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; ; J i TAUE()ii() N.'C., FRIDAY; .M A UOH .'V 1871!.'
vol. .ti.
NO. 9
GENERAL DIRECTORY.
M XAKIUiKOi. , . ' .
Mayor Ficd. Philips. J
Commissiokers lease A. Williamson, Ja
cob Feldenheiiner, Daniel V. Hunt, Alex.
MeCabe, Joseph Cobb.
Seckktabi St Tkk3urkh Kobt. White
burst. Chief or Police John W. Cotton.
AwiSTANT Police Win. T. Jhirtt, John
Madra, .las. E. Simonson, Altiinore Macnair.
CODHTY.
Superior Court Clerk and Prolale Judge
U. L. Staton, Jr.
Register of Deeds Akx.McCabe.
shej-tjf Joseph Cobt. t,,
7turr-rcbt. II. Austiu. ''
Kt-pcjorJcttin E. Baker.
Standard Keeper P. S. Hicks.
School Examiner II, H. Shaw, Wm. A.
Duggao Mid Si WilHMnsi ; " "
Keeper Poor House Wm. A. Duggan.
Commissioners Jno. Lancaster, Chairman,
Wiley Well, J. B. W. NorvUle, Frank Dew,
M. Exem. A. McCabc, Clerk.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE "F MAILS
NORTH AND SOUTH VIA AV. i W. R. R.
Leate Tavboro' (daily) at - 10 A.M.
Arrire at Tarboro' (ilaily) at - - S 30 P. M.
WASHINGTON MAIL VIA GREENVILLE,
FALKLAND AND SPARTA.
I.tave Tarboro' (daily) ai - - 6 A. M.
Arrive at Tarboro' tiiaily) at - 6 1. M.
I.ODUCS.
rh lights and the Places of ?fictliif-
Concord R. A.Cbaoter No 5, N. M. Law-J
leiice, Hlsh Priest, Masonic Hall, monthly
convocations first Thursday!- evtiry mouth at
10 o'clock A. M.
Coucord Lod?e No. 5, Thomas Gatliu,
Master, Masonic Hall, meets first Friday night
it 7 o'clock P. M. mid third Saturday at 10
o'clock A. M. in every month.
Repiton Encampment No. 13, I. O. O F.,
I. B. Paluraonnfcilu, Chief Patriarch, Odd Fel
lows' Ilall, meets every first and third Thurs
day of each month.
Edjiecombe Lod2 No. 50, I. O. O. F.,
J. G. Charles, N. G., Odd Fellows' Hall, meets
every Tuesday night.
Edgecombe Council No. 122, Friend ol
Temperance, meet every Friday night at the
Odd Fellow' lialL
Advance Lode No. US, I. O. (i. T., meets
every Wednesday night at there Hall.
Zanoah Lodire, No. 235, I. O. B. B., meet
ou first and third Monday night of every
mouth at Odd Fellows' Hall.
Henry Mokp.is, President.
CHUKCIIES.
Episcopal Chinch- Services every Sunday
at 10 1-2 o'clock A. JI. and 5 P. M. Dr. J. B.
Cheshire, Rector.
Methodist Church Services every third
Sunday at eight. Fourth Sunday, morning
and night. Rev. Mr. Swindell, Pastor.
Presbyterian Church Services every 1st,
3rd and 5th Sabbaths. Rev. T. J. Allison,
Pastor Weekly Prayer meeting, Thurs
day night
"Missionary Baptist Church Services the
4th Sunday in every movth, morning aud
night. Rev. T. K. Owen, Pastor.
Primitive Baptist Church Services first
oaturday and Sunday of each month at 11
'clock.
HOTELS.
Adams' Hotel, corner Main and Pitt Sts.
O. F. Adams, Proprietor.
Southern Express Office, on Main Street,
closes every tnorning at 'JJ o'clock.
N. M. Lawrence, Agent.
PROFESSIONAL. CAKDS,
w
ALTER r. WILLIAMSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
TARBORO', N. C.
SVI1I practice in the Courts of the 2nd
J dicial Uistrit. Collections made id any
p rt of the fr-taie.
ryoffiw in Iron Front Building, Tit
Street, rear of A.'Whitlock A Co's.
Jan. 7, 1870. tf
JRANK POWELL,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
TAEXOEO', x. c
j J-Collection a Specialty.-.
Office next door to the Southerner office.
JulyS, 1875. tf
J
OS. BLOUNT CHESHIRE, JR.,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
NOTARY PUBLIC.
IT?" Office at the Old Bank Building on
Trade Street. jc25-tf.
JJOWARD & PERKY,
Attorneys and Conrselors at Law.
" TAUB0R0', N. C.
t r Practice in all the Courts, State and
Federal. nov.5-ly.
yy n. JOHNSTON,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
TARB0R0', N. C.
ftT" Attends to the transaction of busl
ness in ill the Courts, State and Federal.
Nov. 5, 1875. ly
jpREDERICK PHILIPS,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
'. TARBORO', N. C.
3T Practices in Courts of adjoining conn
ties, in the Federal and Supreme courts.
Nov. 5, 1875. ly
J,
II. & W. L. THORP,
Attorneys and Counselors at Law,
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C.
PI
IRACTICE3 in the counties of Edge
combe. Halifax, Nash. and Wilson, and
iu the Supreme Court North Carolina, aiso
iu the United States District Court at Raleigh.
Dr. G. L. Shackelford,
3D33TSTTIST,
TAEBORO', N. C.
With over eight years experience in the
practice of Dentistry, I feel assured of giving
satisfaction in all cases. Charges moderate.
t"tf Office opposite Adams' Hotel and
over S. S. Nash & Co's store.
Oct. 23, 1875. tf
'OUIS HlLLIABT),
Greenville, N.
M4HCELLU3 MOOR'E
Formerly of N. C.
HILLIARD & MOORE,
CdXTOJf FACTORS ' ?; 5
AND
Greneral
ComiDission Merchants
McPIIAIL'S ATHARF,
, NORFOLK, VA.
Keep contuhtTT on baiha'alwge;and Viirted
stocK oi uagging anu iicb.
(ieueral dealers iu Standard Fertilizers.
Liberal Cash advances mad$ on consign
tneuts. ' je 25-U.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
iJQ a day at horu!. Agents wanted.
t$l Outfit aticJ terras free. TRUE &
(JO-, AiijUFta, Mai do. i -.t -
A FARM OF YOUR OWN
IS
The Best Remedy for Hard
w Times!
FREE HOMESTEADS
if-"7 -find thw - ' f
BESTANp CHEAPEST RAILROAD
; areodthe.JijKofthe J- .X
Union Pacific Railroad,
IN NEBRASKA.
SECURE A HOME NOW." Full information
Bent free to all parts of th6 world. AddresH
O. F. DAY 13. Laud Coi-uii-iioaer ,U. JP. B.
R., Omah. Neb. - i -v - j ;
UST READING, PSYCHOMANCY, Fa
eiuation, Soul Charrcing, Mesruurism,
and Marriage Guide, showing Low eitLer sex
may fascinate and gain the love end alfaetion.
of any person they choose instantly, 400 pa-
es. By mail 50 cti. Hunt it Co., lo B. an
St., Philadelphia.
$77
WEEK guaranteed to Agents,
Male aud Female iu their own local-
. Terms OUTFIT FREE. Ad-
O. VICKEKY CO., Agusta,Mc
s! itx A P't dav at hnme. BampJ worth
Cl IW V-S1 free. STINSON i CO., l'ort-
uJ, Maine.
FITS & EPILEPSY
Positively Cured.
The worst cases of the lonirest standing, by
using
DK. HEBBARD'S CURE.
It lias Cured Thousands.
nd will give J1,C00 for a case it. will not ben
f:f. A bJUle tent vkee to all addressing
J. E. DIBBLEE, Chemist,
Oflice: 1355 Broadway, New York.
Ten years ago Messrs. G-'O. P. Rowell if
Co., established their advertising agency In
w York City. Five years ago they absorb
ed the business conducted by He John Hoop
er, who was the first to go into this kind of
enterprise. Nw they have the satisfaction
of controlling the most extensive and com
plete advertising connection which has ever
been secured, and one which would be hardly
possible iu any other country buttbis. They
have succeeded in working down ra. complex
business into so thoroughly a systematic
method that no change in the newspaper syg-
fiu uf America can escape notice, while the
widest information upon all topics interest
ing to advertisers is plactilxeadily at the dis
posal of the public.
SEW YORK "TIMES, u.
NEW FIRM !
T. E. LEWIS & CO.
Invite their friends and the public to an ex
amination of their largely increased stock of
scnooL BOORS,
MESCELUSEOUS WORKS,
STATIONERY,
FANCY GOODS,
PICTURES,
PICTURE FRAMES.
Totacco & Cigars
OF ALL GRADES.
Having purchased FOR CASH, we are en-
aLnea to otter sucu maucemenis as win in
sure ready sale.
Oevll ctndl Sco.
T. E. LEWIS & CO.
Tarboro, Feb. 4, 1870. 6m.
WEBER'S BAKERY !
rT-IlIS OLD ESTABLISHED BAKERY IS
X now ready to supply the people of Tar
boro and viciiity with all kinda ot
Bread, Cake$, French and Plain
Candies, Nuts, Fruits,
c, drc, $c,
embracing every thing nsnally kept in a Firbt
Class Establishment of the kind.
Thankful for the liberal patronage of the
past the undersigned asks a continuation,
with the promise of satisfaction.
Private Families can alwayfc havo
their Cuke Baked here at short
est notice.
Orders for Parties & Balls
promptly filled. Call and examine our stock,
next door to Bank of New Hanover.
Nov. 4.-1 y. JACOB WEBER.
TERRELL & BR0.,
DEALERS IN
AND
STAPLE DRY GOODS.
Main Street,
Near
the Bridge,
Tarloro, INT
Sept. S0-ft
Want to Sell.
1WILL SELL MY TWO STORY DWELL
ina on Uhnrch Bfa-eet, corner of Thomas
trcet nve rooms ana closets.- tue
house is newly painted and in excel
lent repair. One acre of ground is
attached under new paling. There are also
the necessary out houses. It ts a bargain for
somebody.
I will also sell a good Piano and other Fur
nknre ' Also several vacant lots on Church
Street. All in Rocky Mount, N. C.
DOSSEY BATTLE.
Oct. 29, 1875. tf
FOR RENT.
THE dwelling house ot Panola Farm, 3
rooms with Kitchen attached 1-3 acre
garden, good water. 1003 yards from Town
line Terms very easy, with privilege
of lire wood. A one horse crop also if de
sired. JNO. S. DANCY.
Jan. 13th 1876. 4V'
HEW
ADVERTISEMENTS.
PIS
. i H a f irn 'A rfeSf
MS.aiKixJ .111 111
flthoif Portas4rt Waterffewrafid CfeicL
u
" : Baft toy i olMuMd BtoW. W- m. -z
With all latent iwi'proYfiments.
Largast Oven and Flues. Longest Fire Box for long wood
Ventilated Oven, Fire' Back and Fire Box Bottom h.
sores a Quick, Sweet and Even Bake and Roast
Swing Hearth and Ash Catch. Won't soil floor or carpet.
Durable Daubi tni BrieJ Cciortnd Ring Covers.
Burns butlittU wood Hji$tca or Solid Iron Front.
Carefully Fttterf SmcoTfJgs. No Old Scrap Iron.
NlcW Plated Trimmisgt ;! 5" m4fifM. PfiVfl
Greofld and Silvar-like fcl.au E4s and ' Mouldings.
Heavy. Best New Iron- Won't crack.
' . W-BSA1TJI3- SATISFACTOSY.
Mannfactarcd by
RATH BONE, SARD &. CO., Albany, N. Y.
- Odd hi m EuUrhuiSia Dealer in ttcry Tow
W. G. LEWIS, Agent,
Nov. 12, 13(5.0m.? & i - Tar.boro.VN. &Jj
- FALL STOCK.
NEWjGOODS
JIST RECEIVED.
Dress Goojls, . j
LVAXVA - IK'S
J 'GlovS; Merina
Vest and Shirts
Hatsf Hosicrv4
Cassiineres, Jeans;
Bleached and "i ,
Brown -Muslins,
Ladies and; Gents
Boston and ' Phil-
adelphia. Hand
Made Shoesy c ;? f "
CroclvOrA',' Hard-
ware & c, &q.
Call and Examine f
fi A pleasure ,to shffir Goods.
T. H. QATLIN.
Tarboro, Oct. let, 1875.
AMERICAN AND FOREIGN
PATENTS.
G1LMORE &CO.,' Sieeessors to CHIP
MAN, HOSMER & CO.; Solicitors. Patents
procured in all countries. No Fees is Ad
vance, wo cnarge unless the patent a-Bran-
ted. No fees fyr. makinpreiiwiuaty exam
inations. No additional Fees for obtaining
and conductinjr rehearing. By a recent de-'
cision ot tha Commlseiouerl ALlY rejected
applications may bd revive.'' TSpeclal at.en-j
tion ivn to iBierfonnce -Caae. btor the ;
Patent Office Extensions before! Congress, ,
Infringement Suits in vdifferut . SUrtee, ;ad
all litigation appertaining V9 lavemtlone or
Patents. Send stamp to Gilmore & Co., for
pamphlet of sixty pages. "- -
LAND CASES, LAND WAR
RANTS and SCRIPT t
Contested Land Case prosecnted before
the U. S. General Land Office and Depart
ment, of the Interior. Private Land Claims,
MINING and PRE-EMPTION -Claims, and
HOMESTEAD Cases attended to.i Land
Scrip in 40, 80 and ICO acre pieces for sale.
This Scrip is assignable, and t an be located
iu the name ol the purchaser Hpon any Gov
ernment land subject to private entry, at
$1.25 per acre. It is of equal value with
Bounty Land Warrants." Send stamp to Gil
more & Co., lor pamphlet of instruction.
ARREARS of PAY and BOUN-
"... ty. : -
Officers, Soldiers, and Sallois of the late
war or their heirs, are in many cases enti
tled to money from the Government of
which they .havo no knowledge Write lull
history of service,- and state amount of pay
and bonsty tfceived. Enclose stamp to Gil
more A C and a full reply, aft erexami na
tion, will be given you free. . ,
PENSIONS. f i
All Officers, Soldiers, and Sailors wounded,
ruptured, or injured io he late War, hcrw ever
slightly, can ootaia a pension uy auurBiug
Gilmore A Co. " ''
Cases prosecuted by GILMORE &CO.,
before the Supreme Court i of tko X'uited
States, the Court of Claims, and the South
ern Claims Commission.
: Each deoartmeut of our business is con
ducted In a seperate bureau, under ctiarge of
the same experienced names employed, by
the old firm. Prompt attention to all busi-1
nessentrnste to Gilmore & Co., ia ihuase-i
cured! We desire to win success by. deserv-
AddVess. fjlLMOR i CO.,
1 5 829 F. Street,' WasTiington,' V, C.
Rocky Mount Hotel,
G. W. Hammond, Prop'r. ,
POLITE AND ATTENTIVE SERVANT3
always, ai.iUt,pcpot.OBr the arrival of
trains, to conduct guests telle Hotel. ,
; It is the Traveler's delight.t f t t i r f
LageFBeeVCTfne
KEEPS CONSTANTLY ON HAND ALL
tBeiFjBe WINES jwi LIQUORS, 4TO
BACCO and CIGARS, next door to S,
Williamson's.., . i- . .e
ERHARD ftSMUTli
Oct. 8, 1875.-tv,an nc -roprUitor. ,
4Z. fa &)A Day-aft- home. Terms free
13 til t-U Address G. Stiksom Co., Portland
M 'W 9 1
v.
At
oxo somoirrttt.
4 -
March. 3 187S
IIAHD WOBK.
vmond inurston,
I believe
joaare insaneH' f. . 4 .
As A"raabel spcke"er voice 'liaJ
a Bharp qiiMrer' 'Of pain 'a3 well as
anger. She was very proud of her
brother proud cf his handsome
faceypfoad'otiis"' talents and she
considered he was about to degrade
himself.sOciajlyif nt (aorally, by
the stand he had announced him
self to "Tiave taken. Seeing her
passionate outcry had not moved
him, she said pleadingly :
Hare jou;nr pride left?. You
wWfiad all the old Thurston pride
oftceT -"
I 'I have iust so much pride left.
Amabel, tie answered, 'that 1 can
not sitiiere-.eatipg"! the. bread .of
m&eii nnmhef Akp n ' c
'Yba know you are more than
welcome here.' -
'I do know it. I appreciate your
husband's kindness at its full value,
-Amabef, iLh,opfc tho'day will come
wheu 1 can prove it. And, sis, I
am only too thankful that you have
his trur lore and strong arm : now,
hen JiaveMost si- much. Kofw,'
(JarltSf, dsn't try;to hold me back
from honest employment.'
1 'But Raymond, you surely can
obtain some gentlemanly position V
'I have boen trying faithfully for
six mvnJhs,fsrou know with 'what
irpt;t jt-i
succere.- lre don t 4ok.- at me
so pitiful, it will come right one of
these days.' .
'I -wonder what Bertha iaines
will say when she sees you perched
upon the driver's seat of an express
cart'"
For the first time the forced com
posure of Riymond's face was stir
red. A dark red flush crept t his
very hair, and ho arose and walked
up and dJwn the room. Glad to
have him moved at last, his sister
said:
'With her aristocratic ideas and
the pride that is inborn in her fam
ily, she will never recognize you
again, Raymond.'
'Then I must lose the honor of
her friendship Raymond replied
hoarsely. Don't pay any more,
Amibel " And unaleite bsar &ny
further remonstrance he left the
roam, an$ a little later the house.
The Thurston pride of which Am
abel had spoken was stinging him
sorely, iD spite f the brave face he
carried to cover it. He was a man
of twenty-eight, and his life had
held (inly the pleasures of wealth,
the opportunities money gives for
the development of intellect, for
twenty-seven years. His parents
died when he was a boy, and Ama
bel, his only sister, fifteen years his
senior, married when she was twen
ty, and gave her brother a home,
whenever he was not traveling, or in
some seminary or college. While
he considered himself a rich man,
Raymond had accepted this hospi
tality as freely as it was oiercd,
and Amabel's jewel case, her hus
band's library, and her children's
playroom bore witness of her broth
er's generosity. But suddenly,
without warning, there swept over
the country one of the devastating
financial, crashes bo .overwhelming
in this land of speculation, and
Raymond was recalled from Enrope
by his brother-in-law, informing
him that his entire patrimony had
been swept away. Investments
that had seemed to the young man,
ignorant in all details, as secure as
they were flattering, had fallen to
rum, and few hundred dollars on
ly were left of what had been a
noble fortune.
At first Raymond did not realize
the extent of his misfortune. He
was still young, well educated, in
perfect health, and certainly the
world had some nicho where he
could eara an honest living. But
weeks of seeking gave him a keen
er knowledge of his misfortune.
Friendir who had been willing to
smoke his cigars and drink his
wine, who were yet willing to ex
tend every Bocial greeting, shook
their heads when asked to confide
any portion of their business into
his keeping.
Brought up to study, to live a
.life of elegant leisure, Raymond
Timrston at twenty-eight knew ab
solutely ..nothing of business, nor
bad he studied any one branch suf-
f .1 f inn
iicienj'y , to . quiuy nimseu lor a
teacher. Hs , tried faithfully to
get! Bomef employment, , .spending
what little remained of nis fortune
with the lavish hand that had not
yet Jearned of economy.
Society welcomed him home af-
Jer.twoy ears of wanderhig for Am-
ibelTSarclay kept bpen house for
her friends, and liaymond was a
faToritetinifcer circle. Her hus
band, many years her senior, had
long retired from business with a
large income, and while he gave
Raymond cordial welcome, had no
opportunity to aid in finding occu
pation. And Bertha Haines, the friend
from whom Raymond parted two
years before, in this renewed inter
course became to him more than
ever, was a friend before. Thev
had not" thought of love In the 'days
when the- girl Svas a debutante in
societynd Raymond "one of " its
favorite beaux, butirhen they met
after the long parting, some new
emotion stirred both hearts. They
did hot kuow what made the . hour3
pass so quickly when they were ta,
gether,,. nor, recognize the subtle
charm tht dwelt for each in the
other's j)resencej for many a week.
Raymond was the first to avrakeh
to the knowledge' that love was the
charm that bound him to Bertha's
side,' whenever" Bhe was-present;
that' it was love that made her eyes
sparkling eyes,.' so beautiful in their
expression ;. iha-Jove tunedViher
rolvtJ 8v iiittdicAlIy ; that lave. made
her tho dearest of all women id His
eyes.
Amabel was
delighted.
Bertha
friends,
was one ot her Own
her Own fast
and Bertha's father a
standing and influence.
merchant of
Aside from
this the girl had inherited. money
from her mother.. Altogether;: Arn
abel decided the jocatph would be
charming. But a hint to that, ef
fect met one of Raymond's sternest
frowns, such as had never visited
his face in the old amusing " days.
'Never speak of it again'4 Ama
bel,' he said, 'I am no' fortune hun
ter to live upon the money of a
rich wife. I'll carve out my j own
way first.' . . .ui tJ
But carving his own way proved
tedious work till desperate at his
many failures, he accepted a, posi
tion, offered in jest, of driVaof an
express wagon.
'I Jo understand horses,rhe said,
'if I cannot sell goods" or keep any
books.' ' ' :'
It proved harder work, however,
than in the first Hush of his das-
peration he had imagined. JNot
the mere work ; that he soon con
quered; but the slights, rudeness,
and stares of his old friends. Some
few recognized the true nobility
that accepted honest labor rather
than an easy dependance upon his
wealthy connections, but these were
few.
A week passed, when one morn
ing, delivering some goods at one
of the most fashionable stores on
Broadway, as he went out, Ray
mond saw JLertna liaines opening
the door of her low carriage. An
impulse made him start forward to
h?nd.her v.ut, only to lrw back
crimson with confusion and drop
the hand he was lifting to raise his
hat. The sweet musical voice he
loved spoke at once :
'Please, Mr. Thurston, help me
with this obstinate door. It will
stick.'
He went forward, then with all
thb easy grace of manner that had
ever marked his intercourse with
ladies. The little gloved hand was
extended to meet his as she thank
ed him.
'Its too bad vou are engaged,'
she said. 'I should like to borrow
vour artistic eve to aid me in se-
leeting a dress for my reception on
Thursday evening. But you will
come and tell me how I succeeded
alone, will you not V , .
'Do you really wish me to come
now ?'
'I do.'
'Then I will come ! I mu3t say
cood morning:, and he left her with
v.
a most courteous bow.
But while the great express wag
on rattled down the streets, Miss
Haines turned away from the store
she had been entering and re-entered
her carriage.
'To my father's, she 6aid to the
driver,, and rt " few moments later
the merchant looked up from his
ledgers to see bis only child, in a
faultless walking dress entering the
counting house.
'Another check !' he said, moving
a chair to her 'How much this
time ?'
'Nothing ! I want to talk to you.
Shut the door so those horrid men
can't hear me.'
The door was closed, and privacy
.1 . J T .1.
in tne sanctum secureu. xenua
astonished her paternal relative by
bursting into a passion of weeping
'Why, Bertha !' he cried.
'Nevermind, papa. Itisallover
now. Do you remember what you
said to me when Raymond Thurs
ton asked for some employment
here :
'Not exactly '
'i do. xou said that a man
brought up as he. had. been would
want a sinecure : that he would
never come down to real work, and
that you had no position for a, fine
gentleman; that his offer to take
subordinate position and learn the
business was simply a farce.
'Did I say all that, Bertha
To me you did. I suppose you
dismissed him politely enough. But
papa, if vou thought he was really
in earnest, really meant to work for
a. living, would you not give him a
chance here ?' . ." ' ' " '
'Yes. He has capacity, brains,
and a splenid address. But, he
has been an idler all his life.'
'He is no idler now. He is dri
ing an express cart.'
Bertha !'
'He is. I met him not an hour
ago. He thought I was going to
cut him. As if she added, with
magnificent scorn, 'I would slight
an old friend in adversity.'
.'Biess my soul ! Driving an express-wagon
I JSed Thurston's boy !
Educated at Harvard I Dear me !
Did you notice; whose wasjon it was
Bertha ?'..-
Bertha had not noticed, and the
old gentleman .bustled into his, coat
and started; for the office. At din
ner he informe'd; Bertha that Ray
mond had . accepUd a place in his
own vlargev establishment, with a
frank confession of his profound ig
norance of all business affairs, but
ia,earuest-resolution to learn well
andspeedily whatever appertained
to the duties entrusted to him..
.It was. not "many weeks before
.MrjilZaineS' congratulated himse.lf
upon. ; the attisitien -pf his; new
clerk. He tojd Borthi -Marvekus
stories of Ttajmoud's rapid progress
he was making, in his new life,
knowing of, the "long nights spent
in poring over pledgers . aad ac
counts,, the many misgivings the
ne.w clerk felt, The same ac
tive brain,' and quick intelligence
the young student had brought to
gain colleg- hancZ3 ..h&'a- stood in
good stead in niaate.ria the intrica
cies in MVoices,''ho"ok'-keepihg, and
counting-house mysteries, and Ray
noad gained , favor rapidly in the
eys as his employer.
It is a question whether actual
merit would have advanced him
quita soffreely as be was promoted,
hard as he worked, and steadily as
ho improved. ,But Mr. Hains wer
fhipped , his ...oaly. child,, and the
burst of. tears in tho counting-house
told Lirn "the secre't'ljei-tha success
fully concealed from all others. , A
EeTf-uiade man hunsf, with an am
ple fortune to theonc1, Btrtha al
ready held he laid -no stfeS3 oh mon
ey in thinking of a son-in-law. En
ergy, industry, integrity, those were
the foundations obis wn fortune,
and these were, the qualitiee he des-
ired m a
life companion for ,
the
child who was tho -hope aud
of his old age.
pride
The closer ties were bond that
drew Raymond ThuTstcn to h'ini in
business, the more he honored and
esteemed the sterling worth of the
man he so long: regarded as a mere
butterfly of fashion, one of fashion's
spoiled children. - And learning to
respect his worth he had also learn
ed to love the frank, bright face,
the clear ringing voice, and the ev
er ready courtesy of the young
clerk. It grew td' be a vcrMre-
quent occurrence for him to ask the
support of the strong young arm
when the streets were slippery, and
at the door to inviie Raymond to
dine, sure of a beaming look of
pleasure- from Bertha.
There came a day, after two long
years of faithful fccrvice, when
Raymond was informed in tho
privacy of his counting-house, that
a junior partnership was his if he
would accent it. Some emotion
checked the utterance of Raymond's
hearfelt gratitude
He extended
his hand, to meet a
cordial gra?p,
and hear :
'Yes, yes ! 1 know. And now,
f you want to tell Bertha the news,
you can take a holiday.'
'Jday 1 tell her more t May I
tell her I love that the one hope
of my life is to win her love in re
turn
'You may tell her that' 1 have
been your most sincere friend and
warmest well-misher for two vears.
You may tell her,' and the old
man s twinkled, 'that i have looked
upon you as a son cver since the
day. she met you driving and ex
press wagon.' .., . .......
'And behaved l.kc an angel :
JLUJ, Y -, VI LUUICL, I Ilk ,
always
do. There, get along with vou.
I'm busy. Take ray love to Bertha,
if you are not overburdened with
your own.
And. so you know the rest.
There was a woddiug, end Amabel
gave the bndeaparure of diamonds,
and owned, when iu a burst of con
fidence Bertha told her the whole
story, that after ail, Thurston's
pride was never so good in the end
as Raymond s pride.
Description of ths Dismal Swamp. '
,jt Alcx, Iluntel, the brilliant South
ern correspondent of the Forrest
and Stream, writes - up the Dismal
Swamp" In its last number. We copy
a brief extract : ,
a ,"So unlike any othir . place, so
weird, strangely solemn, so utterly
still and silent, that It inspires tho
the traveler with '"a nameless awe
and an intense " fascination. Tho
immense cypress trees, with ' bare
trunks : ? and interlacing boughs,
stand like pillars supporting a iret
ted. dome in seine vast cathedral,
anl,the;.dim aisles stretch away off
all around you and powfallv ex
cite imagination. One can stand and
imagine himself in Avernoas, con
demned to wander through a vast
unpeopled shade all alone ; doomed
tobe seeking some object senti
ment with life, but never finding it;
followed by grin remorse where
ever he fle 1, ever by his side, and
never leaving him, except when his
crime was expiated. ,De Quincey,
in his confession of. an 'Opium
Eater draws just such, a pic'ure.
He belieyed that, he had committed
such a great sin that even the croc-
odiles shuddered when they heard
it ; and he dreamed that he was
hunted ly Bramah, the Hindoo god,
through the forest, the jungles and
the swamps of the Indies, but find
ing no resti : ; -
"It was as late as tho Revolu
tionary war that a hunter named
Drummond .first discovered the
lake. It seems he went hunting
one day, and allured by the wound
ing of a bear, he followed the trail
far in the interior, until ho hope
lessly lost his way. lie was the first
white man whose footsteps evc-r
trod this unknown land, and he
must hare been terrible frightened,
for tradition, rumor uod supersti
tion had made this swamp a verita
ble enchanted land, within whose
realms dwelt warlock?, witches
and goblins, and such uncanny
beings. .There were tales told, too,
of. vast wild animals of surpassing
strength and fierceness, the like oi
which mortal eyes never saw before.
The whole placo was peopled by on
ly an immortal race. One cannot
nelp fancying his feelings during
his three day's wandering, his con
stant action and incessant; .struggles
and at last a helpless despair at
ever getting out of the labyrinth,
and then his ecstacy and ii lL'ht
when he at last discovered the iak,
placid in its beauty, and gloauun
like gold in the sunlight. L;ikc
Drummond is a splendid sheet of
water, and is ov:;l in. shape. It is
seven miles long and four miles
wide. There is no beach whatever,
the forrest growiug clear up to its
boundaries.
"The water looks black, but when
examined in a glass it is the color
of light wine. It is tinted and
tinctured by juniper and pum
leaves, and other decaying vcgita
ble matter. This water is consid
ered a fine medicinal drink; and
invalids afflicted with
pulmonary
diseases have been so benefitted by
it as to remain several months in
the vicinity where they would have
daily access to its healihgivin wa
ters. Another peculiarity is, that
it keeps pure for a great length of
time, and is often used by ships
going on a long voyage, w ho li3ve
their water casks filled from Lake
Drummend. A popular delusion
was that this lake had no bottom,
but Commodore Barron of the
United States Navy once sounded
it, and the greairst der'n in the
middle was only fifteen feet, the
average being ten feet. The bot
tom is generally composed of
but sometimes of pure white.sand."
Bsis Eoyd.
As the young person wIk
calls
her eselt lle liovd paid a
visit to
Charleston not long ago, the follow
ing statement by a St. Lot s pa: i r
will have a mourn ul merest
j some of our charitable leaders
Perhaps the memories and
11K
dents of thirteen years ago are not
pleasant, and that is the reason the
once famous Confederate spy has
secluded herself from the pay
ing investigations of the curious,
and in a measure effectually con
cealed from the public her identity
with the daring, dashing girl who,
in the days of our national distress,
cast consequences behind, and
pursued her own adventurous career.
Perhaps, too, written in the records
of those days, are some passages in
her life which sho would now wish
to be forever obliterated. It nnt
ters not what the motive may be,
the woman who was once known far
and wide as Belle Boyd, and some
cf whose exploits have found au
enduring place in history, lias for
some years led the quiet life of a
respectable matron ia the city of
St. Louis. No consideration, ap
parently, can induce her to lay
aside this quiet domestic life to
appear agaiu before the public.
She has another name now, anil
husband and children, and if the
individual lives, the, name, at least,
has ceased to exist. -or does she
or the Tery few p.rsons who know
her identity with the daring, spy
care to recall that nanrc ogain from
the tomb of the years in which it is
buried.
So careful has Mrs. o;,d
her friends been iu guarding this
secret, that even when impesters
have assumed her uisc
irdtd
iiatne
and traversed several Southern
States appealing to public sympathy
in the character of lecturers, she
has said nothing and charged her
friends to sav nothing, and her
silence has proved to be tho op
portunity of the pretenders tc make
money on her credit. Perhaps the
fact that the once celebrated Belle
Boyd is now a respectable natron,
residing in this city, would never
have been revealed to the public had
not her father been a mombcr of
the Masonic fraternity, afct which
being known has been utilized by
the fictitious Belle Boyd who has
traversed Alabama, Georgia, the
Crolinaa and Florida cver where
calling upon the brotherhood for
advice and sympathy.
But a description of the deceiver
was printed in an Atlanta paper,
and that description was read by
the brethren of Equality Lodge, No.
44, A. F. and A. M., at Martns
burg, West Virginia, to which
Lodge Dr. R. Boyd, father of the
realBelle Boyd, belonged. These
Masons had known the real Belle
in the days of her girlhood as a
bright-faced, bluceyed, light haired
taaiden, and thus knew that tho one
who called herself Belle Byd, with
p. brunette complexion, black eyes
and hair dark as the raven's wing,
was not the real Bel'e, and so as
late as the 22nd of January the
Lodge prepared a circular addressed
to tho brethren throughout the
country ta beware of
the impostor.
tb A XT Cf (lfo
Among other thins
ihe real
Belle
Bovd is now mar
ried, and living in St.
Louis, Mo.,
wiiii nc-r husband ana her mother.
i.
ar.d two brothers reside in Balti
more. Thij letter is sisrned bv
is signed
Alexander. Parke W.
Hughes, (Secretary.
M., and
B.
Un bright Sunday mornings,
trio consisting of an
aged
woman.
a hale, well looking man, of mid-d'e-age,
a rather tall, thin lady, of
u.id. lie-age, with deep-blue eyes,
light hair and sharp, Roman fea
tures, may be seen entering a cer
tain church in this city. The old
lady is Belle Boyd's mother, the
gentleman her husband, and the
middle aged lady is tlg vcritible
i)el!e Bovd of the war times.
Ths Small E:y.
Ho was ten years old. He had
a red nose tears in his eyes, ragged
clothes, and he was awful sorry.
'It makes a shiver run up and
down my back when I think cf
this boy standing on a street-corner
and calling pedestrians names,'
said His Honor gravely.
'it was in fun !' wailed the lad.
'Think of his calling men 'old
bald-headed and the like of that!'
'Jim put me up to it !'
'I don't want to saw him in two,
and it's too late now to use him fcr
fish-bait, but this boy needs re
formnig.' 'i'll reform I'll reform !' called
tho lad.
'I don't want to send him to pris
on, and yet I fear he will turn out
a bad boy.'
'Try me try me I'll never call
names no more !' sobbed the boy.
His Honor left his chair, walked
down t tho boy, and putting a
hand
said :
on his head he solemnly
'Bub. a bald-headed man isn't to
blame fur it. He'd have hair there
if he could. I am bald, and Bijah
is bald, but we always pay one
hundred cents on the dollar and
never dead-beat a street car. You
m iy go home, but if you come again
1 shall know that you want to turn
out a Dick Turpin, and I shall deal
with you accordingly.'
And the boys sang :
Ti,e:e was an old woman who had a good
l..r?,
A';d nholher who had a good cat ;
The feline was lean, and rather mean,
And the donj he wasn't fat,
Xow, ('lie autumn day, in childish play,
The owner of this feline
CiniP to her pate and didn't wait
To hear the other 'lecline.
llul I her did s-ay.in positive tones,
"1'hat .--ad eyed canine I will scald
If he touches my cat you caujust het cn
that
And his owner I vo .v to snatch bald !'
Soma other wcrls passed some clawing
was done
Sosuo hair llew lively around
',aeh woman was hit, each woman was
And to end it the coj s arcun 1.
CHRISTIAN MEANNESS.
A Short Sstisl Sermon-
Christian meanness ! Is there,
can there 1 e, any such thing ? Yea,
verily, or else many of our pro
fessed christian churches, are so
only in name. 'The laborer i3
wcrthy of his hire,' said Jesus
Christ, the great head of the church.
The faithful preacher of the gospel,
the humble shepherd of the flock,
certainly earns his living. And
yet, what a burning disgrace to the
treatment which many of these de
vote! servant3 of God receive. No
other class of men is so scantily and
grudgingly paid. The lawyer, the
doctor, the butcher, baker and
shoemaker, all whoso labors end
with the perishing body, get their
wages pro
mptly
anu
cheerfully.
x he earnest worker lor tue gooa
of the immortal soul, alone, is
cramped aad pinched and haggled
with. We know a so-called 'chris
tian congregation' that actually dc
ducted a week's salary from the
miserable pittance they bargained
to pay their minister, for every
Sunday that the aged and self
sacraftcing man lost by sickness !
Can it be possible, that even all
hell will alford a bake-oven small
enough to accommodate such chris
tian souls? Ministerial brethren,
you can't convert sinners, by
preaching the gospel to them at
half-price. Any sinner who i3
willing to get his religion on such
terms, will be satisfied with a
wretchedly poor article. A con
gregation that will not pay you
enough to support you comfortably,
needs a missionary more than a
1 astor. 'Deadheading' on the
heavenly road is, or ought toN be,
played out. A picayune saint ain't
worth a damaged pewter spoon.
The way to make nioniy
tisc, m the Southerner.
alver