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BE SURE YOU AEE EIGHT TSEILSr GM3 AHEAD.-D Crockett.
ALTER P. WaLIaIAMsQN
Attorney-at-L,aw,
TARBORO, N. C.
(Office next that of Col. J. L. Brldgera, oyer
.Boll's Jewelry store, Main street.) ;
Practices in State and Federal jCourts
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TARBORC N. C.
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f edora!. " nov.oily.
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A TTORNE Y-A T-LA Wy
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ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Tarboro, N. C,
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TARBORO', N. 0., THURSDAY OCTOBER 15, 1885.
NO. 42
A JIIKAnOLET.
Of the folks for whom we have no nae atanv
lime oi aay
W.'Ve made aUttle list, we'vw mi.
list.
Of those who make ua tirml
they aay.
And who never could be missed t.hoir
could be missed:
There's the fellow with a poem Uat tit rpallV
quite the thine
To make our circulation take
printr.
And another with a picture that looks as If a
ny
To save his buzzing being couldn't prove an
J,
L. SATAGE, l; :
Livery, Sale, Exchange
and' Feed Mables,
r.r,RHB fluilTDU A ST. Asdmsw 8trbt8
' TABBORO'v- I
ti Dt.v,i.i uth largest ;in the State.
and have a cap acity of holdW ten carloads
of stock.- (live mm wu
jUTHER SHELDON,
Di'.ALKK IN
BUILDERS' HARDWARE,
I'M
J
i
"PAINTS, j OILS, GLASS,
first degree for helping;
When Indicted in the
the artist.
And he who asks us if w eVe seen the Joke our
selves naa spun
And who always will insist he's a leading hu
morist. The man who strikes the office when the clock
Is striking one.
Who ne'er a lunch has missed, alas I he's on
the list.... .: s..-:-s.f--
The dude who has a lady friend who's writtm
us a verse, .
He'd like to have us put it in for better or for
worse.
Just as a favor to himself we've known klm
scarce a week
And hate a man who seems to have a corner
upon cheek
Because we. rather pride ourselves we'e got
some on our list,
This folio w'd ne'er be. missed, this fellow'd
. ne'er be missed;, . '
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The man who thinks that lust because we have
his verdant V
He's our subscription list and really wil de
sist.
If our politics dont suit him to the very last
degree.
He never would be missed from the subscrip
tion list.
The man who thinks the Editor has naught to
ao but sit
And hear him gabble what he thinks Is IS carat
wit.
And also he who wonders why we dont do
this or that.
And asks ua if we do not think this num
ber's rather flat.
Oh yea. dear friends, we've got them all right
upon the list.
They d not a one be missed, they'd not a one be
missed.
MORAL.
To all who've read this pojum and are bruised
by its fist,
TVe pray you all be missed, we pray you all be
a uusseu, LiltK.
The lame-Klin, Clnb.
"Am Kurnel Paradox Johnson in de
hall dia eavenin'7" blandly inquired
Brother Gardner, as the regular weekly
meeting opened on the forty-seventh de
gree, in due and regular ahane. j
The " Kurnel" arose. He" was there.
Some time ago he invented the theory
that Canada thistles could be cultivated
to bear mustard plasters, and iis coun
tenance now betrayed the fa;t that he
expected to be patted on the . back, and
ordered to take the stool- of -honor, (under
the Bear Traps. '""
" Kurnel Jolinson will please step dia
way," continued the President, and the
Kurnel advanced to the front, bestowing
a look of three-ply contempt on the Hon.
Erastas Furlong, as he passed him.
"Brudder Johnson," said the Presi
dent, aa the victim stood itef ore him
with folded arms, "I want to spoke to
you in de plainest English language. I
farn dat yon hev invented a theory T
"Yes, sah."
" It has bin a long time workin' up to
& climax, hasn't it 7
'"Bout a y'ar, sah." f'
" I thought so. It was 'bout a y'ar
ago dat I noticed you quit work, an' be
gan to sot around on de curb-stone. You
didn't cotch on to dis theory widout a
hard struggle, did you?"
"No, sah. It jist almoas' upsot my
Blind."
" I thought so. I remember when
you gin up de curbstone fur saloon soci
ety. Later on you began, to play ' crups
pa' policy. Towards de Lust agony of
your struggle you began to shake dice
an' buy-lottery tickets on de money your
wife aimed at the wash-tub. Inventin'
a theory am powerful hard work, Brud
der Johnson."
" Yes, sah."
. "It am so hard dat your wife an'
chiTen am now beggin fur bread an'
ole clothes, while you am in debt to
everybody who'd trust you, and your
landlord am gwine to frow you out o' de
Jiouse."
"I I is sorry, sah, but I couldn't
help it"
Brudder Johnson !" . said the Presi
dent in a voice wliich made Elder Toots
shiver like a faded burdock in a winter's
stale. "I want to say to you, an' to all
other members of dis club freu you' dat
HO cull'd man in America has any biz-
jjss wid a theory an original theory.
If white folks has got time nuff an
money "nuff to loaf around an diskiver
. in deir own minds dat de moon am
full p' jackasses which gallop up an'
down, or dat de Norf star contains a
race cf people who walk on deir heads
nrf feed demselves wid deir toes, dat's
all rleht De nroblem wid de cull d
man am, fust, bread an' butter ; second.
house rent and raiment ; third, each ea
Hr-nahnTi as will enable him an' - his'n to
"write an' receive letters ; keep posted on
rmrrant events 2 fltreer ud how much a
-week's wages comes to at a dollar a day;
realize dat de Atlantic am upon one side
f us an' de Pacific de odder, an hev de
jenae to go to de pons an1 wote rur non-
Mt decent candidates, no matter on
what ticket deir names appear. I shan t
fn you, an, I doan want to expel you,t j
cat yon will retire to ae ante-room wim
Oiveadam. Jones for de space of ten
ramita. If you hold to any pertickler
ttxeorv artor Ke gets freu wid you it will
he sunthm' you am perf eckly welcome
tor Detroit Free Press. .
OURsKEW YORK LETTER.
A STUDY ON THE BROOKLYN
BRIDGE A. SUNDAY SCENE
PEOPLE WHO PATRONIZE
IT. ETC, ETC.
New York, Sept 80. Last Sunday
the weather was so bright and pleasant
that, in coming over from Brooklyn,
whither I went to hear Talmage, I made
up my mind to walk across the big
bridge instead of patronizing the cable
cars. Did you ever make the trio afoot?
suppose you have, but did you ever do
so observantly t Dickens, you know.
said he used to ride in an omnibus, de
termined to interest himself in every
face and object around him. So the
next time you visit Gotham select a fine
Sunday for a walk on the bridge if you
want a mental banquet When the
weather is cheerful on the Sabbath Fifth
dawcrUiil. i.by comparison, and
Broadway loses its eminence as a prome
nade. The only spot that can approach
it that I know of in this part of America,
is the Mall, in Central Park, upon which,
when the sun shines and the air is balmy,
a quarter of a million persons in Sunday
attire, seek the fresh air, the velvety
verdure and the irresistible 'magnetism
generated, so to put it, of mbliing el
bows. '
About the only time when there ia
not a crush at the bridge entrance is be
tween nudnight and daylight It jis,
notwithstanding the inadequate ac
commodations for receiving and for dis
charging patrons, a great boon for
New Yorkers and Brooklynites. You
can walk over for one cent and ride over
for three cents. It takes one about a
quarter of an hour to walk at average
speed over the bridge, and the ride occu
pies six minutes. The bridge is a f air
competitior of the ferry companies, but
not so profitable. The best paying in
stitution for the convenience of the pub-
he around here is unquestionably the
Marine Railroad at Coney. A train runs
the whole length of it in less than two
minutes, and each passenger is taxed five
cents. President Corbin is reported as
having said that it was his best invest
ment He cleared $35,000 from it last
season carrying excursionists, and it
would net him if he could run it at that
rate all the year round, so he says, the
handsome sum of $500,000. If the
bridge paid like Corbin's little railroad
the trustees would be happier. The
bridge has never paid and never will,
it is believed, until there are greatly in
creased facilities at the depots, especially
at the rv ew York one. -Once
on the great arched roadway I
found myself a mite in the vast throngs,
one gomg one way, one the other, and
each keeping its own side, the right
Keep to the right " is a very good maxim
to remember when walking a crowded
Ana nlfdine Material of every description
NO WW. BIDiS VAKKET SQUARE A
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i NORFOLK, A.'
November 1882. 1S.1-T-
A.
WILLIAMSON,
Manufacturer of
The Busy Bee.
Few neople have any idea of the labor
that bees have to expend In the gather
ing of honey. Here is a calculation
-which will show how industrious the
"busy" bee really is. Let us suppose
fJiA fnnnnbi eonttne their attention to
Wnvpr fields. Each head of clover con
tains about sixty separate flower' tubes,
in each of which is a portion of sugar
Turf, nxceedinir the five-hundredth part or
m. oTnjn Therefore, before one grain of
ugar can be got the bee must insert its
mmrraris in OUO ciovor mura. nu"
there are 7,000 grains in a pound, so that
follows that 8,500,000 clover tubes
most be sucked in order to -obtain but one
pound of honey.
In mm Klapbant'a Stomach.
A ereat many coins English shillings,
.sixpences, coppers, and Canadian pieces
-vere found in jumoo s sromacn oy iu
jotleman having charge of Ms remains.
HOW THEY, RELIEVED THE tOOS.
thorougf are ; if you don't think so try to
go down Broadway at midday, regard
less of the right and left side of the
walk. You' win probably be painfully
shocked. Overhead is a blue clear sky,
beneath is the rushing river dotted with
boats that . look like toy vessels ; behind
and before far away tejt-.li -the myriad
roofs of the first and third cities of the
nation wonderful and awe-inspiring by
reason of their number, but otherwise
unsightly. -
Look at the crowd. What a blessing
to the poor the bridge is I They are cer
tain of a breath of invigorating air,
How numerous the Italians. They can
picnic on it for a penny. About all they
earn comes in pennies and about all they
spend are pennies, so that whatever
affords a holiday at that cost seems
especially adapted to their habits. The
Italian women are all bareheaded, not to
exhibit their hair, but because it is a
custom in Italy. It must be a healthy
custom. How beautiful is their hair, jet
black, glossy and thick. Their style ia
queer, but they look comfortable and
neat Their fancy runs to bright colors
and jewelry, and the effect of the dis
play is animated and picturesque. Their
clean appearance is surprising, and you
hnd yourself asking can it be true that
their homes and habits are so disgusting
as reported ? One writer haa said they
are the rats, the natural scavengers of
the metropolis. I know they live
wretchedly, and the cost of allowing
them to live as they do in crowded dis
tricts will be terrible some day I fear.
Chinamen are plenty, too. You won
der where they come from, and how
nicely they look in their native clothes.
There are about four thousand in the
city and another thousand in Brooklyn
and Belleville, JT. J. They wear hats as
much alike as peas in a pod straight
brimmed black felt in "Winter, and the
same shape in straw, in Summer. The
colony is employed mostly in laundries
and cheap cigar manufactories. While
their habits are offensive to decent per--sons,
it cannot be denied that they are
an industrious and tlirif ty race, and mind
their own business.
Chatham street is well represented in
the passing throng,' the boys and girls
being out to play in full force, rosy faced,
fat-legged and well dressed These chil
dren will grow up and inherit the sav
ings of their hard-working parents. The
Chatham folks are gifted, you might
almost say, in being , able to stint and
save for the coming generation. Alas,
, unfortunately, the sons grow up in this
way, like many other favored boys, are
not always so wise as their parents.
They grow up extravagant because of
worthless companions, and it would
break the heart of many an old money
bag to see his son out with "the boys",
keeping his end up.
- Here is a little crowd of odd-looking
foreigners. Their clothes and faces and
manners are peculiar. They prove to bo
Bohemians. By occupation they are
cigar-makers. Beer is their chief diet
A popular dish with them is beer soup,
made of a loaf of stale bread broken up
and boiled in a quart of beer and pint of
water. To stomach it an acquired taste
is necessary. On gala occasions eggs
are beaten up with the lager to thicken
it and fresh bread is soaked in it and
eaten.
All nationalities are met on the
bridge. Do you know that New York is
often spoken of as the first Irish city and
the tliird German city. This is the
truth, and so its colonies of Poles, of
Bohemians, etc., are so great, that one is
apt to forget the fact that a larger pro
portion of Americans compose its popu
lation than that of any other city in the
land. "With about every other foreign
couple I met were little clusters of cnu-
. , 1 ? i l - a ;
ciren, ana every ciiua is an Aiuemm
The Bookkeeper of a Charitable
Organization Glvea t Himself . c
and Others) Away. I 'i
"I was looking over a lot of my old
papers the other day," said a Chicago
man, "and I came across a lot of docu
ments which recalled old times. : : They
were duplicates of reports I made whea l
was a bookkeeper for the Chicago
Relief and Aid Society, in 1871 and 1872.
The headquarters was in what i bow St
Mary's Church, on Eldridge fiourt, but
the society after-ward moved to , the
barracks, at the corner of Twrenty-second
street and Wentworth avemieu Those'
were great days. I had 8,000 families on
my books and the reports of tlorty
visitors to superintend, besides bejngt re
sponsible for all the food, clothing, to,.
that came into the place.' We jaw me
queer sights and some terfiUecihg
there. It is such times that bring out
all that is best and aH that' is worst in
human nature. We saw families begging
for sustenance that a few months' before
held up their heads with thebet of
them; we saw misers who had -hoards
of money and had not lost a cent attempt-"
ing to draw rations from the city, when
there was hardly enough to go around
among the deserving. Our visitors
found how often we had been imposed
uxm and enabled us to set right much
injustice. There was a large force of
men employed at our barracks, and I
have to nniile when I think of some of
the men who worked under me. One
of them is a lawyer of excellent stand
ing and practice, another is a successful
journalist, another is general passenger
agent of a railroad, and even the office
boy is a successful business man. We
had lots of enjoyment up there. We
formed the Elephant Club, and every
Saturday night 'we had a mock trial.
The whole thing was impromptu, but
there were some mighty quick-witted
and ready speakers and there was plenty
of fun. On Christmas might we wound
up with a grand feast and I, am afraid
some of the ham sandwiches and jellies
of the society suffered. "
IIo v. nan.
To know the American you must see
all sides of him. On a train between
Jeney City and Paterson a poorly-urei-teJ
woman, carrying a baby in her
arms walked through two coaches and
v.-as unable to ibid a seat The railroad
liog wus there. In a dozen cases he
had a whole seat to himself, and he
meant to keep it. The woman finally
found refuge in the smoking-car, and by
and by the Hog went forward to enjoy
a Havana and found her crying.
" V hat s the matter r
" Baby is very ilL sir."
"And where are you going?" ,
" To my sister'a My husband is dead
and I have no home."
" Leave you any money f
"Not a dollar, sir." . .
" Umph I Sorry for you. Let, me
hand you this."
The Hog has been robbed of his bris
tles. Woman's tears have, melted his
selfishness. He returned to his Car,
gathered flie other Ho ins Ixut nhn, awl
said: - -'
"Come down I Poor widow sick
baby no home. Come down V ,
The Hogs went down for then wal
lets, and in ten minutes the sum of $40
was put into the woman's hand, and the
Boss Hog observed : v -
"There there its all right not a
word! Now come back here PV . -
And as she followed him Into the
coach a dozen Hogs rose up and insisted
that she take their seats, and all gather
ed ' round her to voice the sentiment :
"Poor woman! Poor baby ! Isn't
there something we can do for you 7"
The railroad Hog cant't be crowded,
but he can be melted.
HOW POCKETS ABE FICZED.
Opposite H, Moebis &; Beob.,
TARBORO,
New York Tribune: The "mashers"
are Bdid to be going out and the "mow-
I era" cou ing m. A "mower is an
exquisite who swings ms cane iute a
soy the as he walks along.
Tha New York election- this year
will t0 doubt be decided on party
lrts. The Democrats, however,
M C 1 hope to have most oi tn unes.
The Rev. John P. Newman, the
pulpit clpwn who hung around Gen
Grant until he died, has turned up
aeain. At a recent Grant memorial
nerviefl in Brooklyn he recited the
Lord's Prayer.
India produces th latest wonder
in the person of a thirteen-year-old
lad who has one head ana two Domes.
In the Days of '40.
A clergyman relates the following
touching Ida experience in California in
an early day. The church over which
he presided was a small one, weak and
struggling, and located not far from a
mining camp. It was quite a common
thing for the miners to drop into church,
and to their credit be it said that they
always maintained the best of order
and never allowed the plate to pass . Un
noticed. One Sabbath after service the
pastor was stopped by a typical - forty
niner, who, after passing the time of
day, said: "Parson, they tell me the
gospel lead you're workin' here don't pan
out very rich. Is that so?" The parson
confessed that results were hardly sat
isfactory. "Well, continued the miner.
"I heard you preach today and it took
me back to old times. . Now I ain't . no
great shakes on religion, but I'm big on
salary," and putting a double-eagle- in
the astonished parson s hand he strode
away.
Saratoga Politeness.
A party of twelve were taking a late
supper at Moons, tor desert tney nad
oranges, and' there were just thirteen for
twelve persons. The dish was passed
around, and each party took an orange,.
leaving one on the plate, when the
plate with the remaining orange was
passed everybody looked at it covet
ously, but simply ; said : "No, I thank
you, A sudden gust ot wind blew out
the lamp, and in the darkness six gentle
men and six ladies shook hands fright on
the coveted orange.
......
Their Reason for Uettins. married.
"I understand you re gomg to marry
an heiress, Rastusr
"Yes, sah. Miss Johnsmg am repo ted
to have fo ty-seben donahs in de bank,
sah." -
'Ts it a love match on her part
RastusT -
"I doan 'spects hit is, sah. It am a
well-'stablished fac' dat my gran'mudder
wah a nu'se fo' Geo'ge Washington, sah.
So I marries Miss Johnsing f o' her money
an' she marries me f o' my blood." ; ..
The Modus Operandi of the Expert
Cut-purse" Working- a Crowd.'
The general public, as a rule, do not
know how an expert thief can remove a
purse from a man's pocket This is how
it is done :
-When a " mob " of pick-pockets start
out to " work a crowd" on a train they
break into twos. - The operator on leath
er " fans " his intended victim. This, in
plain English, means he ascertains the
location of the intended victim's money.
He gets alongside of the man whose
pocket is to be picked, and with rapid
movement he dexterously passes bis
finger over every pocket His touch is
bo delicate that it enables him to locate
the "boodle1 and ascertain Its charac
ter, whether a roll, a parse, or a pocket,
book. The surging of the crowd; Especial
ly on a crowded railroad train,-accounts
to the uninispicjous traveler for the oc
casional jostling . which he receives. - It
is found that the most common recepta
cle for the pocket-book is the left trous
ers pocket front - When the victim is
selected one of the brace of thieves plants
himself squarely in front of him, while
the other crowds up behind him on the
right side. The operator In front, under
cover of a newspaper or coat thrown
over the arm, feels the pocket ; and, if
the victim is a stiff-necked or straight
backed man in a standing position, he
finds the lips of the pocket drawn close
together. In this case it is dangerous to
attempt the insertion of the hand. A
very low-toned clearing of the throat,
followed by a gutters! rouse," is the
signal for his "pal" to exert a gentle
pressure upon the victim's, right shoulder.
This is so gradually extended that the
traveler yields to the pressure without
knowing it and without changing the
position of his feet This throws the lips
of the pocket open for the operator in
front who does not insert his hand and
attempt to draw the pocket out but
works on the lining. He draws it out an
eighth of an inch at a time without in
serting his fingers more than half-way.
Should this process of drawing the
contents of the pocket to its mouth be
felt bv the victim, another low clearing
of the throat gives the sign to the con
federate and the game is dropped. If
jthe victim's suspicions are not aroused
the pick-pocket keej at his work of
drawing the lining out until the roll of
bills, the purse or pocket-book is within
reach of the deit lingers. It is then
grasped between the index and middle
lingers and gently drawn out The suc
cessful completion of the job is indicated
by a gentle chirrup, like the chirp of a
canary, and the precious pair separate
from their victim to ply the same tricks
on the next one.
A Slarvel of Modern Industry.
In 1860 the total number of workmen
employed by Herr Krupp was less than
1,800. At the present time they exceed
20,000, and if to these be added the
wives, children, and others directly de
pendent upon the workmen the total
number of persons supported by the
Krupp works at Essen and elsewhere ag
gregates IW,8rOTms number TM.OOO
dwell In cottages built by Krupp and be
longing to his works. In addition to the
vast extent of workshops at Essen there
are 8 coal mines at Essen and Bochum,
647 iron-ore mines in various parts of
Germany, several Iron mines near Bilbao,
in Spain, and the ranges at Meppen for
the testing of the Krupp guna There
are 11 smelting 1,543 puddling and heat
ing furnaces, 489 steam boilers, and 450
steam engines, with an aggregate of
1 85,000-horae power. The traffic through
out the works is carried on over 37 miles
of railroad, by 88 locomotives and 893
freight cars. Communication is main
tained by 40 miles of telegraph wire, con
necting 85 telegraph stations, and using
55 of the Morse apparatus.
How Girdled Trees Were Saved.
On a farm at Pottstown. Pa., rabbits
girdled a lot of youi ; apple-trees some
years ago. In two cases of choioe fruit
the owner undertook to save the trees.
The young shoots which usually spring
up from below the girdle" were al
lowed to grow long enough to reach the
sound bark above the " girdle." and then
inserted under the bark, after the man
ner of inoculating trees, and securely
tied. They grew and nourished the
main stem of the tree above, and now,
after some years, the trees rest entirely
upon their inserted supports and are aa
vigorous as any in the orchard. One of
these trees has five of these " legs,"
which have now by growth been almost
consolidated. The other tree has seven,
all entirely distinct as yet but growing
closer. The old stem below the insertion
is dead and decayed in the one tree, and
in the other it is entirely gone, and they
look as if standing upon stools.
It Was Real mean.
"Dear me, it is raining, Mrs. BradnaiL
You can't go out in the wet Won't you
stay to tea?" :
"No, thanks ; I must be getting home,"
"Well, any way, you must wear my
rubbers." :
"No, thank you, Mrs. Hopkins, it Isn't
raining much, and besides I haven't
any strings to tie them on with." ' ;
After the door was closed Mrs. Hop
kins wished the mean, old thins; would
catch her death of cold.
Beacon field as a Plagiarist.
Lord Beaconsfield's novels, says Lon
don Truth, are very brilliant and amus
ing, and often highly instructive; but he
was a mosfhudacioui plagiarist, and only
vary innocent or ignorant people will
quote his good things with admiration.
This very epigram, whic'h occurs
"Lothair," ls boldly gleaned from Wal
ter Savage Landor s " imaginary conver
sation'' between Parson Sbuthey, in
which the former says: "Those who
have failed as writers turn reviewers.
One constantly finds that Lord Beacons
field's undiscerning admirers are giving
him credit for inventing the phrase
"gondola of, London for the hansom,
f but this felicitous idea was a crib from
Balzac,
Hints for the Family.
You can keep burglars out of the
moke-house by putting strychnine on
the meat and talking about it at the
cross-roads.
When you go hunting, the best way
to economize amunitibn is to put the
hot in your gun first and put the pow
der on top of the load.
When you spill soup on the table-cloth,
set your tumbler on it while your wife is
not looking, and trust to Providence for
the thereafter.
A hole in a garment may be ingen
iously stopped by gathering up the cir
cumference of the. erture into a sort of
a neck and then tying it with a twine
string.
; A good coupling pin for the plantation
wagon can be made out of a cylindrical
section of a laminated beefsteak. Life.
The Central Park board of New
York is. very much -worried -at the
crumbling of the Egyptian obelisk.
It iB paid to be due to the severity
of winters. Scientists are trying to
devise some way to prevent it. . -
It is announced that the death
rat e in London last week was only
138 per 1,000 annually. This figure
is the lowest ever recorded.
A LADY'S STOCKING.
Peenllar and Interesting Scent- Ini a
Shoe Store With a Lady Whoe .
Hosiery was Damp.
'Yes," said a Rochester, N, Y. shoe
clerk to an inquisitive customer, " we
all sorts of socks and stockmgs m our
business, from silk to none at ali"
"None at all?"
"Well, I don't mean that many people
come in here without any stockings; but
it sometimes happens that naked feet are
exposed to our gaze and women s feet at
that"
"How does that happen?"
"I'll tell you an instance. One rainy
Friday a very stout lady came in.
here and wanted to get a pair of shoes
After looking at several pairs she seleo-
ted one to try on. I unbuttoned her
shoe for her and tried to put on the one
she had picked out, but, although evi
dently of the size she wore, I found it
impossible, to put , it on. " The -sdifliculty
wae easily seen. Her stockings '" were
damp; and I told her that it would be
impossible to lit her foot while she had
on those stockings.
"'O, I thought of that, she said, and
provided mysolf with an extra pair,' at
the same time displaying a small parcel
she held in her hand.
" I told her she had better put them
on and I retired to the back of the store
to give her a chance. Hearing notliing
from her, after' a few minutes had
elapsed, I ventured to glance around and
saw that she was in an awkward predic
ament The fact was she was too fat
and too tightly laced to put on her
own stockings. W ell, sir, it was a com
ical sight to see her ineffectual plunges
in her endeavors to reach her feet, and
the ludicrous sidelong glances she cast
around to see if any one was watching
her, I could nt help standing and look
ing at her for a minute or two, although
my duty m the case was clear enough.
You see I was there to sell this lady a
pair of shoes, and if she bought them
she must have on dry stockings, and it
was plain that if she wore dry stockings
some one would be obliged to put them
on for her. So like a hone I marched
up to where she was sitting. W hat with
the exertions and the mortification she
felt her face was the color of a well-
boiled lobster, and I have no doubt my
own beautiful phiz was no f aint reflex of
that kind.
" ' Can I assis you, madam,' said I, in
the politest tone I could muster.
" ' Yes, you can assist me. Pull off
those stockings and put on this pair and
be quick about it,' she ordered, speaking
quite savage like.
"Well, I got her stockings off, and
-managed to get her feet in the dry pair;
then 1 left her again. V hen 1 came
back I got on the shoe we had tried be
fore without any trouble. WelL she
took the shoes they were a $6 - pah"
paid for them, and flounced out of the
store as though we were to blame for
the display she had made.
Yes, concluded the narrator, re
flectively, " shoe clerks have queer ex
periences sometimes, and see more of
human nature in its varied aspects than
jnany poop wot of. - . - -
An Arab's Offering of Love.
A poor Arab traveling in the desert
met with a spring-of clear, sweet, spark
ling water. Used as he was only to
(brackish wells, such water as this appear
ed to his simple mind worthy of a mon
arch, and filling his leather bottle from
the spring, he determined to go and
present it to the caliph himself.
The poor man traveled a long way be
fore he reached the presence of liis sov
ereign, and laid his humble offering at
his feet Tie caliph did not despise the
little gift brought to' him with so much
trouble. He ordered some of the water
to be poured into a cup, drank it, and
thanking the Arab with a smile, ordered
him to be presented with a reward. The
courtiers around pressed forward, eager
to taste of the wonderful water ; but to
the surprise of all the celiph forbade
them to touch a single drop,
After the poor Arab had quitted the
royal presence with a light and joyful
heart the caliph turned to Ids courtiers
and thus explained Ins conduct : Dur
ing the travels of the .Arab," said he,
"the water in his ioathen bottle be
came impure and distasteful. But
was an offering of love, "and as such
received it with pleasure. But I well
knew that had I suffered another to par
take of it he would not hav concealed
his disgust ; and, therefore, I forbade
you to touch the draught, less the heart
of the poor man would have been
touched."
Work v. Prayer.
"WelL Coleman," said an Arkansas
planter, addressing one of his tenants,
how is your crop this year ?
"'Tain't so mighty good, boss ; 'tain't
so mighty good."
Suffered from the drouth, I sup
pose r:
No, sah, we ve had rain er plenty.
"The boll-worm, I suppose, has injured
your cotton f
io, sah, I -ain't seed no boll-worm
dis yeah."
"Rust, then, ah?"
"No, sah, no rust"
"What, then, is the cause of your
poor crop r
Too much trust in the Lawd, sah."
"What?"
"Too much pra'r. bos and not emilff
work. Yer see c'.ht I bought at I'd try
whut de preacher eaid i must do watch
an' pray. WalL de whole fanibly wouT
wsfch, an I woulV pray ebery now an
aen, - specially wnen de wedder wins hot,
but somehow it didn't peer to do any
good. Boss, does yer know what I
b'lebes?"
"What do you believe, Coleman V
"W'y, sah, I b'bies dat when de cot
ton is in de grass elbow grease is wuth
er daim sight mor'n pra'r. Prar is all
right fur Sunday, but endurin' de week
days er pusson haster sorter work his
j'nts."
Er. McGregor's Experience.
Dr. G. McGregor, a prominent capital
ist of Waco, Texas, visited a spiritual
medium. After the seance commenced
the presence of a spirit who wished to
communicate with him was announced.
The man in Kpirit land, whose name was
given, was an old friend of long standing,
who had been dead several years. He
and Hie doctor had been class-mates at
college. The medium was an unletterod
person, and the doctor demanded a test
At once the shadow man met the reason
able demand by v. Iting three letters at
one time on the slaie -one hi Greek, one
in Latin, and one in English. They were
all tliree written at one and the same
time, and in a vein in which the doctor
and his dead friend had been in the
habit of writing to each other in life.
it is proper to say tnat the seance
came off in the doctor's parlor at mid
day, and the room was as light as a
brill ant sun couli make it The medium
sat in the middle of the room on one of
the chairs belonging to the apartment,
and not the slightest, deception could
have, been practiced either by her or a
confederate.
" -V
The Sit in e Brand.
Little Girl (in grocery store) Has yei
got enpy cheese ?
Grocer Oh, yes, plenty of it.
Little Girl Its the same kind as yei
had las week?
Grocer Yes, exactly the same. I'll
warrant it to he of the tame loc How
much will you have?
Little Girl Not any. Me mudder said
not to buy enny unless you'd got that old
stock worked off.
Curfew Law In Utah.
- In Ogden, Utah, a curfew law has
been adopted. The bells are sounded at
8 or ft P. according to the season, and
after that hour boys or girls under 16
years of age, unless accompanied by a
parent, a guardian or a friend, or pro
tided with a permit, are liable to arrest
A sunuar law is in
The Qneeu of Servla.
Natalie, Queen of Servia, was. married
to Prince Milan Oct. 17, 1875. Natalie,
who is every inch a Queen, is a daughter
of the late Russian Colonel, Keschko, by
his wife Pulcheria, Princess of Stourdza.
Milan was crowned King of Servia March
6, 1882, and, in October of that year, as
the King and Queen were entering the
cathedral at Belgrade, Madame Marko
vitch. widow of Lieut -CoL Markovitch,
who had been shot for a dynastic con
spiracy five years, previously, fired at His
Majesty, missing him and wounding a
female looker-on in the thigh. The at
tempted -assassination took place just
after the King's return from Rustchuk,
whither lie had gone to visit Prince Alex
ander of Bulgaria. The couple have a
son, the Crown Prince Alexander, born
Aug. 14, 1876. QueenNatalie is a strik
ing exception to the general run of the
nobility of the Old World. The inter
' marriage of near relations has done
much to deteriorate once strong races,
but the Queen of Servia is a perfect
picture of healthy womanhood, with a
face of ideal beauty, set off by a wealth
of luxuriant black hair. She has been
well educated and is a peer of the
Queens of Europe.
Gen. Grant's Son-ln-LaAV.
Mr. Algernon Sartoris, says the London
World, has sung himself into the hearts
of so many of his father's tenantry as
belong to the Llangennech estate, whom
he met for 'the first time at a dinner
given at the Coastin Pilot club room, in
the town. When the speeches had been
got through, more lively proceedings set
m, and Mr. Sartoris volunteered a sea
song, which was really done in excellent
style, and went down amazingly. Mr.
Sartoris (a son-in-law of the late General
Grant) has had the estate made over to
him by his father, and will undertake
its management and reside among the
tenants.
The monster petition of the Salva
tion Army regarding the the protec
tion of girls,recently presented to the
English Parliament, was two miles,
six hundred jards and one foot long,
and bore upward of 393,000 signa
tures. The subscriptions to the Grant
monument fund ar f-tui cemmg in,
" Appearances Deceitful.
.The difficulty Of judging a horse by its
looks was illustrated a few years ago in
Philadelphia. Goldsmith Maid, at the
heighthof her glory.for a joke, was taken
from her quarters through a back street,
led to a public place and put up at auc
tion, the spectators bidding in good
faith until the price was run up to $34,
when some one connected with the sta
ble bid $35, the hammer fell, and she wae
led away.
Timid Uaslamps. ' .
The gas furnishedT tHe city of San
Antonio is of a. very inferior quality, and
consequently the streets are very poorly
lighted but they are allowed to burr.
until after daylight. A stranger asked
George Horner, a prominent druggist
" Why do the gaslights burn all night
in this town?" "Because dose gash
lights vas so small dot dey vos afraid to gc
out ven it vas dai'c Texas Sittings.
Sunday In Scotland.
Scotch reverence for the " Sawbath,"
as they call it, is pretty well known, and
has led to many peculiar pieces of . local
legislation. But the good men of Thurso
appear to deserve the belt for strictness
in Sabbath observance. They have sol
emnly come to the conclusion that the
cemetery gates mast be kept closed on
the Lord's day, so that the deadly sin of
taking a Sabbath stroll among the graves
may be discouraged.
A Scamp's Clever Trtek.
After a severe illness an Englishman
shaved off his whiskers and otherwise
disguised himself. He then went
to his doctor and said that he was a
brother of the sick man, who, he assert
ed, was now dead. He thus obtained a
certificate of his own death, had his own
decease registered, drew the burial
money from his lodge, and decamped,
Practicing Medicine In New Jersey,
" What are those peculiar-looking ani
mals you have in that glass case, Doc
tor ? " a gentleman asked a New J ersey
physician.
" Those are Rahway mosquitoes."
" Is it possible ! I never saw mosquit
oes so large before. JBut wnat ao you
keep them for?" '
"As a substitute for leeches. They
cost less.'
' A Popular Craze.
"What shall I play for you, Regi
nald?" asked the fair young graduate
of the musical college.
" Anvthinar you please," replied the
gilded youth.
" Do you love Sullivan T
" I do," replied the musical enthusi
ast "he can 'slug' the Lead off McCaf
frey every time."
European Armies.
The largest standing armies in Eu
rope are tho-.e ol Kussia, France, and
Germany. -The IIuiun Is on a peace
footing, 7S0,(.'0:j ; war footing, 2,100,000,
The French is on a peace footing, 518,
642; war looting LVjiJ,000. Germany,
on a peace looting, 44'j,000; war footing,
2,650,000.
THE SAMSON JACK & PRESS CO.,
BLACK aiVGH. N. V. Manufactnren of
fear a misdemeanor.
r. . A. r ill, A
'fCat,RrN.v7:T but at a fearfully slow rate,
Hand
Power
PEE38E3
Ot Evnrr LJ-
criuuzu
Soitabl for
BAILING
HTDKS, HAT,
WOOL,
HEr, HOP,
COTTOH,
AXD HAKUSa.
A no for
FP.ESSINO
TOBACCO,
DBT GOODS,
diukx rmcrr,
lud, on.
wins, ciDca
CHKBia. AMD
TBKUB.
Also Xsu'f'tr
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tags
IT LEADS ALL
No other blooi-Durlf vine medicine is made
or has ever been prepared, which so com
pletely meets the wauls of physicians and
the general public as
Ayer's Sarsaparilla.
It leads the list as a truly scientific prepara
tion for ali blood diseases. If there is a lurk-
Vfinnrin a mg tana or Scrofula about you,
OlmUrULH AVUK'S SAIISA1-ARILLA Will
Pi-rrr-ri'i Aveus Saiuapauilla
UHlHnrill true rei.ic.lv. It has
Ulce
Sc
dislMlu it and extKjl it from your system.
ror cousin uuoiiiii or scroiuious uatarrn.
M the
rei.ic.lv. It has cured
numberless cases, it will stop the nauseous
catarrhal, discharges, ami remove the sicken
ing odor or the breath, which are indications
Of scrofulous origin.
"IIuttc,Tox.,Sopt 28,1882.
!iUJo "At theai; of two veart one of
SCO "? cliil.'veii was terribly aitlieted
w.lh ulcerous running sores oil its
face and neck. At the same iitnu ils eyes '
were swollen, much inflamed, and-very sore,
Qnnr LTl'CQ Physician told ns that a tmw
Olmt, Cltd erf ul altOTAtiTe mclicine uiust
be smployed. They united in reconnnoitdiiis ,
Ateb'8 SARftAPARll.t.A. - A few doses pro
duced a pcrceiAlble improvement, which, by , '
an adherenca to your direciious, was ooiiiut- .
ned to a complete and iwrm iiiout cum. N't -evidence
Inis since appears I of the oiteueo "
of ny scrofulous tendencies; and no tr cle
ment of any disorder was ever attended by
inoro prompt or effectual rt-stills.
Yours truly, U. K. Juhxsoa."
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NO MEDECINE OR SURGICAL OPERA
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Curb
It has received the endorsement of the
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wnerever tnca, na given enure sauslactlon,
and where it fails to relieve the money 'will
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Thest Seats will be furnisbed at the follow
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Cherry 5.00 V Disc omit to Fhisicians
Poplar ...w.5.00)
Directions for usiug will accomoanv each
Seat.
We trouble you with no certifleateh. Wa
leave the Seat to be its advertiser. -
Address,
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