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"Jl illSK HOltFR r IS ASI.KEP."
BY MISS S. II. VALKNTINK.
A Gray Coat relates to his friend, a Blue Coat
tltu following Incident of tho late war: General
Lee, sorely fatigued by a hard day's march, sat
down to rest at the roadside., when he soon full
Into a deep sleep. Ilia soldiers, who observed
Itliu as lie slept, whispered wirninga to their
nearest, comrades not to disturb him. The wills
par was then passed from man to man along the
Hue of miireli. Southern Historical Fnpers.
Had ynti heard the distant tramming
On Unit Klowlnir Summer day I
Had yon seen our comrades riiimlng
To meet us on t he way t
Oil ! the wondrous, sudden silence,
I'll' tin in 1 1 it:t ty creep,
As down the line that caution ran,
"Mai'se Itidiert Is nsleep !"
Oivo mo your hand, old Blue Coat,
Let's talk of this itwh.le,
For the prettiest march of all the war
Was this f rank and file ! '
Was the piissliiK of thai army
When 'twas hard, 1 ween to keep
Those ineii friiiii crying out, "Hurrah !
Mar.so llubert l n-l-ep !"
There lay that liiiiyhtly tiirttre,
One hand up n his sword.
The otiier pressed above his heart,
A vow without a word ?
The laurel leaves had flntter'd down,
For dowers their vigils keep
And crown'd him, tliotth, 1 think, they knew
"Mar.so Hubert was asleep I"
la glorious Old Westminister,
No nioiiument of war,
N'o marble story half so grand
As this, our army saw !
Our li'itl'y olu Westminister
Virginia's woods now keep
I in mot till Unit low whisper,
'Miii'sn Robert is asleep!"
As we clasp hands, Old Blue Coat,
1,1st, Brother of tho North,
Had Foreign foe assail'd yonr'iomes
You then had known his worth !
Unbroken vigil o'er those homos
It had been his to keep :
step lljrhlly o'er the border then ,
"Mnrse Kotiitrt Is asleep i "
He's yours and mine, is Ilollcrt I.ee,
He's yours and mine, Hurrah !
These tears von shed have sealed the past.
Ami closed the wounds of war I
Thus clasping hands. Old Blue t.'oat,
We'll swear by tir teais you weep,
Tho sounds of war shall he inullU'd-
"ilarse Robert Is asleep !"
BACKBONEJND GRIT.
"The static has gone, sir, but there's a widow
lirea here, and sho'l got a boy, and he'll drive
you over. He's a ulco little fellow, and Dea
con Ball let's him have, his team for a trlllo,
and we like to Ret him a Job when we cm."
It was a hot day In July. Away up amonir
the hills that muko the lower slope of the Mon
adnock Mountain a friend lay very ill. In
order to reach his temporary home ouo most
take an early train to Hie nearest station, and
trust to the lumbering old coach that made a
dally trip to K . The train was late ; tlm
staKO, after waiting some time, was tone. Tho
landlord of the Uttlo wblto hotel appeared In
his shirt sleeves, and leaning his elbow on tho
balcony rail, dropped down on the hut ami
thirsty traveler what comfort could bo ex
tracted from tho opening sentutico of my
sketch.
"Would wo not come In and have some din
ner?" "Yes." "Would he send for the dca-
eon's team ?"
'Yes."
"Yes." "And the boy i"
And the dinner was eaten and the team
came round an open bugy and an old white
horse, and just as we were seated, the door of
a little brown bouse across the way opened and
out rushed the widow's boy."
In his mouth was the last morsel of his din
ner; he had evidently learned how to "eat and
-run." His feet were clad in last winter's much
worn boots, whose wrinkled legs refused to
stay within the limits of tho narrow and failed
trousers. As bis lugs flew forward, his arms
flaw backward in au Ineffectual struggle to get
himself inside ot a Jacket much too short In
the sleeves.
'There he is," said tho hostler, "that's tho
Widow Beebe's boy. I told him I'd hold the
horse while he went home to get a bite."
The horse did not look as if he needed to be
held, but the hostler got bis dime, and the
boy approached iu timo to relieve my mind as
to whether hn would conquer the Jacket or the
jaoket would oonquer hliu and turu him wrong
side out.
lie was sun-burned and freckled, large-
mouthed and red-haired a homely, plain,
wretched little Yankee boy; and ytH, as w e
rode throD'h the deep summer bloom and
fragrance ot the shaded road, winding up the
long hills lu the glow of the afternoon sun, I
learned such a lesson from tho little fellow as
1 shall not soon forget.
lie did not look much like a preacher as he
sat stooping; forward a little, whisking the
flies from the deacon's horse, but his sermon
was ono which 1 wish might hare been heard
by all the boys lu tho land. As it was. I had to
spurhlni on now and then by qaustlous to get
111 til to tell about himself.
"My father died, ;you see, ami left my
mother the Uttlo brown house opposite the
tavern. You saw it, dldu't you, sir the one
with Ihe lilac hushes uuder the whitlow ?
Father was sick a lung time, and when he
could not work he had to raise money on the
house. Deacon Ball let hi in haye It, a Utile
at a lime, and when father was gone mother
found the money owed was almost three huu
tired dollars At Hint she thought she would
have to give up the house, but the deacon
said, 'Let it wait awhile,' and he turned and
patted me on the head, and said : 'When
Johnny gets big enough to earu something 1
shall expect hltn to pay It.' 1 was only nine
then, but I'm thirteen now; I remember it,
and I remember mother cried, and said, 'Yea,
Deacon, Johnny Is my only liape . now;' and 1
waudered and wandt ied w hat work I cou d do,
I really felt as if I ought lo begin at nn.-e, but
I couldn't think of anything lo do."
"Well, what did you do 1" I asked quickly
for I wa afraid ho would stop, and I wanted
to hear the rest
'Well, at first 1 did very funny things for
a boy. Mother used to knit socks to sell,
and she sewed the rags to make rug carpets
and I helped.'
"How ? what could yoa do f "
"Well, tho people who would like a carpet
could not always get the time to make it. So 1
weut to the houses among the fanners and
took home their rags, old coats and everything
thing they had, and out in the wood-shed I
ripped ind cut them; op. Then mother
sewed them and sometimes I sowed some, too,
and then I rolled them Into balls, and took
them back to the owners, all ready to be
woven into rugs."
"ISut did they pay for your work !' '
"Oh yes, we got so much a ponnd, and I felt
like quite a youug merchant when I weighed
them out with our old steelyards. But that
whs only one way ; we've two or three old
applo trees out In tho back yard by tho wall,
and we dried the apples and sold them. Then
mne of tho farmers who had a good many
apples began to send them to us to dry, and
we paid them so many pounds all dry and had
the rest lo sell."
"But you surely could not do much In ways
like these."
"No, not much, lint something, and we had
the knitting."
"Did you knit?"
"Not at first, but after awhile mother began
to hare the rhematlstn lu her hands and the
J ilnts became swollen and the lingers twisted,
nnd It hurt lu r to inovo them. Then 1 learned
to knit ; before (hat I wound the yarn for her.
I had to learn to sew a little, too, for mother
didn't like to see the holes without patches."
And he looked half smilingly at the speci
mens on III kiucs,"
"But you did not uit tid lho.su?'' said 1.
"Yes, tir ; but I was in a hurry, and mother
said tt was nol done as it oaght to be. They
hud Just been washed, and 1 couldn't wait for
them to dry.
"Who washed them ?"
"1 did, and ironed them, too, I can wash and
Iron almost as well as mother can. She don't
mean to let nie, but how Is she going to help it.
She i nn liui'illy se her hands at all, and some
days she cannot leave her chair, so I had lo
Icaru lo ttiuke the beds and a, nub the lloor and
wash the dishes, and I can cook almost as well
as a girl."
"Is it possible ? 1 shall have lo take supper
with you on my way back to tho city and test
your skill."
"Johnny blushed, and I added :
"It's a pity, my boy, 1 lint, you haven't a
sister."
"I had one," he said, gently, "but she died;
nnd If she had lived, I shouldn't bate wished
her to lift, and bring wood urn! water, and
scrub us poor mother always did. ttouietimes
I wish I could have sprung all the way from a
baby to a man. It's such slow work grow
lug up ; and It was while niollier was wailing
for us to grow np that she worked so hard."
"Hut, my buy, you cannot expect to be sou
and daughter nnd mother all lu one, You
cannot do the work for a whole family."
"Yes, I can ; It Isn't much, and I am going to
do il and the work my father left undone. I'm
going to pay the mortgage, If I live."
"Heaven graut you may," I said, fervently,
nnder my breath; "for not many mothers have
such a son."
"Mother don't know I mean to do It and
she Is very aniuus I should go to school, and
I mean to, some time; but I know Just
where the buys lu my class aro studying, and I
get the lessons at home. Mother reads out of
the book, while 1 am washing the dishes or
doing her work, and wc have great fun. I try
to remember and repeat it, and If wo come to
anything we can't make out, I tako It over to
the teacher in the evening; she Is very kind,
she tells tue."
Very kind I Who wouldn't be kind to such a
by? I felt the tears coming in my eyes at
such a sudden vision of this son doing girl's
work, while his poor old mother held the book
lu liar twisted hands and tried to help him to
Id! I'll.
But all Ibis docs nut earn money, my boy.
How do yon expect to save If you spend your
timo Indoors ?"
Oil, I don't do girls work nil day; no In
deed ! I have worked our taxeson the road. It
wasn't much, but I helped the men build a
stone wall down by the river; nnd Deacon Ball
lets ine do a great deal of work for him, and
when I got a chance to take anybody from tho
hotel to ride, ho lets me have this team for al
most nothing and I pay to l.im whatever 1
make. And I work on the farm with the men
In summer; and 1 have a cow of my own and
sell the milk at Ihe tavern; and wo have antnn
heus, too, aud sell Ihu eggs, And In the f ill
I cut and pile the winter's wood in the shuds
for the people who haven't any boys and
there's is a goot many people about here who
haven't any tmys.'s lie added, brushing a II y
from the old horse with the tip of his whip.
After this wo fell Into silence mid rode
through the sweet New Kiigluiitl roads, Willi
Monaduock rising bt fore us ever hearer and
more majestic. It Impressed me Willi a sense
of bis rugged strength uni? of the hills, 'rock
ribbed and inirieiil us the t.un :" bull glancitl
from the mountain lo the little ted headed
morsel of hniuaiiily at my side with a sort, ot
recognition of kinship. Somehow lin y seemed
to belong together. I fell as if the mine stur
dy stuff were In them both. It was only a
fancy; but It was confirmed the next day, fur
when I came buck after seeing mv invalid
friend, I called on Deacon Hall. '1 found htm
while huii'id and kindly faced, lie kept the
village stoic and owned n piell v house, aud
was evidently very well to do. Naturally we
talked of John, and the deacon said In me wilh
tears in his old watery blue eyes :
"Why bless your heart sir, you don't think
1' am going lo take Ills yuniev, do )"il? the
tiuly sou of his lumber and she a widow and all
tied up iu double bow-knots with rheu matics
besides! True enough, 1 lei his father hate
the money, and my wife, she says, says she lo
me: "Well, deacon, my dear, We've not gut a
child and shall ba just as well oil a hundred
yens fruui now II the widnw never piisaeent;
lint. 'e nding to my calculations it's better I .
let the boy think he's uivln'.' Mlie says 1
might as well try lo keep a parrel of vinegar
from worklu' us to keep that boy workln'. It's
tha mother lu him and it's got to work. We
think a great deal of tho widow, Mandy nnd
me. I did before lever saw Mandy; but for
all that we bold tho mortgage, aud Johnny
wauls tn'work It oat. Mainly and uie, we are
going to let him work.
I tinned away, for I was going tt) sup at
Johnny's house; but before I weut 1 asked
the deacon how much Johnny hud already
paid.
"Well, I don't know; Maudy knows I'pass
it to her she keeps Ihe book. Drop III before
you go lo the train and I'll show II to you
1 dropped In and the deacon showed me the
account. It, was the hunk of a sitings bank iu
a neighboring town, and on its pages were
credits of all the little sums tliu boy had
earned or paid; and 1 saw they were standing
to Widow Beebe's name. 1 grasped the dea
con's band. He was looking away over the
house tops to where Monadnock was smiling
under the go ld night kiss of the sun.
"Good-by, sir, good-by," he said, returning
my squeeze with 'interest. "Much obliged,
I'm sore, Mandy and me, too; bat don't you be
worried about Johnny, When we see it we
know the real stud tt takes to make a real man
and Johnny has got It; Johnny Is liko that
mountain over there chock full of grit and
lots ot backbone."
THE SOLID CONTENT A FARMER HAS,
Funning is n slow way to make
money, but then thuro is a law of
I'liiiipi'iisation alimit cvcrytliing in tliis
lift', and farming Iiiih its tilossitigs that
oilier jitifsuitri do not ltavo. Tho
fur me r bulongs to no body, lie is tin;
fii't'Mt man upon earth and tho most
indt'pt'iuk'iil. Ho lias inoro latitude
and longitude Ho has a houso in tho
country with plenty of puro air and
good water. If ho makes but little
in the field, lie has no invasion to
Hpeiul but little, lie ean raise his
own hogs, and sheep, and cattle ami
chickens. I Tir wood costs nothing, and
and tho luxury of big back logs and
binning (ires in open lire-places all
winter long is something that city
people long lor, but cannot n fibril.
My own farm cost mo 7,000. I have
120 acres of open land iu good condi
tion, ainl il yields me on an average
about live dollars an acre over all ex
penses. S.iy nine per cent, upon the
in.'estineut. Well, that is mighty
little considering my own labor ami
supervision. I've seen Ihe lime when
I made live times as much without
any capital except my head. Lint
Ihen wo have to keep a pair of horses
lo rido around and they have to be
fed from the farm.
There are little leaks all around,
but still we tire happier on the farm
than we were in the town, and feel
more secure from the ills of life. Ve
fear no pestilence or disease, no bur
glars or lliieves We lock no doors,
and Mrs. Arp has (juit looking under
the lied for a man. I love to hvar the
churn dasher splashing in the butter
milk. I lovo to hear the rooster crow
and the peacock holler; and see the
martins sailing round the martin
gourds. I love to hear a neighbor
stop and chat about the growing
crops. I love to tako ttu children
with me to the watennill and fish be
low the dam amid tin; roar of falling
waters, or paddle around the pond iu
an old leaky bateau. 1 love lo wander
through the woods and glades, and
wenr old chillies that can't get no
older or dirtier, ami get caught, in a
shower of rain if I want to. OKI man
Horace remarked about two thousand
years ago that the town was the best
place for a rich man to live in, ami
the country was the best place for a
poor man to die iu, and inasmuch as
riches wore uncertain and death was
sure, it becomes a prudent man to
move to t.ho country sis soon as ho can
get lucre, farmers have their nps
and downs, of course, but they don I
collapse and bust up liko tradesmen.
They don't go down under a panic.
ru.t. Ai:i
BABY IS DEAD.
"Iiau-y is dead !" Three little words
passing along the telegraph hi
copied somewhere and soon forgotten.
Jut after all was quiet again, 1 leaned
my head upon my hand aud fell into :
deep reverie of all those words may
mean .
Somewhere a dainty form, sti
ami cold, uiiclaspeil by inotliei s anus
tonight. F.vcs that yesterday were
bright ami bine as skies ol June
tliotipoil to -nii'iil tieneain wtuie mis
thai no voice can ever raise again.
Two soft hands, whose rose-leal I'm
gets wete wont lo wander lovingly
aroiiiiilSinother s neck and laee, loose
ly holding white limls, quietly folded
in conline.l rest. Soft lips, yesterday
tippling with laughter, sweet ns wood
land brook tails, gay as a trill ol for
est bird, lo-niglit tiutesponsiye to kisn
or call ol love.
A liny mound snow-covered in soint
quiet gr.ive-yunl.
A silent home the palter of baby
It-el forever hushed a enidle-ned mi
pressed, liitlle shoes halt worn
dainty garments shoulder knots of
blue to mulch those eyes of yesterday
folded with aching lu-arl uway.
A mother's groping touch iu uneasy
slumber, for the fair head that shall
never rest upon her bosom. The low
sob, the bitter tear, as broken dreams
awake to sad reality The hopes of
future years wrecked, like fair ships
that suddenly tfo down in sLrht of
land.
Tlio watching of other habit
dimpled, laughing, strong, an I this
ono gone ! Tho present agony of
grief, the future emptiness of heart, nil
held iu those three little words, "Baby
is dead 1
Indeed, it is well that we can copy
and soon forget the words so freighted
with woe to those who receive an
send them. And yet it cannot harm
us now and then to give a ten
thought to those lor whom our care
less pen-stroke is preparing such
weight of grief.
An indignant landlord writes thai.
he adopted coils ol lire escape rope in
his bed-rooms, ami that three gnosis
successfully escaped, though there was
iio (ire. They left unpaid bills.
A NOVEL SUIT.
Published by request of a Vhlslclan.
A doctor named Hoylston had sued
Peter Bcnuctt for his bills long over-
duo, for attending the wife ol the
latter. Alexander 11. btephens was
the Bennett side, and uoliert
Toombs, then Senator of the United
Stales, was for Dr. Iioylston. Tho
doctor proved the number of his vis
its, their valtio according to the local
custom, nnd his authority to do medi
cal practice. Mr. Stephens told his
client that the physician had made out
his case and us there was nothing
herewith to rebut or offset tho claim,
the only thing left lo do was to pay
it.
"No," said I'etcr "I hired you to
peak in my case; now speak."
Mr. btephens told huu there was
nothing to say; he had looked on to
see that it was made out, nnd it
as.
I'cter was obstinate, and at last Mr.
Stephens told him to make a speech
outsell, il he thought one could be
made.
"I will, replied reter, "if Bobby
I'oombs won't bo hard on inc."
Senator Toombs promised, ami
lVter began.
''Gentleman of the Jury. You and I
plain farmers, and if we don't slick
together these 'ere lawyers and doc
tors will git ihe advantage ol us. I
tin t no lawyer nor a doctor, and 1
tiu't no objections to them in tin ir
proper places, but they ain't fanners,
ntlemen of the jury. Mow this
man Iioylston was a new doctor, and
1 went tor linn to come and doctor
my wife's leg. Aud he conic, an' out
some salve truck on if, nnd some rags,
mt never done one bit ot good, gen
tlemen of the iury 1 don't believe he
no doctor, no way. There is doc
tors as is doctors sure enough lint
this man don't earn his money; but if
you scud for him, as .Mrs. Sarah At
kinson iltil, lor a negro as was worth
$1,01)11, he just kills him aud wauls
pay for it."
"I don't thundered tho doctor.
''Did you cure him ?" asked I'cter,
ith the slow accents of a judge
i;h the black cap on.
The doctor was silent, and Peter
proceeded ,
"As 1 was saytn , gentleman ol the
jury, wo farmers, when we sell our
cotton, has got to give vally for the
money wc ask, and doctors ain't none
too good lo be put to Ihe same rule.
And I don't be believe this Sain Iioyls
ton is no doctor.
Die physieim again put in with
book at toy diplotn i if you think I
am not a doctor."
"His diploma ! ' exclaimed the new
Hedged orator, with great contempt.
His diploma I Oetitleinai' that is a
Uig word for printed sln'i p-kin; aud it
lidn l make no doctor ot the sheep
is first wore it tiiir does it ol the man
that now eanies it. A good news
inper has more m it, and I II point,
o il to ve that he am t no doctor at
ill."
I'he man of medicine was now in
i fury, and screamed out, "Ask my
i itioiits it 1 am not a doctor !
"1 asked my wile," retorted reter,
in' she said as how she thought vott
wasirt.
"Ask in v other patients," said Dr.
Dr. llovlston.
"This seemed to be the straw that
broke the camel's back. l'eler re
plied with a look and tone of uuiitler-
al'le sadness.
"This is a hard savin' g"iilleincn of
the itli'V, and one that requires
me to die or have powers as I've
earn tell ceased to be exercised
since Ihe apostles. Hues lie expect me in nrtng
tile angle Ii tbriel's cow to tout his burn beluie
his time, and cry aloud, 'Awake, ye dead, and
tell this court and Jury your opinion of llloyls
ton's prni'ttce? Am I to go to the lonely
church-yard, and rap on the silent tomb aud
say to 'em ns is of rest from physic and doctor
bills, '(let up here, you, and stale if you du d
a natural death, or was huiried up suine by
luctoi? lie says, 'Ak my patients,' and gen
tlemen of the jury, Ihey are all dead. Wl.eie
is Mrs. It ii.ley's man Sain? io a-k the worms
In the graveyard where he lies. Mr. Peak's wo
man Sarah was attended by him, aud her fun
eral was appointed, and he had the eorpv!
ready. Where Is Unit baby gal of Hurry Steph-
naV She are where doctors cease from trotih-
liu' and the Infants are at rest.
"(icntleiiieu of tliu Jury, he lias ct chickens
enough at my house lo pay fur the stive, and I
furnished the '"!?, ami I d'Oi't 'ipp fi- lie
charges for iiiaklui! her worse, in I even h - don't
pretend to charge for cuilu' of hei, and I mil
humbly thankful he never gave her nnthlii' lor
Inwards, as he did his oljier patients, for sonie
thin' made 'cm all die mlghly sudden''
Mere the applause made the speaker sit dow n
In great confusion., and, in spite ot a logical
statement 'f the ease by Senator Toombs, the
duetor lost and IVler won.
Consi.'Ikn'ck. A tender conscience
is like the apple ol a man s eye; the
least dust that gathers iu il aU'ects it.
1 hero is no surer ami belter way to
know whether our consciences are
dead and stupid than to observe what
impress'tMis sinall sins make upon us.
If we are not very careful to avoid all
appearance of evil, and to shun what
ever looks like sin; if wc are not so
much troubled at the rising up or sin
ful desires iu us as we havu been for
merly, we ma v then conclude that our
hearts are hardened, and our conscien
ces are stupefying; for a tender con
science will no more allow ol'sinall sins
tuun of great ones.
WASPS.
KEV. DR. LAFKKUTT.
Wo are persuaded that the wasp is
not an incentive to rural piety. Why
the country sexton allows them to
hibernate in our Bethels we cannot
find out. Tho first warm spring day
is a signal for a parade of these count
less' dormant insects. They attempt
flight on heavy wings over the congre
gation, nnd drot) on the heads ol the
just, and unjust. The hair is directly
ami rapidly shaken out to the terror ol
neighbors. Tho hearers lose the thread
of the discourse nnd their temper.
Men wilh bald places are in a fidget;
spinsters quiver with hysterics. Tho
audience are concerned more about
the flight of the was)) than the soaring
of the preacher. They are on the look
out lor the peroral ion of the wasp,
and not the senium.
There is usually n window in the
rear of the pulpit. The wasps turn
their faces towards tho rising sun.
They buzz about the head ol the ex
pounding K.ra. When he rises to the
height ol some great argument he
squats to escape a sting. The reser
voir of poison secreted during the long
winter and suddenly shot uuder the
tender skin at the nape of tho neck
has a disconcerting influence on
"Thirdly."
The wasp is not, a means of graec.
Bear brethren, sit.1 wards, trustees, ex -horters
ami leaders, please kill 'em.
THE NEW RIVER MINES.
Immi'nsh Com. Fiki.hs Amino, tub I.inb or Tin:
Nolirol.K AMI U'KsrKKN ItllLltOAD,
l'liil.Aiim.i'iiiA, dune lit. The Norfolk and
Western Kill iu. id C,iiniiuy will soon have tho
coal mines on Its New Ittver Division s i wel
developed that the d illy shipment nf coal to
Norfolk will amount to 1,'nlt) tuns. It is iiiicn-
ded at an early day to double these shipments,
and wilh llie-iiiirediiell.iii uf new capital mid
mining fu' llitles to in.iku the shipments re.ieh
the enormous Ilgure of -I'l.OOJ tons daily at tin
expiration of the Hist year. Tho coal lands
owned by the company are 2i,tl00 acres lu
extent, and a vein on a largo portion wt the-e
which is eleven feel In thickness Is estimated
to contain 'J50,O0O,O00 tons of coal. 8o exlei-
sivo la the coal business of the company to
become, that Its management has purchased
L tuibert l'olut, Just above Norfolk, upon whitn
very extensive wharves and docks for the ship
ment of coal are to be elected, aud, in connec-
tlou wilh those already built ut Norfolk, will
givu the Norfolk ami Western a capacity f r
handling an uulitniled tiiniutity of coal, The
situation of Lambert Point as a shipping har
bor is said to bn superior to any other in Virgin-
la, not excrpllug Newport News, City Point
is also to bo made a conling station bv Hie
Norfolk and Western Company, and he the
first of the year docks aud wharves up.iti an
extensive scale will be srecled there.
'TWILL EVER BE SO.
Nearly all the great statesmen ol
the present day can look back to tin
time when they would rather stand in
. , , , .
urn mini ami water up to their knees
and I'bdi for hull-heads than help plant
potatoes in ihe best garden in the
country. Kvcn the best kind of a hoy
who will gladly work like a major at
any other season of the year, seems to
have a fearful falling out wilh all
manner of labor in the spring. But
somehow the spring garden is made
each year, and the boy grows np to
manhood, and finally has a boy of his
own, and a garden that demands atten
tion; then it seems that when he wants
his own boy to help iu the gardt n,
and lil'teeti minutes all if ho s.Ms the
boy l work he finds him in tin! street
playing marbles, he lorgots how it was
when he was a boy himself, ami he
argues with his hoy with a h ic-haudle.
'Twas ever thus.
SENSIBLE ADVICE.
There is uolliinu like their own home fot
married people, mid especially for yoau in ir
rietl people, even if the wife shall have to
cook mid sweep the lloor and clean the win
dows. Ifrlle.be a healthy mil tint exerc:
will do her piod -and no yumo; m.iii who h is
to labor for the llvlni; should marry a cji'l thai
Is not heal'hy, stroiii; and l!liii to do lu r
own work while they am too poor to bite
servant.
V'ltls tiling of marrylnj; a clrl that you have
to liiro another to lake cue of Is not a w ise
thlni; for a poor yonni; man lo do. He should
look out for a ulrl that Is broad should' red, I
slromi In muscles, havnin of course
other virtues. Tha Ideal (jirl, the con
stiiitpnve, tlcht laced, pirly-golng piano-
playing, French - talking, fashionable
cirl, can be no proper wife for him. This luu-
KU.n;e the Kil ls may think unkind, but it Is not.
It is better for fills that aro not tilled to he
pool man's wife to r. -in on with their parents
than li.Tuuie sticli. 11 u ill Ik heller or Ho n
lovers t,oo, aud better for society. t'loritla ii-
ticA. t
-
A beautiful wonuu is Ihe hell of the soul,
the putaratury of the purse, and tho paradise of I
the eyes.
.
Skinny Mr.s "Wells' Health Rencwer ' r, .
Stores health and vlsor,cures Dyspepsia, Impo
tence, Sexual Debility. 1.
An Albany man invented a fire
escape, and they say the thing knocked
him down in his room ami broke - his
leg belore ho could got it to the win
dow when his small boy shouted
"Fire."
That IIi'siund or Mink Is three times the man
he was before he bexau using "Wells' Health
Kenewer." tl. Druggists.
PROFESSION AI-AJRDS
a. ELLIOTT."'
Attorney nnd Counsellor at Law,
KOtll'ULK, VA.
Rooms 2 and 3 Virginian Building.
oct I ly
jTJ HANOI 4 BULL.
.ITTOKVEVM AT LAW.
UN PI EI. I), N. C.
1'r.ietlivs lu the counties of Halifax, Nash
Kdtcc uutlic and Wilson. Collections made in all
part of the Slate. Jan ii tf.
I
n.sMini, ju.
ATlOltiliV AT LAW,
(VMTI.ANO Nllt'K. tlAI.lt'AX CoUNTV N. C
Practices In t!e county of Halifax nnd adloln-
nur enmities, mid lu the Siipreuin court of the
Slate. Hly.
M. (I II 1 Z . A K 11,
ATT4MlKY AT LAW,
HALIFAX, X. C.
oniee In the Court House, strict attention
(Iveii f i , nil liranehes of the profession.
not il ly
ptlOMA.". N. 1ULL,
Alloruej at Law,
HALIFAX, N.
Practices In Halifax and a.llultuiur countla
ami federal and supremo courts.
Will be at Scotland N'eck. oiieo everv fort-
uU-ht. auxiSif
T.
W. M A SUN.
I SOItI.V vr LAW,
i! A KYHHU ltd, N. C.
Practice iu til-'
uiirls of Northampton and
, also in Ihe Ki'deral and Sn
Juno 8 tf.
1I . 1 1 ll 1 1 1 r eiuiiitie
ir''llleeo,irtS.
r A I. T li It K. I) A N 1 H L,
Attorney mid ouiisellor At Law,
w i: i. o o x, n. v.
I'eiii l ie.'.i in Halifax and '1,1 joinliur counties.
'ai a'l'ulion -.'icon In cilleel tuns In
ill p in - "f lb" suite mid oruuiot returns made.
I. li. IT lv
A t'TiMClEY AT LAW,
WELDOX, N.C.
Special attention priven to collections and
remittances promptly made.
may m.
Q It. K. I.. UUNTEK,
.s ii it u i: o si n e it t 1 1 t ,
Can lin found at Ills ofllee In Enfield.
ftiro Nitrous Oxido (ins lor the Pain-
iess ICxtraotiotj; of Tooth always on band.
Juno tt.
I IMIS . Hri.t.KN.
JOHN A, Milling
1. L ti N it
M 0 O It K,
ATroitKKY.H AT LAW.
HALIFAX N. C.
1'raetle.. in the counties uf Hnlifnx. Korthamn.
ton, Kdirecomlio, put and Martin In the su
premo court of the state and In the Federal
I'ourls uf the Ktsteru IMstriet. Collect Ions mado
in any ean ol tin) state, Jan 1 ly
V. J . N AW,
BAKER & CONFECTIONER,
WKLDON, N.C.
A very larj!
supi'ly of
Cakes, crackers. Candies, French and Tlnln.
Ilaisiiis, Fruits, Nuts, ic.
The largest slock of Toys of every variety ever
orotiKiii io nits inaraet.
Orders fur candles, cakes, ,xc, filled at short
sr nolle,' at iSurlltern prices.
W'i'.M n : an, 1 other earl les mo, filed as chean
ns the ciieii.est. net lit lv.
A.
W I! r. S N & SO N,
M VVI I'llTI'CKI'.SOl' A NO DKW.EItSIS ALL KINDS 0
( a frillies, llnrnesN, NiuliUm,
llridlcs. f nllars. Carls, Wheels. Axles. FamfJear'
Horse I'liHIiiiiir, Lap liobes, 4c,
Nos. li.
net ly.
V. 41 Ji JP fnlon Norfolk, Ya.
T
HE GREAT CURE
RHEUMATISM-
As It la f.tr all the painful diaraaca of tha
KIDNEYS, LIVER AND BOWIL8.
It eleiuisi'S Uie anient of tho aerld Mlun
thai cause, tho ilivn.iriit .urn-rmsr which
only the uclims of Uhpimalisiu coil ruoilM
THO'JSAKCS Cr CAi.au
or the worst tortus of ttua temnlo dtaeas
have been quickly ivllovoil, and In ahort time
PERFECTLY CURED,
null, i. i nn mint iiui, siu.u nv nuriiuisTS.
u'T es" "i'"-lit bv nmil.
WEIAS.BICILAKDSON On.. BiirllTirtrm V
net la ly
W- W- HALL,
lire it ml Lite Insurance A(en
Can be found In tho RoanokeXewa en
WKI.D0N, N. C.
R E t X ES!EIN T 8 ,1
N'ew York Underwriters,
"Airrioiittiunl" nf Waterfown, N.T.J
Western, f Toronto, Canada,
ratntleo, of Tarhoro , N . C.
Lynohbunr, of Lynehnurff, V
Ktiultahlo Life Insurance Co. of N. T,
Will place rlsksln any otlur!fceo4 eompsry
at low eaterates. JolfatUy
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