-5 TEBXS-$1.50 Prr Tnr. II. G. WEST. n. 0. WEST & CO., ' fUneral Iv-aler In lYt c i' c li si n l i k e 9 anl A?nt for The Lhrrpool ami London and Globe,' and olh'T fir tela Fin Insurance Comjttuiie. Dr. A. R. MILLER, '..j'-W'O'. 7 --:iry to re uou ny Otfice at jice iilftice. Board furnilii d to parties froin tin ooun trjr. janiWJm j. ii. r.xxiH. t. j. rn?ox KWI?; & PitESS0. House Builders & IXpliol.sterers, KIXSTOX, X. C, in iW fill kiinl- f l'ujiiitui' in ntxxl style :ml at a. fl. WIT, WrVi V0 iyyjrj HoJd litn.-lf : in I ??jr-7'fz-Jrv: Artificial Teeth, Ex- jcvt V;!v,t. 1 and clean; FzA SYfrYftl or do anvthinz n-c- s-onaMe hk'k. iii-.uv.u xicvcivaus uiacK eyes were AUw H.tifi" au.l Cam built and repaired on flashing, with tnihMed ipjilninv nrwl lort none. iauMSmiw-. ,. . Jca",u? UUU knurl nuiu e. A. HARVEY & CO. . Manufacturer; of Fine Brands of T OB AC CO, janl 12m. Kinslon, N. C. CHAS. l HAIiVIiY. NOTAPvY PUBLIC and r Inferior fmirt (lerk for Lrnoir foimlv. Prolmfes )erdn, Mortf?agps, Ijirn lti(s and other i'u strum cuts .required to be 11' tfixtprrd. furnibhed frtns tn .application'. jatil-3m Al.vo .l.N I OK Tilt: IMlM3IOXT C5UANO. Will nil it f.. 4T". i,imi(N if Cot ton, p-r T;n, kasiiionaum: iiAiti?Ki: au.l haii: dki:ssi ax, . KIXXTOX, x. a (!lro ovt IN llt-t it r'i lniff Store. Jan.Wyr t. J. HILL. t C. C. TAYLOR. L. J. HILL & CO., IvlXSTON, X. C. We-hre yow prepared with the best .French Calf Skin ami Louis ville Oak Sole Leather, to mak.j and repair Hoots ami Shoos SATISFACTION GUARANTIED. janli-ly Miller and Lumber Dealer, KiiiMon, X, Ci Is -now prepared to fill nil orders for FIRST-CLASS L UMB1CR ftt the lowest Cash rates. ftdT Also keep on hand the celebrated Tii'kalif; Family Flour, jnnl 12in 4- J At KM1X. JACKSON "&L0FTIN, A T TO UXK VS AT LAW, - KIXSTOX. X. c. fonfhtVr.fce are, fon.terly W. J. HASBEHRY. Vt lnu,v Vt In w, KIXSTOX, c. j Will attend ,h.. ConrtH of M i iwn v ... w i ouri lloitJ-e Sviunre. iMU-12m Wm. W. N. HUNTER. MPLE10E lOlKT ( LOR, PROUATE JLI'GE AND 'Officio XOTAUV PUI5L1C for Lnoir Cuutv. Court li,,,,.,- run " th of tlie m'im ft . . . " '' i 1 ; V co,,n,Hlv iVhi14TiU'?H ,0''- Abated chanre. . " iu, nd furnUhetl fren , of -T.AV.TAYl.OTt ,la l" "tore at the ' mKK Kivi:u nmb,;,;, .,ouRS- iiinrnviKK.' WhUkifs, Brnndirs. Wiars. (irars i Tobarro 1 1 " 1 1 - ... .' ; i " . r- i ! - t - THE OUTCAST, Forerer ffilentj. Cold, and stiff", There he lies! "Where doe he come from ? Why did he drovrn himself f From his ragged garment The water is drippinjr, oakin the ground ; ttoy brutally jjoklng, '. M n chewing and smoking, Standing around. A e nrriajre come nearer With footman'and driver, A man with f tiern feature Give order to etop; . He m-js from 'the wagon To nee what' fche matter ; The boys cease; their fun. ' When his eyeKmet the corpse A cry went to heaven Oil, my pon ! i - elected. CHE C'K ELATED. BY R. w. r. Af.i ii. 1 T 1 ii t unger, as gne stood beside the lounge over which Georgie May's new dress was lying a daintv white Swisa rim; med with Valenciejmes edged ruffles, sheer and pure'as! fbam-sparkles. "Of course you like it, Maude? You couldn't help admiring it, could you? Georgia's glad, Meager voice was so sweet, so girlish, that its very gay freshness stunor Maud a' Trp.cplvn Uh, yes, it is very elegant indeed- .lauicreiaiioraie, periiaps, for the oc casion.' 1 ' Georgia touched the soft material tenderly. , j White is neyer too elaborate, Maude; and it costs so little nothing for the inakincr.l n0nit.ifr mo prniiig it un reserved 1 v. Mnndpt . Toll Ine-ou think it will be becoming and ylish tor the; reception at Holman 11 ill t, he was such a sweet, hnnosf llttlo i 7 v w a VvlVj ipleaUtr,iiot in the deast ashamed of wanung 10 De told; Irer new dress was lovely, and when she lifted her bright little face, with its clear - complexion aud laughing gray eyes, -Maude could hardly reiiain from striking it. For, since fcydney Elvinlyhad shown himself.somewhat fascinated by those same sweet, honest eyes, and Georgie's pretty, winsome j ways, JIaude ' had known what it meant to hate with a cordial hatred and desperate jealousy. . From the very-first, Maude had so greatly admired Mr. Elvinlv. ;md ha had seemed to equally admire her. xie was very handsome and attract ive, .iind just such a gentleman as would naiurallv attract such 5i -dat ing, -stylish gii 1 as Maude Trevelyan, herself as pretty as beautiful dark eyes and luxuriant blue-black hair, credtju. and rose complexion, and a ..... ... i 1 1 ... . riuuu. weii-cui moutn, could make her.! It liaJ been a grand triumph at first to Maude, wheu Mr. Elvinly had chosen her as a special recipient ot his attentions, aljhough he was by no Weans exclusive. jXheu the triumph chautd to happiness, as she found out more and more of his good qualitiesand his sweetness of temper, and irrace of mind:! and Msuuln -i..'.,! TtN.Icom to love him with all her strong, (.ivUiui u.HUic ruau oesioweu up on him, unsolicitedl her heart. Then, right in the midst of aLl the. happi ness shq was experiencing, Georgie May intruded plain, yet bright little Georgie, with her unassuming ways, so wiusomely sweet, he honest, joyous nature. ' J J She had come to snend tliA wlntor Twim ner cousin,- Who Was one of iuauae friends aud naturally, in the course of time, met Mr. V.lvi'niv. tind then it was evident to I evervone iiuii oywney was attracted by the sweet charm of her 'manner, and that the two were good j friends, although no oue, . even hot-headed, jealous Maude, could accuse them ot beim' aught more. Bufit will come viiuVis deJi??hted rjith her Ii.X to nmrpl A IV "Pl thy little cat! pretends she values his friendship only, when all the time she uses all her.skill to entrap: him,' Maude reajly meant what she had told herself, this bright morning' while she stood looking at Georgie new dress, made to Wear at the recep tion of which the girls had been talk ing for weeks, aud j which she knew would be so beautifully becomiug to Georgie's fair, sweet face, with its thoughtful eyes, aud her soft brown hair, that she wore so unlike the othe girls wore theirs no elaboration of cnm)s, and puffs, j and braids,, but parted over her pretty forehead, and drawn in loose, natural waves off her tace to the back of her shapely head, where it was caught! with a knot of some bright ribbon, then fell in three or four half-curling tresses to her waist. v v. . , And this fair, gentle girl was to go KINSTOW, N. C, THURSDAY to the dance, and Sydney Elvinly would see her, and! admire her, and single her out, perhaps, for special at tentioq, and, likely enough, under the. influence of her pretty, bright ways, make love to her. It almost maddenef Maude to think of it. - ..... ., j. i ; : j ; .. It was a matter of almost indifTer ence.to her that she would be equally well dressed and certainly handsomer than Georgie; she I had no thought excepting that Georgie was her rival, and, if she proved !a successful one, Maude's own misery was insured. V There were such thoughts as these trooping through Maude's brain as she stood looking at the foamy white silk dress, j j i Therr, as she turned away, there was a flash in her eyes a flash and a sparkle of satisfaction for something had occuredto her almost dike an inspirationj and her pretty, eager face was eloquent of it as she walke1 down the street. f j 'Georgie May shall not have the pleasure ofj wearing her new dress and fascinating people generally and Sydney Elvinly in particular! She shall stay away from1 the reception !at Holman Hall I will keep her awavf aikj men once out of sight, 1 11 risk her being- oil t of Mr. Elvinly's mind. I'll see to it that he has no chance to regret her absence. ! ller eyes! were bright with determi ntaion and excitement as she walked along, and iwere brighter still when she steppedj into a, telegraph office, and wrote a message that read: . 'Come home at once.' . j It was signed with the initials C. M.' ..- , 1 j I , ' . Maude looked very pretty and be witching as she handed her message though the operator's window. f 'I want this sent to Marston Hill, Somerset, please, and then returned to in is a uuress. Jtlow much will it be? And afler she had paid the double rates. she walked ojut of the office, feel ing that, without committing any ven ial sin, she had quite effectually pre vented any intercourse betwen Sydney Elvinly anb Georgie May. Of course she'll: think the despatch is from her brother this 'Cal' whom she talks so muchi about, and she'll rush off home post haste. Once there, a hundred miles away, Miss Georgie won't return to finish jthe visit, whfle I well, tjie sun will shine, and I will make my hay. I will win Sydnev .Elvinly!' I Ana sne went leisurely on home, quite content with; her contemptible little game. ' 1 '' , - . ! Several hours later, the telegram from Marston camp to Georgie, alar ming her, as telegrams! have a trick of doing, and in this fecial instance ad ding to itself by its vagueness and terse ness. .' ! ' ' ; 'I do wonder what can be the mat ter?'; It's from Cal. of cour55e. nnd something terrible must have hap pened or they would never have sent forme. Oh, auntie! you ' don't sup pose anything can jbe the matter wit i mamma?' ' The sweet, quivering lips were very piteous in their appeal to Mrs. Leigh ton, -and Mr. Elvinlyj who had been there when the messaee came, felt how blesssed a pleasureit would be to take the girl to his heart and try .to comfort ner. You can't go before .to-morrow morning, at any rate. Georgie; so be patient, and hope for "the best.' 'But it is such a Jong, long time to be in suspense to e wondering ami fearing! Mr. Elvinly, don't you think that I might telegraph to know what is the matter?' j ! Mr. Elvinly sprang once. ; -. ; , 1 ! o his feet at 'Certainly, Miss Georgie. no need for vou to !be I in j? There is in a state of suspense all night and until vou reach home to-morrow. I will ruu down to an office where an jespcial friend of mine U operator, and he'll pas3 a mes sage of inquiry through and get an 'an swer. Give me you! brother's address please. : - :i ' ,.; " J And he took it from her eager, trem bling lips. 1 'All right 'Calvjn Mav, Marston iiau, Somerset.' 1 il be back as soon as possible He raw the than iful look in hp.r loyly, wistful eves as he took her cold little hand. t ! 'It may be only a trivial matter, after all, Georgie, At any rate, fret- ting won't help it.'! He had never called her 'Georgie before; nor had he ever pressed her hand so warmly, and ejren amid the fear that was uumbW her heart she thought, with a great thrill of happi ness, how splendid he was. And Mr. Elvinly rushed off down to the very office where, a Tew hours before, Maude Trevelyan had written and had despatched her sham message. The same young i fellow sat there, reading au Evening j paper when "EL HABCH "6, 1879'. vinly dashed in. 'Heigho Bruce! Busy. Wires clear for this?' .- tt He pencilled .his words on the blank and thrust it in .the window. inat s all right. Syd. I'll go right uuuy isn i in 3 1 be last message 1 sent was to the same place and same name. - He began clicking the instruments. But Elviuly wenton talking. A , telegram from here to Mr. Cat iMay? -j; . I know I've no business to ask, nor you to answer, but I'd like to know who t is in town who know the Mays down in Somerset.' , Mr- Bce was rapidly counting the words, t , ; ?0ne and three, Syd. t It was Miss lrevelyan who sent it, to be re-tele- here. I sent the despatch down. Didn't the youn la dy get it?' j , & Mr. Elvinly was lookingat his friend while he spoke with a quiet, stern ex pression onjhis face. j1?,.8 somewhat bewildered, nnd indignant at, the poor joke he began to understand had been played on Georgie May. : He remembered her piteous, wist ful lace, her eyes bright with tears, her sweet, pleading voice; and he grew almost desperately angry with Maude lrevelyan. : : 'A thousand thanks for your kind ness, Frank.- You .have explaiued away a trouble, and brightened things considerable in general. I won't send my telegram. Good night; old fellow When he! returned to Miss Leigh -ton's parlor) Georgie was there alone, waiting in nervous eagerness for the news from home. ... She sprang forward to meet him, all her heart in; her eyes. . . 'Oh, Mr. Elvinlv! Plea se tell mr at once please tell me! No matter wnat it is, L jwant to know.' t He linkec? his arm in hers, and led her to a chair. 'There has been a mistake, Georgie There has come no telegram for you from your family. Every thing is all right with them, Everything will be all right with me, my darling, if you will only tel me you .can love me! Georgie, little girl, have I surprised you? Had you no idea I meant to try to win you for my own little wife? Georgie, wil you be my wife darling?' It certainly had taken her by surprse this sudden eager, loving declara tionand Mr. Elvinly knew it by the pallor on her cheeks, the droop of her eyes, the lijttle quiver that thrilled perceptibly over her. And he knew, toor his love was not unacceptable by the happiness that crept over hj;r downcast face, by the hall-dulighted. half-shy. sweetue?s that was in her eyes as she raised them one little iustant. 'Georgie, it is yes?' His arms vere around her now, his eyes looking jat her burning cheeks Oh, Mr. Elvinly, it is such a sudden chslllfn from tniearv fit linnr.:i.A09 tj e f j uu ij'i IJCCo T perfect happiness: because because I do love you! ii i And at the reception at Holman Hall, Maude Trevnlvnn tint nnlu w on dered how it was that Georgie lay had returned; again to attend it, uo't only was hurt justly hurt aud an gered at iMv Elvinly's cool court eousness, but also wondered, with rage and jealous pain, if the diamond on Georgia's jfinger was really her en gagement ring, v J She found but soon enough, but she never knew that her treacherous little trick had been discovered, although she was conscious of , something that for ever interposed between an intima- 1" . ' ! I- m - .. ... cy uetweeu ner and fcydney Elvinly s wnc. AVlio AViU Guess This Puzzle? A little friend has been tormenting every sharp-witted person whom she knows, to gueps the puzzle given be low Thus far she has met with no success. Will not some of your read ers help us out with the difficulty? The auswer is said to be a Word of one sylalablej and the enigma is sup pose! to be English or Irish. j Slow Coach. I wt tern oa the fnclt, vrTalle Imrolinff th ind. ll;t; the tocm cope aba led, I'm pent and kind. Kinr rit at roy feet, nrho wait at mr nod To kneel In th dtit, on Um? gnmad I liare trod. I'm if by tins world, and known tT but few, Tbe Onnie dKwt me I n pork to the Jew. Jly weight i tLrxie cund-, my leujUt it a mile. And when one dii-rorered. toiU mt writb a mule That ih first aadih last are tbe trUir of our Ule ' Courier-Journal. Cure for a felonTake it to the penitentiary. 'Usee very little of you said an n!d gentleman at a Louisville ball to a young lady whom he had not met in a long time before, '! know U,' was the artle?s ;reply 'but mother wouldn't allow me to wear a very low neck dress, to-nigh the weather is so cold.' i - , . I VBMBMBMMMHM IU Heal Hi. THE ADRIAN 1TAN WHO HAD DTSPETSIA AXD COULDN'T EAT .ETEBTTIIINa. There came to the dinner-table at tbe Lawrence House, the other day two straugersronea lean and hungry looking customer, the other a decent appearing young fellow. As they reach ed the table the older man clutched frantically at the bill of fare, and remarked as follows; ' 'Let's see what they got. You know I cant eat everything. Been nearly dead for 10 weeks with dys pepsia. Ah, 'oyster soup, guess that won't hurt me.' To. waiter "Bring me some oyster soup, and, let's see, 'boiled white fish. ves. I'll W o that.' The soup and the fish were rapidly eaten. J 'Now, let's see what else they've g"t, you know I cau't eat everything, t m? ,St turkev' s. 'Roast beef,' yes, 1 II have some o that. Chicken pot pie,' yes, that's easily digested, I'll have some. Let's see, 1 cau't eat everything, I'll take a bit of the boil ed ham, some macaroni, and ah, some chicken livers, and vegetables.. The waiter had been taking the or der, and the man with the weak sto mach reached this way for crackers, that way for butterhere took a piece of bread, there a Dickie, and n ;t, of celery, and frequently remarked that he couldn't eat everything, stayed hw stomach until his dinner was broughL He looked it over, sent the waiter back for some rrHst vel t.l j avs another onion, remarked that h;tm. ach was weak, he had been suffering irinuic uom dyspepsia, aud couldn't eat everything, but at lastt n ivnrl and cleared the dishes. The matter of dessert f vBTMa'wv some because his stomach was ko weak, but he finallv ordered mrmo pie, plum puddincr and iefi rream with - - o w wwMa a a cup of coffee. They were brought and devoured, and then he called the waiter, and maue ner a confidential communica tion to the effect that he had been sick with the dvsDensiar that hU itnmai. j i g r - v ys mi v as Was Weak, he Couldn't eat evertrtliinr www w m. j mi m and would she bring him a bowl of 11111K1 The milk was brought, he crumb led, some bread therein nnrl 1.; m v as to younger companion had departed, the man with the weak stnmneh rom... ed to the gentleman across the tabic trom him that it was darned rough io nave 10 come down to bread and milk, but he had been siel- ho dn t eat everything,, and had to be .. . . . i careiui. And now the landlord is anxious for that man to come around when he is well. He needn't come but once. Adrian Times. At The ttarbcrs. 'Next,' shouted a barber, who had just finished a customer Two persons at once sprang from their seats, where, they had been pa tiently waiting, and approached the knight of the lather, and both looking ferociously and inquiringly , at each otheb. One of them was an elderly person age, evidently from the country; the other a young sprig of city breed, whose down had just beguu to indicate the slow and uncertain approach of beard. 4 Which of you is next?' asked the barber. 'Lara,' said the young man. 'No, you are not. We both enter ed at the same time, and as I am the oldest, I claim the first chance. Be sides I am in a great hurry.' 'Ah, old party, I see you are from the couutry, and of course do not know the rules of city society govern ing such cases as this,' said the youth. What is tne rule?' Siraply this: Beauty goes before age so I will take the chair. See?' 0, well, that's right, Mr. Barber shave him first. He has got the best by that city rule of hb; and coming to think of it, be is right according to the rule where I come from.' Indeed! What is the rule where you come from, old party? asked the young fellow, as he fixed himself com fortably in the barber's chair. Wall, young man, the rule up ray way is that we always keep the hog ahead of us. So yoo can co ahead, Barber, it is all right said be, taking up a paper and sitting down to read! Mr. Evarts married Miss Coffin in St. Louis, last week. It occurred to him that it was rather a funeral inp ject, but he thought he could under taker. The bearer of an important tem perance communication to this paper, yesterday, was industriously chewin coffee. 'I Love, You 11070. OUt Joee, tfc rillar rdajmrn, Tbe tnmmxr leon railed one dir. Town IWa, a maid of aw tlxteva, BTn the well-known word to aar: 'Tint penoai I lore,' Crt he aki. Sly Torn, bvtd her, whbperwi, 3Ir "Secottd person. 1 on lore, IVw went on. Aye, that I do,' aaU Tom,-lor ther Third pertoa. he love, Mill Mid limm, Tom wbiawra, 'Who U hef "Oh, Tom,' kl rv.j, plradlns low, 'lo hold your pace, aud let me b: No whiiertiurf called the mater loud. And frovrned ujioa the forward youth. Firt jwitkio, we lore,' 1Wj ad. Dy Oeorper Torn whiiered. Haat'a the truth: The irMon o'er at Ut, poor Ile, With cheek all crimson, took her M-at, While Toin. ly ft-riow, trted In tain The maidrn'a eoft blue eye to meet. And whm the rece hour wm come, Tom Wcr-d a walk w 1th coaxing lone. And neath the trrr IW aakl acala The 1 won o er fur him alone. SnE Didn't ' Scare.--A Detroit boy who was disappointed, the other day, iu making a salo of tinware to a woman oh Park street, muttered some thing which excited her indignation, and she cave him a great big piece of her mind. Iu 'jaw back he taid; 'Your husband ought to be arrested for working on Sunday!' Working on Sunday como here, bub! Now, bub, if you'll prove that my husband ever worked on Sunday, or any other day in tho week I'll give you a dol lar! I've lived with him for twenty years, and have always had to bur even his whisky and tobacco and now if he's gone to work I want to know it! The boy backed off without another word. 'There's fifty dets,"my little man; put them where they will do the roost good,' said kind-hearted Mr. Morman Jones to his boy Cornelius, as tbe lat ter started for Sunday school last sabbath. Cornelius ' put twenty-five cents of it in a jack-knife, fourteen cents in taffy, ten cents in cakes, and lost the cent he meant to put into the contribution-bor. Thus are our good J intentious often thwarted by the mys terious ways of Providence. It may be well to add that Cornelius lost the cent before he had put the other forty nine where he thought they would do the most good, f Couldn't Account for it. A promising youth of only seven sum mers, who had been accused of not al ways telling the truth, cross- examin ed his father. 'Father, did you use to whopper. when you were a boy?' No my son' said the paternal, who evidently did not recall the past with any distinctness. Nor mother, either?' persisted the young lawyer." 'No; but why?' Oh, because I don't ee 'how two people who never told a whopper could have a boy that tells as many as I do.' j , J Almost submerged The New York sinking fuud. Breach of good manners For ruin ' to sure you in the face. The sign of an untoward sencratlon- earing narrow boots. Why is a retired carpenter like a lecturer?' Because he is an ex-plain-ner. . No manners arc so fine its the most awkward manifestations of good will toward men. Kiss rac,' was all Ue said. Modern novels.) That was 'enough said to any young man. One reason why Chief Justice Uaite has so large a head is that he has got ahead of all the lawyers in Ohio. . r It was an expensive remark of a practical man regarding the woman of the period, recently: She don't know enough, sir, to boil water.' Honest sympathy. Intelligent boy ' V ft'T?!"1 '"V JouVe Sot the 'fluen. tjV ' hy, laddie?' Boy 'Cause I might catch it, you know! It is averred that the reason Ameri can girls refuse to euur domestic ser vice is that they object to any thing ap proaching menial employment what they seek is hy-meneaL', A Floridian heard the other day for the first time the story of Darid and Ooliath, and he became so enthusias tic that he swung his hat and called out, 'Bully for the fellow with the sling! , An Indiana editor mildly remarks If you can't bring us wood' remem ber ns m your prayers. It is some thing to know, as we sit and shiyer. that we are not forgotten if the store is cold . An inebriate man, walking alon the street, regarded the moon witE sovereign contempt; 'You needn't feel so proud,' he said, you are full only once a month and I am every ui-ht.' t'v 4

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