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dollars, and your bill for teaching the Miss
Leonards cannot be presented Tor two weeks,
and then il will not amount to this sum.
"Can't We sell something more ma !"
suggested the daughter.
ave have sold all our plate and jewel.
lery, and l'm sure don't know what we
can dispose OF, unless il be something that
we really want"
What do you say to selling the sofa
ma I"
"Well, don't know, Florence. II don't
seem right to par, with ii. But, perhaps,
we can do without 4"
at will readily bring fifty dollars, | sup.
pose."
Certainly. Ii is of the best wood and
workmanship, and cost one hundred and for
Iy dollars. Your father bought il a shor,
lime before he died, and that is less than
two years past you know"
IL should think it would bring nearly
hundred dollars" said Florence, who
knew nothing of auction sacrifices sand
that would give us enough, besides paying
the quarters rent, keep US comfortably uu.
till some of my bills comes DUE"
That afternoon the sofa was sent, and
The mex! afternoon Florence went 10 the
auctoneers to receive the money for it.
Have you sold tina, sofa yet, sir 7" ask.
ed the timid girl, in low, besitating voice.
"Wh hat sofa, miss asked the clerk, look
ing steadily 10 her face, With bold stare.
The sofa seq, by Mrs, sir"
When was i, 10 have been sold
Yesterday, SIR"
"Oh, We havn't got the bill made out
yet. You can call day after to morrow, and
we'll settle It for you"
Can't you settle it too day, sir? We want
the money particularly.
Without replying TO the timid girls re
quest, the clerk commenced throwing over
the leaves Of large account book, and in
few minutes had taken off the bill Of The
sofa.
Here it is-eigh,een dollars and sixty
cents. See if ne right, and then sign this
receipt.
Amt you mistaken, sir II WIS a
| tSuSthot ecAat ou0 lOSt
ty dollars"
That's all il brought, miss, ! assure
you. Furniture sells very badly now"
Florence rolled up the bills iha, were
given her, and returned home with heavy
heart.
Ii only brought eighteen dollars and
sixty cents, MA" she said throwing the
notes into her mothers lap, and bu'sted in.
10 tears.
Heaven only knows, then, what We shall
do, SAID the widow, cIasping her hands to
geiher and locking Upwards.
There are always two parties in the case
Of bargains. The gamer and the loser.
And while The one is delighted with the ed
vantage he has obtained, he thinks nothing
Of the necessities which have forced The
other party TO accept the highest offer
But few buyers Of bargains think or care
about taking this view of the subject.
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Drs. fIappo,dt 81 Wallace,
.HOEE.FTT'S.
Vegetable Life Medicines

{
r NllLSE mtdicincs arc Indebted laf their nn
n 70 their manifest and sensible acton 10 :.
I Fitfing The springs and channels Of be- lat O
aaIng them With renewed tone snd nga n
many hurdfed certified cases uhleh hs, ea
made public, and 10 almost every species q "a
case % which ihr human frame s. hahig 'ty la
~ effects u NOfFATsS LIFE PILLS 0sI
F FiikNlA BlTFEKS have treas gfstrlaIli VA
/ publicly aokuVs lodged By tie pers9us bese6afl
and = l1o HVge pSenogslf unaequatplcd Alb n
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they are COZ Poandcd, and UPON = bioh hey 'a
I sefaeu,iy act.
/ The LIFE MEDICINES recommend ihss.
selves IN diseases II tvcsy torn and ecterp'i@
Their fret operation is 10 loosen tfom The caH
7 Of TIE stomach aud bowels the various inq0f1i
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i % remove the hardened hrers hicb collect 10 A
cnnsolatlons of The smsll in,estinos. Oib5f mss
cinea only partially cleanse these and Issys issi
, collected masses behind us 10 produce hia'aA
eustiyenesa with al it, train Of evils o. 'udtA
diatfhus. With ~ Imminent dangers. Tbs ~
. well khown TO all regular aEsionis,s, 100 e.
ammo the human bowels after deaih end hfa1'
the prejudice OF these we'll informed msn sgiha
qnHck netlcloss--Or medicines prepared aHe ~
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hiehoys and tho bladder, and by this means =
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~ organs. The blood. ~ hioh takes its fod coz
iiom the agency OF The liver and lnngs bsiar
passes inlo the heart, h,ing thus purified BY 'ea
and noufiahed by food coming from elesa 80
mach, courses freely through the veins, rtnfs
esefy part OF the system, aud ,riamPhan,ly noa'a
the banner Of health 10 the blooming cbeet
notiat's Vegetable Life Medicines have ben
thoroughly tcslcu, and pronounced soserel5n 2
medy tor Dyspcpsia, flatolenoy, Palpitahon p "
Heart, isosa Of Appetite. Heartburn and ll's'
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u all kinds, Gravel, Worms, Asthma and l@'
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Ervsipelas, Common Colds and fnHUenzs, end "
flous other complaints which atillct the hansa
frame. In FEVER and AGuE L. particularly
Life Medicines have been most emineutly sugerH
iul' 80 much so that In the Fever and Agae sa
tricts, Physicians almost universally Prc'ef"
them
MoFFATT's MEDICAL MANUAL, tssIgs
cd as a domestic puide TO healih.--1hH INV
pamphlet, edited by W. n. MofTatt, as Btoadt'l /
No' York. has been published for the purPcse
explaining more fully Mr. Nofau's theory o. 0s
cases. and will be found highly interesting 70 "
sons seeking health threats upon presaleo'us
eases, and the causes thereof. Prices - cent?
iof sale BY MI Moifau's agents generally.
These Valuable Medicines are fof sale By
T.. J. HOLTON,
Charlotte, ", c.
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THE SINGLE TERM SYSTEM.


Oppressed with the destructive operation
Of the measures pursued BY hr. Van Blu
reD, and yet bewildeIed by the talking, the
arguments, and assertions, of his noisy de-
Tenders, the honest yeomanry Of the country
settle the matter 10 their own mind by say
ing a change can do no harm" They
can 10 the nature Of things in this country
see nothing which indicates any risk 10
changing the Administration. Without
condemning too severely Mr.. Vac Bu
rem, they see that he is compelled now 10
sustain measures disarproved Of by the PEG
pie at large, merely 10 sustain party pride.
Ii IS evident TO them aud to all, that while
The present dynasty remains 10 power, the
reformation cannot 90 on. because that re
formation is to correct the evils perpetrated
by the party in power. Hence reform is
anti Van Buren-hence the means aud
measures Of prosperity are att Van Buren,
hence o II plans for restoring general qpiet
and public confidence are anti Van Buren,.
The people now begin 10 see that Mr..
Van Buren, has been using the first term Of
tisS C444-iot tiGsdAiDI ~ sCtHFE d SEGbl4u
lerm-that be has diverted public funds from
their proper channel into the great gulf Of
party poltlcs-thai he has Weakf ned the pa
ton to strengthen hmseIf--agd should he
be successful 10 his attempt a. being re.
elected, he must continue those injurious
measures in order to appear consistent-he
cannot change, if be would.
We nov begin 10 see the propriety Of
single terms" A President elected with.
out the chance of re election has nothing to
do bat serve the country; be need purchase
no fayors Of individuals or communities,
because be will have no need Of lhenL-
The elec,ioneerng under such circums,an
ces mus, be done by those v no MAY have
offices. The President ofthe United States
will not then be seen writing for bis own re
election, and stripping for a contest. There
will be 10 need Of replying TO letters from
Elizabeth City or North Carolina. The
large demands upon his time By The public
business w,Il be answered, and be will have
no chickering's TO settle with his successor,
and need leave no public affairs TO suffer for
sani Of care. He will not be compelled 10
his message to land plans for armies which
he has never read, and need not exhibit him.
self 10 public letter condemuing the very
plan for armies which his message approved
u s Gazette.
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NOTICE.

VHNHE subscriber returns his grateful
IL acknowledgements for past iavors.-
Having disposed of his establishment, 1t be
comes necessary to close business without
delay. Ills expected that those indebted to
the subscriber will make immediate settle
ment, by Cash or NoIe-the Cash would be
preferred, as it takes that article to satisfy
Journeymen and Merchants. All accounts
no, settled by the frs, of February will be
handed over for collection.
THOS. ). ALEXANDER.
Charlotte, Stpi. Il, 1870. 5lg
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THE sLANDERERS PUT 70 SILENCE.
A friend from OHIO has related to Us the
following incideB, which lately occurred OF
political gathering 10 Logan county, 10
that state. Senator, or as be ls more com
monty called, Petiicoa, Allen, accompanied
by Sam. Medary, editor Of the Statesman
and Gov. Shannon, have been toting Col.
Johnson through Ohio, making stump
speeches They made an appointment for
Logan county, and large numbers compos
cd Of Wings and Loco Focos assembled TO
hear sha, might be said. Allen in the
course Of his speech, after the grossest vi
tupera,ion of Gen. Harrison, calling him
granny, 40 imbecile, a coward, &c. pro
ceeded to discuss his conduct at the battle
OF the Thames, which be said was chsrac
ter'zsd BY cowardice and skuking from
danger. Taking hold Of Col. Johuson's
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commend them to my friends aud the public
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POETRY.
TnELAY OF THE NEAR.sIGHTED on


THE LAY OF THE NEAR. SIGHTED NE
lnaeod canno, much regret
That " life is but span,'
So fen Of sorrow are the DAYS
OF nsar-sighted man;
There's an asylum for the blind,
How happy they must be,
Their friends don't SPY things two miles of,
And call on them to see
Hy friends they perch me on the roof
OF some too, TOO "tall pile"
To gaze upon the landscapes charm
And with exulting smile,
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That terminates the view p
Quite desperate falter forth,
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The friends I've known for life.
And cordial grasp some strangers hand
With. "Dear sir. how's your wife ~
With swee; familiar smile greet
Some spinster, coy and fair,
And anxio1sly inquire
HO1 all tks children ere -
made call the other eve
At tEilighf's dusky hour.
4 sylph-ike form was visible
Within the dim obscure -
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"a lovely night, Miss d.
Out spoke voice " guess rs how
That I'm the help, you sse.n
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] did ncl tear my hair.
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NY frenzied glance to see
There is'no Matches Sauatiye,"
For a near-sighted man,
And Goelieke can't cure this, altho'
AL other ills he can.
I'm really getting desperate,
Eve cut nv friends all dead.
And now III leave this vale of tears.
And cut Liie's glochnT thread.
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TuyIlE Subscriber informs the citizens Of Char
i'll lotle aud the surrounding country, that he
is carving on the above Basiness on Main street,
nearly opposite To Mr.. Kerr's Tavern. SADDLES
will be manufactured principally by Audw. Mont
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country From his experience and punntualily be
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SEPT 81, 1910. 52T
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hand, as Van Amburgh might liz up the
paw Of bis pet lion, he showed it to the as
semblage, and said, there's tbs huge paw
that fought the battle of The Thames; here's
the paw that slew Tecumseh !"
When he had thus concluded, a Baptist
minister arose, aud said with the leave Of
the meeting, he would make few remarks.
He was, he said in the battle Of the Thames,
attached 10 Colonel Johoson's regiment, and
could bear testimony 10 the truth of all that
was said respecting his immediate CON
mander's gallantry. He also saw Gen.
Harrison, who was where a General should
be, supervising and directing all the move.
menis of the conflict. " hen il became ne.
cessary for the General to change his posi-.
ton, he did so regardless Of danger or the
shower Of bullets that was falling, aud Eel.
low citizens" said the old minister in con.
cluson, "all that these men have said of
Gen. Harrisou's cowaydice is false. know
It to be So" The air Immediately .ruDg
with the laundering acclama,iOn Of the mul
tllude aud as the speaker left the stand,
they followed him with repeated cheers,
leaving Senator Allen and company alone
IN their glory. So discontinued were they
10 their base attempt 10 SANDER The old He.
70, tina. they Immediately packed up their
traps and left the county, without fulfilling
other appointments they had made in their
neighborhood.-Bpfaio Com. Advertiser.
AN ACT OF CoNSUMMATE MEANNESs.
Among the findings of the Court Martial
in the case of Commodore Elliot was the
following, showing on the part Of that gal
iant officer, proceeding of very low and
mean character. Our Navy would be the
gamer by the absence for life of such a
Commander.
"The Court found the Commodore guilty oil
accepting certain piece of plate from part Of
the crew of the United States Ship Constitution,
which was paid for out of money due to them
from the United States, and afterwards causing
to be added TO the one piece three other nicces
making in all two tureens, pitcher, aud waiter
the balance due for which he agreed 10 pay him.
self; and then having inscribed on each piece
4" Presented mark Of respect, TO Commodore
j. ID. Elliott, of the United States Navy. by the
crew Of the Constitution" he caused them to bo
exhibited in the cabin of said ship. He subse.
qHently desired Lieut.. Oscar Buius to make
known to the crew that the amount subscribed had
fallen short of the cost of the plate and to get
subscription under way to make the deficiency,
which Lieut.. Bullus declined. The Commodore
afterwards employed his secretary, Thonas Wells,
to raise some more money from the crew to make
up the cost of the plate, and by this means nine
teen of the crew were induced TO subscribe sixty.
nine dollars which money was actually received
from the PuTser and appropriated for the payment
of the plate.'
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Coach Making Cuisines
Lost By Hiatt

EeETWEEN Charlotte n. c. AID E,s,,.
II ID {. u. VI. The right hand half Of Trss
Dollar Note, Of lhs Ilank Of the tnl,ed Splt,. NJ
able 70 John T. Maddux or nrter, Ofiet of h.
count and Opposite IN Naiehtz, dated Joe u
l.. Nafshams Ptc.ldcni. The lciirr sas q, <
1883, and No i7o6. Tho. iieateysu, Ca.ss
about ,he l0ih Of February, 1887.
SOPHIA J0NE
Soy l2, lsi0 33f
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NOT,ICE.

FBNHE subscriber having qualified az admins
IL traitor on the estate Of Asher Jones, decd re.
quests all persons having claims against said dc.
ceased TO present them properly authenticated
within the time prescribed by Law, or this notice
VIII be Plead m bari and as his affairs s loft in
such state as to render II impossible for him to
ascertain who are indebted to tho estate he hopes il
there ia my one indebted TO it they will have the
honesty 10 make It known so as 10 enable him to
pay the debts.
THOS. J. HOLTON.
May u, ls4O.
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