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HALL & SLEDGE, I'Kohuktoks.
A. NEWSPAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.
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VOL. XIV.
WELPON, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1885.
NO. 14.
FOKGIVE AND FOHGET.
Korj.ve nd furget! why the world would be
lonely,
The ffftrdeu a wlldemftw left to dcfonn,
If the flowers but remember the chilling wind
only,
Aud the fluliU gave no verdue for fi tr of the
itorm !
Oh ! still In thy torellm-Kx, emblem the flower,
Give the fricnre or twUng life's My;
Alid prolong not mkh1 the brief elmid .f an hour,
Witb team that hut darkou the rest of the day.
Furtive and forget! thvre'a rtu breast ao uufitl-
But Home RimtletBoughUefairuiUou there live;
And the beat of us all require aouathiug cuiirtHl-
Home hearutaat with amiku ran fury, and Air
Siva!
Than away with the cloud from Ihoae beautiful
yM.
Tint brow was no home fir inch frowns to have
met,
Oh! how could our iir.is e'er hoj fur the
skies,
Ifheavan refused to forgive and forget!
SURPRISED.
. I. In 1'tilladclphM Call.
She Han till and
pretty, with deep
hatcl eyes,' and heavy glossy braids of
dark brown hair, aud her complexion waa
like that of a four-year-old child an ahc
stood in the window with the afternoon
sunshine upon her lace and forui. Mr.
Krrel wit opposite, watching her with
(uict ob rvniit eyes, in which lurked a
shade of annoyance.
"Are you in earnost, Olive?"
"Yes, quit in earnest, George."
"And for the sake of your cousin Sarah
Kvelyn's children, you arc willing to
(rive up your future our future, Olire,
is I may cull it.
"George, you misinterpret me," she
said pleadingly. "I love you as well as I
ever did."
"How can I credit your words, Olive,
when for the sane of two miserable chil
dren, who arc really nothing to you, you
are willing to overturn all our bright vis
ions of a happy mutual home?"
"They are orphans, George, aud des
titute." ' Then let them be scut to an orphan
asylum."
"Oh, George," the color mounted to
Olivo Morton's chock. "You surely
would not have me deprive my cousin's
little oues of the sweet influence of a home
of their own you would never coudemn
them to the harsh, unless life of a chari
table institution ?"
"That is all seutiuciitut noiisense." said
Mr. Krroll coldly. "The upshot of the
matter is that you don't love no."
"George?"
"Yes," the embittered lover went on.
almost rudely; "lino words and t wilful
looks aro all very eloquent, I don't doubt,
but I prefer to j m le by actions only. It
isn't particularly fluttering to me that you
prefer these orphans to my love."
"George, jou know it is not that but
ought I to shrink from my uuiiilfest
duty ?"
"Just as yau choose, he answorcd coldly;
"but has it ever occurred to you how you
arc to support these two precious
protege, of yours ? I believe you have
no independent fortune of your own."
Olive eyes fell, and a troubled expres
sion caoic over her face.
"I must try and obtain a situation as
teacher," she said softly.
"That will bo plcsant," remarked Mr.
Krrol ironically.
"Our duty should always be pleasant,
George."
"The Voice was subdued aud pained.
Mr. Krrol arose.
"Since you have chosen your path, I
know of nothing that is left me save U
bid you good-bye."
"Goodbye, George try to think
kindly of mc," she faltered, her little
hand trembling in his hand as a fright
ened bird fluttered sometimes beneath the
grasp.
And a they parted; these lovers who, a
brief while ago, had been all to each other.
And Olive Morton dropped into a chair,
burying her face in her hands as soon as
he was cone.
She had hoped, she had fancied, she
knew not what perhaps that George
would approve her sclf-iinHMcd duty, and
cheer her with love ia it performance;
nay, it had even crossed her mind, aa a
remote- possibility, that he might even
take the Door little orphan aa well as
herself OS his heart.
' Yet she checked herself even in the
thought. What right had she to expect
hint to burden himself with those care
and trials, simply because they cause to
her a a charge which it was impossible
far her to put away. No, it waa folly, and
worse than folly, for to sit brooding here
when the natter waa irrevocably decided.
The brief g'Jspic of eoliie laia ii
brightened her life i the prospect of
Oeorge Krrol' love and a home of her
own was no us in turning away fro the
leaden-grey pathway which strutctkod out
befere her girl foot-steps. There wai one
eomfortfhe poor littlo orphans ahvuld
ever feel the low of a mothers love
while she lived to cherish and toil for
them.
Duty is often a bitter cup to drink;
but it seldom comes ip quite ao uninvit
ing guise as waa now held to poor Olive
Morton' lips.
Mia Agatha Krrol, her former fiancee's
sister, itippcd in a few daya afterward a
stout, bulling maiden of 20, who kept
bouse for George, acoldcd him, mended
' , faia stocking and put all Jhe loose button
VtoaWrt
Tucking your trunks, eh?" said Miss
Agatha. "Goiug to uiove ?"
Of course; I cannot continue to board
in so expensive a place," said Miss Morton
Sidlv. "I shall soon have to maintain
the children aa well as myself."
"Humph!" said Miss Agiitha; "so you
still ls-rsist in setting up an orphan asylum
on a small scale. Uather quixotic busi
ness I think."
Olive was silent.
"When do you expect 'em from the
west .' pursued Miss f.rrul.
'On Tuesday of next week."
"What train ?"
"There are two, but I shall nut look for
them, until the latest, which comes in at
six."
"I hope they are uieo children," said
Miss Agatha, doubtfully.
One eaunot help loviug children,"
said Olive earnestly.
"My dear you arc an enthusiast."
"I'erhais I am," said Olive, smiling
faintly, "hut I can't help it."
"Well," said Miss Agatha, jumping
briskly up. "I must be going; I wish you
joy of your new understanding, Olive."
You will come and sec me, sometimes?"
said Olive wistfully.
Y yes," said Agutha, rubliing her
chin, "1 will come sometimes.
"And," Olive Imitated, "you have not
told me how George was."
"George? Oh, he's pretty well," said
Agatha, "good-by."
And she went away.
Tuesday evening of the next week cunic
and Olive Morton tied on her hood and
water-proof cloak, for it was a dismal,
drizzly twilight, and went down to the
depot to meet the little western travelers,
whom she called "her new children."
But though she stood on the platform
and watched every passenger descend
frail the long train, there were no little
Kvclyns there.
She asked a question or tw of the sta
tion master.
"Is it Miss Morton?" he said, touching
his hat respectfully.
"Yes."
"The little ladies were took away by u
lady aud gentleman in the evening train,
miss, and theii compliments, and you'll
Had 'em No street."
Olive's eyes widened in astonishment.
She was not awurc that her cousin's or
phans hud any living relatives except her
self. There surely must have bceu some
mistake.
Hut there was nothing for it now but
to rectify the misunderstanding ns soon as
possible, and so mice uioro putting up her
little ambrella Olive tripped away through
the mist, which had now turned into posi
tive rain.
No. street was a large hand
some house, with brightly lighted win
dows, and Olivo ascended the steps and
rang the door bell with something like
timidity.
A neat maid servant answered the sum
mons.
"Are Kate and Cora Kvclyn here?'
asked Miss Morton.
"Yes, miss. It's all right miss, l'lcasc
to walk in."
Hcyond the parlors, a well-furnished
library, carpeted with criiusou Brussels,
and all aglow with the light of a cheerful
grate fire, was otherwise unilluniinatcd;
and into this room Olive was shown
Two rosy little girls nestled on the
hearth rug, playing with a pile of blocki
and opposite them, with a countenance
as beaming aa their owu, sat Miss Agatha
Krrol. But before Olive could utter the
exclamation of astonishment which arose
to her lips, both her hands were captured
in a strong grasp and she was drawn to
George Krrol' breast.
"Olive, my little, self-sacrificing jewel,"
he eried, come here aud be the queen of
this little home circle, for it is all, all
yours."
"Mine, George?"
"Yes, yours the house was furnished
for you, the rooms are to be yours hence
forth, and you are to be my wife and
Agatha's sister."
"And and the children I" faltered
Olive, looking down at the little ones,
who were clinging to her dress with joy
ful welcome crimes.
"They shall be ours, dear Olive !"
"But I thought, George, that you dis
appointed "
"So I did, Olive, at first, but when my
sober senso came back to me I could not
but see what a selfish brute I had shown
myclf, nA. what an angel you were. I
rorcd yoa before, dearest how I rever
enced the spirit of aolfsacrifice and devo
tion yoe had shown in contradiction to
my own coldness and brutality I So
thought the least reparation I oould make,
would be to make ready the brightest
home I oould devise for my little wife
that is to be.
Do you like it, darling ?"
Did she like it? AA'hat was the use of
asking her the question, when the answer
shown ao radiantly on hei face?
And this wis one of the very, very
few cases in which duty prove it own
reward.
"Papa," laid hi little girl, aged 6 years
and 9 months, to bia one day, "why do
yoa say ttepdaughtcr T la it because the
bu been trodden upon T
I.Ot'L'STS FOR HKICAKKAST.
PKI1KKSROR BII.KV, (if THK AllRHTl.Ti;
RAI. Hl llEAt', TIIYINU A NOVEL III 1ST.
AVaniiiniiton, June 1.
A gentleman who bud an engagement
with Professor Kiley called at his house
this morning und found the entomologist
alone in his dining naiui, reading the
mining papers us he finished a late break-
fast.
"Come right in here," said the profes-
sor, "1 want an unprejudiced opinion
about a little matter" (and, to the servant)
"Bring in some hot ones."
Tho visitor, despite the fuct that he
had breakfasted, was induced to seat him-
self at the table "just for the experiment,"
und was served with a spoonful of dark
brown objects, like very small fried oys-
tcrs. He eped them suspiciously a mo-
luent, having discovered, beneath the
crust of brend crumbs, a laminated buck
something like that of a very small size
shrimp."
"What do you call it ?"
"The cicada. They ought to have been
cooked in "
"What! Jiugs?"
"No! no! not bugs, only the cicada
miscalled the seventecu-ycar locusts."
Don't be ufraid of them. They are only
the qiiintescciice of vegetable juices, and
everything in nature feeds upou them rav-
enoiisly. Thereupon the host took one
of the things, bit it in two, munched and
swallowed it with appearance of relish.
The guest shut his eyes aud attempted to
bolt a whole cicada. The olject crushed
his mouth and proved to be little else
than a delicate shell, but its flavor was
found to be far from disagreeable.
"All its juices were absorbed in the
batter," said the professor cxplunatorial
'J-
Neither the savant nor his visitor was
able to liken the flavor to anything with
which they were familiar, but the were
agreed in tho opinion that, vulgar preju
dice overcome, the cicada would be es
teemed a rare tidbit rare, certainly, since,
it required seveutecn years to ripen and
that it might take rank witb frogs' legs,
birds' nests, shud rocs ami white bait.
"I spent an hour last night," said the
host, "gathering them and they were very
beautiful when fresh. I took them just
as the pupa began to break. They were
creamy white and plump and looked good
enough to cat raw, but I didn't venture.
I think these should have been stewed in
stead of fried stewed in milk. I pre
sunic they would be nearly us good as
grasshoppers."
"Do you cat grasshoppers
"Certainly. I oiiec ate nothing else
for two days and 1 found them delicious
when properly cooked. This is ouly
experiment, of course, but my eating of
grasshoppers had a practical objec t in
view. The insects hud eaten nearly every-
thiug in a large region of country, and
many fninilies were ou the verge ot star
vation."
Ilavint' lighted a ciirar the cutoiiiolouist
described his exierienee in attempting to
introduce a grasshopper diet in the AVest.
lie cooked the insects in various ways and
found them always palatable and nutri-
tious. People iuvited to partake always
evinced au aversion at first, but prejudices
having been overcouio the dish became
favorite with those who essayed it.
"Both the icdepoda uiigrutoria," he
said, "and the aeridum pcrcgrimuu have
been esteemed as food by some nations in
all past ages, as far back at least as the
Niucvan. Indeed, some tribes have been
classed a aeridophigi, from the almost ex-
elusive preference they gave this diet."
A MEAN MAN
moms Br
WOMAN 8
FEAR.
IM1KNIITV OF
A man was walking along one road and
woman along another. The roads final
ly united into one, and, reaching the point
of junction ul the same time, they walked
ou together. I he man was currying a
large kettle on his back; in one hand he
held the legs ofalivo chicken; in the other
a cane; and he waa leading a goat. They
neared a dark ravine. Said the woman to
the man: "I am afraid to go through that
ravine with you; it is a lonely place; you
might overpower nie and kiss uio by force."
Said the man: "How can I possibly over
power you und kiss you by force when I
have this great iron kettle ou my back, a
cane in one hand, n live chicken in the other,
and am leading this gout ? 1 might as well
be tied hands and feet" "Yea" rv plied
the woman, "but if you should stick your
cane in the ground and tie your goat to it
and turn the kettle bottom side up and put
the chicken under it, then you might wick-
cdly kiss mo in spite of my nwstance."
Suceeiw to thy ingenuity, 0 woman !"
suid the n-joicing man to himsx-lt'. "1 should
never have thought of that or nny similar
expedient." And when they came to the
ravine he stuck his cane into the ground
and tied the unit to it. irave the chicken to
the woman, siiying, "Hold it while I cut
some grass for the goat." And then so
runs the legend lowering the kettle from
his shoulders, he put the fowl under it and
wickedly kissed the woman an she was
afraid be would.
Tin: iooioi,i 'mil:.
WIIKN HAH ANII KKIIUSKNK WF.RK NUT.
.Vm-Auiif Traveller.
I'ncle Davy giving the boys some uil-
vim in their love-making ufliiirs, and one of
asked him how the young people did
when he Wiis sparking, ''lliciu was great
limes, boys," he said in reply. "We didn't
bave no gas nor no kerosene. AVe done
sparkin' by a plain tallow dip; but
"""I frequently just by the firelight. Kirc
"':"' ' wurmiu', boys, and flickers just
enough to make a gill's eyes shiue. It's
miglity soft and purty, too, and kinder in
w"y '" "eno of your gas-lights knows
anything about. Sometimes tho fire shin-
C(l UP little too powerful in places, aud
tho young man would git up wthoutsayin'
nnytliirig and put a shovelful of ashes ou
Then he would cuddle up to the girl
tlio shadows, and she would cuddle
some, too, and it really didn't seem like
tberc was anything else in the whole big
round earth to be wished for. Purty soou
'be fire would get obstreperous again, and
tbc little flames would twinkle in and out,
as if they wanted to seo what was goin'
"ni ' bad seen and was laughiu' and
winkin' about it and bavin' some fun, too,
"J 'he )ug fellow would reach for the
8,'uvel "d the ashes and cover tho bright
blazes till up. And sometimes renicni
"cr, now, only sometimes the girl would
Sfct "P ni1 P"' a8'"-'" on, and then well.
b"J, when the bluebirds came in the
spring, and the hsliiu worms crawled out
" tlie 1,'round, and tho boys set on the
S" hanks of the little creek waitiu' for
bite, and the Johnny-jump-up nestled in
the sunny places, there was a wouclin in
the old house, and when tho winter came
gain they set by their own fire and tin
shovel and tho ushes was out of a job."
HE TOOK THE I.KAI.
"Acs, ho answered, as he seemed to
huddle hiiuscl up in a heap, "I've been
there. That is, I've jumped from a rail
road train running ut a sliced of torty
eight miles au hour, and I can't say as I
want to repeat the experiment,
"AVherc and when ?"
"About thirty miles east of Chicago
on the Michigan Central, three years
ago."
What was the occasion ?"
I was half drunk, and did it on a bel
of $5. The bet was that I daren't walk
out on the platlorm ami take t tie jump
without picking out my ground. As
ila,1H,ncj) tll0 gr01mj WM pr(!tt, ciral.
but a million dollars wouldu t hire me to
try it agi'.in."
"How did you come out?"
"Well, it's hard to describe the sensa
tion. As I sprung from the step I seem
eil to fly. 1 sailed nlon" m the air until
my wings grew tired, and then I dropped
down to see tho country. I'vu got a good
jair 0f Cyes, but I didu't sec much. I
was too busy turning cortwheels and baud
springs and somersaults. Some times I
beat the professionals ull hollow, and
again I uiadc a muss of it. It was my
intention to skip all puddles and avoid all
the stumps, but you can't always hav
jeur way in this world. By and by 1
rested my case. That is, I brought up in
'enee corner, and waited for a tiist class
hospital to come along."
Much hurt ?"
'Might have been worse. Broke an
arm, two ribs and had over a hundred
cuts and bruises, and it was seven wecki-
beforc I could walk a rod."
"But you won the 85."
"Y'-c-s; but thero is where I always
grow sad. The stakeholder sent it back
to me from the first town in the shape of
a pine coffiu, aud it didn't fit my length
by seven iuehee. I had to sell the con
founded thing for a misfit at half price!"
Detroit Free I'reti.
SOME FAMOUS OU M.V1US.
Jn'fuii iA"orA Atlirrtiwr.
Klixubcth of Knglund was one of the
most illustrious ot nnsh-rn aovcrcicns.
Her rule over Great Britian certainly coui-
pnd the most brihunt literary age ol the
Knglish-speakiiig people. Her political
acumen was certainly to as severe tests as
that of any other ruler the world ever saw.
Maria Kdgeworth was un old maid. It was
this woman's writings that first suggested
the thought of writing similarly to Sir
AA alter Scott. Her brain might well be
culled the mother of the AVaverley novels,
Jauo Porter lived and died n oM maid,
The children of her busy brain were
"Thaddeus of Warsaw" anil "The Scottish
Cheif's," which 1 lave moved the hearts of
millions with excitement and tears. J
anna IliuUie, piss) and pluy-wrilcr, was
"one of V m." Florence Nightingale, most
gracious lady' heroine of liikennuiiii and
Balaklava hospitals, him to the present
written "Miss before her name. Tin
man who should marry her might well
crave to take the name of Nightingale.
Sister Dora, the brae spirit of Knglish
pest-houses, whose story Is a helpful evan-
eel, was the bndo of the world s Burrow
only. And then what names could the
writer and reader add of those whom the
great world may not know but we know,
and the little world of the village, the
church, the family know ind prize beyond
I all worlds !
Till: NEW EVANGELIST.
HOME OF HKV. HAM JONES SAVINllS.
"Souie preachers," be said recently,
urc so elegant that they always refer to
hell as the 'burnt district." This sort uf
ignity is the standi of a shroud." An
other time he said : "I'ull upyoiir doubts
by the roots and you'll find a seed ut the
bottom, und that seed is sin." Once be
roused the sluggish by saying: "Many
good Christians sleep so sound that the
devil can come up and saw off their heads
with a dull cuse knife before thev wake."
I eun get along better, bu said iu Nash
ville the other day, "with most everything
in this world than the people that talk too
much. And lie is always on the down
grade, but the truth you have to hitch an
cuginc to." Speaking of trouble ho said :
The best woman in this town is the
woman who has waded through trouble
that an angel's heart could not have en
dured. AVhen God wonts to strike us
with afflictions let us not run but stand
and take 'cm." A few days ago he
startled a large congregation by this ut-
runcc: "And woman that marries a man
with whisky on his breath is tho biggest
fool in tho world, except the one who
stirs his toddy for him after she marries
him. If you don't like that sort of talk
you can rack out of here." Again he ex
claimed : '-Opinions ruin the world. That
old L'ulouel, the old cuss, will say, 'it's my
opinion so and so.' A dozen young men
who hear him will go off and say 'it's my
opinion so und bo.' They get th.-ir opiu
ms from the old Coloiiel, and he gets his
from hell. I say to them, shut up you
old blab-mouthed fools." "What's culture
worth," ho asked again, "if it's nothing
hut whitewash un a rascal?" "I'd rather
be iu heaven learning my A B C's than in
hell studying Greek. My God, keep my
hoy pure and honest aud let him die a
fool." "Talk about an holiest man starv
ing to death," he broke out the other day;
"they won't starve. God will feed an
honest man if he has to put the angels ou
h ilf rations."
THE ENON AM.- OITS.
BIIUIS AND UKASTS t'UIIIT FOR I'LAl'K.
IHcmttt WmtliltiKlon lll,-r
There was a regular pitched battle on
the walks leading from the White House,
in which one of the participant was
killed. The battle was witnessed by a
mmils'r of persons, but for gisid und suf
ficient reasons no efforts were made to
prevent the murder. Indeed, tho lookers
on seemed to sympathize with the mur
derer. The seventeen years locusts ap
peared in the public parks here by the
thousands yesterday and to-day. One of
these locusts started for the White House
door on a kind of tour of inspection, prob
ably to sih! the ehuuges that have occur
red there iu the past seventeen years. A
sparrow assaulted him. It appears that
the sparrow supposed he might get the
worse of it, so he called several other
sparrows. Then a half deizeu sparrows
went for the locust cii dkimc, but the
locust moved away from them, though
the sparrows uiauagcd to pick one of his
wings oft" and nearly took off the other.
All of u sudden one of the sparrows fl
away. The other sparrows surrouudded
the locust und kept him from moving
very far. In a short while the sparrow
messenger returned, and with him one of
robins that make such pretty music on
tho White House lawns these spring
mornings. 1 he robin stabbed the locust
once, and all was over. The sparuws then
divided him up and took the remain
away in pieces. That particular locust
will hardly appear again in seventeen
years, there are enough locusts in the
Smithsonian, agricultural and botanical
garden grounds to supply the world when
they are needed to appear again in seven
teen years.
A MAKYKMH'H OPERATION,
A 1.AI1Y HF.I.IVF.RF.H OP A CHILD WHICH
SIIF, HAS CARIII F.ll FOR THIR
TEEN YEARS).
The Chicago lnler-Omm to-day pub
lished a long story concerning what it
chaructcriice as one of the most remarka
ble surgical opcrutioua ever successfully
accomplished. The story runs that for
thirteen years a prominent lady now fifty
years of gc has Buffered from a supposed
tumor. During these year she has trav
cllcu tliouMtnds of mii and consulted the
most celebrated aiirgcous of New A'ork
St. Iouisand other cities without obtain
ing relief. Ilccenlly her suffering has
been so intense that her reason began to
be affected, and she determined to under
go a surgical operation, although the doc
tors warned her that it would covt her her
life. The operation wo performed last
night by Doetoia McKalrich, Jay and
Clark. An incision was made in the ab
demon, but instead of a tumor the doctor
drew out a fully formed and well-developed
child enclosed in a sack. The doctor
say that the patient, who ha been
widow ten years, baa been carrying the
child foi nearly thirteen yean, and th
the medical authorities show that only
one similar case ha been known in the
annals of surgical soienoe. Tl j morning
the lady is alive and doing well.
A BO IT TWINS,
lli.j Twills, (ilrl Twins, slid Miicd.
1 !.- ol.l Mi-llU. In N,-w York Sou
"Kcub Saltdown's wife's got twins
ag'in, Major," suid the 'Squire, as the
Old Settler came into the tavern the other
evening.
"So I heerd," said he. "Wall, that
makes four pair in four year, which d be
a mite su'prisin' in any other family, but
tit' huin't notliin' p'rtielar s'prisin 'bout it
beiu's it's ii he Salldown fuiu'ly. The
Saltdowns Ld 'o runs to twins. Heub's
pap, ul' Fleteh Saltdewn, were a twin, an'
Kcub were a twin hissclf, though his
double were uuly a gal, an' went an' run
lied away with Pete Paley. the fiddler,
jist 'bout the time she was gittiu' big
enough to be u some help 'rouu' the clear
in' showin' how much gratitude she had
fur beiu' a twiu. Th' hain't no p int,
'Squire, in bavin' twins, b'gosh, if one ou
'cm has to be a gal. AA'at's Heub's last
uus ?"
" Both gals !" said the 'Squire.
"Gosht Imighty !" exclaimed the Old
Settler. "That's a stiff whuek in the
neck fur ltcub, huin't it? One gal is
pooty nigh onto ez bad el bcin' Bold out
by the ShurfT, but two ou 'em I Jewhizz I
That's ekal to a fire! Wall, twins may
be a good thing to haud down from giu
oration to gincration, but it seems to
me, 'Squire, that it's kinder crowdin'
the land a leetle in lleub's case siieciallv
when th' hain't no more of it to the aero
than th' is 'round' his patch.
COMIN' TllltO THE ltYE.
The popular misconception of this well
nown ditty is to the effect that tho Scot
tish bard who wroto it Hubert Burns
intended to picture in the fascinating lines
laddie and lassie nieetinir and kissinz in
field of grain. The couplet:
ll'u laddie meet a lassie
L'omiu' thro1 the rye,
nd especially the other two lines:
A' the lads they smile on me,
When oimin' thro1 the rye,
in to imply that traversing the rye was
habitual or common thiug among the
luds and lassie" in the Land o' the Scots,
d suggests, perhaps, a harvest scene,
here both sexes, as was the custom, are
work reaping, and where they would
come and go through the fields, if indeed
not through the rye itself, so us to meet
I kiss in It. The truth is, however,
the rye in the soim is not L'ruin at all. it
iug the name of a small shallow stream
nr Ayr, which, having neither bridge
uor ferry, was forded by the people goiug
and from market, custom allowiug a
lad to steal a kiss from any lass of his
acquaintance whom he might meet in
idstrcuuv That this is the true expla
in ion, any one may see who refers to
Burns' original ballad, in which tho first
rse refers to the lassie wetting her clothe
the stream :
Jenny is a wat, puir hoily,
Jenny.is sehluni dry,
Khe's umiiit a' her pctticoaties
L'ouiin' thro' the Kye.
A STARTLING STORY.
ENF.RAL IIOHIHIN REPORTED NOT
UAVK BEEN KII.LF.II Bl:T Til
HAVE KSl'AI'Eh.
Stmethiug of a sensation ha been
caused in Ijondon by the receipt of a dis
patch from Cairo, stating that a Coptic
merchant whose reputation for truthfulness
and honesty cannot be questioned, has
just arrived there from Khartoum, briug-
the startling news that after the rebels
had forced an entrance into that city and
after the niaisacrc of the inhabitants of
that place, the Mahdi demanded of his
followers to produce the head of General
Gordon. Some of the Mahdi's leaders
produced the head of a man whom the
merchant says he recognized as that of
M. Hautalo, the late Austrian vice consul
at Khartoum. He asserts most positively
that no trace of Gen. Gordon could be
found and he viewed the reuiaus f sever
al Kuropean victims of the massacre per
sonally, examined the clothing of the bo
dies when favorable opportunity offered,
and failed to find any documents or evi-
deuce of any kind to satisfy him that any
of the bodies was the tvmaius of the
lamented Gordon. He further avers sol
wnly that it is hi bthef that Gordon had
made good his escape south.
THE l'ARSON'H MISTAKE.
A few Sundays ago a minister preached
a sermon on the evils of mendacity, to
congregation in the backwiHslB near Nip
antuck. In the oouao of his remarks he
alluded to the tragic death of Ananias,
At the close of the sermon an old deacon
tsik the minister aside, and informed the
revcrned gentleman that he had made
mistake in regard to Ananias.
'How, so ?" aBked the great astonished
divine.
"Why, by telling the congregation that
Ananias is dead," said the deacon.
"I I don't understand," said the min
ister in some confusion. "Please explain
yourself."
"Dang it!" said the deacon, "nearly
every man in the congregation is an office
seeker, and when they learn that Ananias
ia dead the whole durncd crowd will want
to fill his place." Newman ImlepetidtiU,
WHY MEN A ICE IMtKKKKKEl).
(Waslilniilon LcltiT In Louisville Cuurk-r-Joumsl
I asked a chief of one ut the bureaus
this morning why such a ureal and seem
ingly unjust disi iiuiiuutiou was made
against females after their competency for
the pluees had been so well established.
Ho replied about as follows. "There ale
a number of reasons why we prefer men
to women for department work. The first
reason is that women ure moru susceptible
to complaints than lueu and lose more
time by sickness. The record shows this.
When a woman bus the heudui-hc, or is
feeling badly otherwise, you ore more
naturally sympathetic with her than you
would be with a mail, aud, if it is possible,
would much prefer her going home than
remaining at her desk. Then you do not
care to boss a woman around like you
would a man, or scold her if she should
fail to do her work. And then there are
women who will not stand being reprim
anded, and talk back to you savagely and
then subside into a spell of sulks that will
lust several days. All of this is very un
pleasant, and it does not occur often with
the male clerks.
l'HYSIOUNOMY IN A HOUSE,
American Agricultural.'
A horse's head indicates his character
very much as a mans does. Vice is
shown in the eye and mouth; intelligence
in the eye und in the breadth between the
eyes; spirit in the eye and iu the none, in
the mobile nostril and active ear. The
size of the eye, the thinness of the skill.
making the face bony; the lur:
tbiu-udged nostril, the
ne car and the
thin, tine mane and furetop are indica
tions of high breeding and accompany a
high-strung, nervous organization, 'which,
with good limbs and muscular power, in
sures a considerable degree of speed in
the animal. The stupid, lazy horses, that
drivers cull a "lunkhead" has a dull eye
usually, a nairow forehead and contracted
pall. He is always a blunderer, forget
ting himself, and stumbles on smooth
ground, gets himself and bis owner into
difficulties, calks himself, ia sometimes
positively lazy, but often a hard geer. He
needs constant cure and watchfulness on
the driver's part. A buyer of eqine flesh
should be able to detect the good and bad
qualities of the anile d be contemplates
purchasing. This valuable knowledge is
only acquired by a careful study of the
various parts of horse physiognomy.
NEAV SYSTEM OK TELEGRA
PHY.
.An interesting exhibition ot a new sys-
in of telegraphy that bids fair to lueas
urubly revolutionise telegraphic and the
telephone service was given at l'hiludelj
ihia on the !)th inst. A siiiule ordinary
legraphic wire was shown to convey the
cctric current ana operate the re
ceiving machine. In appearance the
ending machine is Terr much like
an ordinary type-writer. The instrument
has forty-two keys the letters of the al
phabet, numerals and a few punctuation
marks, and every letter or sign struck by
the sending apparatus wo instantly shown
both upon that instrument and upon the
receiver. Pressure upon any kev caused
certain number f tnagnetio impulses to
pass through the line. The number of
these impulses differ for each letter, and
bring corresponding letters on the type
wheel of the receiving instrument into such
position as to mark the impression on a
piece of paper. It cannot be read by
Sound, and is consequently the only
method for preserving privacy in electrical
eommunication. The inventor was M
George M. Hathaway, but a Mr. Linville
has done much to make the contrivance
practical.
HILL SiVHON 1119 HIKTHPLACE.
rWoa ('.
A man ought not to criticise his birth
place, I presume, and yet, if I were to do
it all over again, I do not know whether
I would select that particular spot or not,
Sometimes I think I would not. And
yet, what memories cluster about that old
house! There was the place where I first
met my parents, It waa at that lime that
an acquaintance Bpraug up which hu ri
pened iu later year into mutual respect
and esteem. It was there that what might
be termed a casual meeting took place,
that has, under the alchemy of resistless
years, turned to golden link, forming.
piuumul but powerful bond of union be
tween my parent and myself. For that
reason I hope that I may be spared to my
parenta fur many year to come.
1 here on that spot, with no inheritance
but a predisposition to premature baldm
and a bitter haired to rum; witb no per
sonal property but a misfit suspender and
a atone bruise, Win a life hiatonr which
has never erased to be a warning to people
who sen groceries on iu
AA'tio AA'as Lost ? "Are you lost my
little fellow? asked a gentleman of
4-year-old one day. "No," he sobbed
reply; "but my mother is." "And how
does Charlie like going to school T" kindly
inquired a good man of a juvenile
who was waiting, with a tin can ia his
hand, the advent sf a companion. "I
like goin' well enought," he replied; "but
I don't like staying after I get there."
CAamtWt Jimrnal.
A D V KHTISKM ENTS.
111.
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Ware
LARGEST STOCK THIS SIDE
OF
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500 dozen 2 and 3 hoops? buckets. , .
00 Nests tubs.
100 dozen wash boards.
The best patent churn in the market. ,
Old style cedar churns.
Stone churns. "
Stone jars of all sizes and jugs.
The celebrated Patout Kire Proof Bot
tom I
mm
Half gallon tin buckets 75 eta., per
zen, Oil tank with pump, Tin toilet sets
1.7a per set, Iron stone chamber sets,
'aper aud paper bags, Matches, ic, Fruit
jars, Toilet s.mps, Bird cages, Flour seives,
Laura sunus, &o.
L. HKRRING,
C Bank St. Petersburg, Va.
aug 28 ly
3STOTICE.
Just received on consignment the following!
lie. Uarreli ol Lime.
1 10 Haw Luuuniu Cotton Gins.
1 40 " " Feeders and Condenser.
40 " " Uln aud Condenser.
ISO " Hall Gin.
Also oue ur two second hand Wagons and Bust
gies.
burs toils oi itajr.
For sals cbeap. Apply to
4. T. UUUCU, VIKIUUD., H. V.
Ian 1 6m
COnn Ann presents given away. Seat
J)JJJ usSreuu postage, and by mail
yuu will gri frue a package
nodi uf Utn VfaVltM.
tnut will sun you In yora that win at one bring
you lu money taster than anything else la Amen-
OI g!
All auoiit tlie fsco.uoo in present with aaeh
bos. Agents wanted eyerywbere.ofeltner hi, af
all ages, fur all the time ursparr oeoaly, to work
ers absolutely assunsl. Don't deiy. H. aUtxart
rorusaiinelruwu nonies. to. v i for all wark-
UO.,lurtuma Jtaln.
BW4V1T
P H O F ESS ION A I. CARPi.
W. II. KITUIIIN, W. A, DINK.
couhvv arroBMST,
JITCgI!t DUNN,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
SCOTLAND NECK, N. C.
mar 1 Jtf
r. it. aH'sBEE,
R. H. SMITH Jr.
con. im d heck, . c
XAUKICH, R. C
B
Hilt ss SMITH.
Mr r H Busbee aud Mr. R H. Basttk. Jr.. rtua.
triors at Law. aava formed a llatitad psrtntnktB
ftr tk praetiea of law la Halihx eauaty. Mr.
iiBuve win infu. we ewsna or HaiiBU, Nguiariy,
and will also visit the cesintv whanaeer his srriM
are required. octl ly ,
THOMAS X. MILL,
literacy at Law,
HALIFAX, H. C.
Practices in Halllti and adinluliwAMintiM
Federal and Supreme courts.
aaf. str.
A'araa; at Law,
GARTSBURG.N.C.
Praottres in tb courts of NortkaMWka Bad ad
joining eoaiiUea, also la tk Fadeul and Supreme
courts. lave If.
y ALTER K. DANIEL,
Attorney at Law,
WILDON, K.C.
Pmctteea ia Haliavi and adjoialng eoeausa.
Sqeclal attention e-iven to collBTtians In aU aaria
of the state and prompt returns bum.
leu ii ly.
w
W. HALL,
Atteraey at Law,
WELDOK.N.O.
Special attention rlvaa to oUaotlou aad remit.
taneea pruauptly made. may 1 U.
LLEM MOORE,
Attorney at Law,
HALIFAX, M, C.
Prartlrt la tbe eotinUas of Hallmi. rlsnkamBami
B Igvcombe, Pitt aad Mania In Ike Supreme Mut
e( the state and ia tke rederal Courts oftke kasteew
District. I'oHedlous awde lu any part oflkeBsafci.
jeoi ly
D'
J t. 12IILSS,
BurfMB Dentist.
Having parmaaeatly locale hi Weldoa, aa Vs
"""I a, bis um.-e ia am1
mltk a arlrk Bullosa as all
wwnwrpi wsissoxBiDs sraaasiaaai easiwsaB
OueAil attention give to all brearkea ef the pr
lessloa. ranlea ilalud at tkelr hemes wkM 0)
ired. j.ly u ly.
JJB. B. L. HUNTBB,
s, ' Barges Dentist.
Ou b fcuad as kU oftec hi XmUU.
Pniw Nltrmn Oxtd Um ft tk ftlklM. Kxtrsw
tlltg Of Tftlh tfiSMyi osi hud.
HI (-ftMiety for tb twttt lHg
book Mi, Bvfiuacn nxw& f Asdlr. iBt twt.
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