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HALL & SLEDG-E, proprietors
.A. 1TEWSPAPER FOB THE PEOPLE.
TEIRIMS-S'--00 VVAl ANNUM IN ADVANCE.
VOL. XII.
WELDON, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1883.
NO. 31.
vr
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
h.'eLLIOTT.
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
NORFOLK, VA.
1,h)Iiih 2 ttn 3 Virginian lluildilig.
Oct 5 ly.
B
RANCH ii ti E 1. 1, ,
Attorney at Law,
ENFIELD, X. C.
rrm-lice In the cuiinllcs of Halifax, Nash, Edge-mints-and
WHym. Collections made in all parti
of the Slate, Jan. liitf.
It
II, SMITH J K . .
Attorney at I. aw,
(.COTI.AND NECK, N. C.
I'mctiocH In the county of Halifax anil adjoining
.oiinlles, H"1 ' the Supreme court of the Htnte.
oct 10 ly.
m. o 11 1 z z A n i ,t
'Attorney at law,
. HALIFAX, N. C.
Office In the Court House, strict attention given
tii all branches of the profession,
jull 12 1)- i i
rjlllOSt AS N. HILL,
Attorney at ), aw, ; ' -;
HALIFAX, N. C.
Practices In Iliilifnx and adjoining counties and
Federal and Supreme court. ; .
aug. 28 tf. '
rj w . MASON,
Attorney at Law,
GARYSMRG, N.C.
Practices In the court of Northampton and ad
joining counties, also in the Fedeial and Supreme
courts. JuueStf.
A 1. T K It E. D A N I K L,
Attorney at Law,
WEI.DON, N. C, ,
practices In Halifax and adjoining counties." -Hiecial
attention given to collections In all parte
oftlie state and prompt returns made.
f,"l7,: u , ,. .
W. HALL,
Attorney at Law,
WELDON, N. C.
Special attention given to collections and remit
tance promptly made. may 1 tf.
M
I'LLEN & MOORE,
Attorneys at Law,
HALIFAX, N. f.
Practice in the counties of Hull fax, Northampton,
Idgecomhc, l'itt and Martin In the Supreme court
of the state and in the Federal Courts of the Eastern
District. Collections made in any part of the State.
Jsniiy
It. . E. SHIELD 8,
4
Surgeon Dentist.
liHvhig permanently located in Weldnn, can t
f. I ut his ollli-e in s'mlth's Brick Building at all
times except when nlwent on professional business.
Careful attention Kirvn to all brunches of the pro-
sired.
ii'ssion. rarties vutlvu at tneir Homes wneii ue-
Hf It ly.
JJlt. E. L. II I' ME It,
Surgeon Dentist.
Can be found at hi oftlee In Enfield.
hire Nitrous Oxide tins for the Painless Extrae
tint; of Teeth alwuys ou hand,
june 22 tf
WEKNN & SON,
MtNtrilTI'ltKIVKiF AMI PkaI.CKS IN ALL KINDS OF
CAKKUUE8, HARNEY SADDLES, -
Miles, Collars, (!arts. Wheels, Axles, Kami Gear,
Horse Clothing, Up Robes, Ac,
Nns. 14, 16, 24 & 2fl, I'nlon St., fforfolk, Va. ' .
"ALL IMPORTANT;
1,000 POLICY ON ASSESSMENT PL6X fur 1.90
11,006 I 'i J A -5s llo
13,006 w a 19,00
To provide for ounelvea ant family should be our
first consideration. Willie the malehead of a fata
lly la living he may manage to euro for his house
hold, but his death is Inevitable, and what provis
ion have yon made for your w lie and lljtlo ' o)ies"lB
caw of death! Tail-is a ioliaml. qucjuoa which
reselies every hearthstone. If you are a lawyer,
physician, merchant or farmer, your. profession or
occupation dies with you. You support your (ami
ly comfortably, but when you die, who it tosupport
tlwtn. The conventionalities of our country (the
mutliem country especially) are such as to exclude
utni'ii from the chance 6f making a living, Itt fact
lie does good work til care for her chUdirrchlldreh
Her food and raiment are provided. Now, what
ran lie done to protect the wife and little one from
Hie terrible chances of being left destitute, "The
l't thing that ran be done, and often the only
tlilmrtlit a.. 1 .I ... ........ I..ntfin.. jin
" w- livue,.ip w eneeiM i-u...v j.j
your life for till oenrW df thA srf fterieiidetit hpVn
J"U. This policy is fn-e Imin taxes, iim ail '
plieaUona with your ostaU-. from executions, and
IrnnirleU.' No iHie call lirrflellil'Tnoney but thv
partlen for whom the Insurance Is effected. In these
'' of complications, and homestead allowances,
(with the chance of a itruraleto obtain even that)
1 think a life policy the ausostW the only tftlng
you can leave of much value to your family.
Now the question will arise, what company must,
I hmirc In ? "I am afraid oTonmtiiiilui a' INWiway
"f, I do not know the President, Directors, Ac., of
rompanles in New York, Philadelphia, or Boston,
r other large cities, I know nothing of the work
I'm of Insurance companies, their solvency, Ac. It
eeaia to me a leap In the dark, a matter of chance
to take out a policy In such such companies. They
he good, they may be bad. , n-
But there is one coninanv almost at our doors, in
the city of Norfolk, Va,, managed by (Oitanca of
unquestionable Integrity, incorporated by the Leg
lilature of Vln-inla. and endowed with all the priv
Mcgot that can be granted to a company, and at the
urn tiau with all the safeguards,, that.oan be
Ihrgwn around ithat Wiureil , VM eompauy
kiKiwuasthe "Christian Brotherhood of Norfolk
. Ahycifl6ro&rmm
health can take oat a pollcy-ln this company, of
i,iw oy paying the smaU sum of four dollars ana
"W of 12 ,009, for eight dollars, and one of 63,000, for
twelve dtil W; ''- v4-'- ', . !
Th ilreatora' and managers Of the "Oiristlan
"Uierliood an D. Tiortll, Rkh'd H. Jones, J.B.
Kiddlck, D. f. tiodwln and A. Savage, under the m
ttdiata management of the Ke. .Richard H Jones'
(Steretary.v I thluk the phut of1 (uauronce In ttiU
company the best I hav vr eiaminad and deci
dedly the cheapest. I hare iaWn' th aney tor
this company at Wcldtfl, and" wilt Wi glad', to
urmsa an the parUoWtW to parties wno oeairo i
V
liiti inn
lThe next exhibition beinns on Mon
day November 5th and continues five days.
ISTThe racing will be splendid. A
number of fine horses have already been en
tered and others will be. '
i ,
K-The premium
list contains many
Examine it and see
handsome premiums,
for yourselves.
J6FThe exhibit will be larger and more
varied than ever before and will be wtfl
worth inspecting. ; .
ItSTA handsome silver enp, through A.
C. Freeman, Norfolk, for the largest and
best exhibit of natural flowers. .
ttff" A magnificent silver pitcher, through
Greenwood Si Bros., Norfolk, for the lar-
ecst and best collection of home-made
cakes by any one person.
. iExcursion trains and reduced rates
each day of the Fair.
-Seuator Voarheeis Will deliver the
annmil address and his fame as an orator
will be justified by his speech here.
will be delivered on Thursday of the Fair.
.I.1UX M i
. '
$ C ! T i i t
pg-llQ for the best calico dress to be
exhibited by maker. $15 for the best suit
of ladies underwear. $15 for the largest
nd most meritorious exhibit of jiroducts
for the table.
irAV articles tot, exhibition, should
beTent to tie S. k T. B A(htt!Hltural, So
cin4v.Wadra"N, C S-Ih5j ViUiti placed
ofMRewe, f hMwrgeiyi ..
fitndo4roau p4UPn
proper oertfficata. ' v i-fy
T.L.1EMRY, Indent.
R. W. BROWN, Treasuwf. -
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HOW CAN A WOMAN TELL I
He told me his lore this morning,
With his dear hand clasped In mine,
And he said : "Ood speed the dawning
Wheu. darling, 1 U call the mine."
But my fond heart questioned aoftly,
Though loving him true and well,
Will his love outlast all change
Ah ! how can woman tell?
When the years shall bring their trials.
And the cares and the pains outweigh
The Joys ia the little household,
As clouds might obscure the day
Will the hand that has held me fondly,
When maidenly ills befell,
As earnestly shield from sorrow ?
A h ! how can a woman tell ?
When the silver threads are creeping
Through my tresses one by one ;
When 1 lose my youth and beauty,
As many a wile has done;
Will hla heart lie miue as truly
As when in the flowery dell t
He gave me his trusted promise? '
Ah ! how can a woman tell '.'
I glance nt my sweetheart waiting,
Ills eyes they arc clear and true ;
"1 will love him," my heart says gladly,
"I will trust him the wide world through
I will be to him Joy and comfort, ,
I will other wives excel;
I will keep him with love's magic"
This much may a woman tell I
CEAZY TJiJHJT.
Thrilling Story of Love and Adventure
at tne insane Asylum.
From the KaMgh Chronicle.
"Now, boys." said Charlie Bates, at one
session of the "What-to-Do" Club, "I move
that Bob Mills be requested to give us a
specimen of a yarn ; he looks like a man
who could 'a tale untold.
"Never more mistaken in your life, gen
tlemen. In fact, I am very like unto the
father of our country in one particular 'I
cannot tell a lie.' " . ' "
''No, we see you can't. ' But you start
off pretty Well for a novice. , I, for one, in
sist on the yarn." ' 'v
It you gentlemen will insist, said Uob,
I suppose I'll have to "give you the best
have in the shop, but what 1 am now
about to relato is a fact ! I shall never for-
get the horror of that time, should I liv
hundred years, andean never think . -of-4t
even now without cow cuius creeping um
comionaoiy up my spinai coiumn. nap-
n ,11 : 1 I Ti 1 I
pened at the time I was employed over at
the Insane Asylum at Raleigh, as an assis-
tant steward, and sometimes did duty in
the wards as a tenant. There was a young
tellow over there oy tne name oi waiter
hevor. trom somewhere down in one ot the
eastern counties, the land of good brandy
and generous hospitality. Ho was a fine
fellow, and only slightly demented, llis
iamuy was ncn, ana ne was sent, mere ior
medical treatment, as his insanity was not I
of a hereditary character. He was rational
good portion ot the time, and had been
improving for some months so rapidly that I
ho was allowed a good many privileges, his
natural amiability of character and gener-
ous disposition oi manner causing mm to
! , .!
be a general favorite with all, yet there I
were times when he had a melancholy air
about linn, (even when perfectly sane)
which cuusedTme to feel uneasy m his
presence. A restless uiacK eye, auua uamt
of biting his under lip uutil the red blood
seemed on tho eve ot gushing forth. ..were
peculiarities. He had quite a literary urn.
He wasif the most nervous tempennnuntl
ever saw lor a man of his physical strength
for he was fully six foet high, and would
pull the soaks at 180 pounds. Had it not
been.fbr those rent less ever-roving, snake-
like ew, he would have been deemed
handsome.
"In the winter evenings we used to have
ills in the spacious parlor ot the institute.
wherein tenants, patients and visitors par
ticipated. - ."'
"About this time a young lady from the
West, a Miss Nellie Neckar, camo to take
charge of one ot the female wards, and
every male tenant in the institution ad
mired her. At least I did, for she was the
most lovely creature imaginable. The first
tirnd I saw her was soon after her arrival,
one night in the parlor, just before time for
the ball... I was passing down the corridor
on my way out, when 1 heard the piano,
accompanied by one of the sweetest voices
I ever heard before or since as- clear as
theiiuiring of little glass bells, and the soft
sweet warble seemed to lift one out of hiiu-
self.to scenes ethereal. - ' '
"bo I just stepped in thinking perhaps
it was another lady who sought the parlor
every opportunity, why 1 could never tell
She seemed deeply absorbed, and as her
face was from mo I though I Would sur
prise her, so slipping up quietly I put my
list ever her eyes and said, in a'. disgtuBed,
etttteral voice: "Guess who it is.'
Judge of my surprise aud embarrass
ment when she indignantly replied to me
and exclaimed
How dare yon, sir? I have an idea
of reporting this piece of amusement. Be
cause a lady is forced to remain at this
hateful place from necessity, is no reason
why she should be subjected to such m-
. . ... ..
dignities.' "
"I humbly begged her pardon, explain
ing the mistake us best 1 could, anil was
happy to note that her excitement was
passing away, giving place to an amused
smile. We became friends upon the split,
und I lie frii'iidtthip rimmed into aoniethintr
wanner.
I was not alone in my admiration for
Miss Neckar. Sevor also showed the in-
t.ir.wt he fa-It fur her from the hrst: and as
he was handsome and well-to-do, and ex -
petted a discharge trom the institution in
n short While. I was'foolisn enough to feel
ieuloiis of him. esneciidlv when 1 saw Nel-
e niniivg sonuuaciousiy wno: iiun,-siie
id ai ii iii juh9 t'Aiin thi ttpreiMort of
j . 1 A I Ji V.J 1 1 . , .l , . 1 . .
his eyeJ wlfen irl conversation With her or
while dancing, did not suit me.
"I thought I would be brave as a lion
one particular evening and put my fate
to the test. So while I held Iter hand and
cmed intolier eyes, which seemed the
abode of little Cupids, I managed to gasp :
' "Nellie, I love you, and
'That will do Bob ; I know all about
, . . i i
it," she said with a merry twinkle
eyes,
'"But I can't live without you I live
but for you. Tell me, may I hope ?
'"Certainly, Bob ; if that will do you
any good. Continue to hope, but at pros
ent allow me to go.
"Rut do vou love me?' I cried.
".'Yes, and have since tho hat episode
and now 1 must go, so w uiu
.T.,ut !, T hrwrd a lieht footfall, and
Inollni. un I saw Sevor just passing' Into
i-a-tnir fin i Rftw si'vui iiint imroiuii naw
rn,wfr'afcB He Bussed in, and ii8
Tth nrtodfor'mV room T met "Sftor
cmSgMtof the office. He said:
" 'Well. Bub, old boj, I leave you next
week, and may never see you more, and as
a token to one who has been kind to an
unfortunate fellow like myself, I wish to
present you witn tnis ring, witn tne nopo
that when you are happiest, and surround
ed by a family of loved ones, you may
sometimes think ot bovor, the once lunatic.
"I accepted his gift, at the same time
expressing my pleasure at JFiis nal recov-i
cry. He thauked me, and proposed a
stroll through the grounds. We came to
the old gas-house, on the branch, just west
of the mam building, where he wished to
look at sonic pet cold fish which had been
placed in the large reservoir, and which he
and I had often fed and watched when out
wuu i ne pauenis.
"It was nearly night. We watched tho
antics of tho fish in the reservoir as they
swam and darted here and there.. The re
ervoirwiis allouP, fifty bck m-diclltifacncii,
built of brick, und cemented as smooth
as
a floor. There was about ten feet of water
in it at the time, and we could sit on the
edge or rim with feet swinging without
fear of getting them wet.
" -iiob, said oovor, ratner suuueniy, and
looking up I saw quite a cluingo had como
over his countenance, and ho looked as I
1? 11.111. Tla.
paroxisms
of msauity.
" 'Uo you lovo Miss Ncckar?
"I attempted to laugh the matter off,
and replied :
" 'Certainly; I love, all good people, and
e appears to be a g6od little lady. Why?'
she
'"Well, listen,' he replied, while his eyes
shot flames of savage hatred, 'and I'll tell
you.
"1 then knew that 1 was in the presence
of a maniac, and attempted to rise, but he
placed his hand on my shoulder in k 'do-1
taming manner, and thinking it best
it best to
jmmor him, I kept my seat, while he coa
turned :
" 'So do I ! and I told her as much, but
ghe lunched in my- face at the idea since
I was an inmate of a lunatic asylum, of
my aspiring to her hand, les, laughed at
jue! Uut Dv tne gocis! in DUgnt ncr
T . l .li 11 Till 1 ! 1 . 1 I
young lite as hoary frost blights theblush-
ing rose-bud ! Yes,' (looking demoniacally
in niy eyes) though it rends my heart to
harm thebest friend man ever had, to crush
her dear iiob, (tor she loves you,; you
must die ! V ' ,
And before I could recover from my sur-
prise and horror, I found myself flounder-
mg in the reservoir. I shouted 1 begged
t prayed out ot no avail, i swam
round and round that pit ut death, catch-
ing here and there at the smooth cenleiited
sides ; I begged him tor all he held most
dear on earth to help me; .1 caught at the
sides of the pit until my nails were broken
and my fingers bled from repeated efforts
, T 1 1 II
to support my weignt : l ravca ; Din
no I
My strength was fast failing I could hear
the noise ot some boys up the branch after
minnows, but my voice was so weak now it
could not ascend above a whisper. My
brain seemed Mire; every nerve ot my
body was strained to its utmost to keep
afloat but 1 sank, exhausted. 1 arose
again, and there he stood, with a malicious
smile upon his face, looking down on me.
l was ntst on the verge ot sinkng again,
when he held me a switch. 1 grasped it
like a drowning man catching at . straws,
and held it. He then said :
" Good-bye, old boy ; I have to do it,
but the Fates have said good-bye!'
"He dropped the end he held, and 1
fell!
"Luckily just here I was awakened by
the sound ol the breakfast licit, and
Do what f said Charlie i.ates, rising
and standing in tho floor.
"The ringing of the bell awake me, and
I was all over in a cold sweat, and trulv
thankful it was nothing more than a horrid
dream.
" 'But how about Miss Nellie?' asked
Frank Dayton.
All a dream, said Hob. 'caused by
those ham sandwitches we had over at
Fraps's.'
'Well, you are the biggest liar in seven
States. Turn out the gas, Kim, and let s
bid good-bye to Mr. Washington.
Kaleigh, N. L Trebor
IT CANT HI'. DID.
Girls are sometimes admonished not to
flirt, because, however pleasant it might be
to them, it might break the hearts of those
with whom they flirt. .Nonsense. e
have heard of victims of blighted affection,
but never yet came across one. Time, in
this sort ot mutters, works wonders. V e
doubt whether any man ever yet died of a
broken heart. Men are more vain than
women. There are exceedingly few of
them who are not flattered by the idea of
some woman falling in love with them.
The lady for the moment affords them this
Location of self-love. She makes her-
self as agreeable aa she can. utue vanity
of the man leads him to believe that she
has fallen a victim to his charms, that is
liis own fault, not hers. The illusion has
ruised him to the seventh heaven for a brief
feriod, and if thu period Im short he has
eon ' the "gaiii'T. fs one of 1 ) Her
nad's novels he describes an old
I captain who lives supremely
happy because he fancies that, years ago,
some tnrl died ot a broken heart, because
some girl died ot a broken heart, because
he had declined to marry her. .Hecar-
riesbool rorVtjW and tuv fill M
sifiiMate I ihiHnd Weeps oVer W fHiJ
1 he
I nes.
I sifinl
day however, he meets tho girl, who had
I . l .1 : . J I j. 1 1 . - - - - 1 ..nAA-iM nnil
iioi uiuu, uut rata mnrneu h s.iw i, n....
and forgot all about the captain. He is
in dKirt Ho ca po longer indulge in
the luxury of grieving over the sad fate of
me oniect oi- nis yoiumui umiu .
Flirt on, young ladies, and do not imagine
tl.ivl IK. n.....-,...n..r.4 u.,11 .vnl' tlin Ill'-lIT I
UIAI llic uiuum.iiii.iii mil uiwi- ..... .......
of any one. It may wound his vanity,
quite likely, and where this is the only
oualitv the man has the blow may stagger
bin. But it will do him good show
nun nin rent BHiuHiuim. tiu uut uhji
ladies, but at the same time teuqicr the
him his real selfishness. So flirt on young
blow to the tenderness of the yout h who is
to receive it.
The pjor man with an idea of poverty
is no wocse oft than a rich man with a pov
erty of ideas.
"May flnhe monthly bills of the gas
companies be termed the 'charge of the
Lighk- r Brigade ?' IV asked Jenkins of
Boggs. If it Wpofciblo Tor'a Kght brig-
i 'va.a.us v (.vwwiv - n
adetomnde a heavy ohargel auppose
they may," ' wph'ed Boggs, "otherwise
not," ; '
OUR JOCULAR SENATOR,
How he Lived and Laughed and Eiiioved
iiimseu in waaiiuigton.
i
Special Cojrespondent of the Chronicle.
Washington, October 2. It can
hardly be said that Scuator Vance was
ever a social "lion" here ; he has too much
trood sense and too manv resources for a
good time and for a good influence for
that. But if the walls of his residence
on Massachusetts Avenue could tell all
that they have heard, the neighbor'nii
buildings would join in a chorus ' of
laughter.
It is a rather modest residence, as rcsi-
dences go in this now luxurious city; but
it is pleasantly situated. There is a mod-
est lawn in front, and the house is one
part ot a aoume nouse. it is -what any
iNorth Carolinian would call very com
fortable indeed, but it is far from being
iashionably furnished.
I he Senator s study is a room up stairs,
where a few books, thrown haruinscarum,
- e !1 . . c - t
n.t wpucaoi papra, a oraco . "I
chairs, a table and a spacious and hosni.
table smttoon we come anv Tar-llec . It
has a jovial appearance that look of net-
ligcnce and able-to-tako-care-ot-yoursull
which so well becomes tho furniture ot a
busy or of a lazy man; and surely Sena
tor Vance is both,
Here one night just before the last
Congress adjourned, I had the pleasure of
nitting, as wo had previously appointed
discuss very important business. 1
to
The
preliminary talk about the weather or
about North Carolina led nut to serious
work but to serious jokes; and for an hour,
fuu and tobacco juice found escape from
his lips.
"I was mighty nigh dead to get here,
old Zeb. said, "but I'll be hanged if I am
not nigher dead to get away, hvery va
cation ot Uongress 1 get stuck on some
committee. llien, as always, when the
test comes, there was a serious tone and a
patriotic manliness in his voice. But, be-
fore you couid think about it
he
" .
illustrating man's duty to his Creator by
uu uinxuii.t. in Hiutii urn .man urunuv
somehow or other played a part.
Although, therefore, tho throng of
fashion never goes to the Senator's, there
are alway a few of the most interesting
people in Washington to be found there.
Ue seems to have made it a rule to be as
domestic as becomes a newly married man;
anJ you can nearly always find him either
at home or at the Capitol.
The regard that the Senators hold him
;n is peculiar. That they hold him in
Vcrv hiirh esteem, of course, need not lie
Laid, That may easily be taken for
granted. But there are not a few of the
Kepublican Senators who are 'his bitter
...
est political enemies that are his warm
personal ndmirers and especial friends.
such "iJuncombe as he gives them is
very strange to their notions of Senator
ial dignity. In the fierotet debate he has
alvays held their utmost respect and has
always, too, confused them by his ready
wit.
I think I am not rash in saying that he
is by far the readiest and most graceful
humorist that there was in V ashington
last winter. J hero arc many houtliem
Congressmen who are genial gentlemen
and full of fun; but the most of them
need congenial company and a great deal
of elbow room to display their wit. They
;ire heavy when they rise to .nakc a speech.
Old Lcb. is as jolly at one tune as at an
other.
And I am sure that no one man ever
came to Washington who mado warmer
friends here than he or who of recent
Vl,au done more to put all the world
in a good humor with the rvmtn. ot
the cast cheerful outlook of those who
enii v his personal uciiuaiutaiicc is the
pleasure of having him here again within
a fc.r months; and all his circle of Irieiiils
haV'i been glad to bear the news of the
departure of sickness from his house
hold.
SKETCH Ol.' OHIO'S (iOVI.UNOK.
Judge lioadly was born at -New
Haven, Conn., July 31st, lSl'G, of which
city his father was at one time Mayor.
He received his elementary education at
Cleveland, 0., and was graduated from
the Western Reserve College at Hudson,
Cr.. in 1844. ' After a year of study at
the Cambridge Law School he entered the
offices of Chase & Ball in Cincinnati, and
was admitted to the bar in August, 1847.
In 1849 he was admitted as a partner in
the firm. He was elected in 1851 as
Judge of the Superior Court of Cincinna
ti, and was City Solicitor in 1855. Two
years later he succeeded Judge Gholaon
on the bench of the new Superior Curt.
Governor Salmon P. Chase, his fnend
and partner, offered him a seat upon tho
Supreme Bench, which he declined. Tn
lHli the oner was again made by uover-
nor Tod, and was again neclined. In
1 SCtt he resigned his post in the rnipenor
Court for the purMise of establishing the
law firm of which ho is still the head
llw wan mi active meiiibcr of tho Cuiisti
tutioiml Convention ot l..-4, and gave.
willingly, eight months of his timo to the
service. He has tauglit in the Law
(.j.(Hjj
one Qf
.u,j ,
School at Cincinnati, and has been Uui
truste tor many years, lie was
the counsel who successfully re-
the effort to compel tho reading of
lie was
I ' .....
or;lmy a Democrat, but his abhorrence
I e '"V.. ij i,:
pui,iican n,,,, where he remained, until
rf fiwt tcrnl In 87(.
, . ,:,, irk r- r.nwUi nmMnn
,nliSM ,i,w i,;m into th Liberal
party, aud he did efficient service under
the Tilden and Hendricks banner. lie
appeared as counsel for tho Democratic
Electors in 1877. Since that timo he has
devoted himself to his law duties.
His head is much the same ' mould as
Garfield's. He is keen and comprehen
sive in argument, and his periods are both
natural and forcible. Ho is a Unitarian,
but the sacred altar which (secures the
most of his allegiance is his home.. ' He
stands at the head of the Ohio bar, and is
a vigorous defender of civil-service re-
form. .
A speaker at a stump meeting declared
that he knew no East, no West, no North,
i - . .
no South. "Then," said a bystander,
"you ought to go to school, and study
your geography." ; .....
"THIS IS THK LAST OK IT."
THE SPEECH OP IKON BULL, CHIEF OV
THE CROW INDIANS, AT THE DRIVINU
OP THE LAST SPIKE.
Portland Oregoiilan.
Ono of the finest effects produced at the
driving of the last spike was- when Iron
Hull, the old war chief ot the Crow In
dians, stepped forward in the midst of the
crowd, attired in his scini-civilizcd garb,
and with uncovered head presented to
president ViUard the spike which was to
be used on the occasion. He made a very
pretty pantomime speech, which, being
interpreted, was as follows :
"Hits is the last of it this is the last
thing for me to do. I am glad to see you
are here, and my people of the Crow
nation are glad to see you too. There is a
meaning in my part of the ceremony, and
1 understand it. Wc have reached the
end of our regime, and a new one has
come. The end of our lives, too, is near
at hand. Tho days of my itcoiilo are
J,.,.- amslmdMj. iU J,
pind oft like tho last rays ot sunlight
winch hang on the western sky. ut our
once powerful nation there are now but
few left; just a little handful ami we, too,
win soon be gone. Alter the savage
though has given way to civilization, tho
whites will come, they will enjoy the same
b"Uious '.:. &M anj rins. .i,
kit, t;... ai.. ,i.i .....!,;..
once we delighted so to roam. They will
probably live in it, populate it with the
flowers ol their race, but will they lorever
reinaiu in undisputed possession of this
grand domain? Who knows but what
some race, at present unknown, will umke
its appearance and overpower and take
away the land from tlicm too; then, as the
last chict ot the tmU; lace nation stands hi
fore the conqueror, will he bid him we
come to his home, to his hie, to his very
soul with more earnestness and with as
much sincerity as his red brother welcomes
him now.' I am glad to see you here; I
am perfectly willing to yield to the advance
lf ,he h- aI1(1,tfcr ..jvilization; th.
iron horse will now have a tree field to lt-
thc Indian aud the Indian puny can
not hope to further roam, as in tho past,
where such a civilizer penetrates. To you,
President lllard, to you and to your asso
ciates of tho Northern Pacific road, Iron
Bull, chief of the Crows, presents this
spike, with the hope that you will drive it
well home and thus have it bind the hearts
of your red brethren to you and to your
enterprise as closely and as futiily us it
binds your ties of steel the one to the
other,
WOMEN WHO SIIAVI-.
"I'm in about as big a hurry as your
self to-day," said the barber, as he dabbed
the shaving brush m the reporter s mouth
while hastily describing tho lather line
around his chin ; "this is my Chambers
burg day." "What do you menu by your
(jhambcrsbiirg day I asked the reporter
through the mouutuiu of soap. "That's
the day I go to the borough to shavo a
certain lady who lives there. Uli, you
needn't be surprised. I shave her every
two weeks. It- she would let her mus-
tacho grow it wonld heat yours. I havo
one other lady customer, who would, hut
tor nii, have a growth ot hue sott hair
luitli sides of her face. I shave her evcrv
three weeks. The first lady is married.
The other is not. Not one outside of
their own family known that they shave.
There are other ladies, .1 suppose, who
could cultivate a board, but I don't know
them. Once, when I worked in Phila
delphia, I had half a dozen ladies to
shave every fortnight."
"Does the shaving make the hair ou
their faers grow worse than ever ?"
"I think not. I water instead of lather,
by their request, and, while shaving
makes the hair stifter, 1 don t think it
caiiNues it to grow any heavier. Due rea
son that thev shave is that they cannot
properly powder their faces when grow
ing a beard.
'How much do you charge them ?"
'Twenty cents a shave."
A BOY IN A PKINTINCi OI'Fltli.
It seems that the chief end of a small
bov is to talk. ithout the ability to
say two columns of solid nonpareil in an
hour they would trine away ami die. Une
of them was hi the Oihm office the other
day. Said he :
"This is a printing office, am t it I
"It is."
"Is what?"
"A printing office."
'What are you doing ?"
"Setting typo."
"What are you setting type for ?"
"For the paper."
"Is them the things you print
papers
with ?"
"Yes."
"How long did it take you to learn how
to set type ?
"leii vears.
"Could I learn to set type ?"
"I think not."
"Why not."
"B ieause you talk too much."
"What's this?"
"Gol blast your hide, you blamed little
imp. louve auocaeu m u,
Plece8-
"W hats an ad?
"Get out of here. You 11 pi the whole
office directly.'
" here a the m r
"Leave here, I say. Pad gum ye.'
The youngster saw danger in the prin
ter s eyes and left. About a doiten yards
Iroui the ofhee he stopped and called
back :
"Don't vou want a bov to learn the
trade?"
A flying slug was the answer.
I I .1 M - J- J
A juryman was asked if the judge had
charged him: "Faith," said he, "the man
lectured us a good deal, but I don't believe
he meut to charge for it."
A Pittsburg girl who had refused a good-
looking telegraph repairer man three times
within six months, gave as a reason that he
was too much of a wanderer, that he
roamed from pole to pole, from one climb
' l . . . . .....
to another, and, it he did come, he d be in-
sulate that the neighbors would be sure to
talk..
MOltl. PRI.C IOI S TH AN l.VI-H.
From the Chicago Tribune.
'Do you like apple pic ?"
The soft sighing wind of a dreamy, one-
night-undcr-and-no-suspender evening in
June was kissing the fluffy mass of golden
hair that surmounted Kthlyn .MeNulty s
perfectly-shaped head, and as she looked
trustingly up into the face of the one man
in all the wide, wide world to whom she
had given the priceless treasure of her
girlish summer-resort love, (ieurge W.
Nninsnti felt the balm of her doughnut
breath ou his lips and knew, that come
weal or woe, be the day radiant with the
golden sunshine of fortune or darkened
by tho gaunt, haggard figure of despair,
there would always be one heart that beat
for him alune. Ere the last rays of an
other sitting sun shall again gild the
eternal hills and such stray cows as hap
pen to be standing around, a enssocked
priest shall make these twain one for life
and George will he twenty dollars loser.
This last thought steals over him as he
stands there, Kthlyn's arms around his
neek, and as it swashes mournfully
around the precincts of his soul his
thoughts drift back to the happy past,
when ho was a merry, liglit-heartcd boy
with a sore toe. But suddenly tho touch
of a damask check against his own brings
the reverie to a close. A pair of bright
sparkling eyes eyes that will soon be
ticking out bonnets at his expense are
coking ut him, and he fancies that in
their depths he sees a tinge of melan
choly, a lambient gleam of no caramels for
three days that goes to bis very heart.
"Yon are sad, my darling," ho says,
pressing her closely to tho 'midship rib of
his larboard side. "Why do you- look so
sorrowful ?"
'"B.-cause," she replies, "you have not
answered my quektion. I asked ' you if
Vim lil-i.rl !iitlili nin ? "
j rr"- i
"Yes," he siys, "I do. I am
deeply
enamored of pie in every shape."
Hardly havo the words left his hps
when Kthlyn's head droops and presently
her lithe from is shaken by a storm ot
sobs. George is horror-stricken. He has
not felt such a shuck since the Philadel
phia nine won a game.
"Why do you weep, my precious one?"
ho asks, bending tenderly over her.
" Because, slie answers mm, her voice
husky with grief, "I cannot make pie."
"Is this true. Are you certain there is
no mistake ?"
'None, none," Kthlyn moans, despair
ingly; "I cannot cook at all."
' then, he says, raining a shower of
kisses on the upturned face, "you are
more precious to me than ever."
THE IM'll)i:i. ON J.OVK.
Robert Ingersoll has a great amount of
poetry in his composition, and utters gems
of thought as beautiful as any ever spoken.
Here are a tew lroin a recent lecture.
"And then you know, I like to think
that love is eternal ; that if you really love
the woman for her sake, you will lovelier no
matter what she may do; that if she really
loves you for your sake, the same ; that
love does not look at alterations through
the alterations of time. Through tho linul
of years if you really love her, you will al-
ways see tho face you loved and won
If a man loves a woman,
- i i
she does not ever grow old to him,
and the woman who really loves a man
docs not see that he grows old. lie is not
decrepit to her; he is not tremulous; he is
nut old, he is not bowed. She always sees
the same gallant fellow that won her hand
and heart. I like to think of it in that
way, and as Shakcspere says, "Let time
reach with his sickle as far as ho can; al
though he can reach ruddy cheeks and
flashing eyes, he cannot quite reach
love." I like to think of it. We will go
down the hill of life together, und enter the
shadow one with the other. As we may
hear the ripple of the Iaugh'er of our grand
children, and the birds of spring, and youth
and love will sing once more upon the leaf
less branches of the tree of age, I love
to think it in that way absolute equals,
happy and tree, all our own.
The Kdltorlal "We."
There is something so distinctively ter
rifically horrible, or horrifically terrific in a
cold analysis of the editorial "we," that
we almost pause awe stricken and dumb
founded on the gloumy threshold of its dis
cussion.
How did it get in ? That is, who first
flung it into the broad arena of journalism,
and then slunk behind its embattled walls
like the cowardly cur that wc was?
Where is the wretch who forced it upon
us ? Reflect for a moment on the incon
gruity of an editor writing about "our
wife." or "our sweetheart," or "our boil
on the back of our uoek," or "our tooth
brush," or anything else that implies per
sonal possession.
Yet, by the baleful use of the editorial
"wc," the editorial hack writer is com
compelled to use just such insipidities and
lingioHtu' atpH-itieH.
How docs it sound to say "the nun
whipped us," or to vary tho illustration
"we whipped the man ?" -In the first, we
become pusillanimous ; in the latter, cow
ardly, hither of them is an incorrect rep
reHoiation of the fact.
We mounted our
horse, signiffics that the animal was a
good one, and could carry double,
We have a strong suspicion that the
term originated with a wild-eyed editor
who hrst wrote, "we tooic a anni. in
this case, no matter if it be a solitaire
twelve and-a-half-cent drink, there is
chance to divide the blame somehow, and
throw half the responsibility on some
other fellow. But this is the only re
deeming tcature about the "wc. it is a
double-headed hydra which should ho
siiuclchcd and fired into the dim Buena
Vista of the past, relegated to obsoletism
aim drummed out ot the editorial camp,
At least, that is the way ice think
about it.
One of those nice little boys who make
a specialty of always saying just what they
ought not to, laboriously lugged a large
wooden pail into the presence of his mater-
nal grandmother and respectfully asked h
to kick it. "Kick it, and why should
kick it?" demanded the oid lady.
"Papa
i . . . . . . w
said yesterday that he had been waiting
long time for you to kiok the buckot, and
J thought I would w you to do it."
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