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THE ROANOKE NEWS. THE ROANOKE NEWS " AUVERTI3T!f(J BAT E A DEMOCRATIC JaOANOKE WIT WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, . L i : PUBMSUrTDBY HALL & S I E D C E. ifSBV-jN i SPACE f 2 PO 1 PQ 75 eta. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. yyALTitn k. i) a n i BrrvTvv Attorney ad ronaeellor At Law, . WEE. DON, I.. C. , ,, Prarllcea In Halifax ami adjoining enitnttca. NlM-clal itnutlnii given jo cnllcCiLm Ill ill parts of tile flats slid urnBiui ret unit made, fch. IT 1 1 t) H. II R '). W. It A R T M A Ji , N I r ( 4 I e n t I a t . Vl.H gvar V. H. nrnwii't Dry Woods Store, Writ visit nUll -a at their hornet when desired. Terms llcasnualilc. octJSly J M. l R I 7. 1 A R 1, AT roitF.Y AT I.Aff, HALIFAX. N. C Ollas Ik tax Curt Hntiaa. strict attention fs"V"n tontl braueltcaof Mm profession, an U ly K T. BR AH! U, . ; AT TO II H KY AT l,(W, KSIMKLD, N. C. FraMle-M I'l I'm p ui'iH ' R I freo 11 ! and Wilson, I ' I pirtsof ( in Mtali', nf limit,,. Nah rtlnns ma l' in ul Jia I'i If ILL, ATTORNEY A T 1..W, ' WKLDOV, X. C. finaalil alt mMon fl"n tu collectlous and reinitialises prom il ly mad i. Ml IV I If. nMM K. Mirt.l.KK. JOHN t, HIIOKK M OlllI k M O 0 It K, )na Year, tn advance, mi ninths, " . three Months, " i ATTO'HIKY T L.W. J HALIFAX N.O. Fractlcs In th Mantles of Halifax, Northmen tan. RUeonli, fill ami Miriln -In the Hn- 'sirsma court nf th Stain and In t li Federal 3.irH of tin. Ruioru Hittrli'l. Collections made a an part of Ih i Mtnlo. Jim I ly I HOMAS N. HILL, Attorney at Law, i X .LIFAX, N. C. Prv;tles in Halifax a.nl adjoining counties : and Federal and fS'iprem. courts, j Will ba at Hcotlaud Nueli, ouea every fust i jtil fht. nut J If W. M A a O N . ! AT ? OKI KY AT f.KVT, SAKYSBUIta, N. C. Vt,t"M' m lit tM'i ctirt- cif Nnr'ia'nitn ntid ; lt'rtl'X cdinilh'rt, aUo In tin F'lt!rnl al rti W. H. Bar. 4. C. XOI.LICOKFZK, k Z 0 L L I C 0 I' F E It. ATTOK1EY AT LIW, WKLDOS, N. C. Vrctic3 In tlia donrN of Halifax nml iulolnlii:f 0'intla. an t In thSiiiriii" and H'.-il -r.il nonrla. !Ulmi collcRtn I In ny part nf Mortli i:arnHna, Ona uf tlie ilr.n will aUayj h fount In tlio ma. )un.'211y. E. I; H U N T E K , N II B O K O K D E Ji TINT, ! Can be found t bis olllc in KufiolJ. ' Pur MltrmiOt'd Oa tor tlis Pnln. teat KxtrHoting of reulli alwaraon band. . June Tl tt. J U. SMITH, JR. AT TOHMKY AT LVW, SOOTrt-AXO NUCK. H LIFaX CuUNTT N. C Frattica In th" county nf Halifax anit niljoln in intlea, and In the Suproiue court "f w vm.,. II ly. MISCELLANEOUS. 'OXICKTO TKAVKliEKM. 1 ana mw running a dally mail from ; WOMlland Neck to Halifax. I have a ctnn Vortatiia two hire hack, wlilnh laaves Hcntland Neck, every uiorni iir fur HhIIIhx 'tid returns Mine day. Will t k h aa"Hn. 'Jtsr and el pretia iakau at reasonahle THtea. I am also prtpnid t'i I'nterlain triivelnra, prnmiiiiiK to apare no pdlua to 'nake tUeun ciinfortnlilo. 11 Beapeetfullv, W. H. SlIIELHS. ; JlovSOtf. UOltSALK. Tbs following alitabl rial estate lying .tt'-ar Tlllery'a Mill, m Halirat cminty ,tmb'iut nine mllea Irmn Hie town nflUlil'ax. About M l anrea includin(r utemn eiuinii, '.iaw mill an I nxtiirn", in. Kin Imiise and flxtiirea, adj diiiiii the roMlduuce of J. H, Tillery. Mik Wilklua, that oontaina about U7 Jtorea. Pope place eonUIMnt ah-mt IrtO anrea. i Intereatln Wad H Tillery traot, tlie vay hole cnntalniiiK nh nit 377 acrea. Apply to T. N. HILL, Attorney, GREAT BARCAIN8. . y am now reclvln nar new anit beautiful wod. recently U'Chaef of tlie inanufactiirrr, '4ui ,,Mlallr Invite you to call anil aee thmn. i Tlie larj.nl and le-.al aeleoteil atuck of i.Of.n WATCH RH j, UK it nr j aw ai. m. , . BAKU BRAPKI.KTS. UPKRA ANIUI'KI CHAINS. plAMi)NI) AND SKVI. RINiiS. fl.F.KVK HUTroNS ANDHTWVi, 90i.II MltVlillHFlWKrt, FOKK c. Tiae Beit l CMtor ntl 5 Clork BVKBHOLII. i tlaa Ynaog a P. P. Uleaari and tinprva your , ayalitht. ' Walrhea and Jewelry renalred by tho best 'workmen, Knjravlnn neatly done hy " . . 4, T. YOL'Ntl k BRi. octlly Peieraliiirir, Va. Odtflt aent fter to thou who wlah to ' V tJ onmire in the moat plnaaent and prnli. . table bualneaa known. Everything new, Cauital u.a required. We will furnish you ereTyttilna; CIO a dt and upwards ia rsliy made witlioiit ataylnat away from ' bom over niitUt. No rial' whatever. Many new wnrkMra wanud at once Many are making Inrlyno.at the bimlness. Ladica make a inin'h aa men, and ynunz Imya nd irlrla make great p-iy. No one who In willing to work falla t-. make more money very day than oan be muile In a week al any ordinary einplnvmettt. Those who eniiage al om-o will II ml a abort road to fortune. Addra U, Ialot it Co,, I'ort- VOL. X. THE It A I .V Y DAY. - v a. w. i.ovun.i.uiw. Thn day la cnl,, and ilark ami dnary : It ralna. and the wind la never weary : Tno Tlfeatlll ellnjra to the inoMerlnir wall, But at evory lilnl the dead leavea fall, Ami the day la dark and dreary. My life la cold, and dark, and dreary j It rain, and the wind la never weary ; My tHonifhtH Mill ellnir to the inol,!-rlnir aat, But the liopea o( ymilh tall thleK Hlnl fast, . And UiQtlaya aye daik auddr. ary. .. . - ' ' - "I still, and heart, and cease rcnlnlnif. Behind thn cloud, tw Ih. urn. t hi .ninin . Thy f it" U the coiuinou fate nf all, ' liiioeaeli life aniiie rain must fall Koine daya innat be durk and drena. TWO LIVES. It waa a alow IniKtiid thrilling nf lil aetiaea. Ho V Minim Dure who Id have winded hia hPiiKiuions, had lie KUddenlv liiii ualled Opnii to du a i, alllniK, on tho brnnil i.z cif the Oonan House at New. port, lie found hi addition riveted upon a wihiihii'h taee nf sm li wonderful butuly, lliat his g r.B aeeined laeinated . A little group nf ni'-n Hiirmurded bfl, whose pre enee ulie aeoincd to acflor, rallmr tit ' (l to nurt, Ton alisortied even to wish tno uood tnorniiii?, Mr. I).ire7' inierrupied a vi dee. There was r.o outward viaible aian of fie maii'a Iiiwuid a iilliemaa. lis Vaughn in tai.tlv ri-ioL', potirte ly doir-d Ills hit to Mrs. Thome, a young and pielty widow of hut I wen'y-fohi'. 'How Kind I am to see you,' she cnn. tinned, ItoiilitiK out a while, plump little ban I. 'I UioiiKht you atill abroad.' Live t hero a man with ami no dead I' be aiawoiel lauuhinuly. 'You nee, it was that wit of thlni;, tiiKnloir at my hoa't allien, tlmt b'ouuhl tue btek, a penitent, lo my fatherland. I reachetl New York aome lime last week. Ai soon a tiossilila, I none down bnre for a b 'hi 1 1 nl f ah a1 , Roomed here lale last iimbi and already, with a low biw,'luvu mat inv r tw ir l. 'Ah, 1 see you have not jot forg il.ien your habit of nia'iing very pretty apeeclios! Kortunsie'y. 1' ng ago I le irimd lo PMliit a e ihein at their popular Vilue Kn. tell me, did yon find any thing in the Ballerina ahr lad lovelier than I.aura Sterne'a taeeT Ha e you met herT' ... 'I certainly have met wllh no tfrejler miracle thiiii the fact of one woman an Riirdiiii; to Hiiother her due need nf praise I'are I reipiuid? or ia It merely a trap lor the unwary rather. You aoe. I Bin ' I in ill . I do not know her. Will you present me ?' 'With pleaaure.' Lanr bavins taken Ida arm and led aim over to where thn flrl aat, 'Ihia la my old friend, Mr. Dare. Mr. Dare M ins Sleme,' The red brown eye llficd tliem-eh na for a moment to his f en; lh earin nn biirneil nu Insiant to a do ifier stain on the beaut I'm check. Willi a I Cilo muaical lauirh, Mra Thome glided away s Ibe other men, one bv one, t. Iloanl 1 1 1 1 , and fin nnv intiil dor held uiidmpuud pomuisiiiii of Hie prize. The mnrnl ig waa a precursor tt the dka t' at followed. It grew t be a inc. oxnJ.5 'd ihing I ml Va iglin hoi -topis int. i the I'uroni'iat place an I that wlien he apprnai'he I, olhxrs must fall haeK. 'Vauiliu liere la a lint,' aald Paoie (Jossip. 'It is diamond cut diamond,' sai l Damn On D t. ' riiure ia a liancn awai ing in Gotham,' as-nried Ham Humor. ' Hut, apile of the threo ancient and oi iliv ?) damea, the lovcia weinled tli- ir way conlenl. Were ihey lovers? Had llinv paused to put tlie qiieniuii to thaoiHoires f S nu tinea they would fend louia almost without, words, whin Vaughn, thrown. it himself on the Manila at Miss Ntc tin's feel, would II I his eyes rest cllesmlly oil the perfscl I ice, on which nun her xuii nor wind gettined ever to real but with loving impress, 'llavnyoua pi lure of ynuraellT' he asked her, one day. 'No,' alio anawored. 'I have never h d a photosraph taken. Klraimn, is It mil?' I l ave always haled tlie i lea of having a cardboard lepreswot.tiioii ol mysell In Hie poskes-l in nl onv'a live bui ilied irlniids. II one's piitu re could beheld byoua-tlie one for wboiii vou have had it drawn or painted one whom you know would value it aa a counterfeit of the real it uiiybt be different.' Did eliecxpeot that be would answer,' 'I want it 1 I would be that one ?' Silence tell for a moment between them ; then Vaughn apraog tn Ira feet, and id'ering her hie aria, tbuy walked Cl ient ly back lo the bouse. That niuht, aa limy hail Roisliel a wal'4 together, he whlspored in her ear: 'I am tired of all llinn peoplo, I want to be alono. M? we not go up tor awhile iulo your parlor ?' CVrUitnly,' cIih replnd, her mood al ways falling in with in, and led the way, ho lollowiuu : It was a preltv litllfl r iom. to wlilch the had hi (mil; lit tbeaauip ol' bar own in dividiialny. The uiua:o from bnoca b reai h- d ihpin but laiuily; the a nt id.' from t in nveaii atinud tho draoru s Iroin the window. Without, the aim iiphnre wis w ary, oppressive, a th uigli a Minn were brooding. It aeemud to weib oil VllL(bo L).,ia spirit. He leaned out to look In'o the nleht to try, If p oasllilo, to aiiake it oil'. A faint scream mused him. Mi-a S eme had omKsed the room lier es'-riloirc a ie th of wind bad blown Ibe lace Khaw ah bad thrown al) mt her shoulder, am fa '.-oied on h or hir, ill lectly aiioas the Hame of Ibe lamp, ll had insuiiily taken tire. Aa ina anily. Dare o onprohen ltd the danuer. A table iVxd at jia aid , oov eied with aiuna pret'y. danty rl.ili. lie 4r';zi it off, and threw it about her. (Scarcely alxty aeootida, and tin pearl waa over I Hhe was unaeorchel, uinnar ed, but he ttill beld ber aa he had caught bar-clo-e rapped 111 his ariiM oloae-preaae I lo hia heart! One of hit bauds waa sever -ly D ims i, lie did not even know it, uutil ho oauibt and presHtd it I her lips. 'For me?' all ; whl-pere i,' vansnni Vaugbnl 1 love you 1 love you! The life you hare saved ia yours ' At tier words, he slowly opened his arms and r. leased knr fiein his bold, aa aaheu paller oraeplug on bl face. She looked up at biui lu dim, bewild ered wonderment. What isllf the queationel. ' Only thai you bave opnned beaven to me, and 1 must turn awav from lla galea. Mad, blind fool that I have tejn, not lo scewbliher we weie diiliing. ijiura I hi' e you a e, aa you love me and 1 am bound in honor to anotlier w iinao.' 'Yotl mean that you have been engaged to lo be married all this time, and l- t)h, what bave I don?' coverluir ber lace with ber hands auJ aiokiug back lu ber obair. 'Nothing,' be rnlled, 'but what the nob est, pmest of women iiilr t bave done Knowing no evil, you thought none I' 'Leavsmo! ehe cried, apringing toiler font "Uo to Ibe woman who baa a right to claim you. I maae to boaran but one prayer -that I may bevar see your fnce againl' t;alin, auent, lllipasaivo, an ner inn, na badob.e vsd the punt-up fljQ.l galea of I arr .wa, oruauieulud wilU fuatbera of pur ber sou)rf;r Uiu)lur ibis, " ' pie ud asura, but with poiayped polula. VVELDON,' 'Wa have made a mistake. Forgive me that my eyea bave Just opened to ll, and ill t I aak yon u release me front my bonds, 1 thouirht I loved you, but women do not always know thoir own hearts. I aend you bank your ring, your letters. Mend m back my broken pledge, and your fi rglveneaa .' This was thai letter, .Vent bis affianced. Vaughn bare f iu..d wailing him In hla room, on his return to ths city. This, which Fale bad seal him In Ibe moment of his need -this which islaed the wait from his, chtiat. and .in, 4 from hla braiu wlwain mans him a fc imnfree -tn woo ai.it win ibe only wo. nan, be now kuew, thai he had aver truly loved. It would ha a I tile dillicult. peibap, to bnr lorglveneas to win ai.ew bar trust ; but wllh such an end, and the kuowl edae that she loro.l bin, he could not fall. Why was It, then on tha boat, return ing, sleep furs ink blin? In tho morning he would ll.nl her sitting, pnrhaps, where he had Ural seen her. Me couhl fanny ths banality look ol incredulity on the be'anlU fill 'a'e as he appr achnil, uiily lo ace II softrn and rite out under the eloquent passion of hit. words. Ah, how he loved her! U.iw, In Ibe new seni'eolliis freedom, be dared avow lo Ilia own soul how well. It was Hill eai ly when lio reached thn hotel. A sudden chill ael.i-d him as lie mill roil the ollice. I lia few alandlng about woia a ad, pitying look, be could not iindnratartd. 'You have heard thn Innlble newa, Mr, Dan?' lb" clerk questioned. 'I bave beard nothing,' be abruptly an awensl, 'What! you do not know? Mlas Sterne was drowned yesterday, while bathing. At llrt she Neemed averse to gii'ig In, but they finally prevailed upon her. Tlie tide waa very strong, but they aav, when it ewept ll beyond ber reaoti nhe eeemnd lo smile, aa though aim had no fear. She uttered no in tan or cy, and must ha e h. at consciousness almost Immediately, for when the III'h rope was thrown her ihev hopslln time to save her life she made no effort to grasp it Her body was recovered laat night.' 'Take mn to be.?' Dare whispered, in a h'.arse changed voice. Itseemodaa though he had known it all, long ati.1. aa though he had lied In anntlier life. Walking, aa in a dream, wiili all traieof odor I! d Iron) cheik and llpa, he followed tn the closed door, wnerethe man l a I left him Then he opened It qtt oily and wont n. The b- w waichera ukiii'i oiih glance it bis awful f ice, roao and It him with his dead ah, bis own lor lime and luernilv! ind she no' mill wear the auii o upon bnr lips ."or him? h't r ''pr thn strmrotA v.'aa nvee '. lint wonder that she had emllnl hh tiiti hi'.' the wateia more inercllu! tha'i man, wraptdtg her in their embrace. What wondei lliat i-hn care I not to grasp the rope which should snatch ber hack iulo thn dd agouv of ll InyT On hia kiioos before thn exquNile form, Vaughn I) ire wreaibd witli his niiuuih. , Kiev lioib bad drifie I with lb tide she iulo the still ocean of eternby, be into the Inner turmoil of ibe might hare been, D'tl'tn I d 'ifed with the ti hi men cail living ami on its waters have bseu wrecked 'Two Livosl I-IHIIIOV STK, Conch jewelry ia niucb worn. Tho "beef eater" bat Is again popular. Plain bl .c.k bII!h bave gone out of fash ion. There ia a treat rnge in In s. for feather trim. t'orda and tasnela are worn with every alylu efdiesa. Combination nndergarn enta 'are Very geneially worn. Swan's-down la used evening d i esses. hs trimming fur The demand fir Rngliah teal-brown plush exceed", the supply. Whiln Kiirih silk lias replaced while repnnd .ilk tor evening costumes, Thn latest slippers nre mad ol black velvet, with cut-steel buckles. Long kid gloves sre worn In tuceossive bars of embroidery all up the arm. Short undnrskli'ta are nf wadded f-atln, plush, or embroidered Manuel, .rlinuipd on the lower put with narrow mil In Old e ed llouncut or rociiigs. A child's aash now begins at the throat and the etiila Ulliu loosely lo ihe wai-l are carilcd under ilia It'll an:i aud fast ened Ht tin) back bsinw IhO W'uM, The pieliie-t shoes nro tunilo nf llil'e bars scums Ihe b'i-1. ench bur having a little buckle lo thn centre, linler tins, bais pinp loilli mo ciiil.ioulncd ai'ke. au.cki-.is. Tim prcliicst lovo (fa boniiel la made of got i'colore.l plusli, on llio lop ol wmci is a Miow while dove, with Us wings b.ili opcued and one ilt e ioy fool in lull view. (il'l'.K9kl.U WOW ESI. Woman lovia always: when earth allja from thmn thoy take icluge In lieivnii. There ia no (orture lliat a worn in would not sutler to ombrai e ber beauty. M on taigne. Tho whisper ofa brauli.ul woman ran be beard htrtber ibau the loudit call ol duly. Of all things that man possevana, women alone takes pleasure lu leing pntacaseu .u a i In ruo. Itefore promising a woman tn love only her, one ahould have seen Ibein all, or should see only her. A. Dupuy, We met In society many bnautlful and aitractivo inoinan whoui we think would make excellent wives for our frionds. We censure the inconstancy nf woman whan we are tho victims ; wn tind It charming when we are tue objects. L. Dt'Kueyers. Woman among aavages Is a beaat of burden I in Asia she ia a pineeof lurni ture ; in Kurope abe'a a spoiled child. Senao de Meulban. The bmheat mark of etdeetn a woman can give s man Is ti ask his friendship, and the most signal proof of her Indiffrr once is to offer bin) burs. It Is not easy to be a w idow i one must reaasuipe all the nmdai.tv of girlhood arithoui being allowed lo rolgu lu ii;'or auoe. Madame do Uiramia. Men are so fsarlul of wounding a wo. man's vanity thet they rarely remember that she mar by some posibllltv possess a gralu of ooiiiii oii tense. miss nraaaou At twenty man Is less a lover of wom.n than of women ; he is more in lovt. with Ilia Individual, howeve charming she may be. Hetif de ia Ursslonue. Women ol the world never use bnrsb axp essiona when condemning tbeir rivals. Like the aavage they hurl elegaut 1ST." C, THURSDAY, WANTED IT Jl'MT KIUIIT. BrooklTU Sunday Kaa-le. 'How mnch will ibis tvi in your pa per?" aaked a quiet looking man, aa be handeJ in the following advertisement at the Kagle oountlug rooot yesterday t SMITH Bunted a trace, in this city, Friday, j net after dinner, Mary Smith, wife of i s undersigned, aud daughter of old S.ni Pratt, the leading bhuksiiittb of Denver, Cob rado. The corpae was highly reep-ited by the bigh.tone.leal fain I lice, but death got the drop on her, and she to.k the up bucket with perfect confidence that she would bave a tqnare aliow the other aide of the Divide. The plant Iran aplrea this afternoon at her boarding bouse on Willow street. Oome one, come all. penrest Mary, thnn has left us. For you mi earth there wnsn't room. Hut 'tis II. 'liven thntSBl!i bereft us. And auntf lied our darliiin ui the Hume, Denver papnis please copy aud aend bill, or drrw at eight. Ilv her late husband, P. Smith. "I don'; I olleve you want It In just that way, on you?" asked the clerk, rubbing bis chin duoiously. "Why uot, stranger?" asked tlie quiet man. "It don't read quite right, does It?1 asked the clerk, "W you acquainted with the corpse, stranger?" demanded the quiet man, ' Waa you aware of the lamented while she w is busting around iu aooiety dorm atlbal boaidinp botin?" ' I don't know thai I ever met ber," re sponded the cleik. ".So I reckoned, Jedge. Yon wasn't np to the deceased wiien ane waa in the living busmen. Kow Jedgn, ihe deceased wrote thai oral loo her-sad f akira she died, and I want It in. Do you hook on, partner ?'' "but it Isn't our style of notice," objec ted the clerk. - "Nor mine, tx Ither," acqnie.ced the quiet man. I was tor having picture of her and a lot more talk, but she wanted tt quiet and modest, and an she whooped lliat up. Mav, alrsnger, is It going Into yiuir valuabls space without any diuV-ul. "I don't know," said Ihe clerk, dolefully. "I know, partner. This colebrallon comes off lo-moirow a'ternnon, and that's going In in the morning, If it goes hi out ol a cannon. I get Rtief enough on my kA.ida now, sirang.r, without electing a lort on the sidewalk but If yon want WHr, I got the implement right in the t. k part of these mourning clotbsa. What d'ye think, Jodg. ? "I) .es it make any difference where It goes?" asked the 0 erk. "I want it In ths paper," said the mourner, "mid it's g dng in if it takes a s.ulo driver. Think you twl.a; toy racket, b' rnii-'ar ' ' 3 ,' r.'.l ! t.iO : in k. ') .1 ipttt ii in lb ' saia ,' aiuong ilis i ther mourn lulrenaiks. i'oor dollars, please." ' Tiiai' i linsiiiBss." aud Hie quiet man paid the irtmiey. If you ain't t.usy, o .me around lo morrow. I'm going to lilvn the old woma i a send- ifl.and if that (.i -epeller d on't w rk up a prtliy good programme befcre he gels to the dnxology, his folk will think he's doing o uislileiaolo loisis i.e.- iih a saw m li I. She was a good one, Jedge, snd .he wsa phuia from the i oi lier neck to the bunion on her heel; you can If 11 that Irom the notice;" and ibe mourning widower wiped his eyes on lua sly, and later lu IDs day was fined lor ilirasliing the undertaker, who had put eiiver handles oil the casket instead ol Id Iiog Out Thk Woiu.oto End Pro- feasor Proctor, the greatest of living as. Iron. liners who lias insdo I lie lovesliua n id thn aptn oachlnir comet n mmcUI study, givn the lesiilis of hi. obcrvul Ions o thn public, and bla conclusions am ihat an aw lul collision of tlie comet and the sun are ceitiiiu, mid that . bailees in an other stellar system will take place, aad the ami may allerward tutuiiii lie ordina ry Influence. 1 he menacing omnet li the recently via ible one, in 1N(I, in the Australian bcai ens, w ti I. U ia one ol the moat intnrealing comets vnr seen by man. Views respect ing it mil by Isticil'ul iheorizers, but by maihemiiiii ians ul cmlnsncn by no moans prone o adopt wild and startling ideas, euggeal Ihe possibility nay , even aome degree nf probability that tills comet may bring some danger to ths so ar ays- twin. Like Ibe cornel ef l(ji:i, it passed within about 11)0. 000 wiles from the aolar surface, and on a palb similar lo that pur sued by the comet of 1843 while in Ihe neigh boruoou ol the auu. Ibe ooinet ol I MHO Is, iu faol, identical with ibe comet of hl l, bul IU period ia diuiinishiov rapidly an that at an early Hate It may fall into the mi, w lib this alarming Immsdia.e lean It that all higher lorma of I He, at leaat, will be dealioyed ou the aurlace of the earth. A TnlH'ii ino Sronv. One ran ly meets w.llianioiH touching romance than Is I. mini in the following story, which comes fiorn Wales : A i. uiiil or nfymrs ago some minora in exploring ail obi pit that bad long been cl i-e.l. l oioil the Ixi ly of a young man diessid in a lu.blon loop nut ol dale. The peculiar action of the air ol tho mine was sii.n as to preserve the body ao porloHly dial it apiieaieu asleep ratbor tbau stead. The miners win o nuzzled at the ci renin s .iiico-; no one in tlie district bad been mis-ed wiijin their reinemhrauce, and al last il was lesolved lo bring lu ilia old est Inhabitant an old lady lung past Iter niglillHlh year, who had lived single lu the villngii the whole ol her life. On being liken into lb pre nee of the body a very airang scene occurred, Tho old lady tell on Ibe corpse, kiss It, and addressed il ny every lei iu n endearment are ken in t te lani;uae of a b; ;one generation. I was bvr only love, aha ban wailed foi biui ilui lug her long life, she knew be bad not forsaken tier. The old lady and the young man bad beun heir mod sixty years tielnre. I he lover has Ai sap pea re I iuihiaiiously and she had keiit I'ailhful iluring the long lutei val.-Tims bad stood still with the young man, bul had lell its mark on the woman, I bo mtuera who were present were a rough set, but very geiilly and with tearful eyes they remove. I the old lady lo her biuse,aud that nlgbt bi r l.ntlilul aptrlt rtjoiue J that tf ber loog lost lover." IlK llAOTHU BliT RlOHTTOTHIint'D- Otie nlgbi a Judge, a niiiiiarv nicer, and a nnnisier all applied Tor lodging at an Inn where there waa bul one spar bed. a. (I the landlord was called upon in decide which bad the tei olaini ol U.a three. I have lain filiisan yean in the garrlaon at 11, saiu tue omcer. I have aataajudge twenty years In B said lbs ludiie. With your lenve, cen'leirien, I bave stroJ In I bo uiliiiatiy twenty live years at N, sal" i"" m nr. "ip That suit I i tin disonle, Mild the land lord. You, Mr. Captain, linve lain ft been yearn; you Mr. Jungs, aal twenty years, but the sued pastor has stood live and twenty years, so bacertaluly baa ibe best right lo ibe bed. A gentleman Ih other day nljocted tn playing cards with a lady, because she bsd auoli a winning way about ber. Ity direction af the Preslilont a gei.eral order bas been taaued by the wsr depart ment prohibiting the sale ef Intoxlcetlng llijuoft at military oU and stations, MARCH. 10, 1881. NJP.WN OF VI1E DAT. Oood evening Mr. Hayes. Qood raomhiK Mr. Oai'Hol.1. Oarfleld'a tmublea bewail last Friday, Washington Is full of ofttce-serkera. How will the new President treat thefoutb t dr. Hayes goes from tlie While House, rich. H ijcs drew Hamucl J. Tddan'a nay for him. The New Turk Bans bids Hayes an everlasting farewell. ' Oreat revivals nf religion rose In Kichmoud. are In ping The prohibition question Is beginning to agitate Virginia. The telegraph exchange bas been dis continued lu Danville. It Is asld that flarflold does not weotan alliance wilb Mahoiie, Pel itlonera are asking Garfield not to have wine at Ibe White House. Oartisid has fallen off forty pounds since bis nomination last summer. The orowd at tho Inauguration waa the largest over known in Wnatitiiglan. Melford Pennsylvania it now trying lla first murder case in the last thirty jears. Humorist ltiirdette.of the nurllnarton Hawk eye, used to lie superintendent of a Baptist Kuudny school. There are aixty-six poatmattera whose cominUssioiis will expire during the month of March. The funding bill has passed both houses of Congress, and has been vetoed by Fresldeut Hayes, Mr. Tennyson says that the nightin gales have not sung at Karrlngferd aioce Ibe Prince Consort died. Of lb twenty eight new iron furnaces erected in this cmnlry last year, floreu were In the Southern States. A lire at Sliver Cretk. Col., destroyed a number of buildings and cuiae I snag gi again loss of about )50,(K)0. An extra sis. I on nf the Snnato has been railed by President Haves at Oarfleld'a request which melon tbeiUh iuat. There are now In the United States 8J,iCI Sunday schools, teachers, and 6 8:3 131 Holiday -school scholars: Hays' dceairiirc from Waahlunn will he la tneii. ad hv very few, and tils iiauie will not set tho river of t ae on Are aa it flews onward. Dr. Charles B. Stewart, Is the only survivor of ths ni'viuni men who framed Die Texas Declaration i t Inde petitionee. The Mexicans do n t Ilka tho lira of firai.t going anting then. Th -v thlik it d inueroua to have foreign O n p . rations iu their Republic. Mr. Miry Anderson residing near PaiiviHe was homed to deaili last wni k. Her rlo'hea eatif ht (Ho whllo sho stood before ihe Are plaeo. . The two facliors nf ths Republican party in Pennsylvania bave iiiillrd on John I Mitchnll pieseot member of Con gress as candldale for Souator. A free trade alii Hire ha besn formed by Democratic Congressmen which la In tended to propairata free trade doctrines and aisae-nluate Information lor the people, A shart time ago at Pair Haven Cn. neetbuit. s.inn of lbs Whites homed d wn Ihe school house nf lbs colored pen pleandilien refused their clill.lrsn ad mission in Ihe white schools. It is a remarkable fwt lliat two thirds of the church members of this country are women, lo one thir 1 man; while on the o'her h ind, nin tesn twentieths nf the criminals sre men, and only one twentietli woman. On the morning a ber the lynching of lbs five iKgn.es In Ppringfield, Tenn., two other n across, who bad turned State's evidence and been released, were fmod banging tn a tree near the scans of the murder of Laprado. Camp Masting John Allen, tbe rhap Ininnfilie Maine llone of Kapreasuia tlvtt. prayed that God would make Ihe new Governor 1 as wise as s serpent and as harmless aa a dove." Tbe O ivernor thinks tbero was aarcaatn In thai prayer. The city council nf Denver, Col., has accepted a proposition foi lighting Ihe entire city with tbe Rrnsh eleclrlo llg'vt tor two years at $14,000 per annum. The light to be furnished is guaranteed to be rour tlmea greater in the aggregate than could he furnished by tbe same number of gas lamps. The demand for Gorge Kllnt'a bonks has ao Incr a-ed since her death that Ihe I.' tnlon publishers have not teen able lo meet it. A thousand readers Inquired lor "Adam llcie" In onii wni k at a load ing circulatii g library. A clomp and a rosily completn edition of ber works will be Issued in the spring. Col. Cash, who sometime last yetr killed Shannon in a duel in South Car olina waa recently In l cid and put on trial lor bis lite. The judge charged that it was mnrdnr if no passion waa shown. The lory nllc.l to auree. stand I in eight for conviction and four for ao q-iitd A mirtrial was entarad and Cash ell! hive to nava auoiunr trial. Colonel Kdward Richardion. of Mia- Isaippl, ibe most ex.enaive cotton Plai ler In the hon.h. ana Hie cemmis- sinner Irmn that Slate to tbe New York Intei national exhibition, is perhaps the only living man In this country to whom a s a ue has been ere lod. lu the public square in Jackson, Miss., stands a hi roio naiiie of ihe coimisi in lienor of bis Sll- terpris tn bebalfof that Slate. The weather bureau Is try to enlist SriBlhern railroada In getting ohserva tlnna of the temperature aud rainfall, to that tbe cotton exchangee can be In formed eaoh morning of tho conditions prevailing over the belt of country from inch li.ey draw ineir aiapie. nie bureau also suggests ihat the wldeaprtad iiiblicaiioii nl a aummarr or these re ports will tend t- direct the attention of eta'granta to tbe South. Whllr tbe axerclsea rnmmemnratlve of Washington's hlrtbday were taking place at Alexandria, va the grind statin sua denlv give way, throwing President Hayes, Senator Wrbera, Congressman Hurd, Hie orator of thn dav, aud about thirty other prominent gentlemea to the crmia. The wnrat it'inrv was mat ana latita t h senator liners, won sprained a leg, When ll was discovered that no nne had been dangerously injured Ibe exercises wrre ootiunuea. Tlie woman snffrsge law In Utah pro vides that every woman at tho age nf twenty one years, who has lived in that Territory alx months next preceding any general or special election, born or naturalism! in the Untied Slates, or who is the wife, widow or the daughter nf oaturalla d i-itla m nf the United Slates ahsll bseutllled to vote stany e'eollon In lha Teriltorv. The Mormon newspapers are ludlunanl b'csit-s llovarnor Murray ha declared that under tbla law any girl I twslvs years of age, It 1 wan, way rots, married to Mor NO. 2. , ADVERTISEMENTS.. If you leal dnll drowsy, debilitated .hsve fraqnaol headache mouth last badly, poor appetite and tongue ax as led, you are aufforing Irom torpid liver, or "bll.Ooa. nes" and notklng will Cure yna eopsedl l and permanently as to take Minmoaa Uver Kegulator or Medlolne. . t ( The Cheapest, tsassw - I , j , . Purest and Reel Family Medicine Id .i Ihe Worldl t An Rtfectitsl Bpe. Ni eltloforall dlaeaaist y of tho Liter Stom- U anh and spleen. Keiculate tbe Liver and prevent Chills and Fevers, Malarlout Tevera Bowil Complaints, Keatlessness, Jauudlue and Nausea. BAD DREATU ! " Nothing Is ao unpleasant, nothing ao common as bad breath, and In nearly every case it comes irem thn stomach, and can be so easily corrected if you will take Simmons Liver Kegulator. Do Bot negleoi ao aura a remedy for lh a repulsive disorder. It will also improve your Ap petite, Complexion, and General Uealta, PILES I Hoy; in ...ty auffer torture day after day, in. !,ni;, li o a burden and robbing exist en o i V ell pleasure, owing tn the secret n:'i li-r-. i.'oin Piles. Yet relief la ready lo ilia ;. in, of almost any one who will use avM'oi.i t'lcally tbe remedy that bas feeuuueuily cured thousands. Slramo a' ,iver Regulator, Is no drastic, violent purge; but a gentle assistant to nature. . coNMTir.iTioa i Should not he regarded aa a trifling ailment la fact nature depends theot most regularity of tbe bowls, and any deviation from this demand pavea ibe way often to aertoua danger. Il la quite aa nroe-tary to remove impure aeon mm illations from tbe bowels aa It is to est or sleep, and no health ean be expeo ed where a costive babll ol body prevails, KICK HEADACHE I ' This distressing affliction ocoore most Ireq lentlv, Tbe disturbance of the stom ach, arising from ihe Imperfectly dlgeated contents, causee a severe pain in the bred, auoompanled with disagreeable nausea, and this constitutes what ia popularly kuowuasSIck Headache, Beware of counterfeits, take only the Ken. Ine in white wrapper with red X In frr ul orepared by J. li . Zslln A Co. Sold by ail Druggists: Jan 87 ly - ... 1 ..... j s TERLINU M. U A R T HERVEY'8 OLD STAND n A LI TAX, X mill i a o- UlKX'ElllKS, BOOTH, iUoEU. HATS. CAPS, All All Orsdsa, All Prises, All Styl.s. MK.t SCU1LDRBN B, WOMBR 8 ASD iatlaflRS II II O E l I II O E 1 1 All kinds of family urocerl 'S on hand and to arrive. Stock completely new. Jaat purchase from tho Northern Marknta. H M 1 ART, Halifax. M C. Sep )0 ly A T T K N T I O N. TUB L1TTLB WANT COTTON PRRS. IIYDKAUI.IC PREISVBE. Tbe only Hydraullo Cot to a Tresa for plauuiluu use. FIKR IMSl'RAIirE. Risks placed In 7IIt3TsCLASS COMPANIES A. II. HILL, Ag't, Sootlaod Neck, Halifax, Co. N. C. apr 20 tf T MIB l'LACB to buy Youa 0001W. Groceries! i 'heap as they ran be told in the town of Wetdoa Nice NOUTU CAROLINA HAMH1JH eerpoand. Cob feet loaerirai et ayll Xlatta Mle aasi . rmai. My BAtla ttoeked with ths host and rarest Liquors of every description. Call siii tee me. " v 1 : r n r r r. rrt as riret Street. We Mem, N Cf . arr if . . ," One Square, . Two hquares. Three squares, Poor Squares, Kourth llol'n, Half Column, Whole Column,' a Mr HOP rHNrwM 6 00 8 00 JO 00 is oo 30 00 lo oo 15 00 IS 00 0 eai 0 00 0 M M 09 90 00 SO 00 40 00 0 00 tt M m r One Year, - 7 1 0 TO M T F RI 1 D k TH t FOLIC aj M feAAsVlT -; :. . t..-.-, ... -!'.- vi -j:,. viv.l e 1,1 rl ( 1, 'ml In , t calie pleas ere ha lararsnleg yeas that I bsve eommenoed the xnereantlle bnalneeaj In tbslown of Hsllfsx, al tbe aUud for merly occupied by Mr. N. H. Dloksna ef that pi aoe, where )eu will Aud rarykhlng naaally kept In a .1 iieateral HerehaaisliM Iter. , 1KB AT TUB LOWItt rKKIk s 'J LIQUORS, WINKS, UOAUSy to , A AND TOBACCO, A t-ECIALTY ii n'J THBHlaHWTPRtrR PAID FOR tXTTOIIt TUB RBBUORBAL. i , i ,-..'.) -n- s . . All I Ask If A Tril. t Kemember tbe pfaoe.1 ' ' ',''' ' DICKR5 S' OLD 8TAKD. ' it i r ,,t . ( ., , f, '....! Mr. Robert Ivev Is with mo end weak! be glad te see bis friends. , .. . ', P ttbBT.U. WHITItlillAO," ' ' '' t Halifax. K.C.'' eet 14 tH t.'i- u-n.a '. - t e n I i urn t jsju txaiJijg-aBBI '.y, i m.isi HkAk trill is rntiat. ffl 1 f""""! (sssaia a .) al -istesst -l as - a ri tJ rf mp- h -sawssg rtSr-trrflr -"'-' s.isVaVs-a. 1". i .i.,..Simsii.sfci, i.i. a.. M. UVV tlaiHirf.- te I. say tu m. u-. t, deptetueer leth ly 1. c n. w ... TT7,sirr lM,,ln8M P w before the pub-i-J XUO A lie. You- ean make ' monevr faaier at -work for na than an anything alae Capital not required. We will, alert von, U a day and upwards made at bom by ihe ioriuatrlona. Men, women boya and girls wauied everywhere to work, for Now la tbe lime.' Yon oan devote jour whole time to the work, or only yosir spare momenta. No other business will pay vthi nearly at well. - Nd one witling to work ran bill to make eoorrooue pay inj engaging at onoe. Coatly Outfit and term free. A - Rrewt opportunity for soaking money ea-lly and honorably. Addrna True A Co. Augusta,Me. July U ly. siiii ii is i ii i sMttaMEseaassB) W. 11 VICK- C AstKlAOEf AVD BCGVIKA ! . it i i,e ,,. i v i i yy,vs4 MADE TO ORDER i. a f c t ev . ,'- s . ' CO l i .!: Ii OR BEPAIRSO AT LOW TBlCts!, I'M flit t '. )! I f'r"i All kinds of wood work and trim an lu done in good style. Blacksmith work done at abort notice and with neatness.. All new work warranted. Fine painting fr buggies doue at low prloee.best palut used, SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVE! Tt THE UXDEBTAKIKQ DEP1RT1LEHT. Coffins and. Case of all alaet constate M en baud. i ... 1 c -1 .; . --it. :. .'. ' .. ".M r . rid Caniassk MaterialakasakM.kaai4 below Petersburg market. t , . ., , ' , " Weldon ST. , ', una 6 It - ' 1 ' t 5 ' " NO. T. V O B D , , , Takes tileatnre In annonnclne that ha ean elill oe found at hla aland on '. .FIRST STREET. : i Where he has oo baud a full line of the Finest WINES, WHISKIES, and HU, AN I'l iS n. cs ..'i c.-s, , ., , - , Tn n k rnh. Ma A US. audSNUFP, - 1 -'' ORANGE. APPLWt, and CONKEOTIONEKIE8 His stookefCanhed Goods and Groosr leais uouauajly . ,j ; u, , j ' t, a-s " f s f ' t-.f L .i rail Bid IU' ; 'o ys.'srif'. ,s-. ii-f V) ,:) .,' , Ota) Ganurr A rasMty. ' rrUtuB LA Bit Ml OS tlCfT. ,He gueranleae . tallafacliow, 1I1 esBsi ll hXi h " Prim to MasdloeU Adwimmm " litaaaat tss. leeesaawtsase, m4 ef liW syjeesi q staww nsBkM a ts la. M .La st r-f-mr,Tt st nrr : "i i' ' " " - sMWrjeBBMaisiixiifc