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o T E ID TO XiOC.A.X. Z IsT T E B E S T S
VOL. YIIL
MONEOE. N. C., THUESDAY, MAY 19, 1881.
47.
Srcfcssioual Carts.
JIFFUS P. DAVIS.
.VVIS A
jonX C. M-KRSH.
D
JI A K H H
Attorneys-at-Law,
(O.Vico ovcY Poo^ue s P.iy:: '
^foyROE. y.
hen tA ;,li
I’roinpt^^atUwvion
' ii-^rrsled to their care.
Van-h ITth,
A. T. LATTA.
/Swi
.iiomeBiFA store!!
Kate to
AT THE GATE.
8-38 tf.
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ALGEBRAS. AI.BUIIS
C,
M. T. AlcCAULKY,
B ibles
1
Attorney-at-Law,
u an.l tao ^Jurireuie Coini ^
^’‘r'‘«deral CV.urts. ' [
Of thi.s btate and !’• —^ - .
•tsOTICE,
, l6^a‘\ e i'Oini-1
-^in in iJentrAtry, .auil will oc-1
'■ 'ffice in i'-svsh, Lee &_ FeteU’.-j I
Either member of tlie tiriu will;
Ifcni:' tn the country ivlion ile.-^irecl ;
J. E. tl! AY WICK. :
t2G,lS7Sl J. YY. STEPIIEKSOK. !
>AYNE A YAKN,
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Attorney s-at-Li aw,
MONIvOF, C.
\cni T)ractlcc in the Suoreme and Superior Courts
... of the State and in the Circuit and Distru-U Courts
of the United States. W ill re«nlarl j attend tne Su
perior Courts of ruion. Mechlenburg, S.anley. An
son and Eichmond counties.
Particular attention pai'l to collection of
claims and scttk>meiits of estates. “A 5
OfSce. nest to -V H Crowell s residence, *57?
^OYIKGTOK & ADAMS,
Attorneys at Law,
itOAKOE, S. C. I
W,n nraotvee in tlic Supreme anu Supr'lferCuiirts j
the Slat.?: and in the Circuit and Hiatrict Courts
“f the CnitcJ States, tyill regularly attend Aleck-
"—IT..,, fcbarrus. Stanly and Montitomery Court.s
th'' '.Jand .•Vnson. Eichmond, and
S “e c/rts inthe Fourth District.
Sv^u'^ent of estates and collection a specialty:
StisStery arrangemets made with erecutors,
admlitfetralors and guardians.
Oiiie one door south of .Vshcraft s Drug Store.
H. B. Ad.ims
7 ilT-tf.
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K.-S rtA:USAY A- CrtOlYELL, I
H iviiir' associate.! tbemselves in tbc prac
tice of niedicine. tender their service to
the citizens of ilonroe and snrronndmg
country. Omse second door boiitU Ashcratt s
lurin'Store, Monroe, N. C.
i>r. Crowell has m.ulc dise.ises of ihe Lye a
specialty,
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Julv 31st 1830 8-C Iv.
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l^OETS. riCTLKES, PtX'KET BOOKS,
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Q t'.ACKEKEtlS' COilPOSITIOX AND
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’BK^EBSTER’S dictionaries AND
? T Spellers, AVedlock.
X TRA FINE BIBLES, HYJIN BOOKS,
and other tine books.
Y Or BE SURE TO COME TO MONROE
BOOK sroitE.
I'BRA S ABE KOT KEPT AT BOOK-
Store.s.
API’ROPniilTK AT THIS SE.‘.30X OF THE YEAP.
Now the spoony rural lover
Round the moonlit path doth hover
That his girl he may discover
At the gate, gate, gate.
Sharp at half-past eight he meets her.
And in ecstasy he greets her.
And to ices later treats her—
Lovers's bait, bait, bait.
.\nd they swing upon the gate
Till the hour’s pretty late.
Lots of sentimental chinning
While he hangs, bangs, hangs.
O’er that gate, the maiden vrinniug:
■While he feels against his face
■Bits of lace, lace, lace,
.\nd the more divine sensation jof her bangs,
bangs bangs.
Aud he e’en forgets her freckles
Wli^t Uc
And he vows her Grecian nose
Is a rose, rose, rose.
And each eye a dreamy pansy,
And her love a necromancy. , , . *
And then appears her father with his boov.bi'Ot,
boot.
As swift as any lapwing.
Just watch that spoony chap vrmg
Down the opalescent lane
Like a Western hurricane.
While the owls in every treotop loudly hoot,
hoot, hoot.
And the parent lists the music of his scoot,
scoot, scoot—
Lists the scootinabulation of his scoot.
1 Mr. \Vilbnr cond acted
■ scat and took a place at ber Bide, but
before he had time to begin the pro
posed “chat,” steps weie h.aard enter
ing the arbor, and
live ftoKg
A FAIR EXCHANGE.
BY JUDGE CL.VRK.
“Heigh-ho !” yawned Kate Moreley
—“how very altered he is.”
The subject of the commencement
was Granville Koy’es, just come back
from a year's travel to settle down as
a married man pursuant to engage
ment. This evening he had made his
first call on Kate since returning, and
for the first time Ellen Talcott had an
opportunity of passing judgment on
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M. D.
D
R. GEO. "W. GR.lH.YM,
CHARLOTTE, E. C.
Practice limited to the
Eye, Ear, and Throat.
Tgg, OFFICE OVER NL8BET & BRO.
7-lG ly.
To t'no.se wlio are not well acquainted with
mo I wish to s:iy that, ten years in the school
room, and five years in the agency business
selling books nave given me an acquaintance
with book.s, and many of the largest and best
whole.sale book publisbers in the United
States, which has qualified me for the hook
1 trade, iu which 1 am engaged, how and
I where to "et suifihle hooks on the best terms.
I ” A. T. L.ATTA.
Next to the Post-Office.
aiirloti
tot 131 E
^nsirtfiss ^itrbs.
—irii. EftOivELL &
Dealers in General Mer-;
chandise.
r>cpot St., >Xoixi-oc, K. c.
A Fall Stock on hand all times, and the
Lowest Prices Guaranteed
32tf
anSG.TO
P^oNUwii^S
And Grave-Stone 1
□
XjE
-OF-
M aiii Smtli CaroM!
-T-tTE HAVE IN STORE AN IMilENSE
> V stock of Fall and Winter Goods, pur
chased directly from first hands, which ena
bles ns to offer von Goods CHE-APER IHAN
EVER, Our '
Clothing, Boot,
i Shoe, and Hat
Department
j Is the LARGEST we have ever before offer-
: ed von. ^Ve are ofiering SPECIAL INDUCE
MENTS to Conutry Mercbaiits. "NVe keep
constantly on band a large stock of
GROCERIES,
Also, Dealers in 7NO. MEBKA’MAN & CO. S
, ^ViiiiiToikifirocl
! I5oiio and ^tono oIiiI>1g Ci-u.-
jxiio and PlkOSij>Ii£it:e.
Be Sure to Call and See
I me Ykben yon coino to town. Old Stand.
! Nest door to Ashcraft's Drug Store.
Vr-OLASSWOEK! LOWEST PEIOES!
designs and rnicEs sent ey mail.
HI
JAMES
septic,13,3m
E. STACK.
S- B- Bxr
A.± TMoiii-oo, IV. C.
FARMERS,
JHO. H. FAIRtEY,;
COTTON BUYER, |
Coiiiinission M reliant.
Office: Sexf Door to Posl-Olficc.
P \YS THE HIGHEST PRICES in CASH
iv,r rOTTON. Always hnys-Summer
and Winter. Will bo glad to see his friends
when they have Cotton to sell. 3m
her friend’s choice of a sweetheart.
“The change can hardly be for the
worse.” Elen answered, “for I’m sure
he’s very good-looking.
Kate’s reply was another yawn. The
hour was late, and Kate and Ellen, j
who was the former’s visitor, retired
to their separate apartments. I
Kate Morley and Granville Noyes
had known each other from childhood.
The intimacy Qf their families had
naturally thrown them much together;
and their attachment, in its origin,
was one ot those boy and-girl affairs
which rarely survive the period of ma
turity. That Iheir case had proved
an exception was due in part, perhaps,
to the influence of relatives, in part
to the mere force of habit, and in
still larger part most likely to the fact
that neither, before their engagement,
had seen any one to like better.
■SV’hether the change Kate Merely
thought she saw in Granville Noyes
was really in him or in herself, or how
much George 'Wilbur, with whom she
had formed a pleasant acquaintance
lately, had to do with it, were ques
tions which, in her own mind, had as
sumed no definite shape as yet.
Doubtless she still imagined herself a
true and loyal, if not a very enthusi
astic lover.
It was not till Ellen Talcott one
day whispered a certain secret into
Kate’s ear that the latter had the
least suspicion of the slate of her own
heart. The secret was that of a long
standing engagement between Ellen
and George 'Wilbur, dating almost as
far back as that between Kate and
Granville Noyes.
Kate started at the name of her
friend’s affianced. The pallor that,
tor an instant, overspread her coun
tenance, and the crimson flush that
followed it, might have attracted El
len’s notice had she been less absorb
ed in the importance of her secret.
Kates’ propensity to yawn after
Granville Noyes’ visits grew upon her
daily, and at times she could hardly
keep from yawning in his presence
presently a seat
was occupied on the other side of the
I trellis.
i “I must have your answer to-night, ’
I said a voice earnestly—it was tba' of
I Granville Noyes—“you either love me
I or I am cruelly deceived. M ill you
I consent to bo mine ?
“But you are already bound to an
other,” replied tlie voice of Ellen Tal
cott tremulously.
I .muUl De Diuia uoi u. ..oo tn«
change that has taken place in Kate
Morley in niy absence,” was the an
swer. ' “It is oul) her poldged word
that binds her to me. Our engagement
I begin to see, was a mistake from the
beginning, and I am quite sure she
would gladly be relieved from it.
“Alas !” Ellen sobbed, “I myself am
not free!”
But yon do not deny your love for
me,” Granville answered.
Ellen only sobbed the more violent
ly.
“Then why not ask of him on whom
you could only bestow a hand without
a heart to release you from canning
ont such a wicked mockery ? Promise
me you will do so.”
“1 inll,” was the answer, scarcely
audible.
“Thank God!” exclaimed George
YYilbur fervently, when the other two
had gone. “I hardly know with what
wild purpose I broughtyon here. Miss
Morley, nor whelher, bound as I was
to her whose words you have just
heard, I would have cast faith and
honor to the winds, and declared to
you my love. But now, thank Heaven
we are both free. IVill you be ray
wife?”
For a moment Kate was still and
silent. Then she deliberately placed
her hand in his.
I was an involuntary witness
your tele-a-tele with Granville Noyes
this evening,” said Kate to Ellen w’heu
the two were alone that night.
Ellen looked frightened. It was
plain she dreaded that a stoim was
about to burst.
But no storm clouded Kate’s brov/.
“I’m sure you’re welcome to him,
Ellen, dear,” she said, smiling; “for
my part Imuch prefer George Wilbur."
Ellen looked up astonished. But
Kate soon explained matters. Then
the friends threw themselves into
each other’s arms, and first cried and
then laughed heartily.
IVastc Forces.
Hov%’ to apply and economize the
waste forces of the world are the prob
lems which scientists and mechani
cians are constantly trying to solve.
It is an undisputed fact that the most
powerful natural agents have alto-
ether escaped, or but reluctantly
succumbed to, the guiding hand of
men.
The force the young men expend in
Resisted.
\ for vonr BOOTS and SHOES for the
couiin" Winter, and yon cannot consult your
own interest iu a more forcible manner than
by examinini
GOODS,
my stock of
home-made
O H AlR L ^ T T Ii
■iillD
Of Every Description.
PRICE LISTS
And Drawings Furnished, on Application to
JAS. A, J0HK5T0H
OPPOSI'TE P. O.. CHARLOTTE. N. C.
Jttue 2G’79 ’
flead
This!
before buying elsewhere. I am detmmined
to sell better goods for LESS JIONEY, ac
cording to qnalitv, than can be bought else
where. I tan my own leather, and can thus
afford to .sell at lowest pnees. I also keep a
good stock of HARNESS, BRIDLES, &c.
HIGHEST PRICES P.AID FOR
IllDES.TALLOAV, BEESWAX.
Bring me your Hides, and I will tan them,
and make them up, and sell you the goods at
very lowest prices. It is thus to your own in-
terAt to assist iu building up home enter
prises, and keep the money circulating here
in your own county. Remember, I sell you
hand-made work, and warrant every piece
of it. If your family needs
A SEWING MACHINE,
it is also to your interest to examine the
“DOMESTIC,” before buying any other,
am sole agent for this machine in this sequon
and can guarantee them to be the best m .thp
market. Be sure to give me a trial wnen-
ever you need any goods in my line.
Ill the Old Monroe Hotel Bwld'mg. South of the
Courl-hoHsc.
A. A.
E H.AVE A SUPPLY OF LONG'S
prepared Chemicals.
' p.. . ties who want or have engaged them
' and get them. It is not to
will pieiOTr...^ pither ter cotton or corn. It
late to =?“P‘”’W^„emied by the best farni-
is especially lei HEATH A lillO.
ers for corn. 1
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Often she excused herself, and turned
him over to her friend Ellen, who un
dertook the task of entertaining him
with an obliging willingness for which
Kate felt sincerely grateful
As for the task, Ellen seemed to ac
count it none—Mr. Noyes being, as
she declared, most delghtfnl company.
At last it seemed almost as if his visits
were meant exclusively for Ellen.
One evening Kate and Ellen were
invited to a grand entertainment at a
friend’s house near the city. Many
guests thronged the spacious halls and
parlors, as well as the ample grounds
about the mansion. Kate’s compan
ions bad left her by herself for the
moment, when a gentleman approach
ed and spoke her name.
Kate turned and found herself face
to face with George Wilbur, whom
she had last met a month before. She
blushed as she returned his greeting.
An awkward pause followed, which
was broken by Mr. Wilbur’s inviting
Kate to walk through the grounds.
She took his arm mechanically, and
the two sauntered along the path
comparatively secluded.
“Bore’s a nice place for a rest and
a chat.” said Mr. Wilbur, as they ap
proached an arbor at the termination
of the walk; and before Kate had
time to reply, he led her to a recess at
the farther end, which, excepting a
narrow entrance, was shut off by a
Tine-covered trellis.
^iisiteniincDUisi,
Origin of the Word “Duu.”
The word “dun” is not entirely un-
familar to the ordinary North Ameri
can ear. It is not a word of sweet
sonnd or delightful associations. It
generally means thot a man is undone.
The coarse and persistent demand tor
filthy lucre at a time when we have
hunted through every pocket we pos
sess in vain hope ot finding even the
smallest coin that was ever deposited
in a contribution-box is not exactl}
like a refrain of music. It may, how
ever, be sadly interesting to know the
origin of the word. There is a momen
tary glow of satisfaction in the sight
of the maker’s name on the saw with
which the surgeon amputates your
leg. We do not argue that it is a sat
isfaction that lasts very long, or that
it is very profound in its character,
but still there is the merest shadow
of interest, not to put the mat-
matter in an exaggerated way, in the
knowledge that the aforementianed
saw is of good Sheffield make, and
not one of those cheap instruments in
which a high civilization sometimes
deals. In the reign of Henry VII. a
twirling their canes listlessly in the
air, if seized upon and concentrated,
Avould turn “R s.;„ri=to„oa in tlm
^:orid, bul it wouldn’t iiscessanly
sharpen "the wits of the cane twirlers.
The amount of breath blown through
the lips of the world's whistlers, ex
clusive; of that which shapes itself into
a tune, would make a continuous trade
wind that would send all the shipping
of this conutry, including the navy,
around the world and back.
The amount of wind “drawn in” on
the off notes, attached to an automatic
pair of forceps, would draw all the
aching teeth of the universe, “without
pain.”
If the quick, jerky motion the young
men affect when tipping their hats to
their lady acquaintances could be util
ized, it would furnish power for a cat
apult that would send every circus
performer in the country clean
through the canvas in search of a $200
prize comet.
The time wasted by young ladies in
preparing their toilets that they may
make a sensation on the streets would
give three days extra “grace” to every
ontstauding liability in the world.
The smoke from cigars, pipes and
cigarettes that is now all mingled with
the atmosphere to its great detriment,
it condensed and used would smoke
all the bacon Chicago and Cincinnati
cure.
The morning “chin music” over
kindling the fire, which always results
iu an unpleasant, cross breakfast,
could be attuned into one grand an
them ot discord that would establish
shouting communication with the |
moon.
The steady rise and fall of the ma
ternal hand upon the rear basements
of the y-mtig hopefuls ot the land, all
wasted, would furnish a trip hammer
with force enough to forge an axle on
which the world might turn.
The gentle swaying to and fro of
the fan by the women of the world, if
harnessed into one grand huricane
would set every windmill in creation
running at such a lively rate that all
the corn and wheat could be ground
in flour by them.
The turning of the gates on their
hinges as Arabella and Augustus fond
ly lean upon them, would furnish
power enough to saw all the wood in
the country. This dosen’t say that
Augustus had better be sawing wood,
but we think be had.
The burning of needless gas and
kerosene, oven though turned low, for
the benefit of our courting population,
is an awful waste. If it could be con
centrated into one grand caloric fur
nace it would boil all the potatoes and
roast all the meat that the world could
eat at a picnic.
The continual steam of beer, gin
and whisky that is pouring down the
throats of our young men, would turn
all the water wheels in creation, and
we are not sure but it would, if ap
plied to the Keely Motor, start the
solar system along at a more rapid
rate.
This list of waste forces could be
extended without limit. AVe only
drop these few hints in order to give
a practical turn to the minds of those
thoughtless individuals who are, for
the most part, responsible for the
great waste of power that is going on
in the world. If you imagine that
you were placed in the world for any
purpose whatever, look out for the
waste forces, and get about the busi
ness of your life iu an earnest manner;
Four young men, clerks and stu
dents, while on a summer vacation
tramp through Northern New Eng
land, engaged for guide to a certain
romantic for est rvaterfall, a boy nam
ed Forrest Graves. Forrest was a fine,
athletic fellow, w’no could outwalk and
outclimb any amateur in the moun
tains, and his moral courage was
quite equal to his physical health and
strength.
After he had guided the young men
to the waterfnli, and they had satisfied
themselves with eight-seeing, they in
vited him to lunch with them.
Thank you, I have my own lunch;”
and the boy went away by himself.—
Later, when full justice had been done
to their repast, and a flask of brandy
had furnished each of the young men
with a stimulating draught. Graves
was called.
“You must drink with us, if you will
not eat with us,” now said the owner
of the flask, and the most reckless ot
the party.
“No, sir, thank you,” was the boy’s
courteous response.
“But I shall insist upon it.”
“You can do as you please, and I
shall do as I please.”
The young man sprang to his feet,
and with abound stood beside the boy
too much absorbed in his own pur
pose to heed the quivering lips and
flashing eyes of another.
“Now you are bound to try my
brandy. I always rule.”
“You can’t rule me.”
These words were scarcely uttered
when the flask was seized and hurled
into, the stream, where the clinking of
glass betrayed its utter destruction.
Then a clear, defiant tone rang ont:
‘T did it in self-defense. You had
no right to tempt me. My father was
once a rich and honorable man, but
he died a miserable drunkard, and my
mother came here to live to keep me
away from liquor t'll I should be old
enough to take care of myself. I have
promised her a hundred times I
wouldn’t taste it, and I’d die before
I’d break my promise.”
“Bravely said. Forgive me, and let
us shake hands. My mother would
be a happy womau if I was as brave
as you. I wouldn't tempt you to do
wrong. I shall never forget you, nor
the lesson you have taught me. ”
The most reckless was the most gen
erous, and seeing his error apologized
frankly.
How many boys need to be kept
from strong drink; and, alas, how
many men and women! AYho dares
tempt them ? Let it not bo you and
I.— Youth’s Companion.
“Sweet -Viigels.”
“Mrs. Topnoody,” sadly remarked
Mr. Topnoody after an agitated scene
“you are not what I thought you were
in the happy days of youth.”
“I ain’t, ain’t f ?”
“No, you are not. I thought you
were an angel, and now, oh dear—
and now—”
“And now,” broke in Mrs. T., “now
$2 Peb Ascnm: $1 FOB Six MoxTHs.e»
Office: Second floor Steicort’s Cornfi- Building
JOB FEINTING
* ""lEEU-HE.ADS. BILL HEADS.
programmes,
And in fact. everytUing in the printing line, ew-
ented with rapidity, neatness, and at very lowest
prices. Pamphlet "Work a Specialty
HuiuOl- ot the Day.
__ A water-spout -A temperance
oration.
— A goat, like many people, always
puts in many “buts.”
— A tailor to bis jour—Sew far,
sew good.
A young glazier said: ‘‘Were
doin’ a pane business, purty well.”
yon find that yon arc a fool, and that - Trifles light as hair sometimes
angels ain’t in the habit of slinging turn the whole course of a man s ap-
potk and dish-rags around, and spank-' petite.
ing babies, and sewing on buttons,; - The fellow who was much strucic
and wrestling wii.h kitchen stoves, and bv « VD""" ladv wanted to r • an.
making muslin plasters for husbands j kiss for the blow.
with the colic, and bossing hired girls, I __ yiotto ot the good collector —
and doing the cooking for a big fami- | Kever put off until to-morrow
ly, beside going to church and being
married to a Topnoody, all the time.
No, Topy angels ain’t in the habit of
doing such things, and it is a mighty
good thing they ain’t or the angel
business wouldn’t last till the middle
ot next week.”
Topnoody did not pursue the con
versation farther but pat on his hat
and went down street to wonder how
many women wore angels.
Blinds oil Horses.
what
can be dunned to-day.
'VYhen a man occupies the side
walk, do you say be slipped up, or
slipped down ?
— Can it be truly said that the
man who has to dig one hundred feet
into the ground for water gets along
well ?
A Indy being asked by a young
I clergyman to knit him sometbing nice,
I she shook her head and knit her brows.
i “I’in going to move this spring,”
i said a lady to her neighbor. “M’ell,’
For years we have condemned the | reply, “I think the spring
practice of deforming an appearance | jjggjg moving."
injuring physically the horse by the j _ j^ggQ ^ maiden lady
useless and foolish contrivances of ' „„ gffgr of marriage,
blinds. The fabulous practice of carry-1 declared that “where singleness
ing a stone in one end of the bag to .^jg jg p,g -ivives.”
balance the grain in the other is in-i
nocence compared to the idic of bar
barism still indulged by teamsters. I
All the arguments in its favor are mere
pretenses to hide such ridicnlous prac-1
tices. The blinds and the infernal j
check reign demand the intercession
of Mr. Bergh as the most serious and ; gggg Jq this city if we have to
cooly premeditated wrong and cruelty i to preserve it.
to a noble animal. f ^Exchange.
The horse is an intelligent animal; , man who under
and enjoys as well as a man the siguts
about bim. And when he is treated
SHE believed I5J ADVERTISING.
■‘Ob, where are you coing, my pretty maid?
••To do some shopping." she sweetly said;
‘•And 'Where," I asked, in a glad surpris©;^^
“Ob, anywhere, where they advertise!"
_ AV. O. Fuller, Jr., has been s
uinted a justice of the peace a
‘: quorum, and henceforth there’s going
‘ To be peace in this city if we have tJ’
whiskey on a smaller scale.
iadustrious
A Cincinnati man who
took to get up a comer in whiskey at
— Others have undertaken
rightly and has a full sight of all that ; ® ’
is about him is DJOre kind and tract-1 oomers in w
able. Imaginary evils and bugaboos j
are always more frightful than real | —-A- poo^ but
ones. Besides the discomfort to the! youns man went to the ml ie„
horse, and the disfigurement of his 1878, to work as a aj a nnfv
appearance, blinds are injurious to can now draw bis chec ' loi ow,
the sight. It causes a sharp current It wonldn t be goo or an} in„,
between tbc closely pressed blinds,
and the eye—causing the lodgment _ “AVhat huilJuig is la ■ as
of dust and dirt in that too tender or- a stranger of a °
and it adds iu accelerating the schoul-house. ‘ ^
AA’hy, thal’.^ a tannery ! and he let l-
□gly'rubbed his back as he passed on.
Brought Him in Alive.
gan
too frequent blindness. Think of his
patience, his faithful service, his intel
ligent devotion, and leave off those tor
turing instruments—the blinds and
check reins. Humanity demands it;
the progress of the age demands it;
but more than all the comfort and
safety of that noblest of all animals
demands it.—Iowa Stale Register.
A party of soldiers “out AA^est ’ not |
having much to do, resolved to go out;
bear hunting. They had been out
about sixteen hours and had not seen
a bear, and, being tired and hungry,
returned to camp. On their arrival
at bead quarters they missed one of
their companions, bnt thought noth
ing of it, one ot them remarking:
“He will return all right.”
They made their oarap-fire, and
commenced preparing for supper.
They had the coffee over the fire; one m
of them was slicing some potatoes,
and the remainder sat around the fire
waiting, when they were all startled
a terrible noise that seemed to
by
Said one neighbor to another.
“Do you think that Colonel is
quite ns great a gun as he imagines
himself to be ? ’ “Perhaps he is,” was
the reply, “for I’m sure he’s an awful
big bore.”
_ A Hartford paper, moralizing
7 '' that adversity makes a man sharp, re-
Errors ot MatninoilJ. marks that a razor is made sharp by
The man aud'^nnn who marry being strapped. The man differs from
together are bound for life by a sol- the razor in that when hn. is strapp
emn compact. If you strip marriage he is liable to become a s larpcr.
of all its sentimental language what _ She may be a star actress, mut-
is it but a simple binding arrange- yered an old lady, and she read the
mei.t between two persons for the description of anew theatrical can i-
natural advantage of each other?— date for public favor—“She may ea
Apart from the natural inslinct that jj'ar actre.^s, but I’m sure slie isu t a
brings the sexes together, the one keaeenlybody'.”
looking for a helpmeet to add to ‘There’s some things as old as
his comforts, and the other for some | anyhow," said old Uncle
famous bailiff, named Joe Dun, lived
in the town of Lincoln. He was ex
tremely dexterous in extorting money
from unwilling pockets. AVhen he
was invited to “call again” he always
accepted the cheerful invitation. In
deed, his habits were so profligate
and he was so careless of the courtesies
of life that he was apt to call oven
when no genial invitation had been
extended. He was never mneb farth
er away than a creditor’s shadow.
AVhen a man refused to pay a bill,
therefore, some one was sure to ask:
“AVby don’t y u Dun him ?” Hence
the awful wo’d which has followed
the impecunious even unto this day
and the associations of which not even
the lapse ot time can mellow.—Neiw
York Herald.
the quicker the better.— Utica Regis-
Cured Her at Last.
A couutrymau from New Hamp-
shire, who had never heard of a bi
cycle, came to Boston, and when he
beheld a youth whirling along on one
of those airy vehicles, he broke oul
into soliloquy thus: “Golly ain’t that
queer. AVho’d ever ’sped to see a
man ridin’ a hoopskirt.”
Au old man up in Connecticut
had a poor cranky bit of a wife, who
regularly once a week got up in the
night and invited the family to see
her die. She gave away her things,
spoke her last words, and made her
peace with Heaven, and then about 8
o'clock she got up in her usual way
and disappointed everybody by going
at her household duties as if nothing
had happened.
Tlie old man got sick of it finally,
and went and bought a coffin, a real
nice cashere shroud, a wreath of im
mortals, with “Farewell, Mary Ann,
worked in, and a handful of silver
plated screws. Laying the screw dri
ver besides the collection, he invited
her to holler “die” once more.
“Do it,” said he “and in you go, and
this farewell business is over.”
Mary Ann is at this moment cook
iuK buckwheat cakes for a large and
come nearer to camp. Suddenly the
bushes parted, and iu rushed the miss
ing man, his hair standing on end, his
lace deathly white, his gun gone, and
his arms flying wildly in the air, as it
grasping for imaginary objects, and
about two feet behind came a great more
black bear. The bear was immedi
ately shot by his comrades. The pur
sued soldier turned when he saw the
bear drop, and, looking at one ot them
said breathlessly:
“Is he dead?”
One ot the men asked:
“AVby didn’t you shoot him instead
of running?”
AVhat do you take me for? replied
the missing one. “Do you think I
was such a fool as to shoot him when
could bring him in alive?”
» the bills,
one to sustain and protect ber thro “What are they ?” asked his
life. AVith these they take all the at- mistresH. “They’re the valleys
tendant risks, and trusting iu ^m, chile,” S' lemiily answer-
love they bear to one another, take,
each other tor better for worse. Un-
ed the old man.
“Oh, give me anything made of
beans,” exclaimed a Boston man taken
sick in tbe AVest, wbeu asked what lie
would have to eat. They obeyed his
They gave him castor oil.
fortunately, the warmth of the honey- ■
moon cannot always be maintained,
and abiding love mu.st be based on
mutual respect. Nothing can be'
to love than the little
faults which crop out after marriage, -The mythological representations
but as, in a most literal sense, we of spring as a young la y
must take one another for better for an opera-bouffe singer, bringing ow-
worsa WG should try to look as kind- ers she has received over the foot-
ly and as silently on those traits that, lights of Time, arc things of the p ist.
give us annoyance as we can. know- ' Spring is a young man with an ulster
ing that the better ne are able to bear and rheumatism,
them, and the less we are able to — They bad been engaged to be
think upon them, the belter will be ; married fifteen years and still be had
for our peace of mind and happiness, i not mustered np resolution enough to
Original Wit.
Many marriages have turned out un- ^gk her to name tbe happy day. One
happy because of the lack of this; evening he called in a particularly
mutual forbearance. Young people spoony frame of mind, aud asked her
AA*e visited a colored school not
long since. Tbe teacher asked us if
we would “ ’zammin de pupils?”
“A'es, we will try,” we replied.
As the grammar class came next he
called it up. After hearing them re
cite, the teacher told us we could now
examine them.
■We asked one of them to form a sen
tence with the word “deaf” in it.
First pupil—“.A. deaf man can’t
hear.” .
Correct. Form a sentence with the
word “blind” in it.
Second Pupil—“Pull down the
blind.” .
“Next give the definition of a
mule?” . . ,
Third Pupil—“A mule is a bird
without wings, with four teet, two to
kick with and two to walk with.”
Next give the definition of a flea ?”
to sing him something that would
•‘move” him. She sal down at the
piano aud sang. “Darling, lam grow-
ing old.”
— A man too poor to indulge
in any luxuries other than children,
a
Fourth Pupil—“Plea, a little frisky
admiring family while they dry applesalways a-fixin anda-fixing and
in the coffin up in the garret. never gets fixed at last.”
think they have made a mistake in
marriage when the mistake is only in
their own behavior since they were
married- Good husbands make good
wives, and good wives make good
husbands; and the scolding or intem
perate or slatternly partner often hasj presented by a loving but
but herself to blame for tbe miser that | reckoning wife with triplets—three
clouds the life and desolates the home.
Multitudes who feel that their mar
riage was a mistake, and who make
their existence a life long misery,
might, by a little self-denial and for
bearance, and gentleness, and old-
time courtesy, make their home
brighten like'tbe gates of Eden, and
bring back again the old love that
blessed the happy, golden days gone
py- ,
A child’s greatest enemy is worms.
AVho can calculate the misery and
suffering a child has to endure who
is infested with worms ? Shriner’s In
dian Vermifuge will destroy and ex
pel worms from both children and
adalts. Only 25 cents a bottle.
boys—and he sought for some family
to adopt them. Mr. Clark was rather
inclined to take them, but his good
wife thought one would perhaps ba
enough. They were talking it over
before their little eight-year-tld
daughter, who said: “AVhy don’t you
take one of them, ma, or don’t they
want to break tbe set ? ’
Good Advice.—If you have a friend
with a cough or cold, tell him to try
Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup. It is a good
thing, and be will thank you for your
«8viL Tbe price is only 2o cents a
advice.
bottle.