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GIVBH Alt DIRECTOR Y.
TAttBORO.
ComrrssiosKRS George Howard, Joel H.
Brown, Isaac B. Pslamonntain, Jame E. Si
moason, yrank Dancy. , . .. . :j ....
8botuit & Tmasumk Jokn G. M.
Cordon.
Chtxt Polick J ohn W. Gotten. I f
tuTDTiKT Potiei-J. T. Moo-e, John
Madr, Wood Win borne and Isaac Bynum.
COIWTT. .
Superior Court1 Clerk and Probate Judgt
a. L. Staton, Jr.
Register of Deeds AlexMcCabo.
SArjf JosepnCobb.
s-Coroner "?. '"
' TfwoMirer Robt-U. Anatln. ,,
gm'ixyor John JE- Bikw?fA"-.' "!
i SCmmiunt Hecprr- F S.'Hlck
School Examiner. W.F. Mabson.
S.B. Bellamy, F.U. Whltted, Clinton Bat-
oAttoreV.-Vr. V. Williamson.
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ABRIVAli AND BPAR?yRK RM1LS
kadtit ivn HOIITH VIA W. W. B, -
Lear Tarboro (daily ; at - - 10 v m
i Kt Tarfaoro' (dailv) at - - 'f'B
WASHINGTON MAIL VIA GREENVILLE,
FALKLAND AND SPARTA.
Lve larboro' (daily) at - -
KTtivv at Tarboro' (daily) at - 6 1 . M.
rtio Ml lata amd tha Place of Mtctlaf.
Concord R. A. Chapter No. 5, N M.. Law
rence, High Priest, Masonic Hall, monthly
convocations first Thursday in every month at
10 o'clock A. M.
Concord Lodge No. 58, Thomas Gatlin,
Master, Masonic Hall, meet' first Friday night
it 7 o'clock P. M. and third Saturday at 10
o'clock A. M. In every month.
Re pi ton Encampment No. 13, I. O. O.
Ld. PAiOngton, Chief Patriarch, Odd Fel
lows' Hall, meets every first and third TUnrs
day of each month.
Edgecombe Lodare No. 50, 1. O. O. F.,
L. Chamberlaine, N. G., Odd Fellows' Hall,
meets every Monday night.
Advance Lodge No. 28, I. O. O- T... meets
every Wednesday nint at their Hall.
Zanoah Lodge, No. 235, I. O. B. B., meet
on first and third Monday night of every
month at Good Templars' Hall, L. Heilbron
er, President.
Edgecombe Lodge, No. 504, K. of H., J. M.
Spragins, Dictator, Good Templars Hall,
meet every Wendcsday night.
VHVBCHES.
- Episcopal Church Services every Sunday
Jt 10 1-3 o'elock A. M. and 5 P. M. Pr. J. B.
Cheshire, Rector.
Methodist Church Services every Sunday
at 10 o'clock, and at night. Rev. W. S.Koane,
Pastor. Prayer Meeting on Monday even
ing. f resoytertttn Church Services every 1st,
3rd and 5th Sabbaths. No regular Pastor.
Weekly Prayer meeting, Thursday night
Missionary Baptist Church Services the
4th Sunday in every moith, morning and
ni ght. Rev. T. R. Owen, Pastor.
Primitive Baptist Church Services first
Saturday and Sunday of each month at 11
o'clock. .;-j:-J:i:r--; "
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Merchants' Hotel, Main Street. O. F.
Adams, Proprietor.
Tarboro' House, Main Steert. Chamber
1 ain & Raw Is, Proprietors.
Spier House, Main Street. 8. E. Spier,
Proprietor.
EXPRESS.
Southern Express Office, on Main .Street,
closes every morning at 9J o'clock..
r " .;N.M.La.wmcb, Agent.
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PROFESSIONAL cards.
pKANK POWELL,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
TABJSOMC, IT. C.
M3f Collections a. Specialty. t
Office next door to the Southerner ofiiee.
July 2, 1875. tf
JJOWARD & NASH,
Attorneys and Counselors at Law.
TARBORO', H. C.
X3T Practice in all th b Courts, State and
Federal. nov.5-ly.
pREDERICK PHILIPS,
Attorney and Counselor at;Law,
TARBORO', N. C.
Practices in Conrts of adjoining coun
ties, in the Federal and Supreme Courts.
Nov. 5, 7. ly
yAIiTER . WILLIAMSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
TARBORO', . C.
Sr'ill praatioe in the Courts of the 2nd
Judicial District. Collections made in any
part of the fctave.
3P Office in Adams' Hotel, corner Main
and Pitt Streets.
Jan. 7, 1876. , tf
JACOB BATTLE,
Counsellor and Attorney at Law,
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C.
Practices In all tLe State Conrts.
March 24, 1876. 1;
JARVIS & SUGG,
ATTORN EYS - AT - LAW ,
GREENyiLLE, PITT CO., N. C.
W Collections a specialty.
August 2, 1877. tf
J & W. LpBORP,
Attorneys and Cqnnselors at Law,
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C,
PRACTICES In the counties of Edge
combe, Halifax, Nash and Wilson, and
n the 8apreme Conrt North Carolina, also
n tue U nlted States District conrt at itaieign.
gTUART L. JOHNSTON,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
PLYMOUTH, N. C.
Practices in Washington and adjoining
wum.it.-s, ana pays special attention w auiusi
ing claims in any part of the State.
July 26, 1877.-tf.
H. K. NASH, JR.,
OFFICE OVER
S- S. NASH & CO'S STORE.
Where he can always be found when not pro
lessionauy aoseni.
j, aiarcn a, 1S77.
T. J. REAIilY,
HULTSE MOVER
AND RAISER,
Rockv Monnt. TV- r"!
Jwfi,H0ne by 016 da7 or contract. Prompt
Mtention to orHor.
March 16, 1877.
NEW ADVEBTISEMBNTS. v
CHARLOTTE ISS1ITUTE,
FOR TOUNO LADraS.";
BEY. S. TAYLOi MARTLW Princ'p'l-
CUABI-OTTK, JT, C4 ,:
The exercises of this Institution will be
resumed with a full corps of tfflcient instruc
tors, on 28th Sept., 1877. Board and tuition
per term $100. For catalogues write to Tid
dly 's Bookstore, Charlotte, N. C L. ;
OIL OF SASSAFRAS
Of prime quality, bought tav any quantity for
cash on delivery, free of brokerage,
. commiasioas, or storage . .
- importers ana a.xponers oi
1 DRUGS, ESSENTIAL OILS, &C.
83 William Street, - - , New York.
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4t a week inyoar own town. Terms,
tJpODand $5 outfit free. H. Halle tt A Co.
Portland, Maine. ? -
OK Extrailtno Mixed Cards, with nam,
10 cts., post-paid. L. Jonas A Co.,
Nassau, N. Y. I
Those Terrible Headaches Generated by
obstructed secretions, and to which ladies
are especially subject can always be relieved
and their recurrence prevented by the use ot
Tarrant's Effervercent Seltzer Aperient. Pro-
curaDie at au drag stores.
ONLY FIVE DOLLARS
FOR AN ACRE.
Of the best land in America, near the great
union j-acmc iiallroad,
A FARM FOR $200.
in easy payments at low rates of interest
Secure
it Now.
Full information free
address
O. F. DA VI 8, 1
Land Agent U. P. R. R.i OMAHA, NEB,
&a tn &9ft r d&y a home. Samples
U QjU i free. jSTINSON 4c CO.,
1 -
worth
Port-
(gjpr pr 0 al Week to Agents
10
if trtF H a7 uuju f ree. P. O.
Vick-
ery, Augusta, Maine.
M. F. BIRJilUM'S 1874"!
WATER4WHEELL
Is declared the "STANDARD TURBINE,"
oj over tou persons who use it. Prices re
duced. New pamphlet, free; N. F. BURN
HAM, York; Pa. I
1 O day at home.
JLonte wan lea.
free. TBUE
. jCmi OatSt and
CO., Augusta, Maine.
T
Pharmacist & Druggist,
Successor to
Dr-A-H-Macnairy
Main St, 0pp. Conrt Honse,
TarboroVN. p.
A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF
I
Drugs, Medicines,,
Cbemicaisj Fancy and
Toilet Articles, &c.
CONSTANTL Y ON HAND;
Physicians, Prescriptions
carefully compounded! at all hours (Night
Prompt Attention
given to Orders from! COUNTRY PHYSI-
t;iAjs.
SUNDAY 'llOlTRS t
8:30 to 70 A. M., 2:Wto 8:80 P. M., 6:00 to
7:00 P.M.
July 27,1877. : ly.
TBI LATEST! !
Oil andaper
Curtain Fixtiires,
.Window Shades,
at Qatlin's.
Ladies' Trimmed and Untrinv
med Hats, Flowers and Ornaments,
at Gatlin's.
Mohair Dress Goods, Mailing &
Linen Suitings, Linen Collars,
Cuffs, IZandkerchiefs, t- Flemish,
Bishop and Victoria Lawns, Tarla-
tans, Piques, &cf,
at Gatlin's.
Ladie's and Gents' Ties, Ladie's
Bibs, Collarettes,
Baching, Edge
ings, Bias Tucking, Kid Gloves,
LUle Thread Qlotes and Qauntlets,
at Gatlin's. I' '
Fans, Fan Chains, Fancy Bask
ets, Table Mats, &c, at Gatlin's.
Cassimere8, Gents' Ready-Mide
Clothing, Boots and Shoes, at G it
lin's. f ,
Gents' and Bojf a Far, Wool and
Straw JTats at Gatlin's. r f
Ladie'e, Children's and Infants
Shoes and Slippers, at Gatlin 8.
NORTOLK BUSINESS CARDS, w
GOODE HOUSE,
COR. MAIN" & COMMERCE STS.,
Jcsse C. Jacocks, (Proprietor.
BOARD PES DAY, S2 00-
August 2, 1877, .53
4lOKERS,"WITH A REFINEI TASTE,
can smoker :
CLEAR HAVANA CIGAIt,
s AT FIVE CENTS EACH.
Anv dealer can sell them at the price and
make a good profits Ask or Alitcgan'a4
Hair uime tt avanas, manuuetaraa iy
w.
A. MEHEGAN,
They are sold by all urst-c1as druggists, ho
tels, and restaurants in Norfolk.
April 6, 1871. tf.
LOUIS BIUIABD, i , kAKCElLns HOOE,
Ondtillk ii
' HittiAfiD & Moore,
COTTON FACTORS.
ADD
: Greneral
Commission Merchants,
McPhail's' Wharf,
Norfolk, Virginia.
Keep constantly on hand a large and vai led
stock of Bagging and Ties.
General dealers in Standard Fertilizers.
Liberal cash advances made on consign
ments. . leb. 9.-ly
IMPORTED ZEPHYR AND SHETLAND
Wools, 15e per ounce.
GERMANT0WN WOOL,
all eolers, I3c or 2 ounces for 25, Coraline
Sets, from 1.50 o 8.50. We call especial at
tention to our Coraline Jewelry for their fine
workmanship and cheapness. Large Mot-
toe; 6c each or 50c per dozen. We have J
also a fine line of Millinery Goods.
MRS. ANNA J. VELLINES,
20 Bank Street, Norfolk, Va.
Orders from the country promptly attend
ed to. . '
Turner W. Battle, Rocky Mount, N. C.
Bennett Bonn. Joseph D. Battle
IHTTLE, BUM &C0.
COITOS FACTOHS,
AND
Commission Merchants,
TOWN POINT, (Gwathmey's BuUding.)
P. O. Box 686. tfOEFOLX, VA.
Bagging and Ties furnished parties who in
tend consigning their Cotton to us.
Liberal cash advances made on shipments
Aug. 11, 1876. ly
WILMINGTON" ADVERTISEMENTS.
STOP AT THE
MANNING HOUSE,
COB MARKET AND 8EC0HTD STS.,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
BOARD PER JXA-Y . 8X2.3 O
, ED. WILSON MANNING,
Apr20.77-ly. Proprietor.
A. Adrias. H. VoLLans.
ADRIAN & VOLLERS,
Wholesale Dealers in
GROCERIES AND LIQUORS,
Importers of
German and Havanna Cigars,
AND
Commission Merchants
S. E. Cor. Dock and Front Streets,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Having the largest and beet assorted stock
of Groceries and Liquors in the City, Dealers
will find it to their interest to give us a call
befcre buying elsewhere. Apr20.77-ly
WILMINGTON
MARBLE WORKS,
MARBLE AND SLATE MANTELS;
Tombs, Grave Stones and Monuments
of every character and design.
JAMES WALKER, Proprietor,
Office on Front Street, between Princess
and Chestnut Streets, Wiluixotoit, N. C.
Apr.20-77. ly.
P. HEIXTSEEEGEE,
BOOKSELLER AM) STATIONER
And dealer in
Pianos, Organs, Sheet Music,
Chromos, &c,
39 and 41 MARKET ST
WILMINGTON, N C.
All or dors promptly attended to.
Apr.zu-??..
iy.
H. BRUNHILD & BR0.,
.Rectifiers and Wholesale Dealers In
RYE WHISKIES,
j IMPORTED
LIQUORS AND CIGARS,
No. 3 Granite Row S. Front St,
WITiMINGTON, W..C.
Apr.20-77. j ly.
TARBORO', N- C.
mHIS House has been entirely renovated
entirely rei
I and refitted With new Carpets, new Fur
niture, and is situated in the centre of the
business part of town. It is a comfortable
place for travelers and . business men ; has a
large
Dining' Room,
and also SAMPLE ROOM for their accom
modation. The Proprietor tendr rs his thanks to all of
his former patrons, ana nopos ior a con una
ance ot their patronage.
will be furnished with the choicest Meats and
Vegetables the market anoras.
Tko Ppnnrlntnr nnt.lflpa citizens of the
county visiting town op business, that he
t j l : ' Ann..ant with ham .r thfY
c'oald eet their meals when in wwn at rates
BOTE
agreed upon. O. F. ADAMS, Prop'r.
Aug. 2, 1877. 3m
R. A. SIZER,
Saddle and Harness Manu
! facturer,
OLD STAND, MAIN STREET,
-w- ; ; Tarboro', N. C.
WOULD respectfully call the attention of
his old friends and customers to the
fact that he mm dm . all kijda of repairinj:,
such aa ' --! - ' j . ;
BADDLES, HARNESS, COLLARS, WHIPS,
r TRUNks, UMBRELLAS," BOOTS -T5
; AND SHOES, . .
and all other rork ia hU, line, very low.
Give him a trial.. r, " '
June 29, 1877.1. , 'J; ' ly.
K OffiEBORO?, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST
lutboxo Boniljimxtx.
Thursday, : y Augnstl6,1877.
The Bnnch of Flowers.!
BY MARY E. MOFFAT.
Geofoey Underwood was reclining
languidly in a large Turkish easy
cnair. wnicn ma Biier xert uau
wheeled into the. smoking room.
Could? she! . haye '.ihad-uVay about
feJethadsraeb)thet vshould
nave BinoKeu at ma owir tree win
in the most elegant room in
the hoa9P.
But 'mama's' ideas were difierent.
So she compromised the matter by
smuggling into his ,'den,' as be pill
ed it, this bit of luxury.
Geoflfrey's head and feet werVl
resplendent in a stDokiog-cap and
slippers, worked by her own tmyJ
fioger3 while away at school, from
which she had lately returned, and
each silken stich had. embroidered
into the material with it some ten
der thought of home, so now, as she
gazed contentedly at the wearer,
softened ynemories of school and
mates floated through her mind.
His cigar finished, Geoffrey broke
the silence a8 he rose to his feet.
'It is a positive luxury, sis, to
have you home again. Jt makes a
fellow begrudgs an engagement; bat
it must be kept, nevertheless.'
Berta laughed.
'Now, Geof., you needn't begin
to dignify everything with that
stereotyped term-engagement. Tell
the truth, brother mine. Say 'My
heart is not here,' it's "chasing the
dear," if it's proper to mutilate a
poem so atrociously.'
Geoffrey looked amused at this
sally, but made no disclaimer. The
shrewd little maiden's surmise came
too near the state of the case. .lie.
watched her, the smile lurking about
his eyes and curving kindly lines
under his moustache. She stood by
a stand of plants, turning her pret
ty face critically from one to an
other until she found just what she
wanted a crimson rose-bud just
bursting through the tender, green
'jrx snr oflwJjrtt'op, a. tinjr
spray of simiax, and Some fragrant
geranium leaves. She tied them
together.
'There, Geof,, that is for your
"button hole.'
'Thanks.'
As he left the room Berta sprang
to the window , and watched him,
kissing her hand playfully as he
looked back.
.During the winter Geoffrey had
formed the acquaintance of several
young ladies new-comers in the
place. Towards two of them he
had been strongly attracted, and,
strange to say, v he could hardly
make up his mind which one he liked
best.
When in cilice Thornton's socie
ty he found a charm in her sweet
gravity ; when with Gerty Haviland,
her mischievous wajs and roguish
face seemed, like the sun, to put out
all other lights.
ilis engagement this evening was
to call on Miss Haviland. She was
looking very lovely' as she came for
ward to meet him. Her dark, pi
quant face was set off by a cluster
of scarlet verbenas, fastened at the
side of her hair, and partly hidden
by one of its glossy braids. -Another
cluster brightened the lace
from which rose the round throat
which supported the gracefully pois
ed head.
They chatted pleasantly for a
time, when Gertie remarked on the
beauty of his bouquet, and asked;
'Is it from Werter s f
'Werter's' was a fine florist's es
tablishment in the place. Geoffrey
said, Carelessly:
'No, it is a lady's gift. One as
pure and lovely as the flowers them
selves'
His, voice unconsciously took a
softer tone as he thought of his lov
ing little sister.
'Oh, I beg pardon for my ques
tion.' Geoflrey looked up in surprise
which was not diminished when be
saw the clouded face, to which the
cold, changed tones of her voice
were a true index.
All its brightness had gone, and
with it its peculiar charm. The
dark eyes had a disagreeable glit
ter, and the rosy, pouting lips were
compressed until ail their kissable
sweetness had vanished.
Geoffrey felt as though he had
received a shower bath. He had
no idea that his poor little bouquet
would create such a sensation.
Surely it could not be jealuosy;
For Miss Haviland had, as yet, no
right to call him to account, though
of late he had been quite regular in
devoting one evening of the week
to call upon her ; and he was con
scions that they were-rapidly drift-
ing into a nearer relationship, but
he had a . man s horror of a scene;
and it was a sullen, lowering face
upon which his . eyes rested. 27is
expression, of surprise was yerf
mortifying to ' Gertie. A She was
conscious of appearing at a disad
vantage, but she had never learned
to control her temper, and could not
do it now. "-'.iSo conversation lan
quished ibr stupid quarter of an
hour. Then Geoffrey rose and took
leave a thoroughly disenchanted
man.
As he turned from Miss Havi
land't door it was still within the
regulation hour for calls, and ue
walked on until he found ' himself
opposite Mr. Thornton's residence.
He stopped and unpinned Berta's
flowers from his coat and thrust
them into his pocket, .smiling a little
ruefully as he did so, thinking they
might spoil another call.
He found .4 lice at home in the
mcist ol a -pleasant fumily ' group.
A white Haired old ' grandmother
was : clicking her bright knitting
needles in and out, weaving the red
yarn; into warm mittens ,for a rosy
cheeked boy who was studying his
lesson beside her. A young sister
was crocheting a 'fascinator' out of
some Bnowy Shetland wool. Alice
was tatting.
Geoffrey watched her . white fin
gers as they tormed the fragile
thread into the cutious, lace-like
trimming for a time, then he said:
'7 cut a little poem from the pa
per this evening which is as perfect
a picture of your home group as if
it had been written to describe it.
May I read it ?'
All expressed a wish to hear it.
So he put his hand into his pocket
for his portmonaie, in which he had
a fashion of stowing away odd bits
of poetry or prose which struck his
fancy.
With the port-monaie came the
luckless bunch of flowers, crushed
with the rough treatment they had
received. Alice saw them and said
impulsively:
'Ub, Mr. Underwood, what a
shame ! How could you treat those
lovely flowers so !'
She took them in her hands as
tenderly as though they could un
derstand her.
'Poor little voiceless things !
it hurts me to see them ! Admi
red one moment thrown aside he
next I See how fragrant they are !
That is their protest!.'
Geoffrey looked at the fair face,
reproachfully, yet smiling, as it
bent over the flowers.
'It wasn't quite right to treat
them eo a lady's cifL. tnn.'
TWrir-pat them in water until
you go. Then you must take them
home with you to bring sweet
dreams of the donor.'
'Thanks for the advice. I would
like to have my sister Berta for
she was the giverlend the charm
to dreamland that she does to every
day life. Her bunch of flowers
shall be treasured for still another
reason can you imagine what it
is?' . ..
Something in his tone caused
Alice. to look up questioningly ; but
his ardent glance made her drop her
eyes, blushing and confused, though
her innocent heart beat high with
pleasure.
Geoffrey Underwood was her
beau-ideal of all that was noble and
graceful in man ; but she had never
thought of appropriating him. She
had been content to admire him at
a distance.
Thus it is in every life. The
most trifling things often decide its
happiness. Gertie's beauty and
vivacity had almost charmed Geof
frey's heart from his keeping; but
an angry demon looking from the
most perfect face transforms it, and
Geoffrey had not reached the stage
when 'Love is blind.'
Many a heart is caught in the
rebound, and Geoffrey's was no ex
ception. That evening was the
turning point with him. It was
not long before his engagement to
Alice was announced.
Gertie heard the news with bits
ter pain, for, though jealous and im
pulsive, she was true hearted and
it was bard to give him up. She
felt that the golden opportunity
had nearly keen her own, and that
her foolish display of temper had
lost her the only lover she had ever
cared to win.
Turks Uiving for Torpedoes.
The Turkish government has ors
ganized a corps of divers, whose
business it is to root up tne torpe
does which the liussians plant in
the Danube and on the shores of
the Black Sea. These divers are
Mohammedans from Lazistan, and
a certain number of them are aU
tached to each of jthe Turkish
squadrons. When the ships arrive
near a spot where th existence of
torpedoes is suspected two divers
row to the place in a very light
boat, which draws so little water
that there is scarcely any danger
of its striking against a torpedo.
On arriving at the destination one
of the oarsmen dives into the sea ;
if he finds the wiro or rope to which
the torpedo is attached, he cuts it
with a sharp instrument and returns
auicklv into the boat. The liber
ated torpedo floats to the surface of
the water, the men pass a sort of
lasso round it, takes it in tow, and
then row back to the ship as quick
ly as possible. For each one thus
captured the divers are paid about
$50 in addition to half the value of
the torpedo itself.
A Mavor out West has determined
tn till half tha doers in , that citv and
tan their hides with the hark of the
other half. .
16, 1877.
A Chicago Girl's Gratitude.
'Will you do something to oblige
me V shyly asked a beautiful young
woman of a timid gentleman, whose
acquaintance she had just made at
a sociable gathering on West Ad
ams street the"other evening. ! .:
'Anything that J can in honor.
Miss Smith ho replied, blushing
ly: ! !- .
'Well,' said she, 'come into the
back parlor, where it is dark, and
sit on the sofa with me, and let me
rest mj headon J WboJdeidU rented that the en
you pretend to whisper in my ear, I emV wereinrhim JBaclc: - - I -
only don't blow, because that tickles
and I can't laugh, for this new
dress is very tight ; and when any
body looks, youcan draw your arm
away I forgot to say, I wished
you to put it around my waist rill the answr, briefly.
nmtoTiH tn hind. 'TV . . . .
pretend to blush.
'But, my gracious, honored Miss,'
stammered the young man, after
hastily dividing four into 1877, and
finding that it wasn't leap year;
'my goodness, before all these peo
ple and I am already engaged
amd your father must weigh -.'
'2?ush, 1 know what I am up to,'
replied1 the artless girl. 'I am en
gaged, too, to that youing man talk
ing to that waxen-faced thing with
somebody else's hair oyer there. I
want to stir him up to bring him
down to business make him come
up to time, that's all.
The young man said that a load
had been lifted from his bosom, and
aided her to the best of his ability
83 well, indeed, that in three quar
ters of an hour the true betrothed
got his git 1 into the library, deman
ded an explanation of her shameless
conduct, was softened by her tears,
called himself a brute, asked if she
could forgive him, and promised to
behave better in future. And how
did the young girl reward the young
man who had helped her to the hap
piness ? Why, she never said a word
to him all the evening; in fact,
never mentioned him, except to say
to her reconciled lover, 'Alonzo,
could you have deen so stupid as to
think: I could see anything to ad
mire in such a mutton-head as that?
0, women, in our hours of ease.
Chicago Tribune. . .
The Largest Music Bos in the World.
An eminent Swiss mechanician
has just finished, for the JThedive
of Egypt, certainly the biggest and
finest, and probably the handsomest
musical box ever made. Its beau
tiful ebony case is buffet-shpped, as
large as a full sized signboard, and
inlaid with zinc and brass ?rork, and
ornamented with bronze chasings
and plates. The interior of this
remarkable box is a perfect marvel
of mechanical ingenuity ; it includes
all the latest improvements for se
lecting tunes, a patent moderator,
etc., and is furnished with flute,
flutebasso, drum, bells, castanets.
The repertoire consists of one hun
dred and thirty-two tunes, supplied
by eleven cylinders which can be
changed at pleasure each of them
six inches in diameter and twenty
six inches long. Notwithstanding its
brobdjgnagian dimensions, this in
strument like others of its kind per
forms automatically; when the Khe
dive desires to treat himself to a con
cert he needs only to touch a spring,
and if his highness should grow
weary of the monotony of one hun
dred and thirty two tunes, he has
but to communicate with &e ma-!
ker, who can speedily supply him
with the material for a few' addition
al hundreds. To complete oar de- j
soription, we ought to mention that i
the box is the result of eighteen
months' assiduous labor, and that
the price to be paid for it is about
$4,000.
How
Hayes' Arm Was Saved by a
Eebel Surgeon.
At the battles of Antietam and
South 'Mountain, a colonel roa woun
ded his arm fearfully shattered-
and&e was borne from the field by
his brothers and a private soldier.
They carried him across the coun
try a long and toilsome distance,
every step of which was torture te
the sufferer, to the house of a Marys
land Union farmer. Then came
the ubiquitous Yankee surgeon with
his glittering knives and cruel saws,
and made hasty-preparations to am
putate the ailing member. The far
mer vehemently protested, declar
ing that the man would die if the
arm was cut on. lne surgeon in
sisted that the patient would die if
the arm was not taken off, and the
colonel's brothers coincided with the
surgeon. But the determined old
farmer despatcned nis son on ius
fleetest ; horse across the fields to
the other side of the mountain after
his friend and neighbor, a country
physician, and a rank rebel. When
tne rustic juscmapias arrived, ensu
ed a long contention with the Yan
kee hewer of bones over the suffer
er. but the result was that the arm
was saved, and after some weeks of
careful nursing the , colonel galloped
off to join his regiment, a compare
tively sound man. i 27e subsequent
ly became Governor of Ohio, and
now fills the Presidential chair.
Philadelphia Bylletin. - ' .. , r -
v It is understood that the ladies who
vow they will never many, have not
the remotest idea of keeping i thei
word.. : - -
The Stoiewall Brigade; '
Lr rom the Philadelphia Times. .
i The General formed his brigade
on the crest of the Hill near the
.Henry House, the men Jyinir down
behind the brow of it, in support of
the two pieces of artiJery, placed tn
position to play upen t'je .advancing
foe. ' i:' . :V ; : ! ;
. Gen. Bee,bis brigade being crush
ed : and scattered, rode up to Gen.
Jack eon,; and with e the excitement
emy were'teating him Back.
1 'Very Weil, Oeneral, it ; can t
be
helped,' replied Jackson, if
1 But how. do you propose to stop
them?'- , - t; ,. y: :
.'We'll give them the bayonet!'
Gen. Beewheeled his horse and
galloped back to his command. A t
he did so, Gen. Jackson said to
Lieut. Lee, of his staff : .
iTell the colonel of this brigade
that the enemy are advancing-; that
when their heads, are seen above
the; bill let the whole line arise,
move forward with' a shout,1 and trust
to the bayonet. I am tired of this
long-range work.' ' ' !".
In the storm which followed Bee's
return to his command, he was soon
on foot, his horse shot from under
hm)." With the fury of despair he
strode among his men, tried to ral
ly and to hold them against the tor
rent which beat upon them, and,
finally, in a voice which rivalled the
roar- of battle, he cried out : 'Oh,
men, there are Jackson and his
Virginians standing behind you like
a stone wall ! Uttering these words
of martial baptism, Bee fell dead
upon the field, and left behind him
a fame which will follow I that of
Jackson as a shadow.
The South.
The grand old South, with Jier
'plantation manners, was,1 after all,
the great conservator pf civilization
in the United States. 'She kept
the lamp of chivalry alight in hearts
of gold.' . She preserved the muni
ments of civic liberty. She adjust
ed the true relations between capi-
riched herself and poured her
treasure into overy vein and artery
of the commercial North, building
up splendid cities, making opulent
corporations and individuals,- and
creating the possibility of every in
dustrious man earning a generous
living. She kept society pure and
the government unsullied. Alas I
how have crazy fanatics and fools
changed all this! The war made
upon the South and her institutions
has! brought forth dreadful fruit.
The revelations of the past few days
demonstrate that the fabric of so
ciety, East and West, has dwelt up
on a slumbering volcano. : Wealth
has been concentrated in the hands
of the few ; poverty is the burden
of the many. A privileged class
has been established, whose chief
doty seems to be grinding the faces
of the poor. Hard times have fol
lowed the' big dzunk of war and
speculation. Confidence i between
man and man nas Deen weiimgh
destroyed. The granaries of the
union are bursting with plenty.
and yet myriads of God's creatures
are hungry for bread. We do not
care to taunt our brethren . ot the
North in the hour of calamity ; but
they should know at last that the
day of retribution has arrived. Au
gutta Sentinel.
How Foe Wrote His Eaven.
Poe's new biographer, W F Gill,
rejects, as nearly every one of sen
sibility and discrimination must,
the poet s labored account ot 'The
Raven' as a mere product of art,
and seeks for a clew to the! poem in
the circumstances under which it
was written. Poe was living at
Bloomingdale, N. Y;, ' and shortly
before 'The Haven appeared, 'his
child wife, Virginia, whom he loved
with a purity and intensity that
was little short of adoration, was
prostrated by a serious illness which
had previously amictea ner, ana ior
weeks her life was hung by a thread.
Animation was at times, indeed,
seemingly suspended, and on one
dreary .December night, the poet
was agonized to find her cold and
breathless, apparently dead. In his
lonely, silent vigils in what was, to
all intents and purposes: . the
Dresence of death, many stranee
immacinarics and much bitter self
accusation naturally came to him.
Although uniformly kind and tender
to his wife, he had. been weak and
errinz from his unfortunate suscep
tibility to drink, and an exaeerated
sense of wrong done to his lost loved
one, through his weakness, not on
naturally came to him at this time,
exciting the most irrational remorse.
His unreasoning, agonized repining
undoubtedly - took such complete
possession of him as to completely
surcharge bis mind with the imag
inative reveries 'that no mortal ever
dared to dream before,! and in pic
turing to himseLf his wife as depart
ed, his remorse , , also ' forbade nun
any; hope of meeting her in the dis
tant Aiden ot tne future. " Air.
Gill follows this natural 'hypothesis
with an analysis that . rival! Poe's
oitai for its ingenuity. j .
'"4. " ' . '
NO. 33.
Who are the Elassad. '.
Blessed is the man who minds his
own business.--14 - -v ;;
Blessed is the woman who never
says to 'her husband,
vl told you
who can sew
Blessed in the man i
on his own buttons wten the baby
is' Crying. . i ; ' ;
Blessed is the ? woman! who won't
marry a widower providing he is
your father. V' ;'. yj .-. ; v.
' Blessed is the mother-in-law who
never remind yon that-j-i .r:r
rfed above j our jtatka. "
Blessed is the rich relation who
never looks down on you when
yon are in the gutter, j j.
Blessed is the poor relation who
never looks upto yon for motiey.
-Blessed is th'e old maid who don't
hate old people and the children.
Blessed is the eld bachelor who
don't hate cats and pin cushions.
Blessed are.rther' married "people
who don't wish they were single.
v-Blessed are the single people who'
are content to remain so
Blessed is the husband who never
says his mother's pies .were better
than hU wife's are. . j i;
Blessed is fhe wife (formerly a
widow) who never calls up the vir
tues of her 'dear departed" for.No. 2
to emulate. " : v v . ;
Blessed js the woman who don't
scold when thestove pipe falls down
on the dinner table 'and blessed ia
the man who can fix it I up without
swearing. , 'if. ,:; , .
Blessed is the friend who never
require the loan of an umbrella..
, Blessed is the neighbor who is so
busy with his own affairs that he has
uw uui bu pry ww yours.
Where are the blessed ? " " -i
Echo answers, Where ?'
Mr-Svarts, Physicallj.
Evart's face is shaven. His har
is scanty and. iron-gray. I His ears
are small, and Joek as if they had
been closely trimmed. His eyes, are .
gray and faded. They have a wa
tery appearance while he is speak
ing, but every Other .part of his
body is so dry that one expectf
him to crumblo np when his great
rT -" . . 1 . t-w
away , as s cream. taontn ia
small, his lips are thin land color
les ; his teet are perfect in form and
color. His . nose and forehead are
the marked features off his person.
It isn t a Websterian forehead,
broad and dome like, but it is bul
ging like, and hangs oyer his eye3
like a bay window in the second
story of a house. , His skin is so
pure and dry that you can see the
currents of pale blood that run over
his skull. The nose is biz enough
to carry all the brains an ordinary
man would need, and maybe Evart s
Surplus is situated there.! It isn't
an 'inconstant vestibule,', as some
Call Morton's, but a peak majestic,
and rises from the landscape of his:.
face to give it dignity! and conse
quence. It is not puggy or grist
ly like some large noses,' but it is
of aristocratic material and artistic
carving. The slopes and curves -are
all according to the lines Of art
Grecian art. It is a thing of
beauty magnified. ' Evart's legs are
pipe stems and his arms willow
branches. His chest is 1 less in di
ameter than his head; and the
breadth of his shoulders is about as
great as the distance from the tip
of his nose to the base of his cerebel
lum. He has no bowels, and only
stomach machinery enough to keep
the brain supplied with food.
Mr. John McDouzh.lthe New
Orleans millionaire, has engraved
on his tomb a series of i maxims.
which he had prescribed as the rules
for his guidance through 1 life, and
te which his success was mainly at- .
tributable : 'Bemember always that .
loloir- ia -n --of tliv ouaditlonw-
our existence. .'Time is gold ; throw
not one : minute . away, but place
one to account. Do unto1 all men
as you would be done by. Never
covet what is not your own.'- Nover
think any matter so trifling as not
to deserve notice. : riever i give out
that which does not first come in.
Never spend but to produce. Let
the 'greatest order - regulate the
transactions, of your life. ' Study
in the course of your, life to do the
greatest amount of good, i Deprive
yourself of nothing- necessary to
your comfort, but live in an honors
able simplicity and frugality. r JLa
bor, then, to the last moment of
your existence. , '
Starting in. the World.
Many an unwise narent labors
hard and lives sparinely all his life
for the purpose; of leaving enough
to give his children a start in tne
world, as it is called. : ' Setting a
Joung man afloat with money left
im by his relatives is like tying
bladders nnder the arms of one wno
cannot swim ; ten chances to one
he will loose his bladders and go to
the bottom. -' Teach him to swim
and he will never need the bladders.
Give your child a -sound education
and you have done enough for him
See to it that his morals are purer
his mind cultivated, and his whole
nature made'subservient to the laws
which govern man, and yon have
given -what will be of more value
i than the wealta of the Indies. ,
f-T
I !
March 30, 1877.