North Carolina Newspapers

t . . ........... .... ".- "T -, '- i wrrygr Jwau.-jR Vr - Jf&i ! rr "R" RTT"R.TT1 VOTT A TR.TTI FRTriwrP - Tfisf -0 A TTTRl !A T T! nTnolrfk . ! '-V JL. - . - . . .... . i ..i t. ,-vn :"8 n i hi-. VOLV6(.k 1 4 TARBORO.', C; TiBrtrRSPAMliGH,1 1J 1583.- - . - Hi " - - i - - - - - - - - - : - - - " - - - - - ' - - . '.- - - -- -- -' - .r: ? "t - r c 1 1 i"i ' ' f PROFESSIONAL CARDS. D R. 11. T. BASS i' Offers hie professional gfSrTices, to the titi- e iQi ot Trboro and Tianity. . i Offict in T, A. McNalc's drug tor oaMain. ' Street.- - . v . ! ' ! PRANK NASH, . ' r ---r- : a. nr-T-i-iTon7-c. a t-t. a "ixr J 1V TARBORO. N. C. 'I U t . 7 5 j Practices !a all Mie Courts. 8Ute and Fed4 eral. KfHfti - ' - 1: J. 1. MAETIS. B. & SHABPE. : JVIartin & Sharpef Attorneys - txt Law, Fnetio ia lb Ckmrtt, Steta and Fedamli dec$-82 ly ; . .. f . ; ;.. . :- J H. A-Giiixoi. k ' DoHSKiiGnjidi , f XAJUBORP'.N. q. v ; .-5 I , Wtll practice in the Counties of Edgecombe Halifax and Pitt,' and In the Courts of the First Judicial District, and in the Circuit and Saprtms Courts at Raleigh.; . ,janl8-ly. D 0 SS ST BATTLE, i , j - Attorney at Jiaw. ? . H RBORQ. ROCKY, MOUNT, N. Q. Praetieea Is ths -Courts' of Edsscoinbe Nask,-' Pitt, Wllson.and HsJlfax , counties A.l ia the Federal and Supietae Courts. fy Clfeetions a specialty, j L is JOrnci, for the prescut, in front -room ni sadsj HewrdsJ4Tw office, next door to w itrol tin. Xh & Co.; on Main .8k. De. 15, 1881. , f j i in in hi n i ' Geo. R Hart : ! B.'A, P, !Ooole4 HART & COOLEY, Attorneys - at - Lawj Eociy Koimt and NaMIe, M j Practice in State and Federal Courts. m!6ip jfBORGfi HOWARP, i ; 'A .Attorney and Counselor at Law. TARBORC N. C. . . y. . . -: I S2 UEPraesvs ia all the Courts, Statej&nd f4rl. ' nov.6-lj. J JNO. L BREGERS & SON., Attorneys-at-Law ' - TARBORO', N. C. r Practice in all Courts. Prompt attention to business. ,: : t ' ; r ; ml51y jSi DR. 1 5. CARR, t I Surgeon 'gSi Dentist- TARBORO, N. O. Ofliee hoars, lrom 9 a. m. 'till from 3 to S p. as. . j ! iP. la-jand CNextr door to Tarboro House, Ore)r it Liaaier s Koysters. tuswB 'u ria i ss i" Attorney - af- Xair, " ; TARBORO, H. C . i i OfiSce next to Philips A Stolon's Law office. TV" ill practice ia the Federal and State Courtsv T Refers by express 'permission to Judge Ruf si ef the Supreme Court ; Citizens National Bank, of Raleigh; BatUe, Bunn & Co., Nor folk; Jno. Arrinjton & Sons, Petersbur! j ' d31-6m - .- . - - v i-:.'-. . ' ' .( ! Fender Sch.c5olv Mrs. Gcn'L Pente P incipal. .retunied after the Christmas Holiday; wpnwifan i t t vtthj-v a k .ia the Bridfers' Orove property, lately op en pled by the Edgecombe High School, with increased facilities for conducting: as food a Strictly Female School as cau, be fsaad anywhere. - The Second Terrai for t h e first scholastic year will begin on i : HONDAT, FEBRUARY 12th.1 , For particulars, aderees theJPrincipal - jaa48 : . .: '- .. Vti-.' .'if' BOABDiNfll MRS. j. G. CHARLES baring Uked ie Bank building, on the Corner of Trade) and Pitt streets, is now prepared to take boardiers. JrarboroVN. C., January 11th, 1883. j JT.tlW.SiLVA.GK, S A aB L E t3 CoBxiR GsjurrnvLs A St. Ahdbiw Stbets, .TABBOUO'.' ft. J. " i i These Stables are the largest in the State, v and have a capacity of holding ten carloads ofttoek.1 GiYe him a can.' ! Janlisy Geo. Howard Prs. Tm. BV Pippsa, Vide Pres M. TFtidelL Cashier, ft. Faiisa limiri&c. .- Eanbinj Co, , ; ' (BANE1KG DEPARTMENT.) f s Bab open from .."...OA M. to 3 !; M. - . Discount Day, Teitbssat. . , . DrJlEOTOBB i i :, f Dr. J, H. Baker, i Geo. Howard. H. L. Staton, Jr., i W. M. Pibpen - - H. 'Morris y-At H-: I ' Deevl8-ly. i. .V . ., Lfij.: ! : JOHX Jt. I)IX0T T at old staad of UMSa A Broe,. L while he blows his Horn he !s nl wss pre- ,b ared to serve you : witb toe pnrest I HA U DE TIE and the best flavored CIGARS. I aiTehlss acall. -i "s. - h:S ; upposue taari ttoase, Tarboro, Dee. Ii, tf. - f, - Uocltylloiin A RI in full aad successful operation, and A. are art pared to til aH orders f on Bheet- lnjij Tarns and Cotton Rope, at lowest prices, Ordtn addressed to Rockr AfoUnt Mills Rocky Mount, Nl C., will be promptly attend- S to. . JAMJf-SSa. AAlllA! Ses'y and ireasurer. April 11. 1878-tf. STARTLING! ! DISCOVERY! LOST MANHOOD RE8TOREDU m. victim of youthful bnprndenoe eaealsg; Premature Decay, Verroos Defailitr, Zawt Ma . . hood, etc, having triad in. vain every known : remedy 4ua diaoovered s simsle self cure, which he will aead FREE to his feltow-aufferere. ad-' ' dreatJ. H. BEEVES. 43 Chatham &UH.T , ' 1 ' i - ' -- 1 ' '.- - 'i ' C I C fl fi "Pr yf a W easily' made OluUU borne, Workias; for E-! O. Kideout- A Co.. 10 Barclay Street, !: New York. Send for their catalogue i and if all Vart(Mlars.- ' - - oet. JT ly Practical Ufe.f ffjfSmSfW to 9 rp. Clear tjw. lint Madias mm IlUutratioaa. AfcE.NTS W1VIII. T5 ( SISJwr Mealk. ' at Tcrau. eodreti C, SicCUKby & ro-.TiiUaOvltiw. f New Year HzffiGREETHlGSinizK I shall open on the first day of Jannaryat R. H. Austin's Brick Store, two doors from my old stand, a well selected stock of !!H iDIRlY GIOIOIDIS. twtttmfflttttffltttttttttt. N otions, I Hardware, Groceries, Provisions And Farm Supplies, All of whieh will be sold rery CHEAP, for CASH, or on TIME to PROMPT PAYING Customers. MS And Bought for Cash. 1 i - 9"Gire me a call before opening' your ac count for tie year. Respectfully, T. n. Gatlin. Tarboro, Jan. 13-ly, - 11 LAGER BEER ! The Mot Refreshing Bev erage Known.; III BEER BOTTLERS, The Trade Supplied at our Establishment, Next Door to Court House. Orders by mail, from any part of th btate, promptly attended to. ' t&" Will have a supply of "Back Beer ' in 'season. 1 Tarboro', N. C, April 13, 1883. i mm jfWUM . (i. 0PPEM1PJMKR&S0N nnnnmrjo p HAimno niMBnV) a Liyuuno AS. "I aS "IS m SO ? : O a 2S o 1 m z u w .... y 2 2 S 0a fl P O 1 ' Also a fine lime of Family Groceries. f Having opened a Grocerr and Bar.' next door to R. C. Brown & Co's. we invite all onr friends to cive us a liberal share of their pat ronage, rt e win ny ana piease. . PARKER A DAWSON. Tarboro'. H. C., Jany 18, 831y v Are upon us. but there is a rift in tle cloud full of promise to those who - -. ' -' I'M Ii it . T. E. LEWIS, NotwithstandiDe the Inroads made on his stock durine Xmas. bis Hnv of StaDle I- PANCy GROCERIES Has itbt been, allowed to . run low. LEWIS' is the place fof those wild "have little mony, but want it to Qoa LQXG WAY. -1 Only the i1 -Best 1 Grooms W Are Kept and they are CHEAP. If vou are not Convinced of these facta. call and exaniine, . or inquire of the molti- tuue wuu uaiijr unuc , , ., T. E. LEWIS,! Main Stn 2 doora above Pender's Jan. 5th, 1883. .' " i ' ' ' GREGORY HOUSE, The Gregpir Hotel, known as Bryan House, in full operation, doing good business, will be sold on favo favorable terms. Feby, 2i6tl883.. " Go. Howaid. MULES! MULES!! Or)Tuesday next, the 8Tth day of February 188S, we will sell at the Court House door in Tarboro; the nine mnles from "Hope Lodge" Farm, with wagons etc. Also a fine mare in fold by Outcast, a very goo seine etc. Terms made known on day of sale. Feb. 21st 1883. 'A ' Gao. Howabtj .. - R. H. Battle, f ; Trustees. The Hard Times Catlviiaa,' Sit Htdhev Ckroale tMar. atoa, Jsnadtosv Impurity of the Blood, Fererud !JiyajidaUXteeaMa- sTr eaased y De- of Lirer, Bowels sad Kidaeys. STXFTOVS OT A DISEASED UTTER. c Bad Brestk; Psia la the Side, someumes the phi tefckl aadsrdie Sholkt4iUde, Biitakea far KhraiBamnt: 'gumil Jose of vpeettor Bowde enenllT eostive, nutimcl khemting wlth-lu; the aesd is tnubied with peia, is duUaad icurf. Witt eoaademble lea of awmory, acooapaniod wiaapeinfUeaaa4ioaefleaTiagwd8ioiBethin( viiich aught to hire heca done ; a iligRt. dry cough and 4usaad face is anaMtieui aa atteadaal, oftca rianhaa far mi ni uUuu? the pxonst eentplaios e weariacas and acbiiitr : ncrroux. euiir tuirtjcd: of (he aUa eafats: cptrics are few ami wrt,ltane-a awwfiwrt thel would daL vet eae can aetdrr SBaaaaw asufac ny u ca act, oatrasts every remedy, Several t of the above lyuemw ettrad the dieaa,fcotcMS , messttoWtineflhaviMevai eaaauaatioB after death has showa the Uver to f It shouM ktts4 hy an yoaac whemerer aay of Use abore PeraoDS TiwreBasr r tMir la Besuxny XeoaUttos, ay taUacadoie aUTtp keep the Liver iaaeakhy actioa, wiU avoid aU Kalaria, BOioos attaeka, Dimaen, Nan- aaa. uravMeo, JJcpreanoa et Smnu will avntxaate Vke a gtaat of wiae. Dot et Spinti, etc It t ia bo tav-- If Tow havo oatoa raytfataa; bard of dlceetlon, or feel heavr after awau, or sleep. . leas at sifto. take a dose aad yoa will U reUcved,X VsBa aad Dawtovs DUla win bo' aTed : fey always kaepins; Out Bsnlator ' tm the Bowse I I ! : For, whaarver the aUmeae any be, a horoa(M7 . aafi awvatfwa, aJloraUvo aad tsaton! ever be oat of place. - Tae remedy is fcaraateeav usldooa wet tetorfero with Business or a0 . '.-1J.-S ' ; '-ITH JB3oX'1TOBSABIJC;'VC5 J Aad bat ail the awr aae aakacy of Calomel or Quiaoc, amaout any of Om wjuruxa mfter cTkaw4 SiauBoaa Lirar SmkM 1. km ( faaihr far wmi time, aad I am eanafied k it a aiaawc : additioB to the aierliril JkGiu. SaokTxa,CeTeraor of Ala. aayst Have derived aoeaa aaaeat from the ate ef: Liver Reguiatar, farther trial. aad with to give it a mlw Thin tie ..n aeuawvm.- i aave ated many reaedict far Dy aipsia, Lbrer Aaectioa aad DeWity, but nrrer' have foaad anything; ta benefit -me to the eateat ' "wwaae Liver Regulator has; I tent fa Mia .BlioU ta Georgia for it, and would tend funfacrfor otai and would advlat aU who are tha Uarfy aftectad to rtre it a trial at it teerat the eoly eUag that sever fib) to relieve. i - S 1 J P. M. Jajorrr, UinarjpoEi. Uiaa.. - r.I. W. Jgaeoa aayst From actual ea-, parieace ia the sac of Siauaamv liver Regulator la my nractioe I aave been and am satitaed to ate' aadjretcribUatasaabvemediaBe. ; Jl-Take Ur Ciewaiae, which always has oa die Wrapper She reel Z Trade-Mark aad Sicmaterei ef ; j. H. ZKOJCW co. FOR SAU BY ALL PBOGGISTS. House. S0L.W00LARD. :Don't You Forget It," Uiml I bar. una ef toe Dnt-.t ttoeke ef GBO- CKBIW, Ac, ever offered to toe .trade la tbis TtClDltJ. ; ;. . I ' i Merchants are requested to examine MTiPRICES. . ! I HAVE IN STOCK - 4K Barrels of Flour, different grades. r .t : i - Bags Coffee 2 , Barrels of Sugar. -a f( Hoxes of Tobacco, bought before the X VsVf ouiaucB. .s .- Boxes and Barrel of Crsehers and lVFLF Cakes. I am agent fur the manu facturers and offer these goods at manufacturers prices, i . C f Barrels of Mott's Champasrne Cider, sjvf.soldat the mill price. The trade v can save freight by buying of me. SOL. WOOLAED, i w.i tot) n t)MW 3. r ' I W A. V. U t VV. - Feb. 16-ly. , TARBORO', N. C Furniture ! B. C. Carlile, Main St., inst above Pamlico Banking Co, HAS OM BAND NEW, FSBSH eTOCE OF B ught for Cash, which he offers at moderite prices. Mire- ef .11 Mi Espairei COFFIKS. CASKETS AND M DERTAKIXG GENERALLY. ; - - -..., : vi-- i !' ! . ' J.- -,. ; tar Patronage solicited..; -. Hb. c. caMle. Tarboro, Fb. 26, 1882: a nrl XTY ORG aNS Vt Stopa 10 Bet ULM I I 1 reeds only 990. Pianos 125 Kare bolidai mdncements ready, Write o onl Beatty, Wa.hlnzton, N. i. if - : Mil. Jon UnuBrtakln Furniture arbaro' I Bonibtxmx: 2bampir,.Z. r.,.MABfifl, 15, 1883- .0H,LOV..E3 TEUS Heart of my love beat true 1 Sad Is my life and cofa the autumn night, .j- The wind in gusts shake down the yellow r mi The sky inr leaves is trrav. i gray, only a fitful light Shows wheie the pioou-wfil rise tj the chill h." i. ttma. !: v v :, :i A i - Strikes to my very souk Passed are tears. Petulant longing, even radient hope t .That lived so long gone too; onlyj last thing i that dies, ; : ,''" Only a resting of my weary heart on you Who never yet have faiied-ob, love, be true! Eyes of mv love, shine clear! .i " V The mists are rising- round me fdense and tfc-i- The Broken En ment Wnen MarTTilJlauujQonts engaee- Ebeni was proclaimed to " the world here ensued a general expression ol Btirpnse. ; ,: 4r. ;-; f s Feopla generally are surprised at matrimonial engagements. ' There ib always some cogent reason .mby 1 tbtntrs should save : been otlierwise wby John" - sbo djosted havei married Joan, and Peter eh fer Betsey. Nobody was married to suit everybody, v Bat in Mary Clanmont s did really seem as if the true love had I interfered with, the current of comm and' produce. ; j --Jv,; " Miss Clanmont was only went v. a talL imperial beauty, with rlfiurr black eves, a skin as fresh. as damask roses, and dark brown hair, coiled in fihinine' bands at the back of her head. " Moreover, Miss j Clari mont had a career ceiore . . - a a a !: - Ol r, one had iust Erradoated front ledfield Medical University and tak but her diploma as an M. .1). And only to think; of it, said Aunt v Jo. burstmer into tears of vexation and disappointment, that sie must needs go and ruin all her prospects by gettingehgaged to ilarry iMarlow, down in New York!' ' ..- j It does geeml stranere, Aunt Jo, when I sit down and think of it,' said Doctor Mary, laughiag, and blushing. 'Six months ago my profession was all the world to me. I neither wished nor cared for anything outside its limits. The future was all mapped out before me, without lletl or hin drance ; and now - ' - 'Humph! errowled Aunt Jp. 'Any brainless idiot, can get marijied and keep a man's bouse and mend his shirts for him, bnt you were; made for something higher and more dig nified, Mary. . M Mary's dewbnght eyes Bptofcled. 'Higher, i Aunt Jo ?' said she. More dignified? There hrou are mistaken. There is no higher or more dignified lot in life tJjian that of the true wife of a noble nusband. Fiddlesticks V said Aunt jJo. 'As if every poor fool who was! dazzled by the glitter -of a weddang ring didn't say the same thing ! f You've disappointed me, Mary Cladmont, and I'm ashamed of you, and that is the long and the short of iti , Mary smiled.i A A Dear Aunt Jo.' said shei 'I shall noilet.my sword and sheild rust, believe me. Harry has onli bis own talents to advance him in the ' world, and it will be at least a yeir before we shall be ready to marry j In the meantime I shall accept the post of visiting physician to the Aldenbury almshouse and j practice my proies sion in Aldenbury, just the 1 same as if there were nd engagemeni.' j l wisn to goodness inera : wasn 1, said Aunt Jo. 'I tell you what, Mary, I don't fancy that smilliag, smooth toneued young man of yours, ( and 1 never. sbalL' i - ., A Still Doctor Mary Clarinkont kept her temper. ! ; ! """ ; I am sorry, iAunt Jo., she said, pleasantly. 'Bat I hope Miat you will eventually jcnange your minu. X used to keep a thread and needle store when I was a .young woman, remarked Aunt Jo, dry IK I 'and I always could tell the ring of a j coun terfeit half dollar wnen a customer laid it on the counter. I could then, and I can now and I tell yjoa what Mary," there's base metal abdut Harry MarlOwT f -. i . V Doctor Mary bit her lip. ;'Perhaps. Te will not di scuss tbe subiect further, Aunt Jo,' she Baid, with quiet dignity, and the old lady said no more. ! I ; 'Aunt Jo is ijwrong !' perished the pretty young M. D. to hers -If . ; i'Mary is making a fool o:: Iter self !' thought Aunt Jo. i i Aldenbury was a pretty manufac turing village,' witb a main, street' shaded by unbrageons maples, a 'west end,' where people who lad; made their f ortuness Uyfcdcimf ( irtably in roomy old bouses, surroi mded by velvet lawns, and terraced gardens, and an 'east j end,' whers people fought desperately and not always successfully to keep soul .nd' body together on the mearcst pittance. And a little way out et tl e village the almshouses, built and endowed by a certain .smugling - sea Captain,, whose conscience had pri:ked him during his latter dayt?, raised; their gray-stone gables to the sky,, and made a pictnresvue back ground to the landscape. .' Doctor Mary Clarimont m ade some thiner of a sensation at Aldenbury. Up to tbis time all the resident M Ds had been suffy old gentlemen with wigs or pert young ones with eyeclasses. I 1 A beautiful young lady who wrote prescriptions and compounded pills and portions, was a novelty in the town, and by no means a ble one. i People rather m. - -. V. disagreea- liked the TT ' ' gage- r. a aid ouia ure-1 1 , aV everyet case it course oi jBeriously on senaei one-and idea, once they had convinced them-1 selves that the ladv 4oollrlhfdBrbi ly nnderatood herselt andU iei patients.' t . - J Ana tue poor old rv people at tne alms house grew to lote Doctor Mary Doctor Miryr and listen with eager Tears,fbf, the sound of her carriage wheels over the bine gravel drive " whieh kdttji to tVe nortico H '3 P ? K ' It was a brilliant December - aa' when the young physician fstodd i the neatly carpeted va-eCeptioiv room, drawing on lier far gipvee. prf vioua to entering ner neat pheeton ionce asrain. while she reiterated to the white capped ) roaid some -directions ' . eV concerning, eld Ann Mudgett s rheu matism,rhen the matrouf burned uL rmv. pardtjrjvXtoctor Clarimont; said ' the,1 1 bW I-deih fererbt the new old woman V The new old woman,' : repeated Doctor Mary, with a smile, j A j j . 'That is,' explained Mrs.; Cunnin gbam, 'she only came last ; night a quiet .old sonV.half blind and quite asthama. ... f Perhaps you'd badjWith bettfe r iust see her before r-yoa go. She brought 'a card of admission from Doctor York clergynjaa, who is one or our directors, yoa know." And she seems a decent body.eijsrjgh So Doctor - Mary jren$; eheel inter the little brick paved room." with its white pallet-bed, cushioned rock- incrcLair and" neatly drapped casse- ment, where sat a -poor, little shrivel ed up woman, wrapped in- a - faded Bhsli. r She looked timidly up.' as Doctor Mary came in, from under tne bor ders of her cap.:' ,".-w .-.v.i.-...J. ; Tm a poor body, miss, said sue, 'and I'm sensible I'm . making a deal of trouble in the world- Bnt the Lord don't always take ns,miss,when we alike to go. . k i ' This is the doctor said Mrs. Uun . ningbanx The little woman would have risen jUp to make , a t feeble coortesy, but jDoctor Mary motioned her to, keep her seat. ' .A -! : tl'- 1 1 'What is your name ?' said she, bleaiaritry- - ' A. ' "V" H , jjouise Alariow, miss. . ; 'Marlow! That is an unusual name, isn't itf said Mary darimoot colonnsr in sfJite of herself, f W 'We're Enelisb. miss,' said the old woman, struggling teaelyirltb her asthama. 'There ain't many of us in this country. I've a son, j miss, in the law business, , as any mother might be probd .of.' 'A son V echoed Mrs. Cunningham; and you in the almshouse 11 v. I; - 'Not that it's his fault, ma'am, the old eimtamjnade. haste to i explain. 'My son is to be married to a fine, proud young lady, as it. is for any prince in all the land, and of course he can't be expected to burden him self with a helpleBS old woman like me. He say I'm to" write and 1 let him know how I get aloBgr-eUid s if I'm sick or an thing he'll try to 6ee me. I sewed carpets until the asth ma got hold of me, 'and snpported myself comfoiUbly. But of course I eouldn't lay up anything for a rainy day who oou'd 1 And Henry couldn't help toe, for he's getting1 ready to be married poor lad I So I went to Dr. Merton and asked him did he knoW : of any decent place where an ohl woman like me - could end her days in peace. And La gave me a card to come here and some money to pay my traveling expenses God bless him !-and here I am 11 f Mary Clarimont bad listened qttlet . lyto the garrulous tale, but the color had varied in her cheek more- than once as she stood, there. I 0 'A ' 'Is your sons name Harry Maflowr she 6aid,slowly and thoughtfully, 3 CCUUapt.SVVT amVS Wivaa.ea. . -j. f 7 J- " - . - a U Yfis. m as. at vour service, said tne old woman, witb a duck of her white 1 . . .. . . . '.i, capped head, which was meant to do duty in place of the impossible cour" tesy. a i t '' i '".A' 'Is he like this!' said Doctor Mary, taking a photograph from her pocket The bid woman, with f trembling hands, fitted on ber iron bowed spec tacles, and looked at the; picture, utteiing a little cry of recognition. 150X6, miss it is his own self,' she cried., 'You are acquainted with him,,thenJ'-,;v : Ei il-- -C :- A-itT 'Somewbat,' ,said Doctor Mary, composedly, as she returned the photograph to it's place. I 'And now I will leave you something to relieve this difficulty in breathing.' f! ' , But the old crone eyed her wist fully. . ' 1 I 'Perhaps you know the young lady my son is to marry 1! 'Yts,' said Doctor Mary, writing something in her prescription . book 'I have seen her.' ; j ' l 'Perhaps, miss,' faltered , the old woman, you would : give her my humble duty, and tell her "I would just like to look at her for onee and see what she is like. There's no fear of my troubling ber, miss, for I mean tor end my days here, r But I would like to see ber just once. And if it wouldn't be asking too much, miss, would you please write to .my son. and tell bim where i. am er I'm no scholar myself, and mother, after alL' " I Tm' hi I will write to him,' said Tli AWC,'Vr Mary, quietly ; and away. ' . - - so 1 ( sue went ''Ar, r ' 'I n Mrs. er see alady afore,' said; old juario w, , . wiui a . ioug . nig. 'Rnt sbe'a a nrnttv creature and St seems good to have berarountl jl hope she'll come again soon.' -1 'You may be very sure of that,' said the matron, brusquely. : Doctor Clarimont ain't one to neglect poor : PfPle because they are poor. ; That evening Aunt Jo, frying crril- lers over the kitchen fire, was 1 sur j prised by a visit from her niece, iwho ! came in, all wrapped in furs, Jwitb 1 her cheekscrimsoned with tbe frosty,1 j winter air, . 'Bless me I this ain't ( never yoU said Aunt Jo, peering over the rims of her Bpectaclet!.'- : S'Sj." j i'l drove over tasee you, Aunt Jo. said Mary, to tell yoa that, you -were ngpt The metal was counterfeit. ,i j that Mid Annt Jo, , mediAoiatity Imii Trt 1 HrAAhertiAalW ladhng out the bxowaV early crnllers, although the did not look at. ;vfha4 she was dQjngiuii'3iri ji L?e?tv f 'X have written tot Uarryr:Jlar49w, ncelanff orxrgamBht r fiaid Doctor .-Mary,' calmy albeit ifer.yoice faltered a"fittla.i 'The toiri ) who will heartlessly let his old mother -go. into an almshouse, sooner Uiajirtakthe4 trouble to maintam heri caa b( no, fit I la . m i - .....! I nusDtnd ior any woman :i ia ii-ji;;. a 1 "a .lis r . a . 1 1 And then she sal down by tbe fire;' told Aunt Jo erenTtliiBf?; Cor .trabbed crustytold ArintrJd iiaqbeeanlikle a. was- full to bverflbwingJa Impi T-jj ; When he ' bad i ceased- speaking jj.unt-Jo nodded her' head.' t ! 1 Witi Viava i(4rkViarwoll - anrl wiflolv , UfH O W 1 1 1 . II. U.J . said she.ifiv---: "i Hfjfs1i,r.j'4 t Old Mrs.;Marlow died that winter in the Aldenbury almshouse, witb her head on: Doctor Mary i ClayimenVs ann, and never knew that her" ,gftrra. lbus confession iiad deprived her: son of his promised wife.; -t o j & i j ,q ; ' And Mary says qiefily. .and- ireso lutely that her profeeaioK 4 must be hUBband and home to ber .heBcefor ward. 'V to 1 Mi'.&iiu"-i !'jj8:; ! Unst wkat it ought io: be,' ;says Aunt Jo. 'So woman-.' ever yet sue- ceeded in doing two things . at once. ! And ever thereafter Dr. Mary wore vloomers, ' fought for the. rights of her sex; and entertained an unqueneb able dislike for. the male sex r .j j THAT BAD BOY. He ' Sectmes a Lniggist-Why he Be--; -. aigaM. .-. "Well, what are you loafing around pere for!'' said tber fgrocery. man to the bad boy, one morning this week, flfs of ter nine o'clock and I: should think yoa would want tobe down , at the drug. store. -How do you know but there will be somebody " dying for a dose of pills." Ob, -darn the drug store," I've got sick of that business and I have ( dissolved j with thedrnggt-riiv Tve' resigned. The policy . of the store did not meet with my approval, . and I sbave ( stepped out and am waiting for them to come and fenCer me a better position at an increased salary,' " said the boy, as be threw a cigar stub into a bar rel of prunes, and lit a fresh one. 4 ' j fxtesigned, enl ; said the grocery man as. he fished but the cigar stub and charged the , boy's father with two pounds of pruoes, tr"Dont you and the boss agree! . ; v ., fNot exactly." ' I gave an old lady some gin when she asked for camphor and water,, and she made a shew of herself. I thought I would fool ber, but she knew -mighty well what it was, 1 and she drank about half a pint of gin, and got to tipping over bottles and kegs of paint,; and when tbe drug man came lit with bis wife the, old woman threw her arms around his neck and called bim . ber darling,.- and when he pushed her away and told her she was drunk, she picked up a bottle of citrat of magnesia and pointed it at him, and the cork came out like a pistol and he thought be was shot, and bis wife fainted away, and ' the police I came and took the old refrigerator away and the drug man told - me ' to face the door and when I wasn't looking he kicked me fonr times, and I land ed in the street, .and be said;' if I came in pisrbt ofhe store acraid he would kill me dead."' Tbis is the wav I resigned. . I tell . you, ihey will - a S - , a . .am, . ' i ' e M nntwl frli me .MIT. Thaivr fiaVal tBlTl wi w HL h?rJ I thol- afswa mthnnf ma ' I T A UA4 bAACIU .MA nilUM. luw, , roe. "I guess they will worry without vou" said the grocery man. "How does your pa take your being fired out? I should tbink you would break him air up.' ' - r " V: I '' A f "Ob. I think pa rather likes' it.' At first lie thought be had a' soft snap with nie in the drug 'store, 'cause be, got to'drinkiDg: again like a'fisb, and be'has" gone back on ' the church entirely,' but after I bad put a few thines in his I brandy he con cluded it was cheaper to buy it and he's now patronizing a barrel bouse down by the river. One day I put castile soap in a drink of brandy and pa leaned over the back fence ; more than an hour with his "finger down his throat " The man that collects the Wishes from the alley asked j pa i: he had lost anything, and pa Baid he was only 'surgoiug off.' - T don't know what that is. When pa felt better, ho came in and wanted a little whiskey to take the taste out of ' bis mouth, and I gave him t some; with about a teaspoonf ul Of pulverized alumn in it . A ' "A: ' "Well, sir you'd a died. ' Pa's month and throat ' w as so puckered up that he coiildo t talk, It dot t think fhat tbe drug man will mane anvthine bv firing me ' out, "because I shall turn all the trade-I caii con I troi to : anomer store. uy, j bh someumes inere were tignt auu was giris in mat uioru ,au w uui uu AAr..nA mir"Tuilnri 111 Ofa ! 'Fliov I aUvUUUk , W AJL J v-.uf, vuwavi. "J i .- TiavArA rrnt DTfror.ro nfl friair fcyrchief and to'eat gum drops.' I H win loose all that trade now- My J that went back on me for, the 1 telearaijb messemrer lov, sue ame with tbe rest of the 1 girls,, but"sbe found I could bebaQghty as A "cook; I got eveii "with ber though.' J I pre tended I wasn't mad, and . when,' she wanted me to. put - some perfumery ou ber handkerchief I said all; right, and I put on a' little , geranium and white rose and "then I got "some tincture of asafcetida ' and sprinkled it on hit cloak and - dress when.- she oufcThat is about tbe worst! smell big stuff that ever was, and. I. was glad that she went out and met tbe telegraph boy on tbe corner. f vt: i . ..i,l,.t'l S:iAHAt ) ?They wenf off Ifbgether but 1 he came' ack pretty, 'Boon.1 about " the bomeaickefit boy yon ever, saw, and he told my.ehum he would pever go with that girl again because- she 8miJl4d:litfl3poUa4lyfitera orr.sew- if gat, Her fplks noticed it, too and madeber wash ' her feet, ' "and soak Herself,4and her brother told tny Cham it didn't'dd ber any good, f she swelled like, a gins factory, and my tlui(4b.udane4 ' fpaV) . ;told x her brothejf it was . me - who: perfumed her, and ho hit ine in the eye with' a frozen lish down by the nsh?; store ahd that'S whattnakea mv eve black. . - bnt.iKnow now to cure a oiacs eye. 1 haven't been in-a drug, store eight days and not know how. to. eureka btlak eye. ."And I ' guess "I leained that girl never to go back "on a Tjot cause he smells like a goaf. ' J r Well, what waa.i it about . your leaving the wrong medicine at hous es? The policeman of this ward told me you came pretty near minng several people by leaving, the ; inedicine.V.u -rj -fiHsr-s A The way of it jwas this, i There were about a dozen . different kino's of medicine1 to' "leave at different places and I was in a hurry to go to the roller skating rink, so u got my chum td help me, and we x just took tne number of .the iiouses, and when we rung tbe bell we would band, but tne first pacKogo we would come to, and I understand there was a';' great deal of complaint. One old maid, wbO ordered powder for her face, ier ticket drew 'some worm lozenges and she kicked awfully, and a widder woman vho was "going to be married she ordered a celluloid comb and brusii, and she got a nursing! bottle and a nozzel. and toothing ring, and she made quite a fuss, but the" wo- man who was weaning the baby, and wanted the nursing' bottle, she got the comb and brush, and some blue pills, and she never got. , mad at all. It makes a great deal of dmerence notice, whether a person gels a bet ter thing than, they order or not. "But the -drug ' business 13 too lively, for me. Jf have got to have quiet place, and I guess I will be cash bov in a 'store. , Pa says he thinks I was cut "out for a bunko BteeEfir, and I ' .may - look 1 for that kind of a job. J Pa be is a i terror since be got to drinking again. He came home the other day . when the minister was calling on ma, and just cause tne miuisier was suuug on iae sofa with ma, arid had bis hand on ber shoulder, where she said the pain was when the rheumatiz came on, pa was mad and , told tho minister he would kick bis liver clear around on the other radif he caught him' bene again, and ma felt awful bad about: it After - the minister bad gone; away she told pa he had no feeling at all, and pa Baid he bad enough feeling for one family, and he didn't! want rib sky pilot to help bim. V I He said he could cure all the rb.euii.atiz there was around his house, and then he went down and i didn't get home till breakfast " time; Ma says she thinks I am responsible for pa falling into' bad habits again, and now 1 am going to" cure bim.' loa watch me and see 11 1 don t nave pa in church inside of a weefc praying and singing, and going home with the choir gingers, , just as pious as ever. I am going tb get a ibov who writes a woman's band to ; write , to pa, and but I musn'tgive it- awav But you just ; watch pa, that'fc all. Well, I must got and cut some wood It's coming down a good deal, from a drag clerk tb sawing wood,! but I will get on top . yet,- and don s you forget it. ; . 1 ; ., Honey by Telephcns. ."Say, miss,"; said a rather bar looking customer to the young lady id charge of ; the central telephone office, one day last week, - "say, miss I'd , like to talk with Mr. Joseph Snooks a moment. j; j The lady called Snooks and turned tne instrument OTer to tue guest. " -"Hello, hlo ! Mr:; Soobka !" i' Snooks answered, and in the ei.su ing colloquy the lady could of course only hear tbe liard looking customer 'Snoots, old boy, 1 can t come up for that moriev to-dav; I'm too busv - "Eht "A--- " . -.' "No, can't get away." A "I know, but I in sorry. ; 1, ve got to meet Brace, about your aif-ur. ; "But Vd jeopardise all bur inter ests.' I posaitively can t come. Can ypn send tbe money down ?"i "Down here" "I don't believe she'll do it, will sheY: . v .- f. 1 ; "No, I don't koo v her tihe's ahand some girl with blue eyes and light hair..' Know her?" 11 S - ' i ? I'll task her about it , Wait, keep your ear there miss, -Mr. ;. Snooks wants to pay me four dollars, and days for you to let me have themobey I'll ask again to make sure. Snooks, did'yoii mean for this fine young lady to pay me and charge it to you "Don't hear you." u.. t , "Yes, yes, all right He says, miss, for you to fake my receipt aiid let me have the cash. You are to pat it in his telephone biil.1 All right, nooke, good by ; see you to nor row,v. and be buDg the mouthpiece on the hook; j - ,if- '.;;sf ' f-;Sv j' Kne fellow, Snooks, be cbntinu:; ed, lookiDg pleasantly at the manag ress. "Ineve .beard . ol ..sending money by telephone before, did you?" .lIfNo,?: responded the lady tityi . r ? "Perhaps you haven't tho change handy?" -J . . . . m: .. ; c ''Yes," said she. , ! "You'lHtrust Snooks,! presume,?be went on in a faltering manner. J i "Certainlv.'Ti she ? replied JiCd ! be says troletyottJiave it." i 'You don't think the telephone would he, do your A ; at Assuredly not i ll iust ast Mr. Snooka,!. : t -Ai-' ,A,', "No, na He's a sensitive man hm wouldnTrike"haves6mnciri over a small aniount;4 Make it. dollars nd Iwill give him a receipt op Account," fi" ' l ; 1 ' ' T ; ' . Tll pay any tbipg.Mr.' Snooks' says."'1 ,llcallhim.r,''"-:-!- - -'au 1 "Eather- than J bother iiilm : Latit,: f a 111 make it a dollar.' Give lu atfol': !; tar';- . .-, i , . "But I prefer fcd call lum,' " ! " ; , wuw. - wiNVt -J-eU UKCaU. UUU I near the wire now. ? There's a , comwg up. jLoa re ,t going to strnpfc byUigbtumg.J Rather tbd man, a a take filtv cents.- a. nuartpr "Ub 1 1 m not afraid," and she an proaohed the instrument.' ' 1 - ' Keep awaV from; that wire V he howled : don'njali -j: Snooks, t -He fl ick-4 If ton do'nt caie ' or yourself, have: some mercv on his uauuij. xuu uceuu i paj ids amonci at ail.' A wouldn t risk Snooks all the money in Brooklyn." J for x "l snail eitner cal; Snooks . or fa policeman," said the girl firmly. ' J "luane it a ponceman' anri I'd1' go 7 for bim myself," shouted the iramn-. , as he j umped over the raiL w j ," , , ' . - r And tben she called Snooks, who had been swearing at bis' end of the " wire in the hope bf ciaking. someone1'' - near bim, and told him it waa'all rigb t Bh hadn't quite paid the moneys f 5 am L. r . Mr. and Hr. Spoopsniyka . - cr 1 " "And so my dear," observed Mrs.. . ' Spoopendyke, as ebeLand her hus band reached their room, and she, stepped before the glass' lo'iarrange J her crimps, "and bo, my dear, that was the legislature: was it ? Whoever' expected that I should ever! see ? a ye legislature ? i . .' .', "You didn't think It was coins- to : be a dead one, did - you r" growled ' Mr. Spoopendyk who had just dig-" covered a rip in the 'sleeve i of bis overcoat ; ''you don't thinkl brought you up here at an; enormous sacrifice of comfort and ' each ' just to show you a stuffed .legislature do yovi?"; ! - ."JN-n-nno,' famltered - Mrs; Spoo- V pendyke ; "I didii't. think it was ex actly that Only; I wanted to know wnat it was about, fhat s all, j f WelL it was. about time, you got out, if that's all," jretorted Mr. Spoop endyke, ripping away at the ; hole in. bis sleeve to see if the stitches were strong either side of tbe rent "It , was about ipaking laws, that's . what it was about."-' ; vT ;';' '! ' . "But that s iust tho part I " don't ' understand," instead Mrs. Spoopen dyke.. "A law is souethiBg about' being arrested, but I can t j get it through my. beadiJiow.1,they . make them." : - A'rr . :T.AA'A ' "You got the law part right," rvi' miDated Mr. Spoopendyke, "and I'm not sure but what; youVe hit it pretty elose on the desity of your bead. I'll tea, you, my aaar, i be - continued, gravely j "you saw that place witb the rail around it and the man behind ' it ; well; that is the, law machine. They throw the legislature in at one end and the law jromss out. ! of- the other. They used to buy second handed laws and pour them into new bottlesjbut tbey jfinaily caught' the combination., and now the v.. make their own s'tpfek. But you want to watch it a closfely" 1 Noue ereiiuintf without signature on the label ; stand ia a codl place ; tbese laws are "only good for specifie Icrimes for any other. crime try our extra celebrated extra session laws, for sale by all druggist See into it now ?j-' " Begin to get a dim, dawning notion that' a'-'legisial ture ia not an aquarium I'Think yotj would koow aTegislatiire from a crick in your back, if you saw. them, com ing down street arm in arm?" "That's different from what IT Bufp-posed,"- murmurjed-1 Mrs. SpOOpetv dyke. .'I thought a legislature was where j they all, got togetber.jand made up their minds' whether.the police did right br nbt'y. ' . "Did you V'' grinned Mr Spoop endyket between Ma teeth. "Anyway, I'm glad I.came," sighed Mrs. Spoopendyke, 'becau8e I taw the governor," and he . patted down the f jont of her j drees and twisted herself into a bofw knot to See if her panier hung, right for dinner:-W6eofi -lyn- - ! -! Ak:i-i , We are glad j that fii ladies are learning' so geuerally to play the vjr- no, utcause m mat, case- triey are iia e to use a chin-rest. ' If the fircof love should consume maiqen s neari. we presume any yerage lusurance agent would ac couutfor it on the ground of a. "da lective 11 ue. The Engiishmau who taid that quor, bad been the borrid-giu-, off all bis troubles lias; been spirited away,- as he richly deserves, to lmvj' betn. Mi- . - ; !) , : ,,,xi- Alurrymau, was asked if tbe iudire ba t charged biiii. f -Faith, said he, "tho. man lectured "us a good deal, but I jdon't believe he cbargd 1 any- thing, for it" - ; I I a .-':-&" 4 k ...4 Said the rich and quiet-ldvibi? citizen: f'lf a? man borea me ahd -i. don't like him uu-1 want bim to keeij; aay from me,, I don't snub him, i I just. lend him, tea doilars." '.' ' ; ; . The spencpriu-mofJe of expiessioi is ; very fn8hionab!e.': just bow. and yoii roust hot speak of a 'perKorV'aa Itfzy; you must linsirinate' that 'be1 is "constitutionally ieert-i-Vi ' ' -s 1 Whena Udy' wbd Las been ' faklug music lessons for the ) at'eight,vfnrs bangs back end blushes and says she really can't play,1 don't insist 011 -i. The chances are that she can't I a '- ' 1-. . ' "Are chrtrchit practiea!?" 'asks tho New York Tribune, j s AWii they sewa to be. ' TheyK-Out'ive to Kett monry, out of the tight fisted; old curm' geons- w, iio d e the tax collector. jloud: 1 -j I -A .1 1 1 I .-' : ' l A 11 1 - - r -i'i' 9tfAnOiA 11- 2