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j.iV. HARPER, Editor k Proprietor, i TESSS-rSl.50 Ptr Tear. VOL. 1. KINSTON, N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1879. - 1 . rr- - t : S. 3VI j HJ O. VEST. H. 0. WEST & CO., Gn'ral Vfln In crcUa li'.cli h e 9 and A rents for The Liverpool and Lcndoa and Globe, L first clan Fire Insurance Companies. and oth Drs. HYATT & TULL. ' 1 GENERAL TOACTITIOSEIM OF TVlcMlicine Hurgery. JTS- Office at the lr. Bkows Ofnc, jan3-lyr MJr. A. R. FILLER, CEN ..Jt' n-a.iir., to inrt r Office at re il-nce try. Ddard funiUh-d to iartie from the coun- . .. .kr,. T. J. l'li EHfjOS House Iliilltlers.J: Upholsterers . t KINSTON, N. C, Ai" jrt jciri 1 to buiM and repair Hon. ami .maVMall Miul of Kurnitur. iu i,pol M'R and at 'ranrtiiaM' rae. . . t ., AIm. Itnrci-N a't Cart built :oi paired on .iw.rt ii.it.-f.' janl-12m GOODS AT I LOW IMWCKSl ONLY A STEP. Only a tep to the other tide, :. Only a step to the shining shore; Ont of the darknes into the light O, how I wish I mtom there io-niht! Safe in that Ueaven forever more. Only a tep to the other eide, Angels are waiiin forme I know; Strains of sweet music 1 fwn to hear; i Surely my steps must be drawing: near, Near to the land wnere I want to go. Only a step to where my loved ones are, Free from all sorrow, and pain, and care, O! I've been waiting so long for this That the hand of death I gladly kiis. So that I meet with my loved again. Only a step to the other side, "Where all my joys will be complete; Only a step from this world of sin; Jeans I know will then let me in, Humbly to fall at His loving feet. fcS elected.. LOVE ON THE ROAD. BY ROVER. y, I'm afraid. He instantly got out a warrant against me, and not wishing to be taken into court, till I was rea dy, I mounted my horse and gave the officers the slip. Perhaps I'd better waited and braved it out: but having taken this step, I'm boundi to baffle them. To-morrow I will surrender myself. Now, Belle, if your pony will take me to our uncle'a in five minutes, I'm your man. 'Poor Charley couldn't do it,' an swered the young lady. 'Then I'll make other arrangements. By-the-by, I'll meet you at the vil la,'. . ; , From the drawing-room I, he young man rushed to the stable. .'Pat said he, 'give me a horse and a good one." 'Sorra the horse we've bt in Now iu stoic a good stock of DRY TiOODS, NOTib N'S, 1SO0TS, aiioi:s, hats, ic, &c. Also constantly receiving a fresh. , , j I titock of .FAMILY GKOClUtlKS, CUTLERY, CKOCKEKY, and ( HOLLOW WARE, - j ' SOLD AT lowest cash iiaci:s. ! Jfe A 'continuance of tho liberal pat ronage1 tirretofore bestowed upon me is reHpectfiill holicitod. janl t2m N, D. MYERS. x 1 1 M HARVEY & CO. Manaf aetn i era of Fixe Brands of TOB AO CO, 'janl :12ai. Kinston, N. C. yr -cnAS. F. IlAItVKY, NOTARY PUBLIC i ''..- and Inerior Court, Clerk for Lenoir County. t . , Probdloi3 Deeds, Mort;ttges, Lien Bonds'and other . instminenU required to bo Rgitetvd. fir isUnk Dteip, l(rtsage.s, &c i Rub the horse down well, and don't feed hira till he is perfectly cool.' , ',' The above was addressed to the hostler of a hotel, in Brighton, by handsome, middle-aged gentleman, d rested in the height of fashion, as he alighted from an elegant black horse, and tossed the rein to the : attendant. 'And now,' said the horseman, ad dressing a waiter, 'show me into a pri vate parlor.' A well -dressed man, who rides a handsome nag, is always sure of a warm welcome at a public house, all the world over. Uur trietiu soon found himself in a neat parlor, with flowers and vases on the mantlepiece, and the blind3 (for it was a warm summer's afternoon) carefully closed, while the open window permitted a free current of air to circulate through the apartment. The waiter remained standing near the door. 'Any orders, sir?' . 'No vet stay. Who came in that handsome phaeton I saw standing in the yard?' j 'A lady, sir.' . . - 'lAh!' " ' : ": ' 'A young widow. ; Bah! . 'She is very handsome.' 'Go along and shut the' dooV after you,' muttered the traveler, estily. the stable, except this black, and that be longs to a gintleman who came here just afore ye. Och, but hej! one, yer honor, two-forty to 'I'll borrow him,' said s a good a cint. Traverse, jumping on his back. 'Tell Belle to drive the gentleman to the villa, and le shall have him.' 'But, yer honor' remonstrated the hostler. Ia vain. Traverse had set spurs to the horse, and was off like a thun derbolt. 'Oh,.wirra, wirra!' said t T le hostler, m ruined large and luminous eves seemed to be literally swimming in liquid lustre; her cheeks were as soft and blooming as the sunny side . of a peach. Her profile was strictly Grecian, and her parted lips showed a row of tiny pearls as white as snow. The most delicate aper-fingers, encased in French ! kids, closed upon the reins, and the varn ished tip of a dainty boot indicated a foot that Cinderella might have en vied, i , !: .' ". I v 1 I 'Do you live far from here, madam? asked the captain. ; j 'Not very far. The pony can mend his pace if you are in a hurry.' 'Not for the world. The pace seems a very fast one.' The widow turned those witching black eyes of hers upon the old bach eior, auu smuea. ii was all over with him. When he sprang out at the gate of the villa and touched the fairy fingers of the widow as he assist ed her to alight, his heart was irre trievably lost. ; 'A red-faced .old . gentleman, in i dressing-gown, received them at the door. 'My friend; Captain Campiou.uncle,' 'Excuse me for a sam tne, widow, moment sir.' 'Very happy to see you, sir,' said the old gentleman. 'Walk in. Warm day.' Very,' said the captain. His looks seem to corroborate his witn tne widow, ra a summer-hotiie. I lRov W'nntnl overgrown with Madeira vines, and A few mornings since a lady lirbs inhabited by a spider and six - car- on Clifurd street answered the bell to find a bulky boy with an innocent red It was ten o'clock when he mounted I face and peach colored cars standing his horse to return to Boston; but it I on the steps. He explained that bo was bright moonlight, aud he was ro- wanted to see her husband, and tho mantically inclined. answered that her husband hid left - The next morning he repeated his I for his office. visit, and flie next, and the next. In I'm the boy who sweeps out all the short, the episode of the borrowed I offices where he is,' said the boy as he horse produced a declaration and an backed down the steps; and this acceptance, and though years have morning I found a letter in the big passed away, the captain has had no scrap-sack. ; occasion to regret his ride with the! 'Well, you can leate it the re- widow and thepony phaeton. 1 plied.' 'I I cuess I hadn't better ha half. O - I w ocavur xvnom. whispered, as he shoWed the trnali It gives us pleasure to know that our pmk envelope. v. Senators and Representatives find just 'Boy that is boy, let me see that appreciation outsiue oi our own btate. letter!' she said as she advanced and The, position and influence of Senator extended her hand. , , Ransom as one oi tho foremost men of 0h, 'twouldn't be 'tactly riht, the Senate is recognized in every ma'am, 'cause I know he'd gin inefif! section of the Union. Day by day ty cents.' - - we see just such notices as the fol- See here, boy,' she said as she felt lowing, which we clip from the for the dollar bill lea her to buy cof- Washington correspondence of the fee and tea, 'you take this, give me Nashville American, so frequently the letter, and don't say a word to Mr. and so complimentary indeed as to about finding it.'' : point to our distinguished Senator as ! don't believe it's much of a let- the next nominee of the party for ter,' he remarked. Vice-President, should the South be 'Never mind hand it over here's thus honored: vour mnnpv!' i Senator Ransom is almost if not Mavba iherft hain't f J w-w mwmmmm w mm I1V.U V. Tl A 4 . altogether, the first gentleman of the ingin it, ma'am . Senate Chamber,- and almost, if not 'Here give me the letter now go!' altogether, iu first orator; not a gen- She took if and entered the houme tleman of the Conkling pattern, made and the boy with peach-colored ears i i : ' l . . ! a , .. ... - - ... 'what'll become of me? intirely!' Shortly after, Mrs. Leslie rung for statement for he was as red as a peo- her phaeton, and at the same time, ny. - "'- . i Mr. Campiou.the bachelor, Ordered his The .captain and the old -gentleman b mechanics a combination of tail- flew down the street like a cannibal horse. The pony came arolind to the were soon chattin? together familiar- or oarDer aancing masier ana cox going to dinner. - . I O O I . front door, and the young Widow step- ly, and the. former felt himself i com- comb not an orator, either of the In about forty seconds ' the woman ped lightly into the phaetori. pletely at home. After an hour in onklmg sort cold, glittering and came out, looked up and down the 'All right! said she to Patrick,with this manner, his host excused himself. studiea- "t a gentleman to the street, and the expression around her asmile, nodding, and taking the reins, and the bachelor was left alone. manner corn, pome Dy instinct, cour- mouth was not happy and. peaceful. 'Give him his head.' 'Och, it's all wrong, my plied Patrick, keeping ho A dreamy reverie was interrupted ieous naiure one wnose loxty The boy had seemed to doubt, that lady,' re- by the sound of voices in the hall mina and noble Heart will not permit thero was any writing inside the en- d of the The cantain easily recoo-nized the wid- hls D0(Iy to do anytbing ungentleman- velope, but she was not quite nrcDar. c I, - -I - rein. 'Your carriage can take tvo in- ow's, and a glance through the I half- ormean; and an orator of the type of ed to tearjt open and find a printed ratncK nenry not great at a set ora- document commencing: 'Wltereas, de tion but a fountain of eloquence when fault having been made in the condi an occasion touches his heart and tions of a rprtin mnrMmu.1 . I w "t3"e vhv spurs his brain to action. If there is She wants to hold ! another interview a single , small trait in Ransom,s with the lad. If thig meets his eye, he character, I have failed to note it, af- will please call between tho hours of 8 ter a pretty close acquaintance of sev- and 10 a. m., when he feels the eral years. I watched him the other strongest. day, in his debate with Blame. The side.' 'Very well; but I came alone.' 'You've got to take a passenger.' 'What do you mean?' 'Oh, wirra! your brother has been stealing a horse.' 'Stealing a horse!' exclaimed widow. . 'Yi.s; that gintleman's,' the bachelor. 'And he said to take him to the villa, to 'A woman, but a widow, he solilo quized. 'I am glad I don't know her. horse back again.' I am certainly very fortunate to have 'Very singular!' , , - . open door showed-him that her! com panion was a very handsome young gentleman. . 'There, dear Belle,' said the young man, 'don't scold m6 any more. I won't do so again, I promise you. Give me oue kiss.' I I ; A hearty smack followed. It was a meaning veritable, genuine kiss. The captain you were saw and heard it. A pang shot get the through his heart. 'The only woman that I could ever said the widow: love.' he said to himself, 'and she's the furnished free on application. janl-3ai attained the age of forty without any 'but William was always very eccen- engaged.' i Louis ki:i:x FASIlloyABlJ: B.VB15K1: and UAIR DRESS tB, ", , I KINS T OX, X. C: feminine attachment. Peculiarly in- trie.'. Oalceover JVH. tinr's Irujr Store. jan3-lyr dependent arid not ill-looking I think I must admit that I should make what those busybody match-makers call a grand catch. But, thank my stars! I have preserved my ' content c. c. tayxor. and independence so far, and I'm not hot blood mounted, to his face and red- ened the broad, high forehead more than once as Blaine, rushing to and fro before him and brandishing threats in his face, after the manner of a The widow tripped into the room. bullT of the buskin, sought to provoke K At this crisis, Mr. Campion appear- If she was pleasing in her carriage- ed. . dress, she was perfectly bewitching in her drawing-room attire. Campion could now see the whole of that deli cate fairy foot. : 'My dear sir,' said she, 'your horse , . i L. J. HILL & CO., Boot iN: Slioe 3Inlcei's?;9 KINSTON, X. C. ' l : . - . ; . We lire reparel with the hent French Calf Skin and Louisville Oak bole Leather, U make aud re pair B'fot and Shoes to order. Suf iNt'itetiou iiiHraiiitcctI.. JanH2m likely to succumb now. No, no! Jack 'My horse ready?' 'Jump in, sir. 1 didn t come in a carnage. 'In-wid y?z!' shouted the hostler. 'Take a seat beside met an angry retort by insulting his State and his- people. More than once . the proud North Carolinian's bosom swel led with indignation but not one hasty word escaped his lips; not unco did he forget to address his opponent as a Senator and a gentleman. No wonder his sober - self command, his lofty patriotism, and his burning I, if you is at your service now.' Campion was born to live and die a please, sir,' said the widow, with a fas- Campion rose. ' hnehelnr! And now for-the . newsna- cinatinc smile. 'But.' she added. 'if vou will stay . - .- : ' ' , ' " i i. jr jjt i. ner.' Mr. Campion approached the step and take dinner with us. my uncle will 4V"w ueieuueu UI pwpie i - r u r i i Iu the meantime, another horseman, to inquire the meaning, when the hos- be very much gratified, and I shall be S . auuerer car- had come to the hotel, his horse reek- tier seized him with a vigorbus hand, highly pleased.' . ""c u"u ing with sweat, . and literally unable thrust him into the phaetonr while the 'The coquet!' thought Campion, 'I to place one of his feet before another, iporiy, startled at the movement, dash- am really obliged to you, madam,' he J. M. WHITE. J. F. PARROTT. TWliite A: .PaiTott,- HiUers and Lumber Dealers, Kiiiston, N, C, Are now prepared to fill all orders for FI Its Tt LASS LUMBER nt the lowest Oakd: rates. , kuf Mao la op on hand the Celebrated .Tucknhtic' IVruily.FJonr. junl 12ai J. y. jX;kvin-. f. h. loktin. JACKSON &. L0FTIN, ATTOUNKYS AT L A W, , j KINSTON. N. C. : Wscttc in I noir, ir .ne, Wayne, Joui's and 4t- rrotaj.t :nul t i!U S.it atteiniou naid aU bus lnrn i-ntru t-l to tliem. - iUtuiui of nm, of d.-cas nrnwis a jvctalltr. ! -)mc .n roarplcHW Siuaire, formerly xv cupietl .by Jxo. V. WOTfc.N; janl-12m The same hostler; an Irishman ed ofi on a run. made his appearance.; Poor Captain Campion 'Pat.' said the voung man. fashion- was a situation. said, 'but I have another engagement,' Here 'Then we cannot hope to detain you. with him. No wonder Blaine, the wary, cheeky Blaine, himself, sat down abashed at last. Ingenious Use of a Kiss. The Auvergnat is the Paddy of France; but like the' Irish Paddy he sometimes redeems his character for native stupidity and belies his reputation. carrier, born and bred in Auvergne, but established in the French capital for the last year or two, reckoned among the customers whom he supplied with their daily water a young married couple, whom neither by threats nor entreaties could ho succeed in inducing to settle a long standing account. The invariable ex cuse with which the young wife, who was her own servant, put him off, was thnt her lord was out. The Auvcrg nat, a patient fellow, accepted the ex cuse for a time but at length patience being exhausted, and bis faith in the lady's diurnal assertion diminished, he ably attired, 'put my mare in the sta- bachelor, bodily abducted by a fasci- sent you to my brother. ber.' jna ting young widow, The captain! The handsome youn The no-fence system has been adon- determined to try a little plan of bis A confirmed old sir; but you must first allow me to pre- ted in the counties of Virginia border- own for bringing confusion upon the ing on this section of North Carolina, heads of his debtors. A few mornings ble and do the best jyou i can for her.' na ting young widow, The captain The handsome young man now an(j an tne farmers with .whom we ago after replenhhiog the domestic I 'Och, MisthurTraverse.she'skilt in- had to lend his assistance to the lady made Ins appearance, and shook hands have talked on the subject concur in water fountain he asked madame if tirelv!' in managing the pony, who was short- with the bachelor. the oninion that the disuse of fence Monsieur .was within. Most annor. I'm afraid so.' ly reduced to his usual slow and quiet 'That's the horse-thief captain!' has been of creat value to farmers, inzlv. Monsieur has iuit crone out to 'And what made ye crowd her so?' pace; and. then, after thanking her said the widow, laughing. alld that it has increased the market the eoijfeur't, replied the lady calmly; Vn itmfin. To ... Bt-A. nntnmin n frr- Vita o ccicto tinn XTra TKo rnnnnr hmn OTVilrvTiTPil nnrl pt. 1... f . t 1 1 Ti. e . 1 It . 1 1. t . . . I A muiiti. 10 ihj aiaici ucic; ,h.ijjuuiu v j value oi nic laiius. xuis iuci aione I uui uiv crjr licit Luuujcub mo nrpwifc 'Yis, sur. Bill, show the gentleman Leslie told him that in a few minutes plained the circumstances which had settles the question of the advantage of a formidable kiss brought the oi- into the ladies parlor.' he should be put in 6ssessi6n of his impelled him to take the liberty. of doing away with fences. In Nor- fVan absentee before, the water car 'Ah, Belle!' said the young man, horse, which had been borrowed by a 'I am sorry, he added 'that we can- folk, county, Va. just across the bor- ricr's eyes, his cheeks crimson with entering the parlor, 'you here?' i ' gentleman. This was all the explana- not improve; the acquaintance thus der from us, lauds have gone up from jealousy. "Wretch!' ejacuatcd tho 'Yes,' replied a beautiful young la- tion she vouchsafed. She required in casually made by enjoying your com- that cause alone. Even those persons 1 outraged spouse; I'm not a wretch. dy, rising, to meet him; 'but what's the turn, to be made acquainted with the pany at dinner. I am sorry that you who were at first opposed ; to doiug I 'Twas but a sly trick," objected the matter? ' ' , name of her companion, after giving 1 are otherwise engaged.' awav with fences now see its ad van- Anvercnat. who speedily pacified the r - I . m " w- m A - W. J. RASBERRY, -iVtt on i vy jt Law, Why, as to that,' said the captain, tzge. Elizabeth City Economist KINSTON, X. C. 'Nothing, Belle nothing!' I her own. Something is certainly the matter. In a few minutes, the captain began pulling off his gloves, 'your offer is too You are flushed and excited.' to feci somewhat more at ease in fact 1 tempting, and I feel compelled to ac I must be brief, for I am pursued!' J he began to like his position. tempest he had raised in the martial bp ait by ex plaining , that the kus had Pursued?' Will attfml the Couru of Greene an l Jonee. - (mcv on ;v)urt lloute Square. j J. w. harper; Attorney At Law, j Ofllco over Post Office, , KINSTON, N. C. Petitions are being circulated in kn bestowed upon his own hornr He had cept it.' j " Ouilford County for signers praying hand, and not on the lady's ruby lips. So his horse was remanded to the me legislature xo pass a similar lence fjie retult of the nus was that the lit Yes. You know that fellow who his life, and he began to ask himself stable, and he stopped to dinner. law for Guilford county that is not in account which had necessitated it jam-rm insulted you iu the coach the other whether, if the proximity was so pleas- j After dinner, they had music, fori force in Mecklenburg. The object cj WJU promptly setted. a constant Mrs. Leslie played and sang charm- toe petition is to compel tne people to never sat so near to a pretty woman in day?' said the young man. 'Well, I ant for a few moments, " I I A.! M have been ou his track for over . a companionship might not prove as mgly. Then he was persuaded to stay '..ri. t Tr.u""L-JCST There are three political ' par ai . week. 1 met hira to-day in the street, agreeable. While her attention was to tea, anu in me evening ineiamiiyi ODiect to such a law let them ret and gave him a confounded horse-1 engaged upon her pony, he had an op-rambled m the garden, and the cap- Upand circulate petitions to that ef-1 publican party, the Democratic party whipping. I handled hira very tough- portunity to Eurvey her features. Her tain secured a ten minutes Ute-a-Ute feet AartA Slate. and Joe Turner. North Side.
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