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Pin Money.

All Indies know what pin money Is, but
it may be interesting to them To learn the
origin of the expression. and also to know
that it is dircc,ly connected with New
Years day Until the beginning Of the
sixteenth cent;ry the only pins Used by
the poorer Glasses were mcGa Of wood. In
fact, they We're DO pins at all, but s;lowcrs,
which, for thc use cf the wealthy, were of
boxwocd, bone and silver. At the period
above named the metal pins now in use
we're invented. and peoplo Of fashion gerc
eager to possess them. They at once be-
came the most popular and acceptable New
Years gift for i:.d;es, but it soon grew
customary to give, instead If the pins
themselves. the money with which to pur-
chase them, and this was called pin mon
ey," a term which gradually came to be
applied to all money given to ladies for
dress and personal adornment.
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GhaC Keeps ills trouble TO himself, out
there's something bout New Year 8 that
makes one confidential like -
'Si, senor,;' said Pedro as he extended
his 1.-the form toward the warming fire.
Sim Belden turned over on his breast,
and, resting his bearded chin on his up
turned palms, looked at the dancing flames
and continued:
"There was never a man loved his broth
. er as loved my brother Jack. Two years
younger'n n me and handsome as picture
no wonder Alice Thorpe shook rue for
him But it wasn't fair That's why
! kicked When our raft went to pieces on
! the Suscuehanna years and years ago. it
! was Jack that not caring for himself, dove
| under the logs and fished me out. But
| often and often, as I've soo by this fire as
I'm doing now, l wished he'd have let ne
! drown. It's no favor to save life and
! curse it, and that's what he did.
! Jack was always wild, and when IA
! ther died and left all the property to me ex-
! cept s. for him, I put my arm about him
! and said: Never mind, Jack. III divy
| fair. So long as I've got a dollar so cents
/ of it's yours Then he kissed me like
/ when we were boys, and there were tears
! on my cheek that did not come from my
eyes,
while he was clearing his throat Pedro
! gave utterancc to his first English word,
"Damnn'
/ Eyes, Pedro, that's just how often feel
| You see can't blame him for falling in
| love with her, for heaven never made a
! prettier to look at; but it was the deceit on
| both sides. You understand?'
"Si, senor.''
| "Curious enough, it was Just three years
ago this very New Years eve when dis
covered them in the hall Of her house
talking in loving whispers and with his
arm about her. My God. felt like strih-
ing the two dead, bat bit my lip till the
| blood came; then I galicped back home,
f. where my aunt was the housekeeper, for
| mother was dead. I said nothing to her,
| but l wrote two notes-one to JACK. leav-
| ing him all the property, AMI .he ether to
| Alice Thor:,e> telling I'd discovered Sac
| was false ana asking. her to marry my
| brother Theu I stared for the vest, and
| the life before me- waE -lcOmy as the canyon
| depths Oh n cloudy o!Gs3!gIlI.
| ''At first felt i.i-e changing lIy name
but, as I'd never brought t;isf,rt;e or it,
| let it stani. What tiers = name II {
man who's left the wcr,si nh; I'd forever:
"Thero's the story, . -. That 5 WHY
I'm here. and Eoura ce st "n;t the las
| human being that'u ever hear o. it from
| my lips Savoy:''
''Si, senor,' sad Pedro, without TIM
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Notice..
NORTH CAROLINA, superior Court,

NORTH CAROLINA, superior Court.
VANCE COUNTY. ! Before the Clerk.
o. Beaman Harris and Cyrus T.. Harris
and Matte Love Harris. by their next
friend K. w. Coghili and J. K. Harris:
Against
j. ii. Ipperman and wife Bette 4.
Geo y. Le BoyteauX and wife Missouri
d., Il. 7. Harris, w. J. Harris, Cora q.
Phelps, Clyde Z. Harris and &. II. Har-
rIS.
1t appearing TO ,he court 10y AFFIDAVIT
that the defendants Geo B. LeBoyteaux
and wife Missouri D.. and w. j. Harris,
are nOn-reSideDts of the State af North
Carolina and cannot after due diligence
be found in said State, and that the sub
ject of the proceeding is real estate situ-
ate In Fauce county, in which aid defen-
dants have an interest:
Said defendants will take notice that the
above entitled proceeding has been iusti-
stuffed before the Clerk Of Vance Superior
court to sell the lands OF Harvill UarTi>,
deceased. allotted as dover TO his widow,
} X. Harris, sold for partition, among
the widow and heirs at law of said laTvil
Harris. deceased; and said defendente arr
requested to appear and answer or demur
to the complaint Oh December 3lst 1srr
ID. H. It'll,
CPk OF the Superior COur-ffyance Co.
Thomas NJ. Pittman atty for Pla inliG
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and prOportionate amount of drinkables,
for the traditions CT his youth led him to
believe that both We're essential to a popu-
lar observance of the season.
This evening in the cabin, after supper,
Sim Belden was unusually taikative, and,
forgetting or ignoring that Pedro's COM
prehension Of English was limited, he rat
tied on like one thinking aloud and wish
ing for no comment on what he said.
"It's been no end of a fine day, Pedro
just like the New Year ewes we used to
have back in the Alleghanies when I was
a boy like you. But tonight We'll pay for
it, and I'm much afraid tomorrow will be
a regular DID, bowling New Years day"
Seeing that the white man hesitated,
Pedro looked wonderingly up and said, "Si,
senor''
Sim Belden lit his pipe and throwing
himself on cinnamon bearslsin before
the fire locked at Pedro for Il few minutes
and then went On, "Of course, Pedro, you
wasn't ever in love-"
Pedro said, "Si, scnOr,' and scratched
his head like one perplcxed.
"No, Pedro, you don t savey, and hope
you never Will. If you should ever be took
that way, commit suicide unless you re
dead sure. But, then, no one is ever dead
sure of q woman, Or Cf q man either, for
the matter of that
"Now, Pedro, amt in the habit of
giving myself away. I'm one Of the kind
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slightest comprehension of the secret that
had been conf1ded to him.
Sim Belden was about to speak again,
but he was changed from his purpose by a
rush, q roar and crash that filled the air
and shook the earth as if the mountain was
tumbling into St. Luis park.
"a snowslide! Thank God there's no
one on the trail between here and Garland
tonight" Sim Belaen sat up and looked
at the Indian boy, whose lean face and
black eyes were filed with an expression
of intent anxiety.
man? Speak out!"
For reply Pedro bounded to his feet, and
pointing in the direction of the trail he
shouted:
"White man! White manw
In an instant Sim had the door open
The whirling snow clouds limited his
vision to the path Of light before the open
door, but above the roaring of the storm
he heard the cry:
"Help! For Gods sake, helpr'
"Stay here and keep the door openw
That is what Sim Belden shouted as he
buttoned up his fur coat and leaped down
the snow piled trail
Pedro had no conception Of the ordinary
measure of time, but it seemed to him that
at least q day had passed since the white
man had disappeared. At length his heart
was gladdencd as he saw him breasting
through the snow and bearing another
white man in his arms
Sim Belden staggered into the cabin and
laid his burden on the fur covered floor,
and the instant he saw tho f6ce Of tho un-
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Ancient Rome'A New iear.

After Julius Caesar reformed the calen-
dar Jan. 1 was observed as holiday by
the Romans. Ovid tells how people gen.
orally refrained from litigation and strife
at that time, and there were special re-
Ugious functions In the temples. Later
writer's say that among the special obser7'
ances of New Years day were exchanges
of visits, the giving and receiving OF pres
ents and mnsquerading and feasting AT
first the church frowned on any observance
of this holiday, as we'll as of the popular
saturralia festival which preceded Il, ana
Tertullian inveighed against 1t Win ms
accustomed severity. Chrysos1oIn a!so
preached against it, and numerous provln-
cial councils passed canons against 1t
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MESSAGE OF THE BELLS.

Ring out, biithe bells of the New Yeari
Ring out to all your summons clearl
Message of hope, despair to quell,
Is borne upon your silvery SWELL
Ring, bells of cheer. across the snow
MI with courage faint hearts glow!
Hath friend seemed f;sithless, love grown
cold;
Hast lost that wand cf magic, goId2
Saddcst Of all. hath death snatched ono
Whose presence was to thee ife's sun?
Yet look not back. The darkest cloud
But serves an azure sky to shroud.
Thy friend his fealty yet may prove,
Love that coUll change was never love.
And folly 'twerc lost wealth to mourn.
While tickle fortunes wheel doth turn.
Grim death, though conqucror Of clay,
Bows to a nlightier conqucrors sway,
Thy loved one hath but crossed times sea
To its fair shores-eternity.
Mary F. Stafford
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for they We're lIore by hundreds; but, as
usual, / Was g. ;;ied by moderation and
took only enough for Use 1T our table and
for museum srcCi !lG:!S.
In az immense cave at the north end of
the island. i.cti local tradition states was
once the hiding place CT biuebcard when
he Cr:'isad these seas. were hundreds Of
great bats, and one l shot measured 26
inches across lis outstrctched wings. In
the old castle, also, they sHaTnled in the
vaUlted chambers creating by the Tapping
of their wings Il sound like the roaring of
Il storm TcxCl sea. The castle walls were
the haunts as well of large lizards, with
now and tlicn tarantril.s and scorpions,
for, being within tie tropics, this bit of
paradise had the annOyances as well as the
del lights of regions near tc tho equator
On Sunday, te day after the parson and
/ had shot the 1ccr ard guinea fowl, l at
tended se'E- : at the little church The
sermon VS. - crtu,, the preacher eloquent
and c;2rnc=s Dat perhaps neither Of us gave
a Thought to the brace Of fat birds and
the hlunch Of vcnison 10 be served at early
dinner
Full many a time and oft have thrust
my feet beneath West Indian mahogany in
the course OF several years travel in those
than that first Sunday of the new year at
the hospitabe board of my friends, the
parson and the planter.
One should kill his own game and work
hard for it to fully appreciate its flavor
should wash it down with good wines and
have good company to share it. All these
concomitants were mine that day, and
many days, until the killing CT t:le game
became finally secondary consideration
the daily gatherings at table the real and
Measurable events of the waking hours.
have often come near to envying my
good friends their peaceful, patriarchal life
in their beautiful insular domain, and I
recall with gratitude the pleasures they
made mine in the rides and walks, the
guinea fowl hunts by moonlight, the deer
stalking in woods and old fields, and finally
the home seeking after hours of toll in the
leat, the cool evening air. fragrant with
the delicious odors of frangipani and acacia
/ blossom. FRED A. OBER
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New Years In Paris.

Tho exchanging of gifts, which in Eng
land is falling into innocuous desuetude,
is kept up in Paris. Parents make gifts
of portions to the children, brothers give
to sisters, and husbands settle sums of
money on their wives. Callers are expect
ed, when not ladies, to make presents at
every house they call at, and it is an in
teresting sight to see carriages loaded with
bonbons, candies and sweet meats in the
most fantastic shapes and brightest colors,
the strangest receptacles for the sweets
thus distributed. LIE Jour L An is certain of
one day when the home side of the French
comes out and Paris is less herself then
than at any other time
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he was ursocial, and those with whom he
traded at Garland believed that he had hit
upon {. rich find under the snow line, and
that he would make it hot for the man
who tried to be his neighbor.
Sim Belden had been mining alone in
the Sierra Blanca, but during the past 70
months he had companion, q young Ute
lad named Pedro, ~hom he had found
dying and abandoned over on the headwa-
ters of the Del Norte
When Sim Belden, without any process
of law, became Pedro's guardian, that
youth knowledge of English was confined
to the one word damn His acquaint-
ance with Spanish was q little more ex-
tensive. he knew that buenos dias meant
good day." sabo, 'understand;" 81, senior,
"yes, SIR" and dinero, money" But
there is language of signs which all un-
derstand.
Sim had just como up from Garland
burdened with q great pack of eatables
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UNDER A SHADOW.
A NEW YEAR STORY OF MINING LIFE BIT
FRED COLLINS
lCopyright, 1861

copyright. 1861
The people in ST. Luis park that New
Years eve looking to tho east saw under
the towering white crests of the Sierra
Blanca high smoke pillar rising with tho
sky, and it brought JOY to their hearts, for
1t assured them now, rs it did after every
great storm, that Sim Belden was still
alive, still able to grub under the foot of
the ever threatening avalanche for the for
tune he had left the world to win.
Sim Belden was tall, handsome giant
of 80, who had come from no one knew
where. The few who knew him thought
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Visiting In Persia,

In Persia, among tho aristocracy, the
visitor sends notice an hour Or two before
calling and gives a days notice if the visit
is one of great Importance. He is met by
servants before he reaches the house, and
other considerations arc shown him, ac-
cording to relative rank. The left and not
the right is considered tho position of
honor
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the Iath Of nayi-
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He-Mabel, last February you promised
to give me your answer on New Years day.
Since then l have generously refrained
from seeking your company, and now, my
darling, have come to claim you.
She-Alas! l fear it is too late You
know I've been engaged to Charlie Smith
since March.
He-Oh that's all right. He's friend
Of mine, and l asked him to become en-
gagged to you as a favor, to keep the other
fellows of.
She-Yes, but we We're married last
week.
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row, had hung sprig of mistletoe.
He could not help it-he kissed her.
She looked so pretty, SO innocent, under
that sprig Of ,nistletoe.
Yes, it was an ungentlemanly and
unmanly thing to do Her frightened,
startled look panied him. He stammered
out miserable excuse. Her great eyes
filled with tears, and she gave little
choking sob when he apologized.
Dear little innocent, he thought,
81 would not have hurt her for the
world
And she-atter he was gone-she
,!ropped into great chair and sobbed.
Like him? love him. And to think
that he should kiss me at last and then
10 say he didn't mean anything by it!
Whz. does be think put the mistiete
there for:
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A ABARBUDANEWYEAR
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whole. he deemed advisable, though
an opinion on that point could not be
stated with absolute positiveness. He
thought it possible that intervention at
a later date on grounds of humanity,
if affairs in Cuba reach a sufficiently
serious condition, was better than ac-
ton in the direction of recognizing
belligerency now. The professor ex-
pressed the fear that the United States
is creating q series of exceedingly dan
gerous precedents.
SECRETARY SEWARD'S LETTER.
A letter written by Secretary Seward
to Minister Dayton in 1868, in regard
to the war of France against Mexico
has a special application to the Cuban
case of to-day. He said:
Difficult as the exercise of self-gov-
eminent there (Mexico) has proved to
be, it is, nevertheless, quite certain
that the attempt to maintain foreign
authority there would encounter insur-
mountable embarrassment. The coun-
try possesses immense, practically mex
haustible resources. They invite for
eign labor and capital from all for
efpn countries to become naturalized
and incorporated with the resources OF
the country and of the continent, while
all attempts to acquire them by force
must meet with the most annoying ana
injurious hindrance and resistance.
'sThis is equally true of Mexico and
of every portion of the American con
tinent
ut is more than a hundred years
since any foreign State has successfully
planted colony in America, or even
strengthened its hold upon any pre-
yiously existing here. Through all the
social disturbances which attend a
change from the colonial state to in
dependence and the substitution of the
democratic for the monarchial system
of government, it seems TO us that the
Spanish-American States are steadily
advancing toward the establishment of
permanent institutions of self-govern-
ment. Washington Star
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CRAM sTRIKEs 81 RuTLER.
Wayne County Populists Declare for
Fusion.


On Saturday last the Populist com
mittee of Wayne county met in Colds
boro at the call of Mr. w. q. Hollo-
well, the chairman. A resolution was
adopted by unanimous vote declaring
for cooperation with the Republicans
from bottom to top. Mr.. Hollowell
formerly conducted the Caucasian.
This is said to have been a retalia-
tory movement on the part of Hiram
i. Grant to hedge off amy anticipation
action on the part of Senator Butler
towards the consideration Of Demo
cratic and Populist fusion Mr. Grant
will, it is said, use his influence to get
the Populists and Republicans together
in the counties at the earliest moment.
Mr.. Grant is said, moreover. to have
both Of his sleeves loaded TO the shout
der for Senator Butler for failure ON
his part to come to (his) Grants
rescue. Press-Visitor
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