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Jan22-lm F. M. SIMMONS, ATT OH NET A T A W, NEW BERNE, N. C. Fractlr In Crarn. Jobm. Onnlow an Carter nu4 Carteret U m tli V. 8. Cirrult Court at Mew Ifctrne and in tb 8taU Supreme Court. kii8-6in tm. W. N. HUNTER, Tbpkiiok cocrt clerk, probate judge, . . . . ... Xt'Oflcio NOTARY PUBLIC ! for Lanoir Couutj. 1 , i at OUce la the Loft I a ni(dlnf , nearly oppo : efye ike Teet Qfllr. v 4V 10 Ural blank repaired to be Probated ? kept eovadaatlj a kaad aad furninhed frea of ckarce. , , JaaS-tf 1 T- J. WHITAKEE, SUPERIOR COURT CLERK, PRODATE JUDGE, ' n .AND rfrpfflclo NOTAltY VUHLIC 0 W" r"0 Jones County. 4U lef al itlanke required to be ProbaU-d kept eoeauatlf on hand. j, lauS-tf ifi HYAfrT & TULL. T OISXRAI rBaCTITIOXcitS 07 , IMedicine fc Hu.rg-er'y. . I.' ,1 I Ofllce at the Dr. JJaow Offlce. iaiO-lyr Dr. A. E. MILLER D EXT I. ST. Holda himself in i rpadinesa . to inort Artificial Tevth, Ex. airact, nil ana clean, or do aayifUaip; nrc i PKnarr to' be done bv auenUNt. i -Odlce at residence Board furniahed to parties from ttmemm Iff.- v k, . . ,ifn4lm JOSEPH LASSITTEE. UTtrjrSalfriBd Exthangc4 Stable, IUuntou, N. . " ' Neiiir Jr. Henry Mott FRCNt'll roiVDF.KN Will fr lnflii.il.,. f .l. - rri . . rki.Nr,.TV'.r ap"ten?y. Weakuesa of the Genital iimn.' . " , rPr,1 iMioorrntp or nif es, Woaib . Ulcer-, - f lur-a cured in 4s hJur. -sn Draxaiat. Dim iw.- ... . J t mAi pore from obwrvatien, on receipt of w '5KXEIAL FfRXISHIXG UXDERTAIER, .Cioldaboro, N, C Mriimc and Wood Bnrial Cases in hHITE CA8KE rs- Fer CmLDEgf, always on hand. . Orders by Teiearai.b f. Mrtii promptly flint. rpsftonslble aep2-tf FOR SALE. r1 hltk. Price aV e Xjr Cmi Wheels U If. five and a half Flslier. KiatN.O. eelMf l-aOyrterShelU for Sale. A t. J. BL white, Or O" SUmaaer Keoea, Cox, Kin.ton, If. a janli-St ALBERT MILLER, Col, trcttritt-k Ccsm! Smki-itie, aT... f,fc.ioOT.,n,c, r lor TurprBtia, ?DId and t5eriM Al-o waau u u, 100 barrel, of Com! T ,,u' .ui-.it7u Mn'r PPJ', oo time " ' M 'V- J 1 .iSil? jaau i ' i i - 1 1 - t .li-. i . -. ', i -..( .. . ' . .m . . . s .. . . ! 7 . J . - 1 .'-.. J. W.. 1TARPER, . VOL. II. MISSING Miaainj:. no more; a dumb, dead wall , i . . f . Of ailenee and darkness stands Between as and they who left as here, la the golden morning of the year, ! With hox and promise and parting cheer, Wet eyas and waring hands, !i Nerer omen told our hearts I How fate lurked, frrliL an J dark; Fresh and aweet smiled the April day. - And the treacherous waTfes.In surriJcht lay, Kissing tlie nands of tli Khyjtering bay, AawiJaugking arouud theiark. iWk moliea silver shone her sails, . ' ' Aa she glided from onr rase; And ynf torn ad -m back to our hornus again. To let custom grow o'er the yearning lialn. And to count by the hearth ah, labor vain! The lonely linyerinK days. "'"5. Nr a letter from loving handa, Never a toeas re came: Waknew long since should the nort bo woo: We know what .to fierce north (ales had doae; And slewly crept orer nt ety one A terror we would not name. Ah me! those weary mornings. When out on the groat pier-kead We strained our sight o'er the tossing seas. And studied each change in the fitful breeze, And strove to answer, in tones of ease, Light question coldly said. Ah me! those weary midnights, Hearing the breakers roar: Starting from dreams of storm and death. With beating pukes and catching breath. To hear he white surf cair bwneath, -Along the hoi low f bore. li ' Never a flash down the wires, II . Never a word from the East, Froai the port she failed for how long ago! Why, even a spar one would weep to knv. Tossed on the wild waves ebb and How. Were sometldng real at last. h Misxinjr, missing, and tsilence, . ; jj ' t The great tides rio and fall The ut a lies dimpling out in the lipht, Or dances, all living, gleaming white; Day follows day, night rolls on night;- Misslng, and that is all. . f 11- ' i il The park crossed out in the log-book, i ' The names dropped out of the prayers; f In many a household a vacant place; " In many a lite a vanished grace, jj V know our cast In the long life race. But only Ood knows theirs, f jj f" Tintley't Magatlne. Selected.. MY BEAUTIFUL CLIENT. v if BY MAUDE A. HILTON t ! ' i It had been ' ' li I 4 an unu sultry summer dar. and ;1. was fretfolly auatnemaiizing tne press or business, that confined me to the city: during the heated teem while all rny friends and associates were enjoying themsel ves in fashionable watering places, or rusticating in corns picturesque nook. I was only-a poor, young barrister, although rapidly rising in the profes sion, and there was a case on my hands that promised a golden harvest. It is true the courts were not then in session but the case of Smith teiyus Jones . required a deal of st$d Hud working,' jind .I waskept rather busy all the time. jj 'Confound the luck!' I ejaculated, as I tossed aside , a brief ovei which I had been pondering on the" particu lar Bummer afternoon of which I have made mention. 'Confound the luck! I have a great mind to pack; up my traps and take a run out of the city, despite the claims of a hundred Smiths and Jones.' -". J While I had been giving way to this unusually vehement outburst, 'there had been a tijuid rapping at the onter door, and my"office boy Henry threw aside the paper which! he had been intently perusing for the last two pretty and pleasant, faced, and with nn ntrrpphlA imilo . 'I nours ana aanmtea a young . i:vomau, . .... . ' 1 'I'looio qii ara wm l.n-i.n I -"'t juumnici xvcni ey?' she asked, timidly, and with the slightest possible brogue, betravin - iuai is mv nanip minm mv name. I as- fill Fol H A e .a I rliAjl m L. n 1 i" t. near the drsk from which I had arisen at her entrance. ij She handed me a note written in a delicate female hand, and inisted on remaining where she was until I read it. '''. - 't'i. 'fi-titt I confess to a feeling of curiosity, and without much ceremony I opened the daint, pink-tinted note and read its contents, which were brief and to the point. 14a. Hruii Kbavkti Sta. If jouareatlelsare to wait upon ma, I should like to see you on a matter of business, the nature of which 1 will espials whea we aaevt ' If poible, I should like to have you retnrnwith ray maid, the bearer. r ) . 1 Respectfully yours, ' ElEXOBK UKBa.KT. , This was the note, word for word, and I confess no stranger message had ever been transmitted to me. ! There was something, in the tone of the brief epistle that seemed to breathe a spice of romance and adventure, and my idea of a country trip was abandoned iustauter. ' jj' -'l am ready to accompany you miss, I said to the waiting-maid; and watch ing her closely, 1 could see that my decision pleased her. ' j I found a carriage awaiting; at my door, and silently assisted the young lady to enter it, jj Bfae made no attempt to enter into conversation with me as drove through Ihe city itreeuand although I was aathe ladies say Mying to know' something ef bet, miuresa, I did ot toop to question. r1 jj ', "v. I heaved a tigb of . intense telief, however, wbeu the carriage drew up " " " i in . i , , ,,. n - '. ' ! r ii . i. Independent' I I before the entrance to a. suDerb resi dence on Madison avenue, and my companion announced that our journ ey was at an end. 1 . ' -, A solemn-looking j man-servant . ad mitted us; and in answer to some low spoken inquiry of the maid, informed her that the mistress would receive the gentleman in her; boudior. With a growing sense of my . own importance,-! followed the girl up the broad, richly -carpeted staircase and into a room that was like the home of a fairy, o bautifuljand pur-looking with its furniture of white and gold and delicate hangings of snowy silk and lace Lawyer Keavey, Miss Herbert, an Bounced ray companion, and a lady arose from a couch near the window, and came lorward to meet me. I could barely repress an exclama tion of astonishment, for my eyes bad never beheld anything so exquisitely lovely as the lady addressed as Mrs. Herbert. j w She could not have been more than eighteen years of age, and looked even younger, although there was nothing of the child in the! expression of the sadly beautiful face or in the blue depths of the fair, shadowed eyes. She motioned me to a seat near that she had lately occupied, and I could see that she was visibly embar rassed and at a loss how- to proceed. , rLer hands moved restlessly about and I could see the' color fading out of her perfect' face, and she at last summoned courage to address me. Her brother had been my friend, she told me, and when she mentioned that brother's name I started for it was indeed that of one of my most valued friends, who had lately died very suddenly. j My poor brother bogged me, with almost his last breath, to go to you, and ask you to take my case in hand for the sake, of yourold -friendship.' The beautiful woman faltered; and it is needless to say that; I answered her she ha4 but to state herj case, and count on a willing champion. She thanked -me with a simple grace that was infinitely charming, and then told me the story of her life. :; She was utterly j alone in the world since her. brother died and tied to a man whose cruelty was killing her.; Charles Herbert was a strange charac ter, thought peculiar by his friends, but believed by those who knew him best to be developing traits of madness. In the presence of stranger he was remarkably kink and devoted to his beautiful ' young wife, but at ' home his cruelty to the unfortunate girl as was evident trom the livid marks upon her white arms and shoulders. I want to be freed from him I am in actual terror, of my life! Oh, Mr. Keavey, can the fetters which biivd me to this terrible man be, broken? . Give me some hope, pr I will no longer live in this agonizing suspense! ' she cried, and I was frightened at the expression of her face as she stood before me, with her small hands clasped in an agony of supplication arid her beautiful eyes glancing hastily around herevery min ute, as if dreading the approach of her tormentor. . I was at a loss for words to answer her appeal. j ..:-,-- She-wan ted to be freed from the hus band who was cruel to her, and -she evidently believed ! that I had but to . . v ia ... write out a couple otsheet3 ot loolscap, and pronounce her; the divorced wife otlharles Herbert, deceive her? How How was I to un- was I to tell her what a work of tune and trouble it would be to obtain j a legal bill of di vorce? I told her I would exert everv means m.my power i . - -----j to aid her. and I resolved to watch the movements of Herbert closely , while the lady prom ised to communicate with me should he attempt any. furtberivtolence. 1 . I le,ft that house like one in a dream, my heartfilled with ity for her ope less condition, and .my brain puzzling itself over innumerable ways and means bf obtaining for her the release she sought. j True to my first resolve, I sought out Charles Herbert in his usual haunts about town, and studied him in secret. He was a polished gentleman, dark faced and handsomt: but I did not like the giitter in his dark eyes, or the treacherous and oft-recurring smile that played about his full, sensual lips. I met him in society, where he was all attention to his beautiful young wife, and apparently devoted as the fondest lover. j I shuddered as I thought of the life to which beautiful Elenore Herbert seemed hopelessly doomed, for with .a - j ' . the cunning ot a bend, her husband, were his mask of smiles, and gave no chance to the most suspicious observer by which he might have been condem ned. . ' j, - I noticed, with an inexplicable feel ing of pain, that my beautiful client was growing more fragile and worn looking every, day, and the look of haunting terror was deepening in her dark blue eyes. One night1 1 saw her wandering alone through the fragrant aisles ef a conservatory, having stolen from the brill iantly-lighted parlors and from the midst of the gay throng in whose society her; basband lingered. . Watching a favorable opportunity, I joined her unobserved, and had the ' w I 1 ' - - . , i e-aavaaaaa satisfaction of seeing a momentary look of gladness sweep across her beautiful face at my approach. ' She questioued me eagerly as to the progress, I was making: but some thing in my face must have told her how little I could do for her, she threw at her tiny hand with a gesture sup reme in its agony, and I could see the quick shudder that ran through her frame. - What is it? Has he repeated his cruelty?' I asked, huskiiy; for some how the indignant blood seemed to rise in my throat and choke' me, and I felt like strangling the wretch whose cunning baffled me. " She did not speak again, but look ing into her pale face, 1 ceuld see her lips forming the word Hushl- and looking up quickly, I'i saw Her bert sauntering; toward us through the avenue of ferns with that disagreeable ' smile on his lips, and that strano-e. glittering light in his blaack eyes. My dear Nellie, I have been search ing for you; how imprudent of you to stay out in this chilly place without your wraps. Ah, Mr. Heavy. I shall j question your gallantry; see how my little wife shivers, Come, darling, I think we had best return home. He spoke lightly, and with his arm around his wife's waist; but I could not banish the impression that he had been playing: the snv: and to confirm the impression, I caught the gleam of absolute terror that Elenore Herbert threw back at me as he led her away. lhat man is mad; there is danger m his eyes to-night,' I thought, and impelled by some irrestible imnulse. I found my self hurrying in the direc tion of her residence half an hour la ter. Was it fate or providence that guided my wandering steps? I do not know; it was all so strange and unreal; the events that followed seem to be e ven now, looking back into, the dim vista of years, more like the incidents narrated in some sensational novel than an occurrence in real life. I had just returned into the block on which the Herbert's resided, when a wild. thrilling cry disturbed the silence of the summer, night, a ery that came from the lips' of a woman, and from the direction of the house in which Elenore Herbert passed her miserable life: : ; 'Father in Heaven, tave her!' I cried, and no such fervent and heart felt prayer had crossed my lips since I knelt at mother's knee. I cannot re member how I sprang up the steps; Sadie, the maid who had brought Mrs. Herbert's note to my office, was in the hallway, wringing her bands and giv ing vent to the wild screams that had attracted my attention to the spot. 1 did not wait for her "explanation, but darted up the stairs and toward the door of of the white and gold boudoir from whence came the sound of man iacal laughter and low groans of pain. Almost mad with terror I forced my way between a group of frightened and useless servauts, and threw myself wildly again ts . the door.. It yielded, and if I live for a hundred years I shall never forget the sight presented to my view. Beautiful Elenore lay prone upon the floor, her white silk evening dress dyed crimson with blood, and her face rigid and pallid as that of a corpse. Her mad husband stood over her with a cruel looking knife in his hand, chuckling gleefully. At sight of me he burst into a terrible peal of laugh ter, and before a hand could be put forth to stay him, plunged the knife in his own heart. Ha ha!' he cried, 'see how nobly I have foiled you! You would have stolen her from me take her now she is yours.' He fell to the floor dead, with the last words on his lips, and at the same moment an officer, attracted to the spot by Sadie's cries, rushed into the room to ascertain the cause of the distur bance. I can never clearly remember what immediately followed. I only know that the words came lo my ears: The lady is not seriously wounded.' Then I must have fallen ill, for when I recovered myself the remains of Charles Herbert had been laid in the grave and his wife was slowly recov ering. Years have flown since that terrible night, and looking up from the written pages before me, my eyes fall upon the fair face of my wife. 'Elenore, my darling!' I call softly, and she comes to meet me gladly, more lovely than when I saw her first in that fatal white and gold, far more beautiful, with the love light giving place to the look of hunted ter ror in her violet eyes, and a smile of infinite peace upon the perfect lips. My wite my own! 1 ; murmur, fondly, and perhaps she guesses why I kiss her face with such passionate ten derness, fortshe shudders and nestles closer to me, with her golden head up on my breast, and her mind straying back to the tragedy of the past, that is dead. IXrs. ITHillan's Bracelet. Men are sot. a a rule, logical.' Tbera is Mr. McMillan, of Toledo, for example. Last week he proclaim ed to all his friends that he felt it to be vastly more blessed to rive than to- receive. He said that be meant to give his wife a Wastiful Christmas Thin&s; x u, XOOU. i " presont; and that the idea gave him more pleasure than the reception of a gift of three dozen Scriptural mot toes for the wnlls f his parlor could give him. He " has now radically changed his opinion, and . "uses lan guage in regard to Christmas presents which is well adapted to make the blood run cold. The reason for this sudden change of opinion is to" the last degree illogical and irrelevant, and how Mr. McMillan can regard himself as n reasonable being it is hard to imagine. On Tuesday last, after having worn out all the jewelers in ToUdo by a prolonged examination of thejr stock, Mr.McMtllatr finally bought a beauti ful bracelet fd'r 25 dollars, "with the proviso- that he might return it the next day, if, on further consideration, he should decide that he did not want it. The bracelet was put up in a nice little box, which was wraped in wnue paper, and Mr. McMillan wrote on the paper the touching legend: For my own precious darling.' Put ting the box in his overcoat pocket, he went home to tea, in a smiling and happy frame of raiud, and meeting Mrs. McMillan, kissed her with so much emphasis that she immedi ately suspected that something waj wrong. While sitting at the tea-table, Mr. McMillan led the conversation to tire subject of Christmas preseuts, and incidentally remarked, with a twinkle of the eye that showed that he was joking, that he rather thought he should not give his wife anything. ne saiu mat u ne really loved a wo man, he should like to give her a splendid bracelet, but of course he did not care enough for anybody to give them anything. Mrs.McMillan might perhaps have taken exception to her husband's remark as a speci men of graceful English, but she was so well persuaded that he was joking that she almost felt the coming brace let encircling her wrist. For the rest of th meal she was exceedingly af fectionate, and did not once indulge in her usual criticisms of the mental and moral habits of her husband. " In the course of the evening Mrs. McMillan ,f surreptitiously -'searched Mr. McMillan's pockets and discover ed the bracelet. She was filled ' with giatitude and joy. The affectionate words written on the case affected her almost to tears, and she mentally re solved that during the coining year she would abstain from the use of co ercive measures of a violent nature except in extreme -circumstances 1 and when her temper' might be uuusually excited. The next morning' Mr. McMillan began to think that perhaps his wife might nrt be particular pleased with a bracelet. Besides, 25 dollars really did amount to a large sum. Might it not be better to retunf the bracelet to the jeweler and to give - Mrs. Millan ten or fifteen dollars in money to ?jend as she might think proper? He de bated the question all Hay, and tow ard evening decided that, on the whole he world lake back the bracelet and give his wife a ten dollar bill. That night at the tea table he was even happier and more gay ' than he had been on the previous evening. This time he had finally settled the ques tion of what to give his wife, and he practiced a judicious economy by re solving to spend 10 dollars instead of 25. A happier and more affectiona ble household thau" that of the Mc Milland family ou the night of the 24th of December could not have been found in all Toledo. The next morning, when the early bells ushered in the happy Christinas season, Mrs. McMillan arose and dressed herself. Her hiuband woke up while this cergmouy was in pro gress, and, after wishing his wife a merry Christinas, told her to bring him his ttouiers ami he would give her k' present. The happy wife obey ed, and waited with beating heart , for her bracelet. To her inexprt-&ahle disappointment, Mr. McMillan took out his purse, gave her a ten dollar bill, and said: 'There uiy dear; Jdy whatever you want moat. I give you the money instead of jewelry, or any thing else, because 1 want you to have a present that will be some sat isfaction to you.' Mrs. McMillan maintained a pain ful silence. She put the money in her pocket, but never expressed the slightest ib inks As she walked t -ward a closet and took from it a stout rope, itir. incjuuiau began to grow alarmed, and his alarm became very lively when his wife, with amazing swiftness and vigor, bound him t the bedstead, and then went down ataira for the broomstick. On her reappearance, she asked him iu a cold, sarcastic way if bis 'pre cious darling' liked ber expensive bracelet. You couldn't give the wife of your bosom but ten dollars, could you? remarked Mrs. McMillan, italicizing her words with the broom stick; 'but you could lavish thirty dollar bracelets on a wicked, good-for-nothing bossy! Oh! I'll let you knowl' And accordingly she did 'let Mr. Mc Millan know with a etmrgtb that be bad never before imagined hxt she possessed. In vai did the n happy man protest that be bad 'never given bo Bracelet to nobody. ibe aogry . v(TERXS-$2.00. rfr Trar. IVO. tron was deaf to his 'protestations. All day he remained be and to his bed. -II etui. I neither breakfast nor dinner but at frequenl intervals Mrs, McMillan went up stairs with the broomstick, and to use her language, 'took a fresh hack at him.' It was after Mr. McMillan was re based, and ,his bruises had healed sufficiently to enable him to walk without excessive pain, that he pro claimed his destination of Christmas and of Christmas gifts. It must be admitted that in this he wa grossly illogical. Undoubtedly. Ins wife was in error, and he ('Tprrsted her feel ings with too aiuf-ll euiphusiv'and 'n a way that was fjen to criticism. Still there was no reason why Mf. Mc Millan hould denounce Christinas in a broad, indiciiminating wav, and it : . i . . .i . . r a muy mhj eviMeiu mai he is not a man who can be ca'led an exact mwl careful reason er. Ladies Practicing Law. A Novel Firm of Attoruejs asalle Street. on Brave Woman GraDolina tvtih Lh r M. A T Hard rntblem of lAJe Studying -Under Difficulties Experience at the liar Home Xovcl incident Their Divorce Practice. On one side of the eutninrs in great buildiug, at 143 LaSs lie street, t a among about torty buisiuess cards, may be seen a modest sigu which read: I liHim 31. ; : M. Fbkokiuxa Pebrt, : : Ella A. Mabtix. I Law Office. : Doubtless hundreds who read this card are struck with at least a momen tary curiosity to know who these lady lawyers are, how they look, how they succeed, what kiud of law bnsiness they transact, and Derhsos. above all. to know what motives' end uce them to make such a departure from the com raon occupations of their sex aa to study and enter upon the practice of law. - ' " TOE LADY ATTORNEYS. . If the visitor, prympled by curiosi ty or business, should ascend to the room he would find a neatly-carpeted office, light and pleasant, "furnished with a book case table, chairs and two large ollice desks. At each desk sits a lady. Both are young, and both are attractive in their appearance . Mbs Martin, tall and slender has a delicate, finely-cut face, expresive of giaai Bcusiunur, auu luuicaiing great nrranessoi cnaracter. .febe is dressed in a black dress, made with quaker like plainness, and her soft brown hsir is smoothly banded off her forehead with two narrow strips of black velvet t . a riooon. jvideuuy there is 'no non sense' about ber, although her coun tenance is particularly gentle and jeminine in its expression: At the other desk is Miss Perry, of medium size, plump in form, dressed very becomingly in a walking suit of fashionable cut and material, and with a somewhat jaunty-looking hat cover ing ; her very abundant light hair, which is worn with the regulation friz zes in front. She has su open and frank face, and a merry twinkling in her eye when she smiles, and looks as though she would make the merriest snd most cheerful companion in the world. HOW THEY STARTED. So much for the looks of the lady lawyers. They looked exactly like any two we!l bred, well-educated, self possessed young women. And, now. now a iu iney come to study . Jaw? Well, Miss Perry was a music teach er. Alter teaching a numhrr nf iar she frit there was no particular chance for mental advancement or achicTe of any kind in that rr.flr-r? rje did a. a - not like school trarl-.irp; ht didn t want to bo a j"l"-"w(n,.2n or a phyni ciao.norvet a prtralir. bui her thoughts bgan to run on studying law. About i'at time there wa a good deal ot agitation on the subject f women studying law, and the ad mission of one or two women to the bar in certain States, and she cmcln ding to try it. Her mother, who was a widow, and compelled to lok after ber own business, was willing her daughter should study law, thinking she might thus be enabled to help in the business management; but she was opposed to the idea of her daughter ever entering upoa the practice of the profession. Miss Perry accordiagly enUred the law office of Shipmsa Loveridg-. Cold water, Mich., ami, af ter reading law two years in that of fice, found her liking for the profes sion so great that, when Micbigao University opened the doors of its law school to women, she went there took a full law' course, and graduated. - Miss Martin scarcely knows how sho became to be a lawyer. She, too, was well educated, didn't like teaching or any of tbe few profess iocs ia whieb women have usually engaged She is a native of New York Sutt, as is? also Miss Ferry. She applied for per mission- to enter the office of Cook Zi Lockwood, In Jamestown, K. Y., as m law .student, Tbe pe mission was granted, and some idea of ber pro gress snd efficiency csn "be inferred t I SO tare Boataa , Qwrrrr roramaVota wil ; 4.SS IU set ism Ualtcoluava, oa wwak , Oa cot u ma, oae vvk M 4 tCcarrata Ur adrmtalar for aayrpacaar time may be made at tbe oOrw ot Ute Xrwavoa Jo a- AU, wverjAe Fost OCca, KTeta, Lrastr tWauy, XiarCwrima. " from th fact that thev man rtalrl K r a salsry for her clerical work, she be- ing the only one out of their, several students who wask thus distinguished. After reading law two years .there, she decided ts come to the Michigan 1 University and go' throbgb the Taw course there. . She entered the sstue vearMiss Perry did. She and Miss 'erry were the only two ladies in a las of 105 stodents. and Lhew graduated with hooor. I. - OKTTIJtO lTp rHAfJTlCE. But there is one thinr harder than getting into the profession of law. and mat is w gei into practice. Where should thy coT -v How nrrvH tr. secure that which the beat m-u k.. bit on ted to the ways of the profession, so often failed in seen ri no Th wisely concluded that the wsto rrn business was , tu go where buiiK wns. Mi Perry came first to f!l.i. cago in 1875, ami at mce rented ao orace. A few mout hi . after, Mi Martin came, and they arreed to form a copartnership. Each had oca ac quaintance III ChlCS en ' Thera . courage and enterprise for you! GOOD DIVORCE LAWYERS. When they first bogsn to be some what known aa attorneys it seemed as though they were1 going to have a good dial of divorce business. Thie they deprecated. : 'No lawyer,' thy say, 'wants such bnsiness except those who make a business of advertising to -procn re divorces, and who are any thing but a reputable class in the pro fession. The spplicanu for ? advice ou divorce proceedibgt have been both men and women, but women have been in . the majority. But it speaks well for those young lady law yers that in every case their clieau have either been persuaded to aban don their intentions or an amicable sdjustment of difficulties; has been reached. , ' .. A HOTEL CASE, ... Miss Martin relates one very amn sinp instance of a rasaf whV ema her she give no names wbo was an ..al a . a . euuiuiasuc revivaiast in the Moody ami San key meetings.' His enthulssm carried him so far that be married a convert, 'AftswardV he became con vinced that her conversion wasn't sura she had not given her heart to Christ and he wanted to know If this could not be constructed as fraud, add en ti tle him to a divorce. C7aedys sAVir How the "Piotirerv" Pell Out. --- - : -. - , f - An Jd pioner eat in a Mishigan are' nae grocery yeslerdsy, strokinv bis white beard and tellimr, t!iegroai rOwnd the stove thst be hsd seen a,dozn joat audi winters as this, when fa aaasr a aecond old pioneer who bad seen just as roeny wolves snd tears in eLTdsyv and who felt his im porta dm ' jast as ranch. The two eyed. each, other ask ance, sad directly the first abssrrsd: "Seems to' ma yon are looking poorly for a man only J2 year old." ' e. . Toorryr snapped the- J other, 'by. I sawed a quarter ol oard of wood this, morBisft.aud wsot to Harket twice! I never fait, better ir try; life, but it aeems to me thst yon bav weak eye." J "Weak eyeef Why 1 can ' read any print itbowt glaitcea; fay jes 'were never keener tfaao bow." - -s "Let'a ses which Las the UVje, remarked the (rroccr's chrrk as be? took a card from hie pocket, and the fro eld pioneer cheerf oily agreed. . . .s TL card was rwd on ooe side and blue ou the other, and t elerk bold it aotbat oidy oue eoald see sis time. Tho first pioneer too im sqaint and called out: Blneas a '-betstsnei Can V tool noy eve on that. r f - r ' The rel aiU . was terned aa the other looked, and hit caUrd ont: "Oneas this is jour bias day! If that card iaii't red tbeu 111 ueter pitcb ny tuore Lai Tb other looked rain. saw the bine aide, ai d aneeriugty eaid: ' "Id Irate to hata yi.ar eyeal That card ia bo mre red thas a bine birdf I yon man to irvolt meP de mauded tin other. ''I won't stand no such talk from any ma. I Bay it' red!" "And I say it's bfnel IW try to ball dose aae, sirP Wb.s a tmll doting jonf WhiU one sat dowa in a baaket of erolhre pins, the other barned his el bow on tbe stove. Bth made a rnl for the door, to seek a Jo tic and warrant, snd there they eulKded, snJ satdowooa tbe Coor. The one wh. got oat first harried crp tbw street S the other down, sod each was saving U bimaelf: . ' Til ae whether a oaa who t Ir jaoaemthe site of Detroit csd be aa. aaalWd and and battered ra this way. , Mr. O'Connor thinks " An erics Is on the dccUa Wcaeso U ijccrjirj Brit ish methods tosfeiossry, aad the Duke of Sossersers, ones) a Cabicst cCier, see bopc-leaa ruin ahead of Englsxd b ean4 it is foDowina; the wsys of tba U- ' nited States.
New Berne Weekly Journal (New Bern, N.C.)
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Feb. 5, 1880, edition 1
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