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(tItbii to ll branches ortheprofoii.slou.. . I
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W I. BSAHCH, . - ,
attokVey AT L 11V. ,
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Tractlana In thi' iiunti of Hll(nx, Nnsh
BdnecomtjcMirt WUson. Cyllflctioiw m ! lu al
pH oJ the fittrt. - 1" 1 tt
W. U4.LL, ;
rfTTOltyST AT I.tV,
WELDON, N. 0.
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IpMlal ltontlnn glTtn to
rmlttntNH promptly binUu
coUctioiiS &nfl
lillU H. MDUSMi
JOHN A.VoUHE.
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Practice IrtllrcoirSrl's' tfattfit, NorthMni-
ton.. Ei
KJKswmW.jPilt' Mul JMiiriiuIn .U- fin
firoJrt 'ths, t fcnd -i niie T ci1r:il
rmf!"roirtji'ths, Ait itit'-il
Coiirtu of thp KiiatiTU restrict. Colloclli'im inula
In tuy Pirt of tUoetat. ' ' - Janlly
TAMES K. O ' II A K A,
" ATTORNEY. AT. LAW.
'i?spibli,k. c. ' I
Tractions In tbo cfinrti of Halifax and adjoin
tnf rouiitli'a, ami In iie u irt'ino ami KiMliM-al
courts. roliprf)i). luafl 1iJniiy vxA oftho
ttrtn. Will atti'ini at tint court lmu in HoMftix
on Monday and Friday of each week, j.m l'itf
ob sar o. btjb roii jr.
ATTOKKEY AT LW.
HAllPAxifc.
frafttlooa In thn entire of Halifax, and adjoin
ing countlRS. In til" fnpri'tho joiuirt of Hiu
Stale, and In th Fcdoral court v
Will lr )rcl1 at ntliiii fn tn trt'rctlon
o? claim and toat)uUK il iKrmima of i-x-calor,Juilullntnri
and gnardiuu.i.
(lctlUtf
1ATUL aiMAII,
. ATTORNEY AT LAW.'
HALIFAX, N. C.
Traeticcsln thaconrla oMWitat ail adjoin
Bonntl. and In I tin Supremo and Kworal
MionrH. uiilina nllorM In all irti-f North
Carollua. Oillcc In the Court Hou-o'. Juljltf
Attorney t Lw,
- ,HA.UIFA.X, N. C.
Prartleoa In IlaliUt and rd)olnln conntiof
and Fedrral and 8mirMiw courts. '
win h. it HcoiJaud Nuck. " ('Very fort'
a an W If
JOH.
B. BATCHELOR. .
ATTOBV8Y AT LAW,
. XAiEiait, x. a
tl(- In th rourH of the (Ith .Iiidlclat
latrlrt a In tlia Federal and SuprguioCuurts.
ay J1U. ', ,
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W. U A S U N
ATT4BHET AT LAW,
vnrtli-n In tha courts of Northampton and
adloluluif couutlca, aliio in tin Kodoral and Ju
reum.cuna,. , , J"1"' 9 t'-
. i. sir.
k. C. toUICOf'tEIl.
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ATTORNEYS AT LAYr
. WKLilOS. N. C. ,
fraMIri1 fn tin conrta of tlHIfnt and ad)olriln'
niitlon.and tn i i-'in'roiiK'i mi "i"iri.ni
. I'lftini MllMilwd iii an v iMICkiif NrllM:arolina
Qua uf Llie lliiu will uli '""II I In. Hio
flca. jiini'Mly
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B. Z. I, UU-NTER,
4UBGEON DESritT.
Cd b found t bis olBoe In EnfleUI,
fr Nitrous Qx'Ua J.n (ot,,tha
Vna Rrtrartlug of Tcath alway on
Tain
k- B E It W J. BURTON,
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4' ' 'attorney at law,
weldon, n. c.
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Tractlrea In the courta of Halifax, Warren and
:ad)oluliiK oountlcK anil in nuproiur nl r -rral
cuurta. Claiuia collrtitcd In any part ol
North lrollua. juuciiu
R
H. 8MITU, Jit.
, ,' ATTORNEY AT LAW, .
SootlasdUkck. Halifax Cofntt K,
riwtlca In the county of Halifax and adjoln-
lr, eniinlloil. And ill Ihi! 3ulK'Ult) COUl't of 1 110
.11 ly.
.VOL. IX. ;
,,,t I trpn at the Dour.
As we know familiar vuiron, - ' .
Knry near ami ilrar nnd'acnU, , , , . ,
Coining tliroiitib thfl ilodt nhtuikMrs,
WaKinu owlic e in tm liU ;.
S9 with iiiNrinct alL uniirciiiK,
Kor atronRthiwiiuti nire ami more
Wo can road the varied Iiiwjuuko
Of tlio lbiitiilpp" at tlio iluor. '
GrnrTpa'a faltorinn troml, now heavy
, ,t Wjb tho wlalrt (if friittfnl ytnrn,
KoariiiK vendor, u-ililan pU.v-r i ,i ;
. j-Altio.st Birmi(i lliis iitin of (oarj
fcStoarn.iHt foot that nevor Irtlti rod,
Bravoiy gonu m bofnra i I
Bv and bv we'll miss t hoi r inusio i
, .ilfrvtoiir Aiip ml lh tor I' I :
flisn tbn patlnr of Iba olilldmn,'
Uaftpv dai lini( I dm (mil In,
J.lli huitnrllluaHiid aniibaniia '
. Willi no ili.iiiKlit or .'nrs nraln '
-..lillU fol tli at nod aura Knldlng
- I'tml the pillulla on iliaabnro,
,'Jidns tboy turn hk1.I to Uiiaohlof -
a itlusai-i footKtppa at the (lour !
Thnn tlio inntrnn (('nil iind ohooryi '
, Jlims her k"1 niiiii drawing inli;
'A.dc1 tho I'liil.lii n lioai tliH inothof
lii ilmy IboIMotM fly;
Jloiioohnl ! imisloT Vni all' hour it I
Wliilo wo lovo It ilinro and moro,
And wo liopo to woloom i with II
i ' Angl I'lot-ttopM at the dnnr.
sftLLA THE WANDERER.
't!uts(i uu, vjirl, yon cliiill hiiik.'
. 'I.cancot sins I niu liti d ofit, fiunory
and sicrt,' answond a p'nintiv voioc that
would have uliuik a chord of sviiirutliy
in any beirt. ' , ' " .
' 'Jl jou do, not tinf I wilj licat you, (or I
will not, lose the uinucy you could puiii
bure,' aaid a Ointi'o voicr, liarsh and
aDstry,
Tbe apeakeH ptond in frnnf of a lordly
mnnVinti, on ol the wonlll-.it'St c'ot iii llio
"jni trojrtis, aud thoy wore a nnu, joul'Ii
anl CfiitjUoiikiufi, ImldiBu' iu fii linn u
violin; and a younj; girl Frarcely mno
than twelve yonranf i-o, It'imini! wearily
upnD a small luup which 6 lie bud placul
upon the rurli.
Aiiain the man stil :
'Sin, o I saaM-Mi'iltT,A
' 'Tuen, with a ml'Ii, the maiden run hor
ftnvrrs liuhtly oyer ibe ))ari Ftritifja, and
I Lore burst I o r ; b ujimi the midnight air
a floof of (jitlish mflody that. ttim-ii from
a half rHoA.alr-rtrtry -vrin, a
younu mini who eat jut within the
Club window, and concealed frntn outaidd
view by the heavy r.utUin.
'My heavens ! whai a voice I and a mem
child, too,' he exclaimed, as the song
ocaed. H
Then nuain tha man said harshly ;
'8in, Carta Diva.'
I caonot sip;; in ire ; pity me, for I aai
very tiled and hnnury.'
'Cuise you, I'll make on s'nf ; pre, tiny
have not heard ynii.'for ihcy are plt3 inj
oaf It in the back mo n vn-f acain.'
'Iu'leed 1 catiDot,' iifain raid the plain
tire v nee. ,
With a miittcre Ucursb thq mn raised a
leather it. a p. o'tic.kly It di-eendid. and a
groan escaped the tjiil's Ifpi ua it fell with
cruel foiceupiio her shoulders,
A taiii it nijcetidcd, nn 1 she one 1 out :
'Yes I'll ,rJ "J slut ! lor G.id'e sake dq
not. biat me.
But a-ain the s'rap wis dscendini;.
when fiom out the nuia.-ive portal ,1 uted
tall form, a heavy blow lell in tho luc j
llheciuel enntnre, and he WHa hniled
backward iou Hinlicet,vilh a taroa iut
jtunned tim, ; .
Oh, air, have vnu kilkd biui : cried Ine
y o u n a (iirl, in dialu n.
Mo, indeed, ami H i.nan hm
lirut'ility
Bill Iho
ileseVved it is he v'onr lal'.'.er V
eatli iiian w ho hid so
puuiiptly piini-hvd
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the Inhum lOtP'in. , ,
No, sir, ho is not my
iitht'i 1 neifir
knew mv parents hut ke tolj uiu tbir It
it
I J i not believe it you are not of l.u
(lino, neti her were' vour partutti. ' Are you
an Amefietn V
'No sir; 1 am nu IMian.'
The Uiue, bcautilul. blaek eves, with
llieir.twciiuf hi!n: xait taj0't to tho
e beloie he', and wian perlett trust, Inr
her vre'e'ver she luheld a youno uyan
of
uerhiiH iwcoty-fl), t'lll, splendidly
formed, dresstd liishiopalily, and with a
ce f X eedianly bamls nnd nonle.
0 iX'iii down upon i li -" niaufco, he' be
held a f.ica and form Inch he had never
seen aq ia.la l fir tH-anlv. and hl i;iH-Ii,
olaintifC. thouuli txflll .it ' Voicu, scraiii)eiy
yell cullivatert loi,4iutt w youni, haj hl-
eaiy toucnen nn urui,
, The ui'to who hud hioa si uncxprcteillv
punt-bed bid lu tjie Bicat.timu icyuiu-
his leet, and was rtamiing near too two,
ttV"H sullenly iiiontheiii, while he at-
feetiOBaiely "atioked his.iiiis-e, whicli had
felt the full lorrc o) the blow.
Mv child, this man h.s no claim upon
ju,n.-il i)e1ljnaJ,letlii, lyWy, it. tbiouah
the courts.
rhavono sister, and. my (jjotuer has
only metolovg, 81 she will irladly wel
cme ymi to hei1 lfai V and ln r linme.
Ooiua, wuvt iH tokc a vtb aud tiiive mote.
1h the lni 0'ii ?'
lie oave it to mi'
sir. -
ILM him havii'i;, and Ton ahall have a
liandtomcr ouc.' .
Tfis i iiiti'a civs '11 ishcd with -joy, and
Door litllti WiO li'tl'f that she was. how
klulliy sue arcpteil the kind oirer of lit r
jjrw -found Itien 1, , 4
i u d . . ui : t.-,n : rT-.a'.'j n " i.
aud'jAu'lkU'prni it, Jiiun lelluw, if yon
rkke hajfc.utl,' . . Kn.- . '
. ln!nilt Ui.'.voiina man turueJ upon
th . iow, hi ,cyts flailing, a be an
swtren : . , ' . .
.'Vou are a miserable lirulc, aijij have no
liuhtfo lhairtrT'lf Vou have, pioveal be-
fire 8 court juMico oiy name is L'O
PiCiton, ftod aiiyona. will teJI you here I
lie-laud tatde, lor wa wotdd pa.' .
,'Oh, sir, he wiU kiU you.' crioi the c'ri,
ahe'aw h'ef ' je'riK'louk' 'inafler Jra a
,iijfiiel ttftldenlf sprini 'M' liro"
BuUhe vllll&B :jal mistaken his ftlsn,
lor, spnuaing Ous side, Li u Tfrttoti deall
him a suotung blow upon tho lu t temple,
which'. auaih . aeut bun ree'.int; to tht
erou id, wliili-kia klllle tail w ilU R ringing'
rat'leupun the pavement. , k , ;
Come 911 no(v .heiu, ca' t TanH f- o
Pieiton hailed basin vthlcle anil In
tweuty minutes more lb li'tlo wanderer
loun l luT'lf wltlMM Ana iiU-ho .. , nt lotlllf
houtos In the metro)iriia. where a aita
welcome mrt bar in .in .Mr, l'lestoii the
favinc mother of til Raliant Levy who. o
tew wotJi, lo'.d hi:' all tbitt lu1 Ulia)
nired. . ' j " - '
From that olifbt, Stella, . tlnj . wauJerer.
found a biiwe in the Predion nunsion, and
bet life BluUJ'-bajuSljr 04 far .'', lot
WELDONlliTXy,
luirdiwf auttfupt tjrreain
hue, di.ubtlei't .koowiog i tliuw i Birluis it
would ha to conteit the uac in luw,
. . . J . , ,
r nnr years' pajswt away, alley iBe Cora-
K ol bttUa -U Irte ' Urcton'"Huttt6'.t iad
I ni;
one niiiht she sat ulone in byrsnirtuouaJi-j
liitai&ue.ii touiu
I'ut her riiainer
j you, uud tea8
eyes.
wis pot briilhj anil
dunked fief bc'iutifil
M I M ! ' 1
What a wonderful
eh&Sge 'hul' tome
over hei s. nee that nlchtheo Lro'TrtH.'
ton proved hot p -.gi.rVer ; bc-r lurm 'had
tltiodt'tiiW4voaiMllKitdv toil vsa irtoe-
ful and ilicnilled, while her faofl bad, be
ciimn Y"ujl'r(iull' beautillil.
'N I cnhot ' rcinai'B Inujjcr here, for
the tilth at school. tell luc Lain but ruvut.
east, picked up (if tlie ! strref: afUllnit' V
lov Leo fif liU loiluaw, '"
i i'Oud knowt tUuy wroii(j m bufl I .
Jiiv Ut Uvea nis, and I lore Mrs wjth a .
,ty heart. :
, 'Tes, this niitht I will leave, anil civ
letters lo Leo and his mother will ciplaiu
why I take this step, ,
' 'Hut what art) I to dot
'Hal 1 have it 8lnnr Galncp-1, my
good old niunift teacher at Madam H n
da n't. told ins if I ever wanted a Irlemt i
coma to film, and he would briup.mo out
upoo the operatic ataea yes, be tails to.
moirow lor Ettrnpa, to ta.te charni) ol tho
Vieons Opera HouSls I will aecoitpany
b'ni.' .
Havine made np her mind wlint Cotirso
she would pUisllu, ijtella 'triVi and wn.tu
two letters, one to .Mrs, Pieston, tho oilier
to L o, and then mkcd her tiunk q netly,
slid sent a servant loi a h'ir'c.
Ij.'O and his mother Were absent in the
couutiy, .having none to , their country
liorpe on (Tie II mis u, for a day .or two, to
Stella hud (in ouu to iinolor bcr ilepa tme.
anil was f-aoa diiviiiii mpidlv away from
the linme, where for four years alio had
known ta much bf happiness. "
'
A '.'iiia (i i yea: s liuvc gone Ry, am) all
London 'i in txc.teineiit river the new
Prima D ina, til it has appeared bclora tbt
fooiln-lit ol llie opurntio
At the elalis everywhere, and In every
snri if i;alherinc; her prai't i are sunij In the
highest krins, and i)iiihtly tlio K'nu I old
build in;, wheie she appears, is crundud to
nvc flowing, to bear the tweet notes that
flout irom her lis, ' ' ,
The new star is advertised' to appear in
'Faust.' and during the garden scent) In
tli.itwlieii,.UifJl opera two fceiitltroen enter
ouc ol tbu boxes and turn their eyes upon
too hiaulilul Impersonation . of 'Mai
Kiieriie.' '
Oneof the ffctitlcnen is an I'dL'lish ol
ficer, the other wenis the nnilorm ol an
lUliuu colonel, and Is a ilaik'uutd, hand
some man of perhaps lurty-two. .
udiltn'v lh touicnur ataits, his breath
Is drawn hard betwieil his shut teeth, im.l
his whole S7, i is liveted upon the love'y
Prima I)onna. ' ,
,'IIoly Yirnin I can such likenesses ttV
he criedi and then, turniB! Jo his chip pan
ion, lib remark.id, excitedly:
Colonel. Uraimird, 1' nmst sec yonder
lirnuiilul woman come, I willseud in our
cards.' ( i i, i t
The I'tifilijlmian hi Stated, aud thru
S ii.i : ,-.
'1 think, Siyonr Duk that wo bid I bet
ter call oo her lioiel lo-uiono v.'
'Taie, it Mu!d be best,' replied the
other, and at one o'clack tho billowing
day the ff.ilian called lor hii EnHhsh
friend, btit fonnd hltu cnuaocd, ntui so
i nntind on alona, to ' vUit tht woiimu
in whom lie bad become so dSVply in
tcriisted. '.
. '. . '
The P.-irja Bonnii sat alone in hi r sump
tunua li oinf. I lly, claovinrj , over the no
tices writ.in, ,ol her (uV the nmriiiii;;
papCT. f '
Sudderily bet maid. tuUtcfl, bringing a
ca.d: - '
Taking M'he read llieiron ;v .
Vll'TOK 34kH!oo, , ,
Duke ol Alvinli.
'I do not rcou'inbei t have e vor met the
P ike and vet the Dan e secun strangely fa
miliar. Yea, I will f e him. Nanneti.
A mon, ent after thu Italian dllieer en
tered the iiiiiin, ttud with courtly .,i;tuce
lis adv.uco I aud, bowing low, said :
'Par Ion my intrusion, lair ludy, hut I
lame to fee ton unasked, nn aro tint ol
your ruinatkablo resemhlatice to a dearly
loved siiiter'ol mine, the Lady Y'c'oriai
Men licio.'
'You htp welcome, sinnor, and I must
say your name seems strangely tamiliar to
ue Victonui Slendi.'.ml burelv.A uave
hear,. thaMiame also,' and iho beantilul
mm('.eu-.0T aha seemed scarcely moto than
taentv veais of age ppeared lost in
ihoucht, I
'You speak Italian ptrlectlf. though
yours is not an I'iilan name,' mjges'.cd thu
Duke.
I am Italian.' , .
'Indue I ; tuen, by the ll ily Vlroii, yon
are a Mi-ndigio. Listen lo - me, please,
while I Ml y.oi the at' fy of my 6iter"s
lilt,' mid thu Italian spoke (xeitcdlv, and
In a tew words bd I tha maiden haw h.s
liuatililul ai"ter had marriel ft young noblu
ol Itily, who bad pIcMtcTl anamst his Rv
eriiraeut, t.een dcticted. n i ha t to fl lor
Ins hlu to Auieiici, whither hit devoted
wile went with him. '.'
Since that tun the Kuan had l..-"vr
heard fioin them, si'd believed I hem both
dead -' . " -
.Then llie- maiden told tho story of her
life, l.o tier parents had died, ol starva
tion u!iuot. in a poor parrel, and lelt her
to thu lender tncicits ot an itinerant mus
ciun, their only Iriuud, wlicu sh was but
nine ycats ot aire, and that lie l.ad maUu
money out id her. ..through Jier wonderful
voice, forcing her toiniig upon ine streeta.
and Ihirt all she had '.utt in Iho w.ir!J were
the tiro niiii'atjre ol her parents, lakon from
thu uold locket, which her cruel master
h1 stolen.
Then she t"fd ol Jier finding a protector
in L- 0) Pr!!!. he happy life at his mag
n ticeiit home, her flight from there, and
how her old inu-ie. teacher , had adopted
hur aad In on -lit befoul as a songstress,
&riing. btella for the Priora Donua
t'tt mm Ailt.-r that flic litttn wanderer
went tf) herdrsk.tnd totik Iheieironi. th
mluuturt. wlilob she hat hid haniUomcly
re-ct, aui wHth one glance at them D-ik
Mendiuio ucoiiDiz.'d bit sisler and her
hu ban'. "':
Inloouool the .moU fashional.to rlulis
in London strolled two gentlemen one ol
llie.u Colonel liiaiuard, the oUir an
American, Li:o l'aolou nlw liai ua;
iwl tntpfa; tTuRiflcttt IniiTfioBj.ip.'
iiudtliinly.tiiey:i eonfmnted "bjt the
Duke Mendiyio, and (jolonel Bminard,
allct iUcCLliH! Uuu, picuaUid klS-AtuiiOan
Wricnch f ) , Ml!
B Tlio Aaliatx was partithlaily
Rra-io ,s
niomrn s
townuls jtya, in a lew"
said
', 'tyonnr .liitpn,
hottl. agj wnu'l I
I am on my way to my
lotjl. aaj wnul I bo pleased to have your
oiijpnJ,aii;,iJilJ see you upon an ira
bWaht matter.)
Leo'fttd'nri rjifaijement, and willingly
consented, and in hall an hour wan ushuied
inja tho ll: krfsiaia tineatst
.-. 'Walk : ifcroagh into tho other room,
plea e, rinor P'Citonlan,ii,wjU,iniii you
. LuadliiikS jilit itud-und bcfiuld himself
VLUILUU. . . ..
Then, line t,lrou upjn her, ftnd he rec
ogii'm I Utella. the wanderer,
Ai ipilckly was ho tccou i d, and then
he! n ten the two pa.-sid long eiplann ions
and In taking his 1("ive alti r a few hofir'
cad, iu which thu Duke, Stella's uui'lo'
had wisely kept away, Lon leaned over
pressing his lips 10 the beiulilul lore
. said eoltli :
'Srvll., Wn; linve P ionght 'yi'",
f ted I would never find you on eaiili.
1 had heard of tho beautihil Prima
I) iiHiii, upou luy ar.ivul limn America yes
tiird if, and was gaiog to tee her to
night, 'II I reonr;n;z d you on the slagn I
fear 1 would b ivu mada a fool ol my
e.f. .
Hut thank God I have totvid you, and,
ritfll k. must I lose you ugaiu V
'No. Lao, lor you only have I loved,
since the niht you l.iun I n:e poor liUle
Stella, 1I10 w.Mitltfrttr. ' r r
iliimri ii I I ' , i f
i, " f i ;,. ! :i
-.r tFium.m,Jiiv i.'w.ii.a.'iuieai .
There is uiucli diversity of opinion 9 to
whether youug ladies Cnu pn puly iu
dtilgo in thu spoil id coa.lni, or, ss the
boys ol the last generatinn used to call it,
sliding tlowu hill. In kmio coinmiinities,
thu youth ot both tt-xes coat in the
winter evcnlnga without siau.lal, though
lor some iusoriiiablu leason it is hel l thai
the iiruiiscnicnt must not be indulged in
tiy daylight, or even nn uioonligiil nights.
In other coinmiinities, roasting is regarded
by all well couductud young liulics a a
;,.osa iiuproprit ly, and Is even publicly
pu nched ogiiiusl by Talinag'nu I'linisu rs,
as ouc ot the sp.jibi that kill. Tins latlet
npt'iiioii pri vails in West Meredith. N. II,
and the ntuit tragedy which occutrcd at
thai placj is by soinu people Uullived lo
have been Iho illicit result id the lonal
condemnation ol Uuiiniiiu cousting. Ii n
only it to s-ay ttiaa q uit another inbT
pfotution may lie giwu lo it, and it may
be arg'icd I hat bad public, seutiiueiit ill
Wc t Mtr. dub bin n in lavor ol leiniiiiuu
ciustiog tint If'ig.My .woft'd not ' H ive
ha-piietie'd. f:i f let. It ii ilrflitult to say
w here the responnidity I ir il n a ly ie.-ts,
r.n 1 there are those who insist that-it
was entirely owing to the lart that Mr.
Hopkins was to an utipieccdcitod extent a
cni-ccitHiiis 'in.1 good young man.
The blameless Mr. H.ipktutl was a mode!
(or all the local young in' n, ii.iismuc.h as
he was absolutely without llic IniiitcHt
trace id an obiectiotmble habit. Ciiiiouslv
vnouh, the, young m n dtcjjiy d to jnjnb I
'ihei'i, selves li'i.oii hllu, , the yotmg
women, in spite ol the tact. that his respect
for wouiuii iu thu utaiijct uud. tbu con
crete was simply unparalleled, did not
look upon him with lavor. Miss II own
. to.fV1l'M', '! ttnt. nj'ei ,n Mv
Itileralf I lr. Hopkins lo siu'li mi extent
that l.e lell nii'dcstly in love with her.
I'l.e two were nut positively on the fo d
in.; ol lovt rs, since trie young mini's if
sped lor her wis so gnat he luver
vtptured to iniike a loiin d piopnsal, but
it was eeurrally understuort that ho would
ultimately Inace hiiusell up te that point.
line evening, or, to In. i x n't, last Weil
in s lay evening, MUt Urown "ftske I Mr.
Hopkins to take her' to the lop td
LiUiain'H in I. and let her ilidti down it
jjsi once. The proposal sin eked the
young mi'i's I'mer insiincts. but tha young
lady priiisied, and dually kktd Uiiu il
be was so lekng iu itvpect I'.r her as lo
believe .thut.slie could propose any thin:;
Ihat auriiot UriU'l' p Vaer. Of ceur-e.
aiu'r this Iheie was noftin g to he sml,
and Mr. Hopkins, ru ieplilitiusly. borrow
lug Master t'hai tes Iliown's fled, iscotted
th.1 rash young lids hv tht-bittA load to
the top ol I. a' haul's hill.
The hi 1 was a long aud a IKcp one
a
id, as it wae.ne.irlj ti o'fjock, nt soul
'aa-fis'luiclfi'thu- c!t"ir' fiioonniJht.''' Mr.
wis'
Hopkins sat down on the lorward part of
the sled and Mips Hrnwn kneeled behind
ste.itlyiug heisell by placing her
hands lightly on his shoulders. '. bvoi y
Ihme being i.a.ly, Mr. Hopkins BUiteu
the sled, and.in a lew seci.n.ta they wer-i
Tiiy;"(l irtirtlll hill at t Sbtrtl fbUuut
n tv mil. a an lioir.
Near the bottom olllie hi 1 Mr, Hop"
kin K!it'' ived a boat J wh.ob I. a, I appa
reinly l.illtn liom a wagon, aid lav
diieetW acioss tho road. I'o i-trilin il
wrral I insuie u dinsler, and Mi II ikilis
tun e I '.e tied out ot thu direct co nso lo
avo- i 1. I he icsiilt was a lti".ht.iil one
The sh d stiitck a ttone, and Miss llrown
was slm' -lh Icnlul Velocity river her
eoil llicloi's head, and landed heal down
,. - I.-. .. .i...w b.mk.
Win n thr young man came lo himsil',
and dltentsup,le. hit- livaJ Jrom nn
wseckeil inoneietil the sled, lie wnt an
lling sueetacU'. I' roui the surlace q'.
a snow bank what to hi nslnuiMied eyes
seemed to bo tt)) beautifully lolored
burliers poles iiioj etc t.a.'U f unin u in o
ith a lit II alll hinlidne Inml.' "He calleil
u fly nu thtfame ol 'Ihe inTored Miss
lj own, lut no ono answered, nnJ lie
btgan to' tehr that some "acoldtnt hat
hatipenetl to lur. -'.
Mr. Hopkins aat dowi. in the snow aim
asked himself whst was the dull of tUc
hou-. To p.ill M'f-s ll.own rut was not t.i
)ie Ihoughl o( without a shbddt r. Il "
o ei: to bit ihmci tt at no muss rescue uw
in such a way that sha oecd' never kuo
that tho oioonllght had shpue upon -In
abort, that sue should never know an
lidna about tt.' Altar lne Ipouiriltl r ol
reflection, he dtcidrd to go to a neighbors
in bonoav a shovel, and to Knell the Hei
and thoulrteia ol Mirt Piown by. driving
tunnel thiough the loweT pait ol the suow
bank, by ineaiu ot which he couhf extri
cate her withotU putting her to any incou
veiiionce, . ,
It took tome time lor Mr. llopkiot to
obtaia a shovel, but his feircli wai linaliy
tuecesalul, sfiJ UeUuu to dig Lib tuuuel.
MARCH 4, 1880.
Tlif !, a ok aarj T'B'Oioas one; .nod he
foirpar thjt ho Thould ha-to' Woik
long lime before ho could strike Id ins
Iliowc in paying nnantiiies. , Ue worked
on steadily and silently. Not a tout iU
came' bom (he imprisoned young lady,
though he icpeatcdly becd her to make
hrrsull coniluitiible uud to rely upon his
devotion and shovel. Fully twenty
minutes from the time the acci lci t had
elapsed when young Pmedlcy, from the
poaloflioe, approached the scene, on his
way bom. To hit question, Mr, Hopkins
replied byeiplalning in th moBt delicate
way, .the dirD-alty auder which Hi
Hiown labored, aud the means by , which
he wai emloavoiing u extricate'' lnr.
Young Smodley he-rd him through, and
then, with a toia'ly irrelevant remark,
expressing an Inexplicable confl lencu that
iu the In, urg ho would bu personally ai d
emtiptcelT "darned," ho climbed the
snow. brink, sei.ed that is lo say, took
hull of in fact, pulled Miss I!:own
suddenly mid violently lium her snowy
tuiiiW.
I he young hnly, as every one knowt
recovcied consciousness in tha course ol
thu evening thanks to Dr. Sabiu's
ptompt mid skilllul attentions. Strange
to say, however, she conreivrd all unac
coiinialilc h illed lor Mr, Hopkins, Mi l
cariied it to such au extent that tho is
now uud, r mo I to bo engaged to marry
young Smeilley. The most painful feature
ol ihe hfl dr ii this rurions incapability on
tho young lady's part to appreciate the
delic-cy and lespcct with which Mr
l'opkius ticiled hui. Ilu would have eug
her out in the cniiisc ol an hour and te
le ied her without subjecting her feeling
to t he sliuliltst wound, but she actually
preli rn d the rough and brutal tieatmeiit
lo which you SmtJii'V suhjected her.
Can it be that Mr. Ooldwiu riiinth is
riglil, and that, wc ale on tbu,' Verge of a
moral jfotericgnum t' " " '
An Aim iu Mli',
We tll cauuot bt'Kri'ajt in this world of
ours. Philosophers who hold alolt thu
torch ol knowledge ami wisdom; poets,
w liose songs echo loiever iu the huinau
hi ait; warriors, whose Bwor.ls mark the
boundary liirs of oations arise very sel
dom in t liu world's history to grasp those
talisiuauio wet pout "by which mau masters
meu."
An I yet wcthould all have sumo noble
aim in lile-soino purpose, whose ncconi
p ishmeut, allhough nevur greeted by the
appl .ihc of lame, may win lor us, in the
lar t il luturc, thu golden crowo ol perlect
happiness
In the great drama of lite we havo all
some put to play, and our gtaudest auibi
I ion thou d be to jdajj it wellv
''N'.it enjoy Miout and Hot aorrow
Is our ih-tiiiod end or way ;
Uut to not licit each to-iiioi riiw
h ind us lui thor tb.iu to-tlny."
To act -to et rive-to work this Is, in
deed, our trti iiim in life. Iu tho wonts
ol Adelaide Procter :
"F.vory hour that llool ao alowly
lias its l ivk lo do t r Icar :
lnnuinouK Iho urow n, ud holy,
Whim tach gem la sot with euro."
And there in joy iu labor, lor it means
to lighten the liur.lcus ol III 'xo who uro
li oir to ip; to smooth thu wrinkles from
ihtibrnw of a 'li.'d mnhor; o kiss the
lesrs Irom the bright eyes ot childhood;
to aid some we try ,wntj. n r ou the pil
grimage, t.) heaven.
"Tboro is inanv H gem in the path of life,
W Iii h wc puss in our Idle ploisnro,
Tn.il i. richer lnr than llio j. wrlod crown,
Or Iho inisei 'h b, undi d troasnio,
it in iv bo tho lovo ot'u litllo child,
Or a uioihor'a prayers to hoavon,
Or only a bogj-.ar's gru eiot lliiuiks
For cup of water tlven."
Ah, many of us yield lo despair, mail"
fall and f.int benmth tho weight ot tbo
ei.i-a of disappolutrjicnl ! Pouie, weary of
the alrilu, complain, ant! flinging don
tin ir waapnns ill tl(C bent of lile'f hard
battle, bumnan their late, even while Ibuir
br tluen are pfesmng on t victory.
Hut though clouds lron o'er our path
way, though liien.ls tleti -t us i", nur.uced,
uud liom the load ul duty luxury lurot us
to repose, lit us lusolvo lo perscveru ami
aim in life which will guile lit ever on
ward, like a id n!
I'o line, ! and rrmrmbcro always, in
the wortls of the
pott:
"Tis
m ter to weave in tho wob of llfo,
A briglit and U'.ldon Piling,
And lo do u.id'a will with a roii ly In art,
Wltft hands that are awltl and willing,
Than tn snap the dclieato, slender threads
Of our cnrl.iiHllve aaiioder,
Then blame Imavrni for tha tangled end,
And sit, mid grieve, and wonder.""
A 1 -- Year ri.
A IMmiter who was out in the country
the othur day to look alter some poultr,'
gt stock in a mud holv, at'hough having
il lirht loiggv ami a siring hoito lie got
out, look a i nil oil the It nee, and trying to
prv the vehicle) out, Vibea along r.n mo a
aliaopitig yciniig woman ab nit twemy-ix
year's id ngr. bhe haullc I, surve,d the
situation, and s iid : '
, ''You stand by the horse while I heavr
on thu mil, and 'don't be alitid ol getting
mud OU VOUI lieUils lid .tmi'lS."
The i unitud rirnts leleawd the vehicle,
ami 'the lMM'trr winintd llui.ri. auu
kskrd her to tut in and ri.hj. tlw hi.sita-
i t l,i, dee. 1 no uud down the road and
r'n.llv a id : j.
Stranger, I'm bluut tpoaou. no arc
tout''
' . . . . 1
11 o cave h is name anil resilience, ami
she rmiiinned:
"I'm over twCiilv-flve,'' worth f iOO in
ciih, kco v all about bouse woiK, and una
in h a:l uj
"Yia I know; but lor heaven's take don't
ask me lo marry you! ' be leplitd, at be
si the diltt.
' See bere," she Con'iDilcd, looking , him
siiuaTc io the eye, ' Pin sliaight girl, weui
a . 7 shoe, and I hke the looks ol you.
'.'Yes, but don't talk that wav to mid'
'StrsPger, it's lcapyeur, and 1 in geing
to pop. V ill you havo me or no!
1 -1 in already married!' he UltcreJ.
'II meat Injun!'
, Yes.' .
'Will, that Settlct mo, ml I won't ride,
I'll lake a cut acmts the iiuHl over to o,l
Spnoiier't. -lie's got l ur sons and a foi l
neidiew. an I'll bt gin i n tho, old man
aud pop the crowd eleir down to the idiot
lor I've sJumiuixi-d around this wotld just
as long as Pui going to! (loo l-bc s'r,
uo harm d,uiT D-'.roit i'icu I'tusa,
NO. 1.
A Woudtrlii! Clock.
The tuosl astonished Ibing in tbe wij
of a timepiece is a clock desciibud by a
Hindoo rajah, as belonging to a native
ptiucu ol Upper India, aud Jealously
guaidcd at tho rarest treature of hit luxu
rious palace, la trout ol tbo clock diik
was a gong, ewuna upon poles, and uer
it w-.s t pile nfaUillcitl human limbl. Tie
pile was made uu of the full number nl
pa ts f ii two've ef ro: bodies, but all lay
heaped togcthai lu teeruing contusion.
Whenever tho hands ol tbe clock Indicated
the hour ol one, i at of the pilo crawled just
the iiuinber ul pans needed to. lorin thr
name ol one tunu, pait jolnlne lUeli to
pait with quick, metallic click; and wheo
coiiiplcted, the flguiejsurang up, seizod a
mallet, uud while walking up to tuo ffonu,
stunk One blow that scut the sound peel
iug thiuugb cvciy loom and corridor ol
that Btately C ist!i. This done, he returned
to the pilo and lull to pieces again, vVbrn
two o chirk name, two nu n aioae" and did
likewise; and ao through all the hours ol
tha dav, Ihe number ol tigurcs being thu
hi ui e as the number ol the boui, till, at
noon and miduight, the entire heap sprang
up, hud, marching to the gon, aruck,
one alt-r anotlur, each his blow, making
twelve, in all, aud tuen lull to pieces.
(Wiled.
Poverty roveals sin, but wealth hides it
If a rich man is a bad husband, or a gam
tdur, or a glttttou, the world is charitable
enough tosiy that in his position the gen
eral tone ol tits surrotiudtngs is such lb it
temptations Ucst t him on every side, and
it is quite a marvel that be it at well be
have, I as he is. How beaulilul a thing is
charity! Hut in the saroo I tile to be ap
pile I ill the cao ol a convicted pickpocket
who has been b-oiight no to' hit profet-
niiii Irom his eaily childhood ! "
Thu rich arc said to sow wild oats. Do
wo hi' in much cf this talk iu police courts)
Wo believe it is there unknown. But
every ono excuses the Blips of great folks.
Their temptitiont are so great, you knowl
Indued, despite bis indiscretions, the rich
mau can buy aicputalion lor virtue on
woinleilul cheap tclins. II lo Walks
thiough a hospital, he is ft saiul; if he
spends a tbiitleth part of hit inoome on
chaiilies, he is a paragon ol liberality. II
Ina wile haunts placet ul worship, rather
Irnui want ot occupation than fiotu devo
tion, she is such a religious woman; while
the poor, who put themselves ta inconven
ience to go to churc'i ptrhaps once a week
uru thought ncglectert of tbo tue.rn ul
gtiv'c. Truly, lichus, like chanty. blJo a
multitude of sins
llouuil lor lli-ven.
Home tunc aco one of Arkansas' most
widely known st'itesmen, whs is now dead
was passing along a street in Little Hock
when an old colored man, who had once
belonged to hi in, anproached, took t II bin
hat anil passed a baud over bis whltowool
as he a-kc.l:
Mar.dt r gin do old man fifty ccuts.
Pan, you are a robber.
How? asked the astonished darkey.open
ing bis cyui, ii ouu'i which rough shod u(,c
had walked.
D.du't you toe me put my hand inl
my pocket!
Yui sail.
Well you old rnscal, you tob me of the
pleasure of giving you uioiuy without uo
lllg asked.
Tue old man tereivei a dollar. B wing
ul most lo the groaud, while tears camuiiut
auJ coursed through lliuagc piinta around
Ins ey es, he replied:
M n.-ttr. wid such a heart as yon bah,
and wid Abraham and Isiac, and do L"itl
on your su e. rau't see what can keep jeu
out ol Healieo.
A OIIHl'IClKlOUM Nou-iii I, HW.
The other day, over iho Alameda
bolht. a timid and ' retiring-looking man
aited unit! the superintendent was . dm
cuated and then said to bim : '
I do hatu to mve any one trouble, but
avo you ii long stick or pole ol tnj kind
you count lend me, (
'No, sir ; I told you so ten luioutcs ago,'
inaliped the overdiiveu oflioial.
So you did, replied Ibu mln, 'but J
thought I'd just ask otico mure. I guess,
now I've done my duty in the matter.
Don's yon think so i
What ma' tor T Uat ou carta are you
tilkinn about V
VVhy, you Ke, my mrlher-iulaw Uiveu
all down there al tho deep end about hall
an hour hour ago, and at she hasoi come
on set I thought I'd like lo tell my wile
that I had si. iter iat bed round on the
bill, in for her awhile but way. but if 1
m't. wbv I suppose I can't, that a a
And nensivt'lv writing her add es on
tig. to be tied to the old lady when the
csme nn. the conscieutiout man walked
thoughtfully away.
'A riolilirr'H I'ropoanl
A tonfii' i.lli 'or was daiii'ing a set of
Lanciuis in a rrowded diawing room with
an ixtrcmelv putty girl, to wh un he
oiidi. biiiisi lf most agicealile. After the
slice wjis over, he to. k her to a chair
n l .eatin ? i mstll beside. her, began to
niioiin bit celilutcv.
'It is excec linglj ensy to remedy tbat,
laid she.
I d, n't think so at all : in tact 1 do not
know a g'rl that would marry me,'
Him hinirhfd. and r,i;,ld .
I, lit un and ak mme one here to-pit hi
and I v dure 10 lay yen will us accepted
bv I lie tli st.'
J . . .... .,. T1 ...
Aii 1 am not sura aoooi uiai. jiui
will y.,U take me I
With plev-me.'
And a lew months later they were
murricl.
Cure lur l.uu &)trit.
Take one ounce id the aeudt of ri solutic
mixed Willi IHC on in cooscieuc ; in una is
. . .. :.. i.
into a large fponplul of lalta Ol patience,
lisii verv I'lirelullV a computing pisni
railed 'fHlicr wnet, which you will liinl iu
every Vart ol the garden ol lata, growing
under tilt) I road leaves ai nisguise.. aun
tmsll nu intitv. and 'it vvlll C'ettly assist
the silitol patience in their npetulion
Oathct a haodlul ol tho blossom ol hope
i her, awee'en tlieni propeily with tho balm
nl nrudenct and II vou can get my ol the
eels ol true friendship, you will havo Ihe
most valuable medicine that cm be ad
minis'erid. He rarrlul to get Ihe seeds ol
nn,, Iriendshii). as there is a seed. Very
much like It railed it ll-illterrst. which mil
snml ilia wholu composition" Mako the
in oil' dientt into- nitl nnd take One uigl"
aud luoiuiug, uud ibeeute will ho ill el
Ono Square,
Two Squaw,
Throe tsiiiarea,
Four Squares,
Fourth I h. I'm,
Half Column,
Whole Column,
3 00
5 00
8 00
10 (10
JS 00
20 00
. 8 00
10 Oil
IS 00
14 00
20 00
30 00
30 00
sola)
30 00
30 64
40 00
45 00
SO 00
63 00
7S 00
18 Of)
20 00
30 00
eo oo
One Year,
TALUOIT at HOJali
1
SnOCKOK MACHINE WOIH
RICHMOND VA.
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Knginee and Hollers. Haw Mlila, Corn an4
Wheat Mills, Nlmfllng, 1 1 angora and Pul
lnya, Turbine WHler Wliela, Tobacco Ma
chinery, Wrought Iron Work, Brans aud
Iron CaallngN, Mnohlnery of Every Doe
orlplion. "
GlNNINO AND TlIItCSIIIKO MAClOnf
A SPECIALTY.
v
Itrpatrlug Prnuipily A Carelnlly -Duuc,
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Tlie Invention ol (be Age), .
It duos not destroy tha draft. It doan
not interfere with cleaning the tubes. It
will not choke up, aud requires no clean
ing. It roqnlroa no dlrot dampors to ' be
opened whan raialng steam (darnpera be
ing objectionable, as tboy may be felt open
and allow hi nrks to oaeiipo.)
It rciuirea no. water. to oxflDgnlah ,
sparks, w hlcii, by condensation, tieslroya '
the draft. HnHidss, when wator la need. If
neglootod, tlio elUcieoey la destroyed by f
eviipnrntion of the water, and the bolloru
kept In a filthy comliilon. .
It la Himpln and durable and oan be re-
lied upon. It can be attached to any boiler.
Pig pianmr atiouid be without one or them.
IiisurnnoR cnmpanlna will insure gna and
barna wbere the Talbott Knainet and
Spark-Arrostora aro used attauia rate an
barijnii inr walor or Horse-power,
-Seiiil for illustrated clroulara and
price lint.
llrancu noose, uoirlaboro, IN. u.
J. A, IlALSlCK, (-oiieral Manager,
T. A. CiKAN'UEH, Local Manages.
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Oil
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done in good atylo. Itlacksuilth work dona
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buggies dope at low prlces.best palbt used.
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ColTlnaanJ Cruel of all sliet oontHactrf
ou baud.
Cirrhn Miterbtlx Went onhaud alprttrt
bulow l'olorabuig market.
Wuldou N. a
Jniift A ly
J
NO. T. KOltl),
T.ik'.K pleiisiiro 111 nnnoiinolng
on still Ih tound at bia stand on
that ha
FIRST STREET,
"?iwtFil HI B 1 n
1 I r 11
ni m a..ji
Whore he baa ou band a full lino ol tlio
Finest " i .
WISES, v '. '
WHISKIES, and " : .
IlKAM'tKH.
TUUAI CO, CIQARS, , ;
and SNUFF, . , .
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and CONH'Al'RiNEUIES
II is stock of Canned Goods aud Urocar i
lea is uuuaually
full aad (.' o la p I a
Oi.n Ciiim:t WutsiT A
KKKll hAUKll BE Kit OK
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