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PROFESSIONAL CJIRDS.
ROBERT D. GILMEIt,
Attorney and Counsellor,
MT. AIRY, N. C.
Praftiwa In the courts of Surry, Stokes,
Yadkin and Alleghany.
W. F. CARTER,
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ATTORNEY-AT LAW
Mt Airy. N. C»
MfiecUl attention gl\«n to tin; collection ol
claims. I—l2m
n. m. martindale7
WITH
WM. J. C. DULANYS• CO.,
STATIPNKH/T A SI) BOOKHEtLEHS
I VA itKiiorsf.
liuokn a Specialty.
Stationer) of all kinds. Wrapping |*p«r,
Fwinea, limine! Hoards, l'a|n*r IlliuiU.
-at W. lIAI.TIMOUK ST., UALTIMOUK, VI)
J. 8. HARRISON,
WITH
A. L. ELLET&CO.,
DRY GOODS & NOTIONS
10, 12 & 14 Twelfth Street,
A- L. KCL*TT, )
A. Ji n*.»N Watkik*, f
tojas:- SRichm'tl, Va
15 F. KING,
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JOHNSON, SUTTON % CO.,
DRY GOODS,
Ko*. 27 and Zi South Sharp, Street,
r. w. jotivsoN, it. 11. 8I;TITON
J. 11. It. GRABRR, G. J. JOHNSON.
r. DAY, ALBERT JONLB.
ShJ it
manufacturers ot
BADDLRRY r HARNKBB, COLLARS.TRUNKS
No. M€ W. Baltimore street, Baltimore, JM.
W. A. Taeker, 11. 0. Smith, B.ti. S^raggim
Tuoker, Smith * Co..
Mean factorhrt * wholesale Deales* in
NOON, SHOES, HATS AND CAPS.
JN. 360 Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Jfd.
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WHOLESALE CLOTHIERS.
9* Aaaoyec St., (betweanUrrman A Lombard St* l
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O. L. COTTKMeL, A. H. WATKINS.
Watkins. Cottrell & Co..
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HARDWARE.
1807 Main Street,
RICHMOND, T. 4.
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JLuk.r Brainl lloltinn Clntli.
JMcykt* Putney, L. Tl Blair
W. 11. MILES,
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Il'ho/fttlle denlrr* fn
Boots, SJioes, and Trunks,
121'J Mam Street,
Stft. Ml-Om. RICHMOND, VA.
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WIHFIO, ELLETT * CRUMP,
RICHMOND, VA.,
Wholesale Dealers ia
BOOT*, SHOES, TRUNKS, &0.
Prompt atUntion paid to orders, and tatis
fseiiengaanateed.
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P. H. Winnton, jr.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
WINSTON, N. C.
AttevAl tkt courts of DaTidann, YaJ
kaa.'flaery, Da we, Stoka* and Foreyth,
a»iSl Mj rem- aoj P«lcral courts.
;
MY TEMPER MONO.
Filled with weariness and pain,
Scarcely strong; enough to pray ;
In the twilight hour I sit,
Sit ami sing my doubts away ;
O'er my broken purposes,
Kre the coming shadows roll,
Let wo build a of song—
• Joius, lover of uiy soul."
"Let me t,o Thy bo*nn- fly ; w
now the words my thoughts repeat;
To Thy l>osom, Lord, I come,
Though unlit to kiss Thy feet.
Once 1 cut he red sheaves for Thee,
Dreaming I could hold them fast;
Now, I can but idly silig,
"O, receive my soul at last.*'
I am weary of my feats,
L'ke a child when night comes 011;
In tlio shadow, Lord, I sing,
'•Leave, oh, leave me not alone."
Through the tears I Mill must shed,
Through the evils yet to be,
Though 1 falter while I sing,
"{Still suppoit and comfort me."
"All my trust on Thee is stayed
Does the rythm of the song,
Sofdy falling ou my heart,
Make Its pulses tirm and strong?
Or Is this Thy perfect peace,
Now descending while I sing f
That my soul may sleep to-night
" 'Neath the shadow of Thy wing."
"Thou of life the fountain art
if 1 slumber ou Thy breast,
If I sing myself to sleep,
Sleep anil death alik>» are rest.
Through the shadows overpast,
Through the shadows yet to be,
Let the ladder of my song
"Itise to all eternity."
Note by note, its silver bars
May my soul In love ascend
Till 1 reach the highest round
In Thy kingdom without cud.
Not impatiently I sing,
Though I lift my hands and cry,
"Jesus, lover of my soul,
Let me to Thy bottom fly."
[State Cliroti'.cl*.]
A Strange History.
A BTORV OF DOMESTIC COMPLICATIONS
CAUSED BR WAR —FOUNDED ON PACT.
Col. Ab«l Rancoinb was a rich man
in one of tho lower counties of North
Carolina, but a man about whom there
were dark suspicion*. During the
troublesome latter days of the war his
wife had died in Charleston ; that is, it
was said she had died, but tlicr« was a
rumor of foul p'ay. It was once be
lieved that she was lost on a steamer
which tried to mako its way through
the Federal bloekade. However that
was, bo bad been a widowoi since the war.
l'copic liked him, but there was some
thing mysterious about him.
It now became generally known in
the neighborhood that ho was to marry
Miss Eleanor Tidewell.an accomplished
young lady who lived with her brother,
Henry Tidewell, both of whom were
orphans.
One day a strange woman came to
Henry's house and asked abruptly about
tho proposed marriage. It was plain,
be thought, that she was insane.
"1 know more about your sister than
you know yourself," she said. "And
this must not happen. I shall come
hore again in four days."
This woman's strango conduct puzzled
Henry and almost annoyed him. "Con
found her," ho said to himself, "why
should she dictate to me bow to manage
my own affairs, or my sistor's affairs ?"
Henry himself hardly knew whether
he wished his sister to marry Col. Rau
couib or not. His love for her was a
love altogether peculiar. Any brother
would be proud of such a sister ; but
this was not all. He loved her more
than he was proud of her. They read
the same books. They enjoyed the samo
music. If one heard a new song or
read a beautiful thought or found a new
flower or bad aoy delightful experience,
the other was sure to hear of it when
they met. If you had not known oth
erwise you would thought they were
lovers instead of sister and brother, for
they did not resemble one another close
ly. Ilenry wss iathor proud that she
had captivated the rich Colonel. But
ho really did not, for some unaccounta
ble reason, wish her to marry him. In
fact, he did not wish her to marry any
body.
For three days Ilenry thought of the
strange woman. After four days she
called again.
"Is the report true 1" she asked.
"Yee, my sister will marry Colonol
Rancomb,"
"It must not be! It cannot be—
shame ! Go and stop tt. No, I must
DANBURY, N. C., THIyIISDA Y,
go myself. I cannot hold it. This is
too much. My socret cannot die with
me. Oh ! young man, if you knew—"
To stem this violent flood of grief
Henry caught the woman by tho arm.
But her strange sceret perplexed him
still more, and to make her tell it be
informed her, after sbe had become
quieted, tnat they would marry with
in ten days—a falsehood that he
excused himself for by the necessity of
finding out the woman's secret.
"That settles it," she said with quiet
determination, "and 1 had as well tell
you. The girl you think your sister if
not 'your sister.' "She is my daughter,
aud Col. Rancomb is her father!"
"You lie."
"That will do HO good. I ean prove |
what I say. lie is a fool or ha would |
kuow it. He must know it now."
"Why do you tell me this lie ?"
"Bo quiet," said the woman, "and 1
will explain. lam his wife. 11c was
cruel to me. lie is a dangerous man.
I thought that 1 should not live when
Eleanor was born. I did uot wish him
to have tho child. Your mother's baby
was sick then. 1 bribed her nurse to 1
substitute my own baby forhcr's if hers
died. It did die. I was poor. 1! I
wou't live with him. lie supposes 1 i
am dead—l reckon he does at least.— 1
Your mother's infant was buried as mine, •
and my little girl was reared by your '
father, who was then in quarters m
Charleston, aud who aU'ays supposed
her to be his own daughter."
"Why—?•' I
"Why did Idoit ? Why' Because |
I hail been basely treated and was poor; i
and by such dccoptioii 1 saved my child (
from .sharing my own poverty —the in- .
noccnt thing. I did it bucauso I loved .
my baby. 1 love her uow. 1 loved her i
so much that 1 had determined she >
should never know me ; and she never '
shall! You will not tell her ' You i
will uot cast her off' You will still br |
a brother to her ? |,
And the poor woman in her grief 11
kneeled to Henry. "I did uot uieau to ■,
tell you. lie must know. That's all.
I meant to tell him. Don't cast her
off. You won't. Promise uie you will
uot."
The next day Heury went to Colonel !
ltaucomb's. The woman was there ! i
In a few minutes they ca.rie out of a
room together, the wouiau hardly able
to suppress her emotion and auger, and
the Colonel in a state of great agita- 1
tion.
"He has promised that sbe shall nev
er know it," the woman said, with tri
umph. "Ileury Tidowell, you, too,
must promise never to tell bor—swear."
Henry persuaded his sister (for she
still supposed that she was his sister) to
break off her engagement with the Col
onel ; and be often took occasion to re
mark that it was well the affair was bro
ken up—bo was too old. After several
months more, Henry began to fear that
other suitors weuld be successful.
"The sooner the better," he once
said to himself, remembering that be
was troubling himself about a girl who,
if tho truth was known, was no relation
of his. But he rebuked that selfish im
pulse and thought ot her loveliness.
"By all the gods! I lovo her," he
exclaimed. "I understand it all now.
Sbe has bocn more than a sister all tho !
time. I'll marry her." Then before '
his soul roso that roseate orb of life j
men call lovo—our star that shines by '
day and night, making all that its light
falls on beautiful, and lifting dull lifo
from earthly ruts to a course among tho
stars. He would marry her. But how
could he ? She supposed that she was
his sister. Could be tell her '
He sought her mother.
"I," said tho woman, "loved her too
much to tell her of my love, and I gave
he: up. Ilcr owu father loved her and
he gave her up. Now you lovo her.—
Do you not love her enough to give hor
up? If she knew who she is, do you
thiuk that she could be happy V
The strangest situation that ever
bright and innocent creature was iu,
surely. Those that loved her most wore
prevented by their very love from tell
ing it.
They all kept their secret and she
was wooed and won by a worthy man.
Ileury was obligod to give her away at
the marriage ceremony. It was with a
heavy heart and with an unselfishness
of lovo too rarely seen in this selfish
world.
"Mj noble boy," said both tho bride's
unknown parents when they witnessed
bis heroic conduct.
Love makes all men bold—to endure
privations, to fight war°, to labor long
and hard, to conquer the world's dilti
culties—but alas 1 it is generally selfish
!at last. Yot li,mry\ love was not, lie
made a greater acriCcc than all thotv
noble achievements require.
A year or two passe J, Colonel I'an
comb and his unknown wife (for they
never majejrieucfe) had bo'li died ; and
she kuew uot the lecret. At hist her
husbaud went the nay he had so long
pointed out to others. lu her widow
hood as in her girlhood, Henry was still
her brother ; ho alone knew the secret
of her birth. And ho loved her still.
She was young yet, end she was still
beautiful. If she ,1 the secret of
Iter birth uov i» coi/xiinot change her
life ; why should ho uot tell her and
toll Lis love !
The neighborhood wai surprised when
lionry suddenly announced his deter
mination to go to Texas, perhaps never
to return. It was still more surpri.-od
when it was anuounocd that Ins sister
and her child would go with him."
There, in a little town away from the
eyes and ears «f all who had known
them, Henry and Eleanor were made
man and wife. They live in 'I exas now
and she is unwilling for her strange his
tory to be made known.
"Love at last has its reward, darling,"
Henry says very often. They enjoy his
riches and a large portion cf Colonel
Kancomb's, which he bequeathed to her
at his death. "Yes, your unse/fuh
love, Henry," she always replies.
Our schoolmates are few and tar be
tween now. Heath has carried most of
thetu away and those who are left are
widely scattered. How the roads of life
do fork—and some take one and souio
another. \\'c are all pickets skirmishing
around, one by 0110 get picked off by
the common foe, 1 had liked to have
got picked off myself a day or two ago.
The wagon had come from town with a
few comforts and 0110 was a barrel oi
flour; Mrs. Arp and the children always
come to the south porch when the wagon
comes for they want to see it unloaded
and feel good for a little whil >, so
when the hind gato was taScff off and
Mrs. Arp had wondered how we would
get out tbc flour, I thought I would show
her what a man could do. 1 rolled the
barrel to 1110 as I stood on the ground
jnud gently cased it down ou my knees.
My opinion now is that there is a keg of
lead in tbat barrel, for my knees gave
way and I was falling backward, and to
keep the barrel from mashing nic into a
pancake or something else, 1 gave it
a heave forward and let her go, and it
gave me a heave backward and let me
go, and 1 fell on a pile of rock* that were
laid around a cherry tree, and they were
rough and ragged and sharp, and tore
my left arm all to pieces and raked it to
the bone. The blood streamed through
my shirt sleeve aud I was about to faint,
for blood always makes me faint, when
Mrs. Arp screamed for the camphor, and
tho girls run for it, aud before I could
stop 'em they had camphirc and turpen
tine fire all over my arm, aud 1 went
dancing around like 1 was in a yaller
jackets' nest. It liked to have killed
mo, shore enuf, but after while I raillied
and went to bed. 1 haven't used that
arm nor a finger on that hand till now,
>nd go about sad aud droopy. But 1
have had a power of sympathy, and Mrs.
i Arp is good—mighty good. And now
j I'm in a fix for I can't shave but one
] side of my face and company is coming
: to-morrow.
Well, I used to could let down a bar
rel of flour—l used to could—but rol
ling years will change .fium—anno
doiuini will tell. I reckon by the time
I get iny neck broke 1 will begin to re
alize that I'm not the man I used 'o be,
but as Coke says, "if I cculd call back
twenty years I'd show 'cm.'* The next
time a barrel of flour comos to my house
I will get two skids twenty-live feet
long and lot it roll out, see if I don't.
1 shall get well slowly—very slowly.
Hut Mrs. Arp asked me this morning if
1 couldn't pick the raspberries for din
itei- with one hand—said slio could swing
a little basket around my neck. What
a thoughttul, ingenious woman.
A'few months ago J Black said
to oue of his friends: "When I am goue
1 want you to be able to say of me as
was said of Samuel when ha left the
judgeship, the record of wh eh runs thus:
j "Whoso ox have I taken' vr whose ass
have 1 taken' orwjiom have I defrauded?
I or whom have I oppressed l or uf whose
| hand have I received auv Iribc to blind
I ! mine eyes therewith? and I will restore
lit to you. And they said, thou has not
I defrauded lis, nor oppressed us, neither
I , hast thou taken aught of anyinan's hand.'
II Honesty, energy and pcrKveranoe are
i ' the keys to success.
OCTOISKR 4, 1883.
A LAHMILILC ILLNSLN^.
"Do you like apple pie?"
The soft, fiigliiiifj wind of u dreamy,
one ligLt-uadorsbirt-aud-no-.sunpondcrs
evening ia Juuo was kissing tlic Bully
mass of golden liair that Burmountcd
Htblyo Me N ul y's perfeotly-sbaped head
and as she looked trustingly up into the
face of the one man iu all the wide, wide
world to whom had been given the price
less treasure of her girlish, summer-resort
lovo, tleorgo \Y. Simpson felt tiie balm
of her doughnut, breath on his lips and.
fcnew that, eouie weal or woo, be the day
radient with the golden sunshine of For
tune or darkened by the gaunt, haggard
figure of llespuir, there would always bo
one heart that boat for him alone, one
soul to which he could make f.ivt the
storm-tossed bark of lus hopes and go
ashore on the wildest kind of a hurrah,
secure in tho consciousness that upon
his return tho old seosv would be at the
dock.
It is to the man of the world—one
who has passed the bock-beer sj.i tu r time
of lifo; who has seen the bright and beau
tiful visions of youth fude silently away j
before tho cold, bi'.iug, thermometer, i
going-down-eellar-and-uo-wiutcr- pauts
iii-tlie-house blasts of adwrse fate, and i
iu whose nature cynicism has usurped the j
place of truthfulness—that the pure aud
holy love of a woman about whose colli
fci't ho knows notmng comes with a force
that has something almost terrible iu its
intensity. To Ge trgc \V. Sii»i on, who
had so long looked upi ti love as ua bljl
ic dtcam—tho rose-colored figment of a
disordered imagination—tho fact of his
deep affection for Kthlyn McXulty came
as a revelation—a porter-house steak
oasis iu the boarding-house desert of his
existence. Aud when he knew—when
the ruby-red lips iiad whispered shyly
into his large, sumptuous ear tho words j
that told hiiu his lovo w:is reciprocated i
so fully and completely that it looked as I
if ihe other side must certainly be bluff- I
ing—he had felt a calm, peaceful joy j
that lifted hiiu above the cold, cruel ■
\tforld witn all its bitter disappointments j
and despair and seated him silent & alono
on the shot-tower of gratified hope. Tho
days since they had plighted their trotl.
beneath the spreading branches of the
linden trees that lined the pathway leud- !
in;' through the lawn tj Distress-War- j
r.iiit Castle had pass ul in a slow, St. j
Louis-iuorchatit-iu-a-liurry fashion thai '
to George W. Simpson was simply agon
izing; aud now, on tho evening before ,
that day ou which his hopes were to find i
glad fruition in wedded bliss, they had
met again beneath tho lindens to say
once more tho words that repetition only
makes more sweet. Ere the last rays of
another setting sun shall again gild the
eternal hills aud such stray cows as hap
pen to be standing around, a cassoeked
priest shall iu:>l:e those twain one for life,
and Gcoige will be S2U loser. This last
thought steals over hiiu as be stands
there, Ethlyn's arm around his neck and
as it swashes mournfully around the pre
cincts of his soul his thoughts drift back
to the happy past whoa lie was a merry,
light-hearted boy with a soro toe.
But suddenly the touch of a damask
check against his own brings the reverie
toacloso. A pair of bright, sparkling
eyes—eyes that will soon be picking out
bonnets at hin expense—are looking at
hiui, aud he fancies that in their depths
; he uccs a tiugo of melancholy, a laiubcnt
gleam of iio-caranicls-fur-three-days that
goes to his very heart.
"You arc said, iny darling," he says,
pressing hor closely to tho midship rib
of his larboard side. " Why do you look
so sorrowful'"
".Because," she replies, "you hive not
answcod my quc.-tion. I asked you if
you like apple pie'"
"Yes," he says, "I Jo. 1 aui deeply
enamored of pie in every shape."
Hardly have the words left his lips
when Ethlyn's head droops, and present
ly her liihe form is shaken by a storm of
sobs. George is horror-stricken. He
has not fait such a shock since tho White
Stookings won a game.
"Why do you weep, my precieus one,'
he asks, bendiug teud'-rly over her
"llccause," she answers him, her voice
husky with grief,"l can not make pie."
"Is this true l Are you certain there
is no mistake'"
"None, none," Ethlyn moans,despair
ingly. "1 cau not cook at all."
" 1 hen," he says, raining a shower of
kisses on the upturned face, "you arc
more precious to me than ever."
An editor in Goorgia says "Gold if
found in thirty six counties in this State,
silver in three, diamonds iu twenty-six
and whisky in all and the las'
gets away with all the rest."
\uiifr» Ark Rincovered
A Constantinople cotomporary an
nounces tho discovery of Noah's Ark.
It appears tint some Turkish comniis
sioners appointed to investigate the
question of avalanches on Mount Ararat
suddenly came upon a gigantic structure
of very dark wood protruding from a
glacier. They made inquiries of tho in
habitants. These had seen it for six
years, but had been afiaid to approach
it because a spirit of fierce aspect had
. beeu scon loohing out-of the Upper win
dow. Turkish commissioners, however,
are bold men, not deterred by such tri
fles, and they determined to reach it.
Situated as it was among the fastnesses
of one of the gleris of Mount Ararat, it
was a work of enormous difficulty, and
it was only after incredible hardships
that they succeeded.
The ark, ouo will bo glad to hear, was
in a good state of preservation, although
the angles—observe, not the b w or
storn—lind been a good d.>al broken in
its decent. They recognized it at once.
There was an Englishman among them
j who had presumably read his Liible, and
ihe saw it was made of the ancient gopher
wood of Scripture, which as every one
knows, only grows on the plains of the
j Euphrates. Effecting an entrance into
tho structure, which was painted brown,
they found that the admiralty require
ments for the conveyance of horses had
been carried out, and the interior was
divided iuto partitions fifteen feet high. |
Into three of tliesa only could they get,
tho others being full of ice, and how far
the ark extended into the glacier they
could not tell. If, however on being
uncovered it turns out to be 300 cubits
long it will go hard with disbelievers in
the b kof Genesis. "Needless to say,'
'the Pall Mall Cazctle, "an American
; was ou the spot, and negotiations bate
| beeu entered into with the local pacha
I for its speedy transfer to tho United
j States.—.V. V. llauhi.
TUP !*»*»'.• !> tiaifwula.
It was on the Fourth of July, aud
Downieville celebrated. The stars and
stripes floated from u peeled and lofty
[line, and the chorus of the auvil bad
j re-echoed through the hills.
J The house was crowded with minors;
poet, reader and oraior had performed
their parts, and tho recently organized
brass band was giving in boisterous res
onance some national anthem, when sud
denly, there was heard the feeble wail of
an infant; first low, then swelling out
in all tho defiant strength of his baby
lungs.
The band put forth its loudest strains
aud the baby, incited to renewed exer
tion redoubled its vigor.
It was nip and tuck between the band
and tne baby. The young mother did
her best to divert the child aud hush
him, when from the audience there up
rose a brawny miner, aud, shaking his
fist at the musicians, he cried. "Hush
| that blame baud, aud give th baby a
, chance!"
The band stopped its playing, and
never did stalwart men listen to sweeter
: music than those exiles from home, and
; women, as they drank iu the tones of the
t the wailing child.
Tho child was hushed upon its moth
! er's breast and at the word there won tup
i three rousing cheers for the first baby ot
; the northern Sierras.
vnre'N Commandments.
1. Thou sbait have no other wife but
me.
! ti. Thou shalt not take into thy house
j- any beautiful brazen image of a servant
girl, to bow down to her and serve her;
. for 1 am a jealous wife, visiting, S*c.
:i. Thou shalt not take the name of
, thy wife in vain.
4. Remember thy wife to keep her rc
f spectably.
, 5. Honor thy wife's lather and uioth
s er.
6. Thou shalt not fret.
' 7. Thou shalt not find fault with thy
dinner.
0 8. Thou shalt not chew tobacco.
> !l. Thou shalt not bo behind thy neigh
s bor.
10. Thou shalt not visit the rum lay
. cm, thou shalt not covet the tavern
I keeper's rum, nor his brandy, nor his gin,
f nor his wine, nor any thing that is behind
~ the bar ot the rum seller.
11 Thou ►lla IL nut visit the billiard
hall, neither for worshipping in the
s dance, nor heaps of money that lie on
•, th 3 table.
x And the 12lh commandment is, Thou
| shalt not stay out later than !l o'clock
j at night.
NO. IT.
An Illustration of Usury.
Mr. Coojicr was always a carofnl and
prudent basinaas man. lie was always
opposed to the methods of many mor
eliants, who lauhohed out in extravagant
enterprises on borrowed money, tor
which they paid exorbitant rates of in
terest. Once, while talking about a
project with an acquaintance, the latter
said he would have to borrow the money
for six uioutbs, paying interest at the
rato of three for ccut. a mouth.
"Whj - do you borrow for so short a
time 1 " Mr. Cooper asked.
'•Because the brokers will not nego
tiate bills for longer."
"Well if yon wish,' said Mr. Cooper,
"I will discount your note at that rate
for three years."
"Are you in earnest!" asked the
would-be borrower
"Certainly I am. 1 will discount your
no'e for Slli,ooo three years at that rato.
Will you do it'"
"Of course 1 will," said the mer
chant.
"Very well," said Mr. Cooper: "j'ist
sign this note for 810,000, payable in
three years, and giro me your cheque
for SBOO, aud the transaction is com
plete."
"But where is the money for me?"#
asked the astonished merchant.
"You don't get any money," was the
reply. "Your interest for thirty-six
mouth-i, at three per centum per mouth,
amounts to one hundred and eight per
I centum, or §10,300; therefore, your
| cheque for SSOO just makes us even."
The force of this practical illustration
of the folly of paying such an exorbitant
price foi the use of money was such that
the merchant determined never to borrow
at such ruinous rates, aud he frequently
used to say that uothiug could have so
fully convinced him as this rather hu
morous proposal of Mr. Cooper.
(Bow to Fist osi a J'o.i'.uge
Stamp.
A man lcaru something if
he will only look about him. I was at
the I'oi-toflice Bepartment the other
day, aud uoticcd an employee busy
fixing i-tamps to envelopes. Every iimo
he moistened the right-hand eorucr ot'
the envelope and then placed the stamp
upon it. 1 usked him if there was any
advantage in wetting the envellope
instead of the stamp, and he said: "You
notice that I moisten the envellope
first; well, 1 do that because it is the
right way. There is a right and a wrong
way to do everything, and,consequently,
there is a right and wrong way to put
on postage stamps. It is impossible to
moisten a stamp with the tongue unless
a small proportiou of the gum adheres
to it. Now this gum is by no means
injurious, but than the department do
uot advertise it as a health food; so the
only way left is the right way, and that
is to moisten the envelope first." After
listening to this brief statement I felt as
thought 1 hal emerged from the deep
shade of ignorance to the glorious sun
light of knowledge.
Wise Sayings.
Business neglected is business lost.
Punctuality is the politeness of kings.
Uood credit is a fortune to begin with.
Good manners are the small coin of
virtue.
Enthusiasm is the genius of sinceri
ty'
Doing nothing is doing ill.
Idleuucss, the burial of the living
man.
When a man ceasscs to go up he be
gins to go down.
Indolence, debt aud disease are bro
thers.
If you put nothing in your purse you
can take nothing out.
He that spends without regard shall
want without pity.
lie that would climb the ladder must
begin at the first step.
A healthful body is essential to a
sound mind.
Civility costs nothing and buys every
, thing.
TERRIBLE —We know of a merchant
who pays not t« exceed cents for meat
and compels those who trade with lain
under the lien system to pay 14 cents
nearly one hundredpi r cent and that too
when he will get his money in t wo months
Jl it wonderful that is 4 a, g^pwiug.
demand that the lieu system be abolish-
I ed by law' This way of doing tilings
will ruin the labor in any country. 10ft
per cent for two months is tiOO per au
num.—Tnrhoro Southerner.
"Of what complaint did you father
1; die '-The jury fouud hiui guilty," was
the modest answer.