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PROFESSIONAL C.IROS.
J. BOro, J. u . MID.
BOYD cf BEl]\
Attorne.vN-at-Luvv
WBJiTWOIU'H, N. C.
Practice in the Superior court of
Stokes county.
ROBERT D. GILMER,
Attorney and Counsellor,
MT. AIRY, n. c.
I'nictlccs in the eourts of Surry, SU>ke«,
Yadkin and Alleghany.
W. F. CARTER,
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YOI WU lIKKUMMI
Young in u boy
Who )i?c« in every town.
Wis namef 'Tissomotiiiica Jimmy Sinitli,
Ami sometimes Tommy Brown.
Young heedless goes to school—
When he can find his hut;
At home lie loves to play at ball
When he can timl his bat.
Of mittens, one is gone ;
Of rubbcis, two or more;
And on vanw .»Mest day f i
He bnver shut! the door.
The hammer's always lost;
The s.w left on the ground ;
And when he wants his button-hook
If never can In.- found.
To buy a piece of beef,
You send hhn to the shop;
lie loses all the change he had,
Aud brings you mutton-chop.
For all these careless things,
Aud more that 1 eon Id name,
Young Heedless always feols quite sure
ilo never is to blame.
His father would despair,
lint that this thing is true —
That forty years or so ago,
110 was Young Heedless too.
A Narrow Escape.
Oue cold rainy night, I found myself j
in the city of l'aris—the city of all citicw I
where vice id never slumbering, but j
stares you in the face on every side in
the most bewitching forms inuginable. j
Some mutter connected with my pro- j
fession hud bought me there—but, after j
registering my name at the Hotel dc
Yillc, I found that I .should have some
hours of idle time before my business
could possibly he commenced. I tlicugiit
1 would stroll out and admire beautiful
Paris by gaslight, Jhit a heavy mist
hung over the city, and all the beauty,
(if it can be called that) was the flicker
ing of a street lamp ahead. I sauntered
ah>ng unconscious of tbe dis'nnc»4 had
walked until 1 found inysclf on the
Seine. I was about retracing my steps
when I observed a brilliantly lighted
house in one of the side streets.
I resolved to enter and ascertain the
way back to the hotel. I crossed the
street and aaoended tbe broud marble
stops, which reminded me of some of our
fifth avenuo residences, as they were of
the same style. I rang the bell and
immediately a very polite Frenchman
opened the door, bowing and smiling as
if 1 was some groat personago. 1 re
quested biin to inform me the nearest
loute to Hotel do Ville. Ilis face as
sumed a very important air and he an
swered.
"Monsieur will step within and inquire
I am not allowed to converse with visit
ors."
I stepped into the h\U and was soon
ushered into a large, elegantly furnished
apartment and at a glance took in the
surroundings. Seated around a coffln
shaped table sat several men playing
cards, who seemed to belong to the bet
ter class, who staked their all on luck, if
their dress was indicative of respecta
bility ; and at ono corner of tha room
I noticed a man turning an oblong box
out of which droppod small, red balls
with numbers on tha sides, which he
railed in loud, eloar tones. And every
few moments the cry of "keno !" would
arise from the long row of men seated
at a tabic near the window fronting the
street. The truth dawned upon mo
that I was in a gambling hell, so com
mon in l'aris, where ladies go incognta
to mveit in tha game of ehanoa.
Distinguishing the proprietor of the
house, I gaiued the information 1 came
in to ascertain, and he very hospitably
extended a cup of ooffce, at the sarno
time exclaiming:
"Monsieur must be wet, and te coffee
ces very good in wot weather."
1 took tho coffee and drank it; hand
ing him sorno change in payment. He
held his hand up and shrugged his
shoulders in astonishment, and seemed
to be offended. I apologized, and ac
cepted his invitation to accompany him
and hear an explanation of the games,
lie explained how tho game was played,
and wlut tbe oards and checks on the
table meaut.
In ten minutes I understood exactly
how to play the game of ruin and misery
which had blighted many a happy homo
(as well in the New World as in tho
Old,) of that boon called happiness,
leaving nothing but desolation aud des
pair.
Finally, I becuuie so interested in
tlio |>Ujing, that 1 seeuiud to be as luucli
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| excited as the players themselves. And i
an incomprehensible resolve prompted j
! ute to participate in the game. I thought
j to myself it would do no harm, as I
i would only play just one game. Oh,
human nature, how weak thou art! when
i in our estimation we arc the strongest,
we fiud too soon, that we are the weak
est.
I paid for my checks and quietly
waited for the game to proceed, pictur
unng myself as a gambler and every
thing that was wicked.
liut my musings were cut short by
hearing the crier call tho numbers, and
one after another I covered my cards
with the numbers corresponding until
linn >f iiumbeifl wore covered, and then !
iu trembling tones I cried Keno ' and
immediately a man came and gave uic
a large amount of gold. How long I
played 1 know uot, for I was blinded by
the excitement, and knew not when to
stop. At last a voice cried in French,
that the bank was broken for that even
ing, aud I was the winner with a heavy
bag of gold!
1 arose front the table and was about
leaving the room, when a hand was laid
upon my shoulder and a voice asked:
"Monsieur, may I ask your name ?"
I turned around and beheld tho pro
prietor. I answered :
My name is Summers, from the Unit
ed States. What ean Ido you t"
"You may deem it quite impertinent
in me, Monsieur Summers, for asking
| your name; but I thought perhaps you
might never bo heard of again, and by
knowing your name 1 might throw some
light on your murder."
"Murder ?" exclaimed I in astonish
ment.
"Monsieur, I presume that you are
aware that all eyes are fixed upon you,
aud as tlicy know that you are a stran
ger in l'aris, they aro likely to take a I
van'age o c your ignorance of the city
and waylay you before you are
half way between here and the hotel.
"I have kept this place for fifteen
years," he continued, "and 1 feel bound
to protect all who outer this house. 1
propose lliat yon remain here until morn
ing, for I ean accommodate you irith a
room where you can sleep with oalety i
l ake a glass of Madeira with ine t 'tis
of the best quality."
1 weighed his woids carefully and
determiued to remain all nigbt. 'Tis
true the house was in a very desolate
portion of the city with tho Sciue, but
his politeness and his frank manner
convinced me that there was nothing to
fear. We sat up until all tbo guests
departed aud feeling the effeots of the
wine, I concluded to retire. At his
urgent request 1 concluded to drink an
other glass of Madeira, and immediately
after I became quite dizzy, aud could
scarcely stand erect.
1 was assisted up stairs and ushered
into a room comfortably furnished. After
locking tho door 1 put th« bag of gold
on the table and began exauiininiug the
apartment. The rooui contained an old
oaken bedstead which stood in the cen
ter of the room. It was a most singular
piece of workmanship that I had ever
seen, as the head and foot of the bed
rose to an equal height, both made of
massive wood, at least three inches
thick. If they had binges, I thought,
at the cuds they would meet perfectly
when let down. On the wall were
hung three pictures, one representing
the execution of Louis XIV, tho gory
bead, staring eyes and matted looks,
dropping into a basket, with tho fisher
women seated around, laughing, taking
a stich in their knitting whenever a
head dropped into a basket.
Tho other was the death of Kobespierro
the inventor of tho instrument of man's
depravity; and the third picture which
! hung on tho wall at tho foot of the bed
' where the light fell upon it secmod to
> me like a Jumping jack, with its band
! abuut to lift off its hat, which had a
| large plumo stuck into it. I threw my
| self upou the bed, thinking of tbe illus
trations upon the wall, of the blood
staiued past, which conspired to create
a feeliog of dread. I endeavored to
j keep awuke, as 1 now had serious sus
picions regarding the keeper of the
| house. I felt myself being carried into
! the land of dreams, and I tried to oast
| off the spell. I would open my ayes
and gaze languidly around, but at last I
| fell asleep.
i How l»ng 1 slept 1 know not. I had
j a faint recollection of feeliog something
! giving way under me, aud awakening
with a start, I lintoned. All was as
i still as death. 1 heard the faint sound
; of a bell in the distance, striking two
' o'clock. My eves waiiderod to the pict
ure ou the wall at tho foot of tho
I bed,.
DAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1884.
Good Heavens, the figure in the frame
|is moving! the hand isjlifling the hat
| froiu its head, and I can Fee the plume
move !
What can it mean ?
My atteution is so absorbed iti tho
movement of the figure, that I notice
not the sinking of the bed. 1 see the
foot falling, mid feel tbe head aluiost
crushing tne.
Ono herculean effort, iiid I manage
to free myself aud regain tile floor.
The bod by this time looks like an
immense sofa, and the byttsu has fallen
out and tho cushioned stuos take its
place. Lifting one of up, 1
.w.'utmi.' 1 ""- in th* Krk,\iurky
(Seine. 1 turn away with,ln icy shudder
and thank God for my narrow escape.
While meditating upon tho uieaus of
escape a panel in the door opens, and a
hand is thrust through to unlock the
door.
In a moment I have one of the pict
ures down and snap the cord, aud quick
as lightning tie the hand to the duor
kuob, taking the key. A smothered
oath reaches my car but 1 wait no longer.
I snitch the money fioiu the table, aud
jump from the window into the street,
liruised and bleeding, I manage to
reach the hotel.
Tho next day, followed by several
stout gendarmes, I reach tho plucc of
my terror tho night previous ; but the
birds had flown. The door had been
battered down in order io exiricalc the
individual's hand, which I had tied so
firmly.
To this day the vividness of the or
deal which I had passed through is
strongly improssod upon my memory.
Do.
Do attach as much importance to your
mind as to yonr body.
Do be natural; a poor diamond is
better than a good imitation.
Do observe; tbo faculty of observa
tion, well cultivated, makes practical
men and women.
Do, at least once in a while, reflect;
most things, if worth consideration at all
loßk diffc-ent upen inflection. /
Do avoid causes of irritation ii your
family circle; do reflect that home is
the place in which to be agreeable.
Do, if a man says he loves you, try
to find out what he means by it; a good
many men lovo themselves when they
imagine they are loving you.
Do, if you hear a scandalous story,
even from your bosom friend, forget it;
try to remember only wl::.t is to
the credit of others.
Do bo exact in money matters ; every
debt you incur means loss to some one,
probably to somo one less able than you
to bear it.
Do cultivate the habit of listening to
others; it will make you an invaluable
member of society, to say no'hing of tho
advantage it will be to you when you
marry ; every man likes to talk about
himself, a good listener makes a de
lightful wife.
Do speak intelligibly, and uot as if you
had pebbles in your mouth ; and do re
member that your nose wis given you
to broath through aud not as a vehicle
of sound.
Do be contented ; "martyrs" are de
tcstablo; a chcciful, happy spirit is in
fectious ; you can carry it about with
you like a sunny atmosphere.
Do avoid whispering ; it is as bad as
giggling, both are to bo condemned ;
there is no oxcuse for either one of them:
if vnu hav*-n»>t» jay, sav it; if
you have not, do hold yfour tongue alto
gether ; stlcnao is goldou.
Do be strictly trutW-J ; do avoid ex
aggeration ; if you menu a mile, say a
milo, and not a mile and a half ; if you
mean hne, say ono, ana uot a dozen.—
./Veto York Mnil-Exprtis.
California Romance
A rich man has a plain and unattrac
j live daughter, to whonuio eligible young
j fellow pays much atteution. At last
I oue beau is noticed to be rather "gone,"
aud the love affair develops for a cou
-1 pie of weeks. Then to him tho father
: said:
j "Young man, I notice you arc paying
i very marked attention tomy daughter."
The young man stammers and stut
| ters, taken aback.
"Do not be alarmed. I am willing
' you should. Indeed, I may tell you
! that tho day I give you my daughter, I
will place 8100,000 iu the bank to your
! account."
■ "You are very kind I'm sure. But if
it's all the same to you, supposing you
' put your daughter in the bank to iny
! account and give nie the $lOO,OOO.
.Van f'runcisco Chronit/e.
El«- llitln't llcllcTn It.
A private hanker in a town in Wis
consin reoeived a call a few days ago
froui a stranger, who deposited Si 10, and
thou turned around and asked the han
ker for a loan of fifty.
'•Why, sir, 1 can't lend you any motl
ey," replied tho banker.
"I think you ean. Please take time
for relleetion."
"I don't want to reflect upon tho sub
ject, sir."
"Would a run on this bank damage
you SSO worth *"
"Thorn will be no run here "
"Buppo.«e there was V
"It is too absurb to suppose, (rood
day, sir!"
Tho stranger walked out doors, and
the bank closed for the day. lie enter
ed a grocery and stated that he was a
depositor, and asked if tho hank was
sound. He entered a dry goods store
and inquired if tho hard times might
not pinoh the bank. lie entered a drug
store and offered his certificate of de
posit for $5. Ho met a lawyer and in
quired if a receivor had been appointed
to look out for tbe interests of deposi
tors. Next morning lie was at the door
of tho bank, gesticulating and lament
ing, aud behind liinj were lb or 80 citi
zens. lieforo noon thejbank was cleaned
out and its doors closod, and an expri
vate banker was skipping out to avoid
being lynched.— Wall Street A'ews.
Tlie Hottest Spot on i:urth
Ono of tho hottest regions of earth is
along the Persian Uulf, where little or
no rain falls. At Haliriu tho arid shore
has no fresh water; yet a comparatively
numerous population contrives to live
there, thanks to the copious springs
which burst forth from the bottom af
the sea. The fresh water is got by div
ing.
The diver, sittiug in his boat, winds
a great goatskin bag around his left arm,
tho hand grasping its mouth ; then he
takes in his hand a heavy stone, to which
is attached a strong line, and thus cqui|i
ped, lie plungos in and tjuickly reaches
the bottom. Instantly opeoing tue bag
over the strong jet of fresh watur, ho
springs up the ascending current, at the
sarno tiiuo closing the bag, and is helped
on beard. Tho stone is then hauled up,
and the diver, after taking breath, plun
ges in again. The source of these co
pious submarine spriugs is tnought to be
in ttio green hills of Osman, souic 500
or GOO miles distant.— Catholic Hern hi.
A Wouiun'i Economy.
"Nothing for dinner ?" asked a l'ark
street gentleman the other Jay when he
went homo aud found his wife sewbg
and a cold bite set out for him.
"I'm busy, dear,'' murmured the good
woman.
"Sew I see," reniarksd her husband.
Th*n ho took his hat, wont down to the
Woman's Exchange and had a hot
lunch—hot rolls, hat meat-pic, coffee,
aud a delicious pudding.
"Au excellent meal," he said pleas
antly as ho laid down the change for
it.
11 ought to bo good," replied tho la
dy cashier : "your wife baked that pic,
and made the rolls and pudding ; she is
such a good cook that wo keep her busy
seuding in lunches all the time."
"You might have knocked me down
with a feather," he said afterwards to
his confidential friend. "I thought we
were getting a good many new things
up at the house, and that Hue was ecoin
ical, and hero she's just been starving
it out of me. Well: well: It takes a
woman to practice eoonomy—at some
other fullow's expense !"
Sleeping Together.
Somebody has said that more qaar
r»l» occur bctwoen brothers, betweon
sisters, between hired girls, between
clorks in stores, between apprentices in
mechanics' shops, between hired men,
betweon Irisbands and wives, owing to
electrical changes which their nervous
systems undergo by lodging together
uight after night under the same bed
clothes, than by any other disturbing
causo. There is nothing that will so
derange the nervous system of a person
who is cliiiiinativc in nervous force than
to lie all uight in bed with another per
son who is absoibont in nervous forco.
The absorber will go to sleep and rest
all night ; while the eliminator will be
tumbling and tossing, restless and ner
vous, and wake up iu the morning fret
ful, peevish, fault finding and discoura
god. No ,two persons, no matter whe
they arc, should hubitually sleep to
gether. One will thrive and the othei
will lose.
What In Zero t
Perhaps not one in ono hundred can
tell off band why a point thirty-two de
grees below the freezing point on Fall- I
runheit's thermometer is culled zero. |
For that matter, nobody known. The |
Fahrenheit settle was iutrodueed iu 17:20.
Like other thcrmouietriu scales it has
two fixed points, the freezing point, or
rather the melting point of ice, and the 1
boiling point of water. The Centigrade
and Keaumur scales call tho freezing [
poiut zero and measure there, from in ]
both directions. This is a vory natural |
arraugemervt. Fahrenheit kept the j
principle on which ho graduated his
thermometers a secret, and no one has
ever discovered it. Jt is supposed, how
ever, that he considered bis zero thirty
two degrees below freezing the poiut of
absoluto cold or absence of all beat, ei
ther because, being about tho tempera
ture of melting salt and snow, it was
the greatest degree ot cold that he oould
produce artificially, or because it was
the lowest natural temperature of which
he could find any reoord. The grounds
on which Fahrenheit put 180 degrees
between the freezing and boiling points
are likewise unknown.
The Dear Oltl Mother.
Honor the dear old mother. Time
has scattered the snowy flakes on her
brow, plowed deep furrows on her cheek,
but is sbc not beautiful now ? The lip*
arc thin and shianken, but these are
lips that have kissed many a hot tear
from the childish cheeks and the sweet
est checks in the world. The eye is
dim, yet it glows with the soft radiance
of holy love, which can ucver fade. Ah, j
yes. sho is the dear old mother. Tlie j
sands of life are nearly run out, but fee- )
ble as she is she will go further and I
roach down lower for you than anyone
else upon earth. You cannot walk in
to a midnight haunt where she cannot
sec you ; you caunot enter a prison
whose bars will keep her out; you can
not mouut a scaffold too high for her to
reach that she may kiss and blcsn you
in evidence ofher deatlilcws loye. Whon
tho world shall forsake ami despise you,
when it leaves you by the waysido to
die, unnoticed, the dear old mother will
gather you up iu her feeble arms and j
carry you home, and tell you of all your 1
virtues, until you almost forgot that j
your soul is disfigured by vices. Love I
her tenderly, cheer her declining years
with tender devotion.— Watch Tower,
tikool Itools
Superintendent Luckey,of Pittsburgh
in a recent trip into tho country ran
across a school where the teacher bad
been furnished with the following 'Skool
Rools" by the trustees :
No swoarin
litis
quorrolin
nicknamin
goin into tho water
rolin or jumpin
goin in any persons vinepatehes or
orchard without the consout of the ow
| ner
no pinchin
stickin of pins intil each other
pullin of hair durin book
cortin in skool
not more than une pupil must go out
at a time unless for wood coal or water
no crtckiu of walnuts unless dried
no whisperin
Those Kules must bo observed for a
violation of these rules wilt be punished
with a lash according to a vordict of the
trustees.
UncleJMosc, who suddenly deserted the
pit of a show, was asked why. "Nuffin
much, 'eeptin' a 'ouian on tho platform
got to talkin' bout faiui'y fairs wid the
husband ob aoudder 'oman, an' 1 didn't
perposo to stay. My ole master in
Virginny got shot plum ter pieces fur
doin' dat berry foolishness. Darn allcrs
trouble whare dat sort ob foolishness is
gwine on, an 1 Ise a judtshus nigger, I
. is. 1 don't want ter be shot in de leg
. by mistake, or bo brunged up as a wit
ness in de case when it strikes dc courts."
When Mr. Wilberfurce, the great an
-1 ti-slavery advocate, was once a candi
date for parliincutary honors, bis sister,
1 an amiable and witty youug lady, offer
' ed the compliment of a new gown to
' each of the wives of those freemen who
. | voted for her brother, on which she was
. saluted with tho ory of "Miss Wilbor
- force forever!" when she pleasantly ob
served, "1 thank you, gentlemen, but 1
' oannot agree with you, for 1 really do
r not wish to be Miss Wilborfurco' forev
| er.
I
NO. 31
tiJUM. KITES
Truth is the daughter of time.
Shallow streams make moat .din.
Praise a fair day in the evening.
It needs a high wall to keep out fear.
No man limps because another ia hurt,
110 who seeketb trouble never uiissctU
it.
Can a mill go with tho water that'*
past ?
Do uothing hastily, but catching of
flean.
He is most cheated who cheats him
self.
Vice is learned without a schoolmas
ter.
For a flying euemy make a silver
bridge.
Promises make debts, and debts make
promises.
God hath often a great share in a
little house.
Proverbs are the daughters of daily
experience.
Don't scald your tongue in other
folks' broth.
He who revealeth his secret makctb
himself » slave.
Cast no dirt in the well that gives
| you water.
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Go into the country to hear the news
of the town.
A single day grants what a whole
year denies.
Every good Bcbolar ir not a good
| Bchool-master.
I Deceit is in haste, but honesty can
wait a fair leisure.
Lawyers and painters can soon change
white to black.
Damage suffered makes you knowing,
but seldom rich.
Ueason governs the wise man and
cudgels the fool.
A covetous man loe« nothing Ui&t Ua
should tVll he d es.
A wise man docs at first what a fool
must do at last.
! Where the bee sueks honey, the spl
i der sucks poison.
The crutch of time does more than
I the club of Hercules.
He has the greatest blind side who
thinks he has none.
Knaves imagine that nothing oan be
done without knavery.
Give neither counsel ncr salt till you
arc asked for them.
Hastiness is the beginning of wrath,
and its end repentance.
That fith will soon bo caught that
nibbles at every bait.
A broken friendship may be seldered
but will never be sound.
Gaming is the child af avarice, but
the parent of prodigality.
He that speaks doth sow, but he that
! holds his peace doth reap.
Neither praise nor dispraise thyself,
thine actions serve tho turn.
! Groat talkers are like leukv pitchers,
everything runs out of them.
Every fool can Gnd faults thatu grunt
j many wise men can't remedy.
Some had rather guess at muuli thun
I take the pains to learu a little.
From our ancestors come onr namoi,
but from our virtues our honors.
' He is a fool that praises himsslf, and
he a madman that speaks ill of himself.
Vice stings us evon in our pleisures,
but virtue oonsoles us even in our pains,
1 He that has a little knowledge is far
more likely to get more than he that
1 i has none.
' ' You may often feel that heavily OQ
your back which your took lightly on
1 your conscience.
Men are born with two eyes, but with
one tongue, in order that they should
see twice as much as they say.
Schoolboys are the most reasonable
people in the world ; they care not hoif
) little they have for their money.
> We are muoh deceived wboo we fancy
) that we can do without the world, and
■ | still more so when wo presume that the
- ' world cannot do without us.
' i When we fee) a strong desire to
1 , thrust onr advice upon others, it is usu
' ally beoause we suspect their weakness;
' but we ought rather to suspect ourowq.