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j-OHIN" W. SLEDGE, rnoi-iuKTOit.
VOL. XXX.
.A. NEWSPAPER FOR THE PEOPLE
WELDON, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1896.
TEEMSH1'59 PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE.
NO. 45.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
RUN DOWN WITH
DYSPEPSIA
STOMACH
Liver
AND HEART
AFFI'X'TKD,
Almost in Despair
to Hut Finally
f' NTTn rrs -t
By Taking
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"For Alteon years, I was a creat sal- Oi
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I tested the skill of many doctors, but o
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so weak I ooulil not walk fifty yards J?
without having to sit down unci rest. My oi
stoniaeli. liver, and heart liei'aine affect- oi
rd, and I thought I would surely die. 1 ,i
tried Ayer's Tills and they helied mo oi
riidit away. 1 eoutinued their use and j
US
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I'liiTCHAiii), Ilrodle, Warren Co., N. C. o
AYER'S PILLS
Received Highest Awards
AT THE WORLD'S FAIR o
o
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je 13 ly.
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Supplies, etc.
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SOLD AND WAIIHANTKU 11 V-
Dr. A.S.Harrison,
ENFIELD, N. C
FINE GROCERIES
Tl'o door of lenniug's saloon was
pushed open by u little hand, and a child
ran in, tonkin" eagerly about. "Papal
papa ! Where, is my papa ?" she encd.
A an standi!;,' at the counter with a
lass raised hall way to his lipsslaricd nt
the sound of tho plaintive voice, and Hut
down llie unlisted liter.
Whit d i you want, liosnio?" ho
asked. "Oh run. come home!" she
exclaimed; "baby's dying !''
"Daily's dying !" he repeated mechani
cally, snatching his hut, and taking the
hand of the trembPng child, they left the
saloon together.
Down the street they went, the father
and the child, ho with laved head and
lip trembhng with emotion, she clinging
to his hand, and sobbing out her grief io
a helpless, hopeless manner.
She stopped at a tenement house and
ascended the stairs, till they reached the
fourth stui V, where they paused at room
No. 3 ()u a wretched bed, covered by
a ragged quilt, lay the liny lonn of
'baby," so Still, so pure, iu tho midst of
the surrounding dirt aud distress.
One glance, aud a loud, agonizing
groan burs, fiom the father's lips. "My
God ! is our little darling to leave us?"
"Oh, George!" Bobbed his wife, creep
ing to his side, and laying her hand tim
idly on his shoulder.!. "She called - for
papa' light up to a few minutes ago.
Our litile baby will soon ba with tho an-Ke'"."
lteverenlly the husband aud wife knelt
beside the little form. The father took
one tiny white haul in his large brown
odc. The motlu.r took the other little
baud, and covered it with tears and
kisses,
"George," sobbed the mothc, "God is
going to . ike our darling. .Don t you
thiuk lhai lo be the parents of a
baby angel lhat we ought to be good?"
'Yes, Mary, do, and from this t'uio
on, turn helping hk, l intend to be a tilt -
fcrctil man."
"Allien !" exclaimed Mary.
The Inby stirred just Iheu and smiled
intu thi' faces ul her patent.
"All Mild, pip i," she murmured, then
closed her eves forever, liuby hail f'ul
li led her mission. Helen riouierville.
Will Rise ant Shine.
FIVE HUNDRED DELUDED NEGROES
PREPARING FOR AN AEIilAL
JIK'liNEY TO HEAVEN TO RISE
MARCH r.Tlt-THEY BELIEVE ON
THAT DAY THE LOUD WILL COM
MAND THE FAITHFUL TO LEAVE
THE WOULD.
JI'lUMiHY'S NAM 13,
His I'.ii In r wiled him William,
His sisier called him Will,
His mother called him Willi",
When well behaved and still;
Hut when he went lo Congress
Of fame he got bis fill;
He toyed with trade statistics,
And they called him Tariff Bill.
a modku.vi'k dim:ssi:k.
have
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CHEAP GROCERIES.
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FRUITS & C0NFECTI0NE1IIES.
COME AND ST. 10,
Come one, vome all, both large and small,
Examine my stock, More luiyi'i)! at all.
For my stock is complete and prices low,
To compete with the product the fanners
grow,
I thank my kind friends for the patronage
of the past
And assure them all I'll he true to llie last.
Ami guarantee them In every respect
The goods purchased from me they'll never
regret,
Therefore come all, holh largo and small,
For I will deal honestly will) you 11K,
Do not delay, come riejit away
Aud make your purchases to day.
J. L. JL'DKINS.
dec Ul ly.
PROFESSIONS' A 1, VA A' MS.
JJOWAKO ALSTON,
Attorney-at-Law
H MKAX, N. .
oct 14 ly.
Had Eve beeu like the women of to day,
we must confess,
The lig I n o would have had do chance
lo furnish her a dress.
For whin she learned she did not
a garment to her buck
Straight to the tir tree she'd have go
uud plucked a sca'skin sucipie.
I, A. W. llulletiu.
I11S MISTAKi:.
I caught lur iu the hall,
And twenty times I kissed her,
Aud then contritely said:
"I thought you were my sister!"
But what a sell, by Jove!
I felt so like a eiaml
The i-irl I kissed lambed gajly;
"You sillv boy. 1 an.!"
ADVEM CEMENTS.
iN Societv
womrn olten let i
the clTeel of lo,.
luueh Rayety--balls,
thi'alrrs, and
Kir IS-ii?
JAM KM H. WU.I.KN,
LLKN A
W-I.TH. D-MSL
DANIEL,
ATTORNEYS. AT LAW,
W-LD0N, N. C.
Practice In thecotirt, nf llalirai andSorlhamti.
t maud in the Supreme and Federal cniirls. Col
ocliona made In allimrtsof North Carolina.
Hoyich ottlce at Halifax, N. C.open every Mon.
day. I" 'r
jQU. T. T. UOSS,
DBKTIST
Woldon, N. C.
kSOfuce OTrEmry A Pierce's store.
10-19-ly.
W.J.WARD,
Surirfinn
EKFIELD, n. c.
KSLOffloeoYer Harrison'! Drug Stor.
dec SO If.
teas in rapid
tiV.M s,iee,-Mu find
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"7 IT. ip "mil down" by
kY faty-'l the villi of llie sea
son, i ii y sun. I
fllMII 11'-1 Vlll'-llCS,
slceph.--iu'ss nod
illeauuillliis. Tile
snnle unit cnoil
spirlla take fliullt. II is lue In aeeepl
the help offered in Doctor IVice's h.i
vorlle 1'ieseriplioll. It's n llledieine whlell
was iliscovelcd and uu d by a luiuinnciit
physician for many yeais in all eases uf
'female complaint " and the ni-tvniis ilh
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Manv women ulTer from nervous pios
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and the svsleiu mvignialed with the " Pre
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lelery comnoiiuds, and nervines winch
only put Ihe nerves lo sleep, but Ret a
laslinit run with Dr. Pierce' Pavortte
Prescription.
" FEMALE WEAKNESS."
Mrs. Wn.MAM Hoovna, of lltlhillt,
RuhUind ( "c. "'. jilfli.
wri.es: " I had I" jXOv
tors: they dul me
00 food ; I IhmiKht
1 ... an invalid lor-
ever. But I heard
of Dr. Pierce's Pa-
vorite Prescription,
and then I wrote to
him and he told me
lust how lo tak It.
J took eight hollies.
C I .,,irllj
;,u.;ieourd;una ho..
m my feet only a short tone ...d now I da
Atlanta Constitution.
It is n slrango hallucination that cause."
about live hundred ignorant negroes in
the city lo believe imp'icilly that they
are des ined to shake off this life and
rise rocket-like to the heavens on the
a"ternoon of March 5th. The believers
cling lo their faith tenaciously and re
sent any attempt to convince them of the
fallacy of their hope.
The sect is a peculiar congregation of
negroes who are being inspired in their
belief by one Kev. Roger, whose abode
's at 101 Rawsou street. His following
is quite largo, it is said, and those who
have prol'ejsed his faith aro making ac
tive preparations for the aerial navigation
booked for such an early date.
Tho exact scientific basis of thestraDge
belief is known only to the followers of
Rev. Roger. And there may be many
of those of his congregation who do. not
understand what it is all about. It is
enough for them to believe that with one
gentle leap they will fly on and on to
the blue sky abovo and there hnd eter
nal peace in the heaven they picure iu
their imagination. Tho basic principle
of tho religion is apparently a belief in
me supposition mat tne faitlilul will go
above at tho timo and hour named by
their Saviour.
llie custenoo oi tho remarkable sect
in the city has been known for some
time, but it is at present attracting much
aitenliun by reason of tho energclic prep
arations being made faithful. The be
lievers are already disposing of their
propeny by sale and gift, and many have
become bankrupt iu tho hallucination
. i . . i ... . -. i
mat iney win need neither money nor
property on their jouiney through the
clouds. The daikics flout at the id'
that once comfortably enscooscd in the
airy home above they will need any of
tlrs woi Id's goods. And (he truly faith
fill are rapidly preparing to look up, rise
anil 11 nit away into space in atijoct pov-
er.y.
It is claimed that 570 people in the
city have been baptized by tho Rev.
Roger during his stay in the city. Ev
ery one of that number expects (o hands
around and dance itway s'raight to heav
en. The negroes claim that the end is
coming sure enough and that no power
can prevent the exhibition of human
sky rocketing on March 5th. They say
that it wi't be the work of the Messiah
and that He. will guide them safely
to the haven of rest. No stops will be
made ou the long journey. No visits
will be paid to strangling bodies above
and the laiihful will speed a chalk line
looking neither to the left nor tho right
ou their way.
The darkies do not expect to eucoun
terany ii resistible objects iu their flight.
A clear passage way will be provided for
lliem, they say. No side, trips in tho
interest of scientific research will be
made. Mars and other sky worlds will
be given the go by. One objective point
and only one, is the abiding faith of the
hallueinatiouists. Once on their way
they will koep in the middle of tho road.
Air ships nor wings will be needed as
prupollers. The faithful say that with
out effort, without exertion, without mo
tion they will glide from earth at the
command of the Lord. It will not be a
race in which llie strong will triumph
The weak and child like, tho young and
old, will move at llie same speed and
mingle in one happy cirele, all rising
hand in ban 1.
Many darkies who havo not joined
the sent are skepii -al about the prophe
cy and it is likely lhat in tho enthu-ia-iu
of the moment, as tho time approaches,
they will accept ihe faith and wado in
the bapusmu! pun I.
A MI8CALCULATOK.
Wife Amos, why don't you spend
more of your time with me?
Husband My angel, I just ount the
hours that keep me from your side!
Wile Then thine is something wrong
with your arithmetic.
WISE.
Krisra 'Fo De f ah.
110 IC THE OLD TIME PLANTA
TION DARKIES ENJOYED IT.
There was a girl in our town
And sho was woDdrous wise;
She kissed a man with a week old beard
And scar.i.chcd out both her eyes.
And when she saw her eyes were out,
It kavo her no great pain;
She went and looked for another man
To scratch them in again.
POLK MILLER WRITES ABOUT THE
CELEBRATION OF THE GLORIOUS
HOLIDAY. SEASON IS HIS BOYHOOD
DAYS-DRAWS A CONTRAST BE
TWEEN CHRISTMAS IN TOWN AND
IN THE COUNTRY. THE OLD
FASHION HARE HUNT.
on the same investment that made hers
rich, they are not a "patching" to the
"frills" which the "ladies' waiting maid"
put on as she met with those whose labor
kept up the appearance which enabled
her to soar so loftily.
Reader, did you ever eat a pig tail
broiled on hot coals from a hickory-wood-
fire? II you have not, then your boyhood
wai a failure. I have 'tasted the delicious
cooking of Spiro .ctclle, and on one or
two occasions in my li"e I havo dined at
Delmonico's (on invitations, of course);
but nothing in the lino of ihe culinary
art has ever given me such satisfaction
as the pig iails I've stolen from a long
line of hogs that were hung up to dry
and freeze when a boy "down on the
TWO I,KFT.
"Johnnie!" sa'd the teacher.
"What, ma'am?"
"If you and Willie and I each had an
orange, and you should cat all of them,
how many would be let?"
"Two; you and Willie."
Polk Miller iu Richmond Dispatch
Talk about your Ob-istuias iu town,
they "ain't nothin' " to the times we
boys used to have in the country in the
good old ante-bellum days. For weeks
before the teams were kept busy hauling farQ)."
wood and piling it up in Iront ot the An(j ,10 0ij Bare hurjts we'j uaVe i
negro cabins, and the plantation hands Xhe Deep Run fellows are chasing noth
wuia ui any aiuu iu uo i oui , Dut shadows? If they could but once
ASUKK THING.
The man who "practices what
preaches" doesn't have so much time
preach, but ho geis there.
ENCOUK AGING.
He I would kiss you if I thought no
one would see.
She Shall I close my eyes?
MUTHOl) IN SUDDENNESS.
She This is so sudden.
He I kuow it, but I thought I would
try my luck before your father got home.
LOOK'NGEOHTKOUBLE.
Tom Let mo be your escort ?
Dick No; let me ?
HarryOr me. We're alt married
you know.
Mrs Gaybody Then I'll choose the
one that has the must jealous wife.
HIS ONLY KEEUGE.
"What do vou do when you go home
late at night and find your wife sitting
up wailing for you?"
"Wish I hadn't gone home."
TIIEY'itE GOING EAST.
Oh, girls! here's a warning, for if you
would not
Of a nice, pretty man bo bereft,
Then hasten to pick your choice of
lot,
For there is only a few of us left.
the
CAUSED BY THE OCCASION,
lie (eagerly)
' 1 kis.ied you?
What would you say
had no work of any kind to do
Christmas Eve to the 2i of January.
Cake-baking on the part of the house-
women took up the time of the ladies, of
the household who superintended the
work for ten days before tho holidays
while the music of the wood
could bo heard for miles on a still morn
ing, The negroes who waited in the
"great house" did not look forward to
the coming of Xmas with the same
degree of pleasure that (ho farm hands
did, for a greater number of fires were
needed, and the duties greatly increased
The plantation hands had but to sit by
the fire, eat cold possum and oven bread,
smoke their corn cob pipes, aid enjoy
themselves. " Every dog has his day
and here's where the field bauds had the
best of the waitingmaids and d'ning room
servants. The outfielders on a farm
were like the players on a base ball nine,
Tin y did not have the same amount of
notice "tookeu of'cm" of ihoso who were
nearest the "diamond" and were not so
badly spoiled, but when Christmas came
the dining-room and hall were blocked
with them, iron) tho old gray haired cart
driver, with bis clothes patched with
every variety of cloth and sewed with
thread a dozen different colors, down lo
the watermelon headed urchin of ten
years, who kept his "gran' mammy" busy
watching him, to see that he ate no dirt,
their voices might bo heard cabin
Kiisinus gif, ole marse, Krismus gif",
ole iniss! Then would begin ihe handiu
out of piesems suited to the ages of 'In
different recipien's of "Ole Master's k'nd
memburnco of de ole nigoerat Ivrisinus."
Their wants were few, but their grati
tudc (always temporary with the negro)
fouud expression in tho most hearty cry
of "thanky, sub, and thanky marm
I hey had no use tor money, but a piece
of "ole mists Krismus cake to the wo
men aud a ejass ol ecgnog to ihe men
brought more real happiness than a five-
dollar bill or cold piece would to the
average negro of to-day.
The pleasure we derive irom seeing
witness the exciting scenes of an old
fashioned Chiisimas "hyar hunt," wilh a
m'xture of the finest strain mongrel,
curs, bench legged, lice, free niggers and
slaves all in pursuit of "Old Molly
that we whipped 'i m for the fun of the
tbiug, and at night rounded 'em up like
a lot uf cattle; but as long as there is left
in the South an honest, truthful old time
"howdy, Marster," negro of the good old
daysgineby he'll loll you that the
accomplishment of the freedom of the
negro for which Horace Givcly and
Wendell Philips labored so hard and so
long, took out of his life those rays ol
sunshine which made him not only the
happiest crealure on earth, but the
subject of'stoiy and song which delight
the people of the South who knew him,
loved him, and whose like the world will
never, never see again. Will the young
negro of tsj day ever have a book written
about him? PobK Miller.
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I always tb'uk that th
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'A penny for your thoughts," said
Miss Riekelts, playfully, to Mr. Gilder
sleeve.
They are worth far more than that
.Vliss Kiekells. replied tho young man,
for I was thinking of you."
When he proposed a litile later, she
didn't say a word about its being so sud
I'Dl.l.OWINIi ISSI'ltl'CTIONS
Mi)
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back when the visitor
his mother was uatur
The boy hun
spoke to him, an
ally annoyed.
'Won't you go lo Mrs. Hrown, Wil
lie?" she said.
"No," replied the boy, short ly.
"Don't you like "me?'' asked Mrs
Brown, good naturedly.
"No, I don't," anowciod tho boy.
"Why, Willie!" exclaimed his mother,
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Its just tho remedy for the Spring of th
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Texas.
She (demurely) hy, I don t know! 0ur liltlo ones creep gently into the parlor
on a Christmas morn'ng where the
goodies arc stored, and to watch their
excited face as one alter another thing is
unfolded to view, and see them iry to
munch a piece uf candy, blow a horn,
and hold the reins of a hobby horse, all
at oue time, lasts but a moment. They
soon grow lo be men aud women, and
"put away childish things," and we as
parents, realize before we knuw it that we
are looked upon as "old folks now" and
it fills us with regret lhat we canuot
wo once did, enjoy the icturn of the
happiest of all other days days to parenls
Christmas morning.
Not so with the old Southern slave
owner, for he could look forward year
A STKOK E OK i EN I US.
She Doesn't that clock tell you that
you had belter be going?
He No, indeed! that's a French
clock, and I can't understand u blessed
hing it says.
HOW HE WON HER,
choppers ()c;;on Tail" ou a cold frosty morning in
Cbtistmas, they would sell out their outfit
ot dogs and horses and try listing in a
wash.ub in the backyard for sport less
expensive, ana as exciting, jue fellows
a'sed up in town think they are mighty
small, and they are about pool, poker,
and yachting; and are right "in it" when
you come to "daocin' and Air in' " with
the girls but when you come to compar
ing hi-n with the country boy in bis
knowledge of those thing.! which make
life worth livinir. and brincr. peace i.nd
com"ort to old age, when the ui'ud feeds
on the things ol ihe past, tho country
boy has forgotten more than he will ever
know.
Our"M. II. (master ol hunt was
Une' Jack the tanner. The next in
command was Josh Motlley, the cele
brated fiddler. These negroes were al
lowed to do about as they pleased; and
in owning them a man would feel rich;
for what they brought home each year
for the'' services would buy almost any
other negro. The name of Josh Mottley
was well known to tho habitue of Ihe
While Sulphur and the Rockridge Alum
springs aloug in the 50's, and doubtless
many who will read this will recall the
happy hours they've spent in dancing the
old fashioned cotillions, mazurkas, and
waltzes which Josh ground out of his
fiddle. Theodore Thomas might turn
up his nose at his music, and call him
that "ni':ger fiddler," but the world would
be happier to day if wo had more of
that kind of music. If old Josh was
living to-day twould set hun crazy to
s;e our young people, locked in eaeti
other's embraeos, and sailing around the
ball-room floor, out of time, thinkin;
more about the hugging than they are of
ihe music. He would say, "Little mistis,
f you don't dance wid do music, it puts
me out!" Hut I am digressing, I am tco
old to cniov tho modem daneo, and lest
I bo considered an enemy to the "new
woman or envious ot my luniors, I will
drop the subject of tho dance and coino
back to ihe bare huut.
Uno' Jack bossed all tho actors, the
white as well as tho blacks on Christmas
occasions, and when the old fellow would
speak every oue obeyed him to tho letter.
"Now," said he, "de fW one dat jumps
a hyar, I will give 'im a pack o' pop
crackers I" That was enough, for nothing
would make a boy bunt harder or holler
louder when he bounced a rabbit than
this. Such a wboopin' and a hollorin'
and cdhn o dogs as would be heard on
tho starting of a hare was enough to
A well known Washington minister
told a good story to a representative ol
the Star :
"In a county circuit iu Virginia," he
said, "it was the custom to wear week
day shoes and stockings to church, be
cause the dust would get them soiled.
Sunday footgear was carried along io the
hands of the wearers, and when the
church was reached a change was effec
ted. One of the ablest ministers in the
conference preached at the chuich, and
being told of tho custom, and having
some distance to walk from where he
was'beimr entertained, adoped the same
method. One of the leading character
istics of the minister was his absent-
mindedness, aud thiusting his hosiery in
his pocket, he mounted the pulpit
When in the middle of his discourse he
drew out what ho thought was his hand
kerchief, and after wiping his brow laid
the article down on the pulpit, where, to
his dismay and the amusement of the
congregation, he discovered that it was
e hair of extra socks that he bad worn
to church, lie completed his sera
but it was tho last time he ever con
formed to that particular custom of the
country."
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J. H. Zeilin & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
ancr year io inc welcome visits oi inose excite a uian Willi iron nerves. Sly do"s
dear old friends who from our infancy to were not accustomed to such a fuss and
manhood we had been taught to respect wmliJ l08e their heads coniDlctelv
UNSUKl'ASSEl).
First Little Girl How many teclh
has your baby gol?
Second Little Girl Four.
Fir.-l Lilllo Girl Ours has seven
Second Little Girl Well, your baby
hasn t ihe ammonia, anyway, and ours
had it when she was only two month'
Sl l GENEIMS.
'Do you want to hire a freak?"
said to ihe museum manager.
I am always willing to hire a gtod
," was the reply. "What have you to
offer?"
"Myself"
"Yourself! You dou't look like
freak "
"No, but I am one. I'm tho only
presidential imp issiltility in the country!"
I'Olt OVUK Klt'TV YUAHM
Mrs. Winsluw's SoolhiDg Syrup has been
used lor over tit t v years by millions ot
mothers for children, whilo teething, with
perfect success. It soothes the child
sollens the gums, allays all pain, cures
wind oolie, and is tho best remedy tor
Diarrhooa, It will relieve the poor litile
sufferer immediately. Sold by druggists
in every partnl the world. 25 cents
botile. Be sure and ask for "Mrs. Wins-
low's Soothing Syrup," and tako no oth
er kind.
Elevator boy "Want to go 'way up,
W. N. Bryant, Dallm, mister?" Old gentleman "Yes; I be
I lieve that'a as far as you go, isn't it?"
and always to treat kindly, because they
had beeu the Constant playmates and
companions of our mothers and fathers.
The house women did not share with
llielr owners in the pleasure which these
visits brought. Willi a contemptuous
curl of ihu lip lln y'd say; "I does wish
to Gold dut Krismus wouldn't como no
mo' so I c uild keep di so 'ro plantation
niggers oui'er dis house. Dcy gits in do
way and (ley does bring tracks wid diet
muddy foots dat it ticks me a mont to
clean up."
This is not said in a whisper, but
boldly, iu ihe hearing of them all, and
perfect chorus of Voices is hoard from the
visitors in reply. "Jes" lisi'n to dat
stuck up ni.'ger wench I We s got jes as
much right to be in dis house as she are!
Jet' kase she stay in do house wid &
white folks all de time she thik she
sump'n t'xlry! Wid all dat she nib
nothin' but a nigger after an' de
sass'is one on dis place, too " Some big
black negro woman who can plow as well
as a man, and who can keep her end with
a hoe in corn or tob icoo field with tho
bust man on the farm, gives her a side-
swiping look such as no other but a mad
nigger can wear, and remarks, to the
delight of tho crowd. "Ef dat uigger
doan' mine out I'll kolch her outside 'er
dis yard some o' dose days, uu' I'll broke
'er iu half," Talk about your "bonton"
society people who put on airs as they
parade the streets in their gaudy attire,
and then become suddenly blind as the;
tee an old acquaintance whose heart has
neyer changed, but whose daddy got poor
last
call
into
ml
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MAGNETIC NERVINEtln,0id4h
restoro Lost Manhood. Cures weaknesses, Nervous
Debility iindall the evils from early or later sx
caestifl. tin rnults of overwork, worry. okneM,
etc. Full BiroiiKth, tone and development given
to every ortmn or portion of the body. Improve
mont immediatfly seen from the first box. Thons--fU
of letters of praise on file in our office. Can
irned in vest pocket, bent by mail to any
::'sn on receipt of price. Oue month's treat
it i n each box. Price 1 .00, 6 boxea, $5.00, with
-1 i'ton (juarantoe to rnfund money if not cured,
.cud to uu for the Genuine. Circulars Free.
For sale by V. M. COHEN, Druggist,
5-9-ly Weldon, N. C.
PETERSBURG DIRECTORY-
TAK 13 LIFE AS IT CU31ES.
WOttKV WILL ONLY HIVE YOU WRINK
LES AND MAKE YOU OLD.
ning to where they heard the
only to bo brought back again
nother part o. the field. It was just
impossible to tell where to go for every
body was a hol'erin'. Tho poor little
hare, was doomed to dio when once
slatted. There were so many ncgroe
and dogs, if she went out uf sight of one
she was ill full view of another, while
the air was literally tilled with rucks
sticks which were hurled at her without
any sort of consideration for the safety of
the huntsmen. Wc had a cross eyed
negro, who saw ti hare in the bed about
two feet from my setter dog on a point.
As he could see the hare and I couldn't
I handed him the gun and told him to
shoot it. When the smoke cleared away
I had a dead dog, but the hare was
gone.
We had a negro who stammered.
Wheu he went to tell you anything you
oould walk forty feet and come back in
time to hear what he had to say. This
same negro was never at a loss for a word
when a haro was started. He called the '
dogs with as much vim as any one.
"Here she I dar she gol Ketch her,
Ginger I" Ho was known as the best man
on the place to mako music on a tinpan
and call out the figures of a negro "break
down." Appomattox was not only the end of
the Confederacy, but it brought to an
end those happy days of the old Southern
plantation negro, as well as to his old
marstor. The Northern people, in their
igooraooe, clamored for the abolition of
the negro, laboring under one impression
There is one sin which is everywhere,
and by everybody is underestimated and
quite too much overlooked in valuations
of character. It is the sin of fretting.
It as common as air; as speech; so com
mon that unless it arises above its usual
monotoue, wo do not even obseive it.
Watch an ordinary coming together of
peoplo aud we seo how many minutes it
will be before somebody frets that is,
makes more or less complaining state
ments of something or other, which most
probably every one in tho room or the
car, on on the street corner, knew before
and which most probably nobody can
help. Why say anything about it?
It is cold, it is hot; it is wet, it is dry,
somebody has broken an appointment,
ill cooked a meal; stupidity or bad faith
somewhere has resulted in discomfort.
There aro plenty of things to fret about.
It is simply astonishing how much an
noyance aud discomfort may be found in
the course of every day's living, even at
the simplest, if only oue keeps u sharp
eyo on that side of things. Even holy
writ says wo are born to trouble as Ihe
sparks fly upward.
Rut even to the sparks flying upward
in tho blackest smoke, there is a blue
sky above, and the less time ihey waste
on the road llie sooner ihcy will reach
it. Fretting is all lime wasted on the
road.
Not onlv docs frettins worry us and
thoso around us, but remember that noth
ing brings the wrinkles more quickly.
SASH, BLINDS, and DOORS.
CHIMNEY PIPE,
For sale at BOTTOM PRICES BY
PLUMMER & WHEELER,
PETERSBURG, VA.
my sa ly.
KDUAKCriiltlKR.
T.B.UNDKRHILL
CURRIER & UNDERHILL,
BOSTON ONE PRICE
Clothing House
Wholesale uud ReUiil Dealers la
FINE CLOTHING.
tk'Utlemcn's Furnishing Goods, Hatf,
Caps, Trunks, Etc.
Cor. Sycamore aud BankSta.,
my St ly.
Petersburg, Va,
W. E. ARMSTRONG & CQJ
Wholesale and retail
DRUGGISTS,
225 Sycamore st, Petersburg, Va.
I,A.U mail orders receive prompt per
sonal attention. my 23 ly.
e7h. PRITCHETT& CO.,
PETERSBURG, VA.
Successors to Mitchell Co.'i
BOOK STOQE.
STANDARD PATTERNS, FASHION
SHEETS FREE.
Give us a call.
m231y
Kflie "Jack, nana said we must not
see each other any more." Jack "In
deed! Shall I turn the gas oul?"
NKW A I) V K UT IS KM K NTS.
AKlN
ALLIANCE EXCHANCE,
Sells o n commission Tobacco, Wheat,
Corn, Cotton, Peanuts, Hogs, Poultry, and
all kinds of COUNTRY PRODUCE, and
Keep on nana General Merchandise. We
will buy on order anything a farmer may
need. Gunnos a specialty. Let nt km
from you. Hogsheads furnished on appll
cation. J. C SMITH. Airent
my 23 ly PaUraborg, Va
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POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
A cream of tartar baking powdor,
Highest of all in leavening strength.
Latent U. IS. Uovernment I'ooii nepon,
llOYAL Bakino Powdkr (jo.,
106 Wall 8t.,N Y.
STEEL WIRE FENCE BOARD.
a RrMew Rotw and CM,lo Ptmoe: Cabled Faattri
and tsavrdoa Po; Called Field and Hoi Veac.
Yard, Oemotwy and iiemvts Lot Pencil. on Hteej
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OfcUlogu IM iCBunoiuau ire
JL L. HttKLUJlUilKB, ATL4MTA, 04.
HUDSON'S
mm mm,
187 Main at., Noifolk, Va.
LADIES' AND GENTLEMEN'S DlillKG
ROOM. ALL MEALS 25 CENTS
SURPASSING COFFEE A SPECIALTY
J. R- HUDSON, Proprietor.
The Best of Everything in Season.
Oct 101 jr.
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"THE LEADERS OP LOW PRICES,"
Importers, wholesale and retail -
dealers in
FOREIGN-AND DOMESTIC
DRY-GOODS,
No. 144 Main street, Nurfcjki V.
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