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VOL. 54.
TARBORO', N. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 187G.
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GENERAL DIRECTORY.
TAHBOKO'.
Mator Fred. Philips.
Commissioners Jesse A. Williainsou, Ja
cob Feldenheimer, Daniel V. Hurtt, Alex.
McCabe, Joseph Cobb.
Secretary & Treasurer Kobt. Wbite
hurst. Chie op Police John V. Cotten.
Assistant Police J. T. Moo e .las. E.
Simonson, AHiiuore Macnair.
COUNT V.
Superior Court Clerk and Probate Judge
H. L. Staton, Jr.
Register of Deeds Alex. MeCabe.
Sheri ff Joseph Cobb.
Coroner
Treasurer Uobt. II. Austin.
Surreyor John E. Baker.
Standard Keeper J. B. Hyatt.
School Examiners. H. II. Shaw, Wm. A.
Du?gan and K. 8. Williams.
Keeper Poor House Wm. A. DupRan.
Commissioners Jno. Lancaster, Chairman,
Wiley Well, J. B. W. Norville, Frank Dew,
M. Esem. A. McCabe, Clerk.
ITIAII.S.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS
NORTH AND SOUTH VIA W. & W. R. K.
Loave Tarboro' (daily) at 10 A. M.
Arrive at Tarboro' (daily) at
3 30 P. M.
WASHINGTON MAIL .VIA GREENVILLE.
FALKLAND A.D SPAKTA.
Lave Tarboro' (daily) at
Arrive at Tarboro' (daily) at
6 A. M.
C P. M.
LODGES.
riio NlgUtM and the Places of meeting.
Concord K. 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. 5S, Thomas Gatlin,
Master, Masonic Hall, meets first Friday night
it 7 o'clock P. M. and third Saturday at 10
o'clock A. M. iu every month.
Repiton Encampment No. 13, I. O. O. F.,
I. B. Palamountain, Chief Patriarch, Odd Fel
lows' Hall, meets every first and third Thurs
day of each month.
Edgecombe Lodge No. 50, I. O. O. F.,
T. W. Toler, N. O., Odd Fellows' Hall,
meets every Tuesday night.
Edgecombe Council No. 123, Friends of
f emperance, meet every Friday night at the
Odd Fellows' Hall.
Advance Lodge No. 2$, I. O. G. T., meets
every Wednesday night at ther Hall.
Zanoah Lodge, No. 235, I. O. B. B., meet
on first and third Monday night of every
month at Odd Fellows' Hall, A. Whitlock,
President.
IHIKCIIIS.
Episcopal Church Services every Sunday
at 10 1-2 o'clock A. M. and 5 P. M. Dr. J. B.
Cheshire, Rector.
Methodist Church Services every Fourth
Sunday ot every month, morning and nitrht.
1st Sunday at night and 5th Sunday at 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 moLth, morning and
night. Rev. T. R. Owen, Pastor.
Primitive Baptist Church Services first
Saturday and Suuday of each month r.t 11
o'clock.
HOTELS.
Adams' Hotel, corner Main and Pitt Sts.
O. F. Adams, Proprietor.
EXFHESS.
Southern Express Office, on Main Street,
closes every morning at 9 o'clock.
N. M. Lawrence, Agent.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
JlRANK POWELL,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
TARBORO', X. C.
- Collections a Specialty. -
Office next door to the Southerner ofllce.
July 2, 1S75. tf
JOS. BLOUNT CHESHIRE, JR.,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AND
NOTARY PUBLIC.
fcT" Office at the Old Bank Building on
Trade Street. je25-tf.
II
OWARD & PERRY,
Attorneys and Connselors at Law.
TARBORO', N. C.
VW Practice in all the Courts, State and
Federal. nov.5-ly.
yy H.JOHNSTON,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
TARBORO', N. C.
Attends to the transaction of busi
ness in all the Courts, State and Federal.
Nov. 5,1875. ly
F
REDERICK PHILIPS,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
TARBORO', N. C.
E3P" Practices in Courts of adjoining coun
ties, in the Federal and Supreme Courts.
Nov. 5, 1875. ly
ALTER I'. WILLIAMSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
TARBORO', N. C.
fFill practice in the Courts of the 2nd
Judicial District. Collections made in any
part of the State.
Office ia Iron Front Building, Pit
Street, rear of A. Whitlock & Co's.
Jan. 7, 1870. tf
JACOB BATTLE,
Counsellor and Attorney at Law,
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C.
Practices in all tie Stale Courts.
March 24, 1876. ly
J,
H. & W. L. THORP,
Attorneys and Counselors at Law,
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C.
TlRACTICES in the counties of Edge
JL combe, Halifax, Nash and Wilson, and
iu the Supreme Court North Carolina, also
in the United States District Court at Raleigh.
DR. E. D. BARNES,
Surgeon Dentist,
IHuin Street,
TARBORO', N. C.
gf All work warranted to give entire
satisfaction. feb.l8-tf.
Dr. G. L. Shackelford,
DENTIST,
TARBORO', M". C.
(ifu-e opposite Adams' Hotel, over S. S. Xash $
Co1 Store.
')ing to the stringency of the times, I
Vuve reduced my charges lor all operation to
t:iudard that will not fail to suit every one.
Care of children's teeth and Plate work a
M'HOialty.
Satisfaction guaraut ed in all cases.
March 17, 1878 j.
MISCELLANEOUS.
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T A Visiting Cards, with your name finely
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I H I Agent Wanted. 9 samples sent for stamp
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A GREAT OFFER !
Dering this month we will dispose of 100
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prices than ever before ouvred. New 7 Oc
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Terms, ?40 cash and $10 monthly until paid.
New 5 Octave 5 Stop Organs with book
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Catalogues mailed. Agents Wanted.
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PRIVTAE
Boarding House.
MRS. V. E. LIPSCOMB respectfully an
nounces that she has opened a Private
Boarding House in Tarboro, on the corner
ot Bank and Pitt Streets.
Good Fare, Pleasant Rooms, Com for
taoie ea. Hour a irioCcratc.
Feb. 19, 1875..
THIS TAPER IS OS FILE WITH
Where Advertising Contracts can lie mad.
GEO. S. KAWES,
MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN
Tin, Copper
SHIT IRON WARE,
Tarboro j
A FULL LINE OF COOKING, HEAT-
ing, Parlor & Ofllce Stoves,
kept constantly on hand,
which will be sold at the
lowest cash prices..
R00FOG AND GUTTERING
cither in town or country, promptly attend
ed to and on reasonable terms.
of all kinds in his line exeeuted with prompt
ness. If you can't afford to buy a new stove bring
your old one and trade.
GEO. S. I1AWES,
Nearly opposite Post Oflice.
Feb. 18, 1870. ly.
IS?! MILL GEARING- MADE
PSHAFTING.PULLEYS AND HANGERS
The UNEQUALLED JA& LEFFEL DOUBLE
F Address, POO LE & HTJ NT. I
Want to Sell.
T WILL SELL MY TWO STORY DWELL-
J. ing on Church Street, corner of Thomas
street live rooms and closets, ihe jpsSK
house is newly painted and in excel-
lent repair. One acre of ground is ISjlijl,
attached under new paling. There are also
the necessary out houses. It ts a bargain for
somcooay.
I will also sell a good Piano and other Fur
niture. Also several vacant lots on Church
8treet. All in Rocky Mout, N. C.
DOSSEY BATTLE.
Oct. 29,1875. tf.
mttr ALU 1 S 12
ADVERTISEMENTS.
FUE1TITUHE !
A large lot for sale cheap for cash. Also
1. Furniture made to order, by
PITT ST., TARBORO', N. C.
Cail and see before you purchase.
4lk .IM
promptly attended to.
Keeps on hand and makes to order, Maho
an-, Walnut, Poplar and Pine Coffins.
Also on hand a full line of METALIC CA
SES. Hearse for hire on burial occasions.
Terms cash.
Jan. 1, ISTO.-lv. J. E. SIMMONS.
" 1. t. tIylor; "
Manufacturer of
WIXDOW FRAMES, DOORS,
Plain Panels of every style
DOOR FRAMES,
WIS LOWS, SASHES, 11L1NDS,
JfAXTLES, MOVLDIXOS,
BRACKETS, SCROLL WORK
ash
Tobacco Box Patterns,
Whitaker's, N. C.
Also, contracts to put up buildings, furn
ishing all material, complete turn-key jobs,
or otherwise, as parties mny prefer, all with
kiln-dried lumber.
March 24, 1S70. ly
GEO. L. PENDER,
WITH
Bruff; Faulkner & Co,,
Wholesale Dealers iu
Foreign and Domestic Dry
Good, Notions & White
GOODS.
275 BALTIMORE STREET,
J. e Ruff p i 5nUiiiioi-e.
A. B. Faulkner,
Wm. K. Hailctt, ) novlO-ly.
Look lo Your Interests !
m m mis
0. C. Farrar&Co's
iNE LINEN BOSOM DRESS SHIRTS,
FOR $1.00 EACH.
A large and fresh Stock of
Dry Goods, Shoes, Boots aud
Clothing,
with a lull line of
GROCERIES
just received. These goods were bought
VERY LOW
and will be sold at rock bottom prices. Also
100 Boxes of Manu
factured Tobacco.
Wo assure our natrons who desire to nav
cash for their goods, that by calling on
0. C. FARRAR & CO,
they will find prices iu every way satisfacto
ry and goods as low as they can be purchased
in any market in the Sonth.
All we desire is an inspection of our goods.
Parties will lind it to their interest to call on
us.
When you come to Tarboro', don't forget
0. C. FARRAR &. CO.
April 21. 3m
SPRING GOODS!
SPRING GOODS I
SPRING GOODS !
Dress Goods,
Linen Lawns,
Percals,
Ladies' Hats,
Ladies and Children's
Shoes, Gloves, Hos
iscry and White
Goods ! !
BOOTS and SHOES,
Egf All bought for cash at
panic prices, and will be sold very
low by
T. H. GATLIN.
N. B. T. II. Gatlin is Agent for
"Domestic I aper v ashions.
Tarboro', April 7, 187G.
A CARD TO THE PUBLIC !
I am now prepared to furnish the Centen
nial COOT & LUCRE TIE SHOE, cheap
pr thnn ffn sp trnlt.pn nn In Tftrt.hprn fiftpa
" - w r -. . ,
and am ahead of trade in this aud adjoining
counties. I use nothing out
First Choice French Calf Skins
and Extra Pebbled Goat.
The finest grades of Sole Leather, English
Bend a specialty. The latest style last are
used in my business. Also kecp3 constantly
on hand all sorts of Shoe-finding.
Workmcnship unexcelled. Givemeatrial,
and if my work don't suit will make sacrifice
on any that 13 taken Irom mv House.
O. C. DOGGETT.
Tarboro, May 5, 1876. 8m.
Mtboxo' Bontbttmt.
Friday,
Juno 23, 1S76
WHAT WAS IT?
Dr. Ilibbort has shown that
spectres are nothing more than ideas
or recollected images of the niiad
which in certain states of bodily
indisposition have been rendered
more vivid than actual impressions,
and that the pictures of the 'mind's
eye' are more vivid than the pic
tures of the body's eye. Sir David
Brewster, in his 'Natun.1 . Magic,'
goes further than this and shows
that ihe 'mind's eye is actually the
body's eye, and that the retina is
the common tablet on which both
classes of impressions are painted,
and by means of which they receive
their visual existence "under the
same optical laws. He thinks that
this is not only true in the rase of
spectral illusions, but that it holds
good of all ideas recalled by the
memory or created by the imagina
tion, and that it may be regarded
as the fundamental law in the sci
ence of pneumatology.
Robert Dale Owen, in his 'Foot
falls on the Boundary of Another
World,' tells a marvelous story of
coincidence that one can hardly be
lieve were brought about by no
other agency than chance. Mr.
Owen says that the story was com
municated to him in July, 1859, by
J. S. Clarke of the schooner John
Hallock, then lying in llutger's
slip, who had it direct from Mr.
Bruce himself. He adds that the
John Hallock was then trading be
tween New York and Santiago.
Mr. Robert Bruce, born at Tor
bay, in the south of England, and
bred up to a seafaring life, in 1S28,
when about thirty years old, was
first mate on a bark trading between
Liverpool and St. John, N. B. On
one of her voyages bound westward,
being then five or six weeks out,
and haing neared the eastern por
tion of the banks of Newfoundland
the captain and mace had been on
deck at noon, taking an observation
of the sun, after which they loth
descended to calculate their day's
work. The cabin, a-small ene,-was
immediately at the stern of the ves
sel, and the short stairwaxjdftscend
ing to it ran athwartships. Imme-
iately oppos:ce to this stairway,
just beyond a small square landing,
was the mate s state room; and irom
that landing there were two doors,
close to each other, the one opening
aft into the cabin, the other front-.
iner the stairwav into the state
rcom.
The desk was in the forward part
ot the room, close to tne door, so
that any one sitting at it and look
ing over his shoulder could see into
tne caDin. ne mate aosorDea m
his calculations, which aid not re
sult as he expected, varying consid
ably from the deadre ckoning, had
not noticed the captain s motions
Having completed his calculations,
he called out, without looking
around, 'I make our latitude and
longitude so and so. Can that be
right ? How is yours V A3 there
was no reply he repeated his ques
tion, glancing over his shoulder and
seeing as he thought, the captain
busy writing on his state. Still no
answer. Thereupon he arose ; and
as he fronted the cabin door the
figure he had mistaken for the cap
tain raised his head and disclosed
to the astonished mate the features
ot an entire stranger. Bruce was
not a coward, but as he met that
fixed gaze looking upon him in
grave silence, and became assured
that it was no one whom he had
ever seen it was too much for him
he rushed up to the deck in such
evident alarm that instantly attrac
ted the captain's attention. 'Why,
Mr. Bruce,' said the latter, 'wnat
in the world is the matter with
you ?'
'The matter, sir ? Who is that at
your desk V
'No one that 1 know of.
'But there is, sir, there's a stran
ger there.'
A. stranger I w hy, man, you
must be dreaming. lou must have
seen the. steward there or the second
mate. Who else would venture
down without orders ?'
ut, sir, he was sitting in your
arm-chair, fronting the door, writing
on your slate. Then he looked up
straight in my face ; and if ever
saw a man plainly and distinctly in
this world I saw him.
'Him ! who V
'God, knows, sir ; I don'c. I
saw a man, and a man 1 never saw
before.'
'You must be going crazy. Mr
Bruce. A stranger and we nearly
six weeks out !
'I know, sir ; but then I saw him
'Go dawn and see who it is.'
Bruce hesitated. 'I naver was
believer in ghosts,' he said, 'but i
the truth must be told, sir, I'd
rather not face it alone.'
'Come, come, man. Go down at
once, and don't make a fool 0
yourself before the crew.'
'I hope you have always found
me willing to do what's reasonable
Bruce replied, changing color ; 'but
if it's all the same to you, sir, I'd
rather we should go down together.
"The captain descended the stairs.
and the mate followed him. Nobody
in the cabin ! Thev examined the
state-rooms. Nor a soul to be
fouad !
'Well, Mr; Bruce,' said the cap
tain, 'did 1 not tell you you had
been dreaming !'
'it's all very well for you to say
so, sir, but if I didn't see that man
writing on your slate, may I never
see my home and family again !'
Ah 1 writing on the slate ! Then
t should be there still," and the
captain took up the slate.
'My God ! he exclaimed, 'here's
omething sure enough! Is that your
writing Mr. Bruce V
Ihe mate took the slate, and there
in plain, legible characters, were
the words, 'Steer to Nor'-West.'
'Have you been trifling with me,
sir inquired the cantain sternlv.
x 4 -
'On my word as a man. Sir.' re
plied Bruce, 'I know no more of this
matter than you do. I have told you
tne exact truth.
The captain sat down at his desk
in deep thought, the slate before
hiin. At last turning the slate
over and pushing it toward Bruce,
le said, 'Write down, 'Steer to nor'
west.'
-The mate complied, and the cap
tain said, after narrowly compar
ing the handwriting, 'Mr. Bruce.
go and tell the second mate to come
down here. He came, and at the
captain's request, he also wrote the
words. So did the steward. So,
in succession, did every man of the
crew who could write at all. But
not one resembled, in any dsree,
the mysterious writing. After the
crew had retired, the captain sat
deep in thought, 'Could any one
hp.ve been stowed away V at length
he said. 'The ship mu3t be search
od, and if I don't find the fellow, he
must be a good hand at hide, and
seeL Order up all hands.'
Every nook and corner of the
vessel, from stern, was thoroughly
searcuea, ana mat with all the
eagerness of excited curiositv for
had gone out that a stranger had
shown himself on board but not a
iving soul beyond the crew and
officers was found.
Returning to the cabin after
their fruitless search, 'Mr. Bruce,'
said the captain, 'What the devil do
you roake ot all t.hi."
Can t tell, sir, I saw tho man
write; you see the writing. There
must be something in it.'
'Well, it would seem so. We
have the wind free, and
I have a
great mind to keep her
away and
see what will come of it
'I surely would, sir, if I were in
your place. It's only a few hours
lost at the worst.
'Well, we'll see. Go on deck
and give tho course nor'west. And
Mr. Bruce,' he added, as tho mate
arose to go, 'have a look out aloft,
and let it be a hand you can de
pond on.
At about 6 0 clock the lookout
reported an iceberg nearly ahead,
and shortly atterward what he
thought was a vessel close to it. As
they approached, the captain's
glass disclosed the fact that it was
a dismantled ship, apparently frozen
to the ice, and with many human
beings on it. Shortly afterward
they hoye to, and sent out the boats
to the relief of the sufferers. It
proved to be a vessel from Quebec,
bound to Liverpool, with passen
gers.
As one of the men who had been
brought away in the third boat that
had reached the wreck was ascend
ing the ship's side, the mate, catch
ing a glimpse of his face, started
back in consternation. It was the
very face that he saw three or four
hours before, looking up at him
from the captain's desk.
The exhausted crew and tarnish
ed passengers having been cared for
the mate called the captain aside.
'It seem3 that was not a gho3t 1
saw to-day, sir: the man's alive.'
'What do you mean ? Who's
alive ?'
'Why, sir, one of the passengers
we have just saved is the same man
I saw writing on your slate at
noon. I would swear to it in a court
of justice.'
'Upon my word, Mr. Bruce,' rc
plied the captain, 'this gets more
and more singular. Let us go and
see this man.'
They tound him in conversation
with the captain of the rescued ship.
They both stepped forward and ex
pressed in the warmest terms their
gratitude for deliverance from
horriDie late slow death by ex.
posure and starvation. The cap
tain replied that he had done only
what he was certain they would
have done for him under the same
circumstances, and asked them both
to step down into the cabin. Then,
turning to the passenger, he said :
I hope sir, you will not think I am
trifling with you; but I would be
much obliged if you'would write a
few words on this slate,' and he
handed him the slate, with that
side .up on which the mysterious
writing was not. 'I will do any
thing you ask,' replied the passen
ger; 'but what shall I write?
'Suppose you write, 'Steer to
nor'west.' '
The passenger cheerfully compli
ed. The captain took up the slate
and examined it closely; then step
ping "aside so as to conceal the slate
from the passenger, he turned it
over and gave it t him again with
the other side up.
'You say that is your hand-writing
?' said he.
'I need not say so,' rejoined the
other, looking at it, 'for you saw
me write it.'
'And this V said tho captain,
turning the slate over.
The man looked first at one side
of the slate, then at the other, puz-
ded. At last, 'What
is the raean-
ing of this ?' Eaid he,
'I wrote only
one of these. Who
wrote the
other V
'That is more than can tell you,
sir. My mate here says you wrote
it, sitting at his desk, at nocn to
day.' The captain of the wreck and the
passenger looked at each other ex
changing glances of intelligence and
surprise, and the former asked the
latter-: 'Did you dream that you
wrote on this slate?'
'No, sir, not that I remember.'
'You speak of dreaming,' said the
captain of the bark. 'What was
this gentleman about at noon to
day V
'Captain,' rejoined the other, 'the
whole thing i3 most mysterious, and
I had intended to speak to you
about it as soon as we got a little
quiet. This gentleman (pointing to
the passenger) being much exhaus
ted, fell into a heavy sleep, or what
seemed sleep, some time before
noon. After an hour or more he
awoke, and said to me : 'Captain,
we shall be relieved this very day.'
When I asked him what reason he
had for saying so; he replied that
he had dreamed that he was on
board a bark, and she was coming
to our rescue. Ho described her
appearance and rig, and to our
utter astonishment, when your
vessel hove in si:ht she correspond-
ed exactly to his description of her,
We had not thought much of what
he had said, yet still we hoped there
might be something in it, for drown
ing men, you know, will catch at
straws. As it has turned out, I
cannot doubt that it was all arran"1-
ed, in some incomprehensible way,
1 . iv -r -i
oy an overruling rroviuencc, so
that we might be saved.'
'XffOt thft imprs5irn that. thA
bark I saw in my dream was going
to rescue us,' said the passenger,
out how that impression
cannot tell. Everything
1 . 1 .
came 1
here on
T
board seem3 quite familiar;
yet I
am very sure that I was never in
your vessel before. It is all a puz
zle to me.'
"Mother."
It is the cry of the infant,
just
from the cradle; it is the only balm
that will heal the wounded heart in
youthful days. 'Mother, I'm hurt,'
'mother, 1 m tired, 'mother, sing
to me, rock me, tell me stories, it
is always 'mother' with the child
and the lad. No one like mother.
No hand that falU on the fevered
brow as softly as hers; no words so
sympathetic as those that pass her
lips, ihe house would be a grave
without her. Life would bo a
dreary, thorny road without her
and guiding hand.
A father may be kind, may love
not less, but the wearied child
wants the mother's arms, her soft
lullaby songs; the caresses of her
gentle hand. All childhood is a
mixture ot tears and loys. A kind
word brings a smile, a harsh word a
sigh, a fall is pain, a toss a joy.
The first footsteps weak and trem
bling, grow stronger by the guid
ance or a mother s love.
The little wounds, the torn cloth
es, the headaches, the heartaches,
the trials, all vanish at the word3 of
a mother, and there is built up in
the heart of every man an edifice of
love and respect that no crime of
his can topple down no dungeon
cell affect;
And a lad grows to be a man
only to find that 'mother' is the
same
If he errs, she weeps; if he
is good and manly, she rejoices.
Her's is the only love that lasts
endures forever.
The wolf of starvation may enter
the door, but her love is only tried
to shine the brighter. All the world
may call her son a criminal, but the
mother only believes it not. Trials
may beset you, storms gather over
you, vexations come, ruin drag you
down, but there is one who ever
stands firm in your cause, who will
nevar leave you. The criminal on
the scaffold has suffered in feeling
because his bad deeds would cause
a pang in mother's heart. The low
and wretched, dying in some dark
abode of sin, have died with that
name upon their lips. There is no
praise like her praise, tnere are
no sad tears that pain us so much
as hers.
Value cf Time-
One fine summer morning, when
Franklin was busy preparing his
newspaper for the press, a lounger
stepped into the store and spent an
hour or more in lcoking over the
books, etc, and finally taking
in his hand, asked the shop boy its
price.
'One dollar,' was the answer.
'One dollar I' said the lounger:
can't you taka less than that ?'
'No, indeed one dollar is the
price!'
Another hour nearly passed,
when the lounger said :
'Is Mr. Franklin at home ?
'Yes, he is in the printing office.
'2 want to see him,' said the
lounger.
The shop boy then immediately
informed Mr. Franklin that a gen
tleman was waiting to see him.
Franklin was soon behind the coun
ter, when the lounger, with book in
hand, addressed him thus :
'Mr. Franklin, what is the low
est you can take for this book !
'One dollar and a quarter,' was
the quick answer.
'One dollar and a quarter ! Why,
your young man asked me only a
dollar.'
'True,' said Franklin, and I
could have better afforded to take a
dollar then, than to have been taken
out of the office.'
The lounger seemed surprised,
and wishing to end the parley of
his own making, said :
'Come, Mr. Franklin, tell me
what is the lowest you can take for
it?'
'One dollar and a half.'
'One dollar and a half ! . Why,
you offered it yourself for a dollar
and a quarter.'
'Yes,' answered Franklin, 'and I
had better have taken that price
then, than a dollar and a half now.'
The lounger paid down the mon
ey and went about his business (if
he had any), and Franklin return
ed into the printing office.
A Proclamation-W-iiereas,
a joint resolution of
the Senate and House of Represen
tatives of the United States was du
ly approved on the 13th day of
March last, which resolution
follows :
is as
Be it resolved'' by the Home of
liepresentatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled;
That it be and is hereby recommen
ded by the Senate and House of
Representatives to the people of the
several States, that they assemble
in their several counties or towns
t. 1 .Mn.ADAli!na (lanffiw - - "
vcrsary ot our national muepena-
ence, and that they cause to havo
delivered on such day a historical
sketch of such county or town
from its foundation, and that a copy
of said sketch be filed in print
or manuscript in the clerk's office
of said county, and an additional
copy in print or manuscript be filed
in the office of the Librarian of
Congress, to the intent that a com
plete record may be obtained of
the progress 01 our institutions dur
ing the first centennial of their exist
ence.
lnd whereas, it is deemed prop-
er that such recommenuation oe
brought to the notice and knowl
edge of the people of the United
States ; now therefore, I, Ulysses
S. Grant, President of the United
States, do hereby declare and here
by make known the same, in the
hopes that the object of such resolu
tion may meet the approval ot the
people of the United State", and
that proper steps may be taken to
carry the same into enect.
Given under my hand at the City
of Washington, the 25th day of
May, in the year of our Lord 1876,
and of the inder endence of the
United States the 100th.
U. S. Grant,
By the President :
Hamilton Fish,
Secretary of State
A Little Bough.
Brother Talmage, perhaps next
io Beecher in the claptrap gospel
trade, thus savagely photographs
the lady-killing, dandified preacher:
lie has a handsome toot or hand, or
thinks he has. It is evident from
his gait and appearance that he has
received most of his inspiration
fiora the tailor. His glove nts so
well that it seems to have grown on;
his boot, as if made on a last of the
last fashion. His hair twist3 as
though it had been under curling
irohs. From his gesticulations you
know he ha3 practiced them before
the mirror. He prides himselt on
being a lady's man, and looks so
sweet, and has the appearance of
one of Gody s fashion plates. As
he takes '.out his handkerchief to
wipe away a tear in the midst of
7 M. Z.
his sermon the labnc drops must
and patch only, and 'balm of a
thousand flowers,' and 'new mown
hay,' ar.d 'kiss me quick.' lie is a
stick of ecclesiastical candy a
moral peppermint a religious
chocolate drop. He takes his text
from the most luscious part of Solo
mon's Song, andlithps in a manner
thweet beyond dethcription ! He
has a diamond ring on two fingers
and a glittering stud in his shirt
bosom. He suck3 a sugar plum
while the collection is being taken
up, and, though not short-sighted
at all, has his glasses astride his
nose, lifts the hymn-book fantas
tically, and reads .
" There is a land of pu-ah de-light,
Where saints immawfal reign"
Plastering tho Wrong Man.
2t was a very embarrassing cir
cumstance, and it happened at the
hetel in Mt. Vernon. A man and
his wife were stopping there. The
man was subject to fever attacks of
colic, and was taken sick there in
the night. He told his wife that
he must have immediate relief or he
could not live, and thought a mus
tard dratt would relieve him. She
hastily robed herself, went down
the stairs and found the watchman,
who admitted her to the dining-room
and she spread the mustard from
the caster on her handkerchief and
hastened up stairs. Finding the
door ejar, she rushed in, turned
down the bed clothes and slapped
the mustard draft on the unconcious
man's bowels. He instantly sprang-
up in bed, and in a strange voice
said : "My Ged ! Madam, what are
you doing ?" She had got in on the
wrong man. We leave the reader
to imagine her feelings. She found
her own room, and in accents of
hrror told her husband the facts.
The extreme ludicrcusness of the
incident set him into an. inordinate
fit of laughter that relieved him as
thoroughly a3 the mustard plaster
would have done. Very early the
next morning, before many of the
guests were up, a man and woman,
trunk, bandboxes, etc., might have
been seen leaving the hotel, for the
woman's name wa3 on tho handker
chief. A
Exceedigly Interesting Item.
From the Danville Times.
An insurance agent, of the town
of Danville, met one day this week,
the editor of this paper when the
following dialogue ensued :
Agent I have a news item for
you.
Editor Well, I am always glad
to get such.
The insurance agent then hand
ed the newspaper man a little slip,
on which it was stated that the
one thousand dollar premium on
the life of Mrs. had been paid
over by his company.
Are you an insurance agent? I
never knew it before, remarked the
editor. Why don't you advertise?
It does not do any good, replied
the agsnt. We never advertise.
; The editor then pulled out his
follows :
Mrs. of this county, before her
death, had her life insured for
$1,000, and the other day it was
promptly paid over.
But you don t say by whom, said
the insurance agent.
No, all that the public feel inter
ested in knowing is, that the chil
dren of the lady got the premium :
they don't care from what company.
Besides, you say, advertising does
no good.
Moral The best sort of an ad
vertisement is often covered up in
an 'interesting item.'
Let the editors be on their guard,
and not advertise any one's business
in any shape unless he will pay for
it.
"Not by a Duraea Sight!"
He was tall and awkard, and she
was short and bashful, but both
wore a nervous aspect of exceeding
great joy. They entered a hotel
in Chicago, and after he had reg
istered his name 'and lady,' he said
to the clerk :
'See here, mister, me and my
wife have just been spliced, and I
am going to show Amanda Chicago,
if it takes a mule a day. Now give
u3 one of those rooms like the Tem
ple of Solomon, you know.' The
clerk called a row-boy and said,
'Show this gentleman to the bridal
chamber.'
At this direction the tall rustic
became instantly excited.
'Not by a durned sight! Ye
shiny haired, bild-shirted, dollar-breast-pinned
grinning monkey, ye
can't play that on me ! if I am
from the country, you don't catch
me and my wife sleeping in your
old harness room.' And they left
the hotel.
Enow What he wa Hugging.
A couple from the country camo
to the city yesterday, procured a
license and were married is die
form. They left on tho afternoon
train. They attracted the atten
tion of every passenger by their
lavish display of affection. The
young man kept his arm tight
around the bride s waist, as if he
was afraid she would vanish before
he knew it, and she didn't soem to
care if he hugged her right along
for half a day. She was so terri
bly homely everybody wondered
how he could love her, and by-and-by
he seemed to think that an ex
planation would be in order. He
borrowed a chew of tobacco of a
man near the door, and remarked:
'I'm going to hug that girl all the
way home, though I know she isn't
purty.' 'I wouldn't,' briefly re
sponded the man: - 'And that's
where you'd fool yourself,' contin
ued the young man. 'When I'm
hugging a hundred acres of clean,
nice land, with forty head of stock
on it, I can make the homeliest
girl in the world look like an angel
to me.' 'Augusta )Ga.) Chronical
and Sentinel.'