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A NEWSPAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.
TEP3sLS--"u ri;l ANNl'M IN AI'VANC
VOL. XII.
WELDON, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1S83.
NO. 33.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
(j. ELLIOTT.
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
NORFOLK, VA.
Booms 2 and 3 Virginian Building.
Oct Sly.
B
KASOH & BELL,
Attorneys at Law,
KNFIKLD, N. C.
Praetlce in the counties of Halifax, Nash, Kle
mipc and Wilson. Collections made In till parts
oniulie and Wilson
of ine Mine,
JR11. 12 II.
II
II.
SMITH
J K .
Attorney at Law,
SCOTLAND N'UCK, N. 0.
Praeliees In the county of Halifax mid adjoining
enmities, and In the Supreme eourt of the Nuilu.
oet Iti ly.
V M. liHlZZAltn,
Attorney at Law,
HALIFAX, N. C. r
Office In the Court House. Ktrlot attention given
to nil hranelien ol ine prou-ssiim,
jan I- !' '
rji II o M A H S. H I 1. 1
Attorney at Law,
HALIFAX, N.C.
Praeiiiv. In Halifax ami Hiljuliiint; cimutlua and
tVileral and Supreme courts.
RUH. 'JK tf.
T
V. M A S () N ,
Attorney at Law,
cakysmho, n. c.
Ir('tieei" In the courts of Northampton and ad
ii.inin" eonuties, also In the Fedejal and Supreme
pains. jnueKtf.
iy A L T K It K. 1) A N I E L,
Attorney at Law, '"
YVKI.DOS, N. C.
Practices In Halifax and adjoining counties.
S.iorml iittentiou Riven to collections in all parts
of iiio Suite and prompt returns made,
feb 17 ly.
HALL,
Attorney at Law,
WELDON, N. C.
Piwlal attention given to collections and remit
tances promptly mwle. ... way 1 If.
jJ L' L L E N & MOO HE,
Attorneys at Law, ,
HALIFAX, N. ('.
Practice in the eounllesof Halifax, Northampton,
Weeconilie, I'ilt and Martin In the Supreme court
nl the state and in the Federal Courts of the Eastern
pistrict. Colleetions made ill any part of the Slate.
jnn 1 ly
jiTe. SHIELD?, ' '"
Surgeon Dentist,
Having permnnentlv located In Weldon, can he
f.amd at his oilice in Smith's Brick Building at nil
times except when absent on professional usiness.
Careful attention given to all branched of the. pro
fwioii. Panics visited at their homes when de
sired. July u
E. L. II V NT H it,
Surgeon Dentist, e
Can be found at his office In Enfield.
Pure Nitrous Oxide Cns for the Painless Extrac
ting of Teeth always on liaiul.
mne 'J
! If
A.
W R E N N it 8 0 N,
Masi'faiti'ukrs of and Dealer? is aj.l Kisns or
V. ' '. .
CAIililAUES, HAKXESS," SADDLES,
Bridles, Collars, Carts, Wheels, Axles, Farm Gear,
Horse Clothing, Lap Holies, Ac,
Sua. 14, lfi, 24 Si afi, I'nlou St., Nurfolk, Va.
Oct 6 ly
"ALL important:
1,000 POLICY ON ASSESSMENT PLAN far t-00
9,000 " " " " B-00
3,000 i u ii " 1!,00
To provide for ourselves and family should be our
first consideration. While the malehead of a fam
ily U living he may manage to care for hla house
hold, but hla death is inevitable, and what provis
ion have you made for your wife and little ones In
case of death? This ia a solemn question which
reaches every hcarlhatono. If you arc a lawyer,
physician, merchant or fanner, your profession or
occupation dies with you. 'You aupport your fami
ly comfortably, hut when you die, who is to support
them. The conventionalities of our country (the
outhem country especially) are inch as to exclude
women from the chance of making a living, in ract
the does guild work to care for her child or children
after food and raiment arc provided. Now, what
can 1 dune to protect the wife aud little ones from
the terrible chances of being left destitute. The
last thing that can lie done, and often the only
tWngtlmtraabedone.liUiJ'cctan hwinjw-e on
vour life fur the benclit of thoec so dependent upon
you. Tills policy is free from tuxes, from all com
plications with your estate, from executions, and
,.'roni debt. No one can handle this money but the
parties fur whom the liiaurance ia effected, lu these
, days of complications, and homestead allowances,
(witli the chance of a struggle to obtain even that)
I think a life policy the surest and the only thing
you can leave of much value to your family.
Now the question will arise, what conianyiuust,
I insure In? "I am afraid of companies a long way
of, I do not know the President, Directors, Ac, of
companies In New York, Philadelphia, or Boston,
or other large cities, I know nothing of the work
ings of Insurance companies, their solvency, &e. It
eeuis to mo a leap in the dark, a matter of chance
to take out a policy In such such companies. They
"ay be good, they may be bad.
But there is one comoanv almost at our doors, In
the city of Norfolk, Vt managed by gentlemen of
unquestionable iutegrity, incorporated by the Leg
islature of Virginia, and endowed with all the priv
ileges that can be granted to a company, and at the
same time with all the safe guards, Uiat can be
thruwu around tho osaurcd. This coiaaiiy ia
k'lowuasthe "Christian llrotherhood of Norfolk
Va." .Any person of good standing, and in good,
health can ukimtH,u,ii,.v in shin pomnnny, f
I.KX) by paying the small sum of four dollars and
one of 2 ,0o0, for eight dollars, and one ofSa,(i00, for
'"elyc dollars.
The directors and managers of the "Christian
Brotherhood," are D. T.Powell, Itich'd It. Jones, J.H,
Riddlck, D. J. Uodwln and A. Savage, under the lnif
Mediate management of the Rev. Richard K. Joiies
(Sferetary.) I think the plan of insurance in this
ompany the best I have ever examined and deci
kdly the cheapest. I have taken 'the agency for
this Company at Weldon, N. C, and will be glad to
"mishap, the particulars to parties who desire to
uuure,
R. P. SPIERS,
AGENT.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
CARRAWAY.
Wholesale and Retail Druggists
-And Dealers in o
GENERAL " MERCHANDISE,
HALIFAX, N. C.,
FINE CONFECTIO.NFJtlKS, CIUAR8 Si TOBACCO
4 Specialty.
FRESH SUPPLIES EVERY WEEK.
JOT We have served yon faithfully for
the last fifteen years and ask a continuance
ot your patrouage.
Prescriptions carefully prepared at all hours.
WOn corner opposite Court House Square4
SIGN OF THE GOLDEN MORTAR
oet 7 ly
ti ar
. STOMACH f&
Though shaken In every mint and liber witli
fever and ague, or bilious rem It tent," the
vstcm may vet be freed from the lualig
mint virus with Hosteller's SI aeh Bit
ters. Vrotect the svstem against it with
this beneficent anti-spasmodic, which la
futhermore a supreme remedy lor liver
complaint, constipation, dyspepsia, ilibili
Ity, rheumatism, kidney troubles and
Other ailments.
For aale by all Dmirglsta and Dealers
generally. ,
June II ly.
1857
LMTAUMSHUI)
1857
JANUARY 1st, 1 8 5 7.
RUFE. W. DANIEL
. Dealer In -
GROCERIES,
LIQUORS,
FINE WINES,
CIUARS,
TOBACCO
Ac.,le.
PORTNER'S LIGIKBEER ON ICE-
R. W. PANIKL,
No. 10, Wash. Ave. Weldou N. C.
June 2M-y
"WELDON
mon works.
AVM.;H: NEW,Tpf
ENUINKEK AND MACHINIST
WELDON, N. C.
To the users
of motive power and general mi:
chlucry:
I call your attention to the fact that I am prepm-d
' mnl, nerv to do gen-
with the necessary won. ' - -
oral work on
ENGINES,
SAW MILLS,
COTTON OINS,
GRIST MILLS,
COTi'OS PUESSES.
HORSE POWKKS,
THRESHERS.
SPECIAL ATTENTION GIIEN TO
lam Agent forth, o-ebral Improved Taylor
GTnraUV:;riues.-.ndguanu1tee...work
to be first-class
W, R. NEWTON, Weldon, V.C.
Senator Voorhees, of Indiana, iciti de
liver an addreu on the. around) on Thurs
day of the Fuir. It it worth a long trip
and consequent expense, to hear this mag
nificent orator.
Tiai Ml'., Y 13 WINGED WINDS.
Tell me, ye winged winds,
That round my pathway roar,
Do you not know some spot
V here mortals weep no moref
Some lone and pleasant doll,
Some valley in the west,
Whcr. free from toil and pain,
The weary soul may rest?
Thelow tvindi dwindled to a wlsixr low,
And sighed for pity as they answered "No."
Tell me, thou mighty deep,
W hose billows round me play,
Know'st thou some favored spot,
Some Island fur away,
Where weary man may find
The bliss for which he sighs.
Where sorrow never Uvea,
And friendship never dies?
The loud waves rolling in tierietual How,
Slopped for awhile and sighed to answer "No."
And thou' acrencst mism.
That wllh such a lovely faco,
Dost took upon tli earth,
Asleep in night's cmbract;
Tell ma, 111 all thy round
Hast thou not seen some spot
Where miserable man
May tlnd a happier lot?
Behind a cloud t he moon withdrew lu woe,
And a voice, sweut but sad, responded "No."
Tell me, my secret soul,
II, tell me Hope and Faith,
Is there no resting place,
From sorrow, tin and death?
Is there, no happy spot
Where mortals may he blest,
Where grief may find a balm,
And weariness a rest?
Faith, Hope and Love, beat boons to mortals given,
Waved their bright wings, and whispered "Yea, in
heaven?"
LOVE &c DTJTir.
It was a wild and rocky . coast, along
which ran the path that led to the home
of old Martin Frere. At ordinary times tho
cotage would have possessed but little at
tractions for u bold, stirring youth like
Owen Glen. But a . visitor had L of late
brightened up its precincts a young girl
named Annis, after the aged graudniother
who dozed by the hearth through the
long evening?, content to watch the bright
flames as they shot up from the broad fire
place, and perhaps to see visions of the
past with her dim eyes.
Dame Frero was a sharp-voiced bust
ling woman, long past niiddle age, and not
having the name of possessing a very
sweet temper, but she had n soft place in
her heart for granny, and it was to please
her that she invted her pretty n&uie-cuild
to come to visit them for a few months,
Annis was a tall, slight girl, as straight
as a time tree and as graceful as a f twn
Her yellow hair hung in a perfect mane of
shining curls all about her Mioulderw, aud
far down below her waist. Imagine
sweet innocent face, lighted with great
lustrous dark eyes, an a red mouth al
most always curving into smiles, and you
have some idea ot A tuns.
Most of the young girls in the vicinity
were buxom, merry hisses, with hair and
eyes to match both of an intense black
ness and with luoro or less of the hoyden
in them. Their laughter was loud and
hearty, and their ways more frolicsome
than refined. So it is not strange that
when this graceful, quiet stranger came
among them, with her shy ways and blonde
coloring, her swift changes of expression
and native ease ot manner, she was at
once taken into the hearts of all the young
people in the neighborhood.
It is a great nustaku to think Unit one
girl is insensible to another's beauty. Some
times, to be sure, she may have a feeling
f iemousy with regard to it when sho is
naturally of that disposition, but oftener
she loves the object ot her admiration all
the more because she embodies that ideal
which exists in every human soul to a
greater or less degree.
Uwen (jilen had fallen head over heels
in love at his first meeting with Annis
and had not missed an opportunity of
meeting her at the various rustic gather
ings to which she had been invited; and
to-night he was going to test his fate by
telling Anuis that he loved her, and ask
if he could hope for a response to the ar
dent feeling with which he had been in
spired by her.
Owen was not at all certain as to the
success of his suit, for there was another
who admired Anuis, aud who was far
above him in worldly station and wealth.
and us Owen, iu his freedom from vanity,
also thought, m good looks and in other
qualities calculated to win a girl's
heart. '
Annis had received the pleasaut little
courtesies aud attentions of both in a way
aleulated to wound neither; thouirh, as to
that, it would have been an impossibility
for her to be other tlian so sweet and era-
cious as not to eukimllu hone in each pas-
Btonate young heart.
Thus matters stood as Uwen started
from his home to take the long aud
tedious walk over the cliffs, which must
be traversed before he eould reach the eot-
taifo which sheltered the object of his
love.
It had been raining steadily all day
loiiLT. and as night camo on the wind had
risen to a trale. .'' ' ' I ' ' ' i
Hut wiai.pcd in his waterproof cloak,
and Jighted on his way by a lantern, Owen
cured not for tho threatening elements,
and walked along whistliug softly, now
nud then pausing to shake himself, after
the fashion of some huge water-dog.
Then ho would trudge on again, think-
ing what a terrible night it must be at sea,
nnd hreathing a prayer lor the wave-
tossed mariners for from homo.
Suddenly a dull booming sound reached
Ida enr. It canio from a seaward three
imn- hut. ut first, he kept on his wav
thinking:
"This is not the harbor, and every one
wtin v. the slightest kiiowledgo of the
bu.oliiv will be sure to avoid such a thin
gerous coast; so it's no business of mine,
Again the sniinti came, a ms i
Owen stopped and listened.
. .1 l.l l.ia ,,.l,l nil
time
did so, but it militated so directly against
Ida inclinations to give heed to it, that
A tnougi" uauiu iiiwj in" i"1"" fw
with nn iinnatient "Pshaw I" he started
on.
Hut he could not rid himself of it,
It
ww this :
"If a ship is in peril and has lost her
wav the only thing that could possibly
J'. iii i t ......
save
l.or won 111 OC a IWVIK uoacun lliu IU
cast light upon her surroundings."
n--t ..:i.i u fl wmil.l Im a work of timo
473
and of hard labor. t
To keep one up long enough to do any
tood would take hours of watchfulness,
ind he would have to abandon all hope of
seeing AnnU that evening,
The racing at the Fair will be better
than ever beore. A number of horses are
already on the grounds and others will
shortly arrive.
It was a hard struggle, but inclination
proved to be made of a material which
could not hold iU own against his strong
sense of duty.
lie gave up all thoughts ot the pleasant
greeting he had been living upon in his
heart all day long, and set hnnsell to wort
to gather fuel for the beacon fire.
Alter several huned journeys to the
woodland, which lay a little distance away,
he succeeded in accumulating a pile of
branches and of djri'ed twigs, which he had
raked out with liis TiandsH'rom a deserted
hut, which stood on tho confines of the
thicket, and had evidently been gathered
together for some purpose; but under the
circumstances Owen felt himself justified
in taking it, as it would have been almost
impossible to have kindled a flame of
green wood.
J ust as he had succeeded in coaxing a
splendid blaze into into life, a voice
cried :
"Hallo, Glenn, is that you ? What,
in tho name of wonder, aro you doing ?"
"I am answering to a signal of distress,"
"Hark 1" as a dull sound came again from
the sea.
"Well, old fellow, I wish you joy of
your post, and hope it'll do all the good
you expect, tor my part, 1m oft to old
jiartiu s. I bear little Annis is going
away to-morrow, and I didn't want to
miss a sight of her beaming faco to-night.
It's bright and sweet enough to be
man's beacon-light for all his life. Good
by, and good fortune attend your work.
It s lucky all are not such selfish fellows
as 1 am.
It was if a thousand fiends were tugging
tor tiie mastery in Uwen ulens heart as
he listened to the rattling talk of the gay,
light-hearted youth
Should he f5 llobert this chance of
seeing Annis, and ot perhaps asking her
to be his wife, during this very night
while he stood and worked to do good,
and in God's providence tried to be the
means of saving the lives of people who
were nothing to hnn f ,
Thus Ins thought ran, over and over
again, repeating themselves like the voices
of mocking demons, while outwardly ho
labored on as unintermitting as though no
influence of the kind was at work, piling
on fresh fuel for the flames, or pushing
some burning log into a better position
and iu that way he won the victory.
Peace succeeded to the wild storm of agi
tation which had momentarily threatened
to cnirulf him. Thus the nicht wore
through.
With the morning came a great calm.
One would not have thought that the sun
flecked waves came leaping in, white-
crested aiid tumultuous, to meet the stern
barrier of rocks, and crawl up, up almost
to their summits, could bo nught but
tilayliil in their force. Ah, it is a treach
erous beauty, that of the sea.
Too tired to notice the beauty of tho
transition from storm to sunshine, , Owen
walked slowly home. His work was dune
ami he must rest.
Late in the day he started out for
walk. Ho was iu that miserable state of
mind which oftentimes follows some great
exaltation of spirit. The thought that
Annis hrd gone away without hU seeing
her again weighed upon his mind like
unwelcome incubus.
,t the voice of Hubert Hunter, who
stopped to accost him, him, he shrank aud
trembled as though in pain, but he listen
ed as though his life depended upon what
he was about to say. Had he proposed
to Annis, and had ho been accepted ?
Glen," he began, "I wish
you
last
ami
ni'dit
could change places about
work.''
"It's rather late for that now," was the
((met answer.
'Tin fully aware of the lact, and that
what I regret about it. I'm afraid I i
dished iu a certain direction."
"What do you nun ?" asked Owen
with sudden interest,
"Why, if you believe it, I might just as
well have left my visit unpaid last night;
indeed, I had far better have dono
Annis was so interested about the chance
of there beimr a shin outside in distress
that it was all I could do to prevail on her
not to face the storm and come and Help
she said; and she gave me some pretty
hard rubs, I can tell you, about me leaving
vou alone to do "the cood work,' as she
called it. I don't believe little Annis'U
look at ine again without a thought iu h
mind of what I ought to have done and
didn't.
Such a tide of joy rushed through
Owen Glenn's heart that he could hardly
speak, and while ho was struggling to
hide his emotion Kobert went ou,witii
his revelations, little realizing the effect of
bis words: She's not going home to-day
iust on that account. Shu told mo to tell
you to como and see her and tell her about
it. I wish it had been my luck to make
such a hit. Women are great on any one
who touches their feelings. 1 ou ought
to have seen her eyes snap and sparkle
when she was lecturing mo about not stay-
nig to help you. ., I never, saw ucr look so
pretty. Hut, hallo I what lias come over
you ? I1 or Uwen was Hurrying on in
the direction of the cliffs.
i "As. he'weittltoeoi-t. taught a look upon
his face which told him more than Owen
intended. Ho stood staring after him,
thinking to himself:
"1 see it all. My failure will be Uwen s
opportunity. V ell, he s a good fellow,
and as long as I can t have her what odds
does it make? And 1 saw last night she
cared no more for ine than if I had been
a stick"
When Aiinis caught sight' of Owen ar
proaching the .cottage ?he ran out with an
impulsive, "Oh, how glad I am to see you!
I do so want to toll vou what I think of
vou 1"
' .... . . . i r. . l-
Then she stopped snort. Minictmng in
Owen's faco filled her with confusion,
But her outstretched hands wero already
within his clasp, and his low-murmured
words of lovo were sounding in her ears :
1 am as glad as you that I have done
I ' - . . .
Something to please vou; tor, oh, Annis, 1
love you so dearly that I would do or
daro anything for your sako.
And then she never knew how it came
about, but his arms were about her and
Wi e upon ber hps, and she
Send articles to' the Fair to compete for
premiums. 1 rem mm are large and are
always paid Promptly.
found that she loved him so well that she
was willing to promise to be his little wife,
whenever he should be able to earn
enough to make a home for her.
I hey were botli young, and it would
not be hard to wait, as they were so aure
of one another's love. M :
The prospect at first was that several
years might elapse before their marriage;
but suddenly all was changed for them as
if by magic.
A letter came from abroad within a
twelve-month, It was addressed to the
minister of the little seuside village and
asked for information as to the person or
persons who had kindled a beacon light in
answer to a signal of distress from a sailing
vessel on the iiMit of , giving the
correct date and the time when Owen had
sacrificed inclination to the dictates of
.flity and humanity.
1 hat light had saved u valuable cargo
from being lost, and tho writer proposed
to give halt of the proceeds to the parties
who had been instrumental in tho matter
Also a medal was to bo struck off com
memorative of his gratitude that the lives
of all on board had been thus preserved
to their families.
Owen became at once the boast of the
village. For when a man's fame has
reached foreign countries his pwn towns
people aro always sure to re-echo it.
1 ho wedding day was sot for tho hrst
anniversary of the evening when his good
fortune came to him in tho guise ot disap
pointment, and Robert Hunter was among
the hrst to congratulate the young couple,
"Who d have thought, ho whispered
to Owen, "that the tables would have been
so turned ? Truly, 'There's a tide in the
affairs of men which, taken at the flood,
leads on to fortune, and you took
it, my
boy."
Jill ANDY IS DUAI).
A BOOT-BLACK KI LOIIY.
Detroit Free Press.
"Brandy is dead 1"
So the men said, so the women said, and
S) tho children called to each other as a
piece of news.
A drunken, good-lor-nothing. A so-
called man whose brain had become dis
solved in liquor, whose mind was enfeebled,
ami who hud disappointed everybody by
not dying in the gutter, instead ot having
the roof of u tenement house over his
head.
Why should anyone grieve when such a
vagabond passes away ? The world may
owe him room for his bones to rest, but
nothing further. So in "Brandy's" case
men said that he was well out of the way,
and women clattered their dishes in the
rooms below, and cared not for the pros-'
eneu of the dead.
When the undertaker came to bear the
body uway u dozen people crowded into the
room, and among them wan a bootrblaek.
Some said that "l'randy" looked well in a
coffin; others spoke lightly about his I'aee
having at last lost its ruby color, mid the
lead pauper was no more than a dog in
their minds, ;nl why should lie have been?
One can be a mini or he can be a vaga
bond. If he becomes a vagabond let him
lose the respect of men. All had a heart
less remark except the boot-black, lie
stood at the head of the coffin and looked
from face to face and said:
Brandy was low down, and he died
like a beast, and you are all sneering at
him! Did any one among you ever give
him a chance? lid he have a home
when he was a buy? Did men try to en
courage him and guide him aright ? Is
there a man iu this room who ever took
liitfi by the hand and spoke one kind
word? Didn't everybody abuse and ill
treat him? Didn't everybody look upon
him as a dog?"
There was no answer.
"Aye ! Brandy was low down !" whis
pered the boy us he laid his hand on the
coffin. "He was ragged and hungry, and
poor and homeless, and without one single
friend. - .What man among you could have
Stood t against it arty better ? I'oor old
man"! -i They know all about it iu Heaven !
Let ma help Jo carry him down."
And wlion the dead had been driven
away,' and the boy had disappeared, more
than one man said :
"After all, we might have made it easier
for the' poor old man. I wonder that
some of us never sought to make a man of
him, instead of helping him down."
TUB OFFICE SEPKER.
BY- HILL AKP.
Hill Arp, in a lute number of the Atlanta
Constitution, has this to say of "office
seekers," which is most excellent reading
now; ' , .
"Uneasy lies the head that wears .t post-
, rt- . . ; li..
ouieo or luont any otoci' oiuet csimciauv
one that has politics in it ; more especially
one that comes from Washington, where
polities is a studied game of chess, aud
every pawn and every piece has to be
moved to protect the king, that " is, the
President. The player not oisly catches
his adversaries and sweeps them from the
bonrd, but when the king is in danger he
will nacrifice his own men, who have been
fighting faithfully, aud sweep them away
too. It is a wonder to me that anybody
will hanker after such n business. Before
h man gets an office he is doing something
that makes a living for his family, and he
quits that, and breaks up and loses his
trade or his custom, and begins to live on
a salary ami feels gisid for a while ; but
suddenly he goes overboard, and has no
trade or custom to fall back on. Iu the
meantime his children arc growing up, and
have got new ways and habits, because pa
is iu office and handles uiore money than
he used to, and they must step up a little
higher iu society, and dress finer, and give
more parties and take a more fashionable
pew iu the meeting house, And so when
the fall comes it Is a hard one, aud the
i . i s l I
poor teller don t know wnat to no. ne
can run n postofficc, or collect the revenues,
or get ufter the moonshiners with alacrity,
but postoffiecs don't lie around loose, when
a feller loses one he can't pick up another
and iu the same line of busiuess."
Never give a promise that you do not
intend to fulfill,
sitce ud vitit the Fair next
The exhibition will be one, of' tlie.
week.
best ever had here.
SIGN'S OF AN OPEX W1XTEH.
Terra Haute Express.
'What kind of a winter are we going
to have uncle ? usked an t.rpress re
porter of an old squirrel hunter and mink
trapper, who makes his home in the hills
across the river.
"I kinder calculate that we will have
a rather mild winter; all the indications
point to such,"
"What signs do you go by uncle?"
I have a good many signs, and I never
knew one of them to fail yet.' When I
say we are going to have a mild winter,
you can depend on it. Haven't I lived in
this country for forty years, and haven't. I
watched the winters right . along and
oughtn't I be able to tell ?"
"Aro the corn husks thin this year?"
"You better reckon they are. There are
only two or three layers of them, and they
aro as thin as calico. Why, the corn is
all dry enough now to go through a snow
without injury. The one or two frosts we
have had have sucked all the sup out of
it."
"Are thero any other indications be
sides the corn husks ?"
"You better believe there arc. Now,
when the sun crossed the line the wind
blew from southeast. That indicates a
mild winter every time. If it had blown
from the north you could have been pre
pared to hear the wind blow great guns."
" Is that all T
"Not by a long ways. I could tell you
enough to fill a Look. My dog holed a
ground hog the other day. I had noth
ing to do, so I set to work and dug the
animal out. He didn't have a leaf or a
twig iu his hole; hadn't nothing in shape
of a nest."
"Isn't it too early for ground hogs to
make tln ir uests ?'
"Now I see how little you know about
a ground hog. A ground hog has his
hole dug, or has picked out his hole by
the first of September. If it's goiug to
be a cold winter he has it filled with
leaves by this time."
"Is there anything else?"
"Yes. The coons haven't commenced
to gnaw the corn. This is a splendid
sign. And another sign, and a sign that
never fails, the woodpeckers haven't com
menced to drum. Now, if this was going
to be a cold winter all the dead trees
would be covered with, red-heads peeking
away at u hole in which to store nuts."
"Isn't it too early for that yet ?" "Not
a bit of it. They should have their holes
all pecked by this time, and be ready to
fill them. There is not a smarter bird
than tho woodpecker; he knows what he's
about when he is peckiug away atn old
limb from morning till night."
t'HAKM'.Y BOSS.
A. Pittsburg telegram to the New York
'oitf says: The detectives who are
working up the alleged clue as to the
whereabouts of Charley Ross said to-day
that the outlook was very promising. .Mr.
C. Haird, prosecuting attorney of Chey
enne, Wyoming Territory, who is now
visiting iu this fit v, says that some five
weeks ago a brother of the Brooklyn bur
glar Mosher was lynched in the suburbs of
Cheyenne for the murder of John II.
entzell and a murderous attack upon
Jim Knight, a companion of Wcnt'zcll,
Ho said before his death that he had been
compelled to go West because of partieipa
turn in a crime which lutu become known
throughout the world. He said he had
been tho custodian of a person for whom
a ransom had been demanded for over a
year, ami that the detectives, after the
killing of Mosher, his brother, in Brooklyn,
were so hot on the trap that he was forced
to fly. The crime w hich he was charged
was so cold-blooded that the citizens of
Cheyenne anil vicinity formed un organiza
tion, and at 1 o'clock following the mur
der of Went zell they took Mosher from
the custody of the officers and escorted
him to the woods. It was then that he
offered to give the information, but the
lynchers did not have time to wait, and
the execution was completed in a few min
utes. During his residence in Cheyenne he
had spoken frequently of the crime charged
against his brother to confidential friends,
but it was not until after his body had
been dangling for nearly twenty-four hours
that these friends told what had been
communicated to them. The general im
pression of the people of Cheyenne is that
Mosher, who was sometimes called Moore,
and often M osier, brought Charley Ross
West with hint, and that the child might
might have fallen into the hands of the
parly whose confession at St. Jjouis has
just resulted in the visit of tho father to
that place and the development already
made known. The man through whom
Mr. Ross is working has said that Charley
nan 111 ouu-liivi l M lili im HI, 111 mill
. ii , '..i , . tut..
between Alton and Kdwardsville, and had
been a long time with a family of negroes.
Great Men's Hands,
When the Episcopal Convention ad
journs there will be throe new bishops in
the field. To properly equip a bishop it
takes two yards of parchment and tho
autographs of all the bishops, clergymen
and laymen in the convention. In the
vestry room of Holy Trinity Church six
yards of sheepskin are being signed, and
when perfect with all the names thereon,
they will be the credentials of the favored
prelates. Dr. Potter, of New York, and
Dr. Randolph of Virginia, and Dr. Knick
erbocker. All sorts of handwriting arc
displayed on thes-t lenglhy certificates, and
since the Declaration of Independence no
document was ever prepared in this lity
that had such striking chirogi aphictd fea
tures or bore tho names of so many learn
ed antl representative men, Thero are
over r)IIO names on each certificate. Only
six bishops and twenty deputies signed
the cei'tilieato of Bishop Clagget, the first
bishop ever consecrated in America. The
document was signed nearly 1(11) years
ago in Old Trinity Church, New York
Philadelphia' A'wimi News.
"True philosophy," saj-s Cato, "consists
wore in fidelity, constancy, justice, sinceri
ty and in the love of duty, than a great capacity.
Be
Kxrursion Trains will run on all the
roads to the Fair next week. Jiatcs great
ly reduced.
S Alt AH WASN'T Tllllltli.
Charley Shaw, of the Detroit Opera
House, was grinmug at the window of the
box-office, when in walked a chap with
an ugrieultuial bronze on hw lace and
asked :
"Does any one perform here?"
Oh, yes.
This afternoon?
No; to-iiiiiht..
How niui h to soe.'em ? i ... . i
Well, I can give you a seat for half a
dollar, and you can hold your girl on your
lap. ' ' ' ,i '
Wouldn't anybody laff? : .
Not much! We uon't allow any laugh
ing in this house.
Well, umbo we'll come. Has this the
atre ever burned up?
Never.
Any danger of fire on the stage?
Not it bit.
Any pickpockets around ?
None.
Docs anybody peddle lemonade?
No.
Any prize packages given out?
No. ' i
Take a half dollar with a hole iu it?
Yes.
What kind of a play is it ?
It's tragedy.
Tragedy? Then that lays me out
Sarah was to a circus last year where some
one hit a feller who crawled under the
canvas with a neck-vnke, and she fainted
so dead away that they had to unhitch her
corset and jerk off her shoos. Let her see
a plav where fellers are jabbing with pitch
forks, knocking down with crowbars and
slicing each other up with swords, and
sli"'d tumble kerplunk and stop the show
dead still. I hope you'll do well and all
that, but I don't bring no Sarah to see no
tragedy, and don't you forget it ! She
fainted on ine once, and niv hair turned
gray at the rate of a bushel a ininit !"
Wlllilli:
ANDY
AND
JOHNSON
1)1 i;d.
Livi:u
Chattanooga Times.
Iu Greenville, as you are aware, tin
late I resident Andrew Johnson lived, as
tailor, Alderman, Legislator and President,
aud here he is buried. The simp iu which
h ; labored as tailor now stands m the cs
t in part of the town, dust over the en
trance to the shop, which is a small frame
building and iu which a colored family is
now living, is a pine board, mum which is
written, iu letters almost erased by rain
and storm, the following: "A. Johnson
tailor. A little out from the western
border of the town stands the monument
of marble which marks the resting place of
"Andrew Johnson, President ol'the United
States."
NUN A YOU VANCE.
Senator Vance, in an address before the
National Conference of Charities mid Cor
rections, in Louisville, Ky., recently, said
When a man did wrong iu North Caroli
n i ut one time they took Inm up and gave
him the law of Moses forty stripes, save
one and then lie took the advice of llor
aee (lively and went West, and frequently
rose to distinction there. It a man was
guilty of murder he was hung aud buried
at the public expense. J he penitentiary
system was inaugurated since the war, and
was in one sense a success, as it has been
full to overflowing ever since."
Thk Conkkpeii.vtk Rose. A strange
flower, that is white in the morning and
red at night, has been named the "Confed
crate Rose." on account of its blending
these two beaut 1 1 ul colors. J be plant
odorless. It grows iu great bunches, and
is susceptible ot a high degree ot eultiva
turn. A bonnet ot these flowers lias come
to this office from .Mr. Joseph I . Kailey
who is training them for their beauty and
in memory of the "Lost Cause." New
Orleans I'irminie.
A young girl of fifteen, residingon South
Ann street, h:is engaged to marry a man of
(i'i: the bride expectant has youth and
beauty, the old groom that is to be, has a
small house and hair as black as coal
which he keeps black by the free use
dye. Marry in haste and repent at leisure
and there s no fool like an old one.
After Maii'maiie. Wife "What are
you doing, dear?"
Husband, iu a reflective attitude
"Thinking."
Wire "Are you thinking of your little
wifey, lover
Husband "No, I was thinking
something."
A young lady who recently started tut
as a fashion writer bus determined to quit
journalism. She mentioned in nn article
ou ladies fashions that skirts me worn very
much shorter this year than usual. I he
young linly is certainly justined m Demg
angry with the careless compositor who
changed the It in skirts to an Ii.
Twenty-five years ago a Brooklyn young
lady had a singular dream. She consult
a dream bookv and found that she would
havo four husbands before she reached the
age of thirty. This made her rather inde
pendent, and she is now an old maid
forty-two and has never had a beau. Some
dream books are not as rcliublc us they
might be.
Keep vour ruli''iui Nwret. A how kind
ul' tiit'ty tliat is iilwavn fimliuir fault with
otlivra, jiruinUiiia sml frmwli nr Waue
tliingH are nut I'iiTerent 1'riiiii wlml they lire,
is neither Wfll ili'iiiiifr to (lud, nor profita
ble to men. Open your heart to tho sweet
influenced of divine grace; and let a little of
(iodg sunshine into your soul.
An Incident from Hi.ackvimk.
'I wry come tiwuy from that straw
stack, ehile," called a nqtro woman to her
don. "Fust thing yer know yer'll hub de
hay fever. Doan yer put none of dat
straw in yer motif. ' Arlcansaio Traveler.
"Proud of my family, sir?" exclaimed a
man. "Yea, oir, I am proud. I am as
proud m a boy with two itow bruises,"
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