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rvY 1 T'trT'TtfrTOT'SI I'V'I'y 1 TMrHntitniitiITfi'ri "TSMKNTS. HALL &c SLEDG-E, i-kohuktohs. VOL. XIV. A. nSTEWSF-A-IPIEiR, FOE THE FEOFLE. TEIRDVCS--'1"1 l'KH AXXCM IN ADVANCE. NO. 11. AVKLDON, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 2S, 1SS5. i . 1 (Published By Kcqntwt. MKMOItY. As o ur tbe )ial, the hallowed pual, reflections softly weep, And quick revives the pleasiui; menm which mem ory fondly keep", A thrill uf joy lntliM bleat ihotiKUU eU-also'er my splrlt'i chords And wakens then a melody tuu pure for mortal words. I cai not si ui; Hie nit'rniin limn ; The heirt nliinc run still prolong It blissful lift', hiHplrliiK Hirufiia siiHWt'et, ho deep, so strung. How likuiiu angel nenr to me thy tove'y Image seems, It comet to bless my solitude, to beautify my dream , 1 hear again thy pleasing voice, 1 sec thy winning smile; Oh! how favored to cusjnnuiio with one so.frea from guile, I would not break the tutulr sprit, I would not these emotions nuull That fill tbu fcuaUIn of the nl ws from a cltrystal well. IIow swwtths time how lull orjuy, how uwirt It mllet sway When In thy prencnif I huve mmm-(I the Uct tlng hour of day ; When wo have gain) ou inimre (sir a run ad, be ncaih, above. And felt her Inspiration dHpud hi-Ard her voice of love; Or when we sought the urovctt ho fair And paid imr mini's devotion there; Such halhtw dhouw of fond duliKht O! would we ft illicit Nharo. DO( TOR'S STORY. Lati' oiii! afternoon in the nutuinn of 1845, un returning to my office after vis iting some patients, I found this note tying on my table : "Dr. Jaukr: Will you du mc the favor to call at my office thin evening be fore retiring? I have something of im portance to communicate. Yours truly, "J. I.. Oabhettson." The office that I occupied waa in a large, old fashioned building (since torn down,) on Arch Street, Philadelphia. It was a large double mansion. I occupied the right hand parlor as an office in con junction with a young destist, while Dr. Garrcttaou who owned the homo, oucupicl the left. Dr. Garrettson at that time was a man about thirty-live though ho looked ten years older. He was rather tall, and slim in figure, with a face that had once been handsome, though this was noarly obliter ated by trouble, hick new, or something else, Though with the reputation of being a skilled physician, his solitary habits kept the fraternity from seeing much of him. Indeed, he was the most secluded man that I ever met. Having had my office for three years under the same roof with Dr. Garrettson, and in all that time not having exchanged a doicn words with him, of course I was surprised on rcadin; his note. My friend, th : dentist, retiring about seven o'clock, I finished my business for the evening, and k ii jeked at the doctor's door. A voice bid me enter. I opened the door. The shutters were closed, and there was a lamp burning ou the table. The doctor wus standing near the door, with his hnuds placed behind him. I weut in. As I was turning around to close the door I received a heavy blow from behind, which stunned me ; though I seem to have a faint recollection of the doctor's turning the key in the door and then binding me. lie that as it may, however, I know, when I recovered, I was bound band and foot, and so tightly that I could not stir, while I was securely gagged by a large handkerchief being stuffed in my mouth, and then being firmly tied behind my neck. I could neither stir nor speak; all I could do was to listen and tremble, for I suspected the doctor intended taking my life. I waa speedily reassured however. "You have nothing to fear, Dr. James,'' said the doctor, who had taken a scat near the table, while ho had placed me on a chair near the door; "I meditated no harm to you. I am sorry I was com pelled to hurt you, but 1 had no other method of accomplishing my object. Mo tors we proceeded to busings, I will ex amine the wound I gave you." So saying he took tho scissors and cut the hair away from the neighborhood of the wound. lie then bathed my head and placed a cooling lotion on it. "There," he said, as he finished, "I think you'll not suffer much from it now." " The doctor, for some time after he had fixed the wound, did not speak, but continued pacing the room in deep thought. It was raining outside and there was little noise in the street. All wai quiet nave the ticking- of the clock and the noise ef the dsclar'i feet. I r!! ly feelings ai I tat there, bound hand foot and mouth, waiting for him to speak. At last he stopped his walk and 'tatiog seat near me, began : "I have a confession to Bake tonight. The eonfessien must not be told till 1 am dead. After the confession I intended to hang myself. The door will be broke in the morning, and you will be released. This will explain my conduct toward yon this evening. "You have known me, I believe, for about three years. Von have heard me ipoken ff at strain aw, you think I am a strange man. When you have heard my story you will know what made 113 SO. 'My father was a wealthy cotton plan ter; I was an only son. After being pam pered and spoiled at home, till uiy con duct w is unbearable to all that came in my way, I was sent to college in one of our Xortliern States ami afterwards trans fcrred to the University of Pennsylvania, I studied medicine and in due time grad uated with high honor. My father's money soon placed me in a respectable position us a doctor in one of our large Southern cities. In a short time I hud gained an extensive practice. "With one of she families that I come in contact with 'dwelt a young woman named l.uuru Moycr. She was employed as governess, but her beauty and other at tractive qualities won her a place in the hearts of those with whom she resided, and she was treated more us a daughter than a governess of their children. "Kate, as it were, threw mc constantly in this youug lady's way. If I went to u ball, she was there; if went to a theatre, I was sure to meet her, and ut every social meeting I attended she invariably con stituted one of the party. "From this frequent intercourse ripened friendship; uud from friendship, love. Though my social position placed me far above hers, still love make up equal, and finally I proposed to her and was ac cepted. ".My family was greatly against this alliance. Kvery inducement was offered tuc to break my promise of marriage and marry a rich beauty of my parent's selec tion, lint all their pleadings were in vain, and wc were married, though from the moment of our marriage my father disowned me. "My practice was good and wo suc ceeded very well in keeping up an ap pearance of wealth. My wife's beauty and attractions drew many of the elite of the city to our home; indeed, but for those attractions, if she had been a plain, re served woman, instead of tho belle of every assemblage, I'd not havo to tell this story to night. "One of our many visitors waB a young man named Larue. He hud all the qual ities that charm the female sex young, handsome, witty, with a dash of mystery about him, and a thorough man of the world. He was also the most anient ad mirer of my wife, and was seldom absent from the house. "I dun't think I lira naturally a jealous man that is, enough to accuse a man without strong proof of his critic. Hut I saw so many things between l.nrue and my wife that would have aroused the sus picion of the most confiding husband living. "To get my wife from tho influence of Larue 1 relinquished the extensive prac tice I hadgcincd by skill and industry, and came here to Philadelphia. Here I pur chased the home that wc are occupants of, and it was here in this houso that the crime was committed that has been hang ing on my conscience like a millstone for years, and which I will atone for to-night by my owu hand. "Wo had lived here porhn three mouths. I had put forth my greatest energies, and succeeded very well in get ting patients; my wife Bceincd to retuin to her allegiance to me, and I thought I had a full store of happiuess before me, when one day, on returning to uiy borne, 1 sur prised my wife in the anus of Iarue. I was overwhelmed with passion. I threatened to kill him on the spot if he didn't leave my house. lie had the ad vantage by his impend ruble coolness, and he answered my threats with insolence llo loll tbe house, promising to cu" agaiu when he pleased to do so. (I appealed to my wife to renounce all thoughts ot l.arue, reiuiniling her ol my constancy as a husband. But her head seemed turned nguin by her lover, and she was us insolent as he. "I suspected the lovers would have stoleu interview that evening, as they knew I would be absent. But I had de termined to stay at home unknown to them aud watch. "My suspicions were correct, I heard Larue come. They weut into the parlor. Silently I crept into an adjoing room, and through the koy hole watched them. 1 hoard all that was laid and done. They were planning an clopraent. "It was then the thought of murder first occurred. I would kill tho false wife and deceitful lover. Hut how T "To use firearms would discover mc, aud Larue haviug greater strength and being more active than I, would have the advantage in a personal encounter, I had ill "I would first stupefy them, then com mit the murder, "This is the way I occomplishcd the deed: "My wife proposed having a little (up per, and I knew they would use wine. I procured a bottle and drugged it, then placed it in a conspicuous position. The bottle of wine was used, and the lovers wero toon, with their arms eutwined, locked in the embrace of sleep. "The rest waa soon done. My first step waa to bind their arms securely, then with a rope, I strangled 'them aa they tat locked in each other anna, "Hut alter the murder I It was no aioticr committed than I repented it. Here were tho bodies those damning witnesses what was to be done with them ? I could not bury them, and my blood shrank from burning them. "Yes, there was u way ! I partly un- lerstood the art of embalming. It was my only chance to escape detection. I put my skill to work, and before morning I had the bodies embalmed and hid. I'lii! next day 1 informed my neigh bors that my wife hud fled, and I ex pected she had eloped with Larue. I was believed. My eliuraelei placed me above suspicion." Here the doctor censed speaking, and taking a pi n and paper, wrote for a con siderable time, lie then scaled the paper, anil laying it on the table, said : "That paper finishes the story, together with instructions 1 wish obeyed; I see your position is painful, but there can be no help till morning." He then bid mo good bye, telling me I should never sec him again ulivc. 1 managed to get on the floor, and I laid there till morning. I don't know how many hours I remained awake, suf fering with my cramped position, but at last sleep came to lue, anil 1 slept till 1 wakened by the iioise of breaking in the door. The note the doctor had left told us the bodies were concealed in a cbimnev. that was walled up, and that his body world be found in the garret. He wanted all three taken South, uud buried near their former homes; and there was more in struction regarding the property that he hud bequeathed to bis parents. Wc found the bodies where the doctor hail indicated; and he was found hanging in the garret. His wishes wero complied with to tho letter bis parents coming on and taking charge of the bodies. This has been years ago; but I shall never forget the night when I was com pelled to listen to the doctor's story. S1MRIT HANDS SI,AII'EI HIS FAt'K. HOW A WII.MINIITUN MAX WAS KKIIf- KKII Kdlt I.A11MI1MI IN A WAI N 1KI Hill SE. This city lias a haunted house, occupied by James Peadrick, whose family consists of himself, wife, five children and two sis ters of his wile, the eldest sister being about sixteen years old. To the latter the apparition wus first made manifest. She says that it is the ghost of her moth er, Mis. Kinyon Carroll, who died three years ago, near White Luke, Hladen coun ty, whence the two sisters came. The other sister is named Muttic and is eleven years old. Last Thursday night Pead rick came home and found his family wild with excitement. Matlie culled to Pead rick to come into the room, us her mother was there. She said that the pillows were thrown ull over the room, aud that the same unseen hand had a little while before tinned out the kerosene lamp which is burning on a chair. Peadiiek wus inclined to laugh ut Muttie's statement, when he felt a sharp blow on his fuec from an unseen hand, the room being at that time well lighted. M.ittie tlicu called out that she could loth sec arid hear her mother. As she said this a pillow was thrown from the bed and fell across the room. Peudrick's sou, ten years old, suid thut he could see aud hear his gruuduioth er. Neither the lad nor Matlie showed any fear, but the other mcaibcrs of the family became nervous. All night pillows were thrown about and strange noises were heard. Friday night the same state of affairs existed. Onee a pillow was thrown from the bed in a brightly lighted room directly in Peudrick's face. Sunday night people went to the house iu nuiubeis to lend uid in ferreting out the mystery. Several of iheiii on seeing the pillows fly and hearing noises became alarmed and some ladica fainted. The eldest Miss Car roll has been afflicted with dropsy. She spoke with perfect freedom about the mutter. She is uneducated, but seems to he honest iu ull she says, and is conobo. luted ill her stuteiiienls by Mrs. Peudiiek and others who were present. She had seen her niotlicr once before since lur death, mil that wus in ('laden county. A number of persons are nightiy at the bouse and an effort will be made to unravel the mystery. Then- is nothing about the house or surroundings or any of the mem hers of the family which would suggest trickery or I rami. A CONMIIIF.K A'l'K M AV A man who had stopped and and cor dially "tvik-n hind" with an acquaintance, approached a p.n .y of loafers and said: ' If everybody would act ri I do there wouldn't be half so much !ll-fecling in the world. Years ago thut fellow and 1 w,rc equal socially, but regardless of tho fad that I have risen above him, I continue to treat him politely." "Who it he?,' asked one. "A member of the Legislature." "You are the Governor, I suppose?" "Oh, no, I am a justice of the peace." Ark'ixiuw TrarrUrr. A good conscience it no real consolation to a man when appearances are all against bio. I.K la. There is one kind which some people cull I'ute, and it is not for an bumble ob server like myself tn say that the name is a wrong one, though I contend that very often tho greater cvouts in life's, course owe their existence to what seems like the merest chance fur more like a pure ly accidental result thun anything thut has been foreordained. There is unother kind which is commonly spoken of by the simple work "luck," the adjective "good" being generally uuderstood while the opposite species is giving it full ti tle. Perhups nobody can really explain just what constitutes this peculiar, indefinable, but iindeiiiulily powerful influence which lightens ami shades, in turn, the whole liuuiun life-course from the cradle to the gruve. Capricious, too, it is, unci is rising superior to the wind in the length of its stay in one quarter, is varied, to all ui pcurunccs, by every bit as small a circum stance. Sometimes it will follow a man for years, giving him health, happiness, the right woman for his wife, and, more frequently than not, making his business prosjiects far more bright and promising thuu those of a man possessing twice bis talent and ability. Then it will suddenly change, and too often it is the ruse that everything gws at once, for "misfortunes never come singly." One seems to bring on another, and though it is not as gener ally commented upon, yet it is neverthe less mid equally true fact thut good luck seldom comes iu one installment either; the first success is a pretty sure forerunner of others, when nee the tide has really turned. It has been frequently said that so-cull ed "good luck" is nothing more nor less than the well-deserved triumph which is popularly supposed to crown all honest hard work. This may be truo in many cases, and the maxim is doubtless an ex cellent one to impress upon tho youthful minds of the rising generation; but I am afraid the rule has unfortunately too many exceptions to bo proved really true. In every city of the Vnion can be found to day hundreds of honest, good principled. many of them tulcnted men, who huve worked hurd from their youth up, who huve actually used their utmost powers iu the pursuit of honorable labor, and yet what have they gained? Some a bare living, others not thut, while many of them, with energy enough in spite of for tunes frown, to attempt rising iu the world, merely live through a succession of failures. Young people are frequently tempted to condemu a man for not advancing high er on the ladder of life us time goes on, and very often his failure may be due to a lack of that spirit and pluck without which he becomes we'l nigh helpless; but a little experience will show them that without luck the average mortal can really gain no permanent success; he niuy try venture alter venture, but nothing pros pers with him until the scale turns. Kvcu in the smaller affairs of every day, luck seems to exercise no little influence; some times whatever is takeu in baud prospers, llo matter bow many circumstances will couikiue against success, and frequently this will extend over a whole week if not longer. It is the same way when the luck suddenly changes; whatever is generally regarded as the must ccraiu success fails, and everything else goes in its wake. This is a odd truth but that it is the simple truth and nothing more, will be readily admitted by those who give a littlo of their at -mion to the course of smaller events. A TAI.klNti PIANO. A piano which gives an imitation of the human voice has been nwnlly brought from Vienna. The principle of its con struction is different from that of the pho nograph, voicing the ideas of the npciator iustcad of reproducing tbe words. The piano is made to utter sounds and words more or leas intelligibly by mechanical con trivances in imitation of all the separate organs of siefeh ill man. A bellows from behind sends the force of air into the larynx, where the piimal sound is produ ced by the vibrations of a thin piece of bone. The sound coming from here is modified at will. The lips and tongue are made of India rubber, and the lower jaw and tongue are movable and thus able to control the sound which are produced. To supply the place of a nose, directly un derneath the mouth and in connection with it is u leiuon-shupcd chamber to which a rubber tulie curved upward forms an outlet. When the air is driven through the nusul totiuda of the instrument ure prisi'tced. A scries t stops pliiceu di rcctly in front of the vocal cords in the larynx, and under the control of tbe oper ator by pcduls, regulate the pitch of the sound. The key-board ly whiih it is operated consists of fourteen keys repre senting fuuitoen distinct letter or sounds. The others ire formed by combinations. The tone is necessarily hard and rough, but the enunciation is said to bo surpris ingly distinct. The piano was invented in 1804 by a resident of Vienna, and has been widely exhibited throughout Europe- An act ef kindness, t a shivering beg gar child it a profession of religion. tiiiTi:A. 's ciKxra. The list of the fatalities of those who were associated with the prosecution or defenco of (luitcau is strikingly lurgc, says a Washington correspondent. The District Attorney, whom (iuitcuu's voeu- bulury wus exhausted to curse, bus been grieviously ufllieted. The sudden (kith of his wife, his practical suspension during the Star route trials, and the loss of the office are the chief misfortuecs. thoimh by no means the only ones that have befallen him since the trial. Two of the oflicers who had (luiteuu ill charge havo died, one having been murdered. Of the jury that convicted him one bus died, one bus been in un insane nsyliim, two huve failed in business, unci some of the others have seen nothing hut trouble since the verdict was rendered. The judge who sentenced fiuiteuu was the owner of a hotel thut, without warning, collapsed one night lust summer, killing several people uud caus ing a heavy pecuniary loss. One of the physicians who testified that Guitouu was sane was afterwards murderously attacked by an insane patient; unother hud serious lcgul trouble, while the noted alienist who insisted that the assassin wus not respon sible for his act died suddeiitly in the prime ol life, and with all enviable uud increasing reputation as a specialist. The domestic troubles of Mr. Scoficld, the brothcr-iii-luw who defended (luiteuu, de veloped at last into a public scandal, fol lowed by a divorce. Dr. Woodward's death wus hustoncd, it is believed, by the nervous strain caused by his attendance on the dying President, while Dr. llliss suf fered very greatly iu health by the rea son of his sleepless care of Garfield, found after the President's death that his prac tice was scattered, and had to moot other embarrassments. Marshal Henry, who had Guiteuu in charge, was removed from office not long after in some disgrace, while Garfield's stewards, Crump, lu'd the foundation for organic disease by his faith ful nursing of tho President, and other misfortunes wero entailed, so that he had ut lust to ckc out a living by keying a cheap restaurant in a basement. Iu view of such a list the superstitious find a good deal of food for comment. Among the more ignorant of the negroes in W aslnngton, duiteau bus long been regurded as the evil one. HOW LONG TO NI.KKP. The latest authority on this vexed ques tion, Dr. Malius says that the proper amount of sleep to be taken by a man is eight hours. So far as regards city life the estimate is probably correct. Prover bial wisdom docs not apply to conditions of social existence: modern "l'ive (hours) for a in in, seven tor a woman, ami nine lor a pig, says one proverb; ana a second, quoted by Mr. Ilazlitt is his Lnglish Proverbs, declares that uature re quires five; custom allows seven; hizincfs takes nine uud wickedness eleven." These conclusions were, however, drawii from observation ol country die. Physical fa tigue is more easily overcome thun intel lectual. Which of us when travelling in the country or ubroud, or in any way sep arated from the ordinary ptoeess thought and anxiety, has not found that he could, without difficulty, du with a couple of hours less sleep than he was in the habit of taking? Met, however, who follow an intellectual pursuit are exceptionally for tunate if the prooossi'a of restoration oc cupy less thuu seven hours. More fre quently they ixtend to eight or uiue hours. Kant, I sec it staled, took never less than seven hours. Goctli owned to requiring nine. Soldiers and sailors, on the other hand, like laborers, do with much less quantity. I am afraid to say how few the Duke of Wellington rcgurd ed as essential. A school master under whom at one time I s.udied, a hard work ing man ut the acquisition of languages, proclaimed loudly that he never took more than live hours' sloop. The hour at which he rose in the morning gave some color to this assertion. (July in alter hie dm I disc-over that a two hours' post-prandial siesta wus not included in that allowance. Tilt Tlll-t i.M:si. Of all happy houses that is the hap piest where fulsehood is never thought of. All peace is broken up when it happens that there is a lial in the house. All com lort lias gone When suspicion has once entered wncn more must be a ntcrvc in talk and reservation in la-lief. Anx ious parents, who urc aware of the pains of suspicion, will place general confidence in their children, and receive what they ay freely, unless there is strong reason to distrust the truth of ny. If such an oc casnin should unhappily arise, they must keep the suspicion from spreading as lung as poasiblc, and uvoid disgiacing their poor child while there is a chance of its cure by their confidential assistance. He should have their pity and assiduous help as if he were suffering under some disgusting bod ily disorder. If bo can bo cured he will become tiuly grateful for tho treatment. If the endeavor fail, uicans must of course be taken to prevent his example from harm; and then, as I said, the family peace is broken up, because the family confidence is gone. To extol one'i own virtue is to make a vice of it. A ItEAl'TIKl'L THOUGHT. How few men seein to havo formed a conception of the original dignity of their nature, or the exulted design of their crea tion. Keguriling themselves only us a creature of time, endowed meiely with an imal pussiuns and intellectual faculties, their projects, aims, aud expectations urc circumscribed by the narrow outline of human life. They forget lli.it instability und deeuy urc written, as with a sunbeam, upon all earthly objects that this world, with nil its pugeuulry, and pomp, aud pow er, in crumbling into dust that this life is scarcely deserving of u single thought, excepting us it forms the introduction to itiuawler, and (but he alone nets u prudent or lutional part, who frames bis plans wilh lireet reference to thut fiitiiie uud endless state of being. Sin has so blinded the understanding, and debused the allecliuns, thut men never fail to invest some tem poral good with fancied perfection, and idly imagine that the attainment of it would satisfy the desires and fill the cu pueities of the immorlul spirit! How little do they know themselves I The soul is not of the eurth, and they will strive iu vuin tc chain it to the dust. Though its native strength bus been impaired, und its purity tuinishcd, and its "glory changed," it will not always be a prisoner here. Send it furtb, if you will, to range through the whole uiuteriul universe, und like the dove dismissed from the urk, it will return with out finding a single place to rest for it bus no resting place but the bosom of God. in: Ail I 'I I. rimiiTi: to vomi:n. We huve seen many beautiful tributes to lovely women, but the following is the finest we ever road : " Place her among the flowers, foster her as a tender plant, and she is a thing of fancy, waywardness, and folly annoyed by a dew-drop, fretted by the touch of a butterfly's wing, ready to faint at the sound of a beetle or the rattling of a window-sash at night, and is overpowered by tbe perfume of the rosebud. Hut let real calamity como, rouse her uffections, en kindle the fires of the heart, and mark her then how strong is her heart ! Place her in tho heart of battle give her a child, a bird, or anything to protect and see her in a relative instance, lifting her white arms as a shield, as her own blood criinsous her upturned forehead, praying for her life to protect the hopeless. Trans plant her in the dark place of the earth, call forth her emergencies to action, and her breath becomes a healing, her pres ence a blessing. She disputes inch by inch the strides of a stall ng pestilence, when man, the strong anil brave pule and affrighted, shrinks away. Misfortune hurls her not; she wears away a life in silent endurance, and goes forth with leas timidity than to her bridal. In prosper ity she is a bud full of odors, waiting but for the winds of adversity to scatter them abroad gold, valuable, but untried ill the furnace. In short, woman is a miracle, a mystery, the centre from which radiates the charm of existence." 1:.1X'ITKI I.V THK IM.ACKOF HIS MOV. A well-known evangelist relates that during the terrible times of the French Revolution a young man of noble birth was condemned to death. One morning he, alone with many others, wus hurriedly brought out fur exoeutiou. Oue oflcr another of his companions entered tbe futu) box, and at last his name was read from the roll. Just t it was pronounced some one stepped quietly forward and yielded himself to the executioner, and received Ihe sentence thut hud becu passed on the young man. When the officers of the law cuine Iu the end of their list, this young man was still there, but now they hud no warrant for his execution, und be was conveyed buck to prison. In i few days a free pardon was granbsl to all the piisoncrs, and, now t free man, he joyfully took his way homeward. Knicring the house he rushed into one room it search of his father, but fciling to fiud him there went to his father's study, where be no ticed a letter lying on the desk addressed to himself, and, lifting it, he saw it waa his father's band-writing. With the ner vous hand he broke the seal and read: "My dear son, I could not endure the thought that you should die. I have taken your place. I am old; and you are young, and will bear the family name, and may do much good in the world. Your loving Fatiikr. Is not this a picture of what Christ has done for us ? When wa were justly ft n deinued he came and trnik our place, and suileied uud died, the just lor tho unjust, to save us from eternal woe." An Onoiidiigo Countrmuin has had his teeth pulled, to help him to stop chewing tobacco. This is on the princip'e in vogue among the Chinese, where they out off a boy's head to cure bim of swear ing. There is somewhere a fool-key to your friend's nature, and if you can find it you can make him dunce to any tune you whistle. If maukiud should be turned into differ ent forms of ftod, an "old maid" would make dry toatt. CHILDHOOD. Let those talk of the miseries of child hood that will. I never knew misery in mine; und woe to him that makes the glad heart of infancy sad! He fears the fu ture bud of promise, he is making that woful which God intended to be glad aa the angels in heaven. The wisest and the best of men, let them have grown great, and learned, and honorable as they might, have ulwuys looked buck to ihc shining duys of llieir curly youth, ere cur' hud made its nest in the hort, und said V.tb a sigh, "0, that I were a boy once moic?" Muu is a being that must bo pursuing some object; the boy in the country has a thousand objects of brut uy and curiosity to cell I'. rib his attention and anient spir it, und he is us happy us the day is long, ut the same lime thut he is laying up a store of stiviigth und health for years of c.tre uud gruve duties as he grows up. Ah! those were the times. Alter yeuis we muy be successful uud even gloiioiis; wo may conquer difficulties, und dispense good and achieve, genuine honors; we may grasp power and dwell in the veiy hip of liches; but there never will come flowers like those then Lathered; pleasures so pure und exquisite us those then enjoyed; never such sunshine, never such beauties in air and eurth, iu thicket and wood and water never any tiling o like to heaven till heaven itself is reuched. William llumU. SIIUKWI) I'KOVEKIM. Church music is eusy to a choir. A fight among bosses is sure to produce boss schism. Many live as if they were a snail and the world their shell. The dude is the connecting link between the puppy and the monkey. A pony of brandy at night will become a nightmare before morning. Man never wins a greater victory than when he conquers his own beseting sin. In governing a hody of men love is often incompetent where hate is all power ful. The man who kills two organ jrinders where oue lived befoie is a public benefac tor. Mauy low occupying front seats in this world may occupy the frout heats in the next. A religion that does not stick to a man during business hours is no good after bus iness hours end. "Woman is the Sunday of mau" says Krratic Karique. Yes, and she if man's comforter on his weak days. If a praying machine were invented many would use it, if it did nut take too much time from their business to wind it up. ALL SOUTH OF MINDS. There is a strong disposition of men of opposite minds to despise each other. A rave man cannot conceive whut is the use of wit in society. A person who takes a strong common sense view of the object is for pushing out by the head and shoulders an ingenious theorist, who catches at the slightest und faintest analogies; aud an other man who scents the ridiculous from afar, will hold uo commerce with him feels exquisitely the fine tecliiigs of tbe heart and is alive to nothing else; whereas, talent is talent, and mind iu mind, in all its branches I Wit gives life one of its best flavors; common sc;ise lenus to imme diate acliou; largo and comprehensive views cause its annual rotation; ridicule chastisis folly aud keeps men iu their proper sphere; subtlety seines hold of the tine threads of truth; analogy darts away it the must sublime discoveries; feeling paints all the exquisite passion of man' soul, and rewards him by a thousand in ward visitations for the sorrows that come from without. God made it I It is all good ! We despise no sort of talent; they have all their separate duties and uses all the happiness of uicu fur their object; they all improve, exalt and gladden him. AN EASY SENTENCH. AVie Ynrk Graphic "You are charged with bigamy," le- marked the Judge impressively while the prisoner glanced over his shoulder at three stcrn-vis-uged women. "Now contiuued the Court, "I intend to give you the severest penalty the law allows." Here the prisoner covered hit face with his hands and wept. "I shall sentence you to the State pris on for twenty yeais. n hat are you grin- uing at? "I thouehi, NmihMf fh r!9n! through his tears, "you was a-goitg to turn me loese. Isrok out for the man who makea lib el si use of the personal pronoun "I," conversation, for the chaacca are that he it t liar. "I leave to my heirt in abundance of hate, envy and legal strife," would be tn appropriate clause in the last wills of moat men. A reporter for a Wisconsin paper w ritet: "Those who personally know our esteemed fellow citixcn, Cel.--, will regret hear that he Wat brutally assaulted hut evening, but tot killed. I'ubtlsheil By Ecqutnt.J KEGKKT. There is a certain solemn, self-condem natory, regretful sentiment pervading the ibjoincd impressive stanzas that will come home to many a heart, that so yearns for another "touch of the vanished hand" and for another sound of the voice that is still." I low very tender tho look we would give our dear friend from whom we were parating, li we ouly kucw it was Dual I I low soft and warm the grasp of uur hand upon bis, if we but kucw that tbe next time we touched it, it would be as lifeless aud cold as marble I How subdued, how sad, how loving the very tones of our voice we said "good bye." if we had a premo nition it was the last time that it should bo ill Ihc curs of him whose great, loyal, gushing heart wus so soon to be forever asphyxiated! Oh, those sad, regretful, tearful words "If I had Known." How tender, how dear, how sweet the memory of some long-tried friend, who ad been "grappled to our souls wilh hookt of steel," but who is now lying so still in the "alabaster arms of death I" The mem ory of such a friend comes over the open ing petals of the heart like the dew of the morning, or like spice-laden tcphyrs from ruby the lllest. Christian Kcid is '.Vo, author, and we doubt not our readers will be pleased to have tbein : If I had kuuwn, O loyal heart, Vi'lii-n, html to hand, we laid farewrll, How for all lime our paths would pari, Wlist shadow u'er uur friendship fell, 1 should have cloxped your haad wcloM In the warm premura of uiy own, That memory still would keep lb (nun, Ifl had known. If 1 had known when farand wide, We loitered thrauah the summer laud, What presence wandered by uur tide, And o'er yuu stretched itsawfiil haud, 1 should have hushed my careleuiimnch, To listen, dear, to every tone That fruin your lips fell low and tweet, iflaadkuowa. Ifl had known, wheto your kind eyea Met mine tn psrUnf , true and sad Eyei gravely tender,fently wise, And earnest, rather, mere than xtsd, lluw moob ihe lids wonld 11 above, As cold and white as sculptured itona, I should have treasured every xtanct, If I had known. If I had known how, from the ilrift Of fern, bopea, paaiiona, her below, I'nto ii purer, higber life That you were called, O friend tojo, 1 ihould haveatayed my feoliih teen, And hushed eaeh Idle itgh and uiwii. To b!4 you a last, long Oodtpeed, Ifl bad known. If I bad known to what atnuife plaef , What myatle, dlatant, aileat ibore, You ealmly turned your leadtait tmct What time your fuoUtepe left my door, 1 should bare forged a golden link, Te bind tbe heart to cunatant grown, And keep it eonatantever there, If I bad known. Ifl had known that until Death Khali with hli Angara tench my brew. And Hill the quickening of the breath That atlra with life full meaalug bow, Ht long my feet rauit tread the way Of our arcuthtmed paths alone, 1 should have luiicd your presence mar Ifl had known. Ifl had known how tooa for you Dn-w near the ending of the fight, And on your vision fair and new, Eternal peace dawn Into alght, . 1 ahould ha e begged, aa lave's last gi ft, That you before God's great white throne, Would pray for your poor friend on earth. Ifl had known. ALL SORTS, What is society, after all, but a mixS ure of mister-iea and miaa-eriee? The idea of teaching every girl ft thump a piano and every boy to be a book-keeper, will wake potatoes 14 per bushel in twenty years. He is rich who it poor enough tola generous. About a pint of tears go to every pleas ure, taking the world ever. , He who must use hit eyas for earl heart much that is lost amid the noisy rattle of speech. As a rule, the man who askt for credit it a whiskey-shop it bcyotd hope of re demption. Make light of your infirmities if yon desire sympathy. Utelett repiaiugt excite disgust. Take from what hat been .written that rbich has done mankind no solid good, tnd a Saratoga trunk would bold tbt rest. If you go on an excursion and tbe teat are all taken, stand up as long u yon eat and then cry out, "Man Overboard!", Ev ery woman will rush for tbe nil. A young man tent sixty cents to l firm in Michigan who adveitited a rocipe U prevent bad dreamt. Ht received a alia of paper on which waa written, "Don't go to tleep." An old bachelor explain! the oourag of tbe Tutkt by taying that t mat with atom than one wife ought to be willing to face death at any time. Five thousand brooa-bandlol a da an made in fihiocten, Wit., and the name! male Shioctoner never stays out at night, Ietger than nine o'clock. ) '"A Vermont hotel keeper hat whites washed a big cliff in tight of bit r bouse that It nay resemble n irtow bsuk, and canst curiout people to tab tuny ojtaa- wo. 4, 4
Roanoke News (Weldon, N.C.)
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