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. ATTOHVEY AT LAW,
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KNFIELD, N. C.
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ATTORNEY AT LAW.
HALIFAX N. C.
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HALIFAX, N. 0.
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WELDOX, N. C.
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"Witling enmities xul In ihesiioreineand Fed-
sJ..Kr,!- Claims collected In any part of
-1 Carolina. Juno nit
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VOL. VIII.
The Ken.
I stood o:i the strand at niiilnijjlit,
By Iho dark and solemn sei,
And out ol its heaving waters
Came a touud of woo to me,
Tho light of tho stars gluaiiiod o'or It,
And the ships stole sobly on.
Like tho hopes ol my vanished ( hildhood
Tttal smile on mo and are gino.
I stood by the so: at noontide,
Wbou the dol)lniis were wiid at play,
And its weiry sob a -d sighing
Sesmcd sadder lar in the d ly.
It sang with mournful music,
Ufa hundred miangir trands,
So I havo ilroainod o; the future
And tho g'Hiis in its r-lotiuiiug sands.
Ohl 1 have g 17.0,1 o'er the billow-5
Till my In-cast with pain was wrung,
And prayed that the sua might boar mo
Wiioru happier songs woio sung,
For my soul was filled with andnpss,
Aa the waves wi'h lonesome strains,
And mv lifu win d irks iinn, dreary,
Like tho weary, wai'nng plaint".
A SURPRISE.
"Am I thus nearer and dearer thinoown,
since inou nasl laugiit me to lovo t Ui-e
alone.
H:ich were the words which the He
gantly Icetoondl wails and deep curtained
recedes of a lianilMime (liawing-room
were made to eeli-i. liut wli-we rame
the sound that precede i thcc lio? Eutrr
snltlj lest we rii.slurb I lie fir g:u(;er I
Where is she was it an ancl ? But I he
In si .Mi, the language ol the heart, betray
what t he twilight1 darkening gl mm trie
to conceal. We sta't 1 Seaticl b I re a
tidily cirved ro.cwoid pi'in), her head
bowed as if by son.e Inpcnding trouble,
wo see E lith Lacy. Koclted in the crsdle
of luxurj ; blessed by the gilts which
Purtune drops as the wheel ol Time ni
volve.s. do we wonder that wc find her s
she is? No, not as to the distinguished
air which lingers arou.id even Ihe lo'ils ol
her rJ.uk velvet robe, but at llinjo dewy
tears which trlistcn in eves far more pierc
ing than ever the Utile god's winged
daits. Huik the door bell pea's! Mow
quick she s'arts, b'lt t'ii look ol joyou
expectancy ii gone ; 1 iwn reiU the head
and the lips hall murrt.ur the words,
'Surely Paul ia col gone without biddiug
me goo 1 bye.'
The door slowly opens just in time to
make her sentence audible to Paul It y -tnond,
who lias since his father1!! death
refilled in the family ol E-motid Lacy
Hi position in tn lumily is one form d
by the closest bus nets ties; h' lather
bcin, during his hie, partner id the linn
nl Ij rv
Paul Kaymond was tall tmd commnn iitii
in appc.rat'CH, witli a brow Hindu I by
drK chestuut curls, a nitHtache over lips
and teeth perfectly suited to make him, ns
he s-'CiiiCil to our Ldtth, an umijualed
Apollo.
As her whispered ecntcrce concludiil,
lie was near enough Nmbe to fold her in
his arms, and, if he hail lolloped (lie dic
tates ol bit heait, to c'li'p her to his man
ly breast anil declare the ivit new story
that his waiting, anxious heart had so
olteu wiHi to reveal.
The time has come when he must speak
the 'sweet old word, g -od-bic.1 when he
must dritt no Fate's broad current, wnlttd
by the gale ol Duty to a distant port, on
i)uHne(.8 for the firm in vhioh he h pe,
iiy diligence ajd perseverance, foiuu day
to hold the place ol hi fa ln r.
Alas 1 the fra Ity of h imau desires ! But
we must not lilt the vail nl futurity to i
lar lest we lose the in'erest ol our la r
readers, for metlnnks thev will be the only
ones who will piusc merely to peutse a
love tule.
'Edith,1 the low. sn'tly whispere l name
sce.-ninlv intinded only 'O' the ear yrt
reached her heart an.1, lo ! what tnvr
lads ol tumu'ts rushed through its hidden
chambers.
Ge itlyihe arose anil whs sullicb ntly
woman ol the wort I t conceal inun his
itii'D n hat we have sren, the steerage ol
her poor troubled heatt lhr."igh the 'Oate
dTiars.1 'A e you not jet goi e?1 she
finally summoned i otliauc lo ask, as she
haqdtil Liin her h .n.l which he, billowing,
the stHo of b;s day, well knew ho to
brush with his 'il.in: v m stache.1
'And not see my childhood's friends?'
His tone made her eyes seek Ins lace a i t
then but he gave not time to draw 1 t
inference, lor still holding t'.m jeweled
hand he gently drew her towards him
Edith, the hour is near at hand in which
I et sail from my native L;ncolnshite, give
me but the right to feel nh I aay tlia' I
leave one who will dream ol a lutuie l ap
pier hour on my return (Mi it yms knew
how loudly, ho ti'i'.t ntlv I'mg to ca'l
ibis d. ar hand mine. V II would yield to
my entriaty ! My alxcnccmay bu lor yean
but
fiino will tho in pression dcepor makes,
As streaiiis their Iiaiiuo s wear."
Look no in v Elith. mv idol, kt me heir
...... r .
irom tho?e precious lips the wor ts Hut
can render your Paul e i:th's happiest mor
tal,1 The other baud as l ienl niili i
ma e. Oie step nearer and lit r ptmil
head, a il like the bird ol I hrace vli se
pinion knew no other if! tin; pUce, flu
laid on his flpoiMer. w ii it an .v 'in n
ouesrtiil But Imiiati joys are but ttans
itory st bes.t .nd the cry ol lee wa clim .n
warns l.im the hour t ns come neu t e
Eisie1 niuUail. One mo:e kiss Irom Hie
uby lips and icpeitcd iiromises nl ti lebiy
and he tears hinveH away, leaving ins
queen, wla-ru he loudly placid her on a
o.i! rlicon l.el'ore the irrute il!i onlr his
diamond fiililai'0 to convince her til a
Imagination has not been weaving h 'r
lantaitio web unconvctid by the organs
of sense, flic arouf.es but to feel the lull
- r .
lorcc ol her de e'tion. IMtUeticaii. Fee
raises her imploring hinds to the rub-rot
ih New .I.insah m an 1 cries, -pave nun,
oh Ood. and a lile's devotion shall be
ol-
leted as asaciitlee to Hue.
iy alter day glided bv. Edith
wa
tlic Hill reigi'ing quern the lovcuesi oi
lovely. It seemed mat.
"Time's wind in stealing o'er,
But left her lovelier than belore,
yet, it ss a beauty calmed by the cauker
nl du-oiir una r.ng al her Heart.
l'wa ycais had passed sinre the
. . . . n.. . I.... 1 '!' Lie ' Sit
deptut
months mn oi r in ra am omis -
alter the nigh! of her betrothal, Ldith was
gladdened by the ic.cipt ol a white
i,.d ir.essellefr ol lovo liom I au I. A
letter such ss only the noble mm in who.e
keeping her bean's peails, altnosi lotaui
unawansto her, had lound their way
.i ,.,ifu A letter so hopeful, ClIlMI-
lul and lovinu. so beoutilu'lj a"J vividly
WELD ON, N.
I ic.turiiig their future that U.phael would.
0 i leading, have been temntcd to uive his
pencil a deprecatory hurl an I a farewell
benediction nl 'Depart ye. useless rubbish.
Since lovo has cense I to color vour work
yeaie become as ur master old and
jjonj lor nothing.'
unriess tireless pluioo had swent an-
o'her a'mnnt endless six months behind
him, and Elith, while casually passing
through her father's studio, glancel at a
papir which seemed as if waitinc lor her
perusal. Why did her eyes search first the
columns of marine news down nnt the
AV. B', C's, D's but why that deadly
pallor? One wild shriek, and she (alls'.
but into the arms of her lather, who ev
icted In time to receive tho inanimate
loi in ol ins daughter. Calmly as possi
ble ho used every a't in his power to re
store lit'ht to thoc brilliant eyes, which
now seemed c!o-ed in diath uentlv l.c
chafed the I, v liaruk ll'l a s joht tremor
httnkcmd her le urning f oi scioi:(i.e..s,
and I'oinmitting her ever laithlul Mir-e, a
wa'clitul Aihatcs, he prorealecl to look
lorthecausj ol h:r Irght. B ch-.net
stepping on the -aper that bad dropped
Irom h lith s hau ls, he was in the act oi
"storing il tn the tile on 'I'" table viheu
his eyes noticed the hitheito unmarked
lines
YniKCK OF TM RLII ALL ON inAUD
l'Klll II KI1. 11
This was the kev to Ihe mt'tery and il
uuhii ked lor Edith I or fathri's warmest
sjmpathy. lor he loo h I: sincerdy at-
I ached to Ins old-lime Irieml's not le Pju'..
He aim knew bis motherless child's hap
piness was buried with her lover in Ins
wa'eiy bed. where Ihe Pens ol Ocean
would oeek his pillow with gems ol the
deep.
Gradually Edith appeared among her
old a-aorialcs but like the magnolia shows
the touch nl the lie.inan h md, she bore 'he
impress ol sorrow, though endeavoring to
conceal Irom the wnill her bean's best
treasure. Suitors were not lacking lor the
baud l the heiress to Licy Hull, vet she
still clung lo her s ilitaire and in the
soiiiuie of her o.vn bnudoir dreamed
ol
The land ol rest fur thoso w ho love and
no'ei forgot."
Imbibing (omloit In-m the thought
"We'll meet in that blest region yet."
Thus passed aiuthcr year, und Edith
still Miss L-iev. To i'ighl tne autdvrtsarv
of her Paul's departure, -lie, at the eaine.t
exhortations ol Annie S'. ( lair, her child
hood's e ullest pl iym lie, has laid aside
her subli robes, th it she persists in weir
ing, and is to s'and pre-eminently first in
the group ol lovely brides ma'ds An ele
gant whi'e satin perh" iiy a la mode has
just eceivnd tl.e li n.-liiiu' imie.l.ei bo.n
th.; delt fingers ol Fashion's tii'-st skilHul
moilisti1. Her raveu hair decked wit i a
mi.gle while ro.-e, Ihe lavonte ol hci
hcait's hero hikI a criirS nl untold vail).'
clasping the I it; h lace at Ipt sik wy throut,
I 1 1 1 i the only ornaments nl our q wen, mid
such she I mks ' uir.jesiically he ib--c nd
llie comdor und kneels be me Air. Lacy to
receive Ihe farewell kis- she nev.r leaves
wiilnr.it No wonder her e-corl seems
paia1;, Z -d, for never has h r ief,nl beauty
bee:i so itsplenilcnt as no.
They reach the St t'lair lesi.lcnce.
"Every thing yonn.', overy thlnu fair,
From iho east to Iho Wist is blushing
inure.11
But Edith must still receive, from 'Priam1
the 'golden apple.'
It-it why tint dretiny look ? iier
thoughts on tins I igi t are 'linked by
mi y a hidden chain1 lo th:- past. She is
aroused liom her nveiic ny the induce!
q-iesih II 'Who waits witli E blh.1 Ncvi r
till flit momerit had it oc ur ed to h r,
there mn t be some (die. Silen'ly she
turned as il expecting Annie to give the
aoswer, when su Id nly all attention was
directed toward the half open do r, ulini
a waiter ol i legHiit fl ( s was I cing
h indi d in lor Mis I.a y. Tiojte and ele
gance was breathed out in the nr. ni i, but
the while rose hell pie-CHiinem e. N
caid, no name w h it a bundle o unsatis
fied curiosity the ro' m ro.t inull E.ih
guesse I. as usi:iil w ith the n x, but Annie
premised it Irom the handsome atrangnr
who rcrhe f Lincolndiire the day previ
ous. P tor little fl ieis. your 'ate la seal
till A hands. 'mo stranger and a roachu 1
are but poor balances when wciyed ia the
scale id Koman's ruriusily.
Edith alone thought ol her trcaurcr,
and not su pectiug any guest to have yet
urrived, descended to place her fi nal trib
ute in a vase suitable lor its riceptioti.
She hail pi :c d the laU bud in its proper
mn k at.d corm r. wlnn tlntk'n p rimps
'distance wo il I lend nclmntment,1 she
iteopcl In k. her nnnd busy with c nec
lures as lo tne donor, win n the same id
'Edith' was honie lo lur ear. She Malts
-ml is clasped tn II. e cmbince ol Paul,
lias the feu given Up Its il-lid I Si it
seems lor there is no Edith ns biules-
ma;.
that night hut two brides hdlth
i. nd Ani.it A lew momenta1 delay in
wlili.h to lereive enngialitUticMU from as
si n,ldul bicnils, they then hasten lor the
b e sings ol Mr. Lacy to his cldlilrcu, Paul
iiud Kdii Ii H ivinond.
tlarrlngo.
Wed lid h-ve is i nil : I ' i 1 when bear!
meets heart vbeti coiill lemei unshaken,
and 1 1 ( e ljour. li like ml eager child,
gladly fotth into t'io tirun; wheu woiuuii
li.iils that the unn sli.: hmis upon is lii'iK
to deli ml and shidd her weakness, and by
the gentle ministrations el her love rcn
deis her home a paradise ol rest and rv
irvsl'inrut lor l.er ili'sen one -OM then,
nutted lues yiel I Inippitio s, and aie beau
tiful in l heir unity. Bui when nee tu'lis,
as is too film the c-ae, I ke a broken
prop to ainiuil the o'het wlnn hope is
sliipvviecked an I confidence betrayed
wheti the woiol it d nk, ami dieary, und
stiani'e without, and 'lure is m lire burn
ing tn i o In ly , emitting heat an 1 light Irom
ilie. douicsiio heart 11 stone, men me puis
on Sumner lines, ami ni.-n 1 1 -ii; i"--n..
galling chain. dr(,giiM l!s lutiou to des
pni We hear much of nnhippy mimagcs.
Ev n in the g'tii n ol Eden the stiife be
.-ill. Adam, stamlitig, in the preset C'l dl
tied, sin ve to shhld liltiisell Irotn blame,
bv 'crtmii.a'iny; hi- wile. 'The woman
i and I did eal As long as
there exist a iliv.rsltv ol tastes,
education nmoli both parlies,
lor mere lancy, and marrying
detent i vi
mairyiug
lor ineie
nioiii-v. so long will cotitniU'! to exist
e
...t.,.iitsiiiin and strife, and that doubt iss
ill be liulil tho (iilH'U VI IU iwn
uiuui.
C, THURSDAY,
How
Itoniittfil
Uril.en.
Ilj'uin was
There is an Interesting i n c I
dent incniioncd in the lile ol the Hcv.
Charles Wesley, and which led to the
writing ol one ol his very sweet hyttirn.
One day Mr. Wesley was sitting by an
open window looking out over the beauti.
fill fields in summer time. Presently a
little bird, flitting about in the sunshine,
aitracted his attentino. Just then a hawk
came swei'ping down toward Ihe little
bird. The poor thing, very much
(tightened, whs darting here and there,
trying to find Mine place of re'ugo. In
Iho bright bright, sunny air, in the lealy
tries, or Ihe green fields there was do hiding-place
Irom the fierce grasp of the
hawk. lint, seeing the open wind iw, and
tlni man siitl ig bv it, the bird 11 w, in its
i xircme terror, towards it, an I with a
In ating heart and ( tiveil-ig wing, lound
teftige in M-, Wesley's bosom. He
sheltered it limn the threatening danger;
a id s iV d it In m a cruel do th.
Mr. Wesley was at the limo u!T. ring
f oin severe trials, and was leelmg the
need of a refuge in his own time nl
trouble, as much as the trembling litlle
bird di I, that nestled so sa'e in his
bosom. So be to.ik his pen and wrote the
hymn !
"Jesii-, Sivior of my nonl,
Let inn to thy bos on lly.
While the. waves of lroiiole roll.
While th? tempest still is high."
Tint priyergrov into one of Ihe nios'
beautiful hvmna in our langui'e; and
multitudes ol peip'o when in sorr ,w and
dnngci, have l-nnui comfort while they
Slid or sun.: the last ol that hymn :
"All my trust on thoo Is ataye l ;
All iiy help Irotn tlieu I bring j
('ovnr in y d lenceloss brad,
Willi iho nil iilowy of thy wing."
Nfd, You lo l.ove inc.
There are two long womb n p ers at Cape
M iy they are about one hundred Icel
and as they arc provided with seats, re
Ircslimeut stands and the like they are
the resort ol hundreds in the evening.
Much promenading and flirting is carried
on tin re as well as alou ( the plank wak
running lor more llun a mile along the
sand. Any one can scarcely e-capc hear
ing a deal ol soft nonsense in that quarter,
and m lit of the thnus that greet hi in are
poitivily embarrassing. I was trying
last summer to pass a couple ahead ol me
and beloir I could do so tlieses words It'll
upon my ear :
' You rea'ly love mc ?"
"Devotedly.11
"But you should not tell mo so, for
know I am mairied.11
you
"So am I ; llierelote we are eq 'a! ?-1
' Do tM wto 'gs make one right V
"In love, jcs."
'But what will my husband say when
he hears ol it ?''
"lie won't hear of it, probably ; but if
hn does he won't cue.'1
"Won't caif? What do ou mean ?"
' lie ii in love w ith another woman."
"How do vim know )"
"I heard him say so.'1
"Tn liom ?"
' To my wife."
"You are j-sting ?'1
"Never more serious in my life.'1
"Are you sine i'1
"I swear it,'1
" Then il's no harm ?"
' Not a bit. His infidelity absolves you
from your allegiance."
"Ned, you do love me. ?"
"Passionately,"
"Darling !"
The Igim!ilt .ov'rii'm'iit.
Detroit Froo Press.
lie v asn't a np'mbcr of tho Lime-Kiln
Club, but he had a whole wheelbarrow
full ol til philosophy and logic under his
ar.cictii-loidcuig ping hut as he entered
the Pos'ollice mid snid he would like to
rent a to x. The Chief Clerk was ready
tn accommodate hitn, when tliu applicant
said :
"Dp term am cash, I 'spot.' I'1
"Yes, Hr 11
' Is dur any trust ?'"
"No. sir; ou must pay qnartcily in ad
vni ce."
1 J i s so, sill. Mi.ko out a deed nl
dis yete box un1 your quart, r am ready."
"The price i'. hvmty shillings per q iar
ter or tlitee months," i xpln;ned the dirk.
The colored gentleman fell back at ths
ra'e r.l a n.i'e a iiiinutc, but slowly r.d
vnncc l nftci recovering I'.nin his shock ol
urpi ise and rc e ib',1 :
"Twei.lv shillings every fne months,
and no tiusi ?'1
"The same.'1
The man t .ml; f'nm his coal tail p ck t
a bioken two-lxot rule and measured the
dimensions nl the box, 'I hen nliutttng up
the rule he swelled out nd exclirtni d :
"i)n s ibs pif'oli'us take me lur a lool,
sah f Does ilis i-ru 'ililii i'iv'ineul inaini
dut I'. gone cr i , sah ? 1
I guess mil. "
'Den w'ly, rah, docs ilis ignoble guv'-
mcnt tty to n-li n o, sah ? hook at de
bb ab 1 Ikn rent a hull boss barn on
Indians street lor $2 a month, sah, an' yil
lis igio'ilo giiv'meiit axes tne lo pay
twenty Hiiiliiis a quarter lor a posollus
box not halt as lug -oj one eand of a
ni'iiieor ! I icasn1! bo'n In de wom's sah
no. sah an1 y:iu kit) keen that
sah, and din ignoble giiv'in nt kin
box,
pass
my letti rs Ini w de winder, s ill I''
4
nosii(uiiij'.
Ti e habit that obtains in many families
ol 'heaping' loo I and g v ng a little and
(onsidirably moie than is asked lor, liar
nothing lo be said in its lavor and a great
deal against it. Unless one has a strong,
linn appetite that only an earthquake or a
tempest ci uld ailect, a largu quantity nl
liiod is appalling. It is much plcusar.li r
lo send one's plate to have it rcpleui-hed.
than to be obliged to leave food up in tliu
plale. In order 1 1 clear the plain one 's
prone to oveicat, bom Ihe idea of "saving1
the bind.1 Economy do s not siguily a
lack of pleinilulinss or utiugines-. It
means enough loreaeh and all, and noth
ing is w isted, and when loud is s rved i:l
over ibiinda"ce, Waste must l u Ihe result,
unless, in Ired, the turplua ia gathered to
gether again Ihe simple idea of which is
disgusting. Moreover, it is a comlort to
jiet just what one nsks lor in 'half cup ol
tea,1 that uiucb du 1 no more.
JANUARY 22, 1880.
The I iiiK HrlMtiiiu.
D ist thou see that selling sun 7 II iw
glorious a sight to behold! Slody, ralm-
ly, and majestically, ho sinks to rc-t. Now
the clouds aro burnished with living sap-
phlie-l What a mil I, ytt heavenly ra
diance marks his glorious path iy;
"And though his noonday brig'itness fades
way,
Uis dying beauty faroxeoods the day.
There ia no loud secl .iin nor pomp of
herahlty tn dnioln lug, exit, as when limn
ate 8 leave their thrones. All is quiet rich
ness and sllpcil dive lovliness. V ti -s t sc ne
on earth more lair, mine grand more beau-
tllull
How strikitij tho analogy between
such a ncene and the death of the C ilis-
liaiil He appro. .die tliu valley ol death,
but when he passes through ii, 'there is
light in the va lev.' (hero is glmious lu-lit
all, ail arouiidl I'lie la-t shallow is II 1 1
-n i gone, and th kindling glories ol the
heavenly world now illumiiiiiio Ins path
way. What ecstatic joy now kindles in
the bosom, and whit cniaptiiring vi-ions
Ills eves bi-liolil! He s es the light ol eter
nity tti'ugled with time and leels its joys
as a prelu le of heaven! Ills suu sets here,
but rises in glory; his last hours are his
most lumiiii iiit ones, ami hi-i death, is but
the hi ginning ol that illustrious life which
shall Iiiivii no end! How truly filoiioiia
and plea ill are the last hours of the 'ly
ing good uiai' I Aye, see now how
"Un vlnws his homo, and smiling sinks
to rest,
And g.ius it once a mansion with the
tdo-il"
The I'ollj' ol Yirluc.
A very good, pious-looking young mao
applied lor a position in a well known
s ore la'ely. Alter be had introduced
himself and made known ids wants, the
proprietor lulornicl him that he would
like to have a clerk il he could get one
who would suit him.
' I suppose you go lo church, ch ?" he
coup-need.
"Yes, sir."
"Do you drink ?" continued the mer
clunt, eyeing him sharply.
"Nevei I'1
"D i you use tobacco in any lorm ?"
Here the young man pushed the quid ol
tobacco into the roof ol his mouth, and
replied, with a smile that was childlike
and bland. ' I never ue the wee I, nor
never d d. I consi lir it the most shock
ing an llowe-t habit that a man can be
ad lifted to.'1
' D i jon (icq lent the police shops?'1
"No, t-il . never."
' I) i you go to the theatre, dog fights or
boxing exhibitions V
' N Vi r was at one in my life," was the
emphatic answer.
"Can you tell the aco of diamonds) from
the king ol clubs ?"
"I Know nothing whatever ol cards."
"Do you i vi r In t
"No. sir. I .ton'l "
"Suppose,11 s d l the nv reliant, "a man
should oft r tn bet 1 000 lo $10 that a
three legged goat roul l outrun a gray
hound, would you tnke him up ?"
No. sir P
' Then yon won't do lor this establish
ni' n t ; we don't want you we never hire
lOllls 1"
That youth won't be so good next time.
All I'M !' till flu II.
Man wii' mule in dry weather.
lie was made ol dust.
tjntea number have nevei recovered
Irom their creation ; they arc still dry.
h's a man's tlaluiu lo be disi-onlchtcd.
Adam ha la monopoly, but he roull
not be bhppy without some one, lo crow
over.
F ir a while he knocked nr. und over
Ihe Garden ol Eden, and then went to the
house; but he had to cm k bis own
supptr, there was no stove-wood chopped
and things went on in a bad shape ejctPT
allv.
The next morning it whs the same way.
tie had to m ike his own bed and sweep
out. His sin ks were dirty and his arm
would inn through a ln-!e in his sleeve.
So he was dlssal Istled.
The tu xt nig t. when ho went lo sleep
the creator punished him by making one
of his ribs into a worn in, a great mis
Ion u i u to the ri.ee.
It has In en six thousand years since
that rib war lost, ami yet man continues
Icilinj lor it.
This is a very fccl'inir subject.
ru suit in this case is Said tn be sweeter
thai possession.
Al'ci Eve go acq'i linted with her mate,
shevo.ndt at ah ihe men in the world
were not worth A r.in.
(loliab v.ns a man.
A bin is a in de w'm is ashamed o' his
sex, and attempts to Ci t ce.l the fact
l hat he is a num.
(.'oncealiiienl in siu li cases is alien led
with but little troirdt" Lis only ipcoi
s'ltv i j'S't tip- r-nr in !,. mi. )!..,
The laniily man resembles au oji'tr on
the ha'l sip II.
Th- sbell is know n at home the so'i
si lu atiroa I.
S une men cany this r. semblance in
their faces. A grent many men havi
co'.iiiti nsn '' like ovste-s
Job in said to have bien a very patient
mini.
lie bad boils, nil over him.
Mmya man now boils ov r himsell
when the rent her reaches "th-riccHthly'1
on a hot una me ! iy, and lover thinks ol
tin grandeur til J --' ixampie.
4
Uhearelhe Itit-h .lien.
The "moneyed class," which some sen
s ilioidsts pietend to iliead so mueh, seems
allei all, to be in.tde up elm lly Irom ihe
industrious portion ol the poor bov els-n.
Finm statistic r rent'y a it In red in o a ol
the o'de.-t New England c'.li. 8 it appea'B
tli Ht 81 per cent ol Hie leading men in that
community, the capitiilisis.baiik prtsnlenli
railroad inagnali s, an I leading merchants
and manulacluiers, were nrp'iudly either
form- r boys or poor bovs oi the i itics and
towns They iii-hed iheir own loitunes
by tin ilt, industry and in'elenci; they
made, and did not lulu ril, tlnir wealth,
The boudh ilde.rs ol lo-d iy were struggling
a gi neratioii ago lo find out bow to make
boili ends meet; the moneyed 'aiistocraey1
ol the gentnatlon to come ate now harden
ing thutr palms by Ihe diligent use ol the
plow handle aud uiuuutu loi k.
NO. 40.
l'rnrileal Sympalliv .
I" enniivuinil 0, '... -K cr in America
there v, stillingia, ml' hel T who was an
noyed lfh the iiiilidei'1,1 crying ol a child.
and the inU '''IjJcinpts nl the fathet
to q lict it. Pe(.'sr!' anr1'-''' curt "'"' Rni1
pulling out Ins Me to ihe said :
' Wheii! is the m'.'vher nl that chill ?
Wbv doe-u't the s o this nuionce "
The lather said Very q-iitti'e :
"The mother is la the baggage car in
her c dli'i ; I am travelling homo 'with the
baby. Tins is tho second night I have
been with the child, and the lirile cuats '
ia wearying lor its mother, Iain Sony j'
its plaintive cries disturb any one in this
car
"Wait a minute,1' said ihn id I bachelor.
The old linn got up au 1 messed hiiiised,
an 1 iiMiipeded the lather m lb- down and
sleep, w lute he took the babe himself.
That old baeln loi stilling the cry ol tin
bube all night was h here. And the man
w h i.lor i lu - ike o' oiheis give u,i Ids ow i
house or in the social cire'e, is us great a
In in, ns though he tdood up m the battle
field."
l:i(uoiii) in Young .lieu.
One of ihe iiio-t dillieult lessons for
most yi ling ii en to leatn is lhe lact that
they muht to have money to lay by
Irom wedito week such amount as their
ei.-ciiuistiiHccB will permit. N-it lo make
it Ihe la-t thing to do but the first, so
their expenditures ihall not reach the
tress amount of their receipts, as they
have nothing lo rave And this should be
'one without getting into debt lor any o'
Ihe nceess i- les or luxuiiei of 'life lor one
may buy c.'er so large an aunn nt and If lie
is in debt, he is reallv no better i IT than it
he had s ved nothing, lor money he has Is
not I. is, it belongs lo another. Young
men do not know as id ler ones do, bv ex
peri.'iicc, the gnat advantage of saving
their money in-lead ol .-q Hindering it. I'
they earn il es-y they arue thai they cm
always get plenty, und what Is the use of
-aviug? I' they wo k liar I and get but
I tlle tlb-y sa; they an- entitled to some ol
ill t enj ivmcnts of lile aa Ihey go along.
While there is a Bond deal of truth in
these a-si-rtiiins. both cla-scs would bene
fit themselves very greatly by systematic
saving oi mom or less every wc-k. We
have hundreds ol tlmusau la of up ii who
are yet compuralive'y young, who deplore
the lact ol hafiu spent their money as
last as tiny cirned it, an I who ure le
barre l Iro n cn o'ing into budnrss or en
gaging in s-'in - enterpi ise for Ihe lack of
n e very money they a good aa threw
away iu llieii yotiti.er d.iys.
u
(ems Hint st.irUle.
Words ol love are works ol love.
Au active tool mver prows rutly.
Choose such pleasures as recreate, much
and cost Utile-.
Fill the world with good deeds and you
will II I it with your owu gloiy.
II ipe is the troth on lift's oveiflowiug
tiiilj!. Whitehall limes.
Ii is something fine tn lie good; but is
far liner to be good lor soineih ng.
They Bre never alone who are nccom
I'linii d with tn li lu thoughts.
Seeming dillii-idt'es generally vanish be
lore lullli, prayer, an I perseverance.
The In art that is aoone-t awake to the
Il weii. is always lirt to be touched by the
I Horns,
It we try to think more of others than
we do id iiur-ii-htswe shall txhbui have
a grn vmi. e.
As th-ashnig separates the win at from
t he cluilT so does dll etlou puilly virtue
nil 1 honesty.
The actions of men are like the index of
a book; titty point out what is luest iigree
i.ble lu them.
A"t wi !1 at the muni'-nt and y u have
perio-mc l n good action to all itetn ty,
1 here is no less "ran 'enr in supporting
gieut i v i ! than in p.iloiniuig gr. ,,1 ilt-t i'.s.
O.i'y what wo have wtop.ght into out
cl.atU' teis diirino lile can we lake awuy
I h ua.
An ounce of bean is worth a ton ol pultun-,
the mightiest lorue lu iho w rld is
hear: bnce,
iJ i straight on and ln.i't nrn-l en-'inics.
II ihey get in your w .y.walk calmly round
them, ngarJIe-s id their spite.
As we inu-t render an account ol every
idle word, H i lini-t we l'.t-wlsv nl our id e
silence.
L ie is a bi.ltle. Fn in i'sestliisl dawn
to lis I ile. t breatli wuine slruugling w ith
joniellnng,
I i c nun ni lot Itinni w ho a e firthcst
Ir.-ni Oil to boii-l tl.c.neelvis most ol liv
nikj in ur t he el. met),
I: is goo I to In- early at ur d, votiot s
The inoiniiu is as g- o l a liieud lo the
giaces aa ii is to Ihe Rinses.
Then-is no man so friendless but Hint
be c in Ii i I a bien I sim-rro en ugh (o tell
him disagieeal'le li u lis.
Ensile s men who ate in und out ol the
biignt sunslmiu s.ll diy Hhoiild try and
Carry a llltlo id It homo with them ut
night.
Th- pebblns in our path weary us, and
ni'iko us foois -re nioie than the rocas,
which ri q i re only a bold iil..ri to sur
mount.
The lig h ol a recnneilud (in. I, fhining
from ihi'c.ross o! our Lord Josus. gives the
heaven 01 lhe redeemed Its brightness.
The sha low ol that rtosa makes the outer
d iikuese of the abode of tliu Inst.
A friend te'ls us this ns a bit of his ex
tierienci- in liavel : He was once travel
ling iu Massachusetts and went into
prayer-met t 1 1 an I heard a Inothcr t' U :
"Oh Lord, have 111 rcy on us imse-a j!
sinners, cf wh mi I am duel and altogether
lively."
"I don't have enough leligion lo btsg
ol," says an oi l Nevada miner, "but 1
never get into Ihe cage lo go up or cowu
without leiliii,' how p:uy I tn, aud how
gra'. my Maker is.
si a I a I h
SIACE I S I n s
I O H I CO I O
One Sqnarei, S 00 I fl 00 ii (XI l 00
Two Sipinrea, S 110 10 0 1 20 01 30 00
Three Miuures, 8 oil ; 1ft 00 ,li) 00 f, 1)0
Four Siiiara, 10 ml . 1-1 no , .'(: ?,o 4S 00
Fourth Cnl'n, 15 no ' '.' on 40 00 f,0 00
Half Coininii, io 00 1 30 do I ro 00 (15 00
rt hcil.iooiiirnii, One Year, 75(0
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T4I.IIOI I A MKU
SIIUCKOI MAC'IIINK 0l
RICHMOND VA.
Manufacturers ol Portublii and Stationary
-'.-. gioes ami llnilers, Saw Mills, Corn and
Wheal- M ills, Sbnfilng, lltingors and I'nl
nvs, Turbine Water Whoi-ls, Tobai-co Ma
iliiio''iy, y.'vnight Iron Work, Hniss and
Iron 'Htii f.j-n, Machinery of Every le
eriptii. GlNMSU AND Tlllt t'UNU MaHMUM
A SI'El'I ALT I".
KepairiiiK I'roiniillj A C'arnlalljr
Hone.
TAI.UOTT'S rAI'KNT Sl'AKK-AKKUsTlift
'lhe Invention ol the Ago
It does not dnstroy lb 0 draft. It docs)
not interfere, with cleaning tho tubes, k
will not oh ike up, and requires no clean
ing. It requlrna no direct dampors lo V
opened when ruisiiu: Htoani (datnpora be
lug obj.-clionablo, ns lliov may bcloltopen
and aliow si arks to escape )
It rtq'ilrea no water to rxtingnMi
sparks, which, by coiiilonsatiim, iloslroyi
Ihn drntt. Be-ii-les, lion water is used, If
iK'gb-i-led, tho cldoiency ia destroyed by
eviiporiilion of the water , mid the boiler U
kept In a llltliy eondillop.
It Is Hlriipln and duriirilo and can be re
lied upon. It can be attached to any boiler.
No planter should hn without one of tl.oui,
Insur men companies will insure gins and
barns where tliu Talbott Engine aid
Spark-Arresters inn used at sstne rat aa
eliargod for wator or hnrso power.
T3"Sond for IllustriileJ circulars aad
price list.
itrancli houo, Ooldsborn, N. C
J. A. II MJ.slllt. i-onoral Manager.
T. A. (iKANliKli, Local Wanaser.
Ill 11 V 8 tlni
j)IEDMONT NUK-ilv.vlhH.
;itKi:sito.to s.c.
GREAT REDUCTION OF PKICE3.
I nn-poHc t'i rsriv.v fo tfu patrons of Vlftl.tt-mf
Nui'MiTii'ft, thf iHMii'tll of tlii trnvflllnir ftrt-ntir
commissions mi my Nurt'-ry Si"tU. imiimiM iiijf
riTiM i r.M'H. At.., ni. t i.:if r-'iiiiff.i iu pnw
it p-T r.'iil, AiM'l- rtij-t N''Im'h, 1st rlnss, S to
f.-'t: tint' lnii .ovctt Ki'tiits ti flrt Kfown hi
NiTlli l aroliiri. ami r.'iily ftr inspect iit. Wt-
ni'" at! v-Mi to nny Nurx ryitian In onllfoM
rotnily I't'iuiii's r"nt A I'pks numimr from tho
nrli l t Hit l;itist v.ir:i't tt-s. 'f ri't'H will t
p;irk''t In ir-'o t r n r lioVi-s o,' linlt's, ftiid
hvi'rt'il to KiitlroAil Ui-pot.ai or Kpii-!4 OlttrtM
without nny t'trii''!inr ri f r tiocs or th'liv.'ry.
I will tiirniMi nt Mm' ttiiiuvVii'.K low r ih1 : t't-m-h.'S
ami Ap li's In nny i it .1 .t tt y, luiprovi'.l fruit, 10
r uts I'ni'h. 1'i nrs. 1'iiiins, A; rm'trt. 4fCt:irlnt'ji
tjuliu-i', Cr.it" ApptVi, llf-rs. t ;n'rrt' ;'.t e'iitn,
Oriinm utal Tr '. s. K-m.(i hinl Klowi'm wlH 1
(cltl rln"!p r tl iin u Im ko!1 Py any Numtvy In
N-.rthri.n'linn. -h to nr-i inp:;iiy tho orl.-rn.
An one not InvHnsT ciOt may till out a note to
fttnirp'ty onli'i. sitrni'tl ly tnrrnas-'r, to b-
pnl-l Inn Ir-'t's :ir- ti 'liv-Tt 'l at ttVpct spfcirtJ
py pur.-iiHsi'r. ."ii' in :.-fouij':iny in't'H in
phIiI w'ht'ii tici's tiro ili'ltvon-.l. purt h.iso.'ri pa
all frolt:ht on f.:uiii. Trt't-s wl I po stiippod lu
Niii'i;il''rnii'l puroltasiT iiotitli it vlnn to inool
tlif.ii. Vers. in-. nr-h rinn will stat plainly wIhto
to ship. Ntunotho (Ifpots. l.i'itt-M of Inin
ansWiTfit chtM-rfiillT. onli-r solioltou ami talii
fat'thui Kiianiutor.l, Hi-iul in onltTj at ono.
M l. IM X' 1.
Troprit tor riotlunit ulsrloi
JiilyHfiiH.
r.n.YICK""
( AKItlt;i:H All Ul'GCIKb
MADE TO ORDEfi
Oil
RiyA,mei) at low rKiixa.
All kinds of woo l work and trlmmfj.
done In good stylo, lllui-ksiiiitb work don
at ahorl nolliv and with nentnois. A
new work warranted. Kma painting fiir
buggies dom, at low rici-s.best paint used.
s!'i:i ni, at i rjs givfxto
THE L'NDEiiTAKINU PEl'AUTMKN f.
Co tli ns and C.isMis of all .slkea eocjrietxlij
on baud.
C irria ia M I'erinls kept onhand at prise
below l'etorsbuig market.
Weldon N. a
Juno f ly
J NO, T. V OKD,
T ekes pleasure In announcing that ha
can still be lound at bin stand tu
FIRST STHEET,
Where he has on baud a full Hue oi the
Elnest
WINES,
WHISKIES and
11UANMKS.
TOU.UVO. CIGAR3,
and SNUPK,
OUANUES. APPLES,
and CONFECTION EKI
Illaa'nok of Canned Goods and Orocse
les is iiuiiaualiy
Full Had Complete
Old Oabinkt Wiiiskky A SrcriAi.rrv.
KRKSH LAO KH BEKR OM DRAUOHT.
llo miHrintoos BiiU-ifiiotion. Call and
auu l.iui.
Nov 21 ly.