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VOL. XL
CHILDHOOSHAPP DAYS-
BY (IKOltGE V. I1UTTE R PIKI.n
My chlldho d days ! Their memory stirs now ;
tureillll lltld try tO Cal them hrlelr nenln .
Hut, through Hie tb eliug years ihAt come and go.
1 call in vain.
Oh .' they were happy. anMeti, iroldeti days,
lien, iiiircslraliied, 1 sport ; Klad and free
Wheii every moiuenl with Us hoj M plays.
Had Juy for me.
Time then had no b.'tlin n iitjr. tmr no end ;
1 he present win it paradise of years :
No cure could with my happiness contend,
To bring the tears.
Each token of the ever-wulconio sorliiif
Wnstr.'asnTed theii.u, of a wealth untold :
K.uh silvery bird sonir would t., tui.i i,Hi,,r
A gum of gold.
The summer days brought only a glad oontent-
K bright eees-iion of unwearied hours
Ail cndles, holhhty, rleh.frelirhted. spent
Among the flowers.
The somb.fr autumn, with its harvest store,
Its. ripened fruits lu rich abundance piled.
Brought pleasures that Were never feltb d'oic
To me, a child.
Stem, ley wint.rrojuld not check the stream
Of childhood's softly-rippling tide of glee ;
Sweet hum delights bring back a happy dream
lo memory.
Etch s -ason of the year was then replete
With pleasant pastimes, all alike euUyed ;
Each luj ish da. -dream then was peiioelul, sweet
And unalloyed.
A mother's waichl'itl care protected ui" ;
Her loving kindness si rowed my path with
llowers:
She soothed each tiouhlet! moment tenderly
in childhood liours.
To h Tof eratitude I owe a debt
Tint! till my la-tor life has not erased
That years have not obliterated yet,
Nor time ellaced.
May she In brighter spheres be ever blessed,
Ami li-.-re remembered with a filial love j
And may her spirit And eternal rest
In Heaven above I
lint they are gone. They vanished from my sight
Like glistouiuirdew'-drops In the sunlight ray.-;
And memory lingers la the distant light
Of eh I Id hood days.
A STORY OF THE BLACK ART.
It v iii;i:xai;i iiiGsr.Y.
If ever there was a tiiau who could lay claim
to respectability In In own individual person.
It was. Dr. Tlit'oph l is (irecn. Ills Klossy
clothes, demure mien and benevolent cotintc
tiauee were outward and visible signs of sn
Inward mid spiritual responsibility. Sliorl
si(rliteil lie was; but tbnt TU'ir.ii" defect was re
llcred by a pre eminently proper pair of gold-
immeil glasses. Ills shin-bosom alone in, u
fair diploma of moral e;racc and mundane pros
perily.
Now, although tlsu doctor was scrgiujf on
(oily years of ae, he had not yiven up hopes
of alluring into bis pieUy i'.is;c uf suburban
residence a dainty li'lle bird of a wife.
Widows and old maids he h inkvrcd not after;
bis affections beiui; set on wiin. In,' some blush
ini:iit iiden wilh the bloom of iunoeence still
fresh on her youthful lips.
Near the doct or's house lived Miss Susan
C'altertuii, a in.ii.len lady ef uncertain yean.
.She too put uot her faith lu celibacy, and lia.l
lonj; sought to weave the web of Iter Tiffin
channs lound the heart of her neighbor, the
doctor. Hut in vain, lie bad attended her
frequent calls, prescribed for her iuiaejuaiy
ailments, soothed, fl ittered, humored her and
pocketed his fees but that was all.
Mi's Casterion was deroted to art. Atnoiu;
0 her ulilms, she possessed herself of a camera,
and dabbled in the delight of ninatcur photo
graphy. Out-day the do.t ir rrcciied a polite inyita
llou from Miss Casterton to attend a "Literary
nd Artistic I!.' union" tit liter house.
"Haii the old cal! I must ro howctcr I
uf pose; she is as Koud as an annuity, and it
will i.ot do lo iilfeuil In r," he lliiulued frrt
fully. The doctor went, anllclpatine; a dreary even
llli;; but whin he was inlrodueed lo Miss
Ethel Custcttou, the neice of his hostess, now
on a visit to her aunt, his heart smote bun (or
his Ingratitude towards bis old neighbor.
Ethel Casterton fulfilled his brightest dreams
of an ideal w oman. .-hu was not more than
te nly. two, bad the rounded ligurc of a .In no,
sweet face, a rank, hones", look In In r cje',
plrjoaut maimers, and proper depreciation of
Tcry young men.
Hbe came, she sw, the cuiuercil. 7' be
doctor disclosed his own case that hiKht, and
found hinindf aufTf rintr from an acute stuck of
affection of the heart; he loed. .lu.l when a
middle sued Kentleman feels that hot breath of
CUpid's fljiue, his susceptible fe llies l,la.u
like uld plue lu a forest lire. Si sordid doubt
Of the (ulurs uiolulstc till airectloii; he uives
bis whole soul lothe object of hi worship.
IV'.J flftcr tl:l' 111" doctor h muled the C'ss
tertou villa. The surprised and delighted Mis
Casterton dreamed dreams nf bridal Veils,
ursine blossoms mid Humane bells; for she
never doubled for a moment but lhai her
n hflibiir w.i laj'inu Ins vol.ve cbaph ls on the
In luo ol her ow n irt;in chaiiu-.
The momentous day ci.iuo st last. Mi-s
Oisteiton was in Ih.i habit uf attend ina a
Dorcas Society Hireling on I hur-day at.i in 'on;
and III -lo.e-.i:ek do, lor resolved lo on
Ihe occasion of her aliseu. u In lay ill. the f.-. 1
of bis bcuullftil F.lhel his heart, bis h ill I, b -suburban
residence, aiol his lite tbousihd do.
lars a ear.
Tile day was ulooiuy; the doctor's spill's
were at social decrees below Z'io. As he ap-
proat lied Miss Custei Inn's house, be suddenly
stopped, turned pile, tmd exclaimed:
(iiacious goodness, I'm forjjotiru my spec
tides I" It was loo ttue, and without their
valuable aid, he wis half deprived i f loo
p.iner of sight, lint it wss too late, to reiurii
for them. Every moment was precious. Who
knew how lou ir the aunt might be detained
on her eirand of mercy f
"Is Mis Casterton al home!" he asked the
crrtnt.
"No, ir."
"Dear, dear I bow unfortunate," when he
knew, ly do is ho wa, lhat surh st the
case from the fery llrst. "Mm Eihel," he
tdded, "is het home ?"
"Ye. lr; site it m the library."
"Ab, I will Co and let her. tiho'i not been
WELD ON, N.
looking well lately. You need not announce
aie "
And like an old friend of the house n he
was, he passed through the ball and entered
the library, a term which the apartment hardly
deserved, for Jt was chlelly devoted to Miss
Casterion's scientlllc recreations, and was lit
tered wilh the debris of many an Idle hour's
research for the beautiful lu, art. Here, loo,
Mies Casterton practised her Very unreliable
photographic (tudiet.
His Idol was there, An Indistinct vision of
fluttering muslin told him of her presence-, but,
half blind ntul wholly prostrated by nerrous
ncss, he uppioitchol her.
A young man would have liem'd and ha-a-d,
but the doctor was a believer In the old prov
eib "Ho who woos a tualden must not dully,
lie most not make hay while Ihesuiidothshlna
Ho must stand with a shall ! shall I?
Hut boldly say, '.M.'iid"u. thou must he mine "'
.So he plunged nt once ill medias re.
"Vlss Casterton, do not lis. 1 am glad to
Hud you alone. It is an opportunity I have
long sought."
A deep sic,h was the only response.
"1 thought that is you thai is 1 from the
very llrst moment 1 beheld you a life's devo
tion my tlear young lady, 1 love you with my
whole heart and soul, I am no lunger
J mug "
A faint protest came from the (air lady's
lips. "You are in the prime of life, dear
doctor."
Dear I She called him dear. 7'he soft, sweet
Word, inui inured by her pouting lips, sent the
blood coursing ll.iuiigh his veins, mid riiovc
him into ciieu a denser statu of ecstatic confu
sion. "He then my wife No wish you have shall
be ungratilied. My fate is lu your bands. My
fsle is lu your hands Speak bit the one
word that will bring me Imppiii'-ss."
"It is spoken, doctor. 1 love you!" came
the murmured words lu low lous.
"A id you will marry me f"
"I will."
"7'hen, diirllng Ethel," cried the delielited
doclnr, seizin; the maiden's willing hand, ' I
will speak to your old catamaran of an aunt
the moment she comes home from this tca-and
scandal party, and you shall "
"Ethel!" the lady Bcreaincd, "Ethel!" sud
the next momeiil. (ell In a swoon Into the doc
tor's arms.
"Merciful heavens!" muttered the doctor,
as lie lioio his charge to a sofa, "what shall 1
do?"
It certainly was a very embarrassing position
for a middle-aged gi nlleinan of bis respecta
biliiy to be piaced in. If any one should cou,u
in, what could he do?
On a little side-table stood a narrow, gutta
percha box-like trough full ol water. Ilaatily
ho dipped his handkerchief ill, utid applied it
to lliu brow of the fainting girl. She gave one
half-sob, half sigh, dust then footsteps ap
proached; and the doctor, seined wilh a sud
den panic, fled.
When he had readied the street, he wiped
the great beads of perspiration from III fu.e,
and hurried home.
'Poor sensitive child !" he thought, "how
delicate her sensibilizes are! I was too ab
rupt, too sudden lu my dedatntio i."
What w as that little boy grinning nt ! Yes, a
street urchin st ol mi ! gal d at biiu (or a mo
ment, then hurst Into a loud gilfliw and fled
What could it mean Every man, woman or
child he met looked at liim as If in surpiise,
und 1 iiigbrd.
"The worst of living in a mnll place," he
argue.) lo himself; "ml bow could they know
It? Hang them, they know ever) tiling here.
If a man eats an egg for breakfast It It all over
town which end he broke llrst, bef.uu dinner
lime."
Hut when he i cached his own dour, and hi
own old housekeeper, who had been wilh htm
for years, and bad always treated him with
profound respect, burst into an uncontrolled lit
of merriment, bis auger knew no bounds.
You stupid obi Mint," he gasped, "what
are you laughing at ?"
Never a s.e.l the dame spoke, but she gig
gled c-iuvul-itely and pointed to the gieit
mirior in the doctor's ditiiug-ioom.
lie looked. Coal I be helieie bis eyes ? Hi.
fice was streaked with big unsightly bhick
brovvn blotches !
"Soap nil. I water ! (J.iirk !"
All in vim. Neither -i:ip nor water won! I
remove Ihe hoirihle disilgiireincut. Then lie
sat down and tried to Honk tin- whole inal ei
out. Suddenly it dished acro.s his mind :
"All Hi it infernal old fool's tinkering null
phologr .phy. Tout was a bath of nitrate of
silver 1 dipped aiy bsiidkrr hi. f In, and by all
Unit's unlucky. I've deluged Klhel's hciulKul
see wilh it. What can I, mutt I du "
Weak ol ii I ions ( cy inlde of potassium. Con
stmt scrubbing with soip and scalding water,
all were nil lulling, an I the doctor sank into
stite of forlorn hopelessness.
No nie-siige from Miss Casli rtou tint night
Hat the following day a you ig l.idv, closely
Toiled, an. I uecoinpiuletl by a young gentleman,
called on him. He read the cards, "Mis
Klhcl Ci-teilon," Mr. Waller lliverey," sud
ad nllud his visituis.
"Illack at Ihe Aec of spinb," thought the
unhappy doctor, as hi! motioned tbetii Ao
seats,
I'o Ills delight and sinpil.e the la ly raised
her veil, and her features w re clear ii: d
l.e.llltifill as wneu he liitl iiiol her the Idol of
los love. Hill over her pi-tiy face was a cio:.
of aiigi r.
"Hi. lire n," she Slid, seveiely, "1 h.ie
ca'lid Willi my f i nd brii! to demand an ex
pl, union. Yesterday mi' aunl, not fee ing
iv. II. di I n it attend a iihctingof the lbircas
S . lety. bit it th i l ist in uncut dc-lred me lo
g i iu her place, fiu was alone when you
ciilcd. Y hi w nt to b'T lu the library-"
"She! Your sum! Ml- Casterton!" yelled
ihe doctor,
y i, ( i mv reliini h ime I foun t her lu
hysli i ies, end her face disiiguieil as your own
Snesivs vou propo-e I inariiagii lo her, and-"
"Anl,".ld the g man, lulen uplieg.
grossly assaulted by .1 ashing in her face some
drug. As I am about lo in oiy Ethel, mil to
may euuslder in vse! fone of the family, I dc
maud an liMsnl eipl.malion."
"You mairy Elln l ?"
"Ye, and 1 Will give you Just three minute
In which to make yout mind up iu. ill yoa
apologize to Mis Cash i toil and lliarrj her like
a mail, or will you be branded pollroou and
have an action for heavy damage brought
tgilntt you. Which?"
The alteruativt) were bsrJ, but the doctor
choia milrlmoDjr.
0., THURSDAY,
A STRANGE MEETING.
AFFECTINH SCENE HETWEKN CoN KEDElt.VTE AND
UNION OfFIUKItS.
During the flghtlng that preceded the ur
render at Appomattox the cavalry on belli
tldea were very actively employed. While di
recting some movements of his command ut
the front Major General Kllthugh I.ee and his
'leu exp
hots nrei
ol the last shots fired found its way Into the
breast of Caplnin Charles Mitinlgcrodi', of
General Leo's staff. Captain M innlgeiodo fell
from his horse apparently dead. There was
no time to care for his body, but Kilzhugh
Lee dismounting pinned on hit breast the fol
lowing note :
This Is the body of Captain Charles Miniilg
erode of General KHztiMgli Lee's staff. Who
ever linds It will confer a great favor by seeing
tint it is properly cared for and sending Infor
mation to hit father at Kicbimmd.
I'lrziiroii Lei:.
7'ho lines of combat thlfted, sud presently
a New York regiment passed over the ground.
The surgeon noticed the body of the confed
erate olllcer, and stooping over it saw the note
and also that the man was not dead. Taking
up the body in his arms tho union surgeon,
who was a powerfully built man, earned It
about a third of a mile to a Held hospital. Here
ho gave bis young charge special attention and
noted with sa'islactien a gradual improvement.
Captain Miunigero le recovered, und after Ihe
war went to New Orleans. The surgeon re.
turned to new York and renewed llio practice
of medicine at Pougbton.
A few nights ago General Lee, uow an olllcer
o( the Virginia volunteers (national guard), ac
corupauied by a party of oflicera of the Thir
teenth, was in a box lit tin) Casino, In New
York city, witnessing the performance of the
"Queen's Lace Handkerchief." There were
present iu Genera! Lee's box Colonel Austen,
of Ihe Thirteenth New York; Colonel Wertau-b.tkei-,
of the 7'iilid Virginia; Colonel John A
McCaull, Quartermaster Ackeiiuan of the
Thirteenth, and Captain Minnigcroile, who,
being on a visit lo New York, hnd been invited
to accompany his old commander to tho thea
ter. An usher entered and told Ihe captain
that a gcntleinuu wished to speak witli him.
'he gentleman came in and Captain .llunl
gerode went to the rear of Ihe box to meet
him.
"You do not remember me ?" said the stran
ger. 7 here is something about your face, sir,
that tells me 1 do know you," replied the cap
tain. "You were left for dead on the Held of Ap
pomattox und "
"Yes, yes," hurriedly broke in Miulggerode,
a light of recognition stealing over his expres
sive face.
"I am Dr. Caller."
"My God, sir! you are tho man who saved
y life."
The two men fairly hugged each other for
a moment, and then the captain, turning lo
(Mineral Lee, said : I
"General, this gentleman sav'd my life tin--doiililcilly."
As General Lee greeted the doc
tor Die latter said smilingly :
"Yes, sir, I look the bullet out."
"And here is the bullet," s.ipI Mi nnigerode j
Inking it out of his pocket mi l holding It up I
between his thumb mid fore linger. !
l-'orafcw mcmeuts the rich costume and
pretty women on Ihe stage wer forgotten,
and the little group of ollleers gi.ed instead I
on the two characters who hud just reached !
a happy climax lu the drama of life. 1
LEE'S SURRENDER J
MtOM AN AIHlltEsS UT IIKM'KAI. I'll lUIIKULAI S ,
AT HOW in UN Col.l.KilE.
"As we c luiul tlifiu ill ills.' morning-!
mist, we scv ll.c ii'licl ui iny breaking 1
t';imi, anil tlit'ii slowly ami ivliiciuntiy j
torming rankrt Inr Uir last ttnn.-. Ami ;
now they move tin' groat mass liteak- '
in.; into a I'oltiiiiii nl march; ( li'iii'i.ii ;
(i.'iiluii, wilh lilt Stoimvvall Jackson I
forps, then Lonejsl rer t'n forjis, t lieu
11:11 s corns, cniiimaiiili'il liv Mcalli. 1
tin tin V ciiini', the i i-lii'l i i. hi li.iltle
ll iirs with tin- ili:ii;B il i-r.iss ami tin.
lliii l-'i'ii hlarn. Tlic In'ail ol the rcln l
I'oiii :ihi I'i'iiu's tiin!iiu mir l ijht, an I
at the liiijjli1 signal wo eonio to tin
"eai'i v nuns" The ivhrl eoinmamli'i',
(iciii'i'al l miiiIon, al ihe iie.ul of tin
i:oliiinn, tiliserves this little1 courtesy
aiol jive the coiiiinaii'l "carry ."' Vol
a sonml IVoni ihe tniniie!, nor to'l ul
ilium, lint the stillness as if the tUa l
were iassiii"; ther thus they nioveil.
'I'Iicii liiev Klackeil arms ami took oil'
their c;ii li i'lov liuv.es anul laid them on
Ihe pilr. Lastly, painfully, lliey liulcil
tiieir liallli' llags aiol lai.l them in the
tins; ; siiiti!' knecliiio; ilown over thctn
an I kissing tliem with Imrniiii; tears.
Ami then ll.e slar si iine;le. lianner
wavcil aline iijmhi the lielil. Thus, all
.lay long;, iliviioii alter iliviaion comes,
ej.ies t li r m i ihe ceremony, uinl iass"s
on. Il;n in;i i'Bn mri'ieil of citizen
shii, an I gjvincr thuir liuiiur never lo
ra 8- arms aijaiii, they t!' where they
will. Meatiti , all ilay, no laiuil, no
cheer, no whisper of vain jlory escapes
a i rgle in. ill ol Hills. Tlii'iv was smii'1
thin.;' Iil.e a li iil lVatertt.il Iclinej (,i.
wai'il tltese men. We lire l'.'lliiV-sol-li.
rs at last. The tremeiiilous Laities
were wrn'tjlit I'V us lui;etlier. Who
ever li.t'l inaile llie war, wo had eiiileil
it. On l lie morrow, along- i!m hill
diilcs, what a eonirasi, imleetl! Singly
or in groups, on loot, on liofste, are
thosu men makiiip; llieir way, every
out! for Ins f.u'-avay,lnjme, ami we are
left alone ami loiiesiimo. When we
triok up our weary march liniticw.ii'il
it was dull to plod on without skirm
ishers ahead, it was tame loo, that
where Ihe road ended, no pickets weld
placed ami our peace was not tij lut
listurlie.l liy the leaden sonVifrs It
seemed a waste of opportunity that
upon the. march, w hen we enlered a
valley, no haHery holt-lied npnii us
from the heights ln-voml."
All Ohm inlBMer is eh irged .wilh opening a
prayer at s M oid i.v idling cli-t iiieeling lu
Ibi (. bl m: "U L"td, thou hast seen in lb
morning papers how the Sabbath wat Jetecra -ted.
yei'.crd."
MARCH 8, 1883.
I KNOW A THING OR TWO-
nova iiuwAitE, iiiaotiE it is too late.
"My dear boy," said a lather to his
only son, "you are in bad company.
Tho lads with whom yon associate in
dulrro in bad habits. They drink,
smoko, swear, play cards, and visit
theatres, They ure not itafe company
for you. I be;; yon to quit thei; so
ciety." "Voii needn't bo afraid of me, fath
er," replied the boy, lunching. ''I
known thing or two. I know how far
to.ffo and when to stop."
The boy left his father's house twirl
his cane iu his lingers, and hingh
injf ut the "old' man's notions" aboilt
him,
A fow years later ami that lad,
grown to manhood, stood at the bar of
court, before a jury which had just
brought in a verdict of guilty against
him for some crime in which he had
been concerned.
Hut when M'liteucad he. addressed
the court, and said among other things,
VMy downward course began in tlis
obedience tomy parents. I thought
I knew as much of the) world as my
father did, and I spurned bis advice;
but as soon as I turned my back on
home, temptations came upon me like
a drove of liven is and hurried me to
ruin."
Mark thai confession, ye boys who
are beginning to be wiser than your
parents, .Mark it, , and learn that (lis
obmlience is the liist step on Ihe road
to ruin. ),m't I'm get it, but ponder
it well.
UNSEEN "HELPERS-
"Take. I) boalinau. thrice thy feo
Take. I irive It willingly;
For invisible to thee,
splrlis twain have crossed w 1th nie."
"Can yon give me a day's work '"
asked a poor woman ol a well-to do
inulrou.
"You look very delicate," said tho
lady. "I need some one to wash, but
you do not seem slrong enough for
ihe work'''
"Oh, yes'm; only try me, and you will see. 1
have becu sick and got behindhand, und my
children need bread. Besides, Charlie will
help carry 'he water ami lift the tubs," con
cluded the woman, eagerly.
"Who is C'liai IU-V" ntked the lady of tho
house.
"My husb ir.d, ma'am," was the low answer.
'I'lin woui'in was engaged uml did her woik
well, hut there was so.nelbiug that troubled
tbu mistress ol the lions:! greatly. As anon as
she left the kluhcu the woman would call
Charlie und she would hear her voice talking
and laughing, and holding ronvci'su with some
one; lull when she went into the r oin I here
would be no one tlicie. Tin' watei was .nr
licl and the tuns all l.flul into '.heir places;
but Ihe slight woman who washed, was the
only person who was visiti'e. In n the hidy
of the boue p lid ucc, .n.l :
'I' ill your husband, I would like to s c
In in "
"ile wouldn't come, ma'am," said the ..
man, si.uply. "No o.i ever sees li iin but
me."
"What do you mean ii'kcd the lady in at
touishiiiciil.
"Whv, ma'am, Ch.nlic Is d ud himself, but
his spirit conies a id ii dpi me bow lould I
work tins way if it didn't . I could no mine
lift on of lb i ii'is of ua'ir than )ou could,
ma'am. He ' com" ev.-r since I was sick, and
helped III.' Ill ll W.O "
The eompas-iouali' l.nlv placed another Coin
wilh those she b id already given. Knr Char
lie and III ' (hildiell," she mil, with leals III
her . yes, and she saw nflciwar I that t..e sick
and weaned uiolher was helped by living
hand s.
Hut there must be iniiiv people beariug bur
tlens gie tier than tiiey sre aide to, who are
helped slid tuade stronger by invisible guides
the iiiemoiy of some dead t'lllrtie, who lifts
unseen the heavy load, with whom Ihey com
in u uc as tlicy wjiI. How would the dull rou
line of daily ilfe b -gl.n ill" I coiil I we for on
moment see ton a ge h dp r al our tide!
Wnen the pious iilc.uk left Ills duties to go out
on a deed of mercy, he returned to tin I all hit
homely work done, and, (or ouo moment, he
saw lu tin) doorway of bis cell hit blessed
Muter milling upon Mm. It in ay lie only a
Vague theory the de Usinit of a sick brain -aud
there Is ail inlluite sadness in it; but
surely
"It isa beam, ful liel.ef
Thai ever round vur bead
Are hovering on auget wines
The spirits oflhe il "ml.
To feel that unse Mi hands we clasp,
Wide leet unbeaid are gatli'nng round;
'i'o know Hint we in fallh may i-ravi
Celestial Kiiards from llnavtnly i. round."
A boy ii'lonislicil his Christian
mother by asking for a dollar lo buy a
shaie in a rulllu lor a silver walch thai
was to be valhVd ofl' iu a bi ei-salonii
li s inotlicr was lioirilii'd aud rebuked
liim. "I!nl," siil lie, "iiioihi'i' did
you mil b ike u cake wilh a iiiiu' in il,
to bii rallied nil' in the Sunday -School
fair?" "), my son," said she, "thai
was for Hie Church." "Hut il it was
wrong'," said the boy, "would doing it
for llie Church make it riiit ? Would
il lie rig hi for me to steal money to
pill, iu the collection ? And il it is right
lor tho Church, is it not riirht for me
lo get this watch if I can '." The good
woman was speechless, and no person
can answer the boy's argument. Tho
pruelices are both wrong or tliey nre
lioih liglit.
"It," h iid four-yeais-olil Johnny, "I
wish Mr. Jones would kiss ma on the
mouth now!" "Whai?" said tho as
tonished parent, "whv do you wish
t ut?" "Well, when Mr Jones kissed
ma this morning, In-lore mui came in,
she said if you were (Jiero thoic would
be a circus, and I do no waut to see a
ciicus," lie saw one
52.
A LOCK OF HAIR.
TI1K SWEKT MliMOItll'.S THAT A lilll.DEN TltKSS
MV AW.VKl;.
Few thing iu this weary world arc
so delightful as keepsake. Nor do
they ever, to the heart at least, nor
to our eyo, lose their louder, their
powerful charm. How slight, how
small, how tiny a memorial saves a
beloved one from oblivion worn on
the finger or close to the heart, espe
cially if they be dead. N'o thought i
so insupportable as that, of entire, total,
t.i.. . i. i . . , , 1
oiauw lorgeiiuiiiess; wiicn the creature
thai on cat laughed, sang, and wcpl to
us, eloso lo our side, or in our very
arms, is as if her smile, her voice, her
tears, her kisses, had never been. She
mil them all swalloivcd tm in tin. li nk
nothiiiiriicss of t hp dust. Of all the
keepsakes, memorials, relics, most do
vuully do we love a lock of hair, And,
ih, when the head it lieaulilied has
lonar niouldvred in llie dust Imw suit-.
itual seems the und. 'living "lossines
the sole remainiii" liii.rlei Ml
else gone to nothing, save and except
inai sou, siiiooin, lutrinslieil and glo
rious fragment of tho apnaieliiiT that
i. . . i . '. 1 . .
once iiiing in clou is ami sunshine on r
an angel's brow. Ay. a luck of hair
far better Ihan any picture; it is a pan
of the beloved object hcrsell; it be
longs to the tress that niton, long ago,
may have all been suddenly ilislineelb il
like a shower of sunbeams, over your
Dealing hreust. 15m how soletn i
thoughts sadden the. beauty once sn
bright, so refulgent-
U hat heaven is, or exacllv what ils
topography is, nobody knows. Ail we
can sav about II is tl .at thou, is :,
soiuewherp. and t'cil i it,, It i.,.i.
gatheieil, Iroiu age to age, umre i hull
men can count ol those thai have risen
above the llrsh. its u eiL m.l its
di'giailatioiis, and have grown in the
spirit into nobility, ami pin it y, and
nive, ami service, atl-I so into ljuailty.
All that is worlh gathering out of time
is gathered there an exceedim' I'real
n es
company.
' Sonny, will you please stoop down
ind pick up tnv glasses? Vou see I
can't lieu I very well," said a corpulent
geiilleiua i to a passing newsboy.
'"Ves, I see you ean'l. M inter," said
I ho buy, picking up the glasses,
"you're hunchbacked iu the wrong
spot for convenience, ain't, ver?"
...... .
A woman recently applied for Stale aid. mid
the blank was produced and the usual
(liiesllons asked, tlio answered them freely
until it came to "Your age " "Have I got to
tell that " she a-ke,l. "'he blank rnpilrc
It, uia'ain," was the icplv. "Well, then she
said, I ,1 in't want nny State i,." .i v,e
llounced out of ihe nice in liih du lgcon.-
Iloston 'lV-iii.;-:,,t,
- .
The best w sv to get rid of our political ro
gue.. Is to 1,11 t ll' 11).
The money lender t.ever negl cts his busi
ness. Ile takes all Ihe luli-rcst he can lu
it.
Siy nothing, do nothing, w hich a good moth
er would not approve, and you ate on the cer
tain road to happiness.
"HI ( III lAllt ."
Jiltrk. ctiilili'(i mint nil iitnt.,viti.- Il.'l.hnv
Hl.va.liT idi.t ritmry IHsi'is,,.,, . ' Dnik'ttistd.,
adv i:i;tik.mknts.
t'H MAI' i iN li lloll-K KAltM !
A
7 acres ,,f laud about 4 miles fiom t.atoti and
i, miles from l.mleioii. on the ilkins' Terry
Itoa.t. a Ij. in in: Hie land- ,,f l-liain Hanks and
" h",s. l.-mg a p ol. ( llie :, t:d.od- I'ilii-y
Woo ls tra, t. lii.e halt ill culiivatlon 'lenns
very easy. Title p -rl'.'.-t. I'o s s-iou s,veii lui
In", Inc. -ly .
Kot particulars apply at Ibis olllee.
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JiAAhiUil, X. C.
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Two Miuares, 5 00 10 Oil -go 00 30 00
Three isrjUHrcs, 8 (10(15 00 30 00 4 0 00
Knur Squares, 10 00.18 00 36 00 45 00
Kourtli Hol'u, 15 00 2(1 00 40 00 SO 00
Mall Column, 20 00 I 30 00 60 00 65 00
Wbolo Column, Ouo Year, 75 00
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
y (I. Kt.LIOTT.
Attorney and Counsellor at I. aw,
IVOilloLK, VA.
Rooms 2 aud 3 Virginian Building.
oct t ly
JKAM'H lllil.l..
TIOIlVllYH AT LAW.
KNKIKI.I). N. C.
rraetle -s in the counties of Halifax, Nash
Kdirecombe and Wilson, t'olleet ions ,,,.. 1. .11
parlsof the mate. Jnu jj tf.
u.sSMiru, jk.
AT I'O It Ml AT LAW,
siMTi.si Nij.'it, i1u.ip.ix County N. C
Pi'ilel le.vs In in., htmiij ti..nr.,H ..11 ....
- ... ,i,,!,,A iiu nojuiii
III,; couniies. and lii Hi,. k,i ,,.... ...... 1 ..f ,i.A
Stsl". ,fllv
J M- U It I i . K 11 li,
VI IOItVF.V AT LAW,
HAI.ll'AX, N, C.
Oltiei. In Ho, o.o.t 11. .-i..
... -''. '.",,.,1-. .-inei nuuillion
iTIVelitoa lirituehes of 1 li. ,...f..i.,n
Jan IS ly
"HO.MA. .. HILL,
At tor upy tat I,w,
HAI.IKAX, N. c, t
I'r.'I'-t ie.'S In llallfav nn.l n.ll..l..l... ...
.... . , - ..';. in, ,15 l.uilflllS
and tederal and siupreiue courts.
nui ne at Mcoiiau.i .Neck, ouee every fort
"b'ht. nn'vsif
W,
M A S U X
ATTOUSTHY AT LAW,
G.VIIYSIIUHO, N. C.
l'nlel I.-.. l, t),.i -I., ..r .
,-. nori iinilll'ioil Klld
4.II0111111,: e.niiiiies, also lu the Federal and Ku
Pivnie eoiiris. June 8 If.
A I. T Kit K. DANIEL.
ttlornej mid oiuiHellor At Law,
W K L I O 91, .. V.
Practices in Halifax and adjoining counties.
.snei'iitl nl t .00 1. ,,. .. . ,1 ... .. ...
,1 . f.,-'i u coiieciions in
al par s,.( the. Mute and prompt returns made.
W. It ALL,
ATTOKSiKY A I' LAW,
WELDOX, X. C.
Nneeiiil nll.o.ll.,,, -..i,..-.
- ' , '" 10 cuiieciiuna ana
remittances promptly made.
IllltV III.
J j It. K. I.. HUNTER,
w it u 1: ox i 1; Ml r I X T .
C1111 b rouiui at his ofllee In Knflald.
l'urn Nitrons Ox iiln iu. 1... n.. n..i
less Kxtractiim ol Teelli always on hand.
U I ' HSS I I .
Mt t.t.KV. ,, u,,nil.
1. 1, li N .It M (I O tl K,
ATTOKVKYS AT LAW.
HAI.ll'AX N.o.
l'rar
lice In the eiiitntiesot Halifax, Northamp.
toil. I',
" "on aiiiriiii-.ni tne Mil-
ft of the state and lu the Federal
iof the K.tsterii District. Collect Ions inado
part of the State. Jan j jy
preuii
I'ourl'
In any
V. J. NAW.
BAKER & CONFECTIONER,
WELD ON, N.C.
A very larite snpiily of
Cakes, Crackers, candles, French Bli 0
Kaislns. I'ruiis. Xali, c.
Ihe larsrest stock of r,,ys,,f ,,v,,rv variety ever
brou rlil to this market.
orders for eamlies. esk. e , filled at short
si notice at .Northern prices.
W.'ddiinr and ..I tier pari les supplied as cheap
as the cheapest. iyt
lv;"' isst.
(UII tt I Itll IV. WOK KM,
(Kslnbiislled ill I Mm )
'-.vesmore street.niitH.site llallfas
lr.Tl;ltHfR0,VA.
Moiiumriitsi,
I OnlbH,
( rusmesi,
llmdHlone
nnU mvritonrti
nf every d' serlpt lull tuade to uidr raiiuillar in
. ie.l fiom ..
llesntus sent hy msll toiinv uddri ts, with post
sit" slumps enclosed lor return
sTWIvn orders are received, the work la pr
nnreil and f, ,rwiinleil if il .l....s ..i ..is.d ......,-.
ssitsfiietioii, .iirehttN,'rs are req nested to return
. ., . ,r ,,-.. . , pnyuis; iieicnt notn ways.
Lowest prices and cheap fr, ights nusraiiteed. si
Coriespondeiicc solicited fr un all sectluos.
, , ClUS. Jt. VVALtsH.
apr. l;i ly.
W- W- HALL.
Fire nnd Llie Iunurauee Agent,
Oan lie found In the Roruiohe Sewa ttffle.
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' WniiOK, N.C.
BrE;si:irti,
New York llnilerirrlter.
"Airrlctiltiiral" ol WatnrtnwD. N, T.
Wesicrn, f Toronto, Canada, ,
ramlleo. of TarhoM, N . C.
Lvnehbunf . ef l.rnrhbursr, Ta.
Kiultatile Life lutursnee Co, ot Tf. T
I Will ilae risk llotliWMOtlenmivaDy
atlow aolcrttttw . ,...',..-. ItUvutly