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, , V i , '- , ' - " III V LS I II II .1 V V II to i i BE STJEE YOU ARE EIGHT- THEN GO AS0&A.T.-T Crockett. vol. m. TARBORO', N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1885. D R, H. T. BASS !:-- B sens of Tarboro and vicinity, i,- .. . -: Office In T. A. McNalr'8dTig store on Main Street '. .-' ; .4 j : pRANK POWELl''t H -J i ATTORXEyUtLAW - t i Tl'-I - -. -'. TaKBOBO, .. - j -g N. C. tRaVTC NASH. 1:J E.1-:'v 'W.ft r r ; .-l.v:v.-r --.-, j ArroRrar-A,rifcA.w. TARBORO.1 .C. . . Practices la all th Coolta, Btate and Fed- GEORQK HOWARD, t i L;1; ,"" " Attorney and Counselor at Law. t 'r TARTUYRf -ift 'CI i - ' I , IT 1 CyPraciioe In all theCourts, Bute and federal. ( -... nT.6-ry. A NDREW JOYNEBi l In fa tor will rejrnlarlw sttend the Superior oarts of Edgecombe. Offieis 'Tarboro House. G M. T. FOUNT AIM, ATTORNRT AND COUNSEL! JOB AT LAW, u .t Tartro, N C., r . Offica over Insurance Offlqfi iof CapL Orren Williams, v f - g j ; feb2l-6m ALTER P. TVTTiT.TAMSON -all Attorney-at-Law, Office in Post Office BuildSig.) TARBOKO', lL:C. Practices in State aiid -Federal Courts. 11. ITTTII U . 0-VKT 8 ' -I ;""!. Attorneys-atr-I-aw, i TARBORO, IgJc. j Will practice la the Conntiei of Edgecombe, Halifax and Pitt, and in tee Coorte of the first Judicial District, and fni the Circuit and upreme Courts at Raleigh.! I : Jaal8-ly. JAS. NORFLEET, Attoriuey-a TARBORO, - CIRCUIT . Edgecom! on. Loads negotiated on Nash and WU- Einabte terms. L. BRIDGERS Attorneys-a TARBORO, 14 lry . D 08SRT RATTLE, IHLaw, . .v. a ' 11" J . xm. Y 11 ! Law Attorney at 4 j TARBOKO, N, C. ' Battle A Hart, Rocky M.onnt,N. cj, Practice in the court of Ntjsh, Edgecombe, Wilson and Halifax coumtitsj Also in the JFederal and Bapreme coartaj j WrtxTo office, tp-etalrs over new Hoar boilding, Mai street, opp. Bank front rooii apr 1 '84 arboro' $ftmttxmx. mm Powell, PROPHILTOR Entered at the Pestoffice at Tarboro, N C, aa second clasa matter. Thtjbsdat. . Apri 30 188 my QK.LN.CAB)I,; , g j M.OL eon; TARBOBO, Dentist, 1 p. m. and , Office fauoia, irom 9 s, m rom 8 to C p. na. iT'Next door to Tarboto Honse, over Royster t Mash. I) tt. R. W. JOTNER, surgeo: DENTIST Haa permanently looaW in WU eon, N. C. All operations will be neatly and carefully performed and on terms as reanoaablel as possible. Teeth extracted withoatain. Office on Tarboro street, next idoor to Post Office. i iJan-I 6m L. SAVAGE, Livery. Sale. Mxchange and Feed ' St CoESiEK GHAsvnxa 'A St. AifcitBW Stbxkts . TA BBOKO'. j. CJ. , ' . These Stables are the larsrelt in the State. and have a capacity of holdiof ten car-loads ofstoek. OivehimacalL TjX)R RENT. A Cottage on Pitt Street apply at this office an 15 tf . I . " - j ":. ' D CPMMINGS, SUs 1anl8y SAVINGS FORA RAINY DAY BY EDWARD H. TRAFTOX, Whatever brightness there was in that little household was strictly homemade. Homemade ,thlrs--ay- . atyW ant. polish and a great many other qualities hut they are solid ami satisfying The widowed mother was brave and patient ; fourteen-year-old George was manly and helpful; Baby Bess, a wee tot, insisted that she was "mamma's sunbeam and Georgie's Joy." and between them the love these three had for each other was their principle fortune, To be sure, they had their cottage, nestled like a brown lit tle wren of a house among the cherry trees, but so far from the more preten tious street of the village as to be quite secluded in it modest retirement a home-nest where there was more peace thaa plenty. One thing this tiny residence had in common with many stately mansions that unwinkingly stand forth as if begging for public admiration there- was a mort gage on it. Jt was so very small a house that it really seemed as though. It would not take much of a mortgage to crush ia its low, ramblintr roof, like a too heavy load of snow, and, like the snow, Is a mort gage on the poor man's home, a cold, piti less dead weight. Next after her two children Mrs. Mor ris loved this wren-like house best of any thing, and for three long years she had worked at that mortgage, saving up and paying it off "by littles" until at last when of the original $5uo there only remained a tritle less than HO to pay, lawyer Hard ing had' given her notice that he had orders from the holder of the mortgage that he could no longer extend the time, and that unless the balance was paid by the Cjst day of the month he would fore closed This simply meant that she would lose all she bad paid and be turned ou of doors in the bargain. At the same time the lawyer had intimated, on giving t his disagreeable intelligence.' that if Mrs. Morris would consent to marry him he would relieve her of all further trouble, sot only in regard to this but all future financial embarrassments. The mortgage Itself was trouble enough for one poor woman to bear; but she would rather have had all the mortgages in the world to fight than eudure the thought of life with a man with the mean traits - of this lawyer. She gave him to understand this fact as clearly as a good use of plain, matter-of-fact English could doit.- His words were smooth enough too smooth, in fact as he went away, but there was the sort of smile on his Tace and its sinister counterpart in his soul that boded no good to the object of his thoughts. It was as evident to her as though he had said so in so many words that the time 'mentioned would be the last day of grace. ' . ' ' April first came but not the paltry bal ance needed to clear off the mortgage. And no sum of money is paltry when one must have it to avert disastef and cannot get it. Airs. Morris could see no earthly way out of her troubles that mornnig. Every- J thing looked aark. it was bard to nave worked so long, to . have struggled for weeks and months and years, as she had done, only to lose all at last. No, not all t For she had Geo rue and Besa left. Think ing of them made it still harder to bear. ior it was ior meir uear sanessne nan toiled and economized and saved. There was a suspicious suggestion of what her yes naa oeen aoing wnen ueorge came heerily in to his breakfast. " What, my little niammie's eves are half drowned 1" he exclaimed in his hearty, boyish way, with part fun and more tenderness in his tone, as he hugged her like a young bebr, ana dabbed kisses into eacn aamp eye. "Tisn't me t" he continued, searching for a cause for the rather unusual display of discomfort "No? I'm glad of that, ior 1 uon't tmnK I've done anything down right awful lately, and it can't be Bess ? bhe's all ngni, l Know no measles, or whooping cough, or auything for I jmt saw her sleeping like a a ' here he paused for satisfactory simile, dabbing more warm kisses from rosy lips into redeyes the while "like a happy little kitten." ' Georgie. do eat your breakfast. It's as bad to nave one's eyes xisseu out as drowned out." "Oh, I know!" he contined, pursuing the subject with no intention of being put off.- " That old Harding Is coming again, I'll bet anything." v t . " Y es, dear, he is coming;" but the lit tle woman had not the heart to tell all that dreaded coming implied. . "Pshaw, mammie! Don't worry so about it. That blamed mortgage is almost paid off . and you won't have to see the mean sneak many times more. " " 1 don't like to hear you speak that way. It doesn't help me and it hurts you." More kisses that said as plainly as words could, "It was because I love you and can't bear to see you so unhappy, but if It hurts you I won't do it any more." Then be pitched into nis Drea&iast witn aa savage earnestness as tnouen ne thought - he was a half-starved cannibal and his food was .'the luckless, but well- cooked Harding. 1427 ELEVATOR WHISKEY; P I. ; wpiiim whiskey HABITS cured at AJhome without pain. - Book; of particulars enat Tree. B. M. WfJOLKX, . v., Auanw, TMr.Af!mtRft Make 70 to 150 per month 1 u.uiiMr nnr standard Books A bibles. Steady work for. Spring and Summer. Ad- drees J. Mccuray to., riiJciiiu, ONEY TO LOAN. M' accomodated by applying to nle, and ( the required security f JfJ Htvk. Notes dec H. L. 8TATON. I - SI Persoas desiring to borrow taoney can ,be to nae, ana givir OODI B R 403 Stocks Notes dec g ALE OF LAND. and antbdrlty ton- talned in a eertain mortgage -'eeil exedut- d on the 18th dav of December less oy -"bcuu Harrett ana KeglsteM call -t 4k, North ;arollna, for cash ou ths 18th dv of April 1885, a certain tract of or parcel of land situated, lying and being in the county of : Edgecombe and Mate of orth Carolina ad joining the land of G. W. Harris. Jmes R. Warrenand, others, and containing 69X arccS more or less ,ini Jnaren -ana tpaa. . 13 to I MART HARRELL Mortgage. . . X 1 - 1 .I'.E'J LM OHieeoI SrJKcoaio- -v''j nJL ki-t; U(xii dnoi in Tartoro OLLKtlE.iCtiWARa. KEWJETtSET k.th BolMln)i. lanrett and Bnt. More liitto1 tor Tm1uutM than allot he? chart' ounr iiDac Life Scho'Hnhlp. MO, . Wrily fof lrealati "Indeed, I am very glad if all trouble with it ia finallv at an end." I fully appreciate that fact, and wished to relieve you of all annoyance as soon as possible," with a plausible, self-satisfied look. ' But I felt so sure your own good sense would urge you to agree kindly to my proposition, that at last you would consent to make me the happiest of men, that I did not hesitate to let you see with what perfect confidence I was ready to carry out my part of the contract to re lieve you of all financial troubles." "Mr. Harding!" was all she could say in her indignant surprise. , " Perhaps I have been too hasty'.'. "I am sorry yon have put me to the dis agreeable necessity of repeating what I thought I had said plainly enough before I would rather give up this little home of ours and take my children I know -not where than to accept any home you could provide." : , , - - Rising aa she spok jrith a vary beconv,. tefreeior in e cheeks; she indicated- that the interview was at an end. - Then, uiadame "he replied, also rising, "it is my painful duty .to inform you that the alternative of your own selection' must be enforced. If . vou will please to hotice this mortgage still lacks my signature as agent with power of attorney. That sig nature I shall be pleased to affix on the payment of the balant e due thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents." "But, I thought" stammered the widow. " You thought I was fool enough to re lease you f rqm the obligations of this doc ument before I knew you were ready to marry me ? Hardly. Have you the i7 50 handy? No? I thought not. Then, madam, I shall foreclose without any fur ther delay, and" Count that, will you, and see if there isn't $37.50 there." It was George who had heard enouch of the conversation to find out that the mort gage was not paid off after all, and 'slip ping out of the room had returned a min ute later with a small box full of silver and copper, which he slapped down rather unceremoniously on the thble m front of Harding. Which was the more surprised, the mother or the lawver. it would be quite impossible to tell. ' What's all this .mean ?" demanded Harding with a scowl.; " Never vou mind what all this means Just count that monev and siun vour name, and- then if you ever bother my mother again just look out for yourself, that's ali i" ' Oh, George !" was all Mrs. Morris could saw There was nothing for Hardins- to do but count the money, which was correct to a cent, and affix his signature, which he did with a face that looked like a thunder cloud, and not withoat multer ings that faintlv sntr.rtstel the disagree able commotion inside. When he was at last out of the house, viciously bang ing the door behind him as a sort of haniless malediction as he went. George caught his mother in his arnisand hugged and kissed her t.U both were fairly out of breath. i "1 earned and saved it all myself, mam mie, he ihiaily was able to explain, "do ing odd jobs and things all but the last 10 arid that 1 got for my stamp collec tion yesterday. I knew you hadn't the money to make ! this last payment and I meant to surprise vou all the time. I knew that was an - April fool' when that mortgage came,' but if there is a bigger April fool in this town than that blamed old Harding, 1 dou's want to see him." " You blessed boy 1" was all " mammie" could say between laughing and crving. while it would have been hard to find thiw happier neonle on the face of the earth that day than the brave, patient mother, her manly, helpful son, and weet Baby Bess, who got ner share of the sunshine of joy. - And It win not maKe you the least Dit sorry. 1 am sure, to Know that the reason Harding was so anxious to marry Mrs. Motris was that he knew of some prop erty that was soon coming to her, of which she had never a hint. But when this new and nnexpected blessing did coaic to them they did not desert the brown little wrenlike home-nest under the cherry trees only it made possible ieoiei- 8 dream of college days and a brotder luture. ' II. "Ill bet it's an April fool!'" said fteowre. at the sound of an unusually loud ring at the front door. It was in reality a bov with a large official envelope, ad dressed to Mrs. Martin, who simply said he was told there was no answer to wait for . v Nervously Mrs. Morris tore it open, as some people have a way of doing with thpir ttdeirrams. - " It is thei-oiortgage v sne criea, as sne Tindid the owoidable document. It was not heawnilfarity with law papers that enabled her to so promptly identuy it ; every fold and crease of this mortgage she anew oy long ana saa acquaintance. -"Are you sure 'tisn't an 'April fool, mammie ?" asked George suspiciously, Neither she nor nis motner naa, irom pass experience, any reason to expect any fa vors from Harding or the rich property owner be represented.- Here was the mortgage in her hands-there could be no doubt of that a small piece of paper, after all, to have been such a dead weight on the tiny home and the three that were In It. careiui examination imicu i, u la cover any scrap of a letter or word of ex planation accompanying it. " It is too good to be true," sighed the widow, still dazed by the event, " but peo ple -are sometimes Deuer,- man .we givo them credit for. I've already more than paid the original amount of money which your poor father was obliged to raise, when the interest is counted in, and they may have been moved to do a kindly, gen erous act, although," she added, " I would as soon look for sunshine in a coal hole. If anyone has really been good ,t is not Mr. Harding, I am sure of that Ciuch : it must have been the maa to whom the money really belonged and for whom he -works.' - 4 If it ain't seme kind of a mean "April fool ' I'll eat my hat," said George, with greater force than elegance, who would not believe the evidence of his own eyes, when that evidence was in- Harding's f fivor Presently that person himself made bis appearance. He bad the air of one who haoTearned a warm welcome and " ex pected to receive it. Between ' gratitude iIatiM t.h widow smiled and her man ner was so much more friendly than i ever before that Harding flattered himself that he had done a very clever thing mdeetu - "Yes. my dear Mrs.' Morns, I sent- on the mortgage ahead 0t me Because x thought you would lixe to get it into you rorfjuAtaila.'' - SILENT PIAKOS. Hate InMraments that Reduce the Strain I'pon the Player's Sense ! of Hearing. Joseffy, the pianist, practices hours daily upon a dumb piano," and Von Bulow carries onewith him in his travels td keep jip his practice, and Liszt is said to use one assiddously. The object of substituting a sileut instrument, which is said to be growing in favor with musicians, -is to subordinate the sense of hearing in prac tice, and to protect the player from the nervous fatigue produced by the use of that sense, at the same time that the sjuse of sight, and touch are employed. A skilled musician said recently that the ex haustion from practicing upon a piano was greater than most persons imagined. He doubted whether a street, paver was as much, exhausted by a day's labor as a man who is obliged to p:-cuce a.l the after noon. He favored the use of a piano that made no noise. He had heard a physician say that the nervous headaches of young women in musical conservatories were largely due tot lie din of practice. . and it was often thought that this noise impared the musical sense. The mute piano makes the performer depend upon his eye and his touch, and enforces more attention to the score, so that he will be able to get a notion of the music upon sight reading. There are some mute piancs in Xew Yorkjmd several in Boston. Tne first one sent 10 this country came from Weiiner, and after the model of this one others were constructed. The mute pianp has a full keyboard, and has the appearance of an oiriinary piano, but there is neither sounding hoard nor strings within the instrument. The keys are weighed with lead, -and provided with springs which cause ihem to quickly go back to their places when touched. The tension may be regulated so as to correspond with tbe piano to be used for playing the music with sound. Then the touch need not be varied, and the sounding piano need not be used except to correct errors in the shading of notes. It is further claimed that it is economy to use a mute piano, as an expert will jilay havoc with a good piano in two or three years' of hard practice. The muscu'ar aid nervous strength re quired in modern exhibition piano playing , is surprisngly great. Faellen of Baltimore, has so worked upon the muscles of his fingers as to Tie able to surprise his ac nuaintantes with feats of digital strength and nerve. Carreno, with a very small band, can crush the fingers or a strong mau witnout moving ner arm. xnis pow er comes from long practice, which to the devotee is limited only by endurance, and it is expecttd that the mute piano will in crease practice, and accordingly develop more brilliant and difficult piano playing. The instruments are inexpensive, but are made only when ordered. A piano manu facturer says that they should not cost over 35 or OiX, as one can easily be made out of a cast-olf instrument. Slightly Sarcastic. - The Lyon Medical says that Professor Malgaigne is much dreaded by stud in ts on account of h is irony at examinations. One day he was discussing some Obscure points in a student's thesis, and the can didate replied almost at random : "Now, sir," exclaimed the irate examiner, "can you tell me what to create means ?" Create," stammered the youth; "it means to make somethingout of nothing." " That's good, sir," said Malgaigne ; will now make you a doctor." RELIGIOUS OPINIO. The Rights and Duties of the Church In Regard to Education. . The American Catholic Quarterly Re view, in an article on " The Rights and Duties of the Church In Rgat to Educa tion," says that the Church is bound to "exercise thp greatest vigilance, that while the child and youth is growing phys-: ically and intellectually, his moral and religious development may keep pace with his bodily and mental growth. Such is the divine mission of the Church 'such he indispensable duty. If "then the Church has received t his charge from her divine spouse,' she surely has the Tight! to fulfil it without let or hindrance. ; But it canupt be fulfilled -without -re.ry toth ichouls, iMiboui a perfect freedom inteaching the children, in assembling them to daily exercises' of devotion, and, at statod times to the sacraments, without the means of assuring herself of the moral and religious tone of the schools, of exer cisingythe necessary- supervision, to pre vent anything being taught by word or example which might enuanger the faith or morals of the children. And this can be obtained only by the direct in fluence of the Church on .the schools and their daily workings. If the child has an immortal soul to save, and his eternal weal or woe depends upon ihe issueof this affair of salvation, surely no less, but much more stress should be laid upon his training to success in this all-important business than to cleverness in the sec ular pursuits of life. If such is the case, why should the Church,. the divinely appointed organ instituted by God for the salvation of mankind, be excluded from the domain of educat ion ? Such an exclu sion is a crying iniquity against God and man, manifesting either the grossest igno rance of the mpst elementary Christian maxims or the n;ost inconceivable and fiendish malice. But we go still further and assert that the Church has not only the right to give a complete rel gious edu cation to her children in all schools, but lias also Vie right of supervising the sec ular instruction; both literary and sclim titic, at least so far as to assure herself that there is nothing either in the subject matter taught or in the mannerof convey ing it which might endanger the faith Or morals, or obstruct the moral and religious development of the youth. This will appear a hard saying to the ad vocates of secular or unsectarian educa tion. Yet it is only a corollary of the pre ceding principle. This right of supervision we vindicate for the Church in virtue of her divine mission ia regard to all schools of every grade, from the kin dergarten to the university, though not iu the tame degree. Preeminently she holds and exercises it toward primary scioof. We do not deny the State its due share in the conduct of schools. It may put its claims within its own sphere, in regard to the secular results to be ob tained: but the Church, being charged with what is essential in the education, must have tbe decisive vote and superin tendence." A correspondentof the Churchman says: "Monachism can neither be brought into nor kept out of the Chnrch by resolutions or laws, opinions, or prejudices, and 'the verdict of the reformation ' will go for lit tle to-day or iu the future. What made monachism in the Church in the past? What peopled the very deserts in Atha nasius's day ? Not the notions or the self will of one matt or a . hundred men. Nor will it be otherwise in our day. Mona-" -luua.6ill Bin Tt-trtir ran-'w'jtir ito&.J' bidding of a prelate." Nor will it -perfcu' under a storm of paper pe.lcts. If it once more gains a foothold, it will be because the state of the Church and of the world, on the whole, justifies iU. The lack of candi dates for the holy orders, 'clerical sup port,' 'the restlessness of the clergy," the Keculariiatioii of the clergy,' monachism,' etc.. are reiate i subjects, w hich are to be considered in the light of the present and probable state oi the Chnrch and of the world." The Examiner says : " The Interior wants to know. It is very much disturbed because Bapt it papers ' are not yet weary of harping on their favorite Greek word, and thinks the object must be 'the pro selyting of Christians from other denomi nations to unsettle them in their faith audintluir church relations.' Our dic tionary delines ptoselyte as 'to cause to be come converted to some -religion, opinion, or system.' That describes our object ex actly : we desire to "unsettle' Christians of other denominations 'in their faith that sprinkling N baptism, and we hope" to cause them to become converted to our opinion that olndiehce to Christ demands that men shall tirst believe in h'ui and then be buried with him iu baptism. And why should we not strive ' after this?" ' " The Churchman says : "It must never be forgotten tnat the Church of Christ is a temperance society instituted by God himself, and that to it a;l other temper ance societies muse be auxiliary. St. Paul gives us the true key when he tells us that temperance is one of the fruits of the spirit that is, a Christian grace or virtue. Keligion alone can furnish the strength to resist temptation and save from falling. When men realize this, if they can lie brougiit to repentance and prayer, there may oe hope of real reform. Human law and its restraints may be valuable as a help, to a certain extent, the vicious may stand in fear of it, butjt does not strike at the root of the evil.it does not reach the heart. No man was ever made better, no -man was ever Chris tionized, by law." The Christian Advocate thinks some fu tile inquiries -addressed to it concerning mysteries may iiest be answered by quot ing the following sentences of a negro preacher : " My beloved brethren,- sup pose tve naa sinned ana Aaam naa not. Would Eve have gone out of the garden and Adam stayed in ?.. Aud if so, would Adam have had grate to bear 'the separa tion ? Brethren, 1 have often thought of this. I am getting to be an old man, and I don't know any more about it now than 1 did at the beginning. I have come to the conclusion, in my old age, that the best thing a man can do is to believe what i necessary ta his salvation and whatjv4ir help him work the works of righteousness, and leave Adam and Eve to take care of themselves." Tire Observer says : " The Rev. Phillips Brooks, in a recent sermon, severely repri manded the press for the lack of discrim ation in commenting upon the moral char acter of men who have figured largely in the community for their wealth or in pub lic stations. If a Boston millionaire should die, he intimated that the papers would extol him for his wealth and make him out to be a pubiic benefactor whether he had gained his wealth by fair means or fouL Cndoubtedly the 'press is in fault iu this matter. But is the pulpit so free from fault as to be justified in cast ing stones at the press ? W e trow not." 1'he Bantist Weeklv savs : " The appall ing spiritual destitution of Brooklyn. the city of churches,' is uiade painfully appa rent by the announcement that the Long Island' Railroad Company proposes to run. special trains on Sunday mornings to take worshippers to the new cathedral at Gar den City. Of course it is not a love of tilty lucre, but pure philanthropy, which induces this action. The company is re solved to do its part to promote the spir itual good of Brooklyn, it all its employees have to work every Lord's Day.'? According to the Christian Leader, it would appear that the study of Shak speare in is undav- schools fatally affect3 Bible research. That journal says r "In one of our church papers, not long ago, was a - communication irom a jvietnoaiat CABJSLYUfa A LTBEAST IN HIS HXA1 A Colored Tflmn In t'ahIngto wm v Lawyer AU Over the Cantrr " Opposite the winding staircase Which ascends to the rotunda, and directly be neath -the Supreme Court ' room," is the finest law library in this country. It con tains bU,000- volumes, and. the annual editions amount to aboiit 2,000 volumes. Though, nominally a part of the miscel laneous library, aud under the jurisdiction 'f Mr, Spofford, it has had for years Its librarian and separate' accommodation V.iRfaia the portals of this Tast' coCetion a profoundest lawyers jut the TJnlted n2tt"Mw latjtfrftrtfslV tratpo iMzaH -tU .nlu 1. U4- breach. Ia this legal reservoir there la that quiet whicn rests upon the waters la whose depths genuine pearls alone are found. . i - -. The legl explorer meets with but one annoyance. There is not a gas jet or lamp withm the room. No employe dare', even carry a match. After the tire m 1851, which proved -so disastroas,'-a- statute; was enacted prohibiting the use of combusti bles of any kind within the libraries And ttius, when dusk prevents the eye from .onger following the studied text, the uoors are closed, aud, perhaps in the mid dle of a sustained argument . which the reader would fain pursue to conclusion, the volume must be resigned. ' The-assibtant law librarian, John Fran cis Nicholas Wilkinson; is a colored, gen tleman. He is tne oldest attache ha either library. For twenty -eight years he has beeu the familiar -purveyor of the law oooks. and in every leadjpg office of the larger cities he could find a lawyer- Whom he knows. No abbreviations of the law reporter stageer him. He refers to nodic tiouary to discover the meaning of initials or condensed names used, but promptly goes lo tbe proper alcove, and unerringly orings forth the desired, report, whether it be oue of a musty British series or Bome enrlier State collection of opinions whose editor sought to emblazon his own name uionit rather than employ the modern convenience of consecutive numbers. It i his perfect familiarity with the library u hicb impresses Mr. W Uklnson upon the visitor. 'I be pages of the Supreme Court Justices are momentarily coming-down with requisitions for authorities that may tange from the ancient Brehon laws, i rench i-mutes celeirres, or reports of the Court de Cassation ti the whole domain of .American decisions. With the pre cision of a Swiss bell-ringer Mr. Wilkinson draws, out the required wot its from the shelves. But what is more remarkable as a feat of memorizing is tbe accuracy of his recollection of cases. He has no need of recourse to digests to locate the leading cases in our jurisprudence. The library has grown during Mr. Wilkinson's incum bency from 15,000 to B3.000 volumes, but he has kept pace with it. - - v M For six generations back Mr. Wilkinson's ancestors have been free. .He has Afri can, Indian, and white blood in his vjeins. 1 n 1831, when the fear of a slave insurrec tion' terrorized the South, and the free negroes were driven from Virginia.'-Wilk inson's father became a resident of Wash ington, where he was caterer to the lead ing statesmen who messed togethertthere. The son was early placed In a brickyard, and followed brie it making until he was. 29 years old, filling the winter intervals with catering and playing Ja band. In 1857 SUe an Appropriation for an additional; laborer, and Wilkinson got the permanent job. Wilkinson was soon detailed 'to the law library, and there, through thegradea of laborer, messenger, and assistant libra-: rian. he has served ever since. In 1869 Mr. Lincoln removed John S.' Meehan, the law librarian, after thirty-one- years'- service, and appointed Dr. Stevenson-of Terre Haute, in his place. The new appointee discharged every employee except the younger Meehan. , Wilkinson was: told that it had been decided to employ no col ored help. But he was restored in a few months, and the Supreme Court and Keverdy Johnson, then on the Library Committee, requested that he be never removed. SPBnra WRAPPINGS. This is a long close-fitting jacket of light gray cloth, trimmed with light braid, and a mantle of light beige-colored cloth. The former -has the braid set in perpendicular bands on the vest, from which revere turn that are trimmed with short hars of braid terminating under a button. The mantle Is bordered with a fold of dark brown vel vet, from beneath the edge of which round tabs of the same velvet project. A similar border is at the foot of the skirt of the fig ured brown wool costume with which "the mantle is worn. One ot the .retuesi points given in Pant ast month was at Alme, Lemane's, Prin cess Mathilda being the guest of the even ing. Old Matbilde has probably bad tbt This Jacket is of drab mottled English cloth, made open at the throat and vith a short shoulder cape. The wide nutched revers, collar and cuffs, and pockets, are of dark blue velvet. E readier, in which he makes the sweep-'J to the lg declaration that ' the plan of furnish-'1 goiL ho An Appeal From tbe South, Let no one imagine, from what is here said, that the South is careless of the opin ion or regardless of the counsel of the oat- side world. On the contrary, while main taining firmly a position she believes to be essential, she appreciates heartily the val ue of general sympathy and confidence. With an earnestness that is little less than pathetic she bespeaks the patience and the impartial judgment of all concerned. Surely her situation should command this, rather than indifference or antagonism. In poverty and defeat with her .cities de stroyed, her fields desolated, ber tabor disorganized, her homes in ruins, her fam ilies scattered, and the ranks of- her sons decimated in the face of universal preju dice, fanned by the storm of war tnto hos tility and hatred under the shadow ot this sorrow and this advantage, she turned bravely to confrbut a problem that would have taxed to the utmost' every resource) of a rich and powerful and victorious peo ple. Every inch of ' her progress has been beset with sore difficulties, and if. the way is now clearing it only reveals more clear ly the tremendous import of the work to which her hands, are given. It must be understood that she desires to silence no criticism, evade no issue, and lessen no responsibility. She recognizes that the negro is here to stay." ' She knows that her honor, her dear' name, and her fame, no less than her prosperity, will be measured by the fuliness of the justice she gives and guarantees to this kindly and dependent race. She knows that every mistake'made' and every error fallen into, no matter low innocently, endanger her peace and her reputation. In this full knowledge she accepts the issue without fear' or evasion. She says, not boldly , but consciousiof the honesty and the wisdom of ber convic tonsrf Leave this problem to my work ing out. I will solve it in calmnesB and deliberation, without passion or prejudice. hand with full regard for the unspeakable equities it holds.-- judge me ngiaty, nut judge me by my works" And with the South the matter may be left must be left. There it can be- left with the fullest confidence that the honor of the republic will be maintained, the rights of humani ty guarded, and the problem worked out in such exact justice as the finite: mind can measure or finite agencies administer. 11. W. Grady in. the Century. The Eye of the Potato. During recent years! much has; been written about the culture of the potato. All the various phases of the subject have been treated, from the .breaking of the ground to the disposal of the crop in market. ' - i We have learned much as to the me chanical preparation of the soil, of man ures and fertilizers, as well as the general treatment of the crop . during ground. Single eye, two eyes, naif and whole po tato planting, vas discussed and advocat ed bp different writers, i A suggestion to cultivators may not be out of place here; namely, that they make observations as to the number of stalks pro duced in single eye planting, to see now many of the minor germs will develop. The yield of the potato varies so much n quality that we ought to be interested n th e causes of these differences, and ask ourselves how much of this can be ascribed 'wo . The number of railrond accidents in the United States during 1884 is given at 1,191. Of these 445 were collioos, and 581 derail ments; 65 are recored as vnous. There were in all 889 persons killed' and 8,760 irjured. . - ' In tbe construction f chimney stacks says the Architect, there should be at the top of every flue an expanded space, with in "wtteb most down draught of air will ro tate and expend their force without Invade log the flue below. . ' mechanical preparations of the how much to manures and fertilizers. lnar every teacher a Journal, and every; how much to the conditions of the scholar a ' Lear,' has resulted in banishing, season, and last, but not least, boW much all Bibles and Testaments from the Sun- : to our mode of planting the tuber? day-school.' " Small Boy (to his father, who is opposed to roller 6k at eg) Ttey sin't going to call the rink around the corner "The Eureka" any more, r, Father (Without anv emotion) What are tbev going to call it? : c Small By They're goinglo call it "The Niagara" during the summer. ; s ;i , Fafhcr Well, my son, what are they going to call it th Niagara foit f- Small Boy (with much enthuglsitn) Cause the people can go to tee the falls. Country (Jentliman,. In Taxarkana, Ark., a few days ago a man was literally smoked to death. He was a little under the inflaeooe of liquor, and upon returning, home found the door locked, when be attempted to crawl into the flue, head dowot The flee being of an irregular; width, the man stuck fast, before be descended far, and was held until re- 'lievedby death, which was caused by the UW AIU1U 1IUSU HI 9 VII am iwwim It is now fifty-five years since the young Alfred Tennyson made what was practi cally bis first appearance before the public in that now rare and costry volume, V Poems, Chiefly Lyrical." At the moment of its issue Keats had been, .dead nine years. Byron si, Shelley eight. Scott, -Southey, Wordsworth. Coleridge remained behind, four venerable chiefs of English letters, while Rogers, Campbell, Moore, Landor, Mrs. Hemans. Leigh Hunt were among the lesser lights of the time. The advent of the young poet of Isabel " and ' Lilian " must have seemed to many contemporary observers like the return of a saner, happier Keats, gifted with a large share at once of Keats in born melody aiM of that capacity for majestic movement which showed itself in "Hyperion," but endowned besides a temperament which pronfised -what none of those who surrounded Keats could ever have foreseen with confidence for the poet of " Endymion '( an even and un hindered poetical development. All the conditions under which the new writer first showed himself were infinitely -more favorable than those under which the dead poet had lived and died. Keats's culture had been a matter of slow and struggling growth ; . circumstances were against it from the first ; whereas the cul tivation of the young Tennyson was evi dently, to a large extent, a result of inheri tance and environment. In the one case the poetic gift had had to struggle through ignorance and vulgarity and poverty into the solendor it was just displaying when death overtook it. Tennyson's gift, on the .other .hand, had been born into a kinder World, and its accent betrayed its happier origins. 3focmilliiM'8 Magazine; Every facility which is afforded to aid in the acquirement of a knowledge of nature, of the saws of the universe, is a blessing to the world and a great promoter of human good. Science is the handmaid to knowl edge ; science has done more to impart true knowledge to- mankind than all other agencies combined. Demonstrated sci ence may be regarded as the only .source of knowledge it is knowledge. D .M. Bcuiutt. These symptoms of a rising reputation gave me encouragement, as I was ever more disposed to see the favorable than the unfavorable side of things a turn of mind which it is more happy to possess than to be born to an estate of ten thou sand a year. Hume's My Own Life. LOVBS BEASOSS. Why do I love my darling so t Oood faith, my heart, I hardly know, J have such store of reasons ; Twould take me all a summer day Nay. saying half that I could say Would nil tbe circling seasons. Because her eyes are softly brown. My dove, who quietly hath flown To me as to her heaven 1 Because her hair is soft, and laid Madonna-wise in simple braid. And jetty as the raven '! Because her lips are sweet to touch, Not chill, not fiery overmuch, But softly warm as roses ? Dear lips that chasten while they move. ldps tnat a man may aare to love Till earthly love-time closes ? Because her hand is soft and white. Of touch so tender and so light That where her slender fingers Doth fall or move, the man to whom The guards of Eden whispered "Cornel, Beneath its spell might linger ? Because her heart is women-soft. So true, so tender, that I oft Do marvel that a treasure, So rich, so rare, to me should fall. Whose sole desert so small, so small. Is loving past all measure ? , Because she has such store of moods. So archly smiles, so staidly broods, - 80 lovingly caresses ; - So that my Heart may never tire Of monotone, or more desire , Than she. my love, possesses? Ah, me ! what know or what care I ? Or what hath love to do with " why ?" How simple is the reason 1 I love her for she is my love. And shall while stars shall shine above. And reason follow reason. All the Year Round, m st enjoyable -life of any of the Bna ' part family. Demidoff, when he separated from her, sett ed ohb.tr a splendid aanuity, and she has enj yed it in Paris. Hei cousin, Louis, when Emperor, offered her an even latger inccme she would give up tbe Demidoff money, apparently think '"gj infra dig that a piino ss of bis' imperial nouse sbouid be beholding to a s tbj- ct; but Matbilde sagaciously preferred to bold 'on to the Demidoff cash as the surer stay. Is the Old Hero Dyl j Because of FTedical Intolerance.. The American EomapivCMst has an article on the treatment of General Grant by the Allopaths, in which it says : . " General Washington was murdered by his medical attendants ; but at least they were heroically-too heroically endeavor-ing-to extinguish the disease. Their brutal ity was of the active sort and in purpose commendable, though disfa.strous in result. Gen. Garfield was maltreated for months under an error of diagnosis, and at last es caped beyond the reach of his eminentor lurrers. Here, also, there was much medi tal heroism and activity displayed, albeit misdirected. Other illustrious patients have suffered from eminence in the prolession; but General Grant seems reserved as a shming example of cold-blooded expect ancy. To him the little groupof eminence have nothing to offer but a diagnosis. For Llm they propose no relief but in the grave. Ignoring the only source cf therapeutic salvation, they gather round his bedside to observe his unaided struggle. The fiat La3 gone forth that nothing can be done ; and nothing will be permitted to be done. Those who question such a decision are quacks and cranks , but who ought not to be proud of such a designation from such a source ? Scholarly, "refined, cultured, Hflrupct ffpntlpmnn a i t.hev irp nf wT?-fc. avail are all these good: qualities in the it presence of such therapeutic bankruptcy ? On the contrary, while so-called scientific medicine is to the fore, well may the daily papers announce in startling head lines, A bad day for General Grant Sev en doctors in consultation.' " Yes. the'hero of Apporoatttix is dying ! He who knew no fear in war, knows" no fear in suffering His quiet fortitude wins universal admiration, j President Lincoln, in visiting a hospital during the late war, noticed a poor Con federate boy. mortally wounded. With his native tenderness he put his arms around his neck in : sympathy. The sight melted the hospital to tears. The heart oi the American people in like manner bleeds for Grant, the silent sutierer It would have him get well, by any etiective means.. 1 His physicians say he cannot recover. Thev filled him with anodynes, but despite their favorable bulletins he is daifv growing worse. Aspecialist who has won reputation in the treatment ot cancer visits his bedside. The opposition he encounters frm ,the at tending physicians brings painfully to mind the story of the dog in the manger. And General Grant, perhaps, must die because of this intolerance is it nossible that there is no hope of cure outside of the medical proiessiou ? j Kor'ye'ius nticaT men insisted that cer tain fevers were incurable, but Chiucona proved the contrary. For centuries they have protested that certain venal dis orders were incura le and yet a special preparation has cured and permanently cured the very worst cases. Why may it not be possible in a like manner to cure a case of cancer ? B. F. Larrabee. of Boston, was doomed to death by many eminent Boston physicians. J. B Henibn, M. D., of Rochester, N. Y, was given up by the best doctors of all schools. Eider J. S. Prescott. of Clevekiud, Ohio, was gravely informed by them that he could not live, and yet these men and thou sands like them have been cured and cured N . 18 IT LEADS ALL , - '.: No other blood-purifying medicine is made, or has ever been prepared, which so com pletely meets the vaata of phyiiciana aud the general pubiic as Ayer's Sarsaparilla. It leads the list aa a truly aeieattfte prepara tion for all blood diseases. If there is a lurk QPDnCIII I ins tomt of Soofala about you, yOKUrllLA Area's Sabsaparilla will dislodge it and expel it from your -system. For constitutional or scrofulous Catarrh, PflTADDU Avsa's SAasAXARimt ia the UH I Hnrin true remedy. It has cured numberless eases. 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NO MEDECINE OR SURGICAL TION NECESSARY, OPERA uermanentlv. of serious kiduev disorders. uy a remeuy qui uiuciaiiy Known to tuu code. What has been done may be done again. General Anson s-tager died of Bright's disease in Chicago last week. "Joe" Goss. the Boston pugilist, died of it. Hun dreds of thousands of people perish of it every year whiie in their doctor's hands. The cause of death may be called blood poisoning, paralysis, heart disease, coiivul tions. apoplexy .pneumonia, or some other common ailment, but the real difficulty is in the kidneys. Physicians know it but they conceal the fact from their patients, realizing their inability to cure by any ' authorized " means. The remedy that cured Larrabee and Henion and Prescott (i. e., Warner 's safe cure) is a special, in dependent discovery, its record entitles it to recognition, and it gets it from intelli gent people. 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