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THEEKi: , r- - f , -ill - ' -' . . '1L .: . ' '' ERA A RHPUBLICAN WEEKLY NEWS I'ArUR THE CENTRAL ORGAN j PUBLISH ED EVERY THURSDAY (SEE RATES OF-SUBSCRIPTION oP THK PARTY. .. 1 W. 31. UltOWX, Manager, j ON Til S PA (IE.) i ir JonjWor.K executed at short no- j ticeand iij a style uusiirasMid by any OKKirKOvtr the North Carolina Book -t.r, eoninr of Fnyetteville and M.r tn MtreU, firnt tlr ftoutll of tlie .Stte IIUe. Ono year, - - - ?"- 10 Six month', - - 1 0f Three month-, j - - - 55 --Invariadlt ix Adva.nck.-5 ; imilre&tabl;shuieiit InthASUte. KATILS OF, AliKItTlsi N : One square, one timet ; . . . k , llu it I wo times,; ? - j r , A) three times, v - r -2 ni VOL. IV. RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1875. NO. 47. Contract ad vertlseiu bills' taken at . - ) . ... i . i proportionately low rates, j IIRKCTOUY. OIRKCTOItY. boys, of old. Tlie one that took Vin Vll hav his life. Come. now. con- i iiiird xiniK fiorerniurni. Secretary of State, Treasurer, Auditor, j fvn. Walk here ami b rulered, rivMS.iir:u,t, of IlIinoK Presi- j Superintendent of Public Intru.iio., ,M,V that8 Dlaved Ine tne ,jisre and Attorney u on era I constitute the j .-, ... . , - , ,, s(tiv,ar.fp,iM,(... r.. '"I trick of taking me glasses." dent Henry Wilson, of Mass., V. President. Ham il mii Fih.fN. Y.,Secv of. State. Benjamin H. Brlstow, of Kentucky, Secretary of the Treasury. William V. Belknap, of Iowa, Secre tary f War. lit-orse M. Robeson, of New Jersey. s--relary of tlie Navy. , 'Iiim)1us lelano, of Ohio, ,S.retiiry : ,.fthe Interioir , "onr H. Williams, of Oregon, At- ..niey (ienenil. Marshall Jewell, of Connecticut, Post- ' in.istr tJenrjral. j Supreme Court of tlt l'. S. Morrison R. Waite, of Ohio, Chief j Justieo. Nathan Cliirord, of Me., Asso. Justice. Noah H. Swayne, of O., 44 SitnucI F. Miller, of la., " 44 Davitl Davis, of 111., 44 44 tiephen J. Field, of Cal., 44 44 William M. Stron.of Pa., 44 J.eph P. Bradley ,of N.J. 44 44 Ward Hunt, of N. Y.. 44 44 i mi rt meeta first Mom lay in Decern U-r, at Washington. . . ICcprreiitutf on in C'onrfh. .SKNATK. A. S. Merriinon, of Wake. Mat. W. Kansiom, ot Nrrthamptou. Ilvl'SK OF RRPRRSKNTA Tl VKs. District Jesse J. Yeate-. L'.l :ul 4'li 44 Ttli 44 Mil 44 J. A. Ilynian. A. M. Waddell. Joseph J. Davis. A. M. Scales. Thomas S. Ashe. W. M. Robiiin. Robert II. Vanco. I'nilrd 8(ale Court. nor Is President, and the Superinten dent of Public Instruction, Secretary of the Board. Supreme Conrt. Richmond M. Pearson, of Yadkin.Chief Justice. Edwin . Reade.of Person, Asso. Justice. Wm. B. Rod man. Bean fort, W. I. Bynum. Mecklenburg," 44 Thomas Settle, Guilford, 44 44 Tazewell L. Hargrove, of Granville, Re porter. W. H. Bagley, of Wake, Clerk. D. A. Wicker, of Wake, Marshal. Meets in Rajeigh on the first Monday ! in January and June. Superior Coiu-tN. Samuel W. Watts, Judge Sixth Jndi ! cial District; residence, Franklinton. J. C. L. Harris, Solicitor, Raleigh. Wake County Government. j Commissioners Solomon J. Allen, j ; Chairman ; Wm. Jinks, A. G. Jones, i Wm. D. Turner, J. Robert Nowell. I Sheriff S. M. Dunn. j Superior Court Clerk Jno. N. Bunting. Trctisurer David Lewis. ; 'teirister of lieeds W. W. White, i oroner James M. Jones. Surveyor N. J. Whitaker. City Govcriiiiieiit. ; Mayor J. 11. Separk. Aldermen Firt Ward Jas. McKee, John Armstrong, H. J I Ward J. J. Nowell, Stewart Ellison. Third WardV. F. I IVscud.Jr., John C. Blake. Wm. C. ! Slronach. R. H. Bradley. J. C. R. Ittle. j Ktntrth Ward II. C. Jones, James II. X'llMfdy stirred. All the loys -tMr.il into the master's face in opem rnonthed astonishment. II Pise, looked at uh there wen t .-Ive and shouted again : , Om f you Uiy.s has me glasses. Seuk, lint iwie." i n.H m d my mouth. I was Dick Twi r. ;i4t-d ten. Suddenly I re ineni m.I i.'iat the rulen of the school wtr , no explanations, no n-mark-. m . jitradictions, no an swering iick, r Hogging. I shut it again, but In had seen my lips move. "Sfienk out," he said. "Own up there. Walk here. You took my glast s, Di. k Twiller?" 44 No, sir," said J. 44 Yuii iw l he one that took 'em?" 44 Xo, sir," I vnUl again. "Them's lies," said our instruct or, whose grammar was not his strong point. Them's lies." "Now, I shall ask every boy in j turn until I come to the right one. It's in this class the mischief is, for none of the others was anigh. I'll begin at the head, and, remember, there's the switch for the first lie, the rattan for the second, and the ruler for the third. So. there, now. If am ill. Second j Oil, I'll have it oiito' ye, Sile Per W. H. Martin, i Kins! Did you take my glasses?" " No, sir!" roared Sile. " First lie!" cried lialch. Down came the switch. Sile roared. Tli vf fl tomw r th IT. sj rM ! Jones. James H. Harris. Fifth Ward n . ....... I 1 1 1 crui H.Jones. j asked fhe master. Treasurer Iao. D. l'e;rtt. ; "No!" blubbered Sib ClerK hii1 Co'l c or George H. Wil li mt. ' riiief lVdiee B. MmiiIv. and District Courts are a follows : Fniteil States Cirenit Court Eastern District North Carolina Held in Ral eigh first Monday in Juneand laiM:i il iv in Novem ler. II. 1 Bond, CinMiit Court Jmljte; residenee. Baltimore, Md. i ;.. W. Broks. District Court Judge, Eitim District; resid. Elizabeth City. 1'. S. Marshal, J. B. llill;otr., Raleigh. N.J. RKItlick. Circuit Court Clerk; ni'icc, Raleich. KASTKKX niSTRICT Cor KTS. Klijibeth "if y. third Monday in April and IVIoIht. ! i'ick.M. B. Culpepper; resi., Elisi. ! MV. Xfwkni. fourth MomJay in April .nil I i -bler. j i 'ierk, E. Tinker; resi., NcwIktii. J Wilmington, tirst Monday after the i ! nirth Moudiiy in April anl Octolier. i'lt rk. Wm. Larkins; resi., Wilining- i I'-ii ( Marsha'.. J. 11. Hill, office, Raleigh. ! District Attorney, Richard C. Badger; J res'hlence. K ileii;h. A.itaii:, . II. doling, Oxlonl. I . CIRCrir COU KTWKSTKRN DIST 11. L. Bond.U. S. Circuit Court Judge, r..ilii!ii're. Md. i: l.ert P. Dick.ir. S. District Jude, ''csu'in District ; rei., Greenstntro. Klert M. Douglas, V. S. Marshal ; ilii-e, (ireenslwri. ( iauit ami District Courts in the Western District are held at tho same . t;niu. GreeiiHiKr. tirst Monday in April . and Odoler. Clerk, Jobn V. Pyive; re i., (i reens- j I "TO. states life, third Monday in April and i October. ! Clerk, Henry C. Cowles; real., States vilie. Asheville.tirst Monday after the fourth Monday in April and October. Clerk, E. R. Hampton ; i ei.. Ashe die. Virgil S. LaV; IT. S. District A ttor hey; residence, Ashevi'le. Avsistant, W. S. Ball, Greemlnro. who took 'em ?" rOPTTJlY. She Walks in n:utty. She walks in leauty, like the uiuht Of cloudless climes and starry skies, And all that's best of d rk and bright Meets in her aspect and her eyes. Thus mellowed to that tender liht Which heaveu to gaudy day denies. One shade the more, one ray the less Had half impaired the nameless grace j Which waves in every raven tress, Or softly lightens o'er her face. Where thoughts serenely sweet express ; How pure, how dear their dwelling- place. j j Up went the rattan, j Sile roared more furiously as a j shower of whacks fell on his shoul ders. " D.i you know who took Vin ?" " No, sir," sobbed Sile. 44 Hold out your hand, then." i Out came the grimy paw. I came the ruler. the door she stood against it and fpanted. " There's my son, Mr. Balch," she said. "You can . take what you've a mind to to him, for he wanted to play truant again, he did; but what's the matter, Mr. Balch, witMhat lot, if I may ask?" . The twelve mourners roared loud er on being alluded to, and Mr. Balch replied : " The rascals have been whipped for lying. They've played a trick on their respected, or. oughter be, school-master. They've stole ?ne glasses, and no account can i get at all i)f 'em. I'll buy a cow-hide of the butcher, I will, and I'll" " But you found 'em?" said Mrs. Potter. "No, I haven't seen hide nor hair of 'em, Mrs. P.," said Mr. Balch. o r. ,t;m i tii vii, iih; villains i -ft- ii " Then you'veanother pair," said Mrs. Potter. " Does that make any difference,, ma'am?" said Mr. Balch. "Ini quity is jest as great if " 4 It's the other pair you have on, j. l suppose, sir ?" saui 3irs. colter. Mr. Balch put his hand to his nose and turned redder than before. His glasses rested there. He had had them on all the while, and we alf knew it, only no one had dared break the rules explain, answer back, contradict, or make any re marks whatever. The much-abused twelve sudden ly became hysterical. Mrs. Potter i tittered.- Mr. Balch looked at bis ruler again. But he had some con science; and it caused him to give us a half holiday. Most of us spent I it rubbing ourselves and moaning. But we never went back to the Balch Seminary again. We bad mothers all of us. of that old woman'shead I'll make a funeral here !" Aunt Martha knelt again, folded her hands and said : "These young men were chil dren not long ago,, and they had prayingmothers and God-fearing fathers. They are walking in wick ed paths, and their hearts know no good. I pray that their eyes may be opened to their wickedness, and that their feet may be turned into other and better paths !" " She's right !" called out a steam boatmau, as the old woman paused. " rShoot me if she haint!" cried another. "Go ahead, mother!" shouted a third. 44 I'll be if she does !" yell ed the infuriated Bob, and he reach ed her and gave her a heavy kick before any one could interfore. . She screamed with pain as she rose up, and then there came a ter rible silence. Bob stood' with Ids arm raised to strike. Aunt Martha leaned on the chair, tears rolling down her wrinkled cheeks, and the half a dozen men were spell-bound with indignation. " Foxy Bill" broke the silence by saying : "Step out doors, mother, and look out for splinters.1 She obeyed, and Bob S nith was choked and pounded until his senses left him, and everything that could be handled was thrown out i ot doors. They worked swmiy, fearing the police, and in live min utes the saloon Wets a wreck, and its proprietor, still unconscious, was lying behind the counter. TJie work finished, the men disappeared like shadows, and Aunt Martha hobbled away, whispering: "I prayed too hard; but it was to pray !" Detroit Free How "Aunt Martha IVayed Him Out. You've met her if you've lived Down I long in Detroit. A withered-up j old woman, bow-backed, gray-hair- t tl.i.,.'o .. t....rw. r -i..w ' 1 1 t " i i i . ,i i - . w. : eu, Having a nine in one unu mm j oat, m t,e namp 0ft(jod, never to uiippt-u in .ou an as lung u yuu carrying a nasKet oi notions in me lie!" cried the master, pushing Sile other. All who knew her knew away. i her as "Aunt Martha," and she's " Jed. Varley, come here." Jed. t-.ime. 44 Did you take my glasses?' " N ), sir," howled Jed. " Did you see who took 'em?" And on that cheek ami o'er thatbr v So soft, ho calm, yet eloquent. The smiles that win, the tints thatglow. But tell of days in go'idness spent A mind at peace with all lielow. A heart whoe love is innocent. 3IISCELLANE0US. MR. UAhCH'S SPKCTAChMS. r.Y MAKY KYIK DAM.AS. Iiiiicu Mnic liiirrnal II er cm tic P. W iVc . 'rti -. K.il'-iiili. i'Ii. is IV: rv. A .-it.mt Sii,crvisor, i:. li I lot . V. a: 'h i rl to. I went to school to Mr. Balch. 1 1 . W;ts a man of whom little boys stood in m we. He had a switch, a rattan, and a ruler. The switch was for the little children; the rattan for the middle-sized boys ; the ruler for the big ones. There was a ru mor in the eichool that one very in fimous b"iv had once had all three '"taken to him,'-' and demolished j over his buck in turn. This w i not. however, quite believed in. I ! don't remember that we ever learnt anything except obedience, hut that I. . I. Yomitf.Co li. ctor Fourth District, j we did acquire thoroughly. Mr. Mire. Ka!ekh. I Rrtt.iS rut NV. ie a thoe of the iVrrv. ifrvfr Can.iina j IUCn nuotvtl M!ia at.d Persinns, ! unaltentble. One of tht-rn was that we must not answer back, noilief, 1 that we must not contradict. A t ' third, that explanation. were not ' allowable from little boy and that, j to a question, we must ausvvvr Y-s , or No, no more. Wh ruis b yed I wits r.ileretl, nittai;:;ei, or wi;cheil. aiv titling to ids age. O.te morning, Mr. Balch, who had a habit of taking a glass before bnakhi.-t, came to school with such a red nose that I still believe he must also have taken, at least, one glas-i after breakfast. He sat down at his desk and re gard ed us with a stern eye, and said, 44 Attention !" in a tone that made us tremble. Then he took off his glasses and wiped them, and cried: " Where's your Testaments? Haven't I frequently told you that you're to have your testaments ready ? You have Vm, hey? Why didn't you hold 'em up? Begin now! Chapter" Here Ke stretch ed rii3 hand across the table, looked over it and under it, in his chair, in his pockets, and at the Imys gath ered; in a circle round him, and. shouted : Where's me glasses?, I had 'em a minute fago. Some one has taken . tvrriiiiic.it of orfh Carolina. I XHU'I IVK IM.I'AKTMKNT. 1 .rli il. Ilr :i-o.'l HVyii". lvruor. hn II N .-Mi-ieiy , IV-vale Scrflry. : r. A.-iiiti .1 of Ii.iiell, Lieutenant ti-vernor. :id President of the Senate. W.fl. ltoHenn,of ltwan,Sei. of State. ?,vil A. Ji-iikin.ofOaHton, Trpjisuier. Jei kiii, Tellt-r. ''ii.iSd W. Hain. tiiidf Clerk. 'i !hi: ' v. of i 'iiniltcrland. Auditor. Wm p. fliieielt, Chief iTlerk. . I I of ( r..e.i, Supt. of Public i ruction. ! .hu C. Ciorman. f Wake, Alj. licnral. T L. H irgrove, of tiraucill. A tt. Oen V". C. Kerr, Mecklenburg. State (ieolo- ist. j T.io. U. I'umell, or Forsythe. Libra'n. Henry M. Miller," of Wake, Keejer f the Capitol. """ , oovbbxoh'h OiU.SOIL. The Secretary of State" Treasurer, Auditor and Supt. or Public Instruct n. Institution. The University of North t'arolina is at Chapel HilU The Institution for the I eaf and Dumb and the Ulind ; the In sane Asylum and the State Penitentiary art at ttaleigh. I!a.nl f CducAtion. j 41 No. Mr." ' " Di you know who took 'tin " No, sir. Nobody" j " Hold your tongue !" erietl Mr. i B.tlch. Then he stood up, switched J I . tirst, rattanneil him next, rulere l i him as a ti ; sh. t i A ulul howls filhd the scIkmiI- i lioue, as Jetl. tiuiblel over on the I j form, and Mr. Biicii shouted : j j 44 Dick Twiller! Did you take; i iu I tses?" 14 No, I didn't, s r." : " i 'id you -tv who did ?" ; i 44 No, ir." . ' 44 Know ?" " No, sir ; bu: - " j 44 Not a word. 1 allow no talk, j Io you know what b..y look my glasses?" : 44 No bty, ir." j Again switch, rattan, and ruler j came in play. I wouldn't cry, but I gioaind. I had tender .Miiiug man. ami had never been whiped before. 1 haidiy knew how Net I Jones Ixm the inquisition and its torture-, but I came to myself suf ficiently to iiear IVu-r Barker say a very naugluy Wtird as he. lumbled upon ne, and o t h red wells rise on lair little Jack Smith's palm. The questions Were going on. 41 I i l , ou take the glas ?" - "See who ttnik VmV" j travellptl up and down and been at i the depot" so often that her death ' w'oultl be tlie occasion of general re Imark. ' Tinr old woman .found a i i new a h n on Franklin street the other day-a place' just opened by wicked Bob Smith, whose red face ami bloodshot ey s have more than once been set in a frame of prison bars. "Aunt Martha" went in, hoping to make a small sale. Bob w as wiping his glasses, ami half a tloz -n men sat around the stove j eonteiit with the oath of secresy im liouliiig glasses or smoking cigars, j ped upon his w ork people, he " On out !" grow b tl Bob, as the j would not abate his kingly suspi ohl woman entered. She did not j cit)n in favor ot a brother monarch, hear him, anil, leaning over the Neither king nor king's delegate counter, she a.-ked : 'might enter the tabooed walls of 44 Would ye have a paper of pins j Mebs m. What is erroneously call- a cake of o;tp a comb, or some- ! ed tlie Dresden porcelain that ex- tlii.-.tr V" Robert Km met and His L.ove, 'Twas the evening of a lovely day, the last day of the noble and ill-fated Emmet. A young lady stood at the castle irate and desired admittance into thedungeon. j She was closely veiled and the keeper could not imagine who she was, nor why one of such proud bearing should be a, suppliant, at the prison door. However, he' granted the boon, led her to the dungeon, open ed , the r massive iron door, then closed it again, and the lovers were alone. lie leaned against the prison with downcast head and his arms were folded upon his breast. Gently she raised the veil from her; face, and -Emmet turned to gaze upon al! that earth contained for him tlie girl whose sunny brow in the days of boyhood had been his polar star the maiden who had some times made him think this V world was all sunshine." The clinking of heavy chains sounded like a death knell to her ears and she wept like a child. Emmet said but little, yet he pressed her warmly to. his bo som, and their feelings held a silent meeting such a meeting, per chance, as is" held in heaven, only there we part no more. In a low voice he besought her not to forget him when the cold grave received his inanimate body. He spoke of bygone daysthe happy hours of childhood, when his hopes were bright and glorious and concluded by requesting her sometimes to visit the place Fcenes that were hallowed to memory from the days of his infancy. How tliey View it. In theory theutility of the inven tion of Capt. Paul Boynton, the New York World says, seems very clear. The passenger on board our ocean steamers has only to put on his india rubber suit before embark ing, apd he is safe from drown ing whatever may happen to his vessel. If the latter meets with a fatal accident the provident passen ger can blow up his coat and trous ers,' cram a few daws' rations into reveal the process used by their em- j his waterproof knapsack, and aban ployers. Doors were kept closed, idoning the ship, go on' board of artisans going out were searched, himself and paddle merrily ashore visitors were rigorously excluded ; Tie cannot spring a leak, nor take from admission, and false opera-j fire, "nor shift his cargo, as an ex- thins blinded the workmen them- ! traneo us vessel is liable to do. He selves. The mysteries of every j is in little danger of being struck craft were hedged in by thickset j by lightning or of wrecking himself fences of empirical prefensions and j on an iceberg by recklessly scudding judicial affirmation. The royal j through a fog. With the exception manufactories of porcelain, for ex- ! of tlie chance of collision with some - - 4 , ample, were long carried on in Eu- j fast steamer, or of a "difficulty," rooe with a spirit of jealous exclu-jas Soutnt rn journalists phrase it, siveness. His majesty of Saxony was especially circumspect. Not A story comes from Florida! with the genuine flavor of rouiaucU It seems that at Cedar Keys ati old Spaniard; calling himself Bios Do Ralfo tnpde his appearance jsome time agoand settled down as though impressed with' the qualities of CV dar Keysj as a place of residence. Many wondered at the whim oftfhc old man Whici led himself to thus seek a hcjme among. strarTgers, bid now it seems that many years ago he was engaged in the occupation of a pir;ite,and while so engaged was a pa rty to tlie burial of a large amount of treasure in the vi 'inity of Cedar. Keys. Now, the old man has come to look for the result of his enterprise in the past, and, it Is reported! not without successL- He has succeeded, it is said, in finding one iron box containing prpcious stones and old Spanish coin jto the value of 10.000 and exnects It earth still moreof thetreasuru. iron boxj has been already shipped to Havana, where the old Spilniard lives when at home. That; story. in me J'rez.i. The Arts of a 'Hundred Years Ago. One hundred years ago what a man discovered in the arts he con cealed. Workmen were put upon un- The is the A Devoted Wife. Several times since the judict mentofhx'i husband a young ami beautiful! woman litis been Sto the parish cliurch in San Fr'anclfco to pray for! his acquittal, 'and while in even court did not cease her' de vout exqrtions on his behalf! sconcing! herself in a quiet this pious lady continued tq En nook pray with such whole-souled earnestness for the prisoner's release as to at tract thejattention of the court. Un heeding the curious glances bestow ed on her, the good woman contin ued her "liii on , u old bt-ggar!" shouted Boi, racing his arm as if he would strike. I'm no beggar, antl tlon't you j bribery of princes nor the garrulity h;re to strike me 1" replied 44 Aunt I of the operatives- ever revealed it. Marlim," i. ever moving an inch. j Orher discoveries have been less 44 Why, what'a to keep me from wringing your old neck if 1 want to ?' mtpjiretl Bo!. 44 Tlie Lt 44 Ho ! in " There, take that V? Ami he deluged her wit it ringings. The filthy fluid struck her in the face as tl ran down over her faded with a bullying shark or a swash buckling swordfish, he runs hardly any of the dangers which beset those who go down to the sea in ships. Practically, the same paper thinks the new dress is not just the thing, as it will take too long to get a passenger ready for a trip to sea. An Alligator Stops a Boat. Coming down the St. John's river a few days ago, says a Florida let ter, I saw a very good illustration of what a steamboat captain, Who is in a hurry, 44 won't stand." It was ou the steamer Florence, which connects with the afternoon train from Jacksonville, and hence only for the world. The manufacture of! . " "&w , " u, ;., rlfan,i orhri,,n,i iM 5l i such other points as signal her. We behinti time, aim pusning under a full head of tteatn, tjtiisite pottery of which the world has ties ei seen the like was pro duced for two hundred years by a proce.-s so secret that neither the successfully guarded, fortunately devotions without inter ruption until the jury returned with a verdict of not guilty, whein she testified her joy by an., earnest "amen.'f She then .left the -court room accompanied by herjiuf .bund.' and expressing her gratltukle by such expressions as u God be praised," and "Heaven be thank ed," etc., until she reached thu street and was j lost in the motley crowd that usually assembles around the doors at recess. Correct Speaking. re would advise all young peo ple to acquire, in early lilje, the habit of correct speaking and writ ing; and to abandon, as early as possible, any uso of slang word' and phrases. The longer you live, the more difficult the langiiago will be; and if the golden ago of youth, the proper season for the acquisi tion of language, be passed rd, u ' ' she answered, t stolen secfet ;-Few readers need to j "rc oi ho!" iauirhed Hob. I hf informed lhat tinware in sfrnnlv i a'"ng i 1 - - . . ii . ... . wnen uk; signal nag 10 stop was raised at Federal Point, a small thin iron plaUd w it ii tin by being dipped into the molten metal. In theory it is an easy -matter to clean the surtace of iron, dip it into a ! bhick shawl .-Mid -oft-washed calico I bath ot the Iwjiliiig tin and remove j tin s., but she did not move. Look- landing on the cast shore of the St. John's. The captain put in, and when we came alongside the wharf Know who ttMik Vin Every loy replied ii three Noes. Every by was switched, ru.eril, ami rattannecl : Hue Bums, Van Decker, Xapohtui' Back, Tom Bunch and Bt)l Cobbler in various it enveloped with the i! very metal j w? (Jioveml there were no pas- .i . i r t,. iiI.wij fiii luinMiiir to 'nr-icticM irteiigersio vonie uutrrtru, oui men; iunthui suiiiss the ctmnter, she to a plac Joi cooling, in pramu, " . ...... . u-:-.', :! innn there with ji Small alll- nowev'jr, tne prove.-- w one oi me? ------ most difficult in the arts. Ii w j gator, abt.ut ix inches long, in a discovered in Holland and guarded I box, which he put on board lo be I sent as freight to n gentleman in I Jacksonville. The captain did not swear, for he is a virtuous manner, wlii.-wr tl. You i.eetl praying for, and I'm iroiiiir to do il now und here." 4NoyoU iIimi'i!" he shouted fas she moved towari a chair. Uetout ot here or I'll smash your hewd with this bottle 1" . . Mltu nnvor iiiiii!. il liifll ;inil he stages of agony, wrath and rebt 1- rrti the lull jt: mr a throw, when luni, rublwtl tin mselvf's, and wept: .. i ' ' j; ." 1 i vfli.f i-iitltrll . l lllktltfl . . hilt having .somevniknhtHd left leaped up'and cried bat : ' ' - B n smith;if you th ow that on the hiug ftiriu, ai.d still no con- ; fossion was made. I'll hve it tut of you yet," cried the master. 4' There' some skin on ye yet, ierhups. I'll Imve It off. and the lie wiih it." - 44 Ain't it a shame?" sobbed nor little Jack Smith. What a mean shame !" mutter ed the head boy of the upper class. "Who's that talking?" growled Mr. Balch. M Come, then, I'll go through the school as I've begun'." bott 1 e a t her, I'll ta ve in your bul warks in a precious luinute!" ' You .'will,, eh Tf whooped Bob, i its he danced out.. 44 Yes,, he . will !" cried the rest rising up; ' ' ; They Avere too many for Bob, and he had to stand there while Aunt Mart ha? knelt on a chair and prayed from publicity with the utmost vig ilame for nearly half a century. England 'h-icd in vain to discover the secret utiti' JaMes Sherman, a Cornish miner, crossed the Channel, insinuated himself masterofth'e se cret, 'and brought it home. The se cret of manufacturing cast steel-wa also stealthily tiblainctl, and it is now within the reach of all artisans. Just then the door opened, and in Ar hlini ' j V ; came Mrs. Potter. Mrs. Potter was f She was. still ; praying when he the mother of the worst boy of the j dashed out, to kick her, but V Foxy school, and she had dragged him Bill," who came out of the State hither to ba instructed, as she often prisOh)n!y amonth agtv grablied did, by main Htrength . She "was ' h i nVXiy.the tlirt iat, fore d h i m to a red and flushed with the tussle; and chair, and InsseAU: The Governor, Ueuteuant CJovenior. ! me glawes for n trick. I know ye, when she had fairly got her son into 1 44 Bob Smith, ifyou h irm a hair but that alligator paid his passage like a man, and at first-class rates, too. . As they entered a dry goods store yesterday you -would' have said t tint love dwelt in both hearts and that a dove of neace roosted on every shingle on the roof of their abiding place. . .She saw a lovely dress, andbhe la gged him to buy, but he replied: I can't, darling, not before next week." --"'-"-' 1 "Cant you, dear?' she smiled. 4 WelI, I will wait." ' They had hardly passed out the do'r before he said: " I'd Iike to see myself getting that dress!". I ; ; r And she.answered : ' , a rich man wants? Nothing; j 44 i ou couldn't buy one side of it, When will there be oily twenty antl if you could you are too stingy five letters in the alphabet ? When i antl mean to Uo it l"JWroit X Yee U and I are made one. t J,-e 1 ? -it r r Qukiuks. :What holds all ,the suuirin the world? No one nose. How did Queen Elizabeth take In r pills? In cider. ; "s .V . 1 When is "music like ,oj'st era? Vhen there is a quart eat. Whaf animal comes tlown from the clouds? B tin, dear.' ; At what time was 'Adam born ? A little before 12 ve". , What relation is the door to the mat? 5A step farther. ' sK : ' ; What is that a oor man Has and abuse, the unfortunate vict neglected, is, very properly,-thiometl to talk slang for life. i Money is not necessary to pro-. cure this education. Every has it in his power. 1 merely to use the language which he reads, instead of the which he hears; to form , his from the best of speakers and in the country ; to treasure. choice phrases in his memory habituate himself to their avoiding at the same time pedantic precision and bomtbast t- ... . . . j . ' wiucu snow me weakness oi vain ambition rather than the polish of an educated mind. Youth' pan ion. in m its if man has slang taste poels up and that t m to said, I it A Wonderlul3Ieniory, President Taylor, of the United States, had a most wonderful talent at remembering people. Hej .was introduced to two thousand men, women and children on thepceW sion of his inauguration ballj ami was not known to forget their iiafnes afterward. , . A lady, in the evening, who had barely been presented to him, go ing up to shake hands with h bid Good night," to her hej " Good night, Mrs. Southga believe I had the honor of giving an escort to a lady of your name In Mexico." It proved to be a family connec tion, and the recollection4 was, of course, very agreeable to Mrs. South- gate, or whatever her name was. He showed this talent uotictubly throughout his administration ; it is one that is a great advantage for presidents, emperors, and kiijgs to possess. Mr. Fillmore, his successor, was very deficient in this talent, and rarely jemembered any ikdy's name correctly. : ' u Why, what drove you jfrom hnmp sik!i a hltfpr nffhf nfl fhta4?' asked a woman of a poor HttIeboy, shivering and crying at tho cirncr of a street. " Cross words," ho . answered, with the tears streaming xlown; his cheeks ' 1 :
The Era (Raleigh, N.C.)
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May 13, 1875, edition 1
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