North Carolina Newspapers

THE KOANOKE NEWS, THURSDAY, JUNE 15. 1893. White chrysanthemums Horn of the clouds and darkness. On the frosts and early snow; When the summer blooms have faded, The beautiful Christ flowers blow. All through the budding spring time, All through the summer's heat. All through the autumn's glory They hide their blossoms sweet; But when the earth is lonely, And the bitter north winds blow. With a smile of cheer for the dear old year The Christmas blossoms blow. Pweet as a dreuui of summer. White as the drifting snow, When our hearts are filled with grieving The beautiful Christ (lowers blow. Not ult the south wind's blowing Opens their secret heurt; Slender they Rrow and stately. Guarding their life apart; But when the earth Is dreary. And the heavy clouds hung low, With their tender cheer for the way worn year The Christmas blossoms Wow. Bwcetcut of nil consolers, Fairest of flowers that grow; When hopes and tlowei-s have fuded. The beautiful Christ flowers blow. Bright in the enttu;;e window. Sweet in the darkened room, Fair In the shortened sunlight, Cheering the dusky gloom. Oh, when our hearts are lonely. And the clouds of care hang low. With blessed cheer for the dying year, The Christina blossoms blow. Boston Herald. THE CORPORAL'S LAST CALL "It's hard luck," growled the Corporal, as he settled back in the saddle on his horse's back, and clinched it tight by the dim light of the lantern held by the sergeant of the Btableguard. "Of all days in the whole bloomin'year, whon me and Mary had laid all our plans for the kid's Christinas. (riod bless him! A soldier ain't got no call to get married, anyhow. So, whoa, pet! you'll have work enough before night, for the old man Bays we'll have to catch L Troop by the time the boys go into camp. Jim, you go off guard this morning. on't you stop at the shack when you're in town, and tell Mary she" and the kid '11 have to eat Christmas pie by themselves? And bully mince pies are them of Mary's, too. Ent some for me, Jim, and cheer the old girl up a bit. Well, so long!" The trumpets were sounding merrily, and the quick martial reveille gave glad greeting to the dawn of Christmas Day, as the Corporal rode out from the post. The soldier turned in the saddle for a moment, looking back be yond the buildings of the garrison towards the dark mass of houses of the little frontier town lying in the valley behind him, where the emoke of early fires, misty blue against the morning sky, rose straight up in the still air. There, in a little house on the edge of the settlement, wa6 the Corporal's hum ble home. There Mary and his one little child were already awake, looking forward to the coming of husband and tather and the Christ mas feast, so much talked about and for which such grand prepar ations had been made. Only a day or two ago the package of toys from the east had arrived, and the Corporal and his wife, as they un packed the parcel and exposed the treasures it contained to admiring friends and revelled in joyful an ticipation of the delight of the lit tle one at the wonderful things Santa Claus brings to all good lit tle boys at the merrj' Christmas time. And now, without warning, the hard exigencies of his service had called the soldier away. A "good man and true" was required for instant duty, and the Corporal had been aroused from his cot in barracks and ordered to ride hard with despatches for the command ing officer of a detachment which had left the post on a scout a day or so before. Everything had been so quiet for months past that no one dreamed of a summons to take the field, and even now it was only the breaking away of half a dozen restless, thieving bucks from the reservation some miles distant that had caused troops to be sent out to head them off and prevent mischief. With a sigh of disappointment and regret, and a parting wave of his hand toward the town, the Cavalryman touched his horse lightly with his spurred boot-heel, and in an easy canter started down the slope on "his long and dreary ride. The winter so fur had been very mild in this far southwestern region. A light powdering of snow whitened the wide plains stretching away before the Cor poral to the distant rolling hills, dotted here and there with black masses of volcanic rock, and to the dark mountain ranges border ing the horizon. Up came the sun, glowing rosy red, casting long blue shudows from every bit of bunch-grass, from every twig that protruded above the smooth, snowy surface and gilding the crests of the mounds with a sheen of golden glory. It was a grand morning for a ride, and as they moved onward, horse and man quickened with renewed vigor in the bracing atmosphere. Though ( bitteftfSk Corporal's disappoint ment, '"habits of passive obe djeBfie. orders of his super- iors had made somewhat of a phil osopher of him, and, as mile after mile of the journey was laid bo hind them, his spirits rose, and ho pictured to himself the joy of the meeting when, his task accom plished, he would onco more be with his loved ones. On he rode, now following the windings of some coelee, now lop ing over smooth-roundod buttcs, where the wind had blown away the snow, exposing the wide, rough, deep-rutted trail ho was following. Here a stream was crossed, tho thin coating of ice on the edges cracking and breaking under the horse's hoofs; then scrambling up tho stoop bank on tho opposite side, on they sped over some smooth plateau. Far above a hawk circled; occasion ally a jack-rabbit would scurry away liko a flash, scattering the light snow in little smoko-like puffs under its flying feet, (rood cavalry soldier though ho was, tho corporal would halt once every hour or so to shift tho heavy sad dle, and to let his four-footed com panion browse for a moment on the tops of such bunches of with et&l brown grass as came within hip reach. Then to horse again, wul away for another stretch on tho road. Hour after hour passed; a gray mist gathered over the sky, shutting in the sun. Wild and desolate, scarred and seamed by gully and canon, and strewn with rock and boulder, the foot hills now rose on every side, and the trail grew more and more in distinct, here entirely lost under the snow, then showing for a short distance on some steep hillside. Intent only on accomplishing his mission tho Corporal pushed gallantly onward, until, his jour ney already half-made, he pulled up by a little pool, and made some hasty preparations for the noonday meal. Secured by the long picket rope, with loosened girth, and heavy bit slipped from his mouth, his horse was soon crunching the grain spread before him from the canvas nose-bag, while a few twigs gathered near at hand fur nished a small fire to heat the coffee from the Corporal's canteen. Save for their presence no sign of life broke the solitude of the wilder ness, and no thought of danger disturbed the brave fellow's mind, as, siui:ig there by the fire, he looked long and lovingly at the portrait of his little child, which he Drought forth from the inner pocket of his great coat. Is there nothing to give him warning? Rouse, Corporal, rouse! Look about, you man! Danger is near, horribly near! Danger in those dark forms lying motionless as the black rocks about them, in the glitter of the savage eyes that have been watching the approach of the hated white man for an hour past! "Well, kid, this ain't exactly the kind of a Christmas dinner we thought we was to have, is it, you littlo rascal? Anyway, I'm going to have a reminder of you, and your picture is to sit on them there stones while your daddy eats his dinner. Lord, Lord! but I did want to see that youngster when he found what Santa Claus brought ;him." And something blurs the Corporal s eyesight and he chokes as he swallows his hard tack. Rouse, Corporal, rouse! Look about you man! The dark forms by the black rocks are moving. slowly gliding, like snakes, nearer and nearer, but not a sound breaks the silence of winter brooding over the land, a silence as if of death. "And Mary, too! She ain't a-goin to have that brooch till I get back again. It's a dandv. and 1 wouldn't miss seeing the old girl wearing it for the hrst time tor a colonel's commission, and don't you forget it! Lord! hovr I wish I was with them now. Darned if that picture don't look as if tho dear little cuss was smiling at me! Are you thinking of your daddy, old fellow? Well, here's to voti, Mary! here's to von kid! Gml bless you!" Corporal! Corporal! for the s iko of all that life holds dear to yoii Up, man, up! . . . Tho sharp. vicious crack of a ntie, one light ning stroke of agony," the wild, ox uila.nl veil of savage triumph, and then The silence of winter brood ing over the land. Poor Marv! Poor littlo kid! Rufus Fairchild Zogbaum, in Harper's Weekly. ADVERTISEMENTS. Tonic. OITE BOTTLE JOHNSON'S Chill and FEVER Cuicb permanently OltTIHj case ' LniLL and l'EVEB, liilious or .ty phoid Fever, Hemorrhagic or Swamp Fever, or money returned. Price 50c. NORTH CAROLINA TESTIMONIALS. Hohgood, N. C. I hnve used and sold 16 bottles of yonr medicine and it him given satisfaction gen erally. J. F. ELLSWORTH. Cronley, N. C. Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic lias giveti perfect satisfaction. D. HAND. Beaufort, X. C. Send me two dozen Johnson's Tonic. I have sold ont and need ii. I have not had a bottle returned. Ship at once. ALLEN DAVIS. Edeiitnn, N. C. Please ship me 4 doz. Johnson'R Chill and Fever Tonic at once. J think it gives satisfaction. W. I. LEARY. Croatnu, X. C. Enclosed find check for 7.00 for one case Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic. I think it the best medicine ever introduced into eastern North Carolina. Every bottle has proved as guaranteed to me, no please send oatone more case immediately. B. B. M ALLISONS. Aurora, X. C. I have sold twentv-two bottles of it and none have been returned. I think I shall get a good trade on it. A. J. MclM YKt, JU. D. Ernul, N. C. It is as represented. Have not failed in case of fever when taken according to di rections. J. A. ASKINS. Marines, X. C. The medicine is giving general satisfac tion. LEWIS MARINES & CO. To merchants or others who have access to commercial reports, please investi gate and sec that the above indorse ments are from business men all rated in Bradstreet'ii and easily accensable. If you sell Johnson's Tonic, sell it on a guarantee. For circulars address 'A. BCIRARDEAU, Savannah, Ga. Bliss for Baldies. Of the newer remedies for skin diseases we have naphthol, whica is one of the most powerful and safest antiseptics that we know. It is especially valuable in parasitic skin diseases, and it allays th'i itching about as quick as any drug. It acts beneficially upon the head when one is suffering from skin diseases, and it has a decided tendency to stop the loss of hair by making the scalp healthy, it has a stimulating effect upon the scalp, and it nut only prevents the loss ofhair, but it has in many cases increased the growth. 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A.M. A.M. P.M. j 10 U iO 7 :m 11 48 9 il4 1 14 1 ,'. 11 ::o 7 4 d Hi Itl 17 11 10 So 14. 1 10 1 .18 11 :i 6 K AM. ii :w !l S 11 4!l U (0 18 ?0 1 10 I.v Wilson. ArRncky Mount, t CO 2 4! i (g ArTuriK.ro, z u I.v TrtrlK.ro. 12 M I.v Rocky Mount, i (( i H 1! ns ArWoldon, K 7 :i 41 1 o" 4 00 .1 S7 K !U 7 il 7 48 8 MP S SO '1 40 r.M. P. M. P.M. A.M. P.M. Dally cscevit Sunclav. Triilncn iVo11nu(l Neck Brnneh Rod leavel Wcldon at :H0 p. m. IlH'.ifai 4 on, arrive Scotland Neck at 4 4M. m.drecnville 1 is o. m. Klnstoa 7ii0p. m. Kcturnlng leaves Kimtnn 7 SO, a. ra. Greenville SS2a m. Arriving at Halifax 1100, ft. m., weuion uzua.ni flauyexcepihunnay. Trains on Washington branch leave Washing ton 7 Oil a. in. arrives I'armele MO u. m., Tarboro Ml; returning leaves Tarboro 4 40 p. m. Parm.le li 00 p. m., arrives Washington 7 ::op. in. Pally except Sunday. Oinnecus with trains on Scot land .ecit Hrancn. Train leaves Tarboro Js. C. via Albemarle and Raleigh K. K. Dally execia Sunday 5 00 D. ra.. Sunday it SO p. m., arrive Williainston N. C, 718 . m.. 4 up. m. I'lvnioutn onopm., am p. m, .etiirtiintr leaved Plvmnulh riaflv excent Snndav 5 :10 a.m. Sunday 10 00 a. m. Wldlanitton, N. C, 40 a. in. KM a. m. arrive larooro 10 2 a.m, 11 20 a. m. Train on Midland X. O. Branch leave! Goll- born N.C.. daily e'eept Sunday fl 00 a. m., arrive smiinnciu, J. .., 7 si a. m. Ketnrning leavei Smithtield, S. C, HiOa. m., arrive (ioldsboro, N C.oaop. in. Train on Nashville Branch leaves Rocky Mount at t 15 p. m.. arrives at Nashville 0 ,r4) p. m., SprinifHope 7 1.1 p. m. Kelurnlng leave. Sprinir Hone 8 00 a. m., Nashville 8 8.1 a. m., ar Rnky Mount '.MS a, m. riailyexceptSunday. Trains on I atta Branch Florence R. R. leave ltn 7 :i0 p. ni : arrive Dunbar 8 40 p. m. Re- turniuf; leave lumbar 0 0 a. m., arrive Latta7 15 a.m. Daily except Sunday. Train on Clinton Branch leaves Warsaw for Clinton. daily except Sunday at 8 00 p. m. and 11 .111 a. m. Kcuirnmn leave (. union ai iu a m and 1 10 p. m., connecting at Warsaw with Km. 40, 41. S3 and 78. Train No. 78 makes close connection at Weldon forall points North dally. All rail via Richmond and dally except Sunday via Bay Line, also at Kociy mount nauy witn .Virlom aim laronna Railroad for Noifolk and all points North via Norfolk. J.R.KF.NLY, J. F. DIVINE, Snp't Trans. General Sup't, T. M. EMKKSONGen'l Passenger Agent. TLANTIC COAST LINE. PETERSBURG 6 WELDON R. Rl Condensed Schedule. TRAIN'8 GOING SOUTH. Dated Maj36th, 1893. No. 23 Daily. No. 27 Daily. Leave retershurg, Leave Stony Creek, Leave Jarratts, Leave Kellield, Arrive Weldon, 10.10 am 10.52 am 11.11 am 1 1.32 am 12.15 pm 3.33 p m 5.07 p m No. 117, foing Fonth, leaves Petersburg at 4.06, p. 111., arrive at Weldon 5.41. TRAINS GOING NORTH. No. 14 No. 78 Daily. Daily. Leave Weldon, 1.01a.m. 3.27 p. m LeEelfield, 4.10 p. m Le Jarratts, 4.34 p. w Le Ktony Creek, 5.00 p. in Arrive Petersburg, 2.32 a.m. 5.43 p. m No. 134, going North leaves Weldon dai ly at 9:20, arrive at Petersburg 10.55 a. m. K. T. D. MYKRS, T. M. EMERSON, Gen'l Superintendent. Gen.l'awtcngeraK TO THE PATRONS OF THE ALBEMAULK STEAM NAVIGATION CO OUICK TIMF between NORFOLK and I I NIC EASTERN N. CAROLIU On and niter Monday. December 17th, and until further notice, the Steamei CHOWAN, Captain Withy, will LEAv'E FRANKLIN on Mondays, Wed. nesdays and Fridays for EDENTON, PLY MOUTH and All intermediate points on arrival of mail train from Portsmouth, say 10.15 A.M. ' RETURNING t'he "Chowan" will reach Franklin on' Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 9:15 A. M., in time U connect with Fast Mail train from Raleigh to Portsmontn and with Express train for the Sonth. Passengers, by this arrangement, taking the Steamer Chowan at a iy point on th riTer, will REACH NORFOLK by 11 oclock A. M.f and thus have the sntire day for the trans m-tioii of business in that city. GIVE THIS ROUTE A TRIAL. Respoctfnlly, J. H. BOG ART nklin. Va.,Dec. 15, lecg. fispt 3 .,- , 3"