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"VIM ' k ''1 BE SURE YOU .AJRJD EIGHT ; TBLEIST GO AHEAD.-D. Crockett. TARBORO', N. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1875. iVO. 50. VOL. 53. 1 1 GENERAL DIRECTORY. TAHBOIIO'. Mayor Fred. Philips. Commissioners Jesse A. Williamson. Ja cob Keldenbeimer, Daniel W. Hunt, Alex. McCabe, Joseph Cobb. Secketary & Trkaslkek Hobt. White hurst. Chief of Police John W Gotten. Assistant 1'oi.ice Wm. T. Hurtt, John Madra, J as. E. Simonsou, Altimore Maenair. COHSTY. Sap.-rior Court Clerk anil Probate Jiulje II. L. Staton, Jr. Register of Deeds Ales. McCabe. Sheri ff Joseph Cobb. Coroner Treasurer Robt. II. Austin. ' Surveyor John E. Baker. Standard Keeper V. S. Hicks. School Examiners. II. II. Shaw, W in. A. Dnggan and R. 8. Williams. Keeper Poor House Win. A. Duggan. Commissioners Jno. Lancaster. Chairman, Wiley Well, J. B. W. Norville, Frank Dew, M. Exem. A. McCabe, Clerk. ITIAir.S. AtiltlVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS NORTH AND SOUTH VIA V. & W. R. K. Leave Tarboro' (daily) at W A. M. Arrive at Tarboro' (daily) at - - 3 30 P.M. WASHINGTON MAIL VIA GREENVILLE, FALKLAND AND SPARTA. t.enve Tarboro' (dailv) at - - C A. M. Arrive at Tarboro' (daily) at 6 P. M. rhe Mghts and the Pluccsol Electing;. Concord R. A. Chapter No. 5. N. M. Law rence, High Priest, Masonic Hall, monthly convocations first Thursday in evi:ry mouth at 10 o'clock A. M. Concord Lodge No. 58, Thomas Gatlin, Master, Masonic Hall, meets first Friday night it 7 o'clock P. M. and third Saturday at 10 o'clock A. M. in every month. Repiton Encampment No. 13, I. O. O. F., I. b. Palamouutain, Chief Patriarch, Odd Fel lows' Hall, meets every first and third Thurs day of each month. Edgecombe Lodge No. 50, I. O. O. F., J. G. Charles, N. G., Odd Fellows' Hall, meets every Tuyday night. Edgecombe Council No. 122, Friends of temperance, meet every Friday night at the Odd Fellows' Hall. Advance Lodge No. 23, I. O. G. T., meets every Wednesday night at Odd Fellows' Hall Zanoah Lodge, No. 235, I. O. B. B., meet on first and third Monday night of every month at Odd Fellows' Hall. Hbkry Momus, I'refilcnt. CUtlitllFS. Episcopal Church Services every Sunday at 10 1-2 o'clock A. M. aud 5 T. M. Dr. J. li. Cheshire, Rector. Methodist Church Services every third Sunday at night. Fourth Sunday, morning and night. Rev. Mr. Swindell, l'a6tcr. Presbiterian Church Services every 1st, 3rd and 5th Sabbaths. Rev. T.J. Allison, Sta ted Supply. Weekly Prayer meeting, Thurs day night Missionary Baptist Church Services the 4th Sunday in every moith, morning and nisrht. Rev. T. P. Owen, Pastor. Primitive Baptist Church Services first Saturday and Suuday of each mouth at 11 o'clock. HOTELS. Adams' Hotel, corner Main and Fitt Sts. O. F. Adams, Proprietor. EXPIIESS. Southern Express Office, on Main Street, closes every morning at 9)4 o'clock. N. M. Lawrence, Agent. I'JIOf ESIOAl, CAHDS. "pRA.NK POWELL, Attorney and Counselor at Law, TARB0R0 X. C. -Ta" Collections a. Specialty. Office at the residence of the late Mrs. M. Ej Lawrence. July2, 1875. tf JOS. BLOUNT CHESHIRE, JR., ATTORNEY AT LAV, AND NOTARY PUBLIC. B" Office at the Old Bank Building on Trade Street. je25-tf. JJOWARD & PERRY, Attorneys and Counselors at Law. TARBORO', N. C. IZg" Practice in all the Courts, State and Federal. nov.o-ly. w II. JOHNSTON, Attorney and Counselor at Law, TARBORO', N. C. Attends to the transaction of bus ness in all the Courts, State and Federal. Nov. 5, 1875. ly F REDERICK PHILIPS, Attorney and Counselor at Law, TARBORO', N. C. Practices in Courts of adjoining conn ties, in the Federal and Supreme Courts. Not. 5, 1875. ly J" H. & W. L. THORP, Attorneys and Counselors at Law, ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. PRACTICES in the counties of Edge combe, Halifax, Nash and Wilson, and in the Sapreme Court North Carolina, also in the United States District Court at Raleigh. Dr. G. L. Shackelford, DE1VT1ST, TARB0E0', W. C. With over eight years experience in the practice of Dentistry, I feel assured of giving satisfaction in all cases. Charges moderate. txT Oflico opposite Adams' Hotel and over S. S. Nash & Co's store. Oct. 23. 1876. tf yM. HOWARD, xjhttooxjest DEALER IN DRUGS, PATENT MEDICINES, SsC, &C, 5cC. Next door to Mrs, Peuder' Hotel, TARBORO, N C. LOUIS HlLLIARD, Greenville, N. C. Mahcbllus Moore Formerly of N. C HlLLIARD & MOORE, COTTON FACTOItS AND Grenerixl Commission Merchants McPIIAIL'S WHARF, NORFOLK, VA. Keep contantly on band a large and varied stock ol liaggniK ana lies. General dealers In Standard Fertilizers. Liberal Cash advances made on consign meats. jc Xo-tl ADVERTISEMENT. S GOMESTIG" mm, sewinc Liberal Terms of Ex change for Second-hand) Machines of every des cripticn. 'DOMESTIC" PAPER FASHIONS The Best Patterns mad. Bend S cti. for Catalogue AUreEiSOUESTXC MACHINE CK 1ST Aoxxts Wanted. -a NEW YORK (jnj day at home. Agents wanted. 1 Outfit aud terms free. TRUE ife CO- Augusta, Maine. SHUN DRUCPOISONS. Medicine Rendered Useless : VOLTA'3 ELECTRO BELTS and BANDS are indorsed by the Most eminent physicians in the world for the cure ot rheumatism, neuralgia, liver complaint, dyspepsia, kidney disease, aches, pains, nervous disorders, fits, female comulaints, nervous and general debility, and other chronic diseases of the chest, head, liver, stomach, kidneys and blood. Book with full particulars free by Volta Belt Co., Cincinnati. O. $77 A WEEK, guaranteed to Agent, Male and Female in their own local ity. Terms OUTFIT FREE. Ad dress P. O. VICKERY iz. CO., Agusta, Me. Ci ti OA Ppr day at home. Samples worth Cl l V-W Si free. STINSON CD., Port land, Maine. "pSYCHOMANCY, OR SOUL CHARM JL ING."-?low either sex may fascinate and pain the love aud affections of any pcr eon they ehooss, instantly. This art all can possess, free, by mail, for 25 cents; together with a Marriage Guide, Egyptian Oracle, Dreams, Hints'to Ladies, etc." l.Ot'0,000 sold A queer book. Address T. WILLIAM & CO., I'ub's Philadelphia. A GENTS, tne greatest chance of 2. Address, with stamp, National Co., Atlanta, Ga. ihe age. Copying TELT CARPETINGS, SO cents per yard. JL' FELT CEILING lor rooms m lilaee of plaster. FELT ROOFING aud SIDING. For Circular and Sample, address C. J. FAY, Camden, New Jersey. Advertiser's Gazette. A Journal of Information for Ad vertisers, Edition 9,600 copies. Published weekly. Terms, $2 per annum, in advance. FIVE SPECIMEN COPIES DIFFERENT DATES TO ONE ADDRESS FOR :25c. Office No. 41 Park Row, New York. GEO. P. ROWELL & CO., Editors and Publishers. FOR NORFOLK AND NORTHERN I fflHE Steamers COTTON PLANT and J. PAMLICO connecting with the Old Dominion Steamship Co., afford the most direct and the quickest time for shipment of produce from all points on the River. Throuu'h Bills oi Lading given from all points on Tar P.'.vci for Norfolk, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and Boston, Pro duce is covered by insurance, if desired, as soon as Bills of Lading are signed. Shipments by this line go directly to des tination without delay at Norfolk or Wash ington." The COTTON PLANT makes close con nection witn the Wilmington A Weldon Rail Roarl, and gives through Bills of Lading from all landings on the River at the lowest rates. JOHN MYERS' SONS. Washington, N. C, Jan. 29, 1875. tf E. T. POOL. C A. POOL. W. B. POOL Pool Brothers FASHIONABLE BAR, Billiard Hooms9 OYSTER SALOON, Barber Shop AND Cigar Store, ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. OYSTERS STEWED AT ALfc HOURS, frest and sweet. Attentive waiters to attend to the needs of his guests. nirl9-tf. 3 T THIS OLD ESTABLISHED BAKERY IS now ready to supply the people of Tar boro and vicibity with all kinds of Bread, Calces, French and Plain Candies, -A uts, Fruits, $c, fc?., embracing every thiug usually kept in a First Class Establishment ot the kind. Thankful for the liberal patronage of the past the undersigned asks a continuation, witn tne pronpisc ot Batislaction. Private Families can nl vitys havo tbetr Cake Hiiked here at aliort est notice. Qrdors foe Parties & B&Hs promptly filled. Call and examine our stock, next door to Bank of New Hanover. Nov. 4.-1 y. JACOB WEBER. Manhood : How Lost, How Restored ! Just publishrd, a new edition of Db. Cclverwell's Cele brated Essay on the radical ewe (without medicine) of Spermatorrhoea or Seminal Weakness, InvoluBtary Seminal Losses, Impotency, Mental and Physical In capacity, Impediments to Ala'Tiage, etc.; al so, Consumption, Epilepsy and Fits, indue ed by self-indulgence or sexual extrava gance, &c. 22?" Price, in a sealed envelope, only six cents. The celebrated author, in this admirable Essay, clearly demonstrates, from a thirty years' successful practice, that the alarming consequences of self-abuse may be radically cured without the dangerous use of internal medicine or the application of the knife ; pointing out a mode of cure at one simple. certain, and etfecuial, by means of which every sufferer, no matter what his condition may be, may cure himself cheaply, privately and radically. lljf This Lecture should bo in the bands of every youth and every man in the land 8ent under seal, in a plain envelope, to any address, post-paid, on receipt of six cents or two postage stamps. Address the Publishers, CHAS. J. C. CLINE & CO., 127 Bowery, New York ; P. O. 3ox, 4586 41 n 1ft Per Day at home. Terms free 10 IU Qmf Address G. Biiagoa & Co Portland Maine. MISCELLANEOUS. RATHBONE'S ACORN COOK. With or without Portable Hot Water Reservoir and Closet. Cca't bay u olA-ta&icul ".oto, tut est m With all latest improyenients. Largest Oven and Flues. Longest Fire Box for long wood, Ventilated Oven, Fire Back and Fire Box Bottom In. sures a Quick, Sweet and Even Bake and Roast, Swing Hearth and Ash Catch. Won't soli floor or carpet. Durable Double and Braced Centers and Ring Covers. Bums but little wood. Has Mica or Solid Iron Front. Carefully Fitted Smooth Castings. No Old Scrap Iron. Nickel Plated Trimmings. Tin Lined Oven Doors. Ground and Silver-like Polished Edges and Mouldings. Heavy. Best New from Won't crack. 7ASSAK7S CAIISFACIOS?. Manufactured by RATHBONE, SARD & CO., Albany, N.Y. Sold by cm Enterprisinc Dealer in every Town. W. G. LEWIS, Agent, .-3m. Tarboro', N. C. Nov. 12, is;; FALL S NEW GO JIST RECEIVED. Dress Goods, Embroideries, Collars and Cuffs, Kid Gloves, Merina Vest and Shirts, Hats, Hosiery, Cassimeres, Jeans, Bleached and Brown Muslins, Ladies and Gents . Boston and Phil adelphia. Hand Made Shoes, Crockery, Hard ware &c, fce. Call ami Examine. Jgg A pleasure to show Gfods. T. H. GATLIN. Tarboro', Oct. 1st, 1875. t ROBT. LAWSOX & C0 SADDLE, HARNESS, COLLAR, nr;d TRUNK MANUFACTURERS and dealers in SADDLEB.Y HARDWARE, WHIPS, LADIES' SATCHELS, CARRI AGE ROBES, &C. No. 277 West Baltimore Street, BALrii.noai:, April 2, 1875. iy BLATCHLEY'S Improved CIjLU.U V.BER WOOD PUMP is tne acknowledged Y STANIJAJtU ot the market, by popular verdict, the best pump for the least money. Attention is invited to Blatchley's Improved Bracket, the Drop Check Valve, which can be withdrawn without disturbing the joints, and the copper chamber which never cracks, scales or rusts and will last a life time. For sale by Dealers aad the tfade generally. In order to be sure thaJ you get Botchiey's Pump, be careful an see that it has my trade-mark as above. J you do not know where to bny, descriptiy circular?, together with the name and af- aress oi tne agent nearest vou, win v promptly furnished bv addressing wii stamp. , CHAS. G. BLATCTlffEY, Manufacturer, 506 Commerce St.. Philadelphia, Pa Feb. 12, 1875. 9m Th9 Best Household Oil in tha World! C. West & Sons' Aladdin Seci i nty Oil. t Warranted 150 Degrees Fire Test? Endorsed iy the Fire Insurance Company. Howard Fire Ins. Co. of Baltimore, December 23, 1S71. J Messrs. C. West ; Sons : Geutlemen H ng used the various oils gold in this city r lluminating purposes, I take pleasure in T commendiug your "Aladdin Security" s the safest and best ever used in our houi'- hold. Yours trulv, (Signed) ANDREW REESE, Pres' IT WILL NOT EXPLODE. jLsJc your Storekeeper for it. Wholesale Depot : C. WEST & SONS 113, 115 W. Lombard St., Baltiniie. Sept. 17. tit TO THBPUBLIC ! Board Seduced from $t9 per day to $2.00! T Infora the public that he is still at the old Holard House, now known as Adams' Hotel, -vlsre he will be pleased to entertain his frienOjmd the travelling public in general. Comfortable Rooms and Clan Beds Always I TABLE FARE as good as the mark J will possibly aflord at th low rates oi fi.m per day! Those of his patrons who are In at ears are hereby notified to come forward aii set tle uu. It takes money to buy provisi O. F. ADifS Tarboro'. July 23. 1865. 1 1 ' i B Kiss MISCELLANEOUS. C. J, AUSTIN S Wholesale & Retail PRICES LOW DOWN FOR CASH! T:i ASKING the public for past, patronage, I call their attention t the following goods which J keep eoustasl'.y on hand at tho Lowest Prices for Cash NEW MESS PORK, NEW RUMP PORK, SUGAR CURED ilA?.IS, froQi the best dealers, B VC0X SHOULDERS & SIDES, D . SHOULDERS & SIDES. C. R. t-'IDES, SLICED BEEF. ' BEEF TONGUES, PATAPSCO FLOUR ii?bbU and i bbls., ami oilier starvf ard brands of Flour. FRESH PEARL HOMINY & GRITS. C. YELLOWSUGAR, Extra C. "V'lilTK SUGAR, LOAF AInD GRVNULATKD SUGAR, CfiFFES. Rio, Lasu. ra and Roasted. GILT EDGE BUTTltl in Firkins aud Tubs. GOIIEN DUTTSU in 10 1.1. Cans. CAKES, f RAUKEHS, CHEESE Fresb BackivLeat FStur, Macoroni, SaUoca, Vermacille, Gelatine, fc'ier.th & Plaiti Cindies. Best Old Rye Whiter for Medical purposes Fiiic Coi iki ''' i'1'" 3 Extra Flinch Rrandy, American & Imported Ale and Porter' HOSTETTER S FITTERS, SOHEUAM SCHNAPS, . by the boitlc and cas?. And evervtl i.c else found in a FIRST CLASS FAMV-V GROCERY. Call and sae money bv buyins from ; C. J. AUSTIN. gBriejs, Lime, Lathes, Hay, Oats, Mill Feed. fin Meal, always on band. Nov. 12, 1S75. 1" TJid liaison Why LAZARUS & MORRIS' Celebvatctl Perfected Spectacles and Eye Glasses. IIve met with such extraordinary Eiieeess an J are so inueh in demand is because they are found to po&.ess all the qualities we claim lor them, viz: Purity and hardness of material (therefore not liable to scratch), brilliancy of tiuish, strenjrthening and preserving jier, and conferring an amount of ease and coml'jrt ittained by no other Glasses in the worli. They are without douM the most perfect and scientifically accurate Lenses ever manufac tured,, and last many years without change, For sale in this locality only by JAMES H. BELL, Watchmaker and Jeweler, LAZARUS, MOKKIS & CO., Wholesale I)i pot, :Vo. 1 Courtlandt 8tr. Y. Manufactories, Hartford, Coss., and SunrFiELD, E.o. fijf Caution. We never supply or vmp'oy Pediiers. jj-:ly TERRELL & B DEALERS IN GIZOCElItljES STAPLE DRY GOODS, Shin Street, ' Sear the Bridge, Sejt 30-ft li II. MARKS & CO,. PETERSBURG, YA. 7-OULD INFORM THEIR I A IRONS ' w ... i'. .. tortment of Fine Freueh and American Can- les, Fruits, Toys and Faucy G aods ever of- red m thi3 market, viz : hrystalized Apr'.eots, hrystalized Cherries, Chrystalized Pine Apple, Chryetalized Limes, Crab Apple, &c. Chocolate Pistachc Josephine, Chocolate Jim Crow, Chocolate Wafors and Cream Diops, Sugar Filberts and E. Walnuts, Fine Cream Bon Bons, Parisian Bon Bon, Fine Creain Pistache, Burt Almonde Roasted Almonds, Almon Croquet and Jordan Almond, Chocolate Carami-ls and Cocoa Caramels, fresh every day, Lemon Tafley and Cocoanut TalTey, fresh eve ry day, MALAGA GRAPES, CONCORD GRAPES, DELAWARE GBAPES, Oranges, Lemons and Apples by every steamer, California and Bartlett Pears, New London Layer Raisins, New London Layer Figs, Fine Dcbesa Raisins, New Prnnes, New Currants, New Pecans, Almonds, Palmntits and Pilbui ts Brandy Peaches, pints, quarts, half gallons, Brandy Cherries, Pickled Oysters, Canned Oysters, Canned Peaches, Pears, Tomatoes and Corn, Sardines in quarter and half boxes, The Woolesale Department has not been neg lected, Merchants will find our store stocked with everything in our line and in large quantities, whict we can offer at the lowest pi ices, and they will fined it to their interest to examine our stock before purchasing, as we can offer them great inducements. Our Steam Refined Flint Candy caunot be eurpassed. Tobacco, Cigars and Snuff, a specialty. Oct. 29, 1875. 5t R. B. ALSOP, GROCER, MAIN STREET, TARBORO', TV. C Choice and varied stock kept constantly -n nand. my2S-lt Rocky Mount Hotel, G. W. Hammond, Prop'r. "OOLITE AND ATTENTIVE SERVANTS JL always at the Depot, on the arrival of trains, to eoadu.-t guests to the Hotel. It is the Traveler's delight. Oct. 1st, 1S75. tf ; GROCERY Friday, 17, 1875 The Man Who Sang. A man with an old 'white over coat enveloping his form, entered a sa'oon on Randolph street and risked for a drink, stating in the same breath that he was hard up and couldn't pay unless the bar keeper wanted a song. 'Are you a good singer: . asked land,' ta 3 saloon, keeper. 'Une orae Dest m vvai tho modest reply. the 'Whisky is very high now, and I should want you to sing at least an hour for a good big drink.' 'Give me a gigantic drink and a handful of crackers, and I'll sing tight along for five hours,' replied the old man. It was then fonr o'clock in the afternoon, and a bargain was struck. Disposing oft" his liquor at one grand gulp the old man took a seat, pulled of his boots, S;: ; or; ! is hands and sang : Oh ! don't you hear me now f Ou?e upon a time I had a cat, And his eyes were sorter blue. lie fastened Lis eyes on the wail kept time with his foot, an 1 sang the above three lines over without any leg up for about fifteen minu tes, when the saloon keeper asked hitn if li3 would uot just as soon change. He said he would, and he startes off. OU! don't you hear me now? Once upon a time I had a dog, Aud his eyes were sorter blue. The tune was tho same, and the old man put all the voice he had into it. The saloon keeper never saw a man before who tried so hard to earn his money, but after half an hour had passed the monotony of the tlue-eyed dog became pain ful, and the eld muu's employer said : 'J guess you need'nt sing any more I'll let you off.' 'You are a kind-hearted man,' replied old white overcoat, 'but wten 1 agree to a thing I'm there as firm as Plymouth rock. Some men would sneak out of it after getting pny, but I'm going to put in four and a half hours more.' i'And he went on : Oh! don't vou hear me now? j Once upon a lime I had a burean ; And his eyes were sorter blue. f Several men came in and stud it ias fun, and feeling encuraged by their smiles the old man shouted out his words like a Kansas farmer driving oxen. 'There, that's a plenty,' said the stloonist, when tho old man had been singing for fifty minutes. 'I made a solemn agreement, and 111 stick to my word if I don't earn another cent this winter !' And he set off again with : Oh ! don't you hear me uow? ' Once upon a time I had a beadstead, ! Aud his eyes were sorter blue. . 'Come, now, you get out of this,' exclaimed the saloonist, finding a bud crowd coming in. 'I hired to sing, got my pay for 'i, and now I'll be he hanged if J heat you one cent's worth,' replied the old man; and he raised his Voice a key higher and sang : Oh ! don't you hear me now? Once upou a'time I had a mowing-Machine, And his eyes were sorter blue. Get out o' herel'yelled the indig nant saloon keeper. Tour hours more,' replied the stranger, 'and Oh', don't you hear me now? Ouce upon a time I bad a clothes line. And his eyes were sorter blue. The saloonist'took him by the collar, and walled him out doors and shoved him off the walk, but the old man put more power into his voice, leanel against a hitching post, ard sang: Oh ! don't yoii hear me now, Once upon a time I had a niusquito bar, And his eyes were sorter blue. Pretty soon a policeman came along and ordered him to quit sing ing and move on, but the old man man replied: 'I've hired for five hours, and I'll sing it out or drop dead!' 'Come lon2,' said the officer as he collared him. 'I alwys bow lo the law, and Oh! don't you hear me now? Once upon a time I had a wind mill, And his eyes were sorter blue. He ras taken to the police sta tion and locked up, and despite all remonstrances and threats he con tinued to sing until the five hours were tp, saying to the captain when he Lad finished : 'And now, beins its late, I'll sing the rest of the evening away at a big discount from regular rates !' Detroit Free Press. Eoys, Do Something. Boys, do net be a burden to your parents, compelling them to support you. Do something no matter what, so that it is honest. Look around, and obtain employment; then off with your coat and deter mine to work your way up. That ladder of prosperity is within the reach of every one inclined to use it. Perhaps your father is rich, and therefore you think there i3 no need for you to work. What a senseless excuse. Your father may : : : Dec be rich now, but next year or next month, some bad investment may absorb his riches and leave him ia a condition worse than poverty in debt. There are hundreds of prob able misfortunes which may reduce his means ; illness may lay him low and his business, lacking his super vision, may go to ruin. Then you, his son, not having been taught the necessity of labor, are unskilled in the use of hands or brain and can do nothing but fret and worry. Your condition is worse than that cf the most humble workman in your father's establishment; for his experience will recommend him to another situation. Besides, pov erty to you, who have never known the want of anything, becomes dou bly aggravating. Brought up in luxury and idleness, plain food is nauseous to yeur dainty palate, and common garments seem the livery of shame. You shun a meeting with the associates of your better days, and they pass you with such a chilling nod, as much as to say, 'You are poor now, and of course cannot presume to recon us among your acquaintances.' Boys, strive to be indedendent. Learn to bo useful in the world to be able to 'paddle your owneanoe,' as the eaying is. Then, if trouble comes to your father, he will have at least one friend to assist him in regaining his former prosperous condition an affectionate, indus trious, and energetic son. It is the Nature of the Beast. Frogs, toads and serpents never take any food but that which they are satisned is alive. If a bee, vasp or hornet stings, it is nearly always at the expense ot his lite. Serpents are so tenacious of life that theyjwill live six months with out tood. The head of a rattlesnake has been known to inflict a fatal wound after beiDg separated from the bo dy. If the eye of a newt is put out, another perfect eye is soon supplied bv rapid growth. Fishes have no eyelids, and nec essarily sleep with eyes open. Alligators fall into a lethargic sleep during the winter, like a toad .more are agricultural ants in Texas that actually plant grain and reap before the harvest. Naturalist say that a single swal low will devour six thousand flies a day. The tarrantula of Texas is noth ing more than an enormous spider. A single codfish produces more than 1,000,000 eggs in one season. A whale suckles its young, and is therefore uot a fish. The moth er's affection is remarkable. Toads become torpid in winter and hide themselves, taking no food for five or six months. Serpents of all specie3 shed their skins annually, like sea crabs and lobsters. Turtles and tortoises have their skeletons partly outsideof, instead of within, the body. Odd "Way cf Popping the Option. We find in a recent novel a mode of 'popping the question,' so singu lar in its way it is worth preserving: Miss Georgie answers a tap at the front door, and her lover, Mr. Fleetwood, proves to be the visitor. 'iMiss ueorge, 1 ve come on an errand that makes me nervous. have walked up to your door three times to-night before I dared knock and now 've got in, I've hardly courage to say what I want to say The fact is, when a man has got a favor to ask, he doesn't know wel how to begin, especially if ho is t man of few words.' Here Mr. Fleetwood stopped and an awkward pause ensued. 'I'm sure if there is any favor Wc can do you, we shall only be too glad to to oblige so kind a friend, I began. 'I can never feel gratefu enough for all ' 'Stop, or you'll be saying more than you may wish. There 13 som thingfyou can do something iha will repay me a thousand times over and make me the happiest man al ive. You'll think me very abrupt 1 m atraid : hut 1 want to know 1 you'll marry me ? I'll make you a good and f.iithful husband by God's help, it you 11 have me, Dorothy, lhcr', I ve done it now, and a pret ty ess 1 ve made of it ! or 1 had sat down and coverei my face with my hands, and I am atraid I was beginning to sob. had come upon me so suddenly. '1 oughtn't to have blurted it out like that,' said Mr Fleetwood, in an uneasy voice. 'I hopo you're not ollended with me : 1 was etui silent, liut it was emotion, not anger or indifference, 'If you wish me to go, do sit as you sit now, with your face turned trom me ; but n you find it hard to say the word I want to hear, jus lift up the bit of sea-weed there on the table by your side, and I wil know what you mean, Dorothy. The words were uttered in a voice full of feeling. I looked up into the manly, modest face bending over me, and really I can't say whether I lifted up the seaweed or not. Size of Countries. Greece is about the size of Ver mont. Palestine is about one-fourth the size of iVew York. Hindustan is more than a hund red times a3 large as Palestine. Ihe great desert cf Africa has nearly the present dimensions cf hi United States. The Red Sea would reach from Washington to Colorado: and it is three times as wide as Lake On tario. Tho English Channel is nearly as large as Lake Superior. Ihe Mediterranean, if placed across JNorth America, would make sea navigation from San Diego to Baltimore. The Caspian Sea would stretch 'rom New York to St; Augustine, and is as wide a3 from New York to Rochester. Great Britain is two-third3 as large a3 Japan, in twelfth the size of iindustan, one twentieth the size of China, and one-twenty fifth of the United States. The Gulf of Mexico is obout ten times the size of Lake Superior, and about as the Sea of Kamsjhat- ka, Bay of Bengal, Chiaa Sea Okhotsk, or Japan Sea. Lake On tario would go in either of them fifty times. The following bodies of water are nearly equal in size; German Ocean, Black Sea, lellow Sea; Hudson's Bay is rather larger; the Baltic, Adriatic, Peruian Gulf, and gean Sea are about half as large and somewhat larger than Lake Superior. How to Promote Peac9 in a Family. 1. Remembr that your will is likely to be crossed every day; so prepare for it. 2. Remember everybody in the house has an evil nature as well as yourself, and, therefore, you are not to expect too much. o. Remember to learn the dif ferent temper and disposition of each individual. 4. Remember to look on each member of the family as one for whom you should have a care. 5. Remember when any good happens to any one to rejoice at it. y. Remember when inclined to give an angry answer, to overcome evil with good. 7. Remember if from sickness, pain or infirmity you feel irritable, to keep a strict watch over yourself. b. Remember to observe when others are suffering, and drop a word ot kindness and sympathy suited them. 9. Remember to watch the op portunities of pleasing, and to put little annoyances out of the way. 10. Remember to take a cheer ful view of everything; even of the weather, and encourage hope. 11. Remember to speak kindly to the servants to praiso them for little things when you can. lii. Remember in all little pleas ures may occur, to put yourselt last. 13. Remember to try for the soft answer that turneth atvay wrath. Married through the Window- A writers relates the following : A clergyman on one occasion wait ed for a couple in his parlor, and, as they did not keep their engage ment, he went to bed. Just about half past 11 o'clock the door bell rang violently. He put a cap and a wrapper on, and in a general state of undress, opened second story window and looked out. There stood the tardy candidates for mat rimony. 'Well, it's too late now,' said the clergyman, 'and it's too cold'. 'Yes,' called up the man, 'but we missed the train, and I sail to-mor row. 'Well, then go to some other minister,' answered the irate par son. 'We can't now,' both shouted up from the garden walk, 'It's too late.' 'Well, I cannot marry you now,' he said : 'The servant has taken the front door key and gone to bed.' 'Well, then, marry us out of the window,' came up from below. And so the minister took the book in hand and called out the directions from the second story easement, and the parties complied with tho several orders, and finally left the fee in an envelope under the front door, and went out of the garden gate, man and wife. A Mamma in the rural districts lately gave her five-year-old hope ful an outht of nsh tackle. Soon she heard a shout from Willie, &nd running out found one of her best hens fast winding Mp the line in her crop, whither the hook had already preceded it. Willie, observing the troubled look cf his mother, quietly remarKed : 'Don t worry, mother, I gue3s she will stop when she gets to the pole. 'How far is it to Cub Creek V asked a traveler of a Dutchwoman 'Only shoost a little vays.' 'Is it four, six, eight or ten miles ?' im- I dinks it is,' serenely replied the unmoved gatekeeper. He Needn't Come Any More An Atlanta youth, gotten up in the latest style, left a West-end car and tripped across to a house whero a little boy was sitting on the front steps, whittling with a new Barlow knife. The boy looked up and said : 'I say, young man, yer don't want to be coming around here any more yer don't ?' 'Why, Charley, what's the mat ter V 'Cause there's a feller what wears diamond bres'-pin and ride3 in his own horse and buggy a coming here to-see Sis now, and a fellow like you, what has ter ride 'round in' a bob tail street kar, ham t got no show, cent to take a front scat on the back fence and watch 'em fixin' thiugs fur the weddin'!' The young man ' turned away, looking like a sweet potato vine af ter a black frost. Atlanta Con stitution. A High Old Passsngsr Conductor. A few days ago a freight conduc tor on one of the railroads went to tho Superintendent and said ho ought to be advanced, having served on the freight for several years. The Superintendent agreed with him, and told him that the change should be made the very next week. And it was made. Tho Superin tendent a day or two after took a seat in the rear end of one coach to . see how the new conductor took to business, and pretty soon the offi cial danced into the door, cap on his ear, sleeves pushed up and a half acre smile on his face. 'Get out your pasteboards !' he shouted, 'I'm the high muncky muck that runs this train,' and then turn ing right and left he continued : 'Right bowers th;s way play lively pass or order up how is trumps with you slide you right in to Chicago hurry up, there-trump this act. what kind of a hand do yon hold, old man ?' There was something novel and exhilarating in his style, but yet the Superintendent called the con ductor up-stairs the next day and told him that he was the best man in America to run a freight train, and that he should have to promote him backwards. He was too talent ed for a passenger conductor. Hurtful Reading. A bad book, magazine or news paper, is as dangerous to your child as a viciou3 companion, and will as surely corrutt his morals and lead him away from tho paths of safety. Every parent should set this thought clearly belore his mind and ponder it well. Look to what your chil dren read, end especially to the kind of papers that get into their hands, for there are now published scores of weekly papers, with at tractive and sensuous illustrations, that are as hurful to young and in nocent souls as poison to a health ful body. Many of these papers have attained large circulations and are sowing broadcast the seeds of vice and crime. Trenching on the very borders of indecency, they corrupt the morals, taint the imag ination, and allure tho weak and unguarded from the pathes of inno cence. The danger to young per sons from this cause wa's never so great as at this time, and every father and mother should be on the guard against an enemy that is sure to meet their child. Look to it then that your children are kept free as possible from this taint. Never bring into your house a paper or periodical that is not a strictly pure one. On a Spree Tom Evans is the authority for this : The general is a distinguish ed broken-winded politician of this state, who lives altogether in the past and gets as drunk as Bilhr-be-busted. An old mate was talking of him this evening in the portico of the National hotel at Raleigh. 'Is the old fellow pretty bad off?' asked a gentleman sitting by. 'Yes he's pretty well on the rag ged edge, lie spoke of his last will and testament to me, and some of his parting injunction. were quite amusing; said he, 'old fellow, I'm afraid my jig's up, and the the howling blue season has set in; the blue birds won't sing any more. I want you to bury me in a pine coffin, hard pine, and have me put in standing up and say old 1&y have tho coffin made open at both ends so when the devil corne3 in at one end I can run out at the other.' And did the old felbw die ? 'No he delivers an address next keek on virtue and the fine arts to a female school.' And we expect is a candidate for gubernational honors. An old German froze hi3 nose. While thawing the frost out, he re marked, 'By tam ! I no understand dis ting. Shure an' I haf crry dot nose forty years, and he neverrc-c-zed hisself before.' Western women complain because the agricultural fairs don't ;ive at least a years' notice when they eff er prizea for the fiaest babies.