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Col'STY ATTOHSKY,
I T ' II I N f) I' S N'
ATTOltXh'rS AT LAW,
SCOTLAND NECK, X. C.
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IK. II. BlMIKIi,
RAM1t.ll, S. C.
U. II. SMITH Jr.
DUJTLANbKKt'K, S. C.
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Mr K II. IliU'i-rm'1 Mr, It H.PmUh. Jr Cnm
it ii.n at Idiw, him oniM'l n limited iMr(ht-ritii
,,r tin iji't'lire of low in Hnlilnx county. Mr.
lUtslM-t til allfipl the cm in ol llalifnx, rtiiiiUrly.
fticl Hill ttl ltlt Illt'Coltlily wlrclirViT ll i ncrvlm.
im- rv(ilrcil. net 16 y
II I 1. 1. A K l .V II V M A N,
Allnrnrya at Low.
HALIFAX. S.C
iitlice In theCoiirl House, strict iilli'iillini Riven
t all i.riiiichci, i,l the profession.
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i II o M A S N. II I 1. 1..
Attnrney it Law,
HALIFAX. S.C.
I'mi'liwn In I Itil i f.i x mul a,ljoliiitii;coniili
Fi-iI,tii1 iiuil Supreme court.
mil,'. tf.
W. M A S II X ,
Attorney at Law.
(iAKYSIIfltii, X. C.
Practices li tin1 court of Northampton mul biI
Joiniiii,' counties, also In the Fctcni! nlul Supreme
iHiiiri-. juilcstf.
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Attorney at Law.
WF.I.lMiS, S.C.
l'l-m-licc. In llulifiix and ikIJoIiiIuk counties.
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Attorney ut I. aw,
WKLDON, K. C
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L'LLEN di MOO UK,
Attorneys at Law,
HALIFAX, S. C.
I'raclirc ill llu' counties of Halifax
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l'uri' Sllroiis Oxlilv i(h f,,r tlic l'alnli-Mi
tinu nt'ili alunyi, on limi,l.
June -S! tf
Sy-aptu-Mftr moUlurv.itliiiclair, Iteliiiif, wotm al
ftlclit rHiNu u II !ln-uraM im cmwimt about
Ui. mtuaft; Um an.fti aam anotlMi 4rt& Ata
feLAMQl, wohrtutrKl auU poalllva cur. HwAtHt'l
Oimthint i. .MiMri- lu any arltrU la lb mirlMl.
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,TO riUCSGRVKTHC HKALTII
I'm tha M-miu'Uni Appliance Co.
MAGNETIC LUNG PROTECTOR I
ruwE oxly t
Tliejf arapricelfkalo lAlla, Ucntlanicn and bll
dren Willi weak luiifi; 110 ca of luii'iimuula or
croup li trrr known wlirre thtue -tunaciiU an-
woru. Thf y alao prcveut auu emv heart dlmcuUlcn,
Coldi, lthumatlm, Nenralnia, Throat trmil,lc,
Diphtheria, Catarrh, and all klmltvil dlwant-n. Will
wear any ierrlce fur thrv yuan. Arc worn over
taauuder-clulhiiii.
fl 1 T A 1)1) TT It t nedl"" l,n
j A 1 AltlvIX, n-ribe tha ympt-aniof
UiUaauatouadlMaaatliat la aappiu Uie Ufa and
alraoitb 0 only too many of tha falmtand Imt of
iMtkaeua. Labor, itudy and n-Marrh In America,
Karoaaaud Kulant land, have mulled India M
Belle Luar frotwtor, aHunliuit cure lor laurrn,
rnardy wulch ronuliuKu DniKirliia of thcSy.lci
aud with tha coollnuooa itn-aioof Mainirtlaiu T
aaealluflhroutth the antlclttt orKiilna, mut n-More
ikfiaiua bealllir actlou. W ulaca our arlce fur
Itali Appllaura at
at I cm mail uiie-wcniii'in 01 uia
unca asicMi bt uiic
ked by otlien for reranllw iiin.n which you
takt all tha rbaiicea, and m-rcially iiivltv Hit l
ruaafa of tha many parxiiw who hava tiled drug
iag tnair aioaiacm wunuui 1-111--L-1.
HOW. TO OBTAIN
Thl.
Appll
aaoe. Uolo Tour dnmlut and ak fur them. If
they hate not gut them, write bitlir r,,irlclom. cu
aloaliif the price, lu letter at our rink, and they will
be lent to you atonraby mall, pot paid.
ua atAi-.ii furilia "n lM'iMrtun. Ill Medical
Treatment without Medlclue." wilh thouaauui of
leatiaaoniali,
THE UKlNlfTOH APm.IASCKCO..
III! Slate Street. Chleaao, 111
Note Rend one dollar In pukiaxe alampa or cur
Taney (In letter at ur rlak) with niaeof ill, mnally
warn, ana iry "i ", n,
mmA imnvlnrvd of the power reald 111 In our aw
Bail AppllMoaa. Foaltlrely no BolJ feet whera
fetyMi wuiu.ot BU-say fundt. ectUV
Mmsa ForaiiSk?
I Remedy tvtHA DiSEiscsl
VTcmi.iTcasoRCtV pimmis.
V"Yj,Iaa WRING WORM
IKHIM PILES
THE GOODBYE.
Karewrli, my dear, since part we mint,
And each from each must never !
How brief the word, how lonit the pain,
To iai ., a.id pa; . forever.
'Tucrc bootless now to riin;lon why,
Or fan the dying einUr,
KiiohkIi; the wrathi'iil 11100111 have chained,
iir May to aad Iecemler.
Farewell my dear, limy rt we must,
We'll part In qulc. rh(oi! ;
For in no fuollih tears, you know ,
For ii 110 foolLh iwaslon.
You anmetlint-a winhiil that you had died,
Kre yon had ever met iik-
Thelulure yearn are all your own,
W herein to quiet form t me.
We dnilncd lovc'ai-oblet to the ilreaii,
llh neither rhyme nor renaon
Ami liuiiiie,l the fervor of Ihedaya
Throiih all the suinmcr's icanon.
We drank I he cup of ui-l.,u dry
Through ll,i,ur splrita blcinllnn:
How IraiiKc that Unit shoulil ccae lo he
Which once wctlioUKht uni'iiilliiK
I saw you flint w hen enrly uprlnit
Jn.t tipped with itni'ii. Hie heather,
The mliin pl-il ih,m the tree,
All laiture came tonclhcr,
The llchtof love waa In onreyes
And we w ere happy hearted,
The brown leaves He beneath 11s nuw,
And we, my dear are ixmcd.
Hut hack, my dear you'll some times turn
Your thoughtful vIkIIs keepuiK,
To other days, where early slain
our buried love lies slecpiut:.
And happy then you'll learn to feel
When mcin'ry stirs the einl,er,
How ad the heart, which would force!,
Hut iiiuat the iwflt reniemlKT.
iVrlllen lorthc Hoamiki: Stws.
DOROTHEA.
I'HArTKRIII.
The diiitiiu-rooin tit the (Irey Hmisc
was the jileasanU'Nt rouiu in nil the liue.
was low anil Iuiil' with large wiiuiowa
uiiciiing to the vcrauilu one mie snlc. aim
hay window at one mm lileil with beau
tiful ilanti and trailing vines. Curtains
a rich dark red hung uefore this, anil
hen they were not looped back, (which
was not ollen) it formed a little conserva
tory all to itscir. A light gray carpet
11I1 dark ml Mowers covered the floor;
chairs ami louii"es were of dark red
plush; the table was of the richest old
ahojiuny; u lew of Latidr'ecr 8 picture in
ihI.-i miic Irames admned the walls; and
over the whole room was an indescribable
harm of homely comfort, and refined lux
ury, not to be tound except in the I1011103
t I he wealthy, and ( 1 li in sorry to add)
not always there. In this rouui sat llali-
nalitirev watehiie' her brother as he
traniM'd up aim di.wii, with hands ciusped
behind him, his bead slightly bowed, and
us even oil the carpet. Jtreak'ast was
niig since over and the servants had louir
Mine removed till sins ol it In, 111 the
room. Mrs. (Irey went out sometime nm,
avniir the biolher and sisUt alone.
Will he never stop" thought Hannah
he watched her blol her s restless hj
ure. "I inn sure something lias Happened
to disturb him, for I have never seen no
rk a frowuuDouhislacc since he was a boy
and punished Tom Kecvefl.tlic coachman's
son, for cutting off the tails of some poor
little puppies.
''Hannah" wid her brother, stopping
suddenly in front of her, "do you know I
hat has become of Tom Reeves our old
coachman's nib ?"
"I did bear that he had tound n situa
tion in Overton, but that must be a mis
take for bis si-tcr I 'oily is my maid, and
ic says she is sure he is still out West
somewhere, 1 forget the place, for if h
was in Overtoil, he wou'd let her know of
course. AVIiv do you ask about him,
Hugh?"
I saw a limn t ho other day whose lace
auntcd me, and in spite of Polly's belief,
cannot help tmnk'iig that lace belongsto
'oui Reeves.
"Well, KUpiMise it does, is that any rea
son why you should compress your lips,
and knit your hrews in that fierce way?
Not to mention the wear and tear ol the
carpet?'
He laughed, aud pinched her fresh,
rosv c leek, "l was not tninH'wr aito-
ucther of him, dear, i-lthough in defiance
of your skeptica' imiuiritD, liko Mrs. Wil
ter, 1 maintain that tlio "era't, the se
crecy, Uie dark, deep, underhanded plot
ting, written in that man's countenance, is
enough to make me shudder." I sha'l try
tfltinu outsonietl' iig about mm wnoo in
Overton to-day."
" by do u wish to kuow auytlrug
about himr
I have u roason, dearie, that I oannot
explain jest yet. and do not know if I can
ever cxpli'iii it. Hut 1 know you tiust
v.oir Vo, . Vo-rtl ltofV iliuo. ,l!i,n III ul lloiirTM "
""fi " .. . .,.
"Or course 1 do, yon blessed boy, ami to
prove it I'll not tecs-j you by asi 'ng nues-
Hons. It you stop at "Hie Vt notls on
votiv rett'm homo, wi'l you plenae te'l
Dorothea i f tu convng to i.dr w.th her
to-inoirow?
(Vuaiuly I will and by tho way, did
you say Aee and Jack rome next Mon
day ?
" 1 es, ami that is one reason I want to
see as much of Dorothea i s p- ilile now
for, of cotieie, when they come I w'll have
her very little all (0 myself, so 1 must
"make hay while the sun shines."
I supptaie from that siieeeh you antic
ipato cloudy weather, whi'e your guesis
arc here. I II repoit your gloomy senti
menu to Jack, little lady, and see what
he says
Retray me, if you dar sir. I shall re
taliate by informing a dear young friend
of mine of Alice's evident "penchant" for
a certain sUmy hearted M. D.
W Uh this poiting tbuist Hannah ran
laughing from the room, leaving her
brother to the very u neon fin table re
flection that his , bight eyed
sister had discovered his secret, aud that
Jack would soon havo the benefit of it.
Fortunately he could trust them hoth,
"Sir. vour buggy is waUing."
Very well Hudson, te'l Sam I am com-
lnc immediately.
In a few moment doctor Urey waa
driving rapidly to Overton to ace some
fiatienw. He had made hit round of vis-
U, w4 wm returoiBf bom. wbtm,M)o
passed a detachrd, dilapidated cottage near
the lower end of the singling little town,
he heard a child's agonized cry proceed
Irotn the closed door. Ihrow.ng the
reins to the groom he sprang lightly from
the buggy, und going to the door knocked
with the butt end of his whip. Xo no
tice being taken of his knock, (which
was not surprising, tronsiuerin' the noise
inside the closed door made by some one's
swearing and scuttling, and the child s
criss) doctor (ire) 0eiied the door and
entered. What did he see? A clr'd
crouched in a corner crying bitterly, and ft
woman strdgg'Mig in the giasp ol a lm'f
drunken man. Doctor (Irey sprang for
ward, and grasping the man by the collar,
sent him reclins to the opposite side of
the rorati.
"What do you mean, you brute, by
beating the Woman ?"
"Oh its you, is it doctor Orey ? 1 11 just
have vnu let my 'fairs 'lone this is my
wie, she is, and I'd like to know if a man
can t correct li'sown Wile when lies a mind
to?"
You had better not let me: catch you
beating her again, you drunken beast, or
it w 'I be the worse lor you. Xow that
I look nt you, I see you are the sr'nc man
I met at "The Woods" a few cveii'ngs
,'0, and if 1 mistake not yor.- ni ne is:
Tom llcevis."
Yes it a'r Tom Reeves, and this air
the second tno you have medi'lcJ in uiy
afl'a:''s. I tilnt sct.led the first score y't,
but never W'nd. 1'" pay you up doctor
I iry, or my name p'lit Tom Reeves."
Sosa' 11;, with a threuU'iong look the
bully left the house. The cHd had
hushed its ci'.cs lo'ig Wore, but had not
hired to leave lis corner. J he woman
stood motionh-ss, lcan-n1; against the .fall,
with her hand to her head, in a dazed be
wildered way. When her husband le."t
the room doctor (Irey turned to her and
taking her hand from her lic.nl saM gently:
"My good woman, let mc see if you arc
much hurt."
She did not resist, and he led her to
a clu-'-r and proceeded (0 bathe a dark
bru'so on her check. II's blood tingled
as he saw the impress of her husband's
Ilea hand, lie saw the woman was
young, and had been pretty, hut hard
work and sir' harder usage had cVven
the rose from her cheeks and the lustre
from her eyes. As he bathed h'.r cheek
and head he talked to her in low soothing
tones. At first she did not notice b''n,
and hi'" had that dazed look on her fi cc,
but lireseiit'y h's soothing tones and
touches we;'e heard and felt, and loot';;
up into the kindly compassionate, lace,
her eyes slowly fi"ed with tears.
1 here, you w, 'I feel much beltc", and
1 wl'l leave this bottle wLh you to bathe
it aga n to-mu'it. L lip-ii'v think vur
husband Wi'l so lar forget himself as to
sLi ke you again, and 1 wil' be sro to
eouic in and see yor. agi'in soon. W ell,
my lit ile man can you not como out of
your corner and tel' me yoe- name ?"
I he clo'd came slowly forward and
stood before li'Ui. "Well, what is the
na-iie?" asked dmvir (irey, smi'lng k'ndly
lowi into the big friirhtened blue eyes,
Thomas Philips Reeves, sir. Mammy
cr is mc IT p, cos. 1 appy u called
Tom."
"And I'lohp is iitiite 11 pretty name too.
My name is Hush do vou th'tik you
can remember it ? Hugh (irey."
"Yes sir, I wont forget."
"All light, that's a bargain, and here is a
quai.er to Duy marbles, lioouiiyc my
little fellow, (lood bye Mrs. Reeves, I
hope your bruises
w.l 1 soon disap-
pear.
"Doctor urny, 1 cannot thank you lor
yot'r gooduess to me. 1 huso bruises are
slight compared to other ills. Oh, sir
may you never know what it is to have
a bruised and aching heal t, with no hope
ol cure.
I wonder what caused that woman to
throw hcrse''' away on Tom Reeves,"
solilonrizpil, the doctor as he drove
lirist y homewa'd. "It is so the world
over, n matter how great a scoundrel a
man may be, he can always persuade some
gentle woman tn.shaie his lite mid clin;
to him in his downward ci"eer. And it
seems to me the worse he
she c'iiifcs to him."
the more
CHAPTER IV.
"Where are you going, Hugh? Su'ely
no patient ea'ls you out this cold bleik
p'ght. Coine into the parlor and sing for
me.
A';cc Star'y laid her hand pleiid;,igly
on ditftor Grt'v's win as he wei Siiinding
near the ha'l door adjusting the co''rr of
bis overcoat.
"Kxcpse me, Alieo. i rm sm-. y 0
leave you 'and Jack so foot r'leryou
aniva', but there is no he'p for it. A
poor woman in I Ivetion is dy.iig, and has
sM-iit for uie.
lint wvly vou me Hot go' ii; to we'k?
8he e.X('liiuieii, seeing h:,u diiiiv on I
t libbers.
Yes il is too incleiiieut. ulld 'ho roads
tiK had to have the hoiM's out on such a
dark u'ght I can ,it e'ong much he ter
without I hem. Run away now to Han
nab, little cotis'ii, and enjoy yoer.-e'f.
l'td'-iig open the ha" dmir, lie let in a
gust of wind and ri' ' '1 , aud closing ),
door ti'W him mi'ivlied bravely out into
the dreary irght.
'Cousin, uu",aw"cu A ics 1 -1 sli
waM:ed into the cosy parlor, "llu :mui
mother and my giund'aiher were th'-d
cousins. e ere aa uiucn cousins a
Jack Woleott and Hannah, and heiiven
iiitv ue. I lo.'e b mmu deir'y than
Hannuh ever thoictht of lo'.ng Jack."
"A'iee what makes you look so pale"
asks Hannah as she enters the piclor.
"Have you seen a ghost dear?
"Yes. 1 saw a na 0 shadow 01 a u 1
who was ohcj bright and haiuiy."
"We'l. it could not have been yoee owd
ghost then, fur you aro bright and happy
yet.
"Of course it was not me. Jack look
us out a duet, aud lo.' have snms ini'Mc
"A. id the nliriitn"'t le (l''il v. ,1 incs'c,
And .hec .an l ie di y,
She'l fold n'r - "lis (e .he Ara is,
And es a 'eii.'y .e il awa."
Repeating the l"Jes ga'ly she moved to
.1 ! .
me piano.
"I know I have nothing to live doctor.
but I felt I oou'd not die and leave my
boy, my ouly little one to him before I
a aw you. Von have been kind and good
ohm ind your kf-uloeN embolden m
to ask you, while I lay here on this bed
of death, to be kind to my boy, to take a
little interest in him, and see that he does
not trow up to be such a man as his
father."
Her breath failed, and she lay gull, look
ing beseechingly in his fare."
"Do not fret about him, Mrs. Reeves.
I accept the charge you intrust to mo,
and promise yju sacredly to watch over
I'hiliVs welfare."
"H'eaven bless you, doctor! And heaven
will bless you for yot'r goodness to a dying
woman." 8hc caught his hand to her
lips, and tears fell from the t;rcd cyes.
"My father and mother warned me
before they died, of what my li"e would
be i" I married Tom, but I would not
listen and feoil'uHy have I paid
the penalty. I am glad to t'io, now you
have proie'sed to h.ok rf.er my boy. I
trust you, docior Grey, and I d'e bletsing
ing you with my last breath. L;ft my
ch'ld up, and lei mc l''ss him once more."
"lieiu'y he placed the sobbing eh 'u by
l'ij mothcs side.
"Darling l'h;l;p be a good boy and
come to inan'tncy sieue day."
Mammy, ir-mmy, dont leave m",
take me with you."
Doctor Orey took the cb 'd 111 In turns
and lci tbe room.
In a few nours t1'1 was over a'id .V W
Reeves was at rot, her t:,,cd hands pc-i".!-
fully folded oiuhe cold bosom, and a glad
sor'e on the (ic'ct, was.cd face, ' (,'utses,
blows, and f unken taun.s wou'd rcac'i
her never av o no more to , nor
pit'd. nor tears. Happy release. Oh
l't.ith, thou ft e.'V an cieyy to mat'iond,
but wheu Hope a'id Love hae fled, wel
come thy pe c, wl 'te steed!
"The voice of wee shn'l 'ie 1,'i'd in 1110-0
l.i (he F.tcrual ( ..v. Nukhcr i'v'v..
So-- siel'-io.:, "niti uorso itw. nchere. 'iivr.
For (uHlha 1 w-jic away , '1 ie- nt. 1. v ,..
I'lIAl'TKR V. .
"ter seeing the boy, lV'-p, i'l bed
aud asleep, doctor 0 'cy let! Reeves' cottage
to retu-n home. J. be ra'ii had stoniied
the wind was st'H, and the clouds pai.ly
clearing off, showed the moon ocam"ig
thwti in a watci y way d-eary to behold
like a ch''d try.ng to suv'e through an
ocean of tears. As he wa'ked hasti'y ou
after lea'ng Oveuon, he was surprisid to
sec a teraiiic h 'ure hprrying 011 just 111
Iront of him. He was now ha ' way be
tween the 'l,age and "Ihe Woods" and
co' 'd sec a fc'nt vght, as of a candle, shin
ing from one of the upper w 'ndows of the
latter place.
ho can she be was his first won
dering thought, as he oo.cived the ligure
qu:eken its pace. A few long sti ides, and
he stood opposite the muffled le
tni'V
"Good Heavens! Dorothea!"
"Uh! Doctor 1 1 rev is it you ! I am so
glad ! I was so dread "iil'y frightened
wheu I heard your step. Mio shivered
and clung to his ar,n
"Dorothea, what are you doing out 0:
doors at tins unie 01 tue nigui uione f
. .... "l.i o.
He spoke sternly. "I could not belli
myself, doctor. I was called out see to
person who is sick.
"Why did you not rule, or at least take
a servant f
Recausc because I couhl not
Oh, please don't ask me any question
and don't be stern I am so unheppy !''
How can 1 help nsk'iig you to ex
plain the cause of your being outhero ou
such an lucle'iient night t Hut his voice
was much sculler now and he hail clasped
in his the little hand resting on his arm
Doctor (irey, I beg you to ask tue no
luestions. I can only assure you that
duty called me out this dreary u:ght; and
that I have done nothing to torteit your
good opinion. ill you believe me 7
"Implicitly, and although I could wish
that you would couhde 111 my true liiend
ship, yet I will not tease you by asking
single question.
1 hank you 1 1 am very, very grate! ui!
Will you tell me why you are out so late
to-uight?" "Lwas called to see a dying
woman, to whom 1 rendered a service
some time ago. Her husband in a fit of
partial intoxication was beating her
cruelly, when 1 interfered and the poor
woman appreciated iny timely defense of
herself so much, that when she was dying
she sent for mo to ask mc to Uike an in
terest in her only child, a hoy about six
years old. 1 lie lamer is a pericci oruie.
While his long suttenug wito was dying,
he was in an adjoining room, drinking
and swearing. How she ever eeue to
marry such a man passes my comprehen
sion for she was ladylike in her
ways, conversed intelligently, and
at one time must hare been iiuite pretty."
"Perhaps she loved him."
"Xo doubt of that: but the mystery is,
how she could by any possible means fancy
herself in love with him, for from what
she told mc to-night I do not think sho
was unite ignorant of his character; before
she married him."
There is no accounting for a woman's
fancy. Do you remember the story of
the ihiou LrvUlaots ? When the wmn
was asked to choose which she would
wear through life, sho did not take the
one with the pure diamond, and whan the
sage, surprised at her prelereiiee for an
inferior one. usked why she liked it best,
she could only atuwer "because." That
is more ollen a woman a answer than any
other, wheu asked why sho loves
u person. Sho feels her reasons for
loving, but cannot express them.
"iou arc right. Aud man is worse than
a devil when ho wtiif that most precious
lift, a woman's heuft,and then deliberately
tramples it down in the mud aud slime of
his own evil career.
"ou are bitter, dis'tor Grey. Hut it
isabcli f if mine that uiuu or woman
never sinks too low to feel the solemn
painful truth, that indeed-
'Then lamithltiB mm knows. Inirrlef orlnnln.
Half mi bluer aa to Ibiuk what he inl(ht have
been:"
Here we are ut homo and before I say
good night, doctor (irey, let me thank you
once more for your kind consideration for
me. You are the only friend to whom I
could have endured to owe sueh a deep
obligation, for I know I can trust you.
Good night."
"Dorothea, before I go let me say one
thing. You have no mother to guide you,
and your auut it helpless. Promise me,
if you are In distress of any kind and need
assistance, you will come to me as freely
as you would to brother. If you want
advice, Melto of ny kind, do art he
itate I beg of you. Remember, I ask no
greater happiness than to be of use to
you."
"Doctor (rey, 1 oannot promise. 1 have
many trials and am very unhappy, but 1
must bear my burden alone. Do not nay
anything more, dear friend, seeing him
about to Mijak, "but leave me now.
Hannah wishes mc to spend Christmas
day and night with her, and T have prom
ised. Let us forget all about this disagree
able night when we meet agaiu, and re
member only the happy Chiistiuas time
and the sweet message it brings of peace
on earth, good will towards men.
"It is easy to say peace on earth, thought
the doctor as he went to his: room that
night. Rut when I think of such men as
Tom Reeves, and even when 1 reea" her
own tones of hopeless misery, . how can 1
expect that day to dawn. Oh 1 my little
girl, my Dorothea, there will be no peace
for me, ever again, unless you trust me en
tircW aud place your lire in my safe keel
ing.
TO UK CONTl.Nt F.D.J
THK KOI TOIt.
What is this?
This, dear, is that sufTerng ar'tup', the
ei tor.
lint what is the editor?
He is the man, darling, that runs the
newspaper.
My! I thought tho paper ran llsell.
This is the popidar hnpressiou.
Hut not corroei ?
Xot entirelv so.
1 thought the talented contributors
wrote the stories ?
They do.
And that the funny man built all the
jokes?
He docs.
And that the dyspeptic germs w.'ote
the poems?
( Vi.ainly.
The poor compositor: I thought he
put the things into type?
Yes.
And that tho printer he worked off
the editiou ?
You aro light.
Then what in the naiue of goodness
doei the editor do ?
He talks.
With whom ?
With p.-oplc who come in to help him
pass away the time.
Oh ! then the editor has a plenty of
ti'ne to waste?
IjOi.s.
Who is the long-hakod lumuio with the
roll of paper?
He is the gified poet.
What does ho want ?
He wants to know what became of that
"Ode to a Withered Violet," in for.y
seven stanzas, which he sent in last
sining.
W hat -id become of i ?
It was filed away in the stove.
Doei the editor say that?
Oh.no.
What does he say ?
He says that he sent it back.
My! but isn't that a twister T
Yes, dear.
Whal does the poet say?
He says that he is soiry, because the
Crnittfy offered him 8li5 for it.
And' what is that?
A lie.
And who is that gentleman with the
dub?
He is the ' Constant Rsader."
And he wants
To inquire why his last commur'c:.tion
was not iimswi ed.
Aud why was it not ?
Recausc it was seven columns long and
only in the interest of unit perton.
Who was that?
llimse'f.
And that fashionable gentleman sucking
I"scanc7
He is the delight of the editorial room.
What is his business ?
He has none.
Why then does he comet
Hi-cause it is too late for luncheon aud
too caily to walk on the avenue.
Hut I do not understand.
Xvither does the editor.
How long will he stay?
A couple of hours.
And that last man, the undertaker?
'S-h-h ! dear. That is nut an under
taker. . .
Who is it, then ?
The fu any man.
Ohl What dots he want?
He wants to read the editor his
lrst
joke.
here did lie get it r
From a work on tho "Tombs of
the
Karly Kgvpiian Kings."
My I Then this is tbe way the editor
spends ins teiie r
riiiictpally.
One lnng.-delightfi"' reception.
Yes, tlea".
Then ihe editor has nothing
world to wish for or pray for?
Oh, yes one thing.
And what is that?
Death.
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AN ELECTRIC UAILUOAI).
The first Electric Railroad, for the pub
lic, in America, went into oj-erution at Cleve
land last week, in connection with the
East Cleveland Railroad Company, who
have just completed one mile of road. The
experiment was so successful that the Com
pany expect to change their entire systems
comprising over tweuty miles, into electric
roads. The system was a combination of
the Rrush and Kuightand Hently system,
and the current was carried on under
ground conductors, laid in conduits like
those of cable roads. The cars were started,
stopped and reversed with tho great
est ease. Any number of cars up to fifteen
can be run at one time on a single circuit
aud from one machine, which is a result
not attained by any of the European sys
tems now in oHnitiiin.
A bachelor, upon reading that "two
lovers would sit ui s" nieht with one chair
in the room," said it could not bo done
unless one of them sat on tho floor. Sueh
ignorance is paip'iil.
As two pall-lsnren were walking away
frein the grave in which tbey bad depos
ited a neighbor, one said to tbe other :
"WeH, Mr. Morse, here' where we've all
foUocomt,UWi lire-
LEA UN 1 NO TO SWIM.
TEACHIMl A HOY THK ART OF SWIM.MlNd
IN OXK l.KSSON.
(VnV'iyo AVicj.
"Can you swim?" in-iuircd a father of
his 1 l-year-old son and heir the other
morning, when the latter had spent some
time in soliciting paternal permission to go
in the lake with the boys.
"Xo, 1 can t swim, replied the boy ;
"but I won't go in when" it's divper'n up
up to my chin, aud all tho other boys are
good swimmers; 10 jou sec, I'll be in 110
danger."
".Never trust to others," was the father's
rejoinder; "you can swim yourself if you
try, and relieve others of the resionsibility
ol liniklllg ullel' you.
"What! I swim! Why, father, I never
swam a stroke in my life; I'd gotothe bot
tom like a stone.
"Yes, you can swim. Keep away from
the hoys to-day, and to night 1 will try to
teach you to swim. We'll slay in the
water just half all hour, und if you don t
swim a dozen strokes without assistance
before we come out you're not the boy 1
take you for."
Itelore nigh! there was one hoy 111
Chicago who had firmly resolved to learn
to swim More ho slept or die m the a!
tempt. To -day he considers himself well
ou toward proficiency. This is how it was
done: The father tirst inspired the boy
With conlidenec 111 his ability to swim,
Ik? tried earnestly, but, above all, appealed
to his pride and desire to prove worthy of
his sire s high opinion. Ni before they
entered the water the boy firmly believed
he could swim. Following his father's in
structions, when they had entered the
water, he first learned that by drawing his
lungs full of air not upward into the
best, but forcing them downward toward
the abdomen his centre of gravity in the
water was supported so that neither his
head nor his feet could sink. A few mo
ments practice proved that he could Cxpel
half the air f cwm his lungs and still float,
thus settling the question of keeping his
head nbovo water.
"Now," said the father, when these pre
liminaries had been arranged, barely fifteen
minutes having been consumed in doing
so, "now padi le gently like you've seen a
dog when he swims, and kick out with your
feet nt the snine time."
The boy did as he was bid, hut forgot
about breathing, and experienced a tempo
rary back-set in his progress as a swimmer.
Having coughed up the water he had in
voluntarily swallowed, he was more wary
afterward, and rejoiced to find the next
trial 11 complete success.
E AMI LI Alt QUOTATIONS.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
Keats.
To point a moral or
Johnson.
adorn a tale.
Make
Spencer.
sunshine in a shady place.
All went merry as the marriage hell.
Hymn.
Nursing her wrath to keep it warm.
Hums.
Proserastinalion is the thief of time.
Young.
A gilded halo hovering around decay,
Hyron.
His pity gave ere charity began. Gold
smith. A little round, fat, eily man of God.
Thompson.
They also serve, who only stand and
wait. Milton.
Airy tongues that only
names. Milton.
syllable men's
She walks the waters like
life. Hyrou.
a thing of
God tempers the wind to the shorn
lamb. Sterne.
Like angels' visits, few and far MwtH.ii.
Campbell.
Coming eveuts cast their shadows be
fore. Campbell.
Kven his failures leaned to virtue's side.
Goldsmith.
1 he childhood shows the man, as
morning shows the day. Milton.
If thou faint in the day of fdvorsity,
thy strength is small. Proverb.
It is light to be contented with what
we have; Hot with what we are. Mackin
tosh.
Man'a inhumanity to man makes count
less thousands mourn. Hums.
('LEV ELAND AT HOME.
When Gov. Cleveland was nominated
lieonle naturally desired to see what his
home people thought of him. Here is the
language of a Hlaine Republieau paper,
the liuftalo AJ-jirtn, published in the city
where he lived and where he was known ;
"There are few good men in Buffalo
who will not be glad to take G rover Cleve
land by the hand and cougra.tilato him on
bis distinguished and well-won honor.
"Well won," we say, for whatever others
may have done in bis behalf, bo has him
self rendered honorable and eminent pub
lic service, and has deserved 11" that a
man may deserve of bis party by doing
w'th all his might, and for the most pat.
unselfishly and with conscientious integri
ty, the work to which he has been cal'ed.
The eoplc of Ruffalo have known Mr.
Cleveland as one of their worthiest citizens,
one of their manliest men; iuilhful to his
c'icnls, faithful to bis friends, faithful to
every public trust. If he were not a can
didate for office, his fellow-townsmen, al
most without exception, would not hesitate
to say this of h;m. Rut, although he is a
candidate, and a candidate whom wo shall
strive with all our ini'iht honestly to de
feat, truth and justice remaining the Maine,
why shoe d the AxjtrtM hesitate to say it
now?
Plenty of fresh air, fresh water,
wholesome food, and regular hours for
meals, will do wenden in keeping kome
beaitby m nippy.
A MOTHER'S I.ONOINO.H.
Last ni"ht I wanted my boy. 1 was
sitting alone in my dressing-riMiin, thinking
the "long ago, while preparing to re
tire. The garments ol the day, along with
its pleasures and periilexities, had been
laid aside, and, is my wont, 1 was idly
soothing head ami heart by a gentle move
ment of the brush through my diwirrangisl
hair. This is one ol my tavunte tunes
for thiukiu''. and ninny's the castle that
bus been planned and built, aud ni.uiv Ihe
ghosts of the rosy past that have eouie in
their L'rav-elad robes lielore iiu, while
seated on my rocker, brushing and mus
ing, druamiiix and liiii-liin.r. List night
as I thought of my boy, and looked up at
his picture, a tense longing camo over
me to bold him once more in my anus. I
wanted to press his elnvk to mine, lo clasp
his hand, to kiss his lips aud smooth 'his
bonnie brown hair. 1 wanted lo feel him
with these warm hands of mine. I vfuutcd
to hear bis merry voice and haik into his
beautiful eyes. ' I must cuddle him up
close to my heart as I used to when my
own little baby, while I prayed over him
as Hannah did over Samuel. ' Hut how
could I satisfy my hungry, aching heart ?
l'or more than three years the blue vio
lets and the green grass had hidden him
from my sight, and still my heart was yearn
ing for a touch ol his, a word Iroin him, a
look from those deur eyes. More than
three years since he had said, "Mamma, I
want to go home," and then in 11 little
while whispered, "I'm almost home," aud
soon, oh how soon, pointed upward, smiled,
and was in his home. Ah, too well 1 re
member ibis sad parting, and yet bust night
I lelt that 1 could not sleep without an
embrace. Suddenly a thought came to
me, making me pause in my passionate
longing and bringing a glow to my cold
heart. Hastily I unlocked a drawer, con
taining treasure sacred to the buried past,
ind took from it a Jiible, in which was
written: "hirinyboy on his Ulteentli
birthday." In it lay a lock of golden
brown hair, which had rested on the head
of him 1 loved. It was a part of hiinsell.
I tciok il eagerly, looked iixin it, and he
Was before me. I pressed it to my cheek and
to my lips, caressed it with my lingers,
while teal's of satisfaction rolled from my
eyes; then quieted and soothed, I tenderly
replaced the tress of my darling in tho
asket from which he had taken "the
learl of great price," and which had dia
lled Li i 111 to say e'en while dying in his
arty manhood : "For me to live is Christ,
to die is gain.
MISU! AS MEOU'INE.
There can be no ipieslion, says the St.
Louis (lliihc-)miiHi(it,ihimt ihe influ
ence of music upon the processes of thought
and emotion; and disease, we know, is
very largely a matter of thinking and
feciing. Why, then, should not disease
he checked and controlled by tho applica
tion of a concord of given sounds as well
is bay the swallowing ol a prescribed course
ol pills or powders : lu many casi-s, per
haps, what we call disease is only a lull"
ing lor harmony and melody, it reaching
out after something pleasant to listen to.
It limy be, if wcbutkncwit.thatofteiiwhen
we think we require calomel, quinine, or
podophylliii, we really need to have "The
Arkansaw Traveler" executed for us on a
violin, or "Peek -a-Roo" warbled for us in
a voico adapted to the emergency. Her
bert Spencer has analyzed this mysterious
connection between music and the achciue
of feeling in a very profound and skillful
manner, lie does not go iiuite to the ex
tent of reconimendinsr musio in place of
ordinary medicine, hut his theory evident
ly tends toward such a result. Every
mental excitement or emotion, ho declares,
is accompanied by a corresiMinding muscu
lar action, and the finer and loftier feelings
find expression through tho muscles that
are exercised in the production ot music.
The philosophy of treating neuralgia with
a tuning fork obviously rests iqion the
same principle which Mr. Spencer here
announces, and we have but to pursue it
to its legitimate conclusion and it is bound
to justify the doctrine that in music lies
the true secret of dealing with sickness.
LAYING
IN TIIEIU
UOlMMCIiS.
GKASS-
TlIK INDIANH ILu'PY OVKR A PROSPKCT
or Unlimited sorr Xkxt Wintkk.
The Piute have been busy for some
time harvesting crasshoptiers. There are
great numbers of these insect, and this,
coupled with the 1-idians' fondness for
them, has resulted in brisk work. The
savage get together in the vicinity ot a
luke or pond and form a ling around it.
When everything is ready they beat tom
toms and sticks, und begin to close in. The
hoppers, startled by llie noise, jump towards
the water, and finally fly into it. When
the Indians have the surface of the pond
well covered they dip the insect out in
ba.-Veis und, going to the shore, spread
thciu out to dry. fvime of M"'l eon'" to
life and hop away, hut the great mass of
them die and wither up. Alter tho hop
pers are well dried the savage roll them
gently so as to break effthe wings aud legs,
and the bodiea are then thrown into a
pile hv themselves. At the close of the
days work the hoppers, dried and assor
ted, are stored away in caclie lor tbe
winter.
The Indians of the coast very highly
tirite the dishes made from these insect.
They make soup of them first, and finally,
wheu they will answer for no mote soup,
they are eaten. A bushel of grasshopper
w II make tout) enough to hist ten or til teen
persons a week. The hopper are left in
the kettle after the first meal, and tbe next
day unolVr supply of water i added, to
gether with any game that may have been
taken that day, and the mess is t lieu boiled
agaiu. When tho hopera have lost their
flavor they are eaten.
Rcpoiis from California and Nevada are
to the effect that the Indians never before
bad so large a crop, and they aro overjoyed
at the prospect of winter without starva
tion.
"Have you faded? liuiuired the major
of tbe colonel a few morning since. "No,
what gave you that idea?" "Well, I don't
know," answered (he major, "except that
I seo you have bought ntylish turu-
Ut,"
A 1) V K RTIS E M EX TS.
Warren Leland,
iv'.i.vn v.ryMly knovt M Uto tuocoufal
Largest Hotel Enterprises
of AnasrT.1, atcta that whlla a piuMiiEar from
.w Yor. on Inuir l a aliip a,)li.l around Cape
Horn, 111 cai y daya ot enniaUoii lol'al
I, -,. 1, h.i I, m rin d dial 0110 of tha offlci'ra ut
lu w.l b J cu.vd biiiutvlf, iiur.im the vuy
a.' -, ol an o'Kiiu.ito d.aoaao by the aim of
Ayers Sarsaparilk
ai,. (hen Mr, I.aXASD hna recommenced
AvKii't BARiAraaiLLA In many almllar
iiaei, and lie has uerur yet uearuoi 11a lun
ar 0 to elfenl a radical cure.
Home yeara ago ona of Mr. I.Kt.ANb'1 farm
laborer! brulamt hit leg. 0 lux to the bad
sum of lila blood, an iii:ly ai-rufiilnus swelling
or lump BpH:iri',l 011 (he lu!ure, limb, llor
rlulu llclilm ot dm a . 111, uli buri.lng and
darling palna dirniijli Dm lump, mads Ufa
alino'i Intel, rnhln, Tha leg beeam enor
niuii.lv enlar,'.!, an. I running ulcera formed,
dlarliaiglng ureal nn-inl'llca of evtrenwly
oifeualve iinu.'r. No treatment wiis of any
avail until llio man, by ,Vr. t.i i.ANii'a illree,
tl,m, writ aiiTipllcd with Ami's NiiiAI'A-
1111.1.1, v. l.u l, nllnvisl Ih I'.ilo ami ii r 1 -tli-n,
healed dm aorea, removed lint auolllug, aud
completely reatiired die limb lo ne.
Mr. I.ulano baa personally mod
Aycr's Sarsaparilla
Inr r:!i""matl"m, Willi anllra aueeesa and,
a:: r e r ..il ,', v.e.-cti, it .''jii'ia tint. In
L.i l.,.l I, 1;, 1 ) is id 1,1, -'.Vina l.i Cm vor'.d,
a ,11 -lt.il (r I ., i' eno' ui l.i T 1 .-on'ei-a,
tl.iiil, tai i . iis of lilli II. in1:, K i.l
Itlu'um, bon a, I ruplloiia, ami nil the
Various f, 1-1114 of blood iKscnn a.
Wo luro y.t. Lri..t:.i.'s pTin.ii.ouloiiirite
all llu 111. y desire f u ller cv' Vtu'u In n i;ar
to the elnioi,i;iia;'y cuu.l.io puaers of
Avkii's K vi:h vi-ai:ii.i.a tuna h in pa-rum-ally
i-ither at Lis m -iniiuoth occuit II, .1,1,
Long llrancii.or at llu popular Lciaml lli-tel,
LronJuay, sr. Ih ami 2: 111 Mrceta, New Yark.
Mr, Li i.an'j'.i eslenalvo km)lilco of the
rood dune Ly tiiij iineqtir.llcil cradlcntiirof
blood u,.nna eiuibics hlnl to (Ivo luoulrort
mui;U valuaulo iiifoi'inutiou.
rnrrABKD v
Dr'. J.C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Bold by nil Drutglala; tl, ala botllee for 15.
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Wtito Ui uie for Diio of litjoruwt AmuI.
tVl Art (in
XKHD FOR (TATALOmfjesf.
nov '-'2 ly , .
ft EH ESTATE A 6 E N C T
I havo eatabliahed a SEAL ESTATE AGENCY la
the town
WELDON, N. C.
1 bavuTKN houaea la Waldon
FOR SALE OR RENT.
AImiui half of tfceia atom, others dwellings.
I aiaa have about
6,000 LACHES !' AND
IN HALIFAX COUNTY FOR BALI
Far further particular, qarMaa wishing te buy
rent eau apply to ma In person or by letter.
1 an now taking up all lands partita wish to sail
and advortlslng lha asms at asy own aapaaaa, un
less a aala li made and thaa I ohargs commlaasoaa.
For my tiauolug as a gentleman aud a naa
worthy to be trusted, I refer by peralsaauti lo at.
Smllti, Scotland Neck : Dr. J A. Olllua,, Eu4eld
W. A. Uaulal, Weiuou, V. W. fiawria, Liauawu.
aetltf . F. KPIRMI
V- W- HALL.
FIRE INSURANCE AGENT,
Cau be tmiul In lha Boauoka News oflo,
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