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-Slim I'KII ANN I'M IN ADVANCE
VOL. XIII.
WKLDOX, . C, TIIVRSDAY, SEPTEMBER IS. 1884.
NO. 27.
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TO I'HKM:K KTIIK lltALIU
lilt' MriUIHttl AjiplllllUC I'o.'n
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fim lit ever ktnttii wlnn tln-wo pinntMiU arr
worn. Tliv) tiin pivu'tit hh1 run1 IickiH liitlu ullU'i-,
Oil'l. l;liL'Uiiuittvin, Nciuiilia, Tlinwi tii.tiiiU-,
DlphtliLriH, ( Hlnrrli, Hint nil ktinlrvi, iliwHmti. Will
tho HuUfr-tli'thiii.
1 i 'P A T I1 T It Id tinilh-sH to ilr
XjlY X iV IVIVIL, MTiuvthu (i)tiipU.niJ. tf
thffl tlHMHCoUiilllm'HM tllMt If UttlllC tilt1 life HN(1
dreiiRth of onl) ttm iiimi) tii'tlu1 fninut hd Unt of
both m'KiK. llnr.Ktnh nd niwHn-h hi Aim-rim,
LunM-' Klt rn IanU, Imv' n-MiiUiit in ilit Mmk
iPiiiv l.tiuit I'nttw lor, HflMnlinv run tr cmitrTh. a
rpHinly which v mi Ut in No Itriitniinv of thfHiuiii,
mid w Uli th'iinitiiiUHiii nirfiiui ir MHtfiirtiitui Hr
DtmlluK tlirtiUKh tht ntllirl t oruHiitN, ihukI rftrt'
tittmto hfitlthy wtitiii. WV I'lm tf tur nritT l"r
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1.. h e Ht-kvii hv otlu'iti for rt'intMlitm iimii m liit h you
tk Nil Die rhnlu tK, Mini t'Ht-itiu nt hi1
tin iwt-
ntru of (lit ninny ix'ixmii ttho Iimi
trit-tl ilruir-
giug tht'lr atoll mill without etlrrt.
HOW TO OBTAIN,
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num. do U yniir ilrinniM mill ak. (t llicm. If
tliey have llul t tlii'iii. w rite tutlie pn iprlt'ton, tu
glutting tliepriiv. In It-lu-r at mir rixk.Hinl they will
iH'Milit Ui yen nt iiui'e l.y mull. nnt Niltl.
h,i,l unii furtlie "New lHiirtun' In Miilienl
Twtiii''"t w Itliiilit Miillcliie," willi tluiinwiidn f
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ff,vri; femt one d.1lnr In ilajre ntniti ur eiir
n ocy till lettufnt ur rlxkl W illi n iif nhiie h-hh 1 1 y
wont, anil trv a itairofiiiirMauiit-tle Inmilex,
u.l U- (viivIiiit'iI of the iniwit n-Hltllnic hi mir Mh
n lie A''lliMf. I'"ltively li" ivld Iii where
U ,7 are buiu.wiuow)' fttudtd. uctUly
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In ilii. iu'i-t li'iiiic.
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riiinl 1 lie I hioni'.
FATHER AND SON.
"Tlli'll Irt ll'MI ilii'."
It wa no! ilu- wnnls, Uiillilii iih tiny
wi'iv in their niiiiplicil)-; nor wns it tin1
(liutilit ul' ili'iith to out! mi yniiii mill
liiiinly, billi'i-111 llnit tlumlit wns; imr )'i'l
wiin it tin filet that any one coi'M spruk
tlitpi nl' a li'lliiw lning; Imt it w:ih tin; voiiv.
the time, tin; sii)iresM'il but ik'ti'iinim J
iin'or tliat 1 lir.irj in tin' wurd.-. nml it
was liurriblo truth that it was n latlier
Ppeaking of liisolily noil, that mi ulioi'kml
Die.
' Lft liim ilii1." And whiTi'loro .hnulil
he t'iu? I le wa.i youn;;. and lint ready
by Years or weaiiness lor death, lie
was not tired of living, nor had he NUight
the end himself. His eye was not dim,
his Voiee was not broken, his ear was still
attuned to the pleasant sounds of eaith;
mid it was a beautiful earth, too. that in
which he was born, and in which he had
(;rovn to be a stout, Mroiig man; and he
loved life, and knew how to enjoy it and
why should ho die ! He was not one of
the woiihless and useless men of this
world either, living for self, and heei'Yss
of 11M others, unlmini,', un'oved, in cold
sensual selfishness, Not he. He was a
noble man younp, ardent, affectionate,
full of the love of life and of his fellows,
beloved by all who knew him, and always
ready to aid friend or stranger with purse,
lined, and heart.
Why then should he die?
Tin l'j were many reasons w hy Stephen
l'niMer ihe elder was willing at that time
thitl Stephen Fowl the younger should
die.
Twenty-five years before the time at
which our history is d.tlel, there lived in
an 1 in-v:!'" re :n lb country, not f r
liiiui the Hudson Itiver. a man, some
thirty years of age, wilh a young w'li ,
not inure than eighteen or twenty. The
latter was tin- daughter of the wealthiest
man in the enmity; and, as it r"lerwai'd
jimveii. hy the deal li ot In r lirollier, she
and her children were his sole heirs.
Stephen l'Vrster was a lawyer, uifted with
line puweis of niiinl, lint it''k, but
iivwd. in flie true acceptation of that
word; and making money rapidly br spec
ulations in farms and farm lands. 1 shall
not pause to relate the ain'ul circtiuistane
cs through which he Won the hand uf
the vtiuni: ilaimhter of th old Judue; h 'r
In art he never had won. That was not
tiers to give him; and from the day he
earned that fact, he hati'd her. with
teadv, perscrviiiL' b ile, lint he uiaiiied
her in vi'illieles; and when the wedding
ring was placed. 1 sliouM say forced, 011
r linger. she shuddered, nnd well-nigh
fainted, for her eyes caught at thai mo
ment the sad gleam of an ey that had
once lookeil itceper into her own hall hail
any other pesou s. and she knew then
that astiue a Ilea;, as man ever possessed
was broken.
Broken brails are not always followed
by death. It is a romantic notion that
supposes it ncces-aiy. I have known
on 11 lliat lived iiiiiny ye;"s w!th what in
Ci iniiioii parlance would be railed 11
broken beau. Nay, 1 have kn hi men
thai had lived thus fur scores of years,
wandeliu; restlessly, almost hopelessly, up
anil tlouu the paths ol this nostraole
world, vet liearing about with litem cool.
ijuict faces, and eyes speaking no sort of
passion whatever.
Very much such a man was William
Norton i 'X.'T the maitage of Kllen lusen
beny, and he was n ver seen again in the
little V'llage, where he hud been his
father's clerk in the only store, until after
all the events occurred which I ion now
about to relate.
As years crept along Stephen Forster s
I'aur'y increased, and four children sat at
his Isiuril when he was foi.y years old.
llul then' was no love between the lather
mid his family. Ho was harsh, cold,
stern, unforgiving in his treatment, and
they rebelled, as child-en w'.ll. Once,
when lie was punishing t lie oldest hoy tor
Kane fancied otfeiise, a neighbor who was
passing, and overheard the occinr.'tic.', en
teri'd and retnonirated w'.ih Forster in
his brutality. The result might have
been anticipated, lie was turned out ol
doorswitltoiit ciieuioiiy, and left to con
sole himself by relating the story to his
neighbors, whose opinion of Forster Was
neither improved nor injuicd thereby.
IVath came into the household, and
the graveyard gate was opened three tinits
within a year, to admit children of
Stephen mid Kllen Forster. When the
(i rat one died, the wife, broken down by
the terrible blow, nought comfort in the
sympathy of hrr husband, mid lifted her
eyes from the dead boy only to meet ihe
rold, stoi.y eyes of the man that tinted
when he married her, nnd she, pressed
back into her heart the findings that were
well-nigh flowing toward him for the first
time. When the next hut darlin
nainetiako shut her eyes on life nnd love,
and went the dark way wither nn moth
er'" love may prevail to follow until (iod
permit, she sought no sympathy from her
huHhnliil, lull howeil her head Hi lonesome
ngony. And when the third blow eaine,
she bore it wilh the firmness of tho
mother of old limes who ncorned to weep
There wan aoiiielhing terrible in her L'ii7.c
ns she now looked into the face of tier
husband. That third trial, mid hid con
Huticd eulduw nnd "ternnow, bud made a
new person of his once gentle wife, and
she now repaid his scorn with scorn his
hate with unforgiving. unrelenting
enmity.
In the brief limitx assigned to this
sketch, 1 can not pause to explain the
mental process by which this gentle, lovely
girl became transformed. Tt was 110 slow
process. It was like a lightning flash.
She had hitn calm, placid, bowed down
with grief in the morning, when she stood
by her dying boy, nnd talked with him of
tho land that was shining dimly through
the clouds nnd mists of death on his eyes,
that was shining even through her scald
ing tears 011 her own faithful vision; but
the light of heaven was gone when the
boy was dead, and the angels that had
lingered around his couch were gone wilh
the light, and fiends came in the dark
ness and possessed her; and she was
changed huw changed !
Imagine if you ran that household for
the next ten year., while young Stephen
grew up to in. mil 1. It was in the most
beautiful of -valleys, with rich fields around
il, and deep forest full of the forest glory
close at hand, nnd a briiwlinj; stream dash
ing over ihe rocks, and birds, and flowers,
ami nil that (Iod gave to Kden except
only .innocence. Yet there was one long
war in that house, tho father on the side
and the mother and son on" the other for
she won the boy from him. They con
tended long fo hi'U nnd his love. Even
in his childhood ho learned that ho could
not love both, and that he must select one
or the other to attach himself to. He
hesilated and vaiied from day to day, as
children do, and it was months, even 'years,
before he fully decided; but when he chose
it was forever. Nothing could move,
shake, or change him. At the first, alter
this deter ninalion became manifest, the
father, with his accustomed ma'ignity,
Kent him away to school a hundred lni'es
from home. Hut the six months of his
absence convinced the hard-heai d man
that his house was unbearable if he and
his wife were to have 110 one between
I hem, and he recalled tho boy, and con
tented himself with hating hoih him and
his mother. And ho the boy grew to
manhood, ignorant, save ns his mother
had taught him, yet marvelously gentle
and lovely. He at leng.h became the
light of tho house to those who knew the
family, and his presence was welcomed
everywhere. In all the country gather
ings he was the star; nnd nt length he
began to extend his limiis, and once in a
while ventured as fa' as the city. Hero
or somewhere, it matters nui where, he
began for the first time to appreciate the
importance of knowledge, and to under
stand his own inferioiiiy to youin; men if
his class and standing. (Irieved and
abashed at the discovery of his ignorance,
In wt about repairing the loss, and for
two years he was a book-worm, devouring
every thing that came within his reach.
II is astonishing how much an active
mind may accomplish in so brief a space
of line ; and at the end of these two years
he had learned ns niiieh in mosi boys
would in ten. Hut he was not satisfied
wilh this period of study. He hud
learned to love study for itsowu sake, and
ho confined himself now to his room; and
strange stories got abroad of the evenls
I hut Were passing in the old house, to
which no one had access.
At last the old Judge died, lcav ng I ;s
entile foi.uue to Stephen Forster the
young -r, subject only to a life estate o." his
mother in the real propoi.y. This was
more than a year before Stephen entered
his miijoii'y, and when his life wa.i most
closely devoted to his books and studies.
And this biings us to the period at which
1 first became acipiainled w!lh the father
nnd son.
A minor flies in the country with
windlike velocity. It was one of those
soil spring mornings when the sky seems
imiiii'iisi ialily deep, and the air is laden
with Iif" anil health; when thr birds ing
loudest, and the wind's voice is so.'t ,'t,
and tip' gurgle uf the sp;'itg brook is inns,
iiiiixifii'; it was on Mich a morning that a
leiiible re'iior spread over county,
and even 011 the opposite side of the
river. The story was that Mrs. Forster
had been poisoned by tier son fur the sake
of having his foiiiuie uueiicumhered, nnd
lli.it he hud also poisoin d lii father in lite
sanm bowl. The rumor added a thous
and horrors to the tale, of which 110 more
was actually established truth than the
fact that Mm. Forster was poisoned the
evening previous, nnd was already dead.
The youni man had returned from the
city the day before wilh a package of Var
ious articles, which he had brought pro
fessedly for chemical purposes. Tt was
supposed he had procured some deadly
poison among these, .for the effect had
been sw'll and ci-r.ain.
Certaiiilv the interna' stale of that
household was in 1 woi'vi than it had been
fur ye.il. l'"l hei.lhe ciiie tvoi 11. weary
mother, doubtless that repose wa pro-
'on od and welcome nl'ler the long storm,
be sis'ined to he re-ling in peace as he
lay then', and the unary waves ol the sea
of her life had heard the ' l'citee, be still"
of a It tVeiily voice, and had obeyed. Th"
husband stood near lo r while strangers
e.itiie 111 ainl looked w.tli lar more interest
than he on the placid countenance of the
ul w.le, nnd his countenance wore a
steady, motionless look, in winch no t ace
ul' suffering, or of emotion, or regret could
be found. Ho neither went nor smiled;
but occasionally strode up nnd down the
long room in which her body lay, and ut
tered some expr ssion of discontent at the
tardiness of the coroner nnd his jury, and
then resumed his position near a window,
nnd near his dead companion. Stephen
was in strict coiiKn"ineut in an upper
room by order of his father, mid no one
kii"W what w,i going 011 there. No one
that knew him and his love for that moth
er, would bt lieve il possible that he had
murdered tier, and yet the case was slid to
be even clearer than circumstantial evi
dence, for the father himself had svii the
son mingling the fatal draught, and had
nut dreamed of its nature till the catas
trophe proclaimed it.
I wns visiting nt a fr'n iid's house in the
ImrluHid and heard of the occurrence. I
may be pardoned for lidding that the
daughter of my friend was not visible that
morning at breakfast, having heard the
terrible history from a servant, and tiav
ing been 1 very close friend of young
Stephen,
Why need I disguise the truth. This
Is intended to be a simple history, without
plot or plan, other than to relate each in
cident as it occurred, and I may therefore
say at once that she loved him with a
woman's adoring love, nnd that she Was
not unloved in return. That she scorned
the story of his guilt you will not doubt,
and it was at her suggestion that I rode
over to the inijuest.
I had never seen them before. Never
heard of I belli indued. Vet was struck
with both faces; of the father quite ns
much as that of the sun. The latter was
noble and manly a keen black eye
gleamed with the look of conscious in
innocence, not unmingled with liatred of
the father, who had suffered him to stand
bound by the dead mother, accused of
murdering her. The fathei's face was
pa'e, calm, even lolly. Hut bo avoided
the eye of his son, and looked on'y where
he wns ccrla'ii of receiving no answering
look, even into the face of tho sleeping
woman who had been his wife and that
hoy's niulher. Sh.' looked neither lov
ingly nor reproachfully at him now. It
was never thus before, and somehow he
had no difficulty in keeping; los gaze
fixed oil her, so woiidoifi'1 was that placid
S'leiiee.
1 shall nut pause here to dew:.. be the
cuiious evidence which was prcienled to
the coroner's jury going to establish the
guilt of lb.! son. It is inerei'ible to one
not accustomed to these scones, the
amount of evidence that may bit 1 massed
against even 11 11 innocent man. And in
this case, as step by step, with jut aid or
suggestion, the test'niony revon'ed itself,
one by one the friends of young Stephen
dropped nway from him, and 1 was left,
as lawyers often i'-c, alone by the side of
my diem, for such he bad now becouie.
On my word, I believe that hue for the
dear, confident tines of Mary Wi'son's
voice assmi'ig me of his innocence. 1
shouM have bel'eved the story myself, and
left the niiiliicide to Irs fate.
The ji'-y adjourued i'lll evening, 10
nllo,. a postinolieni exa'piiiii.'ioii to ta';c
place, and dur'ng this iuteiva1 I sou;;ht
11 meeiiug with the father. Tho result of
it is given in the wyds w'tli wliich this
his.ory commences. It wns my h'st argu
ment to n father's hea t) thai itt'.e'iipt to
move h'ui, by the love of his sun. to some
cxe. .'mi on behalf of the boy.
'I4' yoil do not. iod b'-n ho w'.'l per
ish." "Then let hi.ll die."
1 lookd suddenly i-ito the man's coun
tenance. He was a b I, thiu 111:111, of even
co'ii'iiii'i ling appearance, ami the eye did
not dispute the dairies 1 bud heard of his
forme? I:,'e, that he had been dissolute,
and thct oi" late be had resorted again at
times to the compaii'ons and employ .uciitj
of bis younger years. As I looked into
bis face the idea came orcr me with l;ght
n'ng fo.ee that the mo.'ve lor nu' ilei was
qr to as great 011 los pa, ns 01 thai oi'
the son, for cor'd he but k''l the mot he;
and hang the son, Ihe ioheii.n'ice of
ample farms and fu nis would lie liisn'one.
Could it be
pussil
le? It was
it!"i'ilile
thought, lint tho lie of a city pi aft I :oner
had even then accustomed me lo such ideas
though it was in the younger years oi' my
practice.
1 returned to Stephen and talked with
him. His astonishment at his position
had hy this lime given way to g.'o'" for
his iiio.hcr and he was weepin bi.e'i'v.
yet such te.rs as no iiiii'ilerer ever wcpi.
1 paused whi'e he 'veuvced ea'uinets ami
the deep sorety ul his g iei' ovei puweed
me for a moment, wh''e t looked at him.
The conviction nf his inuoceiiee vinv on
me as I ialked w'lh him but the we;':ht
of evidence ngi'iiist limi was ovt rpowci'ng.
and the c.taniiiia qu, wl 'ch was now con
eluded, had coufil'lied the Woi.st aspect uf
the ease. It needed on'y ihe proof, fur
nished within a few days, of the chemist
in New York from whom he bad pur
chased the article, to complete as stong a
chain of evidence its ever bound a man to
the prospect of ignominious death.
I pass over n't the incidental history in
connection wiili this surrowlV1 nthiir. The
effect in the family of my friend Wilson
where, i4'I desired it, I should go to find a
spice of romance and heiiii'iient to add to
this bisiury I chilli leave i'or the imagin
ation of tiiose who have de'ended fiieiids
aga'iist the verdict of a harsh world. Let
1110 therefore pass on immediately to the
conit-room ami the tilal of Stephen l'V
ster, which took place some two months
' Icr the death of the mother.
to iik coxtini:ki.
HAKNOI, 'fill: SHOWMAN.
The veteran showman is now in los
seventy-first year, and has been in active
si'i'viee ever since child Hsid. His father
was a J oor man, and the boy was early
put tu work. He has gone through a
wider variety of employ neut than any
oilier m in 011 record, the range including
the Ma'e of lot.e J tickets, keeping all
oyster sidiai'i, coiling 11 paper, tending a
bar, neg.-o mclod'st, boarding house keep
er, nook cartrasirr, maung beam, grease,
Itolieni'an (Ini'untle orit'r, preacher, hank
president, author, partner in chs-k factory.
Jenny l.'wl conceit n'siuiger. and Inst nf
all, travelling sliownnn. He bis also
been interested in the chn-k mani'"actnry
in land sped 'atiu'i, in the lire aniiihl'ii-
tor, in an illustrated newspaper nnd other
enterprises. Success and lai'ure alterna
ted in these efforts, but he has made tli
show business more proti'alile limn any
O.her limn, and he has bought and si
ami imported more iinoiii-'s. lie is now
estimated at three mil,:n'is, one-third o
which is in real estate in this cilv and
H Idgeport. The latter has always been
his home, and he lias n grand establish
ment there, but his il'tiernncy tins kept
him absent must of the time. He has
been married twice, but h; only children
are Tuur daughters ofl'ls first v "e, all of
whom are married, liarntini has lived
before the public, and bis life wi'l lieiir
insptstion. Whatever may have btvn
his errors, his worst enemies cannot charge
him wilh any violation of public nio'-tls.
As a showman he employed tricks of the
trade, and this is nM that ran be urgtd
against Inn, On the other bund, ho has
been generous in benefactions, and kits
also shown n uniform kindiifss which lung
since won public esttiem. llrrmit' New
York Isttrr in Troy Timet.
There is nearly always a bustle in dry.
goods stores.
THE STOItYOK A t.OXK SOXti.
I'pon one of the many hills surround
ing Zanesville; Ohio, is a beautiful home
stead which overlooks the smoky expanse
of the town and the shining course of the
Muskingum river. Thirty years ago a
young preacher walked down the hill from
his home heavy at heart and weary of the
world. Two years before he had come to
Zanesville fresh from the old collosriate
institute in Columbus as the llev. II. 1).
L. Webster. He soon fell in love with
Klla llloxoin, tho daughter of Judge
Hloxom, who sang in the choir of his
church, lie was privileged as a pastor to
call upon his fair chorister, at the home of
her married sister, Mrs. Henry lilandy.
The young, penniless preacher proposed
marriage to her, mid was rejei ted. The
refusal was given in a kind though firm
manner, and the young man persuaded
himself that his suit was denied because of
his poverty and the pride of the girl's fam
ily, lie left Aaiicsulle, lor he
be at peace where ihe woman
eolllil lint
he loved
was shining in society.
In IS.'ili he moved to liaeiiie, and soon
afterward wrote a song and gave it to J.
1'. Webster, the composer. This song
was the once popular Lorena." In il
Webster wrote the sent'inents of los bean
t'i the memory of the woman ho had loved,
l'eople who remember tho song of twenty
years ago will read'ly reea'l the opening
lines ;
The yearn creep slowly hy, Lnreiin,
The snow is nn the irress ip:nin,
The sun's low iliiwii Hit-sky, l.n-ena.
The frost kIi'ihhs w here the Ihiwers have heeti ;
Hut the heart thrnhs nil its wanii'y nnw
Ah when the siiiiimer .lays wee lejh.
(Ill, Ihesiei eaii never .lip so lnw
AilnW'lt iill'ccliiili'n clutiiiless sky.
In the days nf the war the snug took a
linn hold on the popular fancy. Soldiers
in the camps of both armies Ming the plain
tive verses. It was the "Anio Lanie''
of America. The na iie ' liore'ia'' was
given to all soiis of tliintrs, and young
ladies of to-day respond to the same musi
cal name which sentimental mothers of
that time bestowed upon llit'in.
When it became known that Webster
wrote the song, many of his acquaintances
in Aiinesville reuielnliered his love allair
there, and concluded at once thai 1111a
Hloxoin was the oriviuid of Lnreua. M;ss
HIiixoiii wt:s married to William W. John
son, a young lawyer of I ronton, who had
lie 'll eiluealeil III .aiii'svine, nml Who is
now the Chief Justice of Ohio, Mr,
tt'i. 1 1 ...... ...
i coster, w ho lias ur' teii aooiit trom pas
torate to pastorale, was roeeiillv stationed
in Oak (I rove, lie also is married, bavin
now a wi'e and several children.
ATT i: XTION I 'A IOI 1 0 IM.
Act.
Think.
Consult,
r.xpeiiiiicnf.
Make repairs,
Carry a note honk.
Watch the markets.
Mauni'i' tlie hack Ileitis.
Kavor the sccil-corn hills.
Keep up the Huw of milk.
Make repairs in spare hours.
Superior work pays the hest.
Ahove all tliiti'fs avoiil foul seed,
lias lime shuiilil not lie used l'rcsli.
Idle land is the wi til's oppni'tiinit v.
I'owls profit hy a run in the stiiblilc
Wheat after oats is a faulty practice.
Wliilewiith w ill cfeiise and sweelcn.
August pics make holiday small jsirk.
Ho mil h t viiiir insurance pnlicy expire.
Wash I lie liui, is' feet aiul legs every night.
Success is largely a matter ul' small ilehl .
Coml scctl and goutl soil are a good begin
mug.
Hull Ihe ground lieliue ami not after
si Tiling.
Karin animals well suiiiiiicreil are hall'
w iiitcied.
Help out the ill icit up pastures with iji'ceii
toiltlcr.
Thinning the root crops means inure tons
to the acre.
Weeils when I hey go to seed curse tin)
land thai ej'1'" tin 10.
Let I lie Immlile Imts live ami thus incieasu
the yield of cluver si til.
A drain to lie u profitable imcMnienl
must he a h riiiaiieiit iiiipruvcinrait.
Kail tallowing cleans the land ami brings
it into tine cuiiililinn for spring emus.
Neglected fence rows are like a leaden
weight u " in the neck uf clean llrltl culture.
A tanner's hank account may grow nt the
expense ut Ins manure, heap and gram
crnps.
A clean, cnol, ventilated stable, Iretr
limn Hies, is a suitable bulging fur the tiled
ltursc.
'JOLT BABULS.
llabies art! naturally born dentists. At
a very early age they commence cutting
teeth.
A certain cure fur spring lever is tu
have a ernss baby in the house. They
w'll prevent everybody from becoming
buy.
' Kvery !i):i!i hhH deep aiistruing to his
teiiiM'rainent." says a prominent physician.
That physician docs not know much.
F.Very ill's sleep tlcjtcllils till the tcliqier
iiuieiit uf the baby, or the babies next
dour.
An exchange says that a baby is the
nasis of married life. There is nothing
green about him. Imwever, when lie makes
his father, in 11 ballet mstiiino, walk up
and down the room with liim all night in
ihe dead uf winter.
A Philadelphia paper says that the pre
vailing fashion for iKtbies this season is
light hair mid blue eyes. Klonde babies,
who have been neghs tetl fur the past few
years Invause out uf stylo, will nnw pleas'
step forward and take the enke.
"Theie is tine thing abuut babies." said
a teecnt traveler, "they never change. We
have girls nf the s'rio , men of the wnrld;
but the baby is the same seli'-purMesstil,
fearless, laughing, voracious little heathen
in all ages nnd in all countries."
When tieneral H. F. Butler was a
young man two girls dwelling in the same
iioarding house were simultaneously in
love with him. Huth ladies were silling
in (ho parlor one evening, and Hen was
nuking' love to one of them, much to the
chagrine of the other, who suddenly
flounced to the piano and sang "Hock of
Ages at the top ot her Voice, laying; par
ticular stress on the line, "Simply to thy
cross-eye cling."
roue iv Kxr.ss.
An Kngli.-h soldier was about lo be
brought before his eoininandiug officer for
some offense. He was 1111 old offender,
and had boeu often punished. ' Here he
is again!'' said the officer en his name
b.'iiig mentioned; "flogging, disgrace, soli
tary confinement evcrlhiug has be.n
rcsn; ft! to with him. hereupon the
Sergeant stepped forward and apuloizin,'
for ihe liberty, said: ''There's one thing
which has never been dtuit" Willi It 1 111 yet
sir." ''What is thai?" asked the officer.
"Well, sir," said the Sergeant, ''he has
never been forgiven." ''Forgive!'' ex
claimed the Colonel, siiipiisi'd at the sug
gestion, lie rcneiietl a lew niiiitili'S, ami
iiidi rnl the culprit to he brought in, and
then asked him what he had In say In
charge, ".vini'iig, sir, was ine repiy,
"only I am sorry for what 1 have dune."
Turning a kind nnd pitiful look, un the
man who expected liolhiug else than his
punishment would be increased with the
rep, lit i 1 11 1 of bis olVeiise, the Colonel ad
dressed him, say'.ig: "Well, we have
tried t vi rythim: wilh you and now we
have resolved to- -forgive you." The
soldier was struck dumb with amazement,
the tears started in los eyes and he Wept
like a child. He was humble lit the dust,
nnd thanking his officer, retired lo be
the old refractory, incorrigible man'' No!
From that day forward he was a new
man. lie who told the story hail him
fur yea'n under his eye, and a bettor con
ducted man never woe the Queen's
colors.
AVI'VT A WOMAN CAN' 1M.
Women are too modest, nnd have been
too lung suppressed by the ty rant man to
ass 'it their just chi;ms tn superiority over
the lord of creation. Hut there are lots
of things a woman cm do that a man
cannot.
A woman can tmld mure clot lies pins
in her mouth and talk through a knot
hole in the leiice i.t the same lime than a
man can.
A woman can urrivo ut a conclusion
without the slightest trouble of ronsoping
on it, nnd 110 sane man can do that.
Six of them can ta'k all nt once and
get along first-rate, anil no two men can
do that.
She can safely stick filly pins in her
dress while he is getting one under his
thumb-nail.
She can button on her shoes standing
up, with both feet on the floor, and he
can't.
She is as emit as a cucumber in half
a dnzen tight dresses and s-kiils, while a
man will sweat and li me and .mwI in
one It awe shirt.
She can talk as sweet as peaches and
cream to the woman she hates worst, while
two men would be punching each ol tier's
heads before (hey exchanged ten words.
She can throw it stone with a curve
that would be fortunate lo a base bull
pitcher: nml finally, she can tliive a man
crazy for twenty-four hours and then
bring him back to Paradise in two seconds
by simply tickling him uiith r lite thin,
and there does Hot live that mortal son of
Ath'iii's misery who can do it.
A LIT'
.MOl'KNKK.
A coiiiiiioii-lookiiig
is a repulsive object,
people were burning
liille boy, thinly clad.
log dead in a
Past such i
utter
one,
one day, when
and hobbling mi
a
:t
crutch, called: 'litre, llnwser?"
then, taking in the situation, dropped
and
his
crutch, nml kneeling hy the dead dog.
cried, as if his heart was broken: "O,
llnwser. is you dead, and can't go home
with me?" It look hut a moment tu
change the expression on faces from one
uf contempt to that of pity and sympathy.
The boy was but a pi sir waif; but lie
kneeled by the side of his licst-lnved earth
ly friend, and he was dead. Merchants
ami well-dressed ladies shipped with kind
wonts and expressions fur the little
mourner. One gciilleigan, appreciating
the grief of the buy, called an expressman,
and lol l him lo take the boy and bis dead
pel to his holite, or In some place where
he could be buried as the boy might ili
ni't. and ettll iipuii him fur his pay. The
burying of a dog is iml luiieh, but lite
binding up the w, minis in the heart uf
thai poor boy on his crutch was an net
worthy of permanent record. Inter
Oinin. Till': MOTIIKU III HMAUO.
( Ine summer al'lermiii, about three years
ngo, says the Huston Ulnlie, a man m;l
1 i it.-r si 01 id in his parlors on the Hue tie hi
Paix twirling a "remnant ' in his band.
There was not enough of it to make a bi
lly's dress aeenrding to any known pattern,
and yet his (iallie parsiiiioiiiy forbade his
wasting it. He rounded off the corners,
I maile a large hole in the centre, and hung
I il about a model in the roam. Tu shirr it
! in the back and arrange a yoke in front
, was the work of but a few moments, w hen
In! a new gu. incut was vuiiehsafed to (he
female wnrld. This man milliner was the
world-famous Worth, mid this new gar
ment was the Mother Hubbard. It sud
denly became the rage aiming fair Parisicn
nes. Little girls wore it, to whom it was
apprnpriate, ami ladies Worr il, to whom it
was not. lican latlics wore it, to whose
forms it lent an added grace, and stout
ladies wore it, tu whose forms it lent noth
ing. In short, everybody wore it and wore
it everywhere. No such garment madness
had been seen since the I lolly Varden
took the world by storm.
BILL N VIiON SMII.IiS.
The muilern stage, the modern press nnd
the inislern pulpit have demonstrated that
it is not wicked to smile. , This u grand
stride toward the emancipation of u unlit
from the shackles of bogus giavily and
the thraldom nf bilious liyjHM'risy. I am
proud to know that in my own native laud
it is nut considered flippant and giddy to
smile, ii'td that men are actually obtaining
an honest livelilnstil assisting nature. Fur
a lung time (he battle between (he come
dian and the lunatic asylum wus nn line
(pud one, but in later years the former
seems to be in the uscenilaucy. And yet
there aru those who still yearn for the asy
lum. Tho first vehicle
whirligig of time.
ever made The
1
The careless. ' inatler-uf-fact lit -saluta-
tions of t.ur everyday espt ricuce vanish
from m 'iiiory scarce leaving a trace of
their existence', but not so with that kiss
in which s.'1-His euii 1 nsi'd till the tender
ness of a lil'ctim i mi l whieh cm 111 uior '
perish than eitu the' suitl by whiih it is
treasured. This is not the 'bliss" of
shadow kissing, hut nil ever resent coll
st ioiisu.'ss, that ten It sympathizing kisses
have been showered upmi us by 011,1 wh ise
soul is akin to mil's. The way limy be
long and gray, and life's narrow pathway
hedged with thorns, hut by -and -by. if this
be one of the hoatitiidi-s of our ttod
ihiuiied liuinc, we shall feel their raptur
ous thrill once more. While lliat kiss
ult en makes us sadder lueii and women, il
rarely fails to make us In tier, mid mure
worthy of the (IihI given life by unseating
our finer natures nnd 1 renting within us
1111 intense yearning lor that great love uf
which our strongest earthly love is but
tile I'ainl. si I li libi inlioli.
A LOVKLY MAIOKX.
A soli, while, warm body translucent
wilh divine light, and curv lug to lines ol
beauty as naturally as tendrils of (he vine,
is (he ground work upon which nature
limns the human angel. F.yes sillily
bright, but luminously intense; cheeks
like the damask rose, with buttercups of
dimples, in whos.' honeyed heart sly Puck
or (Micron might sleep; lips like ripened
jieaches, ami fadi ug away into the soil
cheek likttthc heart's blood of n strawberry
into cream; a chin fairly fashioned as the
gulden apple that blushing Paris gave to
Venus, who trembled with delight at (ak
in it. The bmw of Jtimi and the bust
of Hebe; the sea nymph's pearly car, the
wood nymph's springy stc these are
a few of lite charms that nature gives this
maiden to brighten earth with radiant
tints of Paradistie enchantment, and give
to life a blessed foretaste of Flysiuni.
A man whose knowledge is based on
actual experience says that, when calling
on their swcetheniis, young men should
carry affection in their hearts, peii'ectiou
in their manners and co'ifcctioti in their
pockets.
''What a lovely face Mrs. Aiijfer has
in repose! Perfectly beautiful, don't you
think so?" "I cau l say, I never saw it
in rcpese." "Indeed! Hoyou know (he
lady very wet'?"' "I ought to. I'm her
husband."
A 1 V KKTISF.M F.NTS.
Bkjjrl w ill keep constantly on hand every
thing that may he desired in my line. .My
stock is always fresh because I order
niily small quantities at a time and order
frequently. When in want of any of the
following goods call and see me :
(i HOC IIK I IIS.
Huller, Hams, Canned Beef, Corned
Ihcf. Iliee, Mackerel. Putted Meals, Flour,
Sugar. Coll'ee, Soap, Crackers, Pried Heef.
CONFKCTIONKKIFS.
Apples. Oranges, Lemons, Haisins, Can
dies, French ami Plain. Cryslalizcd Fruits,
Cakes of all descriptions. Figs, Nuts, Pre
serves. TOHACCO.SNl'FF, .
All Brands of Suiwking Tobacco, Chew
ing Tubacco, Cigars, Cigarettes, llifTcrcnt
Brands uf Snuff, iVc. Pipes of every des
cription. ICK CltFAM SALOON.
In connection wilh my other business I
have fitted up an elegant lee Cream Saloon
for ladies ulid gcntli-mcli tqs 11 to-day and
at all hours during the season.
ICK.
Ice for side every day at retuil from one
pound up. It can be had on Sunday from
1 A. M. to 1 1 A. M., and from 5 I. M. to
7 i'. m. It will nut be supplied at any
other hours on Sunday.
COOLINli 1IHINKS.
Ice Lemonade, (linger and Leinou Pop,
Sarsaparilla, Ac.
All these tilings and moro always on
hand.
Thanking the public for their liberal
acknowledgments of my efforts to please
and xolicitiiij; a continuance, I nin
Yours Respectfully,
FRANK Y. CLUVERIU8,
"Little Okm Stork,
Wcldon, N. C. may 22 (im.
Kissrs.
AlV MBTISKM F.NTS.
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fully imt ull lUu l'ui,i.i.. i. L., .iul I t'
lloi ri j t4 r tniiUiiciit ul tl.u h ..i' hint ,
JIali.' Haih Hiimavi It ha uiu..l) i 1 I
iii iMor, tun) n n.'tti It f..ii:n iti.il li. ...... i t
to evi'i) quintal- of tl.o ( 'la, Ju iw.j .....U
lilfd nuxfii en it Im niiiihitittl to Lui out
CillUO: tht CHi.lt Jit 'ji tihH I OJ 44JJVMJ.
Tho proprt lm hmo i f:Mi Ktti turpi
Kt tho roce ; I of o;ii'lt I oni . iin.tti fi-ini
trit, t htr tin) lu.l bt m inUtiuuu t,iiui tiur
Uf iMlutllli'U'll.
'Die una for n 1rt llino of II i.i.'n II till
lil.MWFH t In IlII it ly ,..-Imi. llirt .'l
onl kjnv)ir.liiiv. It i h :il i M the it ji
Ull lhinii Ihf', Cllii Mil liinmim, ft tt r, Ulij
Uryiiv-n, n ml thus ij.rt-itiiU h:i.tliu. It
thnir.:iti'i tin wr.il,. m il i.hii.ili. tui'l i iiiil'U
tin in lo I'Htli Jut it, ii. I h new imd ittioii
growth, 'llin vllivU of lli.o AH.rlu IHU l.Ot
tntnik'tit, liko tho.ta of ft'i-o'.ioi.e in pur a
tloiii.hiil remain a loin liiuo, ulikU UuaU'
IU uiu a mulU-r uf t'coi.uiiiy,
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a tingle preparation, It It applied Willi oil I
trouble.
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or
Srronilnnii, Mrrrnrlst. an4
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