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ptwm, " Woman."
And cviT nwith the weight of wirtuitTrn rnr
Whfti on rlli )y ImrduiiN mvin tm i;ri-ui to hear,
When lilt' Nct'iiiN lnr unit lull of ran- and tmin.
When li.'Ktt wliit-li i.anil in lifuvvn ilewi'iul
"Iflill;
Whi-n iii nrt-nri' hri'iiklitK Ith tln ir wi-k'hl nf wm
And wrvi-iiiiT ('inns mr tnwt-i tiilli nrli f mul low,
Win n t yi t., iiiii f l.ritihi, iin dl n il w itli ditti r
I rt.
And ln'Hrl. nm'c luiniy, drt'inn fUy itmie ymm.
And nintlii'i' Nuinrc v-u hiix lurni-d, n'tnl tmw
I'mwim dmkl) wluii- Kiiillt'H nwv itili.riH'il lift
linm -
When I'liilh itK-lfurMM! hanl mid -ild Hint hUtii,
And oinriiN Imt ui -Ih wmild i rrnw lint; wurm ;
K 'en Ih-ii . ne -iimIi- I' .in nmti u 111 im tini-ttrt
And hrliii; a mitI'I "I rl'idneh ! n v..niiin Imart.
(nil1 if r t It wml. "in- f nd eiiri"4 ill kv!
A Hi.rid ' lv. and m.iki her l.'Ve v-i,
Man --iiiiLIc. iilhnit. f n rh-K.. trtir inul linive
Ih W'ttnaiiN Id.'l .In- lux illliitf xhivi
on iiiin -tin- li'iiii"- l" him xhr iniil her all,
I. id-, love, name, hon-ir-e'cn her very wmil,
f'Hir Ini-lliiK elitld -.he l.'Ven hii ' fetinl im Uttin
And Irijfit-- It- r ueal.iie- t hi. MinnT arm :
Man Willi hit Hhiileo, Hh'lie Jx L'lvcn the Jtuwer
Tn make her life a hrnvcii, 11 nYi Mnt; hour
ortmrieil nv! and Im vi'im--. i'iimieie,
tif m..i.. nli.'fidl orj-.y. when 1 1 tV- wa weet
lie u ltd Iun luve and fun' ran nmke her lift'
Hecni likmi K-ildi'ii str-Min. No pain no trlfo .
To love is woman 'n nature, and to man
T!ie weiillli of nil h wouiiiIi'n love (Ntfivi'ii.
Willi hw enre.M, he ihhW-h Ikt HIV more fair
Than Kdeti'n Im.witm, nod hidw her hanlfli earij
A ilh liii flou t i ft, he knowt It hut Uio woll,
lie d-mis ht;r life In Im- yct hell.
wtmmw
tjs.1t Hk tk a
"Have you been waiting long ?" "About
two hours." ,:I am so sorry; but the r -hcarxal
is just over. We have n lot of
chora1 for the new piece, and they
kept us so late. Why in the world did
you want me to come up here ? I wan so
surprised whi n the doorman gave mo your
note."
I would like you sometime to have a
breath of fresh air. The park is at its.
lovcliif. now. And hero, fit down. This
is a quiet, pretty place. 1 have something
to say to you, Kilty."
They are two as beautiful young people,
perhaps, as ever sat under a rustling cano
py of green foliage, with the blue of even
ing sky gleaming coolly through. The
girl has an eager, innocent face, softly
tinted, and framed in dark hair, lovely
earnest eyes, aud a bright, dimpled mouth,
from which her white teeth flash as she
smiles and talks. She wears a shabby hat
aud mantle; her hands nro glovulcss; yet
he has the joyous air of one who lacks
for nothiuz. The young man has
tjua) share of youth, grace and looks,
and is appareled in elegance and fine linen
but his lace is troubled and dissatisfied.
It brightens for an instant as his coinpau
ion obediently takes the place beside him,
aud sutlers him to stretch his arm along
the back of the seat.
"I wonder, Kitty, if you do care for me
a little?" he queried, in a sort of petulant
tone.
"Oh, a little," she rejoins, smiling.
Enough to ride all this way up town to
henr what you may have to say when I
got here. Tell me, Jack I"
"Yes, dear, I mean to tell you," deter
minedly. "I came fur that. Kitty, we've
been a good deal to each other, haven't
we? Since that dark night in Seventeenth
street, when you ran into my arms and 1
took charge of you nearly six months
ago, isn't it. How frightened you were !
But suppose I had been just as bad a fel
low as the one who was chasing you?
You knew nothing about mi; when you al
lowed me to walk all that long distance
wilh you, to your homo."
"Allowed, indeed I 1 shall never for
get how glad I was to have you! That
dreadful man ! Do you know he used to
walk after mo from the theatre nearly
overy night? And how I ran ! Yes, in
deed, I was glad to havo you I Oh, Jack
do you suppose I don't know a good, love
ly fellow when I sec one ? ltut I didti
see you, she added, quite sooerly, alter a
pause; "it was too dark, the angels led
me."
"They will always lead you," ho says
quickly, tenderly. "Oh, Kitty, child, you
will be safe wherever you go I But K itly,
darliug, I mustn't see you any more. This
can't go on I It well for one thing, it
maddens me 1 Don't you know, dear,
that It can't go on?"
"What do you mean ?" The smiles
have gone from her face, and sho draws
back a little from the arm that clasps her.
Like this? like what?"
"I tell you I can't bear it !" he answers,
drawing his breath hard. "Do you think
I can be your friend always your friend
and nothing more? You, so beautiful, so
sweet, and all woman ? But I am your
friend," ho adilsrgeutly. "I speak to you
now, as your friend. It is better we
should not see each other any more. 1
could not break from you without a word,
as most men would, because I knew you
Would suffer, and I must speak. Oh,
Kitty, if you were alone in tin' world, or H
I were, nothing no power on earth
should separate us. Uut im it is "
"Do you mean that hernuse you are
rich and educated? Do yon mean Jack,"
she says with sudden entreaty in her tone,
"tell me what you mean I I see no reason,
as it is, that we should part."
"Becauso I love you," lie says, desKr
ately. "You are Uikiug possession of my
life. A little while and I could not live
without you, aud you, too. More and
more your heart leans toward me, and
we must part." There is no other way!'
"Is thcro uo other way?" sho asks,
quietly, a bitter amile on her fair young
lips. "Do men always leave the women
thoy love?"
"If you were alone in the world," lie
repeats, doggedly, "it would be different.
I should not mind tho inequality, the great
Imparity of our swinl fltnnding. But you
will never leave your people, Kitty, I
know that! And dnn't you wo how im
possible it would be for mo to bring my
family to uonncnt to even toleratf! "
"JiOt ne help you, Jtiek," who rejoins,
ntcadily. "Don't Mta miner so over it! Ah,
en, indi'cd ! T eun jut pieluro your m-
tew (willing to call, in their cieuutit eur-
riiipf, on your bride elect. I eun imagine
them in Ninth iiv-enue, in our four Mount,
leiiijj; intrndueed to mother and the m-veu
hildren, iiud fathiT. may lie, Hta'ering
in, uh ho doert too often, poor tuml. wht-u
work i wlaek. Can't ymi fancy them n-sk-iiiji
too how I like to be a ehoruH 8ingfr,
and whnv nor eonnninv w uoinir next ?"
"Yck Kitty," he replicn, eagerly, "that
w it ! I it were not tor theso condition!'
T Would marry you before a month."
"Would you ?" trim uks, hluwly. "lint
there are two to that banim, if you
learnt. You think it entirely impossible
!iat I could say 'No' to your condeneen-
She rises from her seat, and, making
the most of her height (there is not much
of it), looks down at him proudly.
I consider you guilty of ti piece of
great impertinence, Mr. Tremaine, in ask
ing me to come here to listen to such
speeches. I don't know what you mean
by it. You will allow ine, if you please,
to wish you good evening"
Hut he springs after her, and detains
her with his ccircliug arm.
"Don't, don't be angry ! Kitty, dear
est, forgive me! I only mean arn I
wrong, all wrong, in thinking you cared
for me ?"
"You must not hold me," she says,
breathlessly. She is pale and trembling,
and her eyes flash into his with speech
deeper than words. "Oh, Jack, you have
stabbed me to the heart ! Lot me go away,
now, and hide my wound !" She breaks
into a sudden passion of tears. "What
Iocs it matter now, whether I cared for
you .' lou it you had over loved inc
you could never speak such words !"
"I do love you 1" he cries, almost wild
ly. "You arc not going from mo iu this
way. Kitty, before God I love youl I
ask you now to be my wife. Let us be
married this very night before wo part.
Come with me now if you love me" his
voice breaks in hurried pleading "if you
love Ine enough to take me for your hus
band." Dut her impassioned sobbing docs not
check itself. In answer to bis continued
urging, she says, at lust, brokenly ;
"Oh, don't! What is the use? I
know what you feel for me. Only pity.
Jack 1 Ouly sorrow because you have
hurtnie! You aro kind but I can't
marry you on that feeling. Oh, how little
you have known me, Jack! How little we
know each other ! Will you do something
for tue, dear the only thin; in (Sod's
world you can do now?"
"Oh, Kitty I"
"Well, go!" she says, vehemently, "Go!
Give me a few miuutos here by myself.
I have to face the public drying her
eyes quickly "I have to face the public.
and I must have time to get quiet. Jack,
all's over between us. Ah, as much as if
we had never met ! Aud if you will
only leave me !"
"Dear, I will. I am going! To-iim i
row I shall come to your house. Ah,
Kitty, if you think we two can ever part
and be strangers"
"I won't see you, Jack," she answers,
quickly; "you may as wc'l know that. I
will never see you again, if I can help it."
"But yon can't help it" he retorts, laugh
ing ulmost joyou!y; and then he takes her
in his arms and kisses her, but his kisses
falls on her braided hair. Her face is
averted, aud she snuggles away from his
clasp.
And Jack Treuiainc? His journey
down-town, when he parts from Kilty, is
more like a wild Sight than the usual pro
gress of a gentleman of leisure. He is
going to his home full of an impending
change iu his life excited, elated, now
that his mind is at tho utmost altitude of
a generous lover. However, at the very
doorstep, almost, Fate unt'ts Iiiin with a
sudden check, as he divests himself of his
overcoat, in the lower hall, his sister l.ydia.
always his favorite, descends to meet him.
pale and tearful, and lays her pretty head
against his shoulder.
"Dear Jack, suoli sad, sail news!" she
whissrs. "IVor gr.tnilfatlor is dvin,
aud we have all been s lit for. We mu-l
start at nine o''-loek lo-nijit."
I'or t leveLui't : asks .lack, in a tooe
I hat plainly loMs, "iinp-iw-ibie." loit time
is no Inlp for it. He Likes Lime. boWeVi I',
to write tt lung, impassioned 1, Mi r (o Kitt v
It will reach her in tin morning, lie think-,
tenderly, as he deposit! it iu the nearest
pillar-box. "In any esse, I shall only stay
a few days iu Cleveland."
But the few days legal ben into a f, w
weeks, and more than a mouth has passed
before Jack returns Irmu the sad dni v to !
which he had been summoned. The death
of his grandfather has left him a large es
tate in Cleveland, and with it a hundred
new cares and responsibilities; but he has
come back to New York Ml of one care,
of one responsibility, that has grown to be
a sacred trust. lie has heard no word
from Kitty in all this time.no n ws except
that the company she aang in has gone
upon the road." At the house, in Ninth
avenue, the poor, shabby rooms, where the
careworn mother greeted him kindly and
the children welcomed him with shouts of
joy, he learned that they had heard from
Kitty as far as Kochester; she had written
aud sent money, but it was almostlcu days
ago.
"And I'm beginning to be uneasy," the
mother Hjiid. "She mostly sends us two
or three letters a week; and it is not l;kc
Kitty to be neglectful. I'm hoping there'll
be word to-inorrow."
Mr. Treuiainc replied with hopeful
Words of encouragement, and, distributing
a linle shower of silver among the boys,
was off to look for Kitty.
At Rochester ho learned that the troupe
had gone to Montreal, and at Montreal
that he would probably liml them at On
tario. He finally caught up with thcin at
St. Lawrence, and read, wilh delighted
eyes, the posters at tho depot announcing
that Opera Troupo would sing "Pa
tience" at tho Grand Opera House that
night. The performance, he knew, must
be nearly over; it was II) o'clock as he
stepped from train; but he hurried at once
to the theatre, and made his way to tho
back door. How natural it seemed, going
round to wait for Kitty, and wondering
how long it would be until she would step
out, shawled and veiled, and seehim stand
ing there ! Hut he could not wait. After
a moment's deliberation he entered the
passage way, and was met, at once, by the
usual impediment in the form of a door
keeper. " Will you be good enough to tell me if
Miss Kitty Logan is singing in the chorus
of this company?"
"I don't know, sir. I don't know none
of the names, except the ones that sprinted
on the bills. This gentleman, perhaps
the stage-carpenter, Mr. Moss he can
tell you."
"Kitty Logan!" A rough, kindly-
looking man came forward at sound of
the name. "Do you know Kitty Logan ?
Arc you a friend of hers?"
"I am a friend. I como from Xew
York from her home!" his heart sink
ing beforo the look of sympathy that
flashed upon him from the shrewd blue
eyes.
Then you don't know, you havcu't
heard that Kitty is She was very ill
with pneumonia. We left her iu Montreal
in the hospital there, and one of tho girls
heard yesterday she was dying.
Dying, Kitty dying! His kind, merry
hearted little comrade, with tho fresh
cheeks and ringing laugh, who never com
plained of toil, or care, or poverty, who
was always rich euough to give kind words,
and looks, and little nets of love. Kitty,
the sweet, true womnn, who had taken his
heart from his breast ! Dying! He stag
gered back a little and leaned against the
wall. Then he knew that some one had
put a glass of w ater to his lips, and felt
the wind blowing on him from the open
door.
"Kitty!"
Hut she does not stir to answer him. ly
g so quiet on her pillow dark lashes
resting on her wasted check, and her liltle
thill hands folded against her bosom. The
wiih', lofty room is full of narrow white
bills: nurses are gliding ahotit iu their
neat uniform, with a soft murmur of talk,
aud Jack, pide, haggard and travel-worn.
Is standing by Kitty's bedside. Here, iu
this haven of waifs and strays, he has
found her at last. His search is ended,
and be stands now, with a breaking heart,
looking down at the little face so still and
erave, that used to welcome him wilh
sueh happy smileB and blushes. He stoops
at last aud lays his lips on her clasped
lingers, and her eyes too tranquil ah,
too tranquil 1 unclose and meet his own.
"Ah, my poor boy, my piwr, old Jack !
So you have conic?" She clasps his
strong, brown hand between her own, aud
lays her cheek against it with a smile of
deep content. "I knew God Would hear
inc. I pr:iy.d so earnestly to see you
once before bctore I die."
"Oh, Kitty, Kitty!" He can say no
more for tears; he buries his face in the
pillow, bis hoarse, dreadful sobbing shakes
the little bed. Then, too, her own tears
flow silently down her wasted cheeks. She
makes no sound ur murmur of complaint,
b..t her IV.iil hand smooths aud touehes
his bowed head IV"in time to time with a
t' inlerness beyond all speech. After a
while be litis bis l. ar staim il. aic'iii.-h, il
tare, lis.ks at her wilh eyis iu wbi. h all
the old li::ht seems quern ie-'l lor ever
'V!. " 1 to h'n b'T foil- i.i,n.e-
!v loitif r tlcn a whisper in ils hcart-picr-eini:
leiiil' rio'ss :
Dear, best Javk kind, kind, good, i
b..j '. Hat I knew you would Mm'. How
did it happen, how did you find me so far
away?"
"I followed you," he answers, in n low
slamuieriii'; tone. "F came - - - from
New York, I knew 1 should find you. Oh.
God. I lit lie dreamed - - - it would be
be here ! Never mind how I came. - - -Oh,
Kitty! - - and you left mo! you
left nie. Do you know that my heart is
broken ? it is broken, dear I Do you be
lieve it now ?" with a great heart-rendering
soli "now, when I tell you again you
were all to ine woman or angel can be to
man. Will you believe it, Kitty now
at hut?"
"Poor Jack!" ho aavi, with aomcthiug
like the ghost of her old giilish
smile. "I am not much to love now, am
I ? There is very little lea of Kitty !"
"No good looks," ho answers, slowly.
"No health, no joy, no strength, no bright
ness, but all that is not worth anything on
earth to me! Then I will, too. I can't
live Kill)', I have no use for life !"
"Do ymi lovo me like that? Is it really
true?" Her dark eyes widen with n sort
of childish wonder. "Did you como all
this long way to find mo becauso you love
me?"
"Isocuuse I could not live without you.
Because I will not live. Do you think
there is anything now care for? Why
should I tiy to livo ?"
"Hut you aro so young, dear,'' she says,
pitifully. "Tho world is all before you
where to choose "
"My world is here," laying down his
face on her bunds again. "My only
world' Kitty, whatever happens, oh, at
least, you will marry mo now ? You will
let me have that one poor comfort, to call
you my wife, if only for a day, an hour.
I knew you uover loved me, Kitty, I
don't speak of that. I don't nsk for it
"( h, hush, dear, hush !" she whispers,
gently, a faint color st"als over her sweet,
worn face. "I loved you always from
that first moment in the dark and lonely
street aud when I sent yeu from nie,
and when I left you without word or Bign
always, always, every day aud hour.
And 1 was glad to die. I would not take
youi pity," with a flash of the old pride,
"and life seemed nothing without your
love !"
"Hut with my love, Kilty," he says, pas
sionately; "with my love !"
"I think it would be heaven, dear," she
answers, very low. Her eyes droop away
from his, aud tho color deepens in her
chock. "Make mo your wife, I shall be
glad to be your wife, not matter for how
short a time. Oh, Jack, if God would let
me live ! Perhaps pcihaps he will I"
So they are married, while the setting
sun streams redly in, and tho sunset bells
are ringing.
About a month ago Mr. Jack Tremaine
sailed for Europe with his wife, a lovely
brunette, named Kitty, who has a line
soprano voice, and a weakness for snug
gling young chorus singers and poor musi
cians generally. Rumor says that he mar
ried her on her death-bed, and brought
her back to life by sheer force of will. It
is certain that she is very much alive at
the present writing, and very much in
love with her handsome husband.
PRONOUNCING MATCHES.
A now mania, which bids fair to have
as great a run as the spelling matches of
a few years ago, has appeared in some sec
tions this country, and is gradually work
ing its way in this direction. It is the
"pronouncing match." No doubt the fash
ion will soon reach this city, and the
young people of Detroit will be engaged in
the careful study of Webster and Worces
ter unabridged. The contests are conduct
ed something like the spelling matches.
Sides are chosen and referees are appoint
ed, who have before lliem copies of Web
ster aud Worcester unabridged. A wold
pronounced by either aiithoiity is consid
ered correct. The test words which have
previously been chosen ale spelled by sonic
one selected for that purpose, aud those en
tered for tho fray pronounce them or at
least they try to. When any one fails he
he sits down, the word is pronounced cor
rectly, and another word is given out tothc
next person. When any dispute arises it
is immediately referred to the referee. If
the word is not understood it may be writ
ten down on a bluekboaid, and the contest
ant may ask to have it defined.
At a recent match in an Ohio town
some thirty -five contestants above the aver
age skill and ability in this regard were
put dowu on a list of about 2,'il) words,
the most of them in every day use. A-
mong the words which were missed wero
dismay, sacerdotal, equable, presume, cour
tesy, harass, amateur, suffice, voluminous,
infantile, oleomargarine, apotheosis, lonsi
lliia, brooch, Arab, bravado, exhibit, pi
quant, wan, alumnd, condolence, comely,
exemplary, youths, truth", effusive, blilhe.
-Detroit A'cu's.
WHERE COLORED PEOPLE
CAME FROM.
T h'-re are a few c il-.r.-d jhsqile in ihi.
louu'.n. kivs a new-paper writer, who
know triiin what Airienu mhos tiny
l,oil, nod jo.i m ii. I tit, .1 .UK . ' -r,
lived in the dark continent, before tin y
catut to Annli'ii iu the holds of sluu
shii's. lly fur ibe liirp'si part of our Af
rican r--lii,w-cillif'lls eniiie oriiMnaliy from
ibe fore-is of Sen. -gainlii.1, Liberia and
lliiinea, many final th- low downs and
lightly timbered region of the lower Con
go, and a mtii h smaller number from the
half sterile sea board of Portuguese Ango
la. The furl Iter inland station of while
slave deali rs was at lloiua, on the Conoo,
only sixty-five miles from th-' ocean. The
territory from which they filled their slave
pens extended inland only as far as Isang
lia. Stanley's second station, one hundred
and fifty miles from the coast. Tho Am
erican slave trade, except in the Niger ba
sin, was a traffic iu coast negroes. He
hind the mountain barriera that divided
the low-lying sea board from the plateaus
of central Africa, dwelt millions of other
and very dffcrent people whom Livingstone
and hia auoowaon bare made known to the
' world.
MANAOtllS AND DH4M.ITISTH.
Within my own knowledge a gentle
man who baa occupied the highest posi
tion in the profession as actor, author
aud munnKor, ami who is well known to
every lessee ill London, haa vainly
endeavored for the past twelve months
to even got a heariiiir ior his dramatic.
works, Yot tho same man has presented
his literary work to various publishers,
to whom he was unknown except by
mi inn. aud iu nearly every instance has
found an immediate market. There is,
ofoours", tho other side to the picture,
and imwadiiVH certain dramatists nre no
sooner suoooWul than they "sit" on
every one who is supine enough to sub
mit to the indignity. t)i' this uloss la
the gentleman who takes for his motto-
"I mu sir llc.i.'lol
Anil wlieu 1 iit'i' my liii li't no dug bark."
When he speaks of the wretched mana
ger it is, "laud the man called the
mniinger. As for the actors, they are
mcreiy the instruments that give my
music tu the dazzled aud delighted
world. People don't eomu to aea them
they oome to seo my piece." If tha
aetor darea to say "that" instead of
"tins," or " wlueU " instead of "what,"
ho defiles the author's composition. If
tho piece succeeds it is "becuuso it ia
my piece;" if it fails it is through "the
incompetence of the actors or because
my sensation scene is painted instead of
built out, or because there isn't euffiei-
ctit water iu the waterfall, or because
there is not linnpodmm enough iu the
lamp or strontium enoiiKh in the red
lire, or because sawdust has been used
instead of charcoal for tho explosion, or
lieeauso thcro isn't euough limelight, or
iieeausu the thunder has worked iu the
i ug place or tho lightning hasn't
ivorkcd at all, or the wind has refused
In whistle, or the peas to rattle down
the rain Ikix t" Oeeasunially, however,
liie author has hia uusc. put out of joint
liy the scene painlei. I once heard a
(ii-tiii'.ruished knight of the brush
eoliim: "D-n the author and the
actors I The public come to eee my
scenery I" Tho man was quite right,
for tho play was so bad, and the aclora
so jwwerless to retrieve it, that the ouly
thing worth seeing wnsthe sceneryl
Among the Ro-tsip in circulation at the
clubs it is cu'.Tont:y related of a recently
deceased impoilaiit drama which had
been in prepiiralioii for many months
liml. up to within a lofluiglit of its pro
da lion, not a' line nf the last act had
b.en writt'-u!
T1IK ii.U.KAssK.
The galeasse, aliiiosl peculiar to Spain
nml its Italian de;i"n leneies, dilVered
from the pulley ebieilv in size and arm
iieieut. Tt hid u loie.rili of 100 to 170
(cot, and n propurt ouato breadth, with
ours of sueh weight that seven and aome
tini 's nine men were required to each
one. llesides two tiers of guns on its
foreonstle nud poop enrrringballa weigh
in from 311 to TO 'n unds. a swivel gun
mis placed between eaeli rowing bench,
in nil from 60 to Til pieces of artillery.
It bud three masts and two decks, and
"its tm attempt to combine tho useful
; "hits of the piilieou. or soiling ship,
with those of the galley, but was prac
tically fouud only to unite the weak
mi. ts of both. Introduced by the Cata
lonnins at the commencement ot tha
fifteenth century, they had become dis
used before the close of the sixteenth,
but within that space of time played an
important part in the maritime oontesta
of the period, especially in tha great
nml decisive struggle of Lepanto.
A (1UIOIS OAMIII.INd IMl'I.rOMlSNT.
Some years tigo, upon the authority of
rnoeh it was announced that tho tor
toise was not an animal, but an insect
Recently a more noble animal a mon
keyhad his nature under discission
U'tore the magistrate nt Southampton,
the poiut iu dispute being whether ft
monkey was, under certain circum
stances, "a gambling implement. " A
man had lweu arrested by the polios
upon boxiutr day for holding a lottery
ou tho rooo course at Southampton by
means of a monkey, who picked out
numlicra from a box. After the delin
qu ut had been fined for this offenos
nguiust the law, the police aakod that
tho monkey, box and ticketa might be
forfeited, as lieing the implomouta by
which the gambling was carried on. It
is scarcely to lo wondered at that the
magistrate felt some doubt upon th
mutter, and therefore ordered the mon.
key to be restored to its owner who, it 11
to be hoped, will not encourage tha dis
solute animal to offend again.
TKACII TH R IllI.llKFN DRAWINO.
The development of a child'a mind il
an epitome ot the mental evolution ol
the race. Long before tho printed past
ime any meaning for him, pioturee are a
delight Eia iuatiuela teach him tha
ii"-t medium with which to exprcaa hia
i-li us, and ha naturally adcrpta bold
oid brood etvlr. A picoe of obalk and
: 'on i d fence, or a hit of ouarooal and a-
v,:'.'-"rr.u!""! "It will nmw imwistiblA
Happy the child whose parent! furnieh
ii-m with a lilafkltonril which he
lawfully cover wilh the oroatiouaof hi
f.illOjf.
There are throo companions with whom
a limn should always keep on good term
Ins wile. Ins stuuuiou, and Ilia oonaoi-
ONR OOllll TRAIT OT ADAM'S.
" There ia one thing that I have alwayi
admired Adam for," said the conductor
to a commuter who was in the habit ol
forgetting hit ticket every other day.
"What trait of hia oharaoter do yon
admire most?"
"Hia memory. Ho never left hi
oommutation ticket at horn."
Tha commuter muttered omething
ahont a man being "too Adam amart,"
hut th conductor pretended not to hew
it.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
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Thin medlrin, comldnmg Iron whli iiira
TeyetiiUe t"ik, ijnieljy nrd emi'ii'U-ly
Ciiri'tt llvapeimlii, Iiiillwi'Blhin. W rnltneM.
liMiiiirftlUiMl. .HiilHiiiitt till Intuit! l-tttm
una .rnrnltiliis
ll i mi nii'Hilins reir.dly for UiM-tuoHof tho
Kiriiii-vK nmi l.tvrr.
It i- Invalimi.lft lor Tti'rtr" t r'lMar 10
Woi.ieii, iin-I nil who lend n Hi i.laiv live.
ltdoMio! ini;te :!; t?lh. t hum- In n dm 'lit-. "I"
pi'Klui'C en i.ni'finnn otlfv m wihcrnrf o.
1 1 i-iu If -m- I jionlii". ill' l.'ond.MfmuUtci
ttiAiipl'iMin- "i'ti Hie nfslinilitlh.il "f fond, rc
lievcK lU'rtrlt.iini nod li' h'hintf, nml .--laJH,th-eu
tin- mimi'le" mid ihtvcs,
For InimiiUfeiit T'evers, l,nsltinltj. "
Enerjfl-, At , it hrv no tiiial.
4v The p tui'iie Iiiik fllmve trade murk Blifj
cruaM'd red lint on wrpir. 'Uke tifiothur.
uiifhr HHuwa i n rn it ii, ro., HiLTiaotit,i
Dec. 18 lyr
E. CLAEK.
FAMILY (JIKX'KHIK.S,
I have on hand always,
prii'iKi:
at the lowest
Flour. Sugar,
Coffee, Virginia Hams,
Meat, Cheese, Crackers,
Tobacco, Ciirars, Tea,
Spices, Mackerel,
Herrings, Shot.
Powder, Confection.iries,
and everything that may be wanted.
LIQUORS.
Liquor of every kind always in utoek.
and Cheap.
MY BAll
Is also supplied with the best grades of
WHISKIES,
MIXES.
BRANDIES, tic.
E. CLARK,
Weldon, N. C.
oct-8-3m.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
. H. KlllHl.N,
W. A. IRISH.
COCSTV ArWRNKV,
J 1 T U H I X I) I.' N N ,
A TTOKXEYS AT LA If,
SCOTLAND KECK, N. C.
mar lltf
F. II. HI SBEE,
S1I.F.IU1I, N. C.
R. H. SMITH Jr.
SCOTLAND NXCK, B. C.
BHEE & SMITH.
Mr K II lluslice ami Mr. I! H.Sinilli, Jr Conn-
seliini Rt I.10V. HMVtt toriiiid a liuiitcil ianiH'reiii
lor the iiriti-luu ol law ia lialil.n eieiiuy. wr.
IliiNlnr uill t-m-ml tlie court ol llulifax. ri'Kiilitrlr,
Mint will also vlait Hie county tvlivliuvur his-s;rvk'ee
Hn- re'iumsl. ociio i)
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MAS N. II 1 I. !..
Altunipy at raw,
HALIFAX, N. O.
Prueliei in (Ltiifis mid lutiuiiiiuy; cuuullw tvud
Fodel ii.d su,.rfiue cuuru.
aa. 2S tf.
T
W. MASON,
Attorney at J.aw,
UARVBBtltU, N. C.
rrai-tlm In tht! court of Northampton im1 ad-
1 lining euaultia, iu the FiHlwal uitl mipirmt I
courw. juweu.
w
ALTER t DANIEL,
Attorney at Law
W'KI.DON, N.C.
Pnu tl. t In llalifitx nad AdiolnlnircotintlcA.
tidal tiltontiiin aiven ttM-ullt'ctinna In all Dark
ol me hute aim prompt rviurua maae.
ieo u ty.
Ww.
HALL,
Attorney at Law,
WELHOH, s c.
Spm-lal alti-ioiim siviaito cnllocltoua ami rmnH
Urn us r"iiiJllY inane. nar l u.
L' I. L K S A WORK,
Attorneys at Law,
UAMPAX, K. C.
rntt'tlce In thr itmutieaiif Ilnllfx, Northantiitn.
VlitfentiiiM', I'ltt i ol Mnrlni In Hit Miiinaie
tl llie UU- itnd III the Kedefnl i'iiiiIp of (lie Kitsl.Tli
UiMrn t. t'olUt'titiiu mtntv iu any Mit of ihc bUlr,
Jail 1 )
I)
H.J. K. BHIKLUS,
Hurgeon Dentist.
navlnB:p,,n,1''rif,,,lv ',wat'' )M 'n''n ean
fiund at hiaotriec in tanirt n Hrl k Hmidm at
UllIM meenl Whi'llHlWIlt on Drolt'HS lolial I'llMlit1.
iVrtrt-ftilatt'Tilion t-lren to all branehea of the ii
f.iwtim. rartiea lHiuu at tnvir noaiea vtnuu uu
aired. July w ty.
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R. I. L. HUNTER.
HitrcoB Dentlata
Oan be fttund at till office In Enflold.
Par Niuoni Oxide Oat Pw the Palnleaa titrar
Uttft of TeetH alwaya on hand.
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