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BE STJEE YOU AEE EIGHT - THEN GO AHEAD.-D. Crockett.
VOL. 51.
TAKBORO N. 0., FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1876.
.NO. 14.
GENERAL. DIRECTORY.
TAmSOJi'.V.
Mivoh Fred. Philips.
Comm
A. Will
1 W. 1!
ua -i
u lit.
I.. Ja
Aicx. cob Feblenheimer, Duii
McCabe, .Joseph Cobb.
SSOKBTAKY A TllEASl'ltl'.i
-no!
t. W!
hurst.
Outer or Poi.ies Join V. Cu
A8jIST.1NT I'nUCB 'ohn M!ri
Si uonsou, A'.timorc Mnadr.
( t) ! V.
S:tp.-rior Court Cur': airf
II. L. Stilton, Jr.
,-iisler of Deeds Alc.v. ?
Sheriff . I o s ? p h C o b b .
Coroner
Treasurer Robt. II. Au-.lin.
Surveyor John E. Raker.
Standard Keeper J. B. Hyatt
S.''i)ol Ilrmniiii'm. I . H. Si:
Da-an and R. Willia..'-?.
I
Win. .
Keeper I'iior ILmse Win. A
Commission en -Tr.o. I, im a.
WiK-v Wol!, .1. B. W. Norville
M. Excra. A. MvCabc, Clerk
Fran!-
ariuval ami iiKi"Ai:Tt::K
NORTH AND SOUTH VIA W.
Ijpave Tarboro' (daiiyl at
Arrive at Tarboro' (daily) at
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li
WASiiiNCTuN :.rib VIA
RKKNVlLl.n. j
FALKLAND AXI irlWKTA.
Iiavo Tarri' (dailyl .it - - 0 . T.
rrivo at Tarboro' (.laiiyl t - - ti 1". M.
riio 'ijjit iisiA llc Places of ItictlHS-.
Coaeor.1 R. A. Chaptc-r o. 5. N. M. Law
re:i,?, Hih Priest, Masonic Hail, lncihly
convocations first. Xlnu'sclay iu ev .ry inor.th at
10 o'clock A. M.
Concord Lode No. rS, Thomas (iailit!,
Master, Masonic Hall, r.iot ts tirst F rhlay lti'ht
it 7 o'clock P. M. and third fNunr.'.'.y at 10
o'clock A. M. in every mouth.
Repiton Encatrnmeut Xo. IM, I. (). O I'.,
I. B. PalaniO!uit.ii!i,Chien'.itriavch.()di; F.-'-Ivs'
Hall, meets every tlrst and third Thurs
day of each month.
Ed-womb.? LoJjra No. 5d. I. O. O. F
T. W. Toler, N. Odd Fellows' ilail,
meets vory Tuesday niiit.
Edgecombe Council No. P-J. Fiitiids (!
rPin;ieraiicc, meet cverv Fridv iiiUt it !:: I
Odd Fellows' Hall. ' " j
Advance I.odire No. I. f. C. T., et.- .
every Weilncsday nijrlit oi there Hall.
Zanoah Lod-e, No. I. (). 15. I'.., m.-et j
oil tirst and third Monday r.i'rht of wry j
month at Odd Fellows' Hal!, A. WLit'.ock, I
President. j
cistircsii-N.
Fpis.-opal Ctturch Services t
at 10 1-a o'clock A. M. and 5 P.
Chcshher-Rcctor.
Methodist Church Service?
Snndav ot everv moist!), morin
Dr. J.
r- Voi;;
aad nit:!
1st i5miday at niirht and ."it!: bunday at n ": : i ' .
Rev. Mr. Swindell, Pastor.
Prexhfiterinn Church Services every 1st,
3rd and' 5th Sabbaths. Rev. T. J. Alii'on,
Pastor Weekly Prayer lneetic.ir, Thurs
day night
Missionary Hitptist Church Services th'
4th Sunday in every nioi th, liio;i.';r,i; and
ni','ht. Rev. T. R. Owen, Pastor.
Primitive Baptist Church Services first
Saturday aud Sunday of each mouth at. 11
o'clock.
HOTKI.S.
Adam' Hotel, corner Main and Pht S:s.
v. F. Adams, Proprietor.
KXPKIiSS.
Southern Express Office, on Slain Street,
closes every morning at o'clock.
N. M. Lawrence, At.ent.
iiton;ssioA.ii, caisds.
-- :- - - - -: j
P. WILLI Ail SON, j
7 ALTER
ATTORNEY AT
TAREORO', N. C.
iTill practice in tht Courts of t!n
v dicial District. Collections male i:
rt of the '-taie.
lr (iffice in Iron Front Bui'dir
Street, rear of A. Whi'Jock & Co s.
Jan. 7, 1S70.
"JRANK POWELL,
Attorney and Counselor at Lav,
TARBORCf, X. C.
t'a' Collection" a. SpociaKjr. 3
Office next door to the Southerner oliic-'.
July 2, 1S73. tf
JOS. bioont cnEsiniiE, JIl,
ATTORNEY AT LAV ,
AM)
NOTARY PUSLI0.
Office at the Old Bank BaP.dhrj: o
Trade Street. je-JVif.
OWARO & PER
Attorneys ana Counselors at Law
TARC0R0', N. C.
y Practice in all the Courts, State
Federal. nov.-l-lj
II. JOHNSTON,
Attorney and Counselor a,t Lav,
TARB0K0', N. C.
Attends to the transaction of bus
ness in all tho Courts, Slate and Feder il.
Nov. 5, 15-75. ly
jpRF.IJKIUCK PIIIL1 1'S,
Attorney and Coun3:-lor at Law,
TARBORO', N. C.
Practices in Courts of adjoirm conn
ties, in the Federal aud Supreme Co ni ts.
Nov. 5, 1875. ly
J,
U. & Vv. L. THORP
Attorneys and Counselors at Lav
ROCKY MOUNT, X. C.
PRACTICES in the counties of E
combe. Halifax, Nash and Wil on,
iu the Supreme Court North Carolin.',
in the United Slates District Court at Rail
ind
als
DR. E. D. BARNES,
Surgeon Dentist,
Itlniii Street,
TARBORO', :.. C.
J.V" All wotk
satisfaciton.
wart anted to
eive enti
1'fb.lS-tf.
Dr. G. L. Shackelford,
X 213 TXT 3? I BSD,
TARB0H0', TS. C.
Ojjice opposite Admnr? Hotel, over S. S. Xei.h if
Cut Hture.
')winir to the strinifency of the limes, I
iave reduced my charges tor all operation to
a standard Unit will nut fail to suit ever; one.
Care of children's leetli and 1'l iie icorh a
specialty.
Satisfaction trtiarat;' vd in all cases.
March 17, 1!57G. ly.
Lag
Beer & Wine
SAIjOOIV.
K
EE PS CONSTANTLY ON HAND ALL
the Fine WIN F..S and LIQUORS, 'U-
BACCU and Ci'iAl
.3, opposite Adams' JXo-
tel.
ERIIARD DEMUTII,
Proprietor.
Oct. S, li7o.-tf.
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t'orti and vi- ii.ity wi
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of the
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with the
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xamine our .-t'c!
proms
next .!
ly tilled. (
or to SSanl
and
New liar..
JACOl
R
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ii IN
lioarding ilouso.
LS at ail UQU
XEiiS SERVL!) IN LVEitV STYLE.
A !'ood st':c
oi CKiARrf and TOBACC'i)
always on hand.
S'i i"i:ii!' vciir
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SPiE
Trail-.'
ac'Dinmoii
I Table P.o.
cpt. -i A, ;
Cu -tomf.-i s
Tarhoro'.
'OUIS lili.t.IVl'.
(treenville,
AtiCKJ.I.VS oo::e
Formerly of N. C.
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4 -.' 2 i
COT'S' l7i l'A(;TOi:s
AMI
uommis?
VcP
AIL'S. WHARF,
NORFOLK, VA.
Ecep coirani'v .n 1. u.d a iarue ..ml varied
stock ol'Bain: and 'lies.
General dealers in Standard Fertilisers.
Li bt ral Cah advances made ou consign
ments, je t'O-it.
MISCELLANEOUS.
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tti .V
;j t vt n a j j
Mil Clcset
in :
: ir3 ucx icr ic
r:,-3 Dcx Dc
-in.
Z'.'M Bal.c and Rast
'oil scii ?jsr or carpet.
Da;o.i Cr.t-s
iing Covers.
Iron Front.
i.cti cr
No Q!J Sera? lro
L'.-oJ Ci Doors.
irst ar.d fiioultilngs.
'Won't crack.
-'3 r"
V R Fi
Die
it,ii
, Collar;
and
Culls,
Glovers "Alerina
est
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shirts,
ii
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f '.lcciinfWQ
j cans,
Xinin inI on;:
1 -1 -., '
v Brown Muslins,
Ladies and Gents
Boston and Phil-
adeluhia.
X
Shoes,
Hand
Mailt
Crocker v,
Hard-
A p!ca?;;ro to show Goods.
H. GATLIN.
'uiUctd', Oci. 1st.
-l.fi. tJSli v .
(i II.m Oi:',: ,! CO., Succe.-sors to CI1IP
j MAN. 1 1' .'S ; !;;: tv C(., Solicitors. Patents
p;. c,!i-d in all cuaniiics. No Fees is Ai-
vancj:. c charge nnloss im: patent is gran
ted. No f. s lor making j-rcliniicary ex.im
hiailoi.r'. No ad iitimal foe for obtaininj;
..n i ci-tidtiet-ii a rrhe irin. By ft recent deck-ion
ot the Commissioner ALL rejected
applications may be revived. Special atten
tion irivett to interference Cases before the
Patent hnVo Extensions before Conjres,
Infrini'iaent Suits in !ifferciif. States, and
all lit;y-tic:t ni pertaining to Inventions or
Patents. Semi ?tamp iu Gilniore & Co., for
pamrdih t (jf sistv liases.
hXYsj CASES," LAND WAR
EASTS aua SCUIPT. .
Contested Land Cas.es proscetttwl before
lii: U. S. (j:cral Land OUlce and Depart
i.il nt of the Interior. Private Land Claims,
MiNlN'G tmd PRE-EMPTION Claims, nnd
llij.MESTEAD Cases attended to. Land
Sci :p in -1", SO and ItiU acre jdeces for sale.
i rci ip t.s assiuauie, ana can oe loeatcu
iu tin- name the jiurchitser upon any Gov
ernment ! u:il sutject to private entry, at
1 per a -re. It is of eqnal value with
Rjiinty Land 'Warrants. Send stamp to Cil-
iiifve ec Co., or j amphlet ot lcstrnetion.
i li V I
ef FAY
TY.
b I S,
and Saiii-.s of the late
war, or ihcr '..firs, are la inanv cases, enti
tled ti ni'inev from the Government of
l.i !: t -,'-v ha vo no knowledtre. Write full
l'.!.toi y of service, and state amount of pay
and bounty received. Enclose stamp to Oil
more ec Co., a: id a full r;ply, after examina
tion, will l -i ivcu you free.
pexsioxs.
All Oilieers, Soldiers, and Sapors wounded,
rnp.ture.l, or it jured in the late war, however
slightly, can nbuiu a pension 'oy addressin
ji'more t Co.
Oar-i s prosecuted by GF
before the. Supreme Court
Stales, the Court ot Claims,
.MOI1E .tCO.,
of the United
aud the. South
ern Claims Commission.
Each department of our business is con
and 'o in a sepcratc bureau, nnuer charge ot
she sr. til" cxju'i-ieneed parties employed by
:!-. old iinn. Prompt attention to ail busi-;:e.-s
i-i:tru-tcd t- G.hnore & Co., is thus se
cured. Wo (lest: e to win success by deserv
ing b.
Address. GILMORE & CO.,
CO F. Street, Washington, D. 0.
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DEALERS IN
AND
Cm! ft -eyr
OJLiU
DRY SOOBS,
Scar
the Bridge,
C"TT? 5. -va. ITV ef-4
:o-Jt
GEO. L. TENDER,
Iiiij
T1
llv t it
uo.
Wholesale Dealers in
alia
uiuiuiii; ft) a f
m luie
GOODS.
BALTIMCSE STREET,
J. E. Ruff,"
13 sxl timore .
novlO-ly.
A. B. Faulkner,
in. R. liallett,
1 A
iia:r.irci!jrcd by
'L, SAHD & C3., Albany, tl.Y.
u L'uUrot-hsiiuj L'eiUrinecery Taw
Yv G. LF-'.VI?; Airent,
.-Cm. , T.'.vboro', N. C.
April, 7, 1S76
Ills First
Appearand
Paris.
in two
A ruan who lives uj on South
Hiii is grievously afflicted because
the lady who superintends the
weekly purifications of the wearing
apparel at his home always leaves
a network of clothes-line spread all
aroucd his hack yard, xlnd when
he made complaint to her about it
she addressed him in the musical
npeonts flliristinn Nilssou's Jaa-
Friday,
tivc lan'uafe" and " ovAhelindll3e his glistening
hirn with a torrent of-eloquence that
ho could not understand. And
when he remonstrated with his wife
and daughter about it they laughed
him to scorn, and his daughter, who
was educated at Vassar, and can
hurl her terrified parent out of the
house with one hand, told him if
he intsrfered any more in that de
partment around that house he'd
get drwned in the washtub. So
this man suffered. Oae bitter cold
morning he ran out to the wood
shed after some kindling afid the
first line caught him under the
chin ami pulled his neck till it was
a'fot kmg, and he ran into tho
house and frightened his wife into
fits. fcy his, tcrribl nppearance, and
?he threatened to apply for a divorce
if he ever made faces at her in that
way agin. It was nearly thre
hours before his neck shrunk back
toits natural size. ;And a few
nights after that he was all dressed
to rro to a party with his family
and he went bounding down the
back yard to see that the alley gate
was fastened, and a slack line
caaght him midships, let him run
t ut the slack "and them when it
hauled taut just picked him up,
tossed the errata out of him, turn
ed hirn clear over, and chucked
him down on his hack, splitting hia
coat from tail buttons to tho neck.
Aad he couldn't speak and he
couldn't breathe only about thirty
cents on the dollar, so he couldn't
answer his wife and daughte? when
they screamed to him that they
were ready, and they concluded that
he had run away to avoid going
with them so they went off without
urn ami never came lack umw
eleven o'clock and the man lay out
in the back yard U that time try
ing to die. And one time after that,
ie was jogging across the back
yard with his arms full of about
three hundred pounds ot hard woods
and he was laughing like a hyna at
something he had just read in the
llaivk-Eyc, when a clothes prop
flipped, just as he passed under the
me, and droppca on his ueaa, rais
ing a luml a3 big as an egg, and he
fell forward, and tho lino caught
right in his mouth, and sawed it
clear back to his carp, so that when
he tried to smile, the top of his
hood only hung on a hinge.
Well, these things naturally
weighed on his mind, and depressed
him, but they set him to thinking,
and he went to work and invented
a patent clothes line reel, which
was enclosed in a heavy cast iron
box, and was worked by a powerful
automatic arrangement, tou only
had to wind up the box, and set it
for a certain hour, just like an
alarm clock, and at that hour the
reel would go oil and pull on the
lino like a teamof mules, the spring
hook at the other end of the line
would let go it3 hold, and that line
weald be roiled up at the rate of
one thousand miles a minute. lie
said nothing about his invention;
but put up the box, and told som
lie about it to his family, which is
a way men have, and he set it for
seven o'clock p. M., and wound it
ud stronrr. Then he watched Miss
Kilssons, compatriot run out the
line and adiust the hook, and he
went away.
About seven o'clock that even
ins, while he wa3 toasting his feet
at the fire and reading the almanac,
tb.e tarnily were disturbed by un
mistakable indications of a fight
going on in the back yard between
a hurricane and an earthquake, in
which the earthquake appeared to
be getting a little the best ot it
The affrighted ftmily rushed to the
back door and looked upon a scene
cf devastation and anarchy. The
air was full of fragments of linen
and cotton and red flannel, and
shirt buttons and clothes pins and
little brass buckles were flying like
hail. The reel in the iron box was
making about G0,0Q0 revolutions a
minuto and was whirling around
like a thrashing machine, and the
line was tearing around the posts a
streak of runaway lightning, and
the clothes were trying to keep
along with it and around the po3ts
they were ripping, tearing and
snaping moro than any cyclon
that ever got lost, while, where ths
line shot into the hole in the iron
box the stripped stockings ani
white shirts and things, and flan
nels and yarn socks and undershirb
and more things, and apron3 and
handkerchiefs;, and sheets and
things, and pillow-slips, just foamed
and tossed wildly, and ripped and
toro and scraped until the yard and
air was so fu'l of lint that it looked
worse than an Arctic snow-3torm.
Oh, it wls dreadful ! It was ter
rible. Every-body shrieked in dis
may. 'Somebody's at the clothes-line !'
screamed the daughter.
'Good heaveoa!' yelled tli3 man,
'hadn't you taken the clothes in ?'
4N !' thy chornssed.
The man-thought he would save
what was left. lie sprang at the
clothes line. He caught the flying
hook at the end with both hands,
and the next instant, before the
terrified eyes of his shrieking wife
and daughter, he was jerked in
through the hole in the iroa box, a
quivering pass of boneless , llcsb,
skclttoa foil
rattling upon the porch.
They gathered hi3 framework off
tho porch, and unlocked the box
and drew out his covering. He
was net dead, so deftly and quickly
had he been removed ftn his frame
work. They sent for Uie doctors
but their skill could not avail to
get the man together again, and
now he sits limp and boneless, in a
high-backed easy chair, smiling
sadly at his grinning skeleton,
which eita in a chair on the opposite
side of the stove, grinning (socially
atits counterpart, and rattling hor
ribly every tiaae it crosses its bony
leg3, or scratches the top of its
glistening head with its gaunt,
ileshless fingers. And thus that
poor man his to drag out a double
existence until death comes to both
of him. It is a painful, expensive
life, foi the skeleton eats just as
much as the fie3h, and the flesh has
taken to smoking ten cent cigars
and tho skeleton can't sleep a wink
unless it has a big hot whiskey
every night at bedtime. And all
this is the result of wicked careless
ness. What a dreadful, dreadful
warning it is to those neglectful
women who leave the clothes-lines
stretched across the yard in every
direction after night. From the
Burlington HaicTceye.
Oar Washington
Letter.
Washixgtox, D. C, )
April, 1st 187G. $
AWtTL GRANT A3 A LADIES' MAN.
Awful Grant, brother of the Pres
ident, who figures in thj post tra
der;;hip business, has achieved a
rep'atation in Washington s-aa..Ad-
mirer of the fair sex. It was not
long since that a young lady, a
clerk in tho pension office, waa noti
fied by her landlady that her room j
was wanted. The young lady, who, i
by the way, was very pretty, asked
tor no explanation; understanding
that, if she did so, she would be
told that it wa3 on account of her
undue familiaritv with the brother
of the President. The particular
circumstances of this case are known
to but few in Washington. Two
years since, tne lady in question
came here from Virginia, and,
through the influence of Congress-
t i
men, secured a clerical position in
the pension office. She had rela
tives here; among them, a good
looking male cousin, with whom she
soon became improperly intimate.
l'his intimacy continued for some
time. She finally made the acquains
tance of Awful Grant, who supplan
ted the cousin in her affections.
The latter,however, persevered in
his attentions, and, finally, to rid
himself of a rival, Awful proposed
to him that he accept a better pay
ing position in the Baltimore post
office ; saying ho could secure such
a position for him. This proposi
tion was declined, and, a short time
thereafter, the male cousin was per-
emptorialy discharged, as he be
lieves, at the instance of Awful
Grant. The unfortunate cousin is
now in Philadelphia. The lady in
question is still in the pension of
fice ; anl Awful enjoys her society,
undisturbed by the rivalry of the
obnoxious cousin.
THE "OLD MAN.
h"imself,as the President is frequent
ly styled in Washington,isal30 charg
ed with an undue admiration tor the
fair sex ; although his discretion
has, thus far, saved his reputation
from being seriously tainted by
scandal in this particular. A young
lady employed in the Government
Printing Office a sad flirt, by
the way tells how she and sev
eral of her female companions amus
ed themselves, the other day, by
wani their handkerchiefs as the
President wasj driving by in his
buggy. The President gallantly
responded by lifting his hat, and,
in a few minutes, returned. The
giddy girls again waved their hand
kerchiefs, and even went so far as
to throw kisses at the Chief Execu
tive ; upon which the latter smiled
blandly upon the Syrens, and again
lifted his hat in response. Five
minutes later, he again passed the
building, when the same pantomine
was repeated. Just then, the girls
were called to attend to their work
in another part of this bailding
but they subs2quently learned that
the President passed by the fourth
time, looking up at the window
where they had stood, and appa
rently anxious to catch a few more
kisses 'on the fly.'
GRANT STILL IN THE FIELD WHAT
M08EBY SAYS ABOUT IT.
I have just seen Col. Moseby,
who is, as you know, occ of Grant's
right bowers. He had just come
from a conference with the Presi
dent at the White House, and he
says that Grant is still l in the field
as a candidate for re-election
that he considers the 2ew .Hamp
shire election an endorsement of his
administration and is determined, if
possible to 3ecure a third term. If
this is true, we may expect some
lively times with "Elaine, Morton
and Co., who thought the Eoss was
out of the race. They may not be
willing to take back 3eats now.
THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.
for the Bpmocratic - nomination are
much discussed in Washington, just
now. Mr. Hendricks has warm
supporters, as has, als, Mr. Thar
man. Senator Bayard develops
considerable strength. Mr. Allen,
of Ohio, and other candidates are
also represented by earnest friends.
Considerable interest ha3 been ex
cited in political circles in Wash
ington by the publication of Mont
gomery Blair's letter on the Presi
dency. The fact that Mr. Blair
has no personal preference, but ba
sts his arguments upon what he
conceives to be party necessity,
gives more weight to hi3 views than
they would otherwise have. One
thing is noticeable in connection
with this subject the growing
disposition to consider the interest
of the party a3 a unit, rather than
the interest of any one section or
faction. The man who can carry
the most States will be the nominee,
if the3e wise counsels prevail , and,
whoever he may be, Hendricks,
Thurman, Bayard, Tilden, Davis or
Parker, he will receive the united
support ot a party organized tor
success, and not to be defeated by
internal dissension. And to insure
success beyond the chance of fail
ure, the nominee must be tha man
who can draw the largest supnsrt
from the ranks of the enemy. Mr.
Blair says that Tilden is the man,
and offers a strong argument to
prove it, Let Mr. Blair s letter be
taken for what it is worth. Anything
that emanates from that distinguish
ed gentleman is certainly entitled
to respectful consideration. There
are men here in Washington bitter-
y opposed to Tilden, because of
his attitude on the money question."
believe, ho":vever,from the tone or
conversation during the past few
days, that there is a determination
to do nothing that will imperil our
success in the- eorninu election.
"senator" spexcer.
Among other things going on at
the Capitol, and claiming pub'ic
attention, are the proceedings had
by the Committee investigating
pencer, the notorious carpe - jag
Senator misrepresenting Alabama.
This investigation, ordered by his
own resolution, has been conducted
under the shameful ruling of Mor
ton, the Chairman, with solo refer
ence to the acquittal of Spencer,
and regardless or common decency ;
declaring Spencer entitled to his
scat, although he committed numer
ous frauds to obtain it, drugging:
one poor fellow almost to death to
break a quorum m ttie State legis-
ature. The case ha3 been man
aged for tho State of .Alabama with
consumate skill by Gen. John T.
Morgan, who, bv his professional
ability, fine tact and temper in the
conduct of the case, and his genial
and brilliant social qualities, has
made au exceedingly favorable im
pression. When a lawful Legislas
ture of Alabama elects a man to
represent her in the United States
Senate, the distinguished and pat
riotic services of General Morgan in
this case, together with his admira
ble qualifications, point to him as
the man to afford a striking contrast
to tho incompetent and profligate
Spencer. General Morgan would
adorn any place to which his peoplo
may call him. Frauds are coming
to light so frequently that exposure
of olficial corruption has ceased to
afford a sensation; but their constant
recurrence must at length make an
impression upon public sentiment
that will lead to healthy action it
the polls.
Tii3 Old Han Settled It-
The old man was tired of being
kept awake at nights by billing and
cooing. A young tiller of the soil
had for months been paying most
assiduous attention to one of hia
daughters, but he was such a bash
ful modest chap, never having been
much in the company cf girls, ex
cepting this one, that he had never
been able to raise courage sufficient
ly high to put the all important
question. He had gone to the house
in which his inamorata lived in, the
last twenty different occasions, re
solved to know his fate, but when
ushered into the presence of the fair
one, into whose keeping he had pla
ced his heart, his courage would in
variably go back en him, and he
would return to his lonely room in
greater suspense than before.
Upon the evening in question he
had determined that come what
would he would tell Mary that
he loved her. He would once for
all decide the matter ; but, as upon
each former occasion, he got the
proposal no further than his throat.
There it stuck, and he had just de
termined to gulp it down and give
up the seige when the door opened,
and in stalked the girl's "ather,
who advanced to where thy were
sitting, and thus addressed them :
'I come to put a stop to this in
fernal foolishness. It ain't the
courting expenses that I'm looking
at, for coal oil is cheap and wood
can be had for tho hauling ; but I
am sick aad tired of this billing and
cooing like a pair of sick dove3,
keeping me awake of nights, and
it's got to be stopped right here.
Mary Jane, lsok up here ! Do you
love John llenry well enough to
marry him?'
Why, father L-I-you must-'
'Stop thit darn foolishness,' yell
ed tho old man. 'Answer ye3 or
no, and mighty quick, too. It is
got to bs settled now or never.'
'Well, but, father, don't you know
if you'd only Wait and '
'Dry up. Answer 'yes' or 'no.'
Speak !' roared the old gent.
'Well, yes then. There now,'
and Mary again hid her face.
'That's business ; that's the way
to talk. Now John, look here -look
up here or I'll shake you all to
peices. Do you want that gal of
mine for a wife ? Speak out like a
man, now.'
'Why, Mr ain't this rather
a I mean can't you ?'
'Speak it out, or out of this house
you'll go head foremost. I won't
wait a minute longer. There's a
gal, and a likelier gal ain't in the
State, and you just heard her say
she wanted you. Now, John, 1
won't stand a bit of foolishness ;
once for all, 'yes'
or 'no.
'Well, yes, sir :
I have been pre-
sumptuous enough to hope that 1 '
'Oh cus3 your soft talk ! the thing
is settled now. You too blasted
fools would have beea six months
more at that job that I've done in
five minutes. I never saw such a
fooling as there is among people
now-a-days. Ain't like it was when
I was young. And now god-night,
you can talk the thing over, and
you and me, John, will go to town
and get the license to-morrow ! Soon
be time to go to plowing no time for
love making then. Good night, I
hope I wasn't too rough, but I was
determined to fix tho thing up one
way or t'other.'
The csld may went to bed
Now that the ice was broken, the
young people laid all their plans for
the future, and John felt a little bad
at that comfort he had lost, when
Mary looked at him slyly and said,
'This would have been all right four
months ago, John, if you had not
been so skecry ; I know'd all the
time that you wanted to ask me, but
it wasn't my place to say anything,
you know.'
No cards.
Managing a "Wife.
As the storm burst, night before
last, in all its farj on the outlying
houses of one of our suburbs it blew
pen a glass door in John Henry's
bed room and wakened the startled
sleepers with a crash. 'Mrs Hen-
y, said John, cuddlin down under
the clothes to escapa the icy blast.
'your side of the bed is nearest, will
you be kind enough to shut that
door :
'Shut it yourself, you lazy brute.
I've got the baby to 't?nd to.'
Mrs. Henry that 13 nt the prop-
1 T .
er way to address me. it is not
respectful. Eesides, I have not
been feeling well, and if I were to
catch cold I should not be able to
tend to business to-morrow.'
'Cold ! Cold, is it ? It's a pretty
thing for you t9 be talking of colds
when I go sniffling round tho house
frommornijg till night, just because
you can't afford a new furnace. I
won t s' at that door it 1 m troze tor
if, and you're a mean, spiritless
thing to cBk it.'
'Don't got excited, Mrs Henry ;
don't get excited. And don t be
rash ; because if vou don't shut the
door it will stay open all night, and
that would then cane us all sick,
you know.'
A solemn silence fell for a few
moments on the domestic scene
then Mrs Henry rose to busine3s.
Anger was not visible on her coun-
tenanca so much as astonishment.
This was an entirely new departure
of John's. He had hitherto been
meek and docile when pressed to
the wall. She felt her supremacy
was in danger ; that the situation
was critical and demanded strong
measures.
Of a sudden tho water pitcher
shot wildly from it3 sphere, descri
bed a parabola in the gleaming fire
light and ligSitcd full upon John's
nightcap. The slop pail followed,
then tho coal scuttle, then a pair
of boots, then the baby's cradle,
followed in rapid succession by a
powder box, a bottle of bay rum,
a bronze mantel ornament, a pair
to tongs and a box of blacking. Then
with majestic force of true woman
hood she snatched the covers from
ths bed with one hand and poured
a pitcher of ico water over his legs
with the other. John arose and he
shut the door.
Next morning as John Henry en-
tered the office, somewhat late, and
looking as if nature's sweet restorer
had rather missed him, his partner
spoke up :
Well John, did you try it ?'
Yes, Sam, I tried it.'
'And she eame down, eh?' ; v
'Yes, Sam, she came down. . But
it wasn't altogether pleasaat. .They
always give in as you say. when one
makes a determined stand against
them. But seme way it 'seemB to
hurt their feelings ; and 1 do not
think I'll do it aay more.' Cincin
natti Times. " -
A Strangs TrutL
The other day, when a prominent
dry goods, house in this city seemed
to be alive with lady customers, a
journalist said to the proprietor :
'You are having a big afternoon's
trade.'
'Bah !' replied the merchant. 1
'There's fifty ladies in here,', said
the journalist, as be looked around.
'And that signifies nothing,' re
plied the merchant. 'See those
two over- there. They have been
here over half an hour, looked at
twenty different articles and now
going away without making a pur
chase. Fifty ladies in a dry goods
store may mean $10, $25 or $50,
but hardly ever more. One buys a
spool of thread, another a bit of
ribbon, a third a pair of gloves and
the cash aggregate is nothing." . ,
'Who are your best customers ?'
asked the journalist. -
'Farmer's people, old ladies and
men. Farmers hardly ever boy
less than $20 worth at a time, and
old ladies want good, solid' goods,
and don't waste much time in pur
chasing. Let a man. come inhere
for goods and we will sell him 50
worth and have him out of the store
in fifteen minutes. When he sees
what he wants he orders it cut off,
pays his cash, and then away he's
gone.'
'Then tho hundreds of ladies who
'go shopping' are not good eastern
ers ?' .
.'Sometimes. They buy summer
and winter clothing in season, but
never until they have gono the en
tire rounds and called here two or
three times. Its what you might
call between seasons now, .On a
fine day ladies will walk or ride a
mile to reach the store, stay here
an hour, buy a paper of pins and
i go home. Thy come out to lee
and be seen, to meet aad gossip,
and have no idea of trading. If the
man of the house had the buying
six clerks would be enough for any
store in Detroit. I now keep thir
ty and the time of twenty at least
is wasted in throwing down and
putting up goods.'
As the journalist went out a clerk
handed a lady a tioy package two
or three yards of ribbon. She laid
it on the counter, gave him a sharp
look, and said:
'Send that to my carriage, sir !'
Detroit Free Press.
How shs was Pooled.
A lady in this city suspected
that her husband was in the habit
of kissing Molly the cook, and res
olved to detect him in the act. Af
ter waiting for days, she thought
she heard him come in one evening
and pass quietly through into the
kitchen. Now Mollis was out that
evening, and the kitchen was dark.
Burning, with jealousy, the wife took
some matches in her hand and has
tily placed her shawl over her head
as the cook sometimes did, entered
tho kitchen by the back door, and
was almost immediately seized and
embraced in the most ardent man
ner. With her heart almost burst
ing wth rage and jealousy, the in
jured wife prepared to administer a
terrible rebuke to her faithless
spouse. Tearing herself from his
foul embrace she struck a match,
and stood face to faco with the
hired man ! Her hasband says his
wifo has never treated him so well
sinco the first month they were
married as she has for the past few
days. Marquette Journal.
Western Sweetness.
'How much is my bill?' inquired
a sad-eyed youth in a Chicago con
fectionery store the other day.
The proprietor looked over, his
books a minute and then replied :
'Sixteen dollars andhttcen cents.
As the young man drew forth his
wallet to meet the account he sighed
deeply and said, '2 tell you this is
tough : "
'How so ?' asked the confec
tioner. 'Oh, she's gono back on me.'
'Who?'
'Oh, she the girl that eat all
this candy,' continued the unhappy
youth; 'and I tell you it's hard- to
pay for so much sweetness after its
gone and soured on a fellow.'
The candy man acknowledged
that it did seem kind of rough.
Cliicago Journal.
Johnny attends school, which will
explain the following short . dialogue
between him and his father. "John"
ny, I didn't know you got whipped,
the other day," said he. "You didn't T
Well, if you'd been in my breeches'
you'd have known it.'
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