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On attend the Buperioir ice in Tarboro House. G M. T. FOUNTAIN, S - "" 'Hi ATTORNEY AND COUN8E UOR AT LAW, ! Tarboro, N. C, ;i Office rnr Inraraaea Office of Capt Orrea Williaais. - . f eb21-6oi j H. A. GaxJAM. QILLIAM Uonux OiLixuf & SON Attorneys-at-Law, ; TARBORO', N. a ' Will practice in the Counties of Kdgecombe, Halifax and Pitt, and in the Courts of the first Judicial District, and In the Circuit and upreme Courts at Raleigh. Janl8-ly. JAS. NORFLEET, Attorney-at-Law, TARBORO, - i r 9 4 ' r ..! . ji CIRCUIT .Edgecombe, Nash and yM son. Loans negotiated on reasonable terms. L. bRIDGERS & 8QN, Attorneys-at-Lawi TARBORO, 14 lry j r r f TXOSSEY BATTLE. ! , Ij. 1 Attorney at Law tarboro, - - j i Practice! io the eoorte of NaBli.Tkdaeeoabe. Wilson and, Halifax counlie8,Alse in the Federal and Supreme Courts. Tarboro office, up-etair9 over new Howard building,' Main (treet, opp. Bank front room. . apr 1 '84 m c. TOW AITD OABtHltS. I bought a box of ties one day ' SUken Uee. of Tarloua hues And on my dressing ease they In readiness for daily nse. . snnuaeisUnM I like to waar AroanS my neck a una ft riven m quite a youthful atr xi zastened by my lady's hand. One morn, while looking o'er the ttevr ' la search of a peculiar shade, I found; somewhat to my surprise. That two were stolenj or mislaid, " Perhaps," I thonght. "my lady's maid Has Ukea them to gire her bean And so, when she was nigh, I said: I wonder where my neck-ties go I i Bhe took kh hint, ,an4 toaseabhr headt ? " I haven them t" aad taebnheeheok Her feather-duster, while she said : . "Nearer a hoasa you'd better lcok.'V Then blusb!"", Jn"??! triTT twy, - And left iu in a tuoughtful mood; Bat what she meant I could not say. Nor whether U were ill or good. - k Bvt ere I passed my lady's door, ! ' I paused, tapped, entered and-we klased. And. lot upon the chamber-floor I saw the dainty Use I'd mima, Beside a pair of broMsred hose. In sweet disorder there they lay After a night of soft repose Those missing ties of pearly gray. So, what I wear around my throat. My wife wears round the limbs that dance. We both on ties and garters dote ; But, Honl solt qui mal y pense." Barry Gray. DONE BY A YANK. ' D R. H. T. BASS 1 Offers his profe ' U services to the aU zens of Tarboro and vicinity. i' Office in T. A. HcNalr'a drag- store On Main Street ; jl UN. CARS, Surg r ! eon 'TARBORO, N. C. Dentist, Office Louis, trom 9 a.m. 'till I p, m. and on. Hod p.-m. r il g-Next door , to Tarboro House, over Kciyster dt Nash. - . . ' 4 TV U. K. W. JOYNER, SURGEON sir . t ' DENTIST 111 I : . 1 -1. Has permanently located; in Wil son, X. C. All operations will be neatly and carr folly performed and 011 terms as reasonable as tposaible. Teeth extracted without pain. Office on Tarboro street, next doojjr-to Post Office. Jan-1 6m J. L SAVAGE, Livery, Sale, Exchange and Feed Stables, Cohsxr Gkajttixlb A St. Ajrornkw Bt&kxts TARBORO, -Bt. -jjpi j These BUbles are the largest In the' State, and have a capacity of holow ten car-loads of stock.' Give him a calL j k lanlSr OPIUM A WHISKEY HABITS cured as home without pain. Book of particulars sent Free. - B. M. WOOLKT, Mf D., AUanta, Ga. 1 ' t2S T'EACHERS, Make t?0 to tt50 per month I coiiinv nr Rtsuuiard ' Books & Bibles. 8tKai wnrbfor Rnrine- and Summer. . Ad dress J. C. McCnrdy & Co., Phllapelphia, Pa. JUTHER SHELDON,1 DEALER IN: BUILTVERS' HARDWARE, PAINTS, OILS,f GLASS, -And Building Material, of eyerj deacrlpUon X03. If W. SIDE MARKET SQUARE A 1 ! 4R0AN0AKEAYK NORFOLid. VA. November 1882, 18,1-y. ; TJ1 O; WOODWARD, .with E, B. BLAMI& i I -I Norfolk, V. Will mail samples' of I)HY GOODS WHEN tQUKSTKD, DresHes made to order.- Correspondence so- miioa. (. dialogues 01 rauerns mauea 11ms to say address.. I must tell you that my mother lived In the Loray valley of Virginia, close tipon the great caves which became so famous during the war. We had a bit of a farm, a comfortable cabin, and I went away to war leaving a brother about 15 years of age to look after things. He. fell sick and died in 1862, and from that om the poor old woman was all alone and had to manage the beet she could. You must know that the Luray, as well as the Shenandoah valley, was early occupied by the federals, These t alleys were fighting-ground. The fed erals would come up and the rebels would come down, and there was hardly a week that the valleys were not chang ing hands. You may. guess that between the two armies and the camp-followers and guerillas of both, the women, and children fared pretty hard. Along in the spring of 1864, while I was attached to Lee's command as a scout, I was Bent to the Shenandoah with dispatches to Early, and given per mission to visit my old mother in Lvray, 1 had not been home for nigh upon eigh teen months, and yon may reckon I was in a hurry to git there. Once in a great while I had received a letter in mother's old-fashioned, scrawling hand, convey ing good or bad news, but it Iiad xiow been seven or eight weeks since I had re- J cervpa wuni ur uue. WeR, not to bother you. with , details, let me say that I - reached a -cross-roads within three miles of home one afternoon Just at dark. Spring was Betting in, and the rain came down in a steady pour and there was mud wherever there was dirt. There used to be a sort of tavern, here, but I looked for it in vain, The few blackened timbers left on the site told the story of fire. I was ready to push on again, when a cripple named Seth Smith, whom I had known for many years, came, down the road on his mule. I helloes at him, and he helloes back, and then he calls out in the darkness: John Williams, I reckon I know yei voice r If s me, fur sure." Gom'homey". Yes." Well, Tn afraid ye'll be too late. Four or five Yankee foragers and bum mers rid up the road about an liour ago; They is stealin' an plunderin an' doin' wuss. They shot the old man Davis up thai by the ban gin' -rock, an' I seed 'em fire three or few tunes at the w uider ScriyeHakase she fought 'em away from the corn-crib. I reckon they'll pay yer poor old mammy a visit - "They won t dare to narm ner r "Mebbe not, but don't you depend on it I reckon they may be Yankee desert ers : leastwise they are full o' whiskey an' misohief an' dare do anything. Bet ter push right along. - I didn t stop to ask any more questions but pushed right along on a dog-trot. It was a horrible road, but I let nothing stop me. I found two dead mules on the. toad, the cntters bavin bin enot down tor the raiders, and I had to pass three barns which ther had set on tire. Half a mile from home I heard the crack of carbines and revolvers, but was so Dadly done rur cnat 1 couia go no faster. When I finally did reach the Ste I found two dead horses lying be .e the fence. 4 As I entered "the- yard I stumbled over ajdead man. Half way to the door was a second, and ahnost on th doorenwla Third.. Th door was shut and the iwuw dark, but - the first thing I knew there was blase' of light and tiiulet paased th bat not an tnea anove say neaa. I droooed to the ground mighty fast, and I did a heap or thinknV fur the next three mimitea. At the end of that time I called out j , " Hello I the bouse I Hello I Mother r I heard a move inside right away, with the sound of voices, and -when I had called ag'In my blessed old mother sang out: 'Praiae OodT but is that my son John?" ' Ave. mother, its me," She struck a light and opened the Ant and next minute I was inside and aba wan flrvuig on mT shoulder. What da vou reckon I saw as I looked aroundT No more nor less than a Yank in fall uniform, sittm' on a chair in front tka -orindar, revolver ' in nana, neaa bound up. face white out loll a gnt, mA m leer useless with a bullet m it It took me some little time to untangle the skein. It seems that the Yank was a scout He had stopped at the heuse fur a bite to eat and when the raiders came in and began to cuss and threaten and lay violent hande oat mv old mother, he gits up and 'orders 'em out .That brings on a fight, and he jist dropped three of 'em as dead as crowbars and filled two of the bosses. The rest of the gang didn't want any more of that and got out Afraid they wovld return so play him some trick, that phicky vir aH wounded and bleeding as he was, insists on standing sentinel at the window, and it was him who mistook me - a. Kiillnr fur one of the raiders anu buih. You kin imagine my astonishment m" ttiaf!An an1 crrfttitude. In an hour we had him comfortably fixed up, and during the rest of the night I stood sen- tinal without iu awurucM. ft Kext morhmg who shouid comeridin up but a squad of Early's men. They buried the corpses,' and I gin them all the perticklers, and what did ther do but demand the scout There he" was painfully hurt and helpless as oliild. but they were going to take him away as a prisoner.., Did they ? Well, not much There Vere seven of 'em. but I had a Winchester and two revolvers,, and they hadn't the sand to face 'em. . Howsomever, they rode awav to- c-ibal 1 . .V . .. . more ueip, ana 1 reanzea tnac J ; must make some other arrangements to keep the Yank out o' their hands. : He was jist as cool and nervy as an old veteran, and it didn't take long to fix up-, a plan. . I had the back door off in a jiffy, and we laid him on it and propped him up as well as we : could. Then mother and I picked him np and toted: him fur half a mile up the side of the mountain and left r,!m in a cve. vT.' a jBifiA-binte. comiorUUe bed, left food and drink at hand, and were back at the house before the soldiers came. There was a hull company this time, and there was a high old time fur awhile. They took me prisoner and earned me off 1 to Early's headquarters, but they couldnt find the scout I was held prisoner for two weeks, and they tried hard to make out some sort of a case agin me, but finally I was released and sent back to Lee. This left mother alone to care for the scout but he was not neglected. They set spies to watch her, and theyscouted the neighborhood fur days, but they had their trouble fur their pains. It was nigh on to ten weeks afore that ank got well 'null to walk off to his lines, but he got there safely, and from that time "on mother was protected by Sheridan and the pan. try kept supplied by his quartermaster. Attacked by a Sttngaree. Maj. Sheffield, of. Mobile, who was out on crutches receiving the congratu lations of his mends, stated that he felt first-rate, and hoped to be able to throw away his wooden legs m a short while. He gave some additional information concerning his encounter with a stinga- ree. The fish was, be said, about a yard wide, and the sting penetrated his leg about tfiree inches. The first sensa tion was as if he had been pinched right sharply. He was about 200 yards from the shore at the. tame. Knowing himself hurt, he rowed as rapidly as possible. About half way in the poison began to pass through the system and the pain became terrible. When the sting was pulled out the barbs spread out all around and lacerated the flesh, making a hole an inch wide. " Ordmanly," said the Major, " a little whisky affects me very quickly, but on this occasion I drank over a pint of whisky maybe a quart and swallowed two doses of morphine, and all of it had no more effect than so much water." Did you holler r No, but I groaned and I grit my teeth mighty hard. I tell you it was the most awful. Buffering-a .maa-. 3d through. I don't think I could have stood any more of it than I got X believe I would have gone to pieces if it had not let up just when jt dii Three more minutes of it would have made me crazy." - ' ? How long did the pain last f "The severe pain lasted five solid hours. My leg swelled up as big as a watermel on, and it hurt in every inch of its in creased proportions. Since the pain stopped I have had a pleasant time." HE THREW AWAY EOUB QUEXga. ' Stanley Huntley's Extraordinary Loch - in a Poker Game at 31e ." ; - ' '. marck. '. ."..,.-' . , One of the most famous. -games of poker ever played in the ' Northwest was between the" late Stanley ' Huntley and Major A; W. Edwards,' the editor and proprietor of 1&e Fargo Argus. '. Jiii Huntley- had; iiot been making much money out of the Bismarck Tribune and when he was taken, sick and was unable to attend to business for several months,' his affairs became so entangled that jiB Gould's Good Genius. Being in a group of moneyed men, says a writer in the Cincinnati Enquirer, the name of Jay Gould came up. Sev eral present knew him, and one said : "I made the acquaintance not long ago of a man who had known Gould a great many years, even before the pub lic had a glimpse of liim, and he said that in the entire family there was a reigning instinct for money. - Mrs. Gould, the speculator's wife, had the same in stinct thoroughly developed, and on tins point she and her husband were con genial. On one occasion this informant had called at Mr. Gould's house to ask him a question concerning their mutual interests. Mr. Gould ' said : I will call my wife in, and she, I tnink, can an swer that question, which I cannot now do.' So he called Mrs. Gould in and the question was put to her. It was a fiduciary question, and she answered it promptly. Again Mrs. Gould was. called upon to produce certain bonds, in order to settle the status of a railroad property. She had a safe in the house up-atairs of which she was the custodian, and she brought down a box, and there were several millions of securities in it Eatables on Ocean Steamers. Few persons are aware of the exten sive nature of the victualing on board the great ooean steamers. ; Such a vessel is provisioned as follows for the passen gers and crew: 8,500 lb, of butter, 8,000 hams, 1,600 lb. biscuits, exclusive of those supplied for the crew, 8,000 lb. of grapes, almonds, figs, and other dessert fruits ; 1,600 lb. of jams and jellies ; tinned meats, t,008 lb.' dried beans, 8,000 lb. ; rice, 8,000 lb. ; onions, . 6,000 lb. ; potatoes,' -40 tons ; 7 flour; 800 bar rels ; and eggs,' 1,200 dozen. Fresh veg etables, dead meat and live 'bullocks, sheep, pigs, geese, turkeys, ducks, fowls, fish and. casual game, are generally sup plied at each port so that it is difficult to estimate' them, Probably two dozen bullocks and 60 sheep would be a fair average for the whole voyage, and the rest may be, inferred in proportion. During the summer months, when trav eling is heavy, 26 fowls are often used in soup for a single dinner. A Slgm of Baa Luck "Oh, hubby, "I've had such a dread ful accidentl" . "What is ft my dear r "Tve broken the hall mirror, and you know it is a sign of bad luck to break a mirror." " So it is. mv darling, especially when the mirror cost $14." Til Bashful Georgian's Base. The Indianapolis Journal says that a bashful young Georgian, who was afraid to propose to his sweetheart, induced her to fire at him with a piatol, which he as sured her was only loaded with powder, and after she had done so fell down and pretended to be dead. She threw her self upon the body, calling him her dart ing and her beloved, whereupon he got up and married ner. Settling His Status. -Thev discussed the clergymen of Boston, but did not agree very well "Now," said one of them, "there is the Bev. James Freeman Clarke. r: He is a Unitarian; but he is certainly an able man, and his power of diction is remarka ble." " Oh, yea," replied the other man, "and his power of contradiction is still mat ranaxkAUflb" paper. As the Tribune was the only paper in Bismarck at that time,- and as there was a strong political Ring in. tbe countey, h hadHbopes of disrjosing of. his propery to the politicians ; buf fear " mg iat he; rnisrht fau to Co so.s on theAHegheny "Vafley railroad mm to puy 1113 paper. .major &w&ros had made a fortune out A BACKWARD SPRIKO. A; Little Reminiscence of tbe All theny Valley as Told on the Rall 1 - ' road Train. ' There were two of them sitting on 1 the anxious seat at the union depot says the Pittsburgh Dispatch, waiting for th Chicago train. One was a .short fat joDy man going to Chicago, and the Other was a tail, thin, solemn-looking man, who had just bought a ticket for Cleveland. The train was a little late jand.whiie they waited a reporter over heard t.heir vwwflrKfl.Hrm determined to sell out his share in the &Jes, - sfc,T mSA - the fat man, "I a fortune out of ma own paper, and as he was ambitious to own more papers, he promptly responded to the letter by drawing $2,000 from the bank and taking the first train for Bis marck. When he reached that city he found that the trade with the politicians was made, and Huntley had come out of his difficulties with several hundred dollars in jcool cash. It was several hours befoije the return train left and, having nothing else to do, the Major suggested that they play a game of poker at $5 ante. The Major's fame as a poker player was not confined alone to Fargo. He was recognised throughout the Territory as the best player in the Northwest and when it became noised about the town that be and Huntley were to play for large stakes there was no saloon in the place large enough to accommodate the crowd, and the game was moved to the town hall over the engine house. The game began at noon and contin ued until 2 o'clock, with varying success. At last there was a jack pot containing f 200 on th4 table, and it was Major Ed ward's deal! When Mr. Huntley picked up his hand he saw that he held four queens and an ace. He, was- surprised. Cards had not been running well enough to justify such luck. He saw the Ma jor throw away one card and hold four. How much -do you open it for?" asked the Major nonchalantly. Huntley Mopped a moment to think and then replied calmly : " I don't open it. " Well I will" said the Major. "For how nrach?? asked Huntley. " For $ 100," replied the Major. "All right," said Huntley, throwing away his four queens, and keeping his ace, " m cdme in. Give me four cards." With a glance of incredulity and pity. the Major dealt them, and took one him self. I "ITl bet $100," observed the Major. "Raise you $100," said Huntley. The Major, scanned his hand carefully looked at his youthful adversary keenly, and raised it back for the same amount "Bajgait QaxaoreJLsaid..Huntley. A ; iiiia eon 01 uiinir conanuoa uwu there were $2,400 on the table, and the crowd was breathless with excitement Til raise you $500," said the Major, if you will trust me." " Kather i have the cash," - said Huntley. Will you take this ring for that amount?" returned the Major, as he pointed to a magnificent solitaire dia mond he wore, which cost him $1000 in Chicago. Yes, Baid Huntley, as he saw the raise. "Then Til call" said the Major. Huntley laid down his hand. He had caught the other three aces. The Major had only four longs, lust as Huntley had suspected. It cost Huntley $500 to treat the crowd, and when the Major left for Fargo it was on borrowed money. The fame of this game spread around the Territory, and when Huntley re turned from Ids trip into the Northwest Territory after interviewing Sitting Bull he stopped at Fargo on his way East and gave Major Edwards back his ring. After dinner, as Huntley was about to take the train for New York, the Major, accompanied by several of his friends, went to the station to Bee him off. " By the way, Stanley," said he, " since you left Bismarck they have told some pretty rough stories about that game of poker we played." ''What are they?' "THeysay that I dealt myself four kings from a cold deck) Now, I want you to tell these gentlemen that I played a fair, square game. " The Major is riglit," said . Huntley. " He played an honest game." "Thanks, Stanley," returned the Ma jor, " Now I want to ask you one ques tion." "All right" -1 " I want to know how , in the devil you ever came to discard those four queens I dealt you?" "Til answer that, Major," said Hunt ley, with a grim smile, "if you will tell me how you knew I had four queens.' I, The Author of "Lucille." Owen Meredith, Kooert ifuiwer, son of the later Bulwer, and present Earl Lytton, came to Washington with his uncle, Sir Henry, as an attache of lega tion. He was then a callow youth,- in deed, and left something of a bad social oddr behind him. . His subsequent . suc cess as a poet was considerably tarnished by his failure to credit the poetical .' ro mance of "Lucille," "an adaptation in verse," to . its French authorship, but tacitly claiming originality for it Though a peer and whilom viceroy, he does not seem to have any real power or influence m England. It is, perhaps, ' because there has been in his person a lowering of the standard of elevated purpose and manly honor, which, despite their ob vious faults, distinctly characterize the elder ' Bui were. Louisville Courier Journal. - T t Interesting for Baby. ' :-. Johnny Ma, may I take the baby carriage, I want to play with it for a U1r tie while? - Mother Well, Johnny, I should think you might ask to take baby, too; you know that the new nurse' has not arrived yet I am afraid you dont love your little brother very much, Johnny. . Johnny Oh, yes I do, ma; he shall come, too ; he'll make a splendid fireman. Billy Gubbins has his mother's clothes line, the carriage will be the fire engine, and there'll be about twent j boys to pull "We'll make tilings hum ! Life. ? struck the champion liar of America to- da "Who was it?" .said the lean mii,,4' a drummer who ' looked like ; a co-try merchant f! V" ' - .: No, it .' was a countryman, who got vauev railroad at a le town called wdrarr, about forty gmles-Up, I should judge. As soon as he got on the car he struck me for alight He had one of those vile rolls of cut straw and cabbage' leaves they smoke here in Pittsburgh." v "Tobies," suggested the solemn man. - Yea, and this was the worst I ever saw.' The mullen stalks along the route seemed to reoognke it and would lean up toward the car as if they saw some family connection. When I gave the old man a light be sat down in the seat .. I commenced to raise the window and the old man commenced to talk." "'Goshle mitey,. but its been hof Bays he, ' I know5 d we'd git a roaster this summer when, we had sich a back ward spring. Sure sign, mister.' Then he puffed at the lim burger cheese and asafcetida preparation till I got seasick. Then he broke out again r "'Folks don't know uotliin' 'bout weather now? tho" "Why?" I ventured. "'Lord o' love we haven't had no such weather fur years such as I remem ber. Say, mister, h'ow old 'ud you take me fur?" M ' Well,'" says I, " ' you look as if you might ixke come here with General Braddock.'" "'Gewhilikin, no ! Do I?"' said he. 'Iaint that old. I wuz only 60 - last spring, an' I can drink a quart o' hard cider an' jump an' eight-ritil fence. Thars a tart, mister. ' w ell, as l ee a tellin ye, I reckoleck a spring bo back Ward that the Allegheny , here wuz frbs clean over till the middle of June.' . Till the middle of June ? ' " says L " 'You don't say so? " i " " That's a fac', mister,' " Bays he, with a facsindie of George Washington's hatchet au over his face. 1 reniem-' ber it jes as well as if 'twas yisterday. There was a little sarcumstance happen ed as makes it jest fresh to me as mitli in' that tuk place last week. That was this : On the 12th day of . June me an' Sam Jones him as is now jestice of the peace--run a deer out on the Ice yer an' killed him with hoe handles.' - 'W'hat were you doing with hoes? says I, thinking I d got the old man. Vhe fiats. 'Bout a month after that Sam married the widder.' " " Train," yelled Officer Cook, and the reminiscences of the Allegheny Valley were sawed off so short that the ends turned up. 1 i Some LIFE IN THE COLONIES. and Old-fashioned Customs Sj... Practices Recalled. Mr. Edward Eggieston contributes to the Century an interesting paper descrip tive of life in the American colonies 200 years ago. The badness; of the roads made travel irksome, and pious people wrote "Laos Deo" praise to God in their almanac diaries when they got back with whole oones irom a twenty mile ride into the country. Kissing the bride was a privilege . al lowed to every gentleman in attendance at a wedding ; and, as if this were not enough, also when the gentleman called on the bride afterward, and this collo quially known as " going to kiss the bride." . At "Pennsylvania Dutch" weddings the guests strove, by dexterity or craft to steal a shoe from the bride's foot dur ing the day. If the groomsmen failed to prevent this they were obliged to re deem the shoe from the bosom of the lucky thief with a bottle of wine. . In some Massachusetts villages a group of the non-invited wonld Seize the bride and lead her off to an inn: or other suita ble palce of detention until the bride groom consented to redeem her by pro viding eutertamment for the abductors. truests were always served with re- xreshments at auneraia indeed, as is still the case in Scotland, a funeral was Often like a festival An invitation to attend a funeral came in the shape of pair or gloves to wear on the occasion. At one Massachusetts funeral a thousaud pairs of gloves were sent out Mourning rings were often sent to a! large circle of friends. ' - The manner of securing seats at enter tainments was certainly novel - Ladies would send their colored servants to sit in tbe seats until they should come to occupy them.'. 1 "lam just as much opposed to tippling as anybody," said Fenderson, 'but, nevertheless, liquor rightly used is- a blessing to humanity. When I was ill last winter, I actually believe it sa ved my life." Fogg "Very likely ; but how does that prove that liquor ia a blessing to humanity? - ' - , , Visiting; Cards. ' r A gentleman's visiting-card, married or unmarried, is one and three-quarters oy three and one-quarter inches in size, with his address, either house or club, in right hand corner, and always prefixed by , Mr." ; unless he is a mihtary or naval officer, . when - his rank is named. clergyman's card is one and three-quar ters to three and a half inches in size, with the name of his church in the left hand corner and his residence' in the light hand corner. A young lady's card, whether the eldest daughter, Miss Smith, or , a "youngest -daughter, Miss Mary Smith,, is two by three and a half inches in size, all engraved in round script If -people are traveling and moving about they have no address engraved on their cards.1 - , - , The Upper Crust. C Mr. Charles Tuffboy got his overcoat out of hock last Wednesday. Mr. James Highflyer is agam wearing his watch and chain. Congratulations. Miss Yseult McMurtry gave a soiree dansante last evening at the residence of her present employer, Mrs. Le Smytbe. .- Miss Petite Mooney is seeking rest and recreation at a West Side intelligence office. May she soon return. Mr. IL Clay Cavendish, of the Cutte Cavendishes, is seriously ill with brain fever. Where he caught the brain not stated. The Bambler. . Black pepper is preferable to salt in keeping colors from running , as it does not harden the water. A computation made at theTreas ury Department shows that the bull ion value of the standard silver dol lar, according to the London rates of BUver, is 79-10 cents. THE PRETTY MEN Who Palut and Powder and Play the Pool Generally as Neat Dudes. The Druggist Knows. He was handling some mysterious lit tle, parcels at the toilet counter of a fashionable drug store, says the -Washington Star. "I'll twouble you to -send to my quarters, if you don't mind. You'll send it early ? Ah. thanks, aw fully f Then, with a few languid strides he carried himself to the door and strolled down the street throwing his heavy horn-handled cane right across his path at every step, then, dexterously jerking it away just in tune to let himself by. Vanilla cream," said the Star" man. tossing a nickel on the marble in front of the soda fountain. The druggist looked amused as he drew the water and ' stood -nnfiing at the scribe as he disposed of it a 11T . J li a i m m .- w nai is ii r a&Kea ine scnoe, -A dnde," wa8the:reply. . . Oh, I thought it was something the matter with . the .water," and the Star man finished his glass freed of an awful suspicion. ' He's one of 'em," centinued the druggist "Ah!" "What do you think he buys? You couldn't guess." Then he bent over and whispered in the star man s ear. What?" Rouge. Yes, rouge, for the cheeks 1 and hps, and face powder, too, and he wears corsets," replied the druggist in a hoarse Whisper. Then he proceeded to let out , some astonishing secrets. " There are lots of them in this city, more than anywhere I have ever been, and I've stood in drug stores in most of the large cities. We sell more cosmetics to men here than to women. Compara tively few women in Washington paint and most of them have pretty good complexions. Its the men. They buy all the fancy Tench powders and paints, color their cheeks and lips and pencil their brows. I could stand at the door a few minutes with you and point out any number who do all this, and you can see for yonrselt, if you take the trouble to notice, that they all wear corsets. You didn't know that? Pshaw 1 it's a com mon thing among these fellows, who don't have anything to do but fix them selves up to please silly girls." But what land of fellows are they r asked the scribe, becoming interested in the new discovery. 'They are mostly young men whose fathers have made some money and then died' and left them to spend it Then there are the " Here his voice sank to a whisper. Do you mean to say- " exclaimed the scribe. "No, no; I wouldn't tell anybody for the world," broke in the druggist "I only imply it ; imply it thaf s the word. Of course it s only the young ones. - None of the men who have seen service would do such a thing. Buttyou ;fcnowan Fese;-TowirriekVwWij are on duty here ana spend their -tune in ladies" society get very effeminate. I suppose if we should have a war they would get over it or resign! 1 Don't mention it please " Then the drug gist became more confidential. Hut they do use lots of powder," and then he laughed at his own joke. " Yes," he con tinned, " it is sad to see how men use cosmetics. They seem to care more about looking pretty than girls da Why, even the girls them selves get ashamed of it and declare they are disgusted and will depend upon long walks, cold water, and flannel for their complexions, and will stop using powder of any kind. There are lots of them who never use a bit, and that's where they are sensible. The best thing for the complexion is exercise and flan nel underwear. Flannel stimulates the ekin, brings about a healthy action of the blood, which is essential for delicacy and clearness of tint Frequently those who have the best complexions bother about it least" Rubblns It In. There is a story told of an old fash ioned scotch aommie. ie preached a sermon on lying, which woke up all the habitual sleepers. The next Sunday: he repeated it which caused surprise, and tbe Sunday following it was preached a third time,, causing astonishment and the Sunday after that it was again "de livered. A bold deacon was delegated t remonstrate with him. Dominie, we've heard that sermon on lying four times and we are tired of ft." "Are the people in the parish tired of lying ?" was the quiet rejoinder, and the deacon was compelled to admit that the vice still had a good hold on the community. Where upon the dominie rose to his full height six feet four and thundered, " Go to the people and tell them that I shall preach on lying unil they stop lying ; then 1 11 change the subject -' , Just like a Scientist. : The - celebrated tfror. , Meander was spending an evening out when . rain be gan to fall and the host begged his guest to put up withbiai for the- night The renowned theologist shook his head and said he would willingly remain, but at present it was out 'of the question,! as he had not his night clothes with him. Suddenly it was discovered that the pro fessor had disappeared, but a half hour later he rushed in as suddenly as he had left He was wet through to the skin, but- he pointed with satisfaction to' a small packet in his hand. " My night clothes," he said naively. "Now, my dear friend, 1 can stay with you r. The professor had walked home m a tremendous rainstorm for the purpose of fetching his night clothes. - VEW3PAF22 ET10.3STIE. Some Things that Delleht the Kulshl of the Blue Pencil . It frequently happens that visitors to newspaper omces do and say things which are improper and rude And an noying. The visitor does not mean to be rude, and has really not the slightest idea that he is making himself disagree able, for the reason that he is not accus tomed to newspaper etiquette. For tliis reason the Texas Siftiivgs wishes to throw out a few hints that will enable the visitor to avoid unintentionally giv ing offence. When you enter the printing office do not handle the type in the cases. If you wish to examine the type say so to the printer, and he will gladly stop his work and empty the case out on the ed itor's table, where ; you can sit in his chair nnd exarnine the type at your leisure. ' Never mind putting back the type ; the printer' can, do that after you get through. . ' Don t read the proof sheets, clippings or manuscript. If you want to know what is going to appear in the next pa per ask the editor to read out aloud to you. He has plenty of time, and will be grateful to you for the chance to quit his work ' and entertain you. If you want to look over the cash book make the editor go and get it for you. Never ask for a sample copy, but take half a dozen. Never spit tobacco juice on the floor; always spit on the exchanges or on the walls, otherwise the editor will think you are not accustomed to a newspaper of fice. Make the editor feel that his pres ence does not annoy you. Never ask for any old exchanges. Just help yourself to the unopened ones, for they always contain much later news than those that have been opened. Ask the editor,, if you are a perfect stranger to him, to supply you with a duplicate key to his postofhee box, so you can get his papers regularly. If he is a gentleman he will furnish you with a duplicate key without your asking, but some editors are not gentlemen. , Tobacco. " Tobacco is a filthy weed ; it was the haha sowed the seed. I'll never touch it, no, indeed, I won't" said little Robert Reed, the nicest boy you ever seed. Whate'er you told him, that he deed. He never once was whipped for greed ; to precepts good he gave good heed, nor longed for what he did not need, and al ways let his elders lead, t ew boys there are of Robert's breed, else longer I had made my screed ; but now for rhymes I'm fairly treed. But what I was going to say was tlus : A writer who is driving tobacco-smoking out of tins land says. 'Men do not need tobacco. Look at woman ! Without speaking a word, she in her own hf e proves that smoking is unnecessary, that people can Jive well and happily without it Look at that woman and. throw away that cigar for ever." Now "that is the trouble with Bomergood;people.r ; They always over do tceir rgufaeutB.rieu me, does the average American woman owe her health to abstinence from smoking? If she does, then in Heaven's name let her buy a vpe and a pound of tobacco and learn to smoke. Any change in the health of the American woman, it seems to me, would be for the better. Do the women of America enjoy better health than the men? It seems to me that the anti-smoker was unfortunate in his selection of an example, . Do the men fade out at tldrty-five, and look old at forty, and fizzle and clear away at fifty ? Go to. Give us letter arguments against the cigar than this, or the wooden Indian will continue- to do a rushing business at the same old stand. -HR. J. Burdette. If "Mamma," said a little boy who has a verv recent brother; did Adam and Eve have babies?" "Oh, yea Dont you remember the story of Cain killing Abel? They were little babies at one time." " Yes, I s'pose they were," went on the little boy, thoughtfully ; " but what gets me is, if Adam was the lirst man and Eve the first woman, where the doctor comes in who furnished the babies." Puck mosquito Bites. , by a jerset. Pleaders at the bar Mosquitoes. The bashful and gentle mosquito is the Wendell Phillips of annuals. The mosquito does things by in- stingt The song of the mosquito is Hum, Sweet Hum! A mosquito minds his own bszzyn A mosquito is like a theatre it has wings and flies. A Water Closet Sea: Can This Be So ? A uselic verse says : Thrice man s age, age or deer ; thnce deers age, age of the eagle ; thnce eagle s age, the age of oak tree." If we take man's age even at half the promised three score and ten, we find the eagle's age to be no less than 815 rather a respectable age and probably giving" rise to the idea ex pressed in the Book of Psalms that the eagle renewed its age. ,; Bad a Language or His Own. "Parlezvous Francais?" - "No," "Sprechen sie Deutsch?" "Nop." "Habla usjted Espanol?" "Nary." " Do you speak English ?' Haw, nn a Minneapolis newspaper man." I Eugene r.ield. What Russian Girls are Dolns. Our girls, says a St Petersburg paper, are learning trades in order to make their own living. The women's indus trial schools are overcrowded. The girls learn book-binding, type-setting, shoe making, book-keeping, making of toys and artificial flowers, wood-carving, and painting. Schta, libraries, women, and children hospitals, and many private of fices are now superintended by women, She Had Noticed That. "How do you like this kind of frizzes, Mrs. TaUnose 'r "Not very well, Mrs. Shoddy." "But they are worn a great deal now." "Yes, I noticed they were second hand." Crewel work washed in bran and water will look like new. X ruit stains upon cloth or upon the hands may be removed by rub bing with the juic3 of ripe tomatoes. If applied immediately, powdered starch will also take fruit stains out of tabid linen. Left on the spot for a few hours, it absorbs every trace of the stain. Jumbo's skeleton is being prepared for the Smithsonian Institution, Washington. A woman in Bridgeport has given birth to triplets. Many people flocked to visit them, and the father charged them 10 cents each for the sight. Thus a calamity was turned into a blessing. THE SAMSON JACK Jt PRESS CO., BLACK. niVBII, N. If. Vuihetnnnol Hand Power FKE8&SS Of Starr Da criptloa. SaiUhltfc KULLSO Bancs, HAT, aAM, wool. tsmom, AMD XAJTCR1 AIM (or PRESSIlte tOBAOOO. DST aooss, raizoravR, LAJUJ, OB, wb, cress CHSUi, AM) Alw Kan'Ctrs ot Milium Ms Wa ,aaitea MfSfc An Old Soldier's EXPERIENCE. " Calvert, Teaaa, Ma; 3,1883. " I wish to express my appreciation of the valuable qualities of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral as a eough remety. " While with Churchill's army, Just before the battle ot Yickalmrg, I contracted a se vere cold, which terminated ia a dangerobs cough. 1 found no relief till on our march -we came to a country store, where, on askinf, lor some remedy, I was urged to try Ayk&'s CUERBV I'KC-roUAL. I did so, and was rapidly eared. Sines then I have kept the Psctobax. constantly by me, for family use, and I nave found Jt to be an invaluable remedy for throat aaVtnaf diseased. J. W. Warrutt." . Thousands of . testimonials certify to the prompt cure of all bronchial and long affections, by the use of AVER'S Chebrt Pectoral. Being very palatable, the young est shildren take it readily. - PEEPAJtED BT Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. Sold by all Druggists. "; ' !i it NEW AND VALAUBLE VICE. Patent DE- 4 t 1 i ' id i: : .1 n FOB THB CUKE OF HEMORBHOIDS, Commonly Called Piles. INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL PROLAP SUS AI. , NO MEDECINE OR SURGICAL OPERA TION NECESSARY, I have invented a SIMPLE WATER CLOSET SEAT, for the care of the above troublesome and painful malady, which I confidently place -before the public as a Scax Kxljkf amd Cuke It has received the endorsement of the leading physicians in this community, and wnerever tnea, lias given enure saoafacUoD. and where it fails to relieve the money will be willingly returned. Ahesa seats win oe rnnusnea it me follow ing prices : t Cherry...";.... 5.00 Dise ount to Fhisk tans Poplar 5.00) Directions lor usiDg will accomnanv each Seat We trouble you with no cerUfieatea. We leave the Beat to be its advertiser. Address, LEWIS CHAMBERLAIN, Patentee C. Jeatt-ly 1 Tarboro, Edgecombe Co.. N, haveyoujv GARDEN? 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A Full ol Strang and aaafnl information. liassW RESUMED. :o: We take pleasure in announcing to our numerous patrons and friends that we have now recovered from the disarrangement to our business ' caused by the recent lire, add tare now resumed at the below named lo cation, where we trust to meet all of our former customers. :0: STiTON s Z0EL1ER PHAEMAGISTS AND DKUGGIST. i M 'S- " 1 AT THE WEDDELL BOOKSTORE. Opposite the BRYAN HOUSE and adjoin bag the POST OFFCE. I " . 1.' Q CUMMIN68, . Sells ELEVA10K WHISKEY. Ht37