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VOL. XIV.
A. FOB THE PEOPLE.
WELDON, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1SS5.
enx;i: ami this ii.m;k
m:ss. The eyptlml Hpnrkleii wllli a lluxh .if mirth
In quonrh'ileru Iiiiik In wt'Hlng ntrriiini of iur
rnw ;
Ti'iu-h flouti the lourt't' when huigattr hud It blrtli;
To dny e smile mu melt ia woo to morrow.
The tmitu ami llni'mm uls wt hM m d-r
Hnnli'ii miii Ktlfli-ii tn it inarlU Milliliter;
We look iur bint iiii the hniiTnl K nr,
And add oti nlci'juT to a fount I cm iiiimWr.
Itut love In I'hutiitclrsM lu the clirtligHfiW notll,
TIhuikIi born of earth and. retir'd hi Imuiui that
Ildoy'd un tlu winuH of hrkh iwthry roll,
It cltiiKs tuini'iiiiirii-H It wii)t wont in tlurlsh.
Ainldnt llio xlortef of yon radliint hklcN,
Transplanted thither from 0 morttil dwelling,
It dreams of tlnwc for whom In flenhy kuI
With tendermi thought it faithful hrea.l Mm
swelling.
Ob! fondly nurture In ihy )i nrl of heart
The iirecloilH germ whon- rodni:e IjIohmi piiih ever,
And when thy unirlt from the body arU,
Life's Mured lie e'en death will full tn covert
MRS. UKTLAW.
idle
"Yes," I henrd liim way, "I do love
Minnie, and as you know, wo arc cujiugcd;
but I must say, the more neo you the
weaker rows my love for her."
'Henry,'' I hoard her say, ''you know
you told uic in your Idler that
you wen mistaken, and that your love for
her w:i- only imaginary; and it is a (iity
that a Hue and intellioont youiu; man like
you should throw yourself away by marry
ing a plain, unpolished country girl,
Come now; think what you are doin;:."
' I really don't know what to do," 1
heard him say as they moved away.
I didn't attempt to follow; I had heard
enough. How 1 reached my room
hardly know, but I soon found myself
there.
"A plain, unpolished country pi'l, ah
In a moment all the love T bad ever bail
for her turned to hatred, "He loves me,'
I said to myself, and she, with her soft
loojta and flattery is trying to persuade
him that he does not. If she was only
out of the way he would turn again to me.
ami the love she has robbed me of would
noon be regained. For hours 1 w.dked
the floor, and linally stopped at a liltli
table, and laying my hand on a lar'i
Hible that rested there, I vowed thai I
would put her out of the way. 1 would
ask her to take a row in my boat I would
take her out in the river upset the boat
swiui to laud ami leave her to drown
"Mother!"
'Don't reproach me, daughter don't
my conscience has done enouud) of that
already pity luc if auythin
After forming this terrible resolution, 1
went to bed, but slept none (hat night, ami
ou going down to br -akfxst the next inorn
ing fouud l'atti - a'ready there.
"Well, dear, bow is your head this
morning?" I a.-,k,-d smiling ami kiting
her.
"My headache is completely gone
said. "Sleep is a real physician."
After breakfast I asked her if she would
like to take a walk. She said she would
and putting ou our hats we walked oil' to
ward the river.
' By flic way, Mollie," she said, as we
re u lied the river cilia1, 'Miniiose you I til
til your promise by rowing me over t
Milieu Island; it is such a pretty day and
am anxious to ttec the islaud you have
spoken of o often
Nothing could have boon more in ac
cordance with my plans, and I readily
agreed to it. This island was about
quarter oft mile up the river. About
twelve or fifteen feet from ita shore were
ouic huge rocks, and when the water was
low, as it was on this occasion, they were
just a little below the surface.
This was the place I had determined to
upset the boat. Chatting merrily, i
soon came in sight of the little isli
Nearer anil nearer we eunio one mure
pull would bring us upon those rocks.
That pull was made, and thruwin
boat around so that my end Would Come
in contact with the curreut, it went over
in a twinkle, and the next moment find
ing myself in the water I struck out
the direction of the Idanj winch was
reached with littlo difficulty, training my
feet I turned and coolly gated on my
work : The boat was floating bottom up
wards down the stream, while l'allio was
nowkere in sight; but in a moment her
Lead rose above the water, ami she cried
for help. For a moment our eyes mot
and neyer will I forget the expretwien that
rested upon her face. Tho truth seemed
to flash upon her, and she' sank to riae
no mure. 51 V heart seemed to have
turned to stone; not even then was
sorry for what I had done. But at time
wore on and 1 bogan to reflect upon what
I had really done and how grieved her
parents would be, my heart softened some-
wht and rnrwence brgna
About dinner time, a boat oarao around
the bend and as it drew near I found it
contain father. I told him what had ha
pened, or rather that the boat bad aeci
dentally been npact;tliat l'attie was drowned.
and that I oamo very nnar sharing the
same fate.
"Is it possible?" said ho, "l'atti
drowned!" and for a few moments ke was
perfectly dumfounded; his mouth moved
but there was no sound; his tongue seemed
'aralised, and bowing his head ho groaned
"How little her parents thought when iflie
left heme, little more than week ago, she
would retain a corpse 1 distressing
ink motioned for me to get in the boat.
1 without nnother word rowed Bwil'tly
back to tho house. Mother, when in
formed of what had happened, fainted
1 had to he taken to her room and a
doctor summoned. A letter being dis
patched to Mr. and Mis, Mayflower, stat
us mildly as possible what had oc
curred, was soon answered in person by
thov bereaved parents.
Tho body of I'attie was not recovered
until tho next moniiag, u long way from
where he it had sunk. It was then
brought to the house, and lato in the
afternoon removed to tho city.
It is impossible to describe my feelings.
I was on the point several times of con
fessing what 1 had done, and then throw
myself in the rivet
looked I could see thoso pleading blue
iyes and that reproachful look she gave
uie as she sank beneath the dark waters.
If 1 went to the suiuiuci -house, I was
suro to see them behind the vines; and
when 1 went to my room at night 1 could kind doctor's hand to her lips
them in every corner, and when every- it, thanked him again and a;
thing was still I imagined I could hear
cries for help.
One night 1 went to my room a little
carher than usual. I passed the door of
the room which had been occuiiied by my haviiier gill than wo fouud her.
"I don't know," replied the young girl
shaking her head sorrowfully, "I havn't
any whatever."
"l'ou are aware there is a heavy
mortgage on this property, which will
inoro than cover its value.
"Yes," sho replied "I am aware of
that."
"Your father, Minnie, was an honora
ble and worthy iiiau. He has often ex
tended to me a helping hand, and has
been the medium through which I suc
ceeded in building up an extensive prac
tice. Xnw, that an opportunity has pre
sented itself, I propose in u small measure
to repay bis kindness. I nm aware that
you have no relatives living. You have
known us long. My wife is acquainted
Kverywhere I with your present situation and bogs that
yuu make our house your future home.
Vu will bo glad indeed to have you
comply with our wishes. What do you
ly Minnie; will you come?"
Minnie, with tears of joy, raised the
il kissing
for his
kindness, telling him he was indeed a
friend and a friend in need.
We now leave Minnie in her new home,
with her kind friends, and, we hope, a
THK LH(JHM Or LOVI3 LANK.
WIIT RURAL IIAUKIES SHUN URKENWUOU
CKMKTKKT AFTKil 1IAKK.
cousin Willi a liealiug heart and a noise
less tread. I had been in my room only
few uiiuutcg when I heard a noise sim
ilar to the one ou that nevci-to-be-forgot-ten
night which sounded something like
pebble thrown against a window. In
stantly there was a slight noiso in the
next room, lilie tho rustling of a dress,
and the next moment some ono walked
soltly across the floor and opened the
door, and then I heard light footsteps ap
proaching my door. In a twinkle I
prang to it and locked it, and then stood
motionless gazing at it. I saw tho knob
turn one, two, three times. I fainted
and when I regained conscience, the
room was dark; tho lamp was out. I
heard a noise near by and sitting upright
iniething brushed against me. Mv
I seemed to turn to ice, and without
undr rasing, I crawled int j bed, Ircmbliu;
like a leaf, and eoveriin.' uivsclf head ami
oet, finally fell to sleep. The uext unru
I nwuko with a start ou being gently
shaken by some one, and would doubtless
have again fainted had I net ou glanciu;
up recognized mother. J Ins was a mys
tery that I could not account fur, and
yei remains unsoiveil. 1 lucked the uoor
1 was certain, and yet mother said she
P ... It. I , I
louiiu u wiue open, L gavo her a descrip
tion of the night I had spent, but she
said it was only imagination. At any
rate, I never slept in that room again, nor
did I ever venture up stairs alter dark. I
occupied a room adjoining mother and
never went to lud before locking tho di
and peering into the closets.
Mr. It., who was id otlcr than your
father.it was rooirtel, on bjaring of
what bad happened, took it much to heart
an 1 kept his room for a week. Whether
lis report was truj or not, I am unable to
say; but I know for a certainty that over
a week had elapsed before, bo main called
at our house, l'inally, however, h li
to come ai usual, and began to see that 1
had calculated correctly. He seemed a
mui.li if not more devoted to me ibau of
old. Patties iiame was very seldom called,
it brought untiling but painful recol
lections to both.
Our wedding day which was draw in,
near, was, as a matter ot course, post
polled to a later date. Pays grow into
weeks, and weeks into mouths mid soon it
Wiis at hand again. We were quietly
married and came here. Not until we had
been lu inied a month or two did 1 veil
turo to tell linu my secret, lie was
am txed and astounded beyond deseiiption
but instead of upbraiding uic as I ex
Hjeted, ho t prom lied himself. II
scciuid to think luiiisell moro the cause ul
what had happened than I myself.
I am to m. Hue, lie said, walking up
and down the room, "I am to blame. If
1 uad h vn In ' mid u t a weak idiot, it
would not have hapi e ied--no, it would
not have happened. I, and no un i rise
am to blame. Hut never, he and, stop
ping in his walk before me, "let this be
mentioned again novo;',"
Itut a change ha 1 c um over him, uud
one that time failed to erase. Ilia cheer
ful smile ami hearty laugh were goiu for
ever. Ho became moody, melancholy
and remained so until' his death
And now, Minnie, my story is iinu'.icd
you know my sicret;" and so sayiu Mrs.
HAUV WON'T tiO.
A norroR whose head wasaholt
I.KVKt. AS THEY MAKE TIIKM.
Hoctor," he began, as he entered the
oliioc ol a well-known medical m m the
other day, "we've been talking it over."
"All."
"And have co icludcd that it will be
best lor the baby's health to go to the
country this summer."
"I see,"
"What do you think of it?'1
"At a relative's, I suppose?"
"Yes."
"Swamp anywhere near the house?"
"Well, I believe there's one about a
(piaiter of a mile e.way."
'hat's good. Is the well in the wood
shed?"
li is."
(lood again. That will keep the floors
damp and uiuddv. Is tho cellar concre
ted and drained?"
' I think not."
That's elegant. A cellar with a nat
ural earth bottom can always be depended
on for sour smells mid one without drain
helps along fevers. Lots of shrubbery
around ?"
"Oh, yes; we can hardly sec the house
in summer.
"Exactly. That keeps the roofs anil
walls damp, and you can depend on ma
nia, l'ig-sty and barn handy to the back
door?"
"Yes, only a few rods away."
"Very uieL very. Yuu can rely
the odors, and perhaps tho well water is
improved by percolations. Kvcr notice
the cistcru ?''
"Yes; it i.j a nice wooden ono."
"Splendid ! Tho water is always throw
ing olf a sour smelt, and something less
than a million mosquitoes breed there eve
ry summer's night. I agreo with you
a dot, especially if there are any box-drains
around to breed typhoid fever."
1 ou you wouldn t advise It I que
ried the father.
"Say !" said the doctor, as he leaned
over the table, "let the nurse drop him
out of tho window push him dowu tin
back stairs get him run over by an
ii give him your revolver to play
with! There's a dozen ways of killin;
him ulf besides taking him to the country
and any ono of them will save you time
and money I" -lletroit AW Vcij.
COD SAYS W KM I' ST NOT.
As a mother sat reading to her tin
cliiMien she came to story of a naughty
boy who had stolen apples and pears from
an orchard near his father's cottage. Af-
t ir reading part of the story, neeordiii;
to her u.-iu.il pr.ietii'o, she made a pause to
put a tew questions.
'William," she said, "why ought
n it to do as this naughty boy did ? Why
ou jht we not to steal apples and pears ?'
Oh !" r 'plied William, "because tin
do not belong to us,"
"And what do you say, Robert ?"
" I say, because if they caught us they
would be sure to send us to prison."
'And now, Mary, it is your turn to
A'. '. II'. !.
There is a certain spot in tho rear of
Greenwood Cemetery which the darkies of
the bailiwick never think of passing after
dark, and a colored farm-hand would ns
soon think of jumping overboard as to
venture in that neighborhood after the
shades of night have appeared. The point
of terror is on the New I'trecht road, or
what is known as Love lane. It is an un
canny place at night, us the tombstones of
the "city of the dead" can bo plainly seen
through the high picket fence. In the
evenings the males and females of the
neighboring farms have made the thor
ough 1'iu'o a place of tendezvous, and it
thus obtained its name "hove lane."
It iH not because of this uneanniness
that tho spot is avoided by the negroes,
but because of a legend connected with it
which they assert to be strictly true. Near
the Greenwood fence, by the roadside, has
om time immemorial stood a large stone
which is the cause of the whole trouble.
The story runs in this wise:
Many years ago, with ono of the near
by farmers, lived au old colored man nam
ed "Ike." Ike was of a jolly nature, and
is a good musician, making plenty of
ixtra money by attending tho country
kick-ups" with his fiddle. One night,
when he had been to a neighbor's house
as orchestra, he had imbibed rather freely,
and was returning home early in the morn
1 lining several seasons
had been a constant visitor
of Abiuioleeh Moirison.
Sunday the young fellow wc
cd a little the worse, for wear, when he was
star lied by a gruff and sepulchral ' Hello!"
"Hollo, yourself," answered Ike, who
ad enough aboard to make him tho least
bit brave.
"What have you under your coat?"
asked the stranger.
"My wilein," answered Ike.
"Then youinust play for me," said the
stranger, and, although lko demurred at
first, the stranger insisted and be was ir
resistibly compelled to accede to the other
demands.
Ike played first one tune and then an
idler until he was-exhausted. The stran
or mounted tlie stone and danced every
tune. Although Ike endeavored tu beg
off, his companion would not have it and
compelled him to continue. As tho dan
cer grew warmer ho throw of his cloak,
and then Ike's hair stood on end. The
stranger had a pair of horns growing from
his head, his cloven hoofs were plainly
visible and a natty tail wouad lovingly
around his neither garments.
"Who are you?" gasped Ike, pointing to
the horns, hoofs and tail.
"I'm His Satanic Majesty," came in se
pulchral tones fiom the depths of the
dancer's throat.
"The devil you are!" groaned Ike "then
n a goner !"
"No," said tho Devil, for such lie prov
ed to he, "if you will play a few more
tunes for me I'll see that no harm conies
to you, and, besides, I'll pay you well for
live a reason. Say, dear, why cught we
Ketlaw fell back on her pillow, while the n it to steal apples and pears, or anything
hut bit of color faded from li I chucks, else?"
The doctor, a littlo alarmed, hastened to "Itecaiise
her side, reproaching himself fur having
"ut.J hm to ovur-wx her strength. All
stimulants proved, of no avail ami failed
to rouse her from tho death like stupor
into which she had fallen. All signs of
life had disappeared with the exception of
the geutlo heaving of her bosoiu and tilt!
little Maty, looking
minor, b?wi3C Uud
laid
Uleoklv up at her i
aays we mustn't.
"Iligbt, love," said her mother; "that
is the true reason and that can bo give
What Goil wiinin md we are bound to di
and what ho forbids wo aie bound
leave undoiu. Thou shall not stc
faint beating of her pulse. She spoko not Wh ()Wn woriU 1(. m,r JHU ,lr( b
any one you know why you should not du
what is wioiig let your answer 1k the
same ns the one you nave given mo
'because God says wo mustn't."
think of!" And fter asking whoro sho I tho funeral.
again, and lingered uutil tho next morn
ing when she passed quietly away
Late, on tin evening of tho next day
she was laid to rest beside her husband
in the Kim Grove, (the family burial
ground.) When the man told his landlady sho
"And what aro your arrangements for fed him wooden biscuits, she didn't gat
the future, Minnie ?" asked Dr. liinley, mad, oh, no, she smiled and told him,
the family physician, that evoning after board was so cheap that the story u too
He had arrived at the spot mention
NOT COXSl'MMATKO.
A IIAKlim, 1.0V Kit, A IIKTKHM1NEII FA
THER AMI A NOT rNWII.UNil.MAin.
young I'aiks
at the house
Sunday after
old come and
after sitting nearly all day, stealing glances
at Sookey, old Aliiniolech's daughur, he
would go home, lie was so bashful that
when the time came for his departure, he
wou'd glide out the door, jump over the
fence anil run like a jack-rabbit. Last
Suuday betook his place as usual.
'Sinn," said old Abinicleeh, "whut's
your daddy doiu'?"
"Makin' uv a steer yoke, uh, huh,
huh."
"Whut's Ijigo doin' ?"
"Ain't doiu' hothiu'. Ihin gone to
mectin' with a gal, uh, huh, huh."
"Whut's your mother doin'?"
"Got sorter behind ou her quilt an' is a
cardin' uv her bats to-day."
"Made your plant bed yit ?"
" V. e ve made one uv them but wo am t
made the big out wlnit wo 'lowed fo' to
make."
"Sam ?"
"Yas, sar."
"Whut's the usen aetiu' sich a blame
fool. Yuu love Sook ?"
"No, I don't uh, hull, huh."
"Yes, you do."
"I dou't nuther."
"Yes, you do, an' you wanter marry
her."
"I don't now, no such uva thing, uh,
huh, huh:"
"Yes, you do."
"Would you give her to mo of I wus
tor wanter marry her?"
"Yes, you may have her. Coino here,
Sook," calling the girl.
"Whut do you want, dad?" she said
entering the room.
"Hold on, Sam. Come back, you blame
fool I"
Sam had jumped ever the feuee and
wtw running like njaek-rubbit. Ole Abiiue
leeh mys that tho marriage may take
place as soon as Sam "ken he hemmed up
an' fotcb to the house." Arkansaw Tim-
In:
I sad to conclude.
More dead than alive, the Irigbteiud
larky played on until almost daybreak.
the Devil, who had lot't his perch ou the
stone, dancing upon the grass by the road
side. Just at daybreak, when the first
cock was emitting his shrill notification to
the neighboring grangers that it was time
to arise and feed the farm stock, bis Sa
tanic Majesty called a ha!', and wound up
bis last breakdown by striking the stone
a sharp blow with his hoof. Tbeu he took
from his pocket a gulden cup Hud handed
it to Ike, telling him that he mustcousid
er that as his pay. Then ho whisked over
the cemetery lenee and disappeared in
flash of fire, leaving au unmistakable odor
uf sulphur behind hiui.
It may bo certain that Ike lust no time
in getting uway from the neighborhood
and those who saw him when he arrived
at home say that he was "as pale as
host." His story, which was socu spread
throughout the adjoining villages at Hay
Hidge, Fort Hamilton, Grave-end, Flat
bush and l'lallauds, was not generail
audited by the whiles, but the colored
folks took it for gospel truth. A crowd
of them visited the place the next day
and lo, mid behold ! there was in the alone
a perfect imprint uf His Satanic Majesty
hoof, just wheie be had struck tho stone
when the cock's crow notified him that
daybreak was at hand. The white folks
olaimed that Ike had partaken too freely
of the cup that tangles feet, but while he
admitted that he had not be.-n Helically
abstemious he said that he was sober
enoiiL'h to know what h" was abjut uud
could make an affidavit that everything
had occurred as he had related, llesido
this, he exhibited the cup as evidence that
ho had told the tiuth, and as no such cup
was diseovt red to be missing from any
neighbor's kitchen tho colored portion of
the community and a large number of the
whites believed that lko had really had
a prolonged interview with the Kvil One.
The stoiio stands tbero yet, and no no
gro who has ever heard the story will go
anywhere near it nfier dark. The farmer
would as soon think of asking their color
ed hands tn jump from the Kast River
llridge as to pass the neighborhood after
dark, and very few while people caie to
go near tho place after nightfall. The
rock has ever since been known as "the
Peril's stone."
ASSOCIATION' OF OOOICS.
The sense of smell, by detecting bad
odors, may enable us to guard against
danger to our health. It may also excite
pleasurable emotions and recall the asso
ciations of younger days.
"Tlie slilfll iifviulely. lli,liU-li tn Hip givi'll,
I'oum biH-k IlitfHiiycmtilyiotll anil friiiae
The time wlion I rt'iiieinlierej tu have het'ii
Juj t'ul ttntl Tree h-oai blame."
An instance is on record of a lawyer
whoso delight was to got within range of a
farm-yard. And why ?
His childhood has been spent amid the
sights, sounds, and scents that surround
the farm-house; and so tho familiar um-
oiouiuca! exhalations carried him back tu
the green fields and rustic pleasures ol his
youthful home.
I'he writer himself' litis met with an in
dividual whom tb . n lisome smell of sul
phuretted hydrogen gratified and pleased.
Hit explanation was, that many of his
happiest days were spent as a student in a
well-known chemical laboratory, when1
certainly that smell prevailed to an unu
sual extent.
A trench author tell us ot a young
ly who loved beyond all perfumes the
smell of old books.
Perhaps, with all'ectionaUi solicitude,
sho had been the constant attendant upon
some old Hookworm ol a lather or
guardian, and hence the leathery inus-
tiuess took her back to days when, quietly
happy, she seemed to recognize in the
dusty tomes living and trusty friends.
Many a person siek in the city has
been carried back to the simple days of
youth by the odor of apple-blossoms. Tin
past comes back again in the odors that
live in memory.
uttu: vn,(i itiTii:s.
The learned Mi's. Somerville, whom
the wisest, ami wittiest in Kngland de
lighted to honor, insisted ou State occa
sions, we are told, on robing herself in
scarlet, and as she was a stout woman, the
bad taste of her attiio excited the dis
gust and amusement of all her friends.
The fame uf her acquirements has lived
for a century, but so also litis that of her
gown.
Au Amtrieaii poet whoso writings had
won him notice and friends in Kngland
was invited while in Loudon to dine with
a uoblcuian of distinction. To the amaze
ment of all tin! ge.ests he appeared iu
knickerbockers and a wide shirt collar,
and wore a red handkerchief knotted
about his throat, the same costume that
he would have worn while on bis farm at
home.
One of the foivuo,t of American states
men, a man who largely influenced the
thought and action of his day, and always
to good and beneficent ends, made him
self personally disagreeable to all wdio
meet liim by his habits ol hawking fre
quently and of picking his teeth in pub
lic. A lady whose books held a high place
in the literature of this country ence vis
ited a summer place resort, and being In r
sjlf a well bred gentlewoman, was startled
to find that this class of women quietly
avoided her. She learned afterward that
her habit of wearing diamonds to break
fast had convicted her at first sight of vul
garity iu their eyes.
Now, a dowdy red gown, or a "loud"
necktie, or r.n unpleasant noise iu llio
throat, is a trillo in its way. and in each
uf these cast s was so regarded by the per
son who was guilty ul the petty olleuee
against the proprieties. Yet in each case
it produced as vivid an impression as the
learning, or iuttllectual power which it
hid from sight.
Many American boys uud girls of small
means urn patiently educating themselves,
hoping tu hold some day a higher position
than that iu which they were born. The:
little matters of taste and lir.vdinir a
not trifles. It is by his dress, his voie
his manners, that every man is judged by
strangers. It is his own fault if ho is
misjudged. If a church puts on the
outward appearance ofa market place, no
man will believe there is an altar or huly
pilot within.
tVtnillN VVIIO DUTHIST M AIIHIAt;!'..
Men marry llio ratllc-brains of society.
They choose the pretty, good for-iiotbing
girls, for tint is the kind they like; they
run after and many the liveliest girl nt a
picnic or ball, thoil.th she may be a "holy
terror" at horn t'l rudi nil t the belle
I'-Ol'C'ATION AND
NY.
MATItlMO
Gills should remember that men uf
genius or of overshadowing literary talent
have seldom made successful husbands,
The almost always lack domesticity, and
love ideas better thin their wives. I.ool
at Siiakcspeaie, who lived at the theatre
and club, and, when ho died, gave his wifi
merely his "second-best bed stead." Think
uf Milton, who was one ul the most doin
ineeiing and uncomfortable of husband
that ever toriucutcu a gentle woman,
Think of Ityrou, and Dickens, am) Hill
wei, whose marriages weru each a hideous
uioekcry. Think uf Gruely and Hayiunud
not to mention other men quite as famous
who have had little or no home life. Don't
hesitate to marry, girls, because the gen
tloiuen who pay suit to you do in t pru
uouuoe as you havu been taught to do, or
do not always observo tho inflexible rules
of Knglish graimticr.
Au unblemished character is more im
porlaut than a knowledge of music, and
good nature more desirable than correct
spelling. Hotter is a staiuweiing tonguo
where love is than Ave foreign languages,
and heart with a first mortgago ou it
held by, another girl. Frank LeMe't
Weekly,
A D V HUT IS KM lON'I'.S.
Ill
D N
n
MM
an I the heirest ill ni:li . he may be selfish
and spoiled, sil'y. Ih i pi-1 by th'j"wv!s
ami take "ill suid'," lor ill it U all they
know, an 1 then, li'.e Adam, th y blame
tho fi.iit.i cd' lh ir own folly ou the
woman, "f was ever thin, liut, brethren
wo wish to break il to yuu gently
there are women right hero at home who
have their pleasant homes and congenial
occupations, who can. il lip.! ttiuey seizes
them, pie!; tit -ir trunks and take a jaunt
to New O.ieans, slip ulf to Washington
for a few w i 'k-i, take in the cream of
Now York, or the the balmy airs id'
Florida; in sh irt, have a royal tim j in any
way they choose, who call no man mas
ter, and who "wouldn't marry tho host
man that ever stepped iu shoo leather."
This will be u shock to you, beloved
brethren, hut it is none the less true.
Women find pleasure and happiness out
side of matrimonv. If is not flattering to
m'-ii, hill there is a growing disliuclination
to ni trriageaiu.ing women. They are grow-
more critical as to the measure of a
man. lie will lev,! to come up to n
nobler, higher, y idard, or iu the poeti
cal parlance of tlie day, he will get "left."
W'imitti h'tli r ia 1'i'fnfmr; VsiofcA.
i;i:mihi,ks.
rn:
b- arc.
111 Vl
LARGEST STOCK THIS SIDE
OF
BALTIMOEE
.11111 dozen 2 and 3 hoops? buckets,
fill Nest tubs.
lull dozen wash boards.
The best patent churn in the market,
Old style cedar churns.
Skitio churns.
Stone jars of all sizes and jugs.
The celebrated Patent Firo I 'roof Bot
tom
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II V Mil. G AR
AN INI'IIIENT
RELATED
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I New York Sim )
1 don't think," continued Mr. Garrett,
"that, it was ever known how near Lee
came tu being arrested as oiu of the con
spirators in the plot to assassinate Presi
dent Lincoln and his Cabinet. I know
that Andy Johnson in some unaccounta
ble way got the idea iu his head that Lee
was in that conspiracy. Somebody had
told Johnson something, I have some rea
sons for believing, that led hint to think
Johnston wanted Leo arrested at
one,!, anil t know that no proposed, it lieo
as found guilty, to have hiiu beheaded.
Johnson told mi that Lm couldn't be
hanged, shouldn't be shot, and he w ni l
order him beheaded. A warm frien I of
tuine and of Mr. Johnson's, who knew
what was going on, cauie to in,1 iu great
haste, knowing that I had long b-cn a
personal I riend ol wen. J.ees, and was
also a warm friend of Gen. Grant. This
gentleman said that Lee was in great dan
ger of arrest, aid that iu the then extitcd
state of the country it was hard to say
what might happen. I at once telegraph
ed tu Gen. Grant tu meet m-', and started
for Washington. I met Gen. Grant a
few moments after my arrival there. I
told him what was ill Johnson's mind
I have seen men !la,-k with anger, but I
never saw such anger as Grant, then
showed. He was not. passionate, hut he
was terribly angry. Said he: 'This is
infamous infamous ! I will ihrow up
my commission if there is the slightest
attempt to do it, and if there bo the
shadow of a circiinnt auee to justify even
the faintest siiqiieioii against Lie I will
throw up my co:utui-tsio:i, too. It's as im
possible for Lee as for me.'
"I said, 'Can't yon see President John
sou and his Cabinet and tell them wdiat
you have told me?' lie slid he would,
and be lost no time in doing so. I f j was
very stern with Johnston. Ho said that
if Lee was insulted by tbioat of arrest he
would throw up his commission at a mo
ment's notice 'llio has given me bis
parole, sir,' said ha Ui Johnson. You
can trust every West Point officer who
gives his parole.' Grant was so earnest
and angry that Johnson was impressed,
and he was a little frightened, too, by
Gram's threat to throw up his commis
sion. The matter w.is iliopp'd, hut there
is no doubt but for Grant's iicti m Lee
might have boon at a s "rious p Til. I my
self told Lee about it afterwards. He w is
deeply touched by Grant's eonduet. After
wards, when Grant was 1'residjut, Lee
called on him at the White House, and
was received with great consideration ami
courtesy by Grant."
Two men in Kentucky killed each other
in a quarrel about a dog, but the animal
was unhurt. Yet some people don't be
lieve that dogs ever laugh.
Th 1 handsome young lady and the awk
waitl man of pretended sentiment sat on
n inoss-eovcred hank. All day he had an
noyed her with his attentions.
"Miss Mabel, do you like poetry?"
"Yes."
"I worship it; I live on it. Sec tho
pick-nickers, out there. They shout and
romp ns though the ail itself were not full
of sentiment of soul breathings."
"W hat business are you engaged iu?"
she asked. She kuew but wanted to hear
liiui say.
"My business is perhaps mure lucrative
than congenial. 1 operate a bone mill."
"What I"
"Yes. I grind up hones. The pulver
ized bone is used upon the laiul. It makes
the f.owers brighter, the corn more luxu
riant. Miss Mabel, you reuiiud me of
spring."
"Why?"
I' You are so gentle."
"You remind me of spring," she said.
"I do?" he leaned forward to catch her
words.
"Yes; you nro so green." Arkansaw
T,r,lln.
Half gallon tin buckets 7.1 cts., per
dozen, Oil tank with pump, Tin Unlet sets
at 1.75 per set, Iron stone chamber sots,
l'.iier and paper bags, Matches, itc., Fruit
jars, Toilet soaps, Hird cages, Flour seives,
Lard stands, &c,
L. HKRIUNO,
C Hank St. Petersburg, Va. f '
aug 28 ly
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AIku out ur two HATi'inl hand Wugun and Itug
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For mile i-lii-up. Apply t
SOI'THKICN W O.H E X .
In every piopcr field of cnterpiisc, the
South women ale making fine head-way.
Their achievements iu literature, journal
ism, and educational specialists are too well
known to require mention. A North
Carolina lady iu Now York has 100 type
writer operatives under her. She supplies
business houses with type writing clerks
and enjoys a handsome income. A South
Carolina girl at the Cooper institute took
the first money prize for engraving, anoth
er took lb - first priz! for drawing from
life. Another Southern girl received the
first certificate iu drawing last session. A
South Carolina lady has made over fifty
inventions, many of which she has patcut-
c I. They rane from fire-escapes to cool
ing stoves. Ihese ffw instances show that
Southern women aro keeping pace with
the progress of the age. They do not
propose to remain idle when a million pro-
'.'it tus appeal to them for solution. Allan
ta ( 'oitttiltittuit.
A UASIU'l h HUAl'.
"Your beau sinus very bashful, ' said
Haytoii avenue mamma to her daugh
ter.
"Hashful!" echoed the daughter." Bash
1'ul's no name ior it."
"Why don't you encourage him a little
more ? Some men havu tu be taught how
to do their limiting.
"Kucoiirage him !" said the daughter.
"lie cttiinut take the most palpable hint.
Why, only last night when I sal all aloue
on tlie sofa, and he, perched on a chair
far away as he could get, I asked him if
he didn't think it strange that a man's
arm and a woman's waist seemed always to
be tho same length, and what do you
think he did?"
Why, jUit what any sensible man
Would have done tried it."
"lie asked mo il I could fiud a picoo of
string so we could measure and boo if it
was true. Ain't he lionid?"
skOnft flflM I'l'seuls given away, ftciia
VOU,lIUl J iis-iceiiU isNitase, and by Diftll
yuu will ur! fi'en a nuelnisv oikihiUh uf iHrau vsluv,
llinl wllUuirl you In yurli thai will Ml oncu bring
yoll in iiiMiit-)-iiisicriiian aiiiiuiiK eiae in Auien-i-H.
All alKiut the fttio.tMio tu iinwenu with each
box. Airi'tils WHiiU'ill'yorywht'rv.uf either sex. of
all US', lor aUalltt! tiuie or sistnt ilmu only , to work
lur ns ui ineir own iinmeH. roriuntss tur atl worK-i-nmlsiiliitely
antnirud. ilou'l duvy. H. Uallstt
& Co., Cortland Maiue.
nost-iy
PROFESSIONAL CARPS.
H. II. KITl lllN, W. A. DINH."
COUNTY ATTOSNKY,
JITCllIN DUNN,
A TTOtlKHYii A T LA W,
SCOTLAND NECK, N. C.
nntr littf
p. il. ui sut:i:,
aAintjii, n. c
H. H. SMITH Jr.
SCiJTLANUNKCK.S. C
B
I'.HllEE fc SMITH.
Mr F. II. HiihIjcc and Mr. R. H Smith. Jr.. Cnnn.
Mors at Uw, have forillfd ft I i mi tod nurtnorahln
for thy ir;i'iiee of Uw tn Huliuii county. Mr.
Ituslitt' will Httt'iid tin1 courUi of Htilifm, regularly,
mid will iilw vuttl the county whenever hi Htrvi
re miuirvd. oui itj ly
UlOHAa S. HILL,
Attorney at Law,
HALIFAX, N. 0,
I'mi-tli'is hi M'llifn Hint1 liilitilnirivffiimitirM unit
rutifrut (urn .-Miorvim: courui.
T
tug. tf. X
Attorney at Law,
OAUYSlirKti, N.c.
Piwt!ri In the court of Norilinnirttnn nnd rf.
Joining iimiitk, ulwi In the Fedt nd mid Kuuivuitj
conru. juuefUf.
ALTER K. DANIEL,
Attorney at Law,
WKI.DON, N. C.
l'rrtlvs In Hal I fax ami adjoining ommtlwi.
Ntiei'iiil itlU'iitiot) fflvt'ii tit eolith 'ili tin iu all parti
of tin' siuio aiul jmiinni rviimw nimio.
IW) 17 ly.
w. HALL,
Attorney at Law,
WKLDON, N. C.
SpcfiaUttfiitimi tflvunto oollocUmu awl remit
lanci-a imuiiU luiule. may 1 1.
M
ULl.KN 1111(181,
Attorneys at Law,
HALIFAX, N. C,
Practice in Itic routiHi or llallhi, Northampton,
a twftniiW, Tilt anil Mitrliu In tint Hnitmuu court
of tlie SUU- mill in tllo Fi-ili-nil l.'.iurui uflito Kaitfin
DiMTirt. (XilliM-UoiU lu,ule ill miy purl uf Ulu SUUI
Jail 1 ly
jyt J. I. Bill SI.D8,
Murgeou nenttsU
''Now dear," said she "there you aro
all uiccly mended," and she guvo hiui his
coat; "I worked on it for half au hour
after you were in bed." ''Tliea you arc
my enemy," ha said; "at least, according
to Scripture, for you sowed tali while
I slept." She says if he is going U be as
mean as that he may mend his own
clothes himself in futufj.
Helen Slather's latest story ii called
' Kouud Out." It ia supposed a tailor
called at the houst) of tlie hero with a
bill. A man is often found out under
such circumstances.
Having pwmanentlT located In tVeldoit, can
foiin.lHLl.iintflflnSmiUiKMrifk UuILHiik at
Otrvful attention kIvvii to all tii
lrinl.
ha
ltulhliti- at all
en'i'pt wheu almenton nnrfawloiial biu-niwa.
i'artiwi vUiUnl at ihnu Uiuuaa whtm da-
nuichea ot Urn pro-
July Vi ly.
J) R- . L. HUNTS B,
Burgeon Ueiitlal.
('an be found at hU ofltoe In KnAekl.
Purr NitrotiR Oxide Oaa ptr the Faltilcaa Extrac
ting ufTi-eih alway on hand. , .
jiino 1 If
W V" more money thxn at anvthtrt tfl
a. a. lyWiliitrau Wiley for th bm
book out. tk'gfmivrs buccuhI g aurily. fc ell Wy
1 cruia rra. Ilnusix Co., n U alU
y. Nam tVuT
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