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ALTER P. WILLIAMSON
Attorn ey-at-fcaw,
j TARBORO', N. p.
i:f)ilicc lfext that of Col. J, L.Bridgersr oyer
Boll's Jewelry store, Main street.) ;
-Practices In State and federal Courts
PlUip POWELL,
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GBUS&a? HOWARD, 5 -
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A NDEBW JOINER,
THB rAHWEH'8 BONO.
BT AJtHIB WAIX.
I'm up with th Uric in the morning,
Aad ont in the dew-sprinkled grass.
Enjoying the pure, airy freshness.
And health-laden breeze that pass.
I watch the east glowing and brightening ;
The son shows himself in the sky.
And I hear the birds singing and chirping
In the wild plum thickets close by.
I see the corn waring and nodding,
As though it would welcome the light,'
When the bright blue arch of the heavens
Throws off the dark curtains of night.
I list to the voices of morning.
And pleasant to me is the eall
Of the winds, the brook and the wild birds.
And peace folds her wings over all.
I feel my whole native expanding. "
My heart brimming over with praise.
Tor the peaceful delights of the country
And heart-rest I find in its ways.
. Ttor sweet are the voices of nature.
Whispering through woodland and field.
And I fei there is much of dlvineness
In pure country plc? reveajod.-; .
Snrs for the ehagms :. ike eltv
lu hurry and vUdering glare; ' .
But give me the charms of the country
There's life ia its sunshine and air.
attorney-atIla jt, TOM'S SOPHOMORE YEAR.
;f GREENVILLE, N.
In future will regularly attend the Superior
jiirt.- of ftdgecombe. - .Otnee in Tarboro Ilouse
G
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ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
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Oifle n Iusuraaia ')fflce of , Capt. Orrcn
V'illiaaiJ. leKJl-om
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Will practice in the Counties of Edgecombe,
Halifax aud Pitt, and la the Courts of the
first Judicial District, and in the Circuit and
upreine Courts at KaJeigh. I janlS-ly.
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AS. NORFLEET,
Attorney-at-Iiaw,
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Mp-etairs over new Howard buUdinir. Main
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Teeth extracted without pair. Office
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und have a capacity of holdinr- tea car-loads
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VFiiorae without pain. Book of particulars
writ Free, B. M. WOOLEl, M. IX, Atlanta,
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Kcllinir nnr StaUdard Books & Bibles.
tftuiii nrV fnr ftnrlncr and Summer. Ad
dress J. C. McCurdy & Co., Fhilapelphia, Pa.
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TARBORO', N. C, THUR' DAY SEPTESIBER 17, 1885.
NO. 38
Tom stood in the middle of the room'
with his hands in 'bis pockets, whistling
oftly, and looking about him.
It was a plain little room Just under
the roof, but it had been Tom's room
ever since he had had one of his own,
and he was attached to it.
Bat In a day or two, so he was saying
to hlnSself, he was about to leave it for
nearly a year. There, near the end of
the bed,, stood his trunk a funny old
trunk that had belonged , to his grand
father, and was covered with hairy hide
fastened with brass nails.
He had just been packing it, and a
glance at Its contents told where he was
going to spend the coming year.
For besides his clothing might be seen
green-covered Latin and Greek grammars,
leathern-bound lexicons, an algebra, a
geometry, a copy of Livy, and several
other books, which spoke of a college
course.
For three days later, at his college in a
country town more than a hundred miles
way, Tom Sargent intended to make his
first appearance as a learned sophomore.
"Just to think," he said to himself, "It's
only three days sow, and then I'll see all
the fellow. Won't we have some pow
wows t And won't we dig into the old
classics and mathematics f And he gave
a boyish shuffle on the floor to cive vent
to his delight
Just then he heard a step below his
window, and, looking out, he saw his fath
er entering the yard on foot
"Why, father I". cried Tom, suddenly.
-TJWyott walX all the way home?" -
"Yea."
"Why, Where's Topsy V
Topsy was Mr. Sargeant's little bk
horse that he had for years, and now that
he was getting old and growing heavier
and more bulky as age crept on he had
done but little walking in his business
bout town, but made Topsy his invari
able companion. ' : 1
"Where's Topsy. father?" asked Tom
again.
Woll, Tom," said his father, laying
down his knife and fork, " I suppose I've
old Topsy."
Sold Topsy!' cried Tom. "Did you
know it, mother " ,
But his mother's face wns answer
enough.
Why. what for. father ?" Tom con
tinued. '"Sold Topsy I And the new
buggy, you bought last year to make your
driving easy ; have you sold that, too ?"
Yes, I've practically sold them both,
The bargain isn't really closed, but Joe
Watson has taken them to try to-day, and
If his offer's fair I shall take it."
Has permanently located in Wil-1 " Why, father," said Tom, In a remon-
son, N. (J. . All operations.: wVI De I stratlve tone, as ne Drusnea oacK ms sun
neatly and carflullT Mrtonned ana hair. '-Why, your business seeps you
traveling between your shop and the folks
who work for you all the time. You
can't walk all that much."
",I must cut down expenses." said Mr.
Sergeant. " I ran behind last year.
There's no other way."
Nothing more was said.
After dinner Tom went up to his room
acaln and sat down on a corner of the
trunk. -
Topsy i old 1 And the buggy sold I It
ltd not seem possible. And to think of
hie father far from being rigorous now,
yet forced to plod about continually over
the rough roadav " i ' . -;r 'iff'X
The hacks of the gram mers and lex!
cons smiling up at him from the trunk,
made him uncomfortable.
He rose and ahut down the cover of
the trunk, and stood for a long time with
his hands in his pockets, looking out of
the window.
There was a very pretty landscape of
green pastures and woodland outside, but
Tom saw nothing of it Hia eyes seemed
to be fixed on some far-away place be
yond the horizon.
After awhile he turned and began pac
ing the room. Then he paused oy ma
trunk and opened it again, and again
looked in. What pleasant suggestions it
offered, what promises it held out !
TVia pwm was small and plain, and
Tom was ly no means a good-looking boy.
But such boys are sometimes the heroes,
and such rooms the battle ground of
contest which make no noise In the
world, and which yet demanded as much
pluck and eharaeter in the victor as has
many a famous contest for a kingdom and
aerown.
Tom continped hU walking to and fro
In the little, room, whistling now and
then, and from time to time throwing
himself in a chair restlessly.
The afternoon wore away. The sun
dropped till It seemed to rest an instant
on a peak which Tom could see irom nis
n and the room suddenly grew
dark.
The change seemed to ronse lorn to a
dialon. He put on nw Npai. - mo
ment later was walking toward the can w
of the town.
The next moruing when breakfast was
m.i1t Tmn was not on hand. But Just
9 T 4
as his father and mother were beginning
to wonder where he could be, what should
theyjga-but Tom driving Topsy up to the
door and hitching her to the post.
"Tom," said his father as he came in,
"what does this mean ?"
" It means you're going to keep Topsy,
Bir," answered Tom, goings up to him
and putting a hand on each shoulder
''Father, I've thought it all over, and I've
decided not to go back to college this
ear, but stay at home and work. That
will be enough saving so that you can
keep the horse and buggy, and I'll lay up
what I earn and pay my own-way when 1
go back to college next year. I'm young
enough to wait So you mustn't say a
word. I'd rather do it, and it won't hurt
me a bit".
S And -it didn't hurt Tom. When his
Sophomore year did begin. - He was bet
ter able to appreciate the worth of the
sftidies. He WP9 Hrrr. too, "In trow!;:
v".-fs Ileabure aud prh were gained
wft&out subtracting from those of
others. - .
. Ills Hlx Friend.
A crowd gathered on a wharf in San
Francisco had an opportunity to see a dog
rescue another dog from drowning and go
about his work as intelligently as if he
nad been the trained officer of a humane
society.
A small terrier'dog fell from the stringer
of the wharf into the bay. He swam
around for some time in a circle and many
plans were suggested for his rescue, but
none of them proved practical The little
creature seemed doomed to a watery
Rrave, for he was fast becoming ex
hausted. The female portion of the audi
ence was much exercised and gave many
expressions of pity.
Just at the moment that all hopes of
saving the terrier were given up the bark
of a dog iu the crowd attracted attention
aud there appeared upon the stringer in
front of the wharf a large Newfoundland.
He saw the little fellow in the water,
and with a low wail he ran to and fro
along the wharf for a moment or two, and
then, to the surprise of everyone present,
he sprang into the water and at once
swam to the terrier.
Seizing him by the neck with his teeth,
and after swimming about for some time.
he sighted the new sea-wall extension.
about a hundred yards distant, for which
he headed.
Upon landing his burden on terra firm a.
the Newfoundland gave two or three
sharp barks, and seemed to be proud of
what he had done. It wns some time be
fore the terrier was able to gain strength
to walk away.
One of the witnesses of the strange
eight, patting the Newfoundland dog,
said "This dog is mine, and I would not
take 1,000 for him at this moment"
O, WOODWARD,
with ; .
E, B. BLAMIR - Norfolk, Va.
Will mail samples of ' I
URY GOODS WHKN REQUESTED,
Dresses made to order, tiorrospondaaoe so
uhvw. , Huuoguas or 1 Altera a snaibsa
llms, to any addrMs. i
. MUSICAL NOTES. '
There are beginners on the piano waft
can get back at popular melody until It
wishes It had never been composed. New
Orleans Picayune. . . ' .J"
Josh Billings thus discourses concerning
a popular Instrument : " The dinner-horn
iz the oldest and most sakred horn there
iz. It iz set tew muslk and plays "Home
Sweet Home " about noon. It has bla
listened tew with more rapturous delight
than ever any band haz. Yu kan hear it
further than yu kan one ov Rodman's
guns. It will arrest a man and bring
Mm in quicker than a sheriff's warrant
it Kan out-toot, ennv other noise. It
TOM IttirtJ WOlTEfc '
T: a Hybrid OaTaprtsiK i Sixty Teare
Ago SUll Fount UaPeBMsyl-
.r's-t-i ST'vaiii irs.,. '
A Mifflin (Pa.) County correspondent of
the Chicago. Herald writes: Now and then
hur 'ers lftjjhe woods of this and- adjoin
in - o unties of Pennsylvania come across
i. ", wolfish-looking dogs la Isolated
mo itain, regions, but the brutes have
alw ys 'tajjkaged to disappear so quickly
am .g' the rocks, ou being discovered,
that none have ever bees killed. They
Ann v nrhaw nnl oa It i m ma r . a : m ' T
van.a W" , ;. ."-., StWW!U wiwi gww reason, w ne ue-
tehontfnri". te of wolf and mongrel dog,
ment ! long may your lungs last 1" V bred together in 1825.
Payment to singers has sometimes tak
en au odd form. When Mile. Zelle, a
yocalist from the Theatre Lyrique at
Paris, was making a professional tour
round the world some years ago, she gtve
a concert in the Society Islands, i; '
agreed to sing an air front Norma' r
A lew outer rongs, ana was to et a f
of - the receipts. Vhni c
bi&t of three pigs, twenty-three tnrkeya,
forty-four chickens 6.0U0 eocoannts, bo
sides a quantity of bananas," lemons and
oranges.. ;." ;: z'i' Af : '
Skeptics are allegingthat there la-aeither
fire nor brimstone in sheol ; that the whole
thing is a young woman playing a plane,
and the crowd can't get away. Louis
ville Courier-Journal. j;- ;
The King of Bavaria, it is said, 1 so la-
fatuated with music that 1 he cannot
endure to he without it a moment The
Kins should move next door to a family
whose daughter is taking musio lessons
on the piano, and the son is practising on
the trombone. If that wouldn't effect a
cure in two weeks "physicians are In
vain." Norristown Herald. ; :
AYhnt we call "worn voices" are but
very toliloni the result of too much labor,
but mostly of disregard to hygenic princi
ple. In fact a better appellation would
be weary voices." Bad living, either too
rich or too poor ; heavy drink, unsuitable
dress, want of exercise, etc, produce
weary voices much quicker than hard
work. The vocalist, who is even not very
strong, can le.-vr a heavy strain if his sys
tem is constantly refreshed, strengthened
and kept kt health by proper living. A
voice that Is used professionally is a gift
of God aud a means of subsistence, and
s Mould be studied so as to be kept in
order. Amelia Lewis.
Lightning struck a piano in a house in
York County. Me., and thoroughly de
molished it. This will strengthen the
theory recently advanced by 'a scientist
that lightning is possessed of intelligence.
rjoston uourier.
A Ureek Ball.
A ball in a Greek house in Rhodes is a
thing forever to be remembered. . The
dresses of the Ladies would provoke a smile
from even the most indifferent beholder.
Hound dances axa not much appreciated
but what they really love is a species of
ronJping quadrille with most complicating
figures, through which a master of the
ceremonies puts you in vile French. On
one occasion this official insisted on direct
ing us to dance a variety of the lady's
chain, which he called chaine de cheval
ier, and which my partner naively re
marked was excusable in a place which is
everywhere haunted by reminiscences of
the Knights of Rhodes. When the romp
was over we conducted our partners to
the smoking room, where the chaperonesJ
were sitting smoking cigarettes, and
where the air was demise with the fumes
of tobacco. I noticed that the younger
ladies did not venture on the entire con
trol of a cigarette themselves, but pressed
their partners to do so, with a view to
enjoying an occasional pulL Supper was
provided on the most primitive principles.
A large dish of tinned lobster salad was
put on a table, rodnd whlah every one
crowded;" those who were not lucky
enough to secure a knife did not hesitate
to plunge their Angers into the tempting
dish. Glasses of wine circulated freely,
and after the repast was over the ball de
generated into a scene worthy of a Paris
ian music hall. No wonder the Turks
smiled a little as they watched this scene
and retired as soon as politeness would
permit Macmillau's Magazine.
i
Two Remedies.
Old Aunt Patty recommends for sciat
ica and rheumatism in feet and legs : Get
a piece of rolled zinc very thin : also a
piece of rolled copper of the same thick
ness, cut irom eacn a piece tne snape oi
the bottom of the foot to fit the boot or
shoe, then put the zinc in one- and the
copper in the other and wear continually
till cured. A friend of mine, a perfect
martyr to this complaint, assures me he
can now walk ten miles when for years
he could not walk one.
. Also for inflammations, sore throat and
chest : Take best olive oil one gill and one
fourth part of rectified spirits of turpen
tine, mix well and mbthe parts affected
night and morning, wrapping round some
wadding to keep the. cold away. " I have
found this far superior to either mustard
or linseed meal poultices. - There is no
fear of taking a chill as is of ttimes the
case with wet applications after removal,
neither is there any unpleasaut heat, the
oil' aooth ing the irritating nature of the
turpentine. It is also good for rheuma
tism and neuralgia,
A Care' For (he Bines.
Eva Best, of Dayton, O., writes to The
Household: A selfish person always
makes me think of a house without win
dows the sunshine of loving kindness
cannot enter in, and the self-sufficient at
mosphere of egotism cannot get out!
Throw aside the shutters, oh, ye selfish,
and let the light of good-will shine out
from your soul's tenement upon the
weary wayfarer I Open the sash and let
In the music of song-birds, the sweet air
of heaven, and the golden rays of glad
ness forever outpouring from the sun of
light and life !
The Bins; aud Bracelet.
The crold engagement bracelet Is becom
ing quite as popular as the engagement
ring. Only diamonds, rubies and pearls
are used on these bracelets. The old su
perstition about the pearl, that it brings
bad luck as a weaaing gnw eiu iu umo
gone over entirely, and now it is said
that, omoralda and sapphires are the
unfortunate " stones to give for bridal
nnunii aithnnorh thev are highly fash
ionable as gifts any day later to anybody
else.
Josh BliUnza CooldnH Help Them.
Th irvaii it "li" in the Sandwich Is
lands, but it feels the same to a baldhead
ed man as it does In English, remarks the
hairless man of the Philadelphia ixews.
Quite Family,
The population of the world is estimated
at X,400,IWOr9W.
Little Thlnas In Life.
Chickens, two minutes after they have
left the egg, will follow with- their eyes
the movements of crawling Insects, and
pick at them, judging distance and direc
tion with almost infallible accuracy.
They will instinctively appreciate sounds,
readily running toward an Invisible hen
hidden in a box when they hear her
calL" Some young birds also have an
Innate, Instinctive horror at the sight of a
hawk and sound of its voice. Swallows,
titmice, tomtits and wrens, after having
been confined from birth, are capable of
flying at once when liberated, on their
wings having attained the necessary
growth to render flight possible. .
" '
StrengtU of Human Alnselea,
Robert Francois Dam lens, who at
tempted the assassination of Louis XV.,
in 1757, after suffering the most unheard
of tortures, was sentenced to be drawn in
quarters by four horses. But although
they exerted their entire strength, by
drawing in four directions upon his limbs.
for fifty minute the muscles were not
torn from -their attachments, and. being
still alive, the executioners were obliged
to cut the tendous with a knife, in order
to answer the law, which was that the
criminal's body should be drawn in. quar
ters. Precisely the same course was re
sorted to in the case of Ravaillac, who
assassinated Henry IV., the horses being
unable to dismember the criminal's body,
Paste.
A correspondent of New Remedies gives
the following recipe for paste for use in
prescription looks and labels: "I dis
solve half an ounce of alum in a pint of
boiling water ; to this I add an equal
weight of Hour, made smooth in a little
cold water, apd a few drops of oil of
cloves, letting the whole come to a boiL
This paste will keep for months. I put it
1n glass or ordinary ointment jars. It is
handy, too, for domestic purposes."
A Quilted Curiosity. -
A St. Louis lady has a crazy quilt made
of contributions by Miss Cleveland, the
President, Speaker Carlisle, Mrs. Grant
Jefferson Davis, Annie James, wife of one
the James boys, Phoebe aud Alice Cary,
Ella Wheeler. Onida, Agusta Evans, Miss
Alcott, Mrs. M. J. Holmes, Mrs. Margaret
J. Preston,. Whittier. Fanny Davenport,
Emma Abbott, Ellen Terry, Susan B,
Anthony and many others.
What Railroads are For.
The number of passengers carried by
all the railroads in all parts of the world
in 1884 is estimated at 9,400,000,000, or an
average of 6,500,005 a day, -
' Irrepressible and Incorrigible.
" While a little girl oa Howard avenue
was being rebuked by her mother she said j
"Hush, mamma t if you scjld so much you will
make me nervous, and I shall die like
"Do you remember her?" said the mother.
"Oh. yea," replied the little one, "and her
mamma scolded and "scolded her so much she
got so nervous she went sick and died." KTUca
Herald. K :
Discussion between a wise child and its
tutor : "That star up there is bigger than the
world."
"No, it isn't."
"Yes, it is."
"Then why don't It keep the rain off J"
Rehoboth Herald.
Mamma (confidently) Now, Mamie, as
you are so tired to-night you must go right off
to bed. ' '
Mamie (four years old) But I'm not tired,
IIow do you know when I am tired? You
don't know how I feel as well as I do, and I
say I ain't tired. Feel of that arm and that
leg do you feel anything tired there? Chica
go Herald.
Little girl "Please, ma, may I have a
egg?"
Ma "Dont say a egg ; say an egg."
L. G, " Can I have a neg ?"
M. "That isn't right."
, L, O., desperately "Please, ma, can 1 have
an hegg ?" Detroit Free Press,
LIFT A LITTLE.
Wolves
wbccemragscarce in tne region sixty
yea- ngo, but a few lingered in the woods,
and re a tfreat nuisance to the farmers,
xnr j g frequent raids oa their Sheep pas
tu; : ;. In 1823 one wolf In particular made
gr; inroads on tlte farmer sheep, and
d i -.!L-,w'vrt to capture ltc There-was
.. . . . i .L - .
j a j. j umtMin lbo pioneers o jnsi
-iiiS&2i4ert--wera aaca tklnga as
were-wolves," wolves that bore charmed
lives, and possessed the power of rooming
abont without leaving any trail by Which
thereonld be followed. : . . ' ; i '
itom Ballard was: a famous, hunter of
that. day. He ws cu treated by the far
mers Who bad been losers by the raids of
the mysterious wolf, to bunt it down if the
thiewere possible," although many be
lieved it was a were-woif. - Ballard started
out In the spring of 1828 with his dogs and
gun for the purpose of killing the wolf.
He roamed the wildest parts of the woods
for several days, but eould find no trace bi
the animaL At the end of the fifth day
he came to a crevice. In the rocks on the
southern edge of a hill known as Mount
Plsgah. ' There was no outward evidence
that ft was a wolf den. but be resolved
to enter the cave and flud out Ho crawl
ed in on his hands and knees and found
two woll whelps a week or Jwo old. He
Wrapped them up in his blanket and
quickly withdrew from the cave. He did
not meet the old wolf, and started for
home with the two young ones. , He
placed them in his wood house. Three
nights later he beard a great noise in the
yard. Looking out he saw an old woll
trying to get Into the wood house. It was
the mother of the whelps. Ballard shot
her. She was an unusually large one, and
as no more raids were made on the sheep
pastaresof the region it was believed that
she was. the one that had given them so
much trouble.
The whelps grew up in captivity. They
were both females. In 18-34 Ballard sold
one of them. The next year the other one
was hred to a mongrel dog. She gave
birth to a litter of whelps resembling their
mother. : After becoming a mother the
wolf, which bad never been fierce, changed
to a most ferocious auImaL and noons
dared to go near her. Her offsprings
early developed wild and vicious charac
teristics, and it was thought best to kill
the whole family. One night before the
decision was carried Into effect the wolf
and her half -grown hybrid whelps took to
the woods. They were followed, and the
mother and one or two of the young ones
were kUled. - The others escaped and
have bred among the rocks ever since.
Lift a little 1 Lift a little 1
Neighbor, lend a helping hand
To that heavy-laden brother,
'Who for weakness scarce can stand
What to thee, with thy strong muscle,
tieems a light and easy load.
Is to him a pond'rous burden.
Cumbering his pilgrim road,
Considerable damage was done bj
frost on the night of the 2d in. the
vicinity of Moorhead and Wilmar,
Minn. The corn crop is said to be
entirely ruined, oats are badly dam
aged and gardens, wholly destroyed.
In the vicinity of Brainard the frost
was the most -severe and damaging
in many years. Ice is reported to
have formed in 'Wilmar. - . .
' idsi't Want f Ketch It."
A gentleman who spent several years
teaching gives the following account of a
teacher's Interview with a boy of about
14 in a rural district Other teachers have
probably had similar experiences :
"What is your name V' (
"Sam."
44 What is the rest of it?"
"Sam-yelL"
' What is your surname ?"
" Middle name's Uozayer. ' '
"And the last?';
"Jackson."
"Jackson, then, is the name of your pa
rents fM
"NdJ mum, it ain't One of 'em is
named Willy um and t'other one Mary
jane, i ---"How
old are you?"
"Dunno."
" What 1 A boy as large as you doesn't
anow nis age v
"Yessutn." .
"A boy of your size ought to know the
exact year of his birth."
"I do know the year."
"What yea was it ?"
"Same year as my sister Harriet "
"Indeed !' ;
Yessumr we're twins."
" I want yon to ask your mother how
out von are, and tell me-to-morrow."
"She dunno: she dunao uothin'."
That is not a very nice way to talk
about your mother."
"She don't keer."
"Why doesn't she ?"
"She's dead."
" Where do yon live ?"
"To home?"
' Where is your hme f
Over you. f This with a jerk of his
Head over nis leit saouuier.
"Have yon any books ?"
' "No, mom : I don't need none."
"Why not?"
I'm oni v in mr a b ab'a."
"Then yen have never had any educa
tional aa vantage ?
Boy scratches his head and says :
"No, mom : not that I knows of. But
I've had nfrysiplaar If what you said is
worse nor that I don't want ter ketch
;"Vv"3k"arpriBed Party. "
- A number of young men of Shnltz-
town, NJ.t organized a surprise party.
and, accompanied by their: girls, visited
a farmer's daughter, tea miles in the
country.-They drove out In a large wag-
en drawn by four horses, as they were
about'; starting for home, after midnight,
their; conveyance broke down. The eld
farmer was also a cattle dealer, and he
had wagon " what would hold 'em. all.
and they might return home in that
Theptfoepted h offer- lt was daylight
wheujwiey reached town. All were in a
merry mood laughing, fllrtiug, singing.
and so forth, as If they bad taken out
license for. such doings. Persons in the
street whose attention was attracted by
the hilarious party, also broke out in a fit
of laughter. ' The merriment in the wag
on ceased as if by magle when one of its
occupants discovered, on each side of the
vehicleJ a painted sign reading : "A fine
lot of calves for sale 1"
The "Or czer'a" Ilea of all.
. "jres," said . the druggist, "there are
some curious people in the world. A man
has got to keep his eyes open if he escapes
Imposition. Why, blame their skins,
men have Waked me up three times this
week at daybreak to buy postage stamps
That ia what I eall pure gait" And shak
ing' up four eenta' worth of "yarba" in a
bottle he pat a label en it, raked a silver
dollar Into the drawer, and slid a quarter
back.-: ' v
Coed TJndertaatdlBge.
- A man whb lives on Indian farm, Lewis
County, West - Virginia, is seventeen
yearr old, and his bare feet measure
thirteen and a half Inches In length.
; Quint r Walker, near Beidralle,
was found asleep near bis house by
his 'wife, '.witli his 'coat under his
haaul v ml a. ihotila in hia Docket.
This was Thursday bight and he re
mained asleep until J?nday. when ne
died, all efforts to arouse turn prov
ing of no avail. .The doctors attrib
ute his strange stupor to paralysis
a it i
or tne Drain, ,
-
iAIinrO WITH LTfCDJPA
Obi the River Where Lnaclous Oyster
Grew Homaaee and Reality.
W. J. H." writes tq a metropolitan
paper: I used to be fond of sailing on the
Shrewsbury River, an amusement which
very popular here. Once upon a time
I was a great deal younger then than I
am now, and the nickel date unoa my
freshness shone with a purer and more ce
lestial lustre. It was then that I fell in love
for the first time. The girl wouldn't gather
me in to any alarming extent now, be
cause I have seen other girls who have hit
me much harder and more expensively
than she did. . Her name was Lucinda.
She had pale green eyes and a cheese
cloth .complexion, and could eat more
Ice cream and drink more birch beer than
any gin in tae county, and she was proud
of It ... , , ,
I was proud of it too. at first. After I
had gone through a period of amateur
bankruptcyXJ found, that my pride was
somewhat, snrunken. I 'used to" sit In SI
hammock with Loclnda and read improv
ing poetry to her.;: If there iaone thing m
the world better fitted than another ,to
bring two young people together It's a
hammock; - But we bad the poems of
Martin F. Topper with us, and benee we
were safe.
Things went on smoothly until one day
Lucinda got hold of a story about a sailor
and his sweetheart, and then she want
ed me to take her out on the water in a
sailboat
"My darling." I said. "I am , not a
sailor.'
"What matters it " said she : "you and
I will get into a boat and the gentle breeze:
shall waft us away over the dimpled
waters, until our sails are lulled to per
fect bliss."
"But," said I, "suppose they should
lull us ashore on a sandbank ?"
" Perish the thought !" she said.
"That's all right," I replied; "perish
just as many thoughts as you like, so long
as yon don't perish me. I have a profound
admiration for my own existence."
we sail, she declared, "or l am no
longer yours."
"Under those circumstances," I replied,
"we salL"
So the next day I hired a sailboat for $1
and took her ont sailing ou the Shrews
bury River. I did no know then, as I do
now, that the Shrewsbury was as false
as it is fair. It is a generally conceded
fact that rivers have bottoms, but they
are not in the habit of coming to the sur
face for air in all sorts of unexpected
places, as the Shrewsbury does.
We started off rn that boat beautifully.
I had a sneaking notion that If I kept the
sail away off at one side of the boat she
would go along all right ; and so she did
for a considerable time. I held the tiller
with one hand and as .much of Lucinda
i I could encircle with the other, and
our souls were beginning to be lulled to a
perfect bliss with enormous success when
i came to a oena m the river, i saw we
had to go around that bend. I pushed the
tiller one way and the boat started for the
shore. Then I pushed. It the other way,
and we began to go around the bend- But
the sail wouldn't stay where I put it
It manifested a decided inclination to
swing around to the other side.
I thought I'd bold it off. I pushed and
the sail pushed. We had a very lively
tussle for about five minutes, but I found
that my back was beginning to ache,
While the sail didn't weaken a bit
". Well, then, swing, blame you !" I ex
claimed, stooping down to let It pasi
over.
There was a swish in the air, and the
next thing 1 knew Lucinda and I were
floundering in the water.
" Be calm, my darting," I exclaimed,
win save you. ioi snail live to be my
blushing bride."
I. was swimming manfully, but I could
n't for the life of me keep both our headt
out of water. Luclnda's would go under.
I was beginning to fear the worst when a
man came running down the shore.
"Hey, you durned fool!" he said
"wh ' are ye swimmin' fur ? Why don'l
ye stand up an' walk ashore ?"
We stood up, and found that the watei
was very little above our waists. We
waded ashore in silence. Lucinda cui
me dead the next day. I have lost mj
faith in sailboats as accessories to the an
of making love.
A Family Deserving ot a Pension,
In tha town of San Angel, Mexico,
mower seventy-two years of age gave
birth to a child. The father of this won
der Is eighty-four, his oldest brother
fifty-six, and two of his grandpareuts art
living.
PEE80HAL,
Tennyson is 76.
Bert Hart is 46.
Roscoe Conkllng Is a grandfather.
Materaa's father ia a school teacher.
Henry Irving is said to be traveling in Gor
many dlsrelsed as an actor.
Lester Wallack. it is reported, wears mono
gram buttons on his trowsers and undergar
ments. - , .
Christine Niisson is 42. She was the
'daughter of a wood-chopper in the forest oi
.' Helen Hunt Jaekaon used to earn $3,000 a
year with the pen. Mary Clemmer did even
-better. For several years she averaged $5,00C
a year as a Washington eurrespondent :
' James A'. Bailey, widely known as one of the
'proprietors of Uie Barnum, Bailey & Hutchin
son circus, began life aa a vender of circus
candy and lemonade when a very small boy.
Verdi, the composer, is wealthy and owns
large tracts of land in Italy. Verdi has proba
bly made more by .his art than any musician
ot tha century, and he is as liberal and open.
handed as some of them who could be named
notably' hia own countrymen, Paganini-
were parsimonious and niggardly. The beautl
f ul hospital at Villanova d'Arcia is a standing
Instance of his munificence. The entire cost
of Its construction was defrayed by the com
poser out ot his own pocket
' Modjeska, the Polish actress. Is engaged in
the monumental talk of translating the plays
of Shakspere into her native language. She
will, doubtless, if she succeeds in accomplish
ing ft, be the first female translator of the
great poet ieorge Sands attempted to adapt
"Am Ton Like It" to tha French stage ; but, as
She entirely recast the pieos and practically
rewrote it her version cannot be called
translation. The Poles already possess
translation of Shakspere : but it is said to be as
feeble and wishy-washy aa the old French ver
sion or Lietourneur.
Lines for an Album.
Midst the aceoas of earthly strife.
Midst the pleasures of thy life, .
Always keep thy soul's pure mirror
Free from guilt and free from error
Unchecked by ambition's pride.
Raise tain eyes to Ood above;
Peep and strong these, warm and bright
Ffk thy heart thy life, thy love.
JXAJT &NS8X
. The gamblers of Omaha have made
a proposition to the city that if they
are not interfered witn for one year
they will pay for all street improve
inenta and keep up the water works.
i Jefferson Davis is 78 years old.
gays the Wilmington Star, and - was
never more loved and. respected in
tha South than at this hour. He is
cheerful and in fine health.
TINT HAULS REMOVED.
RIalden's Bfoataehes Taken Ont
the Use of Electricity.
It was the face of a handsome New
York brunette just verging into woman
hood. On her upper lip, and slightly
shading its scarlet hue, grew a dark,
silken mustache that on a dude would
have been cherished and cultivated as
the chptest treasure on earth. Her head
rested on a metal plate connected by a
wire with a galvanic battery on the table.
The doctor-took up from the table, at his
elbow, something that looked like an
ebony pen staff. This also, was connected
with the battery. In the end was a very
fine . gold-plated needle. The doctor
looked cautiously over the young lady's
dainty little mustache and at length,
singling out a hair, inserted the point of
the needle down by the . hair bulb and,
pressing a Uttle spring in the handle,
turned on the curretit from the hatter, s
ylfti'en the electrlcrCTrrau-rdown the
jjoouk oi. due unit) ueeuie, iue ypung lauy
winced and clenched her hands, while the
tears came to her eyes.; This lasted only for
a moment, for as soon as a little froth Ap
peared around the needle it was removed
and the hair dropped out After forcing
out about a dozen of hairs on each side of
the lip, the doctor stopped. The young
lady removed her head from the metal
plate, wiped her face with a scented
pocket handkerchief, aud tripped gayly
to the mirror. She toek a loug glance of
intense satisfaction aud gleefully remark
ed that they would soon all be gone- Then
she put on her hat and left, after having
made an appointment for another sit
ting.
"So you remove mustaches from the
young ladles who are unfortunate enough
to have such hirsute adornments," re
marked the reporter. "Will you tell me
how it is done ?"
1 The operation Is not very new," was
the reply. "The electric current decom
poses the salt in the skin into acid, which
goes to the metal plate, and alkali, which
accumulates around the needle and de
stroy the hair bulb, so that the hair can
never reappear. This method is also very
useful in removing the ugly bristles that
grow in moles, for the hairs are then large
in size and few in number. It is only
necessary to spend a few seconds on each
hair, and but a few seconds on a dozen,
after which a rest of several days is taken
to allow the inflammation to disappear,
before undertaking any more."
No Drunkards Need Apply.
The disposition of all employers to dis
pense with men who drink to excess when
they can get sober ones is on the increase.
Twenty years ago the newspapers of all
large cities were frequently the nests and
roosting-places of a lot of "hard" citi
zens." They are banished now. An in-
terceder for a discharged drunkard from
a morning paper begged the editor to re
member that "Jim has a wife and two
children to support." "It so happens,"
replied the editor, " that the sober man
whom I've put in' Jim's place has a wife
and four children. It should always be
remembered that every expulsion of a
bummer leaves a position for a decent
man. We don't run an Inebriate asylum
or a moral reformatory." That sound
principle is pervading all trades, profes
sions and occupations! Jackasses and
savants to the rear 1" was the order in
Napoleon's Egyptian campaigns on the
eve of a battle. "Bummers and. boozers
to the rear !" is the order all along the
line of business. Business is getting to be
more and more a conflict, and all useless
baggage and camp followers must get out
of the way.
Organisms in lee.
Prof. Ieidy relates, in the " Journal of
the Royal Microscopical Society, that he
had placed in his hands for examination a
vial of water obtained from melting ice
which is used for cooling drinking water.
From time to time, among some sediment
taken from a water-cooler, his informant
had observed what he supposed to be
living worms, which he suspected were
introduced with the water into the cooler,
not with the Ice. Upon melting some of
the ioe alone, the worms were still ob
served, and the water submitted for ex
amlnatiou, was some that was thus ob
tained. Prof. Leidy was surprised to find
a number of worms among some floccu
lent sediment, mainly consisting of veget
able hairs and other debris. Besides the
worms, there were also Immature An-
gulllulae, and a number of Rotifer vul
garis, all living. It would appear that
there animals had all been contained in
the ice, and had been liberated on melt
ing. It was an unexpected source of con
tamination of drinking water that Prof.
Leidy had previously supposed to be im
probable.
How lie Won Over Mia Father-
. ln-L.aw.
They tell a story concerning Mr. A. B,
Frost the artist for Harper & Brothers,
to the effect that when he was married
his wife's father was very much opposed
to him, but after awhile became reoon
ciledand sent to the young, struggling.
artist the amongt of the daughter's al
lowance, which had been withheld since
her marriage. The young artist is said to
have returned the money with some ex
pressions of indignation and many indica
tions of his own independence, whereupon
the old gentleman fell head over heels in
love with his son-in-law, increased the
daughter's allowance, begged pardon all
round, and righted everything that was
wrong. If this story is true, says the Chi
cago News, Mr. Frost may be set down as
an artist in more than one sense. It re
quires some very fine penciling to express
just enough indiernation. and not too
much, to make a rich old father-in-law
doable your wife's allowance.
The Epidemic of Crime.
Whence comes this epidemic of suicides
and murders ? Recent discussions have
named several causes. Hon. C. H. Reeve,
of Indiana, charges it to infidel teachings
holding that hopelessness of a future
state cripples fortitude for bearing life's
ills. Another declares suffering from the
universal business depressions the cause.
A third writer attributes it to increasing
Insanity, a physician thinks much of the
tendency is inherited, while temperance
advocates lay tha responsibility upon
strong drink, -j '
Free-thinkers have committed suicide,
but so have orthodox churchmen. Fi
nancial straits have beset many, but the
wealthy have also taken their life.
Insanity and dissipation have preceeded
suicides and family murders.
One feature common to almost every
snch crime challenges attention. Well
nigh every report of suicide and family
murder mentions the perpetator as hav
ing " for seme time been subject to mel
ancholy." Whence comes this All
recognize medical authorities tell us that
the nra which consumes the brain -is al
ways kindled by derangements of diges
tion; that good digestion is impossible
without pure blood, and pure blood is
never known when the liver and kidneys
are out of order. Under such circum
stances, a preventive should be sought
and for this Warner's safe cure is sov
ereigna fact conceded by the best
authorities in the land, and it is especially
commended by the celebrated Dr. Die
Lewis. if ocKtiter Democrat.
FROM THE PRESIDENT
OF BAYLOR OMIVEBSnT.
" independence, Texas, Sept 2S, M81 . .
Oeifteara.' ' -
Ayeis Hair Vigor
Has been used in my household for three
reasons:
1st To prevent falling out of the hair.
3d. To prevent too rapid change of color.
Sd. As a dressing.
It has given entire -satisfaction ia every
Instance. Yours respectftiHy,
CABXT CaaXK.
AVER'S HAIR VIGOR is entirely free
from uncleanly, dangerous, or injurious sub
stances. It prevent the hair from turntag
gray, restores gray hair to its original oolor,
"prewnU tsidnew; preservef the hair and
promotes its growth," eures dandruff, aad
all diseases of the hair and seals, and to,
at the some time, a very superior and
desirable dressing. -
P&EPa&ED BT
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co Lowell, Mats.
Sold by all Druggists.
A
NEW AND VALAUBLE
VICE.
DE-
Water Closet Seai
-VOR TH
CURE OF HEMORRHOIDS,
Commonly Called Piles .
INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL PROLAP
SUS Al.
NO MEDECINE OR SURGICAL OPERA
TION NECESSARY,
I have iuvented a SIMPLE WATER CLOSET
SEAT, for the cure of the above troublesome
and painful malady, which I confidently place
bufore the public as a Sens Rkxikv and
Cuke i
It has received the endorsement uf the
leading physicians in this community, and
wherever tried, has given entire satisfaction,
aud where it fails to relieve the money will
be willingly returned.
These seats will be turnisned at the follow
ing prices :
Walnut ..$6.00) S
Cherry , 5.00 Disc ount to Phisicians "
Poplar.. 5.00)
Directions for using will accompany each
Seat,
We trouble you with no certificates. We
leave the Seat to be its advertiser.
Address,
LEWIS CHAMBERLAIN,
Patentee
Tarboro, Edgecombe Co.. N. C. Je3tt-ly
have you a GARDEN?
IF YOU HAVE
YOU WILL NEED
SEEDS
MT.
my new Seed Culoue vill iirpriw you. N aUUi
wfiere Tmi hva len deling it trill wt' mnnty. It it .
mailed Frr la nil, tl von ought to bate 11
before ).:!vin? nn - hre.
WM. H. MAULE,
123 & 131 front St., Philadelphia.
THE0HLTTK08 .
ROM
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Will pnrlfjr the BLOOD, rein
Ute Uie LIVER ami KIDNEYS.
THE UZaliltt
and IHtSTOKK TltS
and VIOOBV of YOUTH. VTW
pepsls. Want of Appetite, in-
uKe&ltoil, J.BCK ui Dinrnpui,
aoil Tired FcelingabioluielT
cored, isouea, niutciei ana
nc-rves receive new lorce.
nliven tile mind sua
. M - b implies ukuh rower.
I A II I ET 2 BnffeflMRlroiil complaints
tm Jh J I Km O peculiar to their sex wiU
find in DR. HARTEB.'SIRON TON10 a afe aad
speedy cure, tiives a clear, Jiealtliy complexion.
Freqnent attempts at coiiDterfeJllnar only add
to me popularity of the orlfrtual. Do not expert.,
ment petthe Okioisal AMD Best.
(Send your address to The I)r. HnrterMedCo.
Sl.Lonls, Mo, lor oar "DB.KAM BOQXVB
Fall of atraotfa and ossfnl infofstina.il
RESUMED.
We take pleasure in announcing to
our numerous patrons and friends
that we hare now recovered from
the diaarrangemant to our business
caused by the recent tire, and have
now resumed at the below Darned lo
cation, where we trust to meet all of
our former customers.
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