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- i - . i . . .... - - 1 '""V f-' BE STJRE YOU AEE EIGHT ; THEN GhO AHEAD-D Crockett. Yi)L. 63; TARBORO', N. C, THURSDAY OCTOBER 8, 1885. NO. 41 --T 4 41 T ALTEK P. VVlLLdAAlouW VV: -. : j-. Attorn ey-at-Law, TARBORO, N.i . " (Oifice next that of Colv J. L. Bridgers, oyer Bell's Jewelry store, Main Btreet.J Practices in State and Federal Courts jNK PO WELL, I d TT01LYE Y-& TrM W . Tarbobo, i : N. C. TARBORO N c Practices in ail th Courts, 8Ut and Fed eral - S ' - I 8f83 Attorney and Counselor at Law. 1 TARBORO N. Ci CyPractees In all the Courts, State and Federal. g i nov.5-ly.. jNDREW JOINER, f ATTORmY-AT-AW j. GREENVILLE, N. of 1b future wilt regularly attend ihe Superior ourts of Edgecombe. Office in Tarboro House. G M. T. FOUNTAIN, ATTORNEY AND COUNSEL! jOK AT LAW, Tarboro, N. C, t Office orsr Insurants Office of jpapt Orrcn WilliaBis. $ feb21-6m ii. a. Gilliam.. ' . Domrpix Gilliam pLLIAM & SON J Attorneys-at-Law, - 1 TARBORO", N. cJ Will practice in the Counties of Edgecombe, Halifax and Pitt, and in the Courts of the "irst Judicial District, and in the Circuit and upreme Courts at Kalelga. jauio-iy. TAS. NORFLEET, JAttorney-at-ILaw, CIRCUIT. Edgecombe, Nasti abd Wil sonJ Loans t egotiated on reaouabte t erms. : : " f J !L. BRIDGERS & SQN, . v.---A-. - . Attorney s-at-,Law , TSRBORO, 4 Iry ;V - f - 4- TvOSSET BATTLE I ' D -: ,- , Attorney at Law TARBORO. . - - - N. C. Practice in the courts of Nash. Edgecombe, Wilson and Halifax counties. Also in the Federal and 8nnremft Courts. ITarbOro office. up-stairs over new Howard building, Malu street, opp. Bank front room:- apr l '84 r. n. t. BAsa ft Offers his prote .f - il services to the citi- Eens of Tarboro and vicinity. Olujce in.T. A. McNair's drug store on Main .streei . .... . i. n. carb.; Surgeon TARBORO, tDentist, office L'jdi s, irom 9 a. m .-om its 6 p.m. "Kezt door to Tarboeo Sioyster A Nash. j 1 N. C. 'tin i p, Honse, over W.UOYNER, SURGEON DENTIST j - - TToo Tuirm&rientlv located in Wil bod, N. C. All operations will be neitly and careful It performed and ori terms as reasonable! as possible. Teth extracted without "pain. Office on Tarboro street, nextSdoor to Post Office. , . ! S Jan-lbm L. SAVAGE, 1: Livery Sale, . Exchange f and Feed Stables, Johneb Gbaicviixb & Si. Andrew Btrxxts TARBORO' i ' these Stable are the lareesl in the State, t iind haye a capacity of holdiar ten. car-loads . af stock. Give bim a ealL Ji - 1anl8r APIDM WBISKET H4BIT8 cured at VUhome without pain. Book of particulars Mt-ntFree. o. M. wwiJiiui,aiiKii, 9 t23 rnEACHERS, Make 7Otbfl50per month ' selling our ' Standard Books fc Bibles. -y work for Spring and Summer. Ad Stea.. q, McCordy & Co;, Philapelphia, Pa. dress J. - " : - l - ! TJTHER UELDON, DEALER Ilfl I' I V -!i ; J. i BD1LDKRA' BARl?7AKK, PAINTS, OILS, 3 GLASS, And Bulldine Material of evbry description ... . ,rw m 4 ww if.T SQUARE A I 49 ROiuNOAKE AVE., rioRkoLKf VA. Novemberl882l 18,1-y. T. CONTENTMEST. We war gittin' on tol'able well Matildy, the childers an me If we didn't cot much of a swell, We war snug as we wanted to be, Ther war plenty to do in them times. An', athough twa'nt so very big pay. We managed to save a few dimes On our dollar'n a quarter a day. But there come a rich banker along. An' he built a honse over the way. Then evrything seemed to. go wrong With Matildy an' me f 'm that day Our COt tac-B. trot r1rnn,1fnlW im.ll An' we wanted, as never before, S A porch, an' bay-window, an' hall. An' our name on a plate on the door. Now, I never was much on advice, . Aut there's one thing I reckon I know : When a man's got enough to suffice, , He'd better just keep along so. An1 mind his own business alone. An1 not srlve hi. jealousy vent. For the best thing a poor man can own Is a stock of good-natured content Moonlight. ' X hardly knew whether I was in love with Pattie Brown or not She waa one of those artful, bewitching minxes, who often leave a man in doubt as to whether his heart is captured or only his head turned. Which was mv case. if the reader is able to judge, he can do more than I can. Pattie would sieh. and languish, and talk sentimental to my heart s content ; but whenever I soucht to bring her to the point,, and obtain a categorical answer, she would dodge the issue with as much skill as a veteran politician. I was determined, &tr last, to bring matters to a crisis. The occasion I selected waa that of a grand masked ball, at which I had no doubt Pattie would be present, where, in the freedom allowed on such occasions, I resolved to press my suit, and take nothing short of yes" or tio for an answer, I went so far as to purchase a handsome engage ment ring, determined, if the response wes favorable, to place it on her finger forthwith, and seal the compact on the pot ii got myself up as Romeo, in a style that wjnld have caused the hearts of the Montagues to swell with nride. and those of the Capulets to burst with envy. "How stunning Smith looks," I heard more than once whispered as I roamed tip and down in search of Pattie. But Pattie wasn't there, or, if she was, her diegnlse was too complete to be penetrat ed. As I walked anxiously about iny attention was attracted by the most piquant . of shepherdesses, whose move ments betrayed a perplexity peculiar to my own. As she passed her steps fal tered. "Pardon me, sir ; I feel faint," she murmured, resting her hand upon my arm, as if for momentary support. "AJlow me to conduct you to the open Jr," I answered, "it is quite suffocating hem" She thanked me gracefully and Msemed, explaining that she was a stran ger and had become separated from her friends. The cold air revived her, and,' fter a short walk through the grounds, her strength and spirits seemed entirely restored. Her conversation was vivacious aad witty. , Hut when sbe came'lo XtSM of the moonlight, and flowers, and poetry, I found that in the field of sentiment she could beat Pattie two to one. In fact, I couldn't help thinking how tame Pattie's rhapsodies, over which I had been wopt to go into such ecstasies, would sound in comparison to the transcendant out- DnrsXH oi me utue.snepiieruess. in a re tired nook, almost hidden by thp shrub bery, we found a rustic seat, of which we took possession, feeling, or feigning to feel, weariness after our walk. The moon shone out in unclouded majesty, and beneath her radiance the flowers And blossoms which surrounded us. gemmed with dew drops, bloomed with a brightness which the more am bitions god. of day might well have given half liis glory to witness. And how the iitUe shepherdess improved the occasion ! If Luna, female as she Li had stopped in her course to witness the enchant ing flattery lavished upon her, I'm sure it could hawlly have been accounted miracle. "Pray remove your mask," I ventured to say at last first laying aside my ownl "1 must look upon tne lace that mirrors thoughts so divine." 'T fear you will be disappointed," she replied ; "still, I have nothing to disguise, And if you will disj)el the illusion under which you labor, the punishment be your own. The features she exposed were of sur- pasting lovefiness. Just dark enough to ititle her fo be called a brunette, her complexion had that pearly transparency of which the purest of blondes can rare ly boast Her eyes sparkled like dm- uond3, and yet were as sort as a ga zelle's. The contour of her head and face was faultless. I fairly lost my reason. So the reader will think when I relate that, without further ceremony, I threw myself on my Tmees." to vthe no small detriment of Homeo's finest hose, and producing the line I had purchased for Fattie, I incon tinently placed it, on the shepherdess' icngagement-finger. I entreated ' her to wear n for the sake oi one tnencetorwara tdoomed to be her slave, and who sought 2 other boon than that of dying of un- xeoruieted love. Heaven knows to what pitch of ab surdity I should have gpneirad. not the aitUe shepherdess, who seemed not un- zuoved by my appeal indeed, she turned aixLde her head and fairly shook with emotion interrupted me with the excla- jnation: "Stay f there is one of. my friends." I BDrane to my feet, but not before had imprinted one kiss upon her lips and clasped her .for one brief moment to my throbbing breast. As I turned, I stood confronted by toroA-Iookin&r bricand. who. .too, was in tremor of . emotion. I laid my hand jrpon my sword. Perhads he - was a rival As the thought flashed upon me J felt aroused within me all the rancor ' 1 t.h ancient house of Montague, and 4jad the stranger as much as "bitten his N.,mh" at me. 1 would nave run mm ring I had given the shepherdess on Pattie's finger ! "Were you at the ball last night?" inquired Pattie, seemingly seeking to re lieve my embarrassment " I I was," I stammered, guiltily. " So was Cousin Charley," said Pattie, with a rougish twinkle in her eye. "Cousin Charley?" I repeated; "I haven't the honor to know him." "No," replied Pattie, " he only came yesterday to pay us a short visit You can't imagine how handsome he is 1" " I dare say not," I answered dryly, "As pretty as a girl !" exclaimed Pattie with feeling. " He went to the ball last night as a shepherdess," she continued. "The d deuce he, did P I inter rupted, . "Yes" and Pattie's .eyes twinkled still more "and one silly fellow, tricked out as Romeo, actually made love to him, and huggejiMKUqssed hint the bar- gain x f 'c 1 , . I stayed to hear no more. It was. then, "Cousin Charley" whom I em braced and kissed and made myself a fool over, to say nothing of bestowing my ring upon liim 1 And I have a sus picion to this day that the ill-looking brigand was no other than Pattie Brown herself. I have only to add that Pattie and Cousin Charley were married in less than a month. ABOUT DREAMS. Xbe Sleeper Should Lie on the Left Side to Enjoy Happy Visions. BA now. A Scientific TIan Explains TnU Phenomenon In m. Phllo- optical Way. The sap of most plants, sayB a writer in the New York Tribune, is taken from the soil by the power of causing osmosis which the roots possess. This force to known to he sufficient to raise the fluid to a height of over a hundred eet mi aided, and give rise to what is generaflj' knov.-n 88 "root-pressure." In "the stem the fluid passes throuch the vessels Olr ducts oi the pitted cells of the plan' which, like the pine, have few vessels.1' Tlu-.se are all minute tubes, in which the. '. Twelve Pair of Twins. .' I was readingin The Blade about aged twins and of the twelve! pairs of twin boys. Now I propose to tell you of what I distinctly remember. I ; am now sixty two years old, and when I was from twelve to fifteen years old, my father, Samuel L. Corning, kept the one tavern at the center of Brookfield, Trumbull County, Ohio, the first range of town- I ships in the Western Reserve, next to the btate line of Pennsylvania. J ust at night there drove up and halted at the tavern two wagons of the Pennsylvania style, so railed in "those days, having broad tires, schooner-shaped bodies and linen covers. In them was a man, his wife, and twelve pairs of twins, all boys. They wanted a sap is supported by capillary attractions, vo that the root-pressure is generally; "l TVT, u a considered to be 'amply sufficient to foreef?8 to cook their suppers, havuig their The French physician, Dr. Delauanv. says Every Other Saturday, tells some interesting facts about dreams. These are embodied in a coninnuiication to the Society de Biologie of Paris. It is well known, when a person is lying down, the blood flows most easily to the brain. That is why some of the ancient philos ophers worked out their thoughts in bod. Certain modern thinkers have imitated this queer method of industry. During sleep, so long as the head is laid low, dreams take the place of coherent thoughts. f There are, however, different sorts of dreams ; and Dr. Delaunay' a purpose, in his original communication, is to show that the manner of lyinfl: brines on a particular kind of dream. Thus, ac cording to this, investigator,, uneasy and disagreeable dreams accompany lying upon the back. This fact is explained by the connection which is known to exist between the organs of sensation end the posterior part of the brain; The most general method of lying, perhaps, is on the right side; and this appears to be also the most natural method, for many persons object to ly ing upon -the side of the heart, which, It has been more than' once asserted, should have free action durimr sleep. Nevertheless, Dr. Delaunay's statements hardly harmgmze with this opinion. When one sleeps upon the right side that is to say upon the right side of the brain, one s dreams have marked and rather unpleasant characteristics. These characteristics, however, are essentially tboeo lh p 'it-1 1rt tnnilaiJ--ri...j the current to the top of the highest' " f uT , , f, tree. But motion upward is induced .f1 . toys all slept in i the wagon by the pumping action of thetL vanorate. r" The ducts and litted ' eells through which the stream flows are not entirely fdied with sap, but include bubbles of ?as with it. As water is withdrawn from the uppermost cells by evaporation, the air in' them expands to occupy the a Idtfional space, and so exerts less pres sure than at first This allows some of the water lower down' to be forced up ward and into them by the elasticity of tiie air-bubblea in the other cells, the ad justment goiag on from above downward the tendency being to equalize the gas pr.v ure throughout the entire plant Vile evaporation continues, this equS-i'lrii-jii is never reached, when it stops, tire b:lance may be affected and the sap roiiiains quiet, supported by root-pressure and capillarity unless some disturbing clement is introduced. - - Iliis exact balance is probably never .-.ZpSfete fte curiosity of aU, the people in 'af'ih.tht'TicM up to that time an un- hefird of thing. 'Squire . VJhew kept a hat shop near the tavern and'made wool hats, good and durable, such as were made in those days. Before starting next morning he marched the twins, two and two, in front of his shop, and fitted eah boy with a neat hat and the father 1 with one such as he (Chew) wore himself. It waa tall, bell-crowned, wide-brimmed aad trimmed with fur, and a band half an inch in width, of a duty white color, but green ou the under side of the brim to protect. . the eyes. They received other presents. Ambrose Hart, who kept the one store, gave the mother calico to make a frock for herself, and they resumed their journey for the, at that time, Far West. David B. Commc; in Tne Toledo Blade. reached, even when the leaves are-off tho trees. The sua warms one part of tin1 stem more than another, and the temperature of the whole changes from hovr to hour and from day to day. E.'ery change of tliis sort causes the air wit!.i:i the cells to expand or contract, a:xj .-.o leads to a movement of sap from the root upward or from one part of the trunk to another. The flow of iruple sap in the spring illustrates this nirely. J) iring a cold night the air in the trunk ; i-Tacts. and the space it occupied is Mi.. I with sap from below ground. V." .m the sun strikes the tree next unfiling and warms it up the bubbles of .(.: n;ain expand and drive the sap out vh,rever a twig has been broken or a hu ljre l into the trunk. A Fearless minister. The Lite Dr. Stephen H. Tyng was one of the most commanding representa tives of the American pulpit In early life an aristocratic young Bostonian, bis attention was drawn to the religion ex perience of a humble colored woman who acted as laundress in his father's family. He followed her one day to her home, and listened to the reading from her hps of passages from the Bible, which so deeply impressed him that soon afterward he determined to study theol ogy and become a preacher. nitaonof dreams. One's dreams are then apt to be illogical, absurd, childfth, un- certain, conereni, iun oi vivacity ana exaggeration. Dreams which come from sleeping on the right side are, in short. simple deceptions. They bring to mind very old and faint remembrances, and they arrf often accompanied by night mares. Dr. Delaunay points out that sleepers frequently compose verse or rhythmical language while they are ly ing on the right side. This verse, though at times correct enough, is absolutely without sense. The moral faculties are then at work, but the inteliectual facul ties are absent On the other hand, when a person slumbers on his left brain, his dreams are not only less absurd, they may also be intelligent They are, as a rule, con cerned with recent things, not with reminiscences, And, since the faculty of articulated language is found in the left side, the words uttered during such dreams are frequently comprehensible. Humorous Elephants. A young friend asked me once to show him some elephants in undress, and I took him along with me, having first lor rowed an apron and filled it with or anges. This he was to carry while ac companying me in the stable, but the moment we reached the door the herd set up such a tnimpeting they had scented the fruit that he dropped the apron and its contents and scuttled off like a scared rabbit There were eight ele phants, and when I picked up the or anges I found I had twenty-five. I walked deliberately along the fine giving one to each j when I got to the extremity of the narrow stable I turned and was about to begin the distribution again, when I suddenly reflected that if elephant No- 7 in the row saw me give two oranges in succession to No. 8, he might imagine he was being cheated, and give me a smack with his proboscis that is where the elephant falls short of the human being so I went to the door and began 'de novo as before. Thrice I went along the line, and then I was in a fix. I had one orange left, and I had to get back to the door. Ev ery elephant in the herd had his greedy gaze fooussed on that orange. It was as much as my lif e was worth to give it up to any one of them. What was I to do? I held it up" conspicuously, coolly peeled it and sucked it myself. It was most i amusing to notice the way those ele phants nudged each other and shook their ponderous sides. They thoroughly entered into the humor of the thing. O. WOODWARD, 3 - i- Norfolk, V&. E. B. BLAM1R Will mall samples ! DRY GX)IJ8 WHEN B3EQUK8TKD, ' Drenses made to order. SCerrespondenee so- iclted. i.Httalogues of Patterns maiiea i j llms to any address. I i J : ' - ! 4.. throjf" "r'1'.:;.' As it was, I tore and hastened to my lodging . mMrflMv restored nights . made a my senses, vv " wonderful fool of himseii o. " . . how clearly he sees .'"f " morning. My . cofr ring was gone. The shepherdess was gone. "-""7 after all, liad she ever flmtbie vision that had crossed my path a mere adventuress, psrhaps. Wex Pattie Brown and her mibsttmbal fortune tc sacrificed for such a phantom? Not bv a man in his sober senses, N LiK an awakened prodigal I resolved to and go unto Patti- and have it h'er afone and had just begun n repeat for her edification some 01 tne to repeat ior n clamm "MSSlx It tlw'ide mw'iw . - - What do lor Rates for Clergymen Clergyman (to hotel clerk)': you charge a day V Clerk Two dollars. Clerfirvman "You have rates clergymen, of course ?" Clerk "(Jh, yes, sir. Clergyman "How much are they? Clerk "Two 'dollars." New Y Times. 01k cl targe, of duty is illustrated in a story told by Assistant Bishop Potter. Sev eral years before ceasing to be the rector of St George's Church, Dr. Tyng .was much anuoyed by the receipt of threat ening letters from a scoundrel whose wife had become converted under Dr. Tyng's 1 iiiiii.st rations, and was a constant attendant upon his preaching. At a late hour one night his door-bell was loudly mug, and the Doctor liimself answered the summons. A man who looked like a vagabond stood outside in the dark, and addressed the Doctor m these words "I have written you several notices that if you didn't stop trying to draw my wife into your church, it would be the worse for you. I have followed you through the street; many nights to take your life; but I could not get up the resolution to do it- I had a curiosity to see what kind of a preacher you were, and I went into your chiuch. 1 could not stay. 1 am here now to ask you to kneel down and pray for me. During the jVative American riots in Philadelphia a Catholic bishop was chased by a mob, and took refuge in Dr. Tyng's house. Standing before his own door, the Doctor shouted to the angry crowd who demanded the bishop s per son, " Not one of you shall touch a hair of that good man's head unless you over mv dead body." The mob with drew. They felt, as did all who came into professional relations with him, the majesty of his resolute and self-sacrificing spirit. St. George's Church was the creation of Dr. Tyng's energy. The edifice was built and reconstructed dur ing his rectorship, and it is his best mon ument. (Harper's Weekly. Mr, Freeman and the Shark. - - - The Boston Herald tells a tlirilling story about Mr. Richard Freeman, fish erman, and a swing-tail shark. They met by chance off Rainsford Island. .The shark introduced liimself to MrJ, Freeman by attacking and nearly upsetting ' his boat Mr. Freeman seized his clamming fork, jabbed the fish several times, thought he had killed it, loaded it into the boat, and started for Boston, 4 Off Long Island Head the shark came tq hfe and made tilings lively " Tor j aw. Freeman. In the struggle the boat was. overturned, andihe captor and captive were left to fight out the battle in the water. Remarkable as it may seem, Mr. Freeman succeeded in righting the boat and securing the shark with a rope, towed his prize to South Boston Points where it was placed on exliibition. " Mr, Freeman's capture measured 15 feet and was one of the most dangerous man-eater, captured in Boston Harbor for years. A Humorist's Opinion. Mr. W. S. Gilbert, of the famous com ic opera team of Gilbert and Sullivan, wrote to the London Tunes : " For my part, I never could quite understand the prejudice against burglars. An unar rested burglar gives employment to innu merable telegraph clerks, police officers, railway officials, and possibly also to sur geons, coroners, undertakers and monu mental masons. As soon as he is in cus tody the services of a whole army of so licitors, banisters, judges, grand' and petty jurymen, reporters, governors of jails and prison vardens are called ' into requisition. Really the burglar does more good than harm." And , then he fairly hugged himself with glee, to find that half the newspapers took him to be in sober earnest. 1 - ' A Tale of the Caribbean. hLoilox Is a picturesque Indian village whose inhabitants make a living by catching turtle to send to British Hondu ras, where the demand, is constant Near the shore were turtle pens, and for a moment we feared .that some of those creatures, weighing 500 pounds each, might be added to our freight ; and to see them on the . aeck, on their hades, their naps sewn together, and gasping for breath, is enough ahnost--to maxc Nine jump overboard. The huts of the iisnermen are a long aistancc irom tne shore, and the indolent natives positively refused to bring water to the sloop, though we had stopped expressly for that, being much in need. Charming as the village looks at a distance, it hss one great drawback, bemg infested with the temble Uolpoch (the wickedly minded) a snake thus named by the In dians because without any provocation whatever it attacks, drawing itseir up after the manner of a cheese-maggot, and darting at its victim a few feet dis tant J. he venom 01 this viper causes the blood to ooze tlirough every pore of the skin, and death always ensues in very short time. No antidote for the poison is known and the natives greatly dread this snake, because,) owing to' its color, it can easily be mistaken for piece of dry wood when it lies straight on the STOund. It is two feetlonsr. about ftnThcn and ' WTHWSfneKr tfiroUf 1 out Its length, the tail terminating -as if cut obliquely, and the mouth shaped like the beak of a quad. - An Appetite for Literature. . gentleman from Northwestern Ar kansas tells the following joke 0:1 Con gressman 1'eel : PeeL it is well kndwn, is not a man of very hih literary attainments, but, to appear well read, he professes to havo gloated over every piece of hterat'iro that comes under discussion. Judge Pittman, who is a highly intellectual aud well- read man, takes keen delight m talking literature to PeeL Some thna ago, wlnle a party of gentlemen were sitting around, listening to some of Peel's experiences m Congress, Judge FiLtman asked : ' ' 'PeeL you have read Tennyson, haven'.t you ?' ' Oh, yes, yes, and I like it very much.' " To you like Goldsmith Y n " 'Dote on him.' " 'What do you think, of that poem, Gcldsmith's Maid? '"By George, sir, it is the best thing he ever wrote, I tell you, what Pitt- man, coins: to Congress whets a man's appetite for literature.' Arkansaw Traveler. - Trying to Corner a Witness. Counsel You swear that the defend ant did not play billiards on the evening mentioned? Witness Yes, Sah, I war wif him de hull ebenm'. Counsel The last witness swears that be saw yoa both in a certain billiard room. Witness Yes, Sah. Counsel mat the dc-tendant had a billiard cue in his hand. Witness Yes, Salt. Counsel I hat he saw him strike a billiard ball with the ue a number of times. Witness Yes, Snh. Counsel And yet you state upon your oath before this honorable court and the gentlemen of the jury that on that par ticular evening the defendant did not play billiards. Witness es, Sah. He played nui- fln but pooL ' Contingencies. A teacher in a West Virginia freed- man's school was giving out some original examples to the class m mathematics, and among them was this : " If a colored man receives $ 1 for one day's work, how many dollars will he de ceive for six days work T One of the boys seemed very 6tupid over it, and the teacher finally said : "Moses, how many are six times one V "What does he work all the weekr queried the bov. "Of course.". tjh I Why 1 was faggerin dat a cir cus or a barlecue might come 'long on Saturday r " CH, DAT 'FOSSTH. An Amnslns Incident. The New York Journal tells the fol lowing which points a moral : Mr. Choate Was sitting m his law omce when a A Darkey Details the Correct Method of Cooking? and En tins This Delicious Dish. Ycr look at de 'possum and smack yer hps, fer he be a big, fine fellow. Den yer take 'em'afld go rite back hum, and jess'fo' yer get ter . de do' yer take yer axe handle and put em across de neck and break de neck by pullin' ob de taiL Den yer take him in de 'ouse, an' de ole woman done le!f great big fireplace heap full hickory ashes. Yer takes de shubble an' Open big hole" in dem pile ar ashes an' draps dat possom 111 dar, an -when yer take him outer dar de liar des pull off des as easy, au yer put him m some hot water an scrapes him wid er caseknife, an' ho dims clean. Den vvs takes out de in tra Ls, Lang him up an' wa;h him good, den yer salts him down an puts him away twel Monday morning. Mjonday morning cum, de ole oman takes mm out 'and parbile him good, den she git 'bout peck er taters an den slices dem taters an' piles 'em all ober liim, an' den she bakes him twel de grease run all fru dem taters. Den she takes him out an puts liim in de big dish an' sets him on de dinner table wid de taters pued all ober him. Yer cum ter dinner fum de fiel' an' yer walMih an' sets down to the table, but yer doan eat dat 'possum denl r-io sah, doan eat dat possum den ! Arter dinner yer des take liim an' de taters an' sets him up in de cupboard. liimeby yer cums hum frum de day's hard wuk ter yer supper. You're mity worn out, fer yer been wuking in the fiehls hard all day. Yer sets down outs de cabin do ah takes yer pipe an smokes. 'Fore long Sam says : " Daddy, supper ready." But yer des set dar : yer doan go in. Yer wait twel de ole 'oman an' de chillun go off ter bed. Den yer knocks de ashes out yer pipe an' goes in. Yer moves de leetle squar' table front de fire an' puts yer cha'r close up dar by it Den yer goes ter de cupboard an gits de possum, an de taters. 1 er puts em on de table, Yer tell de ole 'oman ter go out an' lock de do'. Den dar yer is. Yer an de possum au by yourselves texed- der. Yer frows de ole hat on de flo', takes yer seat in dat ch'r by de table an' gios yer soul ter yer God t Women In India. An Anglo-Indian newspaper thus comments upon the published letter of a Hindoo woman : " She writes with a good deal of feminine emphasis, but she am ply proves her case, that the rich and poor, the old and young, of her sex. suffer much misery and pain and degra dation through tne strict observance of social institutions invented by men for their own advantage. Every woman on the death of her husband, even of a child husband, is condemned to a hfe of perpetual widowhood. Uut a man may not only marry a second wife on the death of his first one, but can marry any number of wives at one and the same times' Even,, if he has'only one wife, he continues to live in the bosom of his own family, and has never, under any RHEUMATISM, A HOME DRUGGIST TESTIFIES. Popularity at homo is not always the best test of merit, but we poitt proudly to the fact that no other medicine has won for itself socli universal approbation in its own city, state, and couutry, aud among all people, as Ayer's Sarsaparilla. The following letter from one of our best fc.own Massachusetts liruggUts should to of interest to evary sufferer : ' Eicht Tears am) I had an attack of KkenmatiRm. ao se vere tlwt I could not move from the bed, or draws, vitliout help. 1 tried several remer dies without nun-Si if any relief, until I took Aveu's S.viis u'akilla, by the use of two bottles of which I w:ts completely cured. Have f.n. l:irga quantities of your Sarsa parii.:.. it sii l retains its wonderful popularity. 'lh- nmuy notable euros it has elfoc.e-! in this vicinity convince me that it is the bvst Lioad uteuiuiuo ever offered t the public. K. F. Habkis." Biver St., Buckland, Mass., May 13, 1&S2. overseer in the Lowell was for over twenty years before his removal w uuwen aniictca wita Hajt Kiieum in its worst form, i u ulcerations actually covered more than iiulf the surface of his body and limbs, lie was entirely cured by Ayer's S.BKAPAitn,i.A. See certilicate In Ayer's Almanac for 1883. PREPARED BY Dr. J. C. Ayer &. Co., Lowell, Mass. Sold by all Druggists; 1, six bottles for $5. A NEW AND VALAUBLE DE- XJL VICE. .l Patent i. 8- ll SALT RHEUM. 'Hi 1 1 Water Closet Sea TOE THK CURE OF HEMORRHOIDS, Coninionly Called Piles. INTERNAL OE EXTERNAL PROLAP SUS AI. NO MEDECrNE OR SURGICAL OPERA TION NECESSARY, young man, who takes great pride in his family connections, and has ,a nrettjCr l-cw!cnmstances, to submit to, the tender News-Observer: Archbishop Gib bons has receive&from the Pope a de cree which will interest Roman Catho- olics. His holiness renews his encyc lical "supreme apostolatens" of 1883 concerning the celebration during Oc tober of the rosary. The Pope de crees and commands that the regula tions contained therein be observed in subsequent years so long as the pres ent distressing state of the church and of rmhlic affairs continues, and so long it is noteranted to the church to the i """f IO,r . m"rilB as it is noigranicu iu t , i fori 0f fourteen by falsely represent- restoration to meoupicuic , , - - - . ' Knowing Terriers at Flay. A terrier was taught to play hide and seek with his master, who summoned him by saying, Let us have a game, upon which the dog immediately hid his eyes between his paws, and when the gentleman had placed a sixpence upon t piece of cake in a most improbable alace he started up and invariably found t' His powers were equaled by a fox terrier named Fop, who would hide his eyes and suffer those at play to hide themselves before he looked up. If his playfellow hid himself behind a window curtain. Fop would, for a certain time, carefully pass that curtain and look be hind all the others, behind doors, etc, and, when he thought he had looked long enough, seize the concealing cur tain and drag it aside in triumph. The lrouest thing, however, was to see him take his turn of hiding ; he would get under a chair, and fancy that he was not seen ; Of course those at play witl him pretended not to see mm, and was most amusing to witness his agita tion as they passed. When he was ill he was cured by some homeopatlue globules, and ever after, if anything were the matter with lum, he would stand near the medicine box, and hold his mouth open. An Actor's Reminiscence. The actor Florence says he can re member years and years ago attending a dinner in New York given by Morse, the telegraph inventor. " He was an elegant old gentleman, but when he got on his legs to talk he was awful long-winded, I had a friend with me. We listened to Morse's speech while he predicted great things for electricity. I remember he predicted, too, that some day men woidd be able to talk over the wires for dis tances of fifty miles, and that every ship that left harbor for an ocean voyage would be connected with the land by wires. When he got that far, my friend said, ' What rot,' and we went out I -have often remembered how foolish his talk sounded to me. , Yet it has been all realized, as regards ships at sea. I be lieve even that will come about some day." - Look Out tor Beer. Beer is more dangerous than whisky. That is the verdict of the Scientific American, which sets forth that the use of beer is found, to produce a species of degeneration of all the organs; profound and deceptive fatty deposits, diminished circulation, conditions of congestion and perversion of functional activities, local inflammations of both the liver and kid neys, are constantly present A slight injury, a severe cold, or a shock to the body or mind will commonly provoke acute disease ending fatally in a beer drinker. His Ambition. " Little Boy (to reverend gentleman) "I want to have a nice loud voice like yours when I grow up, Mr. Sermonizer." "Ah, you wish to be an orator doubt less. I have no doubt you can become one if you try, my son, and let me hope it is your desire to devote yourself to the service of the Lord m the pulpit "Oh, no, indeed 1 I don't want to be a preacher. I'm going to be a base ball umpire." Washington Hatchet en tered and introduced liimself as follows t "1 am J. Eensselear Jones." "Ah, replied Mr. Choate, take a chair." " I am er the son-in-law, you know, of Governor Smith. "Indeed?" replied Choate, "take two chairs." Extennatlna, Young Rector : You go to the Kinder garten, little girl ? Little Girl : Yeth, thir. Rector : There are many little bovs and girls at the Kindergarten? L. G.: Yeth, thir. Rector : I hope thfw are very PTO!d, nnd ticvpr saiv or do nnvthinrr Tiniip-htv ? L. G. : Well, thir, Johnny Sharp did thay that Harry Brown wath a d n fool, but then he ith, you know ! Life, In "Wayne county a man has been convicted under tbe new law for ob- taininer a license for marriaena to his full liberties. Copies ol this decree have been sent out from the Baltimore See to all Roman Catholic churches. There are 97 cotton mills in this State. was cent, to the penitentiary. ' The Carolina Fair will open vat Charlotte on October 27th, and con tinue until the 30th. , ' The tobacco crop in Western N. C. is unquestionably very fine. This is the report from every section. The planters as a rale, are making a suc cess of curing their crops, and every indication points to a lucrative 'yield. : It is said that there are nearly a hundred applicants for the office of State Librarian at Raleigh. A Little Confused. A lady visiting in a large city attended a fashionablle church, and through the carelessness of ;ui usher was shown into a private pew. Very soon a fashionable family came in, led by a very pompous- looking old gentleman, who stared angri ly at the offending stranger in the pew. The lady, great ty embarrassed, arose and said: "I I beg your pardon, sir 5 do you occupew this pie i A Logical Answer. Little Ethel had just commenced to study her catechism and her mother was hearing her sav it. "Now, Ethel, her mother commenced, what must you do before you can have your sins forgiven ? "I des, said Lthel very thoughtfully, "I des I must sx out and commit the sin. 11 Jr. Luvler. the boys and gh-fef'are betrothed Indissol- nbly almost as soon as they are born At the age of eight at latest a husband must be found for every iriri. Girls are generallv, perhaps, married at this age, and their parents are still t liberty to send them to sci:xl until they are ten years old. But after that the leave of the mother-in-law niust be obtained. The untortunate Hindoo bride may neither sit nor speak in the presence of any elder member of her husband's fam ily. She must work .v. ;th the servants. rise early, and go tobed late, and be per petually abused and frequently beaten bv her mother-in-law. She must live in the most rigid seciit lo'.. Her husband, who is entirely dependent on his family, can never take her s'd.. and, freshhim- 3eu from college, is apt to despise iier for her ignorance, and to tolerate her as a necessary eil. The ciuldren either die off like weakly seedlings or grow up without vigor. The women lose their oeauty t twenty, are lony; past their prime at thirty, and old at forty. But a worse fate awaits them if, instead of be ing Hindoo wives, they become Hindoo widows. Ut tins wretched late our cor respondent fortunately knows nothing personally, and so Ccin not write from experience. But there are 22,000,000 widows in India, many of whom lost their nominal husbands when they were chil dren, and none of whom can ever marry again. For the rest of their lives they are deprived of ornaments and colored garments, their heads are shaved, they are condemned to the coarsest clothes and poorest food, and wear out their days in seclusion as the lowest drudges of the household." I have invented a SIMPLE WATER CLOSET SEAT, for the cure of the above troublesome and painful malady, which I confidently place before the public as a Subx Remit and Cuke . It has received tho endorsement of the leading phjKic'aus in this community, and wherever tried, lias given entire buubi action, and where it fails to relievo the money will be willingly reiurned. These Heats wui be mrnis,'ed at me loiiow- ing prices : Walnut........ $6,001 ' Cherry.. . . ; . . . 5.00 Disc onot to Phisicians Poplar ...5.00) . IrecUons fwusiuKwiu aaMBBanx each - Seat. . "! , " '".-.-:. J We trouble you with no certifleateb. We r leave the 8 eat to be its advertiser. Address, ' LEWIS CHAMBERLAIN, Patentee Tarboro, Edgecombe Co.. N. C je2ft-ly havevoua GARDEN? .r ,,.r" EM ir iuu riant " YOU WILL NEED Am! win aul mv n-'w S. Cat-!- here vnt 1.:. re I ! nii'l'-'l ?"- o j " tl...-. I- " -..-' ...:v ': Elf !tl".l -a: 51. 'ci. l :m u-y. T!.. IK 'it 1 .1 mo Spolltns the Bjpiuc. She (gushingly) " If I should throw myself into the water, Clarence, what would you do : He (decidedly) "I would instantly call for help." The Judge. SOUTHERN SCINTILLATIONS. A Georgia newspaper has discovered another wonder or four wonders, if you please a quartette of brothers, from 73 to 79 years old, none of whom was ever drunk, or gambled, or patron ized a bar. A woman baker at Macon, Ga., ad vertises that she will deliver her Boston baked beans to any part of the city on 'Sunday morning. This beats the special newspaper trains from New York to Boston, and shows that woman can get ahead of tiian every time when she tries. PUCKERINGS. ' - Notwitbstanding the depression m business circles, the business of the thief seems to be picking up. "What is ease?" asks a philosopher. Lase is a thousand-dollar salary and a hundred-dollar job. A man who died in Cincinnati owned up to having six living wives. The phy sician did hot think it worth while to hold an autopsy. A Mr. Peterson has written a poem to 6ay that the more he sees of man the more he likes his dog. We would sug gest that Mr. Peterson move from New Jersey mto some civilized state. . Corresponding With Type. The type-writing business has grown and grown out of all proportion with the expectations of its early promoters. In telligent girls by the hundred are secur ing work as type-writers at double the wages they formerly earned as shop girls. Machines are now made to write m eleven or twelve languages. 1 lie type-writer is an accomplished linguist The time was when a type-written letter was regarded as a circular and consigned to the waste basket Now, owing to the general use of stenographers and type writers in all large concerns such a letr ter is stamped as important The-'West- ern Union Telegraph Company began the introduction of type-writers in their New York receiving rooms several months ago. Over seventy are now used by operators. Among the largest users of the type-writer are Jt. G. Dun & Co.'s and Bradstreets commercial agencies. They have between 500 and 600 apiece, scattered over the country, used for du plicating reports. A thin oiled paper has been specially prepared for then work, so that they can make twenty to twenty-five copies of any report, by the use of carbon inscta. Will Durtfr the BLOOD. reirti Ute tin- LIVER anil KIDNEYS, -il IKstoui Tim HEALTH and VIGOR of TOUIK, un i.epsla. Want of Appetite, In- iiiKesiiini, luck oi rMrunpuiv ami 1 treu r ecinifra'ismiiieiy cured, ltones, iunscU-a ana nerves receive newioree. Knlivetts ihe nuna ana nni,lli.e Itiiln Pftwrr. B 1 f 6? C SnffL-riiigfroni complaint:) LjMU ICiU neeulUrtn their x wil.' find in DR. HARTEK'S IKON TONIO a rafs nod tpeeily cure, (lives a Hear, healthy complexion. -Frui:icnt attempts at couiitvrA'liluK only adil to the popularity of the orlpimil. Do not experi ment jfei the OKIOINAL AfJD 11KST. ysenrt j our nldrew tome or. Hartermea.i o.' l-it. ijOuls, Mo., for onr DKUAia. iua. XI all of ulrautts aud useful information, : d.Co. OK."l The Greensbord . 1 -t p 1 one tnira 01 tne State is under tbe no-fence law. ' .Patriot says territory of the operation of the THE SAMSON JACK & PRESS CO.. BLACK ItlVIUt, N. V. Manufacturers of Raleigh ''News Observer": It has been noted that the lien business has seen Us palmy days here, and that this season there is a notable decrease in the number of crop mort- gages-and liens. A new Presbyterian church was dedicated at Highlands on Sunday, 13th. inst. ALIAS i mm a u .... tr i Hand Power PRESSES Of tery Ou- enpnon. Suitable for IIAILTNO HAT, HA OS, WOOL, IEP, OOF, COTTOH, V-.D MAJIVna. Aso for 1T.ESSINO TOBACCO. DBT OOi8, DOIED FSC1T, LARD, OIL, WlJiS, CIDKB CHEEKS, AUD TBHEEU. Also !Ha'ftia of Malleabla Iron Wagon Jaeks. Sena tat Ca aiogua. RESUMED. :o: We take pleasnre in announcing to : our numerous patrons and friends that we have now recovered from the disarrangemant to our business caused by the recent lire, and have now resnmed at the btlow named lo cation, where we trust to meet all of-, our former customers. :0: STATON s ZOELLER PHAEMACISTS AND DRuaaisT. ii id AT THE WED DELL BOOK CT0RE. Opposite the BRYAN HOUSE andTadjoin ing the POST OfPCE. D. CUMMIXOS, fePi ELEVATOR WHISKKT.UtS?