush of the sunset, gazing pensively at a bee upon a common roaJsido flower. Did it sting you?" I asked, assuming a very sympathetic air. "No; bees never sting me, and l'o watched them dance on the thistle-heads all summer." "I did not know that you loved them. M st girls nre afraid of bees." "Yes ; but I am not." 8he turned from the rank patch of thi-tlr.s and slowly resumed her walk homeward. When wo came to the lane where our paths separated, she put up her little arms to be takeu and kissed before leaving me, as she said, "to come back no more." "Bj good to yourstlf, Kddie, and next winter, if any little lonely Adelinas come cold ami frightened to thu old red school-house yonder, bo kind to them as you were to me," Something choked in my throat, and I could not say a word; but I kissad her morn than once ; and after that she had slipped from my arms and was tweuty rods away, I sat down and cried like a baby, because I wus never to see Adeliua again. It was not long before the rumor was rife in the neighborhood that Mrs. Lagrange had married a middle-aged city millionaire, and that the young widow and her child had found a new protector in place of the ono death bad taken from them. Years flitted by I was twenty-four ; I had fought through the great rebellion, entered the army a private and came out of it a captain, shattered in health, and utterly depleted in pocket, to fiad myself at home again, ill altogether dis trust ful of fortune's smile. In my frequent walks to the village post-olHue I ofter passed by tho old red school house, and never without a sigh of regret for tho many happv, care-free days spent within its battered walls. Among tho letters handed to me one morning was ono postmarked New York, which informed me of the agree able fact that, through the instrumen tality of a fi tend of mine whom ho was anxious to serve, the u ideriiignctl, Mr. Maxwell, had been indoced to extend to me a commercial opening at tho liberut salary of two thousand a y ear, to he increased if merited. There was I'ur'.une for me in the offer, and I accepted it with alacrity. Mr. Maxwell, a rich New York mer chant, from the fust took a lively interos iu my advanccmsnt. Tlio un known frieiid I could not account for in any other way than by supposing it to b.i some soldier comrade whom I had bel'rioi.ded iu tho past. Within a month I was fairly estab lished at my new post of duly, and mic cceded iu pleasing Mr. Maxwell so well that, at thu beginning of tho second year, be ocnt n:e to Ktirnpe in the interest of the house. When I returned I was given a week's vacation, which 1 spent among the breezy hilis of my old country home, passing the pleasant Sep tember da8 in tramping thiough the woods and fields uud by-ways that weie the chosen haunts of tny boyhood. I was just tumui" the curve iu iho road where the Canada thistles grew, aud so lost in my wuil'.ing reverie that I was almost opposite a lady staudtng iu their midst before I was an ate ol her presence. "I am glad you still love tho old scenes, Mr. Durand," she said, without expressing the least surprise. I was astonished. Hero was a lady whom, to the best of aiv knowledge, 1 bad uevcr scon before, addressing mo as familiarly as if we bud knowu each other all our lives. "Naiiici are treacherous thinj'. and if I were ever so fortunate i'.s to have knuwn yours, I am 2(il'y of uavi.ijj for- mitten ii," I replied. Men forgit easily, I am told; hut I had h- p-'d to find you uu exception to tho rule." A very nwUw irJ silence on my part ciliated. Slid toi k pity on my evident emb iiias-nient, and cimt'nued : "11 is your battle with the world entirely driven from vt.ur rccolkctiou all the old school laces? ' Her voice dropped to its old, sweet, clear, wiinieg cadence, thrilliug my whole being with delight. "Adelina 1" caught her baud, and, before I knew what was doing, had carried it to my lips and kissed it. "Kxcuse me," I ctammereJ; "but I am so glad to see you, and you seem just thu samo little girl I kissed here years ago not a bit tailer, not a bit older only Adeliua, always lovely and always loved," Then I told her all about myself, bow prosperous I was, and tho strango manner in which I had been brought to tho notice of my kind employer. When I hud finished, sho merely said, iu ber simple way : "1 know it." "Yuu sceiu to know cverythiug. lb 0., THURSDAY, you know Mr. Maxwell?" "lie is my father." "And my uuknown friend." "Adelina." I stacrcd back, in my soul ashamed that I should owe every good in life everything to a woman who owed mo nothing but tho poor favor of once havin;; untied for her a wretched black antl white worsted hood. I turned away, cut to tho heart, but she (nit out a detaining hand. "Don't go, Mr. Ihiraud that is. don't go fueling hurl ; for it would make me very unhappy if you were to go away angry with mo." "I'nhappy 1 What am I, that a pain tome should, render you' unhappy?" I answered bitterly. "I know of no other way'in which to express my gratitude." "tirutitudo lor what: I he'qtiestion was redely abrupt, but she took fco noticu of my ungracious speech. "(iratitude lor the kindness given me intr ngo, and which I have missed ever since tho d iv we) puited hero by the roadside." "Are you conscious of what it is you are saying, Adeliua?" "Perfectly." "How am Ito understand your words." "That I leave to vnur good judg ment." she smiled, lowering her eyes. She had an instant illustration of my good judgment," in tho way im prisoned her lii tie bauds in both of mine, and kissed the b.vcet mouth (or itJ shyly whispered promise I walked home with Adeliua oh, s happy I uud when I asked her hand of Mr. Maxwell, be said, "I have anticipated your request by keeping you under my eye lor more than two years. Adeliua is the best and truest girl iu tho world, but I believe you to be as worthy of her as any man living, and givo her to you, confident that you know how to prize the treasure you have won." And so, not long thereafter, I married Adelina, tho love of my boyhood, and the crowning glory of my later ycar3. IJoiv to Kei'use nu O.'l'er. TIIK WAY A FI'.W OF THE KAIIt SKX WOt:i.l) 5IAKH A UI'.VUSAI, OF MAK1MAC-E. Some time ago, Mr. Labnunthert', fie editor of the London Truth, offered two guineas for the bast letter refusing a proposal of marriage. Tho price was awardee to "Porli.i," v.lio.so letter is pi ven below with several others of a like nature : lbMOIITOS. Pear Mr. : I am vary sorry ; I appreciate you immensely, but I cannot Pivo tho casket without the gem. PtUiflA. p. Mr. C.il!;an:-Ti doc'mitrj! the honor of an oiler from you, I am con strained to own, injustice to my judg ment, that I only refuse such a one because I have accepted such another. MllIAN'UA. I nm flittered by your olier, but must never. elcs aeeii:.o it. .liy regret ni the i-ecessity of thus paining you is only equalled by the great botior I consider you have done me. Ui;ast. Friend evej, husband never, thank you. A. S Pot Mr. : Tnlrn b.-.ck No, li. your you, oirer. I cannot send a relusal to the fiieud I do value and esteem, hceplv sensible of the greatest compli ment that can ho paid to a woman, I am yet miabij to accept the oiler. Ai;uai.. Your proposal honors me, but as high csceni cannot give place to sincere a'Lcl'um, true'erxe compels me to de cline. buiio:.i;. , Honor and friendship you gain una .ked ; obcdiccce and lova you will never win from Olady Ar Tcdoii. Please believe that though I cannot accept your oiler of marriage, I have a higher opinion of myself in having been able, even unintentionally, to win the allectiuii of one so worth of a womau's best love. Hammond. I have the highest opinion of your cl.aractrr paid worth, and fully appre ciate the lusilimi you wounl confer npoii uie, but I ca.ni.it accept yonr olfcr. I hope tho sincere assurance of my esteem will in some degreo alle viate tl.e pain 1 liar my relu.ail may cause you. Pi;mi on. I desiie to thank you for the honor yi u have done nie, but could not possi bly accept your offer, because I love you too well as a "whole" to reduce you cvcii to a "better half." l!oii. iNti Point. No, dear, mother says I mustn't. Point Pou.y. Pear '"ir (n declining a proposal which, I liust you will beiitve I appre ciate us t'.ie highest complimm.t you could dossibly have paid uie, I beg to assure you, iu all sincerity, that upon a review of my own demerits it is mv belief that my refusal of your offer of marriage is the best and most unselfish reluru 1 can make you lSclicvc mo to be, yours sincerely, Pl.xic IIomino. I can hardly say whether I am more surprised, pleased or pained by this most ft ittcring expression of your feel ings for mo. Surpriso is dominant when I think of my own unworthincss ; pleasure when I reflect that ouo whoso opiuiuu 1 vuluc so much pays iuu thu OCTOBER 23, 1870. greatest compliment in his power; but pain is finally predominant wheu 1 feci that my sentiments in return are those of esteem and not love. Forgive me if I cause present disappointment or even unhappiness ; I cannot ofi'e.r you dross in exchange for gold, and I bopo you will feel in this that am now acting both for your happiuess aud my own. Yours most truly, Makjiitu. You must consider yourself 'scratched,' old man, for the 'filly' stakes, so far as I am concerned. The odds have been heavy aguinst you from the time you first entered, but since that dark horse, Charlie, has won his trial with me in the canter, you are quite out of tha betting. Awfully Borry, but better luck next time, you know. Irish I nmllords. A large ninj irity of the farmers of Ireland have no leases of the land they till, but pay tho rent from year to ypar, liable nt aey time to be pj"ctcd, as sometimes they arc, for trivial offences. There seems no link of sympathy on the part of these landlords for tho welfare or prosperity of their tenantry. The business part ol leceivmg the rcits is dooo through agents, and, unfortunately, lln";o ate valued m many instances by their employer on their ability to col- eel the rents without paying much at tention as to the methods adopted. I hieo tvet and talked to many Irish farmers who never sav their landlord, although living on their places all their Uvea. There are some few good, ki d hearted landlords in Ireland, who give encouragement and tako ati interest iu their tenantry, and theso show it at a glance, for t'oey livo in habitable houses, and farm their laud to better advantage. Put the bulk of tho landlords spend eight-truths of their time, and nine tenths of their money, in tho South, of Prance and Kugland. They aro, to sum it up in a sentence, a miserable, worthless set of absentees, who have it in their power to d.) so much good if they would oi:ly try. Tho tenantry whom, as a ruio, are hard-working, in dustrious people would meet thorn more than halfway if they were offered any encouragement to bettor their condition, especially in their houses, many of which are not fit to houso ciMtlo. New ark Advertiser. ... 4 -.. - The f'.recJi ISij Vim Vi luklo. KpimeniJes is the orie'uml of Hip Van Winkle, whom Washington Irving mid Jefferson hava made so real to un. It is told of hira thai once, when he was sect by his father into the fields to look for sheep, he nt r.ithlay turned out of tho road and lay dawn in a cave and fell asleep. Whether the cave wis im pregnated with gr.s sir;!i as helped tho priestesses of the oracle u.Lo their trnnte, tradition does not say, b'lt VVrntrviidci slept for fi'ty-sevpn years. It is curious to thiol; of this in connec tion with the fact tint at tho present tiiy scientific theuti.'s shun!,! be put lot ward lip on the possibility of pro lo!.o,:d suspension of imitation by ro f. iteration, desiccation o. othervise. When we think of tho various uiiiuiuls that hibernate, and of liins'.! that aro dormant for iii-.K tii.iU peiiods, we may reasonably allow that for an occasional human being of exceptional characteris tics to suffer suspension of physical func tions may, however extraordinary, be yet an occurrer.ee of tho believable side uf the binders ol ton la.trvelouj. r. til ppinenide awoke lie went n.i looking for the t-.'ray sheep, thinking ho had boon taking a 1'iiif noon day nap ; but, as he could pot find that long defunct animal, he went had; through tho field, where ho found e'ery thing changed and the estate in am.ther person's pos session. In groat perplexity ha came back agai'i to the city, and, as he was going into his own houso, be met cer tain folks who inquired of him who he was. At last ho found bis younger brother, who had now become an old man, aud from him he learned all the trutb. Uuitorsity Magozino. Suec'sl!il Kusint'M Women. One of tho flouriah'iii; Filth-slreit shoo stores is unnamed euiirely by two jounc; ladies, Miss Uiiy and Mis Lou-hart. Kvery part of thu busine.-s is allendod to by tlieiH. They ktcp the Looks, attend to ilie Hloe.k. mid o,ieii the slote m tho tnnrn i and U"-e it nl nihl. V. u;:n mixes m jfoods aitiV'! they pi n t'.iem with hand and imteoi.t, .put,! iu wi ll iw a yottnn man could do. I'l.ev give on'eis (or tn-w umc ds. A-Unit '.I'. Min!;' dot y the owner uf the tturo inn, n" thu not ni'p'.tusiinl one ol nomin,; in m c i.aonal'.y to ic.iuve the cuh tiox. Not a shoe floro in the ( i!y is bettor lu pt than lids one, whe n two irlecauy on. Tl.t-y me li li ie.1 and euil- la their in , or., i i, and .so prompt an polite ill bus-iiie-.s llial they ate Mini to tu bnil lint; up an envi-i'.le trade. One is ol .iu mil. the other ol lush ibaeinl. They have been intimate liii-nds lor fne yrars, havin;; been lelltiw-c -li-i kit lor Unit leinjtll ot tune. B.uii aro the ilaughteti ot widowed inothci.i, and aid Utt;e!y in se.ppoitiiio tin ii liuuiU. s Thise ix. iUciit sir! aie only another insianre lo :di .w thai wheu a woman works for her liviu; there is alwiys good reason for it. It is not loo much to say that thti'S-loiirtlm id tho womiiU win) tarn money Ivive nihcis limn themsilvct 1 1 mip poit. Ot triple-plated uieannesK, there fore, u the spirit which seeks to tvattict womana labor in any way whatever, or which trudge hut equal pay wiih man for equal work. The gamo of poker is very old. Shakespeare excelled in it. You re number where he says, ' I'll call thee, llatulcv NO. 34. A Hot Tv'eiif l.or Nortnou. Now York Ornphic. It's a minister. Poor man. lie is quite preached out. lie wants a rest this bot weather. Let m hcoii linn to hurnpo, to tho Adirondack, lo ihn White Mountains. (iood. Wo will. Wo will. CloHo the church. tV.op preaching. Let him go anil cool ell. r niewcd. It is tint ren ol n. We arc 000,000 stroup;. Wo tire q'litu fii '..:ed out. It is hot weatlirr. We wmt a rest. Wn want to go to Kuropo, to tho Adirondack, to tho White Mountains. Will somebody send u I Will somo country biethur (111 our pulpit 7 All in the affirmative sny "Aye." Nega tive, "No." No ! nit ! ! no 1 1 1 The noes have it. It is a jud-,'e. Pithiry $13 000. Toor man. He's qttito overworked. Sat on the heneli thirty days lat ytar. I.n't it Sid? ITnw nnmerciluliy tho public do work their p ii.l servants. Ciet linn oil I Of course. A.nd double his salary, I'ut lion on ice, poor man. Let him cool off. All is the i fir.-iiiti vo say "Ave." Aye ! nye ! eye ! U is 'inie-im.n or a woman in a New York (hv goods t-toro. They wotk filtn houiB a day. Give t'.ctn a rent? Send them to llnrope. to the Adiinr.dai.ks, to the White Mountains? No. Can't think of it. IJuswcsq is business. Sympathy depends iiion the atnoUiit nf f ilmy a man get 9. Loik nt ilmt ponr il.j.CUO ovi-rwoiked judrje. Poor man 1 Ila.v h mll'ered this hot weather. Put l.im en ice. Put the clergyman e.n ice. Tho laboret is woithy ol his hiio. All in lavor ol that tilteen-hrtir worked tea-.ttoie clei k cnin for a ten work's vaeatinn to ilio A-diroiilae!:" to lijti with the IUv. Mr. Variy, sa; "Aye." C'onitary min. led i "Kol Noll Noll! The Innocent Ke!ioo!ni:s;er. lie dmsn't know vtry nnch. He can ft;tk the q'litKfinnr laid down in his text book, and can determine with a good de grce of accuracy whether tho nuswers aro tepented correctly. He carries a pen over hid ear, a otiuU in his ii;;!it hand, and a book in hi.i pocket, lie considers it of more, importance to secure obedience and suluiiissiiin than intcllccial discipline. Ho frequently says : "Learo your lesson! It you nr.k any questions you shall he pun ished! It is not for you t know tho teas son win I Wisr heads tha,; yours or niino havo written these hooks, p.:;d it is your duty to lenrn vrhat is written, and mino to in tike jbu do it 1 Study!" ffo riipiiris abrolu'e, unquestioning submission, lie neither thinks lor himself, nor permits his pupils to do so. lie be lieyi j liia ho hs, an 1 follows bis noce. Ho is the sworn enemy of normd Bchonls, te c icr,' itHtitutis, and a liverail lice edu cation. With new ley.t-i)o--il:s he. has no patience, and takes iij special interest in invention.1; iu laet, he rather ir.oro than half h. lievc't thr.t Kdi.-on is a hombu;;. Ke daily pats on the skullcap nf ids owu iinoraiict), and hvtsin t'ao l...;:'V nfniosi plii.-j nl hi i l.ivoriii! pica, and otii of tlitsu day! he will wi.ip the drapery ol hi., suntj s'ain.'d mini, iil.s ahont him and !iu down unhoiio.'ed, unwept, a;.d iirrci.ictnhcrod. The above is no ideal nl.elch. We have iv.-iuy stteli oa,:!;e;s vet lineitn:: i:i the v alley t ol our dull; corners. It la only by persutetit elbiris that tin y ca-i be driven limn ill.- leiciirr'h i,ti, k.i into the darkness of obscurity. .. 'U'Cl'IliliU'. I one i hcatd a yo'.i i;; lady sy to an in 1 viilu.l, '' Your coui n otneo to ino ie like lee uliinio'; em, On it always tlladdeiis tvu .7 tl li a clueilill look." A nieiry or tineilul coiinte;:iiiire w.u ono ol t!io tiiinyH which Jeremy Taylor said his em I'.iivS and peucruturs cou'd t.nt take H'v-iy (rum him. There are s .tno pi.ru who spend their liv.s in this woild as they w.ml.l f.t;.il If.iir tlce it ..hut up ia a ilunojon. I'viay'.iiiui; i.i ijluu.ny u.id for bobliiic. They :-.o m..uiii . n-: bum ..ay to lay, they luto mi little, aad constantly in xi us lot what bttic they bate thoulJ tsespo nut ol their hauda. They n'.avs look upon liioiiaik tide, r.ri.i can i.iv.r ciiry too ::on. toat is prci at for t.,e tvil taut is lo I'oinc. this u not ren.;io;i. Kcliion makes the lieu I e.oetrlul, and hea iis lut;;e and b. iiev.'n..'.t i.i i:ci plci aro i.v rc!id, men will bo impny in ppiteof tin niselv. s. The indu-aiioi.s buc does not step to c'onolaui theie iuu oJ luaoy poiy iiious linnets and thorny branchis lu the road, but biu.ci on, scicctinR the honey where he cau hud it aud passing quietly by tho places where it is not. Thue is enough iu this would to complain about and and dint Unit wilh, it tnon hsvc the disposition. Wo often travel en a hard and unuveu road, but with a chcerlul piiit and a heaic to ptniiia Cod lor hia murciea, wo may wuu therein KrLlil cnui loit, ainl come to the en 1 of our journey in pi ace. (.'iee mo n eal'ii and thankful he,i:t, 1 1- on . oiy !.;iiri:;;ir !'.-": ! Tho llo.sMi!,:u (l '. li v i;rneo i. opart, And make, tun hvo I 1 1 hen. 'i in- sk1 ktotiu . There ere hitler threads woven in the lives ot all, but to my mind the o bs noth mi! to bitter iih giyint; up the old home, rt lien wo look bul k lor the last tine thteti 'Ji the old avenue, witii its crund old loie.-t tiei-3 beneath ihi"o shade our child ish lect hais olien .tr.ijed. blithe uud luppy s the lark ; or when, in our nnilii rer years, we liiivu Ivott oppressed with cur 's, how niton il has hi en our wont to while away un aux ous hour with thu blue Canopy ol In aven about us, an I the dear old tries willi the wind tigtiif through them lor silent Inei da. Ati I the old hiwo -shall wo ever Inrget it i How many d li'iias in i V ery day li!c havo been erac'o I be tenth its roof 1 There u no room but has Borne s irred memory e.oniuctid with it memories ot hippy hours passed with loved ones oiui to realms of endlens jov. And when, like the shenlier.ts ol old, wo see the '-lar ol prom ise" rising in the cant, and utc culled 10 that "1'nuins Itoin w hei.ee no traveller nc returns,'' the n direction of tho old boico will bo an oasis in no m try's desert "liafo you a mother-in-law?" asked a man of a disconsolate looking pcrsoo. "No," bo replied; 'but l'u a father in jail. a a x S I JS I J! O I H I cq S 00 8 00 M 00 fi 00 10 00 80 N 8 00 IS 00 80 00 10 00 18 00 86 00 15 00 20 00 40 It 20 00 SO 00 fit) 00 SPACE i O 0 SO 0t 40 46 Ct bn e 66 tS 75 One Square, Two Squares, Three. .Squares, Four Squares, Kourth C'ol'n, Half Column. Whole Column, One Year, WOD.KB, W EL DOM, N. C.i J Oil X M. FOOT, PrrlM TUB ICIC'II1KU0! COTTON PLOW A SPECIALTY. MASUKACTUREH OF, AND OGNKRAL AQE5f FOR, ALL KINDS OF FAJIMING IJI. PLEMENTS, ST RAM ENGINES AND COTTON GINS. Also Agont for tho Chioago Seal Com pauy'a UNITED STATES STANDARQ SCALES. Kvorvthliielnthlsllnofrnmii 100 TON I'.olroad He.ilnto the .SMALLEST TEA S.-iile fiiriiixhful at S'irpriaiiiK LOW Fig. un i. A Platform HAY or STOCK Seals of i'ulift TONS capacity for 900.00 and i' i ui(;ui.. All kind of IRON AND BRASS CASTLNQ3 iMirnWliod at 8IIOUT NOTICE ''and at Putoisburg or Norfolk PKICE3. I am preparad to do ANY KINO of ftopair Work for FAG INKS, MILLS AND COTTON GTNS, As I liave an Eneollent MACaiNIST'and I keep constantly on hand of nay owa Manufacture a UOOD OFFICE COAL AND WOOD STOVE, Also a good assortment of HOLLOW Wake. LUM HER ftirnlsl. ul in any quantity a tlio LOWlOiTMariuUtaios. scp 8 I u