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I ' Where the western sun doth shine, Where my Savior doth abide ' , V In. this peaceful heart of mine. CONFEDERATE HOME' ASSOCIATION. ' villain up to the foot-lights and the twain WOUld Smile tor all tney are J To the Sons and Daughters of N CaroUna. worth in recognition of that generous applause. : " We can see that wart Doealmy-halr'grow' wMte like "snow J 'Tis a crown of glory bright, Like a book whose pages glow . A With its tales of joy and light. 'Tis a pledge and token true ' ' j Of a gain transcending loss, . . . , t)f that nonor justiyyae i i " Those who long have borne the cross. There's no death Dor age, in truth, 1 For a soul to Jesus given ; I shall know eternal youth Here on earth and there in heaven! :'! i -i.'i -sv Vr , This, weak btidy, too, shall rise, . , l .Phcenisc-Hke from its own grave, Fit companion in the skies VIv.Far any soul which grace doth Bave. j '. Yes, I'm on life's siinnv side, 1 ', - ... j ' Calm and restful are my days. Avitlv an outlook grand and wide, A' kill li V 'J IMIH J TJ I MMWfc ! i': i, i i . t i I- i i '.( CJT J J perched, on her nose .during the whole of those trying proceedings, calmly, ; Berenely, philosophically ; undismayed by the dark intrigues of that misguided man, unruffled by the frantic despair of its fair proprie tor, unmindful even of the splendid plaudits of the gods enthroned on that lofty, peanut Olympus. A - THE . UNION SftUARE VANITY. If you care t6-pursue this inter esting study further, go v to Union At ilift annnnl mfiptiTiEr of ihft Don' federate :.HcUssodiaii6rt,5t May 20th, 188-5, it was determined to make one more effort to raise, in the State, the amount " required to erect a suitable home for ouxindi gent soldiers, , before,. asking aid of strangers.-T v. '. , ;h : hu: The success of tHs movement will depend on local organizations, throl which we hope to collect at least ' fif ty .cents from each white 'voter m the State, and. the same froniJiis motii-: er, wife, sister or daughter: In ev- Square, a great loafing place for the ery community there still; must bo profession. Fully one-half of those neglected, seedy-looking individuals you see lounging about the benches of the parks or the lobbies of the ho tel (when they are permitted to do so) are actors and actresses about half and half. ; Manv of them are college-bred, and some few no doubt are specially gifted. But the pro willing hearts enough who will un dertake this labor of love and' pa triotic duty. -We therefore; in tho name of everything 'dear to us as North Carolinians, appeal to them ' ivT vt . . - Ms freai;heath teown prophet wxis once ,a por' bpy with- t a" "dollar; ip. his obketl.' Years ago wrnen,iittie Manfli;usea to snare : suckers along the ; Whitja Nile, , no one thought that ' to-day he- would be :the champiori heavy-'weignt prb ph'et of thVknoVh worlds ! It shows what can be done by a. brave,' cour ageous ' little' boy 'eveh.f inuvfdreign , I- o ", i..M,,. .. -;.- ,;i ,,r, . Iri appearance he; is a' brunette of about-: the style of : the successful mierchaum pipe. He does not dress as -we 'do,c but5 wears a white turban that look's 'somewhat like an Etrus-' can hen's, nest- Oh chilly days he adds' other articles of apparel to this turban , though j during the summer months that is sufficient for evening drpss.. In'' the morning he puts "on At. Important to Justices of the Peace." v. M Ji UUli -:rr; llM Hu , h.) . .. 7 his. turban, buckles : a six-shooter to meet, organize, ana go to- worK xii j ; - .- . - ... . . , - - . J , ,. . . It 'doesn't ake-;Mahdi long to, make ' ed, be it Wtve ccnts. -;lh11L C - - , ,f ., 1 . ' t . . . . - ' OUR NEW YORK LETTER. tession is. ran. ana n is namcuiariv wa onoi ;nrtr fhAi - J. W I M U Cv lf . W VAA .VJ V V I 1 . . ! t ' 1 . 1 difficult to jret work at this season. ha . 1t,v nV;Kii.l Fetiri t. ;a;.ipneiy,. isiana m That feUow.; over, there .destroying tions to free lunch we happen to know: He diers, Home" and to puolisleMprC?- m: a i -ii x -V x- i " '"-xi fana uvea -tnere on wnateverjaecouia ly all contributions made m" their - , , . . , - . . . . ' , (rot hold' of. iWhilR Others were down r --, at- Khartoum; having1 a! good time at for ;an;,bdui wbilfit theeomrnding i officer ga'llopp up and, jdown the; line ; on a. "heavy". ;hor$e and .the enemy pours a galling fire into his ,ranks.d X.X.V atMXJLXj riff " - v J if.M'J.uo 'nxxv r ,xxvxxjjjf , waves his Oriental night shirt in the., Egyptain j air, shoots some, one and goes away.; f Wjhen the battle-ground is examined on the following day ,it is; discovered thateight huridred occurTmg-under the ; 'By chapter i ?288'of ' the; laws ' of 1885, it is'eiiacted r i"..v( ',: i J"l-lThat aUppointments of justi-b ces of; the 'peace tby the 'general :as-j :sembly? shall be void Unless the per sons so appointed shall qualify with in threei months thereafter. - A' 2. -That' all unfilled appointments provisions h of braveandhAndsomellishsoldiel are ituieu auu iit. iiiULu-caoeii .Aiau tioj 1 fvit.u - n- C-'xi, i.. i -L... ll. " :.Li .1. iT If has stepped on his Gothic , shirt tail and sprained his ankle. ' ? El Mahdi , i not a bad (looking man at all, and the report that hq has lost his, teeth j so that, when he gives his orders he' has; to gum Ar,c bic, is not true. . - V Bill Nye..,j( " Tbe D. D'is. and IX. D's. -? - has some little reputation, no later than last winter playing an impor tant part ihj one of our standard the atres. The last time we saw him it was behind the footlights, as a lord, clothed, in purple and fine linen, respective communities; This would All our; State male colleges, have had ; their, commencements for this. year and, with one exception, have. conferred neither of the above. hon orary degrees on . any; one: J:yhile tne university, Jjaviason, wate j? or- tm. i est and Trinity. Colleges remained sueni on tnis suDiect : tms. vear. Rutherford College, true to her cus tom, did , hand out these titles of honor to two or three. A powerful rebuke 'is this and a fact which in- Correspondence Of the Rocket. ., New Yoiik, June 23. In a large building on 23d street, iust over the way from the Fifth PAvenue hotel, one -.night up, is this sign : ".Lyceum bcnooi or Acting. hig coat is torn and faded linen soil .eomewnat : novel enterprise- oi ed trousers bagging and boots un which this sign relates is the product polished. There is a week's growth ot the lertile imaginations oi a Hall of- beard on his fac his breath dozen wise men wnq speculate m smf!ii3 str on? of whiskev and he is tohe tosanity of their fcilow creatures, putting away that free lunch with :r tnat strangely miatuatin im- th air of man-who iiadnt had pulse wnien.catises young men ana anythingto eat for a week and don't women uevoia. c-i insmonicjaient to expect again for a fortnight. ceeK me siago is mc - mosi . Truieni plias.e of mental incompetency. The Lyceum School has never brought any one into distinction, to be sure, and never will ; but then it is very popular .with stage-struck young men , and maidens who happen to 1 i . ., v ' ithe.skatmg rmk, IIaJidi remained in adnitionar Wroof of s thd winiuss Nl001 UP the PmS of the "The Press of the State" to with gold lace and spangles. That ; promote any. movemciit' calculated is hardly , three months ago. Now to elevate North Carolina ;t' y ,H We appeal to our ministers to give full notice and to have special con-. tributions taken up for this. Work. ; The heads-of colleges, seminaries and schools arq requested to ask their pupils to aid us w ith cantribii tions. We arc confident such re quests would receive a cheerful and generous responac, tor the young arej always liberal ; towards n needy and pleading old age. J o have the needful, and plenty of it is required-" They come from Maine to California; the school is overflow ing, and nearly a thousand names are oft "the anxious list awaiting va cancies. . ,,,,, . : .,.;;' DIAMONDS -YET IN CHARCOAL. We enter the passage-way and lounge "about the entrance without .attracting special attention. Here comes a red-haired girl, tall and an gular. There is a fine dramatic fren- ! zy in her eye which marks her as a L student Pf "serious business." ,im- " agine that awkward, stilted girl do ing Ophelia, prancing about the stage, decked with pansies and col . umbihes, - with that "wealth .of red hair streamingdown her back like Vesuvius, in a state of eruption ! - And here is an ambitious Romeo. He wears tooth-pick shoes pnd lavender trousers, smokes a ci igarette and has his hair parted in i the middle, j He smiles biliously at the coming Ophelia, blows a cloud of smoke straight . in her face and passes Within. , j . ... V That fair damsel in pink and yel low, built from the ground up like a, bank safe, is ambitious 'of distinction : sis Galatea." , Think of such statues que beauty in .repose! r V; ! The girl with foUr binds of bangs and a wart' on her nose' was admir at)ly fiited by nature, at least in: the I respect of appearances,-"for comedy ' But the nickle-platcd look of sereni ity -arid eyes upturned supplicatmg- -xLly to heaven -leaves us , in no , doubt 't that she is an embryo artist in melo- uraina. vv e can picture . ner oena- ing her fragile forrn forward at an angle of 29 degrees' with mathematic precision, wildly, madly .'"wringing her 'hands' like an Irish laundress, - in accents of burning anguish scream ing, jVillalfi;- :avaunt IV.cand then Jauuing dead away at the feet of that amiable-looking- wretch, who smiles a-patent .Lyceum School vil lain Smilp' sfriVoa ff'ti-nreirt ottiti,Jn ' ' J a .vv. fM ilugiV CXUllUlXVX and casually remarks in 'high C ; wa-a-a ! I hahve thee now !" We , can'see those gallery gods get up and - stamp and clap and howl in a frenzy pf delight, whilst the j maiden with the wart leads the mild-mannered STARS AND LEADING PEOPLE. To be sure there are very success ful people in the theatrical profes sion, and when they do strike a rich lead it takes them on to fame and fortune in the biggest sort of a hur ry. The Booths, Mary .Andersons, Barrets, Irvings, Terrys, &c, make fortunes almost nightly. Leading people , in tne great tneatres com mand munificent salaries. Osmand Teasle, Wallack's right-bower, is sup posed to get $600 a- week, and Rose to go into the ' prophet business and mmder the king's English. Some people began to hear of El Malidi, and as he put a card in all the morning papers of the Soudan, he at once had ail the prophesying he could do and had to hire an amanuensis or assistaiit prophet to help him out. :During the holidays, when trade 'was brisk, the Mahdi had to sit up ; and . prophesy, till 10 or 11 o'clock at night. ';' His' real name isMohamrned Ach- med,1 and' 'lie is the son of a petty slieik, whose name I have forgotten. The necessity of a hOnfe for the iii-trr.i--' ; - - " er - --sj y . . j y x . rfhis man was an inferior person and ffent survivors nf ."The North. Car-1- . , ., T .... digent survivors pf,"The North. .Car olina Troops" must be- apparent to all who can appreciate the noble spirit which" impelled these: bejit oid men to brave the dangers, of War and win glories sufficient which, if trans- posed into gems of : worthy brillianr cy, would encircle our State and 0re ate for it a perpetual day mora su perbly bright than those which come for .tbi terni i by y the' appoixitmentrof the; Gtyverhor." A A Kvr- A A . 1 'i Thd election of justices by the late general.Vassembly was on the 11th day-;of March last, and, the three months in which they were required .; to qualify expired , on ? the 1 1th day of the present month. . ..'.! n-A. ; . f'-- It is probabia that the attention of the justices elect Was not called to this act inasmuch as the: laws have but recently been published ; and, re lying upon; the provision in ; the Code which permitted : their qualifi cation at any time prior to the com riienceinentr of their terms, tb-wit : the first, Thursday.' in August next after-theirelectionAoubtlessmany of - "them have:: alio wed the three months-to elapse without qualifying, arid tha office are now ; vacant. ' A- The - Governor 1 has caused the ion that the Legislature had the. au thority: to pass ; the act referred to,- and that the Governor 1 had' the Coghlan, his leading lady, nearly asjto us in summer's happiest time- much. The salary list at his new theatre last season iootea up some thing like $3,000 weekly. Robert Wantell left the Madison Square the- True as are these inspiring facts, many, of our soldiers have been al lowed to die in poor-houses and a very "pramary sneiK, I am tpia just such a sheik as you:could go in and find on the ten-cent counters. of the Soudaii anywhere. if - ; Mohammed Achmed for a time showed one of the prevailing charac teristics of a tramp, and so they be gan to educate him as a fakir. A fakir -is a "man who has permission to ramble through the country enis ling people out of money and gro- cericsjn the name of religion. lie is a sort of , Oriental gospel bum, whose business is to go around over dicates the growth of a healthy senr ! timem relative io w WL. hv-thH. fuctiiccs. i - . 1 ' . . . i -i i i . . . ro nA t t rkc " ' b " "i-"1 H xiu aiu lix xv .-i, XIXXIO. XJ. ,XJO. of our State?; : Some are men of un questioned ability and merit, while A;r. . x:i , " , -. ' a i ' a power and it was his duty to make too large for, them, So great have i . . - a,, , ! , , . ; ' . lt& appointments to fill thepffices made vacant by the failure of the persons. elected by the general assembly to qualify. ' . ; I tis understood that his Excelleri- cy will in all, instances "where they will 'qualify, unless some good rea son .be given to the ' contrary,- when called tvpon,' appoint the persons selected by! the! general .assembly,' and where- the persons so selected decline to .qualify, he- will make am polritnients jUpPh ?reP6mrhe'ndatibn irom trustwortny, sources, it is de sirable that the county," authorities throughout the State shall giy;e the matter speedy attention. News and Observer roes wouia nave done so much to atre, where he drew $450 per week, for more at the Lyceum. Clara Mor rjg played att engagement recently at j $600 for three , performances' a make North , Carolina's war record week. , Ada Reban, Georgia Cay van, so grand if they had known, their Sarah Jewett, Annie Russell, Gil- State would desert them in their bert, Kelcey, Lewis, Houston,' Ray- years of feebleness and want?,;: ; inond and dozens of other local fa- Alas ! they never doubted their vorites command -princely salaries. State, but," inspired by that,; love about the play houses. which shines in matchless splendor 1 x:n x i x - .x ix J : . the country weepmg over the sins these abodes of woe. Is ithis right .v -litx -.cv V ri...... vu w a-; or. just? Do you believe thesc. be There are sixteen or seventeen when devoted ' to- a coU'Atry 's cause, people who are too busy to be hypo crites. These fakirs are alwavs de vout, hungry and sad. They yearn for 'a bright immortality, miuV- they arc in no great rush about acqmrmg it. They - are perfectly ! , Willing to wait1 till ''-the' Egyptain1 pullets run out. . I am glad that we have no fa kirs in America. - ' ! ' ' . . By and by : Mohammed Achmed got a 'oall to rise up William Riley reputable theatres in this city, af- they marched ever forward until the and gather the clans of the Soudan fording the widest scope of stage en- nag.; they .were commanded ; to : de- thrf He' werit fo them and told tertainment. They vary as greatly in size and appearance as in charac ter. The Metropolitan Opera House or the Academy of Music, rival houses for the production of opera, would very comfortably seat every man, woman ; and child within a ra dius of ten , miles from theHocicET office ; while the new Lyceurn, which aims 1 desperately to be the "tony" place, has only six hundred seats. THE GORGEOUS CASINO. ; So attractive 'in appearance' are half a dozen of these houses,' and of such different styles, that it is diffi cult to institute, a comparison. The most luxuriously, deoorated is the Casino,' with its; chased and fretted bronze walls. The effect on enter ing is dazzling, the general magnifi cence of the place suggesting a prod igal outlay of money. If any fault fend and'follbw was furled forever. Should such men be allowed to exist in poor-houses and fill pauper's graves?-Will you longer permit such fates to come to them , and still cop tinue to boast of j& peculiar chiyalry and renown the plain result of their soldierly bearing". and devotion? Until' this Homeris1 bxftft -ana' provided- for, all such boastings should cease, for. they cannot sound save as heartless mockeries ! v . .Will you give' and gathe;thejpal-l try pittances we need and must have to make our object a success, or will them in cohfidenco that he.was the only ! genuine, all-wool , prophet on the Nile, and it they wanted some fun to get ' their' double barrel shot guns' arid.' join 'the gang, . They did s6.i iNone of .them ever did anything at. home to obtain a livehhood, so they1 could go away on the warpath all summer and their business would not suffer.' at all They.f.thenj proceeded-to . murder tliteykiiig's ;Englishjwhohad. come thexb ita: conquer and acquire their sand ,pile.iU .The--Arabian style of : warfare is become the pumber by the unwise administration of college : trustees "i ' ' O ....... ... that by common consent neither of these degrees is a reliable indication of either- natural ability or great ac complishments. ; .AD. D. was once a Doctor of Di vinity in reality, a minister well versed in tjlieology and the doctrines and teachings of. the Bible, .but no- such is surely. -the case nowx which makes men! deserving, the- honor, hesitate to accept it-w hen. conferred upon them. . ' ' ' An r Li. 'Lu l. was once reaiiyj-i a learned Doctor of Laws whosg rnind was ripe with a thorough knowledge of every statute and its meaning, and Jiad risen to a point of dignity that commanded the respect of every one, out now oiten the devotee oi device and pickery, through the me dium ot lamily mnuence or: Borne other minor consideration, is the L. L. D. that Ye are called upon to con sider a dignitary whom history will be proud tq honor For. these reasons; we think it high time, to call a halt, and let the hand of Time brush off a few of the "high ly honored" before these degrees can be brought back to their fqrm er bal ance of honor, A majority of our colleges are. now in the right track, and .may, they re main there till every ghttering de gree of honor will indicate the real gold of merit. Launnbiirg j Ex change. Haying recently, purcbased arst class outfit, we.I are", prepared ;to do all kinds of - V - PL Am . ANDr.FAISTQY JOB PRINTIIMC .IN.. THE.. : (f BEST 'OP, STYLE M ttf. CM And at Living- Prices. Habits tliat Become Disease,! ,-.iNot.a few! oJSithe.dieftses; of whichjjt so. inuch complaint is made are dis- eases of habit All of " tho vital or gails.geti into , habits of acting in a ' certain manner at certain time's, and it is no easy matter to ' .break.lt u'pi 1 ' -.Coughing is often nothing' more ' than a' h'abi; so may "spitting 'be 1 yawning, laughing, .crying cracking ', .the fingers, "fe'cratoliirig' the liead,' ' squinting, "pr . rolling.the eyeSxlolling " : . xl J x.'J.'' ' T ' ii- "n 1 pne jongue , out, Piling tne nnger . nans, picKing. . tne. ears or nqso tne repetition oi woras, ieignmg surprise ( , and horrorf and many others.. "It is 1 well known among 'physicians that ' L the stomach' and liver, are. both- giv-'"' 1 t-AA KJ IVi A AAA XI cl MtlU ilUiUllCi L1XX U, . pad ones too. i nese are more dn- s . ficult to breakup than acute attacks ' of disease! v "'!" ' .-' ' J ' ,l .! Mankind is subject to a great deal J ,'- of silly, habits, "or at least the little" ' ones which do no special harm, arid ' 1 are productive of no good except as1' '." far as pleasing -the individual for the time being. These ;pften .'become! ' second natures,;' and there' are few'1 but' have more or less of ii -c , ; Ben persons them. " There was' Ben Johnson, who could not rest in' his bed, much less go to sleep, unless his shoes were placed heel 1 to toe in a particular corner of the room. He had accus tomed himself to doing ' this for a short time, during which it became ' a habit and finally became a neceW ' sity. This seems like a very silly ' thing for' an ! intelligent man to bo ' guilty if, but habits 'of less' eonse quericeJ than that ; will make men . ';r miserable.;. '''' , ' lA n I Jiist recallthose of youracqtiairit- ; ' arice' whom you know to have little peculiarities of their 'own, and see : ' how easy it is to tract ihera to some ;'i habit whichi was considered' too tri- flmg:torirerit even a passing notice. In looking' foi theseiiri 1 your Tieigh'-f bors: arid Acquaintances yoi may!,l firid'spmb'iri- yourselyes' which may " be lopped Off without 'irury to thc: ? body: Pittsburg Dispatch."- you decline, and thereby,.: force tlie peCuUar. . It consists largely in drink- historian to draw around your claims for magnanimity , ' generosity1. 1 and charity ; the dark and dreadful lines of palpable neglect and smercilefes ingratitude ? v 3eieving s y.oyir apf swer will be such as North Carolin- ing alkali' water ion their part and; in requiring ; their enemies to do the same. 'for pinety days. So it becomes simply:? a question of who has .the irrriestfarid most durable ? Bessemer x ivi .i . . '-.-sf1 blCCl JJUVVCW- ii ;j s' -til : JS-.U'J be found with the Casino it must be ians ..sh?ul4 3?.? u -.No iorie but alBedouiiSbuld have mab ii, ib u ver-ioaaea witn rienness j pxa.xxxxg xcicuucip ixapxieter, i thought of sueh-a style of -'.warfare. U.U.VXO Sunday -week every day in thehsupport and" mental easev we hope- PUTH. j fully submit; this important ones-- tion' and imperative;.duty '.for 'your consideration and action.' "-V "'-' i ; - ' ." W. F. Beasley, Presidnt. ; . ,r: ' In the' opinion of the:; Kansas-colored preacher the earth was created at midnight so no one could- see what it was made of. ' Parson's Purgative Pills, make new rich blood, and -will completely change the blofod in the entire sys- tarn - in three months. ' Any person who will : take one pill a night from one to twelve eeks maybe restored to sound "healthy - if such a thing is possiDie, j ' "There'said a woman to a; tramp J is a nice dinner, but I shall expect you to saw a little wood for it. "Certainly madam," politely re plied the tramp, ' attacking the din-. ner with both hands, "but.you will pardon me, I trust, if I venture to correct your English." ' 1 "My what ?" "T' ' "Your English.-' Somei! moderd authorities' claim ihat grammar is out. I know r better The word "saw" is a verb; in thii.ciise, singular "number and r imperifect tense. You cannot say, "I shall ex pect you to saw wood."-' "I shall ex pect you to see wood" is correct." If you will indicate the" pile, to me I will now look at it as I pass'ut. INew York bun, r. J. ur. VV. Uobb, lormerly a cit- It. is not, t therefore,, a question courage or .ever lasting justice; it is a question pf who .cap drink concentrated-lye all summer , and take his alimentary, canal, home with him in the fall. . i ;nfj - ; , x In .tlie battle, the Arab charge is peculiar in the extreme.. .The Arab does not stand up in line of battle A Peep Into the Bed Boom of a New York ; - MiUionaire's Daughter. . Would you like to see how a New York belle of millionaireism sleeps ? I" can gratify you i so far as to de scribe, with literal exactnesss,' ' the bed room of a young woman whose nameis printed as often as anybody's in the society reports. ' I never saw a more beautiful, cosyj in every way delightful place ; than the sleeping room of this young princess of fash ionthis1 eldest . child of a many- million aire. The wall paper was of pale gold on faint slate color. The gilt bedstead was pushed against a plaited silk of pale gold, with slate colored ' silk' hows at -the' corners just such another square of -plaited silk" rose ' to thov ceiling above the washstahd.'; On that were only pitch er, .bowl,, soap-dish and so on, :be cause water is presumed to invite sewer gas, but all of the choicest A great sheet of beveled looking glass, six feet high, swung on brass rods above the; floor in one corner fpy the young: woman ,tq see her whole attire in. She had also a hand some folding glass to reflect her ears, back hair, and . neck. ; There . was an open i fire place, besides the ; hot-air register ; a dressing stand laden with pretty toilet boxes . and , bottles ; an ivory, clock like a bird-cage, ip which ivory canaries trilled sweetly as each hour began ; easy, chairs and a rock- ing-chafr to match . the wall paper and rfurniture,; f a pretty, little prie- dieu for the young womanl to; iay her prayers - upon as fashionably" as possible, ,and wealth-of. little, ele eancaes. comDleting a general etlec that was exquisite dainty and irivit-j ing beyond computation.? -Opening jzen' of our town but now of Ben nettsvilleJ was m town ; some time ago soliciting signers to a' petition tor a position in . the . feignal bervice of the United States and. has ,jnet with success, as he has received news out of this room the young million of the approval of -hi -petition, and aircss had another apartment where gone to v Washington '-to take choice ! o two positions offered. him; -VWe are glad Mr. Cobb- has succeeded, because he .is both disposed and competent to discharge his-duty. Launnburg Jiixchange. she wroteand painted and "worked," so. to; speak, . but I, did not see it. Letter in a Calilornia Journal. Crop prospeefs eontinue good. :.v- 'i???-.vt.-"i.-.?..'i.-.'--r.iirj I' "i-t-yt'M:.- Drink and. Work., .1 drink to make me work," said' a young man ; to which 6baer.vatiork.. an old "man replied thus : W " "That is right ! ' You drink and" it will make you' work. ' Hearken to ' me a moment, and 111 tell you some- thirig "that will do you good, ' I was-' once a prosperous farmer. I had a" ' good, loving wife and two as fine lads as ever the sun'sh.one. on.' We had a comfortable home and we used to ive happily together. ' But we used ; to drink ale to make us work. ' Those - wo lads I have laid im drunkard's0 graves. My wile died broken heart ed, and' she now lies by her" two' sons. I aria 72 years .of age. ' Had' it not been for drink-I might have' been an independent man ; but I1 used to drink tomakemeworkT and' it makes me work now V At 72 years' of age' I am dbligcd to work for my daily bread. Drink ! drink 1 and it will hiake you work !" '. There is a powerful warning in this incidental anecdote that ought to be heeded by every boy' and young man. 1 And it is forded hbrne as a tnie outcome !'xT 'dabbling 'in rorig drinks. They will beat1 you in the end.' ' ' ' MrsT.- M: Watson 1 who has been in feeble health 4 for some time; died at herhome near; Mon tpelier church ' on Wednesday . evening,' June 17th, -1885. This noble lady was' the kind 'and affectionate '.daughter ;-bf Mi.- J ohn ; .Johnson,- whox died ' several k years .ago J. 'and will be always Td-x-- membered for. her 'many khdncsses ! by many- young men, now Who were Vqys then, ' and. knew Tier as Miss . Oattie; ohn soft when theyiboarded vr with her fiither: and attended school at-SpringHill in the distant y-eajs, of the. past.' WC; were of that man.-:! ber and .it Tbehooves ys to'say thatu '. thbugrf ; silent ' in " death" she. ; still speaks to us, arid it will ever be thus, -. forlndeeoTrshplpuched ,6uf 1 :.ler, ' boyish ' heart with; the' svee tut ss of -.her disposition'that V ever-living, ' fdndjmemOries.Rct in peace, thou : .; "departed "fle'.T-yLauri. ' i Ex.'-1 V 3. 'Fafmers.are Jay;., rihrain kcrp? tLi: t1ib"cottc'u 7 ' , . -rT 1 i J " ' .1 , ( r -AA 7 J .
Rockingham Post-Dispatch (Rockingham, N.C.)
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July 2, 1885, edition 1
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