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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HALIFAX, N. C.
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an 1! ly
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HALIFAX, N. C.
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ATTORNEY AT LAW.
ENFIELD, N. C.
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JJUllSS 4 MOORE,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
HALIFAX N. C.
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ENFIELD, N. C.
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ATTORNEY AT LAW.
HALIFAX N. C.
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In counties. In the Supremo court of tins
State, and In the Federal courts.
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dec ir.tf
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ATTORNEY AT LAW.
HALIFAX, N. C.
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HALIFAX, NT. C.
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and Federal and Supreme courts.
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alfht. auR M if
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
RALEIQ H, N. 0.
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District and In the Federal and Supreme Courts.
Bay 11 tf.
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
OARTSBURG, N". C.
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tdjolalnff counties, also in Lba Federal and Su
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
WELDON, If. C.
.factlcea In tho courts of Halifax, Warren and
"'joining counties anil In the Supreme and Fcd-
orth Carolina.
eourta. claims collected In any part- 01
June nu
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gU Months, "
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'"J'ons In the county of Halifax and adloln-
noonUea, and lu tho Supremo court of t.lio
Jwilflly.
VOL. VIII.
A Shadow Jn li.c Valley.
There's a shadow In tho valley
Whore the. lilies lio asleep,
Where tl o latiuliinii wators murmur,
And tho sweet ias?B droop ami weep,
Thero's a shadow in the valley
And as'iih iloats In the air,
Like the brentb ofanjjels resting
O'er tlio fair mhiuh mtrrororl there.
Such a shadow in the valley
llrintfH a bunion to uiy heart ;
Ctniiot yoa, to i, understand it?
Have you ever leit it smart f
I have watched the lilies lying,
I liavo seen theswnot fl iits weep,
And have wished that I, when dying
Might be laid with thorn to sleep.
Like the human heart o'arshudowed
Ky a sorrow swilt and deep.
Like 'he sweet 11 irs and tho lilies
In the shadow vain a.-lecp,
There's a melancholy awentnoHS
In tho pei Tuine-laiion air,
And t bo tall roods xeom to whisper,
"You'll li 11 it aorrnw every whore.''
A WIF E'S SALVA T 1 0 N . "
A coxy, prettily furiiihed sitting-
room ; singing birds in gilded caes, a
plump Angora cat on the velvet ring be
fore tho fie, a wise-looking pup
stretched lazily on the fl ming skirts of
a pretty woman's pretty dress. Trulv a
sweet domestic picture. Hit ttop!
Surely that is a frown between those
prettily arched brows, and the full swell
of the under lip is very much like a
pout. A id, as I life, there are two
great tears on tho long, black lashes I
And now she breaks out in a torrent of
petulant, impatetit words.
'The same tireio no thi'irs day after
day first breakfast, then kiss Charlie
good bye, then directions to look for
the six o'clock dinner, aod after that
ncedle-woik how 1 hate ill or calls
made or received, in which one is
trmted to a full account of Mrs. Bl ink's
extravagance, of Miss Iloiiiton's, flirta
tions, of that horrid Col. St. Cyrp, S'
awfully fust, my dear, ai d so distress
ingly good-looking. IL tired I aw of
it all I And there is Charlie. Who
would have believed he could have
change so io so short a time? lie no
longer cares for ball, theater or opera,
but dons dressing-gown, smoking-cap
and slippers directly he has swallowed
his dinner, lights that horrid meerschaum,
and passes the evening behind a news
paper enveloped l i smoke clouds. 0 i,
dear! I wish I had nut been in qi it e
a hurry to get married. 'Oh, go away,
J3;jou, and with her slippered foot she
thrutts the teasing pug from her.
A rap at the door, and to her sharp
'Come in' a servant appears, bearing a
card. Madam looks, dishes siys, 'I
will b down direct'y,' and flies to her
dressing-room, brushes her flushed
cheeks with the cooling powder puff
pats the brown waves ol her hair with
two pretty dimpled hands, glances at
herself in the glass, smiles, and descends
to the drawing-room.
tall, gentlemanly-looking man rues
and comes forward aa she enters.
'Mrs. Thornton.'
That is all be says, but the tone and
the manner ore mi st impressive, and
thrills through the heart of lha wife as
Charlie's words and tone used to bif re
he took to neglecting her for dressing-
gowns, sleepy hollows and meerschaums
Well, they talk of the weather, the
last new opera, etc. Commonplace sur.-
yc'.s enough. Bit why should his eyes
cause her a to waver and droop, glad to
shelter themselves behind the white lidsl
Why, at parting, is Ihe little white hand
so hastily withdrawn from the close,
warm pressure of his? Why, after he
has gone, does she gnzs so tenderly at
the band she bad s i hastily withdrawn,
raise it almost to ber lips? nnd then
suddenly let it drr.p to tier side? Why?
I can tell you that. She loves her hus
band with her whole, warm, passionate
heart. And for yeirs and more sl;e
has been living on husks H considers
his whole duty done when the table is
bountifully supplied, the wife well
dressed, and he does not waver in his
allcgience to her. Posse ssii n has
dimmed the bright luster of his love,
and this old admiirr, alio she gladly
threw over for Charlie, is welcome to
day, for the sake of the ripple ho makes
on this dead sea monotony, dovti which
she is slowly dr'ftiog. And his eyes
Causes tier's to droop, and his hand
pressure causes her head to ll.rob. be
cause there is love io llio ryes and ten
derness io tho hand pri ssuie.
ha stands there, in the center of thit
pretty room, with a w'lite, white face,
and a wild, frightened look iu the eti,
blue cye, tHtt i bursts i ilo a passionate
flood of tears, throws herself on the
nearest chair, drops her lace in her
hands, aud her hands on tho table be
fore her. Five ten fifteen miou'es
pass. The sol s grow fainter ai d fainter.
At length silence reigns, save for an oc
casional chirp from the canaries and the
ticking "f the pretty French clock on
the mantel. A ran tit the d ior arouses
ber, and J imes enters with a cluster ( I
violets. There is no carl nothing to
tell from whom they came; but she
knows only too well. She likens them
to tearful blue eyes, and kisses them
tenderly, pityingly, and then thrusts
Ihem hurriedly into the open drawer of
the table, closes it and turns to greet
her husband, whose step had announced
his coming.
A moment later she is cxcesswcly
provoked at herself for the thrusting the
violets out of sight. Why did sho do
Holier not sav nnvthi.ie about them.
And should she speak of lUy's visit ?
Yes. she would Src-lv tell that but not
now after dinner. Charlie was ulwavs
lust a trifl i imnntieut cross when he
was hungry. She would wait till after
dinner, lijt before the dessert vraa
WELD ON, K
brought on, while she w:s eating her
salad, her husband asked to be excused.
Tnere was a most interesting nitie'e
io the Evening Spouter on the Cninesc
question, which ho had commenced in
the omnitius on his way home, and be
came deeply interested in.
And olThe went, and whon tho dainty
ru;i custards, fragrant mocha and lus
cious fruit were brought in, there was
i troublesome lump in the white throat
nnd a suspicious moisture in tho blue
eytsof ih wile, and the custard nas
trifled with fur a moment, and a spoon
ful or two of the mocha swallowed, for
were not the watchful eyes of 'Jeemcs'
up ti ber? And then she hastened fr to
the room, her mind fully made up. Shu
would go to Charlie, tell him every
thing jjst how she missed the old
caresses and delicate little attentions,
how lot essmo it whs to sit there, night
after night, gazing at the back of his
newspaper or at the top of his sleek
brown head, bs it peeped above the top
of the paper. She would tell him of
II ay's visit, and nb ml the hidden fl iw
ers, and with this resolve in her heart
she opened the door of the sitting
room. 'Charlie, dear,' she would not give
herselT a moment fur fear her courage
might fail 'Charlie, dear, will you put
your paper aside a moment? I want to
tell you something.'
'Now, L iu, don't bother me. I never
was more inti rested in my life, Uyjin
g.i this fellow writes well. Where's
Lelia, or lijiu? What is the use ol
y er having pels if you r.ever notice
them. Now sit down, that's n good
girl, nnd dress Lc'i.i up in pink ribbon
or t-omcthiog. You ought to be fond
of tlmt confounded c it : it cost
enough, '
II iw quickly the moisture leaves the
blue eves I What a sudden, firm tih
eniog there is oT the pretty red lips, and
what a hard, cold heart this of ber's has
suddenly become I Aud the tempter
whispers in her heart: 'Not so woulJ
Riy lltmiugton have look d or
spoken.'
Aud Charles Thornton, Esq, rttirns
to his paper with a most self-satisfied
air.
An hour later ho throws down the
Spouter, and asks what it is sbe has to
S:ty to him.
'I really hove forgotten. It was of no
consequence.'
Take care, Charles Thornton ! Your
wife's first falsehood. Who is to blame
for il? And to whnt will it lead?
Three months later. Hay Remington
and Mrs. Tnnrntnn have met many
times that sad day on which he sent her
the violets. They have lunched to
gether, rode together ond attended Ihe
matinees together, and to-night it is nil
arranged that she will leave her hits
ban i's protection for that of Ray.
Is sbe happy at the thought of leaving
her husband's home? II ppy? Nol
wretchedly unhappy. Hut that fthich
seemed only a td'ght grievance at fi st
has become now an uuhappioess too
great to be borne.
Of course s'ib confided her sorrows to
Uav, and his indignation was intense.
O ' c nirse, all fiis only made her lot
se-'in the harder. And now she is
going to escape from it all. Rat the
treach'Tous little heait, Ivr bosom, that
she had thought so cold and dead to
Ca irlio, niiw,b('gios to plead for him.
How he haunted the corridor outside
her hed-room door that lime when she
was so ill, ai d he was forbidden to en
ter. And alien at last she was well
enough to see him, how shocked sho
whs at the alteration in that dear face.
Why il was worn as thin nnd white as
her own, and when h first saw her
owu face in the glass, ihe great hollows
in the palo cheecks he tsed to praise
f ir their plumpness and bbom, and saw
in place uf the luxuriant brown tresses
he was so fond of, the boy's shock of
Curly brown hair, and threw herself,
Wc'eiiing, on her pillow, sobbing; how
could he could he love her now? II w
tenderly he took her in his arms, laid
her head on his breast, and kissed the
shorn I cks and sunken cheeks. And
though she lived to tc old aud gray,
cool I she ever forget his words?
M dear one, my wife, I am so thank
ful that I hoi I you here oo this heart,
wiieiM al one ti.i.o I feared you ncvci
ould rest again. I love y-u, ihy dar.
lioj. for yourself, your warm heart,
yiur pure soul, not for Ihe bloom that
can I'.iJe or the toony brown tr.sscsthat
are gone.'
Ah 1 with a sudden sharp catching of
the breath. C mid any other man ever
be ihe same to her as Charlie? Oil I
she must not think of this.
What i this? A bracelet he gave
her on the first annirersiry of their mar
riage. No, she cannot tikfl that. And
her wedding ring I re, that must be
left with tho rest. Uhl sho had not
dreamed it would be so hard to part with
the eld love tokens. Even the des
pised Lelia is caught up and kissed and
cried over. A id what was she about
to do? "Yes, Rhe was actually going to
kiss the little white tidy on the back of
tho sleepy hollow where Charlie's head
rested every night while he read the
Spouter.
When Charlie returns to his dflierled
home (he left for Washington that morn
ing) what will ho say? Will bo care
verv much?
Hark I O ie twothree sin counts
the nine. Then the strokes cease.
The hour has come. She starts for
the door, stops, with her hand pressed
to her heart, gazes wildly around, and
dasbes out blindly into tbe night. A
C, THURSDAY,
till form is standing nt the foot of ihe
steps jit is Ray. lie draws :the little
cold hand through his arm, They turn
the corner, a carriage is wailing, the
steps are down, the wife has entered,
Ray is about to follow, when ah 1
great heaven I what is this? Her hus
band stands before him. There is the
(1 ish and report of a pistol, and Ray
Remington falls Sho shrieks wildly,
springing from tho carr'uge, aud
awakes.
Yes, thank God I awakes to find it all
a dream.
Sho wns in her own dear little sitting
room. The is the dear old sleepy hol
low, and there is Lelia, the fluffy An
gora cat, on the rug by the fire. Hj.iu
there, too, with his funny little gnggle
eyi 8, aod founv little pink touguo lolling
out. find whit is th;S? A card Ray
mond Remingt on'a. She renieuitns
now ho did call, and he had the imper
tinence to show by his look and tone
that he s'.ill cared for her.
Sho rings the bell violently.
'Janus, in future whin Mr. Reming
ton calls I am not at home '
Miii'k i wain on Hub. os.
HIS SI'RIOl'S TALK TO TIIK SOI.D1FKS OK
T111C AltJIY OK TUB TENNKSSUK.
Mark Twain's remarks at the linrqict
of the Army of the Tennessee io
Chicago, where in response to the fol
lowing toast :
' Tho r.aliios : As they comfort us Io.
sorrows, let us n it Turret ilium in oar
f etivilies.'
The humorcst said: Now, that's
somcthi 'g like. We haven't all hid
the fjond fortune to be Indus; we
haven't all been general, or poels, or
statesmen ; but whoa the toast woiks
do.vn to the babies, we stand on com
mon grou .d for we've ail been babies.
It is a shame that for a th usand yea-S
the worl i's banquets have utterly
ignored the baby as if ho didn't
amouii'i to anything I If you, gentle
men, will stop and think a minute if
you will go back fi ly or a hundred
years, to your early married life, and
rectiDtcmoliite your fust baby, you will
remember that he amounted to a geod
deal uikI something over.
You soldiers all kn w that when that
little fellow ai rived at family headquar
ters you had to hand in you resigna
tion. He toi d entire command. You
became his lacky, his mere bodyguard j
aud you had to stand around, too. He
was not a command r who made allow
a cs for time, distaice, weather, or
any thing eise j you had to execute his
order whether it was possible or not
Aud there was oi ly one form of march
ing in his inar.ual of tactics, ai d that
was the douule-q liik. He treated you
with every sort of insolence and disre
spect, and the bravest of you didn't
dure to say a word. You could face
tho death storm of Dunelson or Vicks
burg, and give back blow (or blow ; bu'
when be clawed your whiskers, and
pulled your hair, and twisted your nose,
you had to take it. When the thunders
of war -vere sounding in your ears, you
set your faces toward the butteries and
advanced wi,h steady trend j but when
he turned on ihe trrrors of his war
whoop you advanced in the other
direction, and mighty glad of the
chance.too. When he called fir sooih
ing syrup, did you venture to throw out
any side rcnuuks about certain services
unbecoming an idficer and a gentle
man? N ' ; you g"t up m-d got ii? It
he erdcred his pap bottle, and it wasn't
warm, did you talk back? Not you;
yoti went to wink and warmed it. Yon
even descended so far inyotir menial
office as to take a suck nt that wi.r:i,
insipid stuff yourself to see if it was
rigl t three (.arts water to one of
m:!k, a touch of sugar to m dily the
C lie, and a drop of peppermint to bill
tbose immorUl hiccoughs. 1 can taste
lhat stulT yet.
And how many things you learn as
you went along Sentimental young
lolks still took stock in that beautiful
old saying ihut when the baby smiles in
his sleep it is because the at gels are
whispering to him. Very pretty, but
"t vo thin" simply wi.nl on the stom
ach. my friei.ds. If the baby proposes
to take a walk at his usual hour half-
past two fa the moming didn't you
r-o: up j.ro.iiplly at d remarked (vith a
mental additi in that wouldn't i.nprove a
Sunday-school 'imc1 ) that that was the
very ihinfj you was going to propose
yourself? ()', you were under good
discipline. And as you went llutteiing
up and down the room in your undress
uniform,' you not only prattled undig
;fi'.'d baby talk, but even tuned tip
your martial voices aud tried to slog.
'Rock-i-by-lmby on tho tree top," fur
instmce. What a spcctailo lor nu
nrmy of the Tc nessec 1 And what an
affliction for the neighbor?, too, for it
isn't everybody within n milo around
that likes military music at three in the
morning. And when you had been
keeping this sort of thiog np two or
three hours, and your little velvet head
intimated lhat nothing sn'tcd like exer
cise and noise, and proposed to fight it
out tin that linn if it took all night "Go
on I What did yon do ?' You sirnnly
went nn till you dropped iu the lust
ditch.
I like tiic idea that a baby does nol
Amount to anything. Why, ono baby
is just a house and a front yard full by
itself; one buby can furnish more busi
ness than you and your whole interior
department can attend to ; he is enter
prising, irrepressible, brimful of law
less activities do what you please you
lan't make him stay on the rcseavation.
DECEMBER 4, 1870,
S .llicient unto the day is one baby.
A long as you are iu your right mi' d
never pr y for twins. Twins amouut to
a permanent r o ; and there ain't any
real difference between triplets and insur
rection. Among tho three or four million
cradles now rocking in the laud are
seme which this nation would preserve
for ages as sacred things if we could
know which ones they are. For in one
of these cradles the unconsious Farra
gut of the future is al this moment
tee'hing. Think of it I and putting in a
work of dead earnrs', unirticuluted,
but perfectly justifi ible. profanity over
it, too; in another, the future renowned
astronomer is blinking at the shining
miiky wa with but a languid interest,
poor little chap, aid wondering what
has become of lliut other one they call
tbe wet nurse ; in another, the future
great historian is lying, and doubtles-ly
will continue to lie till his earthly
mission is ended ; in another, the future
president is busying himself with no
profou'ider problem of State than wbnt
tho mischief has become of his hair so
early, aud iu a mighty array of other
cradles there are now some sixty
thousird future i fiije seekers getting
rrady to furnish him occasion to gra p e
wiih that same old problem a second
time 1 And in still one more crad e
somewhere under the dig, the future
; 11 astr o is io nmander-iii-chief of the
American armies is so little burdened
with his nppruaciiing grandeurs and rr
gponsibilit'cs ns to be (.i-ing his whole
strategic mind, at this ro m Mit, to
trying to find out some wiy to get his
own big toe into his mouth and acl L;v
ment vthich (meaning ho disrespect) tho
illustrious guest of this evening also
turned his attention to some fifty-six
years ago! Aud if tho child is but
the prophecy of the man there are
mighty few aill d ubl that he suc
ceeded. Mist'iUcu Identity.
The other day an omnibus full of pas
sergeis drove up town from the Uni n
depot. Side by side sat a c mercial
traveler named William McCiby and
Mrs. Winnie C. Pumbleton, the eminent
lady tempt ranee lecturer. When the
omnibus n ached tho Barret House
ihe commercial missionary seized his
valise and started out. The lady made
a pr b after him and he hailed.
"I beg your pardon," she said, "but
jou have my valise."
' You are certainly mistaken, madam,"
the traveler said, courteously but firmly,
"this is mine,"
"N i, sit," the ldy replied firmly; "it
is mine I u'd know it among a
thousand. You must not take it."
Hit the traveler persisted and the
lady insisted, and they came very near
quarreling 1'ieseutly one of the pas
sengers pointed to a twio valise iu the
omnibus and asked :
"Whose is that?"
"It isn't mine." said the traveler; "it
is j ist like It. but this is mine."
' And it isn't mine," raid Ihe lady ;
"he has mine, and I want it or I'll have
the li.w on him. It's a pity if a lady
ciii'i trivel ul nie in this coui try
without being robbed of her property in
broad daylight." Finally, the traveler
said he would open Ihe valise to prove
his propei ty. The lady ofjected at
ftrt, saying she did not want her valise
opened iu the presence of a crowd ol
s rangers. lut us there was no othtr
means of settlii g the dispute she at
length consented. The traveler sprung
the lock, opened ihe valise, and the
cuiious crowd bent forward to see.
On the vejt top of everj thing lay a
big flit flask, half full of whisky, a deck
of cards and one or two things it a
nobody knows the name of.
Tho traveler waa the first to recover
his srlf-possession and speech.
"Madam," he said, "you are right.
The vnliso is yours. I owe you a thou
sand Spoil "
lint the lady had fainted, and the
traveler rehckcd his valise with a quiet
smile. Fi rly in the afternoon a sign
painter down town received a unto in a
feiviiiise hand, askini; him to come to
the ISiur-t II uso to maik a red leather
valise in blick letter a fool and a ball
long I'uili gion Iliwkeye.
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Ine i .J.iSo o: !.j ;r:aa !!crchrr.
The reverend d 'Ctor, sme years ago,
was goit g home nt night, with a volume
of nn ct cycl ipvdia under his nrm. when
he saw a small animal in his path. The
doctor knew it was a skunk, but hurled
the bonk at him. As might have been
exp-cted the worthy doctor was glad to
retreat.
When he ar ied nt home, his friends
Could scarcely come near biin. His
clothes were so infected that he was
nbl g "d to bury them.
Some time after this some one pub
lished a pamphlet epeaking very
abi.s'vely of the woithy doctor, who was
asked :
"Why don't you publish a book and
put him down at once?"
His rei.lv was tirnmnt and wise:
"S r. I have learned better. Some
years ng", I issued a whole quarto
volume anninst a skunk, nnd I got ihe
worst of it. I never meAO to try the
tho experiment again."
A yotin man In pressing his own suit
frequently wrinkles the girl's.
It Is hard to lauli when wc are expected
Trees be-in to die at their tops; men begin
to Jyo there, too.
NO. 40.
A Might Mistake.
A mm ordered a most elab rate
dinner at a restaurant which he enj oytd
Aid praised much after which he
I glited a cigar, aud sauntering up to the
landlord, declared his inability to pay
for it.
11 it I don't know you," said Boniface.
"Of course, or you would not have
giae me a dinner."
The enraged man seized the pistol,
collared the offender, and taking aim at
his heart, said : "Now, sen if you get
away from me without paying for that
dini'cr."
"What is that in your hand?" gasped
Ihe impecunious customer, drawing
br.c't.
"That, sir, is a pistol."
"Oh ! that's a pistol, is il? I don't
care a fi for a pistul ; I thought it was
a st imach-pump."
Never Well, Iltird'y Ever,
N ver in ult poverty.
Never eat hetwein meals
Never eat a very hearty simper.
Nver stand lon it the cor n r t.f a street.
N ver Irii; it wnl only shorten your days.
Never atop to talk in church alter the
bci vice is ov- r.
Never speak of your parents as the "old
man" or "old woman."
Never speak iu a C"Ltimp!uou9 manner
of woman kind.
Never abuse ono who was ocoe jour
bosom friend.
Never leply to tho epithet of a lool, a
drunkard, or a low tellow.
Never setk to create a lunch at tho ex
pens1! of leligioo or tho Hible.
Never tpend ninny of your evenings
away Iroin your fsmily.
Ni Ver taste an aloin when you are not
bu tory; it is suicidal.
Never anticipate too much; disappoint
ment is Dot plenllllit.
How Ladies Kins.
Two la lica meet. They pucksr their
mouths into an annular protuberance, acd
cock in i; their heads to one side, as a hen
will belorc iiekiui up a Rrain of corn, two
fares, lull of unspeakable resignation and
inflex'hle devotion to duty, approximate,
touch and retire.
The school girl kis is a very different
(iff nr. As uulike the kns of Irieodship as
Atiinst is unlitic December, as fire is un
like a. lies, as lite is unlike death.
The two school n i r I meet. Mouth flie
to mouth and lips to lips.
Evrh would swallow the other. It is
well it is so.
The swallowing tendency of one is offitt
hy the like tendency of the other.
Thus are hoih preset ved lor the sons uf
men.
And thry talk while they kissl
E irh says to eanh. 'Oil, you dear tlar
'inn rreatu el Wheie have jou been these
eep? (since morning.) I've t"t 8" many
l limes t i tell j( ill" etc , etc. etc.
And this is all said contemporaneously
with that km'; in the same instant of time.
Ihe Old Ceil t'tnt.
As the old American "red cent" has now
paed nut ol use, and, i xe.ept rarely, out
ol sight, likj tlia "old ok-n bucket," Its
history is a matter uf su.'lieent interest for
preset ration. The cent was first proposed
by Robert Morris, the financier ol tbe
revolution, and was named ty Jefferson
two years alter. It h"jan to make in ap
pcHtancr tr.-m the mint in 1702 It bore
the hesd of Washington i n ona (ids aod
thirteen links nn the other. The Krench
revolution soon crested a rage tor French
ideas in America, which put on the cent
insted of the head of Wa hingtoa the figure
of the Goddres of Liberty a Frenrh Lib
erty with neck thru.-it lorwaid and fl.nv
inij lock'. The chain on the reverse side
was displaced hy the olive wreath t peace,
but the F.et'ch Liberty was thoit lived,
and so was her portrait on our rent. The
next head or flu lire t h -it succeeded th'S
the staid classic damo with a fillet around
her hair came into lai-hion about thirty
or iorty yents 8(o, and her finely chiselled
Qtrcian leaturcs have been but slightly al
tered by the lapse of time.
A Ittch Muu on Itlebes.
The following story U told ol Jc b
U d'way, a wealiby citizm of Philaiel.
ph'a, who die 1 many yeais ao, leaving a
foitune fit fi7 or fix million dollars, (lor
whom the itidway Library is name I, ) is
taken from an article in tbe Ia'.ernational
Review :
"Mr. Uidnwsy," said a yonnn man with
whora the nnlliO'iaite was conversing '"yo i
art mo'o t' he tuvied linn Bny, Lentlem o
I know Why so I" reponi'. I Mr. Rid,
sv. "I il nut aware of unv cm;so lor
which 1 shi old I-.! particularly envied "
"What, cit I" ecUime. the yocne mm in
aoioni-h n-n' ; "'ti? veil mo a luiil'iaiiie.
I li'nk ol tiie tl oiisinds your income brings
V 'U ever month " "W II, what of that.'
rrpliid Mr, Uidtfway. "All I cct nut of it
ii my victuals anil clothe, an ! I cannot
rat more than one mnn's all.ijacce ct
wear m e 'han one suit at a timr. I r:.v
cannot ynu do as much P "Ah, but," faid
the you'h, "think of the buudrcds of fine
houses you own. and the rentals they brins;
you." "What better am I oil lor lhat 1"
replied the rich mm. "I ca i o ily live In
one Ionise at a time. As tor the money
receive loi rents, why, I cai. cit it or we i
it. I ran only use it to buy eth-f house.
for othei people to live in; they are t' a
bentneiaries. not I" "Unt ynu can buy
splendid fmoituro and costly pictures, fine
ciiriuL'es and horses; in fact. Anything
you desKc." And after I havo bought
them," responded Mr. Rldgway, "what
then 1 1 can only look at the furniture nnd
pictures, and the poorest man who is not
blind cau do tbe same. I can ride nn
i asier in a fine carriage than you can in
omnibus for five cents, without the trouble
ol attendinu to ilnvvrs. tootmen and hot
lor ; and as to anything I desire, I can tell
ynu, ynunj man, that the less we desire in
this world the happier wo shall be. All
my wealth cannot bny me a single rlav
more uf lile ; cannot bny back my yooth
cannot procure me power to koep alar off
tbe hour of death ; and then what will all
avail, when in A few abort veirs at most I
lie down in tbe grave and leave it till,
foterer. YoiiDg tuau you bare uj c.ca
to envy rr e."
SPACE
One Sqnsrre,
Two Squares,
Three Squares,
Kour Souarca,
Fourth i'ol'n,
Half Column.
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20 oo l ao oo ct to
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TALBOT T &
snOCKUE MACHINE WOEK
RICHMOND VA.
Manufacturers of Portable and Stationary
KnKines and Hollers. Maw Mills, Corn and
Wheat Mills, Mlinltlnz, I lancers and Pul
leys, 'i urhiiin Water Wliools, Tobacco Ma
chinety, Wiouht Iron Work, iu rasa and
Iron Castings, Maohiuery ctffirerj oa
nription.
Ginxiko and Ttirtnsiirso IIachucj
ASPKCIALTT.
Kepnirius Trouipfljr & Card oil
Dene.
TALBOTT'S PAFENT SPARK-AERESTB
The Invention ot the Ago,
It does not destroy the draft. It doot
not in lor fere with cleaning the tubes. It
will uot choke up, and requires no oleta
inu. It requires no direct dampers to b
opened whon rtmitir; steam (dampers be
tug ohjuotlonable, aa thoy inny belelton
and allow ' arks to escape.)
It require no water to extinguish
sparks, which, by coinlfloation, destroy
(lie dr ift. KoKiilns, v. lieu water la ured, If
neglected, tho effleiency Is destroyed bf
evaporation of the water, and the boiler w
kept in a tiltliy condition.
It in simple nnd riurabln and can be r
lied upon. It can he attachod to any boiler.
No planter should be without ono of teaa,
Instiranon companies will insure Rins and
darns where the Talbott Kngiima and
Spark-Arresters are used at asme rate M
eliari,'o i for water or horse-power,
irsend for illustrated el real art m4
price list.
Branch limine, OoU'.sboro, N. C.
J. A. If A USICR, i leneral Manairer,
T. A. URANUEK, Local Manage,
mav 8 dm
piEDMONT NURSbiUKH.
GBEEHSBOBO Bf. C.
GREAT REDUCTION OK PRICES.
I nniito to ive. fntlie latrons of Piedmont
Nurseries, the nencllt of the travelling airfliirf
commissions on my Nursery Stock, cnnsistlajr
it Fruit Treea. ami have reduced the i"l
re per eenr, Aiiplea and Peaches, 1st elms, S to
S fret; nn i!iiirivr. Fruits aa am jrrown hi
North Carolina, and ready for lucclion. Hat
erenee iflvrn t anv Nurseryman In HiRnv4
county lVaeher. and Anplea riiuiiiujr from tla
earlieit to tne latest varieties. Treea will rm
pack- d In (rood siimik? hoxes or hales, and la
iiveredto R:ilmml l. 'i ts or Ftpresa OUIflea
without any extraclinrire for boxes ar delivery.
I will furnish nt the follcovlnjrlow rale i Peaeha
and Annies iu any iiii no it y. improved fruit. 9
ce nts each, l'. nrs. I'lunia. Apricots. NeetarlniM
(jiilnce, Utah Apples, I'lirs, cherries 8.1 ecks.
ornamental Tr''H. tvosea ami nnwera win mm
sold eheapi-r than can te sold ly any Nursery Ml
North Carolina, ci.mii to accompany tna ornara.
Anv on.' not Imvinc cah may till out a not ta
a npauy order, aluned Py purchaser, io b
paid when trees are delivered at depot sprrinvt
by pnrelinaer. Note to ft'-coinjauy trees M&
paid when treea are dellvereil, pntrhaa-ra par
all freights on same. Trees wl I lie shipped r
Novemt.erand purchaser notified when to meat
them. Venous orderii'ir will state plainly wurra
to ship. Name the depots. Letters of Inquiry
answered cheerfully. Cr l -rs solicited and saUa
faction guaranteed. rX-mlln orders at onr.
l. u. in nm.
Proprietor Piedmont Murseiiam.
Julyratn.
2
C.1KUIAGES AND BUGGIES
MADE TO ORDER
on
REPAIRED AT LOW PSICKa
All kinds of wood work and Crimmhrf
done In Rood style. Rlaekauwl!) work doa
at short notice and with neatneiw. All
new work warranted. Fine palntlnjrfor
hiii'Kios done at low price, brrct paint uwed.
THE UNDEUTAEIilQ EEPARTMIKTT.
Coti'ina and Ctuoaof all sicca constantly
on baud.
Carriage Matorlnla kept onhiiad At pttoJj
below l'otorsbutg Diaj-ket.
Weldon N. a
Juno 5 ly
J N O. T. FORD,.
Takes pleasure In announcing that ha
can siill bo found at bis stand on
FIR8T STREET,
Where bo has on band A full line Ot tia
Finest
WINKS,
WUISKTK8. and
BKANDIKS.
TOBACCO, CiaAUS,
and SNU FK,
CHANGES, APPLES,
and CVNF&CT10NEKIK3
nis stock of Canned Goods and Grocer
ies la unusually
Fall and Complete
Old Cabinet WntpinsT A Srncuurr.
FREsn LAQKR BEETt 05 DTtACGHT.
Ha guarantees aaUsiaction. Call and
sou him.
Not:i ly.
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