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The weekly standard., 1869-10-20
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, .
WAKE COIrNTy 90

WAKE COUNTY.
1, W. W, WHITE Register of Deeds, in and
for said County Aforesaid, certify that the fore
going is a correct statement of the amount al
lowed to the Members of the Board of Commis
sioners OF said County, as compensation for at
tendance and mileage from July 4, 1868, to Sep
tember 6, 1869, inclusive.
W. W. WHITE,
520-1aw4w Clerk.
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0u fSoOIueOiy
81 beg you will give up this ridiculous
idea. What do women want of clubs 2"
"What men do, SUPPOSE r,.

81 beg you will give up this ridiculous
idea. What do women want of clnbs2"
"What men do, l suppose
But don't approve of it at all"
You belong 10 three clubs, H.-a,.rsr
"Thats altogether a different matter"
"But why is it different Z"
Hem-why 3 because-of course any
body can see why-it's self-evident."
" must be very blind" said Mrs. Aims
court, demurely, but confess can't dis
criminate the essential difference" %2 "a
Herbert Ainscourt said no more, but he
did not at all relish the change that had
lately come over the spirit of Daisy's dream
She did change, somehow. She went out
driving, here, there and everywhere. He
never knew when he was certain of a quie
evening with her; she Joined not only tn.
club, but innumerable societies for thou
sand and one purposes, which took he
away from home almost continually. Mr.
Aiuscourt chaffed against the bit, but i
was useless. Daisy always had an excuseitt
plead.
Presently her mother-in- law bore dow
upon her, an austere old lady in black satil
and chestnut brown wig.
"Daisy, you are making my son wretch
ed.n sl- d.
Gam II" cried Daisy, "Dear me, 1 hadn'
an idea of it! What's the trouble?"
"You must ask himself" said the mother
inlaw who belicved-sensible old lady-i
Young married people settling their owl
difficulties. "An | know is the bare fact.
i So Daisy went home TO the drawing room
where Herbert lay on the sofa pretending t
read, but in reality brooding over his trou
bles.
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Hon. R. W. BEST, late See. of State.
Col. GEO. LITTLE, late U. S. Marshal.
GEO. w. SwEPsoN, Raleigh National Bank.
R. KINGsLAND late of New York
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OFFICE:
II A L f IG H, N. C.
DIRFCToRs At RALEIGH

OFFICERS:
GEO. LITTLE, Pres.t R. W. BEST, Sec. q Treas
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,

Advertisements Solicited Terms Moderate
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IOIE NUMBER 61S.

vice. The unhappy man was driven
to despair by this terrible announce.
ment. He toiled day after DAY, and
night after night be planned TO
escape. But all his plannings were
in vain, as he was heavily ironed, and
closely guarded at night. But hnaliy,
after months of disappointment, when
the attention of his guards was at
tracted elsewhere by the ceremonies
of feast, he succeeded in eluding
their vigilance, and getting rid OF his
iron he escaped from the guard-house,
and dashed wildly toward the shell
tering obscurity of thick forest,
which he reached in safety, but not
before his flight had been discovered,
and scores of the islanders had start
ed in pursuit of him.
An overruling Providence had so
ordered it that, a short time before
Testers escape, Ally Bell had been
left by Captain Hiley on an uninhab-
tied island, within sight of the group
on which Lester then was. Ally had
been drugged by Captain Hiley, and
while in deep sleep had been left
on the island, with his chest, a basket
of provisions. and full set of tools.
The boy on awaking, and finding
himself thus left alone in the vast Pa
cifc ocean, was crushed by sense of
his calamity. But he was brave
lad, and he soon rallied, and set at
work to make the best of his case.
He built himself a hut, and having a
lot of fireworks in his chest, he ar.
ranged them so that he could play
them off with effect, in case any saw
ages from the neighboring islands
should come to modest him. His
knowledge of chemistry and of fire.
works, and his skill as a ventriloquist,
was so great that he had acquired the
title of The Boy Magician" which
title he determined to make good in
case any savage visitors should at
tempt to work him mischief. He had
been in his new home but few days
when he saw a feet of canoes and
sail-boats approaching his island, and
hastily getting his fireworks in per-
feet order, he calmly awaited the ar
rival of the painted barbarians, whom
he could already distinguish eagerly
gazing into his cabin.
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CHAPTER II.
Ally ENTRAPPEn.

Before Ally Bell reached the BRIG w.
ing at the wharf, his uncle, Colonel
Nichols, had been there and arranged
with the Captain, who went by the
name Of Hiley, to carry Ally off to
China, for which service the Colonel
promised to give the Captain the brig
and ten thousand dollars, IN case tie
boy necer came back. Hiley was amur-
derer, whose real name was Sprouts,
and Colonel Nichols knew it. And
Colonel Nichols had robbed Mrs.Lester
and now wanted to rob his nephew and
have him murdered, and Hiley knew
that, and resolved that Ally Bell should
never see Norfolk again.
Where is the lad ?" he asked, as
he and Colonel Nichols finished drink
ing success to their nefarious schemes,
to which the Colonel replied:
"He should be here at this very
moment. All. l hear his step on deck
now! Here he comes p
Even as he spoke Ally Bell came
hurrying into the cabin, his face flush
ed with pleasurable excitement.
"Tm just in time to see you off,
Captain Hiley," he said, not noticing
the guilty looks Of the conspirators.
"The wind is fair and the crew anx-
ious. A good voyage to you, Captain.
Bring me some rare shells when you
return. They are for a little girl S
cabinet, and must be pretty"
"Aye, aye, Mr.. Allen" responded
the Captain heartily. Didn't you
see my collection of shells in yonder
state-room No! You are welcome
to your choice of them all, sir"
He advanced and flung open the
state-room door.
Ally bent forward and looked in.
With a quick thrust, Hiley pushed
him into the little room and hurriedly
locked the door.
With an exultant smile Colonel
Nichols said adieu, and went ashore.
The next minute the hurried tram.
ping of feet was blended with the
songs of the stout seaman, as the brig
moved slowly from the wharf toward
the sea.
Ally's first thought, on finding him
self shut up in Captain Hiley's state
room, was that the two men were jok-
ing-merely intending to scare him a
little, and then let him out; but he
soon discovered that the Quichstep-
the brig was so named-had left heI
wharf, and was standing down the
Elizabeth river toward the ocean.
The truth flashed upon him.
al see it allp' he cried, leaping te
his feet. Hiley is taking me out tc
sea with him! Captain Hileyr' ht
shouted, pounding on the wall, oper
the door this minute Let me out, o.
it will be bad for you!"
No reply was made to him-no at
tention paid to his cries.
He saw that he was fast, and wa
stunned by the knowledge of his stu
alton.
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tor bull. Day broke at last, aud ere
long came Col. Pages herdsman with
the cows, to drive into the pasture.
He took the bull along with the herd,
and Mr.. Solitary requested him to say
nothing about the matter, as it would
be likely to make talk, and, by way
of additional argument, he gave the
man SO gold piece.
When the animal was we'll out of
sight, the weary gentleman descended
from the tree, and fastened to the
rescue of Miss Green. In the confu-
sion cf contact with his beloved, a
portion of her veil was swept aside,
and the two stood face to face.
MIR. Norton, my gracious p cried
the lady, turning white with amaze.
ment.
al SIS Greystock, by George--by
George! Miss Greystock !" cried the
gentleman.
"Sir!"
"Madam 4" ?"
"Are you Mr.. Solitary"
" Are you Miss Green ?"
There fell between the two dead
silence, broken at last by Norton.
Miss Greystock we have involved
ourselves in a curious net, and are
fairly engaged; and, by George, now
that | think of it, | wonder that |
never thought of it before! The very
thing! What a mole | have been
We might have spoken about this
thing yesterday, at the house and
avoided this horrid night of roosting
on tree and wall, like geese. We
might have been made one twenty
years ago and no damage DONE"
II was very young then," murmur-
ed the housekeepr.
Excuse me, madam, so you was.
Only twenty-four now-why, you
would have been four year old bride
Quite child. But better late than
never, l say. | have always conSid-
cred you an excellent woman, madam.
You make excellent puddings."
a am glad they please you"
"Are you agreed to marry me p
Yes, sir, and with great happi-
ness. To answer truly, have loved
you ever since | came to live at your
house; but you didn't seem inclined
to ask me to be more than house
keeper to you, and seeing Mr.. Soil
tary's notice set me thinking of home
of my own"
"All perfectly proper, madam, and
let US settle the matter at once by
calling at Parson Hardy'S on the wav
home. | am a man of business, and
hold to have everything done prompt
ly."
Miss Greystock made no objection
and Parson Hardy's pocket was soon
made So heavier than it was at day.
break.
Mr.. Norton is delighted with his
wife, and wonders continually why he
never thought of marrying her before
while she goes on her way rejoicing
-concocting puddings, and feeling
assured that her fifteen hundred dol
lars are in safe keeping.
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WILCOX & GIBBS
SEWING MACHIN ES
FOR
FORTY-FIVE DOLLARS.

d 0 N T B Z s G 4 R E d ,
About Factory worn" single threaders, "adver-
tised by other partes," (see Express for mer.
chant tailor, or any other tailor ever uses loop
stitch machine, but double threaders only.
Why don't taors use the Wilcox & Gibbs
Machine? Answer-because it makes the loop
stitch and lift gets unlooped at the end of the
seam, the seam will pull open without breaking
the thread. Try it, and then you will know why
tailors don't use them.
But the Wilcox & Gibbs agent told us it made
the twisted loop" stitch, and ''fast seam" and
that it was 'frst class" machine, and run very
still, and it cost $65 with a small cover and Bar
mum self seam.
Did the agent make you believe it made a fast
seam' Yes; and he proved it by cutting nff
part of the stitches on the right side and then it
would hold to pull hard upon, straight across the
seam.
So will the seam of any of the little cheap loop
stitch machines if managed just in that way, but
that does not hinder the seam pulling open, if it
happens to get unlooped, neither does the high
price that you paid for it, nor its running still,
nor its twisted loop, make it any safer than the
work of a machine that costs but SIS The twist
is only to twist S25 or $50 more out of your
pocket than you ought to pay for them, thinking
that you are getting a fast stitch machine, when
in fact it is only loop stitch, is well known,
is liable to let your garments part asunder at
times when you would choose to be clothed rath-
er than naked.
Husband" said Mrs. G. 'what kind of a ma.
chine did Mrs. D. stitch my dress On;"
"Why, on her new Wilcox & Gibbs"
"Well, the first time l wore it, one of the bias
ing seams in the waist pulled open. One stitch
broke, and then enc side pulled off. leaving the
loops of thread in the other side. Now, 1 will
never have another stitch of work done on it,
nor any other loop stitch machie, and when you
get me sewing machine, you may order me a fast
stitch machine from F. P. CHENEY-either a
GOLD MEDAL" or a "NEW AMERICAN
COMBlNATION." He will furnish them with
hemmers to turn the hem up or down, and they
will fell, braid bind, tuck, and embroider, and
run from twenty thicknesses of heaAy cotton
cloth on to one thickness of fine muslin, without
changing thread, needle or tension, and the New
American will make nice, strong button holes,
and do overseaming, making the over edge
stitch, and it runs much stiller than any of the
old style shuttle machines, and the shuttle is
very easily threaded and regulated. 1t costs
only a trife more than the Wilcox & Gibbs, and
would sooner buy it if it cost SIR times as much
for, as Governor Hartman of n. H., said in his
letter to Judge Barrett, 81 regard it as far ahead
of any other sewing machine in existence" and
certainly think it very silly to pay great price
for small, single thread loop stitch machine.
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True Courage.

| love the man whose honest heart
Will bravely dare and bravely do;
Who will not act the towards part,
But strong in right, will right pursue;
Whose knee ne'er bending at the nod
OF titled pomp or regal power,
But bows alone before his God,
With hope his crown and love his dover;
Who dares to face the world of scorn,
And dares brothers hand to span,
Though dark the skin and rough the form;
If vet that brother be man;
Who strikes where'er wrong is found,
And brands tyrant to his face;
Nor courts applause, an empty sound,
But firmly treads in virtues trace.
Such are the men who've stemmed the tide
And Glove the way through giant wrong,
WhO've fought triumphant, side by side,
Mid perils deep and troubles long;
Their martyred forms are thickly strewn
On many an ancient field of crime;
But seeds Of truth they've widely sOwn,
To blossom rich in coming time,
Amid those armies of the dead,
Whose legions pale and silent lie,
Their lives passing fragrance shed,
Their names, immortal, meier shall die.
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Only Once ? and No, Not Once |!

"Only once" the tempter said with smiling lip.
Tempted thus, the young man took the fatal sip:
And time passed on. Hush! gently tread;
Death guards this night the drunkard's bedi
"Only Once' the tempter sad with winning voice.
Selling the box, the young man threw the rattling
dice;
And time passed on. What can earth have
More sad than this-a gamblers grave?
No, not once, the young man said, and, rising up
Wavering not, he pushed aside the sparkling cup:
And time passed on No nObler fame
Has earth than his-an hOnored name.
mo, not once,' the youth exclaimed, and turned
away.
Others filled his place, and Joined the exciting play:
And time passed on. How lived that boy?
\ fathers pride, mothers jOy
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Your admirable needle woman is the only
seamstress that defies extortionate men. They
cannot cheat it, nor starve it, nor deprive it of
sleep, nor tire it out, nor make its hands weary.
1t is a worker that is match for the most un-
wearied and avaricious manufacturer. At last
I am thankful that there is a machine woman
that cannot be oppressed nor kept in suffering.
-Rer Henry Ward Beecher.
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Notice below the opinions of several eminent
" popular, as well as practical and discerning
men in regard TO the utility of sewing machines: :
There is not an invention ofthis inventive age
which honors American genius more chan the
sewing machine. No family ought to be depriv
ed of its benefts.-Neae York Independent.
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They will force the industry of women into
thousand new channels, and emancipate her
from the cramped posture and slow starvation
of needle work. Ultimately nearly every COM
Portable household will have its sewing machine
-Neto York Tribune.
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WoMAN's GREATEST BooN.-We would ad-
wise man TO forego athresher, and thresh wheat
with fail, rather than see a wife wear her
health, vigor, and life away in the everlasting
"stitch, stitch, STITCH" when a sewing machine
can be obtained.-Ameylcan Agricuaa0isf.
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"Clck, click, click,
Merry, tireless and free
Click click, click,
Is merry sound TO me.
With bodice trim and neat,
seam, and gusset, and band,
With my daintily slippered feet,
And small, white fingered hand.
Stitch to the click of the steel,
And never an aching head,
While turn the gliding wheel,
With the silver cleaning thread.
o Woman no more a slave,
To gusset and seam, and band,
Shall beautiful grow, and brave
In the light of this happy land"
asNew American,'' "Gold Medal,'
sWeed," ""Home Shuttle, ,''"Bart-
Iett,'' s'GIObe," ''WilcOX Il
Gibbs,'' Sewing Ma
chimes on
hand
and the
Foot Power
Knitting Macchins
for sale and all warranted.
Superior Cabinet Organs and Me-
Iodians, manf'd by the Boston Organ Co
+. =. CHENEY,
Barton or Glover.
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A good stock of
A Good Dairy Farm for Sale.

" ~IVVN 0"'' Ut TT TOT OV'O'
l will sell at private sale, my FARM pleasant
ly located on the Greek road near East Albany,
containing 100 acres of excellent land, well fenc-
ed ore Of the best springs in Orleans county
running to house, barn good neighbors; a good
hop yard on the premises, buildings good, nice
house and splendid horse barn, good school
near BY; also, large sugar orchard with 900
buckets and sugar house. pans and holders, all
in good order Said farm will keep 10 cows and
team the year round; also, a goodly quantity of
fruit trees This farm is known rs the Fairman
Farm. Also, hay, grain, farming tools, sugar
tools and stock with the farm.
36tf NATHANIEL CHAFFEE.
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- of Furniture, Carpets, Room Paper, Cloth
Curtains, Fixtures, Tassels and Cord also a
good assortment of COtius and Caskets.
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MN J0SLYN & SONS-Apothecare and
w Wholesale Druggists, Barton, VT.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-07-07
The Late Freshets in Kansas.

Advlces from Kansas, in relation to the
late storm and freshets in that state, say
IN the nelghborhood of junction City and
west of there the flood is reported greater
than any other since the settlement of the
state. Bridges have be carried away,
houses destroyed, and many lives lost
The greatest disaster occurred at Chap
mans Creek, thirteen miles west of June
ton City where several houses were washed
away and thirteen persons were known to
be drowned, and it is supposed thata num-
Der of others had perished. The rise in
the stream was so sudden and unexpected
that before the residents in the valley were
aware of the danger, their dwellings, were
surrounded with water and all chance of
escape cut off. It was reported that num-
bers had escaped by climbing trees, and in
that situation were awaiting the decline of
the flood.
At Manhattan, fourteen dead bodies had
been seen floating down the river. The
railroad bridge at Chapman's Greek is gone:
another at Eureka four miles west of Man
haitian, and the new railroad bridge. lust
completed, on the Southern Branch Road.
across the Smoky Hill, opposite junction
City, was carried away. At Topeka, the
pontoon bridge and the bridge of the At
Gibson, Topeka and Santa Fe Road were
either severely damaged or in danger. In
other sections of the country many Of the
streams are full. If the present weather
continues the crops will be badly damaged.
There has been great destruction by the
freshet to the bridges and track Of the Kan
sas Pacific Railroad from the Salomon Riy-
er to Manhattan, and q loss Of thirty lives
is reported. No mail trains have arrived
at Ellsworth since Friday last
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-07-07
A Family Drowned.

We learn OF distressing accident having
occurred in Pre-Emption township on Sat-
u day, the 18th instant. A Swede family,
consisting of man and wife and two chill
dren, reside about four miles east of Mr.. H
Boone's, near Edwards. The man left
home In the morning for work, and On re-
turning at night found no one at home, and
made search for them. Knowing that his
wife intended to go to a neighbor's during
the day, living on the opposite side of TIE
creek, he proceeded to the place they were
in the habit of crossing. We are informed
that the family were in the habit of ferossin3
the stream on a raft made for the purpose.
Nothing was to be seen of wife or children,
but small bundle found at the waters
edge was convincing proof that they had
went there for the purpose of crossing, al /
forced the unwelcome thought upon the
mind of the husbend and father, that his
loved ones had, perhaps, met watery
grave The neighbors knew nothing of
their whereabouts, and under the circum-
stances were forced to the conclusion that
they were drowned. The next day the citi-
zens of the neighborhood turned out and
dragged the creek for the purpose of find
ing them. The day was spent in the search,
and one of the children found in a pile of
driftwood. On Monday the search was re-
newed, and the mother and other child
found.
1t is supposed that in attempting to cross
the stream, (Which was considerably swoll-
en) that the raft became eunmanageable and
that the mother and children perished to-
gethef, almost in sight oftheir home. Ale
do (IH.1 Record
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-07-07
What the Features Indicate.

We are told that the extremes of both
lafgeness and smallness of statue are not
favorable to the strength of Intellect
Giants and dwarfs are generally deficient
N THIS respect, and excessive corpulency
or mea9feness is seldom associated with
mental activity. Aristotle and Bonaparte.
however, were very short, Charles james
Fox was exceedingly fat, Daniel Webster
both broad and tail, and Lord Nelson a liy-
ing skeleton.
A large head is generally the accompani-
ment OF great intellect; but d small one
with comparatively extensive forehead Is
quite consistent with mental capacity.
Raphael, Charles XXI, Frederick the
Great, and Lord Brougham were illustra-
tons OF the latter fact.
1t is said that any nose which is less
than the height of the forehead is IN iIdi-
cation of the defective intellectual power.
The eyes indicate character rather by
color than form. The dark blue are found
most commonly in persons of a gentle and
refined character. Light blue and gray il
the rude and energetic. Iavater says:
''Hazel eyes are the more usual indications
OF a mind masculine, vigorous and pro-
found; just as genius, so called, is almost
always associated with eyes of a yellowish
cast bordering on hazel"
The higher the brows rise the more their
possessor is supposed to be under The in
fiuence of feeling, and the lower the better
controlled by his reason.
A very small eyebrow is an indication of
want of force Of character.
A tolerably large mouth is essential to
vigor and energy, and very small mouth
is indicative of weakness and Incidence.
In manly face, the upper lip should ex-
tend beyond and dominate the lower.
Fleshy lips are oftener found associated
with voluptuous, and meagre ones with q
passionate nature.
The retreating chin indicates weakness,
the perpendicular strength, and the sharp,
aeuteness of mind.