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if mm THE BEST CIRCULATION. medium. The Eastern JOB D. J. WHICH and Proprietor. TERMS Per Year, Advance. VOL VIII. GREENVILLE, PITT N. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1889. NO. Eastern Reflector GREENVILLE. N. C. Wednesday THE LEADING PAPER IN THE Trice. per year. DEMOCRATIC, sill not to Hit Democratic and see not consistent ; tho true the If want a a section of the State send for the mi or. . COPY FREE STATE GOVERNMENT. G. Fowle. of Wake. M. i of Secretary of of Wake. W. of Wake. of Wayne, Superintendent of Public Instruction Sidney M. Finger of Catawba. Attorney F. David- son, of Buncombe. SUPREME Thief N. H. Smith, Wake. Associate S. Merrimon. of Joseph J. Davis, of James E. Shepherd, of Beaufort and Alfonzo C. A very, of Burke. SUPERIOR COURT. First H. Brown, of Beaufort. Second Philips, o Third G. Connor, of eon. Clark, of Wake. Fifth A. of; Sixth T. of Sampson. Seventh C. of , Cumberland. Ma a. Armfield, of Ninth F. Graves, of Surry. Tenth G. Bynum of Eleventh M. Shipp, of Mecklenburg. Twelfth H- Merrimon, of Buncombe. IN J. of Mart. W. Ransom, of House of District I Thomas G. Skinner, of Perquimans. Second P. Cheat ham col, of Vance. Third W, of Fourth H. Bunn, of N ssh. Fifth W. of Sixth Rowland of -t S. Henderson, Eighth District W. H. A. Co vies Ninth Ewart of GOVERNMENT. A. A. K. Register of H. James. B. Cherry. L. Ward. B- Harris. Commissioners-Council Mooring. C. V, Newton, W. A. James, Jr., T. E. Keel. Board of Harding. Chairman J. S. and J. D. Cox. School Superintend of F. W. Brown. TOWN. G. James. F. Evans. R. T. Smith. R- Moor. . N. Boyd Ward. R. Jr., and Alfred Forbes Ward, T. J. Jarvis and M. B. Lang ; 4th Ward, W. H. Tolbert. CHURCHES. First and Third Sundays, and Rev. N. C. Hughes, D. D., Rector. morn- and night. Prayer Meeting every Wednesday night. Rev, B. B, John, Pastor. every Sunday, morn- and night. Meeting every Wednesday night. Paster. LODGES. Lodge. W, A. W. A- meat every 1st Thursday and Mon- day night after the 1st and Sunday at Masonic A. L. Blow. W. M., G. L. Sec. Greenville B. A. Chapter. No. meets very 2nd and Monday nights at Ma- ionic Ball, F. W. Brown, H. P. No. I. F. night, ft. W- H. of n third Friday night. C. A. C. POST OFFICE, o w U business front B A. M P- H- mails distributed arrival. The general deliver will he kept open for minutes at night after the northern mall in distributed. Northern Man arrives at P. K. a d departs at Tar Old at Falkland mails arrive B SI milk at and at A. M- Ride Bell's Heda- ill arrive and at A. and at P. M. Jack aid Calico Saturday M. at A. M. Down the maiden creep, the and barren Leaves the room m which she sleeps. Full of childish. Christmas On the stairs the maiden stands, further down to go. are her and hands, OM Santa been E. H. FOUND AT FIVE A OB STORY OF I DAVID A. by American O THE younger who know New York only as it has been for twenty years past, growing better all the time despite the sneers of pessimists, it if Impossible to that only a few years farther back there was such a place in the center of the city as the Five Points. Nowadays it does not take usual courage for a moderately athletic man to walk alone in broad daylight through any public street in the city- it not safe to do so, even rarely ventured alone after dork into the region known by the old name. Now the horse cars run through the center of it. Broad streets have been out through, and old buildings replaced with new. Factories and stores stand where were formerly tumble down rook- that had stood the last with the most degraded poor and the ate criminal. When the Rev. W. C. Van Meter, with a few friends as earnest and determined as himself, first started a mission school within the borders of this valley of the shadow of crime, he was warned by the police of the dangers he Incurred, and some time after the work was started before he dared to take, even under escort, in the middle of the day, the ladies who wen anxious to aid by teaching in the school I; now a story of a foreign land and another age, but I saw in 1884 or 1855 a party of a dozen ladies and gentlemen mobbed as they started, homeward from the school Sunday noon, hustled into the street and assailed volleys of obscene and and so beset by a horde of men and women that they were glad with whole bones and ruined garments. And the police seemed powerless to prevent or punish such for this was unusual region what Is now Paradise square, for the distance of a couple of blocks in every direction, was honey- combed with Wind alleys and secret some of running one black to another. It nu a city of refuge for criminals, and, though they warred and preyed capon another with entire lawlessness, as a unit to any I among them from the of w, of the poverty stricken, for lire poverty desperate crime then, is very often in history, went hand in The children, who were coaxed one by sue into the mission schoolroom, were a crowd of savages. Their something amazing. It not very uncommon to find among them boys and girls of or years old who did not know their full names, but who stoutly declared that or was the only name they had, and once or twice children were found who v did not know whether they had ever had fathers and mothers. Some had no homes. God only knows how they kept alive, for they slept in holes and and fed like vagrant cats and dogs on whatever they could beg, find or steal. Impossible Certainly it is, but it is true, nevertheless. Among the wildest and shyest of all who came in was a boy who was the originator of at least one famous joke, though without intention. The teacher asked him his name and he said it was Being asked his last name was he said that was his last name. you must have another the teacher. it George Smith, or George Johnson, or George he said, shortly. George What, nor George it's George. I got no oder But the joke came when the teacher, wishing to know whether he learned anything at all. asked him. you know who made At the same Instant a boy behind him stuck a pin into George. tricks were common among the little ages, but it did not hurt any the less be- cause it was not unusual. George jumped from his seat and shouted at the top of his voice that's said the teacher, who had not noticed the trick. don't The story was told afterwards, with enlargements, until it became a many years ago. It was a long fore the teachers could learn much about the boy, for he was distrustful to the last degree. He kicked the Re. Mr. Van Meter on the shins very violently, and twisted himself away like an eel when that gentleman, according to his habit, laid his hand affectionately on the boy's shoulder. George thought he was going to be beaten, and took his usual precaution of eluding tho preliminary hold. He had, it seemed, never known what it was to have anybody take hold of him in kindness, and was no more to be handled than a young bird or a rel There was hardly anything, in fact, that he did know, as the good people reckoned knowledge. He know how to swear fluently, as his dentally correct answer as to his Maker but he did not know, and it was a long time be- fore he could be made to understand, that swearing was wrong. In fact, he did not know what wrong was. Bo far as his experience of life went, every- body did precisely what seemed at the moment desirable to do, unless vented by superior physical force, or by bodily fear. Stealing was to him a per- legitimate mode of acquiring any- thing that he might happen to want, and the only reason why it should be done secretly was that too about the act was apt to provoke interference on the part of tho owner, who might and probably would want the article himself. Lying was simply the easiest way of concealing anything that he did not care to reveal, and the only inkling he had of the objectionable character of the act was that anybody to whom he told a lie would beat him savagely if he did not lie cleverly enough to escape detection. As to the Sabbath, tho first knowledge lie had of the difference between one day and an- other came from his noticing that once in a while these people who hod whole clot hes on and who spoke gently came Into the neighborhood and opened the little mission room and tried to get the children to go into it. George was among those who were coaxed in with much difficulty. but after going once he went regularly. The room was clean and pleasant, and as the days came on there was a stove put in and -n fire made it warm. That was a novelty to allowed to sit undisturbed in a warm room. The story the good teacher obtained from him after winning his confidence was appalling by its very absence of detail; but it only one of like stories. and do very little to alleviate the misery that was all around her. George lived with a woman whom he had been taught to call Aunt Sally. Whether she was his aunt, who bis PI f bells are lo day all o of gladder, ft Happy If to be Christ- mas lady and gentleman appeared in the little room as visitors. They had of the mission work, the gentleman explained, and had come from their home in a nearby city to see it and to give what little help was in their power. There was a story back of it, but this story was not told till afterward. Their name was not Harrison, so I may call them that. ROM HIS BEAT. moth or father was. whether they were alive, or whether, he had ever had mother or a father, were matters concerning which he absolutely knew nothing, even by hearsay. A tint BUy was negatively goad to him, it She did not beat him, Inc when she was drunk, which was, how-eve; much sleep in her room, then she had young as be was, to keep away from hoe, and get his food for f. How or when he got it, only God's ravens could have told- oases are not as common In New York as they were thirty years ago, bat they are found now and again, even m these days. was, or why ah took any interest whatever in him, be knew nothing about. She was a foot, and her faint LIVED WITH AUNT said Mr. Harrison, painfully, almost to do everything she con for children, especially for orphans. And about Christmas time she seems especially nervous about it. There is a story about it, of course, but it is too and too painful to tell This to Mr. Van Meter, whose earnestness in his chosen work made him rejoice in every new found friend, and whose enthusiasm was contagious. Before long the was known. Mrs. Harrison's father was a wealthy manufacturer, whose two daughters were the children of different mothers, and developed as they grew to woman- baa strikingly different characteristics. The elder one, Sarah, was the daughter of his first w who had deserted him and her infant child to run away with j one of his clerks. He knew little of her j story after her flight, but in the course Of year and a half he learned that she had been forsaken by lover had plunged into such a terrible course of dissipation that death had been fully speedy in overtaxing her. A year later he married the second time. Again a daughter was horn to him, and as the two children grew up they were treated, as nearly as possible, ex- alike. Everything that money could buy, or affection dictate, was at their command, and every influence of refinement and education was exerted to fit them for a high place in society, but whether it was some taint in the blood, qr brooding over a mother's sin and shame, something led the elder daughter to turn away from good and seek evil from her early youth The father sought in every way possible to avert the misery which he foresaw for himself and for her, but it was of no avail A wayward youth was followed by utter recklessness as the unhappy became a woman. She still made her father's house her home, and would spend a large portion of her time there; but there were which the family strove in every way to con- and into which they dared not t . i m I i . i , . i W for fear of shameful dis- The in a painful Among the gentle- men who visited at the house was Mr. Harrison, and it . that, while die younger daughter was the one he sought bi marriage, both the girls fell in love with him. Sarah's passion was. none the less violent because of its lawless character and its utter and when she learned that her easier was w, many t herself loved, she left after a terrible scene m which she swore vengeance, defied all authority, and spurned the love of mother and sister. For three yeas was heard of her. Her before tine with sorrow, mourned for her truly, and at any time have received her back with open arms, no word came. mark sue sought. Then, quick tn a flash the whole thing happened so that It was over before her husband reached her gather into her arms, dirt, rags and all, and kissed him until it seemed as if she were trying to devour him. Then, of course, she fainted. It did not take long, though, for the other ladies in the room to bring her back to consciousness, and then such a scene as is rarely witnessed in this world put an end to anything like the usual , order of exercises. Mr. Harrison was naturally a little slower than his wife to recognize the child, but only a little, and j the bewildered boy was shortly em- I braced and kissed as few children in this world ever have been. Such a prayer as Mr. Van Meter ed, while the tears streamed down his i cheeks and every person in the room dropped on his knees, has seldom been j heard even from his eloquent lips, and in a few more minutes Mr. Harrison pro- posed to leave. It was obvious enough . to him that he had to take his child home, but the good missionary was too well acquainted with the neighborhood to him go unattended. would be mobbed before you had gone a block, if the people saw you car- away the he said, and it was presently arranged that a policeman should be summoned to escort tho party up to Broadway, and a carriage should be taken there. This was done us quickly as possible, for there was real danger of trouble if the news had been spread through the neighborhood before they got away. As it happened, however, all passed off ; quietly, and little George had seen such a . Christmas as he had never dreamed of. was found, and every ; effort was made to induce her to reform. She consented to go home, but whether she remained there or not I do not know. Sensational as anything in fiction, is it , not Yet, excepting in some few details, it is a true story. FOOD FOR REFLECTION. but the r ever knew jUSt what passed them. He told his wife and daughter, however, the of it. Sarah had demanded a portion of his fortune, and had offered for it to hide herself from him forever, to take another name and lead her own life in her own way. told said the sorrowing man, she should always have a home with me, no matter when she came to claim it, and that would never sec her want for anything if she would back to me. but that, if she persisted in the life she plainly said she proposed to live, I would do nothing for her before or after my death. And then she left me, Baying it was forever, and cursing me-cursing me, her father, who even now would die for her if need For a time after this nothing was heard of the prodigal. Then one Christmas eve she wreaked her hate, or vengeance, as she chose to call it, in an awful crime. Mrs. Harrison's only child, a boy not quite three years old, was in one of the public parks of the city, in charge of a nurse, when Sarah approached, and, by pretending a violent fancy for the child, threw the careless servant off her guard. Whether she bribed the girl, or really succeeded in tricking her, was never known, but it was two hours later when that frightened individual reported to Mrs. Harrison that her boy had been stolen. It would be impossible to describe the agony of the parents, and useless to de- tail all the circumstances of the search that was made. The servant gave a accurate description of the strange woman, whom she had never seen before, for the family to know who SUCH A CHRISTMAS. the kidnapper was, but Sarah had had a sufficient start to get on a train for York, and all efforts to trace her were ineffectual. Had the newspapers even at that time learned the particulars of the story It would have become as fa- as the Charlie Ross case, but the family shrank from the exposure that would have been inevitable, and though all the detective skill that could be pro- was employed, publication in the press. Six years had passed from the day the was stolen when Mr. and Mrs. entered the mission school in Five Points. It was her own loss hat had made her so peculiarly anxious x benefit poor children; but, though she was forever searching for her own little me, both she and her husband had given up the hope of ever finding aim. While Mr. Harrison mis talking with Mr. Van Meter, however, her eager were scanning the faces of all the soys in the room. Suddenly she turned pale. Oh, she said, or gasped, rather, and without another word she flew rather, than ran to the other end of the room. Propping on her knees In front of the poor little waif who had drifted in so strangely, she him with both hands and looked eagerly, almost wildly, into Is your she said to the child. be said. he to he had developed a about his lack of a proper of names, and, moreover, he half frightened by the now frantic w paean's strange behavior. she tors open shirt ha on, and A mo. A Christmas without spending money Midwinter holidays without dolls or books, tops, toy cannon or jumping jacks, colored candies or any of any kind Christ's nativity celebrated without a Christmas tree or a Christmas carol or a gathering of evergreen j shrub sparkling with glass, no Santa ; Claus and no pantomime. Could such n thing be in a Christian land Yea, verily. And it is not so very long ago that just such a Christmas was the rule in three-fourths of the United It is the rule now in considerable sec- where there are no large towns. So easily do we get accustomed to what is, and so naturally do children believe that the system they first noticed has ways been the system, that most people I do not know, and even the older ones arc forgetting, that the Christmas of to day is comparatively a new thing. But what the old time and with what sights and sounds was it ushered in Well, in the first place, it all the rural regions at any rate a time when no money could be I Children must have their fun without extra expense, save as each j child had carefully saved his pennies, i As to deliberately handing out a half dollar to a boy for aver- ago lather would as s-on have thought of giving him a deed for the farm. It a season for rabbit hunting and sled- ding if there was snow enough, and for sliding if there was ice, for a good din- and an piece of and then, . perhaps, for some home made presents. ; A little later toys he-an to come in say the central west, and j such toys horses, square I cows, dogs made of and burnt black in the fire, and so forth and so forth; a collection of them now would j throw a group of children into of laughter. Be it remembered that less than fifty years ago Cincinnati, Louisville and St. Louis were the only cities really known to the great mass of people living west of Ohio and north of Tennessee, and nine-tenths of the people , under years of ago never seen a . city of 10.000 inhabitants. And in those days rural America celebrated Christmas , literally without money and without , price- Plenty of people who do. not like to be i called old can recall the time when, in . all the book stores of the rural regions. only two or three kinds of j could be found, and as to holiday books holiday goods as they ; could be found in the cities, probably, not one child in a hundred, taking the country through, ever saw one of thorn. In Japan. Washing was and still is done in Japan by getting into a boat and let- ting the garments drag after the boat by long string. It is an economical habit of traveling to get a large amount of washing thus accomplished by a steamboat excursion, it has Sven rise to the story that once a year to wash. They have no instinct for laundry work, like the Chinese, and think it complete when the soap is in the garment, and will not v. ring it out. Bait water washes to their taste just as well as fresh. Washington Capital. Tin of If you have been traveling any dis- on the care don't wash your face in cold water the moment you reach a If you want to remove all trace of dust and smoke rub your face well with tr cream, and wipe it off on a dry towel. The towel after the wiping will show you whore the dirt has gone. Then you may wash your face in hot water if yon j There is nothing like hot really hot, water for the complexion. It keeps not only dean, but clear. Boston Traveler. In Old Lord Hertford used to tell about meeting old Baron James de child his lordship cordially de- in. the street one nay, almost weeping, and of how the baron, on be- questioned as to the cause of his I melancholy, naively English are such brutal people. I on Lord X this morning a cabinet make him a present of n splendid miniature in diamonds, and threatened to kick Yes, Turkey-cock. I o-n You a show As la Or j strut about Ma, slow would it, In out GIt too a To e'en an las look down on yon, Vain Turkey-cock Vet It Is; by their Ami of I know they Scold you for your humbler thoughts would teach silly to Play such a clatter. You're kept so well that you may look Well on a Christmas Romance mil Fuels. What did Clans bring Misery I got a brand new warm overcoat, and a pair dandy pants, and a lot candy and little things I can't jest remember. git I got a sealskin cap, some a arm as goes on under these, dinner tickets, and lots candy things. Now, Misery, straight git Misery just a little I tip my all right, and, do know, I never got a thing shaky as to me, Gray Illus- Monthly. How He Slide. Mrs. her would you rather have Christmas, Robbie, a pair of skates or a sled I have both Mrs. I don't think Santa Clans would consent to that. give me the skates. Tommy get a sled, and I can lick him. A Wise Bird. don't you eat. Mr. I don't wish to lie eaten, my friend. 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The GREENVILLE. N. C. THE LEADING PAPER THE Tr- BUT will eat to Democratic that are not consistent with the true principles of the party. If a of the State Send -or. E FREE ENTERED AT THE POST OFFICE AT Mail Matter. 1889 Tis merry happiest season of the whole year. Throughout the Christianized world there is joy and gladness to- day. In every land where the coming of the Messiah and the story of the Cross are known, hearts are to-day rejoicing. It is a day of glad reunion, when loved ones come together again after days and weeks, and perhaps months, of separation, and once more hold sweet communion the family fireside. It is a day when friend remembers friend, and loved one remembers loved one with tokens of friendship and love. And it is a day upon whose morn the little ones are up with the first dawn of day looking into tiny stockings to see what Santa Clans has brought them. Ah what would Christmas be for these dear little creatures without Santa Claus. Think of the millions of merry prattlers whose hearts this morning are filled with rapture over the possession of some treas- this fabled being has brought them, and think of the many fond parents who look with feelings of pride and pleasure upon the de- lighted little ones. To all these Christmas truly surpasses all sea- sons of the year. But, reader, this is only one side of life. This joy and gladness, this merry and happiness, is not in every that it could be in all. There are households over which the shadow of poverty lurks, and from whence is driven every vestige of happiness. Even the bare necessities of life are wanting, and hunger stares many a poor creature in the face. The blessed Jesus, the anniversary of whose birth and coming into this world is to-day celebrated, said while here upon earth is more blessed to give than to He also said poor ye have with you alway, whensoever ye will ye may do them Again he said that giveth to the poor to the Let the example of the Savior be followed, and, wheresoever you can, make glad some poor heart to-day. Call down happiness upon yourself by giving joy to others. In making its last appearance for the year and closing up its labors for 1889, the would not forget to return many sincere thanks for the very- liberal patronage it has received during the year. To every one feel grateful, to the subscribers, to those who have spoken kind words of encouragement, and especially to the merchants. True it has been a hard year, and the has been felt by all, yet the circumstances our patron- age has been as liberal as could have been expected. We have la- bored hard during the year, and tried to serve the public faithfully. The Reflector feels the as much as any business can feel it, and its sympathies are with all classes upon whom the scarcity of money bears so heavily. Another year, we trust, will bring better times and to all. Again thanking our generous pat- and wishing each and every one a merry Christmas and a hap- and prosperous New Tear, we bid them adieu until the 8th of hope year to be enabled to serve our patrons more faithfully than ever. Having to insert the financial Statement last week, and giving up one side of the paper to the speeches delivered at the Davis memorial services, we could not publish the remainder of Mr. Bow- letter in that issue, -as ed. But it will be found to-day on sixth page. This portion of the letter is even better than that published two weeks ago. It gives advice to the farmers, which if act- ed upon, will go a long way toward helping them out of these hard times. We advise every to read it carefully, and set out with a determination to follow its teach- and better bis condition. Both par en containing this letter should carefully We hope Bowie will give the other articles Not to mention Suite exchanges, which numerous and very flat- it must be exceedingly gratifying to Col. Skinner and his friends, that his contribution to Hope of the is attracting the criticism the American press. It is a new thought and that like a new invention commands the at- of the thinking world. Col. Skinner is daily in receipt of a large mail from all portions of the South of a congratulatory We notice a column and half editorial in the Manufacturer's Record, the most prominent trial weekly in this country, in which all of his arguments are ad- and altogether com- He has one letter from a friend in New York that the article would be reproduced in the leading papers of Europe and would create a flutter on that side as it has en this side of the tic. The crowded condition of our columns during the holidays has prevented us reproducing Col. Skinner's article up to Has time, but we will publish it in our issue of January 8th and also give the comment of the Rec- upon it. Washington Letter. From our regular Correspondent. from Cox Cotton Plan- Factory. Tho Board of Commissioners for Pitt county deserve the thanks of every tax payer in the county for the faithful and efficient manner in which they have discharged their duties during the past year. The annual statement published in the Reflector shows that under their management the finances have been well handled. They began the year, Dec. 3rd, 1888 with cents in the treasury and an audited outstanding debt of which left them a of to operate with They have gone through the fiscal year paying all claims necessary to meet current expenses, and on Dec. 2nd, 1889, had in the treasury with an outstanding debt of only which shows the net amount of leaving the county better off than it was a year ago. This is a good showing. The Washington Gazette sent out a very largo industrial issue last week, illustrated with pictures of many buildings of the town. It gives a very extensive write up of the whole county and will prove a valuable advertise- Bro. Latham worked hard on tho paper and the people down there encouraged him with a advertisement. One thing that makes the Reflector proud of the Gazette is that the paper is by a Pitt county boy, Mr. La- being raised right here in four miles of Greenville. We are glad the industrial issue met with such success and paid the editor handsomely. Tho last issue of the State Citron- it I is full of matter that will and should be kept as a reference by every thoughtful and patriotic citizen Grady on ; L. L. Polk on the looking of agriculture; and Harry Skinner on the of the contending for protection to the cotton planter as simple justice to the producer of this great staple. Each of those pro- is wise, timely and and has made an impress upon the thought of the continent and will live forever. Rents are entirely too high in Greenville. If there were more neat houses and rents were put at reasonable prices, there would be a much more rapid growth m the population of the town. High rents and scarcity of houses drive people away from a town. Prop- owners should consider this. Everyone should be interested in inducing more families to locate in Greenville. Build more neat cottages and make rents then hold out every inducement for people to move here. We could not acknowledge soon- the receipt of an invitation to a banquet in Raleigh, which was given on the night of the 13th, in honor of Col. L. L. Polk, editor of the Progressive Farmer. Col. Polk was elected President of the Na- Alliance and La- Union of America, at the meet- recently held in St. Louis. He is well worthy the honor bestowed upon him, and his election to the high position is quite a to him and to his State, A Fall The largest single advertisement that ever appeared in any newspaper In Green- ville is the fail page of Hires in this Christmas edition of the tor. It is a of enterprise never be- fore taken by any firm here. It speaks well for the enterprise of the young men who compose this wide awake Arm, and be sure to demand the attention of the Reflector's many readers. In reading the advertisement people may wonder at the low prices quoted for some of their goods and think it a catch, there is no catch about It, for they sell goods at exact the figures named. It has been only three years since these men began merchandising here and the growth of business has been wonderful. The secret of their lies in two things, They learned the art of buying good so they can sell for leas other merchant, pay. They the of printer An at Washington D. C, Dec. Senator Morgan thinks the State Department is entirely too poky in the matter of recognizing the new government of Brazil, therefore he has offered a joint resolution con- the people of Brazil on their recent and authorizing tho President to a proclamation the re- public its a sovereign power. Speaker Reed is believed to having the lion a decide the cons tested election cases before any rules are adopted. It would be a violation of all precedent, bat doesn't for with some people when it happens to clash with party advantage. Speaker Las almost absolute power over the House while it remains as it is now -only governed by nary parliamentary roles, and if the election cases were before House the unseating of nearly every Dem- whose seat is contested would he an absolute certainty. But if is doubtful whether the Republican managers are prepared to take the of adopting a radical They will be apt to remember that in all tho House will have a majority of Democrats, and this be lief will make them careful. Congress was to have begun its Christmas holidays on Thursday, but to accommodate Speaker who to announce the rest of the House committees the re the resolution was amended to read from tho diet mat., to January 6th, and in that shape was passed. An unusually large number of Congressmen will eat their Christmas turkeys away from Washington. Some Democrats in the House came very near doing a curious, not to say silly, thing this week. It was to assume the responsibility for the stolen by The idea of raising a purse the Democrats to make good the losses of the Representatives seemed to be so catching that a call for a Demo- caucus to endorse the idea was issued, but upon reflection it was rescinded, and the matter lowed to just as it certain. The House, without a vision, has passed a resolution a reward of for Deficiency bills are always com under Republican they have already begun under the present. A bill to make up a de- in the first six months of the current fiscal year at the Gov- office, and an- other appropriating to par for printing for the census bureau, have become laws this week. A concurrent resolution has been passed by House and Senate ten- to Chief Justice Fuller the thanks of Congress for the address delivered by him on the occasion of the celebration of Washington's in Senator Brown, of Georgia, is the only member of the Senate that has not occupied his seat this of It. December Editor Reflector many years ago the Cox Cotton Planter hardly known to exist The planters were made by land and were very costly. Now are made by the thousand by proved machinery and are each cheaper- They were first made and patented by Mr. John C. thirteen years ago, he gave the business to his son, Mr. A. G. Cox. The latter has made several improvements which makes Cox the best cotton planter in South. The demand every year. railroad now being from Greenville to will within a quarter of a mile of here, which will add greatly to our con- This has a splendid school with that excellent young lady Miss Cox, as We are situated between churches, a Methodist, a Free Will a Missionary Baptist. AH of them have able pastors and each has a good Sunday-school. Tho Missionary Baptist school has prepared a very nice box-of preheats to be sent to the Baptist Orphanage at as a Christmas present. A little son of Mr. Felix Braxton fell the fire where its mother was washing, one day last week, and was so burned that it died in a few days. We are glad to know that C. Glenn has been returned to his for another We net saw a more earnest worker is this excellent He has done more work at Tripp's in winning soils tor the Master than any man since the has been One night last week while Mr. John D. Cox and wife were attend- an Alliance meeting some one entered their house and took about Another stealing scrape is report- ed in neighborhood. Some rogues went to Mr. Mo- and carried away two banks of potatoes. No clue as to who did the mischief. D- MOSES Just received the line of------- and Jewelry, Ever brought to Greenville and will continue to keep on ordering until after holiday seasons. If you need anything In Hue it will be to your advantage to give him a trial before purchasing. VIOLIN, BANJO AND GUITAR STRINGS Also for sale. Watches, Clocks and Jewelry repaired at short notice and In work- manlike manner and warranted. Call and see him. I. New Grocery Store Next door to K. C. Glenn. I have opened a Grocery Store and on hand a fine line Meat. Hoar, Coffee, mi, Masses, Candies, Cheese. Crackers, Tobacco, Cigars, Apples, I Bananas, Canned Goods and most everything kept In a first-class grocery store, as well as Tinware, Crockery, Wood and Willow Ware, Call and see Goods delivered, free any where in town. J. J. CHERRY. Greenville, N. C. session, although several others, in- Senator Hampton, have not been here before this week. in spite of the determined of Gall, Jones, of Arkansas, Berry, Reagan, Blair and Wilson, of lows, the nomination of Justice Brewer has been confirmed. Chandler charges that certain naval officers are banded to- for tho purpose of lobbying. Ho has offered in the Senate a resolution calling upon the Secretary of Navy for Mr. Harrison, thinking probably to some people unusually happy has made this week a large number of appoint- most of them being postmasters. Senator Quay and Pennsylvania, will not be very close friends for some time. both have had dates for the Of course Mr. Quay's man got the office. It is probable two new States will admitted by this Senate Committee on has agreed to report favorable the bills providing for the of Idaho and Wyoming. Democrats will endeavor to have New Mexico included. Last Wednesday the House passed a resolution ordering a call of States for the introduction of bills, and there was a perfect show- of poured out, on almost every conceivable subject. It was the first session. At least ninety per cent, of bills introduced will never again be beard from, and there is no good reason why they be. The Senate bill making a month the rate of pension to be paid for total disability has been favorably reported. To Drain Creek. Pursuant to adjournment cit- of the Greek met at the in Green- ville on Monday, Dec. 9th, J. B. Little, Esq., presiding. report of the committee pointed to list the lands along the Greek being called for, It was that about acres of land be reclaimed and ed by draining the Greek. After an interchange of ideas and a foil discussion of the various plans suggested to desired, on motion, the following gentlemen were appointed a com- to formulate a plan of organ- and report at the next meet- J. B. Yellowley, F. U Mar- E. P. Daniel. J. G. Taylor, W. K. Ford. On motion the was added to this committee. There being no further business, meeting adjourned to convene again on the 3rd Monday in 1890. J. B. LITTLE, J. H. Secretary. Dr. D. S. Harmon. Kinston Free Press, Dec. 1889. Dr. left yesterday for Wilson, where he will remain for weeks, lie was kept here longer be intended by so many unexpected coming in. During the seven weeks Dr. was in Kinston he made pairs of lenses, and in no single in- stance was any complaint made; this is saying a good deal as ho freely offered to refund the money paid in any instance where pa- was not fully with their glasses. the contrary all expressed themselves as highly pleased with his work; and for whom he made glasses certainly had something to cause them pleas- for from almost blindness some now have good sight, and others from badly defective sight now see perfectly. He has certainly done lots of good among our people. Dr. Harmon carried off with him most flattering testimonials of bis work our most citizens. He is certainly a most excellent optician. He has a number of instruments of his own invention for measuring eye and the detection of defects of the kinds. He has science of his profession down fine and if he fails to fit an eye there is but little use for any else to try- The community that Dr. Harmon visits is fortunate, therefore the Free Press congratulates the people of Wilson upon his visit to their beautiful town, and heartily mends to of her citizen as may lie afflicted with bad eye- such, who consult him, Dr. Harmon's visit will prove a blessing. Ha Gall d. see them at Successors to B. B. Clark Go. FOB Hardware, Tin- ware, Store Pipe, Sash, Doors and Blinds, Iron, Oils, ass and Putty, Kerosene and Bed Oil, Stoves Repaired. Tobacco planters will find it to their interest to send us their orders for To- Flues early. We sell very low for the cash. LATHAM Greenville, N. A horrible accident occurred near Greenville on Monday of last week, Mr. -11 u Jones an year old son of Mr. Hay wood Jones, of logs on the lands of Mr. S. IT Spain with a team of six oxen hitched to the carriage. The jar caused by the vehicle a bridge broke the tongue and I the lever to the windlass, which Hew striking young on the head and of the neck. He was conscious picked up and carried to the of mi. J. I. Drown, and died in a few hours after receiving the blow. The Short-Crops be mt with------- ANOTHER Car Lead of Fine Horses Mules, Just received by------- -and will be sold- CHEAP FOR CASH, or at reasonable terms on time on security. I bought ray stock for ash and can afford to sell as cheap as anyone. Give me a call. LOW TARIFF FACTORY. m m nm For have free Buggies now. Ah you arc free to buy where you please, but if you want to save money you come to Factory 4th street, rear of J. B. Cherry Co's. For convenience we have an entrance through H. F. Keel's Stables on 3rd street. I can yon It sympathy of his many here to learn on Monday morn- the store of Mr. Rufus Fleming, was burned the night The fire was discovered shortly after o'clock and burned so rapidly that could be saved. The store con- a stock of goods which was only about halt covered by The lire id supposed to be the work of an incendiary, is the fourth time that Mr. Fleming has suffered from fire within two years the losses aggregating about On one occasion he his barns after bis crop had been then his lumber mills were twice burned down and now his store meats same fate. Misfortunes seem to follow Notice to Teachers. The Beard of Education of Pitt H at its December session ordered the Superintendent of Public In- to call the attention of all Public School Teachers to chap of the School Law of 1889, which private examination except or good and sufficient reasons, even then the applicant will be required to By one dollar, which shall be collected examiner, and by him paid over to the Treasurer, and the County Super- is hereby ordered to enforce this latter clause in and every ease of private examination. Sec. That you over had In your life for to 816.00 less money than any one else In county can give Why V tor ray expenses lees and I pay t spot cash for goods and save tho counts, and If you don't believe It you come and see. Having bad years experience In the business I guarantee perfect satisfaction or no charge. Re- pairing a specialty. forget the place en 4th Street rear J. B. Cherry Greenville. Administrator's The undersigned having been appoint- ed the Clerk of the Superior Court of Pitt county, and having qualified as administrator it beat non Of the estate of James Haddock, de- ceased, notice Is hereby given to all per- sons holding claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned for payment on or before the day December, 1880, or this will be plead la bar of their recovery, per- sons to laid estate are requested ft. Tar Him Transportation Greenville, J. B, Vice-Pres J. N. M. Lawrence, Tarboro, Gen Capt. R. F. Jonas, Washington, Gen Ag The People's for travel The Steamer Is the finest and quickest boat on the river. She has been thoroughly repaired, refurnished and painted. Fitted up specially for the comfort, as and convenience of Ladles. POLITE A A first-class Table furnished best the market affords. A trip on the Steamer Is not only comfortable but attractive. Leaves Washington Monday, Wednesday and Friday at o'clock. A- x. Leaves Tarboro Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at o'clock, A. K. Freights received dally and through Bills Lading given to all points. J. Greenville. H. C Water Mills. The undersigned having leased these mills for a number of years and put them In thorough order, begs leave to inform public that he Is prepared to Corn and wheat In a first-class Satisfaction guaranteed to all patrons. I would inform merchants that I am prepared to famish them good water null meal at prices delivered, wanting to buy at retail be supplied at say store In LOW PRICES We propose to AT PRICES -To meet the Times. And if you want to some GOOD BARGAINS fail to us a call. We mean Yours truly, LITTLE, HOUSE BRO, Greenville. N. C. ALFRED FORBES, THE RELIABLE OF lo the buyers of Pitt and surrounding counties, a lino of following good buyers. that are not. to be excelled In this market. not to be excelled In this market. And to ha and pure straight goods. DRY GOODS of kinds. NOTIONS. HATS CAPS, d and I A- and CHILDREN'S SLIPPERS, FURNITURE an GOODS, DOORS, WINDOWS, SASH and BLINDS, and HARDWARE, and PLOW LB I Ell of kinds Gin and Mill Hat, Rock Lot, w and Hair, ii and GROCERIES A SPECIALTY. Agent Clark's O. N. T. Spool Cotton which I offer to the trade at Jobbers prices, cents per less per cent for Cash, Bread Prep- and Hall's Star Lye at Jobbers Prices. Lead and mire Lin- seed Oil. Varnishes and Faint Colors. Cucumber Wood Pumps, Salt and Wood and Ware. Nails a specialty. Give me a and I guarantee satisfaction. J. L. SUGG, LIFE GREENVILLE, N. C. OFFICE OLD All hind, la FIRST-CLASS COMPANIES At lowest rates. AM AGENT FOR A FIRST-CLASS FIRE THE OLD RELIABLE CARRIAGE THE FRONT D. Williamson, SUCCESSOR TO JOHN GREENVILLE, N. C. . Has Moved to One Door North of Court op BUS WES, CARTS II ATS. My is well equipped with the best put up nothing hut We keep up with the times end Improved styles. Best material used In all work. All styles of Springs are yon tea select from Brewster, Storm, Coil, Ram Horn, King. Also keep on hand a of ready maiM HARNESS AND WHIPS, Hie year round, which we will sell AS low as tub Special Attention Given to REPAIRING, Thanking the people of this and surrounding counties past fever bop merit a continuance of the same. woman of good character, and capable of doing the domestics of a family. W, G LITTLE, Greenville, N. C. J. T. ALLEN CHEAP GROCER CONFECTIONER I Wishes to inform the public that he is prepared to furnish you and wishes to sell you at least a portion of what you the way of Groceries, Provisions, And General Supplies. I keep a line of Flour, Sugar. Coffee, Meat, and all heavy and light Groceries that will be sure to trait you. I do not claim to sell goods under everybody in the world, but I will give you just as low as can be had in Green ville. I do not claim to have the best goods in the world, bu I claim mine to be just as fresh and as cheap an can be found in Pitt county. I shall endeavor to please all customers. T, ALLEN. O. We adopt this method of informing our old customers and pub- generally that we have returned from New York with the stock we have ever carried. The experience of two years in the- Northern markets together with increased capital us to offer bargains than ever. Standard Prints Plaids Clothing, Dry Goods, Shoes, and Hats are all going at astonishingly low prices. A visit from you is requested. BROWN k BOOKER, Greenville. H. C. SPECIALIST since A in the diseases and weaknesses of will mall a book free, the E. A. TAFT, Wishes to inform his friends and the public generally that he has bought out the Grocery establishment of T. It. Cherry, and with new added is now prepared to furnish the very best GROCERIES, PROVISIONS AND FAMILY SUPPLIES At prices fully in keeping with the hat d times. I keep Flour, Meat, Lard, Molasses, Confections. Canned Goods, Crockery, Glassware, Tobacco, Snuff, Orange Syrup is the best Molasses in this market. You are invited to call. the place, at Cherry's stand. Groom IV. O J. B. CHERRY- J. R. J. G. CHERRY CO. Have again come to claim your attention and solicit esteemed We do not claim that have the largest and best stock east at the . Rocky Mountains, but we do pay that we arc to the with a specially selected line of GENERAL Suited to the want of a large of customers. We are in full the hard times and and will make low cash prices to all who t as wit their Look down this column and see if we cannot interest We- ans better prepared than ever before to serve We have la steak re-say a line of DRY GOODS. Embracing Dress Goods Ginghams and and Suitings, Goods and Cashmeres for Men's and Boy's Sails, Sheetings. Bleached and Unbleached Domestics. Canton Flannels Boots and Shoes. For Men, Women. Beys, Misses and Children, at prices will the poor so rejoice, and the hearts of all will he made glad who buy Boots and Shoes from why because we sell low and give the money's worth. A full line and Goods that will delight the and HATS and CATS for men, boys and children. HARDWARE, we you a stock as complete as the farmer or mechanic W a of Steel and guarantee them to be the best made. Groceries. Which we are selling at rock bottom prices, not because are s but we take pleasure in offering and selling low Can we interest yea beat if so come in and examine our stock of Molasses. Coffee, Tea. Toilet Laundry, Lye. Matches, Rice, of Mads, which we are now buying from first bands and save yon money If yet examine before buying elsewhere, Tobacco and Snuff. Headquarter for Of which ire carry a line not to be excelled In this market, as Bureaus, Double and Single Bedsteads, Tables, Cots, Washstands, Bed Springs and Mattresses, Children's Cradles and Beds, Chairs of different kinds and varieties, all to suit hard times and short crops. Anything that you In this line If we have not got It in will make a special order for you, as we haw from several of the best furniture houses in tho States and as to prices. Wood and Willow ware. Crockery, Bridles and Collars. Cart Saddles, Horse Millinery. Trunks, Valises and Traveling Bags, Life it too short to keep on we have and de. Bat you ell health and prosperity and to every map. and to Greenville a invitation to come la and examine our steels, We remain yours to serve CHERRY Greenville. N. O. Appointments Foe on Bethlehem Mission. Bethlehem, 1st Sunday at School 1st Sunday at o'clock Sparta, 2nd Sunday at o'clock. Shady Grove, at Walesa at II o'clock. Money to IMPROVED FARMS, In of and upwards. are re- payable In small annual through a period of five years thus en- j the borrower In pay off his In- exhausting his crops

, K. CIRCULATION. The Eastern Reflector. JOB Eastern Reflector GREENVILLE. N. C. Editor and THE PAPER IS Te Trice. per year. BUT not ties tab to Tit iris. Democratic and measure that arc not consistent h true principles of th. party. If want i paper from a of the State send SAMPLE COPY FREE Financial Statement of Pitt County, for the Fiscal Year ending December 2nd, 1889. is list of orders, together with the number and amount, as allowed by Board of Commissioners, from December 3rd, 1888, to December 2nd, 1889. Bridges. No. To whom issued Brown W T Smith E A Bland SO J Laughinghouse J W Tyson James B Cherry Brown J B Galloway B B C P Henry Brown W B Bland Bro Brown John S Smith W J Page C P Gaskins Henry Brown C P Gaskins Henry Brown Wall H P C P Gaskins Henry Brown James Elks Jack Barnes Sam Cherry R Wall R Turner D C Barrow J S Smith Henry Brown James B Cherry L H Allen Jack Barnes Eugene Williams Richard J P John B Spier C P Gaskins H B Hearne Sherrod White CT T B Cherry Purser B S F G Dupree U Brown Jno S Smith J W Tyson W L Robinson, Too Hooker Henry Brown J D Williamson J H Satterthwaite C P Gaskins Henry Brown James B Jas B Cherry Co M Z Moore C Gaskins J N Ami. II Nancy Moore John Baker Poll Adams Daniel Webster Partly Tucker Susan Turner John Stocks Taylor Margaret Bryan James Masters Mayo Patsy Elks II D Smith Nancy Moore- John Baker Polly Daniel Webster Nelson Win Mahala Braxton Henry Langley J Miller, expense in- sane pauper R L Hodges, conveying to Greenville Susan Turner John Stocks Taylor Margret Bryan James Masters Ivy Mayo Patsy Elks II D Smith Nancy Moore John Baker Polly Adams Daniel Webster Ki bulimia Nelson Wm Lydia Bryant Albert Williams, MM Susan Turner John Stocks Taylor Margaret lit u James Masters Ivy Mayo Patsy Elks H D Smith Nancy Moore John Baker Daniel Webster Nelson Wm Bryant j Polly Jacob 1319 Stephen Williams Susan Turner John Stocks Taylor Margaret Bryan James Masters Ivy Mayo Patsy Elks J, D Smith Moore John Baker Daniel Webster Nelson Wm Lydia Bryant Stephen Williams go Kennedy, coffin J O Proctor Bro., main taming pauper Polly Adams Susan Turner John Stocks Taylor Bryan 1426 James Ivy Mayo Patsy Elks H D Smith Nancy Moor John Baker Daniel Webster Nelson Wm Lydia Jacob J A K to Susan Turner John Stocks Taylor Margaret Bryan James Masters Ivy Mayo. Patsy Elks Smith Baker Goo Poor House. No. To whom issued J J F W Brown , i I F W W W J J W W Andrews J J J J W E Warren J J Am. C Dawson, conveying pauper to W A James Jr, pauper do Susan r John Stocks Taylor S Margaret Bryan Master Ivy Mayo Patsy B- ; Nancy Moore ; John Baker Daniel Webster Nelson SUPPLEMENT, Susan Turner John Stock SB Taylor Margaret Bryan James Master Mayo Patsy Elks I D Smith Manor Moore I W John Baker . Daniel Webster no Son Wm Bryan Jacob Jacob Dupree Henry Mom coffin S Watson pauper Dawson fr blind pt Turner John Stocks Taylor Margaret Bryan James Masters Ivy Mayo Patsy Elks H D Smith Nancy Moore John Baker Daniel Webster Nelson Wm Lydia Bryan Jacob Jacob Dupree Little House A Bro, maintain- pauper lot Bryant Buck E A Jr ,; Witness Superior Court. Daniel Webster Nelson Wm Lydia Bryant i Jacob Flanagan, blind 1716; Paupers. No. To whom issued. Turner John Taylor Margaret Bryan James Masters Patsy Elks Smith Nancy Moors John Baker Daniel Webster Jno John Stocks tor Margaret Bryant Masters Mayo A rut. Lydia Bryan Jacob J O Proctor Bro, maintain- T M-ll A G Cox, pauper coffin Brown, Jacob W T. Mm th, coffin J A Andrews, maintaining B F Patrick, D D pauper Marcus Whitaker J A K Tucker, for Susan Turner John Stock- HI Taylor Bryan James Masters Mayo Patsy Elks H D Smith Nancy Moore Joan Maker , Daniel Webster Wm tn Bryan Q W Venters, tor Whitaker j Brown, Jacob No. To whom issued J L Sugg Wm Peebles Sam Cherry Cherry Wm Edwards Calvin Pugh Jesse Jones Henry Mary G orb am E S Harris Chas Dudley Major Jackson C J J A Dupree Nelson Nichol W A Fleming Hardy Abram Harris E A Davis . Jennie Elks Amos Elks Patsy Chapman Louisa Bryant Parker Zeno Wm Burnett Noah W L Dudley W H Tucker J D W P Buck T B Moore S B G W B A B Gains Fred Jenkins Ellis Tucker C C Forbes Cox Jacob Coward Victoria Cox John Cox E H Sarah Cannon J U Tyson C D B S H H Wilson J B W-J James B V Manning J C Wilson J L Joyner W O Vinson Harry Tyson Wm Tyson Margaret A Moore Jesse Clark Moore T U Barnhill Louis Joyner W H C Amos J B E D Leggett A B Cox Wiley Cox Weeks ft Harriss B S S A Beading Laura Wilson Ashley Noah W Tyson B S Wm H Cox E A John Wm H Cox E A H U Wilson C M Bernard J A Dupree W A James Jr B S C D Bonn tree J T Allen L H Allen C F White Austin Flood SUM B F Ed Cox Isaac Bod en C D Daniel Louis J H Parker W B Hammond D H Moore W H Moore W M Moore J S Parker Simon Johnson Alphonso Peyton J L Robinson D D Bryant H O J R W II Williams James Jr Daniel Smith B O Leggett T L W A B S Aaron Danial B S Hudson C F White COS J B F Graves Louisa Moor R W King W A John B S F G Dupree R W King C L Barrett W R Parker Sherrod R M Ida Little D H James Delia Foreman James Foreman M Z Moore C D Dudley A J Flanagan Wall J H M Jackie Will White Warren Bell Cannon J A K Tucker W C Joyner . J W Page Major Pollard Keel J J Keel W I Keel W H Williams Warren Eddie L C James Richard Williams W M Smith Williams B S J J Griffin Jr E B Moor G A Peter Forbes B S Sheppard C F White W J Joyner C P White Joyner 4-20 C Dawson T E Keel C V Newton W A James G M Mooring Tickets. No. To. whom issued. B Cherry Amt. Fulford J D Jones Elizabeth Harriss R K Pollard C D Rountree J R Bunting J Hart Cornelius Sydney Daniel G-W Gainer O W Jail Account. No. To whom issued, W M King SO OS Amt. Sheriff Fees Ne. To whom issued. Amt. W if King J A K Tucker W M A K Tucker, J B C W M King A K Tucker W M King J A K Tucker W M King J A K Tucker Clerk's Fees. No. To whom issued. E A it Amt. Constable Fees. No. To G G Porter G w Edmund son L w H C Jno S Easton G w H E Ellis N R Cory w P Buck G w w D Morgan Daniel J B G w John S Easton w B Burnett G A H L Ellis Edgar Ballard B P G A w P Buck G W H B A D Hill w J Fulford John S Easton J w Page A J Flanagan GR Buck L B G A R w Smith G w Amt. J nay No. Coroner's Court. To whom issued. Amt. jury H B Harriss, coroner ii Luke Norfleet Riley Jenkins Cornelius Long Henry j J B jury James Bryant, witness Miscellaneous. L H Wilson K A B F Sure, Witness Inf. Court II T Cox. Postmortem Ex K W Brown, Stint J B Cherry. Rubber Stamp D J Public bk G W Bullock Go II D Potter Co Edwards R W King, R E Pollard E A D J calendar W I. Best John J B Cherry F W Brown. It Jr L B Joe Cobb Lizzie Hawkins wit. Inf. court H F Harriss Kl ill in Us as J A K J D Williamson J A K Tucker F W J A K Tucker W B Warren J A K Tucker John B Wm H Cox J A K Tucker Amt. of Deeds. No. To whom issued. D H James part of Amt. Solicitor No. To whom issued. D Worthington Swift Galloway Amt Ferry. Carr W C Dudley R R Cotten 1,403 Commissioners. No. To whom issued. Amt. W A James, Jr J A K Tucker C Dawson T B Keel G M Mooring T B Keel . O Dawson G M Mooring W A James Jr W A James Jr T Keel O V Newton O M Mooring . W A James Jr O M Mooring C Dawson f T M C V Newton O V Newton W A James Jr G M Mooring C V T Keel , G M Mooring W. A James Jr T B Keel G Dawson G M Mooring C V Newton W A James Jr G M Mooring T B Keel C V Newton A James Jr G M i TB Keel 679- G Dawson W A James Jr ft G Dawson TB Keel Tax List No- To whom issued. Amt. Edwards Broughton J R Congleton R M Jones T H Langley E o Blount John King S S Rasberry R G Chapman B S Sheppard S V Joyner J A Lang D H James, part of to Board Corn's. No. To whom Amt. A L Blow or, Election. No. To whom issued. Amt- S S Rasberry, registrar L registrar O w J R Congleton, C D J R J R Johnson, Joyner, election Jas B Cherry, election Greenville Carriage works, ballot S A registrar WT Knight W J F O James Town or Police Apr. II Bernard, hire Esau Dank I K A J A K Tucker col Albert Williams, bill cost May w K on hire Feb. F Warren, In Atkinson, gage on lot In washing ton, N. C, Jack At- 2-3 Cory on of hire simile Adams June D II James, reg tax on John collector w M King schedule tor year Williams bill cost for oakum sold Sam pen on of hire Shade Adams J Tucker, on Boxy wanton bill cost Moore E A jury tax SI A Ricks on hire Boxy w K on of . hire J A K Tucker, sheriff CF warren, Aug. J A K 1200 M U F Smith on act hire Daniel Sept. A Tucker, sheriff Oct. E A More for code sold J A K Tinker Nov. Moses King on of hire Ed Nixon K A jury tax ii i 7- Costs Superior Court. E A B S Sheppard R Williams Jr J B J B Fred Harding N R Cory E A J B J A K Tucker E A HG Nobles E A Summary. Poor House Bridges witness Superior court Jail Account commissioners Jury Tickets Sheriff Fees clerk Fees of Deeds I Solicitor I Ferry Center Bluff I Tax List Atty Board Conveying prisoners jail 1403 1376 la 2.1.75 on SO H for old bridge lumber sold to John It S Sheppard hire will Edwards Alfred Forbes hire Sam CR. By transferred to fund By amt transferred to stock law fund 1887 Total To unit of fund By County orders paid et 88.141 13.087 13.087 Constables fees Election Bill Cost Roads J P Fees Coroners Court Miscellaneous hi Recapitulation. I To on hand Inst all To in hand of treasurer Dec. 2nd, 1880 State of Carolina, i Pitt I, David II. James the of in and I lie aforesaid is a true State- as appear of my under my baud Seal of at my Greenville on the 3rd day of December 22.832 is d. II. James, Ex officio Roads. J S w L Pollard CK By to HO L Pollard J Fulford w Page B Burnett john S Easton G A J A K Tucker G w Edmundson J A K Tucker To gap county By orders By receipts To in hand of treasurer Dec. gen I'd 1,699 Condition of County, Dec 2nd, Ml To audited Dec. To audited Via Dec. to Dec. of the Hoard of Pitt County. J The is a statement of number of of Board of Commissioners Pitt County, and number of days each member hath attended, of miles traveled by each, and amounts allowed to each member for services as Commissioners for December 1889. OF MEETINGS Council Dawson bath attended IS CB Conveying Prisoners to Jail. No. To issued John B Willoughby If H E Hellen John B Willoughby H C O W Harrington G G Ward w p Sue h B G W G A W J Page G A w John Burnett ST Hodges LB W P Buck W J Fulford G A G R Buck W J Fulford John S Easton T. Hodge G W W B Burnett Amt, Justice's Fees. John Fleming J J Perkins T H Langley w R B S Sheppard w B Moore D C Moore J J Bryant R Jr M Z Moore G T Tyson j A Lang S Rasberry Bradley j D Cox B S S S Rasberry D C A J G T Tyson John Fleming . J A j j May j K B S Sheppard a a Rasberry B S Sheppard j j D C Moore G Stokes j S Norman w R M H Moore D C Moore T E Keel A L Harrington w H J j Laughinghouse B S Sheppard R, in A J J R Congleton Stokes orders to Dec. Dec. 2nd, 1889 c n y James B in account with the County of from Dec. 3rd, i 1888, to 2nd, 1889. 1888. Dec. To amt on last report To amt received of. John if 1889. Jan. K A jury tax John Flanagan, W U King, sheriff J Flanagan, collie ll T E Keel A James Jr G M Mooring C V New ton J A K j allowed Council Dawson days as for five days Committee hundred two miles traveled at five a VI allowed T Ii Keel for eighteen days as For days on Committee eight hundred sixty lour miles traveled live cents allowed A James, Jr For days as com- old IO Sheppard on of hire of Oscar Jones For Patrick sect liquor license a g H A K liquor license liquor license John Flanagan, collector A K Tucker, sheriff, E ft. tor cost paid by Co. in case Whitehead vs Peebles, Hellen and county Feb. J J for of I'd at poor Walter Webb on oX hire of Allen Austin J A K Tucker, sheriff ,. E A jury Mar. John collector i. C hire of Oliver Tucker W B hire of Albert Williams J A K Tucker col J it Davenport, hire of Daniel U A K Tucker A col Albert Williams, bill cost tOO Son missioner 1,571 For days Committee eight forty-two miles at For mileage as error in January allowed G M Mooting For twenty days as For ten days on Committee four hundred sixty miles traveled at five eta mm allowed C V Newton For fifteen days as For five days on Committee lour hundred forty three miles traveled at five mm allowed J A K Tucker For four days as Commissioner sixty four miles traveled Total allowed Board Less cents in W a James, account. State op North Pitt County, j I, David A. James, Clerk or the Hoard or Commission- Tor the County aforesaid, do certify that the foregoing is a statement as record in office. Given under my hand and the official seal of the Board of for Pitt at office Bus the day of December, A. D., SO. D. Jambs, far Co

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ROM BETHLEHEM TO NAZARETH J OF A ST oat golden doors of of r bought, From far upon I Mt kneeling brought gifts of inwrought gem and White, from their ratted. of their of tr-wt They laid, lo-.- at h feet. Am -sod shes res Jg strong led reaper to gt their gathered full thorn And, so, spake of God walked hi garden's f sod, jet had hid face from moo. Nor jet had man But Mary kept her thought sport all things lo her h- spake. In whispers Ions, Their heads together, drew Some stained breathless forth, than mads . Such speech as only wise men i new Their high red camels on the huge bill Outstanding, like some I at think I see Him now at morn Before the burst of sudden day. the silver fields of corn Where He has gone apart to pray; I think I see Him looking thoughtful down Beyond the corn, beyond the town. Beyond the tr total that rise . From all In the corn. The mists hare duties up skies, The . down morn. V bile all the world is full of earnest care To make the fair world still more wondrous fair- More lordly fair; Che stately morn Moves down her walks of golden wheat. Her guards of hone gild the corn In golden pathway fir God's feet; Her purpled hills she crowns in crowns of gold And majesty before the L -d is rolled. Milk r in Independent. TWO CHRISTMAS EVES. At corner of the market square in the ancient town of St. Ives, Cornwall, there stands a old hostelry called the I quite it had for its near neighbor an inn equally picturesque, and perhaps even and Both these ancient houses of entertainment must witnessed many strange events, besides being the scene of many a jovial drinking bout after gather- in of the of the or at the less lawful landing of a contraband cargo, or at the end of a successful expedition. For all these things your Cornish man hath an excel- lent relish. On the spot was the of the liberties of St. Ives, for here stood the whipping post, the cage and the stocks. The George and Dragon must have been the fashionable hotel, for after the Corn pilgrimage of grace the king's com- missioner, Sir Anthony Kingston, lodged here, and entertained at dinner the port- reeve of St. Ives, whom he afterwards politely hanged in the market square for his treasonable practices. Here, also, the Duke of Bolton, when he visited the town in treated with six bot- of two houses stood so tog d hided only by the narrow street leading into the market the occupants could wish other good morning from win- In the days of George II Peter was landlord of the George and and John ruled the Golden Lion. They were not only neighbors, but fast friends. was, perhaps, something in the similarity of the cir- of few two men that strengthened their friendship. They both widowers. each had an only Richard was a hand- some, strapping fellow of three-and- twenty. Mary was nineteen, the pride of her father's heart. As children they had played together; but there came a time only looked and smiled and nodded lo each other from the opposite windows. Then Rich- ard would watch for Mary when she went out, and follow her into the fields or on the seashore; and so it came to be at length another version of the old. old story, which surprised nobody of all, landlords of the George Dragon and the Golden Lion, who looked forward to the time when the interests of both those ancient establish- should become one and But there was one person who watched the growing affection of the lovers with a bitter and jealous heart This would be a true love story, according to the ancient and regular pattern, had there been nothing to interrupt its smooth and even course. A certain Thomas the son of a mine master in the neighboring parish of Zen- nor, had long looked with longing eyes on Mary His visits were discouraged by the host of the Golden Lion, and Mary herself made it very plain that she disliked his attentions. Nothing could exceed the bitterness bis feelings when found that he was rejected in favor of one who had been his successful rival from boyhood. Richard had him at the wrestling bouts at bad thrown him in the and constantly snatched the victory from him in the game of All these defeats he had endured with comparative indifference, but to be beaten in the game of love was not easy to bear. He watched the lovers in walks, till he felt he could do any- i thing short of murder to get his rival out the way. He thought if once removed from the scene be might yet succeed with Mary, trusting to time and the chapter of accidents. About this time the government declared war Spain, and it was certain that sen would be wanted for the Davy. If the king's ships could not be manned by other means, the press gangs would be out, and they would first of all try their luck at the seaport. What if they old visit St. Ives It was not unlikely they would be glad of a hint when good men were to be found. turned this matter over in hit till he persuaded himself that would be doing good service to the and furthering same time, if he could lend a hand in manning the navy, always, be could himself keep out of Bit way, for he had no desire to serve his country on board a man-of-war. He was full of such thoughts when he made one Of his periodical journeys to on mining business, and sought out a certain or agent for entrapping seamen for press gang. What he did there, or what arguments he need to ad-, ranee his plans, we need not inquire, but the was richer by some pounds at the termination of the interview. It Christmas ere, and the good people of St Ives were preparing the festival with due honor. The usual excitement of the season had been in- creased in the course of the afternoon by the appearance of a sloop-of-war, which anchored in the bay, and it expected that some of the officers and crew would come ashore to join in the general mer- After dark a band of mum- entered the market square, and, topping in. front of the George and Dragon, commenced the performance of Christmas drama of Soon a large crowd collected, and the noise brought to the doors and win- of the houses moat of the persons who were including the frequent era of a little club which met at the George and and the In the midst of a terrific combat be tween St. George and the Turkish knight there was a commotion among the crowd, and a party of armed sailors headed by a tall fellow, who, flourishing a naked cutlass, cried, the king's The crowd at once broke away amid tho screams of women and cries of press the The tailors made a dash at some of the men in the crowd, and among those they secured was Richard who standing at his father's door. Tho party then retreated with their cap- closely followed by the crowd, crying, with the press gang Dow with More than once the sailors were so hard pressed that those in the rear had to turn and make a stand in the narrow streets, and a serious con- was threatened. But they reached their boats with the men they had cap- and at daylight next morning the sloop of war in the bay had disappeared. That night there was much wailing among the women of St. Ives, and a fruitful subject of talk was afforded to the club at the George and Dragon. Among the members of this club were Capt. a retired officer of the navy, who had sailed with Admiral Ben- bow, and had lost a leg in the service of his country; Mr. Matthews, and mayor of St. old Will Nance, who had once been a smuggler, and who wore a patch over left eye, which bad been knocked out in some encounter with revenue officers; and, lastly, John the town barber, who, though occupying a lower social position, was allowed to after business hours with the men whose wigs ha dressed in tho morning. But barber was in advance of his time, and held opinions which Capt. and the mayor thought little less than treason- able. John was. in fact, a Democrat; and on the present occasion he was loud in his denunciation of the press gang, which, he said was contrary to and tho bill of rights a tyrannical and unconstitutional viola- of the liberty of the subject, and wed the English to be a nation of downtrodden slaves, writhing under the iron heel of said he. waving a per in his hand, are our when the hirelings of a corrupt government can thrust themselves into our houses and carry off our sons and brothers, and force them to light in the unholy quarrels of kings and their scrupulous ministers How long are we to ho chained to the chariot wheels of a bloodthirsty How interposed Capt. with warmth. thy palaver, John The king must have men for his for his ships, Capt. retorted the barber; the king get them by fair and honest means, and then he will have men who will stick to their colors, and not run away as one of Admiral how's ships did in the West This was a sore subject with Capt who could endure no slur on the British navy, and who had been an officer on board Admiral Ben- ship at the time referred to. The barber felt he had gone too far, but tho mischief was done. The captain rose from his scat, his purple with rage. d-----d chin scraping rascal durst thou rake that matter up in my presence I'll drive my staff down thy throat for prating of matters In nay. cried Will John Tack third be. Mayhap hath spoken unwisely, but well known Cap n and Kirby were shot at Plymouth for deserting tho said Caps. resuming his seat, anger having passed away as suddenly as it shoot- was too good for them. They ought to have been hanged at the yardarm and so should some others that I wot here he looked hard at the smuggler. the barber, whose tongue must needs wag in spite of his fear of the this matter of the press hear no more on cried Capt. in every fool's mouth that one volunteer is worth ten pressed men; but I have seen pressed men as bravely as best-and as for Ad- he fought his ship like a hero, and died the death of a gallant old sea dog as he was. If some of his men left him in the lurch, enough remained to save the honor of England. But hark ye, John let me warn thee that there be some matters had better be At that moment, a steaming bowl of punch being brought in, all further pleasantness disappeared under its sooth- influence. The party, which now included Peter and John den, In their chairs, and the for- mer proceeded to fill the glasses of his guests with a silver punch ladle that had a guinea let into the bottom of it. As it was not yet known that young was of the pressed men, there nothing to cloud their enjoyment. A visit from the press gang was too com- an occurrence in seaport towns in those days to excite much remark, save among those who were the immediate sufferers. Capt. said he would take upon himself to propose a toast, which he hoped no one present would refuse to drink. The king of England had declared war against Spain, and, as Spaniards had seized all the British ships in their he thought the sooner they closed with the enemy the better. He begged to propose the health of King George and to the British arms. If they lived to see another Christmas eve he doubted not they would be able to Bay the honor of England had been well main As the punch was exceeding good, and had put much heat into every man of company, the toast was drunk with great enthusiasm. Even John bird smacked his lips with satisfaction. hath been said Will Nance, Admiral is gone as commander-in-chief to the West Indies, and that he swears to take on the Spanish main, even if ho hath no more than six ships wherewith to do not how that may said the incorrigible barber. he has only pressed men to back him, I doubt With an ominous look at the last speak- Capt. cut the matter short. shall said he. done we shall doubtless hear on what noise is that outside What now, Tom What's much amiss, Capt. young who now entered the room. is among the pressed men. He was seen in last boat when they put off from my son taken by the press cried Peter starting to his feet. I'll not believe must be some fear there is no said and there was a gleam of sat- on his face, which he tried to conceal with a pretended look of con- be those outside who saw him carried off, and officer swore ho would sink the first boat that dared to go nigh the Old hurried out, followed by John is really said remS hT ; Sure Tarn ho won't dis- lad of spirit should refuse toner.- -country when old England's re all. at. But come, sit down, Tom help us to finish the Will Nance, who was already sheets the us be would himself have expressed it, boisterously inquired of how it was that he himself had escaped capture by the art a likely lad said he, would swab u deck as well as was not in the answered hare but now walked over from cried Nance, with a drunken wink at the rest of the company, a man to take care of himself. They're a folk in their They know why the cow ate the bell as St. Ives folk know why they whipped the retorted angrily. The captain interposed. said he; more cross words on Christmas eve. Tis near midnight You and I, Mr. Mayor, must set a good example by appearing in church row morning, so let us jog The mayor crossed the room with a devious gait. sir. happy to and the mayor of St. Ives solemn-1 after Capt. who stumped away on his wooden leg, es- by his black servant carrying a lantern. The rest of the company also departed, and tho George and Dragon was left in solitude and darkness. But lights were burning in the Golden Lion long after midnight Three anxious hearts were there holding communion, and vainly trying to find a way out of the trouble that come upon them. After the first shock of grief for the loss of her lover was over, Mary den dried her tears and reviewed she sit- with a strength of mind and coolness of-judgment that astonished he father and Peter will return after a she said; am sure he will, lie is strong and brave, and has always been lucky. Perhaps he will do that will make his name famous, and then we shall all be proud of Cheered by this hopeful spirit of hers, the two old men plucked up their hearts, and all three appeared in their usual places at church on Christmas day. serf ice, as they stood in the church- yard gazing rather wistfully over the sea, they were joined by Thomas per, who wished them a Christ- and uttered some clumsy of condolence Richard Hex- el. He had heard, said, that the sloop bad to and if it would satisfaction he would to a friend there, or would even go over himself make any arrangements they pleased for helping Dick; but he there was little hope of his release now that had broken out These friendly overtures rather soft- the hearts of the two fathers, but Mary felt sure that was His hypocrisy was not proof against her woman's instinct She turned coldly away, and he left them, racking brain for some means of anting his suit in a favorable light Day after day Thomas came t the Golden Lion and sought every possible opportunity of addressing Mary, but Us perseverance was useless. would not listen to him. He saw that his nit was hopeless, and that he nothing by the absence of Richard Vet he continued to haunt the of the Golden Lion, until he encountered the press gang. which had made another descent on St and lie was caught in the same trap he bad set for his rival. In the moan time, letters had com from Richard He wrote that h was well, and only unhappy because he was parted from Mary. He had joined the West Indian squadron under Ad- Vernon, and expected he would soon be able to tell them something about the war. So time passed on and the spring came. . The club had assembled one Saturday in the parlor of tho Golden i The customary bowl of punch on the table, but Capt had not arrived, and the serious business of the evening could not begin without him. To pass the time Will Nance stirred the fire and, lighting a pipe, remarked that the evenings were something chilly, though the spring had come, in spite of the men of have the men of to do with the said the mayor of St Ives. know yon replied Nance, the men of built a hedge round the cuckoo to keep the spring -k But what's this news from the fleet rumored Is Tis said John daughter hath a letter from Richard who was on board tho Hampton Court and engaged in the Dick hath smelt gun- powder, then, in a real battle for old England and beloved St. cried Capt who came stumping into the room. friends, all true. Here is a copy of The Daily Poet, dated March wherein is an account of the battle, writ by a gen- on board the the ad- own ship. Fill the glasses, and John shall read out the Under the combined attractions of the punch and the newspaper, all eagerly drew round the table, and the barber, clearing his throat, the afternoon of the 21st, about o'clock, came up with harbor, where the Spaniards bad hoisted upon the castle the flag of defiance. They welcomed us with a terrible volley, which, being at so short a distance, took place with almost every shot One struck away the stern of our barge; another broke a large gun upon our upper deck; a third went through our fore topmast, and the fourth, passing through the arm- within two inches of our mainmast, broke down the barricade of our deck very near the admiral, and killed three men in a moment, wound- five others who stood by them. This looked as if we should have bloody work, but was far from our brave The barber continued to read bow the Spaniards were driven from their guns and the English man set himself close under on embrasure whilst another climbed upon his shoulders and entered under the mouth of a great gun. This so dismayed the Spaniards that they threw down their arms and fled for their I would a guinea to know a Cornish man who did cried Capt. a brave your heart at rest, then, said Peter Richard who did it I have a letter from my son wherein he recounts this very same ad- your son credit to Cornwall, and we'll drink his health, my friend, and the Captain got up and heartily shook Peter by the hand. pound us another bowl of punch, John and see that it be worthy of the That the rafters of the Golden Lion rang with the cheers which greeted of Hero of St with was pleased to call Richard It was doubtless the darkness that made it to difficult for the mayor and the captain their way home that night, though they were escorted, as usual, by the black servant with a lighted lantern. The to his for a headache which oppressed him next morning by the extreme he had been obliged to in Capt. who, poor man having only one leg, could not be ex- to walk as firmly as other people. You may be sure the heart of Mary was gladdened by the news bid come about her but months passed away, and nothing more was heard of Lira. At length there came a letter, stating that he had been severely wounded in an action with a Spanish ship in fun West Indies, had been din charged, and. was then lying in hospital at Old at once started for that place, and found poor Dick pale and thin from wounds and fever, but in good spirits and anxious to return home. The doctors, however, would not bear of it, and ordered the patient to lay up a week or two longer, and then, perhaps, he might be allowed to go. His father was, therefore, compelled to him and return to St Ives, where he was eagerly expected by John and his daughter. When two weeks had passed, they all three went over to mouth, when the finishing touch was put to Dick's recovery by the embraces of his happy sweetheart though old, is strong in says the old song; and he has brought us once more to Christmas eve. The club is assembled at the and Dragon; there is a brimming punch bowl on the boards, and the silver ladle with the golden guinea is in active operation. The talk is of the war, and John Tack- has been reading aloud an account of a battle in the Bay of Biscay, where s large Spanish ship had been taken, and where the name of Tom figured among the killed. The having finished their Christmas play, have departed on their but suddenly they are heard re- turning, with cheers and Th clatter of hoofs is heard on th pared streets. come the barber, looking out of the window. us give said is a bravo lad, and hath fought and bled for tho British cried the crowd outside, shouted cap- his companions as they hurried to the door, and there, sure enough, was Dick on horseback, with Mary seated on a pillion behind him, while Peter and John had already dismounted, and were under- going a vigorous handshaking among the crowd. The club sat late in session that night, and Capt. would fain have had Dick in to tell how he had scaled the ramparts of but Dick excused on the plea of fatigue, and spent tho evening much more to his h;. i; ; in company of Mary do said Will Nance, will have a considerable sum in the way of prize money coming to lie lives lo be an old man ; may, come i said John the t nominal abuse of power odder your hard cried Capt. would break man's jaw but yours. I tell ye. a true man will do duty ho is paid for it or and may I never live to see the day when a tar will think more of profit than of This sentiment of old captain to usual custom of-f the stage, to bring down the curtain on our but. to the reader, we beg to .-late that the early spring Richard Mary den in the parish church of St. and Capt proposed tho health of tho young couple in the parlor of the Golden Lion, which ancient hostelry is still standing in evidence of the entire truth of this J. in Illus- London News. HUNTING He SLOT. II He Only Fill It Little Mary is a good little girl nearly years old, but possessed of a poetical genius which runs rather too strongly toward paraphrasing. She has done a good deal of composing during her brief existence, but mainly in the way of words substituted for others, which left her open to tho charge of plagiarism. She is also possessed of a fund of humor which would not be expected in one so young. Mary's father tho other day, by way of breaking the child of her fault as a poet and testing her capacity at original composition, offered her as a present tho largest and picture book that could be found in Chicago if she would up a piece of poetry which would not resemble any other that she had ever heard. was given two days to complete the task, and yesterday morning sang the following as her flung up papa's stocking, r.-1 sure you don't If Santa Clans ran nil it. We'll all be wealthy yet It is needless to say that Mary lost the prize, her father pronouncing the let a parody, and which showed reckless disregard for the truth on the part of the Herald. Deep shadows told the dark in. A holy silence every Tells of that night when, earth's sin. The cry angels cleft the air. to God, to men will Hear It thou, who do peaceful rest With pale hands folded; may it thrill Thy heart, thou lore thee Peace and good will to all I lore. Tea, friend or foe. may be No stars, Ufa light shines clear above. Who died for us on Calvary; A star, which, risen In that far cast crowns with love our Christmas feast By my asked Jimmy boy's mother, you satisfied with your replied Jimmy, the, skates ain't nickel plated, and dad said he'd buy me a double ripper, I didn't see I am you have been happy all day, wasn't going to let the fellers know how bad I Without First any Christmas Second present First Second bet First Second change. , What the Shop Keepers Dread. is time for said young wife. said tho spouse, who kept a re- tail store, Clans Is welcome, but I do not want to flee the rain Exchange. A A. His rather him on On head And asked him woo Kick could don't know Santa he Boats r Tort A Peculiarly Tramp Who by Suction. I No While sitting in the Fulton ferry house about o morn- my attention was attracted to a seedy individual who had just entered. I had no difficulty in establishing bis status in life. He was a member of profession who looks upon world as its and it upon tho slightest op- Ho was a tramp. clothes were rather his calling. Hard times buns from every angle of his body nose was the only bright spot him. That had been burnished by until it looked like gilded halo Bring round that said an official tome. las got some way of get- ting nickels and pennies out of those over lucre You see, tho machines arc often out of order and the money dropped Sticks ill the slot. That man comes regularly every morning and sucks them out. It is none of my so I with I watched. The man approached a machine, down and placed his mouth over one of tho slots. A lone-drawn-out suction fol- lowed, as if the machine was a on .-n -e y. and then ho straightened up with a penny between his teeth. Down ho went again as a kingfisher goes for a smelt, and back again with his prey in mouth. This was repeated until tho slots had yielded up thirteen cents nickel and eight pennies. When the tramp went away I fol- lowed him outside in conversation. I found mm lo more than his share of the grim that characterizes the tramp brother hood. He drew himself up with a dignity and suction idea came to me about three months ago. I had to sat- myself that it n legitimate business. The nickel, i reasoned, docs not to tho person who puts it in the slot, as he took chances with tho machine and got left It did not be long to the machine, because it had rendered nothing fur the money re- Having thus my con- science I commenced operations. The business has developed beyond my greatest expectations. The interest on the capital invested is enormous. No expenditures; all receipts. make from to per My hours arc long, it is true, and most of my engagements are at night. Cut it's of being on the road. don't like the country. The haystacks are too far Mart, the careless handling of shotguns by farmers has always shocked me. am glad to have a metropolitan he continued. there is a field for ingenuity. The man with an idea cannot be kept My business most too much for one man to control. It takes mo a long tin. t i . t around to all tho ferries and depots, and I inn thinking of letting out part of my After a pause, he said hope this won't get into the papers. The. slot machine companies might to shot roe off. If they do, it will a severe blow to the trade and commerce of the country. I am tin inventor of the and am entitled profits. Recollect, though I make my by suction, I am no Ami lie faded away in the gloom York Herald. The Man lo No. One night, when fear of us boys boarded a sleeper on N. road going south from Cincinnati, a passenger in lower to snore as soon is we in bed. lie had a terrible snore for a human being, after several of us had called to him and failed to Stop it one of our crowd slid out of bed, reached into No. and with great deftness affixed a spring clothespin to the sleeper's nose. It was, of course, expected that he would wake up in a few seconds, but, to our surprise, he did not, while at the same time he suddenly ceased to snore. By and by all of us dropped off to sleep, and every one in the car was up before No. In fact, he slept so late that the porter parted the to arouse him. After one look he jumped back with a yell, and when we hurried up found the man cold and dead. Ho was lying on his back, hands locked under his neck, and the clothes- pin had pinched his nose all out of shape. The body was taken to and most of us bad to attend the inquest. It was there testified to by the doctors that the man had died of heart disease, but I tell you we hanker to do any more for a full York Sun. Ten minion Commandment. There are ten commandments hung on the walls of theological college in Madras. Homeward Mail reproduces Pray to God as soon as you rise from your a. m. Wash your body and keep your surroundings clean a. m. Prostrate yourselves before your parents or guardians, and lake good to a. m. Prepare well school regularly and punctually, and do the school work properly. Obey and your feather and tho teachers of the other classes, and other respectable persons. Read till p. m. at home. Pray to God and go to p. m. to a. m. Keep good company and avoid bad company. Practice righteousness at all Standard. New Outdoor Game for fallen. n goal is a new English out of door game for ladies. It is played with grace hoops and sticks and two nets eight feet high and ten feet square. It is proposed to make it rival and rule out tennis, if possible, as it exercises both arms, both shoulders, both hands and the whole body in the running and turning necessary to catch the hoops before they reach the goals or nets. Washington Star. Economy to John Hazel, a Canadian, died under such circumstances as warranted a examination, and the doctors found that death had been caused by his habit of eating the skin of grapes in order that nothing might be wasted. About two pounds of them bad failed to Free Press. An Old Among customs now disused, a existed at the court of England as late as reign of Charles II of bring- a branch of the thorn, which usually blossoms on Christmas eve, in procession, and presenting it, with great pomp, to tho king and queen on Christmas York Post. Received Some a cigar, care if I that my gave me for a Christmas Er. come to think of it, Tom, I guess I don't feel like smoking chancre. , A Strange tool Accident. We were victim yesterday of one of the most distressing accidents ever known in this territory, writes tho editor of the Center Blade. Yesterday morning our took occasion to do the family wash- having been kept from it earlier in the week by being very busy put- ting up our winter supply of apple but- Among other articles of wear which she included in the wash was our white vest, rightly thinking that the white vest days were about over, and intending to Jo it up and lay it away against the return of tho next season. Now, unbeknown to her, in the lower right hand pocket of this vest was a roll of bills, twelve ones a two in all. She. did not discover the roll, and after having washed the garment thoroughly she hung it. out on the line in the luck yarn to dry. All might yet been well had it not been for Mr. large cow, which is to most of our citizens. While our was in the parlor visiting with Mrs. who call ed to see how to make her grape serves jell, this deserves no through our back gate and deliberately ate up our vest, money and all I When our wife reach the scene, of trouble the beast was swallowing the lust bill, with lent relish. Our wife seized the mop and rushed at the marauding intruder, but only tossed her head, kicked sideways with both hind feet, and leaping light- the fence trotted off, switch her tail defiantly. Neither the vest nor the money, tire sorry to say, seemed to any bad effect on her scoundrelly good health. Our wife immediately informed us of tho accident, and y called on Mr. and demanded that the animal be slaughtered, doubt- not that should money the first of that suite of stomachs with which from physiology the cow is provided. This refused to assent to. He pleaded that ho was a poor man, and, us he had recently bought the cow, that all his ready money was in her. We replied that all of our ready was in her, too, but it failed to move him. It was a sad affair, take it all around, but one about which nothing can he done. Our wife's excuse for not looking in pockets she began her laundry operations is that she had gone through our pockets for money for twenty years and never found any, and had therefore become discouraged. And, if the reader will believe it, that beast of n cow had the about the middle of the to down under a tree opposite our house and content- chew her our we doubt not. ye editor needs money worse than ever since the cow ale, up that roll of bills. Pay up, de- taken sumo as fact, had rather it- -the cow can't more than gnaw tho bark tho worst. VALLEY OF THE WATER The The philosophy, which proves absolutely and without a shad- ow of doubt that plane and not a planet, in it no theories, but establishes its conclusions upon facts alone. Many of these facts are of such a nature that not to know all about them will soon lie deemed a sin of ignorance. The people should know that tho surface of Standing water is level, whether it lie in the form of a pond, a lake, a canal, a sea or an ocean, that it makes no difference at nil how many people, in consequence of false teachings, it to be curved ; that in no surveyor's operations in the con- of railroads, tunnels or ca- is any made for the of the earth's surface, though the books tell us that it is ; that the view front a balloon in the air is that of a flat earth, and not a globe; that the river Paraguay in miles does not full a foot; that for the last miles the Amazon falls but ten feet six inches, and that the Nile, in miles, falls but a foot. Sailors can see the light at Capo Hatteras forty miles out at sea, where- as on the globe theory it ought to be more than feet below the level line of sight; strain your eyes as you please, you can never see a shin com- for, at the furthest distance that you can by any means see, a ship is on a level with the eye; the horizon always rises on and on just as you rise on; if the mariner were to take a with which to navigate the ocean lie would wreck his ship; meridians are straight lines diverging from the central north to- ward the south in all directions of only are on a globe, the point- of a compass north and south is clearly impossible; sailing westerly is sailing round horizontally with the north star on your right hand, and sailing easterly is sailing in the same horizontal mode, with tho north star on your left and all the money in tho United States treasury would not buy a proof of so much as the bare possibility of sailing down a globe, under a globe, and up the other side Carpenter a Folly, Philadelphia. A Story of Chanter. Miss Rives had a host of ad- when she lived in maiden at the home of her ancestors. Castle Hill, Va. She was a petted and spoiled beauty and treated her lovers with and sometimes, it is said, with absolute rudeness. Once, according to one story, when a dozen gentlemen called upon her in the morning, she entered the parlor in a bewitching riding habit, excused her- self, mounted her horse, rode an hour or two, and finding the gentlemen waiting for she went to her studio back of the parlor and used by drawing caricatures of admirers, representing them in various attitudes of idiotic York Telegram. Dogs May Co Wrong. Dogs exhibit as many phases of character as a human being. Some dogs will go along for years as straight, morally, as a Sunday school cashier, and all of a sudden there is a scandal. Dog disappears. A Wash- gentleman once owned a mag- setter, a valuable He was offered for it, and refused to sell. dog was finely trained, and acted in all particulars as a dog with a pedigree ought to act. Ho got into the habit of staying down town nights. He was reprimanded. Staid away all the next night to show his toughness and independence. Was in the back yard. Ran away at every opportunity and would not come home till morning. His owner had to finally keep him all the time. One day he had the dog up in his room while he was dressing. The setter got uneasy, so he let him and called the girl to put him in the back yard. The front door was ajar, and the dog bolted and hasn't been seen since. The moral is. When you get a dog worth trade him off for Post wean i gem t h .- . i. . .; Haul The of lies fee an yesterday My eye on greening earth. exultant bobolinks wild And yet. .-ill tills kindly heart behold not But In a room for With mourners bead. Blind to the the anguish. I a D Century ONLY AN AUTUMN LEAF. It Han Little Tilt at Old the Hour of Parting. has turned said a grim old oak one mournfully autumn day to a leaf that had been firmly attached to him for some time past. would as lief turn as an- aha, pertly surveying his gnarled and twisted frame. was rather green last summer, but I can see through you now, and as I believe in plain dealing I will say at once I don't care a twig for your opinion, and would rather changeable than as set and rooted as you say goes somewhat against the replied the oak. know I appear bowed down at times, but it i only caused by slight pain in my lumber or a corn or two that I ma Hut you can- not deny I hut I brunch out consider- able all. Perhaps had better part, I shall leave at pres- but at some time may pull up slumps and moor my hark other climates. Hut even if I stem the cur- rent I shall no doubt it n close shave to gain the Von would lake more than one trunk if you plank yourself at Hong the retorted all in a Under, bill may up in have been up my family said minor loftily, relatives ill i so I shall and not pine to go further the re- . out the leaf, n tissue of a are, to say you for know very well that, your family is one of culture, yon have plenty of good i in yew are not to leave your plant be- hind, though In Inking may soil more i- shall Ion ii-; i . ii a will I r i, Ii ; and make a rail r is a ban i .- n tho -m to some may nettle the i to . . unless . -i inc. for I am it in Louise i. . ill any i . ii How l .- lo in up ;. . as lief here her line that been ., to Dog. Cam Talk. A curious sight toss witnessed afternoon on tho wharf at Cincinnati. A gentleman, accompanied by two fine specimens of the water spaniel, went down to landing of the New- port ferry, at foot of Lawrence street. Somehow be became separated from the canines, or rather they failed to follow him aboard. The boat hail got out in the stream, when dogs caught sight of their master and dis- covered he was fast leaving them. Standing on the edge of the float, they both set up a vigorous yelping, which attracted the attention of the Suddenly the older and larger dog plunged into the river and began to swim rapidly toward the Kentucky He had about when he seemed to become aware that his brute companion bad not followed. ho swam hack toward the spot where the younger dog stood. As lie alongside the float he made no effort lo aboard. The two began to k at each other to hold an animated conversation in the dog tongue, as it Tho older dog, he Boated by the side of barked encouragement to the more timid animal, and apparently was the latter to jump into tho water. barking duel lasted some minutes, and then younger dog, seemingly convinced by his companion's grew bold, suddenly bound- ed into tho river. Tho first dog gave a delighted yelp, and, both turning their noses toward Kentucky, began to swim straight across side by side. continued to bark until they reached the shore. and could be heard on both sides of the river. people on ferry and tho Kentucky shore saw strange race, and, with people on this side and on the bridge, watched it to the end. The dogs landed opposite to the bar- racks, they were by their owner, who, with several other had hurriedly walked own the hank. There was do limit to the delight of the two animals as they rushed up to their master. river that point is nearly half a wide. The action of dogs teemed to indicate that, they had a of their own. and the manifestations of the elder brute were most interesting to Commercial Gazette. m oil. IV. is n q print .;. Ala recent meeting of association, Lake . ; r no drainage reservoir some u. south, with mi extreme miles, until ; outlet. The mm for an i-i loss by ion. the British account of by J. G is i an i north to of . bad no i Us -i lake has gradually in tin time of Commander Cameron's visit, I it was brimful, the summit I of its barrier in two places, one on the cast, the other on west contour of the land to the east soon checked outflow in this direction; but to the west the land slopes rapidly, and the water channel and Hows into the In observations, it e . i the lake, which is -120 ten to fifty mile ad, i the succeeding years eighteen feel more, flow is very son will probably s r; the inch or of excess over ti n. A striking description is given the peculiar met me- nu, tho thunder the lake. Ten district the shores, representing all the in families, from the Gall. to the Zulus the s. it. . el the cannibal dwarfs. is remark- that the the least me o tie lake, where the representatives the , though most and fisher- men, and o y users of lira have Ii a against as h. y it, mat they consider it tor tin prim chief to it. began his g ti. rent level of In the lake full the out- and sent of l simply rainfall Familiar Quotations. The number of Quotable and much quoted things in Mi Wives is considerable. Shakespeare had an ex- knock of saying what would bear repetition, and prove a future mot. in all manner of circumstance. How often have we not occasion to remark with mind is not heroic, and there's the humor of Hut how seldom, alas in Tic of I parties, can one observe the lady who sits t, spy entertainment in not young, no more am more pro- ran r lo Ag. in, both high low, both rich and how v.-. II it correspond . vulgarism ;, i i s a- in- up with I. on nun t- ii to i with i low, v. ; i i justices, and doc- tors, . n Master we salt one youth us; u are sons of women, Master hi any quotation from all more frequently in the human than that of Mrs. Huge, hut the wild Prince and spoken of by Mr. Page, runs now as a mere household word; and a household word is lira jolly host's de- if i capers, he dances, hi; hi.- . youth, lie write verses, he be April and May. is t i was fresh as the Who but could have put of youth into so few words, those in e host's Lang in Magazine. Too N pr of the Month. thing I've comes lets in the d es that affect when a man's wife gives him a v.- t bill is sent to in about a w had mil It would be if he to get ready for Hi. . Kid tine iii much as seven hospital the tat d at lively unknown, pending opera j am c from . regular, up i -t i-. ion and nu- on. rat- ion; rat ml An In A pi oilier Lo Mans to H to offset clever manner. in a small pi v i be ii n i i o Cu u.- ; Each to conceal a saw captive in question set to s. on Hie floor. He i a piece of to enable him to drop on a line at a his escape was discovered until the arrived at their destination. New York Post ken . in i the cu Saving mm on, . ac l- gist, cure wishes res i id -v. i. taken; It is plea He taste, OH t-e . cl ft . ii i i , vi- and la Strap Fig. i ho of it- kind a the taste at I i to i to- i. ii. V it- from the it i i d -it i K Esau .; e , . v. t. . Any . druggist t it on band will pron for any who to try Do not accept any SYRUP CO. mm ft iT Th f Two years ago last summer, ate kit given in K ere, a of Augustus, leaned by Mrs, i , H. Faulkner, r d posed to have r H it . Oil i v. it had c i . , some person tho cord and Patriot. oral laws of t fill apt net -I I k of govern ape rations i u nit km, and i- line to strong-. rival of to be in a fair way to cut you out. He's a athletic Are you not afraid of Oh, no; but. her father is. so ho has a better than I Harper's f maladies are floating around us to attack r there is s We may escape many s fatal shaft by keeping ourselves with pure blood and a properly Service Made imply boiling or Sold by half-pound tins, by rs. MIMES EPPS 00-, Chemist London. England.

THE EASTERN REFLECTOR GREENVILLE, C. MR. BOWIE'S LETTER. MOD TO his Tali Stocks, cotton, I inquired as to what i the land had was told, that for a time, it had been used as a garden, had been well cal The owner further added, that it would yield at the rate of at least two bales of cotton per acre. surely, these to convince the mot skeptical, as to what mag be ill a climate as this; more enough to convince me, that the The land ought now to be allowed for the practical, ts in this the when an admirable a grubber, or cultivator is brought into requisition. The ob feet aimed at using the latter. which ought to run at the same depth at which the laud was bro- ken, and the plowing. After this has been done the harrows and roller are used, which teams the land ready for tho seed, aye. and a seed-bed worthy the name. Someone may say how about the working of these implements trumps t Of course it would facilitate us of them, were stumps re by the way, I doubt if there is a farmer in the country, but will acknowledge that it would pay him to have the long straw pine taken having seen them at work, time and again, fields studded with rocks, there need be no hesitancy on this point. Let us now glance at the tors of the cotton crop. The cotton- plow is in one respect a serviceable implement, bat in no sense whatever tin it be said that it cultivates the soil. Our now, is not alone to keep down grass and weeds, but to have the soil at all times in a as the ram, sun- shine, shall have the most beneficial effect upon and this, I tingly say cannot be accomplished by your cotton plow. Use the lat- to your cotton, lay it aside; and its place, adapt the one-horse cultivator, drill-harrow, or whatever name you may know it by ; and, venture to say, you will be surprised at the results. These re- marks apply with equal weight to the corn crop, or in fact to any crop cultivation. I am of the opinion, sir, that when land has been broken, and ed on the lines I have to sketch out. and this followed up by a cultivation of the crop, as laid down, that the yield of produce, without any addition to the manure bean, would far beyond the most expectations- Will one in the try the on a single acre f From two years persona observation, my be- lief will do more towards preventing the shedding of cotton squares than any other means you may adopt. We need not enter the pros and cons of this simply jive it as ray con- I wish yon to notice that in writ- the foregoing, I have had in my s eye, soils resting on clay not sand-hills. A drive portions of Pitt shows the large stretch- es of laud, in which not a vestige of inherited fertility Better, a thousand times, abandon such indignant and of- fended at man's short-sighted and ruinous methods, will, as the years roll on, again clothe them with the Indigenous pine, and so fit them for the uses of some coming generation. We will now say n few words on the manuring of the land. One of the greatest, and most reliable chemists of the re- fer to Sir John of that what science has taught him in the he has proven in the as that no has been so nearly supplies all the varied ingredients of food as that of the farmyard, by which is meant that of the horse, ox, bog, and sheep. Yet look this and how ranch care do we find bestowed on the saving of these backbone of the whatever Cattle hogs are allowed to roam in the woods at their own free will, horses are usually kept such miserable shelters, and under such conditions, that I make bold to say fifty per cent of its value in ammo- is taken up by the at such a state of affairs, bow many thous- of dollars are annually lost to the arable lands of Pitt county. Echo Yet I do not there is one farmer who will not heartily acknowledge the striking and lasting effects of manure; and, in with me cite an instance that came under my notice, three years ago. In the corner of an old field, which bad been cleared, and broken the previous year, there was a small of cotton that yielded some tier cent In the other portions of field. On investigating the for this, the farmer told me there thirty-live years ago, was the lot attached to the homestead, of the then occupant One more ex- of the splendidly fertilizing properties cf farmyard No. on another farm, probably boat -fourth of an son of most magnificently boiled me r in section, is a grand one ; to prove to my mind, e a doubt, that were such a or farming as am endeavor- to sketch out established, the farmers would soon be in coffers of the foil. On the other band view the present condition of your agricultural in the most fa- able light and what do we t see bankruptcy and staring a large of the face. The lands, or agriculture of a once gone let me of you, of what avail will be your Alliances, your Granges, your Building Associations, etc. is that without delay. Don't put off boldly facing the inevitable. Strike down you reach the c of the ex- depression in the agricultural interests. surely dark of ignorance and superstition that have so long, like a pall hung over the farmers of Pitt county, were dispelled. Tis surely time the march of this ruinous system of farming was stayed. Avert the impending crisis, ere the damage becomes reparable Unfurl the sails that have so long been warped to the yards, and the good ship will yet weather the storm, will clear the shoals and that have so long beet her. it takes no prophet to foretell disastrous times the near future. In many of the Southern States large areas of the laud have been scooped in by monopolists and, will any one deny that no in- considerable portion of Pitt is not with the same cur- I heard one of these trusting-to fellows, who are scat- all over the world, say have had seven bad crop year we are going to have a good and it will lift Poor do- mortal, he is now lying back in his chair, with open mouth, in Providence. There are too many farmers in this resembling Wilkins a character in of works, who waited all his life for to torn some- thing never did up. Farmers, with all this sentiment. the -e reckless times, in this work- a-day world, you must look matters the- face and put your shoulder to the wheel. As has no one will ever help you as yon help yourselves because no one will be so heartily interested in your rs. Whether you work for fame, tor for money, or tor anything else, work with your hands, your and brain. Don't any particular merchant or money-lend- ft r your present condition, blame self. What were you about ring all those fine crop years, from to years I Passing time cum et V. manure, combined with an intelligent cultivation of the soil, will prove in my estimation, the grand panacea for the existing evils- Mark that sentence, sir, for upon it, that will go far towards averting the impending crisis. Stock must be kept on the farms; small grains and grasses ought to be grown suitable houses ought to be erected, in which stock shall be comfortable, the manure pro from the deteriorating of the weather, for let me as- sure you, losses are sustained if one does bestow attention this matter. Allow me to give you an instance of the respective values of manure made shelter and that made, under the canopy of heaven, which came under my personal The crop was Irish potatoes. There was drilled, on measured acre, twenty-five tons of barnyard manure which had made in the open air, on another acre alongside, a like of ma- made under shelter was plied. The potatoes were dug and carefully measured with the result of an excess in favor the latter of. bushels The field on which this experiment was made acres and the average yield per acre over the whole was bushels. There was spent this field per acre, winch covered rent of land, cultivating, seed; and the whole realized an average of per acre, show. an apparent profit per acre. The foregoing was the result of high was done in a not comparable with that of Pitt county. No-v a word what are known in these parts as but would, I think, be more correctly termed artificial manures. We will not their fertilizing properties. There is formula on the bag, so much so, potash, which might as well be in Greek characters, as tar i is it la of any to the average farmer. If one ties bis land in . order, which can only be arrived at by the liberal of farmyard manure, then the judicious addition of a genuine fer- the chemical which can he relied upon, will advantageous to the far- However, a gen- sense. I to look fan in the light of and only wed as such, won id advocate their appreciation to any j crop. Bone manure, in its various forms, is a notable exception to this rule, its value being well-1 known, so also was the genuine guano. should liked to have said some- the care of stock, as also on the benefits ed by the soil where a regular rota- cropping Is pursued, but feeling I have already encroached too far your space, will close. am yours faithfully, John P. Bowie. Status. Mrs, Michael Curtain, nukes toe that she caught coal, which settled on her the treated for a month by family but worse. He told her she wan a hopeless victim of consumption and that no medicine could cure tier. r druggist suggested Or. King's New Discovery ; she bought a bottle and to her delight fount herself from first dose. its use and after taking ten found herself sound and well. On ; does her housework and is Jas well as she ever trial bottles of this Great Discovery at J. L. Drug Store large bottles and IN BRUIN'S EMBRACE. Who En Route to a J. W. Cutter is a trusty guardian of the cab on the Cincinnati, Washington Baltimore. II commenced his experience in 1863 as a fireman, and has vivid recollections of the days of civil war. In 1865 he was one of a number of citizens of O., who burned the bridge over Payne's creek to prevent the threatened raid of Johnny band of maraud- The creek was a state, and had Morgan's mail been dis- posed could nave easily -waded the stream. The citizens of the quiet Ohio town, however, were crazy with ex- and applied the torch to the only bridge in the vicinity. Morgan changed his plans and did not bother them, but pushed further north. Mr. Cutter attended tho last Richmond and posed as a star actor in a laughable net from life in which a bear linen won him con- fame a a joker. It was near W. Va., and the cinders from the locomotive of the train upon which Cutter was a flow thick and It was a to white collars and n to light clothing. At one of tho stations a stop was made, and Cutter rushed a neighboring store, threw down a dollar and seized the first linen cluster within reach, regardless of size or beauty of artistic finish. Now, Mr. Cutter is a short man, and, as luck would have it, he secured a duster that was intended for a man of giraffe like proportions. Nothing daunted, and the shouts of the other gates, he donned the duster. His thirty-six inch breast was lost in the forty-four duster, while its folds draped loosely about his hips and just above his heels. Tho stances of purchase nerved him to indifference, and he cared not for conventionalities laughed mockingly at signs. At the train stopped for an hour, waiting The gay throng of engineers and their wives left the cars and roamed about the picturesque West Virginia hamlet. In one street a wandering son of Italy was grinding a hand organ and direct- the of a huge bear. Tho bear became very much enamored of Mr. The color was the same us the shaggy hair of the bear, and the latter that a long lost brother had been found. At once, the large, heart of the forest terror thumped joyfully beneath his fifth rib, and he made a wild rush for the engineer tho colored duster. Protestations were in vain, escape was impossible. The huge arms of the dancing bear firmly grasped Mr. Cut- he was compelled to finish tho waltz with a very uncongenial partner. The friends of the engineer roared with laughter and even the Italian smiled. At last tho embrace of the bear became uncomfortably close, and. after a desperate struggle, Cutter broke loose with the remnants of a fully demoralized duster and his face quivering with fright The Ohio engineers this bear story, and it is cheerfully given as one of the incidents of the Rich- News. Purchases of Sham Apropos of the sham jewelry says a writer a London I have inquired who are the est patrons of it. are good customers said the salesman. big heavy bracelets you see there are bought by wives. We sell plenty of wedding at Is. marriages occur often; surely people pan a shillings once in a lifetime to buy a real gold you don't understand. These wedding rings are bought by poor people and slipped on when the real thing is at the pawnbroker It is not before the hut after, when the rainy day comes, that these bought. W c sell grosses of them. are your best there are rich women who have their own jewel sets imitated, Americans, the and mashers, the people who have come down in the world. When these latter go away for their holidays to see their friends, they don't like to show their poverty. For a few shillings they can get such a stock of jewelry that in own towns and villages they are Lings and queens. we sell a good deal to mashers on bank holidays and during the day season. Here are pins, now, that cost a shilling each. They can have their choice of pearls, and diamonds. A pin like that would gain any young man the respectful ration of the bank holiday crowds at or Brighton. The favorite jewel, however, is the one and three penny ring, set with rubies and A new shell, to take the place of all distress signals now used in marine signaling, such as rockets firing of minute guns, which involve the loss of much valuable time, has lately It is intended that the shells hall be distributed about a ship, particularly kept on the bridge within easy reach of the captain, when ha desires to give a signal of distress, in- stead of losing time in loading and fir- a cannon, or touching off a rocket, be seizes a shell, pulls the cap off the detonator, scratches the fulminate with rough end of tho cap, and th; shell overboard. In seconds there explosion, and a report is heard, while a column of water, flame and smoke shoots up at least feet in the air. extra appliance- of a rocket attached to the shell used at and this is thrown to a great hi by the explosion, itself ex in the air. The tin of the shell then float about on the water, and as they have the name of the ship oh them, they serve in of disaster to tell of the ship they -Hew York Commercial No o can witness the sufferings of the without clings of extreme pity , for these sufferings, n Dr. Bull's Syrup is the remedy. 1- or and rehabilitating he digestive there is no better medicine than At druggists cents. Up. Another bright little Chicago girl has been learning to spell, and she has experienced great trouble with the letters. Her aunt, who is teach- her, insists upon her saying when the same letters together, instead of each one In spell- in she must say instead of b-u-b-b-l-o. This annoyed the one She could not gel it fixed in her head, and when reading or spelling she became all mixed up with thinking of this rule. The other day she was reading and spelling out the story of a little girl who was eating an and she became mixed, as usual. She came to the sentence, little girl and she rendered it, up, girl It might have applied to the apple episode, but it shocked the one's patient aunt immeasurably. Chicago Herald. The Chicken's Jaw. Suppose you get a dozen birds. Sup- pose you get half a dozen. You have a splendid bag of splendid birds. The birds all look so big you can't tell which are the young ones and which the old. Take up a bird by its lower mandible, which you hold between thumb and finger. If the bill breaks, the bird is one of this season. If it does not break, it is an old bird. There is an old hunter's saying that the bill will break up till Christmas. In up the bag, you may slyly choose the birds whose bills break. When you come to broil these your wife's heart will relent and she forgive you for wanting to go hunt- and may, indeed, perhaps en- courage you in that insidious Hough in Globe-Democrat The A musical gas machine is an English invention, and it is called the phone. Its compass is three octaves, with a keyboard, and it will be played in the same manner as an organ. It has thirty-seven glass tubes, in which a like number of gas jets burn. These jets, placed in a circle, contract and expand. When the small burners separate, the sound is produced; when they close together, the sound ceases. The tone depends upon the number of burners, and the size of the tubes in which they burn, so that by a careful arrangement and selection all the notes of the musical scale may be produced in several octaves. Some of the glass tubes in which the jets burn are nearly eleven York gram. A certain philanthropist a large quantity of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup winter and gives it to the poor from coughs and colds. There is not a case of neuralgia which cannot be at once relieved by the use of Salvation At all drug stores. Price only cents a bottle Nervous Derangement and Constipation. After years of suffering from derangement and constipation and after being treated by leading physicians, from whom I obtained no relief, I was induced to try 8- B. Soon after its use my appetite much improved, and that the use of cathartics, which I bad taken almost daily twelve mouths, was no longer Since childhood I have been subs to sick and headaches but since December 1888, at which time I commenced taking S. S. I have had only attack, and I hat was neglected to take the I do have to take medicines. J. A. Ala. Tormenting Skin Disease. Wot years I was troubled with a itching skin dis- which times caused me annoyance, and loss of I treated by the local but received no relief from them. I finally concluded to take Swift's Specific, a half dozen bottles of which what I consider a permanent cure, as have felt no of the for over a year. W. C. Texas. on Blood and Dis- eases mailed tree. SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ga. When feel well and hardly knew what ail you, give B. B. B. Blood a trial. It is a fine tonic. T. O. Callahan, Charlotte, N. C, B. B. is a tine tonic, has done me great I,. W. Thompson, Damascus, believe B. B. B. Is the best blood mode. It. has greatly proved my general An old gentleman writes; B. B. gives me life and new strength. II there U anything that will make an old man It is II- B. P. A. Norfolk, Va-, depend oh B. B B. for the of my health. I have had it in my family now nearly and in all time have not to have a Ga., I suffered terribly from dyspepsia. The use of It. B. B. made me feel like a new I would not take a thousand dollars for tho good It has done W. M. Cheshire, Atlanta. Os. long spell of typhoid fever, which at last seemed to settle In my right leg, swelled up enormously. An ulcer also appeared -a cup f ill of matter a day- then gave The Eastern Reflector, IN COMBINATION WITH tie say the Springfield Republican. WIDE AWAKE CO- fOR EASTERN 1.50, S O IF AT THIS NOVEMBER v no B I omit grout mm mm FOR THE YOUNGER YOUNG FOLKS. m y . . . offers combination rates with ax For baby and in the nursery. a year. For youngest readers. a year. Pansy a For Sunday and reading. a year Send an orders where of then maybe sank SUBSCRIBE SAVE MONEY ELECTRICITY VITAL FORCE ON. By -v Now n If e-err Ml OLD who from of Memory, of Liver of all end For ell of Mm, by tho i SI. DISCOVERED i ELIXIR OP LIFE THE TRUE 5- SINCE OF MANHOOD. la person or by j y-. HEARD A VOICE IT SAID. AND LEGAL NOTICES Notice. By virtue of lien created by Sec. of the Code, for repairs done, we will sell for cash before the Court House door in Greenville, on Wednesday, Jan. 1st, 1890 One the property of Mrs. r. C. King. This, Dec. 17th, 1889, Low Tariff Carriage Factory. O. Manager. Notice to Creditors. duly qualified before the Court Clerk Pitt county, as administrator of Geo. W. Cobb, deceased, hereby gives notice to all persons to the estate to make immediate pay- to the to all of said estate to present their claims properly authenticated to the undersign- ed on or before the 11th day of Dec, 1890. or this notice will be plead In bar of their recovery. This 11th day of De- 1889. Lucius of G. W. Cobb. Administrator's Notice. The undersigned having been appoint- ed and duly qualified as Administrator of the estate of W. Cannon, deceased, notice is hereby given to all persons holding claims against said estate to sent them to the undersigned on or be- fore the 18th day of December, 1890, or this notice will be plead in liar of their recovery. All person. Indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate This the 18th day of December, J. W. A. L. plow, of w. S. Cannon. Attorney. ii Notice. Op the 6th day of January A. D. I sell at the Court House door in the town the highest bidder for cash tract of land in Pitt county containing about one acres bounded as follows Sit- Greenville township, north side of Tar river, adjoining the lands of Wm. Hiss S. A. Brown, the Bridge belonging to B. J. Wilson and the homestead of said Wilson, to satisfy sundry executions in my hands for collection against J. Wilson and which has been levied on said land as the property of J. Wilson. J. A. K. Tucker. Sheriff. Per B- W. King, D. S. December 8th. Notice. On Monday the 6th day of January A. D. 1890, l Will at the Court House door in town of to the highest bidder for cash one of land in Pitt county, containing about sixty Sana and bounded as follows Situated in township, north side of Tr river adjoining whitehead, the homestead of u, son and tract, or e of and from the Dixon heirs by the i t- son. and sold for the purchase money said land to satisfy an execution In my hands for collection against B. J. son and which has been levied on said laud as the property of said B. J. Wilson. J. A. K. Tucker, Sheriff. D. S. December Faults of cause of the liver, and the whole becomes deranged. Dr. J. II. perfects the process of digestion and assimilation, and thus makes blood. There are times when a feeling of las- will overcome the most robust, when the system craves for pure blood, to furnish the elements of health and strength. The best remedy for purify- the blood is Dr, J. II. Sarsaparilla. Sick nausea, costiveness, are promptly and agreeably banished by Liver and Kidney If health and life are worth anything, and you are feeling out of sorts and tired out, tone up your system by taking Dr. J. II. Sarsaparilla, Dizziness, nausea, drowsiness, distress after can be cured and prevented by taking Dr. J. II, Liver Kidney Even the most vigorous and hearty people have at times a feeling of and lassitude. To dispel this feel- take Dr. J. II. it will impart vigor and vitality. The most delicate constitution can safely use Dr. J. H. Tar Wine Lung Balm, It is a sure remedy for coughs, loss of voice, and all throat and lung troubles. Pimples, blotches, scaly skin, ugly spots, sores and ulcers, abscesses and tumors, unhealthy discharges, such as catarrh, eczema, ringworm, and other forms of akin diseases, are symptoms of blood impurity. Take Dr. J. H. Lean's Sarsaparilla. No need to take those big pills; one of Dr. J. H. Liver and Kidney Billets is sufficient and more For a safe and certain remedy for fever and ague, use Dr. J. H. Chills and Fever Cure; it is warranted to cure. Notice to Creditors. HAVING before the Clerk of the Superior Court of Pitt county on the 4th day Nov. 1889. as Administrator upon the estate of Albeit Moore, i is is to notify all persons holding claims said estate claims for payment within twelve this date or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All persons ow- said estate will come forward and make immediate settlement. This No- 4th, 1880. J, of Albert Moore. Of Interest to Ladies. We will wed e Ml B AM l t. E of oat to WIDE AWAKE Sf Springfield Republican. A Merry FIVE GREAT THAT BOY By William O. Young and old will follow adventures and his on their fathers acres with laughter and breathless interest. THE NEW SENIOR AT AN DOVER. By He D, Ward. A serial of school- famous The boys, professors, the lodgings, the fan. OF THE By A right down jolly story of modern Norse boys, BONY AND BAN, one of the best of aerials. SEALED ORDERS. By Beta Talbot. An amusing story of sheets and a flowing CONFESSIONS OP AN AMATEUR and LUCY First of of graphic North Carolina character sketches Sidney. , . TALES OF OLD Twelve powerful true stories by Once Co a Canadian author. THE WILL AND THE WAY By Fremont About men and women who did great things the face of seeming impossibilities. man. The funny Indian Fairy Folk. BUSINESS OPENINGS FOR AND YOUNG WOMEN. A really helpful papers by Sallie Joy White. Twelve more DAISY-PATTY LET- By Mrs. Ex-Governor TWELVE SCHOOL AND PLAY- GROUND TALES. The first will be LAMBKIN t He a Hero or s by Howard Pyle, the artist, Vote and Prim SHORT STORIES sifted from thousands t Seat on m Vegetable Cart. m K. VaiL Tom Jumped a Mine. H. T. f. The Sun of f. f. Fremont. Polly at Book- Bullet. Km Up How Sim eon and Sancho the Be Sever. of a U B One Good Harriet ILLUSTRATED ARTICLES, Dolls Of Noted Women. How to Build a Military Snow-Fort. old wit How th Play Madame All Around Port. Charles F, f. X. k. too ft a rear. VA FOB. POLO. a For Ike Ova a Tie. Pt M MS . COMPANY, i J. PROCTOR Grimesland, N. a mm a ------Dealers in------ General Merchandise. Wish tn inform and Unit Fall and Winter Goods is now ready for examination, ant they are prepared to supply all your wants at HARD PRICKS. We keep in stock line of Heady Made Clothing, Boots Shoes, Hats, Dry Notions, Hardware, Heavy end Fancy Groceries, in fact any article to be in u general stock. We pay highest prices for all kinds of Cotton bought either in bale or seed. Parties owing are requested to set- as promptly as possible, as we to have by the end of the year. thanks for past patronage we ask a continuance of favors. K ally, J. O. Proctor Bro. RECEIVED AT Drug Store, Front Reflector Office. Golden Medical Discovery, War- Safe Cure, Compound, Syrup of Pierce's Favorite S. S. S., B. B- B. Buffalo Storm Calendar Weather Forecast for 1890. by R. Hicks, mailed to any address on receipt of a two-cent postage The Dr. J. H. Co., St. Louis. Mo. Notice of Incorporation I hereby give notice according to law that under and by virtue of Chapter of the Code of North Carolina acts thereto, I have this day d incorporated Greenville Com- The business proposed is that of merchandising and conducting mer- enterprises. The place of business of the corpora- shall be at Greenville. Pitt county. N. C. The duration of the corporate exist- shall be for the period of ten years. The capital stock of the corporation shall be one thousand dollars, divided into shares of the par value of twenty- live dollars each. The stockholders of the corporation shall not be responsible to any greater or further extent than the assets of the corporation, and the shares of stock to which they have subscribed. That the business of said corporation shall be under the management of A. N. Ryan. This 4th day of November A. D. E. A. MOTE, Clerk Court. CC T. H. N C Cobb Bros., Gilliam, Cotton Factors, COMMISSION MER CHANTS, NORFOLK, VA. SOLICIT of GOTO We have had many years ex- at the business and are prepared to handle Cotton to the advantage of shippers. All business entrusted to our hands will receive prompt and careful Notice I for falling out of hair, and eradication of Is before the public. Among the many who have used It with wonderful success, I refer you to the fol- lowing named gentlemen who will testify to the truth of in v assertion . Josephus Latham, Mr. O. Sb., Any one wishing to give it a trial for the above named procure it from me, at my place of business for per bottle. Respectfully, ALFRED CULLEY, Barber. Greenville, March 14th, C , PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM Cleanses a the hair. PILLS. -ma W SIX-CORD Spool Cotton . IN WHITE, BLACK AND COLORS, FOR Hand and Machine Use. FOR SALE BY M. R. LANG, Greenville, N. C. TE. FAIL AUGUST TEACHERS Principe, Associate Principal Mus. E. Duckett, Primary De- In Department. Miss May Instruments Music. Fleming. Vocal Miss Mollie Painting and Drawing, Mil. J. C. Penmanship and Commercial Detriment. DEPARTMENTS. Primary. Academic. Classical and Mathematical. sic. Painting and Drawing. Commercial. ADVANTAGES Large, Comfortable Building. Healthy Location and Good Plenty of Wall Prepared Food Boarders. A Corps of Teachers, all being graduates of class Music Department equal in work to any College In the New Pianos and Organs, A Library of nearly volume, purchased recently for the School. Hates Moderate, from to Board and Tuition Tuition and Terra for Day Pupils the same as advertised in Pupils who do not board with the Principal should consult bin. before engaging board elsewhere, For further particulars. JOHN DUCKETT. Principal. Mu- O. B. K. B. IN , Printers and Binders, RALEIGH, N. C- We have the largest and most complete establishment the kind to be found in the State, orders for all Commercial, Rail- road or School Print- or Binding. WEDDING STATIONERY READY FOR PRINTING INVITATIONS BLANK FOR MAGISTRATES Aim COUNTY OFFICERS. us your orders, PRINTERS RALEIGH. N. C. PATENTS obtained, all business In the U. B. Patent or In the Courts attended t for Moderate Fees. We arc opposite the U. S. Patent Of- engaged In Patents Exclusively, and can obtain patents in less time than, more remote from Washington. the model or drawing is sent we advise as to free of charge, and we make no change we ob- Patents. We refer, here, to the Post Master, tho Supt. the Money Order Did., and to Is of the U. B. Patent Office. For advise terms and reference to actual clients In your own State, P- A. A Washington, For the Ladies In order to stock before time to receive Fall Goods, I will offer all my present of GOODS, I from now until the 1st of September a PRICES. All Huts on hand, both and trimmed, will be at cost. My stock includes many Of I lie of the season. I can give Mrs. M. T. S. C. JAMES A. TONSORIAL ARTIST, N. C. We Chair ever used in the art. Clean towel, sharp razors, and satisfaction guaranteed In every instance. Call and be cot- Ladles waited at their rel- -leaning clothes t T. of . C. He keeps on hind a flue of the best publisher all on him for Urge or family or pocket For Hymn Diction- knit standard Can furnish you any book you want on short notice. MADE WITH SOILING COCOA MADE WITH BOILING MILK. Prof. MEMORY AMI Tl SUPERB Fashionable Can now be seen at my store. I have the latest and newest- patterns, and an experience of several years at the business qualities for doing ail work satisfactory and well. I also do WT STAMPS at moderate prices. Will be glad hay you call and examine my stock. HUB. K. A. Is. I would respectfully call to the address and Sou to that yon can buy a or MONUMENT of this house cheaper than any other in country. That It is moat reliable and best having been represented for over forty years this vicinity. That the workmanship is second to none and has unusual facilities for or- promptly and satisfactory. Very respectfully. Refer to P. W. L . S . C.

The EASTERN Cotton Perfectly Boss at Brick Store. Christmas. Have yon seen the cook rove at Latham T Christmas Gift. Seed Rye and Seed for sale. K. c. Bunt Merry Christina. Der. M. Ferry Go's., New Seed at the Old Brick Store. King ye bells. Peanut and Rice Bags ale, and Bushels Rice want by E. C. Glenn. 1880 is dying, dying. Highest cash price paid for cotton by B- C. Glenn. 10.000 bosh- Is One week more of 1889. One dollar boys a Solid Leather Shoe at J. B- Cherry next wee. The Mora radical stove for I or sale Br. Eight a Double Shot J. B. Cherry Go's. The year is drawing to ft close. Try a Barrel of Sweet Home town at J B. Cherry Spring-like weather last week. One dollar buys a Whole Stock ans Shoe J. B. Cherry Go's Good How do j on like Christmas inert down Eggs cash or ICe trade, wanted. J- J- Jr. I Boys, be careful with your pop- Currents, nuts. pulverized sugar at the Old Store. lot or tobacco seed for sale A. Forbes. Glad to K-e our friend Geo. of Norfolk, in town Mr Pearce from to spend holidays- Miss Carrie James, of spent part of last week with friends in Green- ville. Mr W Bernard came M from to spend the holidays at home. Mr. William Peebles has so far from his recent sickness as to be out again. Miss Martha and little Miss Bettie Tyson have returned home from Miss Clara of is Mrs. M. In place. Dr. J. W. Perkins and wife returned Saturday night from Baltimore to spend the holidays at home. Mr. H. has a position with the railroad workers on the grading between this place and Miss Nannie King has returned home after several weeks absence in Wilson, Rocky Mount and other towns. Mr. Terry has been visiting her sister. Mrs. W. I Brown, returned home last week. Miss Florence Perkins, of Washing- ton, spent night i fawn last week on her way to spend the holidays. Miss of Carolina f her broth- white hyacinths are in some of In town. arc brisk Thirty-throe licenses Issued by the Beg. Deeds this mouth up to Monday night, The best concert yet held at Greenville Ins i it ate was given by the lay evening. W regret unable to give a full report of in this paper. Many turpentine hands from South Carolina and Georgia bare come in to spend the Christmas holidays at home, in a few days the will Le here hiring to go bark. With all the bard times and short crops people have much to be thank- for during the now so Let us thank God and take courage for another year. The Episcopal Church has been beau- decorated for Christmas. Services will held there this morning, and also In the Methodist Church. Prayer meet- at night in the Baptist Church Many people been promising themselves, and us too, that they would begin the with the New Tear. Now let us hear from you. Plenty of room oar books for your name. the holidays with the family j Mr. K. B. Moore, at Ho The Ute pleasant weather is tire kind wood and coal buyers love to see. Part of the time no fire all was needed. How is that for a climate No fires week before Christmas and we read f snow storms in other sections. is spending The subscriber who finds two blue cross marks bis name on this paper mar . notice that we preparing to Mr. E. O. quite sick , scratch bis name off books the for two Weeks or more at home same will he published in the of dead Greenville. ate glad to hear he to j beat if h not paid. Latham Pen- Mi E. A Jr. r C students of University, arrived homo Sunday and are spending the days with patents. E, C. Yellowley and Roy Flanagan and R, Cherry. Jr. of vis School came home last week to spend the My entire stock d Jewelry must be sold by on account of removal. Moses What did Santa put in stocking. All goods low down the Spot ah at B- Cherry get too dull for to pay. The finest loaf of bread I ever ate is made of Point Lace Flour, at i Old Brick Store. We Lave had no yet- Will leave Greenville Jan. d my stock of Watches, Clocks d Jewelry at reduced rates. Moses should more uses to rent. Plaid r yard, at J. B. Cherry Go's. HI the schools are o this week. Hides, Bags, Peas, Corn, Oil Barrels at d Brick Store. little are all in their this morning T Watches, Clocks and jewelry low than any store in town. Moses A body has to hustle to get in work by daylight these Good lot of Horses and Moles for time if seen Miss Mamie Bernard, a teacher in the graded school, of home last week to spend Christmas with her mother. Messrs. J R. Tucker and J. I. Flem- closed their school at before last, and are the days with their people in this county. Corporal J. J. Jr., of the U. S. Army at Fortress Monroe, Va. is home on a furlough spending the holidays. Joe looks the real soldier and wears the at his good marksmanship. Misses Bridges and Rouse, teachers at the Institute, gave a Christmas party to the pupils of the music and art classes on Friday night. A friends were invited and if proved an occasion of much pleasure. Mr. B A. returned home last week from the meeting the National Union, at St. Louis, and re- ports a splendid trip. That gentleman has now moved his family to one of the in Mr. J. C. Greene, who for several months has been telegraph operator at is spending the holidays in Greenville with He is one of the boys that the writer learned and it is a pleasure to know be is getting along well. Rut. G. T. Finch, past year has had charge of the Mission work this county, has accepted a call to the Baptist Church at He is a zealous young minister and did faithful service during his work in this section. The best wishes of the people here go with him to his new field. re- Some cases of the mumps in town The Met Sunday School will have their Christmas entertainment night next week. Spier A doing business at Bell's Ferry, made an assignment two wee s ago. will be election year again, the very time when you ought to have your county paper. The wishes every one of It readers a merry Christmas and a hap- New Year. The extension Third Street over in has been graded and much improved. Pitt county Superior will con- on Monday, January Judge presiding. The first quarterly conference of the M. E. Church for the conference year was held Friday night. We never saw a more playful kitten than the one which honors the y. also good Yoke Oxen. Apply tor office with its presence. B. E. Gotten, N. O. The were with Chi trade. per lb for Sweet Scotch luff. lb sold in Pitt Co., which a of its superiority, at e Old Brick Store. The young men of the town gaTe In Germania Hall Friday On Jan. 1890, Mis Maggie W. will open a school at t her home. Board at reasonable tea in the neighborhood. Twenty-three left here of t hem r California. just as good i any other offered for sale. Its i are accurate and can be upon. bushels each Potatoes, Peas, pounds county Hams wanted at H orris Bros. Mink, 2.000 Fox, Otter and skin. Will pay more for em than any man in town. J. J. Cheeky, Jr. Goal for sale per ton. mall quantity cents per tub. o not send for coal without send- money to pay for it. Goal is E. C. Guam. Goods at prices at They are selling boy's suits for and men's 2.75. like it ever known Prof. Memory is greater interest than ever a all parts the country and per- wishing to improve should send for his prospectus as advertised column. of from he laxative and juice of figs, with the virtues of plants known o be meat to the human acts gently on the kidneys, effectually deans the colds and and earing ha ion. Low water in the river again and for more than a week boats have not been able to get through to The children of the Baptist Sunday school will have a Christmas party in the Opera House to-morrow- night. The ladies of the Baptist Church are preparing for another basket social to be held the first week of January Court. The last few days have been the short- est of year. Sunday had only nine hours and fifteen minutes between suns. This week Mr. M. R. Lang will move his stock to the handsome store just fit- up for him on the opposite side of the street. The marriage fever has raged profuse. hr in this section the past week or About five weddings in the last Wednesday. About two are re- ported to have left the Farmville section of this county last week. had ken the exodus fever. There is to be a grand tournament and ball at on Friday 27th. Tilting to begin at o'clock a. m., ball Our young friend. Mr. L. Fleming Will de- liver oration to the Knights. . The man who the shortest world will not have to lug lbs biggest harD In the Gold Leaf. Kobe won't, but he will to fight the biggest lire. True short crops have been made this year and these are hard times, let the farmers get tn work with a greater determination than aver, and crop next fall will make you forget all about any bard times. This is a jolly day for the little folks, and even we older ones find in the of this joyous occasion. Christmas is always looked forward to with greater anticipations of pleasure than other season of the year. We hope the of Pitt county when about to plant the next crop will not follow the custom of spreading over two acres manure, that ought to be one. Plant fewer acres and make more on them should be the motto. These are hard times, it Is true, but we venture there is not a town In any of the eastern counties whose merchants are making a better showing than those We have straightforward, business men and they hold their footing. As the will not appear next Wednesday, New Year's day, give our patrons some New Year reading on eighth pace of this That page illustrated matter appropriate to the day. in keeping with that for on first page. One day last week Messrs. Cox Car- roll shipped twenty six of the Celebrated Cox Cotton Planters to Texas. Mr. Cox says be could sell hundreds of them in that State i the could get low rates, is negotiating for lower freights. Late trains again. They came In from one to three hours behind time the past Week. or twice the mails were so late that no mail opened at night, alter arrival. Mr. Railroad officials, these late very inconvenient and an- to the people- One lone man l the I id his subscription to before Christ mas. The delinquents wanted us to have a big time, didn't they There is a doable room law office in Greenville in the front room of which four barrels can be seen by passing the sidewalk. A horse belonging to Ir. Brown run away en Evans street, Monday morn- Fortunately no damage was done either to horse or vehicle. We are indebted to Mrs. W. B. ard for on old ham and some which she sent over for us to feast upon during the holidays. Take stock in and Loan Association and soon own your home. You thus save trouble and expense of renting a It is time you were preparing for the new year. Let the first one be that you will pay for your news paper. Let it be the last one broken, too. Notwithstanding the talk of hard times you can see plenty of people loafing be- cause they are to lazy to work. Look at Market Under the head of legal notices will be found a notice to creditors by Ma- get, administrator of J. W. Cobb an- other notice by J. W. Cannon, of Cannon, a notice of sale of a phaeton under lien by the Low Tar- Carriage Factory. There arc a few white loafers Greenville that would prove a blessing to the town if they would take the exodus fever and off with the Two or three that can be named could get con- to pay their way off if they will guarantee to go. The Register of Deeds requests us to notify all to come forward promptly and render an arson n I of their purchases for the last six months of 1889. The law requires that all chases shall be given In during the first ten days cf January. A few of our local items to-day may savor somewhat of age, that is are more than a week old. as they are items of interest and were omitted from the paper last week because the memorial speeches excluded all local matter, we publish them to-day. It has really been like spring in the office for several days. Be- sides the beautiful weather we have been enjoying, the Bad Boy is the possessor of a splendid mocking bird presented him by a friend, and the bird has been giving delightful song serenades every day. There has been an Immense amount of work done at the Reflector office ring the past week, and our power press has been running nearly every day. Be- sides printing the eight page j issue for to-day, we have printed enough double page supplements for two weeks ahead. mall that leaves here on the train was one day late last week. The mail was all made up night and pot In post office bat Post master overlooked sending it off day morning. Our readers can under- stand from this why received paper a day late. The will follow its annual custom and take holiday next week. The next issue will appear January 8th, 1800. While no paper will be published next week some one will be In the office every day ready to receive money or to transact any business that may be ed. Yen will find us in. Messrs. and White are ship about shingles per week from mill above town. This Is the kind of industry that helps the community that brings money here from the North instead of having to send money away. Greenville needs more enterprises of hat order. the gang around the ; House, On the night of the 16th people were made to b cause of an alarm of lire, Henry colored, on Second street, the building hating caught from a defective stove flue. The fire was extinguished with but little damage to house. The Rough and Ready boys were promptly on band and ready for work. ant. Mr. H. F. Keel raises around bis livery stables am has some smart hens among them. several weeks two of the hens seemed to lie racing against each other, as hats laid an egg each every- day without missing a day. From the first December to the two laid four doz- en flinty It is the opinion of the at the number of leave iv i county this winter will cause no dis- advantage to the farming interests. As many will remain us are needed. However, In hiring labor for year, the farmers ought to require a tee of every hand that be will remain the entire and rill his contract. Christmas Christ His ministering spirit through the world that good may be done to mankind, surety His bless- will be those Christian work- the King's Daughters, who were taking contributions yesterday with which to make glad the of the poor and suffering to-day. as ye did It unto the least of these, ye did it ante The has received some very pretty and most valuable and one is the Bicycle calendar and stand sent. Pope of Boston, has a leaf with every day in sear, a of left for Rood's calendar Is a very beam design. The date are arranged a pretty picture of a head, with a lastly crimson hoed. BOOTS SHOES Ladies and pisses Cloaks All at Panic Prices. Our Stock is complete above come and cure this offer only until January 1st. HIGGS Greenville. N. C. The clever railroad agent, Mr. J. Moore, met with accident one day last week, that caused him right much pain. lie was going to the depot In a wagon driven by two boys who started after a load of goods. Going down the hill near the bridge, the of the boys caused the team to take fright and be- gin running a war, when both the boy jumped out of the wagon. Mr. Moore caught the reins and tried to stop the team, but did not succeed until wag- on locked wheels with another on the bridge In collision Mr. Moore was thrown out the bridge, skinning his right leg and hand ill the fall. A. E. This excellent minister, who ac- the call as Pastor of the Baptist Church here, arrived last week and en- upon his duties on Sunday, preach- both morning and night. Large con- were hear him and were delighted with his sermons. Ills introductory sermon was upon the need of earnest co-operation between Pastor and people to insure best results for Church and the cause of Christ. He also in a measure outlined the course be pursue in his work in this field. At night be the power and influence of the Holy Spirit in drawing men to God. His sermons are seldom surpassed. It U the opinion of the He- our friends have secured right man as Pastor of their church. One day last week Mr. B. M. left a turnip weighing t pounds at office. was raised by Mr. of Farmville township. The Christmas number of Wide A wake surpassed anything that magazine has ever done before. Ton can get Awake with Reflector a whole year torts. That clever gentlemen Mr. John Flan- who for years has been hi the country hear has moved bis back to, Greenville. We are glad more The large amount of work to getting out this Christmas paper has caused us to be somewhat backward in filling orders for Job work in the week, and we have been casting some new rollers for the Job press also. AU orders will be caught with in a few days and patrons oar expect some first class work- The steamer Greenville in venturing too far up river on low came la contact with a log and snagged a hole in her bottom. She was leaking badly when she left Greenville for Wash- and had to go on the ways on rival at town. The damage was Ufa ware re-v As previously announced in the the marriage of Mr S. T. Hooker and Miss Peebles curred in the Methodist Church en the lust. The occasion was attended by much Interest. The chancel was beau- decorated with hot-house plants arranged in pyramidal form, many of the plants in full The crowd that as- to witness the ceremony was very large the building not being to seat all. The were Messrs J. White. W. S. Wiley Brown and D. J. Whichard. Mrs. I. B. Cherry presided at the the wed- ding march with usual magnificent touch as the bridal party entered. The attendants came in the order Dr. with Mis Ella King, Mr. Ola Forbes with Miss Ada Hearne Mr. n. Wilson with Miss Lucy Tyson. Mr. R. D. Bo. Cherry with Miss Williams, Mr. Frank Wilson with Miss Addie Randolph, Mr. W. B. Greene with Miss Louisa Hooker, Then came the up the right aisle with Mr. R. Williams, Jr. as best man, and the bride up the left aisle with Miss Margie Langley as maid of The ceremony was performed at o'clock by Rev. R. B. John and was very After the marriage a reception was held at the residence or Mr. William Peebles, father of the bride, but owing to the extreme illness of that gentleman only a few special friends attended. The bride and groom received a number of handsome presents. On Wednesday but week Mr. of was married to Maggie Barnhill, of Bethel at the residence of the bride's father, Mr. J. R. Barnhill. The bridal party passed through Greenville the afternoon on way to the home of the groom. At o'clock A. m. on Wednesday, 18th at St. John's Church, near Mr. T. H. Fleming, a prosperous young farmer living a few miles North Greenville, was married to Miss Annie Powell, of Rev. ding officiating. They were attended by Mr. J. L. Fleming, and Miss Hattie W infield, Mr. Frank Was Sana Fleming. Mr. James Gaskins and Miss Mr. L. M. Briley and Miss Annie Harding, Mr. W. O. Lit- and Miss Nettie Kilpatrick. Mr. B. and Miss Bettie Thigpen. In the afternoon the party passed through Greenville on way to the home of toe grooms father, Mr. Ivy Fleming, where a reception was held at night. At the residence of Mr. James way, in township, Wednesday evening. Dec. 18th, Mr. Henry at. Greene county, was to Miss Galloway attendants were Mr A. B Galloway with Miss Ada Mr W. W. Ormond with Miss Hattie Galloway, Mr K. D. Herring with Miss Minnie Mr. Marcellus Smith with Miss Florence mt. J. O. Proctor with Miss Tucker, Mr. G. Bright with Miss Fannie An elegant supper was spread on the Thursday bridal party left for the home of the groom in Greene At the at in Pitt comity, on Wednesday last, our highly esteemed friend Calvin Tucker, lead to the alter of Hymen the pretty and justly admired Miss Josephine Quinnerly, the Rev. J. L. performed e- in the presence of a house crowded with friends and the following Mr. Sam Abbott with Hiss Griffin, Mr. lames Griffin with Miss Gay Coward Mr. Willie Patrick with Miss May Coward. Mr. John Randolph with Miss Mattie Mr. Patrick with Miss Winnie Barney, Mr. Johnson with Miss Mr Robert Quinnerly with Mies Mr, Walter with Mies The happy party left for hospitable home of the grooms fa- Mr J L Tucker and became at one the recipient of the With in blissful union. Love now holds its sweet communion, And our friends with bliss attained, CHRISTMAS And the Holidays of 1889 are at It Is time for people to make their selection of presents for the ------Merry Christmas Times, and the------ Has a stock of Holiday Goods that will be rare to please very -----man, woman and child who sees them.------ Of course the children will hang up their stocking, and we have an endless variety of just articles as Santa Claus will want to put in those stockings. PARENTS PAD I We Tool Chests, Wagons. 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Any article wanted for family use can be asked for. Candies of all kinds, Fruits of all kinds, Nuts of all kinds. Mince Meat, Currents. Citron. Jellies, Cranberries, Pickles, We can furnish anything you want for Xmas. Special inducements to country merchants. ind of Cakes Me to Order. We realize that times are hard and money scarce therefore have no fancy prices but will sell goods down low. Returning thanks for past favors, we again invite you to our store. IN. Out Look I am not after you taxes bat. want you to read this TO MY MaXY ; Thanking yon for your kind patronage during II continue to receive n share of I hare all I c kinds of lo in you Candle, from stock Christina is now complete. cents to Lents pet pound, Apple, Rations, FiR Banana.-, Flavoring Extracts, Currents, Citron, etc. keep a full line of FANCY GROCERIES. Greenville, N. C. E. C. GLENN. STANDARD GUANO ACID PHOSPHATE PULVERIZED OYSTER SHELL, SHELL LIME, PUKE DISSOLVED DONE, COTTON SEED MEAL AND Tennessee Wagons, for sale. GREENVILLE, N. C. Mar. 1887. YOU. Bros., old and in Greenville, and desire to renew acquaintance their Bud customers of I lie past, to enjoy a -patronage. Our new .-tore will contain an immense of Dress have been by an tin style- fashions of Hie markets. you a cannot in rice. buyer who knee We will be Shoes annul that will yon. over of ere. mid Hoy's price n in an these are the Gent's Furnishing Goods. We bare I of Hosiery. Sinus, fashionable that be excelled Underwear, and u in large, cities. and Caps. The very London styles, including the Stiff i of U In flood styles of Soil we also Boots and Shoes. fa hardly wt bi to say more of our superb line this lo infer u that we have Boors and Shoe to Gt any if not that comes to man, woman or child, out the very Block and prices light down bottom. t brings to none plate. tend on Clothing and on prices now ere else to be found. CLOTHING This depart styles and make a will a full stock of In cheap we have we can suit In quality, style and price. latest and a splendid in Don't forget With these remarks, kind friends, we throw open doom to the your patronage, and guaranteeing satisfaction very You can Sod second door t lie brick which the p was n . door north of lbs stair way. o- Mn M tiles ac 1-j MI Soil II Ml lo tor ii I la i t AT On or about the 1st day of January, shall move to the store recently occupied by John Smith Bro., directly opposite ray present stand. Desiring to commence in same with a fresh stock of Goods I shall offer from now until January 1st, entire AT COST FOR CASH. This is no humbug, but will include everything my store. Goods, Trimmings, Ladies Wraps Cloths, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Trunks, Valises. All at cost without reserve. Special bargains to country merchants buying at wholesale. M. R. LANG, M. cl

I A TEAK'S STORY. THE OF A GIRL, WHAT CAKE Of IT. 1380 by American uncle, spin us a kind of a New Year's yarn, of course. You can't expect us to lie satisfied with anything else on New Year's I spin a New Year's yarn, asked the old gentleman of a white haired lady who was knitting by the light on the center table, at the time giving her a knowing look. course she replied, half frowning and half smiling. only one thing ever happened to me on New Year's eve, and I've re- membered that it a love asked one of the girls. a kind of one. Bring out some nuts and apples, and give us another stick of wood for the fire, and I'll see what I can make of what to on New Year's eve, The old gentleman's requirements been attended to, the boys and girls ranged themselves round the fire and the story was begun. Ho looked straight at while he told it, evidently en- joying its effect upon her more than on the younger listeners. She was the homeliest girl in the school; there can be no doubt about that. She was freckled, her hair was red, not a dark shade of red, but fiery. She had struggled with whooping cough, and measles, and scarlet fever, and every other disease that childhood is heir to until she was little more than skin and bones. There were girls with faces expressive of disagreeable bat for pure homeliness would hare taken the prize in any hon- show for ugly girls. was not her real name, but every Woe called her because her halt was sored. ; We were all very young least most of us were. I was There was one boy who was still Dick was a natural tormentor. Be would abuse the girls as well as die He respected dolls no more than hoops and kites. He would rush into a where the boys were playing mar- pies, and pretending not to notice where was treading, scatter the marbles toe of his boot, or poke his a kite or let the sawdust a doll; and he was so big and that no one dared punish him. I the biggest boy in the school, but in I was greatly his inferior, and Oat of his way. One day was carrying her doll Heroes the playground, a with Qr red as her own. Some one hod given i as a reflection on her own fiery but never seeing or never the slight, took the red headed monster Into her heart, and nursed I as much affection as if she had i it real mother. Dick see- her with the doll in her arms, its red bead standing oat over her shoulder, went behind her with a lighted match, and touching the flame to its hair, there was a bright halo around the doll's head tor an Instant, and then the cranium was as bald as if the little thing hadn't been fa the world long enough to grow even Bed hair. seeing what bad hap burst into tears. I was a witness of this bit of ruffian- and although at that age I had coo- contempt for girls in general and the prevailing contempt for I was shocked. seems to mo, I said, I a boy for that sort o thing if I were in her arms, illuminating for what had been lost by the singeing of the doll's head. Throughout that brief struggle found myself unable to continue, II seemed to me that there was but one visible thing present, and that was Red- head. I limped away from Dick and the circle, inwardly planning revenge on Dick before the end of the term. Indeed, I at once told my father I de- sired to take boxing lessons, and assent, after three secret went up behind my enemy with a- lighted match and burned his back hair off up to the crown of bis hat Dick turned like a fury. His and my skill gave me the day, and I him with the injunction that if ho wanted any more hair burn- to come to me. As I had expected, after my defeat on my first encounter, I was set down as of girl in the school. I did not recover from the beating I had received for a week. One day as I limped across the play ground came to me and poked something at mo folded in a piece of brown paper. The sight of her was alone enough to ruffle me; but to see her standing by me, shyly, with her hand stretched towards me and something in it, in sight of half a dozen pupils, was too much. ONLY I said. She didn't say anything, but continued to look up at me shyly, as though aha knew it was a great presumption for her to offer me a gift. is I asked in no kindly tone. I made for don't want I said, turning away. she said, yon take I cast a glance at her; she was full of some deep feeling. have you I queried. only And she took the paper cover from about it and held it up, cast- an anxious look at me to see if I ad- mired the gift. It was a book mark each as children make, and on it, in letters in which many of the stitches were put in wrong, was That's not my name, you little it spelled It's She looked so stupefied and gone at her blunder that I her. If we hadn't been in of the other children, I think I could hare spoken a kind word to her. you take it, asked ruefully. The quickest way to get aid of her was to accept it. keep it. Now run Her face brightened up and I was prised at so much expression. If she had not so many freckles and such red hair, and had more flesh on her bones she wouldn't be so ill looking after all, I thought As she skipped away she turn- ed and gave me a grateful look; such a look as a peasant might give a prince. Tn eke you. If he re- I was sorry I hail said anything. knew if quarreled I should get thrashed. Besides, fought about each a as the whale school me, leach added Dirk to and he cam.- up to I saw i was in fur it and fay mind it turns- inc. with her That was the last I of at school. The next day she was with symptoms which developed into fever, and was kept at home. Her absence was a great relief me, I wished when she recovered. If she ever should, that she would go to some other school. Between and M years of age there comes a great change. When at looked back on my childhood and thought how careless I was of the feel of others, I was surprised. Yet H confessed that what I had fanned in one way I had lost in another. I bad polish and prevarication; had to pleasant and wear final fluid to practice petty i n in to gain their favor. I soon became tired of which was unfortunate for my mother and ale- tors, for whoa I the only escort it'll, I occasionally dragged by there into the gay whirl One nigh I I had been unwillingly appropriated to escort my sisters to a dancing party. II was Christmas night, 1851. I had given up dancing, and stood looking on with my arms folded. said my sister comma up to me with her cheeks all aglow- she had just finished a look too for anything. I want to intro- duce you to a young I tried to beg off. a beauty, and to a Mary urged. She put her arm through mine and led mo to the girl in question. After introducing me aha slipped away. If over there a case of love at first sight, it came to me at that moment The girl was indeed a beauty; a graceful fig- fair complexion, eyes a dark liquid brown, hair a soft shade of Titian. Her first remark startled me, a long while since we met, Mr. is I her I didn't remember to have ever her before. was a noble act of I was not only surprised, I was I remembered no act of my life that could be called know what I'm talking about or who I am at She laughed with keen enjoyment, while I was ad more enlightened than before. do you like the shade of my she asked. very I spoke In a dignified tone. I was becoming Taxed with all this quizzing. wonder if you would know me by my old she said. me and my I looked at the beautiful creature be- fore me with ill concealed astonish- seem the singular fate that brings this nothing she asked, archly. I found no words to reply, so I re- silent don't remember my singed doll, have reason to especially remember that dolL It makes me quite sore to think of behaved very chivalrously. And the book mark I gave you. You have it, of She looked at me search It was evident that she knew I was that whole school there was but one who was kind to she said, some of them would be glad to show you some attention one was kind. And that one whom do you can't heaven's sake, stopped short fought for I blushed. I had sever considered that I had fought for her, bat that I was obliged to fight got kindness was all the more ac- was not especially appreciative when you offered me your fought tor There was one near. We were standing close together. I felt for her hand and gave ft a quick pressure, then dropped it In another moment die was whirled away in a waltz by a handsome fellow with a tawny mustache and blue eyes. After the last dance and we were go- home, I her again in her wraps I go to see your I asked. Then, with her eyes snapping, she and bring the book mark. Let me I'm engaged every night for a week. Come New Year's not without the book She had time before the door closed behind her to give me a look, and say, My position was embarrassing. I had permission to call with a book mark and no book mark to call with. I had no intention whatever of fore- going my call for want of a souvenir. Nothing would be more easy than to duplicate the book mark, as to the deception of offering It a the original, I had no of science whatever, having many each etas far I asked my sister to make a book mark for me, warned bar to do the work too of r ii T i a fair and in warn to i i on to the table. So far as t i she believed the to be genuine. i very-good of you to kept that souvenir so she remarked. fixing her beautiful eyes on mine. mention I observed. In- dining my head deferentially. carefully you moat kept R. It's not the least was very good of you to rive it to me, yon know. when a book- mark is kept In a book It doesn't gel never thought of Dear creature. How innocent. Just I glanced at the book mark lying beside my card on the table. It looked as fresh as the card, A girl will low anything in shape of a compliment, I thought really think It Is more perfect that when I gave it to yon. The spelling Is certainly Improved. If I remember a not aright, I spelled your name I glanced again at the book mark. Something In her manner caused me to scent danger. Suddenly It broke in upon me like a flash. The original had been misspelled. Is written a great many I stammered. I spelled it couldn't have done yes, I did; I remember it perfect- Little girls are sensitive. At least I was, and felt your rebuke at my very I wait wiping the perspiration from my brow. It seemed to me I had never w stem, so contemptuous an ex; on any woman's face. a g-g-good way to spell remarked wildly. She took the book mark and the visit- card from the table. see they she said. it must have made a She concentrated her gaze upon me in what seemed to me one glance of wither- contempt are very much mistaken if you think to impose that brand new book- mark on mo for the one I gave Oh for an earthquake, a cyclone, any- thing to change the I muttered, trying to force a laugh and put a humorous view on It She declined to see anything ludicrous in the act She became more grave, if possible, than ever. I picked up the bookmark bent my hot face down over it to hide my confusion. I had lost all presence of mind. My ideas were in a state of chaos. What to say I didn't know, and didn't know what I said. I stammered, one you g-gave me was w-w-worked in red A peal of laughter brought me to my senses. My discomfiture was complete. I fell back In my chair and covered my face with my bands. do that just like a beard her cry delightedly. exactly what I did when, you left me that day in the school yard, and I thought about my blunder in spelling. Only I covered my face with my Presently I mustered courage to look at her. made that book she ask- ed, resuming a serious expression made you do such a admiration for is a tide In the affairs of I muttered, taken at the have admired I said, humbly, I hesitated. was a red headed little I went on, profiting by the lee- son I had learned and speaking frankly. to thoughtless, unreasoning children you were not you are speaking manfully. Please don't ever attempt to impose on me I never will, if you will for- give me for are she kindly. you told me when this admiration for me I met you on Christmas night at the dancing other words, you have admired me for a whole I looked at her frankly, honestly, and meant every word I spoke when I re- those three days have been crowded enough admiration to offset ten years of She blushed and lowered her eye. has not been only went on. three whole I have been madly in love with you. She leaned back in her chair and drew a long, long sigh. know that I speak the your past by my sincerity. You can see H In every feature; my voice, my eyes, my whole She sat with her eyes fixed on a spot in the carpet occasionally raising them to mine as though wondering whether I w worthy credence. a word you But saw that the tide had turned; that she wavering. My want of reputation with her for truthfulness was certainly a great barrier in the way of my convincing her of my sincerity, but I did not despair, for I knew that what I said only too true. For half an boor I continued the attack, she parry- every thrust, and re- minding me of my recent deception; but the quickest way to convince Is to be really in earnest, and this gave me the victory. so she said. have loved each other for a I urged. may have lasted ever yon for Thea I knew why I had won so sudden a victory. Before I took my leave that evening of a in the I to myself, not even -on the words In a v re too near her ear. is due to -ti- and gratitude of i. at rd. r headed child you spurned that yon are n-rt fitting Why said a iv of didn't know you were that kind of a young man didn't you marry naked another. she resumed her commas and thought better of it after the white haired lady at the center table, her head bent down low over bar work. a matter of fact girl of W. know who asked a of voices could that be, you little her uncle, auntie has whim hair and was made most of it out of whole said the old lady. about the mirror Is ridiculous. If bad sup- posed he'd bilk about such things X The old lady stopped short, and the boys and girls ell burst Into a laugh. F. A. A MINER'S CHRISTMAS. NOW THE YULE TIDE IS CELE- UP IN THE ROCKIES. Whet do yon It was It ins Lonely Cabins Two Ar Shut In far Months by from Letter Imagine a in midair about two miles above New York and you have the elevation at which over miners in Colorado spend the season. They are shut in by and Ice, and for months to come they will know as little about what is going on in the busy world as though they were sail- on on some vessel f Banal up for the win- amid the icebergs of the re- Early in the fall, before the flies, they are housed in on some of the lofty peaks of the Rocky mount and not until May or June will they again mingle with their follow men. It is often the case that one of the boys is a good fiddler, and Christmas night he will rosin the bow, tune up the fiddle, and with alternate for girls the boys will dance and make merry. But there are those who are not as for- as the miners who are shut up In the big mine for the winter. There are the lonely cabins, far up on the mountain side, many distant from human habitation. Hero three or four men are snowbound together for the winter. Often there are just two and in the mining camps means most the same does in the army. Their Christmas meal is a frugal one, and with eager longings their will reach out from that deep gorge or lofty peak to eastern homes, and wonder what the loved ones there are doing. It Is at these holiday times that the prospector and wanderer longs for the old associations of home and the dear faces he has not seen for For months they have undergone many hardships and privations, been through hairbreadth escapes and thrilling and yet in the Christmas time all the tenderness and love that comes with thoughts of home is in their hearts. In the mining camps of the Rocky I have heard little groups sing Sweet on Christmas eve. How each felt It was not sung so much, it was the melody each felt in heart he thought of home. It sung in that dreamy kind of way, show- that the thoughts of all were far away, and each one was thinking as well singing, and that if a tear did steal down some grim visaged face, there was nothing unmanly in it, was there I was writing about the lonely cabin. The scene there not always one of merry making at Christmas. Of those two who dwell there alone, far away from all contact with the hunter may be sick If you could force your way through that wilderness of snow, lift the latch gently, for it is never bolted, you will find one nursing and keeping faithful watch by his sick It may be a son watch- by the cot of a father. Why is that old man braving all these hardships o, there is the mortgage on the eastern home. If they find the precious vein by spring, next Christmas will find that old home free from debt Mr. Banker, could you witness such scenes as as I have done, would tell the old man that yon would be a little easy about the interest on that baa troubled him so long. One Christmas I spent up on the mountain mite with two or three others, and there we bad our holiday dinner, and it was a wholesome meal, but want- in those delicacies that a mother or wife can best prepare. A snow storm raging along the mountains, but with our fire and warm cabin, we cared nothing for It. we had some flowers for the wish said one of tho We all wished the same. out your old said one. We all knew what that meant, for many a flower from the old house finds its way In letters to the boys out west. One found a rosebud, another a violet, another a daisy, then another rose was found in a mother's letter. Withered and faded were these tokens from the old but never did men value flowers more than we did that withered bouquet. mM of the No one volunteered. closing lines in my mother's let- said a boyish fellow, was the response that came from all. 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Weldon pm Ar Mint la am Tarboro am Ar Wilson pm Wilson Ar Ar CO am Warsaw Av Magnolia Ar U NORTH No No No dally dally dally ex Sun. am am Ar A r Wilson pm Ar Rocky Mount Ar Tarboro Tarboro am Ar Weldon pm Dally t Sunday. Train on Scotland Neck Rood leaves Halifax 2.30 P. M., arrives Scot- land Neck at 4.00 P. M. P. M. Returning leaves 7.00 A. M., Scotland Neck at 10.10 A. M., daily except Sunday. Train leaves Tarboro, N C, via it Raleigh R. R. dally except Sun. day. P M. Sunday IT P M, N C, P M, P M. Returning leaves Williamston, N C, dally except Sunday. A M, Sunday A U. arrive Tarboro, N C, IS A M, Train on Midland N C Branch except Sunday, A M, Smith Held, N C, a M. Re- turning leaves X A M, arrive N O, A M. Train on Nashville Branch leaven Rocky at P M, arrives Nashville P Hope P M. leaves Spring Hope A M, M, arrives Rocky Mount except Sunday. Train on Clinton Branch leaves Warsaw for Clinton dally, except Sunday, at and A M Returning leave dial ton A H. and P. M. connect- at Warsaw with Nos. and Southbound train on Wilson A ville Branch is No. Northbound except Sunday. Train No. South will stop only at Wilson, and Magnolia. Train No. makes at Weldon for all points North daily. All call via Richmond, and daily except Sun- day via Bay Line. Trains make close connection far North via Richmond and Wash All trains run solid between ton and Washington, and have Pullman Pal see Sleepers attached. JOHN F. DIVINE, General i. R. T. M. EMERSON Atlantic C TIMETABLE No. A. M., Saturday, 1st, East. No. No. SO Ar. p m Lagrange rue Ar. aV Dolly East. w ION JO No Train. ST II l II in III II 1245 IS-8 so pm Stations. Best's La Grange Falling Creek Caswell ore Creek Newborn Croat Newport wood city Al Untie No. t Mixed Pass pi SM Six It or FITS CUBED by . old specialist physician's bottle free. We warrant our r to cure the worst cases, nod the only physicians who do this to prevent your being posed upon using false names and not doctors. Because others failed is no reason for not using medicine. Give express and poet pains address. It coats you nothing. Depot am T Saturday, Wednesday and Friday. . Welder. Train bound m., and with end Danville Train West, lea p. in. Train connects with Train, arriving at Golds a. m., mid with Wilmington Train from North at a. Train with Wilmington Through Freight Train, lea at p. in and with Danville Through Freight T leaves at p. m. to Why another new discovery by . the way of helping the sat. calling on or addressing above named barber, you bottle of Preparation is for dandruff and causing kinkiest hair to be Soft glossy, only two or week la necessary, and a common brash La all to be used after vigorously for a few minutes she Preparation. Try a bottle only SO cent. Respectfully, GULLET, Barber, VILLE, NO.

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