VOI,. XXII.
WELDON, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1892.
NO. 46
BACK FROM HADES.
THOSE MOSQUITOES.
THAT "SLATE." 'SICNS IN THE HEAVENS.
ENS1BLE COTTON TALK.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
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THE STARTLING EXPERIENCE OF A
WEST VIRGINIA YOUTH.
Rev. John T. Johnson, the celebrated
mountain evangelist, who has been travel
ing in West Virginia for nearly forty
yeiir, states that during a revival at
Round Bottom, Monongoliu county, lnt
Sunday, a young man of that place who
had been ill with consumption for Bouie
time died, descended into hell, returned
to life in an hour and after describing
his trip embraced religion and again' died
happily in the full belief of his future
salvation.
After stating that the young man, who
was one of tho most intelligent in the
county, a skeptic, Mr. Johuson said :
"Ho was apparently lying at tho point
of death. Rev. Mr. O'Daniels and myself
were called upon to endeavor to bring
biui to Christ. While Mr. O'Daniels
was talking to him, holding him by the
hand, he seemingly expired aud. was
pronounced dead by all in the room. He
remained in this condition for some time,
when ho suddeuly began breathing
heavily and then struggling as though
with some1 tnigb'y monster. lie seemed
endowed with supernatural strength, and
it required the utmost exertions of several
powerful men to keep him on, the bed.
"Tlie struggle continued for an hour,
when he calmed down, and, regaining his
senses, requested me to sing and pray
with him. After thoso exercises ho told
us that when he became insensible to
earth he found himself at the brink of
yawuiug black chasm; lurid fires seemed
to be burning at a great distance down
and shrieks of the most unearthly kind
greeted his ears.
"After remaining quiet for a shot time
he felt a thread by his hand; he grasped
it, and had hardly done so when a mighty
wind struck his body, almost tearing his
limbs out of their socket, and dashing
him down into the mouth of the pit,
' where he swayed from sido to side cling
ing to the thread, which alone kept him
from falling into the flames below. He
knew that should the thread break or he
lose his grasp he was doomed forever,
tad he thought to himself: "I have
been a skeptic and God Almighty is
showing me that there is a hell of dark
ness and fire to which unbelievers are
exposed, and he grasped the thread the
tighter.
"After what seemed to him an intermi
nable time, the wind ceased and he knew
nothing until he requested the ministers
to pray with him.
"Shortly after his return to Hfe, Mr.
Johnson says, he made his peace with
God, aud after giving full directions re
garding his burial, bidding his friends
good bye and requesting Mr. O'Daniels
when he officiated at his funeral to relate
his remarkable experience for the benefit
of others, died peacefully in his Saviour's
arms." '
That Messrs. Johnson, O'Daniels and
U the others who witnessed this strange
ffair believe actually in its supernatural
less is unquestioned. ' "They arc all
persons whose veracity is beyond question,
and cveu the physicians assert tho young
aan was actually dead. The relating of
iesHory at tho funeral caused consider
able eicitemeut, and poople'are flocking
w tne churches throughout this vicinity,
meetings being hold day and night since
Thursday, the day upon which the young
to&n was buried.. '
It is said that the final request of the
joung man was that a report of his ex
perience b published broadcast, bo that
8"en might know vthere was a hell.
Baltimore Herald.
Don't waste time, money and ', health
trying every new inodicine you may see
advertised in the papers. If the cause
'jonr trouble is in the blood, liver,
Woojseh, or kidneys, take Ayer's Sarsa
panlU at once, and be sur of a cure.
lm no other.
1
ron DYSPEPSIA,
"NilffWtfOT, mi Stomach dtaorderi, DM
MlOWJ'l IROll BITTKRIS. .
u Mln ben it, si boto.. (tenuis ban
""w-maxk sod eroawd red lints on wrap.
NO MOSQUITOES IN FLORIDA BUT YEL
LOW JACKETS WERE QUITE PLENTI
FUL. Congressman Dougherty, of Florida, is
a firm believer in the superior attractions
of his State, us the following truo story
will testify :
On oiio occasion a Massachusetts man
was his guest and tho congressman took
him around showing htm the charms
nature had so lavishly beitowed upon the
favored sction.
"See," said Colonel Dougherty raptu
rously "tho beautiful flowers, the luscious
fruits, the soft blue sky the birds of
brilliaut plumage, the gentle undulations
of the laud "
"0, yes, I see 1". replied the practical
Yankee, slapping his face and hands, "I
see; but these infernal mosquitoes ruin
the prospect."
"Why, my dear sir," expostulated
Dough tery, "there are no mosquitoes
here. You are totally mistaken. You
only think so."
Tho visitor wouldn't be persuaded,
however, and after an argument, emphif
sized by slaps, lie accepted a bet of $50
from his host that he (tho host would
take off all his clothes and lie on his face
in the sand for ten minutes and not be
disturbed by the mosquitoes, nor show the
slightest sign of discomfort.
Tho congressman peeled down to the
skin, prostrated himself, and the visitor
stood over hiuw holding a watch with oue
hand aud fighting tho pests with the
other.
For five, six, seven minutes Doughterty
lay there, covered with mosquitoeJ, but
betrayiug not the slightest emotion. The
visitor by this time thought he was going
to lose his fifty, and with great sagacity
took a sunglass from his pocket and
focused tho rays on the congressman's
back. For a quarter of a minute Dough
terty lever flinched, then he began to
squirm. Tho Yankee kept perfectly
still. In three quarters of. . a minute
Doughtery was contorting like a man in
agony, and stretching back one baud
appeatiugly to the visitor, he called out
'Say, Boston, if you'd let me kill
that dura yellow jacket I'll go you 350
more on the mosquitoes. Washington
Critic.
THUY MET AT LAST.
ANB HE APPROVED OF THE STYLE IN
WHICH THE YANKEE WAS GOT UP.
He sat on the curbstone, the fractions
part of a man. Both arms were absent
one leg was gone and a dark cicatrice
over the left cheekbone indicated that h
had met trouble face to face, A Grand
Armv suit and the bronzo button of the
order indicated sufficiently where the
difficulty had been encountered. Came
that way a tall, soldierly man, he Was
dark and with moustache and hair streak
ed with gray. He had the swinging stride
of the soldier which, once acquired, never
leaves the possessor unless he uses
crutch. , ,"
The tall man glanced hastily at the
veteran, then stopping, he turned and
taking a rull i'roui his pocket, removed
tho inside bill, cast it into the tin cup
before the veteran and strode o. There
was a struggle in an old soldier's heart hi
twecn desire and honesty. Honesty
triumphed, aud the battered man hailed
his benefactor.
"Hey there! Hain't you made a mis
take, stranger?"
"Not that I know of. Why?"
"That was a ten you gave me."
"Well, what of that?"
"I thought uiebbe you'd made a mis
take meant a one dollar note, p'r'aps."
"No," said the tall man. "It's
tight. I fought on the other side , and
you're the first cussed Yankee I've seen
lately trimmed exactly to suit my notion
-Chicago Herald.
All scalp and skin diseases, dandruff,
falling uf the hair, tray or faded hair,
may be cured by using that nature's tine
remedy, Hall uatr tfenewer.
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER PAYS ITU
RESPECTS TO MADAME RUMOR.
Madame Rumor has been tattling pretty
freely of late, and gives out some rather
siguiGeant statements, and which we were
iorlutiato enough to catch on the ' fly."
Among them she says that the rail
roads have decided on their man for
Governor that the political bosses huvo
acquiesced in the selection and have
joined in and made up the "slate" for
the State ticket, which they claim will
win. 1 he man for Governor is a onr
way from being an .Allianceman or a
mend to their principles, but that little
matter cau bo adjusted very easily, aud
mis ia me way it is 10 ne Uuue: ine
nominees for Secretary of Stale, Lieu-
teuaut tjrovernor and lreasurer are to
come from the Alliance and each of
these, the Madame says, has also been
selected. But the Madame also irives
out an ugly, very ugly little i matter in
connection witn. tne programme. It is
to the effect that the man who has been
fixed upon for Treasurer (one of the
leading Alliancemen of tho State) is to
be boomed and puffed until the day be
fore the State Convention meets and then
he is to be dropped and the present in
cumbent is to be nominated. If there be
any truth in this, we feel assured that
the present incumbent has had nothing
to do with,it. And if this programme is to
be attempted, there can be but one pur
pose iu it and that is to keep the Alliance
from bringing this man prominently for
ward as a candidate for the nomination
for Governor, and it is to keep au Al
lianceman from becoming Governor of
the State.
When a child we sometimes had to
take quinine and to conceal the stuff it
was wrapped in roasted apple or some
thing to rob it of its terror to us, but try
as they might to hide it we knew it was
there all the same. Will the Alliance be
called on in 1S92 to take a dose of politi
cal quinine? And will the railroad and
politioal doctors fool us by wrapping . it
up in an Alliance coating? Not much.
And are the Alliance people of North
Carolina such a set of fools that they
will not only allow but actually aid in
slaughtering one of their members that
their enemies may carry out their plans?
Not much!
We may have occasion to refer to this
matter again. Meantime we admonish
the brotherhood to keep their eyes and
ears open.
KHHT BRINGS BEAUTY.
A SOUTHERN AVOMAN S ADVICE TO HER
SISTERS.
"Rest a plenty, dear," is the Southern
woman's advice in cases of trouble or illness
and there is more reason and sense in the
prescription than in the united wisdom
of ail the doctors in America. Half the
ills of feminine flesh and spirit may be
lai 1 at the door of strain and overfatigue,
and au afternoon of perfect repose will
often ward off a week's illness. By repose
I don't mean sitting iu an easy chair with
a book tr some work to be interrupted
and made to jump up half a dozen times,
with hands and brain just as active at if
you were about your business.
No; lie prone on a comfurrsble sofa cr
bed, with corset and boots removed and a
light wrap thrown over you; have the
room -a bit darkened, and think about
the pleasant things you can conjure up.
Follow the example of the lower animals.
They realize that Test and warmth are
the very best medicines.
Rest every now and then, even if there
is nothing absolutely wrong with you
It will make you lovely, and to a real
womanly woman beauty, or at least at
tractiveness, is as well worth working for
as anything on earth. New York Press
To the question, "which u your favor
ite poem? there may be a great -variety
of answers; but when asked, which is
vour favorite blood purifier? there can be
o mnlr rpr' ftarsunnrill. Vm-
I iir I jr v ciu a y .. ... 1 .
vause it is the purest, Bafest, aud to i
economical.
LIEUT. TOTTKJf FIGURES THAT THE
SAVIOUR'S ADVENT IS IMMINENT AT
ANT MOMENT.
Lieutenant Totten, United States
army, in an interview to-day regarding
tho conjunction of Jupiter and Venus,
had this to say in addition to what he said
in a previous interview, says tt New
Haven (Connecticut) dispatch to the
New York Sun :
"It is a rare occurrence instead of a
frequent one. It always coincides with
notable events. These planets are for
signs and seasons They never fail to
make them. Some twenty-one conjunc
tions have occurred since Luther's time.
I will refer only to flic last. On July
20 and 21, 1859, there was a conjunction
of Jupiter and Venus which closely
111.1 T . 1 .
seiuoieu tne coming one. JNow, tins
conjunction followed the regular law and
preceded historic events of the utmost
moment. They give warniug to the
watchers exactly as the conjunction which
preceded the nativity by several years
warned tho Maui of coming events. The
conjunction of 1859, of course, preceded
the year 1860. Let us see what occurred
in 18(K) and. thereabouts. It is perhaps
needless to mention the civil war, an
unparralleled strife. But the world was
in the throes of war at the same time
for all the world has hitherto revolved
about Rome. It was in 18G0 that
Victor Emanuel led the insurrection in
the Papal States, on September 8th
The Sardinians entered on September
11th, defeated the Papal troops ut Castel
Fidardo ou September 18th, taking
Arcona on September 17-2l)th. Vivtor
Emanuel took command of the army, aud
entered the kingdom of Naples on Goto
ber 15th. Garibaldi defeated the Nea
politans at Volturno, and greated Victor
Emanuel as King of Italy on October
26th. He entered Naples ' as King on
November 7th. This was as short as
the Franco-Prussian war. In the far
East were likewise significant iu religion
The massacre of the Christians by the
Druses was May 26th to July 1st. The
Mohammedans massacred the Christians
at Damascus, 3,300 slain, on July 9th
the english and French governments iu
terfered in August; 4,00M French soldiers
landed at Beyrout on August 22 J; Lord
Duffdrin, the British Commissioner in
Syria, arrived in Damascus on Septem
ber tJth. Note now that these September
dates, both iu Mohammedanism aud
Italy both struck together. Note
however, a more siirniffeant fact : From
the Mohammedian capture of Jerusalem
A. D. G37, to the Syrian massacre, fol
lowed by Eurapeau intervention, aud to
Victor Emanuel s success in the western
hierarchy, are exactly 1,260 lunar years
The next seven yeats were loaded with
religious dates of vital diplomatic import
ana ended witn the l&sotn solar year
from Justinian. All know the events o!
the succeeding years, for the decade
closed in 1870, or 1,260 years from the
celebrated decree of the Emperor Pochas
aud the temporal power of tho Pope was
at least for a little season, over.
"Take agaiu one more . illustration
brief one 1 have no time for more.
believe tho advent season actually date
from 1323.
years from
0
Israel's captivity. I use
Isu! iu duiiiiviiwa from that of Jadah
Their times of punii-huieut were over,
Since 1823 the watchers are counting
one generation of threescore years y.od
ten to at. lei 'Lite lunar bi-giuuiug of the
climax, be that what itmiiy. Now
Miller's day comes iu uavtixu. iitturiaua
will never forget those days of excit,m'nt.
Venus aud Saturn came into uoujuuetion
in the same field of the telescope on
December 19, 1 15, and marked another
of those eioncidences which never fail."
"When do you expect the end of the
world, Lieutenant?" .
' "My answer to that is, 'the world
endureth forever.' I have never yni my
mind to work to solve so outrageous a
problem. The eud of the age is different
thins. Mv behei is tnat it ends witn
i the generation now living. Tho Sauour s
I advent is imminent at auy minute. 1
IP ANOTHER BIG CROP IS MADE COTTON
WILL SELL AT FIVE CENTS IN NEW
YORK.
A prominent cotton factor of Savan-
ah talks thus plainly about the cotton
situation:
"An increase of 500,000 bales last
year nnd a decrease of 2 cents in price,
another increase of 1,000,000 bulcs this
year and another decrease of 2 cents in
the price. An increase of 1,500,000 in
the supply and a decrease of 4 ctuls in
the price in two years.
"Following the conclusion, if there is
a t-imilnr increase in the crop next year
cotton will sell at 5 cents in New York.
t will not need an increase of the crp
to do that even. If the crop is as larue
this year, and another year's surplus is
added to this year's surplus, cotton will
sell at 5 cents anyway. Wt have raised
more cotton than the world can consume.
There is another thing. Tho continent
raised a small food crop last year aud all
their money is going for grain. Con
sequently the people of Europe are buy
ing less cotton goods and the market is
dull."
"What should the farmers plant next
year?" the question was asked.
"Plant anything," was then ply. "Bet
ter plant nothing at all than to raise cot
ton at 6 cents and sell it for 5."
The idea that the crop must be cut
down is generally prevalent. This . is
likely to be accomplished in another way
than by resolutions passed at farmers'
conventions and Alliance meetings. Oa
account of the low prices and the bad
condition of the farmers generally, the
fertilizer men are cutting down their sales
from 25 to 50 per cent, under last year's
sales. The merchant who purchased 100
tons last year on credit will do well to
get 50 or 60 tons on the same conditions
this year The merchants, too, are cut
ting their credit accounts in the same
ratio.
The colored farmer has gone to the
wall with a vengeance. On account of
the good crops and fair prices of the
previous years, every negro who could
buy an old mule on time and get some
body to run him went to raising cotton
on his own hook and the white farmers
were not able to get labor. The majority
of them have failed to pay their bills, and
the merchants and land owners have
been the sufferers. This year the negro
farmer will find it hard to get cither
land or credit. These things should mako
soma reduction of the crop. The proba
bility is, though, that this year's crop
will be large enough, together with the
surplus from last year's crop, to keep the
piiceduwn.
NEW K VILRUAI) SIGNAL.
ELECTRO-MECHANICAL DEVICE THAT
... GIVES WARNING IN THE CAB.
The efforts of inventors are beiog con
tinually directed -toward methods of
preventing accidents, and the most reeent
of devices for this purpose is one patented
by a New York man, the object being to
display a signal aud sound an alarm io
the cab wheuaver the engine passes
signal set to danger. The appnratus
rouire no electrical connection between
the engine and the track, in that respect
being comparatively unique. Couneuted
with the regular switches and signals is a
sm ill wheel which rests just inside of the
rail. .
Whea the s'ynal is at dauger, this
ivh.tl uomesiu contact with amechuuUm
connected with the cab of the engine, aud
a rod operating in a cylinder is pushed
upward by running over the wheel. An
electric circuit U thus completed by means
of this moving piston, a bell is rung aud
visible signal appears in the cab before
the eyes of the engineer. "
By a special device, the bell can be
made to riou for Nome time, so : that t'i
engineer has ample warniug of the danger
ahead.
VVebrt;, because the Patent Sole
Suoe is th j only one made that excludes
water, dust and dirt.
mm s si n
h called the "Father of Diseases."
It is fiiuaetl by a Torpid Liver,
and is generally accompanied with
LOSS OF APPETITE,
SICK HEADACHE,
EAD BREATH, Etc,
To treat constipation successfully
fcOr-
ypjp, 2
It ia a mild laxative and -a tonic to
the digestive organs. By tak.
iiig Simmons Liver Regulator you.
promote digestion, Lring ou a reg
ular ha! lit of body and prevent
Biliousness and Indigestion.
"Yiy M'ife was orcly distressed with Constipa
ti'.n and cou.t-hin,;, followcl with Moriing Piles.
After lour montlis. ie of Sitrin;ons l.ivur kvulalur
bo it alincst entirely relieved, gaining strewf-h
it,( ilesli." V. V: Lektok, Delaware, Oliu.
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