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TARBORO', N. C, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 24, 1885.
Attomey-atl-Law,
TARBORO, N.fcC.
t aflice next that of Col. I. U Bridgers, oyer
"Practices In State and Federal. Courts
pRA.NK POWELL, j
ATTORXEY-di-MiP
Txkbobo,
N. C.
pRANK NASH,
ATTQRNEY-AT-1.AW.
TARBORO, M.C.
Practices in all the Courts, Bute and Fed
eral- - jj v area
qEORGE HOWARD,
Attorney and Counselor at Law
i TARBORO K.
Prse.ices in all the to'
Federal.
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.s, state anu I
no.6-Jy.
NDREW JOYNER,
ATTORNET-AT-tA JT,
GREENVILLE, N. .
In future will regularly attend? the 8uj
oarta of Edgecombe. Office in- Tsrboro
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ouse.
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ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
Tarboro, N. C,
Office "ver Insuraace Office of )Capt Orrcn
Wilbaaia. -g lebBl-om
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Halifax and Pitt, and in the Courts of the
eirst Judicial District, and in the Circuit and
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Wilson and Halifax counties. Also in the
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Livery, Sale, Exchange
and Feed Stable
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These Stahlea are the lanrest In the State.
and have a capacity of hoidiw ten cay-loads
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kPIUM & WHISKEY HABITS cured at
A BANK ROBBERY.
Hr. John Burkley. sole nronriAtn n
theBurkley Bank, was being regularly
robbed. -
The mrsterions peculation a hurt Ttjn.
ed over a period of about five months.
ine Dank building was a stone tmnf
ure about three stories in height
There were two entrances : one In front
which opened into the principal business
room 01 the bank, and one on the side, by
means of which admittance could be
gained la the two upper stories, which
were occupied by the banker as a dwell
ing. 1
His family was a small one. consisting
of his daughter Edna, a beautiful girl of
nineteen, a middle-aged servant woman,
and a coachman and man-of-all-work, who
slept over the stable. ,
. nvivviulVJW IU MXO
although four had formerly held positions
were. - -.J,S-.J-. . -
Just before the besinnins of these mys
terious robberies Edward Radcliffe, cash
ier, had been discharged.
Although of excellent character, care
ful In his attentions to his duties, and in
every way moral and self-respecting,
Radcliffe had rendered himself objection
able to the banker.
He had dared to love the latter's daugh
ter, and upon asking for her hand in
marriage, had been disoharged for his assurance.
He had no difficulty In securinganoth-
er situation in the village as bookkeeper
in the largest store; one of the junior
clerks had been promoted to his late po
sition, and the affairs of the bank moved
on as usual
Then it was that these mysterious rob
beries began.
Every night, at the close of business,
the cash and accounts of the bank would
be found cotrect.
In the morning sums varying from ten
to fifty dollars would be missing.
The burglar and fire-proof vault in
which the papers, money and books of
the bank were stored at night was of the
most approved pattern.
It 8 toon in the rear of the main banking-
room, and had two doors, Tsoth provided
with combination locks.
The key to the main door had been car
ried by yonng Radcliffe, and when he
was discharged it was turned over to his
successor. The banker also knew the
combinations of the vault.
After twoor three hundred dollars had
disappeared, he changed the combination
of both locks, and took charge of the
main door key himself.
The losses still went on, and the money
was apparently taken from the vault be
tween the closing and the opening
hours.
It came to his knowledge that his
daughter and young Radcliffe were meet
log clandestinely, and in his first anger
he was willing to believe that the latter
was the robber, although it was virtually
impossible for anyone to gain admission
to the vault after it was . locked for the
night.
He employed a detective, who shadow
ed the three clerks in turn, without con
necting them in any way wifh the mys
terious peculations.
Banker Burkley could gain admittance
to his private office from his apartments
over the bank without entering the main
door, and so worried was he over hts mys
terious losses that on several occasions he
arose in the night, and, stealing softly
down-stairs, awaited in the darkness in
the hope of catching the thief.
As the mystery deepened ho grew care
worn, haggard and pale, and bis dreams
were filled with haunting visions of mask
ed robbers.
During all this time Edward Radcliffe
worked diligently at his bookkeeping,
happy in the knowledge that Edna Burk
ley still loved him. and would wait pa
tiently until such time as he could make
her a home.
They had a rendezvous in a dense grove
of trees on the outskirts of the village,
and met there frequently.
On one particular darlv night they met
as usual, and after strolling' about trhe
grove and talking as lovers will turned
their steps homeward.
As they neared the bank building the
town clock chimed 12.
I had no idea it was so late !" said Ed
na apprehensively. "Papa would be fu
rious if he knew I stayed out so late.
shall have to steal is very quietly, for
since these mysterious robberies he has
been very restless at night, and frequent
ly gets up' and wanders about the house. "
By this time they had reached the gate
by which admittance could be gained to
the little garden which surrounded the
bank, and softly unlatching it Radcliffe
led the way to the side door.
As he paused for a minute on the step
light suddenly flashed through the win
dow of the banker's private office over
looking - the garden, and they saw out
lined against the curtain the form of
man.'
Ha!" cried Radcliffe, in a startled
whisper. "What does that mean a man
In vonr father's private Office t "
"It la the robber 1" gasped dna, cling
ing to his arm and beginning to tremble.
Open the door," whispered Radcliffe,
M and I'll capture the villain r
No.no." persisted Edna. "The rob-
Ga.
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TEACHERS. Make $70 to tl50 per month
Afwllimr our Standard Books & Bibles.
S tea1 v work for Soring and 8ummer4 Ad
dress J. C McCnrdy & Co., Philapelphia, Pa.
J home without pain. Book ofparticnlars, ber is evidently a desperate villain, and
sent Free. B. M. WOOLEY M.D., Atlanta, h. k. -rmed.
"Nonsense!" retorted Radcliffe, open
Ing the door. "If I capture him, it will
place your father under obligations tome,
and he may consent to our marriage.
The door which opened out of the little
entry Into the private office was ajar and
pushing it open, Radcliffe peered in.
At the same Instant a bright lignt was
flashed in his eyes and be started back.
for confronting him was Banker Burkley
himself, clutching In one hand a roll of
notes, and in the other a dark lantern.
The two men stood staring at each otn
er for several seconds, and neither spoke.
Finally the banker turned sharply, ana
walking to an old-fashioned norse-nair
Covered lounge which stood against the
wall at one end of the room, drew bacK
the heavy cushion and placed the roll or
notes carefully in the cavity. Then re
placing the cushion, he pushed back the
slide of his lantern and started toward
the door, on the threshold of which stood
Radcliffe. with Edna'Deering over his
shoulder.
Th -whole proceeding had been so
strange and mysterious that Radcliffe in
voluntarily drew back as the banker ap-
nroached. and an apology for his intru
sion trembled on nis lips.
The hanging-light in the entry threw
its reflection upon the banker's face as
he drew near, and Radcliffe noticed that
although his late employer's eyes were
wide open, they had a fixed and mean
lrteless stare.
" Sleep-walxlng, Dy Jove r- neejacuwt-
rl nd clutched the somnamDuusfs
arm.
" Ha I" cried the banker, with a start,
and, reeling, he would have raiien nau
WarlifTn aunnorted him. "What
does this mean 7 Where am 1 1"
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DEALER IN
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Walking in your sleep, papa," inter
posed Edna, stepping forward and laying
her hand on her father's shoulder.
, this time Mr. Bnrkley was thorough
ly awakened, and turning fiercely upon
Radcliffe, whom he recognized in the
dim light, he demanded what right he
had to enter his house after being or
dered nfct to do so.
"I'm sure I'm very sorry, and I aik
pardon for the intrusion," answered the
young man; "but I love Edna, and Kdna
loves me, and even your stern decree
could not keep us apart. We have met
frequently siuce my discharge from the
bank, and to-nIibt I was escorting her
home, when, discovering a dim light in
your private office, I concluded that we
had discovered the mysterious burglar
in the act of committing a robbery, and I
entered to captnre the villian. You can
Imagine my surprise, sir. when I discov
ered that yotrwere the rober.". i--v --
M What do you mean t" demanded the
banker; gruffly.?;,;.: i;;:;- :
"I will show, you, sir," answered "Rad
cliffe. ;
And entering the little office, he light
ed the student lamp on the manteL
Then going to the lounge he pulled back
the cushion.
" There, sir !" he said, pointing to the
money hidden in that snug receptacle. ' I
think you will find every dollar of the
money that has so mysteriously disap
peared. While In a somnambulistic state,
you have from time to time ' gained ad
mittance o the vault by means of the
private- door, and have abstracted the
sums you missed, hiding them carefully
here."
" I used to walk in my sleep when I
was a boy,'' muttered the banker sheep
ishly, " but I thought I had outgrown the
habit years ago.''
He gathered up the pile of notes that
he had hidden under the sofa cushion,
and, after counting them nodded his head
approvingly.
'Well, Ned," he said finally, tnrning
upon the ex-cashier with something like
his old manner,, "I suppose you're enti-.
tled-to some reward for this discovery."
' I ask none, sir," answered Radcliffe
and I'm only glad I was able to do you a
service.'"
' Well, Fm going to reward you," con
tinued the banker, sturdily. "I'm going
to make you my son-in-law, that is if
Edna don't object, and I don't think she
will and after to-morrow you shall be a
partner in the Burkley Bank. Things
haven't gone exactly to suit me since you
left"
The rich man was as good as his word.
and he told this story to the assembled
guest on the night of his daughter's wed
ding.
Both Rode.
The commercial traveler of a Phila
delphia house while in Tennesee ap
proached a stranger aa the train was
about to start and said :
" Are you going on this traip f"
"lam."
" Have you any baggage ?"
"No."
"Well, my friend, you can do me a favj
or and It won't cost you anything. You
see, I've two big trunks, and they always
make me pay extra for one of them. 'You
can get one checked on your ticket, and
we'll euchre them. See ?"
"Yes, I see; but I haven't any ticket."
" But I thought you said you were go
ing on this train t" " '
"So I am; I'm the conductor."
"Oh!"
He paid extra, as usual. The Indepen-'
dent
Propitiating Both Parties.
An old -French peasant woman whom
her parish priest found going into the vil
lage church one evening, with a wax
taper in each hand, as if to make an offer
ing, was asked :
"For whom are those candles, my
daughter t"
" This one. my father, is for St. Michael,
the Prince of the Angels."
" Good, my daughter ; but for whom is
the other t"
" The other, my father, is for the dev-
1L"
" For the devil, my daughter ?" echoed
the horrified ecclesiastic.
" To be sure, my father," answered old
Lisette, coolly, "it's just as well to
have friends on both sides." New York
Times.
' A Merited Self-Rebuke.
White (rushing in)" Is Brown here ?"
Green "No."
White ' Has he been here any time
Within the last hour ?"
Green-" No."
White "Confound him 1 He said" he
would meet me here at 5 o'clock and here
it is 5:30. If you see him now tell him I
got tired of waiting round here for him
and went off. Tell him I've no patience
with men who don't keep their appoint
ments. Somerville Journal.
NO. 39
j twice, made an Irreievent remark about
sewer gas, and asked Mr. Johnson to
i please open the transom. .Then he gave
j way to a furlons riot of chips which
frightened Mr. Whiffles's three kings out
of the country.
"Whadjer playln f" inquired Mr. Wil
liams, languidly comparing his brilliant
timekeeper I with the club clock.
" Pokah,'f said the Rev. Mr. Smith, who
wrs dealing. "We'se tryin' to play
pokah," he added, "an' ef Brer Anderson
'il quit lookln' at yo' twodollah stem
windin' bnggler alarm, an' ante, we'll
git dar." j ,
The handj was played in "silence, and
when the reverend gentleman drew in the
pot with two bow-legged jacks, only the
labored breathing of Mr. Johnson broke
the hush. I -i'.B',? ' '- 'J':V-S
Mr. Williams, pocketed ; the watch.
thoughtfully picked i his teeth for sr few
Aitnougn tne country is so small, it con
tained in 1880 no fewer than 125,000 places
devoted to the sale of intoxicating liquors.
There was a public-house on the average
for every twelve or thirteen grown up
males. The suicides rose from flfty-fonr
per million inhabitants in 1848 to eighty
in I8K0. The lunatics advanced from 750
per million inhabitants in 1846 to 14T0 in
1881. : ...
v" - Good manners.
jNever pick your teeth at table,
r Never Beal a letter of introduction, j
y ilemember everything except an injury.
-.- Do not make an ostentation of your
dress. ,
The grace of patience well becomes a
man.
The guest who comes late spoils the
dinner. ... . , ,
Good temper ls the essence of good
manners. . .
; -I)o not press a favor where you see it
will be unwelcome.
. ..There is no flattery, so exquisite as the
mint,-blew a contnplativ clopd- tov'-rV .'Mcasm Ma like., boomerang you
ward the ceilin-r. an J then drv nni. j, veW jp'nW where It may light. , j
An Editor ot tbe Fat are.
"Why don't you finish eating your hash
Tommy t" asked a Brooklyn mother of
her boy, who suddenly laid down his
knife and fork as he caught sight of the
servant dishing out ice-cream.
"Impossible, ma," replied the lad.
"Why "
' 'Cause it's crowded out to-make room
for more interesting matter," answered
Tommy, who is working in a newspaper
office during his vacation. New York
Journal.
A Modest Request.
Lover (passionately) "My sweet 1 My
darling ! I love you with all my heart 1
Be mine 1"
Fair Maiden" Oh, George, this is so
sudden; I must have time"
Lover" No, no ! I must have an an
swer now, for I have my eye on another
girl." The Rambler.
At the Hub.
"I say, sonny, you've got a' new baby at
yoqr house, haven't you ?"
"Yes, sir."
" What's It like t"
" Well, it's got a head like a baseball.
Boston Budget
THOMPSON STREET POKES CLTB.
TUankfnl Smith has a Brush with
Poster Williams Blistered
' Jack makes Trouble.
The door sotfly opened and a whiff of
patchouly and Mr. Foster Williams en
tered together. His appearance was such
as to dazzle Mr. Johnson and make even
the Elder Jubilee Anderson proud to be
able to bow to him ; but the Rev. Mr.
Thankful Smith merely pulled his hat
lower over his eyes and requested Prof.
Brick, who sat next to the dealer, to wake
up and ante.
Mr. Williams leaned elegantly against
the manteL and holding his cigar In such
a way as to show his new topaaring to
advantage, diffused more patchouly by
daintily flecking dust from his patent
leathers with his handkerchief.
The Bfi7. UX- Smith sniffed once or
ward tbe ceiling, and then drew out, j vel
low pocketbook. ostensibly xo "polish the
silver tnuiftis gmtering in the cornenr ',
'Whad am de liramick t" he inquired
sweetly. ' -! -r-'v-- sc':'-;'
"Do limmlck." replied the Rev. Mr.
Smith, as sponsor for the party, "de linv
mick am whafa genelman keers ter blow
in. But dis ain't no cyclome game," he
adtled.
"Whn whad am a cyclome game?"
asked Mr. Williams. ,
Tlayin' on wind." replied the Rev.
Mr. Smith, giving.the cards a double cut,
it being Mr. Whiffle's deaL He then pro
ceeded to fail for the nineteenth time to
fill his iiusb. and as Mr. Johnson drew in
the pot 'Mr. Williams seemed to be in
spired with a thought
"Kin! come in ?" he asked, beaming
on the elder Jubilee Anderson, who had
just lost two dollars. f 1
"Ceru'ly," said the Rev. Mr. Thankf ul
Smith, taking olf his coat and preparing
for business. " Duss off dat cheer fo' de
genelman, Cy," he said to Mr. Whiffles,
an et uus quits smokm' dat punk, an'
de Perfesser Ml blow his breff tords de
do', we'll git mo' wentilation. 'Pears like
a polecat's broke looe rouu' hyar."
This last shot ut the patchouly nettled
Mr. Williams, and t he obsequious man
ner with which Mr. Waftles dusted a chair
for him failed to please ; but he repressed
his feelings, sat down and tossed a new
five-dollar bill to the Rev. Mr. Smith,
who was banking as usual. That gentle
man adjusted his spectacles, critically ex-
vamiued the bill, wet his fingers and tried
it smoothness, and then inquired :
" Yo' kissed dat bill good-by ?"
Mr. Williams said nothing. The Rev.
Mr. mith folded it twice and stuck it be
hind his ear.
"If yo' feels bad, yo' kin look at it once
mo' befo' goin' home."
Still Mr. Williams refused to retort, so
the reverend banker counted out two
stacks and passed them over. Prof. Brick
then had a deal, in which everybody
passed, and a jack pot was iu order. It
was opened on the fourth round by Mr,
Whiffles, who had three sevens, and let
every one in for' four blue chips. Mr.
Williams seemed to hesitate about com
ing in. and after a moment of breathless
xcitemeo Mr. Gns -.loh neon, -who. w
hdealing, timidly inquired what he was
going to to.
" Yo' shet np, Gns." Interrupted the
Rev. Mr. Thankf ul Smith. " Yo' low-flung
niggahs domi' unnerstan' de Fif th-aveyou
style, it's wuigan ter nurry. t
This fired Mr. Williams. "I rise dat fo
dollahs'" he said, wickedly.
Prof. Brick and Mr. Whiffles couldn't
get out fast enough, but the Rev. Mr.
Thankful Smith drew out the old wallet
and began to shuck out bills.
" Wha whad yo' doin' t" asked Mr.
Williams. arhast at the sum disn laved.
" I'se gwiiip ter fynamite Jay Gool," re
tortiHl the Hi v. Mr. Smith, counting out
his roll ; i se gwine ter buss Cy Fiel' an'
lift ole VanUrb1lk outen he salvation."
he continued, still showering notes on the
table; l in a razzlm wif essen Lnlon
an' crow.liu' de Ohemikle Bank," he. sup
plemented, hs he added another pile "I
sees dat fo! dollahs and I rises dat sixty
tree." iVith this he slammed the wallet
down with an energy tiiat lifted Mr.
Whittles two feet from his chair, and fa
vored Mr. Williams with a steady and
penetrating glower. Prof. Brick fainted
una l-dier .!u;;:iee Anuerson seemea on
the verge r,f c.-tteleusy.
Mr. Williams glanced at the pack in
Mr. Johnsons's hand and slowly skinned
his cards as one in a dream. The follow
ing conversation then ensued : .
" Yd' donn' rise dat sixty-free f"
"Ain't dp niiney up ?"
"Rise dat -.i.rf (-tree ?"
"Count dat boodle."
"UiMdnt sixty-tiee?"
" TUc scads doan lie."
Mr. Williams skinned his cards again
" Kin I call for a sight ?" he Inquired soft
ly.
"Call f ra l;rer." rerted his reverend
antagonist. " Dis aiu'X no Newpote loo
er Saratocy bnnko. Dis am pokah.
Then the liv. Mr. Smith glared at all
hands in a way that challenged contra
diction.
" 1 calls," said Mr. Williams quietly
with another gtiiuce at the puck. '1'hen,
while the room was so still tnat Air.
WhifT.es could hear his hair grow, he
drew out the yellow poeketbook with
silver initials and deposited three twenties:
in the pot witn la Dine chips, it a stroke
of lightning had descended tiie paralysis
of the party would not have been more
complete. Air. Gup Johnson was salmon
colored a he inquired liow many cards
werewanteil. -Mr.
Wiliium? wanted two. -' The Rev.
Mr. Smith said he would play what he
had. Then with a burst of renewed fe
rocity he shook out the balance of .his
wallet ix dollars.
' "I rise dat fo'teen," responded Mr.
Williams, languidly lighting a . cigar
ette. The Kev. Mr. Smith looked
aghast
" I I haint got no mo," he said.
" Yo'se cot dat bill behine yo' yeah.
replied Mr. Williams, " an' I'll take yo'
note fo' de ballans," he courteously add
ed.
The bill nnd the note were added to
the pot The Ray. Mr. Smith was hoarse
as he asked
"Whadier ketch "
Mr. Williams spread down four jacks
and a six. took up the notes, cashed the
chips from the bills in the kitty box.
and lighted a fresh cigarette, necked
speck of ashes from his vest with the
patchouly handkerchief, whistled a bar
from "Nanon," caught his cane midway
between handle and ferrule, and ambled
out of the room. The silence was six
fathoms deep. Mr. Whifflles examined
Mr. Williams's hand. One jack was
slightly chafed. The spot caught the Rev.
Mr. Smith's eye.
" Were dat keerd in he han' befo' de
draw f " he inquired.
"No, San," replied Mr. Johnson. "Dad
jack wid de sore back lay jess Jess on
top de pack wen yo' clipped Toot dat fust
rise."
"Dat splains hit," said the Rev. Thank
ful Smith. "Niggahs, hits yarly la de
avenin', bud hits high time fer to me ter
go home. I'se been backin' de science fer
mo'n thntty yar, an' I'se hed mo' hard
camp meetin' speeunce dan de law 'lows,
bud I'se never yit seen de luck stick to a
dude niggah. An' heah I comes in wif a
a king full agin a scented moke wif tree
jacks, an' has eighty-two dollahs' wuff er
tar knocked onten me in one minnit by
de blister on a top cyard. Go on an' play
fenny limmlck, niggahs, an' be- happy,
'se gwine home an' take up de forth
chapter ob Job, and clnb myse'f." .
may light
u couvmer-ouT
frlepA that he
A yonng lady may give her hand
stranger, but will not shake his. - -.,
In helping any one at table never use a
knife when you can use a spoon.
Pride, ill-nature and want of sense are
the three great sources of ill-manners.
If you meet an acquaintance while
walking with a friend do not introduce
them.
A rudeness is worse than a crime ; it Is
blunder because it is so easy to be
polite.
Xiearn to noid tny tongue. D ive words
post Zacharias forty weeks' silence." ,
in passing rrom the drawfng room to
the dining room the lady takes pre
cedence.
Never use your knifo io convey vour
food to your month under any circum
stances.
Nothing indicates a well bred man
more than a proper mode of eating his
dinner.. . . f t
The most disagreeable talk is " that
which- turns' trpbu a man's or woman's
maladies. .
A married lady should treat a stranger
with reserve, an acquaintance with reticence.
In making calls do your best to lighten
the infliction to your hostess. Do not stay
long.
A man who talks slang in a lady's hear
ing stands in need ot the Roman Catholic
discipline.
- Gentlemen do not take off their hats to
each other. This is a courtesy reserved
for -the ladies.
Jever make introductions unless vou
have good reason to believe that both
parties are agreeable.
In the country gentlemen do not offer
their arm to ladles ; but In large towns
this should be done.
In railroad traveling no gentleman will
address a lady who is unknown to him
unless she invites it.
There are three articles of dress which
pre-eminently shew the gentleman hats,
boots and gloves.
Ladies should remember that the art of
dressing well lies in tbe happy combina
tion and harmony of colors.
Never give letters of introductions un
less you are prepared to be responsible for
the person to whom they are given.
Carry your hat and cane (but not your
umbrella) into the drawing room as a
visible sign of your intention to leave
quickly.
Be specially careful in making introduc
tions to ladies. It is an insult if you pre
sent to a lady any person of doubtful
renntatlon.
There is no oolicv like politeness, and a
gvetL nsaaner is the Tocst-thing in the world
either to get a good name or supply the
want or it. i
The holder of a letter of introduction
should xeiul It with his eard of address.
The receiver,: if he baa gentleman, will
call upon you witnouu aeiay.
if yon pass an acquaintance witn a lady
on his arm do not nod ; take off your hat,
so that your salute may seem to include
both yonr friend and tbe lady.
A MOTHER'S LOVE.
Oh I in our sterner manhood when no ray.
Of earlier sunshine glimmers on life's way.
When girt with 8i and sorrow and the toil
Of cares which tear the bosom that thng soil,
Ohl If there be in Retrospective's chain
One link that binds as to young dreams again.
One thought so sweet we scarcely dare to muse
On all the hoarded rapture it reviews.
'Which seems each moment in its backward
range
The most to soften, its ties to change.
And all the springs untouched for years to
move-
It is the memory of a mother's love.
BESMOKS IK FEW WORDS.
Novelty Is the great parent of pleasure.
The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat
one's self.,
There is no creature so contemptible bnt by
resolution may gain nis point.
Few are Qualified to shine in company: bnt
1 1 is in most men's power to be agreeable.
It is the care of a very great part of man
kind to conceal their indigenee from the rest.
The most divine light only shineth on those
minds which are purged from all worldly dross
and human uncleanness.
- Children generally hate to be idle : all the
cure then is that their busy humor should be
constantly employed in something of use to
them.
Great geniuses, like groat ministers, though
they are confessedly the first in the common-
weaitn oi letters, must De enviea aaa caium
srlated. .
We are born for a higher destiny than earth ;
there is a realm where the rainbow never fades.
where the stars will be spread before us like
Islands that slumber pa the ocean, and where
the beings that pass before us lk. shadows
will stay in our presence forever.
' The inhere of our affections is one in which
we are very apt to expect too much from
others, and thus to cause bitterness and often
estrangement. Where we love we naturally
crave to be loved i bnt this craving, if not
regulated by reason, ie very likely - to blossom
into a selfish oppression.
- Experience of the past teaches us that man
dees not a good work, hat an evil work, ' who
endeavors tci foreeshiS- formed opinions upon
the formed opinions of others. ' All we can do
IB to set before men who differ with ns the
principles on which we form our opinions, and
Mt them judge upon tne premises iormeo.
TAILUQ CARE OY THE PET PT0.
and ugly pug chained to a post and mak
ing frantic efforts to escape, while some
yards away stood George playing the hosa
upon Fido and heartily enjoying the dog's
discomfort
QUITE NJ32EROU8LY MARRIED.
Sharp Queries by Punch.
Do you think that the best way to teach
your baby to walk would be give it in
charge of a step-inother t
Does It necessarily follow that all black
smiths must be wicked men because they
are much given to vice t
Is it a fact that those people who only
sing to please themselves" are not often
difficult to please ?
When a photographer, iu the exercise of
his business, uses a black cloth, does he do
So in order to make his camera ohscura t
Must your kitchen fire be of & dissinat-
ed disposition because it goes out every :
night i . v .
Can It Teally ibe true thatatoo 'cuieJ
sermon often proves to be a moving
course r'-ji'- 4 "'"': ,- -
t-li-rr UanlTii full. -. 11 l
are unprincipled men- because they poiso
on each other ? - -
Now She Can Do It.
Young Ladies may find a lesson in tin
experience of a girl in Stockton, CaL, who
sued her lover for breach of promise of
marriage. She produced many of his let
ters extending over a period of several
years, and all breathing promises of un
dying love. Then he brought out a letter
written by her to him about two years
before, when she was mad. in which she
said she would rather marry a yellow dog
than him. The result was an immediate
verdict for the defendant
An Ohio tilrl who Ventnred Nine
Times on the matrimonial Sea.
Cynthia Boardman was an Ohio girl of
loving disposition, and her affections were
true as gold when once they were fasten
ed. William Rawlings was the happy
man who first led Cynthia to the altar a
blushing bride. A mule killed Mr. Raw
lings. His relict then married Mr. Ladd.
He was drowned. Making a visit to
Pennsylvania she was snapped up by Mr.
Henderson. He died. Returning to Ohio,
her native heath, she became Mrs. John--son.
He died. Mrs. Johnson then took
Mr. Dixon. He died. Again the widow
goes to Pennsylvania, and again is she
snapped up ; this time by Mr. Maybury,
and they move to Indiana. The ague
killed him. The much-tried : widow re
turns . to Ohio, where Henry Ladd, a
brother of her second .husband, married
her. He died. ... She now takes rest for
and 1 proceeded to orhtoent" herTiriBfl-tr-;
with the portraits of the lamented dead,
and hung them up as a gentle reminder
of the fate In store for the man who
Should next marry her. She next mar
ried Mr. Dyer, a frail man, who was not
as popular as some of her other husbands;
"but" she said, apologetically, " I was
gettin' too old to be particular, an' I
took him. George ain't overly stout, and
I reckon his pictnrll soon go along with
the rest of 'em."
Short-Haired and Toothless.
Burdette says : When they brought
Oscar Wild's baby to him the beautiful
man tossed back his mane and gazed upon
the babe. It had short hair and no teeth.
Oscar wept, and lifting his hands toward
heaven called upon all the gods to witness
that It was no child of his.
It appears after
is still unknown.
LITERARY.
all that the Dutchess
Some of the critics rank " Zoroaster " as
the best of Mr. Crawford's novels.
The Buffalo Courier thinks that How-
ells has never done better reporting than
that contained in " Silas Iapham." "It
is delightful, entertaining, realistic, but
its impressions are not strong and lasting.
wouiu tnnc nowens were more imagina
tive, more practical, more analytical 1
Admiral Porter appears to be wedded
to the idea that he can distinguish him
self as a novelist. It was his penchant
for the pen that led Gers Grant to re
mark : " I believe Porter to be as great an
admiral as Lord Nelson. He was always
ready for every emergency and every re
sponsibility. The country has never done
him the justice that history will do him.
It would hare been a great thin;
for Porter if he had never been able to
read and write."
The American Register of Paris thin'.i
that current French literature has drop
ped to a deplorably low plane. " There is.
hardly a literary man to-day In Prance,"
aya the Register " who is enjoying the
pecuniary and social position to which his
artistic gifts should entitle one, and
whose success is founded on the unadul
terated exercise ol talent." And the rea
son assigned for this condition of things
Is that the popular demand is for trash.
The literary editor of the New York
Mail and Express is quite captivated by
Lord Tennyson's lines on the marriage of
the Princess Beatrice. The critic says :
" They are noble in their gravity of state
ment, admirable in the train of thought
which they suggest and as perfect an ex
ample or his blank verse as can be found
in the whole collection of his writings.
No other living poet, no other poet of this
prolific century, could have written them.
If you have read them once, read them
again, for he will never write anthing
better."
Blanche Willis Howard m her novel,
" Aulnay Tower," takes a pessimis
tic view of the fashionable dinner. She
says : " Dinner is indeed a stern tyraut.
Its hideous gregarious rites impose them
selves upon us at supreme moments when
the primeval savage germ in us asserts
itself and longs for air and freedom,
space and solitude. The dagger suggests
amorous tragedies, dim Venetian canals,
and gliding gondolas, but the ponderous
silver fork, weighed down like many n
dull soul with the sense of its own respec
tability with what suffering, the more
cruel because prolonged, is it not associ
ated ! The immaculate napkin, bristling
with conventionality in every rigid fold ;
what agonies has it not led on like the
SEillant pennon of a forlorn hope! All
onor to the ; unnumbered victims on the
terrible field of a slow dinner, liow their
stont hearts faint and desperately rally
before the invincible soup tureen, the
deadly pauses between the courses, life
ubiqnitos attack of 4ho waiters, the fatal
volley of small talk. How "they die a
thousand deaths, yet bravely smile. If,
when the spirit flies agfeist from the din
ner hocus-pocus, the outward man might
vanish too, what a significant array of
vacant chairs in our most genteel dining
rooms would commemorate the triumph
ot nature over civilization."
Set tin' 'Km Tip In ITIunleli. "
If you are a stranger in Munich you
find a seat, call a girl and order a mug of
beer. If you are to the manner born, you
wend your way to a big tank into -which
water is always running, and pick out
yonr mug. This tank is always two
thirds full of huge stone mugs with big
handles and pewter lids. The German
walks up, thrusts his hand into the water,
and, drawing out a mug, looks it all over.
If it suits him they are all alike he
rinses it and makes his way to the place
where he gets it filled with beer, then re
joining his companions. Beer will keep
delicionsly cool for half an hour In one of
these mugs, and as they hold fully a
quart each, one lasts a long time. And
what a merry sight it is to -see the people,
in groups of four, two or three to a dozen,
bound together in the most jo-
Intercourse by this national
beverage ! They sit at the tables talking,
laughing, eating (many of them raw
vegetables resembling a turnip In color
and a carrot in shape, which they seem to
relish greatly) and drinking, paying little
attention to the music, but having a jolly
time.
that are
vial social
What i
Bill Nye says
is a library,
a poem, a
a prophecy,
i Newspaper Is.
The newspaper of to-day
It is an encyclopedia,
biography, a history.
a directory, - a time
table, a romance, a cook book, a
guide, a horoscope, an art critic, a politi
cal resume, a ground plan of the civilized
world, a low-priced multum in parvo. It
is a sermQU-asonc. a circus, an obituary,
a picnic, a shipwreck, a symphony in
solid brevier, a medley of life and death,
a grand aggregation of man's glory and
his shame. It is, in short, a bird's-eye
view of all the magnanimity and mean
ness, the joys and griefs, the births and
deaths, the pride and poverty of the
world, and all for two cents sometimes.
I could tell you some more things that
the newspaper of to-day is if you had
time to stay here and your business would
not suffer in your absence. Among
others, it is a long-felt want, a nino
column paper In a five-column town, a
lying sheet, a feeble effort, a financial
problem, a tottering wreck, a political
tool and a sheriff's sale.
IT .; ;JAi)3 ALL
NO OtfK r :
or has vi-r
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roil, which so coin-
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ftarsaparilia.
? as a truly soifiitiile prepara-
i; taint of Scrofula about you.
WUfilTilurt AVKUS H A Itrt.XI A U11.L.V Will
It from your system.
SJTotuimis i;tariu.
Ulcer:
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For v.jiiiiniii.,i :l
PITinnM - ' :.; .-:.ks.ir.Kii.L is the
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numberless cas.-s. U v. ill stop the nauseous
catarrhal iliscii .-i !!, and remove the sicken
ing odor of iho breath, wUich arc iiidicaiioua
cf scrofulous origin.
"Hulto, Tex., Sept 28, 182.
tJteV "It tlld m flf twn VMM mtn nf
VflQCQ my children was turriblv alHictod
UUiltO with ulcerous running sores on its
face aud neck. At the same time its eyes
were- iwollea, muoh inrlaiued. and very soro.
CnDP CvCQ Physicians tola us that fow- -OUnX
UlLO erfuJaUcratlre medicine inuit :
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ue to s, wmiipiTOo juiu :.ui.-.,t euro.
evidence has siuce nvu-e-l or the exintuno
of any scrofulous tendencies; and uo treat-,
ment of any disorder was ever attended by
more prompt or effecteal results. - - -. -
Yours truly, li. F. JOHNSOJJ." '
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Belgium affords the worst example In
Europe of the harm from over-indulgence
in alcoholic stimulants. The sale of li
quor has been more than trebled in the
last fifty years. While the population has
advanced only from ,3.500,000 to 5,500,000
the consumption of spirits, wine and beef
ferj.881 amounted in value to iTjLOOftOOOf,
A Young Benedict Reeoml ng Dis
gnsted With His Wife's Method
Adopts a Simpler One.
The Buffalo Courier savs there is in
that city a young Benedict who is so un
fortunate as to be wedded to a lady of rare
beauty and attractiveness with a hobby
for a pet pug. Now this young Benedict
had in all respects proved a model hus
band and had.acqultted himself so faith
fully on all occasions that his" wife had
confidence in him, and willingly intrust
ed the most sacred and important duties
to his charge. So fully, indeed, did she
trust him that when she started for a
week's visit to a friend, the last words to
him, having consigned the baby to the
tender mercies of the nurse, were :
"George, promise me to take good care
of Fido. Don't let him overeat himself,
and above all, bathe him regularly, you'll
find the bath-tub in the parlor, the towels
are in the linen-press, and his comb and
brushes are in the left-hand corner of my
right-hand bureau drawer, and the co
logne is on the shelf above. And be sure
when you've finished to wrap him in his
blanket aud put him in the sunshine to
dry, and if he catches cold telegraph
me." .
She printed one lasting impassioned
kiss on Fido's nose, tearfully delivered
nim to her husband's arms, stepped into
the carriage and was gone.
' The next day and the next George im
pliclty carried out the parting Instruc
tions of his wife. He bathed Fido, co
logned Fido, brushed, combed and dried
Fido,
Yesterday morning when the scribe
passed 'George's residence he heard wild
yelpings and ki-yi-ings proceeding from
the yard. He stepped up to the fence and
looked over. He saw an uncommonly fa1
r
Poor Billy aEncItrow's many Virtues.
We drop a tear as we record the demise
of poor Billy Muckrow. His genial pres
ence and hearty laugh added anew grace
to the most-'exclusive saloons of the
town. We say it without fear of contra
diction Billy was as square as a chess
board. He was no chump. He never
killed a man without cause ; he never for
got to settle his score on the slate.
He never refused to go out on a hunt for
hoss thieves nor to ante up Jiis little pile
when he bucked the tiger and lost And
he was a rustler when out with the boys.
But his crowning virtue was that just be
fore his death he paid us a three years'
subscription in advance for the Howler,
and we assure his widow, that .the paper
will be delivered to her on time every
week. Stranger, go thou and do likewise.
Arizona Howler.
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Good Looking Girls.
There Is no fear that American young
women will always be beautiful enough.
What they most need now is increased
bodily vigor. In, this respect there has
been a notable Improvement within the
last fifteen or twenty years. The girls of
the present day take more exercise and
endure it better than the girls of the pre
vious generation did. But there are still
those who would hate to confess that they
turn the scale at 140 pounds, and many
more who persist In compressing their
waists to an extraordinary degree, under
the mistaken impression that to be ad
mired a woman must weigh little and
wear a small belt, iuch girls may be
angels in somebody's eyes, but not in tose
of sensible men.
Lo's Appreciation of a Fine Scalp.
At one of the Indian agencies, near Fort
Reno, one Sunday the Indians were gath
ered near the officers quarters devoutly
performing certain religious duties. An
officer Induced a young woman from one
ef the Eastern cities, who was possessed
of a remarkably heavy head of blonde
hair, reaching to the ground, to allow It
to flow loosely and let the Indians a
mire. She at once became the centre of
attraction, to the utter neglect of the re
ligious ceremonies. They gathered about
her in swarms and manifested their
pleasure at the sight by jumping about
rubbing their hands and gesticulating
wildly. They pronounced it the iest
3calp they had ever seen, and so alarmed
the young lady by their demonstrations
that she cut short her visit.
What Sporting Men Kcly On.
When Lewis R. Redmond, the South
Carolina moonshiner, corhercd, after for
eight years eluding the government
officials, was asked to surrender, he ex
claimed ;
" Never, to men who fire at my back !
"Before he was taken, five bullets had
gone clear through him, but strange to
relate he got well in the hands of a rude
backwoods nurse."
By the way, if Garfield had been in the
hands of a backwoods nurse, he might
have lived. A heap of volunteer testimo
ny against the lnfalllbllty of the physi
clans has been accumulating of late, and
people are encoa raged to do their own
doctoring more and more. It is cheaper
and quite as certain.
Before Detective Curtln of Buffalo,
caught Tom Ballard he " covered " him
with his revolver. Tom saw the point
antl tumbled 1
Joe Goss was " covered " a few weeks
ago and he tumbled, and so did Dnn
Mace. Death . " fetched em " with that
dreadful weapon kidney disease. But
they should have been lively and drawn
first They could easily have disarmed
the monster had they covered him with
that dead shot Warner's safe cure,
which, drawn promptly, always takes
the prey. It is doubtless true that sport
ing men dread this enemy more than any
mishap of their profession, and presuma
bly this explains why they as -a rule are
so partial to that celebrated "dead
shot."
Redmond-was right. To man should
Surrender when attacked in the back.
Ie should "draw," f nee about nnd pro
ceed to the defence, for such attacks, so
common among all classes, will fetch a
man -very time unless "covered" by
that wonderfully successful "dead shot"
Sportonan's Aeuis.
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PHARMACISTS
Eat Slowly.
The remedy for corpulence, according
to the Lancet, is in the method of eating
and drinking. If we only ate more delib
erately, it says, we should find half of our
accustomed quantity of food sufficient to
satisfy the most eager cravings of hunger.
Iet men of all classes who lead healthy
lives resolve to eat and drink slowly.
Martin county is to have a $20,
'000 court bouse.
There has been a decrease of $300,
000 in the public debt during August.
It is now announced that Gen. Lo
gan's book on the "Mexican War,"
with an appendix on Ihe "Abolition
of Serfdom Among the Toltecs," is
to be printed under- the title '"The
Great Conspiracy." But presumably
ever Bince he came into compf tition
in the subscription book bussiness
Brother Blaine has had about that
idea of Brother Logan's work.
One of the straws showing the
present prosperity of the South is
the unwillingness of Charleston. S.
C, to receive outside aid to repair
damages resulting from the recent
cyclone.
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