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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
W. H. KITUHS,
w. a. pi.
tOCKTY TTOtr,
J I T C II I X A 1) r K S ,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
SCOTLAND NKCK, N. C.
mar lltf
r. H. HIKBCE.
Sit-gluS, C.
K. II. kMITH Jr.
OTLiSUNK H, K. C.
B
A 8 MIT II.
Mr K. H. Hiuliee end Mr. R. II Smllh. Jr., Conn
aelors at law. have formed a limited partner-hip
for the practice of law in Halifax county. Mr.
Buabec will ettrnd the courts of llnllfnl. regularly,
and will also villi the county believer his services
are required url I ly
Q HI Z t A H 1 II V M A S,
Attorneys at Law,
HALIFAX, N. r.
OfTlec In the Court House. Strict attention glren
to all branches of the pmlcsslon.
J.n la ly
T II U si A 8 N. HILL,
Attorney at I, aw,
HALIFAX, N. I'.
Practices in Hsllfsi and a.Joluluj ixiuntiea and
Fetleral and Miprcme ci.tirts.
aug. tf.
II A 8 0 S ,
Attornry at I,tw,
(iARYnrmi, n.c.
I'rai tlees in the courts of Northampton and ad
joining counties, alto In the Kedcial and Hiprciue
courts. June it if.
ALTER K li A S I E L,
Attorney it I. aw,
WKI.IHiN, N. c.
rraetleei In llallfai and adjoining counties.
Sorciitl slleniv.ii Kiven to collections In all parts
of the Mate and prompt returns made,
feb IT ly.
W. II A 1. L,
Attorney at I, aw,
WKLlKiX, S. C.
Special attention given tn collections and remit
tances promptly made. may 1 if.
M
t I L K N 4 MOOHK,
Atttrnrt at raw.
Halifax, n. c.
rrn tlre In ihe rimiiiin'f llttlifui, Ntrt)iAinptnn.
lulctM'wn.l, I'itt Ati'l Mnrtiii hi Iht Huprrme ttMirt
of tlip suie ml In ihr hnlt-ml t'ourtu i.fihc J-jottcrn
litiirift. CollrcUuii inn It in mr t)flherUU',
Jan 1 ly
I)
It. J. E. 8 II I E I. U 8,
Nurgeou Dentist.
Uavine Ttcrmancntlv locHted In Weldoll. can la'
found at hlaotHi e In 8mlth s Hrlek lluililinil at all
Utiles eieepl w hen absent on professional liusiuess.
i'areful attention given to all Vrauclic of the pro-
o-miuii. j-anies nuieii at tueir noiues wueu ue
slred. July 12 ly.
It. E. 1,711 I' S T E It,
Kurgeon Dentist.
Can be found at his office In F.nfli UI.
Pure N'ltMiis (Hide tias for the 1'alnless Lilrac
ting of Teeth alwaya on hand.
June .'J tf
SPRING TRADE.
1884.
I to receiving and placing on salt at popular
prices run lines 01
Fins White Goods, India Linens, Linen Lawni,
Standard Prtnia at 6' 4 to Hrts., Worsted, Poplin
Lustre, Cashmcrea, Hunting, Scotch Uing
hama, t:heck Nansouks, Printed t arn
brlci, Embroideries, Ices, and
Edgings.
A NICE LINK OF NOTIONS AND
JEWELRY.
HEAVY PLATED EAR DHOIK,
BBTTENUUSH GARNET EAR DROPS,
K At'TI Fl" L 8t' A R F PINS.
A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF
HARDWARE,
SUCH A8
Carprnteri TWi, Vockrt Ciif''ry and
Katuri.
OOTS AND SHOES.
My Grocery Department la also Airntshed wltk
risk. UsU, ltd. alolasMa. Mvmp. Mir, ('Am.
Flour, Rica, Bullae, rtupw, vplct, xtarcl), aoap and
mm aneu.
Mr-1 also ksp tha vary beat Tobacco and CI
fare. net tmi
1eLdoi1 . C.
CHOICE
LIQUORS AND
GROCERIES.
II J Bar conUint all tb cholc Braada ol
Wine, Brandira, Whiakeji, Her and miird
Drinkl are ntada ia the Beat manner. CI'
tart, Smokinc and Chewim Tobacco. Call
and eiamina them.
FAMILY GROCERIES
are cheap and all the beat kinds constantly
a kaad and stock coutinually rfflenUhad
iprJ7 3m
I THIN K or THICK.
When crimson mornihc IraiH her rot nf glory,
AonMlbe aplendid cbarolicrsuf Hie eat
I think of one whose smile Illumes my thway.
Kike iuuIh-hiiis o'er the shs-lowed bill toincaft.
When full noontide lights every vale am! meadow.
And mirth ring, out on evtry ptissiiii: brcese ;
I sigh to think we'llslt no more together.
Mid scene ns brightand beautiful us these.
When night's soft step brills h(iiiler to the wi-ury,
And bids the lalsirer he glml iigiiln ,
To think of nut ; nojoycooie-. tome pl rit,
For 1 must ever look fur thee In vain.
At morning, noon, and night, my hciiri turns ever
To hippy hours I aeiit, so long a",
With thee; while years rm I feel, my darling,
Those were the Iw-st that 1 luill ever know.
THK CIIKISTMAS TKICIC.
The cusloui of dit'oratitin" by grcon
plant and flowere in ail wirta of f catiralv,
aajs Cliarlcn DuJIcjr W timer in irr'
M'Kjadne, id 111 olJ 111 history, ami ul
course the use of evergreens ut CliriMiiws
needs no explination mr is tiie ciisluin
any Ices Cliristimi beeuue it is of im
memorial ise among jiaan tuitions. The
mistletoe bowtYcr, lnnl a unique jilace.
The Celtic people anil the Druiils hoM it
in the same veneration that the Unmans
did. It was used by tin; Romans ia re-
riuui ceremonies, ami it may have been
the "golden bough" of the infernal le
gions. The Druids gulhcred it against
the festival of the winter solstice with
great solemnity, the prince of the Ihuid.s
cutting ii himself with a golden sickle
It was used as a charm against evil spirits
and excellent medical properties are as
enbeii to it. It was supposed to possess
tho power to preserve from poison and
tho mystic property of giving fertility
Kiting under the mistletoe" may have
kad reference to this ancient belief.
There was a tradition that the maid who
was not kissed under aboiigU of mistletoe
at Christinas would not be married during
following year. There was once a
notion thut its heathen origin should x-
clude it from the Curituia8 decorations
but this found no favor with the younjj
people at any period. On the contrary
they took good care that it should be
hung and that it should have plenty of
berries, for the ceremony under it was not
duly performed if a berry was not pluck
ed off with each kiss, and ciitieiucntly
the supply of berries determined the num
ber of kisses. It did not need the Ho-
tuuu use of the plant to recommend such n
preventive of the (late of oldinaidisni.
Some trace the use of gi ei n bush decora
tion to the origoual branches of vervain
among the Romans. Willi Romaui and
lruidi the vervain was u panaceea for
every ill, and liny believed, above all,
that it ''conciliated hearts which were at
variance" another good office of any
plant in the Christmas season. The
Druids only venerate the mistletoe that
grew on the oak, but tke common mistle
toe (Viscus album), with its pearly ber
ries, is gathered from the hawthorn, the
old apple tree, the lime and the Gr, and
from other trees.
HUSBAND, WIKIC AM)t KICDI-
ITOK.
WHOSE PROPERTY AUK WKM'INU
PltES-
KNTS.
Are wedding presents the property of
the wife or the husband? This curious
question has been raised in the English
courts.
Mme. Mercicr sued Mrs. Williams for
a kill of goods to the extent of live thou
sand dollars, supplied before the litter's
marriage. She recovered judgment and
levied on Mrs. Williams' jewels. They
were wedding presents and were claimed
by tho husband as his property. The
case was tried before Lord Chief Justice
Coleridge and a jury. He instructed the
jury that in law the articles belonged to
the husband, aud that accordingly the
suit against the wife could not be main
tained. An uupeal was taken to tho
Divisional Court. Tho judges were
equally divided. Then the court of Ap
peal was called upon to decide! the iptes
tion. It held that both the wedditiL'
presents and other valuables owned by
Mrs. Williams before tier marriage be
came the property of her husband, but
that their ownership had been transferred
to her by ante-nuptial agreement. This
agcement provided that all properly of
he wife should be assigned to trustees
for turned purposes "except jciv.ds, link
ets, ornaments of the person and articles
of the like nature." There, it was de
clared in the agreement, should belong to
her for her separate use.
The case waa then eariied to the House
of Lords, which has just given its opin
ion. It sustains tho decision of the
Court of Appeal that the jewels were tho
separato property of Mrs. Williams under
tho antenuptial agreement. They were
therefore liable to seiiure by her. credi
tors. The views of the House of Imrda
on tho question whether wedding presents
become the property of tho husband or
belong to the wife do not appenr in the
report of tho opinion. The inference is
that the House agtces with the Court of
Appeal on this point also.
Oh, Clara, did you see that Mis Wal
ters Was married the other day ? ''Was
she, dearie? I hope the wedding was a
happy one." ''Oh, I gness it was. She
was had a satin train train throe yards
long."
TK.VIUCO BY HKOOIUIOUXDS.
tlVR (11 THK MOST K KM It K A BI.K
t ll.KS IN THK C IIHOXUI.Kis
It I Ml-
FOLLOWING A KOI IILE Ml RKERIR
TIIHOl'OII TWO STATES INTO THE
SWAMPS OK FLORIDA ANI RACK TO
THE M'KNK OF THK TRAIiEDY, WHERE
II F. IS AT LAST CAI'Tt'IlEI).
.V'l"' '''' '''''
Col. (Mitts, Ga., Dec. !'. The keen
scent of bloodhounds' as they followed a
devious cotirso through ibis city and to
11 point about half n mile up the river,
attracted the ntlenliou of the people yes
terday. A few moments later several
horsemen following gave evidence of fa
tigue from a long chase. Suddenly the
hounds came to a stand, mid a colored
woman, babe in unus, stood terrified un
able to move. A little way into a clump
of bushes was seen 11 colored man who was
rceogniied by Sheriff Iiurkctt, of Decatur
County and whom one of the horsemen
said was Moses Kcatoti, the murdeier of
theliodwiu family in Mitchell County.
Grasping the shotgun which he had stolen
on the night of the murder, Keaton was
taking aim, when Sheriff Rurkctt pushed
the muzzle of a British bulldog into his
his face and Keaton suddenly surrender
ed. The story of the chase is one of the
most exciting 011 record. On the morn
ing of "Wednesday, one week ago, Mr.
Alexander Godwin went to the house of
of his brother, Stephen (iodwiu, who wa
a bachelor and wealthy stock-raiser. All
was still inside, and 011 opening the door
he found bis brother lying dead on his
bed in a pool of blood, with his head
crushed and his brains oozing out. Mrs.
Gregory, his housekeeper, was lying on
another bed in the same room, with a
dreadful fracture in her temple, and was
otherwise badly mangled. Dick Gregory
her son, was found in an adjoining room,
lying dead from a similar wound. There
were no signs nf robbery about the house
Mr. (ioodwiu's trousers were found 011 a
chair by his bedside with money in tho
pockets. His gun was missing anil his
his burse and his buggy were also taken
away.
Intense excitement followed the discov
ery. A local award of $.")0I) was at once
offered. Telegrams wen1 sent to the Gov
ernor urging that tltu State also offer a
reward. A vigorous pursuit was at once
determined upon. Thero was but one,
clue, mid that was to follow the buggy
wheel tracks, which led out along the
banks of the Flint River southward. Dr.
Kaireloth, who hud been out professionally
during the niglil. declared that he hail
met a huggy ami that its occupants were
Moses Keaton, his wile and child. The
pursuing party pushed the chase through
swamp ami morass, sometimes having
sight of the track, agaiu loosing it, and
thus giving the criminal the advantage of
time.
I "poll reaching Decatur county Sheriff
Iturkett joined in the pursuit, and it was
decided t bring in the aid of dogs to
better keep the scent. On the Georgia
line and through Florida to Jackson coun
ty the party pushed. Here in a legion
of swamp lands, all truce seemed lost, and
two days wero spent in an endeavor to
regain it. Hope was aliuust abandoned.
At last another trail was struck due
uorth. It was not long until it was dis
covered that it lay not more than half s
mile parallel with the downward trip,
back through to Georgia ami within DM)
yards of the house where the tragedy had
been committed and still uorth of ikis
until a farm-house was reached, where it
was discovered that the fugitives had sold
the horse and buggy and were pursuing
their flight ou foot. This ttail was fol
lowed until the scene just outside of this
city brought the officers iu possession of
their prey.
On tho return trip to Mitchell County
with their prisoners, Keaton fully ennfes
sed the crime. lie implicated several
others and says that robbery was the
cause, as iiodwni always kept large rums
of moucy on on his pcrsou. He used un
axe and raaor in the hortible deed. .
noise outsiue gave tun murderers the lUr
that they would be caught, when Keaton
sought safety iu flight, and hence did not
s -cure one cent ol Dooly, only t lis gun
for protection and the conveyance for
flight. Taking his wife with bitu he
proceeded through to Florida, and hoping
the better to avoid detection, decided to
return north aud reach north Alabama
when ho would bo secure. Tho chase was
over miles in a straight line and must
have been nearer 1,(1(1(1 when the varia
tions' are taken into account. It is doubt
ful if ho will be allowed to roach a trial
so outraged are the peplc.
Alhanv, Ga.. Dec. 0. When Sheriff
Iturkett arrived hero with Moses Keaton
and wife, the Mitchell County murder
ers, information reached him that they
would certainly bo lynched if taken back
to the scene of their crimes. In conse
quence of this the prisoners have been
lodged in jail here to await the action of
court.
I will acouiit no sins little, since there
ia not the least but works the deatlrVif the
soul. It is all one whether I bo drowned
near the shore or out in the midst of tho
sea.
SUXIIKAMS.
A well-turned ankle has often accom
plished a well-turned bead.
iove is blind, and often when the girl
is rich and blind, it is only a blind.
The front steps are deserted now. The
season has passed when she stools to con
quer. Rounder said his wife is the light-wait
champion. She always stays up till he
comes home.
''De perfeckshun 6' dis worl' is eber in
danger," says Tnele Silas. ''De ripe, apple
is de soones' to rot."
' If you love," said a dear creature, "say
so; but if you do love me and dou't like to
sayso, squeeze my band."
A lie travels much faster than it did
formerly. The invention of tho telegraph
accounts for the increased speed.
About the only time a man wishes he
were a woman is when ho has to give up
his scat to a woman in 11 street car.
''I thought you told me you did'nt use
tobacco?" "I don't." "Rut you are
puffing a cigar now." "Yes, but that's
only a three-center. No tobaoco in it."
Some one says : "No thoroughly occu
pied man was ever miserable." Ve don't
know about that. A flea up the trousers
leg can keep a man very busy and very
miserable.
A Southern waiter told a Roston man
at a hotel that in Eastern Texas a white
man had married a negro woman. "Was
he nut derided?'' asked the llostouian.
"He was, sah. Dey ruled him him out of
town on u mil."
The doctors of a Western town have
prepared a list of non-paying patients, uud
will refuse to visit any family whose name
is on the list. One undertaker and two
tombstone dears have advertised their
places for sale.
loung wite: "l am determined to
learn at what hour 111 v husband comes
home at nights; yet, do what 1 will, I can
not keep awake, and he is always careful
not to make a particle of noise. Is ther
tiny drug which produces wakefulness?'
Old wife: "No need to 'buy drug:
Spriukle the floor with tacks."
Mrs. Kiff:
Dearie, forgot the fgps
again, did you ?" Mr. Kill : "No eg.
in town, lovely. .Mrs. Mil: My, me!
what's the cause of that?" Mr. Kill':
Don't know, unless il's because the Dem
ocrats have all the roosters." Mrs. Kiff :
'Oh, my, do roosters lay eggs?" .Mr.
Kiff: "Naw, but they like to be urotind."
The acquaintance of the female mind
with the mysteries of commerce tun! fi
nance is extensive and paralyzing. " H'by,"
said a well-to-do young woman, wbe had
just received a drygouds bill, -why do
they keep 011 sending me this? I know
well enough I got those things lust Sum
mer, and what's the use of reminding uie? '
A fond father presented bis four year
old boy with a trumpet, with which he
was greatly infatuated. All day the boy
tooted away delightedly, and at bedtime
when his graudmotlicr told him to put the
trumpet down and say his prayers, the lit
tle fellow said : "Oh, no; I'll tell you
what let's do, grandma; you pray and I'll
keep on blowing."
A NEW St HEMIC FOU LOYEUS.
From the CharleiUoH (S. C.) Si ut.
At a recent weddiug reception in South
Curoliua a young lawyer begged leave to
offer a new scheme of matrimony, which
he believed would be beneficial. He
proposes "that one man iu company
should be selected president; that the
president whould be duly sworn to keep
entirely secret all communications that
should Iks forwarded to him iu his of
ficial department that night, and that
each unmarried gentleman or lady should
write his or her namo on a piece of paper,
and under it the name of the person they
wished to marry, then hand it to the pres.
ideiit for insKH.'tion, and if any lady aud
gentleman had reciprocally chosen each
other, tho president was to inform each of
the result, ami those who hud not been
reciprocal in their choice kept entirely so
oret." After the appointment of the
president communications wen? accord
ingly handed up to the chair, and it was
learned that twelve young ladies and gen
tie m en had made reciprocal choices, but
whom they had chosen remained a secret
to all but themselves and the president
I was passing through the same place I
few days airo. and was inhumed that elev
en of the twelve matches had been so
cmnized, and that the young gentlemen
of eight couples of the' eleven had de
clared their diffidence was so great that
they certainly should not have addressed
their respective wiwes wives if the above
scheme had not been introduced.
It must lie highly gratifying to bald
beaded people to learn that a noted Ger
man professor baa clet rly demonstrated
that baldness is not merely a loss of hair,
as is vulgarly supposed, but is a mark of
superior intelligence. In short there is so
much brain it forces tho hair from the
scalp. let this fact console our friends
thin afflk-ted.
OUT OF THE WII.UICltXESS.
HOW AN INDIAN ElllTOR RAISED VP HIS
VOICE AND REJOICED.
After twenty-four years of weary wait
ing watching and praying, victory comes
at last. Let us therefurc, rejoice and
make merry, for the day of our deliver
ance is come.
Let the floods clap their hands and the
hills rejoice.
Sing, shout, yell, whoop, hurrah I
Glory in excelsis.
Rrings out tho fatted calf; let us eat,
lriuk and make merry. Johnny fill up
the bowl, and we'll all drink, and shout as
we go inarching 'round.
Koll the drum, toot tho born, blow a
loud blast on the bugle aud awakeu tho
screaming fife.
Souud the loud bazoo, jingle the merry
ringaroes, and thrill tho sweet tintiuu
bulations of tho hugag.
Sound the luto and harp, the psaltery
and the flute.
Ring out ye merry bells; ring out tho
old, ring in the new; ring, ring, ring.
Sing, Jasper, sing, and let all the peo
ple shout and sing.
Let the. bonfires glare, tho trumpet
blare; paint the outer wings and the high
way a sanguinary hue.
Let the daughters ot Dubois dauco and
sing.
From Greenland's
l'atoka's verdant stand
icy mountain to
let songs of tri-
umph rise.
Rejoice and kick up your heels.ye burgh
ers; anil you, ye yeomen, yell. Sing
unto the Lord 11 new soug; sing, sing,
sing.
Arise, git there, Kli, and you, Jehosa
phat, skip.
Behold, now the Lord hath spoken
good eoneerniug Democracy; thanks be to
Him who hath gotten us the victory.
We're git' 11 oiit'u de wilderness, der's
no 1110' ribbers fo' to cross.
l'lay a loud alarm on tlictumturu, and
awaken the dulcet notes of the rub-a-dub.
Sound the loud timbrel; play skillfully
upon a harp of a thousand strings.
Oh, come, let us ratify, jollify, glorify,
celebrate, jubilate.
Leap for joy, ye old men, and you, yti
kids, skedaddle.
Gloria in excelsis! Laudato Dominium
Yenite cxiiltanius. The year of jubilee
has come; return, ye hungry pilgrims
home; 11 royal feast is spread. Jasper
(Ind.) Timet.
WONDERFUL TALE OF A DOG
from Ihi Kunmn City .SVrtr.
A gentleman of this city owns a dog of
reuiarLahle sagacity, one whose instinct is
almost worthy the higher name of iutel-
cct. lie has been owned ever since he
was a puppy liy 11 gentleman who is a
member of the Catholic Church, aud who
docs not, therefore, have meat brought
into the house 011 Friday. This the dog
soon discovered, as he did also the fact
that the next door neighbor was not an
observer of this ancient custom. Every
Friday for years the sagacious canine
would ignore the fund given him by his
master and make a friendly visit to his
Protestant neighbor, who never' failed to
supply linn wttli meat. 1 licse weekly
visits were kept up regularly for years,
the dog never failing winter or summer to
put in an appearance at the neighbor's
on the day his master failed to supply him
with meat. Recently tho family own
ing tho dog moved to a remote part of
the city, but the following Friday, faith
ful to his custom in the past, the dog ap
peared at the home of his old neighbor
aud made bis mute appeal for dinner.
He is still a good Catholic dog six days in
the week, but every Friday lie turns l'ro-
testunt long enough to feast on meat.
Most dog stories are unreliable, but the
truth of this one is vouched for by relia
ble citizens.
LUCK.
NEARLY EVERYHODY HAS HOME FAITH
IN IT.
Speaking nf Gov. Cleveland's luck, the
thought occurs that there tire undoubtedly
lucky men mid Uii'iickr ones. OuO of
Girard's rules wss never to have any
thing to do with an unlucky man. The
Rothschilds will not employ a man who
has a reputation for ill-luck. Must, peo-
pie are believers in luck. History is full
of it. Cromwell trusted in Sep'jcmbex
3rd, Napoleon in December 2nd. Many
great men have worn trinklcts to give
them luck. Many a woman who puts on
her stocking wrong side, out rill not
change it. Few care to bo one al a table
of thirteen. In Russia they d'i not pass the
salt. Men hate to do anything impor
tant on Friday. Millions believe in the
virtues of the hurso shoe. Kruu the
most sensible people have little- eon'
tidence in the ultimate success ot a. man
who has been tho victim of un ext.-aordi
uary run of ill luck. A man's i.ntelli-
gence and integrity count for nothi ng in
the popular estimation when peoplei Lave
seen his enterprises fall one after an other,
There is a general disposition to I telieve
that it is better to be Urn lucky than
rich.
Ozikit cotton seed for sal by H. F. Sledge
Weldou, N. C, atSSets, per bushel. Call
early and get a Uargu'i. Dec.. Jl-t
THK USE OF FINGER KINGS.
While there is a touch of barbarism in
wearing rings on the fingers, yet the civ
ilized hand has so long been adorned by
them, that it would look plain and un
finished without its hoops of gold. The
ancient Romans wore the ring on the joint
just under the nail. The Hebrews wore
it on the right hand alone. The Greeks
wore their rings on the fourth finger of
the left hand, the Gauls and Britons on
the third finger of the left hand. In
l'liny's time the betrothal ring was an iron
hoop, set with a loadstone instead of a
gem.
The Romans were even greater slave s
to fashion than we of the present. They
had winter and summer rings, tho weight
and color of the rings being adapted to
the season. Tho Greeks wore woekly
rings, which were charms, and wero al
ways intaglios and cameos. Talismanio
rings were also iu use among tho Ro
mans.
Seal rings wero heirlooms and of great
value in business transactions. The wed
ding ring is of great antiquity. It is
common thing to find wives who have
been majried a lifetime, yet never had al
lowed tho weddiug ring to slip over the
finger joint. It is considered unlucky to
take it off. To lose it indicates a mis
fortune.
"As your wedding ring wears
80 wear away your carea."
It is only on very old hands that the
worn thread of gold is now seen. .
IT DIDN'T CONSOLE.
.VircAiint Tranter.
Mr. Noodle was a great bore to all the
girls of his acquaintance, and he knew he
had the reputation of being a fool but
thought oue girl in particular held to
differeut opinion. One evening he was
talking to her.
"Miss Susie," be said, "you know all
the girls think I'm a fool."
"Yes, Mr. Noodle, I've heard them say
so.
"And they think Harry Alderney is
one too, dou't thcy?
"I've heard them sny so. Mr. No' -
die."
"Now, Miss Susie, I have every confi
deuce in your judgement, and you don't
think I'm as big a fool as he is,
you?"
lo
"No, Mr. Noodle, I don't, for Mr. Al
dortiey weighs at least two hundred and
you are not near as large as that."
Noodle picked up his gloves and hat
and went out without saying good night
to her. '
HE (OliXI'.KS II EU AGAIN.
"Johnny, take the broom and go ant
and sweep the leaves off tho pavement,
mick."
"Doggone the leaves! What makes
em fall so fast?
"The good Lord causes them to fall
each year to remind us that the end of
our season of life is ever close at handi
and that we, too must soon fall.
"Well, when they come out agin in
the spring what is that to remind us
of?"
'That's to remind us that if we are
good we, like them, will bud out new and
bright in paradise."
"Yes, but them leaves dou't bud out
iu paradise; they're jilt on the same old
trees on our pavement. Accordin' to that
we ought to bud out agin down here
wh'sre wj fall of at."
"Hurry on out. Don't stand there and
talk so much."
"Yes, that's a good way to git out of
it." Kentucky Stdte Journal.
HIS STOKY W AS SPOILED.
Roekiand Coprirr.
"I toll you what," airily exclaimed
Perkins, as ho sat down to the supper
able, "I was in a tight place this after
noon.
"Yes, I know you were," interrupted
his wifo in a clear cold utterances that
out like a knife; "I saw you coming out
of it."
And then it flashed across Perkins'
mind that he bad incidentally stepped
into a saloon with a friend for the pur
pose of cxauiiug a doubtful political state-
menc with the aid of a magnifying glass
and hit contemplated anecdote slipped
from his grasp lice money at a summer
resort, while, the sapper was Bushed amid
a silence so piofound that be oould plainly
hoar a napkin rug drop.
!IKtrOOMuD I)K NHiCiF.R."
See here, Jim you bypociitical old
rascal why did you stop and ask that
nigjter for a chew of tobacco for when you
had that whole plug I gave you in your
coat pocket?
AN by, lioss, dut is nultin but a nigger 1
way of dotlgin round de bill. 1 ou see
I know'd dat nigger was gwiuo to ax m
for 'bucco aud I wasi't gwiuo to tell dat
nigger a lie about it for I belongs to de
church, I does, and so I ax dat nigger for
'baccoto keep hisa fiotu axis' me for
some. Now dat's all, Boss. Didi't you
hear him say he didn't have any, aud was
just gwiae to ax bo for some? Yahl yah!
yah! how I did fool dat uigger! You see,
Boss, 'cause you gib mo dat backer I am
gwine to gib it away to nobody for dat
would be busiu' your confidence."
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