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ill r'Cj l.'Sl ill iiraiil bvtal a il 1 CjSIi TEHS--'-0" mi annum in advance. HALL & SLBDQ-B, proprietors. VOL. XIV. -A. NEWSPAPER POB THE PEOPLE. NO. 16. WELDON, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1885. J- MISS-NOMER'S. Kim Brown li eiceodingly felr, Mln White li u brown ai h berryr ' MIh Black lias gray head of hair, ' Mlm Grave lia flirt ever merry; XI lis 1lRhtbody weighs sixteen itone, Ulu Kk;h can scarce muster a guinea; Miss Hart wears a wlf, and has none, And Miss Holoraoii fs a ud ninny. Hits MlIdrnny'H a terrible wold, MIsk Dove's cvi'r cron and contrary; Miss Young Is uow (frown very old, And Ml lUpvyslde'i light an a fkiryj Miss Nhort Is at least At fet ten, Miss Noble's of luimblt oiiraetioa; Miss Ixtve hu a hatred toward men, Whilst MiM Htlli U Atmtr In action. Mil Urecn is a regular blue, Miss HcarleL looks pale as a Illy; Mist Violet ne'er tdirinlts from our view, And Miss Wiseman think all the mm slllyi Miss OoodrhlUl'sa naughty young elf, Miss Leon's from terror a fool; Miss Mew's not at all like myself, Miss Carpenter nj viia ciui rule, Mtu Badfernti'or ianitcdn horse, ; Walk Nissdroofn from Hie stable will ma: Miss KM more can't lnok at a corpse, Miss A Ira well lu-'er leveled a gun; MIssGreathead ha no brains at all, Miss Beartwell Is ever complaining; Miss Dan whan ne'er been at a hall, Over hearts Mies Kalrweatherllkee reigning. Miss Wright, she Is constantly wrong; Miss Tlcketl, alas, is not funny; Miss Singer ne'er warble a song, And nlon, poor Miss Cohh hits no money; Miss HiitHian would give all she's worth To purchases man to her liking; Miss Merry Is shocked atall mirth, Mint Hoxer the men don't tlnd striking. Miss BINh does with sorrow o'erflow, Miss Hope, In despair, seeks the tomb; Miss Joy still anticipates woe, And Mlsi rhftrity'ajierer"at;heme;" M iss Hamlet mliles lit the city, The nerves of Miss Standfast are shaken; Miss Prrttynmn's beau Is not pretty, And Miss Faithful Iter love lias forsifken. M Iss porter despises all froth, Miss Hcalesihey'll make wait, I am thinking; Lis Meekly is apt to be wioth, Mlssl'ifty to mcaitnesxIsNiuktBf: Miss Heymour's as blind as a tut, Miss I jut at a party Is first; Miss Brlndle dislikes a striped vat. And Mi Waters has always a thirst. Miss Knight Is now changed Into Day, Miss Day wants to marry a Knight; Miss Prudence has Just run away, And Miss Steady assisted her flight; But success to the fMrme and all ! NoMlsi-spphunslpttK! maJdngif. - Though wrong the slear sex ta Miss-call There's no harm, I should hope, In Miss-taking. A DREAM. Itwasduriug the year 1801, iu the thriving little town of Argcntiero, Dear (lie foot of the C'evcnuct mountains, in France. The day was charming. Many of the inhabitants were traversing the highways, enjoying the agrecableness of the weather. Among tho Dumber there was a tall young man, apparently not more than 25 years of age. In his right hand he carried a cane, and in bis left, a mall carpet bag. He came to a small street which was in the suburbs of the tpwn. He turned and proceeded up this. Presently, after walking but a short dis tance, he arrrived at an inn. He entered the building, and, having registered his amc, was shown to a room. He went to bed and was soon wrapped in slumber. While thus sleeping he had a dream tha. mado the. strongest impression on him. We will give it as from the lips of the dreamer : "I thought I had arrived at the same town, bat in the middle of the evening; that I had put up at the same inn, and gone immediately in order to see whatever was worthy of observation in the place. I had gone no great distance when I came to church, which I stopped to ex amine. After satisfying my curiosity I advanced to a by path which branched off from tho main street. I struck into this patli4 though it was winding, rough, and unfrequented, and presently reached a miserable cottage, in front of which was a irarden covered with weeds. r I had no great di ffioulty in getting into the garden, for the hedge had several wide gaps in it. I approaohed an old well that stood soli tary and gloom; in a distant corner, and, looking down into it, behold, without any possibility of mistake, a corps which had been stabbed in several plaoes. I counted the doeu wounds and wide gashes. There were six." . At this moment ho awoke, wit his hair on end, and trembling in every limb, and cold drops of perspiration bedewing his forehead. He sprang from his bed, dressed himself, and, as it was yet early, ? sought aa appetite for his breakfast by a morning walk. He went accordingly into the street and strolled along. The farther ha went the stronger became the oonfuaed recollection of the objects that presented themselves to his view. Before long he arrived at tk efaarcb with the same arch itect ual feat", tlfOa aUrsrted Ms notice In th dreaif and ,tnen , high road, along which ho had pursued bis ' way, coming at length to the same by-path that had presented itself to bis lraaijiB- tion a few hours before. Ho bgrried for ward, no longer doubting that the; next moment would bring him to thaeottage; and this was really tho ca. " In all its exterior appearanoo it oorwnded with what he had seen in hia drear He en tered the garden and wont directly to the ' spot where he had seen the well; tat here , ' the resomblanoe failed;' thnre W n II looked in every dirootion, ;n;Mined the whole garden, and even went ; round the cottage, which seemed to be inhabited; bat nowhere could he find any sigraf of a well. He then hastened back to the inn in a state of excitement hard to describe. He went to tha landlord and asked him di , rootly to whom the eottage belonged that s -x on the by-road. V SUM ha: "It it Inhabited by an old . 1 iji W wife, r) "T " fbirae- ter of being very unsocial. They scarcely ever leave the house, see nobody, and no body goes to see them. Of late, their very existence appears to have been for gotten, and I believe that you are the first, who, for years, has turned your steps to the lonely spot." These details, instead of satisfying his curiosity, only roused it tho more, and at last, snatching up his bat, he made his way to the street. Hastening to the near est magistrate, he related the whole cir cumstance briefly and cloarly. It is very strange," said the officer. "I will place two of tho police at your command; you can then go once more to the hovel, and soarch every part of it. Ho allowed but a very few minutes to elapse before he was on his way, accom panied by two office. The old man re ceived them somewhat uncivilly, but showed no mark of suspicion when they told him they wihcd to starch the house. "Very well; as fast and as soon as yon please," was tho reply. "Uavo you a well hero?" ".No, sir; we aro obliged to get our water from a spring about a quarter of a mile distant." They searched tho house, but discov ered nothing of any consequence. They, however, resolved to iu'peet tho garden. By this time a number of persons had col lected together outsido having been drawn to the spot by tho sight of a stranger with two policemen. They were asked if they know anything of a well in those part They replied they did not; the idea seemed to perplex them. At length an old woman came Lrward, leaning on crutch. "A well?" said she. "Is it a well you are looking tor,' J.iiat bas been gone these thirty years. I remember it as if it were yesterday; how I used to threw stones into it just to hear the splash the water." "Do you remember where that well used to be ?" asked the gentleman. "As near as I can recollect," replied the woman, "it is on the very spot where you now stand." lie suddenly started as if he had trod den upon a serpent. They at ouee com menced digging up the ground. At about twenty inches deep they cams to a lityc; of bricks, which, being broken, revealed some rotten boards. These were easily removed, when they beheld the mouth of tho well. "I was quite certain this was the spot," said the old woman. What fools they were to stop it up and then have travel so far for water !" A sounding line, furnished with hooks was now let down into the well the crowd hard pressing around, breathlessly bendiuif over the black and fetid hole, the secrets of which seemed hidden impenetrable obscurity, lhis was re peated times without any result. At lonsrth, penetrating below the mud, the hooks caught in something of considera ble weight, and after much time and ef fort they succeeded in raising it. It was an old chest. The sides and lids were decayed, and it neoded no blacksmith to open it Within it they found what they were sure they would una, ana which filled tho spectators with borrow the re mains of a human body. The police officers now rushed into the houso and secured tho old man. Aa to his wife, she at first eould not be found but, alter a fatiguing search, she was found beneath a pile of wood, being much bruised by the heavy logs above her. By this time nearly the whole population of the town had collected around the spot. The old couple were brought before the proper authorities and separately ex amined. The man persisted in his denial most obstinately; but his wife at once confessed that she and her husband, very long time ago, had murdered a ped dler who possessed a largo sum of money, lie had passed the night at their house, and they, taking advantage of the heavy sleep that euicompaed him, had strangled him, after which they placed h body in a ehest, Tha cheat was thrown into the well, and the well stopped up. Terrified by the deposition of his wife, tho old man at length made a similar, eonfesaion; and six weeks after the guilty couple oxpired on the scaffold ror the koanoka Km THK L ATI (CLASSICS, tCtpteinm tht Southern CAifrrANMiji. "Is that you John?" said Mr. Terns, to the ton of his friend, in whose career collage ha was greatly interested. "How time snoeds on ! Is it, then vacation agaij?" ' .; ; Jchn-Vw Mr, Toms. Tha eollege doted a faw Jays ago, for the summer hol idays." Mr. Toms. "Well John, how are you coming OB? Holding your own, eh?" John "I think se, tir; but the Lati studios trouble me greatly." Ut, Toms "Ah, I see, I wi" help yon John. Take my advice, and yon will go straight to the head of the school. Noth ing can recist you. Challenge the boy at the top of your class, and say, "Sum Cu w Homo." I'm your man, "Jfnii tia," Fire away now. "Afciu tout oeulut", Mind your eye. This is creeronio, my boy, and it wjl) take the whole college y stora." SOME EPITAPHS. Though to Beleet a subject of greater mnity than that of death would bo impossible, the student of tho literature of e churchyard cannot fail to be struck with the important part played therein by tumor often of the broadest description. To do the writers justice, says a Detroit journal, it is in many cases ot the uncon scious kind. There was no intentional srespect to tho memory of John Ross Kicked by a hotui. And it may havo been in deep dejec tion that tho friends of tho unfortunate youth killed during a pyrotechnic display, wrote upon bis tombstone: Here I lie, Killed by osxjr Roolcca i.i my cj-u. While its Caledonian origin borne in mind (it haih from Kdinburg, there was probably no premeditated levity to tho linen in memory of John Maepiierwiu that wonderful person, Si-ifeottwo wiihout lila sliue AiiUii.w t Waierloo. Tho humor of tho following is merely due to peculiar punctuation: reeled ti the memory of J'hn p.illlips Aceiilenlally i-h it n u mark of tiirect.'on by bin bro- It 13 difficult to say whether in jest or monition tbo following was inscribed to the memory of an our! of Kildare: hokillod K:idro?-Who dared Kllduro lo kill? a;h k T.ed K-:ii!re Who dt're kill whom he Will. Sepulchral references to the former pur suits of llio departed have been very com mon. Lawyers whose familUrity with wavj tli..t are dark" have called for cen sure; and doctors wiio.-e professional min- rauons "have filled tho half of this churchyard" havo formed tho principal subjects. Exception id made in favor of k'ral ornament, one Mr. Strange, but at tho expense of his brother practition ers Here He an hoar-st lawyer Stranjel The proposed epitaph to the eminent cook, Alexis Soyer: Peace to his ashei, Is well known. Less known but more admirable is that upon a deceased dyer Hen llf-j amfiti who dyed of a wool ft great Itorc, One dny he died h.mrtlf and dyed no more. The conjugal relation, sad to say, has suffered bharply at the hauds of the epi taph writer and, sadder still to record, the weaker vessel bas called for the scver- :t an'madvor'jon. Epitaphs of this class h.iveur.ully been coar.ia and vulgar, ho sinia of tho following : fle-elicv my poor wife -a ud slHitrmind ehrew; I." I flaid I .vaulted her I .ihoa'.d He too A talkative spinster is awarded these lines: Utdrr thie stouo lho body lies of Arabella Yoany, WUoonta twon'.y-fourtll of Jlny besau to bold h-:r tongue. Independent of its interest as a record on longevity, there is a sporting navor about tho following reference to one Ste phen Rumblood, of Brightwcll, quite un ique: He lived to lo:, liear'.yand Htrong; 100 !o5you dnh't uveas tuiy, A requcit for burial in a particular spot is not uucommon, though seldom express ed with naivete of the following: Under the yew :we, burled he would be, TjceaudS hia father he, plauird thU yp-v tree. UulltJIelit, 1709. i he following, dedicated to the memo ry of departed matrons, is worth rescuing from oblivion: Home have children, Borne bare none; Here Ilea the mother of Iwealy-one. A severe blow is dealt to the sanitary reputation of the medicinal spring Che tenbiuu in the lines below: Here I He, atid ray l .tree daughters, All t!led throuia dnnkluf Cheltenham waters. Had we but atuvk to hreont Mlta WeshouMti't be lying ia these cold vaults. In fining conclusion may bo quoted tk following rebuke administered to the mor bid curiosity to satisfy which has been one of the missions of tho epitaph. slightly varied forms it has been met with in dtvers corners ol iuglanu, but was last heard of in a church-yard in New Jerev: Reauer, pa.n ou, nor waste your prerlona time Ou bad bl'jijryrthy or beuer rhyme, Forwaat lam thu rrumhliiiBClay azures, And wuat I was is no loncem of yonra. HOW TO BE POSTMASTER. Trxnt Sifting. Some of the Democrats who voted aga'iiit Cleveland, end worked incessantly during the campaign ou the Republican side, aro said to be the most persistent ap plicants for office. Their line of reason ing is very much like that of the seedy Austin darkey, who walked up as bold as a cage full of hyenas, and said to the suc cessful candidate: " Boss, I wants yer ter lend mo forty dollars for services tendered you durin' de cUoksliuu." "But you worked and voted for tho other ticket." "Dat'sjest hit, boss. I'so so unpopular dat el i had worked ter your side yer would have been beaten two to one. A pos' office will suit me, boss." Tii Conditions not Favohabi.i. Youna Lady Do you think that Miss is a very graceful girl ? Young man I never saw her but once, and then she appeared anything but grace ful. Young lady Indeed I Where did you see her? Young Man I saw her falling over a wheelbarrow. There is a groat deal of religion In this woild that is like a life preserver only put on at the moment of immediate dan ger, and then half the time put on hind ride before, FOKKEST'S FRANKNESS. A Private's O e Chat With Him. ArHnmic Traveller. "Yes, I had a conversation once with flencral Forrest," said a citizen of Arkan saw in reply to a question asked by a friend. "I had just joined tho army, and knew nothing of the rigid fashions of war. One night, after we had travelled all day, we stopped in the woods and were told that we should remain there until morning. We were all wondering where we were going. I did not think that it was right to keep us in the dark, and I mado a remark to that effect. 'Why dou't you go and ask Forrest?' some one remarked. " 'I am not acquainted with him,' I re plied. " 'That makes no difference.' '"That so?' " 'Not a bit. He wov'd be glad to see you. X would ask him, but 1 borrowed a couple of dollars from him the other day and as I have not been able to repay bim I have been keeping out of his way.' I found Forrest sitting under a tree, on a camp stool closely drawn ap to an improvised table. " 'Good evening,' said I. "He looked up, searched me with his peculiar eyes, and said : " 'What do you want ?' " 'My name is Dick Anderson.' " 'All right.' " 'I belong to your command. We have been riding all day without knowing where wo were going, so I thought I'd come around and ask you.' " 'You are very kind,' said he. " 'Not nt all,' I replied. " 'Now, Anderson, I do not mind tell- ng you confidentially, but I do not want tho whole command to know it, "'That's all right, General, I won't tell anybody.1 " 'Won't say a word ?' " 'No, sir." " 'You must not, you know, for the enemy miiilit got hold of it. Lean over here and let me whisper to you.' leaned over and he whispered: 'We are going to hell.' "Well, sir, I hurried away, and I'll pledge you my word and honor if, by ten o'clock tho next day, I didn't think wc had already cot there. That was the only conversation I ever had with Gen eral Forrest." A PERPLEXED HUMORIST. After carefully reading all the published accounts of the battle of Shiloh up to date, I am firmly convinced : That there woro never more than sergeant and ten men of the Confedcrati army actively engaged at one time. That Grant was surprised at all points. That he was killed early in the first day's fight. That the Federal forces outnumbered tho stars in the heavens about ten to one. That Grant's army was routed and driven clear across the Tennessee river into the mountains. That it nover came back again, and there yet. That the valor of a teamster in Buel! army who did not get there until some time next week saved the day for Grant I make this statement on the authority of the teamster himself, who ought to know. That a drummer boy did all Grant' fighting for him. I am creditably in formed of this fact by a son of the drum merboy, who had it directly from his father. The widow McLaughlin's husband, corporal who commanded the Federal right, finally led the movement that drove Beauregard from the field. I have letter irom the widow who, by the way desires that her pension be increased to prove this. That all the fightiug was done ou the first day; Except that which followed on the second day; That both sides wero vastly outnum bered; That each side lost the most men; That it was only a recounoUsanoe force; That it was a skirmish ; That everybody in America was there; That nobody was there; That there was not a battle of Shiloh: That there aro a powerful sight more men writing about it than there were the fight. That the fiercest charge was made by the sutler. Uurdett in Uurlington llimkrie. ALL Till! LETTKHS OF THE AL fHSHhl' AH Hi foil Mas I N THEME LINEN. "(Km gives the graa'ugoa his ':sep; He tilekly heart the sheep's low cry: But man, who tutee kla rlneat wheat, tihould joy u lift his powers high." They are found, also, in the following sentence: 'John quickly extemporised five tow-bags.' ALL OI.O EPITAPH ON THE TOMB Of EDW AMI COURTENEY AND HID HIPE. Hoi Uol Who lies here I 'Tie t, the good earl of Devonshire, With Kate my wire-ti me lull dear; We lived together flfty-fiva year. That we speul, we had; That we left, we lost; That we gave, we have. Experience ia school whera learns what a big fool he hat been. a man "CALLED BACK" Hugh Conway's last story is a long and more ambitious work than anything its late author had previously written. Hugh Conway wrote "Called Hack" in ten weeks and received for it the sum of $4;(IOll. Mr. Arrowsmith, the publisher, says that ho brought out the story in a royal 8vo. edition of sonic ninety pages. It siuiplx fell flat as ditch water. I print- tod of this edition in November 3,000 copies, despite the fact that it was publish ed at fid., few miserably few were sold. 'tiring this period of depression I used be irritated by the daily chcerlulness or Fi argus. in course, he had no nsx in the venturo whatever, and could afford to come around t my office and gleefully speculate as to what I then sadly deemed to be gross improbabilities. His faith in tasuaimatcppaiarit, o. v.., wassoremarKaDiyunaiteraDictnatisome- times was tempted to take courage and join him in bis wanderings in the air-cas- tles of success. And it was not long be fore his prophesies were realized. By some good fortune Mr. Comyns Carr bad the book placed in his hands as one likely to move his dramatic instincts. It is re ported that that gentleman went to sleep n searching for the meriu of the story, But that was in the evening. Next morn ing he made a further essay and was at length so captivated by its richness of in cident that he telegraphed straight away to Fargus (with whom he was intimate) proposition to collaborate with "him in dramatising it. Almost simultaneously London paper saw in the book what all the world has discovered in it since. Then the flutter came," went on Mr. Arrow- smun, wtm eviuent sansiacuou. seconuuayatierwaruiwa. ue.ugeu wau telegrams ordering "Called Backs. Die early edition was practically unreachable, so I at once resolved to Bet ud the volume in a new and its present form. Natur ally, as a provincial house, my productive Under the head, "How to Keep Heal power was then limited; but by a supreme thy in Summer," a medical writer gives iffort I got up the type in a week, stereo- typed the pages (nearly 200) and had all my machines running on the novel night and day. The demand became enormous, and I was at my wits' ends to meet it. I had first one new machine laid down, then I sent to the makers in all bast for anoth er, then another, and another." The book has been translated into Dutch, Spanish, Italian, French, German and Swedish. New York Tribune. THE "SETTER AROUND.'' The Maine In Arkauaaw as Here. Arkanwte Traueler. Nothing suits tho "setter around" better than to be where be is isu't wanted. When unable to get drink of whisky, he is ready to drink any thing. When he comes, the lawyer looks suggestively at tho bucket. The ice has nearly melted away, but he says nothing until the "setter around" rakes the bot tom of the bucket with the dipper. Then remarking that he wants the bucket for a future occasion, he puts it in the closet and locks the door. When the "setter around" leaves the lawyer's office he goes over to tbe saloon. He leans back in a split-bottom ehair and complains of the weather. Whenever any one comes in to take a drink the "setter around" gets up, walks to the bar and asks for a piece of lemon; says that he is bilious. If the mau should say: "Have a drink?" the "setter around" replies : "Well I don't care particularly but, yes, give me a little whisky." He fills his glass to the rim. The bar tender scowls at him as he wipes off the counter, but the "tetter around" does not care. He is impervious. No sarcasm, either looked or expressed, has any effect on him. When dinner time comes he rushes home eats heartily of a dinner, not a mouthful of which he has earned, then hurries back to the saloon, where he sits until supper time. Parmenas Mix, the humorous poet who now sleeps the eter nal sleep in a Kentucky burying gronnd paid a rich tribute to the "setter around when he said : "The 'sitter around' Is a man of uo nalll, Aud tile taee wouldn't pass for a pint of white beaua: 8ut somehow or other ha eoiilrlvea to eilst, And Is frequently seen with a drlak In his nst- Whlle sitting around." WOMAN'S RIGHTS. The right to do pretty much as they please. The right to make a fuss when a fellow stays out late. The ntrht to Mania everything on their husband's money losing or money making propensi Jos just as it happens, The right to turn I house topsy turvcy every three weeks, every six months, and call it house cleaning. The right to make the old man vote as they want him to. The right to a home, a husband and a baby. A bachelor's view: "Men's righti and this is as much as they deserve. A good doctor is a gentleman to whom Four jhjng. oonie not back. The bro wo pay three dollars a visit for advising m W0Iji th mtow, the past life, ut to eat loss and exercise more. The nun who doesn't believe in any hereafter hat got a dreadfully mau opin ion of himtelf and bis chances. ACTION OF ALCOHOL ON THE HEART. Dr. N. B. Richardson, of London, says he was recently able to convey a consider able amount of conviction to an intelligent scholar by a simple experiment. The pupil had been singing the praises of the "ruddy bumper," and saying he could n it get through the day without it. Dr. It , said to him, "Will you be good enough to feci my pulse as I stand here? Ho did I said, "Count it carefully; what does it say?" " Your pulse says 71. 1 then sat down in a chair and said, "Count it again." Ho did so, and said, "Your . R(no Jowu to 7() o , thcll hy , . . . Wl, take it again ?" He replied, "Why it is only (il; what an extraordinary thing I" I then said, "When you lie down at night that is the way that Nature gives your hcort rest. You know nothing about it, but that benti BS0Km-a resting to that . .. . it R ; great deal of rest, because, in lying down, the heart is doing ten strokes less in a minute. Multiply that by tiO and it is 000; multiply it by 3 hours, and, within a fraction it is 5,000 strokes less; and as tho heart is throwing 6 ounces of blood at every stroke, it makcB a difference of 30,- 000 ounces of lifting during the night. When I lie down at night without any alcohol, that is the rest my heart gels. But when you take your wine or grog you do not allow that rest; for the influ ence of alcohol is to increase the number of strokes, and instead of getting this rest, you put on something like 15,000 extra strokes, and the result is, you rise up very seedy and unfit for the next day's work, till you have taken a little more of the you j the . f . , 0" &fcc t ed. HOW TO KEEP HEALTHY IN SUMMER. the tollowing seasonable flints: as a general rule sun-stroke attacks those exposed to Ihe direct effect of tbe sun more particularly on the third or fourth days of a heated term. With but little care and attention to a few rules, sunstroke even among those whose occupations expose them to a great heat ought to be a very rare occurrence. In the first place, people as a general thing eat too much meat during the hot months. I have known many families who fed their children, while yet quite young, on salt bacon, salt fish, fat gravies, butter and sueh complications of dishes, flavored with hot condiments, and it is a great wonder that not more die during the heat ed term. These people who must work and who cannot avoid the piercing rays of the sun, can at least avoid all such articles of food which have a tendency to firo up the system; and then, in tho next place, everything jho'ild bo carefully avoided that tends to check perspiration. In fact, when the akin becomes dry persons may drink water until they perspire in a free manner. When the skin is in good working order there is not much danger of becoming over-heated. A straw hat is a good cov ering for tbe head, and a good plan to keep the bead cool is to wear a leaf, pre viously dipped in water, in the crown of the hat. Every opportunity should bo ta ken to remove the bat when in the shade, as the fresh air cools the hone! and removes any tendency there may be to a slight con gestion of the brain. All strong drinks should be avoided without exception. Tho use of alcoholic beverages have a greater influence to" over heat the body, by producing the predispos ing causes together. It is safe never to drink ice water, yet those who arc in the habit of drinking ice water it will not hurt so much as those who only occasionally use it. People from the country on celebration days drink ice water, ice lemonade, and eat ice cream all day long, and often thus contract a disease of the stomach of which they are never cured. GATHERED TKF.ASl KKS. A friend ia worth all haiards we can run. A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense ot virtue. Men may live fools, but they eannot die fools. Divine confidence can swim upon those seas which feeble reason cannot fathom. Time Is but the foam of the fathomless ocoan of eternity. The very first step towards action is the death warrant of doubt. To have what wo want it riches, but to be able to do without is power. Children should always be taught rev erence and respect for the aged. Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible sun within ns. A kind word may often outweigh in real worth tho wealth of the universe. ...A il. nariected oonortuaitv. The man who gets bit twice) by the ante dog, it better adapted for that kind I of bgainea t)w any other, OAVE F1FTV DOLLARS TO KISS BOOTH. A good story was told on Booth when he was here last, says the Philadelphia hen, which illustrates bis iudirl'urenoe to tho class of women who always liml some thing irresistible and fascinating in the men who earn their living behiud tho i'oot lihts. IltHith was travelling on the liw ton and Albany roail one day, having just closed un engntienii'iit in ihe New England metropolis. lie heard an expensively dressed, handsome, midille-aged woinun back of liim sigh mid say to her compan ion: "I would give $50 to kiss that man." Ho, il i turned sudd "lily and looked at the speaker. "Do you menu that?" lie demand ed, fixing his fine dark eyes upoii her, and causing the blood to mount up to the very roots of lot huir. " hy, yes, ol course 1 do," replied I he woniuu, confus edly, looking in n helpless sort, of a way at the great tragedian and at the smiling passengers. "Well, I accept the terms, madam," exclaimed Booth, solemnly "And I stand by my proposition." said the woman, roeoveriug her self-possession, and rising, she imprinted a sounding kiss upon the actor's lips. Booth's faco did not bo tray the slightest emotion. Ho received the kiss stolidly, and did not return it, but waited until the impetuous wtmau found her purse and handed bim a t50 bill. Ho took tho money, thanked her mid turning to a feeble, shabbily-dressed wouian on the other side of til's aisle, who wits traveling wilh two young children, placed the money in her hands, and with a courtly bow said: "This is lor tho chil dren, madam. Take it, please, aud with out another word he left the car. AN A It KAN' HAW TEKRIBLE MISTAKE. In an Arkansaw town several nights ago, a mob, led by a desperate man, marched to the jail, dragged a murderer from a oell and hurried with him to the outskirts of the town. Each man wore an expression of determination features hardened by awful resolve. Tho prisoner attempted to speak, to beg for his life, but burly hands closed around his throat and tbe prayer bo would havo uttered went out in an inarticulate gurgle. When the infuriated men reached Inruo oak. they halted. Ono ot them threw a rope over a limb. 'Gentlemen," said the prisoner, "please give me a cur.nce to say a word. "Be quick about it," some one Bhouted. "Gentlemen, I admit that tho evidence is against mo, but truly ns wo stand here, I killed that man in self-defence." " Killed what man ?" was asked. "Bill Boltleford." "Say, you ain't the man that killed Boltleford, are you ?" " Yes unfortunately, I am the man." "Men," shouted the leader, "we have come in one of making a terriblomistuke." Then turning to the prisoner tbe leader added : "Wo thought, sir, that you were the mau that stole Nat Boyd's fish trap. Hop down often the box. You arc free." HOW BHM1N HUCCr.D A BUZZ HAW, "Talking about funny things," said a big, bronzed, bearded man in tho reading moiii of an up town hotel last night, "the funniest thing I ever heerd of happened in my saw mill out in Michigan. We used an upright saw for sawing heavy timber. One day, not long ago, the men had all gone to dinner, leaving the saw, which ran by water power, going at full speed. While we were away a big black bear eanic into tho mill and went nosing around. The saw caught his fur and twitched him a little. Bruin didn't like this for a cent, so he turned around and J fetched the saw a lick with his paw. Re sult, a badly cut paw. A blow with the other paw followed, and it was a'so cut. Tbe bear was by this time aroused to per fect fury, and rushing at tho saw, caught it iu his grasp and gave it a tremendous hug. It was his last hug, and we lived on bear steak for a week. When we came up from dinner there was half a bear on each side of the taw, which was going ahead as nicely as though it had never seen a bear. This is a fact, so help me Bob," and the big lumberman bit off a fresh chew of tobaooo. New York Tri bune. HOUT1I-WKSTERX WAYS. Georgia and. Arkansaw Law Beports. .trfoiaanw 7VatWer. A man in Oeoruia wat arretted on charge of stealing a plow and a gallon of whisky. The judge, in his chargo to the jury, said : "Gentlemen, under the law, you are compelled to convict the defend ant for stealing the plow, but under the law yon can do nothing v.ith him for Btealing the whisky, for our constitution jrrants to every man tho riirht of self-do- fence. This man, having bein drunk. needed tho whisky, but he did not need tho plow. Thcro is no exevse for a man stealing useless articles." "Your honor," exclaimed the prisoner, "I stole the whiskey first and was drank when I ttolo the plow." "In that event, gentlemen," added the judge, "yon ean do nothing with tha defendant, and I therefore pmmenil bis discharge." ADVKUT1SEMKNT8. riv LARGEST STOCK THIS SIDE BALTIMOKE 500 dozen 2 and 3 hoops? buckets. 50 Nests tubs. 1 00 dozen wash boards. The best patent churn in the market, Old style cedar chums. Stone churns. Stone jars of all files and jugs. The celebrated Patent Fire Proof Bot tom Half gallon tin buckets 75 eta., per dozen, Oil tank with pump, Tin toilet sett at 1.75 pir set, Iron Btona chamber tela, Paper and paper bag". Matches, &C, Fruit jars, Toilet soaps, Bird cages, Flourseivef, Lard stands, &a. ! L. HERRING, 6 Bank St. Petersburg, Va. 1 aug 28 ly NOTICE. J uitt received on consignment the foUowinf; S -iu buw Lauiiaua Cotton Olns. 10" " A-'i'idei and Cnndenieii. 14-) " ' lii iiutf coodciuter, itiO nail.. in. Also one or two tecond hand Wagons n Btf1 li or 8 tons of Hay. Foritnie cheap. Apply to J.T.COOCH, WtdontH,a tan 1 Om conn nnn 11 -wt sen wr- tPUUfUUU u ,i com po.,tnge, and by mul y.i.. u.i.0.- :.ttt p.u Liro gtHxla cfluige Tiiut, Hint Vt i! tlun yen in ' ltv t.;r.t will flt ones ti.uf yLi.i i. .ti ut) Lr-ifr tiirtu laityilmiu rise ln'.Aarl- . c... All htn.it;: die ttt'W.tNiO m urPjcrit n;lb ettth lii. .tiitA wttuUrt t'tjrynberi.oftj lbOT hi, ml Ik nges, for all Hie thoe or spare timeosiy, t work ftiriiHUtiio.'irowii liumc-tt. Formati iot ml work ajraauviluirly w-uivd. loa t tieiajr. U, Mallitc iCo.,PortUud iltiinc. PROFESSIONAL CARDS W. Ha KITCHIN, W. A. DUNN, COUNTY ATTOMIT, K ITCHIM 4 BONN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, SCOTLAND NECK, N. 0. F. U. BIWBKE, RAftKIGH, M. C. It. at. SMITH. SOOTLiKD KICK, K. fl. SB EE SMITH. Mr F. II Dnsbee and Ifr. ft H.Smltk. Jr Ceaa. actors at Iaw, tara fersaet llsstta4 ajartaareaif for the prarliee uf law iai lialiatx ce-unty. Sr. tuabee will attend tha eourta of Halifax, reejilarlf, and will alsu Ylelt the county whenever aiaeerviea are repaired. oetlt tr rpUOMAl M. BILL, Attorney at Law, FI A1.IVAX, K.C. tV Pntctfee In Halifax and adjolatnf eoBBtlaa aai IVdeM I and Sunreme eourta. Uf. Attorn' at Law, CURYSBURO, X.C. Practices In the enures of Nnrthaiaiee oat erf lniniBKeoHtitiee, also in the Fedeial oad SuaraM court. JWMtl. LTtlt t DiNlIL, Attorney at lw, WILDOM, M. O. PraetiVf In Halifci and adjolvlntj: eoaatiM. rt;tiilaUMitlimiivvntoft)l)wUeniin U 1 of t he Stale and prompt return u4. iod 11 ly. W W. HALL, Attorney at Law, WILDOM, N.C, Sheelalatteatlonajlrtato eoUeoUaasi amc reaail tauvee pruluutlj BMde. aaaf I ajr. JDLLIX MOOftl, Attoratya at Law, lULIr-AI,. C Praetlea In tho enaatlae of Halifax, Verthaaaaaa, Bklirerunilie, i'ltt aad Mania ! tha Saareaeeoeri ol the stale and ia the Federal Coirts or the SMatera Plstriet. Collection, made li aai Ban eflbalBMa. )u 1 lr D g. J. I. IHIILDI, Havlnir aerasaaeBtiT ire M Weltaa, ana) M found at tils mue In KvlUl'e trite Bullelar eil times except when aBeek, arofBseioaal hvataaac. Cuemi attentloa e-lrea all braa.haa of tha ra n-Miirn. I'anles vleU-.'. at laalr huatea wnea aired. Jalr U If. D K. ft. L. BOHTIK, Mtirgen Deatatt. Can be Seand at Mb othw la AiaaUI. Pare Hltruaa Oxide eim tat tat Fiiilaas lto tlae of Teeth always o haad. June V K TrerTvraisreiBiawvvtiaaat aTfciv etoe fcf v 111 Ukinajaai a-7 I ia b-4 af botHT out. &Wh'1i-h af- TarvM freer annum tawa .,vsiid j tku o i L 1111. Woodwarc, Crockopy, fare are; bob DcatltU
Roanoke News (Weldon, N.C.)
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July 2, 1885, edition 1
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