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I 4 (ff l Hf : lllP'iPitWlIf fl ft r hi is ii H M . Illl WWW BE SURE YOU AEE EIGHT ; THEIlNT GO AHEAD.-D. Crockett. TOL. 53. TARBORO', N. C, FRIDA, DECEMBER 24, 1875. AtO. 51. 1 GENERAL DIRECTORY. TABBOHO'. Mayor Fred. Philips. Commissioners Jesse A. Williamson, Ja cob Feluenheimer, Daniel W. Hunt, Alex. .McCabe, Joseph Cobb. Secretary & Treasurer Kobi. White burst. Chief or Police John W. Cotten. Assistant Police Win. T. Hurtt, John Madra, Jas. E. Simonson, Altiwore Macnair. COUNTY. Superior Court Clerk and Probate Judge U. L. Staton, Jr. Register of Deeds Alex, McCabe. Sheri ff Joseph Cobb. Coroner Treasurer Robt. II. Austin. Surveyor John E. Baker. . Standard Keeper--P. 8. Hicks. School Examiners. H. H. Shaw, Wra. A. Dusrgan and ft. S. Williams. Wiley Well, J. B. W. Norville, Frank Dew, M. Exem. A. McCabe, Clerk. MAILS. iRtlVU, AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS NORTH AND SOUTH VIA W. t W. It. R. Leave Tarboro' (daily) at 10 A. M. Arrive at Tarboro' (daily) at - - S 30 P. M. WASHINGTON MAIL VIA GREENVILLE. FALKLAND AND SPARTA. I.nave Tarboro (daily) at - 6 A. M. Arrivd at Tarboro' (daily) at - - 6 P. M. XODUF.S. rheNiffhUauil lUe Places of meeting:. Concord R. A. Chapter No. 5, N. M. Law rence, High Priest, Masonic Hall, monthly convocations first Thursday in every month at 10 o'clock A. M. Concord Lodge No. 58, Thomas Gatlin, Master, Masonic Hall, meets first Friday night U 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. PalamounUin, Chief Patriarch, Odd Fel lows' Hall, meets every first and third Thurs day of each month. Edfrccornbe Lodge No. 50, I. O. O. F., J. G. Charles, N. G., Odd Fellows' Hall, meets every Tuesday night. Edgecombe Council No. 122, Friends of Temperance, meet every Friday night at the Odd Fellows' Hall. Advance Lodge No. 28, I. O. G. meets ever? 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. Henry Morris, President. churches; Episcopal Church Services every Sunday t 10 1.3 o'clock A. M. and 5 P. M. Dr. J. B. Cheshire, Rector. Methodist Church Services every third flunday at night. Fourth Sunday, morning and night. Rev. Mr. Swindell, Pastor. Presh'iterian 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 lh Sunday in every moLth, morning and night. Rev. T. R. Owen, Pastor. Primitive Baptist Church Services first Saturday and Sunday of each month at 11 o'clock. HOTELS. Adams' Hotel, corner Main and Pitt Su. O. F. Adams. Proprietor. EXPRESS. Southern E ipress Office, on Main Street, clobes every morning at UK o'clock. N. M. Lawrenci, Agent. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. -JRANK POWELL, . Attorney and Counselor at Law, TARH0R0 N. C. Collections a Specialty. Office at the residence of the late Mrs. M. EJ Lawrence. July 2, 1875. tf J OS. BLOUNT CHESIIRE, JR., ATTORNEY ATLAW, AND NOTARY PUBIO. 87?" Office at the Old Baa Building on Trade Street. 1 je25-tf. JJOWARD & PERRY, Attorneys and Counselcs at Law. TARBORO, N.L. tlT Practice in all the Cirts, State and Federal. I nbv.5-ly. yy II. JOHNSTON, Attorney and Counsel i at Law, TARBORO', N. l" Attends to the trans tion of busi ness in all the Courts, State 1 I Federal. Nov. 5, 1875. ly jpUEDERICK PHILIPS, Attorney and Counsel: at Law, TARBORO', Nl E3f Practices in Courts of fcjining coun ties, in the Federal and Supr; Courts. Not. 5, 1875. I ly J. H. & W. L. THORP, Attorneys and CounseloititLaw, ROCKY MOUNT, N. PRACTICES in the cotmtle Edge combe, Halifax, Nash and vjson, and iu the Supreme Court North CYina, also in the United States District Conr a Baleigh. Dr. G, L. Shackelird, DENTI S&"T, TARBORO', N. C. With over eight years cxperieD, the practice of Dentistry, I feel assurecf giving satisfaction in all cases. Charges idarate. i"jT Office opposite Adams' h,e and over S. S. Nash & Co's store. j Oct. 23, 1875. tf M. HOWARD, r n u a & i Sp DEALER IN DRUGS, PATENT MEDICINES, &C, &cC, 5sC. v Next door to Mrs, Pender' Ho TARBORO, N C. Louis Hilliard, Marcellus okb Greenville, N. C. Formerly ol qm HILLIARD & MOOIr, COTTON FACTORS , ADD V. Generttl j Commission Mercha;s McPHAIL'S wharf, ! I NORFOLK. IVi Keep contantly on band a large aid Cpnr.r-il ilp.il.-ra in Standard Ff-rtillZCTS Liberal Cash advances made on foti. mcnts. j i ADVERTISEMENT. S DOLIESTIG" SEWING MACHINES,- liberal Term of Ex change for Second-hand) lUchinM of every dope, DOMESTIC" PAPER FAQHIONdi THeBstPattcnisBtfta. Send I eta. for Catalogue! 4Urm DOMESTIC S27XX9 CU fST Aura Wasted. - KBW YOBJU il10a aay at heme. Agents wanted tip X Jmt Outfit and terms free. TRUE fc CO-, Angusta, Maine. frll A WEEK guaranteed to AirenU j I I Male and Female in their own local- itj. Terras OUTFIT FRE. Ad drees P. O. VICKERY & CO., Agusta.Me. TVflND READINfr, PSYCAOMANCY, xtjl lABtiiHAiiua, oni unarmine, Mes merism, and Marriage Guiae, showing how either sex may fascinate and gain the love and anection ot any porson thev choose in stantly, pages. By mail 50 cts. Hunt & Co., lo'. . an., rnua. i1 A t9ft Per at home. Samples worth land, Maine. V V -" si ir free. 8TINSON& CO., Port- 4 GENTS, tbe greatest chance of ihe age, U:A. Address, with stamp, National Copying (Jo., Atlanta, ua. ADVERTISING IN Relisious & Agricultural weelvlies, HALF-PRICE Send for ocr catalogue ON THE LIST PLAN. For information, address GEO. P. EOWELL & Co. 41 Park Eow, NEW YORK. ADVERTISING IN CANADIAN NEWSPAPERS $1 for 25 cts. SEND FOR OUB CATALOGUE ON THE LIST PLAN. For information, address GEO. P ROWELL & Co, 41 Park Eow, NEW YORK. FOR NORFOLK AND mi ffUE steamers COTTON PLANT and J. fA.MLlCO connectine: with the Old Dominion Steamship Co., afford the most direct and the quickest time for shipment of produce from all points on the River. Throuirh Bills of Lading civen from all points on Tar River for Norfolk, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and Boston, Pro duce is covered by insurance, if desired, as soon as Bills of Lading are signed. snipments by this line eo directly to des tination without delay at Norfolk or Wash ington. The COTTON PLANT makes close con nection witn the Wilmington Weldon Rail Roa:l,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. E. POOL Pool Brothers FASHIONABLE BAR, Billiard Rooms OYSTER SALOON, Barber Shop AND Cigar Store, ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. OTSTER8 STEWED AT ALL HOURS, frest and sweet. Attentive waiters to attend to the needs of his guests. mrl9-tf. WEBER'S BAKERY ! THIS OLD ESTABLISHED BAKERY IS now ready to supply the people of Tar- noro ana vicinity witli all kinds ot Bread, Cakes, French and Plain Candies, Nuts, Fruits, c, ire, $c, embracing every thing usually kept in a First Class iLstatiiisnmeut ol the kind. Thankful for the liberal patronage of the past the undersigned asks a continuation, with the promise or satislacuon. Private Families ran always have their cakes HaKea Here at Iiort cst notice. Orders far Parties & Balls promptly filled. Call and examine our stock, uexf door to Bank ot ew Hanover. Nov. 4.-ly. JACOB WEBER. Manhood : How Lost. How Restored ! Just publisbrd, a new edition of Dr. Colverwell b Cele brated Essay on tbe radical cure (without medicine) of Spermatorrhoea or Seminal Weakness, InvoluBtary Seminal Losses, Impotency, Mental and Physical In capacity, Impediments 10 Mamage, etc.; ai so, Consnmption, Epilepsy and Fits, indue ed by self-indulgence or sexual extrava gance, &c. Price, in a sealed envelope, only six cents. The celbrated author, in this admirable Essay, clearly demonstrates, from a thirty years' successful practice, that the alarming consequences of self-abuse fnay be radically cured without tbe dangerous use of internal medicine or tbe application of the knife ; pointing nut a mode of cure at one simple, certain, and effectual, by means of which every sufferer, no matter what his condition may be, may cure himself cheaply, privately and radtcauu. f3f This Lecture should be in the bands of every youth and-very man in the land Sent under seal, in a plain envelope, to any address, post paid, on receipt of six cents or two postage stamps. Address the Publishers, CHA8. J. C. CLLNE & CO., 127 Bowery, New York ; P. 0. 3ox, 4586 mi win kMis -sv MISCELLANEOUS. AC0RMC00K. . W4 or without PodabkHotWatat Retervoir and Cbteb Soat tor u eU-uUoBl Stars, tat fit nt With all latest ImproYements. Largest Ovn and Flues. Longest Fire Box for long woo4 Ventilated Oven, Fire Back and Fire Box Bottom-h. tores a Quick,' Sweet and Even Sake and Roast Swing Hearth and Ash Catch Won't soli floor or carpet. Durable Double and Braced Centers and Ring Covers. Burns but little wood. Was Mica or Solid Iron Front Carefully Fitted Smooth Castings. No Old Scrap Iron. Nickel Plated Trimmings. Tin Uned Oven Doors; Ground and Sllver-llke Polished Edges and Mouldings. Heavy. Best Nea Iron: Won't crack. WA22AHTX9 EATISrACICS?. Manufactured by RATHBONE, SARD & CO., Albany, N. Y. Sold oy an EtUrpH$ing Dealer in every Taw. W. G. LEWIS, Agent, Nov. 12, 18T5.-3m. Tarboro', N. C. FALL STOCK. NEW GOODS 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, Crockerv, Hard- ware &c, &c. Call and Examine. tgg A pleasure to show Goods. T. H. GATLIN. Tarboro', Oct. 1st, 1875. ROBT. LAWSOA & CO., SADDLE, HARNESS, COLLAR, and TRUNK MANUFACTURERS and dealers in SADDLERY . HARDWARE, WHIPS, LADIES' SATCHELS, CARRI AGE ROBES, &C. No. 877 West Baltimore Street, April 2, 1875. BLATCHLEY'S Improved CUCUM BER WOOD PUMP j?is the acknowledged y STivniPii r,f 'ho 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 tbe tfade generally. In order to be sure that you get Botchley's Pump, be careful and see that it has my trade-mark as above. If you do not know where to buy, descriptive circulars, together with the name and ad dress of the agent nearest you, will be promptly furnished by addressing with tamp. CIIAS. ti. BliATCHLfc, Manufacturer, 606 Commerce St.. Philadelphia, Pa Feb.-12, 1875. 9m The Best Household Oil in the World I C. West & Sons' Aladdin Secu rity OU. Warranted 150 Degrees Fire Test. Endorsed by the Fire Insurance Companies. Howard Fire Ins. Co. of Baltimore, ) December 23, 1874. J Messrs. C. West & 8ons : Gentlemen Hav ng used tbe various oils sold in this city for U u urinating purposes, I take pleasure in re commending your "Aladdin Security" as the safest and best ever used in our house hold. Yours truly, (Signed) ANDREW REESE, Pres't. EST IT WILL NOT EXPLODE. Ask your Storekeeper for it. Wholesale Depot : C. WEST & SONS, 113, 115 W. LombardSt., Baltimore. 8ept. 17. Cm R. B. ALSOP, GROCER, MAIN STREET, TARBORO', IV. C. Choice and varied stock kept constantly on qand. myas-it Rocky Mount Hotel, G. W. Hammond, Prop'r. TfeDLITE AND ATTENTIVE SERVANTS JL always at the Depot, on the arrival of trains, to conduct guests to the U otei. It is the Traveler's delight. Oct. 1st, 1875. tf RATHBOHS'S B 1 MISCELLANEOUS. a j. Wholesale & Retail GROCER PRICES LOW DOWN FOR CASH! THANKING the public for past patronage, I call their attention to the following goods which I keep constantly on hand at tho Lowest Prices for Cash NEW MESS PORK, . - -'KEW RUMP PORK, SUGAR CURED HAMS, from the best dealers, BACON SHOULDERS & SIDES, D. 8. SHOULDERS & SIDES. U. It. SIDES, SPICED BEEF. BEEF TONGUES, PATAPSC0 FLOUR in bbls. and i bbis., and other standard brands of Flour. FRESH PEARL HOMINY & GRITS. C. YELLOW SUGAR, Extra C. WHITE SUGAR, LOAF AND GRANULATED SUGAR, COFFES. Rio, Lasuyra and Roasted. GILT EDGE BUTTER in Firkios and Tubs. GOHEN BUTTER in 10 bl. Cans. CAKES, CRACKERS, CHEESE Fresh Buckwheat Flour, Macoroni, Sapioua, Vermacille, Gelatine, French & Plain Candies. Best Old Rye Whiskey for Medical purposes Fine Cooking Vjnes, Extra French Brandy, American Sc. Imported Ale and Porter HOSTETTER'S T5ITTERS, SCHEIDAM SCHNAPS, by the bottle and case. And everything else found in a FIRST CLASS FAMILY GROCERY. Call and save money by buying from C. J. AUSTIN. XT Bricks, Lime, Lathes, Hay, Oats, Mill Feed, Corn Meal, always on hand, v Nov. 12, 1875. ly The Reason IF7i LAZARUS & MORRIS' Celoliratecl Perfected Spectacles and Eye Glasses. Have met with such extraordinary eucccss and are so much in demand is because they are found to possess all the qualities we claim for them, viz : Purity and hardness of material (therefore not liable to scratch), brilliancy of finish, strenKfkf niasr uid pro&arvintc power, and conferring an amount of eeo and comfort attained by no other Glasses in the worlJ. They are without doubt 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, Tarboro, 2XT. O. LAZARUS, MORRIS & CO., Wholesale Depot, No. lO Courtlaiirtt Sir. If. Y. Manufactories, Hartford, Cons., and Sheffield, Eso. Caution. We never supply or employ Peddlers. jj'-:ly S. II. MARKS & CO., PETERSBURG, VA. WOULD INFORM THEIR PATRONS that they are receiving the finest as sortment of Fine French and American Can dies, Fruits, Toys and Fancy Goods ever of fered in this market, viz : Chrystalized Apr'.cots, Chrystalized Cherries, Chrystalized Pine Apple, Chrystalized Limes, Crab Apple, Jtc. Chocolate fistacue Josephine, Chocolate Jim Crow, Chocolate Wafers and Cream Drops, Sugar Filberts and E. Walnuts, Fine Cream Bon Bons, Parisian Bon Bon, Fine Cream fistache, Burt Almonde Roasted Almonds, Almon Croquet and Jordan Almonds, Chocolate Caramels and Cocoa Caramels, fresh every day. Lemon Taffey and Cocoanut Taffey, 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 Dehesa Raisins, New Prunes, New Currants, New Pecans, Almonds, Palmnuts and Filberts Brandy Peaches, pints, quarts, half gallons, Brandy Cherries,.- Ficklcd Oysters, Canned Oysters, Canned Peaches, Pears, Tomatoes and Corn, Sardines in quarter and half boxes, The Wnolesale Department has not been neg- lecrea, Merchants will find our store stocked with everything in our line and in large quantities, which 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 cannot be surpassed. Tobacco, Cigars and Snuff, a specialty. uct. zy, is . ot NO MIDDLEMEN I THE IMPROVED U. S. SEWING MACHINE. A perfect working Family Machine FOR $10. We claim for this machine 1st. Simplicity combined with Durability. 2d. It will not skip stitches, but is rs sure as the high priced machines. 3d. Its great simplicity makes it the cheapest machine in the market that will do GOOD work. 4th. The parts are all made by machinery, and are therefore interchangeable. 5th. It makes less noise in running, and works easier than any machine in the market. 6th. Unlike all other cheap machines the needle enters nearly perpendicular, thus preventing the breaking of needles. 7th. It will work on any material, from the thinnest Lawn to tne thickest Cloth. 8th, It has no machinery under the table to need oiling, all the working parts being on top and-in sight. 9th. It is a splendid Embroidering machine, the peculiar construction of the needle allowing the nso of coarse silk for that purpose. Send Stamp for Circular. FA1RCH1LD & CO., 176 Bleecker Street, New York City. Nov. 26.-ly. P. O. Address, Box 47S5. Dec. 24, 1375 EU?IITESS HABITS OF ASTOS. His Hejcciiou of Society- and Devotion To Money iridkiiiff. Th e New York correapondeat of the CI ncinnati Gazette, who claims to ha e been for thirty years an ac- quainince of the late William B. Astori writes : ,Thf Astors, father and son, lived each Eighty-five years, and their beKef4ctiens,thus far, are little more 4hstn the library, which cost less than the legacy inherited by Wm. B. Astor from his uncle, the butcher. Perhaps his will may contain 'some beneficient provisions, bat of this there is little probabili ty. It was urged by Astor that his money was his own, and that peo ple had no right to complaia at his refusing to adopt a liberal course of conduct. This i3 correct in a legal sense. A man may do as he will with his own, providing he does not transgress the law, and there is no statue against covetousncss out side of the Scriptures ; but the common sense of mankind unites in this verdict that society has a right to a degree of beneficience from the rich corresponding with their wealth. Such is general propriety of this sentiment that it inspires Virgi', who describes in the sixth book of tie Eueid, amng the wretched in habitants of Tartarus various grade of criminals, such as adulterers and robbers, among whom ar aut qui divitiis soliitijubuere repertis, which may be translated 'those who brood ed over their hoarded wealth.' Such was the occupation of the late capitalist. Ilig fear of heing over reached gave him frequent distress. Thirty jears ago he desired to en large the Astor LTouse, and propos ed purchasing lots in the rear, but when the price was mentioned he exclaimed, 'Too high,' and declined the opportunity. He lived to see those lots double in value, and the enlargement was never made. The greatest- capitalist in Amer ica wa3 in all points, but tenacity, a mere negation. Like a sponge on a rock, to bloat, to absorb, and to die, "was his tfestiny. in no point was he united with the race outside of his family. He ed to nothing, not even a nor a political party. He belong church was not in need of society. He sought not friends and possessed none. He had no expensive tastes. Fine pic tures, fine horses, and works of art generally, were not in his line. He was of a low grade of mind, and al though all that might minister to a refined nature wa3 within his reach, he turned from it. His frame was large and healthy, and he lived on, fulfilling his great purpose to be the richest man in all America. This was his only positive point of char acter all elso being negative even, to the emotional nature. I never heard of his getting into a passion. He was too stolid for that. The only thing that could affect him was unproductive property, and this must have occasioned much annoy ance. About seventeen houses are now vacant, tne tenants having been driven away by extortionate rent. In addition to this it may be said that one house which he priced at, $9,000 stood empty three months and has lately been let at $G,000. This dreadful state of things has been felt, and no doubt, in addition to old age, hastened his death. It was a new and unexpected misfor tune at his late period in life to be obliged to reduce rent. Mr. .Astor seldom lent money on bond and mortgage, because the re cord would lead to taxation. He seldom bought real estate because it was dear. His encrmous income was invested in building on his lots, and also in first-class stocks. In this manper he laid up more than &6.000 per day. His rents were ' 1 deposited in ihe Galatin National Bank, and he always had a heavy balance, which enabled him to be always investing. "With cautious prudence put his gains to use, Inquiring always what will this produce T" In former days he omitted insu ring his property, but of late he fcund that it could be added to the rents and ected on this idea. He became a large stockholder in one of the most successful companies in the city, and gave it his enormous business, which, after all, was but another method of insuring himself. There is something surprising in the good luck which has this farm ly. How strange that almost all of John J. Astor's purchases should be in spots which either business of fashion should afterwards select as their chief resorts. On the eastern si le of the city real estate has not advanced in a half century, but As tor owns nothing there. It so hap- pens that his forty acres (bought when it was commons) should be the subsequent scene of opulence and traffic or ef social rank. As far as this world is concerned it would seem that a charm has worked con tinually in favor of this man in or der to gratify his ambition to be the richest man in America. Friday, : The Cork in the Camphor Bottle. It wasn't a very large cork, but it created quite a sizable distur bance for all that. You see, Cous in Mary Ann had the headache that night, aad when . Uncle John prescribed camphor for it, Aunt Hilda, like an obedient wife and good mother, went immediately to get it without stopping to argue the matter. She got a tea-cup and spoon, took down the bottle and proceeded to uncork it. She had not proceeded far, however, before she became aware of the fact that she wasn't proceeding at all. The cork was in, and it was not inclined to-come out. - - A&ht Hilda - was surprised and held the bottle off at arm's length to aurvey it a moment, then she brought it nearer and scrutinized it closely on all sides. She didn't see any reason why that cork couldn't come out, and a sudden fierce de termination took possesion of her face. She shut her teeth bard, and took hold of that cork with her strong thumb and forefinger, and pulled and twisted, twisted and pul led, and pulled that cork would not stir a peg. Then she took hold ith her teeth, and they weren't false teeth, either. Vain were her efforts ! Anybody weuld have thought that cork was run into that bottle. How mad it does make anyone to have such a little thin? as a cork in a bottle persistently defy all ef- orts to remove it. Aunt Hilda vas no exception to the general rule, and she cot mad. Her face became red, her hair tumbled, her ioreneaa scowled, and she jerked and pulled and twisted, and "didn't see what under the sun ailed the thing." The perspiration rolled diwn her cheeks and dropped off on to her clean calico, and still she Ertted and fumed and worked away at that cork in the campher bottle. She took a fork and pried on it. two tines of the fork broke and that was all. Finally uncle got up, walked across the floor and looked down on my Aunt with a tender smile of superiority as he exclaim ed : 'Look'ere, Hilda, dew let me sit that out for ye.' Aunt Hilda handed him the bot- -nltl. . nvi J." ami vlieii "Siouri by and smiled triumphantly as she watched him pull and jerk and twist and dig at the cork with his thumb nail and finally broke tbe bis blade to his jack-knife clean off in his ef- orts to pry it up. Uncle John didn't get mad, of course, but he began to use mpha. tic words, suet; as deacons are sup posed not to use, and where the thing would have ended Tii sure I don't know, had not cousin Horace suddenly looked ip from his paper and remarked in his emphatic way 'Why the dickens don t.you get the cork-screw : 'The cork-screw !' yelled Uncle John. 'The cork-screw !' screeched Aunt Hilda. Then one rushed to the machine drawer and the other to the china closet in search of it. Uncle John he fumbled and Aunt Hilda she fumbled. By and by Aunt Hilda found it, and then they went for" that cam phor bottle with renewed vigor. Uncle John put in the corkscrew and then offered to hold the bottle while Aunt Hilda pulled out the cork. Each braced themselves for a long pull and a strong pull. Un cle John cried out 'Now !' Aunt Hilda put on all her strength and pull-U-ll-ed. There was a pop-a swash-a crash -smash and bang-silence. Thev both sat on the floor rubbing the bumps n their heads and survey ing the ruin before them. Ihe cork had come out, so had the camphor, and was even now, spattered over the floor, filling the air with its fragrance. SEQUEL. Mary Ann got well, was sick for a week, John lost his faith in Auut Hilda and Uncle cork-screws. Ave Nik. Detroit Free Press. Marine Beauties. One of the prettiest creatures that live under water is the sea mouse. It sparkles like a diamond, and is radiant with all the colors of the rainbew, although it lives in the mud at the bottom of the ocean. It should not have been called a mouse, for it is larger than a rat. It is covered with scales that move up and down as it breathes, and glitters like gold shining through a flocky down, from which fine silky bristles wave, constantly changeing from one brilliant tint to another, so that, as Cuvier, the great natu ralist, says, the plumage of the humming-bird is not more beautiful. Sea-mice are sometimes thrown up on beach by storms. The Bootblack's Story. When a dozen Detroit newsboys and bootblacks bad collected on the Custom-house stairs the other day, and when each one had orown tired j of jaw-brakers and popcorn balls, 'Little English' remarked : 'Sposen Jim Cocanut tells us a story.' 'Sposen,' remarked all the others. 'Well, gentlemen, ' remarked Jim, after a few digs at his head, 'I will tell you a true story about a girl. Her name was Marier, and she had yallar hair, blue eye?, small feet dol- and she vai worth million lar3.' 'in stamps?' asked Cross-Eyed Dick. 'In clean cash, light in the Sav ings Bank,' answered Jim, 'This girl was an orphan, with no one to. boss her around, antl if she wanted to be out till eleven o'clock at night, she could. There was - piles of fellars after her to marry her, but she stuck up her nose at the hull caboodle.' 'TFhatfur?' anxiously inquired Firecracker Tom. 'What fur? Why, she knew they loved her money instead of herself. She wanted some one to love her earnestly and like gosh. ITT 11 1 Well, one day when she was going down to tbe postoffice to see if there was any mail, a runaway harse came along. Marier fainted away and sat down in the rond, and she'd have been broken all to pieces if it hadn't been for a bootblack 'bout my size. He pulled her into a shooting gallery, brought her to, and then hired a hull omnibus - and took her home.' 'And they fell in love and were finally married,' remarked Suspen der Johnson. 'No, my fellow-countrymen,' sa'l ly replied Jim; 'gin him ten cents !' 'And is that all?' exclaimed three or four voices. All she gave him, and tlut turned out to be counterfeit !' Then there was a long period of silence, and then Cocannt Jim con tinued : 'Which is a lesson on U3 never to marry a girl worth a million dol lars !' 'And we nover shall !' the emnly replied. sol- A Hundred Years Ago. As in celebrating our centennials we think lovingly of the men and women a hundred years ago, theie is a natural interest to know how tney uvea, we want to seo more of their ways than can be learned from fermal orations, and we gath er eageriy the relics of that day in order the more closely to under stand their lives. So far as many material advan tages go, they were certainly far behind their successors to-day, and this fact is quaintly emphasized by John Phcenix, when he says of Washington that, although for the time in which he lived a very dis tinguished man, his ignorance is perfectly incredible. 'ie never travelled on a steamboat, never saw a railroad er a locomotive engine: was perfectly ignorant of tho ma gnetic telegraph, never had a daguerreotype, Colt's pistol, Sh-.r- pe s rme or used a friction match. He ate his meals with an iron fork, never used a postage stamp on his letters, and knew nothing of tho application of .chloroform to alle viate suffering, or the use of gas for illumination.' And yet Washington and his associates, whose deficiencies are thus quaintly pictured by the hu morist, had some advantages which, with all our boasted improvements, wc seem tc miss in these later days. It is indeed not wholly without reason that we lament the disap pearance of those gentlemen and ladies of the old school who went out with powdered hair, knee buck les and procade dresses. Their pictures-que faces linger among us on the canvas of Copely, but their living forms, like their manners and customs, have long since dis appeared. 'The apparel,' as has been said, 'often proclaims the man,' and we may add woman, and certainly the costume of the days of the revolu tion had a picturesqucness which is wanting to our more extensive lux ury. The wigs and gowns and bands of the clergy gave them a notable appearance in the pulpit, and the cocked bats which th?y wore in tne streets uistinguisuea them from their brethren of to-day, whose white cravat3 sometimes make difficult to discriminate be tween them and notel waiters or ordinary dinersout. The gentlemen in those ua?3 wore when he went out a wig", white stock, white satin embroid ered waistcoat, black satin small clothes, with white silk stockings, a fine broadcloth or velvet cat. At home, instead of his wig, he had on a velvet cap, and sometimes a fine linen one under it, and h's coat gave place to a gown, frequent ly of colored damask linen with silk and fancy colored leather sim pers. Ladies worse those elegarft silk and brocade dresses which arc still so much admired, and their hair, dressed with powder and pom atum, was elevated much higher above their head3 than tho most oi soaring and ambitious locks of their fair descendants to-day. - In tlioso days a gentleman's snuff box was as indispensable as the cigar is now, and courtesy was shown in taking the weed in this form with a friend. The houses iu those day?, with their spacious halls and ample fir, places and stairway?, were very su.-ge? tive of solid com fort. In tho spacious mansion of Sir Henry Fninklin, on Garden Court street, in this city, from whose windows ins widow, royalist to the last, witnessed the fight on Breed's 7ill, ;reat stairway .vas so wide and easy ot ascent that the. county collector used to ride his pony over it. Bright I rass uudirdns, the use of which Ins latc'ybttm revive!, were common in revolutionary times, and as long ago us Governor En ticott'a day they were features of a luxur itus household. The punchbowl was also a notable article in families of substantial u;oaun and its con tents were a customary treat for company. Rings were ;:iven as presents at funerals to pallbearers and particu lar friends, and the Rev. Andrew Eliot, ,:; who died in 1778, left a mugful of those articles which had been presented to ii.m on such occasion::. Hotels on the scale of our modern caravansaries were un known, but there were taverns and ceffee-houses where a. good deal of solid comforts could be secured. Such arc some of the manners and customs of cur revolutionary anccs tors, wnose stately courtesy and dignity covered so m:ieh of genuine nobility and worth that wc cannot but feci intoreste I ia whatever dis tinguished tium from their descend ants of to-'lav. Boston Globe. AT to th , ia a New York letter oiiis Republican, says : The Detroit Free Press describes a Texas courtship, but it is not half as funny as cue tho is carried on twice a week In a friend's kitchen. Her coi'k is si German named Louisa, and she lias for a beau a middle-aged Yankee of small pre tensions to intellect. One report of one conversation is a verbatim account of tho whole courtship. caters. r Louia says, grujiiy 'veil, Sr Tuttv i:tt, now y.,u -ro.-? ';' Well, Louisa,' ilr;.y,Is Smith. Then tiience for five minutes, when Loua says : 'Vot vas the y odder outsiJo V 'Pretty f.iir, Louisa.' Another intermi-sion. 'Did you In ing vour you. Smitt :' 'Yes, . u'.-a.' ,;zor in it iuen j ceo us to tut nis inamovate s corns :i iwli. iu" silence the p.:iir. About v'S to i em ark : nin 'Is uu;t be 'o!;v' Louisa'.'' And Louisa, replies : 'Yell, hkely as not it won It be belter.' And t. e d'.er closes av.X the courting is over. This Las been going on !er four yours without a. single accident. Twice a week this cutting of coi ns and exchange of affection takca roce. 1'robubiv this winter the marriage will even tuate, and Louisa will get s?nia one else for a corn doctor, siace it's against all nature tint a. husband ahould be, L-r a moment, after mar riage, what he was as a bvcr. a - The sweetest bread, the sweetest sleep, comes of honest toil, and tho swee!c.:t tuOi's etno from crushed flowers and bruised heart - The mu sweetest 1 lews Inn comes id tual, sell'-sacr-iScirig labors and suf ferings. The sweetest, sounds are' the trembling tones of the martyr spirit. The sweetest homes is where our loved" and lost ones are. being gathered. Cur sweetest, dearest, friends are those "for whom wo hav done and suffered most. An 1 our sweetest joys will coma o: ni -eting cur loved ones where ila and pa: t ing will Le no-onore.' Oar sweetest rest will come from freedom from sin in cur own hearts. The sweet est gratitudo will How from tho re deemed to the Redeemer. Tho swoeics song will bo of Him who suiilred for our sin-. The sweetest joys in life arc tra!i.T:cnt and bring not happiness, but the unalloyed, tho ever-enduring joys of heaven are sweetest. The sweetest conso lation comes of duty performed, and tho sweetest piaudit is in the words of Jesus, 'Well done thou good and faithful servant, enter thou into tho joys of thy Lor 1.' Ex. 'Oh! Lord! Thou knowest," prayed a Conneticut deacon in the' church nisetiug, "tint I am afflic ted with a most impious and depra ved sou. Thou knowest that on the 1 jet Sabbath day ho was seen walk ing (town tuo principal street in the village,--with his hand in Lis pock ets, whistling the follow in;; ungodly tune"' And ih: congregation wore astonished to" hear 'Yankea Dooule' flow" melodiously from the deacon's pursed-ap-lips. 9