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Uoward St., - BALTIMORB »i>. Lexo aoa. I am sitting in the twilight, Thinking of th* "Long Ago;" And sweetest thoughts of by-gone days Steal o'er me, as In days of yore. I am sitting In the twilight Thinking of happy days gone by; Of my bright and happy childhood That lias now forever flown. 1 ana thinking of friends Who are now sleeping in the tomb; Thinking of Irved ones far away In distant lands they roam. But, alaa! those days have vanished, And bright visions all have flown; And the dear friends of my childhood All, all have gone. * Haw (• Slake a Mam Mad. There never have b»ea more than three men who have cared a snap what the papers said about them. We recall to mind a New Hampshire faan who said he hadn't the least interest in any thing of the sort. And when he heard that a certain weekly had spoken of him as a prominent citisen, he drove seventeen utiles in a pouring rain and over a mud dy road to get a copy of that paper, be cause be wanted to see the market re ports in it. We have had that little transaction in mind for some time, and it suggested to us a racket which we have worked with great success. Wc select as a victim some man, ambi tious of fame, but who never has bad the privilege of gating upon bis name in print more than two or three times in bis life. Wo go to him and say : "Did you sec that item about you the other day ? •Great skid, wasn't it?" Immediately his face lights up. He is all interest. There is an eager look in bis eye. "No," he tays, "I didn't see i(! Didn't know of it! When vras it I What paper was it in ! What did it say •" And we reply: "Ob 1 hold on! One question at a time." "Well, what paper was it in ?" he asks. He is breathlessly eager for an an swer. The reply,deliberately : "What paper ? Well, we don't exactly remem ber. Think it was one of the city pa pers, but wouldn't be certain. I'ossibly •it wat a Western exchange." He looks gloomy, but hope springs eternal in the human breast. "You think it was in a city paper." he asks. "Yes." "How long ago did it appear 1" "Don't know exaetiy. Saw it only wo or three days agu, but it ftiigbt have been aa old paper." '•Well, what did it say t" he asks ia desperation. "Oh, it was a very pleasant little item." "Yes, but what did it say 1" "Oh, we don't remember. Just re momber seeing it." "Why did'nt you save it for me I" "Why, thought of course you'd see it." "Well, I'll go aud look over the filek of the city papers and see if 1 can find it." "Dear boy," wo say, "you'll find it much easier to find a ueedle in a bottle of hay. Thiuk of the interminable task of examining the files of seven or eight dailies for a month back." The utter hopelesness of hit ever see ing that paragraph duwns upon him. His face assumes a look of abject misery, despair, and baffled curiosity. When we meet him three days lator hr is just getting over the feeling of gloom, and settling down to solid hatred of us for not saving the item fur him. Klaslns Dagt. We fear the article we published in regard to girls who kiss dogs baa been taken wrong by some. We have a del icate scented note—not scented like dog, however—from a Chicago girl, who is indignant. She had rather kiss a dog any time than a man. That is all right. It ia only a matter of taste. If the uian the refers to smells like a dog and has fleas and hia oyst run, and ha licks him self instead of washing we don't blame liar. Of course she knows aiore about kilo than we do. But if a nice clean maa should come Iter way, a man with the modern improvement, who ceuld kias back, which a dog can't we will bet she weald drop her dog like a hot pota tato and freest to the man lile the ivy to the oak, aad the would forget all aboot her dog. Try it ooce, Sis, aad jom will sell your dog to the first butch er that comes along. —Ptck't Sun. A physician baa discovered yellow fever gerait in iee. The safest way is to boil your iea before using it. This kills the genus. DANBURY, N. C„ THURSDAY. AUGUST 31, 1882. Up teHaaar A yeang man with a nose like a ra lor and an eve which would bare raited a blister oil abeet iron baited a pedes trian on Gratiot avenue, and stated that be wa« trying to ratee money to reach the beeide of bis dying aunt in Chicago. He was too proud to beg, bnt if the citisen would give him a quar ter he would shew him a trick worth fire dollars. "Tosh ish dot drick " queried the the cititon. "It is to make ten cents go fnrther than a dollar. Yoa can play it on the boys, and make ten dollars a day," "My frendt, I never blays luit der boys." "Y«e,fcat ym eaa hare-feie of fun, you know." "1 vhas no bandit for fan. If I ever git off some shokes I never IsfT." "Yes, but this is something new. When yoa come down to the grocery of an evening you—" "1 don't come down. I vash home on der sUtcps all dor eafuings." '■But you could have a littli fun with your neighbors " "I told you 1 vhas not a funny man. I likes to sclimoke and read der morn iug papers." "Well, I don't want to beg, and I'm offering you the trick very low in order to get home aud see uiy sister die. Have you a dying sister ?" "I doan' expect I have. Vhas iah dat drick !" "To make 10 cents go further than sl." vill she do it 1" "She will." "Uud five cents goes petter ash a dime ?" "That's the ratio." "Und notiug.s at all goes petter ash iko cents 1" «•!—I—I thiuk it docs." "Veil you shunt consider you haf all der notings afer was und you vbill bo in Chicago to-aiorrow ! Gif my love to dot dying sister, und tdll her dot you saw me well. You'd petter git souir express waguim to draw dose tucK els down to der railroad, and you look a lecdle oadt for Dutclnuans who has peen eating grass und vhas greeu. Judge Fowl* A publication in the Charlotte Obttrv tr, copying an article from the W instoa Republican, has been called to uiy at tention, in which it is stated that I will in a few days publish a letter withdraw ing from the Democratic party, and con taining, further, a report of a conver sation bad by me with a gentleman from Winston. In reply, I have to say that I expect to voto the entire Democratic ticket, and no idea has ever entered mind of doing otherwise, and no intention of writing any such letter has ever been entertained by me. I have repeatedly amce 1880 stated publiely that I did not intend to enter this canvass, ai.d that I never expected to go upon tho stump again unless in case of some pub lic emergency. Permit me to add, Mr. Kditor, that there are some gentle men upon the Democratic tioket who exerted themselves in my behalf in 1880, and whilst 1 shall vote for all, 1 feci un der special obligations to them. DANIEL G. FOWL* August 14,1882. —Pat riot The fatal shooting affair which took place at Love's Chapel, in this county, between Tilly and I'egram, was r* viewed in chambers by Judge Gilmer, at Greensboro. From published accounts it aeemes that Tilly and I'egram were friends, and were riding in the same buggy when the shooting took plaoe. Both had been drinking the day before and were under the influence of lipuor when the homicide took place. The dying declaration of Tilly absolved i'e grarn from all blame, Dr. Lay, one of the witnesses, says that be was with Tillv in his dying hours, and that he ex pressed the belief that the shooting was accidental. I'egram was admitted to bail in the sum of sßoo.— Salem Pott. The Greensboro North State. Re publican, referiag to the "Coalition,, tieket, says: In a country where it is no uncommon tight to see a horse and mule hitcbcd up together, a team com posed of Democrat* and Republicans will not excite much wonder. The Greensboro Pot riot says that at the "Liberal" mass meeting in Coooord list Saturday it it reported upon the authority of a truthful man, that 400 people ware present. In this vast assemblage there were six „ Libera Is," 100 Republicans, '293 Democrats, and Joaes. Msratea Women'! Wnj t A correspondent of tha New York World write* from Salt Lake City, where he waa sent to pietare the pleas ures and convnience* of polygavy, tbat a Mormon friend enumerated at his re quest the following inoaaaliea tbat he knew of in recent polygamous mar riages : A young and very pretty girl in "up per ten" of Mormonitm married a young maa of her own class, but stipulated be fore marriage that he thoald marry a second wife as soon as he could afford to do so. Against bia will she ha/ now kept him to hit promise. a A young couple were eagageH, but quarreled, aad the lover out of pique married another lady. Two years later his first love, having refused other ofiera in the meantime, married him as hit second wife. A man having married a second wife to please himself, married a third to please his first. A couple about to be mairicd made an agreement between themselves tbat the husband's second wife should be one of the relatives of th* first wife. The lady who was selected refuted, aud tbe husband remained true to his promise for tea years. At the end of this time his first wife voluntarily chose another mate for him. The belle of the settlement, a ("entile, refused monogamist offers ef marriage, and married a Mormon, who had two wives already. A girl, distracted between her love for her suitor and her mother, compro mised in her affections by stipulating that he should marry both her mother and herself, which he did. A girl, a Gentilo, bitterly opposed at first to polygamy, married a polygamitt at the solicitation of his firtt wife, her great friend. Two girls wcro good friends, and one of them gcttiug engaged to a man by no meant of prepossessing appearance, per suaded h*r friend to get engaged to him too, arid he married theui both on the same 'lay. , ' titlll in Doubt.' When a grocer in Port Huron, Mich igan, was said last winter to have expe rienced religion, tho statement was car ried to a prouiinet deacon, who inquir ed : "Did lie confess to mixing two kinds of oats aud selling them fot No. 1 ?" "I think not." "Say anything about having worked over old butter every fall for twenty yean ?" "Did h* ccnfess he bad bees caught uaing short weights ?" "No." "Wasn't he even sorry for watering the vinegar "He didn't say ao. •'Well it may be that the Iord has seen fit to spoke bim up a little arouud the edges, but before you'd better give him a fair chance to pass a quarter with a hole in it. If he resists the temptation 1 shall pray th* Lord to continue the wrestle until Satan get* three straight falls." Perfectly Sutlat'actlon. A farmer's wife buttled into a store in a town up tbe Hudson a few days ago, and went for the proprietor with : "Mr. Davit, I bought tix pounds of sugar here tbe other day, and whsn I got horn* I found a store weighing three pounds in the package." "Yet, ma'am." "Can you explain *ueh a swindle sir?" "I think I can, ho plaeidly replied. "When I weighed your eight poundx of batter the other day, I found the three pound stone in the orock, and whon I weighed your sugar tha (tone mutt havo slipped into tho scales ; we are both wrowing old, Mrs. Jones, and I presume our eyesight has become more or locs affected." Sh* looked at him for half a minute ov*r her baaa-boond spectacles, aud then said she had three dozen eggs which she wanted to exchange fur some hooks and *ye* and red shirt buttons.— Wall Street Reporter. Resolved, That the Bourbon leadert of the Democratic party are rcspon siblc for th* panaaga of the prohibitum bill and tbe agitation resulting there from Republican Coalition Platform. Prohibition was not and is not a pol itical or party question. I regard it as ret adjudicata.—Folk, Rspublictn-Coa lit ton Candidate for Judge. It it more carelessness about th* truth than intentional lying that there is to much falsehood in the world. Hal to live, not lira to eat. •'He Sot Right Dur." "Yes, tab. Kernel Bonao Smith am dead—dead as a herrin,' sah. He died in his cheer, an' I was de fust pus son who knowed it." "Quitt an old man, wasn't he 1" "Yes, sah. He didn't know nuffin' 'bout bis age, but 1 reckon he war' pur ty clus up to 90. De ole man had got so feeble dat dcy had to cut his meat an' mash his'taters fur him. He had been lookin' fur de summons fur a long time, au' yit when dc gates ob lleahcn opened an' de music came floatin' out it was hard to realize dat de Kurnel had jined de purceshun." "And you found him V "J ist me, sab, an'no one else. You tec, he hbed wid his darter, au she gin bim de warmest oo'ner to sit in, an' de best window to look out of. I pass dat same winder three or four times a day, an' de Kurnel alius gin mo a nod. When I went by dar yesterday de ole man sot in his place, and dar was a smila on his face. 1 went in to shake hands wid him. He war' all alone. At I walked in I called out kinder cheery like: "Wall, Kurnel, how goes do battle to day ?" but he didn't answer. "Deed,sah, his battle war' ended fo' de Lawd, but he sot right dar wid a smile on his fuce au' died as softly as dc sun goes down." "And he was smiling?" "Smilin' like a pleased chile, sah. Death had come to him like a sweet drcaiu. When he heard dc gates ob Ileabcn open perhaps he wur a leetle afraid, but when dc angels marched out an' played soft and low an' sweet on deir harps it brought peace to his heart an' a smile to his face, an' when de gold en gates closed again de Kurnel war on do fur side."— Detroit Free Press. Tlic lluppy I'ast. A seedy-looking fellow dropped into the city editor's room room and failing to borrow a half-dollar lie bogged to narrato hit experience. "I used to bx an ufflcoi of Ptato, I tSW. 1 was sheriff, and member of the Legis lature, and constable, and clerk of the courts, and judge, and a candidate time I and again, and had a high old frolic, 1 did." "I don't believe it," said the city »d --itor. "Why don't you ?" "Because I have a letter hero which says you arc a thief and a liar, and a scoundrel aud a villian, and a tradncer and a perjurer, and a defaulter and a plotter, and a low-down brawler and a lover of all that ia vile and wicked and dishonest and abhorrent to deoent peo ple, and a—" "Aha! ttranger, go on and read that all over again, and read it loud. It sounds liko old times. It brings lxsek | the days when 1 ran for office. It rrads like ac editorial in the opposition paper, and brings again to my memory that blessed period when I folt like I wa» somebody and life was worth livsog. I Oh, glorious hours of my past, will ye ever come back to me'" and tbe tears j rolled down hit cheeks as the city editor ! pronounced again tho magic words anal j then gave him a quarter to sober op • on. AH our railroads increase in length, the rails follow their example. As one time the rails in general use were only Kixtcon l'eot long, then thirty-two feet beeanie tbe standard, sixty feet rails have been in use for a long time, and a new mill in Chicago is prepared to turn out rails one hundred and twonty feet in length. The advantages claimed for the longer rails are that tliey present fewer joints to be battered dawn by tbe wheels, and to react upon the lattor. Tho rails are alto made much heavier per foot now than they used to be to with-itand the heavier rolling stock now employed. Col Perry Yarger wat complaining confidentially to IJostetter MeGionis of the frequency with whieh bit mother-in law paid bim vititi—that the came four or five times a year. "My wife's mother," responded Mc- Ginnit, "his visited me only once in the last five or tix yean. The lait time she came to tee me was when I wat first married, five years ago." "Luoky man! When ia tbe going to visit you again ? "How can 1 tell! She has not got through with her first visit yet—but I can't see where the luck comet in.'' "I am too old a soldier to fear aa enemy lead by deserters." Atj red M. Scales, August, 9 188*2. Democratic Platform. 1 We congratulate tbe people of North Carolina on the ora of peace, prosperity and good government which has been unbroken since the incoming of a Dem ocratic State administration ; apon tbe pure and impartial administration of jus tice and the honest enforcement of tha laws ; upon the efficieucy of our common j school system aud great advance made ' in education, aud the general improve ment and enterprise manifested in every part of the State, and wo plodge our selves to exert all efforts to advance the material interests of all sections of the State in the future as we have done in tbe Arc* we challenge n comparison between a Democratic .viwinistmtioss of our State affairs and the crimes, out* rages and scandals that accompanied Republican misrule. Affirming our ad- | bercnee to Democratic principles as dc- 1 fined in the platform adopted by the National Democratic Convention, held at Cincinnati in 1880 : Resolved, That wc regard a free and ; fair expression of the public will at tbe : ballot-box as the only sure means of pro- ! serving our free American institutions, j and wc denounce tbe Republican party ; aud tbe interference of its federal officials J for their gross frauds upon the elective j franchise, whereby whole districts, States aud the Union have been deprived j of tbeir just political rights and we be lieve the corrupt aud corrupting use of ! federal patronage, and of jrublic money 1 drawn by taxation from the people, in I influencing and controlmg elections, to be dangerous to tbe liberties of the State and the Union. Resolved, That we are in favor of tho entire and immediate abolition of the in temal rcvenuo system, with its attend ant corruptions, and that wc dcnouncu the presunt tariff laws as grossly unequal, unjust and vicious. IVe favor such a revision of the tariff as will produce a revenue safficieucc for the economical support of the government, with such lucidental protection as will give to do mestic manufactures a fair competition .estfri tfc&oe* nf feecsgn prmturtiua. TWwt thero should be an immediate repeal of all laws imposing a direct tax for the support of tho government of tho Unit ed States, but if it shoald prove imprac ticable to abolish the internal revenue system with all its attending demoraliz ation, fraud and corruption, then wc urge wpon our Senators and Represen tatives in Congress the importance of so amending the law that the rcvenuo offi cers who t»w receive in salaries in North Carolina alone more titan $500,000 shall be elected by the people of tbe localities to which they are assigned. Resulted, That tbe course of the Dem ocratic yarty siuce its accession to pow er in North Carolina in furtherance of popular education it a sufficient guaran ty that wc earnestly favor the of all classes of our people, and will advocate any legislation looking to oil increase of the fund for that purpose that will not materially increase the present burdens of our people. Resolved, That the question of pro hibition ia u*.t now, and never has been, a party question in North Carolina, and Min keea cuAors«d by the Democratic party, aad tlic peopla ef the State at the general election, in tho year 13&1, having by an overwhelming majority vot ed against prohibition, aud tho Surpremo Court having decided thnt the prohibi tion act is not and never has been a law, wc regard the matter as finally settled, and any attempt to renew the agitation is merely a weak effort of designing per sons to divert the minds of the people from the dangerous principles and cor rupt practices of the Republican par- Resolved, That whilo wc aro not wed ded to any particular form of county government, wc recognize the faol that a large part of tho taxes of the State are paid for tbe common benefit by the white people of our eastern counties, and that we consider it the bouuden duty of the white mon of the State to protect these people from tbe oppressive domiu atian of ignorant blacks, and pledge ourselves to such legislation at will se cure this end. And whereas it it seriously ltujjgcsted that a vigorous effort will soon be made to compel tho State, by judicial proceed- 1 ings, to pay the fraudulent and unlawful special tax bonds, amounting to $22,- 000,000, issued under legislation passed by the Republican Legislature in 1868 and 1867 ; therefore, Rttolpnd,furlA*r, That the Democrat ic party will resist such recovery and the payment of such bonds by every i lawful moans. NO. 12 SMALL BITES. In charity it may be batter to give than receive ; but in kissing it ia about equal. A ship ip always ealled ' she," thougb we havo often heard of mail steamers. Hanging is capital punishment, especially when you are hanging on some good-looking girl,s afui, A reverend gentleman ia lecturing on "Wine, Water, Women, Wit, Wisdom," and it's enough to 'W up with laughter "Well, I'll be bound," a« the man remarked when he heard quoted tho lines, "Chains of gold are fetter* still." I It does aggravate a man to think that while his wife isn't afraid to taakle hiut and nearly yank his head off, she t« batl | ly terrorized by a cow that can chase her | out of the yard at any time. It is estimated by the census of 1880* ! that there is au average of five and A j quarter persons to each family. An e»» ; change unfeelingly addi: "In many of j them the husband is the quarter." The reporter of a Doeton paper went 'to see the panorama of "Hunyan's Pil grim's Progress." The man at the door refused to admit him without paying, | and the reporter said: "Send Mr. I liuoyan out here ; he will let me in." I "A Newspaper under the vest makes n capital chest protector." Care should , be taken, however, to select a paper on which there is nothing due. Daw create* dampness, anb the wearer might oatoh co'd therefrom. A Gentleman somewhat advanced in life, and who never was remarkable for good looks, asked his grandchild what he thought of him. The boy's par ents were present. The youngster mado no reply. "Well, why don't you tell me what you think of me 1" "Causa I don't want to get licked." ilow much the South has lost by not raising her own provisions and living at Wy the Mttmte mil that. We have paid this Season to the North $55,000,000 for wheat, $50,-r 000,000 for corn, $72,000,000 for menu and about $25,000,000 for bay, . butter, cheese, oats, apples, potatoes, etc • ■ The old man sighed as be took the - en haired, laughing boy apon his knocs k >. and stroking his shining tresses, ;aid.i "Ah! how much I should like to fee;/ like a child again." Little Johny ceas ed his laughter, and looking soberly up into his grandfather's faco remancfedv. "Then jhy don't you get mamma-t*. spank yon » Mose Scliaoniburg advertised t!fct he wonld be glad to see aU his old cus tomers iu his new store oa Aaetin Avenue. The oonsoqucnce of tbc care less worded advertisement is, that not s.ngle (or marriod) lady has called in to buy anything yet. Even those who arc upwurds of seventy-flvo refuse to trade at his store. There is reason to fear there will be a felting off in Nose'a cash butane© this year— A Lady who was fjepawg bathing suits for a trip Kast for the Summer i wrote to an oastorn fashion paper to. know what style of bathing svkits wouldl be for ohildren, say from five to six year* old. She received a reply that this year the bathing suits for boys wore very sim ple, consisting of a wad of ootton in each oar. The lady will add to this suit a ltd yarn string around Uer boy's ucck and let him go lorao, "How is the soil of Konsai ?' asked one of the group, as the traveler paused, "lliohost in the world, sir," was the re ply. "I know a Now York statesman who went to Kansas 7 yeara ago, with only sls in oash, and be is now worth $20,- 000." "Whew? What did ho raise principally »" "1 believe it was a oheok, sir; but they oouldo't exactly prove it on him. Think of a toil that will raise a bank-cheok for $l9O to $19,000, and in a backward season at that!" A woman of 8 took ton Cal., believ ing that she was about to die, confessed to her husband that the did not love him, but bad oentered her affections on a neighbor. She deolared that she i could not die unforgtven and so the husband freely forgave her. liut he granted the favor only in view ef b«r speedy death, and, whon she unexpect edly reoovered, he began a snit for dt. vorce. He.r defense is that be condon ed her fault by the forgiveness, and % peculiar question of law ii raised— Jf. Y. Herald. n*r M tV'TT*".!-