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THE ROANOKE NEWS THE ROANOKE NEWS ADVERTISING RATES. A DEMOCRATIC WEEKLY NEWSPAPER " PUBLISHED RY SPACE L.n. LOXU A W. W. II ALL One Year, in advance, Six Months, " Three Monthi, " i on I 00 75 cU. m. ... . - PROFESSIONAL CARDS. a.a bo. w. nuiuiM, Igriton Dentist. VB over W. H. Brown's Pry (looile star, WEMlOH.lf.C. WIH visit parties t tholr homes when oealred Terms Kcaaonahle. on ill 1 j m. aauzinn, ATTOKXEY AT LAW, HALIFAX, N. C Offlea I the Coart House. HI rlrt attcntlen Kiventosll branches of the profession. Jan II ly BRiKCU, ATTORNEY AT LAW. KKPIBI.n, N. C. Practises In tin ennnf ln of Halifax, Nnslt Kdffaeomhc and Wilson. Collection mail" In al parts of tlio. State. )in 13 II Vf. HALL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, I WELDON, N. 0. t'' l:ieelal attention (riven to eolli:ct Ions ami j remittances promptly uiatlo. way ltf. IKII M. UVLLHN. JOHN A. UOORn, JULHk MOORE, ATTQRXEYS AT LAW. pALIPAXIf.fi. Fraetlee Is th counties of Halifax. Nnrthatnp toa. Bili-ucoinhe, Pitt ami Martin In the M prerao court of the State and In the Feileriil Cearta of the Eastern District. Collections ma, le B any part of the Htal. Jen 1 ly TAMB8B. O'llARA, ATTORNEY AT LAW. RMFIELD, . C. Practises In tha conrts of Halifax and adjoin K enuntlce, and In tlio Hutu-cine and Federal : eonrte. Collections mails In any part of the. Stat. Will attend at the court hm! In Halifax ,- Manila aad Prlday of each week, jan Wt f II 0 B X R T O. BURTON J It. ATTORNEY AT LAW. HALIFAX X.C. r Fraetleee In tlio courts of Halifax, and ad.lln- li eountte. In the Supremo court of tin tata, ami to tin Federal court. Will (fire apeelal atlention to the collection of claims, and to ailjnntlHir the accnunta of ex 1 eaators, administrators and guardians. docntf JliTU I. UI M Aft, ATTORNEY AT LiW. ItALIFAX, N. C. ' rraetleei In the court of Halifax and adjoin- tm ounttee.' and In the Supreme ami Feileral Marti. Claim collected In all part!) of North Mrellaa. Offlre In the Court llou.iu. Julyltf i ' rrUAS N. HILL, Attorney at Law, HaLIFAX, N. f). fraettees In Halifax and adjoining counties la Federal and Supreme courts. Will be at Scotland Ncclf, hum every f.irt Jfkt. 5118 If J"OS. B. BATCH ELOR? ATTORSEY AT LIW, ; ralhiq n, x. c, raetleea In the toarta of the th Judicial feiatrlet and In tut Federal an. I Supremo Courts. . May U tf. ' rp W. MASON. k ATTORNEY AT LAW, ARYSBURii, W. C. tPraatleee In the Hurt, of Northampton and aetolnlnf counties, aleo lu the Feilur.il aud Su preme (ourta. J i tio 6 I f. xf . . dit. i. r. Mi.ucorrita. D AT a SOLLICOFFKR. ; ATTORNEYS AT LAW, WELDQIt, N. C. fractlee In tkecourta of Halifax and adjoining ' eintle. and lntheSiitroineand Federal ciotrl. Clalma collected lu any part of North Carolina. One of the firm will alwaya he found In the See. J one Jil I y. -J jlBptll BEXrilT. ya be found at hit oljee in KuQoKI. Pure rfltrousOiule (iae far the ruln lea Kjtraotlng of ToetU lwny on huil. jjKDJlJtrV J. BURTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, WULDON, N. C. Practice In the court of liallfax. Warren and id1oliilit counties ami In IhoHupn uio ami 1-Vd-eral court. Claim collected In liny pari of North kanillna. . June I7H a. SMITH, JR. ATTORNEY AT LAW, raaTCAso Nkck. ILik-.vx CoosTr N. C l$Z '. the ui...ii, oit of M,e i VOL. IX. Urme'.nber Thy II other, I.fJtd Ihy mollier tenderly liown life Mteep decline ; Once her arm wan thy rupport Ni,w he leaiHon thine. Pee upon her lovltnr face Those deep Hue of care, Think- U was ln-r toll f,..r tlioo Lett that recerd there. Ne'er forret,lier tlroloa watch Keep hy day and nlitlil, Taking from hertep the raeo Kriitu hereye the hikIh. Cherish well her falihful heart, Which through weary yeari4 Echoed with Itaayiupa'thlf All thy Millie and tear. Tlmnk nod for thv imdher love, tiuard the prleeli-s 1,-inli, For the hitter partlm; hour Cometh all t"o ho.oi. When thy itrnteflll lepdernea I.ni.t1 poeer to eave, ta;th will hold i.o dear'r spot Than Uiy mother's Krave, THWARTED. Mother 1' A look el lender expnitulatinn : Hie wilt mofing of ayeil lipt to a amile. Two farei almoat touched at a ptir ol Blronii armi relieved letblc onct ol a bvarr ack aie nf honks. 'rtell.ilear, nul themellow old voice of Mra. Maple'), ad ilrcsain t er son, Ljnn ; 'I thought you had enough to carry.' Jjyt.n tuples urmi nitcht hava been said to be lull, tor ho carried a dryeood bundle, a valiso, a iroH-pacted !iawl.trcp and an umbrella ; bul he took nwick nim- acuina tf t bo books, and thou, alter an in itaot'a evident regret lhal be l al no arm to ourr bin mother, stepped from the ttere deor, and turned to hail a liorctTar, A lair lace, that had been tutueJ stead ily towir.l tie two ince they rntrtd from the atore, launcd forward now irjlo the iuuihinc, bb Annie Loraino, among lie velvet cushions of her phaiitoti, tela lowed with her brown, attentive eyes the mavemcnta of mothtir and son. Amuiing, vtulcliine the crowd atmc- times,' reniatkol an eloant vnung man at her side, lecoocilinz himself with what grace he could to Miei Loraiie'i iuulten- tion. 'Yn,' ihc answered, almnat inaurlihly. Tlio next moment, with u tharp cry, she had sprmiff Irmn the , violet cnMiions and was fnremoit m the (.'Vucring crowd. Dewildereil, and far enre ehukcn out ol his bnled reposo el inuuucr, fgrcj Dud ley followed her. , An seed woman, hpr beautiful silvery hair ditheveled, her black dress covered with duBt, bad jast been lifted lioiu the ground by a burly policeman, and was iu taotly claimed by a young man. Will Rome one call a carnage!1 cried Lynn Maple, bis mother ly i ny eeiibelcis across his brinst. Take mine I prav' lake nitric t' the aa- tun iabe 1 Dudley heard Mias Lorainu a). IUR. Uut before he could bet I.ia lur.th. he wan fhouldurcrt ono ai'le by I.ynn, who had accepted Miss Loramc'a olTur without theuoht, and was only nniions to get his mother to a place ol faiuty. 11c laid her id the deep scat, and flip- por ed her with one arm, while Miss Lou sine put the linns into his other hand. Turn down this side street ri iii k out of the crowd,' she said; 'nnd leave the phueton at Hie bl, Jatnea hotel loc ants Loraine. 1 Tha burlv pelicemin hud fiui-lie 1 plncin;; hia packages and luimllts uhnut hit lo t, nnd nmr.lianicidly Lynn M iples obeyed (he iuhik! ,to ; i v. n linn by the eil- very voice an. 1 ewect browu eye. Tlio pretty ponies lioie linn r.in.k'y from the scene, and tlireiiuli several i iitl streets to his homo. IJ,-this time llrs. Miples ha 1 regained consctniiMicss, anl could dt)eeiid Ironi the vehicle with Ins assistance, though much shaken. Io ttep!)iiii from the filewnlk to take a hurse-car, she hud been inlcirupted hv the passing nf a cnrrinp., and stepped back btneath the hordes ol another. Lynn Maples was a blue-eyed, tender heaited leliow, with tintliinj; riniarkablt' about hiui but his purity nl rharne'er aad Inrontio ti.otes, cnutrastiuit stronulv lib the habits of Ihc tuun meu ol the day. Thouch six and-twenty, his rr other ha J hitherto been the role lady of his hue, and she was a little rurprised lo hear I nn ex claim suddenly, out of a rt voue, the iut dr: Wasn't she "leautilul !' VVlu, Lynn I' The youi g lady who oflrid ma licr CJrrirje.' eu fu'et, diar,' placidly, over hor kndiinj, 'I did not see her.' I o -der who she is ?' And Lynn continued to wonder. Ui had Iclt tho phaeton at the St. James ho'el. and the pinprietnr had assured him that all would ho riht. Apparently the episode had clnteil. On the contrary, Annie L..rslne, a re- ma'kably lndeieniKnt younjj lady lor one il but twenty years of ate, bad taken pains to inlorm herself that Mrs, Maples was net soriously injured. Hhe esked a linml rd O'lctinns nf her i'lloiuiant who iha-uicl ti know ti.o Maples -aa I learned thit thry were in' moderate circumstances; perfectly res pectable; that tli oy lived in a Hut iu Hotel Dikton ; that Lynn waa a dry ooUb cleik, and supportud hit uivthor and a young sister. Percy Dudley afood by ch.fl'ig. 'It seems lo n:o yen are very much in to' eated in that lellew, Auuio I' he H' claitned, at licit. 'I am, I think,' she an:wured, care lessly. Dudley IookcJ at her from unJer a frowning brow, lie, Percy Dud'ev, the Irresistible, thu Ueat match of the season, had paid t hia girl the inott unmistukablu attentions lor lour months without the slightest ilea of Laving made but tie most ordinary impression upon her. Yet be rontiuued his suit, sinco there was not another gi;I worth one bnedrcd thousan l dollars in l,ii set ur any w hile that ho knew el, to be had. His jralmi eyjs observed that in driv ing with Mtsa I.eralne, thry ntver paMti t io store where Ljnn waa employed with out turning her glaneo toward I lie en trance ; and once, when he c.i. mcrd to be tailing a lady's Carnage with bundl.H9, aim bowed to him, with a lalut flush upon her lily face.' From that moineot Dudly haled Lyon. Though ha did nut far a moment tuler. t-lu the thought that Loraine gave liiiu more than a jit.i.'.iQg approval, anil ho oi'U ace that the yo.ng ran had toie- WELD ON, N. 0., THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1830. tbinj; noble and attractive In his air. ho was jealous even ol her mero respect lor uim. It was mere accident that the two met again and aaio during tho winter, at church, at a lair, in a picture sallery. wheie Mies Lutaine olTeted Lynn the sweetest courteny, but it leluriated Dud ley. Curse the fellow I I'll make him cut his owu threat before long 1' he unit, tercd. e He caught Lynn out, and obtained an Introduction. It was in a concert roem. 'Oooil many la lies present. Ily the way, there is Aonio Lorainn iu front'. Do you know her, Mr. Maple. I' "I have the pleasure slightly,' replied Lynn, a flush coming into his Irank, blwudu face. Pretty, eh f 'Very beautiful, I think Di you know whete she reside. Mr. Dudley I' 'What, don't know ! Oh, up town somewhere I' answered tho nlhtr, catching at a suddtn thought. 'So you don't know much shout ber circumstances 1' No. Do yen!' 'Something,' carelessly. 'She's an r phan. Lives with an aunt. Ily the war, aiy dear air, she seems te know you better than you ilu her.' She did me a lvor last fall, on the ec cation nf au accident.' 'Ah I Well, it areuia that on that ccca lion you teok tke young lady's lancy. In sl.ert. she lell in love with you.' 'W ith me I1 stammered Lynn, blushing lurioualy. 'I am not worthy the hoaor.' 'There is nn accounting: lor women's funcy,' butat forth Durlh y, savagely. Lynn was toe bewildered to notico the snier. 'You are a friend ol hers ?' he aked. 'Oil, yes -an old, and intimate one. he'a an odd girl givm to miaccoiinta blu fancies, you know. Oh, yes, I know hrr wclll And my advice to you is to strike while the iron Is hot, and i ftor yourself to Miss Loraine that is, if a in clined yourself. 'I-I admire her very much 1' stam mered Lynn, trembling with agita tion. 'Yes, certainly; I underlani. Well, she's geiiig South mt week; but she'll be at the Parker Ftaternily to.morrow cvvniug. You'd butter see ber there, and make a enre thing ol it. I'll give you my word she'll accept you:' 'ThauU yon I thank jon I' murmured L)nn, the lights swimming bclore his eyee, and tha music lading on his ears. He csre I no longer for the latter. Lie got away nut of the hall, and smut a rc;l Ins night, lull ol ei'dtemcnt and tho most eval.el emotien. For the Hist timo he knew that he loved the lilj-lace I, brown S .i d rjiil. The next night found Mm a! the musi cal entertainment ol the Patker Prater. it. Ho was foolitdi, pciluip:!, but not more bo than a score ol oilier jr. una fel lows in love, liut a more lione t, lervmil fellow never trembled at the touch ol a woman's Nnd. Vu are ui fond of mtnin as I am, Mr. Maples , the said, v, itti a sweet coidialil v of manner which made her inesir-tiblc l.i all men who looked at her. 'May I e-cort you home, Miss Lorainol 1 - I havo siiifiilliing to say to you.' She gave a-si-nt. II r brown eyes wid enctl slightly with surprise., but she chose to accept, ami, for one;1, Percy Dudley yraeelully yielded bis la:ms. Shu tame down into the moonlight her rich evening lire's over hera in, Imr Ia e cool and eftcct. Linn had a misgiving that he w is mad, but he cmld not help it. I!i lore they had walked six blocks and crossed the path, he hit 1 i fleicd hiuiscll to Miss Lotaine. She did not speak her face wm quite white He hit tho little haul on hi arm tremhle. I! at hrr voice wan silvery clear when she S ko at liiit : 'Mr. Mup'ei, yon have knowa me but a comparatively i.l,o.l space of lime. What has cat s.d yu to address mo like this I' 'My lervint lovo would not havo given me ceuiage to do so, kliss Lotaine; but an old Irieud ol jouis one who claims I to know you well asaured nia that jou were not quite ind.fl riot ' His voice tailed him. 'Who s this friend, Mr. Maples V 'Mr. Dully.' He saw hrr eye ?i h. She stopped at the loot of a flight ol nimble steps. 'I am at home uow, V. ill you come hero to marrow and get your answer Mr. Maples t' Her fac, gentle and downcast, did nut toll Iiiij enough to bid him hope, but I c cnu'd not h ibe.r doing that in the sight ol her lovrhnesa. Heglancod up at the wide poita's, brot:7.u lions and nrrhid rsseincnts, thinking, alter he had bowel and Iclt her, that Annio Loiainea aunt must bo rich, Another night of palpitating hepo and fear, yet ho cunie with a manly luce to Annie Loraiup to learn her ansatr. He was a little surprised to tin 1 Dud ley in the ro; m into which ho waa itsh eied. He sal hdiiug in an tasy-t hail, smiling, romplaiaant. yet with a flushed lace and cevcrt spitrkle iu his cyo. Mtsa Iioriiioe rose from Ilia sofa, and advanced cordially to her visitor, tillering tar 4ewciel liauil. 'You have como promptly for vnur an swer. Mr. Maplra,' alio s.id, 'and I will he prompt will. vau. I accept vnur cher of ninrriage, and give yon, in tbo very ac- cejituiice, my nuat sincere aff.ction. Yes terday waa the (list of April, audi think it ia Mr. Dudley who will tell us who is tho April lool.' With a cry tf rage, and a furimis oath, he sprang to h!j leet ; but Miss Lotaii e funic! her back on him, and walked with I.ynn into an adjoining parlor,' and he made Ins exit lorm the hpusu wilhout her edieux. In si Iteming to make Lynn Maples o' lend I he licirev. bv an oiler ol marriage, tie hud shot beyond his mark, and losing all hope ol Annie Loraimt and her for luoe, bittrrly repented bis trick of thu tlibt of Apnl. . U.Mjihsi.o.NAiii.K. Tho Herald, Do iroit, Mich, any of Waiuer'a Sato I. Ivor aitd Kidnoy euro: "ll.s ellleaoy in kid ney, liver, amt orjuary illse.ihr i no folly acknowledged that it i not worth the cj ii n-Hon 1 1 .f. Konntido toutlinoiiiala from well-known eituons in piililio and private Iil'o nio evjili nee nlrong enouli q con. voce the moat nitiliboru doubter. AlnMUa'tt Mghtlos.li I)y. An Alaska correapondcut writes : An Alaska summer day is a day without night, for the sun at ita lowesd point ia only a lew degrees below t lie horiznn, and the topmost colors ol the sunset bleud Willi those of the sunrise, leaving no gap of the night darknesB between. What is called the midnight ol thu partial, divided days el other countries la iieio only a low moon tlio middle point ol the gloaming, with light enough to read by. The thin clouds that are almost always prem ut are then colmeJ mange and ted, unking a stiikmg advertisement ol the progress ot tho sun atouud the northern horizon. Tho day opens slowly, the low aich ol light Bleat ing around to the northw;stwatri with gta dual iucif.iso el height, and span, and intensity ef tone, and when at Inigth the sun appears, it Is without much im pulsive pomp, that dishing, awakening, triumphant eueigy, so suggestive of the Btb e lmngety-a biidcgiooui coming out ol hia chamber, and rejoicing like a strong man to run a race. Tne re 1 clouds, with yrllaw-ilissolving edges, now vanish as their color leaves them, au I eubside Into a hazy dimness, the islands, with red. of mist about them, cast illdetiutd shadows on the (listening waters, and the whole down bending firmament becomes palu pearl gray. For three or four hour after sun rise there is nothing specially impressive to bo Iclt in tho landscape. Tlio sun, though seemingly unclou led. may almost he louhcd in the lace, and the i-Uude and mouu'ains, with all tho wealth ol woods and stio and vaiied beauty of eichiuc ture, seem comparative Ij dull and uncom municative, Aa the day advances toward high noon tho suu-lljod streaming in lull power through the damp almosphote, lights thu water-levels and the sky to glowing silver, ljtight play the ripples about the bu-hy edges ol the islands, and out over the pluuie-shaped streaks between them stirred by some pas-ing brctz'. The warm air beats now aud makes t: well led as a lite giving, engineering ocean embracing til tlio world. Now we may contemplate the lilu and motion abot.t us. It cumca to mind til Use'. The tides, tho rivers. Ihc fiav o the light throti.h the satiny sky, the marvelous abundance ol liahes lredug iu tho lower ocean. Misty (Licks o( iuseets in the Warm air. Tho wil l sheep, mi a thousand grasy ridges among the glaciers. Tho beaver and mink lar back on many a rushing Btiuam. Itidisns floating and basking along the shores. Leaves an crys tals drinking tha sunlight, and the itlaciein on the mountains truciug vallrys lor the rivtrrs and making n.ertl lor cveiy living creature. Thieugh the aMeinonn" all the nay down to the sunset the day g tows' in open npp er iiible beauty. The light ap pears to thick ii and beenmoyut more pen etously Iruillul without losing its biiglit ness and tmiisparcncy. live y thin: reem to pi tile into a deep, cunii ions reoov ; the witnte brea'hing brn'.'y or wholly it test, the lew clouds visible downy and lumin ous, and combed out line en the rdes; a white gull here and there winnowing the warm ether on eaiy wine; Indian hiin'ris iu their canoes, every s'roue o! their pad dlis told by a quick glaneii g 11 i.sh, half as biw' as llie inooii No bird-choirs in the griive to sunt out hud stir and sweeten the dtep, brooding stillness aky, luud and ni.t r mectiug and blending in one insepa rable fecne l eni hantnieui. Then eomis the sunset with colocj, luioijd p irjiltiand gold. Net a narrow arch nn the lioitz .n, but often mni-s tilling the ;ky, the ybtwa ing ImiuUia ol it all well rouud to the north. An Insili-iiclivo liicltlenf . It was a toucliinc, ns well i.s a Hiipgc-,-live Inei lent, Inch 1 wiiresseil 'a sh.nt time ugo. A three-yi.br old child and two hull'. s--one presumably the iiM.tbrr.land the ctl'i r the i;iau.luioihi r, ' thu little one sat up iu lh:r I'ou e sloop A beggar cmie along. He was an oi l una, with silverv locks ami heard; lie wore n In, led coat and a dilapidated hat, in which he teemed tho pennies given him by the charitabli; his turn shoe, which appuutl to lia'.c hi on loiind a' dill'iicut titues upon the stiei t. and appropriated bv hitti, rcn dele I hia gait shambling. Ho W;.i, in thnrt, a beggar ol the moit approved and radical type; yit venerable ivi'hd. I'pon ruithing the house wheio Ihc grniip sat, he solicited and received sev r- id ueneie. I heir goo I nature, t ;uo.' thus esla'lirned, he ventured to take lurtlirr llbir ns. At llrs-t ho saluted the child with his bit Urn llnev ki.sis to il, and lina'.'v took its hail I in his own ur. I kissed et. This hu repeated a uumt er ol tnnes, niijiirentlv unabl : In tear himself av.iij'. It was rc.liy touchim:, lo er e this old man Ui.c the hainl ol the child and kiss it ler Venlly, as the ncolhction of what iui;:ht have linn" tho lo-t npportunities, llio lollies, the bti.n Icra nl Ins lite-n.e niugly feil up. in him like a iimcl; suects-'psu ol cttlel blows, Ins regret; lot Id out: course inn ;; ii, g with bless ngs and good wishes lor that ol the child. It he cnld but ('iniiieiice 1 1 It- anew, Willi tho i xtKir.ei ce nl his li!e. he is c Mill lent that he would Dot, alitr the lapse ol ei many years, he re duced to bf(.gny. '.'sin rigrcts. They should leach us that a day ol nckoulug awaita evil-doers, and that very mistake is (ollowed by evil cnns'ii'iencea Success iu lilo is rarely at- tuli eil without honesty, peiai verante, and plm k. ('omit Yon Mi Itko is reports,! to havu said that a man .n ordei to bu a good general must poster, the four (.'a--(1eld, Genie, tieduld und Oluck (money, genius, patiinco, and geo l-lucU ) And he might have added another fully incesnary- 0 Ueradheit (hotieaty ) It is f.ir belter lo lore;;o a thomand oh..s:ires, and lo mdurc a Hie., 'ind incoiiveiiieiicies in early li Iw, than 10 invite wor e punishment (or our su a wheu wo are lesa able to bear it. In the cLuicl.fatd ol lltudm, SuSolk Knglau I, there Is a stilus which bears this inscription: Here lieth tlio body ot Wil liam Strutton. nf Paddington buried May IN, 17D't who had by his fust wile teuty eight children, and b7 a seconi! wife sen euieen, own fathur to birtyflvn grii.i I father to eigllit)-au, gieat-giaudlatht r to tnuety-seven, end uical-jiinat-giundlathcr t twciilj-thtCj iu all ait. It has been discovered by a close obser ver that henpecked husbauds are Invaria- iny turn wiin uairieis lips, .' lakes niu;tache tu ev'b a lemule. Geuorul Ilnncork. HU riiltSONAS. Al't'KARANL'K AND 1CASIII.T, KltW IIKl.ATI i.N8. Hancock in personal appearance is tall, well formed and handsome. Hia height cannot be has than six leet two inches, ami he weighs fully 210 pounds. Lie would 111 a it e tho linear looking President whoevci sut in tho White House, except, possibly, Ucorgo Wiisl ii.gton. His lorm towers above ether nun, and ho attracts attention bv Ins mere looks wherever he goes, His eyes aru blue and havo a benignant end mild exprc slon when iu repose, but in spiring when iu danger. His msuner is diguilied and knightly and bo is courtesy i sell. He la always tnau'iietic and draws men to him by his kindness and (.entlc intemtin their affairs. His sympathies are e .(ily amused and he becomes inten-e-Iv cuncciiioii lor the s iirowa and mislor tures ol others, striving iu every w iy to relieve them, as though their rnvdoitunes wen his own. Hancock's kindness to his i.ulx r filiates always won not only their love, but alio their confidence, and csiistd tlum lo rely nn him as a Iricnd as wc'I as a commamiur. !!; gave a man a good opinion nl bimsull, and made earh one leel he was ol mum iuiperuuco than he ever bclore auspecled. It avas this which caused bit:) to h.no such power over his iit'iocia and men in battle, and made them prefer rather to dio than lorluit tlig good 0;inwiii nf thi it cotnuiatider. Our). Haiico, k had two chil ) ten. Hussell llauco'-k and Ann Kdibeth Hancock. The latter die,! in New Y.nk nl typhoid fever, when tighten years ol age. r-'he wc a young lady ol great promise, Jim sell liaucutk, the lieueral'a only s.in, ia living, and is a planter in Mississippi. A Hrnvc Ituby. A woman who lives in Aslieville, Ala., wn'es tu the 11 ;is ol thr.t p!a-e ol the miraculoiu res :ue ot her liltlu thice-year-boy Iron) dawning. Tho child lell down a well, the depth ol which was thirty leet. The mother saw him go tlown. She says : On retelling the well I wai j tint in timo to sua l.it'.i rise to llio top of the water. I wns alone, save three other littla rhildicn whom 1 sent lor help. I had, amid all the anguish ol my soul, presence of mind rtimigii to let the bucket down ai.d tell him tj take hold ol It, which bo did. After some n,l antes ho let lo;o fiotn weakness, sank again, except bis little head. I lorercd I lie luickut lo ner, telling In ui to take hold of tho rope. Ho rau his hand through a ring tied on lor tho pur pose ol sinking the bucket, nnd caught the pt.tl, anil Ihrre ha held on lor one an I a hall hour, lugging me all li:e timo in hs bjby talk to ctuc dewn and help In in out. I would ray : 'Ho'd o i, D.ibbic.' 'I w ill.' he would reply. At length a lady canin.to my assistance, nnd wa took n rope and made a noose nn the end ot it, ml, Inning It down, tol I him w In.t to do. lie put his toot lliieusth the nou and drew it up annuel hi knee. I -ked him il he coul I hold on. Hu raid ho could hold on to the bucket : 'Daw lee out.' lie holdiug the bucket, tl rope around his leg. I telling Inm not ta let go, we drew htm up until I could rc.ch his little shivering hands. Thus I saved my little batiy Inini drowning, yafo to my breast I el'ispol hia little shivenug body and praiacd Cod lor li s mercies,' . I'aiulrsis lsraf.ii. In one of hi. lec'.n e) Prolessor Tyndall Siii'ke ol tho gteat probability that entire ab'ith'c ol pain n cmupanled death by lightning. It is popr.le.rly supposed tint an imp-cssi'iti made by the nerval, a blow or pumdu'e, is lell at thu precis i im.taiit it ia inl . !:!, but audi is nut tlio I net. The se c. ol s anation ii tlio brain, and in-tdli-cec ot thu injury mil; be tiansmit ti d to this organ through a Ceitaiil set of nrrvi.4. acting as lelegraji'i wires, bifore w? brceiite c.msi iom ef pain. This trans-mt-ion on to i g'nphing Irani; the seat ol injury to the In inn takes li: .) ', longer or shutter, according to the cislaiico of (he injure I part lioi'i the bruin, au I accord ing 'o the susceptibility ol tho particular nervous system Oj'eiatcil on. Helinhollx. by iXiiiment, ib termii.ed the velocity id tins uei voui ti ineuiiisioii lu tho ft oj to be a little over oi'.tv-llvc fct per second, iu the whale abmt 10:) leet per second nnd in man at an average rd 'JtH) leet per second. H, for maimer, a ivbale fllty let on.f were wounded in the tail, it would uot bo conscious nl he injury until hall a around alter the wound bad been in flicted, lint this is cot the on'y ingredi aal Hi the delay. It is believed that in every act ol come oiimh-s a determined itio'ecuiar ariangctneut of the bruin lakes plu'e, fo ibit, buiha tho intoivil ol Iibiimii ion. a still lurlher t i ran is neces sary lor the brm n to put itself in order lor its moll cules 1. 1 tako up tho m ilieus or positions necessary lor the completion nl consciousness, Helmlmliit considers ('..it one-tenth ul a second i iei tiled for t' is purpose. Tin lehne, in tha case of a while, one second and uclcnth would ilap-u lii-loio a i iuipie sum made iinoi) it c imlal uei v.s cuul ! bo icspoudad to by a .1 hale C'.'.j let !,.::. I'liiN'rgi'oiiiKl ( ui lo-iitier. I i the city nl llendina. in Ilaly, and iibeut lour miles aniunJ it wheuva tl e earth is dug, when tlio vnikineii airived at a distance ol suty-thme bet, they come in a bid ol chalk whioh they boio with an anger five leet deep. They diaw limn ihc p. l be!o:e the auger is uuioved, and upon its extraction tho water buiate up thiongh tho aperture with ;;ri,it vio- leuce and quickly Ii Is the new'.; mule well, which cotitijues full and Is u.Tccled nrii'-sr by drouth. Iiut what is the most romatkshle in this operation is the Uyeis ol the earth as we de.cund. At the death nf Iron teen feet aro lound the tiiins ol an ancient tit, pive.l streets, home, housea, fl ieia aipl diQereiit piece ol uii.sou woik. Under this is lonnd a suit Ct .y eirth made up nl vegetables and at tiven six feet litrge trees i mire, such as w Inut trees, with waliiut stiv uing ta tho stem, aud llio leaves an l blanches in a pcilect stain of preservation. At twenty i iht fei t deep a suit chalk ia found mixed with a vict riiiiiitiiv nf -jilii-lls, and the bid is ibvi-ti led thick. Vuder this veyeUolce u:u Inuinl ugaiu. Married ok il euflar much less thau barb- elors during the lint weather. It ia io easy to bring mi a coolness by finding fault witu the cooking. NO. 19. Liiaul Flood. Numerous striking Incte have beon nara rated to illnalratc the suddenness an I jdis astrous charactor of flriola In the East. A gentleman traveling through ths Ilnly Land pitched h-a tent iu'a dry valley one ph asant evening, and tct red to rest with out thinking of the possibility ol being ilia turbed by rain. Before morning he heard the rnsh of water, fiom which ho and his patty bad bandy time to escape, with a less ol clethiug,. books aod instruments. The wet monso ma invariably bring sudden and heavy ralr.s, causing the earth, leng previetnly baked by a burning sun to swell and brave the foundations of homes not 'milt upon a reck. In I'ypt f higher rise ol tha Nilo than usual suinetiiiiet aweepi olfwhole villagca and their inhabitants. A writer who wit nessed one ol these Nilo tl nidi said ; "The cottages, being built of earth, coul, I not staud lor one instant agaiust the current, aad no sooner did the water leached them than it leveled thtm with tha gtound. Tim rapid stream carried oil all that was bclore it men, women, chil dren, jattle, corn everything was waditd away tu an instant, ami left the place wheie tho villasn stood withsut anything lo indicate that thcie had ever been a house on the s;it." ,.llgy,, fublmge-, George was eitravagently loud o! Cold cabbago, and one ely, seeing quite a oisinui was iclt atler iliauer, mkid his wile to save it for hia salad at night. About midnight George came home, laboring under a stress ol heavy weather. l-VeP'ig hungry, and thinking ol hia lav ririle cabb ige, he asked where it was. His wile replied : 'In the pantry, on the second shelf.' Down lie went, found tke cabbage, got ut the oil, mustard and vinegar, cut up the cabbage, dresse I it to his taste and ate It all. In the morning his wile noticed the plate ol cabbage where she had put it the day before, and turning to hor 'Dear George' innocently asked why he did Dt cat the cublmgn. I did,' he eid. 'Hew did you like it V 'Oh I not very well well, it was tough and atringy,' 'Hut here ia the cabba-e now, where did you find any more !' 'Why, on the second shelf, where joa told me.' A quick look at the ahull by the wife and then a cry ol agony. 'Why, George; you havs eaten twenty dollars warth of lace colors) and cuff' hat I h".d put iu alarch ; stringy cabbage, indeed i' A startling surprise, alter tho ashlon of the story ol Ginevra, was experienced net I -tig sgu by a party of Stytian wood cut ters in the loiest ol Drommling. They begau to lell a venerable oak, which they soon discoveiB 1 quite hollow, Being hall decayed it speedily eaino lo the ground with a crash, d;scloHing a sk-rlstou iu ex cellcut preservation. riven thu boots, which came above the knee, were el must pcrleot. Ly its side ws a powder horn, a puicclain pipe bowl, aad a silver watch on which was engraved then .me 'H. von lvi'ukowltz, 112.' Tho teeth were per. leet. It would scorn to be the skeleton of a in ,.n bet ween thiity and lotty years ol aue. It is conjectured that, while rn-ca;o-1 in hunting, he cl mbed (he Uoo for lor sumo purpose, and slipped incautious, ly ii.ts the hollow trunk, Iroin which there waa no release., and he probably died of starvation. t u H urn I'd ii cy. Ladies are not entitled to !nro arma when they Lave to load them with powder. "Lost in l!ie desert." exclaimed the hoarder, as I.; f.i'acj a roach ont ur the pudding. The thrrrv cohler drinker is a drown- ing man, if one may judjjo by the way In) catches nt straws. A Mcriilan tn.in Las a liible 112 years old. iStrnngo how long a Libia may be ni.iJc to last by temperate usage. A treat New York paper notices the scarcity of small bills. Teople who have maiUuiug to do havo uuticcJ the tame thin!;! "Tha ycur.a man who wants to get up will) llio Mm," remarks tho Middlctown Transcript, "must not sit up loo long w.tti the daughter. ' Aro yam a home ruler?" was os-ed or one of the Candidates at the late elec tion. A voice f id in ti3 back seats an iWJreil, "No, bul bis wile is." A nruro teamster in Nnshvillo dc. dares that ho must either give up driv ing mules or withdraw from the church, the Uvo positions beioi incompatible. "I put outside my window alnrge bnx titled with mold, and sowed it will) scod. Wlmt do you think came up?" "Wheat, but ley or onls f"' "No a policeman, who ordered me to remove it." t'laudie semis a swei k little poem, en titled. "Tlu-ro ia uo uiglit iu that liiight Land." Then all we have In ii.y Is that it's a mighty llnu place lor 'torcd,-light precisions. "Ophel ia" wiites to a k il sacred history mention card playing. Certainly, uiy dear gill. Moses "led" lor the children) wl Itucl, and when the latter get to Jordan lliev "parsed," S-d inion "ordered up" the temple, Balaam held a "jark," and the seven priests before Jericho took the city by playing their tuveu ttuuipa." White hull J'ntua. It issaid that if rhcliical wifCJ are wrapped around a common tin ran, a tel. i 'ph.iiiD is pm Weed capablo of imi-.di'al sounds through many nnlcs ol wire. Wo cannot vouch lor the truth of this, but we ku-iw that it a common tiu can iswrappud around a dog's tail with a piete of rope, the sounds emitted, if not musical, can be In anl through at many streets aa the can chases tho ling. a s a n a H o h 5 3 00 8 00 li 00 6 00 10 00 20 00 8 00 15 00 30 00 10 00 18 00 SCW twin ao oo so eo 'JO CO 30 00 60 00 ' Ono Year, Ono fiqoaro. Two Squares, Throo Squares, Four Squares, Fourth t'ol'n, Hair Column. 20S M ' 40 W sx e ;o Wholo Column, TALItOTl' AtiON SUOCKOK MACHINE WORKfiL RICHMOND VA. MaiiulXoturera ot Portable and Stationary KiikIooh and Holler. Haw Mills), Corn aod SS'heut Mill, .Shafting, Hangers and PuW leva, Turbine Water Whoola, Tobacoo Ha cbir.ety, Wrought Iron Work, Urau and Iron Canting, Machluerv of Kverv Urni eription, ': . Ginning and Tintinxo Macimww A SPECIALTY. m-pairlug Promptly ate Carlall7 Done. ' y TALUOTT'S PAfENT MFARR-ARRBSTEt The Inreutlon ot the Age, It dona tint doatrov thA .irarr Tl .a not Interfere with u'ontirlijr the tubes. K will uot cboko up, and requires no claail- It ronnlroA nn flirAnt Ammnmrm Ia w opouod when raising atoam (dampers be.' lug olijoetionablo, aa they may be leltooed and hIIow sar!:s lo escape ) it reqiiirnsi no water to extinguish aparka, wbieh, by cotidansatlon, deelfovi the drat'u lloaidna, when water la neod.'M lionli'ctiiil. tbn elHcionnv la ileelrnveH m npiiriitioii of the water, and tl.0 Uollsr U aopi iu a nitny oonilitlon. ' ' it i Rimpio and durable and can be re Hod upon. It ran bo attached to any boiler; No plun-.or aliould b without one of them. InaiiritncB eorupanlM will insure gins an barna whoro tho, Tklbott Engine asdl S)ark-Arro.(ors are used at same rate aa) cbargod for wator or home-power. '' afr.Sond for illuatraled olroulara sand price lint. , . .,71 Branch house, GoldBboro, W. 0. J. A, 1IAUSKK, (.oueral Manarer. V. A.GANOER, honl Mauagat may inn '' s e-. i;'-.siiiaiss- IRON BITTERS mrhirieomainJ4 10 lli put, Hi- lot all llai eas. nvinlrlns arenula ami i-ltK-ieiil rvrjt' i-.iw.-i.-ihr in reMtSamx Umi. lu.erpl, iiirerinfltnS -. .eflre. I.e.. 5 to-enarft, l.nrJt t.'ne.'trv. 11 aa-rlcha-a the blood, strengthens the Blue. el anil (I.m mw lie, to tlia nerves. -Ii U .-!. ,iJ:.-., and ohiL-Or.-ii rm)n4ilu4 reearr allon, Unc.luula remMj ran nnl be too hlffhlr reeoiumeniled, 11 iiere like Jkat-u un the digestive orKana. A teaa,i.uuil b.'fore tiienla Milt rexhova all ayiiiK-.itlo aympioma. ; tHY IT. Sold by all Qraircjitt, THEDKOnlCEESlGALai. A Great T.ula IRONBlTfERS, A Sure ApieUior. IRON bTtTERS, IRON BERS, A VkIiiaM Mfrlicint. IRON BHTERS, biA fold u I Haffitf. ircnbWers, Tvt Pli(,it r.n.ln. BALTIMORE, Ma. ' duo IU lv W. RVICK ' CAItltlA.KJ AND Bl'GtMIES MADE TO ORDEf! OK Al 1 kinds nf tvi-wirt wnrb .ml t.tmml- dono iii k,m.,1 Htylo. liliokemith work done in einiri iioueo huh won noatnewe, A ii" ""in narrillll u. rillO puiUllilg fof bugglos done ut low pr eoa.beat p.n! uaosi; fertCI A L Tl K 1' Io 5" I T EM T THE UiTDE ITAKINQ DEPARTMENT. tt si iS V"J-'"r''-'e5"i-T'-- 'J CiiTHiaaiid.CuNeauf all aline oonatesofkr wi) u.ilid. (" irri l ;ti M itot ials knot oolian,! at rsea Lolow l'otoraburg inatkot. ' " Wehlon M, tJL Juno 5 ly i . NO. T. r w K D , TikkOM l.l. ..iii r, in .nnannnine IKI s. --- -.. .. ..x . .uu. u, cs.il still be found at hia atuud on ' :" "o FUST STREET, mm Where hg bua ou baud a full line ot tb I nost , .ft V.INKS, WHISKIES.-.atid BKANJ"IH.'s - TOKAC!fO,'IiiAna, and jji 'Kf:;- - 'VriA'WUKJ. Xt'PLSl, -od t.1Nf tSOTIOMlSRIES Ills etoi'k of Cauned Mood ud Grocey ioa ia uuuaualjy . . ,,- " ' l T ' V Full stud t'oiuiil! , Oi.d rtuiNtr WiiiajiXT A i''j.wf. FRKFM lAOKU BEBR Oct tHU"rttT. He uuaranteee tatlafactioS; Call and aee him. .,,- '". - , J -. , . : KoTll 17," i&3
Roanoke News (Weldon, N.C.)
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July 8, 1880, edition 1
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