North Carolina Newspapers

VOL. 63; BE STJJRE YOTJ HTftTTT ' 'fa-pnsi GrQ AHEAP.-D Crockett. D R, II. T. BASS d,! uners nis proito j services to the cdti- lens 01 larooroand vicinity. . i t OMce ; In T. A: McNair'a drug store on Main T1D TIT! TinnnxT - TTORXEY-&T-L&W I Takboko, - . -, ' N. C: pRAXK NASH," ' - J Jl ATTORNET-AT-LATW', TARBORO, N-C. j Practices in all the Courts, State and Fed ral. ( ' . 8f83 p I EOKWK HOWARD, ur. TARBORO', N. C.. TBTTI DAY, - MARCH; 5, 1885. Mtbeto' fohjerttt'r. Thursday. .March 5. 1885. THE SLEIGH AIDE. Kind Prtividonon .... , The nieht I sought ,t twXI t-,.. A linw k j wouia please AUow his daughter, darling Kate The sailor Htn v. W?were? lf and to fate (Or rather trust tome), VvLTT went dashing hearts ariow O'er the crust of the new-laid snw AnTk'a? nt wltt, twikUng eye, 'fotaik 'f" ready soon j WJI! S?fc did'hie. Onr: V,V..V?." moon lmpati " "He we are nn i v .W hich stirs the vrt-v V " uiiwara, onward, oovant r i tyPracJk in all the Courts, Stale and; Federal. uov.6-ly. ) . jNDREW JOYNER, A TTORNTS T-J. T-LA W, ' j: GREENVILLE, N. C- . i. In future will regularly attend the Stipend i ourts of Edgecombe. Office in Tarboro Ilousg, G. M. T. FOUNTAIN, : ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT? LAWJ !i j .Tar'xiro, N. C, , ! -. .S! i Office over Insurance Office" of CaptJ Orrcn i Williams, i fetfl-6m i, j" :- '- ' . 41 7 ALTER P. WHiLIAMSON W Atlorney-aJL-Law, j; Office in Post Oflice Building.) j f i i , TAKBOKO, N. C. ?! "Practices in State and Federal Courts. ! ' , I - . J it'-1 . . 'f Uonmx Gilliam i Ji I le we are hnntar i v rt-.u lne Tery soul. Hash onward, onwanf "eusue Knew it, too V -But seekinff councils of my fears, v . I knew not what to do : .; Vet etay, Ifurrah ! mid ring of bells And fields tt ice so vast, I'll own my love, as Cugid tells Me, then all danger's past : bo-while my hchrt to mouth uprose. I unto her straight did propose. Yes. Jack." said she; I will be thine ; Tve loved you long and well; And plamnff one fair hand In mine, , l Oh. bliss too tneat to tell!) Slie wound the other ronnd my neck, Vhiie. lu-iiiliter shone the snow. And earth and sky seemed void of speck As when she whispered low ; " Tlieri-'i nothing like a sleigh-ride, dear. I-'rovidinis one you love is near 1" Henry J. Savage. niGI:S THAT A TWELVE" HIONTSf JIA BRING. '' i II. A. Gujjah. Q.ILLIAM & SON, Attorneys-at-I-aw, TARBORO', N. C. if - 7,1 Will riractice in the Counties f Edgecombe i Halifax and Pitt, and In the Courts of the first Judicial District, and in the Circuit and i upreme Courts at Kaicign. jaMS-iy Nov.- the merry sleigh-bells jingle. And there's not a girl that's single. But v.-iii make her lover take her out to ride. r.ae. nue v Aid h"'ll sit within the cutter. Filled ::h bliss he cannot ntlfr. With his el low. t-rooked around his future Iriile, bride, bride. Hut when she is his bride. In a Kleish slie'U never ride. Or enrit !i t!it man who keeps the liverv. r. v. !;( I her husband maybe, Vil' cit'r hold t"he babv. hiiu shu blithely brews the eladsome catnio ta, tea, tea. ' . Somerville JournaL iTHOa. H. BATTLE, I; Koeky Mount JA8. NORFLEBTj Tarboro. RATTLE & NORELEET, j. ! AUorneys-at-Law, TARBORO & ROCKY MTi ff. Cl CIRCUIT .Edgecombe, Nash and Wilr Loans negot-ated on reasocabte lerrnfc son. J. L. BEIDGEHS. b. c'shaepe; TtlDGERS & SHARPE. AUorneys-at-Law, J: TARBORO', N. C. I Practice in all Courts, ousiness. ; - Prompt attention to '.V- ",-- f . JOSSEY BATTLE, .- Attorney at Law i . TARBORO, N. ( TBt,.le fc Hart. Rockv Mount. C.i Praetice in the court of Nash, Edgecombe, Wilson and Halifax conmties. Also in t&e Federal and "Supreme Court'. Tarboro office, rmta'rs over new Howard building. Main &reet, opp. Bank front room. apr 1 184 K. 1 N.CARK, D JSurjreon l)entis, TARBORO, N. Office hu.B, irom 9 a. m rom 2 to t p. ra 'till 1 . f y Next door Koyater Nash. to' Tarboro HouBe, oVer D K.1R. W. JOYNER. E , i f . SURGEON DENTISp ? "Has permanently, located in Wil pod, N. C. All operations will be neatly and carefully performed and on term9 as reasonable as possible. Teeth extracted without pin, Offitee on Tarboro street, text door to Post Office. Jan-1.6ttf - - ONE OF LTSCOLN'S STORIES. Told to a Governor tn the Darkest Hour of ilie Rebellion. Jasi Lt fo e the battleof Eretlericksbnrgh, k nowiiii; t iuit a larie number of Pennsylva nia troo'is were with Burnside and that a iv.l eiiiceaicut- between the two arm;L.4 v;is ironunent, I went- to Wash ington und us1iel for transportation to the front. A tn?" was placed at my dis- por.:;L ami .1 rjnelietl the army in time to witness the latth. The terrible slanghCer of o:ir IfiWps on that day we all know. "When our defeat was beyond ques tion.' I iKKmlci the tug and hastened to Washinrtton, hoping, as railrca4 commu- nicat on was impossible, to forestall the e&HMrati(l ruraors ..that roght be ex- pecteii, nri:.i to alleviate even in only a slight tVn-ee the shork of unwelcome tkli'.i-i.-i. It wm eonsiilvi-ably past mid night when r reached, Washington, btrt I- pr:cectU-4l tlirectly to the White House. If -was no surpptsa to learu that the Presi dent had not retired. I was immediately ushered into his pre5ence. As he accosted ire ami read in my face the character of the news I hart to romniutiieate he sank inton chair with a sigh of distress." W hat news, trovernor f" said he. t'-iid ' very bad." Yell me r.l! " He --rested-his head ori his han.ls while I Rave the outline and the l-ftsnlts of the battle. He heaved a heavy siiih and looked at me with an. ex Dression -f intense suffering, and I "re marked : ' , 1 1 heartily .wish T might be a welcome messenger of gcod news, instead that I could tell you iiow to fonquer or get no of there reViellious Stiites." Looking up quickly Anth a marked thiince of expression, Liucoln said : 1 TUat ' remiJMts- me of two bovs in Illin Js w'.io took a short cut across an orchard and did not become aware of the pref ence of a vicious dog until it was too, .'late to reach' either, fence. One was spry enon !i To escape the attack, by climbing a tree, but the other, started arqund .a tree with the dog in hot pursuit, until by makintz a smaller circle than it was possi ble for h;s pnrsr.er to make, he gained sufficiently to grsp the dog's-tail, and held with Uspei ate prip until nearly ex .liausted. wliyn he hauel his companion and called him to come down." " What for. said the boy. " I wnt you to lieVp me let this dor go," ' If I could only, let, them no." said the President, in conclusion ; "but that in the trouble. I am compelled .to hold on to them and make them stay." f Ifew x'orK- Telegram.- A PRIZE.' Send 6 cents for postate, and r ceive fre a costly i Box oil Goods; whlch will help all, of either sex to more inon- y rignt away man anytmng cisein tnis woraa. l'ortune await the workers absolutely sure. At once address TRUE & CO., lAngusta, Me. , -''I 1' MOTHER LOVE. MONEY TO LOAN, f i : Persons desiring to borrow money can it accomodated by applying to me, and- givic the required security , -1 will also buy Bom a Stocks Notes &c. ! U. L. SfATOH. i i OCKY MOUNT- MILLS ARE in full and successful operation, .and are prepared to fill all orders ! for Sbcet- inrs. Yarns and Cotton Rone, at lowest nricfls. f)rder8 addressed to Rockv sMoutot Mills, Rocky Mount, N. C, will be promptly attenB- ea tOk I JAMKS 6S. tSAi llvli, I Sec'y and Treasurer.! 4pril 11.1878-tf. 1 pXECUTORS.NO TICE. I ! The undersiinicd hivinff qaalificd as execi- tor of the last will and testament of the late Sallie Knight, hereby notifies all persons, iri . debt d to said Knight to make immediat -pay ment; and those having claims rasrainst her to present them duly authenticated a) the nndeis- signed, on or before theSth day 'of February ifs." ur tins notice will be plead in bar oj their recovery. - i , r T. II. Gatlin, Executor. VFcb. 6-16. - - T L. SSVAGE, .Livery y Sale, Epcchange and eed b tables , Cijtiseb Granville Sc St. Andrew Stbbbt 1AKKOKO', S. t'. I .. .'-' I- f. -. f: These Stables arc the larirest, lit the 8tate. and have a capacity of holdlni" ten car-loadji oi statin, uive bim a call. i ' laniey. II. L. STATON, Ja., W. H. CLARK, M. WE UDELL,.... .;...r,RE8TIEKf 4 V. Pbesidbh. . . i...CASHJKR. lis Pamlico hsnraaca (BANKING DKPARThBST.- j Bank open from 9 Au M. to 8 P. M. Discount Day, Thubsdat. Milt The Policeman Tells Ills Experience With a Little Waif, The policeman nail been saying some? thing in a general way about foundlings, when lie bit off a piece of hard tobacco and went on as follows : I hfid a hard time getting ona baby to the Home last summer. The people liv ing in a house over on Adams street found it in a basket on their doorstep one even ;ing, and just as the gentleman started to carry it to the station be came across me on the corner,." Then he wantcl me to take it, so I wrote down his name and ad dress, and was walking along by th Home, just near Jefferson Park, and thinking of nothing in particular, when I felt a hand on my arm, and looking down whom -should I ' see but a girl .with shawl over her head and her big eyes a-lookmg at me. V Where are you taking tne baby ? savs she. 'How do yon Know its a baby?" says I. I lied pnt on a mighty solemn air, and she began to cry. Just then the baby cried too, and I began to, feel as though I'd nav a month's salary to be down on Halsted street breaking heads. The minute the baby cried the girl set up louder than ever, ana 1 says : . V ' Whist,jiow, be off with you. I'm go- inr to the foundlings' Jrlome.'- - . . . . ,0 . 1. 1.1. .1 W ell, SIT, Willi lohi sue giauucu the basket off my arm that ouick that I conldft't stop her and StrucK lor tne para., v im uic aftjr hpr. Pi-ettv soon l lost her ana men f whistled for help. When another officer came we gaye the park a thorough going nwr tmn at ms, we iuuuu iier uiuhtx uiic of the bridges, holding the baby tight to ner oreast. j ucu us to leave her alone. She confessed that she had put the. - baby, on tne doorstep ; that it was hers and that she had repented of it the moment she saw the- little thing tauen m. ;;. - - " We thoncnt at nrst we wouia nave to call the -watron for her, but after while nrv partner says e better let 'em so: It's all sonare.' 'That's question for the captain,' says I. So-we took her no to the station, and when she had told her story and , promised never to abandon the child we let her go. V She had to walk about a mile and a bait to her home, and though I had to trayel a good part of the way with her to get on to my Deat agann sue wouian t let me carry the baby a rod. She just hugged it close and cried every step of the way." OYERLAO AXECD0TES7 oonrneymg westward on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe the other day two old westerners sat together smokingahd chat ting. Presently the conductor came along bit. the end off a cigar, lighted it, and joinl ed them. One of the men was a miner and the other; a cattle-raiser. They were full of anecdote, and after both had told several stories the conductor took hi turn The miner first got his feet upon the back of the seat ahead-of him and remarked, slowly : "Seven years ago this winter was a mighty dullj season in our camp. The weather was colder'n usual, there wasn't any water; we were short of grub, and the Indians wereiFery troublesome. We had about fifteen or sixteen tn the camp, I be lieve, and we had to CO THrl",tV P(1QT rVTl J-kT1 w ' w - t J J w vm wienj so as to mi eveiy uay viiai; we a and when they got more and more dissatis fied I promised them bigger and bigger shares. I could see that the men were get ting about ready to jump me, and that they had begun to look upon me as some thing of a lunatic. They would hold long conferences together, speaking in low tones, and when I came around they would pretend to be talking about the weather or something of that kind. I had used them all pretty well, and they hated to leave me,' but they were getting un easy. " - : "One day toward sundown, when I was about ready to- give up myself, a young Mexican couple, who were bound for Sonora, straggled into our diggings a good deal the" worse for wear. They bad been up in Colorado, and had started for home with a team and driver, but the Indians had got on their trail,' killed the driver, and stolen the horses and wagon. The travelers' managed to get away while the driver was holding the savages at bay,nd, lying in hiding until nightfall, they ' had worked their way on foot into our camp. The young woman was one of the prettiest girls I ever saw. She was about sick abed when she arrived, but jthe next day she was around as chipper as anybody, and the bovs were making themselves verv agreeable. Says I to myyelf : 'This is a special dispensation of Providence ; if I can keep the girl here for awhile there will he no trouble about the bovs; they'll stay too.' I never heard a word of erumblinsr from them that day or the next. " I was a little afraid the greaser wonld fet jealous and knife somebody : but then thought if he does the rest of the boys will finish him, and then we will have the girl anyway. The Mexican seemed anxious to get away, but I made one ex cuse and another for not helping him right una;, uuu vuv uiuiutiig uv was missing. He had sloped dnrin? the night,' leaving the girl to us. - Well, she was pretty well cast down for awhile, but I explained to her that probably her husband had gone on to get horses and an escort, and that he had taken this course because be knew she would have objected to his iroincr alone. This faint bona seemed to giveher some comfort, and the rest of the bova fell in with me. and it became the settled conviction about the camp that he would be back presently; She livened p Mus, a4 tb boys, uiavh lUcirutclVurt very agreeaoie..' wa woweeu nan gone oy ana naming naa Deen neara or er husband she insisted on being taken home, and offered us any amount of money which she said her father would pay, if we would escort her over the border. I began to fear that her husband was never coming back, and, to tell the truth, I had stall stronger suspicion 01 something else : so I agreed to start with her the next morning at sunrise, and told the boys to be in readiness. That afternoon we heard unearthly screams up one of the gulches a ways, and several or the boys, running up with blanched faces- to see what the matter was, found the little woman beside a newjnatle and very sbal--low grave, into which she had dug far enough to discover the-body of her hus- Dana. as tne ooys stooa mere aghast she sprang up quickly, and. drawing a revolver, shot two of them dead before any of us could find voice. I threw up my hands and begged of her to desist. ana when some oi tne Doys graooea their guns I pulled mine and made them put them up. Then I got her back to the cabin, disarmed her, set one trusty fellow to wateh her, and called the others up Into the gulch. We uncovered the dead man and found two bullet holes in -his back.' ' " ' Who put them there ? ' said I sternly to the men. " ' The two men whom she shot ' they" answered." " ' Imtiossible ! ' says I. 'How could she know?"' " ' She didn t know. She mst hit them "by chance said one of the party. 'We Knew when tney tm it, out we aion t want to say anything about it. They thought to rob him and run off with her, but she seemed to be afraid of them more than of the others.' . i " Well, I got kind of tired of that place after that, and .when I got things ready to take her home 1 pacKea up my own things also, and as we set out I says to the boys: 'Good-by, old' men. You can work the claim or not, just as you please., It am t likely that I u ever De here again.' And I never did go back. They slunk away after awhile, too, and I've heard that nobody has ever worked there since. I took the girl home to her tamer, ana lert her there. She's there now. ; Yes, I see her occasionally. , In fact, I don't- mind telling you she s my wite, ana aias been for two or three years." - . -The stock-raiser pulled a quart bottle, with an outline of Pike's peak blown in on one side of It, from his .overcoat pocket, took a arinK, passea it on. ana wnen n came back to him took another drink and aid ! "I'm nrettv much a new-comer in this country. Most of my life as a cattle man has been nassed In western Kansas andWebraska, where I know every inch of the Jand from Medicine Lodge to Fort Robinson. Your story reminds me of some thing that happened in northwestern Ne braska about four years aeo. Old Man Norris owned a big ranch out there, and when he got his house built he made his two daughters go out and live in it. . They were delicate girls, and it was a terrible nl are to nut them. Indians were Foaming around freely, and the white men they saw were a good deal more savage than the Indians. The girls had been fairly educa ted, and they had tastes which made their life on the ranch extremely irksome. One of them was a romantic girl, who saw a possible lover or knight in every man who came along, white or red ; but the other rcfiieed tn interested in anything, and riofriwr vprv lone sickened and died. It so happened that a young Indian from Fort Robinson, namea tone urow, was au me house on the day otthe funeral, and, see ing the young girl in tears, he spoke to her nlensantlv and vmDatheticaUy. He was a pretty good-looking fellow, if he was a redskin, and when she gazed upon his stalwart frame and handsome features hn tsmir na Tim eh interest in him as he in her. He managed to get around that way frequently atter that, until it became the talk among the cowboys that the girl had an Tninn lover. The white men often talked of resenting his familiarity, and on one occasion, when a few of them had a eood deal of whisky aboard, they tried "to maul him, but he threw one of them against a tree and broke his leg, -and cut another one in the lip so he can't talk plain to this day. T ' . s- Mr. Crow proposed and was ac cepted. As the facilities for getting mar red were not very good, it became neces- Siitv to ask trio iT,l . . iiT il nn1 8WOTe. aud threatened J thfl rri I" v"1 ana ner lover. He-ordered i horBVf her room' and told the Indian ii V. . c.8me aound that way again he wonld Vn-air. m..',. jt.' worst thrashing a white man ever received h.k? lnd,an-. The girl, hearing the nir nance Vte in" t door and toKiJ1 word-of encaragement.; When the old man spied her he yelled : . befoTin0' Take the savage away, stand ' i- "J.e mm nuaeiv "Lizaran up, and, seizin!? Crow bv th arm, led him off. When the old ront.hWri ' COLORADO CE5TATTB8. ttraoMtnary llrem'"P 1 olave'd oy Fearleaa Cow1oy. Wt had a ne-looking herd of horses, ley having been well cared for, during riJ - 11 ... t, li fe winter, to get tnem m yvi- " bh for this season of hard work ; but y were an iuuot tne va-iu -- feks. Some bucked only when the sad e was put on; others bucked with founting; while -the largest numoer intervals whose recur jence could never be accurately calculated hon. - ,. - ; When the. horses bucKea me -s Vmly. it. was the custom oi.me doj, w uiivj una ar w-.m i iitirii i J4i . .built a.w u FYouLnnhr?Wbth'heMid5"Dto hiir Uttle Vert t'SfAUib. giving him plenty of SS" United 8Utes clothes and leaves mc 'Ve. d Wm t.-T very good husband and his wife seemi'to enjoy life. Since she had to lead a semi- savage sort of a life, why not have a sav age husband,?" f Directors ; . tieo. Howard. JI. L. Staton, Jr., W. S. Clark. T T CI . ti . . . .Z. .... .... ' xji. Li. u. ouiuin, uon. r ieo. rumps. JLllasi varr, ana jouu u. cnagers, Jr, Deo. 18-ly. John Bright ssys Ergland las speul in Oue Victoria's reign in war $76,000,000 and bad 68,000 killed, ana tne question nay be asked, what h ehe gained by ill Anothef Fenian rald'on Canada proposed- EICH CHTTRCH G0ER8. "Where New Tort'a TeaItnleat Jlcn ' and Women Worship. ' - . Wm. H. Vanderbilt pays 300 a year for a pew In St Bartholomew's Church, but this does not imply regular attendance. The Astors are also Episcopalians and attend .Trinity Chapel, which is an up town branch of Trinity Church. John Jacob,, Sr:, is a member of Trinity cor poration, which i&lhe highest honor this Church can Ffw on a layman. The Ciscos are in the same Church communion, and the founder of the house was also a member of Trinity corporation. Russell Sage calls himself a Presbyterian and at tends John R. Paxton's Church, which by the way contains a number of rich families. Horace B. Clafiin is one of Beecher's best supporters, but does not pay as heavy a pew-rent as in former days. Cyrus W. Field and all that family are sup posed to hold to old-fashioned orthodoxy, of which their father was a preacher, but their residence in this city has not strengthened the religious character of the family. The Harpers are fashionable Methodists, and so was Daniel Drew, who was a liberal contributor until he got cleaned out, and then his broken promises led to great disappointments. Jay Gould's folks were also of a Methodist turn, but Jay Gould himself has no time to waste in church-going. He showed his ideaot improving the Sabbath by calling on William H. Vanderbilt one Sunday even ing to arrange for mutual co-operation in tne Western Union movement. Gen. Grant Was one of Newman's pillars, and his illness had been a serious injury to that disappointed pastor. ' Mrs. Commodore. Vanderbilt attends the Church of the Strangers, whose pastor (Deems) owes his present, independent po sition to her patronage She was the means of his acquaintance with the Commodore, who bequeathed him $20,000 in cash and also the life use of the church in which, he now preaches. Mrs. - E. D. Morgan M a member of the Brick Church (Presbyterian) in which her husband was for some years the chiefTOHar,Mrs. A." TV Stewart ,is a. member of Hi. Mark'SEpwcupal) Uhnrch; where her three children are buried. Her ' husband's-remains were stolen from the same vault nine years ago and have never been recovered. A- sarcophagus, how ever, of great beauty and cost, has been ? laced in the Stewart Memorial Church at lempsteart for the merchant prince, aud it is a small matter .wnetner nis Dones are there or not. Mrs. Stewart wiH even tually be buried in the same- place with, similar honors. Miss Kitty Wolfe, who is also immensely rich, and liberal to a cor responding degree, is a member'of -Grace I'hurcn, winch nasenjoyea her benefac tions in an unstinled manner. Mis.-( Harriet Ienox is a member of the Presbyterian Church, of which her father was an .ehh?r and her brother James a trustee. She is the sole legatee of the estate and keeps up her brother's method ' of silent and hidden charity. Mrs. Robert Ij-TStuart is also a .Presbyterian, her Pas tor being the eloquent John Hall, who ha the richest congregation in America. Mrs. Stuart -inherited, without restriction, the entire wealth accumulated by her husband and his bro'.her Alexander and hence it is -expected that she will make some very liberal bequests. Troy Times. FROM PAGE TO SENATOR, - - Tbe Successful Career of Dick Town. skend Who 7Iy Succeed Logan. Congressman Dick Townshend, who has just announced himself as a candidate for the Illinois senatorship, to succeed. General Ixigan, is one of the handsomest and cleanest looking Democrats in the House. He is forty-five years old, straight as a plummet line, and, has a .modest air which belies his most ambitious nature, He is" now serving his fourth term in Congress, and is one of the co'm&g men of his. party. Mr. Townshend was-, born in Maryland, and at the age of ten removed to Washington, where he began life as a clerk in Joe Shillington's book store. Mr. fehillington, who is one.of the old stagers of the capital, says he was a bright &iy, and that he paid great attention to xhe great men up on the hilL." He was also fond of political discussion, and used often to talk politics with an older clerk .named Buckinchara. Townshend was bright, too, and he often pushed Bucking ham to tne wait, -une aay wnen JjUck ingharabad been so badly worsted he said to voSg - Townshend ; . " It. makes no difference what- yott say, Dick Town shend, you are nothing out, a boy any how I'1 The boyxownsena repiiea: know I am only a boy now;. Jtut I am' foing to be a Congressman some da-y. nst you wait a few years and 1 will la getting 15,000 a year in that house on the hill while yon are still clerking at a few dollftrs ft "wcGk . i " 'And," continued Mr. Shillington, " he has done so sure enough. He got a position in theSehat not long after this as a page, through some of the senators who used to buy books here, and there formed such a friendship with Judge Marshallof Illi nois, that the judge persuaded him to fo to Illinois with him. "In Illinois he rst taught school, and then studied law. Marshall then took him into partnership with him and in due time he was elected to Congress. If he gets the to Senate he will be the second senator now in, the body who began life as a page there. I refer to Senator Gorman as the other:" Cieuelaad Leader. At a Kansas fair two pigs were fed with a view to determine which was the best. The experiment lasted fifty-seven days. One was a Poland-China, and weighed D6 pounds, at the beginning, and at the end weighed 176 pounds, having made a gain of 8a pounds, the food beingthree pounds, to each, one pound gained. VTheotber was a Berkshire, and weighed at the beginning 811-4pounds and-at, the end 164 pounds gaining 82 3-4 (pounds and consuming 3.18 pounds of food to each pound gained. The" Berkshire gained three-quarters of a pound more than the Poland-China, but required a trifle more food for each pound gained.: Such experiments should be madeaoa every farm, ias they would soon enable farmers to gpow the largest proportion of pork at the smallest possible cost. ' All qjiilLcEa.!Ksca. -"-v skittish about being i The horse caught up by the lariat' over his head was cautiously approached, wind ing un the lariat as one advanced ".walk ing tip on the rope'Un the cowboy idiom. 'The horse's head .reached, a loop called 4 " hackamore " was twisted around his ose, and he was led to where the paddle and bridle -lay waiting upon the ronnd and the bridle put on very gently over the rope that still encircled his nose ; then firmly holding the bridle reins and tope in his left hand, with his right the cowboy " cautiously laid the saddle blankets over the horse's back, and if the animal jumped and shook them off, the cowboy simply swore and laid them back again. If the horse - persisted in refusing to have anything to do with the blankets, he was blinded with a handkerchief, which always . had the effect of keeping them still. The blankets adjusted, the 'stirrup and cinchas of the right side of the saddle were laid over tbe top, that there might be nothing hanging loose from that side, and the saddle was lifted by the pommel and laid never thrown across. the horse's back. Then the cinchas were gently, but very firmly tightened, the left? hand still holding the rope and bridle, and the reins were knotted to the rope at full length or passed over the horse's head and fastened to the sad dle horn. Taking' hold of the extreme end of the lariat The cowboy would re move the blind from the horse and would make a jump at him, when, if the animal had any inclination for bucking, he generally began with great promptitude and vigor. All this mcdus operandi, so long in detail, required but a few minutes in the accomplishment. ; When the horse finally became tired of the exercise so that he could seem to be worried into bucking no more, : he was again cautiously approached by walking up on the rope, and it was sometimes "necesssary to again blindfold him before mounting. With the coil of rope and- the reins in tne left hand, with the same hand the rider grasped the the check piece of the bridle, and seizing the saddle horn with the ether hand, his left foot in the stirrup quickly swung himself , into the funds of our bank. - saddle. In mounting in this manner if the horse jumps the rider is sure to land in tne sauoie msieaa or Den ma it, as is tne case of getting en " parson fashion," so called, with left hand on the horn and right on the cantle. The horse's head was held down in-mounting, so that lf he were inclined to buck his capacity was limited, and the coil of rope was kept well in hand so that, if one was thrown, he wntd eti'J-oreven the horse from eettlntr way. looBtijT uuiuLw cuw uiutenn. BUSTED AUTE. : Watermelons In Winter. Mobile is bocsting of a wateimelon that has just, ripened in tte open air. The seed was'planfrd in " the'late fall and tbe vino grew right along in the open air with no protection from the Wra hr. The largest melon di tht' vine ripened and ws puled on Tuesday It was of good size and fnlly developed. - ' " - - Geneial Brackenbu-y hasfouod some rel ic a of the murdered Colonel Stewart and Mr, Powtr. - A Chinese Leper Followed Ills Own Coffin to HI Grave. In the village of Chim-long, where the Basil Chinese mission has a station, the following ead eveut . has lately taken place. Anan of sixty years of age was afflicted with leprosy and lived in a hut within the village. . The, villagers often urged the old man to remove his hut out side the village and live on the! hills to prevent contamination, promising him that they would always provide him with food.. However, the leper did not wish to leave the village, nor dared his relatives .press him to do sol Lately it happened that the leper was lying asleep in his hut. His son came and , wanted to bring; him something to eat but, calling into the hut, he received no answer from the father. There was soon a gathering of the people, but no one ventured to go inside the hut' Some stones were thrown at the door to see if the man took any notice of it, and as there was still no sis;n of life in the hut the general conclusion was that the occupant was dead. " i i The resolution j was forthwith taken "to have the leper buried. His son went to a neighboring village to engage coolies for digging a grave aim carrying tne corpse out. During the absence of the son the elder of the village came to the scene, and, learning how matters stood, boldly opened the doorj and entered the hut. when lo and behold, it turned out that the leper hsd only enjoyed a sound sleep. However, the coolies had been engaged for a certain sum offnoney; and came along with the son, ready- to do the work which was ! required of them, or at all events receive! the promised pay. After some deliberation the villagers unani mously put it before the leper that, as things had come to this pass, he had bet ter make up his mind and allow the funeral of himself to go on. To this the unfortunate man - consented, and took leave of his daughter-in-law and two grandchild ran, enjoining upon, her to feed the two pigs well and also take care of the poultry. . "-' i - fk A coffin was mow provided and the ehroud redeemed from the pawnshop. A fowl -was killed! and rice and pork pro vided as a tarewell dinner for the leper. ; Next morning very early the procession started from the hut - First came the eoltin-carried byi the coolies, and behind it walked theleper to his grave, the son and the elder Bringing up the rear, carry ing the shroud land the pot which con tained the: opinm. f Having moved up a hill to a distance of about two miles from the village, the Dart? -halted and a grave was dug. rhe leper took a last meat and then swallowed the opium.: After this he but on the shroud and a pair of shoes, and laid himself down in the coffin, when the coolies put the lid on it, without wait ing" till the leper should have .lost con sciousness, and lowered the coffin into the grave. Overlaiul Mail. i - '- - Spare the Foretti, A French forestry journal says that thir ty years ago the Khanati district of Bach aria was one of the most fertile regions of Central Asia, it was well worked and splendidly ' watered. About- twenty-five years ago a mania for clearing away the forests seized upon the people, and now all the great forests have been cut away and the little, that remained was ravaged by fire during a civil war. The conse quences were not long m following, and have transformed this country into a kind of arid desert, The water courses are dried up and the irrigating canals empty. The moving sands of the desert, being no longer restrainedby barriers of forest, are every day gaining upon the land, and will finish by ttansforming it into a desert as desolate as the solitudes that separate it from Khiva. Have Americans begun the ag tation of the forestry question any too soon? ' "1 i - - THE WAY OI THE TRANSGRESSOR. Bob Bnrdette Cornea to the Conclu-. Ion that It U Hard. My son, you say It is "so hard jto be good ? " You say it is'easier to break all of the Ten Commandments than it is to keep one of them. Well, you mistake. It isn't hard to be good. It's hard to be bad. Not right at the time? oh, nol The wine Is sparkling, the songs are stirring, the stories are brimming with hnmor and the air is full of laughter. You are just as bad as you know how to be, and it's lots of fun to be bad, and you nwi wivTit to ho srooU on. ye-s, xi tobewrv easv and. very delightful to be hni at. niirht But the next morning, my we Wbr is the difficulty then f .Who feels serious then t Whose head can't ka ,viri xrtth a tub?' ' Who is afraid and ashamed to go out on the street auu wonders where he was last night, and whom he met, and who saw him, and "what he said, and where he Went, and how he did f Not the boy who went to the sociable and ate cast iron pound cake and washed lt down with faded lemonade. Not the young man who passed the even ing in the company of the good, goody at the debating society. Ah. no, he didn't hear the rollicking songs that you heard, my boy, and he didn't hear the racy stories that " broke you all up." - But he is feeling much better than you are this morning. He finds it very easy to be "good; " very easy indeed. But to be bad, to have the headache, to have a sour rebellious stomach, to have uncertain eyes, to have a treacherous memory, to have a sense of shame, to have a dread of sunshine and a horror of daylight, to have a set of quivering nerves and a fal tering speech, to have raging thirst thati water cannot appease and a gnawing hun ger that loathes foxl, to have a dread of meeting your mother, my boy,and a fear of seeing your sister, and a shame of speak ing to your good old father this is hard, my son. This is being "bad." And look me in the eye honestly now, honor bright, do you think this is easier than be ing " good f " My dear boy, you may call your " good " friend av milksop and a " mammy boy," if you will, and you may in your better moments Sometimes say you would like to be " good V but it's so hard, but just weigh the " good " and the " bad," weigh 'them honestly, and tell me, tell me honestly,, which is the -harder, to be " good " or to be '" bad." Ah. mv bov. it is the easier to be " good." " The way of the transgressor is hard." Brooklyn Eagle . INTELLIGENT B0Z. A Scotch Collie That Can Do Every- thing bat Talk. There has been in this city during the psist week a dog called Boz, which is really a wonderful animal. He is a thor oughbred Scotch collie., twenty months old. He is of about ordinary size for one -of his kind and age, light brown in color, with white breast arid nose, and weighs thirty-five pounds., He has a very intelli gent look and a great deal of grit. When three weeks old-he came into the posses sion of R. B. Williams, of New York, who soon after began training him in Newark. Bps was an apt pupil, but it required a large amount of patience aud persistence okt-the part of his master to. comnWte his education so to speak. It is undoubtedly within bounds to say that this is the best educated dog known in this country. Mr. Williams says that he has been offered $5,000 for bim, but will not part with him. Boz was awarded the champion collar for educated dogs by the Medford fancy goods company of New York a silver trophy of considerable intrinsic value, and highly prized for its significance. Within certain limits, yet covering a wide range of subjects, Boz seems so well informed that he will at request do any thing asked of him.. He responds not only at the command of his owner, tfut just as well to that of any spectator: This in itself is something remarkable. The appliances used to show Boz's knowl edge are a jset of blockswith leather handles,, fcach bearing a letter of the alphabet; a set of similar blocks with. the. numerals from 1 to 0: a pack of playing, cards, a nnmber of coins, pieces of paper, books, pencils, pocket knives, .etc. He will pick " up any object mentioned, no ma'.ter how many different ones may be placed before him. He can find any card of the pack, and pick out a good hand for euchre,' poker, casino, etc. He can add, subtract, multi ply and divide, by means of the num bered blocks. When asked how many times a person claps his hands In his presence, he gives the same number of harks or picks up the, corresponding block. Asked to bring a certain' figure he does so, and when told to add another to it he gets the one showing the sum. He can give the product of "One figure by another, even when one is fractional. He shows the number of days in a year, a month, or a ,week, also the number of working days in a week ; when asked how many days he .would like to work he picks up the- cipher. Coins representing 3, 5, 10, 25 and 50 cents being placed before him, he singles out any one asked for, either according to value or size.. When asked if he were sent" to a store with fifty cents and spent half of it, what change would he bring back, he takes .up the quarter. Iri answer to the. ques tion what he would write a note with, he gets the pencil ; and for a letter he takes the pen. He will jump-over"h chair as many times as requested, and on no ac count will he do more. He distinguishes colors correctly ; also the quality of cloth, as silk, cotton, -etc. He spells by means cf the alphabet blocks many words of three or four Jetters, as cat, corn, dog, etc., and picks out cards, showmg the words milk, beer. cow.ves. no. etc Asked what he likes to drink,,.his answer is milkand where milk conies from he signifies cow. When asked what he would do if be were sick and in a hospital, he ' lays down and groans, and when a doctor comes he 1 olds out his paw and puts out his tongue. When requested to do a certain thing he barks vigorously if attempts are made to direct him wrong. Boz is continually learning new things, many of . his own accord, and some of these utterly -unlike anything he has. ever been taught. It is interesting to reflect on the means this re markable dog employs to perform thesa feats. It would seem that he must have a better guide than mere instiuct ; indeed he shows not a little reason in many tningshedoes That he has a most won derful memory admits of no doubt. Buf falo Courier. TBTJST FTOTDS. Where the Money went a Depariea.. . NO; 10 A HOME DRUGGIST - ,: TESTIFIES- Popularity at home la not abrayt the but test of merit, but we point proudly to the fact that no other medicine hat won for itaeU such universal approbation la iu owa city, state, and country, and among all people, Ayert Sai-saparilla. RHEUMATISM. Tha following letter from one of our but- aatwa- muhouuiui .ukuimwis tntereat to evary simerer: , . , "Slant tmm aao I had an attack , of Khaumattsm. o se vere that I eould not mov from th .boa, or dreas without help. I tried Mvaral rent, dies without much If any relief, "tU rtook Avars 8ABSAPABILLA, by the um of two bottl of wWoh-1 wa-eomptotely rd. Have sold large quantities of your bam. popularity. The many nota Woeui it u Sttcto.1 hi thU viclniW ootvUjbb toat It 1s tbe best blood niwUelna o'er offered to tha nubile " - - , Is. F. JIAamta. 1UTOX Ot liriiiiijii1iga-t--y- r. GB0BGI aKBRXWl. overseer In the Lowell was for over twenty years before aia rsiaovai to Ix)weU afflicted with Salt Rheum iu it worst form. Its ulcerations actually eovared more than half the surface of hi body and limbs. - lie was entirely cured by AVER'S B wtsAFAim.LA. see certinaate la Ahnanao for 1U83. ' ... SAITRHEOM. Ayer'a PEEPARED BY Dr. J.C.Ayer& Co., Lowell, Mast. Sold by aU Druggists; 81, lx bottles for S3. A NEW AND VALAUBLE xx. VICE. DE- He is suddenly siezed with a desire visit Canada and the carnival. ; to We examine the safe after : his depar ture our feelings can be imagined but not described. . ' The' reward of merit" A home in the Promised Land.' Patent Water Closet Seat VOR THK CURE OF HEMORRHOIDS, tComaaonly Called Piles. . INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL, PROLAP SUS AI. . ' KO MEDECINE OR SURGICAL. OPERA; TlON NECESSARY, IB At the beaiphing of tbe prpseut eenlnry e jopulation of France vw creasing. af j e rate oi 6 02 p r thousand pr annum. , n 1879 the percentage bad ineWasey tp 3,84. aud today it is 2 42. Ttere is no ex-ess of morality; the cause is to be found ii, the di min it hed" birth xate. - : Co'orado Springs claims' the honor of behiirg the whole country in the ta-iabls ness of if m xrature, the tlermomeu r there havirg shown a variation of 72 degrees in 24 hours daring a recent cold wave. ' r-. Facts relating to the wardrobe of the Empress Eugenie have recent eome to light, ' The story pbove the Empress's apartments was devoted to her wardrobe. The rooms, were lined with presses in new oak.: A room was given up to bocts and 1 shoes, another to hats and bouuets, a third to furs and opera cloaks," a fourth to dresses, a fifth to laces, a sixth to silken stuffs that had not passed through the couturiere's hands; and over the.dressing room there were hgures exactly her size stuffed with bran, which were dressed daily m the t3ilets thatLshe meant to were between the early morning and the even ing. Everything that should go with the robe was put on the mannikin, which, i when it was wanted, was let down by a lift into the dressing room. " Whatcher doin' Bill ?" Fishin." 11 Gimme a hook ; mine's brokei" " Hain't got no hook." "Then lemme some bait." " Hain't got no bait." ' Ketch any fish ?" "Naw." " Git enny bites?" "Naw." "Then Whatcher doin'?" " Fish i n '." Jilt rdeife. "Hw- much for candy?" asked a little boy. ix sticks for five cent eh?!Now lem'me see ; six sticks for five cents, five for four cents, four for three cents, three for two cents, t wo for one cent, and one for nothing. I'll take one stick, mister." He got it, but t he dealer is still in a state of bewilderment and can't see how that can be. A New Orleans doctor calls attention to a very-simple fact which merits attention from medicine takers.. If the medicine is mixed with very cold water, ; and a few swallows of the water-be taken as a j pre paratory does, the nerves of the orgab of taste become stiflicientlv benumbed to make the medicine nearly tasteless, tne method nill not disguise bitter: tastes,) but acts well in oils and salines. 1 " Am. I on the right road to the village ? " demanded a traveler of aii.old darkey -who was working in afield: " Yaas, sah, ' said the darkey. The traveler pursued his way, but presently returned very mad. " I say," he shouted to the old fellow, "-what-did you mean by telling me that I was on the right road to the village ? " "I top yo' de truf, deed I did, boss," replied the darkey, "but yo' tuk de wrong direkshun, sah." f ' j , 1 saw, myself, writes Admiral Porter in his new book soon to be published,! the freat strongholds at Sebastopol of; the lalakoff tower -and the Ketlan the, day after they were taken by a Combined arriiy of 130,0(10 men ; and these shrongholds, which have become famous in ballads and story, never in"any way.compared With the defences of Vicksburg, which looked as if a thousand Titans had been put to work to make these heights unassailable. Nevade Gold-seekers have discovered a new use for fowls. It is a common sight there to see -men .and women carrying a hen under one arm and absaket of chick ens under the other. When; they reach their destination the hens are picketed, arid, being alretkly hnngryl beings to scratch and eat. , After three or four days' honest toil they are killed and their craws examined for gold. .As. much as eight dollars-has been found in one craw. "Wp charge for obituaries," eaicl an editor to whom had been submitted a long paper, commenting on the death, of, a, man. " T thought that you would be glad to, print it. " " No, it is of no interest to the ma jority Of our "readers." "You would think so if you were to read it. lt tells of the sad death of Jackson Romley."! " Who Was he?" "The manwho always asked 'Is that so?' every time anyone said anything." "Ah, then I am glad to receive it. iAIl my readers will be glad to know thati he is dead. A.rl;ansa w 'Traveller. c. - .1 A Georgia farmer sold; some find beef not long since to several families. The next morning the several households had steak for breakfast, and the several ladies were asked why they put so much onion writh the beef. Each one idenied the charge in to to, and the cooks were hauled up for an -investigation. The latter said they " knowed nothing about the ingerhs. " It was afterward ascertained that the cattle of this farmer had been feeding in a pasture -where wild onions grew in, great abundance. j Funeral directors came to be called nn dei utkers in an odd way. : Formerly a poor set of habere ashers were known as " upholders." because they came in when . every one else . was out, caring for dead bodies of the poor whom haberdashers of the ordinary stripe did not deign to notice. At length there came be a distinction even among upholders, and' so, for jthe matter of a name, they called them selves Undertakers. Finally the up holders also got aristocratic notions into their heads, and they adopted nplioterer I have invented a 8LMPLE WATER CLOSET SEAT, for the cure of the abova troabiesome 4ind painful malady, which I confldeutly place before tbe puniic as a suss kxlut ahd Cckb . It has received the endorsement of the leading physicians in this community, and wherever tried, ha given entire satisfaction, and where it falls to relieve tbe money will be willingly returned. These Seata wnl be furnished at the follow ing prices:- -'.': , Walnut $6,001 1 Cherry . . .... , 5j00 Drz ow4?Malaa , Poplar 6.00) Directions for using will ' accompany each Seat. ' - .- - nnHuuumjvu diui uu ucruueaiica, Tfa leave the Seat to belts advertiser., j - Address, . " . --.'''''. "'-.-. LEWIS CHAMBERLAIN, - Patentee t ; Tarboro, Edgecombe Oo.. Nt C. je86-ly F OR RENT. A Cotiage on Pitt Street armlv at this office Jan 15 tf . "OTICE. . Traics No. 1 arriving Tarboro 1:10 P. M. and Train No. 2 leaving Tarbo-o l:5o P. M.' will be discontinued on and after Peb. 1, '85. -- - tf.'F. 1ivin, Gen. 8upt. jXECUTORrf NOTICE. Having qualified this day as executor of Elizabeth A Wooten all persona Indebted to the estate ere her by not ill' d to present their claims on or before February 3rd 1866 or this notice wd be plead in bar; to their recovery. Amos Woooten, Admr. - Feb 3'b5-6t- DMINISTRATORS NOTICE. Having qualified as administrator upon the estate of T YV Cresp, a'l persons are hereby notified to present their claims on or before Jan. 1st 1880 or thi no ice will be plead in bar to their recovery. T J Crist, Administrator. Jan. 23, 6t- . Patronize ) Home, A fine lot of Apple Trees for sale at the ' Edgecombe Nnrserieanaar Old Sparta. J C.H, JENKINS. Orders left with Cobb & Dawson. Tarboro, will receive prompt attention. Septll ftm A. WILLIAMSON,. Manufacturer of- Alihoush three, four, fie or six cents seems vety little; for the use t f a dollar for year, it is Mirpristug what a hre sum it amonots Id when lett for a number of yea's, as in the care of a Connecticut! man who in '38 commenced making deposits m i saving's hank H i total deposits trrmihat date nn til 1885 smoonted to $1,260 251 Between 1 838 and 1868 he ?rew irom the bank fl,- 270 70-.sed yet, a few days unco, en having A planier in Sanimerjille, Ga., fxperi tneoted fnccesfu!ly with tobacco last year. He cleared about ten acres of dens rak forest, and m tde such a good yield thtt it paid expenses of clearing up tha land and its culture an more than tne amount or i et prod's realized from the production of cot- t' n. It is believed, ays a southern paper that tobacco culture in portions of northeastern Georgia will become u"lversal in a few years both because of tbe adiption of the soil to his bank book written up and balance on ' its successful growth and the profits to be deposit amounting to $11,273.83. ? derited therefrom. I- The mst of the cranberries that are sold in this and other ttesfor Jerxey crai.ber ries, aro gathered by men. and worn si jn Dare toiunty, who ol urouut in Jths swamp with mud gl.oe-t on their feet aud witi a r;ke of Dare comity's invention, but Yankee paten', j-nll them off the bushest I nt ihrm in bttgsand sell them tn nome Yan kee vessel for fif y cento a bushel, whotabrt thetii Ntrth and sells them lor'four doila s a bnthnl. we frequer t y buy them at a much larger priceffor gunuine Jersey cranberries. .Oppi bits Cotjbt House, mRBORO, x. c. THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH IB located at Sewanee, TenoBpon UieCuaaber- ltn1 PIntiMii O tU .i;.... . . l,L : school, under the special patronage of th Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church,- in th South' and Southwest, offers the heal th iest reetdmaee sad the best advantages, both moral end educational, in its GnuSjmar School and in its Oollea-iaM sad TheoIopiCH4 Departments. For the special claims of this Unfversitv for patronage, apply for aoso. mentstothe BEV. TELFAIR HOLOSOA, Vino Chancellor, Sewanee, Tenn. g-4t DSHNISTRATORS NOTICE. Having qualifl d as adtninintrator of tbe es tate of the late E. G. Hill notice is hereby given to all persons indebted to said Hill to make immediate payru-tit to me, and all per- -sons having claims against him to -present them authenticat d according to law on or be fore Feb. 19th 1886 or this notice will be plead la bar of their recovery, y Feb. lth 1885. 1T. H. Gatlix, 8 US ' ;i Administrator. HACArTS . . i Magnolia Balm is a secret aid to beautv. Many a lady owes her fresh ness to it, who would rather not tell, and cant tell.