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GaSTONIA, G ASTON" OoUNTY, N. C, ATTII1)AY MoiJXTNO. JlJLY 80, 1881.
No. 30
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jJVeyer 3rml Wlin t ' Tlicy M n y
Don't worry nor f ret
About what people think,
(Cf your ways or yoi'l- uei!
Of your food or j our drink,
If you know you uro iloinu;
Your best everyday,
.With tho right pn f uur Bide,
Never mind whnt ' they " nay,
Lay out in the nioiiihiK
Your plans for ouch hour.
And never fortret
Thnt old tlmo Is a power,
This also remember
'Monn truths old and new
Tho world Is too busy
To think much of you,
Then (ranter tho minutes
That make up tho hours,
; And pluek In your pllfrrinitiirc
Honor's bright flowers. ;
Should (frumblurs assure you
Your course will not pay,
JVIth consciop,pp af ret,
Never mltjd whjt " they " ajr,
.Then Jut u i, foiyeltliiH'
Tho Insensate throng,
.That jostles us daily
While marching along.
Press onward and upward,
And make, no delay
And thoujfh jiepuhs tn)k,
.J Never mind what " they " say.
JIaking the Ends Meets.
yx llt.IVKR OPTIC.
I'HAI'TEK I.
Richard Jane was esteeined a prudent,
Careful young mao by all who knew him.
His father was a poor man, and tumble to
do anything for him than to give him u
good comrnuti school education, which whs
in it pelf a fortune. Ai a boy he hud gone
into a store and worked his w,y along by
flow degrees, till at the opening of our
story lie had asulury of six hundred doilurs
fk rear as sulesinan.
Three yean before he had mode the ac
quaintance of Isabel "Wiilit t r, and bom
that time a new hope animated him, lie
thought of the future and the delights of
home. His own home wi h Isabel for his
i.
jrift, occupied the foreground nl his picture
Iit the future, lie had an ideu of ilomestic
hlifs which he meant to r, ulize, and with
Xti.it inject In? saved a portion of ps salary
.cyey year, so that .when he was ready to
get married he hud ")U0 to go to house
keeping with.
Jgabel Walker was tin orjJian, with
jlijnjf to depe.n.l up in hut her own earn
ing. She hud recei ve.l a tolerable educa
tion and early exhibited a remarkable
patent for music, "ijje jkiiul "ritnils had
.assisted her to cultivate ;l, Bin) now she
famed a yery handsome salary as a teicher
ol music. She was b very pretty girl, and
her unliable character and pleasant ma ners
rendered her a general favorite, even in the
pircles of weulih und fashion.
Richard and Isabel were married nnd
taking half of a good house at a rent of
one hundred and fifty dollars, they went to
housekeeping in pietlereoce to boarding,
Richard's accumulated fund enabled h m to
furnish his rooms very prettily, though not
very elegantly or fashionably ; but Isabel
was gi)ti.'d, was delighted with her new
initiation.
For a year they were as happy hti.l con
tented as they could be, nor sighed fur any
of the luxuries or Vanities which Richard's
eitiull salary did not enable him to buy
At the beginning of a new year the young
husband's employers voluntarily raisid hi."
Salary to seven hundred dollars a yeur.
' Now, isabel, you shall have a piano,
said Richard, alter he had announced the
gratifying intelligence. -
'Oh, no, Richard ; we cannot tif'jrd to
keep a piano,' Isabel remonstrated.
I tb'juk we can ; 1 know a firm that
will trust me for one will give me six
months credit.'
' But, Richard, you ennno;, py for one
)a sif months.
' I cap pay a part of it, and they will
wait longer for the rest. I c in pay a hun
dred dollars, at least towards it '
f I fear not. y by, joofc at your account
book. Our expenses for the first year we
have been housekeeping are little more than
lix hundred dollars. Ifyoij had not had
some money we whould have been in debt.
This seven hundred dollars yill just enable
u? to live as we have lived, nothing more.'
There were a great muny extra cxptnsi s
jhp first year. It will not cost us more
luii' $5 00 this year.'
Thea we will have the piano at the end
pf the year. Jt will be much better to pny
(or it than run in debt for it.'
This was excellent philosophy on the
part of Mrs. J,auc, and it would have been
wise in ber husband to have adopted il.
; Don't you want the piano, lsubel ' he
asked, somewhat astonished, at her earnest -pess.
Oh very much ! I have often thoqght
how pleasant I should pass away my hisiire
hours when you are away if J only had a
piano. Rut really. Richard, I never thought
pf Bach a Jhing a liavjng one. I can do
without it very well, and I beg you will
not run in debt, for one,'
'.fust as I thought. I know (me co fund
of music us you are mupt need a piai o
very much, und you shall h i"e one, s ibel,'
and the devoted hut-band kissed her lei.
derly. He was very loud und very proud
of her.
'I will not consent, Richard. I ti in
afraid if you run in debt tonic Iciriblc
thing will happen,1
' You must not be frightened by a
bugbear, I have $100 led. I can buy i;
good otic for .'1 10 ho. I shall owe lull $'2U),
which I utn sure I cun pny within one
year, JdTay, n.y dear, you niuxt censeiit j
for it will iiiuke me bo happy to fell that
you have no uiisutifivd want.'
'On one condition I will consent,' said
Isabel, glancing urchly at him.
What is il ?'
1 Tiiul you will let me sing in ""church.1
' I am too proud to let you do that,'
' You must not be so pmud. 'i'he so
ciely has ollered me $21)0 a year. I could
)uy so nx'L'h tcwurils the piano.'
J am ble to support you, Isabel, and
I don't wutit you to earn your own living '
Isabel pleuded earnestly, and-I he hus
band ofjercd a preal many o!j etions, but
lit last lie consented. The piano was pur
chased, aid isubcl ki t w no utisatitlied
wants.
CHAl'TEK it.
The piano, it cannot be ilctm d, was u
gifat luxury in the house of Richard Lane.
It beguiled tin ir evening hours und lidded
much to their happiness, f.ir w hile the w'u'e
was a inistriss of the musical art, the hus
band was passionately lend of the divine
harmony, She Ring ai.d played, and
Richard was prouder than ever ol t lie fair
being who had cast her lot will) Lia.
II the 'instrument should fiiddenly be
destroy d I should think '.hat 1 have not
paid too deally for the joy we have pnrf
chasi d,' paid Richatd,' lis he kissed his wife
one evening, ut the cloic of their imiMcal
entertainment.
Perl bps not, if it were not for tie
awful idea 'of being in debt,' repliid 1-ahel.
' I soitii limes think Unit it is not paid for
while 1 tun plajing, and 1 ulttujs drop
note when I do,'
' J)o lie' be alarmed, my dear j it shall
be paid for in good time'
The first q'Jiiitcr of tlip year passed
away, and nevtr wire tl.tee motitl.s more
heavily ludci id with bliss ; but to Isiibil,
who kejit the IioumIioIiI aceounts, they
brcught un hour of It Hift ion. Instead ol
of being diminished, their expenses had
increased. New luxuries had crept into the
house. New wauls hud been discovered and
supplied. AN' lit it she hud footed up the
amount of figures she found 't(! anioimt
exceided the fourth of her husband's
salary.
She was nlaunid, Bed when Richard
ca.uii' home I hut night she p.illul his alien
(ion to the appalling fact. But he only
lutjilie I ut her, Tiny hid paid the wood
und coal bill on Ihe first of January, und
this hud bee:i iiclttded in the last quarter's
pnym-nts.
' I fear, my dur, that we shall not be
uuie lo- miue the n;i;s men. s.uu si.e
gloom ly.
' Certainly we shall. I w'm!i that, bug
bear did not tighten yhu so.'
' I cin't h Ip it.'
' Yes you can. ('otilP, my dear, play
that new wil , for mc and and you will
forget nil about it,'
' I am afraid wt are running behind
hand. Richard. We must reduce our ex
penses. I urn afraid we arc living too
bigl'-'X
' Nonsense ! play tnc the waltz, Isaliel.'
SIij complied, though she war. lar Irom
being sjtisfied with the prospic'.s biforc
them, -
Another rjuarter passed by and the ex
penditures cuiiie a little inside of the foyrlh
of the salary. This was hopeful, but not
a d,ollur pou III be paid towards the piano.
The fond wife wan ically dislurbid at this
stale ol things,
Richard laughed nt her as bcl'ere, nnd
said be had procured an ixteiision on the
time lor paying Inr the piano.
' Rut how can you rvt r p ,y lor it while
we are goinj on this way ? We ure saving
jjulhing townijs i! she said uloi'ini'y.
' Will, my dear, if we don't hupeii to
have the UMlicy, w hy, I call In iruw it.'
' Rat you will still owe it.'
'Siiuil I, indeed ?' luughul hp.
'1 wipli ye luij not bought the pin n.'
1 1 don't, Nabil. I am sure iheu j'y
ment we have d, livnl Irom il has inoii
than paid fot it.'
Jf we ha; already paid fur it. prhap
it would, I fi t-t very tuii ubout it. Il we
once gel in debt, it is a hurd ma'.ti r to
get Iree fria iKJit.'
My salary will tie raised again. int
yeur, and we can easily pay il ell then,'
All thai lie could siv, howiver, f illed to
salisly bis anxious wile, and (or several
days in stiite of nil Richnrd enuld fay, she
was sad ami gloomy. The httsliciid begun
to reuli.j his folly und wished the piano
hud never been hniiihi. Rut us time puss
(d on she becumc cheerful ugain, und went
on as before.
CIUPTKR U.
One day Richuid happi-ned to go Ik me !
for a bill ul eleven o'clock in Ihe loreuoon
and found his wife ubaent. This was un
usual, nnd ii h he wa.i passing down the
si reel he saw her approach from the oilier
side ol the way, iitleniled by a gentleman.
For the first time iii his life a pat.g nf
jealousy shot through his In art. He
slopped to observe the parlies Isabel en
tered the house, und I. er comp tiioii, po
litely loueliing his hat, passed on,
Richard was alarmed. Could his wife
permit the attentions of u gentleman ? Two I
or inree times alter in;s n went i nrie f
She sutne hour und found I lit door locked
his wife absent. Rut she was just as lov
ing and uff'.c innate when he came heme nt
night as ever. 'J'lK're. was untiling to inr
ilic.iic the diminution of Iur uftieiioo for
h;iu.
Still he was not s.ilisfii d, and he ven
tured to Buy that he hud been home sev
eral limes and found her absent in the
forenoon. She colored up, much to b:
grief, nnd tried to turn off the subject. v
pi emitted h r to do so, ris.ilved, however,
to probe the mutter to its roots.
One morning, instead -of going to the
store us usual, he remained neur the house.
At nine o'clock he saw her come out, und
he followed her to an elegant house in the
neighboring street. She remained there
an hour und then went to unolher house,
where she slopped another hour, and then
went home.
fhe hud never spoke to him of visiting
in these furjiiltcs, mid his suspicions began
lo gather consideruble weiidit. He became
positively unhappy, and in spile of all his
ell'oils he could not wholly disguise his
feelings from her who was intimately inlcr
eslid. He was not yet prepared lo exprse her,
for he had not ytt fully pulisfiid himself
that,- to .say the least, she flirted with gen
tlemen, lor he once again saw her with
him who had iirst excited his suspicious
Home began to loose some ol ils charms,
liiouh Isabel was the fi" c'.ionutc m.d de
voled wile.
While these things were pending another
quarter day fume round. The (Xpi nses
had bei ti somewhat . rediioed., but there was
nothing to pay lor the piano.
And iiuolhiT quarter came round, and
still tiicre was nothing to discharge. Ihe
debt. A year hud pnssi d since the piano
hud been' purchased. Richard was gloomy
und morose. Jfe could 'find nothing to
prove tluit his wife whs inconstant; noth
ing in her manner even to indicate i yet
that drtui'l'iil' suspicion sijll huunted him.
She wus yoiins; and pretty, end a splendid
singer ai d pianist. She might have been
ltd to think, that hvr husbuud was not all-
in-nil.
lie often asked her where she went
every forenoon, und si. e always answered
him. but he was not sa'-isliid w ith her re
jiliis. The apple i f djsceid was sun n in his
heart, yet Isabel wus'inerry, chit rful and
happy ns ever.
One morning, just as Richard hud gone
to the stoie, u man appeared, who inform;
id Inr that he was the ileputy-sheriir He
had come to attach the piano for the un
paid debt, lie was very polite nnd dk
charged his unpleasant duty as gently und
ini ff -nsively as possible.
' lint i will p.iy the debt,' said Isrbtl.
I have no uuihorily to settle the ac
count,' he teplitd. ' I must p.it in a keep
er ; but if you wish I will inform the firm
th.it yotj will pay it,'
'I will do so ut once ; I have the money
by me.'
The sheriff departed, and in half en hour
one of the piano firm nppcimd and apolo ! s,ie Lt',?"llI aoswtrs then correctly, lhe
uiz-d for the trouble he had caused ; re- j supt rnulurnl . nwer is 'attracting jjreat at
ceivc.l die inncy and receipted tiie bill ; ! tculion throughout the neighborhood and
i;nd in the finny o! dealing v.-ith a lady I ll is becoming talked cf an one ol the re
forgot about Ihe coSlsT lie Jepurttd, tak- j nun kable productions of Arkansas. l.tti 'e
ing tho keeper wjih him.
When R'chard came home that nii-iit
I-ab)iiJiuiiiltil him the writ the shuifT had
h it. lie w.is nslouisluil and conl, iin.h il.
Tlay hav dunned me a di yen tims On Wednesday alii moon. 2'.'th it.stanL
.vilhiu a week, but J did m.t think of their I dtnii g a mJ.lt n ll un.h istoim. a lightuirg
l"i'S '1'is.' j i,n it.-.uk a 1.11J.-I' pine tree in a tiihl be-
1 have been u fluid of il for some time,' , (11.ig vr. s.j. Ii. Faulkner, who rt
i.diled Isabel. 'Such things always go ' , ..j,,,, liKl( frp Uxl,l .,
with these debts.'
1 5iit where i the keeper V
' He Ims goal'.'
G.m.o"
Here,' and she I, undid him the rtvei't j
fur Ihe S'.MO she had paid.
'What does thi mean V he asked, in
wiidirtd.
t - ,i I i i r ..: '
. UHd,.. ..... uwim - J'i -
nb0- j
l ou f
' Yes:' and she langhtd witiiannny
twiuk'e in her eye.
' And how could you pny it V
' I hud the money. '
' Where did yon get it ?'
'One hundred dollars I got for singing
in church, und the other hundred dollars I
made by giving music lessor!!.'
She mentioned the families to whose
houses he had (oilo'.vcd her. e understood
her now,
' You have suvl me, my dear, from I
know not what difliculliis,' he exclaim- d,
pressing her to his hem t ; nnd then con
fessed his j.-alonsy und mentioned the gen
tleman he suspected.
The gentleman was the father of the
little girl to whom I gave !e?3ors,' she
added mischievously. ' We are not only
out of debt, but out of jealousy.'
' MI' QJ I'nn ri ft m(V V,.ii n.r,n fl.t.t
-iv.,, r .. i,P1,ir, ,in.. m!i.,
huve ruined me, for I Iritd in vain to bor
row mm ey to pay it,'
They i. ever gut in d bt again, and Rich
aid wus never j'-alous again. Ilissalury
was raised, and Irom Unit lime they not
only livid v. it bin their incime, butsuvedn
small Bum evi rv yeur. "
700 ruon to take a paper.
Monro of the Ruial AVtc Yorker, was
sitting in his i Dice one afternoon when a
farmer Irieiid of his came in.
' Mr. Mooie, I like your paper, but the
times are so hard I cannot pay for it.'
' Is that so friend Jones ? I'm very sorry
to learn that Vcm sire so hard run. J will
give you my paper,.'
' O.i, no ! I can't take it ns a pilt.'
Well, Il.en, let me see how we cm fix
it. You raise chickens, I believe?'
. ' Vis, a few ; but they dun'l bring liny?
thing hardly.'
'Jlon't they I Neither dots my paper
cost anything hardly. INow, I have a pro
position lo make to you.. I will continue
yi ur paper, and when yen go home, ymi
may seltd lioni your lot one chicki n and
call Iur mine. Take good cure i f. Iur and
brine ine the proceuls. whether in lircs or
in chickens, nnd wid pall it .'cjuare.'
' All right, ilrother Moure,' and the
fui nit r chuck'ed us he went cut ut what he
thought n clever bargain, lie ki pt the
conduct strictly. Mid at the end of the yeur
fon d ilm,L he had puid about four prices
for his paper. J le often tells the joke or
himself, 'Ht.il savs he has neyer hud the
cheik to s.i y that he was ioo poor to take
a paper since.
A llF.UAHKAIiLi: GIRL
A ei range ni.d supe mat urn I power has
just been discovered in u little girl who
lives near' Little R.'ck. She is the t!:tin:!iter
of respwrrable pannis nuiiied C-irison, hon
est and also poor, who have s-.veuil other
children, '.Tii
.t iii i iy ,ives on a small hum,
and in nature's visible forms, flare is
nothing rt mill katdo in eilher of the pa
rents or ',1k ii chi!d:cn, with the tCijiliun
of tl,t ir youngest 'daughter, Winnie, who
is ubout six yaws .old, In fuel, they are
very cummin. place people. The daughter
has eviiitiittd claiivoMint powirs of start
ling nature. .She. w iii sit in u kind of a
trance und iulorin ciisti nieis of their age
anel lhe death of friends M.d relatives. She
one day inlonntd a man named Travels,
being ;;i a trance ut the' tirtie, that if he
would scutch in a pertain place on ids farm
he would lind a tieasure. Travels searched
and unt in lhid un old pocket book eemlaiiL
ing about .j'JO.COO. The i IK ct of the trance
which the liitle thing seems to go in is-es-hausting,
but it is beyond the conliul of
the part tits, 'J'hey are siiperslititnis and
believe that their daughter is destined to
be fumous. The ignorant r.t ighbors take
advantage of this epiuvtoniiy for peering
into ihe-!fkiug glass of the future, fl.iek
ing to the farm to ask inmirr.erabL- q,ii3
tions of little Winnie, und, Strang? to say,
I Ri ik, A.kaiifas, G.artte.
i SHELL EXrWPEI) BY LIGHT
MSG.
il.inorer n-.ir'y. At the linn- Mr. Tan k-
ntr and a ni-'.nbt r t fTunds were woikieg j
nun liy. The tep(rt wi s rhup mil loud. '
ai.,1 sin i l.t ! si vt .id of the in; e. M'. F.tu'k
.,, ,(,,,
; lit r iioluHil that the tne was t t on l:re bv I
-t
i .1 . I: . 1 . :.. 1 . . . , !
, tnc iihiiii a. u n in uiii.ii io -n'.r aw iv
the tits!
o prertnt il o Sic sj reading to
About twenty init a'ti after
! his K I t in:
,1,,w
t'ldrg p'poit ws lit ard in the tree, and on
ixaniuiatioji it was ascertained dial the
tire bad fonimunioatod with a slit'll which
whs loilgid in the tree during the war.
The tree wns somewhat shattered from the
explosion of this old companion, and the
bushes near by were cut down by Ihe frag
ments. No one knew ol the shell bring in
Ihe tree. This is a most singular recur
rence, find probably the first where a shell
wus exploded by lightning. Richmond
H"W.
BILL ARP
fivj JHa yir.w'8 oif lifconelliation.
Atluuta Constitution.
Dry and hot. Xo rain for weeks and no
sign of uny. Thermometer 9" every day.
The wind blows lively, it but seems to hive
struck a furnace somewhere. The dust
flics up the big road in clouds, nr.d the little
Liirricunes are waltzing in the colton fu lifs.
t's too hot. for an cvenii g nop too hut to
sit ubout the houae. It's more eoniforlable
to do something, and tjjat's the reason that
laboring nv n don't cmi plain ol the lieu t
like those alio luy ueoni d ihe house and
Ian. Me ar il ti e boys went to the woods
yesterday to get boards to covi r the ham,
and we sawed down a threi -H ot pine nnd
suwiil it up in blr cks thirty inches t.i g nnd
made 1,100 boards by six o'clock. Two of
us run the cress-cut nod split up the b cks
while the other or.e rival, and it wuo tight
work to keep up with him nnd keep him
in timber, and we did perspire, and blow
and drink water mi st amcz.n, but we never
compluined ( f hint, nnd wlen we carre
In me wet unl Salty .Mrs. Arp thought we
hud bten iff ,'i mi" win re h it g in the
brunch, lor she said it wes the! holiest day
of ,l e whole sur. mi r. at.d II Ihetnii meter
sto.tl l;.Ft ut J9 in tic-1 uil till tl.r ti I It i rcon,
adfl.e Bi d ihe pir's lad Ike lo have
im lied down anil i uu fi' into
.
sugar, ana
she didn't see how. any body could work
out tloirs in seel, weather. I tell you
what, li,rd woik , ,1 H e sw.at M the lace
is the curse c( that cigi, al sin put on us,
but it was Hinpered down in mercy, ....,!
fuere is a c nT-.t that f.;li ws it that folks
v.ho d.n'i try it d. ti't kr.ow ui.u hi, g about.
The law ol competition ce tn. s into eve, y -
thing in this lile and the TO'-r can be about
us happy i s the i ich if they l ave a mil d to
aud don't spend their time in grumblirg
und complaining-' ubeut 1 In ir hard lot in
this subli.'onary life. I wus a ruminating
about this weather, nr,d it cuiried me buck
a scrre cf years in memory, when wc had
lhe same soit in the valley tfold Virginia,
and it lusted fer just about u mouth, ut.d
all the bos could do was to lay round the
lent und wait, nnd wait, and wuit, It r light- J
ing ord-rrs. We hud marched up to Buckle- j
town and Murtiusuurg and give a dure to
lhe Yankees, and we marched buck aguin !
to Winchester, ar.d it was hot and dry and :
dusty, ar.d ll.e scotching bretze blew it
about in 'plnnds nfler thrrnvalrv nr.il enmn
, - - ,
I ' n Ul r 1 L iHuini;, aui'tii i tjt j . it
we got ciders Irom -Joe Jtibi son to march,
but we didn't know where, und in ItsstliMi
an hour we were on the road to Mana--: original intent implies all that is brave
sas, ar.d by midnight we reached the Slier,-j patriotic, and loyal. Plutarch, io his lile
omloah. a' d the 1 o s were gay und litelv, of Agesilaus, king of .Sparta, gives us the
and r.iiSi d li t ir gin s and ammunition as I meaning of the quaint and familiar express
high i.s tl,i y could, iird iiinrel.cd in and ion.
waded ucioss, ui.d there was b;g torches j On a cei tain occasion, an ambassador
burning on the banks, nnd i ihouglit it van
a glorious sight to see an army wade a big !
river at night, and I've ne ver seen :u yihii g I
since that h ft a more vivid picture upon I
nn nn'ry's page. Tl.Vre was a little gii I j
born to us that night, nnd I nuimd her J
Sl.enuhJoah. in cemmt niorutionj'rf' ti.e ,
scene. The ntxt nu rninf; the sun rose ',
bright and hot and the hoys were laying ;
around on lhe hills that ovtrhung ihe little ;
town ol IVis. By night thty lu'.J "ea-lej ;
.Manassas, Mul knew t! er came thtretu
fiuh', lor the big guns wire booming
iironn.l, ai d the shells wetc bursting, and
I the pickets wire ou piist, u d the iniunic !
balls vt re whizzing through lhe air i t ran-' c.irelu.'ly. Come with me to EiorreTw niorn
iluin 1 1 was a tired ai d hu r:d sle, p th.il i' g. and 1 will show you, the wj.'s of
iiight. ai.d ihemxt day ll e l ;i I t pentd in ' Sparta."
can est, in J the great bait!.- t f .M-:nas.-us Acccrdirg'y, ou the following morning
wis Knight a but fie that asteui.ded the ; die king ltd his guest out up n the plain,
nation ui.d uuve a mightier shock to ur where his army was drawn tip in full array,
immunity that, air i but aw ufn rwards.
.lust twenty yrnis ago it was and then :
came troi.tilc ui.d grief and nlory all mixed
up l.igt tl.tr Iii four loi'iiymi sand ulls-its
tit i.iviiint nt i.t ii tnsir- fs lii.towtil in i s
vvaki . but II e ci ui tiy suivivid it all and
iias rub. d corn ui d cotton ai d chiiiiun us
usual. Tm-i'ty y a:s ;.gii lioni y sKrd.iy
w.is the tlay siller U ceatlli - tli l..v wl.rn
ll.e Itws w;i ti I, gr.ij in .1 i.liov.i tl,. hod,
ul d fat lit i s and mm In is iii-.il n Ivis !;t iiibli d
fi r ll.eir h vi d oris tuitf Vat not ail
swallnw.d up ill tiftoty, m J u'ory not u
Sim or diciue l r a -t '.p ih d heart, loll
,
we liuye Kit t ace now, lobr.ilile r-eace
' . . . v
.t. rz. 1. .... t .-i .1 . . . '
i.K'.ie irit hit ant r a l.iMlioo, ami gtiinj;,
i .... it . .i . -i t
aim g prettv will togeihtr. t'ar loiks al-
-,, . ,, , , ., i
wayswaswill.il' t. roll logs with U, in
fillers, and ti.t j ure willing t, o, if w, will
Cive Vm the lorg end cf the stick. W, !I. j
we are giving it ta m. K,r tliejf set m bcund i
to have ;t, u:; I we L:ljmt n well nuke
up our minds to let 'em run the machine
the balance of time as not, for it looks like
we can't do any better. Our peopple lave
fell in love with Mr. Garfield because he
wus shot, and it bus brought about such
good feelings it seems to me a pity that all
the bulance of 'em coul4n'i .be shot just to
bring about a general reconciliation-
I'm mighty proud that our president ie
getting well, that is if he is our piesident
sure enough ; but if he aint I don't care
ouylhing about him more than I do for
any other roan. Jt'a been a long time since
we had any stock in a president, for they
haye'nt hud any itock in us of late and we
arc gelling sorter burdened to it and don't
cure. It's time enough yet to indulge in
sentimental gush about Mr. Garfield when
we fee what he is going to do for us, for it
! don't follow, like the rule of three, that he
is going to be our friend because he is
Coiiklinji's enemy. Let's wait awhile and
see. I'm for him if he is lor me, and thut'g
fair. I'm going to do by him as he does by
me, for that's the golden rule in politics if
' .ni"1 iu religion, and I don't want cur
i ptuple to slobber their sentiment all over
j w"ile he is sick and lick it all off again
Bllen he gels well. Let's go slow and
j wait. 1 Bill Arp.
i Wish you would tell that legislature the
nubor's hogs got in my potato patch again
I 'tight, arid I want 'em to make haste
! and do something. B. A.
j . , 7 TV""
i A FLSSYJLD STORY.
From the Capital.
Tom Marshall wus ineaeed in the trial
; nf u case j tbe interior of Kentucky, when
! u dtcIsion f the Jude struck him as so
r,u,j lJlUt suid .
j--. There never wus such a rnlincr thnt
, n -1
, since Pontius Pilate oresiHed on :Iip trial
; Christ.'
j Mr. Clerk,' responded the Judge, 'fine
! Mf Mars(la 10 or contempt of court.'
; col,fcS8 J0Ur Honor,' continued Tom
; ,)at w,mt I gaid wag a ,iule hftrd 0
j.intios iittte, but it is tbe first time in
, lhe llis,ory o Kentack, jurisprudei:ce that
1 k is UM ,,,at tQ gpeak di8re8peclfuIy of
p.,n,;na pAl nr,,.... r .
1 - 1 null. IO kUUHIIIUl Ul LIIU, I ,
' Mr, Clerk, muke the fine $20 for a con
tinuous contempt,' sajd the.Judge solemnly.
Well Judge,' Tom added,' as yoa won
all my money last night at poker, lend me
i .the '.twenty.'
' Mr. Clc.k.' cried the Judge, hastily,'
remit the fine. The State can afford ttv
hiose the money better than I Can.'
'I congratulate the court upon its re
turn to u sane condition,' said Tom, resum
ing his seat amid roar of laughter.
HE'S A .BEICK.
Very few of the thousands who use the
above slang term know its origin, er its
primitive significance accordiug to which
it is a grand thimr to say of a roan
"He is a brick." The woid used in its
from Kpirus, on a diplomatic missiou, was
shown by the king over his capital. The
ambassador knew of the monarch's fume ;
Knew tint il.eugh i.i initially culy king
of Sparta, he was ruler of Greece ; and he
had loe'ked to see massive walls rearing
aloft their embaltltd towers for the defeuo
of the city, but he found nothing of the
kii.d. He mat relied .ranch, at this, and
spo!;e of it io the ting
"i re," he said, "1 have visited most of
ti t- principal towns, and find no walls ,
itared for defence. Why is this?
''Indeed, Sir Ambassador,' replied
Agesilaus, "diou canst not have looked
t:d pointing proudly to the patriotic host,
he said, "There tht.u beholdest the walls
'f Sparta--teu thousand men, and crerj
man a brick." f.'r.
He is a foolith dog thnt rns after his
own tail. . . ' '
The notes of a bad s'ngtr should never
be indorsed. .
I'roy, Ala., w ill have a iiv'sy opt ra-house.
CorsicaiiH. Texas, will lme water-woiks.
Burglars are doinj; a thi iviog business
in Sjii Ai.-touio, Texas.
-S t, in- fultt- ivl I ei.,i,..!d .H, nihi tut in
v .... v... .-Iliviil Bib 1 UII1IIII III
. , .
aiktr coun'v, Alubanw.
'
vifnua. .ti ciaiins iu uac nan i.itm
watt-run Ions on the market in one daT.
imj.
Tl ,rf rr business failures ia
Alabama during the rear ending June 30tb.
TlK-re afe some two thousand eople from,
the somli at 'Jnuesse surnmr rertrt
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