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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
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Atturuey and Counsellor at Law,
NOKFOI.K, VA.
Rooms 2 and 3 Virginian Building.
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H AK'114BEI,L,
Attorneys at Law,
ENFIELD, N. C.
iwtli'c I" the counties of Halifax, Nash, Eilge
cuiiiU' and Wilson. Collections niude In all puns
f the smie, Jan. 12 tf.
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II. SMITH J It .
Attorney at Law,
K('OTLANI) NKCK, N. C,
Practices In Hie comity of Uullfux and adjoining
counties, ami In tha Supreme court ol theHato
I M. Ii KlZZ A K 1,
Attorney at Law,
HALIFAX, N. (.'.
(iirnw In the Court llouso. strict aUutitl'in Riven
,,inrnneliesofllie profession. .,
Jim U ly
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Ml II M A H S. II ILL, '
Attorney at Law,
HALIFAX, X. ('.
l'wtiiv" In Hiilifix mi l ailjoinlnif i-imntli'ii and
federal unci Supreme court.
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T
W. MASON,
Attorney at Law,
(iAUYSlll'RO, N'.C.
I'riit tU't'K In tlc courts of Northampton and ad
loining ciiuutU'H, also in the I'edejal anil Supreme
curl.. J"" tf.
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A I. T K U E. I) A S I E L,
Attorney at iLaw,
WKLHOS, N. ('.
twtlccs In Halifax and adioiuiiur counties.
Soceinl atti'iition given to collodions in all parts
of the state and prompt returns mane,
fell 17 ly.
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W, HALL,
Attorney at Law,
WELDON, N. C.
dal attention (riven to collections and remit
taiicui promptly made.
may 1 tf.
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LLLEN & MOORE,
Attorneys at Law,
HALIFAX, X. (,'.
Practice in the counties of Halifax, Northamptou,
KJ-ecuiiihe, l'itt and Martin In the Supreme court
uf tiie suite and in the Federal Courts of thu F-astern
liistrirt. Collections made in any part yl the State.
jnu 1 ly
jyt. J. . SlUEVJ'S. ..,, .. .
Surgeon Dentist.
lhirlni! lK'nuanently hs atcd in Weldoll. can lie
f allal at his oltiee ill Smith Mrick ltulldini; at all
times except when alwent on professional l.usinewi.
Careful attention ijlven to all liniiu hes of the pro-
it'.v.iiiii. i-uriies vimteii i nivti h."" , , , ,
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E. L. HIHTEK, ,Ji,
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Surgeon DeiitUU
Can b Ibund at fila ofBce In KirleM, -lHire
Nitroua Oxide (las for thu ralnlens Extrac-
tine oi Teem always on nauu. - t t r 1 '
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MtSOrXCTtllliui OlflAiD l)KALEUSaN
CAKUIAUES, HAHXKSS, SADDLES,"
Drldlei, Collars. Carts, Wheels, Axles, Farm Gear,
Homo ClothiuK, Lap Holies, Ac.,
Nm. K 1, 24 & 26, 1'ulon St., Norfolk, Vo.
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ALL IMPORTANT.
1,000 POLICY 0!K ASSESSMENT PLAS for 1.00
'2.000 ' ' H 8-00
tz.tm " ii0O
To pmvida for ourselrea and family should be our
lirst consideration. While the inalehead uf a fam
ily is living he may manage to care for his house
hold, but lila death Is Inevitable, and what provis
ion have you made for your wife and little onea In
cast) of death 7 This Is a solemn question which
reaeheaevary hearthstone. If 1W sawyer,
physician, merchant or former, your pMlVwion or
occupation diet with ou.; Vob support your rami
ly comfortably, but when yu die, who is tosupKrt
them. The conventionalities of our country tine
southern country esiax-lally) are such as to exclude
wiwen fn nthepliaiMV4iriiiakliiallv1iiK, ' fact
shudoea good wort tmte for lh ehU.rrtilldren
aner food and raiment arc pnnidid. Now, what
eau Ik done l. nh.te. I ll.e w Ife ami little n f""
Hie terrlhlo chamw of hotaig left deslltuU'. The
best thing that oau be douc, ami olVll the only
thing that can lie done, Is to effect an Insurance on
your life for the tieuent ofthone so dependent upon
you. This policy Is free from taxus, fmm all coin
plications with your estate, from executions, and
from debt. No one can handle this money but the
liarlics for whom the insurance is ell'ecteil. In these
days of complications, and homestead allowances,
(with the chance of a struggle to obtain even that)
I thluk a life policy tin sureat and tha only thing
you can leave of much value to your family.
Now the question will arise, What comiiany must,
1 insure In? "1 am afraid of companies a long way
off, I do not know thajllwRkleat, aw'tof", e of
companies in New tork,' Hifladclph, or Boston,
or other large cities, I know nothing of the work
ings of Insurance companies, their solveucy, c. It
seems to mo a leap in the dark, a "matter of chance
to take out a policy In Btich such companies. They
may be good, they may lx- laid.
But there is one company alinoat at out dors, In
the city of Norfolk, Va managed by gentlemen of
uuiiucatlonable Integrity. Incorporated by tne Irfg-
Ulsture of Virginia, and cndowwl with all the priv
ileges that can be granted tg a company, and at the
sanui time with alt the aafc-gnhrds, that can tie
thrown around the assured. This cmniwny Is
knowa as the "Christian Brotherhood of Norfolk
Va." Any person of good standing, and in good,
health can take out a poN''' In this company, of
11,0110 by paying the small sum of four dollars and
one of K.WO, for eight dollars, and one off:i,0U0, for
twelve dollars.
The directors and managers of the "Christian
Brotherhood," are D. T.Powell, Rlch'd H. Jones, J.B
Klddick, P. J. (iodwln and A. Savage, under the in
mediate management of the Rev. Richard H. Jones.
(Hei-reUry.) I think the plan of Insurance in this
company Vh, Mat I have-over, egamhitd and deci
dedly the cheapest. I have taken the agency for
this company at Weldon, N. C, and will be gla.1 to
furnish all the particulars to parties who dcalro to
insure. , ' - . i - "'
R. P. SPIERS.,
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
101 k mm.
Wholesale and Retail Druggist
-And Dealers in-
GENERA L MERC II A XDISE,
HALIFAX, N. C,
FINE CONFECTIONERIES, CKiAItS &. TOIIACCO
A Specialty.
FKESH SUPPLIES KVKHV WEKK.
JrsBrWe have Herved yon fnillifiilly for
the luHt htteen years and ask a continuance-
ot your Jiatroliage. " ' ' , ;
Prescriptions carefully prepared at all hours.
i'On corner opposite Court House Squure"
SIGN OF THE GOLDEN MORTAR
oct71y
. STOMACH &
Thtueh shaken In ercry Joint and fiber wltb
fever and ague, or bilious remittentthe
ystem may yet he freed from the malig
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ten. Protect the system against it with
Ibis beneficent anti-spasmodic, which la
futhermore a supremo remedy for liver
complaint, constipation, dyspepsia, dehill
Ity, rheumatism, kidney trouble) and
Other ailments. , ,
For tale by all Druggists and Dealers
generally.
June 14 ly.
1857
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RUFE. W. DANIEL
. Dealer In
QK03ERIEH,
LIQUORS,
FINK WINES,
C1UARS,
TOBACCO
Ac, lie.
PORTNER'S LAGtBIBEER ON ICE
15. W. DANIKL,
No. 19, Wash. Ave. Weldon N. C.
June liS-l-y
ELDQN"
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NEWTON,
ENOINKEK AND MACHINIST,
WELDON, N. C.
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To the users of motive power and general mi.
chlnery: I fall youf attention to the fact that I am iieepurcd
..... .... ',u i.u-,1. mot iiim hilierv to do gen-
Wltn Ilie nv. --no.
eral work on
ENOINES,
HAW MILLS,
i COTTON U1N8,
UR1ST MILLS.
COTTON PRESSES,
1IORSK POWERS.
THRESHEKS,
SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO
" I am Agent for the celebrated Improved Taylor
Uln. Auto gin supplies.
I understand my business and guarantee all work
mm-
to be first-class.
, W. H. NEWTON, Weldon, N. C,
June It If
( IVKIII.M A LIFT.
(live him a lift ! Don't kneel In prayer.
Nor morali.e with hiH ricsnair.
Thu man Is down, and litis great need
Is ready help, not prayer and creed.
'TIs time when wounds are washed and healed
That thu inward motive he revealed ;
not now, wnate er ine spirit ue,
Mere words are but mockery.
One (rain of aid just now is more
To h i in than lonsof suitilly lore.
PrilV f T VI ill llilwt U'lll.li, .',.,? hourl ' ' J
Dut'ljive him a lift, give film a start!
The world Is full of good advice,
Of prayer and praise and preaching nice:
nut incKcucrous souls who aid mankind
Are Scarce as gold and hard to find.
(live like a.('hrlll:'n siH'Bk in deeds,
A nooie nie s tile oust oi crocus ;
And lie thall year royal crown ; , ,
Who gives them a lilt when they axe down.
ONE WOMAN'S WORK.
It is an odd rhitntre, gftor witntlorinp;
thriuiL'h the lminiitiiiiiiiisly iiiuJrn ritiis
of tho Tnitoil Slnlc.t, to imm, in tlio width
of g struct, from the airy, , woll-lihted
lioini'N of our Inter civililiziilnin tn (hn an
cient homes, ol a inri itrii iiooiili'. J cculiar
is tlu si'lisalinii on Iravinj; tho hrond pavo
incnU uf I'anal stivrt to find oursiilvcn in
tho the narrow byway of l.'rent;h quartern
of Now Oilcans. It w well, perhnpH, for
thnso who doliht tho world's lirogrcss to
visit thin quarter.
?P ii -r-
Tlie motley people filling these byways
seem ns t'Xutic as their homes. It is Un-
lieult IVf 'oiifi (o rcaH.ft that one is in an
American city while listcniiifr to the queer
l''rem h jargon and lookin; into the blaek-
rved, Plcnrk-r laces earer with a tension
that reaches no further than the nervous
system, and does not weary the soul. As
the tourist wanders still further through
the dusk of the tortuous streets and out
through the sunlight of the Spanish
H piare, he is carried backward through a
century. Un either side ot this well-kept
garden arc found the homes' of the Mon
talbas. Although of ancient build, both
houses and grounds are in good preserva
tion, having been loft in trust' to the city
of Xcw Orleans with a reversion provoked
in case of neglect. Leaving this park,
with its contrast of luxuriant flowers and
prim-eut trees, our guide led : ns aside
throui'li a time-worn entrance of stone,
and we found ourselves in the dim and
silent interior of the cathedral wherein
these arisioc-.-ats had worshipped in the
long-ago ifavs.
Let us go, too," I said; "this weird old
cathedral iajiaunted; I am sure it is,"
drawiiiL' a freer breath as wc stepped into
the i men air. "Lfrel as thouirlif i
rj . a a
had
seen all Aealiw.tgi' Xmitalbk (Io let
us visit stmiethirg ol nesli ami wood
souie.hing we can touch and know to be
alive," 1 cried. Our companion, musing
. . -. . .. rt , i 1 1 i
for a moment, said : ''I have it I We will
visit .Maruareil
'Who is Margaret?" I queried.
11 A wonderful womau, tho very sight
' whom will make vou better and wise"
and happier !"
"Allons, then, lor I have much greater
faith in Herbert Spencer than in ( akin;
lb, lieve in happiness us a moral agem
much more than 1 do in misery? isnt
who is the princess), oueen or goddess ?"
She is none of these, only an Irish wo-
man. Miail I tell you ner History on tnc
ii i i . .i
"If you pleas?, 1 assented.
About thirty yea-s ago," began my
companion, ".uargnret was a poor young
widow, maintaining hersell by stilling ihe
milk of one cow. 1 rnndhng her cart about
she often discovered in the byways, des
titute little children. Her purse was
empty of momy but hef heart .'was. filled
with pity, and these motherless Utile ones
crept unawares beneath tho wings of her
love. So .Margaret gathered, one alter
another sixteen waifs, and gave
them shelter. As she went out on her
daily rounds she nsked broken louc
and casi-oll clothing. Mie was pros
perous, and presently was the owner of sev
eral milch cows. Aoout twenty-live years
iil'o she suld these and bought an old
shanty, where she staned a bakery,
we shall soon be there, I will reserve
rest until we reach our destination."
Walking a few squares further
halted belore a large btisiiiess liouse. tilan
cinr un I read the sign, "Margaret's Bak
ery." Several delivery wagons we e wai
ing at the open doors. As we entered
an elevator piled with boxes of crackers
descended iu the ceu. re of a large apart
ment, and numerous powdered wotkmeii
were hurrying m a 'd v. ' In one -corner
of this room was a desK, and by it sai a
woman.
T1T)vi:i$ ltinardn'b twill, rj-cort
Mie was giving orders to several men
standing about ner, and I had an opp.u-
tiinttv of scanning her unobserved. She
was a lare woman, vveighin,' mor.' tlniu
Jnil ihinpds. 1 should mm:-; lor leatiil'iis
were Heavy ami lire'jlliar. iter laee utiMiei
, I ! I . I .. 1' . 11 . 1. .
it 1 1 1 1 li, r head luailvo mid shapelv. Sb
was dressed in a 1't.iin loilit skill illlJ
loose sack of dark flannel.
As w stood looking about us' a gen
tleman ailv.meeil from the desk and
bow (l emu leoti-.ly.
' We have taken the liberty to call mi,
Margn.-et and th- tactory. ill it be an
lneo ivenieMi! f asked my companion.
".Vot in the leasi. Margaret is busy at
prese It', feui tUI (.how your (hinuh the
pstabl sliineut and ttien return in per.
We mounted by Ihe elevator to the.
floor above, fill with the the clan ' of ma
chinery-controlled by 'happy-fac.nl work
men and workwomen. As wc pained
about us I asked many questions.
"This is a large establishment?
"Yes. tho largest in the city; we work
up 1511 barrels uf inr.pq hiy,; and em
ploy 100 persons,"' ''' ' '
"And s .Margaret tne sole proprietor i
I asked, Iu wonderment.
"I'ntil the last two years, yes. Mie
has recently taken a partner, un orphan
boy whom she has brought up, but to her
the success oi tne ousinessj is mir.
"Is ihe an educated woman ! 1 quer
ied.
"No; sho reads a little, but du s not
"Arid bhJhairleinlilishcfiuli il'iJ un
aided?" .' - , . '
' "Yes, for the lust twenty-five years she
has been at her post by 4 o'clock in the
morning, and oversees everything her
self. But that is not the most wonderful
nart of hor story," he continue "she
spends every cent she makes upon
ion the
poor, reserving nothing except, uer
own
simple living. She furnishes every chari
table institution in the city with bread; if
trey can pay they do bo; if not, she- gives
it to them. Brides this she entirely sup
ports an asylum containing 200 babies, to
say nothing of he privrte charities. Tho
proudest gep.lcman iu New Orlearns bows
low to Margaret, and I do not believ
there is a wretch in this city so vile that
he would not lend her a helping hand
were she to need it. She is the noblest
woman I have ever known," he added,
reverently.
After making the tour of the building
and testing the hot, crisp crackers, as
they were swept from tho revoling-wire
baking frames, into the baskets, ready for
packing, wc descended by tho elevator to
the ground-floor and were presented to
Margaret.
It has been my good foi tunc to meet
many notabilities, but I have never in my
life felt a more wholesomo depreciation
than while looking into the plebeian face
of this Irish woman. As the even-pulsed
hand held mine in a strong grasp and the
eyes rested on me, neither large nor lu
minous, but beautiful with the great
mother heart looking through them, a
shame possessed mo. The light of this
life illuming my own, showed me as I had
never Mien before how narrow it had been
vi(h care for the morrow, with small am
bitions, with rostleis telf-aeekina. One
ulaiiee. into - tho face iof .this ignorant
woman, beautified Willi the peace ot Woll
doiD1', 'opened DiJ ilmerS sight nioro J than
it thousand rhetorical hp sermons.
No one can measure the influence ol
one human being who has abnegated the
nride of possession as this woman had
done.
r Bought tdput (toaiething of the eino-
tivu she lmlsrjrt-ed within the ifito.Words:
oros:
that
I tried to say to her now I wished
ill the world might know of her life.
"That does not matter, 1 think, she
answered simply; (led knows"
I can never lorget the light upon her
face, the thrill in her Voice, as she spoke
these words. For one brief moment the
care of living dropped front my spirit,
and left me free U) see with a just com-
arison how miserably pah.y the striving
after this cash's gains will seem to us
when we look backward Irom tho world ol
clear visiou over the li"e that is passed.
When we regained the street my eom-
lanii m broke the silence which had fallen
between us by askim; if I 'would 'ike to
A . i r i .... i
see .ilargarel uaoics. i assenieu, ami
we turned our steps toward the asylum.
We were met at the door by a sister ot
ehofty, who conducted us with kindly
readiness through the large establishment.
Our first visit, was die dining-room of the
older children, retting from 3 to G years.
They were tt dimier, attacking with hun-
J l. . 1 . ..l I
gry relish a suDs.a'i.iai repast ot stetveu
chicken, mashed po.i oes and rice, divid
ing their aUeiuiou lueanw.-ile between our
selves and a huge dish of striped ea idy,
which was to serve as desert. Whe.i they
had finished ihey sung for us a sing of
welcome. One blind child especially at-
irac.-'d me as she stood with uiitu.ned,
blless eyes, tliril'uig out in a high.
sweet treble her joyous carol.
A tramp of litJe feet on the stairway
drew our a.t- ntniu as the music ceased;
seventy-fi'-e 2-year-old babes in pink
becked aprons were pattering down the
stairs. Others soon lol'owed, and we were
presently surrounded by 150 babies, look
ing upward at us in shy Wonderment.
lirow'i s eyes and blue, lair hair and dark,
beautiful ones on whom mothers might
have gazed with pride, crippled one who
needed qoroly j the niVhcrly-love 150
little bairns looked lit us" silently with pa
thetic seriousness. As I turned from one
to the other a mist shut away the wee
wistful faces. Poor, poor babies! neve'
to know the sheherinj' ot elu'dhood s
home, never to be rocked to sleep on
moihe-'s bosom, never to feel, in all tb's
wide world the passionate mother's kiss.
Homeless, he'pless little ones, how they
tugged at my hear.strings! One pale
cheeked babe with fair, curling hair, clung
to my skirls. I stopped to kiss the plead
ing, upturned face.
"Boor little Tot," said the sister. "It
has only been here a few days. Tip
mother died while coming across the
ocean. It seems to pine for her,"
"Let us go on," I said, hastily.
The next apartment was full of small
cribs, clean and comfortable; a sobbing cry
from one of them attracted our aleniion
A 4-mouths babe, just wakened, looked up
at us with greitc, s.ar.'ed brown eyes. J le
sister called an attendant, and we passei
op. lhero were a number ot little ones
in the other cr'bs. but even on the luces
of these ii'iy sleoiiers a co'ufort'e.ss shad
nsv seemed to rest the shallow of loneli
ness.
I'Youi the nursery we pnaieeded to the
chapel, with its pre.ty ultn-. "I suppo.-
you receive none
but Catliolics?" I
a.-i;eu.
"Oh, no! M arga rei sends children of
every denomination. It does nol matter to
what church they belong. She ou'y a-ks
whe.her they are in need of help."
I'.oiii the chape) we proceeded to the
hospital, a cheerful room, but rarely oc
cupied, tho sister void us, for tho children
being well tended and simply fed,' were
not often siek. T'rom thence to the rtore-
i .i i i -..t . -.. .:..!
rooms. Ilitod wun eiean ami su.(Ki'tiini
clothing. One largd press containing 175
white sun-bonnois, especially attracted my
attention.
As we regained the lower hall and
were preparug to take our depai.ure, I
said to tbo sis.er:
"Is it possible ' that Margaret supports
thU entire establishment ?'
:-:evrfvi:l)o'M
I Ho'wllllt tii J'-.IhsIjJ ToVH4!iUlUv"Teihll:J, ill
T. I , ,1 v.,., ., t : .
i'iifii.ia Y3nq?;' ,
f. Out iu the sunny street again, with the
vaulted heaven,, overhead and tho-soft,
southern breeze, wafting tlie inoeuse of
flowers, I raised my fuse -iri Biloiit tbank
fulnexs that I had known this woman, for
H had lifted me to a broader oi(tlooli t
iiud upeiied to Je a truer life. -, ,C' 'r
:f;Situsf -BiW ftptrVXJetti. 'Jthat
to&i&M sd bbiotJL;! llA&ead
of her burial, '.'tlie tlnost , ruuiarkablo the
Crescent tVcvVr" WttnWed." U
urination I have followed the distinguished
rtall-benrers and tlie long cortege composed
. . n .... ..i.n.i
(0 largely or sorrowing inuu inuuicii. m
last rites are over, the last heavy-hearted
mourners have turned away, and in her
narrow and solitary bed Margaret is left
alone. Nevermore in this world can she
lift any human heart as she has lifted
mino with her kindly haud-clrap, her be
nignant eyes, her simple speech. Hut
tlirough the darkness sounds a benison,
through the silence is heard that speech
without compare, the eloquence of the
blessed dead :
"God knows." DemorrtCt Monthly.
BUUDETTE'S BAHY.
Why he won't Have it Bothered
with Grammar.
Time flies, and the boy is learning to
talk so that other pcoplo can understand
him.
"If you would let me have him for about
one month," said a pleasant-voioed and
pleasant-faced schoolmistress who camo
down herefrom up the river last week, "I
could break him of that careless habit of
speaking."
Just because the boy had asked his
stern, dark-browed father:
"Boppuls, whors is mines fiflin-pole you
pcakin mama urn day."
Which by interpretation is, as tho pleas
ant-faced schoolmistress would have taught
him to say:
"Father, where is Iny fishing-rod of
which you were speaking to my motlior
with reference to purchasing it for me at
some time in the indefinable future.
And her little serene highness shook her
head and said no; he was losing his baby
talk and learning to speak English too rap
idly as it was. Tho pleasant face of the
schoolmistress wrinkled up into an interro
gation point.
"Schoolmistress," the jester said, "on all
matters of education your shapely head is
not hilly; it is us level as a new-mown lawn,
but you don't want to teach him to speak
good English. You want him to be a baby
uid you want to encourage huu to indulge
in Tjaby talk. Iu tho years tu come, when
the pudgy little fists will dig great leers out
ot the blue eyes because the boy can t re
member in just what points there should
and must be exact harmony between the
verb and the subject; when he is confident
that he will die before lie can remember
how many fellows besides 'ad, ante, eon, in
or inter' are followed by the accusative;
when he knows the world will stand still
for just two hours after school if ho can't
recall that all terminations in something or
other take the what you may call it after
some kind of things; when he is so trusting
and has so much confidence in Mr. Pavis
that he is not only willing but anxious to
accept his statement that the sum of the
three angles ot a triangle is equal to two
right angles, without going to the board to
prove his truthfulness by demonstration;
along in those days the memory of his baby
talk will come back to us like sweet music
lie will have trouble with the English lan
guage and all the appurtenances thereunto
appertaining by anil by."
Ao, he respond 'xl in answer to asilenl
inquiry of the pleasant-faced schoolmistress.
he does not know his alphabet, thank
heaven, and he shall not be bothered with
it. Yes. he hasalphahct blocks and knows
all the letters on them and many preposter
ous stories about the pictures. Oh, yes,
can count. Hear him now, counting the
pebbles he brought home from the beach
one, tree, seven, tree, suven, ten, tree, hvc,
seven, free;' certainly he can count, by a
system of his own, too, which is more than
most people have.
-lion t make a png ot the baby, school
mistress, from the day on which they are
six years old they must, under the school
lysteni ot the States, begin to study, and sit
un straight, ana I e ie pn p ny, ami
l. . .l- 1
uenk correctly, and lrotn that
lime until the grave nine.'
f .. " i-i
them, they live and speak and act
verbally speaking, athey be and do
and suffer, under social and educational
surveilauee. And I claim that at least six
years of the life of a man or Woman should
be tree as the air: tree to walk as tne
brook runs, with untrammelled musical
prattle and babble. Why, here, a few-
weeks ago, came a melanclioly-looking
child, nbout four years old, and said to his
mother:
" 'Mamma, ot whom is that gentleman
si eiking?" , i
"Poor little prig ! My heart bled for
him. That afternoon I took the boy
down bv the target, and taught him to
sav : "Mamma, what is dot man siieakin'
to you about?' and reconstructed his gen
eral grammar on the same easy basis, and
look me in the eye if that boy didn't
tan up like a young Indian in two days
and he gained seven pounds in throe
weeks.
' l oil see. the lester concluded, iu an
apologetic tone, for he had done an un
usual amount of talking that day "you
see, we haven't a verv broad experience
in li-.tiniiig thildivll." WChaTC Hilly nil"
chi'-k to cluck over and scratch for, but
we're bound lie shall t goto srhool until
Ik' s through being a baby, and we know.
Mdiouhiiistrcss. that he's tho happiest baby
that ever mangled griiminar."Uurling
ton IitwLrje.
A tiOVT AXMVKK.
New York I-ife, , ,
"fwas past twelve at midnight when lie
rolled home ami prepared to concoct i some
story for the lateness of his return. She,
however, was awake and with sharp-scented
nose detected an odor of gin.
" What smell is that, my dear?"- she re
marked. 1 .
('loves, iny love."
" But the other odor, sjr?!
"Allspice, my sweet."
"Hut I smell something else."
"Oh, thats cinnamon.
"But I am certain I smell something
that isn't spice at all."
"Oh, that's an apple I ate before I came
in.
..ii'.n t ,.i i.i .i.:..l. 1...
ii i n, i siioio.t iimu'i ru r )"('(
'that If you'd Just uik.cu 'drink "i
brandy before you came in and eaten a
ham sandwich you would have had nil 'tlie
ingredients necessary for a good mine pie."
Ho sighed as lie dropped to sleep, and
murmured that he'd have donu so .if- he
hadn't been afraid of bad dreams. ,
Wheu a man kicks can of nitro-ulyeo-
(rine he geto a large amount of information,
bit o suddenly that t dooi htn io good,
A NEWTUNIJ ON AN OLD STRING.
The following story is culled from the
pages of The Citliuniia Medical Journal,
for October, 1SS3 : "An old toper whoso
sober moments were harassed by a vixenish
wife concluded to shuttle off, and loaded up
with laudanum for that purpose. In a
short time his wife discovered him in a
state of narcotism, and, raising an alarm,
sent off every one who came in for a phys
ician. The lirst oue who came was Smith,
an old practitioner, who looked him over,
pronounced liim dead, and went away.
Soon after, another old practitioner, lirowu
came in, who also gave in tho verdict
'dead,' and departed. Shortly the third
one, Jones, a young practitioner, arrived,
and, proceeding to a vigorous uso of the
stomach-pump and forced exercise, finally
succeeded in bringing the old gentleman to
bis senses, and left, feeling that there was
but one first-chiss doctor in that vicinity.
In a few days he called around and pre
sented his bill. 'What's this for?' in
quired tlie wotihl-be suicide. 'For saving
your life the other night,' replied Jones.
'Well, I didn't ask you to. I never em
ployed you, and I'll not pay it. ' You'd no
business coining iu here and jamming your
old pump down my neck. Brown is my
family physician, and I'll not pay anybody
else, was answered. Then Jones went
awav to Brown's office to try and get him
to induce tho man to pay thu bill. 'Jones,
said Brown, looking out over tho top of
his spectacles, 'I never thought you a bad
sort of a fellow, but you've dono a very
foolish thing, and it serves vou right to
lose your bill. Pidn't I say he was dead?'
'les, says Jones. 'Diihit Ninth say he
was dead.' 'les, says Jones. 'Well,
that settled it.' The man "was dead to all
intents and purposes, and you had no right
o say that ho was not. V lien two old ex:
pei'iciiccd doctors like Miniu anil lue say a
. ... iir...i l-
nmn is dead, it s unprofessional and discour
teous for a young man, a beginner in prac
tice, to di.-ptile their word. We'll forgive
you this time, because of your youth and
inexperience, and will hush the matter up
for you, but be. very carol ul in the lu
turc and make no more such mistakes.' "
oni; vi,i:k ov tildkn.
Wichita Times. .
To gratify the curiosity of those of our
readers who are interested portieally and
otherwise iu the welfare and health of our
st coined friend Samuel J. Tilden we have
been taking the reports issued every day
from (jramercy lark, as follows:
Monday, (i A. M. Mr. J llden rose at
o'clock and, after sawing his usual cord
of wood, is now taking a hearty breakfast.
Tuesday Mr. Tildcn is so feeblS that
can't draw his own breath. Wind is
furnished him through the muzzle of a
irge rubber sack, lie is a mere wreck
and shadow. . ....'.
Wednesday noon 1 A Texas steer being
liivenby jumped into Mr. Tilden's gar
den ; the grand old sage caught the animal
by the tail and threw him across the street,
landing him iu the net work of the tele
graph wires on the opposite side. The
owner ol the steer lias brought suit tor
lamages.
Thursday The physicians found Mr.
Tilden as cold as a clam ; the blood seems
literally to be dried up in his veins; he hag
taken no nourishment tor ioriy-eigni noure.
Fi'iilnv r. nini o'c lock Mr. Tilden
has just finished his forty-ninth goose egg
on a wager of his ability to cat fifty eggs
in filly horn's. His appetite is keen, and
he is anxious to get at the fiftieth egg.
Saturday. 4 r. M. Mr. luden was
picked upon tlie street at 3:80 iu an uncon
scious condition. No one is allowed to
see him. He is unable to swallow. He
is utterly worn out and can hist but a few
Iiours at the most.
Saturday evening, 10 P. M. While
Mr. Tildcu was exercising with his Iudian
war clubs, fifty-six pounds each, one
ol
them slipped trotn Ins grip and knocked a
great hole through the wall and killed the
trackman on tlie other side.
WHAT A VfOMAS CAN DO.
Philadelphia fall.
She can say "3To" and stick to it for all
tune.
She can also say "No" in such a low,
soft voice that it means "cs.
She can sharpen a lead pecil if you give
her plenty ol time and plenty of pencils,
She can dance all night in a pair of
shoes two sizes too small for her and enjoy
every minute of the time.
She can pass a display window of u dry
goods store without stopping if she is
running to catch a tram.
She can walk utlt the night with a
colicky baby in her arms without oneo ex
pressing a desire to muriter tlientant,
Mie eiui npprneiaw a kin irom in1
husband seventy-five years alter the mar
riage ceremony lias takeu place. , . ., :
She can suffer abuse and neglect for
years, which one touch of kindness or con
sideration will drive from her recollection.
She can go to the theatre every evening
and the matinee on a ednesdav nu4 N"t
unlay and still possess sufficient strength
to attend a Sunday night sacret concert,
She can go to church and afterward toll
you what every woman m the congrega
tion had on, and iu some rare instances can
give a faint idea of what the text was.
She can look her husband stpnnre in the
eye when ho tell her some cockalld-bull
story about being "detained at the office,"
wit hnut. betray ntr tn the least that sne
knows liim to ho a colossal liar.
She can'mniple' up 817,000 worth of
dress goods and buy a spool of thread, with
an order to have it delivered four miles'
awav, in a Ktvle that will transfix tho pro
ptietor of the establishment with ftdiwra.
tion, i , . !.'
' She can but what's the tfse ? A wo-
luan can do 'anything or everything and do
it well. She can do more in a" minute
than a man can do in an hour, and do
better. She can make the alleged lord
creation bow down to her own sweet will,
and they will neVer know it. ' Yen, a wo
nian can do everything, with but one ' ex-
ecption she cannot climb ft tre, ,
' Would a law against tight-lacing be'ioi
mical to the freedom of ooftlracVtf
MANKIND'S Mlsr.VIvl'.S.
It is a mistake to labor when you are
not in a fit condition to do so.
To think that the more a person eats
the healthier and stronger he will become.
To go to bed at iiiidni.;bl and - rise at
daybreak, and imagine that every hour
taken front sleep is an hour gained.
To imagine, that if a little work or ex
ercise is good, violent or prolotigjd exeivi-e
is better.
To coiulu I ! th.it th.' sm ilbst rum in
the house is large enough to sleep in.
To eat as if you hid only a minute to
finish the meal in, or to eat without appe
tite, or continue after it lias been satisfied,
merely to satisfy the taste.
To believe children can do as much as
grown people, and thai (lie more hours
they study the more they learn.
To imagine that whatever remedy causes
one to feel immediately better as alcohol
ic stimulants is good for ihe system with
out regard to after effects.
To take off proper clothing out of season
because you have become heated.
To think that any nostrum or patent
medicine is a specilic for all diseases flesh
is heir to.
OLD S.llIXUX.
a greeny man imu nines.
i i i i i
A great mark is soonest, bit.
A hasty man never wants woe.
A hungry man is an angry man.
A honey tongue, a heart of gall.
A great ship must have deep water.
A groat reputation is a great charge.
A guilty conscience neeiN no net-user.
A happy heart makes a happy visage.
A jest driven too i'ar brings home hate.
A inutdful of trade is a handful of gold.
A handful of sense is worth a bushel of
learning.
A great man's foolish Havings piws for
wise ones.
A handsaw is a good thing, but not to
shave with.
A joke never gains an enemy, but often
loses a friend.
A joyful evening may follow a sorrow
ful morning. '
A handsome man and a fool may wear
the same cap.
A great man and a great river are often
ill neighbors.
A great man will not trample on a
worm, nor sneak lo an I'.uipcror.
TII K I.OIMI, IMP Kit.
Tho Chicago Tribune, one of tho load
ing pupers of the Wost, tells a great deal
of truth in a few words iu the following ar
ticle :
What tells so readily the standard of a
town or city as tho appearance of its paper?
And its youth or its age can well be de
termined as by a personal uotice. The en
terprise of ita citizens Ls depleted by its
advertisements, their liberality by the
looks of the people. Some papers show tt
good, solid, healthy lotimlaUou, plethoric
purses), and a well-to-do apiwariiiiee genii
ally; others show a striving to contend with
tue grouping thousands around them,
try
the An
t0 wrt.nch out an existence Irom
close-fisted community around them
occasional meteoric display in its columns
shows what it can do if it had the means,
but it cannot continue its expensive work
until support conies, which ought to readily
bo granted. A newspaper is like a chusch ;
it wants fostering; then it can reflect credit
on its location. Take your home paper.
It gives you more newx of iminitliate inter
est than New York, Philadelphia or other
papers; it talks to you when other papers
belie you ; it stands up for your rights; you
always have a champion m your home pa
per, and those who staiui up lor you
should certainly be well sustained, lour
i . - .
interests are kindred and e pial. and you
must rise or tall together. 1 herefore, it is
to your interest to support your bono
nniier: not grudgingly, but iu a liberal
spirit: as a pleasure, not as a disagreebl
lilt y; but as an investment that will amply
pay the expenditure.
TVICi: A VICTIM.
Boston I,etU-r.
(ii'iiciMl Hiirnsuli!. whrm u youn; man
was cii'inired to a vihihi! ladv of literary
ini'liiiatioiifl, nmv t lie widow nf a Southern
lawyer. Tho matter iMt;Tis.seil w fur
that bho avtiially went tu tho altar with
hiiu, but there elianeil her mind. The
two mot onlv unco after thnt. It was
wheu she wa earning important uik-
tiatehrfi to Jefl'ciMiii lavia. She hud
baked a auful uf raised List nils uud hid-,
den tho di.iatehi in them. Having heen
arresti'd on KUhiirinii. and knowing that
General lliirn.-iile hud eoiiiinaiitl of the
nearuit division nl' the Northern army,
she demanded that ulie hIiuiiM ho taken
before him. lie ree-tiTued her. She
said hIic wiih p lint; to Muhtlo wild wauttd
a ilischar'o aiuil a pm. lie hesitated a
moment, nnd then wrote out a pa.su in si
lence, and gave it to her. "Doe that
contain your lutieheon I lie inquired,
pointing to a wimll banket that hIib car
ried in her hand. "Vef." "Lot mo see
it." She opened the basket, displaying
tliebineuit. "Will you try one, General ?
Tliej re pretty Intnl. Ihe deneral re-
joeted the; pfoller, ami ordered a gooit
dinner for her, and thru himself jmt her
on the car.
THAXkl l l, BUT t'L'KIOrs,
"My poor child," said the piod old
nurse, as she led the boy 'out of the sick
man's chamber, "I've rot bad news for you.
Tho doctor tells me it is the will of the
Lord your father hIiouM die."
iJuvinjr the niiiht there was a radical
change for the better in the patient's symp-
toms, and when the day dawned ho was de-
dared out ot danger. .Meeting the lad on
it bin way down stairs, the nurs.0 joyfully an-
of nounccd the lather h convajeBeenco,
"Be thankful,- Jimmy," she said, "that
Providence turn resolved to spare yourfath-
er' life."
Perhaps Jimmy was thankful, but all he
remarked was ;
, ','Nan, what do you suppose the Lord
changed his niiud tor ?"
ADYKIiTISK.M KYI'S
Fo Dyspepsia,
Costive nets,
Sick lleadachei
C hronio Dlur
rliron, J:iuutUce
Iinporlty of the
lllswd, fever and
Mulnpln
cuutica oy ve
t pitugemeut of Liver, ilowult and Kidneys.
SYMPTOMS Of A TISKAREI UVEI
Had liraiih; I'ain in ihe Sle, sometimes the
ruin Is fill urvlcr the H. ultlci-WatU-, mitnl:i.n for
Jthcumntitm general l"s u( .ipiictUe; BkvvcU
generally cottivc, nutnctiimii alici nating with lax;
tnc head It troubled with p.un, ii dull and heavy,
with considerable lota i f im-moiy, accompanied
with a painful teniatb n of lravim; umtunesomeilii'ig
which oupht to have ban done; a slifilit, dry Ci-unh
and flushed face it sometimes an attendant, olten
mktaken for consumption; the patient complains
of (vc.irinets and debility ; nervous, easily suit led;
(eft cold or burning, sometimes a prickly sensation
of ihe akin exists; spirits arc low anil despondent,
although satisfied that exercise would be bent
tV wl, yat one can hardly summon up fortitude to
try it la fart, distrusts every remedy. Several
of lie above symptom attend the disease, but cases
haw oiTurreil when hut few of them existed, yet
KajHjn.Uion after death has shown the Livur to
have been extensively deranged.
Ik rVhnul.l lift mnd by nil person, old and
young, whi'iiover any of tho above
mymptoma appear.
Vrranni Traveling
Inr or Living; In Hu
It faith v LocnUUt'is.
ll, by taking s dt pcraiion-
fltty to keen the I.iver in healthy action, will avoid
an MRinna, miimii unucha. Jinnneii, iau.
(mm, lriWhine44, UepreKsinn of Spirits, etc, It
mO iaviBorate like a glaw of wine, but U no ln
tnxtcatinf buvcruge.
TT Ym hnvo rufrn anything hard of
i4f4itn, or fcol heavy after meals, or alp
font at rug ht, take a dose and you will be relieved.
Tlin and Doctor' Bills will be saved
by always kerplnt; tho Regulator
'.. , in the lloiiact
For, whatever the ailment may be, a lhorft.g!dy
lafc purgative, altera Live and tonic can
neerbe out of place. 1 he remedy is hat tiileaa
. and does not Interfere with busmen or
pleasure.
ITM Mm KMT VEf.rTAlU.E,
And has all the power and efftauy uf Calomel or
' Quinine, without any of the injurious after etlects.
A f Inventor's Testimony.
Simarms I.iver Regulator lu bren in use in my
i fjp.i " for some time, and 1 am satished it is a
valuable addition to the medical M-irnce.
J. liaL Shurtek, Governor of Ala,
lion. AlsnUr H. Ktoiiheus, of Ga..
wvi: Have derived some bv tn Tit from ttic use of
Simmons UverKcgulator, and wish to give it a
further trial.
"The only Thing; that never full to
Krlievr." f have used mr.pv remcdi s for Iys
prpsia. I.iver Aftrctmn and lability but nt-ver
hare found anything to benefit me tu the 'xtc-nt
Smimoiii Liver Regulator has I sent from Min
nesota to Georgia tor it, nnd would end iiirthrr for
srn h a medicine, and would advise all who are sim
ilarly affected to give it a trial as it sec in the only
thing that never fails to relieve.
P. M. Jannky, Minneapolis, Minn.
Dr. T W. Maaon ,nyi From actual ex
pertmee In the He of Simmons Liver Regulator in
. my practice I have been and am satisfied to use
and prescribe it as a purgative medicine. .
y,Tak' only the Genuine, which always
ami on the Wrapper the red Z Triidn-Mnrk
ad Signature of J. If, ZEIL1N St CO.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUgGISTS.
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E fl L ESTATE AGENCY.
I hnvc it ililMiecl it BEAT, KSTATF. AH ENVY In
tlie tow n of
WELDON, N. C.
I hare TUX lioimi's In Weldon
FOR SALE OR RENT.
About half of them stows, others dwclllnKS.
I also have about
6,000 At K IS OK LAND
IN HALIFAX COl'XTY FOR S A I. X
Fur further twrlifiiliin, turtles wlshlnc to buy or
rent t un apply to mo in person or by letter.
I Bin now IhIoiik up nil IhiuIn parties wish to sell
anil iidvertisiiiir the sniiie t my own expense, un
lens ii wile is mmle anil then I charge coiuniiiuiuin.
For my stunt-in; iih a. gentlemen nm! a msn
worthy to lie trusted, I refer by iermiMlon to R. H
Smith, Smtlnncl Nei-W : Dr. J. A. Collins, Kiiliuld
Y. A. I'uniil, Wehion, T. V. Harris, Littleton.
oet I tf It. 1'. Sl'IKKK.
M. L.JACOBS&BllO..
HALIFAX, N. C.
C1IOICKST LIQUORS.
Our bar conuins all the choiecst brands,
wines, brandies, whiskies, beer Mid mixed (Irihk
are made in tho best manner. Clinm, Cigarettes
HiuokiUK and I lie w inn Tutmeeo. t all und exiimln
tliein.
FAMILY GROCERIES
are- cheap and nil the best kinds kept constantly o
hand and stock continually replenished
BILLIARDS AND POOL'
Tables always ready f'f customer, and the lulllt
oj-ti Invlud to visit our limine whirr they will
well treated and when) they can play IW an 4
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