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JAS. A. THOMAS, Editor and Proprietor.
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- LOULSBURG, N. C, TRIDAY. JANUARY. 20. 1890.
KOMBER48.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.,
i METHODIST.
Sunday School at 9:30 A. M.
Geo. S. Baker. So pt.
Preaching at 11 A4 M., and 8 P. M.,
every Sunday. .
Prayer meeting Wednesday night. ,
. G. F. Smith. Pastor.
BVPTI8T.
Sunday School at 9:30 A. M.
i Thob. B. Wilder, Supt.
Preaching at 11 AT M., and 8 P. M.t
every Sunday. :
Prayer meting Thursday night. .
Foeeest Smith.; Pastor. v
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON V, FIRST; QUARTER, INTER
NATION AL"SERIES, JAN. 29." 1
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AUNT ABBY, THE IRRE
. PRESSIBLK
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iro'JL'feissioiia.l oardH.'x
R. 8. P. BDRT,
PRACTICING PHYSICIAN,
-. . ..-.. i j I . ' -. ' i. :
Louisburg,-N. C.
Office inithe Ford Building, corner Mais
and Nash fetreets. Up s tain front. -
.Th(T following article which ap
peared in the "Land We Love"a
short time after the "Civil War" was
handed us by a subscriber, and as so
many of our people knew Aunt Abby
House, we republish it in the Times.
Aunt. Abby was a great character, and
seemed to think what "Zeb" Vance
and "Joe'' Davis said was ''lawand
gospel." She was known : by, -nearly
every soldier who went from this sec-
13.
B. MASSENBUEQ,
I
j; ATTORNEY AT LAW-s
LouisBuae. v. c. ' , - -
Will practice In all the Courts of the State
' Office in Court House.
0.
tt. COOKE ft BOTH,
" ATTORNEYS-A.T-IAW,
L ' ' LOUlSBUBe.K. 0.
Text of -the teuoa', John iv, B-15.
Memory Vend, 13-15 Golden Text,
John lv, 14 Commentary Prepared
by the Rev. D. M. Stearns. . : . "
Copyright, 1S98, by D. M. Stearns.
5. "Then cometh Ho to a city of Sa
maria, which Is called Sychar, near to the
parcel of ground that jaoob gave to his
Bon .Joseph.": - He, Is anointed with the
Holy -"Ghost, and, with power and goes
about doing good, seeking never His own
will, but always the will of His Father,
and all His steDS as well as all His words
and actions are ordered by the Father tion to the-war. EDITOR TlMES.1
Vra aat vi, oo , ait, u, ato,
xxxvii," 23). To live such a life is the busi
ness of the Christian, and Christ In ua
will live that UfeJi we yield fully to Him.
. 6., "Now Jacob's wejl was there. Jesus,'
therefore, - being wearied with bis journey,
sat thus on the well, and it was about the
sixth .hour. " As we said In a previous
lesson, probably 6 a. m., . according to
John's way of counting. He would be
journoylng-early, so as to avoid the beat
of the day. He is weary, for He is truly a heavy fire to carry water to our
are.- We have not a high priest who can- wounded.) On one occasion an officer
not be touched with a feeling of oufln-: met her coolly walking down the road
firmities. He knoweth our frame; He. , .. -- , , ' . ... ..
romembfirs tht w w, iint , 1 leading two horses by the bridles, with
idc ouueis wmsiiing arouna ner use
She was as fearless under fire as she
was in the use of her tongue, and more
than- - one officer , has .testified to the
coolness : with v. which'' she would -walk
through the trenches during; the fear
ful bombardment' around Petersburg;
and she has been known to. go under
Will attend the courts of Nash, Franklin,
Granville, Warren and Wake counties, also the
Supreme Court oi North Carolinp, and the V.
B Circuit and District Courts. .
Da. E. 8. Postbb. Da. J. E. MAtOHB'
.RS. FOSTER & MAXONK :
PRACTICINa PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS,
; lAulaburg, N. C.
Office over Aycocke Drug Company.
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PKDILL & RUFFIN.
. ATTORN EYS-AT-LAW, ,
louisBuae. v. c ,
nrin tA MiirtM of Franklin. Vance,
Granville, Warren and Wake counties, also
the Supreme Court of North Carolina. Prompt
attention given to coUectlons, to.
maoa B. WILDER, '
L ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, -
i ; IiOUISBUBS, K. C ,
Office On Main street, over Jones as Cooper's
'store, i.. ; V-: :;-'V
T.
W. BICKETT,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.'
' ' : itOUisBuae s. c.
" Prompt ana painBtaklng attention given to
aver uuwi iv - - j t-i,,. I "
Refers to Chief Justice Shepherd, Hon. John ld
- Manning, Hon. Robt. W. Winston, Hon. Jx . on
Buxton, Pres. nrsi nsuoiuu fu.
iton. Glenn & Manly, Winstxmeoples Bank
of Monroe, Chas. E. Taylor, Pres. Wake For.
est College, Hon. B. W. Tlmberlake.
Off ice In Court House, opposite Sheriff's.
7. "There cometh a woman of Samarltt
to draw water. Jesus saith unto hed
Give me to drink." For our sakes H
put Himself in the limitations of a mortal
body, liable to weariness, hunger, thirst,
suffering , and. death: He who made all;
things and upholds all things made Him-;
self dependent uppn the ministry of oth
ers for the necessities of life. He fed mil
lions with manna for nearly 40 years and
brought water fom the rook at His pleas
ure. ' v : '; -
8. "For His' disoiples were gone away
unto the city to buy meat." He who said,
Qome, buy wine and milk without money
and without price (Isa. lv, 1) sends his
disciples to buy '-with money things neces
sary for the body. It is very difficult for
us to believe the extent of His humilia
tion. : We cannot understand how rloh He
was nor how poor He became for our sakes
(II Cor. viii, 9), but we can look up grate
fully and say, Lord, I thank thee for bear
ing it for mei . - " "
9. "How is it that thou, being a Jew,
askest drink of me, which aim a woman of
Samaria? For the Jews bave no dealings
with-the Samaritans.'' Thus answered
the woman of Samaria. How different
from Bebekah when Eliezer said,. Let me
drink, I pray thee (Gen. xxiv, 45, 46V See
In II Kings; 17, the origin of these Sa
maritans. Co good unto all, especially to
the household of faith, and give to him
that asketh thee are good "precepts to re
member and practice, for not only is it
more blessed to give than receive, but not '
even a cup of cold water given in the
name of a disciple shall lose Its reward
(Acts xr, 35; Math, x, 42). ; t
10V." Jesus answered and said unto her,
If thou'knewest the gift of God and who
it i's that saith to thee, Give me to drink, ,
thou wouldst have asked of Him, and He
have given thee living water."
The gift of God is the Son of God, as we
which was pick up by Sherman's sol
diers. ' Ai fearlessly as she ' had here
toore sought General Lee nnd Presi
dent Davis, she now marched into the
office of the Provost Marshal and O
tnanded the surrender of her property.
- 'I've come here to git back my crap
critter that some of your men has stole
from me,' was her abrupt address to
the official who sat in state in the
room so lately vacated by Gov. Vance.
'And pray, Madam, what js a crap
crijter? Said he politely, off-ring her
a chair. V -s
No I'm not gwine to set down in
this office till them as oughtor be here,
is back whar they belongs,' said she
contemptuously pushing the chair
aside.' I've sot . here many a" time
with Governor Vance anoVjOur betters,
and had many a talk with them, but
I wants nothing from you but m'ycaap
critter that was stolen Thursday a
week ago by your thievish soldiers. ,
Well, Madam," if you will tell me
what a crap critter is, and where I am
to look for it, I will do my best to
have it restored to jou whatever! k
may be. .
. ....
Where are yoa to look for ii?.JVhy
i i . $
lOOK
haiL
My God! old lady' he exclaimed.
'what are you doing here?'
'I'm taking Colonel McRae's and
Capt. Young's horses to 'em. - .They
jumped on em and . turned em into
the yard, .while they run. through the '
bushes down to whar the Yankees be
gun a firing on our boys; and when
they opened on 'em with the cannon, cow. Jts a mule, man, that I'm arter,
and shells begun to 'burst round head- not a cow.'. '
quarters, these here foolish horses got , The Provost Marshal, who' was
sort, of cantankerous, sq I. 'cotch ,'em qoife equal to Aunt Abby, and tole'of
by the bridles,and as they'd 'erbin his interview with her afterward ask-
killed, maybe if I left 'em .upr yonder, ing if there were 'many more such in
Pm gwine to takeem fdown Jo whar the State, directed her to the proper
the boys is under cover.' I officer, and told her if she ould not
The officer who told the story said find her own 'crap critter' she might
as cool as though she was I take her choice of any of those in the
las stay it home that time cause he
wai afeard of the example.'
I did write to Gov. Vance, and his
reply was so characteristic of 'him,
Gen. lee and Aunt Abby, that I will
close here story with the following eic
tract from his letter. ".
- .'On one occasion Aunt Abby came
to toe and said her nephew Marcellss
was in the hospital at Richmond, and
twas gwine lo die sure ef he didn't git
away from thar whar somebody could
nuss hirnj and promised me solemnly
that if I could get hi no a sick furlough lor
thirty days, that she would return him
at the. end of that time, dead or auvi!
Upon this I applied, for . the far
lough, and gave my personal pledge
that he should promptly return; . She
set off to Richmond with my letter,
and soon Aunt Abby t and .Marcellas
came home rejoicing. It had all
passed put of my mind, when lot at the
end of sixty days into ray office pop
ped Aunt Abby. She took aaeat and
stack her tct up on the fender without
a wotd being spoken.
Well,' said layout took Marcellas
back, didn't you?' . '
Na I didn't said; she, ubat child's I
FBtXttOSTICATlSUTHE WElTHrS.
Some Curious Faeti from' ta (Jli Al-maoae.
A curious - old almanac, pub
lished in 1700, gives tbe following
rules for prognosticating lbs
weather:
-The resounding of the Ma upon
tbe shore and the m arm or of the
wnds in the woods without a p.
parent winds show, wind is to fol
low; A murmur oat ef cares portend
eth the ' same. -'
The obscuring of the smaller
stars is a sign of tempest. Also t
the stars seesato shoot, wind will
come from the quarter the! stars
cime- from
Tbe often changing f the wind
ehoweth tempests.
If two rainbows appear it will
rain A raiabe-w presently afUr
rain deueUs fair wa&tber.
1 1
Flil-es tha fcxxl more deHdous end wholcsocrxj I
Good Adylce From Bishop Hood.
got the worst coff ever you seed, and
I am come to git yoa to write 'em that
he ain't able to go pack.' ' "
in your own cattle pens where
you wont find much that hai'nt been
stole. .' . .. '
: 'Ah, I understand now, its a cow
that you've lost, can you identify ?'
'Lord sakes, who but a Yankee ever
heard tell of tending of a crap with' a spate my word?
' 'Well, but I on't; I've " not seen
him, and I can't certify to anything
which is not within my own. know-
Atlanta Oonatttactoo.
By far the beat advice which has yet
been given the colored race comes
from Bishop J. W. Hood, of the Afri
can Methodist church. -.
Bishop Hood's views are especially
to be commended because he lives io
North Carolina, in the storra-center of
the present agitation, and he is thus
enabled to speak advisedly. The occa
sion upon which he spoke was the an-
nail conterence at twartnage. l am
astonished," said he as how . little I
If the sky be red In the morning have been discouraged or disturbed by
it is a sore tot en of winds or rain, tbe events which have brought sadness,
or both, because those vapors which gloom and sorrow to so many hearts."
canse the redness will presently be Looking for a cause of the friction be-
resolved .. tween the races, he found it in, the
If tbe boo or moon . loots pale, ignorance of his own people, in their
then look for rain: if fair and I weakness in accepting tbe leadership
TEE AILA5TA CQMIOIO.
The mischief you have? How do I bright, expect fair weather; if red, of bad men, and in the fact that they
! know it?
Why, I tell ye so; do
yoa -dare to
rinds will come
If a dark cloud be at eanris.ln
which the tea is soon after bidden.
it will dissolve, and rain will fol
low.
If there' appeareth a clodd and
she was
leading the norses to water on a sum
mers day at horoe and only got ex
cited and used expressions more forci
ble than elegant when they, snorting
and jerking back at the whiz of every
shell, came near stepping on her. She
saia tne woman at tne noose naa ; run
into the cellar when the bombardment
began, but I told her that I was going
to carry them thar horses to ther own-!
were
yard where the stolen animals
kept.' , ; ;
1 expected' he said afterward, 'thai
she would be at least a little molified
by my polite deportment, and ven
tured to hope when I added, that' if
she liked to do so, she could take two
mules in the place of her crap critter"
that she'd think me not in spite of my
blue coat, unworthy to sit in the seat
M. PERSON,
- ATTORNEY AT-LAW,
? -- . - -
, (LOUISBUBS, K. a '
Practices in all -spurts.
Building. '
Office lr Neal
tY HYARBOROUOH, Ja.
ATI OENEY AT LAW,
LOrjISBTJRO.N.O,
Olfice ou second floor of Neal building
Main Street.
' All legal business intrusted to him
will receive prompt and careful attention.
. a -j. S m a TM j.1
beverlaShw: needjem yet be- of the departed Zebulon.- Instead of
mignt bow nave tnougnc or tne woros, j tore tne aaj was over.
the waters!" -afid have said, Art thou He4 "f - UC1 waJr lv
Lee s army when she . beard of the
evacuation of '- Richmond, and Mr.
Davis' arrivalat . Gteensboro. 'I
couldn's work my way through .to
Gin'ral Lee afore he gave up under
that apple-tree, so I say to the boys;
edge. And besides, I'm not a doctor. I after vapors are seen to ascend up
Bui they'll believe anything yon on it, that portend eth rain.
If the sua seem greater in the
Yes, ;but IdanVleJl then a lie
It taint no lie, I' ellyel If yon
could see that boy coff it would make
you sickl Shut up with your foolish
ness, and just write to 'em what I tell
ye; tell-'era I ssy.he ain't fitten to go
'Well' well,' said I, in despair, .who
shall I write to?' s
Write toGeoeral Lee, I don't want
no bothermeni with ' none of them offi
cers.' ? ;
ai
so easily allow themselves to bt led
into opposition to their white neigh
bors, who are, after, all, their best
friends. To show that sensible con
duct oo part of colored men secures
for them thf respect and protection of
their white neighbors, the bishop cites
his own town. He says:
'It has seemed to me that the white
east than common it is a sign of I people there have taken extraordinary
rain. S I pains to be pleasant, notwithstanding
If in the week about sunsettingl every man voted as he chose and had
there appears a black elood it will 1 his vote counted as cast. The condi
rain that night, or 'the day folio-1 tion of things in the State at large is
Ing- because that elond win want the result of bad leadership."
ft. A A- I
ucas loaiapoBo i. .The alliance with populism, the
If mists comes down from the bUhop ngxrded aa effjrt lo
bills or descend from heavens in enemicJt tbere w oothing
.t tt t . .
mevaueys, is pr-m.Bewo lair n elieinit to attract colored men who
weather. - I are naturally Republicans. The climax
nitsts to ineerebiaganow a not
I seized a pen. and wrote about
toiiow:
R. D. T. SMITHWICK, ' .
DENTIST,
V LOUISBCBG, N. C.
of whom lsalam wrote? If she had known
Jer. ii, 13, slftf might have asked, Art thou
a fountain of . living water? But she
knew not these things; she was not living
unto God, yet her soul was precious In
God's sight ' . - . i . r
,- 1L " The woman saith unto Him, Sir,
thou bast nothing to draw with, and the
well is deep. From whence, then, bast
thou that living water?" Whether It be
rich, religious flesh, as in Nicodemus, or
poor, sinful flesh, as In this woman, it is
in either case ignorant of spiritual things.
The well is too deep, and the natural man
has nothing to draw with. The woman
unwittingly described her iown copdition
in her words to our Lord.- She thought only
of natural water, a rope and a bucket
She did not know the words of Isa. xliy 8,
"With joy shall ye draw water out of tbe
wells of salvation.". He testified what
He knew and had seen. Those who be
lieve His testimony proclaim Him. as the
Truth, but those who receive not His tes
timony make Him a liar. ' Let us as faith
ful witnesses proolaim what we bave beard
and. seen (I John 1, 8). . "
12. "Art thou greater than our father
Jacob, who gave us the well and drank
thereof himself and bis children and bis
cattle?" In chapter viii, 53, the rulers
ask Him, . "Art thou greater than our
fathev Abraham? Greater than Solomon
or Jonah (Math, xii, 41, 42), greater than
prophets or patriarchs, greater than angels
or archangel, one with God. the -Father,
.God manifest in the flesh, how meekly He
bore it all, to be so unknown, so misun
derstood! Are you, for His sake, willing
to bave some one far beneath you socially
or intellectually spoken of as better, than
ou, and can you keep still? Can you.
bear to hear some other land or city hon
ored above yours and be meekly.quiet be
cause your city is New Jerusalem? ' J
13. ''Jesus answered and said unto her,
Whosoever drinketh of this water shall
thirst again." Both literally and figura
tively true. The first the woman could
grasp, for she came often to draw wiater,
but the second she understood not. But
few have yet learned that the waters of
this world cannot satisfy, andv the multi-j
tudes seek the pleasures' of sin, which sat-'
sfy but for a season.- They hew them
selves out cisterns that can hold no water:
(Heb. xl, 25; Jer. ii, 13). : ; X
FllANKLlNTOH flOTLL water that I shall give him shall never
thirst, but tne water tnac lanaii give nun
shall be in him a well of water, springing
Up into everlasting life." Christ In us,
the hope of glory is a well that not only
abundantly satisfies, but is ever spring
ing up to refresh others. ' It is possible to
be satisfied with favor and full with the
blessing oH the Lord (Deut. xxx, 23), so
occupied with God that the pleasures of
this world have no power, over. us. : In
chapter 1 we have water in connection
with the forgiveness of sins, in chapter s
water in connection with the wine of the
kingdom at the marriage of the Lamb, in
chapter 8 water invoonnectlon with the
first step toward the kingdom. Here we
have an advanoe, for every- believer may
be a well of water if only willing.
15. 'The woman saith unto Him, Sir,
rl mo tlilgf vnnttw.'- that I thirst not.
Good accommodations for the 1 neither come' hither to draw.," She still
thought only or natural water, dus soon,
as His love and wisdom continued to deal
with her, she. began to see herself a sin
ner. Then, she saw Him as me Messiah
indTier Saviour, she received Him as such,
nd joy so filled her that she . forgot all
-lse but Him and ran to bear the glad
jldings to others. ' -
hich she turned on me with. At!
easy comes and easy goes; but you
need not think to make up for steal
ing from one by giving to another.
I'll have non from ye but my own
crap critter.' -t
Her- own crap critter, however could
not be found among the stolen mules.
General: The ubiquitous, inde
fatigable and inevitable Mrs. House
will hand you this. She asks me to
say that She says, - that . her nephew
Marcellus of the regiment, N. C Ts
day on the morrow The like when
white mista arise from tho-w a wrs
in the eveniag. v
. Tbe circles that appear about the
son if they be red and broken por
tendetb'wind.
If thick, and- dark,' it shows
winds, snow or rain, whish are al
i Office in Ford's Building, 2nd floor.
Gas administered and teeth extracted
without pain. . " x
TVR. R. B. KINO,'
, i DENTIST,
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, LOUISBURG, N. 0.
. Offick ovebAycocke Dbuo Compant.
With an experience of twenty-five years
is a sufficient guarantee of my work .in all
the up-to-date lines of the profession.
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boys I'm gwine to jine President Da
vis since I can't get to Giperal . Lee;
so you all take to the bushes so as not
to get cotched by the Yankees, and
I'U foot it down the railroad track.
One of them told me to be" sure when I
got in sight of my enemy, to raise my
right : hand, , -'and now Aunt Abby,'
said he 'don't you sass 'em none be
cause they ain't like us, and would as
lieve. shoot, an old woman as not." -'
When I seed 'em I did raise my
hand, but Lord bless my soul it was
the heaviest lift everT tried, it seemed
like it was made of lead and ha J a
hundred pound weight ; hung . on the
eend of my fingers. But I knowed it
was'nt my hand, but my hearty was so
heavy, and I saved 'to myself: Now
Abby House, says I, there ain't a grain
of use in telling of, you with a. civil
tongue in your head if yous got to talk
to Yankees; I knows it haint your na
tur, so I tells you to keep a dumb one
thar. - ;:
did, I walked through ten
miles of .them, and never said nary
word. I thought I should of choked,
for when they cussed Jeff Davis, they
Words keep 'er rising up in my throat
and I thought they would come out
any how'; but I keep 'er wiping of my
hand over my mouth and doing like I
was a taking of 'em out and of fling.
ing them behind me'at 'em, and that
sort of eased my mind.j' "
' She got , to Greensboro to see Mr.
Davis before he left there, and staid
by the train in which he was untfi he
left. I cooked the. last mouthful of
" vittils V he eat in North Carolina, and
he shuck x hands with : me ; when he
and after much persuasion she was in
duced, on the representation of the
Provost Marshal, that she could return
it when it was called for, to pick out
another male. . He pointed' out one
that Jie thought the best in the lot, but
she rejected it, and finally selected one
of the worst, and replied ' when asked,
why she did not take a better one;
'I'm not j gwine to be beholden to
no hatchet-ficed Yankee among ye for
nothing. Some 'on ye look my crap
critter, and if ye can't give it back to
me, I'll take one as nigh it's vally as I
can get, and that's this here one.' - '
'All right, old lady, take the one
suits you best. Jeff Davis himself
couldn't say more if he was President
of the United States.'
And, that he'll never be-meam his
self to be,' she7 replied indignantly, 'for
he never did an ongentmanly act in
his life, and being President of the
United States, ai'nt no gentlemanly
calling now, since rail-splitters and
tailors' is tuck it up.1 .;' .
j Just before she got up to leave me
a gentleman. who had frequently seen
'her in the trenches- at Petersburg, came
in, and recognizing her, spoke to her,
but he had to recall to her memory - the
time and place where he Jrad last - seen
her, before she could recollect him. .''.. -O
yes, I riccollecks'you now,'- she
said at length, but you see, you men
all looks so different in your' 'store
close' Jrom what you did in your old
dirty gray jackets in them trenches,
that I don't know none on ye at first.'
Don't you "think Aunt Abby, said
I, that they looked a great deal better
in their greyunifofms than they do Tn
to the southward and the wind be
there, denotes many times a tem
pestoooe day; aleo - a roinbow of
water gall in the west denotes
storm, wet'dey.
lne "sun does" appearing in
the ttornlfl ger erenhig U a sign of
cold, wet, -windy weather time.
' fv wet sammerU always followed
by a frosty-winter, bat U happens
occasionally 4hat the cold extendi
no farther
Every winter with, 'excess of
west winds Is" followed 1 by a- cold
summer v. ' . .
A Contrast. .
started, and said, .'good bye, Aunt J their store clothes?
traveling public.
Abbv. vou are true.erit, and stick to
-. - . .
your friends to the last,' but's no more
than I thought you'd do. v"
Aunt Abby arrived in Raleigh by
j the first train that came from Greens-
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XV. 3. NORWOOD, proprietor.
FitHBiun- of nommerdal Tourists and!
nvenng Public Solicited.
Good Sample Room.'
I don't know about,., that, honey,
some on 'em was monstrous smoky
and ragged, I can tell you; you never
seed 'em at their worst as I did, they
spruced up a sight when ' the come
b- to after Sherman had possession of home, -to what they was in camp, but
the town." When she got out at the
depot a Yankee soldier,, standing on j
i the platform" seeing v an old- woman
stumblrns along loaded down with
bags and bundles, said to her good" na-
During the past two years, Mrs. J. W,
Alo.sna unfa nf th editor- of the WaV-
ne8boro (Miss.) Times, has, in a great turedly;
many instances, relieved her baby when 'Hand np your traps, rpy grand
in the first stages of croup, by giving it author, and. give' us your . hand, I' 11
Chamberlain's cough remedy, Shelooks he)p " these steps.
upon this remedy as a household neces- r ; .
sily and believes that no better medicine 'No you won t was her abrupt re
has ever been put in bottles. , There are ply. 'I raised my right hand onffe to
many thousands of mothers in this broad a whole army of ye, but I'll never give
!?nd. ? Hl!.88 i! It willingly to one on you.' ;. '1
nended upon as a preventive and cure She did not escape the fate of most only knows that Ginral Lee said it was
dwellers in the track of the 'great de- a mighty smart letter, ana scemea
gtrcver,' zi l::t'.. t?r-'crap critter' 1 powerfal sorry he coutt'nt, l:tl':"'l
if they didn't look butter, than they
does now, or ever will as long as thefe
b.lue coats is a swarming; over the
country like-the plague of ; hopper
grasses in the scripture. But I've got
to see lawyer Rogers, afore night and
its bout time I was gwine down town.
You jest do what I tells you : 'about
writing to Governor Vance, and axing
him 'bout that letter he 'gin me to
Ginral Lee, and told vac not to let
nobody laugh at. He read it to me
but rdisreraember what was. in it: I
is now at home, thirty days over his so presaged by the eirclesabeot the
leave, is still unable tq attend to duty, moon
She says he has a 1 rhost distressing .White and' ragged clouds ap-
coff. I have not graduated in medi- peering like ' horses ' manes and
cine, nor have I seen this patient, but tails forelelIeQi: great winds, even
judging from the symptoms as detail aa the sailors long hare said, ia::
ed by Mr. House,-1 y future the opin I ehaffged iraa a otd mmi un.
ion;, that MarcellmJ like hi. cr,t I Mkatony Ship. tdearrylow aaU.
namesake, has his-thought 'bent on
peace. I fear that the air here is too
far South for his longs, and earnestly
recommend that more salubrious at.
mosphere otthe - Rappahannock ; and
that- when- comfortably established
there, he be made to take for his kofr
a compound of sulphuf , saltpetre and
charcoal, to taf cop'ronsly admioistrater
ed by inhalation. ",
I should be happy to learn tbe re
sult of this" orescrirjtlon.'aod" have the
honor to be General."
' - Yoor oV't serv't,
'I Z. B. VANCli.
I read thisJetter over to her io a
loud and pompous tone. She was de
lighted with it, and slapped me on the
shoulder, saying, Lord bless ye, hon.
ey, that's it, why couldn't yon a done
that at fust without all this - foolish
ness?' .
As I folded and addressed the let
ter, I. said to' her, that there were ma
ny people in the army who didn't like
me, and perhaps some of them would
make fun of mj letter, and if so, she
must let me know. -
Jastlet 'em par to "laugh at it
said she, and with many thanks she
left me. In a couple; of weeks she
come into my office again with a very
long face,' indeed. ' I
What luck. Aunt' Abby?' said ' I.
did yoq get Marcellas excused?' .
, 'Lord bless you, honey, it never
done grain o' good ; I carried your
letter to Gin'ral Lee, who read it, but
they tuck him, Lord bless your heart
they tuck that child back jist the same
as if yon hadn't 'er writ that letterl
' I expressed my concern, ot conrsr,
and added, 'I hope Gen. Lee didn't
make fun of my letter, did he?
No, said she, he begun to' ' laugh
wonst, but' I told him Uodry that tp,'
and he read it through mighty soletoa,
and said it was a mighty
of folly was their support of Governor
Russell in 1896. This leads to' tbe dec
laration that "the only surprise on my
part that the strife which we have
had recently did not occur two jears
ago in connect ran with that caropaigo
and Governor Russell's administra
tion has not tended to the promotion
of a better feeling." -
r
It is in the following paragraph that
the bishop sums up the w hole cause of
trouble;
' MSb far as we are concerned our
selves, the root of the evil is the in
satiate desire for office, regardless of
1 fitness. We are plagued both in church
SOHETHIXQ ABOCT THE GREAT.
EST WEEKLY 5EWSPAPEB
IX -T1IP. U0U5TBY.
Take Your Home Parser and The Con
stltndion and be Happy.
It is a fact perhaps not generally
known that The Weekly Coostitu-
titan ISftft tk lftpr7iat i rtnlt ! An ff
any newspaper on the western
hemisphere. . Only a few months
ago a large - newspaper directsry :
questioned the claim of circula
tion made by The Constitution and
put op a fcrfeit of tl00 that it
could be disproved that it tad
more than 100.000 circulation.
The Constitution promptly accept
ed the offer and submitted its
books to tbe representative of the
firm: Mr. George P. Rowel, pub
lisher of the new-paper directory,
acknowledged, bis error publicly
and paid tbe forfeit.
Tbe Constitution, while belur a
Democratic newspaper. Is first sad
above all thiogs a newspaper. It
is a twelvs-iatre, seven-column
weekly, making eighty-four col
nmnseaeh week. Its subscription
price is fl a year, but if taken un
der the arrangement with -th Is pa
per we can give them both at the .
price above named.
Tbe Constitution has a special
correspondent in every important
city in tbe United States and a rep
resentative in all of tbe leading
centers of the world.
Daring the war with 8pain,
which has just been bropght to a
ax a . m
eioee, me reports 01 no newspaper
in the South conld compare with
its news presentation from the
front. Its special staff representa
tive sailed with tbe army when' it
first embarked from Tampa, and
of tbe 120 correspondents who went
to Cabs, he was one of the only "
seven who remained to see tbe flag
hoisted over tbe public buildings
In Santiago. Its special represen
in the Caribbean sea, aod.lls
Washington special service covered
every detail of the important 'war
reports originating at the capitol.
Tbe Weekly Constitution daring
the late Spanish war served the
news of all the notable events,
from first to lastr with the prompt- -
ness of a. daily. The victory of
Dewey at Manila, the death of En-.
sign Bsgloy, the movement of the '
troops and fleets, tbe 'destruction
of Servera'a fleet, the operations in ,
Porto Rico, the treaty, and the un
furling' of the stars and stripes r
overMorro castle, Havana were all
Thunder In the morning; if It be ld State by office seekers. Everybody KJtn inTbe Wbekly on Monday,
seems to want an office, and 'many do
not stop to think whether they have
ntness lor omce or not. 1 was once
offered the position of collector of
customs at Washington. Of course I
did not accept it, for what "do I kno
about a collector's business? All my
training and study have been in a dif
ferent direction. I rm sure I am called
to preach, and IJthink I know some
thing about that. I am at home in the
puipit, but inf the custom bouse I should
bave been like a cat in estrange garret,
as the saying is. And yet there are man y
seeking such offices who are no more
fit for them than I am. '
These views all sustain the position of
tbe constitution, that there is no real
problem between theraojs, so long as
they continue in the performance of
A man once said to Sam Jones:
"Jones, the' church is putting
my assessment" too high' Jones I tbe doiies incumbent upon citizenship.
asked, "How much de yea pay?"
year, was
the
long
the
"Five dollars a
reply.
Well, said Jones, -'how
have you been converted?"
'About four years," was
answer.
"Well, what4If jroirdo - before
you were converted? '
I was a drunkard." ' .
"How much did , you spend for
drink?" , '
Abant$25bayear." v
. "How much w ere yoa worth?
I rented land a ad plowed a
steer. ' .
What hare) you get bow?1
"I hare a good plantation and a
pair of horses." '
Well," said Sam Jooee, "you
paid the devil $250 a year for the
ptmlege or plowing a steer on
rented land, and now" yoa 'don't
want to give God,' who saved yon;
It ssonly the agitators and the dis'urb
ers who create trouble. Tbe sooner tbe
colored race learns to drop tbe anxious
politicians and' half-edocated place-
hooters, the better it will be for it
Drop the politicians and go to workl
Some men exert themtelres more in
trying to borrow a dollar than in try
ing lo earn one. 1
The only soap which tbe Hindoos of
tbe orthodox type employ is made en
tirely of vegetable products.
. Kmerica has eight towns named
Madrid, three of which are considering
tbe-expediency of changing their
names.
There is mor Catarrh in this wetioB
of thoeoeotry than all other dew po
toeetbvr. and uatll tb lat few y
was soPDoeed to be ineurabl. For U
treat ma bt rears doctor pronounced
iIImu m rA :v J I rm.
five dollars" a ye tor he privilege edfc. aBd by' constant failing; to cure
rT1ft-lnp. bar- on -oar own with local trmtmaf. pronouneed U in
r s . . I earabl. Setae; baa proven catarrh to
plantation; xou are a raseai lronr k. a eoosUtotional disease, and. there
. 1 i K.'f. .r V.t tn iK rl I fore, reouires constitutional treatment.
smaii icuct tu vi. w. j 1 ,r.n-. ol...K -r, m..nr.nM4 k. v
ot yenr oaw -
for croup. The 25 ana ou ceni Domes
are for sale by W. G. Thomas, drug-
O.-'-Wi O. Hardmaa, when aheriff of
Tyler County., W, Va., was at one time.
almost prostraUd with a eold. He used
Chamberlain's eoTigh-renndy and was so
much pleased with the quick relief and
ear it afforded Litcu tbt be Me tbefol- j ieTj ali c nm r.i,, od one-half of the
lowing UBSolleited twtimonral: MToa41 J'ond bottle elltd a ecETplU enre.
mao mar oe interemi, vwa- w wmT, 1 y. J. Holland, Ilolland, Va USamber
that I have u-d Chamberlain's eooeh j plia pla-ia equally good for
remedy and find Hinvaluablf for eooebt j ,r,r.r. ,..;:- ci Umenww. aa well
For sale by W. Q. Thomas, g CQn). cuts ar 1 li'J. u Per pile at
I had the rbeumatfct to thai I
onld not ret tar lmd to tsy bead. I
tried the doctor's medicine witboat the
least benefit. At last I thought of Cham-
brUln Pata Dalm: tho Cnt bctUe
J. Cbeav & Co.. Toledo, Ohio, la tbe on
ly constitutional cure on tbe market. It
is taken internally io dose from 10 drops
to a teaspoobf ul. It sets directly oa the
blood and raoeooe arfse- of the system.
Thev offer one hundred dollars for any
ease it fails to cure.- Send for circulars
and testimonials free1. Addre,
F. 1. CHX5KT & CO.. Toledo, O.
on the very day the news first ap
peared in the dally. -
Tbe Weekly Constitution makes
especial feature of its agricultural :
page, which is presidid over by
Colonel R. J. Redding, director of ,
the Georgia experiment farm, and
a man who is recognized as anjez- :
pert on all agricultural topies. 'He
giyes-a lull page every wees; on
agricultural matters A page is
dacntAd tn children, then two ds
partments being presided over.by
Mrs. William King.
Among the regular staff mem
bers of The Constitution are Joel
Chandler Harris, Frank L. Stan
ton and others well known through
out tbe country; while among its
special contributors are such men
as Wallace P. Reed, Bill Arp,
Sarge Plaukett, Betsy Hamilton,
Dr. Talmage and others of nation
al reputation. '
Tbe Constitution has just com
pleted the thirteenth year of its
existence, Clark Howell being the
editor and Colonel W. A. Hemp-
bill its business manager. Its name
is a household word in - every
Southern State, from Virginia to
Texas. It has always been in es
pecially close touch with tbe agri
cultural masses of tbe Sooth, and
in having, reached a circulation
which carries it into 150,000 homes
it hss won a unique distinction
which ranks it among the greatest
of American- weekly newspapers.
Tbe Constitution will send a
sample copy of - its great Weekly
free to any. one sending bis own
name and the names of six neigh
bors, oo a costal card.
Every man -should lake his
couuty newspaper before anjthing
else, and next to this he should
taka a good general newspaper,
such as The Constitution. His
county paper gives him the local
home newi, which is not supplied
by a newspaper famishing the
general news from all parts of the
eoantry and from all over tbe
world. Before a man' eeeks Infor
mation from outside, be should
first feel sure tbat be is being kept
posted on what is going on at
borne. This is why he should take
his county paper first. . -
and colds."
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Exposure to rough weather, dampness.
extreme eold, etc . is apt to bring oa an
attaek of rheumatism or neorslgii;ebtp-
p-d bands and lice, cricked lip and vi
olent itching cf tbe skin, also owe ' their
origin to eoid weather. Dr. J. H. Mo.
Lei as Volcaoie Oil Liniment should be
kept oo hand at all time for immediate
application when trouble of this nit ore
appear. It is a soTerein remedy. Fnce
'.4 cetts. 10 ce-ta asi ?1.C3 a tot '.1 9,