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i f' I .v i. nr;.;:;. . I .1 - : - 1 :i ' - . . I:'-- : I ' - "- " - ' ) : 1 . ;j I E.,V0, ;VABD, Eator u4Eietor. J: ;l:ltTlie-;Orgaxx of th4 Roanoke and Albemarle Sections. ; ; , SPESOBIToy, $2;per & Aatanca, ; : . MUltFEEESBQRQ, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1877. V V;.;:V:..j;-h:tj 9o ' t:-ltt. Lapped in the eider and wrapped in tb ailk. A cherub watching her beautiful rest. Cryed from ivory, white as tailk j ' The little princeaa liea in her neat ! And the upatretched wings hold the drift of lace ' - j That floats like a cloud round the ! face! ; ; '!! flower-sweet While the jewelled ladiea ware to and fro Great plumes that perfume the winds theyblow. Folded in fleece and swinging' aloft TCj-. In th3 rough rolled sheet of hemlock Jbark, The pioneer baby sleeps as soft, j Though round her the forest frowns vast and j dark; 1 Where the axe rings clear and the birds, sing And the beast with a crash isleapjingy-8" f And the eh'aft of sunshine conies and goes, And the wild bee .fancies her cheek a rose, ! I ! ! I :. Long, long ago, in the misty gleam j Of that elder day where the! ways diride, Tbe little ancestress dreamed her dream ! By! the spear-head's glow ana the camp-flre's side; While the blood of battle across the night Yet san? of the awful 1ovs of fieht.1 And, with all its dints of fray and field, One rocked her to sleep in her father's shield ! Rhoda's Prisoner BY ROSALIE ORjiY. "I start to-morrow fop Be Ileville."! said Rhoda Clare to her aiitit,! upon whom she was making a tareell call.; "Are you going alone, quired her relative. "Yes," was the reply. cbJ can-i not leave his business just! now to go with me, but he will put me on the mrs and mv friends, who are already in Beleville, will meet me "I don't think it is safe at the depot.' continued the old laay. "Just tliinkJ H you should be robbed, as I wasi on! that very roadj last summer r1 "How was that?" asked Rhoda. "Well," replied her companion we werej list approaching the tun nel; when! wear-! u gentlemanly looking youig man ing spectacles, came up to me and in- quired, 'Is this seat engaged, mada 'Xo,'lI replied, and he immediately J. La or ap propnated it. lie was dis posed to be rather chattv. and was oiiite interest- ins : but he left at the first station we reached. After we had passed ithirough the tunnel, and when 1 put my hand in my pocket, I found that my pocket- book had left with him J ! "The strange young man had! proved too fascinating for voii " laughed Rhoda. I defy any one tp roh me so easily." Having just pas teed through the graduating course at school and come oft with equipped for flving colors, she felt any emergency! lvhich might present itself in the battle Of life. 'Don't be too sure, replied her 'Hint " and beware of any gentlemanlv 411(11 lr wishes to share vour seat lh the cars." Rhoda set forth with bright antici- pations ol a pleasant summer Her ticket was bought, her truhk jchecked, and she was established in a seat,! all to herself, with an interesting book in her hand, and her lunch in a hsitchel beside! her. The whistle blew, and papa; j giving ner a nurriea kiss, Daae ner gooo-Dye ; and, for the first time In hjer life!, she was traveling alone. For a while she watched the scenery, as thel I train whirled her ranidlv alongj. Then she devoted herself to her book i butjfijnally I becoming tired of both, she yawneju ana I wished for company, and even fancied that her aunt's fascinating young rob- ber would be a rather agreeable diver- sion. "1 shoiuu lite to see mm get my pocket-book," thought Rhoda. j "If his hand were once in my pocket he would hot escape so easily withoiit aiil Intro duction to the police." Anid sh Closed her own little palm tightly as she alreadv had the prize with ni her I jrasp. while these thoughts were passing through the young lady's mindj the ears stopped, and several passengers came on Doara. itnoua was conscious ol a shadow tailing near, ajna looting up. she beheld a vision which mantled her cheeks with a deep blush ; ia tall I and rather elegant looking young man, with darK wniSKers, ana wearing spec- tacles. was resnectfullv touching his hat. and innuiring. 1 UN "Is this seat engaged, Miss?? iAnd then he added, apologetically, "All the others seem to be occupied. T "Answers the description1 exactly," soliloquized the young detectIve.iT Now Aunt Ann shall be revenged ; jm will give him the opportunity to pick! pocket, if he desires it. Perhaps my he may not enjoy it so much in thej end!" then she added, aloud, putting on a 100K Of upon your remove her satchel. ill "Allow me." said the stranger, and be elevjated.it to. the bracket abovei Khoda kept her, eye upon ! her fprop- rty, although expecting to see it ! and her conjipanion disappear together. "He prefers pocket-books," wajs mental! comment; "I'll be on guard.'.' , ... , II' her my In spite of herself, our heroine be came interested in the conversation of 'he strainger. He was so perfect lv ac- quaintejd with the road and pointed out U thei nhfa nf interests, I w j v W7 A amusing anecdotes them. connected With But I must not forget that he is a on, as s"e listened. Aunt Ann, said that he as entertaining. How funny ,"f she continued, addressing her self, "that I r"ouia meet the same person. Buitl then oppose, he freauents this road! lftally, they entered the tunneltJ 1THE CRADLES. i Stearness wuiuii cuuiiuany i it was uj; ereaeuicauiug;! ucw, ; auu i her childlike face, "Tha.seat is at looking so invitingly cool to therlpedes service. sir." and she proceeded to trian. i v . ;- " . I -v. - - u,-, : . f.'-.,, ti-w : i .... -4-. ' : 1 l : ; : i i i m , ! scarcely r wonder," i remarked the strange young-"man in - spectacles "at the mistake pf tjie old lay who, hav ingentered the tunnel for the firsttime inlier life, anS haVing never heard -of it, supposed the Day of Judgment had come," -1 i lle is trying to divert my attention" thought Rhoda. Perhaps he imagines that I m a young chit of a school-girl whet can he easily. imposed; ilpon, hut he may find himself mistaken."; -J 7 ' J ust then she felt a slight tug at her Jineu polonaise, and immediatel y thrust ing her hand into the pocket, imprisoned a masculine hand, "which she firrasned tightly. 1 "Xow I can triumph over Aunt Ann thought Rhoda, "if I jam not accus tomed to traveling alone.' T ' They emerged from the tunnel and what was the chagrin of the j young lady to discover that she was imprison- ing her companion's., hand in the pocket ot his own linen duster. j- "Oh ! I I beg your pardon !" stam mered Rhoda, feeling very much like the culprit for whom she had mistaken the stranger. "You are very excusable," plied,5 gazing in wonder at her h e re ! blush- ing countenance, while his face seemed to Te an interrogation point. ( ! Rhoda felt that, in justification to herself, some explanation was neces sary, but with a fresh sense of mortifi cation, she remembered that j the only one she had to offer was the reverse of complimentary. i "I thought," she began "that is Aunt Ann said you were I j mean. I thought it was my pocket and I mis took you for a- "Pickpocket?" asked the stranger, as the truth began to dawn upon him, and his eyes twinkled with a sense of the ludicrous situation. ; r "Yes," answered Rhoda, desperately while her blushes deepened into! scar let. -.. ! j "And so I was to be brought to jus tice, I suppose, and delivered up to the police at the next station." And the dark eyes danced behind the spectacles with merriment. v i "Do please forgive me!" replied Rhoda, "I have never traveled alone before; and I have been from home but very little." I 1 1 "Well,' was the laughing,: retort, "I'll forgive you for putting your hand in my pocket. Now see how much more merciful I am than you I intended to be!" But Rhoda was in no mood for laugh ter : she felt that she had disgraced her- self ; and every time the train stopped That he, Duncan Rivers, the spoiled she wished that her companion would pet of society, could be taken into ; con leave and that she might never see him sideration, that any young; lady would again.! She was doomed to be disap- not answer an immediate "yes," to a pointed, however, for the cars were proposition of marriage emanating from nearing her own destination, i and the him, had never entered that gentle stranger was still with her. man's head as one of the possibilities; "Beleville !" shouted the conductor, therefore, he could afford to be amused and the inexperienced little i traveler sprang to her feet, fancying that there was not a momenl to lose. r "I will bid you good-bye,"! she re marked triumphantly. ."Oh, don't be in a hurrv," 'was the renlv: "there is nlentv of time. I Stop "Provoking!" thought Rhoda." Now I shall be constantlv meeting him. I uiu till; suuiiuci ao v Rhoda's friends were at the depot readv to smother her with kisses. ! "Did you have a pleasant journey r asked Miss Tdwnsend, as they were driving to the One large hotel of which TH .711 . 1 i ! i ieiievnie oohsii. "I was somewhat lonelv.". replied Rhoda. ' "Duncan Rivers came on the train with vou. He is quite a distinguished lawyer! from Philadelphia, with any amount of wealth, which he inherited vou saw irom an uncle, l wonder n him. He is tall, with dark whiskers and wears spectacles." "I was reading a good deal of i the time," remarked Rhoda, evasively, ' -and paid very little attention to the passen gers."1. : i lie triend wondered why the t warm blood mantled her cheeks. Rivers came up and shook hands with the Townsend familv ; and Nina imme diately presented him to her "particu-; lar friend and schoolmate, Miss Clare.", "Miss dare's lace is laminar,'' re marked! the gentleman, roguishly. Were vou not on the train this after-; noon?" !-' i.-W-i; Again the roses depened on the soft, dimpled cheeks, adding new brightness to the dark violet eyes, and JN ina won- aerea n any masculine ueari couiu re sist the innocence, and freshness, land beauty of that fair face. 4! Belleville was not a place in wnicn people could spend their time yawning and going to sleep. The shaded drives, old mountains frowning down upon the river, which laughed back defiance to them as it sbarkled in the! sunshine all these proved to have greater; fas- cinations for the young people than the cosy old-fashioned hotel surrounded ; as Although Belleville boasted of many eligible beaux iust now, who had come to rusticate for a few weeks, yet Dun- can Klvers decideaiy carrjea on i tne palm. His cultivation, his personal ap- pearance, his ponsnea manners, ana his politeness to - all ana , aevouon to none, served to rivet the thoughts ; of the voung ladies upon him rather than upon those whose particular attentiens were oestowea ' - . 3 I I . : more maiscriminateiy. . I lA.ll but Rhoda. The recollectioh of the particular compliment. with ' which she hart fa wired him in the car. served to render her shy' towards him now, and I she avoided him upon every possible occasion.' . " Meanwhile, this little episode,: which he considered a . good joke, had, ouly served to amuse him; and the pet ; of society wondered, and was piqued, -at the indifference of an unsophisticated vmmir rirl. iust fresh from the school roomf He carelessly resolved that she should he conquered, not dreaming that helhad anything deeper at stake than the amusement of the hour. S His frequent invitations to her to walk and drive, his devotion to her on thft croquet ground, their tetera-tetes v-iv.oo-krwxv, ci c buuu uuuixu oy me omer occupants or the ; bouse, who, of course, did not fail to make their comments. I A picnic had been planned td the Falls, about twelve miles from the vil lage. On the previous Evening j Rhoda had wandered to the end of one ef the long halls, and had seated herself in the window, where the moon poured in anooa oi silvery light, bringing out iii a shadowy beauty the leaves of the grand old maple trees, which were re ected on the walls, dancing in their own grotesque fashions as they Mere gently swayed by the light breeze. - "l have louhd vou at last." said a pleasant voice. "Why did you run away irom us?" ...... "I accidently strayed into this cor ner," replied Rhoda, "and then I could not resist its beauty." I . fit is charming!" said Mr. Rivers, seating himself.,"! have come to ask you; Miss Rhoda, if I may have the pleasure of your company in my car riage, to this picnic, to-morrow." f'l had half made up my mind not to gb," said Rhoda, "for I promised poor old Miss Dennis, that I would spend a day with her before I leave, and now the summer is almost past." f 'Oh, it will never do for you to give up the picnic!" exclaimed her com panion; "the last gayety of the season. Give the old lady some other day and go with me to-morrow. Come Miss Rhoda: you must say 'yes.' I think I will not take 'no' fer an answer." fWell," was the reply, 'I will think about it." I . . Just then the pair, become conscious of a presence. There was a rustle of starched muslin, and they caught a glimpse of a figure as it glided past, a little in the. distance, where another hall intersected this one. How long had this presence been there? And how much of the conver sation had been overheard ? All of it, or only the latter part? i These were the thonghts that passed through Rhoda's mind, and she glanced up and encountered the merry twinkle in her companion's eyes. "There is the foundation for quite a romance; a lover, deeply in earnest, and an undecided young lady taking him into consideration," laughed Mr. Rivers, as they separated. in contemplation ot the; reports to which the conversation just related might give rise. The bright morning sun overturned Rhoda's self-sacrificing intentions, and charitably resolving to bestow upon old Miss Dennis the first rainy day should one! occur before she left Belleville, she took her seat in Mr. River's comforta ble little carriage. She was beginning - A 1 . S 1 1 io recover irom ine snvness wnicn sne had always felt toward her! companion, in consequence of the awkward mistake she had made when she first met him: and now the drive through a lovely Country, SUrrOUliaea Dy tne niOSl en- chanting scenerv. had an exhilarating effect upon her snirits. and her com- panion was charmed with the wit and freshness of her remarks, and wished that the tete-a-tete might last all day. It came to an end all too soon, and the entire party was established in the woods ; some sitting in groups, some in twos, some taking solitary walks, per haps in quest of congenial company. Mr. j Rivers had unconsciously fallen into; a brown study,, from which he was rather rudely awakened by one of the party, -who stepped up to him exclaim ing? ; "I was to be the first to congratulate you I" : '; ! "For what?" asked the gentleman, somewhat startled by the abruptness. "For being the lucky chap who has secured the prettiest girl in-; the com pany," was the reply. 'At least, we suppose you have secured her. We were told that she was taking-you in consideration; but as she drove with you to-day, we fancy that is equivalent to an acceptance." And there: was a malicious glance in the eyes of the speaker,' who had so frequently been eclipsed by : the gifted young lawyer. "Save your congratulations until you receive your information from a more reliable source than boarding-house gos sip," replied Mr. Rivers, as he turned "Confound that little school girl!" he mentally ejaculated. "She? first takes me for a pickpocket,. and then places me, to all appearance, in the position of a numme, suitor, waiting meeiuy lor, my sentence." f his ears, and turning in the direction whence it proceeded.; he beheld the "little school girl" surrounded by four of her companions, and Mr. Rivers was obliged to acknowledge to himself that he had never before seen so lovely a pic ture.! The sunshine had lent an addi tional flush ; to her cheeks; and was playing bo peep through the leaves with her soft brown hair, from which her hat had partially fallen; ' her beau tiful eyes sparkled with mischief, and a 3 1 . 1.9 T merry laugn panea ner rosy lips, in her fingers she held four blades of grass with one end concealed in her dimpled hand; f Each gentleman eagerly drew, and compared lengths with his neigh- bors, and then tney exciaimea in a tone ,of disappointment, ' All alike!" , "Certainly," repnea icnoaa, ae- mureiy. nuw cuuiu x ue uie pai mcr of either of you when I am already en gaged for the first game of croquet ?" The gentlemen took her joke good haturediy, and went off. In?- quest of other partners. "That little coouette !" mentallv eiarv uidicu jsxr. divers, t "i never noticed before tfiat she was so much admired, sue eccmeu sucn a sny little tnlnff." xut iiiis gentleman was doomed to make several discoveries in the course i ti me "ay, one oi wnicur was that ha lelt a certain unpleasant sensation in the, regibn of his heart, when Khoda's smiles were showered too indiscrimi nately among her admirers, and that his! own attentions, hitherto carelesslv V. '1 t T - . ! . , ucaiuvYcu nau a ueeper meaning than he i was himself conscious of. He now a mo noticed that his courtesies were I accepted or declined with the saucy iiidifference which irreeterl hr other adorers. He wearied of. the day and rejoiced when he found himself once more seated in his! carriage' with Rhoda beside him, their faces turned homeward.- s : i t "TV"!' said Rhoda, "this is the last picnic ol'the season ! I shall - be half sorry to return to the city and settle down to propriety once more." j "That will not require much exer ertilon," remarked her friend, mischiev ously; "i f you can return to it as easily as you left it.". I "What do you mean!" demanded Rhoda. half angrilv. I "Havd you forgotten that vou at- tempted ,to pick my pocket on the j jour- ney ?" laughed Rhoda. "It was you s trying to rob me, only by rdemam you managed to get wno wer some leg' both han Is into your own pocket be fore you emerged into the light." j thingrom me, Rhoda. I was uncon scious Of ft at the time, but I have dis covered ipy loss since. Give me an equivalent for it, and I will promise not to make the theft public." Then he added, mpre seriously, "You cannot want two hearts." A! saucy reply rose to Rhoda's lips, but something in that earnest gaze put it to flight. i "I don't think you have been any morehonst than I," she faltered. "I have missed T i But the rest of the sentence Wits lost as her lips were smothered with khses. "Then you do love me, Rhoda, after all? I thought you were indifferent." "And I! thought that, after you! had stolen! my heart, you had merely played with it for awhile, and then thrown it away." "When jdid you begin to care fori me, darling?'! I "i oeneve it was wnen l iouna my hand in your pocket, although I wished then that jl might never see you again." A lew days more ended Khoda's visit to Belleville ; butvshe did not return home alone. Mr. Rivers declared it would be necessary for him to accom panyj her,! to prevent her from making arrests on the cars I He said that! she had taken him prisoner at their ; first meeting, and had held him in chains ever since I a Jirl Wanted. Yes, I want another "A tidy girl to uo npuseworK in a smaii iaraiiy goou wages and a good home." That's i the t , J i i . ' 1 1 Ay Ji - - -. l way my advertisements always reads, and as soon as the paper is out the girls rrv 1 1 2T commence coming . Tidy - girls Irom ten to sixty-live years old come pulling the bblj, ahd when told that they won't suit thev Put on such a look ot con- tempt for the door, the door plate, the ixoinigaic aim inc wnuc msuiuuuu, that the world seems three degrees hot- I ter than beiore. i always, engage tne gin. All IS Iff UK cause ot an laea oi mine tnat i can reaa a A a t a -tr -t human nature, and because I do not fear to tell! them in plain English what is expected of them. After . the door bell has been pulled about five times, the right looking sort of girl makes her aDDearance. one says sne saw tne aa- vertisement. and is invited m. bhe says she can ao any Kina oi cooKing, loves to! wash, is fond of children, can never sleep after hve ! o'clock in the morning, liever goes out evenings, does not Know a young man in Detroit, anu she'd jbe willing to work for low wages for the sake of getting a good homei 1 She is told to drop her bundle, lay off her things and go to work, and a great burden irolls oft mv mind as I congrat ulate myself that the prize-medal has arrived at last. She is all-right up to about seven in the evening, when she is I suddenly missed, and returns about ten o clock to say that she "just droppbd out" to get a postage stamp. The niext day she begins to scatter the fh'tk jiflr irnrd strvnsi her ironirigto read a dime novel, and at supper time wants to know if I cannot send the children oft to live with their grandfather, get a cook stove with silver jplafed knobs, and have an addi tion built oh to the kitchen. That even ing a big, red-headed butcher walks in, crossed his legs over the kitchen table, and proceeds to court Sarah. She does not last but $. day or two longer, and then we secure another. ! Thi4 lone ik right from New Hamp shire, jahd doesn't know a soul in Mich- dinnef dishes before a crossed-eyed young man rings the bell and ,nd says he d r isi TinV, .Amoi.t iffop i cooinrhhlm TTannflh nnncludes not! to llkf l.ll Mn I I 1 1111 tO II1U11ILII Iv A JkA t. V. I Rtav. as we are so tar irom St. Jonn's church, arid as we don't appear to be religious people. - ! The Inext one especially recommends herself as being "just like thek own mother' to the children, and Jsn't in the house half a day before she draws Small jPica over her knee and gives him a regular old jCanadian waltz. The next one has five ! recommenda tions as a neai; and tidy girl, and yet it isn't three da Vs before she bakes the shoe brush with the beef, washes her hands in the soup tureen, or drops hair pins into the pudding. The jFrench Geographical Society has awarded the great gold medal of the society, to Commander V. L. Cameron, of Hef Britannic Majesty's Navy, for his explorations in Africa. j A New Star. - new iar nas appeared m - the conn stellation.Cygnus (the Swan). , On the evening of Nov. 24th. Professor Schmidt airector oi the Athens Observatory, noticed there a star of the third magni tude. Not 'only was no star of thatJ brightness there before, or any star visi ble to the naked , eye, but it was found when catalogues and charts came to. be examined,' that-no star had ever been noted there: even in lists meant toin- clude all starts down to the. tenth mag nitude. For instance, Argelander.t has ! made such a list, and charts from it,! showing no less than 3241000 stars. that is, a hundred times atf many a'sWeUi?.hundred acting plays, none of which Can see on tneflarlrestAnrl Menreat nirrUt. yet his list showed' no star .where , the new. one had appeared., Astronomers do not, hpweyer, suppose the new "star is really newj" except in -the sense : of being seen for the firsttime.- They know thawhen last a jiew star appeared in this way it wa&Tpuntftoieoue of -Arsri!- ander's army of 324,000 stars, and watch ing that star ( which had appeared f in the constellation of the Northern crown in May, 1866), they found that though it faded gradually out of sight to ordi nary vision, the telescope could still fol low it, until it, had sunk to the i tenth magnitude, at which degree of luster it remained and still remains. No doubt if Ave had had full lists of all stars down to the fifteenth or perhaps the twentieth magnitude, we should have found that the new star in Cygnus was simply an old faint star which had brightened up suddenly, and remained for a time as one among the stars adorning our skies. Examined with an instrument called the spectroscope the new star gave ' a very strange account of itself. It was found to be emitting the same sort of light as other stars ; but besides that light, it emitted such light as comes from intensely heated vapors, j Among the vapors in that star thus (for he time) intensely hot,' were hydrogen, the vapors of the metals sodium and magnesium, and a vapor known to be present in enormous quantities in our sun's outer atmosphere, as seen during times of total eclipse. All these vapors surround bur sun ; and it is very prob-i able that if anything caused our sun to blaze put with greatly increased light and heat, folks living on a world cir cling round some other sun would find the same peculiarities in our sun's light as we have founds in the light of the new star in the Swan. What caused that star to blaze out in that strange way, we do not know. We should! like to kne w, because we might th mine whether the cause wliic then deter- liich had ko disturbed that sun might not be one from which our own sun may one day sufler. Whateyer the ; cause was. its effects did not last very long. In a week the new star had sunk to the fifth magnitude, in another week to the sixth, in yet another to the seventh, since which time (December 15th) it has very slowly diminished, and is still (January 5th) above the eighth mag nitude. But although the i unusual light and heat of that remote sUn faded thus quickly away, yet if inhabited worlds circled - around that sun, the cooling of their sun must have come far too late to save those creatures' lives. I XI U LI I BUU V CI C lv 511IHC CVCU UUli 1U1 twentvfour hours with several hun- dred times its usual heat, it is certain that every creature on the earth would be destroved. and wnen the sun re turned to its usual luster it would shine . nf wnrlrld on whloh not f lL?",'!?10,101 single living creature was left. St. Holiday Scenes in Australia. -. 4 - With us and with European Chris tians Chrismas is the great winter holi day. In the north it is a winter bf snow and ice at the best, giving us perhaps skat ing and sleighing, but sometimes, in the perversity of weather's whims, giving us slosh and mire. It is rather a season in all parts of in door festivity. If we rebel at this state of affairs, we may perhaps be consoled by our pictures of Christmas in Australia- -Are we wining to ex change our Christmas, with all its dis advantages, our ice and snow, our cosy, warm rooms, and hearty, vigorous frames, well toned by exercise, for the heat and the lassitudes, the exhaustion and utter pall of all things that are the attendants of a fierce midsummer's sun? i If not, let us be content 'and take the goods the gods provide,: and take them, with thanKiumess not. murmuring, n A-11 -i.1 " Al 11-. ! it. An Australian inrisuuas laim in uie summer, vv niie our ooys are amusing themselves with sleds and skates, their Australian cousins are seeeking, a luxu- rious swim or bath in the river or sea; while we drive bverroads crisp andspark- ling with frozen snow, our friends In Australia rattle along, amid dust and heat, to redch their host's house, over heated and overdone ; or, if not blessed with a draff, and fortune alwavs acting as a drag on him, our friend at the antipodes m ' A f 1. L Z -a-a. A-.m-m nf-H V At rvnn It 9 fV' nas to waiK, uow viguiuusi uc.uws nio handkerchief to mop or ian : Xo wintry landscape greets the eye. It is dog-days.- There is no fear there ofeverv breath of heaven's air." The doors are ! wide, and , windows opento eaten every Dreeze, anu ice is ameui- i areo aa an article iui m-uwi, uww TOUt - dOOr USC ' It is a picture to study, for though all, in a general way, know the difference of climate, how strange the result Is when picturesquely brought' home to us! H' '-" ' !- ' :-: ' ' But the heart is not affected by travel, and the great day of home rejoicing is celebrated in far-off Australia, as with us : with joy among the children more sober but deeper.4 in the aged.: i In the cottage of the herdsmen, in the miner's camp, as in the cities that have sprung up and grown so wonderfully it Is still OHMofmafl' thf ehnrehes thronged and decorated ; greeting from friendly lips; wishes in which we join the wide world, round for peace, health, and plenty in the coming year. ,r?i ...j a i. ; r Ckuery Is good for the nerves, but a good salary is better. :rrEWslnf briiF: kT! tie French smoked six hundred tons of cigarettes during 1876. fArkansas has more fiewsDaners in proportion to noDulation than an v other State tn the Union. ' J-Ek Qoy.! Ilanford, the California mi Hlouaife. has given Bierstadt an order for a $20,000 picture. -Marriages, solemnized in Pennsvl- vahia on the Sabbath are not legal. So says a law enacted in that State in 1777. r-Jphn ; Brougham has written over il .VVMu be called literary or theatrical rhe wife of Dom Pedro is the first empress .who has trod , the streets of . i i - i - -.- - Jerusalem since the' days of Queen Helena?. - t - 'i j-j-The J3ecretary of War has ordered home tbeijrocps ' now' stationed at Alisksk SLIje cOof the post ha3 been foaXK) peryear. - -Initheyear 1793 the national debt of France was held by 23,971 citizens; in 18751the public fund-holders indreased in number to 4,380,933. J --The Aligustine convent at Witten berg, In wiich Luther lived when a ni6ik, and which was afterward given to him and his wife, is now to be used as Lutheran Museum. A Holly Tree Inn has been started at Ch ster. Pa., 'and one is : soon' to be soon Titusville, Pa. The Holly Inn is intended to popularize hot ee. instead ot hot whisky. -rtCharles Fairbanks ot London. Entr- ladd, a 'member of the Vermont family i that iiame, has given $15,000 to finish a niew hall for women students at Drury College!, at Springfield, Mo. "i II Tfr - a- . . .... i -tun -ajLoore, Cincinnati's new avor, is popular with tiie news-boys. e nas done a good deal for them, and ;her celebrated his election bv a tnrnh- ight prbcession and serenade. -j-The! son of Charles Dickens will allow a monument to be placed over father's grave, as proposed, because noyeust's will requested that ing! of the kind should ever be ner- miixea. -i LliU. .1 V. , I ' , I ! -4Thd -1- .3 1 t Post Office Department reports hat dii (ring the past three months uere have been 132 detections and ar- fdr mail robberies. " embracing llleials an yearly all grades la the pos- ai eervl ice. -4A bill to allow a husband and wife i testify ! against each other has been illeu in the Indiana Legislature. It aa feared that il legal permission was lVeh n O bOd V else WOillrt havo . rhnrA to say anything, , , N eorge Kliot and her husband Mr s, are going to give up their Lon louse and reside altogether in Sur- i it Tin ' It' n 1 ri irn nffr v rr- 1 n n . . ha4ed a hbu!se which formerly belonged tb S t Henry Cole. ! The King of Holland has offered to M. KranUl CommissarV'General of the B&rid' Exhibition of 1878, 40,000 tulip r x)t8L which will be taken care ot at the ejspnse bf the King. The offer has been gratefully accepted. ' ( The people of Virginia, it is estl n Tatecl, d -ink annually 2,325,000 gallons o ar'dent spirit3. Of this 310,000 gaU h ns are produced In the State, leaving 2,623ip00gallons of the consumption to bi imported from other States. i isjsnpwn that the British Post office j Department carries thirty-two letters per annum for every man. wo- oh i rri a n ndschild in the United Kingdom. detail, 35 each I in England and If, In Scotland, jand 13 in Ire- land il nee the accession of Queen Victo- ria the 13 rltlsh throne, forty years Is calculated that eigliteen mem- irs bf the royal family, including the leeiii's uncles and cousins, have cost the hiatldn! 20,217,000 or about $101.- OS5.O0P.r si - 1...,. f !' The TilunicIpal Council of Paris ia eribg the project of a great sys- te metropolitan railways to connect quarters of the town as in Lon- all th dqn. lt Is very probable that work will !e begun on this shortly after the close jf the great exhibition of 1878. i H-Kred Archer, the leading jockey on the English turf, . Is only 18, but durirlg thb Iraclng season ofl876 be rode ho less than 657 times, and won 217 rapesj-j-a, feat! neveif before accomplished bjf byt any norseman on the turr. ite prob ably ireceived1' in fees, retainers and prssepts, p3,700.. , I: Ajn immense meteor, weighing un told , tonsi alighted sometime since in Ntvaa Valley; and, as they assay everything but there, this was taken in hand! py a chemist, who demonstrated that this windfall from the heavens was a real! bonanza, yielding 337 insilver an! $42 inlgoldper ;ton. . h - -pln'l870.for every 100 " received by tne railway companies or ureal liritain 4$ Vas etpended. Year after year the prypurnuni wi- wormug uuowum iu- creased until in 1874 It cost 00 to earn JClOO.IJIn 1875 matters were so far im proved that it cost only $54 and last year only a! trifle over 50. ,. , --One of the foremost champions of women's rights in England is about to condescend to matrimony. Miss Lillian Ash worth, John Bright' niece,, who has been held up as an example of rigid celibacy. Is soon to marry Prof. Hallett, of Bristol. I J ne laay is saia to do ricn, hand8onie, and remarkably intelligent. "itAl P111 b:as been passed by" the Legis lature bf-Tehnessee to reduce the salary of the Governor from $4,000 to $3,000 ; Supreme Court Judges from $1,000 to $3 p00l;l Judges of inferior courts and all sneclal Jiidges from $2,500 to $2,000. Th bill, after it receives the promised signature of the Governor, goes into ef fect after the next general county cj tloi ,ewe on I
The Albemarle Enquirer (Murfreesboro, N.C.)
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May 17, 1877, edition 1
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