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TARBORO', N. C, rJ "TJRSDAY NOVEMBER 5, 1885.
NO. 45
PROFESSION I. (ARW.
yALTEB P. WTTJJA MMON ?
Attorney-at-Law,
I TARBORO, N. C
Office next that of CoL J. L. Brldgers, over
Bell's Jewelry store, Main street.) --j
Practices In State and Federal Gonrta
T1RA.NK POWELL,
ATTORNE TAT 1st W
TlKBOBOi
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N. C.
pIUNK N
; 1 TARBORO, M. O. I
Practices In all the Courts, 8 tat and Fed
eral.
JFrom night till
erss
GBOEG HOWARD, '.v:-
' AtttmMy JadioTuiuIoTat Law
1 TAUBOEC N. C.
ty Practices in all the Gonrta, State and
Federal. . . uov.rij.
NDREW JOTNEB,
ATTORNET-AT-LA Wy
GREENVILLE, N. C.
rn futiira will resrularlv attend tha Snnerfor
ourts of Edgecombe. - Office in Tarboro Hoosev
G.
Mi T. FOUNTAIN,
THE REMINISCENCES OF A. AlRT.
M ftrst my very first; hfc nnmewns Will
A handsome fellow, ut, with curly hair
And lovely eyes. I haTehia locket stilL
He went to Galveston and settled there:
At least I heard so. Ah. dear me dear me!
How terribly In love he used to be!
The second. Robert Hill, he told hia love
; The first night that we met. T was at a ball
Afooliahboy. He carried off my glove. .
W aat onthaU the dances In the halL
And flirted in the most outrageona way.
Ah,mel how mother scolded all next day 1
The third woke np my heart,
morn,
From morn till night I dreamed of him:
I treasured np a rosebud he had. worn:
- My tears and kisses made his picture dim.'
Strange that 1 cannot feel the old, old flame .
When I remember Paul that was his name.
The fourth and aftb1 wire broUieraWarina at
that; ... ... ' ; ' --.:.. v '-" - "
Good fellows, kind, devoted, clever, too. -
Twas rather shabby to refuse th em f 1 1
Yacht Bailing, with the MiaseaOarretsonl
He never cared for me I found that out
Despite the foolish clinging of my hone: -'
A few months proved it clear beyond a doubt.
I steeled my heart; I weald not pine or mo De-
Bat masked myself in gayety, and went ' -To
grace his wedding when the cards were
sent.
So those were all my loves. My husband! Oh,
I met him down in Florida one Fall
Rich, middle-aged, and prosy, as you know;
He asked me: I accepted: that is alL
A kind, good soul; he worships me but then
I never counted him in with other men.
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELJjOR AT LAW,
i larooro. N. U..
Office vr Insurance Office of Capt. Orrcn
WUliasis. f eb3l-6m
U. A. OlLLLaX. DorVXIIX GllXUM
Q.ILLIAM & SON
Attorneys-at-Law,
1 TARBORO', N. C.
. Will practice In the Counties of Edgecombe,
Halifax and Pittw and in the Courts of the
first Judicial District, and in the Circuit and
upreme Courts at Kaieign. janll-iy.
THE
KOTTST OLITET CREMATORY.
Ap-
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TAS. NORFLEET,
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Attorney-at-Law,
.TARBORO, ,- - If- C
CIRCUIT. Edgecombe, Nash and WU-
eon. Loana negotiated on reasonable I erms.
J
L, BRIDGERS & 80N,
Attorneys-at-Law,
TARBORO,
14 Uy
N. C.
"JOSSEY BATTLE.
Attorney at Law
TARBORO. - - - -
Practice in the courts of Nash. Edeecombe,
Wilson and Halifax counties. Also in the
federal and 8unrane Court.'" Tarboro office.
up-stairs over new Howard -building, Maiu
street, opp. Bank front room. apr 1 84
R. H. T. BASS
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Offers his prof ea 1 serricea.to theati-
teos of Tarboro and vicinity.
Office in T. A. McNaira drag store on Main
Street
rviUi. N.CARB,
Surgeon fifZsX. Dentist,
TARBORO, N. C.
Office Lui a, tron9 a. m.'till 1 p. m. and
' joil i'Xo 6 o. m
y Next door to Tarboro House, over
Royster St Nash.
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R. R. W. JOYNER,
SURGEON
DENTIST
Has rvermanentlY located in Wil
son. N. C- All ' ODerations will be
neatly and. carefully performed and
on terms as reasonable as possible.
Teeth extracted wit ioat pain. Office
on Tarboro street, next door to Post
Office. ; Jan-l bm
Intereatlns Description of the
paralua la which the Dad
are Bnrned.
The crematory on Mount Olivet, Lobr
Island is fashioned of white marble and
brick. The architecture is a modification
of the Grecian temple. The front is two
storiea higfu In the front is located, the
office and reception-room and a con
cierge rie above, where the superintendent
resides. The chaple is simple in its interior
finish. The interior walls are used as a
columbarium where the ashes of the dead
may be placed in niches.
In the rear of the chapel is a dais where
all believers or non-believers may perform
the last sad rites. In front stands the
catafalque ,or permanent fixture. The
section of the chapel floor directly under the
catafalque constitutes the floor of an
elevator, by means of which,- as soon as
the catafalque is closed, the body is car
ried noiselessly and imperceptibly to the
incinerating chamber in the basement.
The religions services and the incineration
consume about an hour. In the base
ment on one side is a hot securing vault
and on the other a cold securing vault.
The former is intended for cases of coma
or trance. The temperature is so high
that if Jife exists in a body it must soon
be made manifest and, if not, the evidence
of death will be ' quickly revealed. The
frigidarinm, or cold vault, is used for the
preservation of bodies awaiting the arrival
of distant friends. Near the receiving
vaults is the urn room or aldiculanum,
where aldicuLe and vases fof ashes may be
obtained.
In the rear of the basement is located
the incinerating apparatus. It consists
mainly of -a furnace and a gas producer. .
The apparatus is m perfect in its work
ing that .only a very- small fraction of the
gases obtained from; the fuel Is lost. All
the waste heat is stored in' an 'elaborate
mass of interlarded firebricks. The gas
from the producer is introduced through
fire slits throughout the surface length? of
the compartment. The sister cliamber.of
the pair serves m the same manner to
supply hot air which entera the furnace in
conjunction wth the- fpiO.,- An intensely
hot name thus proddced plays upon and
around the two retorts. This flame now
descends into the opposite pair of chambers
whose interlaced brickwork will speedily
attain a white heat on top. All that is
volatile will be driven off, escaping
through a flue at the rear end of the re
tort - Thence the body is conducted into
the regenerative chamber, . where it re
mains subjected to an intense heat until
completely broken up and burned. The
framework of the body separated from
the volatile matter is now carl ionized and,
as viewed through the spyiholes, is lumin
ous and incandescent. On the1 admission
of oxygen from the atmosphere when the
door of the retort is opened oxidation is
completed and the mass disintegrates into
a pure, .pearly-white ash, about 4 pertem,-
of the original weight. In no instance
dnrinir the progress of the work do the
flames come in contact with. the corpse;
and the gndeous products ' are rendered
thoroughly innocuous and odorless before
being liberated.
1m SAVAGE,
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LlVerV. Sale, &XClia,ri$e drop and he should bend'Hwonldrui
I everything. He reached a massive garden
Horrid Predicament of a Dad.
Alfonso was" a dainty Iouisville dude, a
memlier of that class we Bbould from
dnilv wear exclude and put it under glass.
He could not take a healthy ureal n, ior
like excess of steam, so tight was ne
squeezed beneath, 'twould open every
seam, i He had his cane tied to his hand
with : daintv silken string : if it should
and Feed Staples,
Corner Gkajtvujji A St. Ajwsbw Stkutb
TABBOBO'. Jl. C,
Those Stables are the larsrest In the State.
and have a capacity of hoidW. ten ear-loads
oi stock. ' uive nun a cau. , lamoy
JUTHER SHELDON,
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DEALEK IN
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BUILDER-' HARDWARE,
PAINTS, OILS, GLASS,
And Buildlue Material of every description
VOS. IS W. 8IDB VARKKT 8QUAKK A
49 ROANOAKX AVE
NORFOLK, VA.
November 1883. 18,1-y. '
WILLIAMSON,
Manufacturer of
Fine M-Maile Harness,
Opposite H, Mobbis & Bbos.,
walL a foliage hid retreat : was just about
to give a call when, falling to his ieet, a
silver doUar-all he had went ringing to
the street, i I will not say the dude was
mad : the word is incomplete. Here waa
-nrettv how to da: the auae was desper
ated He dare not bend, ior ne weu anew
what then would be his fate- He was no
Vanderbilt, to lose a dollar in that way.
There wasn't much for nun to choose, ana
time for no delay. There was no Arab
tie re U scoff at his sad misery, so he must
take his trousers off or let the aoiiar oe.
Now all waa dark : no one was near. Ah,
shield him. shades of nightl He did the
deed in trembling fear, and got his tin all
rlirht. Row wowl What'Bthat? Alfonso
knew . he'd : heard that sound before.
Just as , he was, like wind ne new ; oui
throneh an open door old Towser leaped.
He made a break and caught the trousers
fast. Alfonso didn't stop to shake his
grip but hurried fast. V. The gardener came
running then "Hi, Towser, bring it here!
Ha, hal .That dude's been here again;
v,iit thia 1s miirhtv queer. He must have
fnmnni clear from his clothes, I'll bet a
dollar note. ' I'll nse these trousers now,
guess, for sleeves to fix my coat."
t Cremation In Italy.
PromRtbni is becoming rapidly popular
in ItSy. - The crematorium at Milan has
all the business it can do, and the demand
upon its accomodations is constantly
Wrefuincr. The Milan crematorium
kiiVh vpn-dpan work ot incineration,
and leaves only a couple of 'handfuls of
dust and ashes to be taken care of. The
process is remarkably cheap the cost of
everything, including the marble tablet,
being less than $i0. It is said that the
system is such as to make the process
rather attractive than otherwise, ana
nothing ghastly meets the eye.
Tha
TARBORO,
M a
"What was the trouble at church
j this morning?" inquired one Dak ota
lAJHnn nf another. "I understand
f.hflrn was a row.
h. it didn't amount ta anytning,
' . i it t i
Snm of the memDers in wie uacs.
tmwb threatened to shoot the minie
ter unless ne 6joaw wuua.
I was all." : ' . X - .
XAXTH8 A CRANBEEKY BOO.
CleaMnx Away Stumps Preparing
for Proat Bulldlnz Dikes , -Landlna:
on lee, etc. ?
A farmer who has not the readv mnnev.
and who has the other essentials for a
cranberry bog, will mortgage his farm to
pui uvrnia source of revenue. , The first
essential is a swamp with a peat bottom.
During the winter the available wood is
cut off, and the smaller Btumps are re--moved,
the larger ones being left for tha
frost to throw out. During the milder
days. the., work -; goes on of removing
stnmps, levelling, and filling in with turf.
After the larger stumps have been re
moved, and the bog made comparatively
level, thedikes are built.- These are built -at
such distances apart as to inclose three
or four acres of bog, so that the inclosed v
space can be readily overflowed by shut--ting
the sluiceways in the dike. - The bet
ter to carry off the water, ditches are dug
Wdtr to a principal ditch puralM with
' ' 1 the bog must be sanded
V t.v ta of, three, .or fonr'Jnches, feeing
dratnecUot water as mnchv as possible bo
fore J sanding.- The frost usually throws
the bog. In anticipation of this, the Ice
over the bog is covered with sand during
the winter, especially if the bog has been
planted, with vines the previous fall, so
that in the spring the ice melting dis
tributes the sand on the bog, thus saving
cartage,
The second essential to a bog is a sand
bank or hill near the swamp, supplying'
sand that must be free from loam, since"
loam brings in weeds. In the spring or
fall, when the bog is sanded, it may be
planned, the intention being to save as
much time as possible. The first year
there is little trouble from weeds, but the
second and third summer after planting
the vines it is necessary to weed thor
oughly, and to keep the water in the
trenches low, so as not to encourage the
growth of weeds. After the third year the
ines are strong enough and cover the bog
sufficiently to take care of themselves.
The vines are cut with scythes from an
existing bog, and planted by being placed
m the new bog, three or four inches deep,
justbelow the sand.
The third year the bog is expected to
bear and to pay all expenses of construc
tion. During the second year It mav pos
sibly pay interest on the money spent in
making it. The year after the third is
usually the best bearing year ; after that
the yield is about equal The greatest
danger is from frost. A continual watch
has to be kept after the first year, and the
bog has to le "flowed" immediately.
Sometimes a frost in June or last of May
will injure the budding vines, thus de
stroying a year's crop. The next visita
tion most feared is that of insects, which
ruin the berry and leave their eggs for the
next year. The remedy is to burn and
thus destroy the bog, or the infected part
of it, or, to flood it. Drought and forest
fires are other dangers, When the bog
is "flowed" to avert frost, there- is a dan
ger, 11 the succeeding day is very warm
and the vines are bearing berries, that the
heat may ruin the fruit while it is exposed
wet to the sun. It is desirable to keep
the berries as long on the vines as possi
ble, as they turn dark when ripening, and
the darker the berry the higher the mar
ket price, other qualities being equal
The picking is a picturesque sight, the
costume for the women being a calico
"dress and a sun-bonnet fin shape the
same as the - Shakers wear). They pick'
with' their backs to the sun, in rows
divided by striDgs, to insure "clean pick
ing," each one being kept in the pre
scribed place till the vines are well
picked. A cranberry barrel is smaller
than ordinary, 100 quarts to the barrel
'beintrthe rule, but thevsre tiehtlv pressed
aad forced in, so .that after shipping they
are found to be solid in the barrel A
dealer will have nothing to do with a
barrel in which the- berries shake. . A
good price is $10 per barrel Sometimes
it is $16 to $17, or more. It "pays" at
$4 per barrel but good berries never sell
as low as that. The cost of making a
bog, athart from the cost of the swamp,
is about $250 per acre. It is desirable to
put in at least ten acres, as a certain
amount of diking has to be done, and
possibly a reservoir built, so that the
more acYes this incloses, the less the ex-
pence per acre. A very good yield of
berries would be 100 barrels to the acre.
This at $10 per barrel (the average price
in good years), is $1000, after an expen
diture of, say, $450 per acre for making
the bog, picking, and in running ex
penses for three years from the break
ing of the swamp.. After the fourth
year the average yield , is perhaps from
sixty to eighty barrels per acre. Some
farmers store their berries until the next
Bpnng, Doping tor better prices, out it
has been usually found that the shrink
age more than equals the advance in
price.-Harper's Weekly.
SEPEXEVZD, BUT AH IDIOT. I
A Southern Boy Caught In the Art cf
Desertlnc and Condemned To I ;
She Before the Hnsk'ets.
' One night,' "when I was sergeant cf a
picket . posfr wellf advanced , to- arl V. a
Union lines, instructions were reefciv '
to keep a sharp watch for desert rs. ICo
more than an hour later we m
ture. A boy, about eighteen
"private in a Georgia regime
camp with the intention of.
home, which. was then inside
lines. . He was not over bright, and w'
brought in by a picket he seew ed to 1
npon .the matter as a joke. It was c
when he was escorted to camp : an 1
under guardcharged wjth. trying t
text to the enemy, " that he seerr I.
realize the gravity of his situation.
J A court martial made short wor1
case. Theonly defence -he set -that
he washif W" K nd v
jiis mother, nnd
e a ( ;
.s c '. ,
had 1
Itlr-f i
tae Un-
1
it , fLATTJg CARDS,
PrsntMlvs Baeh.ro sac ni the
V,. UainelsPIayea.lmprtnee of
- As a variation, or addition, to the regular
game, the innovation known as progressive
eurihre possesses some clabaa to merit.
The ordinary rules of euchre govern the
game, with some obvious exceptions, and
a progressive euchre party should consist
of three tables, of four , persons. Little
strips of cardboard should be prepared be
forehand, with a loop of ribbon by which
they, may be attached to the dress or coat
of the player. One of these is drawn by
each person. Ace is written on four cards,
king on four and queen on the remaining
four. Those who draw the ace slip take
the ace table, which is the highest in rank ;
those with the king slips take the second
and the queens the third table, -which is
the lowest in rank, One amusing part of
.this "game Is that font gentlemen may'
LAKS 0E THE KID SIGHT SUK.
Ice-
that he v- f I for JJfraw lIe sups ior me same lame, or lour
retnrn- tuiit "n.-i-rv. . . " 'iir4iem which case they are doomed to
An American Author
Mr. W. D. HoweUs long ago acquired a
transatlantic reputation as a great artist,
but the Pall Mall Gazette feels moved to
emphasize that fact by declaring that
"slowly and by gradual tentative stages
even we Philistine English people are be
ginning with a grudging reluctance to
perceive It. The extreme delicacy ana
lightness of bis . humor, the exquisitely
evaueateut v aroma of his tmly native
genius, have prevented a solid, stolid,
hard-headed race, brought up on beef and
beer and Dickens, from readily appreciat
ing the unrivalled daintiness and grace-
fullness of his masterly touch. We are,
as a nation, too slow and heavy to rise at
once to the airy little bait he dangles so
cleverly and fantastically before us. And
then, Ado,-he has jesolntety and sternly
set his face against that last superstition
of the 'Dark Ages, that - a ; novel must
necessarily base itself upon a fact or in
cident utterly unusual In ordinary life.
To judge by the average run of British
novels, an Intelligent inquirer of the
twenty-fifth century might come to the
conclusion that In the opinion of English
men of the age of Gladstone a murder, a
bigamy, the forging of a will or a bank
robbery were the only episodes in human
life worth a moment's consideration from
a rational being."
The Provident Ittule.
- A Mule having received a nice present,
hid it carefully away in a hollow tree.
"Why did you hide your present?"
asked one of the animals. 1
"Because I intend to keep it for. my
children."
"But suppose you should have no
children?" '
"Then it will do just as well for my
Grandchildren." replied the Mule, with a
poetic expression of parental tenderness.
Moral: This Fable teaches that a man's
foresight may be so far-reaching as to sag
in the middle and eet blunt at the busi
ness end. Life,
Sunday School Teaching.
Mother "No, darling, Dolly can't goto
heaven!"
Mother is Darling "Never mind, Dollie,
if Dollifi tan't do to heaven, we will both
of us do to H "
A lady living in Rappahannock
county, Va., had twelve stands of
bees, which were very valuable until
a distillery was started in the neigh
borhood. Since it was started, how
ever, the bees pay frequent visits to
ih n4ilL cat verv drunk, and are of
7 O af
little profit
have been something tn thia -appear had
ne not admitted t hat he knew his home to
be within the Union lines-and that there
was a strong probability of his being cap.
tured by the federals. . .
From the hour he was sentenced to be
shot he was placed under , my charge. 1
think it was about a week from the find
ing of the court martial to the day of the
execut ion. For the first two or three days
the boy was like one struck dumb, and he
answered no questions. When this state
of mind wore off he spent most of his time
in weeping, praying and writing Tetters.
It was only on the night before the execu
tion that he became talkative. As I car
ried in his supper he asked: ; T
"Sergeant, did you ever see a deserter
shot?" .
"Yes."
"How is it done?"
"By a file of men. Six of my squad
haA'e been detailed in you case."
"Will they blindfold me?"
-Yes."
"Will I stand up?"
"Xo, you will be seated on your coffin."
He ioke with more curiosity than con
cern, and I was glad to see it. So long
as he had to die it was better to show a
brave front. I sought to encourage him
in this, but he replied : ; :
"(.)!, you needn't be afraid of my break
ing down. ' All I ask of you is to make
quick work of it."
Next morning when he marched out
the air was raw and the sky was gloomy
as a pall When I brought him out he
was the cooler of the two. I was nervous
and trembling, while he was absolutely
cool and self-possessed.
"Is it time?" he asked as I went in. -
"Yes."
"Well, Fm ready."
How do you feel?"
"I'm all right."
When we reached the grounds which
had been Selected I saw that about six;
thousand men had been marched np to
I witness the execution. The boy looked
about him with considerable curiosity,
but showed no signs of weakness. , When
we reached the open grave and the coffin
resting in front' of it he caught a quick
breath, and something like terror could be
read in his eyes. ;
I stood there with him while the firing
party retreated a few paces and came to
a front."-- Then an ofllcer came forward
and read the -r barge and the findings. All
this time I haa hohroTthe ooyi naady-wtri
standing shoulder to shoulder. . There waa
no trembling, but his flesh was so- hot
that it seemed to blister mine.
When the officer had finished reading he
stepped away leaving ub along.
"I must blindfold you," 1 said as 1 pro
duced a handkerchief.
"Yes."
"You are going todielikeabraveman.n
"I told yon 1 would."
1 placed the handkerchief over his eyes
and tied the ends at the back of his head,
and then, taking his arm, I whispered:
"You must sit down." --'
"Yes." , -
"I am going now." t-
"Goodby to you, Sergeant. Let it be
over soon!" w
When I had reached the squad there
was nothing to wait for, and the orders,
were issued : ',
"Ready'!" ' .1
"Aim!" . ';
The command "Fire!" was just tremb
ling on my lips when an officer waving a
white handkerchief appeared behind the
prisoner. I ascertained, at a later date,
that none of the muskets were loaded, but
this fact was not ever known to the firing
squad. i
The prisoner had been repnevea, I
advanced and broke the glad news to him,
and then removed the bandage from his
eyes and assist ed him to rise.
Great heavens, nut wnai a cnangei a
had a smile on his face the grin of an
idiot! The light of intelligence had gone
out of his eyes, and his first movement
was to spring up, Hop his arms, and crow
like a 'rooster! From t hat moment until
he was finally discharged and sent home
no man heard an intelligent word from
his lips nor saw anything like intelligence
in his face. He was not crazy, but idiotic.
That one minute of awful suspense' had
drowned out the light of reason and so
changed his every look that his. own
mother could not have identified him.'
Detroit Free Press. - '
EthIoiiau Education.. - -
Carpenter (relerring proudly to his boyK
who has just entered). "Brer Ephralm,
dis boy ain' bin goin to school more'n a
year, an he knows all de twenty-six
letters, and so forth resides." - ' ;
Brer Ephraim i"never saw no use'ln
book-larnin', nohow").
say ; if a big chunky boy like dat kyant.
larn more'n twenty-six letters in a year,
he better go to work carryin' plankes."
Carpenter. "Sez dat boy to me-yndder
day, Guvner,' how many legs is a
multerplercazum table got? sez L gibes
it up! S'e, 'Tain got none." :.: . .
Brer Ephraim. "What sorter fool talk
dat 'bout table ain' got no legs? Dat's
jes' what " "
Corpenter. "Yes, but you see hit's one
uv dese tables liker almanick, whar yon
say nine times nine is eightynine, er." .
Brer Ephraim. "Den he all .de mo'
fool, ef it ain' got no legs fur to ask you."
Harper's Bazar.
play .together, far the laws of, progressive
euchre are like those of -The Medes and
Persians, which alter not."
The players seated at their respective
tables, the game begins in earnest, and as
booh as the ace table has made five points
a little bell at thia table is rung, which
means that the other tables are to - stop
playing, even if they are at the very crisis
ef a game. This la tantalizing sometimes,
and the little bell comes to be regarded as
a cruel fate. On the other hand, the ace
table is sometimes slow in its playing,
which gives the other .tables time to go on
making points ad infinitum. On the ring
ing of the ben, those who have won the
game at the ace table are decorated, not with
the Cross of the Legion of Honor, or even
the victoria Cross, but with a small wafer,
which Is attached to the strip of cardboard.
This couple retain their seats, while the
two defeated ones move down to the king
table, and the successful players at the
king table move up to the . ace table. The
same change is made in the queen table,
consequently a continual change of part
ners is going on at all the tables, which,
with the decoration of the successful play
era, occasions no small amount of mer
, . Prizes are given at the close of the
game. Here the Ingenuity and fun of the
hostess find ample scope. One prize is
given to the best player, the one whose
strip of cardboard bears most wafers. They
should. be something pretty, even if very
Simple and inexpensive. The second prize
Is called consolation and is given to the
least successful player. This gift may be
something grotesque and have . some
humorous verses attached, which will add
much to the gayety of the evening.
When refreshments are to be served, it is
generally arranged at what time the ace
table shall stop playing. A cessation of
hostilities affords time for passing around
some slight refreshment, An elaborate
supper seems out of place on such an
occasion, a the players are usually
anxious to return to their game and de
cide their fates for the evening,
- If etiquette be important in the ordi
nary affairs of life, how much more so is
It in the card room and at the whist table,
says a writer on the game.. Etiquette is
often but a form. At whist, etiquette is
but a substance. II a man will not send
his card or call at another's house, he may
hope to be forgiven; bat at whust, the
player who does not attend to the etiquette
?we?$cxlncajry m pod taste and the usages of
tne Tame, wis orrenoer win be properly
snunned. etiquette in whist phraseology,
is a term synonymous with honest. In
attention to the etiquette of the game
causes more bickerings and heartaches
than the worst player out of bedlam, and
goodness knows the bad players are nearly
sufficient to drive ordinary people mad.
But because men are bad players surely
there is no occasion to add to their ether
offences the total disregard of etiquette.
Some people are so thick-skinned that
nothing short of a penalty will ever pre
vent their breaking a rule. These drop a
card bee upward and snatch it np again
and think they have done something
clever instead of having committed
heinous offence ; or they lead out of turn,
and when ultimately they get the lead
they send ont the exposed card like a flash
or lightning, and again think they nave
done something clever.
It is not etiquette to get into a passion
and throw down .the cards. It is not
etiquette for the young whist player to de
ride or be angry with his seniors. If, in
dealing, yon expose an ace and your ad
versaries elect to let the deal stand, it is
not etiquette to misdeal In dealing it is
not etiquette to count the cards on the
table or in the hand and then declare you
have not done so to avoid a misdeal It
is not etiquette to bet with an outsider
without first offering the chance to your
adversaries. The breach of this law causes
more anger than almost any other. It is
not etiquette to wrangle with your op
ponent on any disputed point when there
is a bystander to whom you can reier.
Such bystander having decided, although
you think him wrong, it is not etiquette
further to argue the . point, but it is
etiquette to submit with good grace.
Having revoked once it is not etiquette to
revoke again to cover your blunder; nor
' is it etiquette to make any exclamation
calling your adversaries' attention to the
fact that you have revoked. The excitable
and, talkative players may bear this in
mind, and they will do well to remember
that at whist nothing should be said dur
ing the play of the hand.
Farm Houses Perched Aloft on
land mountains.
A correspondent writes from Iceland de
scribing a voyage aiound the island. The
fiords or bays, in which all but the south
coast of the island abound, are narrow
arms of the sea, running far in between
the mountain chains that radiate from the
land like the fingers from one's palm, only
not with the same regularity. Not more
than a few miles wide at the month, they
grow gradually narrower as they proceed
inland, until terminating at the foot of a
small valley beyond. To get some idea of
this lay your hand palm downward upon
a table and sughtly spread- the fingers.
Now your hand represents the island and
the table the sea, and calling the distance
from the tips of the fingers to their junc
tion with the hand twenty miles you have
some idea of the proportions, except, per-
habe, that the mountains are very high.
Jflverywnere these mountains rise abrupt
ly from the sea-often standing a-, per.
pendlcuiar wail hundreds offset in height,
and . then sloping gradually back to the
peaks above.. Here and , there along the
sides, onfBome slope less steep than the
rest, surrounded by a few acres of ground,
which presents no very striking contrast
to the lava waste surrounding it, can be
seen the turf-covered huts of the Icelandic
farmer ; and at the end of the fiord on
the web between the fingers stands the
cluster of well built houses forming the
village which supplies tie surrounding
country with most of the necessaries of
life. These houses are generally owned by
foreigners and sometimes by one man a
company of Norwegians who work the
fisheries about the island during the sum
mer, or a Danish merchant who may have
several trading stations along the coast.
Often, on passing the end of the prom
ontories which separate the fiords, a
small farm can be seen lodged on the
slope high above the water, or in some
small valleys between the mountains,
where none but an Icelander would think
it possible to live. Here, on a spot that
cannot be reached from the sea, except in
very calm weather, and which is inaccessi
ble from the land several months in the
year, these people live, contented and
seemingly satisfied to spend their days as
their fathers have done before them,
though well acquainted, by reading, with
other and more inviting countries.
To one who has always lived in a coun
try where night and day perform their
proper functions, such strange antics of
the meteorological phenomena are, to say
the least, decidedly novel
One hardly knows where to go to bed,
and, indeed, one, two and three often finds
us wide awake as ever, pacing the deck,
while the sun, after descending from the
west and bowling along the northern
horizon for an hour or more, is already
mounting the heavens with a long, majes
tic, eastward sweep. .
, '"- BIsadTmntagea' of India Life.
The number of persons killed by wild
beasts and poisonous , snakes in India in
1883 was 23.005. .against 22,125 in . 1882 :
"Dat's ies what Iiy.057 death were due- to the. bites of
rr lllm itat Vnnt . vmfonnnna ant mala. QfUl nnranna were de
voured by tigers, 287 by wolves and 817 by
leopards. The loss of cattle amounted to
47,478 tnimalH, an increase of 771 over the
preceding year: .While most of the deaths
of human beings were due to the bite of
snakes only 1,644 cattle were thus poison
ed. More than three-quarters of the
deaths took place in Bengal and in the
provinces of the Northwest; 19,890 dan
gerous niTTd were killed during the
year.
Thoroughly Prepared.
A Suabian village clergyman wa , ex.
horting a young couple wha had come to
ask him to put up the banns : 'o, .then,
my dear young friends, you wish to enter
the holy estate of matrimony. But have yon
thoroughly prepared yourselves for the
important step you are about to take?"
We have that," replied the damsel ;"weve
stuck a pig aud killed a dozen chickens,
and w!ve baked tarts and cakes enough
to make the tables bend with the weight.
That ought to be sufficient. " ,
mental Subtlety. ;
(On Hie steamer in mid-ocean.)
First Old Chappie : Going across?
Second O. C. : Yes. You?
Epigrams.
If yon wish to keep your name untarn
ished, scour .your aoor-piate mgnc
morning. .
Shake pe re was not a broker; but does
any one know of a man who has furnished
so many stock quotations?
r : A contemporary asks: "What is the
difference between a man and a pitcher?"
At times the difference is very striking.
The man may be full and the pitcher
empty
'Why is a shoemaker one of the most
! paradoxical persons in existence? Why,
because, you see, although he nnisnea
4 his shoe at the beginning, he always begins
at the last.
. A man becoming angry because his gun
kicked badly, his companion said ; Guns
are but human, after all: They are almost
sure to kick when the load is too heavy.
A molder named Scott at St. Louis
fell into a pit yesterday, andlO.600
pounds of molten iron fell upon him
from a large ladle. The miserable
man waa seen to writhe several
times, and when the body was recov
ered it was a charred mass. - - -r
Baleigb is to be lighted by electric
light. . V
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Ben and the Bunco Man.
A New York bunco man touched Ben
Maglnley, the actor, on the shoulder one
day and exclaimed : - "Why, my dear old
friend, how do you do ?"
'I haven't felt better in twenty years,"
replied Ben taking in the situation at a
glance.
" Fm real glad to bear it How are all
the folks?"
-All right, except Bill"
;Why, te WUllam elckr'-, - -
he collided with that red Lull of old
Jones'?" ;:
That is very sad; a man should be
careful when he's fooling around cattle."
Hal Ha!" roared Ben. "Bill isn't a
man ; he's our old white bull", and his
laugh occupied more of Broadway than a
healthy foghorn would have done. If the
"bunco man wanted any more to prove to
him that he had caught a greenhorn,
Ben's hillside laugh settled the question.
"Now," said he, "I have a friend in
New York who has shown me all the
sights worth seeing ; so I can start right
in and show them to you. What do you
say?"
"Why," said Ben; "I'm here to see
everything you've got worth seeing, but,
young than," and he took a most tender
hold of the lappel of the steerer's coat,
' I have been telling stories to Presidents
and Princes for the last forty years, and a
tear wells up into my eye as I think of
how sad a thing it is to have to correct
the impression you have formed of me.
I need say no more than that, like my
illustrious brother, Forrest, I served the
first part of my apprenticeship in a cir
cus." And with a trip and a box under
the ear, the bunco-steerer was tangling
himself in the gutter in the middle of
Broadway while Ben moved quickly down
the street whistling "I Am a Pirate
King."
How They Once I'aed JTIe for a Statue
ol Liberty.
I remember once, a great while ago, I
was asked by a friend to go with him in
the evening to the house of an acquain
tance, where they were going to have a
kind of mnsicale, at which there was to be
some noted pianist, who had kindly con
sented to play a few strains. I did not
get the name of the professional, but I
went, and when the first piece was an
nounced I saw that the light was very un
certain, so I kindly volunteered to get a
lamp from another room. I held that big
btmp, weighing about twenty-nine pounds,
for half an hour, while the pianist would
tinky, tinky upon the right hand, or bang,
boomy to bang, bang down on the bass,
while he snorted aud slugged that old
concert grand piano and- almost knocked
its teeth down its throat, or gently dawdl
ed with the keys like A pale moonbeam
shimmering through the -bleached rafters
of a deceased house, until at last there was
a wild jangle, such as the accomplished
musician gives to an instrument to show
the audience that he has disabled the
piano and will take a slight -intermission
while it is sent to the junk shop.
With a sigh of relief I carefully put
down the twenty-nine pound lamp, and
my friend told me that I had been stand
ing there like liberty enlightening the
world and holding that heavy lamp for
Blind Tom.
.
I had never seen him before and I slipped
out of the room before he had a chance to
Bee me. bill Nye.
Arable.
An Ostrich one day found a Bald Head
lying on the grass, and, not noticing that
it belonged to a sleeping middle-aged
gentleman who always sat next to the
orchestra in the threatre, took it to be an
ostrich egg and determined to hatch it out
at once. The big bird was sitting quietly
on the supposed egg and making plans for
the education of the little ostrich soon to
be born, when, all at once, there was
hatched out, not a little ostrich, but a
blonde chorus-girl dressed in lilac tights
and a green belt,
Moral : This Fable is intended to give a
dim and nebulous hint of the varied and
fanciful appointments which often stock
the interior of a sedate and philosophii
cranium. Life.
Scientifically Prepared Food.
What is called a "steam scientific food
meal company" has begun operations in
London. Its prospectus sets forth that:
"Each separate food meal, with its own
appropriate flesh-forming aud heat-giving
nutriment qualitatively and quantita
tively, is daily prepared, cooked and de
livered In wholesale quantities to all the
numerous agency district shops of the
company, each food meal having its own
special vast food department. All the
successive processes of the food are
worked by appropriate and powerful ma
chinery. There are separate food depart
ments of beef, veal, mutton and some
others. In the beef department, for ex
ample, the carcasses, after being weighed
by the ton in ponderous scales, are cut up
by powerful steam knives, and when
ready are shunted to the heat-giving side,
where appropriate heat-giving nutriment
la carefully added, blended and thorough- 1
ly assimilated by machinery, after which
the whole passes Into the manufacturing
ovens of scientific cooking, after whibh
the food meals are sorted, packed and
ready for wholesale delivery.'.'
This and. That.
The Richmond Herald relates the fol
lowing: "Bead to me, my child," said Dr.
Richard White to his little granddaughter,
and she began reading to him the "This
and That" column of the Herald. Pres
ently the dear old man began to nod, and
the little girl read from the paper (ap
parently): "Some people are never hap
pier than when they are finding fault
with other people, and one of these disa
greeable saints lives at Chatham and
runs a savings bank, and is White."
That waked the doctor up, aud he cried
out, "What's that does he dare to talk
about me that way?"
The little girl replied: " SVhy may ho
not say that about you, grandpa? You
always talk about him when he comes
here."
"Read it again," he said. "I don't like
it, but read it again." And the little girl
then confessed that she had made up that
"just for fun," and that there was noth
ing of the kind in our -'This and That."
We give the story as it conies to us, and
congratulate Dr. White on having such
a granddaughter.
Origin of the Shot Ton er,
One night, in the year 1782, a plumber
of Bristol, named Watts, had a very profit
able dream. He imagined he was out in a
shower of rain, but molten lead fell in
stead of water, and the drops were per
fectly round- When he awoke, he was
struck with the singularity of his dream,
and the idea occurred to him that lead
shot cOjjild be made in this manner. As a
test, he ascended the tower of St. Mary
Redcliffe Church, and poured molten lead
Into some water below. The result fully
satisfied his expectations, and he after
wards sold the invention for a good round
sum of money.
IT LEADS ALL
Ko other blood-purifying medicine is made,
or has ever been prepared, which ao com
pletely meets the wauts of physio lacs and
the general publio as
Ayer's SarsapariUa.
It leads the list as a truly scientific prepara
tion for all blood diseases. If there u s lurk
Qonnrill H ing taint of Scrofula about you,
OlinUrULA Avek'8 Saksapariula will
dislodge it and expel it from your system.
For constitutional or scrofulous Catarrh,
PHTIDDU AVEK'3 SAUSAPARIIiLA. is the
OA I Arm.! true remedy. It has cured
numberless cases, it will stop the nauseous
catarrhal discliurges, and remove the sioken
ing odor of the breath, which are Indications
of scrofulous origin.
" Hutto, Tex., Sept 28, 1882.
'At the am of two Tears one of
QflpCf mv children waa terribly afflicted
OUiikO with ulcerous running sores on Its
face and uouk. At the same time Its eyes
were swollen, much iiinamed, and very sore. -CnDC
CvCO Physicians told us that a pow
OUKC Ulta ertul alterative roedieine must
be employed. They united in recommending
AVer's-Sarsafarill.. A few doses pro
duced a perceptible improvement, which, by '
an adherence to your directions, was contin
ued to arcomplete and permanent cure. Ko
evidence has since appeared- of the. existence
of any scrofulous tendencies; and no treat
ment of any disorder was ever attended by
more prompt or effectual results.
Yours truly, li. V. JOHJiSOK."
PUEl'AnED BY
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Where It Cornea From.1 .
"Here's a queer thing, my dear," said
McSwilligen, to his wife as he looked up
from the paper. ...
What is it, my dear?"
"Why . -the,,, cows in-,Tollance County;
. Coun" are jgetting' drtmk. Apples are
plentiful and a great" deal of cider is be
ing made. - The cows go down to the mills
and drink the cider, Scores of them have
been gloriously drunk within the past two
weeks." I.
"I suppose," rejoined Mrs. McSwilligen,
"that those cows give the milk they make
milk punches from."
I have invented a SIMPLE WATER CLOSET
SEAT, for the cure of the above troublesome
and painful malady, which I confidently place
before the puDiic as a cube itsusr iso
Cube
It has received the endorsement of the
leading physicians iu this community, and
wherever tried, has given entire satisfaction,
and where it fails to relieve the money will .
be willingly returned. "
These seats will De lurmsceu at me iouow-
ing prices:
Walnut.... 6.00)
Cherry. 5.00 Disc ount to Fblalclans
Poplar 6.00)
Directions for nsluff will accompany each
Seat. -
We trouble you with no certificate. We -
leave the Seat to be its advertiser.
Address, :
LEWIS CHAMBERLAIN,
Patentee
Tarboro, Edgeoiube Co.. N. C. je2o-ly
A Slpcular Propoaal.
In a volume of sermons by a popular
preacher, printed some sixty years ago,
the author relates that on an assertion
being made that no one could keep his
thoughts upon any one subject without
wandering only a few moments, a gentle
man, one of bis hearers, offered to give a
horse to a person who controverted hia
opinion even if he could repeat the Lord's
Prayer. Upon these conditions being
gladly accepted, the latter immediately
began "Our Father who art in heaven
but mind I am to have the bridle and sad
dle too," by which digression from the
principal subject he of course lost the
horse.
Satisfactory lies it It .
Clerical-looking GentHuan (to a boy):
"My little man, can you direct me to the
camp meeting?"
Little boy (in great haste) : "Yessir. It's
jest on de odder side of de hill."
lientieman-. "Ah, thanks. 1 suppose
the attendance is large and the results
satisfact try?"
Little boy (with enthusiasm): "Yessir,
de results is wery satisfactory. Me fadder
tapped a kag o'beer jest outside de
groun's, an' sold it all in less 'n an hour,
I 'm goin' fer an odder kag."
Hard Times In Greece.
The financial condition of Greece has be
come serious. Tobacco duties, which were
estimated last yeftr to yield 10,000,000
drachmas, have only brought in 2,600,000
drachmas. Cigarette paper has yeielded
760,000'drachmas, instead of 3,000,000
drachmas ; spirits have produced 300,000
drachmas, instead of 2,140,000 drachmas;
and wine 270,000 drachmas, instead of
3,200,000 drachmas. The deficit is reckoned
.at 16,000,000 drachmas. A drachma of
Greece equals 19.3 cents in American
money, '
- " They Had Not Been Disturbed.
' Husband (looking, around impatiently
ior his Dootg) "My near, will you be so
kind and condescending as to inform me
where in thunder my boots have been
put?"
Wife (with bitter sarcasm) "You will
find them just where you left them when
you came in at 2 o'clock this morning at
the foot of the stairs."
Equal to the Occasion.
"Go into that room and brine that cake
off the table," said a mother to her son.
"It's too dark; I'm afraid to go into the
room." "Go right into that room this in
stant.or I'll go in and bring out the strap. '
"If you bring out the strap," replied the
boy, sobbing, '"bring the cake along
too."
It is reported that King Tbebaw
has been assassinated and paudemo-
m Burmah.
THE SAMSON JACK & PRESS CO.,
BLACK RIVER, tit Y. Hanufactarers of
Mr. George Wm. Childs says that
there is no truth in the ru mors that
Mrs. -Nellie Grant-Sartoris contem
plates applying for a divorce, and
that the stories about her married
life have given Mrs. 'Grant great
pain.
' Aehevtlle has a hospital found ed
by the ladies of the various churches.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 27th.
John Thompson, who murdered Jas,
C. White, a merchant of Glen Alice,
in Roane county, Tenn., last Friday,
was taken from Kingston jail last
night by a mob of one hundred men
and hanged. '
Josh Billings is dead. His last
"spell" was too much for him.
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Uiircsttnii, Lack ol Strenfrth,
nd i lreu feeling aosoimeiy
cured. IZoues, nnisclcsana
nerves receive new force.
Enlivens the mlml and
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f. W I Er 3 Siiflvrlttprroiii complaints
tfca J I vJf pei-ullarU tlieir sex wll.
Sid in DR. IIAKTKK'S IRON TONIO a mfe and
fKTdy cMrt. Hives a dear, lieallliy conipli-xlo.ii.
're.,jt!iit attempts at oiiuti rf. it lnjr only add
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