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BE STJBE YOTJ A.RJI3 RIGrfiT ;THE GO AHEAD.-D Crockett V: iL. bo. fSkK POWELL, 4TT0RXE Y-A TLA W 1 n. a TARBORO, N. O. po in all tbe Courts, State tFed- : 0fiw HOWARD. . , : , Attorney ana vauiuuoi b mwr TAB.BOKC N. C. - - V . " rPraciices in a$ the Courts, State and tfW-' 1 nov.iwy. TyDREW JOYNER, - , : GREENVILLE, N. C." fntnre will regularly attend the superior of Edgecombe. Offie In Tarboro House. FOUNTAIN, 1 nrer Insurance Office of Capt Orrcn Damu. Qixxixm piELIAM & SON Attorneys-at-Law, TARBORO', N. C. trill Dractiee in.the Counties of Edgecombe, iiafax and Pitt, and In the Courts of the wt Judicial District, and In the Circuit and AS. NORFLEET, Attorney-at-Law, 1 . -- 1 'mom-1 - - v. c QB SUIT . Edgecombe, Nash and wu l Loans negotiated on reasonable terms. f L BRIDGERS & 80N, Attorn eys-at-Law , Li KBQ.RO, OSSEY BATTLE. '! Attorner at Law TARBORO, - : - - N. C. f Batitle & Hart, RocKy Mount. N. C, Practice in the court of fiash, Edgecombe, Wilsoa and Halifax counties. Also in the Jatanj'and SuDreme Courts. Tarboro office. dxUtitt over . new Howard building Main ree opp. Baok front room. . apr 1 '84 IF H. T. BASS sr laraoro ana vicinity. . - - ftSce in T. A. McNair's drug store on Kaln test : r - - . If.:l-N. CARS, : D Surgeon Dentist, ; TARBORO, N. C. Office Ldis, irom 9 a. m. 'till 1 p. m. and .dh i io 6 p. m. "Nekt door to Tarboro House, over Eojsjw & Nash. J - ; .' ; ' ra. R. W. JOYNER, M i SURGEON DENTIST Has permanently located in Wil son, 'N. C. All f operations will ,be neatly and carcfajly performed and on terms as reasonable as possible. 'Teeth extracted wit'nat pain. Office on Tarboro street,' next door to Post OfScel : ; - j : ' Jan-1 6m J.L SAVAGE, Sale, Exchange and Wed Stables, CosxEit Gkanvilli'A 8t. Audbew Stkkxts TARBORO', N. C. These Stables are the largest in the State, nd halve a capacity! of holdinf ten car-loads f atocjk. Give him a call. 1anl8y jUTIIER SHELDON, DEALK N 1118 ; GUILDERS' HARDWARE, J t . n ' ; :': PAINTS, jOILS, GLASS, PqildinK Material of every description 08.'lj W. 8IDE y ARRET SQUARE' A 49ROANOAKE AVE., NORFOLK, VA. ?0veBiberl88a. 18,1-y. WILLIAMSON, ( Manafactwer of rilllP 1U pPPOBITE H, MbBBIS & BbOS., XAJBORO', N. G.. THURSDAY : DECEMBER 3, 1885. T NO. 49 HTJMABriXY. VVrinMe and cray. UV ra and torn, -Battered and tossed to the pitiless scorn. Under the frost-bitten pauper so Bnry him deep, leave him to God. Erect no atone above hia breast: His name's unknown no matter the rest. Rustle your satins: caress your down; Kneel at your matin in snowy gown ; Torn to the new-born sun your face; Remember this morning you gave no place Beneath your roof to shelter his head. Yon need now ; the old man's dead I Hurry him home o'er the stony pave Tumble him into the pauper's grave. Only a battered old hulk, whom strife Had battered to death on the sea of life. Ah, roe I his sails were once as bright As those that welcome your young eye's sight And ths water that laved hia vessel's brow. ' With gold were paved as yours are now ; nd the sunny skies below hfe ayes Were filled with the blisses of paradise. - V But bis sails were rent, battered add torn " By the pitiless toueh of human soonO. v-iiife The lowers that wilt oa your milk-white Will give you to-night no rest, no rest : No rest as you whirl in the giddy dance. For a thorn as keen as the probe of a lance Will pierce the conscience within your heart. Bid bliss, sweet Joy and peaee depart, 'r theflowers they sprung from the hand of And sucked the sap from the self -same sod That covers the man you turned away From your roof and fireside circle to-day. t f H. 8. Keller. BROWFS MARRIAGE. Concerning Brown it was said that he never saw a pretty face without falling in love with, it He certainly was of a sus ceptible nature, but he had so much time on his hands and so much money which he considered it incumbent on him to spend, that he had to do something. As he had neither wit nor industry enough to take to trade or sport, he took to falling In love, and in his drowsy and easy-going way did hia best to do his self-imposed vo cation Justice. ' ' One day, after he had carried his fasci nating employment on ten years or so, and wasted a fortune on bon-bons and opera boxes, diamonds and lap dogs, lawn parties and midnight banquets, according to the social and moral qualities of his im- . partial Inamoratas, his friend Robinson suggested it was about time he got mar ried. Brown had a great regard for Robinson, for several reasons. One was that they belonged to the same club, and perhaps still more because Robinson owed him money. Robinson had the tastes of a prince and the income of a parasite. Brown' b ready good nature and plethoric bank account represented all of this in come but a couple of thousand dollars a year, the rent of a house an eccentric old aunt had left to her pet nephew in trust,for fear he would squander the principal if it .was given to him. Robinson had reason to bless the foresight of his venerable bene factor after he finished his share of Robin son senior's estate. It provided hitn, at any rate, with club dues and pocket money, and chance and his "ready wit sup plied the rest That 1b to -say they sup plied nun witn urown, ana lor ten years I Jirowrt taaea tbe xeot vt tuc contract. i vo express sorrow for TJrown. He only smiled when his valet gave him the gossip he had picked up. and went on visiting Miss Robinson. and lending Fred money as of old. , . One morning when Miss Robinson rang for her maid, one of the attendants of tbe house she had a suite of rooms in a quiet house on the Avenue responded. "Where is Jennie?" she asked. 5he went out ' an hour ago, miss," answered the slavev, 'with Mr. Brown's gentleman." Mr. Brown's "gentleman" had brought bo many errands to the house that he was as well known as his master. Miss Robin Bon expressed her anger, got up and dressed herself, and was in a fever of fury at the neglect of her her servitor, when her door was opened with a crash and her brother hurtled In. He had a letter and an en velope crushed in his hand, and his usually Impassible face was white and haggard as anoldman'a- - , "Tou-i --looll: he roared, : "took' at And he threw the paper at her with Such force that striking her on the cheek, It drew from her a cry of pain. She was a methodical woman, however, and without stopping to reproach him for conduct for which she knew there must be a reason, she opened the letter," smoothed it on nor knee and read. New York,- , 168 , My Dear Robinson: uu wm lurxive me. i trust, ror. so com- but I beurlo submit to vrni a. memorandum of our account. If you TARBORO, JlAItKEll'S TONIC. tidn are wasting away from age, dissipa- U "So yon think I ought to get married, eh?" said Brown. : "You ought" returned Robinson de cisively; "ifs too bad. You're frittering yourself away like a raw member, and ril swear there are grey hairs in your mous tache." WeU," said Brown, "perhaps you're right But who is she?" "Didn't you meet my sister when you were at Naples last winter?" demanded Robinson. s "Oh?' retorted his friend. he " 'She's the best and purest girl alive," cried Robinson with sudden animation, dealing the table a .blow with his open palm. "Well who the dtmce said she wasn'?" asked Brown calmly. "I was going to say she wouldn't have me." "My dear boy," said Robinson, drawing his chair closer, and patting his knee in friendly confidence, "you're wrong." J "No," said Brown increduously. "I tell you yes," insisted Robinson. "The poor girl adores you. She has writ ten to me a dozen times, and made me promise never to give it away to you. I am breaking my word, but I can't help it Friendship, dear boy " "Robby," said Brown, getting up, you're a good fellow, Thank you. I'll think vt It." They went out together. As tbey parted at the first corner, Robinson having some special business and Brown an en gagement at the stage door of the Casino, the former borrowed a spare fifty from his friend. While Brown was bowling up town in a hansom. Robinson was in the office of the Commercial Cable Company' .writirg the following dispatch, which he paid for out of the crisp, clean note wnicn had not grown warm in his hand : Miss Louise Robinson, Hotel Ragossy, Paris, ' France. Come home at once, Brown and wedding bells are ready. t . Fbkd. f It was grey morning when Brown's cat footed valet pulled his master's boots off. Invested in his night robe Brown dismissed his attendant His head was hot and the bed looked warm. He opened the window and looked into the mist Then he closed it and lighted a cigar from a stand op the mantle, went to his writing desk and fnxfc one of its compartments produced a little account book ih a cover of aromatic leather. This book was beaded, page for page: F. Robinson, Da. F. Robiksot, Cr. The pages under' 'F. Robinson, ' Dr." were full of dates and figures. Those un der F. Robinson, -Cr." were blank. For half an hour Brown totted up column after column of figures, puffiing his cigar calmly and with as impassive a face as K he had been counting grains of sand In stead of gold. 3ad!" he said, when he had made a totaL "He's too greedy." And he closed the book, threw his cigar and the balance sheet into the grate, rinsed bis mouth out and went to bed. ' Three weeks later IAmerique steamed up the harbor. Tbe first shore visitors to board her at her pier Were Brown and Robinson. The greeting between Robin, son and his sister was charmingly tender. Miss Robinson's reception of Brown was delightfully gentle and confiding. Miss Robinson might have been a few years younger, but she could not have been" more innocent and trustful if she had tried. Happy as she was to meet her old acquain tance, for whose sake the devouring worm had ever since been preying on her cheek, she insisted on "Dear Fred" putting her In the coach. Brown, whose gallantry was natural, however vicious Indulgence bad rendered it performed that office for her maid. It was raining and he insisted on the maid's sharing the coach with them. His valet remained to battle with the tide-waiters. merci&l an nation. little wism a qui or particulars you can obtain it irom my lawyers, lhe balance sheet at pre sent stands: Frederick Robinson. Dr. to Gsorgx Walter Brown. To Cash, m 9 years, 6 months, 18 days, ?H.T50. In view of the extent of th's account, I am under the necessity of closiuot it and ot assum ing no further credit. You will, I hoi. con aider this a receipted tiill.. Yours very truly. Brown. P. S. I nave written to Sliss Robinson personally. There was a rap at the door. It was a a letter for Miss Robinson. She tore the envelope with a nervous hand and a slip of paper dropped to the floor. Her brother caught the figures 10,00 on it and grasped at it She covefad it with her foot and read : Mr Dear Miss Robinson: You wOi pardon me, i am sure, for asking yvu w wxwyt foe oucigew. i lie expense you nave oeen put to upon not to fail on you. a misconception nn'-hf. Yours very truly, II' . T I Miss Robinson picked the slip of paper up and put it in her bosom. "I want to dress for breakfast Fred," she said. "What can have become of Jennie?" "Become of her!" snorted her brother, beating a dainty Japanese stand to wreck with one furious blow. "Why, ; they were married at seven o'clock this morning and are off for Europe by this . time. And I hope the " "Pshaw! Fred," interrupted his sister. "What do you want him dead for? He will never sue you1 for that bill.? What Some Eyes Indicate. Although the purely green eye in dicates deceit and coquetry, the propen sity to greenish tints in the eyes is a sign of wisdom and courage. Very choleric persons, If they have blue eyes, have alio certain tints of green in them, and when , light appears in them, ; . In England where there are more-rarx-ties of tints in eyes tha n in any other coun try the poets have almost . always gray eyes. A biographer of Byron speaks of his "beautiful changeful gray eyes." Shakespere also had, we are told, gray eyes; Coleridge, eyes of a greenish gray. Among the artists, too, eyes of this color abound. The pleasant light blue eye with the honest glance must not be confounded with another sort of eye of a pale blue, almost steel-colored hue which has a con- f Usually shifting sort of motion both cf the eyelids and the pupils of the eye, People with such eyes as these are to be avoided, as they are Indicative ;of a selfish nature. ' , Gray eyes,-of a somewhat greenish gray, with orange as well as blue in them, and which are of ever-varying tints like the sea, are those which denote most intel lectuality. They are especially indicative of the impulsive, impressionable tempera ment a mixture of the sanguine and the bilious which produced the poetic and artistic natures. ' Insanity. ' Twenty years ago the number of insane persons in the United States was only 24,042. In 1870 it reached 87,432, and in 1880 treatment was required for 91,959 lunatics. From 1870 to 1880 the increase of insanity was nearly 150 per cent while that of the total population was about 36. The proportion of insane is greatest In New England, while the increase has been most rapid in the Western States. In the State of New York there are 85 institutions for the care of these unfortunate people, accommodating 11,343 patients, while it is said there are 4,000 provided for at home. In America, apart from several large county asylums, there are 80 state and 40 private institutions for the care of the insane, with a proper capacity for about 40,000, but containing 53,192, thus leaving probably45,000 to be oared for elsewhere. A Natural Inference.. ' , "You say he called you a donkey?" "Yes." "What did you do about it?" "Nothing." "Well, if a man should call me a donkey 1M kick him with both feet" "Certainly, any donkey would naturally io that" like - Better Tban Nothing;. Woman (to tramp) Would you another hot biscuit? Tramp You can give me one more if yon like, but I am afraid they are awfully indigestible. . or any disease or weakness and require a I aut take Farkb's Tome at once; it ) frfcn the first :WUt will never '.iavigorate and build yCup OUt. will 1. I t. L.. Mrcd, of Uvegi it ve roars. For the next month nothing was talking about in a certain set but the approaching union of Brown and the Robinsons. It icua o .iar,Hi match for them was the nnivcrooi TOrriict. Brown was a million aire, Miss Robinson had about enough a Hie Tinman Figure., The proportions of the human fig ure are six times the length of the feet, "Wnethe the form is slender or plump, the rale holds good; any deviation from it is a departure from the highest beauty in propor tion. The Greeks make all their statues according to this rule. The face, from ths highest point of the forehead, where the hair begins to the chin, is one-tenth of the whole statue. The hand, from the wrist to the middle finger, is the same. From the top jof the highest point of the forehead is a seventh, If the faee, fron. the roots of the bair to the chin, be, divieed into three equal tmrtp. the first division determines the place where the eye-br ows meet and the second the place of the nos t;ia ThA hfiirhfc from the feet to the top of the head is the distance from the extremity of the fingers when the arms are extended. Time is the London cabmen's slang for money. If they wish to f xprebs.- 9s ,9d they say that "it's a quarter to 1U: ii oa od, -naii past a; u us H18UOX & CO.. New York, 1 year to pay her board abroad and dress her ! .a quarter to 12." The system decently, and everyone new . simple if not very grand.. wa, good, many people -went olarati" f jo TOO I'll; Oil EVEN FOR A CAT. It was a tiny little bird i That sat upon a tree 1 And warbled from her throbbing throat Her trifling minstrelsy. A crouching creeping Thomas cat Gazed at her from below, Eut she sartg on and paid ho heed Unto her cruel foe. And nearer crept the Thomas cat And then he made a spring The hapless bird was in his mouth I But ceased not yet to sing, O ! then chaste music's holy charm Itself made felt ere long; The c&t released the singer, which Still chanted its olear sons. Ah, baffled eat I all. hanpy bird I Ah, music's wondrous power I The bird, though, was a pretty toy, , Which wound up, sang anh.odr I ; r ;V :v . ', Boston Gazette. -- ;H?W4IFS AN'"TBAVl.; . Boy Preacher Harrison," according to his own estimate, has converted between forty and fifty thou Eand "souls during his career. Evangelist Sam Jones says that he made between eight and ten thousand converts the first fix months of 1885. This is a much better showing than Harri eon's considering that the hitter has been engaged in the work for some twenty years. Jones avers, furthermore, that twenty-five ikt cent, of his converts remain true to their professions alter his depart ure. This ren:;:rkf.ble biatemeiit la dis credited by the rivi'.l revivalist. Minute irst:;- li .ns ate given by the officers ot the Sstivjn have, what to v.va They nuiy nut svarr, and may' not be-iu without the cor.w.vt reading, they i'.re t-! to read s ;il: r :nv look at tin in, it in i:. are to road no i.-r. ; u nary reli.'rio'v? 'w:- a': trash, iiiiil ". 1 KtilfT', and V cn..',i:; t Biplf, geiiersi euU-rs. ;i: the War Cry. At St M.-rt:..'. Ch: England, the r?c-ti.rL:v-of Roman coks'iiu tio;i. ter twoorthrt-L intl.es U J Am;y how to be . and u.s to marriage. r court the firt year, ewaged Kt any time f the General. As to ' !':..' it Is 1 otter not :.";x -- ; but if they do U y.'ny a l,k. They . t fi'.oid all the onli !V :v;i'ldl. aiid .'. i.-il.'-.-ai.'.'-vatcr :!j:::-1v.'s Id the . '.he li'-ii'u !xik and sx'.i, Canterbury, ;i. cu en d a A coatn.g of niaf iek hid t '.e ancient brick, which have ?ti.d intact bince erected by Romans or lirHb-h Christians hi the third or fomth century. The sanc tuary wa? afterward profaned by heathen use, or aflowed to fail into decay, until it was reconstructed to Christian worship for Queen Bertha. Th- oiiiu-.l fabric has undergone many changes. It was al ready of venerable age when the Xorrr.au builders pierced the walls to insert doors and windows which Ftill further lapse of ages once more concealed. Only ten tunes were known in New England in the fist ninety years," This is about eight more than are known by Fome of the Italian prgan grinders who visit Xorristown. j Although, the remark may not be ex actly seasonable, the Bnrlington Free Press is moved to observe th the only in stitutions in this country width open their doors to women on equal footing with men are the skating rinks. Into a thick solution of gum-arabic stir plaster of Paris until the mixture assumes the consistency of thick cream; apply with cle cannot be broken in the same, place. The whiteness of the cement adds .to its value. TEN LITTLE SEUTIOS. Pride that dines on vanity sups on con tempt Benjamin Franklin, Liars are cause of all the sins and crimes in the world. Epictetus. Simplicity, without which no human performance can arrive at perfection. Swift. We ought to attempt no more than what is in the compass of our genius, and ac cording to our vein. Dryden. Two things Fpeak much of the wisdom of a nation; good- laws and a prudent mangement of them. Stillingfieet It is a fault in a multitude of preachers that they ntterly neglect method in their harrangues. Dr. I. Watts. The reason why so few marriages are happy is because young ladies spend their time in making nets, not in making cas. Swift A friendship that makes the least noise is very often the most useful ; for which reason I should prefer a prudent friend to a zealous one. Addison. He that does good to another man does also good to himself ; not only in the con sequence, but in the very act of doing it ; for the conscience of welldoing is an ample reward. Seneca. To know the pains of power we must go to those who have it ; to know the pleas ures we must go to thoso who are seeking it ; the pains of power are real its pleasures imaginary, Cotton. Japanese Newspapers, Japan possesses 2,000 newspapers. Con sidering that not a single journal of any kind existed or was thought of in the country twenty-five years ago, this rapid rise and spread of the newspaper press there is one of the most remarkable facts in the history of journalism. Japan now boasts of a greater number of newspapers than either Italy or Austria, of more than Spain and Russia taken all together, and of twice as - many as the whole continent of Asia. ' The appetite of the Chinese for news is sufficiently fed by the Pekin Gazette which is, in fact not a newspaper at all and two sma U sheets published at Shang hai. Corea possesses an official gazette since 1884, and nothing else resembling a newspaper exists. The French have already started a paper in their new col ony L' Ansir de Tungking ; but as it is a purely French sheet it can hardly con tribute much to the enlightenment of the natives. The Persians are comparatively inconsolable to the fascinations of the daily paper. The six papers which they possess owe their existence to the resign ing Shah, who is a man of letters himself, and composes poetry iu his spare hours. The Natives or mtaa have 1,000 news- papers. Why He Liked Kim. Foeg " jTes, I like Fenderson; he's such good company, you know." Brown "Good Company! Why, whatever you say to him in one ear goes out of the other." Fogg Ah, that's just it It is such a pleasure to talk to a man who doesn't know it all, and interrupt you be fore you get half through. Why yom can tell the game stories to Fenderson everyday for a month, and they are just as fresh to Wm th last, dav as the first I teH vou. sir. there's no man I like better khan the man who forgets things just as fast as you can tell them to him." ' flHAXEASZ Al AV ACTOR. t on and accent did they teach him there; . a lis must thou gpeah,and thus thy body bear. " v Love's Labor Lost r ait the action to the word, the word to tha action. - Hamlet. A great .' deal of - Jaudable curiosity and much ingenious speculation has been ex tieijsed ia the endeavor to determine the status thatShakespear occupied as an actor. Like everything else of a personal charac ter pertaining to this wonderful genius, our information, is of the vaguest and most shadowy nature. As "prologue to this im- perial theme' we give the few facts and ! surmises that we ; have been able to gather regardingShakespeare as an actor : In 1898 we find Shakespeare living in the parish of St Helen's, Bishopsgate, and in the list of actors in Ben Jonson's "Every Man in his Humour,t the- poet's name stands first His last appearance on the stage, of - which there is jt:f record, was in 1603 In Ben Jonson' y:anu.wi; There: is, however, no evidence, Vut much assertion of his ; be ing a - popular actor. ? A contemporary writer,suppoi?8a to be Lord Southampton, Shakespeare's especial patron and friend, says : "He was of good account in the com pany.", in addition to this meager evi dence, we have the enthusiastically asserted belief of Coleridge, who said, among other things : "It is my persuasion, indeed, mv firm conviction, so firm that nothing can shake iWthe rising of Shakespeare's spirit from the grave, modestly confessing his deficiency, could not alter my opinion that Shakespeare in the best sense of the word' was a very great actor. Nothing can exceed the judgment he displayed upon that subject Be may not - have had the physical advantages of Burbago or Field, but they would never have become what they were without his able and sagacious instruction. "Great dramatists make great actors." It is worth having died 300 hundred years ago to have ' heard Shakespeare de liver a single line. "He must have been a great actor." Mrs, Mary Cowden Clark, the great Shakespearean scholar and critic, says she heartily indorses this absolute must" In his own plays, from all the evidence we are able to gather, our author is only credited with Iiavur filled two parts Ghost, in "Hamlet" and Adam, in" As You Like It" In the latter character he is represented in the first folio of his works, in 1633. with those famallar com mendatory lines if his friend and contem porary, Ben JoLSon, indortJig the piotu m as a faithful likeness. Whatever may have been Shakspeare'n merits as an actor, there can be no doubt at all as to his executive ability as a pro prietor and manager of a theatre, as the following facts go to show : Within two or three years after his ar rival in tbe metropolis he was a share- bolder in the Blackfriars company, and in November, 1589, of the fifteen shareholders Shakspeare'F name Is the eleventh on the list Of eight proprietors in 1 596 his name is the fifth, and in 1003 he was second in the new patent granted by King James. It also appears from the later discoveries of Mr. Collier that the wardrobe and stage properties afterward belonged to the poet and with the shares be possessed were estimated at 1,400 equal to 6,000 or 7,000 or 130,000 to $35,000 of our present currency. He was also a proprie tor in the Globe Theatre, and at the lowest computation his yearly Income was equal to $7,000 or $3,000 of our present money. E.t w?ird Everett Hale thinks that "in these days the charcV has something to do besides einginfr. reading and praying. Among the other things, he mentioned "hospitality, edu cation and eharity. If the firmer keeps ont of debt and makes his provisions on the farm, what is to make him unhappy? There will always be a suffi cient surplus to clothe his f imily, and food and clothing secured, th - foundation is laid for sure prosperity. Economy -will do 'he rest and pay a heavy premium on his inde' peudencc Hard to Follow. Christian Advocate : There are several kinds of preachers that ''bard to follow" in the pastoi aU-. We are name some : 1. The preacher who is careless about t'.a (Jbnrch-rcgister, lraing it in such corf fusion that it furnishes no satisfactory infor mation as to tbe actual number and where abouts of the membership. In some in stinees it has taken months to 'straighten out the registers tbat have oeen left to keep themselves. Names have been lost sight o f by neg'ect in transcribing ; old and faithf u1 disciples hare been surprised to find that they were no longer members of the Church, so far as the record w s c .nc. rned, while tbe holy dead in parodise. if they knew what was going on down here in tbe Church militant might be equally astonished to find that according to the record they .were still on the 'rib and assessable for. quarter- man do in tho-e respect 1 Somehow he will help to solve this problem. He may remove the prohibition put upon borne life by the high rents of tbe city. Perhaps he will carry ont a scheme for establishing humble homes for humble men ; he iil bripg about propei means of aceommodat'on for honest toil. The hardest problem of to-day is the problem of rent and homes in' great cities." I - . J s Tle Baby SpeaKs. Well: I came out of the catertact alive,and that's more tharfl exprcted. I was then rub bed till I thought my skin was on.fire. And then the strangest thing happened. I had al ready been led to expect many curious aud startlifeg things, but this was so r dictiiou that 1 absolutely laughed. I do not think thut that stupid nurse of mine detected my laugh, but I felt it bubbling within me all the time, certainly ' Things were brought to me in a pretty basket mey took one a tide aud f-st-ened It around my body, then another which Tt.", , ... .J they passed over my hftd( feeing my arms result of carelessness:, ike" outcome ola s life and we reel we are dealing with shadows, and may say ot him as he has said of another : What is your made That millions tend ? substance, whereof are you of strange shadows on you still his immortal lines are left us, and in their pertinent and most suggestive sen tences as they have come down to us through the centuries We behold the qualities that go to make, a good actor. Hamlet's advice to the players will forever stand as the best lecture ever delivered on acting on the actor's art In that gorgeous web of poetical fancies, spun from the poet's brain, "Midsummer Night's Dream," Shakespeare has well satirised amateur acting. Human nature is ever the same In all ages, and we have to-day among our the atrical aspirants Bully Bottoms, who are, in their own conceit equal to almost any, thing. "They could play Ercles rarely, oi a part to tear a cat in, to make all split" and at the same time, should occasion re. quire, could aggravate their voices so that " they would roar you gently as a sacking dove as 'twere any nightingale." Ira Gale Tompkixs. No Wonder, He was complaining In the most bitter manner about the size of his gas bills, when the fat bald-headed man in the corner of the car remarked : "I have burned that same company's gas for thirteen years, and never had to complain." , "Ever change your meter?" "Never," "How often have you had it tested?" "Not a single time." "Well well! Never overcharged you?" "No." ' "And you are perfectly satisfledl" . "Perfectly." The fat man got off at the next corner. and the other observed to his left-hand neighbor: I "Who do you suppose he is?" "Oh, I've known hirr for years. He's the President of the gas company yon mentioned I" The Doctor's Bill. I was in a prominent State-st physician's office a day or It o since wt m one of tie "peculiar" gentlemen of the town 'am.e in It seems that the doctor nau rendered a bill of $16 50, itemized as followa : For medicine, $1 50; for calls, $15. Placing $1 50 on the doctor's knee, the gentleman said: t "That's for the medicine, and, with your permission, I will return the can. Albany Cor. slipshod manner of doing the Lord's work. In some instances a method is observable, revealing undue a' xiety as to numerical exhibits. The process of ingathering was batty, that of pruning neglected. A Jong roll rather than a correct one, was evidently aimed at. The shrinkage caused by honest sifting is fearful. And so it happen that a faithful paftor may be discounted for a time because of bis very fidelity, Tha righ-8ort of a preacher will repel promptly the teaip tation to leave 'to his successor the necces airy work of pruning the Church register, scorning to make a false exhibit of his own work aud to handicap a brother starting in a new field. Ministprial honor demands th it every preacher t-houl l leave to his suocess r correct roll of Chmch-membersbip. 2. Tbe raoep rac worriei his peopl? with unceasing ccrapL-int; cud petty d's" sension8. This sort of a preacher may bo i very clever, well meaniog man; he does not want to harm anybody; be loves the Church and wishes to do good. Bo' he v arcPrF" j u tt riTes are jangled out of tune; he ! ft els uneomfo W ;e, and makes others feel so ; the gloom is in bis liver, and he scalar rs it whereever he goes ' amona the people.' This sort of a man is hard to follow ; the older people weary of him, the child! en ara afraid of him. They eve with suspicion the man that comes to take bis place, and it takes time to do away with the depressing rrjflunce of a chronic grumbler and wLiner. 3- The preacher who sought to swell bis congregations and obtain liberal contribu tions by semational methods and empiiical devices. Such a mao leaves a Church in the condition of an impoverished farm tbat has been run down by bal farming, every ' successive crop still further exhausting the sod. The preacher wto follows one of these sensational and empirical brothers is as j m&rOu1 B?ltonmlreumto ! 4. The preacher who stressed one item of his pastoral work to the neglect of all the rest a man of one idea is hard to follow. His idea may have been a very good one but when exaggerated and wrenched ont of its proper relatioi s a good thing may be relatively bad. There are two sorts of pas toral specialists; the one is st oog at all points, and especially s.rocg at some par ticular point ; the other is - strong at one point and weak eveiy where eae- A man of this latter clats is hard to follow; hs leaves tbe machinery of tbe Cburca loose- riveted, tasted, and going to pieces after making a gieat flourish over the one' thing tbat has monopolized his effort. The gym nast wbo exercises only one !-e' of mu cles is not really a strong and bca'thy man, and he is apt to die early. j 6. The preacher who left his chargewith out paying bis debts is a hard man to fol low. He may Lave been a good man, and his failure to meet his pecuniary obligations may have been qwing to no fault of bis own; but it nevertheless harms his successor. If he has exhibited palpable indifference to moral obligation at this point, the evil effect will of course be still greater. Ministerial debts scattered i ver a pastoral charge are like Scotch thistles, pready and lastingly hurtful. 6. The preacher whose methods were such as to build himself np iLSted of the church is Laid to follow. It is not necessary to describe bim ; evry intelligent reader knows Lis characteriaiics. When he leaves a pastoral charge he leaves little behind him; it was himsel f , not hid cause, t-.rit he sought to advance. He is no. kin to 1 1-) man who is re id; 'x sao iSce.hims lf should occasion arise, that, tbe catue may prospo: Closing suggestion See to it that you are not of the class of preachers hard to follow. . ' ttwragB twO toleii, tl raoothef which they passed over my head, forcing my arms through twaj&ofes, then another and another, and nn- ally one so long that I lost my othher ind. Then they put each foot of mine In a little bag, after which they told me to stand up Hke a man and go see my mother. So I had a mother; I was glad to have some thing, they had taken so much from me al ready My mother was a Ionic tfcing spread out on somethnig white, How-flifferenl her touch! Ltook to her at once. Since I was to be touched and handled although I could not see the necessity for such proceeding it was delightful to be touched and handled so tenderly. I had undergone so much harsh ness already that I now could readily distin guish hi.rd from soft. '3he was so soft ; she had no! ung'es; she wa. -is round as Hie sun. 1 belieye my love lor my mother began then. How I cuddled around 1 er ! In a moment I j lest ujself, forgot my mirfortuecs, and dwelt i at long the angels, the former companions of my life. When my nurse heard that I was going to write put my diar, 6he laughed aud laid " ori.j a diary, indeed: I have spanked all his wits out of him. if he ever had any." This lg partially true, for I often wondered how the good Creator could stand there and see one of His machines thus spoiled and not interfere. Bat evidently she is not well scquasnted with my anatomy my wits didn't reside there; so I will go on with my story in spite of her p t cg-nostications- Babyhood. rrs r ft n r- :. - - t; m mm ftbcolUtcIyiPtiro, : This powder never varies; A marvel of pnrlty, strength and wholesomeness. More economical than-s the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in competition with the muiti- tude of low test short weight alum or pbos phate powders. Sold omr ln cans Royal Baking Powder Co., 106 Wall 8t, N. Y. 47t44 Mason ( Hamlin ORGANS ore at all Great I 4itS li2J IB World's El-gJ Styles, lia.'to l'f"fiil I fcoo.'ForCash. 5 II II JEtll Easy Payments J f tJwjl PIANOS: New mode of Stringing. Do not require oo quarter as much tuning u Hianos on the p r e ri 1 i nr u w rest-pin" ays rem. Re markable for puritr of tone and durability. ORGAN ANDPIANO CO. 154TremontSt..Boston. 46 E.Hth St. (Union So ), N.Y. 149 Wabash Ave., Chicago. A NEW AND VICE. VALAUBLEDE- Fall Plowing. For the hundreth time, perhaps we refer to this subject and emphasize the advice to break up all the stiff land intended for next year's planting during late fall or early win ter. The advantages are many and great. It causes me vegetable matter that may be on the land,, or that may be put there for mano rial purposes, to rotTind be ready to do good next seasen ; it exposes many insect eggs and larvae to destru ction; it gives the frost an'op portunity of breaking up and refining clod, spd aud inert matter ; andit puts the soil la a by which"the"TatoFo'f tfieilexY season's1 ciftVi' vation is greatly lessened. All these things help materially to make the land more productive, and hence decreas es the cost of crops. The fall Is generally a season fine for work, there is more leisure and hence a bettter opportunity to do work, and Itdistributes the year's toil more evenly be tween the months by taking a lo d de d f la bor off the spring season. Of course such land will have to be refal lowvd in the spring, exeept for certain crops, but it will not require near the time and labor to dp it and the refallowiug only tends to put the land in better ord'jr to start with, and so is another advantage. We say, then, proceed at once to plow all the stiff and medium soil for next year's crops now, and even light lane is benefitted ifeit has much vegetation on it. Do not omit the fal Dlowinff Rural Messenger. 1 t A merry Funeral. The grandfather of Lord Brougham died at Brougham, in Westmoreland, when the future great statesman and reformer was five years of age. The funeral feast which preceded the carrying of the corpse to the grave .was presided over by a neighbor, the Duke of Norfolk. This duke was witty and convivial, could make a joke, and tell a story with the best At the close of the funeral banquet his erace rose, and deliv ered himself alter this fashion: "Friends and neighbors, Before I give you the toast of the occasion, ."The memory.of the de ceased,' I ask yon to drink to the health of the family physician, 'Dr. Harrison, the founder of the feast' " Such hard drinking followed this face tious toast that when the mourners reached the" grave, the coffin was missing. It was ultimately found at the bottom of a river over which the cortege had passed, Into this stream it had been jolted out of the hearse, without . the drunken driver or the merry -mourners becoming aware of the ac cident Anecdotes from the Life of Lord Brougham: . ' The Candid Undertaker. : Undertakers are candid people. A gen tlaman called at a Chicago establishment last week and ordered an outfit for a funeral. "Dr. sent me here," he said. The undertaker, "Dr sends us all his Ntt'dng tiles ths soul of a man more tban a shoe peg. , Homeless. Rev. . J. Hyynee said to a Boston atidr ence on Snnday, tbat "it was one ef the dangers of our life tbat so many prosperous young men are declining the burdens of domestic .ty. In hotels, in bcardiig houses, in all the caravans irirs, you see the rich young man neglecting the woa.an who should be walking in turity at his side. There is nothing so dangerous to the Anglo Baion blood as homelessnesj. The oi l race is djing ont cf MatsacbuAetts; Kansts is the New England of to-day ; the new Vermont is in Minnesota. Ob, that you would think aboal home, rich young man, and establish one. There is no cute so good for the foolish crazo for fashion in the mind of tne young American girl so as to get to be on terms of nope lul intimacy an i wooing with a sensible, frugal minded, and, in ibis sense, rich yonng man. All the great questions of sociology take there root in home. No man can take an interest in the shool system until he sees his boys going to be educated; noman cai take an interest in the streets ofi a city, ai d in the trouble about the di am ishop until he sees bis own children passing through those s reet. vneahls chil lrjn touch the pave mentofa ci y, the father worships the ground tbat city is bait upon. Nothing so helps a man in spiritual) apprehension as to have a prudent a d sensible, (Jod- fearing young woman for his wife. God sive that city f:om which tbe homes are, disappear ing- N man, until be has wedded a good woman, takes npoa his i he Lurdens of citizensu!p. Whatnow, can the rich young - i Takes a Women to Get Even. On a i ake Shore train corning into Detroit the other day was a newly married couyle, the bride appearing to be about twenty five years old and the groom being a dapper little chaD a year or two younger. A lady who came aboard at Wyandotte took a seat just ahead, and after a few minutes she heard the pah- criticising her bonnet and cloak and general style. V ithouf showing the least resentment in her countenance she turned around in her seat and sal d ' - "Madam, will you have your son close the window behind you?" The "son" closed his mouth instead, nd the "madam" didn't gig- Erie again for sixteen miles. Wiithout a rich hear wealt h is an ugly beg gar- i Nothing is so good for an ignorant mau as s-'ltni-'c; and if he was Bau sibh; of this he wonld not be ignorant. Cut His Own Leg OH". Belleville Ontario. . , " i A f rood number of years ago peo ple were startled by a report respect ing a young man in the western part of what wag then Upper Canada. He went to the woods one winter morn iag to fell timber. During the day ha felled a tree which lodged. He attempted to fell another on the first one ,to bring it t'ovra, but did rot succeed. He went up to one of the leaning trees to attempt to dislodge them, when suddenly the upper tree fell and caught the young man's foot between the two, at the same time throwing him over backward 60 that his shoulders lust touched toe enow. He was alone, for in the bush his his voice could not reach his friends. and it being a cold day he soon must perish. Bat he was a man of strong will and was equal to the occasion He took his knife from his pocket and cut the flesh around the bone o; the imorisoned leer. As he came to an artery he held it until the cold congealed the blood and then pro- j ceeded. If 1 he felt his strength be ginning to fail he bathed his face with enow. When he had the bone bared he reached his axe, and with one blow, severed it and was free. He crawled out of the woods and across a field to the road, where a passing team took bim home. That young man, said Mr. Dougall, Q C, of this cicy, was afterward a member of the Dominion cabinet, a cabinet minis ter, and is now known as Mr, Justice O'Counor. who is on the bench at the Belleville assizes. . Patent Water Closet Sea: FOB THS CURE OP HEMORRHOIDS, Commonly Called Files. INTERNAL OE EXTERNAL PBOLAP- DVO 21, 1 NO MEDECINE OR SURGICAL OPERA TION NECESSARY, 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 Subb Rxninr JlSD Curb It has received the endorsement of the leading phjsicians in this community, and wherever tried, has given entire satisfaction, and where it fails to relieve the money will be willingly ret urned. These Heats will be furnished at the follow ing prices : Walnut $6.00) Cherry 5.00 Disc ount to Phlsicians Poplar 5.00 J Directions for using will accompanv each Seat. We trouble vou with no certificates. We leave the Seat to be its advertiser. Address, LEWIS CHAMBERLAIN, Patentee Tarboro, Edgecinbe Co.. N. C. je26-ly RESUMED. We take pleasure in announcing to our numerous patrons and friends that we have now recovered from the disarrangement to our business caused by the recent fire, and hard now resumed at the below named lo cation, where we trust to meet all of our former customers. - :0: STATON rZOELUR 1 1 PHARMACISTS AKX DRUGGIST AT THE WED DELL BOOK STORE. Opposite the BRYAN HOUSE and adjoin ing the POST OFFCE. D EAFNESS. J Its canses and cure, by OlhJ who was deaf twenty-eight yecrs. Treuted by most of the noted specialsts of the day with to benefit. Cured himself in three months, and since then hundreds of others by same process. A lain simple and successful home treatment Ad dress T. 8. PAGE, 128 East 8th St, New York City. 48t4. BIG OFFER, To introduce the u we will give away 1000 se':f-operat-ng Washing Machines. - If you want one send us your name, P. 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