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For Th TIN Knot. When I left for home she gave me a A SPOILED CHRISTMAS. little package which she said was for me, but that I must not look at it, but A true STORY ABOUT LYING. 4 give it to papa when I got home, and he it yes", said aunt Alice, as the chil- , would hang it on the tree for me. I did dren gathered around her, "I will tell not mean to look, but my curiosity got vou how I spoiled a Christmas which the better of me and I couldn't resist might have been one of the best I ev- ! taking a little peep, just enough to see er saw, had I not done wrong." j what it was." I "I can't imagine" said Fannie "how! "What was it?" asked all the chil anyone could spoil a Christmas Tfiey dren. ! arc always splendid, I think." 1 "I'll tell you by and by. Papa met "I was a very small girl" continued me on my way home, as it was getting 'uint Alice, "and that must be my ex- dark, and I gave him the package and cuse for my naughtiness. , "Mamma had made me some pres ents to carry to my Sabbath School onov nrV f.o an aunt who wasal- bvuvuvi , is!' he the message. 'What do asked me. . "It looks like a little wash-bowl and you suppose it ways very kind to me, The babUath piiuuer, saiu i, wnicn was tne trutn. School was to have a Christmas tree Before I got home my conscience at the vestry, and the class which I began to be rather troublesome, and was in, the - 'infant class', was to sing the next day was anything but a Mer a Christmas carol, and we met at our ry Christmas for me. I kept thinking teacher's house to practice it on the 'What if my teacher or my aunt should afternoon before the longed-for day. say anything to 'mamma about my be As my present was a very modest one, in such a capable child to make such mamma thought I had better give it .-pretty presents, jand have mamma ask to my teacher myself rather than hang me about it f i Why hadn't I thought it on tha tree." i of that before?; And then I should -"What, was it?" asked impatient lit- have to pretend to be so. surprised and tie Mollitv - j pleased when I opened the package, "Wait a minute! I was just going as it was handed to me from the tree, to tell voli. In tliose days pin-balls tand c'ould. I, when my heart was v - m 1 1 so Heavy I I can't stop to tell vou , how pretty were m vogue, ana mamma uau. maue for me to give my teachet a twenty sided one, that is, twenty pieces of three-cornered cardboard, each cov ered with a different kind of silk, and the tree was and how we little ones were complimented on our sing in r and how nice the supper was, bxxi' I all sewed together very nicely. I To Uldn t enjoy.it inucti, for my thoughts my eyes it was beautiful, and I Was were on mv deceft. I was not surprised more" than satisfied with the expres- when 1 found a little china cup and sions of pleasure from mv teacher and saucer iu' mv package, but how do you .1 u Ai " f suppose I felt to read on it, 'Fol- a the nattering comments of my class- g00Jj j ' mates. ! I think since 'then I've been very With no intention of mine, in some careful about telling wrong stories and about way, my teacher understood that I had made the' pin-ball with my own ( hands, and then she expressed more delight than ever and said that she should hang it on the tree next night and tell every one what skilful little -- fingers I had. I knew' I ought to ex-: plain the matter, but I hadn't the mor al courage, and then, too, I found the praise very sVeet." t 'Ho!" said Archie, "I dont think was so very bad. You didn't j claiminc: praise that wa not due me .Now, erocd nieht! And T ho? thro. will not be a, spoiled- Christ in, i for anyone tojiuorrow." J. A. J.; M. HENDL Ilf Southern Pines-, X. First-class work done at veusoiiiil.: l'fices that really tell a lie, andjtheit you were such a little ghl, only in the infant class." . 1 , ; ' HOUSE;AND FOR SALE D In the town of Mauly, witiiin a mile and a half of Southern Pines, t-ui sub- "But I am not through yet. After rfb offe f , . the rehearsal I was te go to my aunt's good house and kitchen. The .and and present the rest of mv erifts. , On my way to the house my vanityjTronip ted me to tell them that I had made the articles for them, and not wait , for any misunderstanding, and perhaps I would receive still nore praise. So while they were looking at the presents I managed to draw attention ' to the fact that I made them nivself and, emboldened by my success, lad led, pointing to a place that I imag-; ined didn't look quite so nice as the rest, 'That's where mamma sewed'." , j "0, what an atrocious little wretch you were!" exclaimed uncle Fred, who ' had been listening unobserved, and with a merry twinkle in his eye added "It's fortunate for you that I didn't know that before I married you." i 1 "No interruptions", said aunt Alice. I must hurry my story, fcr it is almost time for the children to hang up the'r stockings and go to bed. ... I think my aunt should have told me that she ilid not believe my story, for I know very well that she was not at all deceived, and perhaps then I should have been kept from further wickedness. 1 cons -I under thorough cultivation, fenced and j there is a number of fruit trees set out reasonable. Address ; J. S, BL AN MANLY res. is veil' rable urns c. After Forty rears experience in the preparation of more ih.n On Hnnrtrrl Thousand applications for patents in the United States and Foreign conn, tries, the publishers of the Scientific American continue to act as solicitors for patents, caveats, trade-marks, eopy- riffnta. t.v forth TTnitl KttM mil to obtain patents in Canada, England. France, Oermanj-, and all other countries. Their experi ence is nneqnaled and their facilities are unsur passed. ...... Drawings and pecifications prepared and filed la the Patent Office on short notice. Terms very reasonable. No charge for examination of models Of drawings Ad rice by mail free. , PatentdohtainedthroQghMonnACo.arenoticed Inthe SCIENTIFIC AllIEIUCAN.which has w" larKest circulation ana Is tne most influential newspaper of its kind published in. the world. The advantages of such a notice every patentee understands FOR RENT. An elegant HOTEL, in Southern Pines, now being completed, . con taining twenty rooms. Apply early. WILL SELL On very favorable terms, a ' STOCK FARM, i ;i . ' : . on Railroad, three miles from Southern Pines, on which is a ten room house, new. Will sell one hundred or one thousand acres. Address A. F. PAGE, Blue's Crossing, N. C. ! ; 1 1 . FOR ALE. ' The subscriber has for sale at J. T. Patrick's farm, near Keyser, - 1 PHiETON STYLE, TOP CAR RIAGE, Nearly New. ; 1 HEAVY EXPRESS AYAGON, New, both just 'from Concord, N. H. ALSO 1 NEW, AND 1 2d HAND EXPRESS HARNESS, AND 1 2d HAND CARRIAGE HARNESS. ALSO 1 IRON FORCE PUMP FOR HAND OR POWEtt USE, WITH 30 FEET OF PIPE. .- These articles will be sold low f or cash, or exchanged for new milk cows, or 2 and 3 year old Cattle. R. M. COUCH, IReferences: J, T. Patrick, or he editor of this paper. To those who WANT HOMES AND BUSINESS! A good opportunity for investment. In the pleasant iid healthful town of i i APEX, ON R. & A. L. R. R. '.'! 1 ' i ' 14 miles from Raleigh. Yrou can buy on reasonable terms. A comfortable dwelling, newly built, with eight rooms and one acre land. A lot i30 x 100 ft. with well arranged Store house. A good Corn and Flouring Mill with 30 horse power boiler and engine. A Saw Mill and most excellent Gin, with ample room, run by the same engine. All within two hundred yards of the dwelling, and well pro tected against fire. An ample supply of good water. j Some small farms near by if desired. Good society. .; l H: C. OLIVE, t Apex, Wake Co., N. C. Southern Bilges, Moore County, NORTH CAROLINA. FOR CONSUMPTIVES. 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" NEW YORK, via OLD DOMINION STEAM Kits, Sailing every day ex- ccpt friday and nday,. t $130 via ALL RAIL, or BAY LINE from Baltimore, : $1.20 " riULADKLPHIA, via ALL RAIL, or BAY LiNE from Baltimore, $13,00 " BA.TIMORK, via BAY LINE Daili-.' ejcccpt Sunday, 5,70 ALL RAIL LINE l Round trip Rates, via Steamer Lines to Portsmouth, Va., and thence via Rail Line to Southern Pines and return, as follows: From BOSTON, $30,00 NEW YORK, J24, BAUiMOKli, 15,00 Address Fl W. CLARK, GcnT Pass'r Agent. 00 9t3o RALEIGH, N. C. fw v. 1 ia ' !",nt- "fUKi?T,a,aJl niostratea newspaper ia. published AVEEK.L.T at SXOO year, ndia admitted to be tne best paper deroted to science, mechanics, inyentions, enftineerioc worka, and other departments of industrial procreaa, pnb lis ed in any country, it containa the names of All patentees And title of every invention patented cj week. Try it four months for one dollar. Sold by all newsdealers. If yon hare an invention to patent write t' Mann A Co., publisher of 8oientLfio Americas. SB1 Broadway. Rew York Handbook about patent mailed fre. Hall & Hamlin, Commission . Merchants, AND Fish! and Oyster Dealers, Metropolitan Market, RALEIGH, N. C, If You want to sell Anything, ADVERTISE -HN THE PINE KNOT. 1 If you want to buy anything, ADVERTISE IN THE FINE KNOT.- If you want to excLange anything, ADVERTISE -IN THE PINE KNOT. If you want to do business of any kbad, ADVERTISE IN THE PINE KNOT. 4- The farmer, the mechanic and the laborer throughout North Carolina will come and trade with you-if you ies hundreds The PiJne Knot reacl of families in the North who are coming to North Carolina, and will trade with you if yOU advertise. Southern Pines people can order I goods of us by morning train and re-! Attempting to do busines without ceive them on the evening train. All! aaverthmig, is like winking at a pretty our stock is bought 'direct of the Sea-' S11"1 the dark. You may know what board .markets, and can be relied ! ytm ar doing, but no bodv upon. ) j .7, V j w s rcc TCS8.
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