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AN UNFINISHED POEM.
BY WII.UAV CIXLEN nitTANT.
From the March Centuty,
The reader of Mr. Bryant's poema will readi
ly remember the many verses addressed to his
wife, auch as '-Oil K.i!rost of the Kurnl Miilda,"
written almut Ihe time of their marriage ; "Tito
Future Life," speculating us to the union of
tli'lr spiti s In the world to come; the "Sick
Bed," describltti! an lllnea; "The Life That Is,"
rejoicing lit recovery; "The Twetity-aevcntli of
March" the birtluUy of Mr. Hry.int ; "Octo
ber, 111)," descriptive of her death nnd hurlal;
nnd "May Evening;," a Kenllu rvferettcfl to her
loa, But lu addiilon to these, at we learn
from Mr, (iomlwin' furthcoming; biography of
the poet, a fragment was found among hit pa
pers, whic'i recallt her memory In a very ten-ili-r
way, tefen years after death. The llutt
were utilitiialied Hint uncorrected; hut we can
not refrain from giving them as they wire
wilttcii-datod "Kotlju, 1873."
The morn hath not the glory that It wore,
Nor doth the day so beautifully die,
Since 1 citti call thee to aiy t le no more,
Toif.ize upon the sky.
For thy dear hand with each return Of spring,
Is.iuirlit In sunny nonks tin tlowerasha rave :
I eck thorn still, ami so roiv(ullybrlnjf
The choicest to thy grave.
Here, where I sit alone, is some! iraes heard,
From the treat world a whisper of my name,
Joined, Imply, to sum kind, commending word,
By those whose pruisj is fame.
And then, as If I fiouglit thou still wert nigh,
I turn mc, half forgo'tlng thou art dead,
To read the g-ntlc gladness of thine eye
That onco 1 mlht have ren I,
I turn, but see thee not; bo fore my eyes
The imig ofa hill-side appears
Where all of thee that passed not to tho skies
Was laid with bitter fears.
And I. whose thoughts go back to happier days
That lie 1 wilh thee, would gladly now resign
All that the world can give of fame and praise
For one sweet look of thine.
ir, tsisn 1 1
Thns, ever, Oen I read of generous deeds,
Sueh wards as thou didst once delUht to hear,
.My heart Is wrung with nngulsh as It bleeds
To think thou art not near.
And now that I can talk no more with thee
Of ancient friends and days too fair to last.
A bitterness blends with the memory
Of all that happy past.
THE HAND OF FATE.
BY MART KYLE DALLAS.
When I was still going to school, in
the graduating class, to bo mire, anil
past sixteen, and very largo for my
age, four of us made up our min is, on
Saturday ufteriioon, to have our for
tunes told.
There was a gypsy camp out on the
common beyond the town, with vain,
tents, cauldrons and the whole para
phernalia of gypsy life, and everybody
walked or rotlo out to visit it. We
decided to walk, and as it was a
bright, cool day, enjoyed ourselves
much better than if we had been
cooped up iu tho stage, or even in a
carriage.
It was October. Nmn' ol tho foliage
had changed color a little, and there
were red and golden tints amongst the
greens. Now and then the wind
shook tho trees, and scattered showers
of leaves upon the road. 1 urplo as
ters and golden rod were still iu bloom
Here andjthere grew crimson straw
berries, and bitter-sweet burnt like
40M along the stono fences. Each of
is gathered a great bunch, and we
held them in our hands as wo entered
1 he path that led iiiuilhe hollow where
the camp lay. Young imd romantic,
we were ready to be delighted with
everything with the swarthy gypsy
selling a colt to a flout farmer; with
old grandmother dandling a dusky
baby on her knees, and the diny,
black-eyed children squatting about
everywhere.
There were visitors in plenty, and
most of the women were busy telling
fori lines. As we approached, a wo
man, who had been sitting on a fallen
log, arose, and a man, who lutd been
talking to her, pulled hU hat over hi
eyes ami turned away, like the villian
in a melo drama. Tho woman wore a
widc-brimined straw hat, with a
wreath of artificial flowers around it.
Her hair wax diessed stiffly and prim
ly in well-oiled "bands " She had a
liowercd detain gown, and a little red
woolen shawl covered her Nhotilders.
She was certainly neither young nor
beautiful, as the "gypsy maid" of song
and drama must inevitably he; but she
smiled amiably upon us, and, calling
us ''pretty young ladies," naked it we
would have our fortunes told.,
Clare, our (spokeswoman, declared
that to have been our intention in
coming, and we soon proved the truth
of the adage. "A fool and his money
is soon parted," by dropping a dollar
into the gypsy's palm.
'Who shall I begin wilh, pretty
ladies ?" asked the woman. And will
you haze your fortunes told privately
or together?"
Clare answered that we had no se
crets from each other, and that 'this
young lady," indicating Belle with the
point of her parasol, "would be the
lirst to have a glimpse into futurity."
Belle, blushing r sy red, put out
her little hand, and wc nil listened
while the gypsy told her that Rome
one wilh a title, a lord or a duke,
would cross the sea to fall in love with
her; that she would live in a palaue
beyond tlio ocean and bo waited on
like a queen. There was more, but I
have forgotten it. Belle was de
lighted, and Kose was ibe next victim.
The gypsy told her that she would
marry a great musician, and we all
laughed, tor we knew that Mr, QUr
telli, who taught the piano to the grad
uating class was very much in love
with her.
Then Clare seated herself on the old
log and opened her hand, palm up
ward. It was largo and handsome.
Clare was something like "Lady Jane,
not pretty but massive." The gypsy
told her that she would bo a soldier's
wife.
Oddly enough it really happened
not a year afterwards. Wc were all
at, the wedding. Tho next day Col.
V rode out of the town at tho
head o( his regiment, lie never came
back. Clare wears her widow's vail
for him yet, and his miniature lies over
her heart day and night forever. Hut
where have I strayed to ? Let mo go
bicktothe bright autnmn day. and
the gypsy camp; and the four school
girls, half mocking, half believing,
very merry and a little frightened. It
was my turn, and I sat before the
dark, hard eyed wo in an, with a face
like a smiling ogress carved in black
walnut, and listened as she peered at
the lines in my palm,
"Von are a tall young lady, Miss,"
she said, at last; "but you go to school
yet. You are fond of music, and you
have an elderly gentleman relation
who takes you out a good bit to places
of amusement and the like. I don't
see whether it's your papa or your
grandpa, but it's a relation."
This was so true that I came near
crying out, "It is Uncle Henry," but I
bethought myself in time. "You wear
blue a good deal,'' she went on, "and
you have a blue fan. At a concert
one evening you dropped it. The gen
lleman who pieked it up is to be your
husband. The stars say so'"
"llow white you turn, Essie," cried
Clare.
"I feel faint," I said. "It's true I
dropped a blue fan at tho opera when
Paiti sang Traviata, and a gentleman
picked it up, but I should uot know
Mm from Adam."
"You'll meet him again, however,
Miss," said the gypsy. "Some Sun
day at church ho will hand you a
prayer-book with the place marked
with a flower; when yon see that you
will know your fate has come. His
first nanfe is Ifobin. He has black
eyes, black hair and a dimple in his
chin deep enough to put. your linger in;
and he wears a mustache."
I certainly had enough for my dol
lar. We all walked homo together
rather seriously, but in a day or two
the impression passed away, and we
almost forgot how strong it had been.
The rest of October was very un
pleasant. We had prayers iu the
school-room instead of going to church.
But on the first Sunday iu November
the sky was blue and the air clear,
and we all set forth for church togeth
er. It so happened that there were four
new scholars, anil the seats belonging
to the school were full: four of us
were leu over to claim the courtesy of
our neighbors. I was invite ) to enter
a pew occupied by one old lady, and
as my prayer book was in the school
rack I had none, and did not like to
help myself without invitation. As I
hesitated, a book was passed to me
from the pew behind me.
"This is the place," said a charming
voice, and as I bowed my thanks, I
s iw that the page was marked wilh a
pressed daisy.
Instantly the visit to the gypsy
ramp ami the fortuae teller's prophe
cy rushed into my memory. I could not
have helped looking at the pew behind
if my life had depended on it. 1 actually
turned my head ami looked fu 1 al ihe
gentleman who had given me the hook.
He had black hair nnd eyes, a long
moustache, and a dimple on bis chin
that you uould put your finger in.
The congregation were rising; I
arose, ton. I held the book in my
hand and softly turned to the fly leaf
before the title page, A iianiu was
written thre Robin Armylage.
Who can blamei me it I Ktid to my
self . "Certainly I have met my fate
at last."
It it vulgar to "flirt" wrong to
make acquaintance without introduc
tion, but it was all Robin's fault.
When he held his umbrella over me
one rainy slay; when he met me as I
went shopping lor Herlin wool for my
al'ghan, and walked with me and
talked; when old Kiilbery, who ma le
the fires for the school, came upon im
in the garden one morning, and point
ing to a gciulcinin, where he had n t
bu-iness to be, looking over the fence
said: "Luok here, Mis. This hens i
Mr. Robin Artntage 1'rotid to make
you knott ed to each other" who could
g' against fait; ? . And so I had tin
impudence to intr l'ico him to uncle
in the holidays, and in three months
wo were engaged. I gradual!, left
school, and soon after tn ir. ird ICobin,
and was happy as a bird, or a butter
fly, or a squirrel.
I had told Kobin about the gypsy,
of course, and he hat agreed wilh me
that it was all very wonderful so nfieii.
and at last, one bright spring evening
as wo walked together, I spoke agiu
of the sirange prophecy, ami parneii
larly of tho laot lb at the gyp-y had
known bis name, and I was growing a
little excited over it all, when Honiu
put his arm about my waist and drew
me el no to him.
"My darling," he said, "I can't de
ceive you any longer. There was no
prophecy about it whatever. I had
been in love wilh you for weeks had
Watched you everywhere, aud followtd
you to the camp. I paid the gypsy
five dollars to say just what I told her,
and gave the old sexton two to get me
into the pew behind you. Of course,
I also bribed Billberry. All is fair
in love as in war. You forgive me,
don't you ?"
For a little whilo I wouldn't, but at
last I gave in. One must, you know.
"I thought it was the hand of fate
that guided me," I said, "or I'd never
have spoken to you or let Billberry
introduce yon, or deceived uncle.
It was all very wrong, I know,
Robin answered. It would have been
very shocking if it hud been some
other fellow, but you see it was I,
Yes, it was he. That seemed to
make all the difference.
"O, Robin, the hand of fate was in
it, 1 believe, alter all."
PECK'S BAD BOY.
"I hear you had h'l glare over to jour house
lust night," laid the groevrytnan to the bud
boy, as he came In and tat on the counter
right over a little gimlet hole, where the gro
cerytnan had fixed a darning needle so that by
pulling a string the needle would fly op
th rough the hole and run Into the boy about
an Inch. The groccryman had been laying for
the boy for two days, and now
tint he had got him rl.'lit over the hole for the
first time, it made hltn laugh to think how he
wonld make hltn Jump and yell. As be edged
off and got hold of the string the boy looked
unconscious of impending danger. The gro-c-ryinati
pulled, and the boy eat still. IU
pulled again aud again, and finally Ibe buy
said :
"Yes, It is reported that we bad burglars
over there. O, yon needn't pull that string
any more. I heard you was telling a trap for
me and I pat a piece of board Inalde ray panta,
aud thought 1 would Kt you exercise, youi
aclf. Go ahead, if It amuse you. It dou't
hurt me."
The groccryman looked sad, and then
smiled a sickly sort of a smile, at the failure of
bia plan to puncture the boy, and then he
said: "Well, how was it. The policeman
didu'tseem to know much about the purlieu
lart. He laid there was so much devJy go
on at your house that nobody could tell when
anything was serious, and ho was inclined to
think that it was aput op j b."
"Now lets have an mideraUuding," says the
boy. Whatever sny, you, are not to give me
away. It's a go, la it? I have always been
afraid of you, because you have a aort of de
cayed egg look about you. You are like a
pe k of potatoes with tlio big ones on to , a
sort of a strawberry box, with tho bottom
raised up, sw I have thought you would go
back on a fellow, Hut if you woVl give this
away, here goes. You se, I heard ma tell pit
to tiling np another bottle of liniment Inai
night. When ma corks herself, or has a pain
anywhere, the juit usea liniment for al
that If out, and a pint bottle don't lust more
than a week. Well, I told my chum, and wr
laid for pn. This liniment ma uses Is oflul hot,
and almost blist rs. Pa went to the Langlrt
show, aud did not get home till eleven oMock,
and me and my chum decided to trach pa a
leanou. I don't think It. la right for a man to
go to the thestrea and not take his wife and
little boy. 80 we concluded to bttri'le pa. We
agreed to lay on the stair, and when he came
up my ehiiin was to kit him on 'the head with a
dried bladder, and I was to atab him on his
breast pocket, with a stick, and break the lini
ment bottle, and make htm think he was
killed. It couldn't have worked better if wr
had rehearsed It. We had talked about bur
glars al auppr time, aud got pa nervous, to
when he came np stairs and was bit on the
head with the bladder, the fiiat thing he aald
was "burglars by mighty," and be started lo
go back, and tbeu 1 hit him on Ihe breast
pocket, where the bottle waa, and then pushed
him down slaira, aud taid lu a ilugu whisper,
"I guess be'a a dead man," and we went
don cellar and up the hark stalra lo my room
and utidressej. fa hollered lo ma that he
waa murdered, and ma called me, and I came
down in my night abirt, and the bir d girl she
came down, and p was on the lounge, and he
aaid bia life-blood waa fast ebbing away. He
held hia band on the wound, nnd said he could
feel the wuriii blood trickling clear down lo hi
boots, 1 told pa to stuff ome lar lino the
wound, such as he told me to put on my Hp to
make my mustache grow, and pa said, "Mv
boy, this It no time for trilling. Your pa lr
on bit last leys. When I come up stairs I
met six burglars, and I attacked them, and
forced four of lliem down, and waa going lo
hold the n and send for the police, when two
more, thai I did not knew aero about Jumped on
Hi.!, and 1 waa getting the best tif them, wheu
0 'ti of lliem struck tue over tho head with a
erow bar and the other nabbed me lo the
heart with a butcher k'dfj. I hive recelvid
mf death wo in I, my boy, and my hot Suinb
era bl hmI, that I offered up 10 freely for my
country, lu her time of need, Is pasting from
toy body, and sootj your pa wiil be only a
piece of po ir clay, uei aoiue ice ana put on
my atoinach, a 'J all the way down, for I am
bur dug up." I went to the water pitcher ai d
g a a chunk of Ice and put InslJe pa's shirt,
a id while ma waa tearing up au old skirl to
a op the Dow of hlood, 1 asked pa if he felt
better, and if he could describe the villiaua
who had murdered him. Pa gasped and
moved hit legs to get them cool from 'he
c oiled hlood, he aald, and he went on. "One
of them waa about six tout high, and had a
i mdy mouaUche. I got hint down and bit
hltn on Ihe note, and if the police find him
his nose will be bn.ke. The arcond one waa
thick ei, an I weighed abont two hundred. 1
had bim down, and my hoot was nu b 1 neck,
and I was knocking two more down, when 1
waa hit. The thick let one will have the
m 11k of boot heel on hit throat. Tell the po
lice, when 1 am gone, about my boot heel
marks." By this time ma bad got the skirt
tori op, and aba etuflcd It aoder pa'a thlit
right where he said Be wasfclt, and pa waa
telling us wnat to do lo settle 1)1 estate, when
mt bexan to smell the liniment, and sbe found
the I Dliiienl is his p; kel, and searched pa for
the place wlvre lie wat atahb.td, and then alio
began lo lau th, and pa got m id and aald he
(1 11I n't see as a dnelh-bed scene waa auch in al
mighty fuuny oft sir. and then she lold him he
wat not hurt, but that he bad fallen ou the
stairs and broke bis bottle, and that there wat
do blood on him, and be laid, "do jroi mean
to tall me say body and Ugi arujnot Imbed In
huiuat) (ore r" aud tbeu pa got up and fmiod.
It wai only the liniment. He got mad ind
liked ma why ihe didn't fly around and get
something to tike that liniment off his legs,
it waa eallng them right through the bone, ind
then he law my chum pot his head in the door,
with O ie gallua hanging down, ind pi looked
it me ind then he laid, "Lookahere, If I find
out that It wai you boys that put up this Job
on me, I'll make it 10 hot for you that you
will think liniment la Ice cream in compari
son." I lold pa It didn't look reasonable that
me and my Chun could be tlx burglars, ilx
feet high, with notet broke, ind boot-hcel
mnrkt on our nock und pa ha said for ua lo go
to bed iillllred quick, anJ g ve hltn I chance to
r nte off thai litiliuent, and we retired, Say,
how does my pa strike you aa a gO"d slunle
I sated liar an I tint boy went up to Ihe
counter while the grocery man went after a
sruttlu of con 1.
In the meantime one of tho grocery man's
bett customer", a deacon lu tho church, had
come In und tat down on the counter, over the
darning needle and as the grocery man came
in the bey pulled the string, and went out
doors and tipped over a basket of rutukagua,
wlille Ihe deacoti got down off the counter
wilh Ills hands clasped, and auger in every
feature, and told the grocery man he could
whip him In two minutea. The grocery man
asked what waa the matter, aud the deacon
hunted up the lotiree from whence the darn
ing needle came through the counter, and
the boy went across the street Ihe deacon aud
grocery man wm rolling on the floor, the gro
cery man trying to hold the deacon's Hsti
while he explained ahoot the darning needle,
and that It waa Intended for the hoy. Uow It
came out the boy did not wait to see.
ROLLER SKATES.
The roller akate la a wayward little quad
ruped. It ia as frolicsome and more Innocent,
looking than a lamh. but for Interfering with
onu'i upright altitude lu a community It la.
perhaps, the b-st machine lb it has appeared
in Salt Lake City.
One's first feeling on standing up on a pair
of roller skates la an uncontrollable tendency
lo co no from tegether. On- foot may start
nut toward Maho, while the other promptly
strikes out for Arizona. The legs do not
stand by each other 11 legs related ny blood
thou d do, but each ah iwa 11 disposition to set
up In business alone and leave you to take
rare of yourself ua best you may. Tbe awk
wardness of this arrangement is apparent.
While til 17 ire letting up In lepsndrntlr there
is nothing for you to do but to sit down and
await future developments. Ami yon have to
Ml down, too, without having made any pre
vious preparitiou fir It and antlmut having de
voted as mu'h thought lo it aa you migi t hae
O 'e had you been consulted In the matter.
One of Ilia iiollcahle things at 11 skating rink
is the slrong attraction between tlin human
ody and the fiooivaaf the rink. If the human
noily had been coining through space for data
ind days at the rate of a million miles a s c
ml, without stopping at eating stations 11 nil
not excepting Suudys, wheu It strikes the
Hour we can understand why It struck the fi e r
With so much violence. Aa it Is, however, the
thing Is inexpll able.
'I'll -re are diffinnt kinds f fulls ill
rogue at the rink, riieie are the rear fulls
from f.illa, the C'urditial Wosiy Ml, the fall
one across the oilier, three in a pile and so mi.
There are lome of the falls Ihat I would like lo
ha excused from describing. The rear fall it
the favorite. It is more frequenly
utilized than any other. There are
two positions in skating, Ihe perpendlcuar
and the horizontal. Advanced ikulera ptefrr
the perpendicular, while ulken alKct tha lion
loiiiul. Skate) are no respecter! f peraons. They
will lay out a iniuirer of the gospel or tbe
iniyMroftliec.tr aa readily as they will a
ihorl coated, one-suspeudur boy or a giddy
girl.
Wheu one of a man's feet start for Nctada
and the other for C dorado, that does nottepar
af hliu from Ihe finer or breuk up his tun.
Oiher portions of hit body will take Ihe place
Bj feet hate just tacated wi'.h a promptness
that is snptisiiig, and be will Und thai 'he fun
lias Just begun for the people looking on.
The equipment for the rink are a pair of
tkales, a caption und a bottle of Hutment.
I.arMiiit IlooiHfraHi.
WOMAN'S LOVE AND INFLUENCE.
There Is nothing Ihat li more calculated to
raise and elovate (he thoughts of man noth
ing which purllUs and re II net his ruder pleas
ures, than the pure love aud influence of
woman. Woman's love Is the strongest ind
noblest. For loe woman will tacrilKe right,
heme, (ileit is, wealth, and If necessary, lir
life. There la nothing more genllc, mure af
f clionale and morn lasting Hull the tint love
of woman. It It at the gentle Zephyr of the
twlllt vve, or Ibe loft dreaminess of Ibe far-oil
landscape. There la nothing 10 emotional, so
loft ind true 11 woman's love ; ind yet there
li nothing which is more trifled with nor
more trampled on. Tbe villain who wou d
t itle with the gentle affections of a line
woman, trmiple upon lor love and cast from
hi m her affectlona, la not worthy the euuobling
t ile of man. lie li fully anuria td with the
rude manneri which would disgrace a brute.
A man alio would ulllu wilh the Hue allec
tiona of 1 woman, and then triad under foot
her ilrtue and honor, la too low, la loo de
based, and too tile to receive the slightest
Countenance, and yet, forsooth, how often and
how cruelly Is this done rn n by men hiving
true, good miithrra and loilug aisiers, none of
whom thry would tolerate ! tee wronged. If
a man will only treat somebody else's titter
the lame is be would like to have hia own
aistrr respected and dealt with, be will do no
wrong, uuleaa be la Ibe Vvrlral of brutes.
Next lo woman'i love la her Influence. It Is
almost the ruling power of earth. Take from
woman her Influence, and the whole of Dili
world would be .hioa and confusion. Mau
would go back to aarage life,- not by decrees
but at mice, Therein great difference be
tween woman'i and man's Influence. The one
la gentle, soft and 0 Beet Innate, stealing upon
the heart aa aome gentle sigh for oar bippi
ncss. One to which we look up ind revere is
the giililing itar of our existence. Without It
life would be 1 blink. It It gentle and sym
pathizing, entering Into the object of in pity;
while the luduence given out by man Is cold
nd more commanding; la ofnlmei true and
guslilna-, al otberi empty and for lelf-luterrit.
mil woman 1 lunuence la always the lame
10ft, gentle, dreamy Influence which soon
lulls tb rkke4 besrt ind calms tbe ruder
hiblti of men. Miy tbelr Influence never he
lent May God give them more influence, and
give them the power to exert It on tbelr sur-
rouudings I
THE FRECKLED-FACED GIRL.
UOW SBS ENTEHTAINRD A VISITOIl WII1I.S OER
ua, wait niir.ssiNo.
"Ma's np stairs changing her dress." laid tin
freckled-faced little girl, tying her doll's bon
net itrlm;s snd casting her eyes about fir a
tidy large enough to serve as a thaw I fur that
double-Jointed young person.
"Ob, your inulhcr ne du't dress up for me,"
replied the female agent of the missionary
society, taking a self aiitislled view of her
self lii lliu mirror. "Ilun up and tell Iter to
come down J iat as she la In her every-day
clothes, and not Hand on ceremony."
'Oh, but she hasn't got on her cvery-tlay
dollies. Ma waa all dicsaed up In her new
brown silk, 'cause she expected Mies Dimon'
to-day. Miss Dimoml iilways comes over hcr
to show off her nice new things, und Ma don't
mean to get left. When tun saw you coming
She anld, ' The Dickens l" und I guess she was
mad about something, M 1 aald If you saw her
new dresa she'd have to hear all about the
poor hea'hrns, who tin not hare silk, and you'd
ask her for money to buy hymn books to send
to 'em. Say, do the nigger ladies use hymn
book leaves to do their batr up on and make It
frizzy ? Ma aais ihe guesses thai'l all the good
the bo. ks do 'em, it they ever get any books.
I wish my doll was a heathen."
"Why, you w eked little girl, what do you
want with a b'-utheii doll 1" inquired the mis
sion oy laly, taking a mental Inventory of the
new things in tliu parlor to get material for a
homily on worldly extravagance.
'do folks would s"tid her 1 its of nice thtng-
to wear and feel sorry to have her going ihoui
naked Then she'd hae hair to friz, and I
w ml a doll with truly h Ir uml ey s that rol1
up like Deacon Hiih rli.u k 8 when be says
amen on Sund.iy 1 ain't 11 wli k d girl, cither,
'cause Viicle Dick -you know t'ne e Dick, h V
been out Weal and he aaeara awful 1111.1
smokes in the house-he suvs I am a holly
terror and he hoped I'll be an uugel aoiiu.
Mi'll tie (loan lu a minute, mi you neeilii'l I ike
your cloak oil. 8he said she'd t.ox my curs It I
asked you to, Mil's pulling on tint old ilie
she had lal yeai; 'cause she aald she illdu'l
wan'l you to think she wua uble 10) give inner
this time, and the needed a new muff worse
than the queen of the c.iiiuont.all island
needed religion Uncle Dl k says you ought r
go to the Islands, 'cau-e you'd be aufe there,
and the. n il its would be lorry they wat such
sinners anybody Wout I send ynn to 'em. He
S he never seen a heuiheii hungry enou.'ll to
eat you, 'less 'twas a blind one; an' you'd Seta
blind pagan's teeth on edge so lio'd never
hanker nfier any more missionary. Uncle
Dick's awful funny, mid be makes pa and ma
die a liiugliliig sometimes."
'Your Uncle K.chard la a bad depraved
wretch, and ougl.1 to have remained out
West, where hia atyle Is npprcc'ated. He sets
a horrid example for littlu clrls like you."
''Oh, I think lie's nice. He shoned inu how
to slide down the bannisters, nnd he's teaching
me 10 whistle when ma ain't 'round. That' a
pretty cloak you've gol ain't it? Do you buy
all your goed clothes with tn.ssloiiaiy money
Ma sav Volt do."
Juat then the freckled-fuco littlo girl's ma
came into the parlor and kissed the missionary
lady on the cheek and laid she waa delighted
to see her, and they proceeded lo have a real
orialile chat. The lillle girl's ma ran'l un
derstand why a person who proteases to be so
c.iariiable a the missionary agent doea should
go right over to Miss Dimond's and lay such
ill iiatinvd Ihlngaiasha did, aud he thinks
the missionary is a double-face gossip. Hoi-
tou (r'.'oi.
A COON FIGHT.
8am Digga and Kill Sanderi. two gentlemen
of color met at the usual coiner grocery In
Anne Annuls! county last week. Bill Sanders
Baa a alight Impediment n hit speech, prefa
cing his sentences with 'a a ly, whkh inme
lluies causes hlin trouble, and Pam Diggi Is
glf'ed with a doqlitlng mind and free longue.
'Sun,' laid Bill, 'I wai out hunting night i
fore last, and ootch a 1 ty two couna up one
tre.'
'Fore de I.niil Bill, dat'a mrr lurk den my
other nl ggsli ebe r hd In dla world. 'Pean lo
me is If dat itatetnent sound spinous. Speik
Ing generally on a pint llku dat, I le monitions
spt to call It puny lull lyln. But bein aa how
ill vnn I will ix yo if you ain't a Jokln.
'Kit mh I caught i-aty twn ennna up one
tree, data I fact ind de man dat dnttliti dat
Itairment It a lirenlln trouble for Ills ilf.'
'Well if dat alntlvlu lie waggin de falarat
Jaws of any nigger in de country.'
'Take dat!'
Yon takedat,'
When they were irpanted thry both looked
like they hid been Interviewed bv a Kansas
eyclone. each vowing to seek t inhsrqoenl
meeting when they propose to utile 'dat coos
qucr Ion according to de rnlss oh de code.'
ADVERTISEMENTS.
IB LEY'
OF ALL PLANTS, FOft ALL CROPS,
F03 ALL CLIMATES.
We are the Unrest farmer, larynt need arow.
era and Unrest acrd dealer auywhtro; houca
hive RTrntat f acihu for prooudnr nrt Kre.1.
A. I our 4la nr. i,, sua only tho best sent out
Oar Anal Culnhfot mnl rr( It brlrun Til K
::tnATEMT hf.v.o utodk in tub
0tLI TO VOIR OWN OOOIL. It I
- " dertrmUe new and Stan dud varfetita
ef nower. Viwtahle, Field and Tree Seeds, and
Plant. SrotKUKKtoanyadarcaa
HIRAM SIBLEY A CO. Seedsmen
tUeaeatef) M, T. aaa Cklvur, mT
Jan 18 ly
rpAYLOK, ELLIOTT WATTKRS,
Wholesale Dealer lu
HARDWARE, CUTLERY
OU KB, AC.
Cor. Main Street at Market Square.,
NOP.rOLK.Va.
Oct t Ira
fo
nrz 10)
Jl 0 R 8 a L B
Two Taytorfllna In good repalrchcip.
Also one Ball Cotton Press ready for '
ns.
They can be seen at the Howard Ma
cbtueUliop lu Weldon.
C, BRADLEY,
Jul ITU
PROFESS lONAJCjAJSDS
tty Q. ELLIOTT.
Attorney and Connaellor at Law(
NO It FOLK, VA.
Rooms 2 and 3 Virginian Building.
oct 1 ir
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RANCH it BKI.L.
ATTOKVKYN AT LAW.
HXKIKLD, N.C.
Practices In tli'i counties of Halifax, Nash
Bdavcomue and Wilson. Collect ioua made 111 all
uariaof the Htatc. JaulStf.
U. SMITH, JR.
AT a"OUKY AT LAW,
Scotland Nisok. Halifax Countt N. C
Practice: In the county of Halifax and adioln-
itiir comities, ami lu the (Supreme court of the
Htate,. 16 ly.
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M. UKIZZaKD,
ATTOItVEY AT I. A if,
HALIFAX. N. C.
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tAU 12 ly
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Attorney at Law,
HALIFAX, N. C.
Practice In Halifax anrl mlinininv .nnnii.
Hid Federal and .Supreme courts.
win 114 at scoHunu is ecu, ouee every fort
light. auirSSlf
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
GAHY8HURQ, N. C.
VrnerliA In th mh,j nf vn, i. .
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uljoinliig counties, also iu the federal and Hu-
-" . juueett.
yy A L T K It . DANIEL,
lltorury and otinaellor At Law,
WELDO X, N. C.
Practices In Halifax and adjolntna- ennntles.
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ill parts of the Slate and prompt returns made.
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ATTOU.VEY A V LAW,
WELDOV, N. C.
.Special attention pivot, f., i.AliaM.in t.j
remittances promptly made.
inae 111.
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Purs Nitrous Ox ids (ia Inr tha
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ATTOKKY AT LAW.
HALIFAX N. C.
Practice In the eoniitiiHnf rrtiirn Va.ii.
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WELDON, N.C.
A very larire supply of
Cakes, Crackers, Candles, French and Plain.
RatMiit h'tOtl,,. L . '
The largest stock of Toys of every variety ever
nr.1.1. fn .nJI-. - -1 ... ..... . .
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We.t il MKT tin! nthn, h.U. .....,-. . . ,
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ag ttainps euciosed for return.
' b.-n orders m- received, the work le pre
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