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If the lrow were withered and worn, If the lips were pale and sad, Would you long to imprint a kiss ? Would even a smile make glad ? If leauty should pass away, If blight should tho tlower enfold, Would you love with love of to-day Tho heart that never grows ol i ? Minnie C. Ballard m j SELECTED STORY. OUT AND AT IIO.IIE. Mr. and Mrs. Harris were taking lea with their neighbors, the Joneses, in a friendly way. Mrs. Harri came over earl)', bringing her crochet-work, and the ladies had a pleasant chat be fore the gentlemen came in to supper. They were both from their business offices, but just as fresh and lively as if there were no such things as busi ness cares, those worrying ones which so often darken a man's brow when : he enters the door of his "uin fireside. "Your husband is always so jolly 1 . t a 1 t k . ana-goo mature 1. it must- uj qunu u pleasure to live with him," said Mrs. Jones to Mrs. Harris as they went to the table. "Yc-cs," answered Mrs. Harris, with a slight hesitation, for she remember ed well, certain little things which happened at home now and then. "I'm afraid this tea is not strong enough," remarked Mrs. Jones as she passed Mr. Harris his cup. "Do you find it agreeable. Mr. Harris ?" "Oh, delightful delightful, mad ami' returned Mr. 1J arris, with a ! bland smile. "Strong tea is hurtful to j ... - - V I the ncrvos, and, keeps one awake at night, 1 think." "This wont, at all events," thought j Irs. Harris, as she sipped the taste less flu ill in her cup. "Have a bit more of the steak, Har ris," said Mr. Jones. "Mollie, seems to inc this is a little scorched." "Yes, it is," admitted Mrs. Jones. i "I diJ not have very good luck with ' succeed as well as she did." it this lime. I'm very sorry, too." "What on earth do you mean Sue V "Oh, it is very nice very nice, in- "Don't you see ? If you will think deed T returned cordial Mr. Harris. 1 you will see that 1 have given you to "I think I will take another bit, Jones, night just about what she gave us last If there is anything 1 like, it is steak ! night. But then, you remember, you just a bit scorched. Thank you ; no more of the gravy. These are very fine biscuits, Mrs. Jones. I believe I must send my wife over to take les- sons of you in cooking." Mrs. Harris looked up, in some sur- pvi-e, and blushed a little, but did not say a word. She knew she was a better cook than Mrs. Jones, and at homo M r. Harris was not accustomed to be so very polite. Mrs. Jones was greatly flattered, "You're very good, I'm sure," she simpered. "I can generally cook ; but it seems to me 1 always have the very worst luck when I have eompa- ny." Mrs. Harris thought Mrs. Jones had met with bad luck this lime. The cake was heavy and the preserves had soured ; but Mr. Harris praised every thing and declared ho had enjoyed his supper immensely. "if he would only bo as pleasant as that at home !" sighed little Mrs. Har ris as sho walked through tho street I with her husband after they had j taken leave of their friends. But she knew it would be useless to say a word. Coaxing would be lost in this case and scolding never accomplished .warning, nowever, her woman's wit set to work to find some way to teach that husband of hers a lesson, and after a while the way was found. The next evening supper was ready when Mr. Harris came home, and it was just as near as could bo a coun- . Weak tea, scorched biscuit only moderate, bcef - Stcak heavy cake and sour preserves. But Ml"S. Hai'l'lS WaS all CaltQ and SOrClielv J unconscious. "Come, Mamie, Georgie, snpper is read, and papa has come," she said, calling the two children, who came bounding in from their play. "Hope you got somelhin' good. I'm awful hungry," Master George ex claimed, while gentle little Mamie an swered him : "Pse 'shamed of yon, Georgie ! j Mammas suppers is always good. Mamma said nothing, only poured papa a cup of lea. 'Humph ! is this tea or dish water ?'' was his remark as he tasted it. 'You told Mrs. Jones strop; tea hurt you," said Mrs. Harris, quietly. "Urn well yes, I did!" said Mr. Harris, taken somewhat aback, "but 1 didn't mean such weak stuff as this. The steak is burned, too. It isn't fit to eat such trash !" You told Mrs. Jones you were fond of scorched meat," remarked Mrs. Harris, as quietly as before. Mr. Harris colored. "Well but I not as black as this, thoiig'.vHaven't you got any light bread ? Tlipe biscuits are not as good as usual." Mrs. Harris brought a slice of bread and laid it beside his plate. He took it without saying a word. "Why, ma, what ails your cake ?" asked Georgie, as he took a bite of a jn-e slice. It's heavy as lead, that's what's the matter with it !" snapped Mr. Ilar- . , IS "You said Mrs. Jones's cake was delightful, and it was no belter than this," responded his wife, in tones ; perfectly even and unruffled. "Oh, pshaw !" ejaculated Mr. Har ris. "I don't like to eat such stuff at home, anyhow. And seems to me these preserves don't taste just right. I believe they arc soured." I believe they are a little," return ed Mrs. Harris, coolly. "What did you put them on for. - . I . . 1 1 1 M i' I then 1 luinK tins is a oeiighuui meal. I do not a thing that is fit to cat r I'm sorry if I didn't please yon. tried to especially," said Mrs. Harris, as coolly as before. "Tried to !" "Yes. You said yon were going to send me over to take lessons in cook in" of Mrs. Jones. I look them at home, that's all. But 1 don't seem to praised everything until Mrs. Jones was perfectly satisfied." "Bosh, Sue I Don't you know that j was all for the sake of politeness ?' "Oh, was it? Well, then we are to teach our chiUrcn that politeness is ( only for company use, and not neces- sary at home." j "Why, no, of course not. i j "Then, if not, isn't it just as import ant to weara smile and a kind face, and try to excuse little accidents at home, as when we are visiting ? And if we don't grumble all the lime we are among those who are mere strangers, have we a right to make ' those wo love best miserable by doing I so all the time at borne I j M that Harris was'nt going to own ho was beaten. What man would ? But ho came round to his wife's chair and gave her a kiss, a tiling a j little unusual itself since his lover days were over, and fcaid : NEWTON, N. C, SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1879. 'You're a first-rate little preacher, j Sue. I'll lend 3011 to the church next year." And off he went. But the lesson was not lost, for Mrs. At an adjourned meeting of theeiti Sue, who feared that perhaps she had j zens of Alexander county, held this said too much, and done harm instead j of good, heard far less grumbling, and got many more smiles at home as the days went on, and if Mr. Harris seem ed disposed to fall into bis oI"d ways, she would only say, archly : "Hadn't we better take tea with the Joneses again ?" and ho was on his guard at once. There are very many more Mr. Harrises at home who might do well to lay the lesson to heart also. Let us humbly hope they will. A BROKEN HEART. Miss Prince was the only daughter of a Pittsburg merchant and two years ago was wedded to Mr. .Savage, of Baltimore. .Six hours after the ceremony the train upon which they had started on their bridal tour was wrecked and the husband of less than a da3' w killed. The shock of the j v...".v, '"v j uu,,o hiiciui auiueui ner reason, rroni this mental death she recovered to go into a slow decline. All the blossoms of her life were withering, and the j world once so robed in beauty and dc- j light Dccamc a prison irom wincii her , spirit longea to do irec. iney looic j her across the sea, but the panorama j of scene and incident had no power to I renew the love of life and the young j thing faded as a flower fades. At last they took her to the south of France, j and there, amid the bloom of flowers ' on the spot where Petrarch once I sang song to Elvira in the home of Leonardo da Vinci's exile this fair : i c. 1 u :.. 1 . 1 - - of the grave. Our correspondent who & 1 . , . . 1 lure oi mo siu iowing laiuiiy arounu the death bed. The father over whelmed with grief, the mother wild sister clasping a hand of the dying girl looks ' 0 . ...... . , 1 01 glazing eyes. -The anguish is nearly over my race of life is done," came in -a feeble intonation from the lips of the dying. 1 "And you are willing to die?" ask- j cd a minister, bending low to catch f Its i J -trt.ri-l nf fapirin i IHC llllim Ulltlliiuv. 1 , T "Oh, so glad ! Listen to me. 1 die. as many of mv sex have done, of a broken heart. 1 had put my all of nr., rwl l.nnp nn il.o. hnrnril of .in a earthly love and God has smitten me for my sin." "It was no sin to love." "No, not to love but lo build an idol as I did and to w r-hip the creature instead of the Creator. I have been terribly punished. The' horror of these two brief years no j I J I words can ten. There was a flutter of the feeble heart. The blue eyes sheathed them selves 'neath palely tinted waxen lids, and the fair young form, once so full of subtle life, was frozen into death. Denver Ncics. A Diamond Eve Tom Hood s clever laic of Miss Kilmanseggc and ber Golden Leg, is doubtless pure fic- lion, but a story, which is almost the m ' exact counterpart of it, comes to us from Brussels, by way of Australia and the Melbourne Jrju. apropos of a lady with a diamond eye, which, having lost her natural eye, she woie instead of a glass one. Tho truly L ! I . . -A. I. I .1 I. " -I. . I I DriinaiiLoro parwieu bu uriguuy anu was so suggestive of riches that a ; I hey will Duiid ana equip a narrow sonaj reasong may t hance to le p re Parisian adventurer married the huly j Gauge railroad to that point, and that j ferrcd i2citw2 Christian Adco-xUe. on si'ht, took her to the gay city j the work shall bo commenced atTay- ; . with him, and there, having squan- uerca all her property, ne one iiyiii decamped, carrying off her diamond eye, which she used to keep in a glass of water by tho bedside. The desert ed wife is now sueing the pawnbroker who advanced money on it to her husband, for the recovery of the jewel. And now comes the intelligence j lhat from twenty lo thirty thousand people havo died in India from chol- era while returning from a religious fair, ft has been the general belief for a long lime that church-fair ice cream is capable of almost anything. Courier' J oat nu.l. A RAILROAD FOR ALEXANDER. day at the court house, V. P. Burke, was called to the chair, and 11. P. Matheson was appointed secretary. Hon. R. Z. Linney explained that the object of the meeting was for the pur pose of determining a route and ar ranging for the organization of a rail road from Taylorsville. That the citizens of Alexander county were suf fering for want of cheaper and quick er means of communication with the markets of the country. Delegates were present from Mooresville and the enterprising town of Enochville, in the countv of Rowan. There being no delegates from Statesville, authorized to speak for her, Maj. W. M. Robbins and Judge Furches being present, were asked to participate in the pro ceedings. These gentlemen slated that the' were not positively credit- cd to speak for Statesville, but that the-believed that Statesville would be wujn, to aid in the construction of a rauroau. lion, ai.ij. jucuoruie. in , ,,.. n.i . u t, r IpH wot- u-h 1 aj who know hm know is character - istic ot hinlj nred lbe propriety of a raiIroad to the markets of the country hy the way of Newton ; but said, that lhe citjZCns of Alexander county had waited long enough without railroad facilities, arid that they must secure them, no matter from what quarter tiey f0me. After some remarks from iaj. Robbins and Judge Furches, the following resolution was submitted by i)Q lev. A. Carson : t,w,w Th:it onmTrxuto(i of fivP I be appointed by the chair, whose du i tv ii shall be to make a rcnort at their i J Tixrtn lo ascn liiiii what the Citizens t r . , . ( ot Alexander count', am I oTon- the ! line ran, anti will do, towards con sir noting a Narrow C ., 1! atie railroad j . , r. ; rout man s De- from Taylorsville to Tro pot, on the A., T. & O. R. R. This ' T , . , . , . Dr. J. R. McCork!e, urged that it was . tj,e until rul route for the products ot ; Alexander county, and that for a cen I tury the products of the county had I been wagoned by the farmers of Alex ander county to Charlotte, and other markets, by that route Judge I-'u rflirs nrrrffl llint 1 1 v Rl n f pr I! If ivfi a.(VBX-? - w - ' v ... - ;t . . . ' the proper route; but was answered ' ' . . . ,r ' J , ! tn'it there vis no cnnloi tor fi ; r. "' ' r, .' 0 J ... iney : A " ' I i. ' ! Narrow Gauge ; find that to attempt the cost of a Broad (range railroad was beyond the ability , of the county. Mr. Bogle also remind- cd those gentlemen that Alexander ; county has been asking for a railroad for twenty years, but never found a ivcrinniv( voifo from Statosrillf . and ' I ! that he was not certain that Stales- ; vil e wants a railroad in this direction. : T . - Itl - e ... Mr. Linney said that he was in favor of the resolution of Bev. Mr. Carson. and urged its passage. The resolution .- JO was seconded and was nnamimously J adopted.by the citizens of Alexander county. The chairman appointed the following gentlemen on said commit- . tee, viz: uev. .ai so,,, Jk. . ; Linney, S. Lane, Dr. J. II. McCorkle j and Capt. J. O. Moore. Said commit- i. - r ii r t tec, auer care..., co,,s:ue.auo, u, i r.i - '.a : l- milted the following report, by their chairman, Rev. A. Carson : j That it is the sense of this meeting ' that the people of Alexander county ; and South Iredell, prefer the route by j the mountain road to Tront man's De- ' r. Ua. A T I- O 1? P nnl )1tf ,. w.. . w. ... ...... lorsville and Troutman, and at all in- j uTinrumn; jchiis .u onti, uu mi -& speedy accomplishment of the same ; Resolced, That it is the sense of this meeting that the incorporators of the Charlotte & Taylorsville Railroad, be requested and urged to meet at Trout man's Depot, July 8th next, and there and then arrange for the purpose of j opening books of subscription, and or- ! ganiaing said company in accordance . with the charter as amended by the i Legislature of 1870. This report was submitted by the chair, and was unanimous? adopted. W. P. Burke, Ch'n. R. P. Matheson, Sec. A WOJIAN PEDESTRIAN. Mrs. Mattie Potts, formerly of New York, reached this city yesterday morning about 10 o'clock en route on foot to XewT Orleans which place she expects to reach in about six or seven weeks from this lime. She left Phila delphia at 11 o'clock on the 12th of last month. She is a woman of about thirty years of age, and has the look of one who can do the tramp, and is resolved to do that which no woman has done, walk from Philadelphia to New Orleans and back within five months, a distance, by the way, al most equal to that across tho Atlan tic to Queenstown. Her route to this place was via Washington City, Charlottesville and Lynchburg, arriving at the Xtics of fice at 10 yesterday morning, and re maining about one hour, when she left on her tramp southward, via Greensboro, Salisbury and Charlotte for her destination. She dresses neat ly but plainly, wears a jaunty white straw hat trimmed with blue, and carries a small valise. She is unac companied, and intends to accomplish ,m- Anmov lAna 1 The lady is a native of E lenlon, N. I C, but has lately been a resident of Philadelphia. During the journey she will keep a diarj and, from her notes, will write a book concernin the trip on her return. On her way she has lost five or six days, having stopped four days at the Monument al City to take part in the famous walking match which took place there some days ago. Dwxcille (Fti-) Southern Methodist Publishing nousE. The Methodist Church South has proenred subscriptions for 5221, - uuu 01 lDe necessary 10 res - i rf n - t "k "' f . cue the I'liDiisninsr Aiouse at sasn- - . . - mm ville from its creditors. The remaining . . $70,000 must be taken by the first of ' J ijulv or tho whole scheme fails. A j circular has been issued from the i Publishing House to the effect that if t the amount is not raised there will be I an end to all hope to reliere the em- barassment of lhe House, and thai; the disaster will be beyond remedy. i The business of the publishing con - cern is reported in better condition ! than it was a year ago. Over 810,000 ; - 1 r.f interest on the first mortgage mis has been paid up to the 1st of bo . May. there is a cash balance on i hand of several thousand dollars and May. of several thousand dollars and a fa! r slock of books. The committee i is hopeful that if the building can be j i saved from the creditors the business; . in lhe future will pay its way. But I that $70,000 must come before the lstj .... I ! ot J u v. i 1 9 r v t rn t ti p f t . i r T n i I ilt i rri-hpr st.ilimioil in a JMate Camlal-' ; ' , . ... - - ' iriu,- ible fruit of his labor. Lamenting j ! ilo-s In i ht irtHr.f-e of an a'cd mem- i . . . ,,,,.. 4iv- . 1,1- .! fli II r'li lirt Wfl Illlil - .l ! , ,. . . . . i wonder : for vou nave not preached j Uc amQn u? J , YouIiavc ncver pivaeLlMj a sermon! ! T rpnr(K,f i : v'" -t npon Lim Sabbath after i f put.cceJin;, ne pr(.ached on j nature lje(.OSHilJ evidences of re - ronoi-iiion Sunn l.ixi fiwncd 11IS j vaJ occurret j,, the church, and many j nnvrs wcre Paved. If success is lo j aUcnd lhc mili,lry iL must uso the! i r ht means anj not simpl3- any thai! ' . . . 1 nay c.orne to hand, or such as lor jV;r j Baltimore Col. Iloberl Inr - i son s ounai service is caicuiaiea un , reconcile many persons to die "in tLe j j DOSOm 0f the Church," in order to ! iiave sensible words snoken beside' i thcir j,Pave9. s ich a ritual as Inge:- j aolVs 7a worse than the thought of the j Awkward souad" firing over his crave which inspired the dying poet Burns with such a feeling of horror. Butcher "Come, John, bo lively now ; break the lones in 31 rs. Wil liamson's chop, and put Mr. Smith's ribs in the basket for him." John, (briskly) "All right sir : just as soon: as I've sawed off Mrs. Murphy' leg." j anJ "scn't hU L,cssinrJ upon tbejvonrears over that solemn truth." adapted means : a mighty revi-l Mr. Phelps was fined S 10 for contempt, 5 Cents a Copy. GLEANINGS. lie is an unfeeling wretch whoso heart does not swell with pride on be ing recognized by the leader of a pa rading brass band. Milton was asked if he intended to instruct his daughter in the different languages, to whieh lie replied, "Xo, sir; one tongue is sufficient for a wo man." When asked how the ladies were dressed at a fashionable party tho other night, a modest youth replied : "About as much as the oyster on tho half shell." The Xorristown Herall says you can't convince a woman, who is clean in r house, that the wood work is clean until she has scrubbed nearly all the paint off. Tacks on spirits : This is the time of year when Toodles comes in late, tries to steal up stairs in bis stocking feet, and suddenly gives a yell like a Coma nche. Cincinnati CanxmerciuL A funeral procession in a Massachu setts town was halted on its way to the cemetery while the body was taken in to a photographer's gallery and photographed. The very latest way to fight a duel, and one of the most satisfactory, has been discovered by the St. Louis Post DispHtcK : "Let each one of the combat ants swallow a dose of poison, and then toss np for the emetic." The man, says the Norristown Hte 7.7, who bored the first oil well, is still alive and residing at bethlehem, Pa. The man who bored the first editor went to his grave years ago, "unwept, j anhonored and unhang." i A rirelfr little maiden had a nretfy ; ,. , f she CRra,,ed in a flirtation with an ugly little man : he won her vounf affections which she gave to him for life, but the honeymoon was I bnsted by the fellow's other wife. -i KfcX'.7 Constitution. A well known lawyer said yester dav in reference to the decision in fa- ! vor of the Taxing district : "Well, as a ! 1 am ,fc uu" WUb 1 as a IllwJer r be haned if 1 ean see j how was doiic." Mentis Ac. : k"'-le' . r T . .1 .1 . i. . . : . J I-. Andmcs" Baziir has the following: j A rustic bridegroom was compliment- ed by one of his acquaintances on tho i j charming appearance of his bride. charming appeara I -'.She has the most lovelv color I have lovely ever seen," remarked the friend. "Yes, it ought to be good,' pensively replied the groom ; "she paid a dollar for just a little bit of it in a saucer." l Planets do not cost much to keep I ' up. cenainiv ; out it is a question - - -. " : hands now than we can conveniently i take care of. Couldn't the astrome- j tera set their wils to work to discov- f cr another moon lo do service on olf- nights? Were rather short on moons at present. -Gentlemen of the jury," sai l Mr. lhelns to the twelve me., of Worthin-- , " j ton, Minn., who bad convicted his j daughter of selling cider wilhout li ! cense, "all I've got to say is, you're a set oi utiva?t-?, unu y ou uta j of court. The Camden (N. J.) PoM has tho fol,ovrinr wLi;h reads as if it rni.'ht be lrue How Ion will it be before " vf.n (t(.L ,i.:H work done9" aid a ladv to an apprentice who was painting her house. "Well, I don't know, ! marm," said he ; "the boss has jnst Iff0ne jj, fo'r ailoljlr :0u. jf lfi j f e don't I'm afraid it'll take me all next week." I Ir- Ja7 GonU ha3 bought the St. JosePb (Mo- railroad bridge over tho ! Missouri river for $600,000 as a pri- ! le cuiation. r.ver ra.iroaa car on the several roads crossing it will have to pay him $4 lo S3, and tho purchase, it is said, gives hira com plete control of the railroad commu nication in lhat region. The bridge has cost its bond and stockholders more than twice the amount he iaid for it. Rjiltitaare Sun,
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