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VOL. XII.
A. NEWSPAPER FOE THE PEOPLE.
TEEiMS-'-"" I'l'.l! AS'.M'M IN AI'VAMT.
WI.LDON, N. C THURSDAY, FMHRUARY 21. 1SS4.
.NO. IS.
i.-:V !'fU .
IRS ilf
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
AY.
U. K I. L I o T T .
Attorney and Cutikwllur at Law.' i
"; ttiKFifl.lt. VA. '"J1
Room. Sand .1 Virginia HuIMIiik.
I & i .
jjkaIch i 111.1, i '
.IMy.
Attorney! at Law,
EriPlll.l), N;.
I'riirtlce in thecoimlle! of Halifax, Xaih, Fl
cotulw and Wllaou. lullectloiu made In all iiuru
uf the state, jai, 2 tf
11. H 34 I T II JR.
Attorney at Law,
WOTI.AXH SF.CK, S. ('.
l'motlcca In llir cniituy uf KhI I fi x ami adjoining
coiliiUca, anil In till Supreme court ofihe suite.
im'I Iti ly.
1 It I Z Z A II II 4 II Y M A N,
Atturnrya a( Law,
IIAI.IKAX, S c.
tiltlee In Hie Court House, strict attention k vi-n
to all hriuichcaorttii' proU'salou.
Jan I.' ly
'P II o M AH X? II I
Attorney at Law,
HALIFAX, N.C.
rrai tlivaiiillnllf.il and adjoiuiUKcnuiitiiK and
Federal anil supreme (Siurt.
aug It.
t w- Mi!,?; r ' "
Attornry at Law,
fiAUYsBTRii, V ('.
l'metlcr, in the court nf Northampton and ad
joining colonics, .lao In the Feilcial anil Supreme
I'lllirtN. JlUK'Slf.
w
A I. T K It K DAME I.,
Attorney at Law,
WKI.1KIS, S.C.
l'iaHlom In llaliau ami a.lc4iiliiK oiniiille..
serial aiti'iitioii aiveii tin'ollii'tiiiH. In all iarta
of tliv sutu anil nniit rtaliirnii mailt'.
Mi li ly.
W. II A 1. 1.,
Attorney at l.iw. -i
'KtiHI
ypei'lal attrntlon tftvi-n to eolluctlona ami r.'inll
lance prouiptly mailt'. may 1 tf.
M
I'lLEK 4 SIUOK K,
Attorney! at Law,
HALIFAX, N. ('.
I'raetlec lu the ruuntlmof Mallftii. Nurthauii-toii
tilreroniliv, i'itt anil Martin In tlie suprtnu'ronrt
ul ilia Slate ami In llir Finleral t'ourtaoftlie ejmUtu
Dlilriet. Collorlloua mane in any pan oi tne .iiaie.
Janl ly
I)
H. . K. SHIELDS,
Surgeon Ieiitlnt.
Having permanently li at,4 In WeUmi. can In;
. 1.. I.'. ll..ll.li.d l nil
mmiiiu ai iiin oim u iii .iiiiiii p in a i -
linmriivpt hi'iiala nlon pmiMloaal iniiinam.
tan'I'ul altelilloll alveu to all imiai'llil of tin' pM
a-aalou. Hartiea vinllad at their home when oV
ured. July I- If-
YU. E. I. 11I NTEK,
' ' ,
Xurptou larnttat.
fan lie tuiml at hl "llliv In KnfleM.
Pure NllrouiOililetia Tor the I'alnli'M Eitrae
11 m of Teeth alw.yi ou huml.
June 'i! tf , v :
mm
Known to Mfn of fmi o Sduci ! ra lto' ,
WilJSPURITJESOF THE 8L00D.1
CONSTIPATION, t.TnuK
DYSPEPSIA
me'aoiirlehnf, weight
amltemlemnual pit of atimiaeh. dponilener
LIVEH r.ihd. ;. T3Trfi,
alao butlom of rita; wrarineai. IrriUblllty.
tm... c7u. -kin yellow ho. and aoht
awi'au eyeadiill.ilry eoni(b.iline.l andobtiniej
id feel ni IrrfrilaV puU. bail eil.;rd atonla.
AP0PLtTwa,, Juil in ni. Hll'ft
S;..f...ioii in l,d. m '"""J'ISUI .t'lli
KIDNEYS, ,urnic .Minnlnit.lMari m down
- ! ..r. t .n..l. .aaUM",
Matw fWqiHM " " St',
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n i h..r. ' 5
HEADACHE, S CiS. tSS
JuaeMly
M. L.flACORS imO..
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vmncvM liquors. . (
Our Ur couUlm all Iht cboleiail hraud.
wliif.,bran.llel,wlil.klei,lr and mUed drluk
ar.rn.de In Hi. be.t mMim I-".
Smoking and Chew Ing Tol-ceo. Call and Mauitua
thins. , ' i ,
FAMILY GROCERIES
an cheap an'd .11 the M kind, kept coti.tanUT
hand and itoek continually replintahed
r JlLlllRDSASID POOLy
. A - - rw .id th. X.UI.
TMUltaaiwayi naawy , . t ni
r, invited to vl.it our houae whera tly w
wdl t.ll and htn tb.. can play IV
. JHUlaxdi at a usaU wpeuM.
DAlU IT '
ADVERTISEMENTS
BIOP I CAREAWAY.
H hoitmU and Retail Druygtitt
"And Dealer in t-
(skskra i, m:m fA.xnist:,
HALIFAX, N. C,
KIXK (tiNFEiTliiNKKIKs, VUi.nn TnliAiro
SfECHLTY.
I rumi siTi'ura kvkhy vv:i:k.
tcfWe have m-rvej vou faithfully fur
t)i laxt fiOftiti Tt'arn and uk teontiuuuncu
of j our jiatronagc
i
rnrrlitlniu rarrfulty pirnrrtl at all houm.
-ii rciniero,lli'('i,iirt II. u' ftnarra
SICK OF THE 60LOEH MORTAR
m t 7 ly
THE LEADER UP
LOW PBIOES !
I have just received tnj
FALL AND WINTER STOCK,
Which ia fuller than ever lefure. Siitil
utU iitioit to
BOOTS AND SHOES.
1 keep a fiill line of Zeiler'. I.i'C anil
Mutton Shoe! Tor l.:uliea. I liue aim a Luy;e
atoel, id
Haiku ' llniiilitm Slim- Itnminy fur .uii'ia
My SUak uf
I) K v ; O O II M,
. ;Ni)TIOXH, JKWKl.HY, Ae., . '
is (niiiilele. AImi a minplete line ul' lire
(IikmIh, Wonted, Camimcre, Silk, Triuiiuinga,
Kl'iliKe, lliillons, CorM'ts, KiMe tuiil Hall'
Hone fur Ijulim and tieiitH, all
(.UEM'roii cash.
Call al examine my atiiek lH-lire ptir-chu-iiiitt
elw-wliiTe.
Coriv r Kirat St., and Waaliiiigtoil Ave.
oet IH tf
XKW YORK
HERALD.
WFKkl V KIMTHIN, INK lail.l.AH A YKAK.
Il l uiilaini' nil the (i in ral m wnoflhu Iwlli Kui'
lii ,11 i.l the ller.ilil. w llli'll lini- till' lrnel l lrrllliill..l
lii Hie t nltinl Miinn.
XlilrEM'FST IN IMi rill-S.
Itl tin Miit " "It tahtalile lin.li ii 1.- uf ailitliul
mm. In Hie world, lniirllnll kivIiik Hie oei or
rem
anun.lin.ii'l an pariim, inui mi ..uin-
i' known. In Hie di'iartnient of
XIKKKIS NKHH
mil) I
Hie Herald hiualwava la-ell dlMllillll.hl-.l liv the
fillllB- ol It. eahle ileli ln The new IraliMll
lalitie teleiirapll eahlrt will Inereaar faclllliea.
f i TIILFAIIM lir.l'AHT.MKNT
. .. lit.. .1 I.. H.M..I.I U I i.'ul II t., till-
l me ,et-.i in.-.-, .- i-- n
I.lnl. and il' iurt ive lid taeorlea. I lie farmer
mil aatviaau) more than
llNKINiI.I.Mt A YEAR
fniin the instvll 'f the tirm ili-irtinent alone
,1. 1,1,11 nonlirv anil nirli iiMiirai reoni'iiiy
mitiw hi. il. I'HIHI'. i ri. , m it, ...i.i n
: Tim inMK
IikIHk I rtii- Tt"ii- ih' anl iln-1 liildi. n in regard
In ,-. ..ii.'liiK al and lartefill new dl-lo. Ho- fn.lil
uli.l Hie inakliiK "I Inune e..uf..rl. In adhliii, are
uui'li liUe.l rvaMk ol irmte and .
I
ttttlld'I'E MAKKFT. I
tie ii.ia1llli.ll i ey ii.IIiiii t MIm-i llaiieou.
llrmli ..J , 1'ia liy a i mil po w
..I Awe.l.aeal'rtllig NiMH,
i
!l JlilTLAItfl-IKNlK,
edjonxof wi-ll knowi'r..iior Hi, wijrld,
itepartliieiltdeTolM to
(iKKMONaamI ItEl.Uilnt'H MiTM
Uhlle. Hie Weekly Jleml.1 ltea the lale.1 and
l,New.uftl-wor.". II a alw a Journal mr me
family I ... I . ' , ..... . ,
Hiitaa'll at on, dollar, ai aur ', -lu,iefr.l..aiiy
rt ol Hie I tilled Male, or
I anailaa.
NEW YOKE IIKKAl.K, Hmadwa) aad Ann M
1857
T4III.III.1
1857
;AN.CAT Jot. MIT.
RUFE. W. DANIEL'
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UkUMKRIaM.
UQU0R8,
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if nivik't.
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jaMiW-JT
(.(HID-Ilk I.
All over at lat' (ioi1 Me, weet iln am.,
W idrly apart our (ailli. must lie -oil
mut ii..t aw me tremhlc or.turt.
I uiilsl bide ihl bTril.le m he al my heart,
And hid you a earelea., liidil ki1 l.ye.
All. wi ll-why not We mr nlv friend".
y.in w.mlil in'ier Ihluk In lake il anitw:
lint what would vou do weri' mv heart unmasked,
If vou knew I had liven my heart iiuuked T
.'I hank heutfu, y.ni II neier dream of tlila.
Yoii little knew of my .weel, .we,'t dream.,
That iu) f.iollali heart waa all ynur owu ;
Vtell. the hlanie I. mine ! 1'oulill l.laine you, dear,
That jr.Mir .oul U grander than our. are,
llml your voles has a tenderer tone?
(IoikI l.ye, dear eyea, that have hnuuUl me no I
F.iud lip wlHwe klmin were never for me I
timid lye! May your way. Willi Joy be rife,
1 will lie alway. at now I uliall love you,
I'ray for you. all the day. of my life.
SPRIGHTLY SPARKS.
In aiitv uf all that eau he Huid in favor
uf Ailain ii in I Eve, they wen' iiiiiluuhtedlr
a nliilUcaa pair.
Hitriiiiiii'n rwt hiU' elephant hymn
fur next cfiixin will lie "Juat ait Siam,
wit In nt one flea."
In India they pimMc n:i the weutlier,
hut in thi nuuntry lln-y ainl.U on Wig
jiiiiH to lie, ertery time.
"I'm dow.i tulieil riak,'' aid the hen
pecked hustiand, an he awnyed the crmllti
coiitaiiiini; lus howling tarn and heir.
Tim only man who waa jrlnil he niiot'd
the train was the fellow who juct barely
avoided Ktcjipinn mi line in the hall room.
A Racine paper lias mi editorial lo aded.
Tint Poet XiirnR.": We knew the poem
often did. but had no idea that the uovt
did.
"Yea, Auj.'iintus. I loe you. Now you
must ro and aee father." "No, duvie,
not yet; that father than I waut to pi
jit.it ut present."
A Hensihte fanner says he'd rather nvll
milk than e'tra. Ineauae he lias never yet
tieeli alileto hnd a pump thai could help
the heiiN iu the alihtest.
Teacher "Now, children, which one of
You can tell inc what a cotisoncnt is.
Rriuht hoy ' l can, 1 It'n a portion of
land surrounded by water."
When Abraham Lincoln had the small
pox, he waa l'renidcnl. "Thank (iod,"
said he, "I now have sotnethiiif; to give
every d office aecker in the land.
In this issue." said an cxchnic'c, "in an
article headed 'What will the coming; girl
wear'.'" We rather think, however, flic
won't wear anything when she cornel.
Yes," said Mrs. Egoinoi, "I used to
lliink a great deal of Mrs. ('node, she was
always so kind to me; but then I've found
out that she treats every body just the same."
Iliilu't you sav that Voiin.' SnihVlis
only get-, ten dolLirs a Wii k'.'" "Yes.
WIiy'.'" Well, I see his wile wears dia
monds," "Ob, bill be works in a jewelry
store.
"Yes." said Mrs. I'ppcrti-n. "I know the
telephone is a great convenience, but I
shall have il taken mil of the house. The
things are no dreadfully common, yuu
Ltiow.
I always sin.' to please nivsclf." said a
gentleman who was humming a t line iu
company. "How nice il is to be so easily
ileased! responded a la.lv w ho sit next to
him.
Your father is worth at least half a
million." mid he to his jealous sweetheart.
That in true,' she inuruiured. "And yet
you doubt my love, lie replicti, in an in
jured tone.
I'lie intvclitu ahuwiiicn are exhibiting
three ski let oils of Giutcaii his skeleton
ti lt he Wot a buy, his skeleton la lor.!
lie shot liarlie Id. and bis skeleton alter he
was hanged!
Mrs. I'lalt has wriltcu a pm.-ni to slmw
that the i nW happy wouiiin is di ad. It
m.iv bt! oililc tiial the only bap;iy man
living is lo r husband, bill w. shall not
writ a liiM'in to prove il.
Florida strawberries have fallen to $i a
iiiart. Tbev are unite small and disided-
Iv uci.l. ; Some people who like ai-ur thiniri
inn y enjoy them, hut for our part we louse
taste for I hem after the third platd.
Young pargr.ipher: "If you're hard up
for materia! there s always funerala to writo
alhittt. The mini who cau l think of some
thing funny about a funeral has no husi
UiKH);oM't himself up as a htiDiorist.",
it '
ife- "The flour s ont-V f llulmid
'Ni is mv inonev.f if 1 lie coals
gone. Ilusliainl --",Ni
d 4-"So i "niv credit."
ife "W ell. we call I st.irr.
i
lU-Uoid
was afraid
- Can't we? That's good, !
we should." .
f
luntiy voiiiil' iti it it nsk is I his love llie
other day, "What the ilifleremts ladweeii
me and a female abi-ep?" and alien bis
love gave it up. I ho I'uliD V . Young wan
said: "Why. just tb same dflereucc there
is between ewe ami me.'v'
A man in a ale, ping Cur went through
a terrible accident, iu which the ear rolled
down mi embankment, without waking.
It was noted, however, that as '(In) ear
sttuek the Indium lie inurtnmv.l ' Di.a't.
.lane, dun'!; I'll get up and start the tire
directly.
Seator David Davis'a illness, has not
been as s. rious us reported, la itig but a
alight attack of the glanders. He is much
hotter how and is out mid mIhiiiI. So s.k ii
as his ring bone disapKrti he will probably
enter the race for the old arm chair iu the
White House.
For enterprise in publishing news the
Western Press commends its If. Mallln w
Arnold says: "The great art of running a
ncwapaer is the art of gtiing win rv hell
is liable to break loose next, slid have re
iiortcrs on hand to reH..rt, the occurrence."
To n this at viua to mu l I he ground. I
"Tell me something I don't know,"
pvueaked a silly youth who had liecn t bat
tering like an ape to his companion for
several minutes, greatly lo the aiinovam-e
of others present. "Well, air." said a dig
nified old gentleman. "I will tell yuu
something you dou't know. You nro a
jackiM, sir!"
1111 Y TIIKV AKI' OHJI ( TlOVklll.l:.
CANIHIIATES FORTIIF. WHITE Hlil sK.
Those of our readers who have from
lime to time noticed the advent of candi
dates for the presidency of the I'nited
States, have doubtless remarked the fact
that an objection is ready for every one
suggested. We have taken the trouble to
collate and here pnwent the objections to
the leading candidates:
Samuel J. Tilden Too old.
1'. S. 4 i rant Had enough.
Cheater Arthur Tiki much of a dude.
David Davis Neither ti-di, flesh nor
fowl.
James Iilaine lhwsn't know the war
is over.
Schuyler Colfax Minsl up iu a cor
rupt job.
Rom-tie Coiikling A smirch upon his
private escutcheon.
Tout Hendricks 11. is no opinion of
hit own.
John A. logan Ton much gall and
not enough brain.
Carter Harrison Talks too much with
his mouth.
lletirv B. l'aync Too much standard
oil. '
Daniel W. Yoorluvs Salary grabber.
Roliert Lincoln Was never two great
men in one family.
William A. Iiolinan Too infernally
ugly.
John Sherman From Ohio.
Senator Edmunds Belongs to a ring of
tricksters.
1 1 rover Cleveland Ton prii'ocious a
pi iliticiatt.
Benjamin Butler Spoons ! spoons !
Allen (!. Thiirmali An old moss faced
fossil.
Susan B. Anthony Tisi young and
Mihly.
These are the objections to the persons
named some of them it must be admit
ted, are pretty strong ones. Show us an
other candidate, and we w ill show you a
Well defined objection to billl. Chicago
Kti:
Pit AVI Mi FOB PAHA.
llnW HUH ANSWERED A LITTLE I1IHL.
MOST AS QtK'K AM THE TEl.El'llilN .C.
A few nights ago a well known citizen
of Det "o't, .Mich., who hid been waging
fo: some time in the downward patlt.eaiiie
out of his home anil sla'tcd down town
for a night of carousal w'.h sonic old coiu
pauions lie bad pmmisi'd to meet. Ili
yoitng wife had is-sought him with iiuplor
ing eyes to siM'iid the evei ing with her.
and hud reminded him of the lime when
evenings passed iu Inc company were all
too short. Ilislillle daitgbier had clung
about his knees and coaied iu her pretty,
wil'liil way for "papa" to I. H her some
bediiiui! stories, but h il.il was Kiroiigcr
than love for wile and child and hecludcd
theie tender iiiesliol'ing le the spirial
sophistries the father of evil advances at
all such limes from his i re. lit fund, mid
went his way. But when hi was a block
from his home he found that on changing
his coat he had fi.rgoticii to remove his
wal'ci. and be could not go oul in a drink
ing bout without money, even though be
knew that bis fi.mily needed it. that his
wi.'e was economizing each th y more and
inure in oiler o make up his deficits, a id
be hii'r'ed inn k and ir. pt so ily past the
w indows of los li.lle house i I u-der that he
might s cal u and obtain il, w 'tboiit run
ning the gadinlcl of either .pu s ions ur
earintscs. But something sta cd bis feet;
then' was a the 'a the grato with'ii for
(In! nt",ht was ciii1' and I. h . u tin lili'e
pa.lin' a'ld limtight nut iu warding ellcct
the pic-urea ou the wa'l. B 'i tlue weve
as nothing i lhi pieiitves on the hearth
Tin -re, in the so "t glow' of the li'v' gbt.
knelt his i;tle child it her Hiuthi r's ,,i-t.
ils sna'1 hands c'aspel iu prayer, ils fair
head bow, si, and its w lips uttered each
word with childish dis.iuciii ii :
"Now t 'av nifilowa to alot !:
I vrnv the l.nl my ul ii.l.eepi
If lyflirtllddleli.-'.i'e I W.k..
I pmy the lx.nl my .ul t lake "
Sweet petilioti! The lu.ui himself who
stood therewith hoarded lips shut tightly
together, had said that prayer once at his
inollnr's Lnee. Where was niolher now?
The sunset gati-s had long ago unbarred to
lot her vuss lliroiigh. lint the chi'd bad
nut finished; be heard her "(!ud bless
mania, papa ami my own self;" then then'
; a pauso, and she lifu'd her tnniblisl
bbtii eyes to her ns'thfr's fnee. -
"(iud bless papa," prutnpted the inuthcr
sol'llv.
"(iial hlesf ipa." lisped the litt'e one.
" And ulea.ui s nd him home sober.
He could n. hear t Ih- loot lor us she
I Mid this, hut die child followed in a clear,
iir-hinsl tone. I
J j'tiod bless-- papa- and jileuse send
linn -home solu r Amen. .Mother
and child sprang to their feci iu alarm
when the diair oH li.'d so Mlddolily. but
tluy wee tm, ul'raid when liny r.iw who
i, was, ;'ciurhcd so "shiii, but that night,
wlli'tl 'i t'e M:',M'ie w i lo'iug tneki'd up in
beii, a.ter sitcB a " lump with pupa, she
said, in the l,s iest and most contented of
Voices :
Mamma, tiial answers uiost aa ijiiii k as
the leh pboiK',
iIin'siiI He '! " -1'rlmil
tire I Vrs.
A MISSSIPII I'l.ANTA IKIN W!l(;
IV giaal In iidi rn, an' Ve'H isune, tiai
loasl Land, alnios' none;
Yer'll step nullity li(lit in golden
sIllM-S,
Itood l.awd, ulllios gillie.
Yer ken eat old 'aissinu an' laulial deisaiu,
(IimhI laiwit, tilitiiift' koiic.
And dip up tie gravy will a silver saain,
toa.d I.Jwd, aliiuw' gone.
I i i lloin s.
Hull' Ills down in v rnlu', si-lrr Kate,
rn-par' for de wearni' ' tie crown;
Vid me time is gittin' ininlity late,
An' lie sun is ii I mos' down.
The ulher day. a pretty, blight little
juvenile friend, about live years of age,
named Rtaa, was teased a good deal by a
gentleman who vinls the family, who I'm
ally iwotiisl np Ity faylngl l"l 'di't love
you." "Ah! bid you've gut to love me,"
said llie child. How so? " asked the tor
iiicnlor. "Why." said Rosa, "the Bible
says vou must love lliein that bate voir,
and i in sure I bate you."
Thero ia a man in New York so fat that
a child wai recently killed by his rhadow
falling on it.
W AS I I A lilt i: I H t
A SINHI LAlt VISION WHH It APPEARED
TO 1IR. llliri'E IN FLORIDA.
Dr. Walter Bruce, of .Micaimpv. Fla..
riseiitly had a very singular revelation
made to him in a Way that is hard to ex
plain. He is it native of Virginia, where
lie married Miss Slribling of Kau.iiier
comity, some years ago, and s,am afterward
removed to Florida, as one of the pioneers
in orange planting, and has ever since been
actively engaged iu that bu.-iuess He is
Wc'l known as a man of sound judgment,
high b.anding. and uf the most practical
ideas, and Is far from being a believer in
any of the popular "isms" of the day, es
pecially spiritualism.
Line uu the night ul rriilay. liivciulicr
S, lie was awakened iruiu a sound sleep
at his house in Micuuopy by so s'r..ng a
feeling that there was some mysterious
presence in his room that he got up mid
lighted a lamp mid looked all over the
house, hut. finding nothing unusual. In'
returned to bed and nppaieiillv fell into a
I'ght sleep in which there appeared to him
a vision of his wife's brother, It. M. Slrib
ling, in a deadly conflict, in which he had
his throat cut in a must horrible manner,
and was rcjievcd to a stun1 near by, where
he was placed ou a counter, and after the
apparent lapse oi' time he died from the
I'llecla of the wound.
The vision was so real that Dr. Bruce
could sleep no more, and when morning
dawned he went nut. but could Hot rid
himself of the very strong impression it
had made upon him. He related the
dream, as he called it. to several of his
friends, and later in the day visited a well
known spiritualist in (iainivville, who told
him that some uw'ul calamity must have
Ik-I Villi It young Stribliug. And sure en
ough the next mail IVoin Virginia brought
Dr. Bicc a letter announcing the death of
bis brother-in-law in the exact manner he
had seen and i.l the very hour that it had
upai.rcd Iu him in his vision. A sister
ul' the murdered man. visiting relatives in
Kentucky at the time uf his death, had a
similar dream, and while ivlat'ng it at the
breakfast table was band a dispatch an
nouncing its fulfillment.
OIMMON Of Till. rniHM.Y-t.l.N-l.lt
Counties fun M. ke I'.xliilii's.
Attorney Oi'.nf.uai.'s Office. )
liAI.FHill, February 111. )
II'. S. Piihiiim; I 'miilrut X. ('. Sinlv
A.i'yioio.'o ;
Dear Sir: In reply to your letter of
the l'-ih inst., 1 have the hum r to say
that the powe a oiiiilri ivil by law upon I In'
coiinly commissioners, and to be evi r
ciseil for the benefit of 1 lie public, are
iiuiiii i'iiUH and extensive.
The Code say i that every cuiinly is a
body corMirale, and shall have tin- powers
prescribed by statute an I those ii.'ivsei.iU
implied by law. These powers liin-t be
exercised ill plll'sualloo of resolutions
adopicd by the board of cnnitni-sioiii i,
and. ill eerlaiu sja'cilied cases, with tln'cou
ciirrciice of tli." justice of the peace. And
they "may make such orders for the de
position or use of the properly of the
county as the inlcres s of its iuhabilanls
riip'le." Sees. 7" "Hi. They have
It gcncal supervision over ill.' fill llli ts,
ami llie law, expressly "invests ihem with
full power to d'ect the application" ofihe
county revenues "to any oiHnl and iitics
s.ny pur,!!!.!' I'm ihe use of the county."
Section To'!. Tbe Supremo court lira re
peal dlv announced the principle that the
I .-list of regulating all county matters is
conlid 'd to ill ' co:ii:iiui.iucrs, and that
llie exere'se of power conferred Upon til. Ill
vvi'l not b' con. roll -d by the courts.
Bii.dh.ix vs. liroiim. 111 Y ('.. 211. and
num. lulls olli r i a... ',
'I'll. inoveiii. ul to have ; n exhibit of
the resources of the Stale is i ne in which
the people of eveiy county iu the Stale are
in soine measure interested. Il concerns
llie public. I'lid waa inallgt rated with a
vii w to secure favorable results to the
S at.' at lap.'e. I th.-re'or.' .Iiink th.t lb'
case i will in llie power of the county an
th..rir.'s. an 1 that thev may cx. reis ' llie
powci by appropriating money to enable
the i i only to make H piiiia-r t xhiliit of its
lesouncs ut tie ensuing Exporilioii, if
they sbail dcteruiiue that the same is lie
ccsKtrv for the good of ibe county and to
the interests uf its inhabitants. No spec
cial tax could be levied 'br the purpose,
and no subscription of stock in the lispo
Htioii AssiK ;atii,n by the county could be
made, without the consent of the legisla
ture, as has Urn frtspieiilly dis idcd; but
this uf course is not contemplated. In
considering the mutter, howeve:', I think
thccouiirissiuiieis should act iu conjunc
tion with a majority of the justices of the
peace of the county, and it serins to Inc
that no Valid ohjctt'oll colli. I be inter
ims.sl tu restrain I hem Iruiu citing to the
eiiLipiisi! null reit'oliablc mid siibstali
t'al cucoiiragc'ucut as llie liliain i.tl ioll
di'ioti of the county would iu their judg
ment warrant. Indeed, such acioii and
the aid thus given, would be iu harmony
with the spirit of the comlitulioii, which
reipi'tes the lcg'.slalore to establish and
inaiilain n deparluieiil of agriculture, and
also with the spirit of The Code, which
iliim Is uu annual appropriation to le made
to the Stale ami to county agrieultuial so
cieties (wctiohs L'.'.M L'.-l".' ). ami em
powers "county cotnmiK-iiiueis to appoint
fairs in their n -piHtivc counlics" for the
ciicoiiia'jeiucut of industry, and to rcgu
lale ibe same by a systi in of by laws. Sih'
lioiis -.'.TiMI 'J.7H1.'
Yours 1 1 uly,
Tims.'S Kfnin,
Attoitiev licncrid.
Some wit ketl fellows got into a Ver
mont ilui'ih vtsl'yjust after the dcainn
and ch a' man had held n nns ling there,
ii ml left four beer hollies, a whiskey Husk,
nil i mpty, ninl (wo tun Is of ranis under
the table. Win II the sewing Naicly met
an hour later and discovcicd the art idea,
liny held ii long ninl whisHred coiivcrsa-
An illiti rale iuti who always vohin
I et nil to "go round with the hat." but was
Mispeclid uf sparing his own pis kct, over
hearing Mice a hint to that elbs t, replied,
"Other geiilli nun puts down what they
thinks pmH-r. and so do I. Charity'l a
private cotieem, and what I giYc is Both
ng to nobody."
M MOM t;OU HATH JOINED."
The coinpreheii.sive gloom of the city of
Columbus disaster was lighted by one
gleam of light that should be a revelation
tu humanity A husbaii.l and wife, aroused
from shvp and safely to the contemplation
uf instant death, grasjied each other by
the hand and. as theirsignal eatue to them,
exchanged kisses and were swept away
united into the unknown. There could
lie no mure suggestive commentary on the
recent discussion of the subject of divorce.
Not the elemental fury, the freniy of hu
man beings maddened by fear, the certain
ty of an agonizing death not any of these
sinister ism Jit ions could anuul the accuiily
burn of a true marriage, the sense uf the
piTH'tuity ofihe union of "those whom
(ioilhuth joined together." Read this
single significant send lie of the marriage
service aright and the itnKissibility of di
vorcing thus.1 rightly joined becomes obvi
ous. The factors which goto the marriage
of men and women are many ami diverse,
but how seldom will they bear the caustic
analysis afforded by the line we have
quiited. Ambition, the desire for wealth,
slulhfuliiess, lust, envy those an' the
temp, ing paasiuns which urge humanity
over that gulf in whoso depths swarm the
contents of Pandora's Box, How seldom
is it that an unselfish tenderness, a mutual
recognition nf sympathy, honesty and
trust, and a profound .wakening to the
intended sai redness of the obligation, go
to its contracting. Whom man alone hath
joined together man easily disunites. No
human law nor agrtvmciit of laws will ever
change this. But iu that (iod-given union
as to which man is only the witness, there
is no such thing as change. No earthly
power can sever two thus united, and from
the shield afforded by such a marriage,
the arrows of the vices, the crimes and
the meannesses of life glance harmlessly.
"And in death they are not divided."
New York Trlnjrum.
iom:v u u hoi royy miki.
While 1 was in the Dead Letter De
partment the other day one of the clerk,
engaged iu opening letters at a I'ible
near by called to a gentleman who was
culcrtaiiii.ig me. lie went to Idiu end im
mediately beckoned for me to follow.
"Now, what can be dune ill this case ?"
he says. "Here is a letter, this instant
iiii. ii, il, and yon see what it contains. '
In it was n clean, new $.H lu
folded ii'id wrapped iu a piece
feet I V blank blown paper not a
I, neal ly
1 ol per-
III u l. of
p.-neil to show from whom ii. was s. n'
The letter had been adverliseil as un, laim-t-i
1 mid was dead, mid llie examination of
its contents made it more completely dead
than In fore.
"We have nothing but the postmark,
and even that is almost obliterated, but
our epi il will take bold of it mid do the
lu st he can will) il. Tic re's a pr. ity slim
ch ine in ibis case guess I'lu le Sain
will gel thai iiii.ney. Tl:i- r minds me of
aoluclhiug ill HIV uWII cp 'lielice. A few
years ago, when I was opening I. (Iit. I
found oil jlhl like ibis, except thai the
am, anil was in, and mi lie pip. r wrap
p. l ai'iiiuul il was wiittcll ill peiie'l. 'A
lii. n,l, Matthew vi , Ii.' I looked that up
and found it to be: 'But when thou doest
alms, lei not thy left hand know what thy
right band doelli,' The letter was ad
dressed tu a woman, and it w.ts clearly a
case of charity. I really felt bud that we
could not succeed iu I'm, ling cither party,
and that money is in the treasury to
day." The numbers of letters opened last year,
containing currency, checks, drafts mid
negotiable pi.pcr. was over lit .01 HI. The
aim oinl of actual cash taken from le iters was
nearly W:. IIHII. and the value of checks,
e,c, ivpresfiitin inoii'y. about sJl.luMI,
HHH. Dining llie last year the number
of pieces of mail matter that reached the
Dead 1. Iter office was nearly l.oilD.HIHI.
The exact niiniber was 1, 1 lll.SJil. This
isaliout 1 l.jllll for I'vcrv day. Cleveland
llmil.t. '
A TI.Itlll Itl.l; IIIHTII-M kHK.
Fr..m the I'liiln.lelphla Preas
A most remarkable case of human suf
fering, and one which has steadily ballbsl
medical science, is reported iu Springfield.
I'.ne t oiitily. l a. VV illlam rurycison.
w hen seven years of age, was seized w ith
severe pains in his right hand, ami though
he is now forty-sit yean of age he has
bis n annually attacked, singularly though
at each time sulTcring more than at the
prccecding. Convulsions ami paroxysms
now visit him at exactly the same period
of the year, and always at the same hour
iu the evening. He is now suffering the
must acute iiguiiy, and ii visited by scores
nf physicians, wiio in every ease have been
coinpfelely bullied. By this peer liar freak
of nature his lasly hcfoiuf terribly con
torted. Respiration almost ceases, ami he
becomes for the lime uneouiH':otis, and on
awakenim: hows every evidence of hat -
ing passed through a most terrible ordeal,
j till being restored lie bccuunii a'rfcctly
i well, and ia only troubled at intervals of
a year, but with positive regularity. The
chsc can only Ik1 accounted fur by the fact
that Eurgersuii's mother, shortly before bis
birth, saw the contort ion. and evidcucc of
agony in iu a snake which bad been
lilt-own into tire, and that ke has become
thus birlh marked.
Blaine as an Editor. Mr. Blaine
is very systematic iu his literary work. Hil
in. I hods are those uf the journalist rather
than ofihe .mfessionnl biaikniaker. He
is, 'iiileed. a born in wpas r man, ami it
is a pity, some of us think, that he did in t
follow that calling instead of switching off
I nun editing a country ptisT to run for
Congress. I lmpu n to know, by the wav,
that when S ukcr nf the lluuso uf Rep
rcsi iitativcs lie had a great temptation to
put bis feel on the very top round of the
journalistic ladder, ife Was offered the
editorship of one of the grcutint New York
newspnH'rs at a salary larger than any edi
tor now receives and nearly is large as that
of the President of the Vnited States. Cu
riously enough, too, the offer came from a
journal which lias never been friendly to
wards Blaine from I hat day to ibis. As
un illustration of Mr. Blaine's careful writ
ing, Il recall that heunit! told niche had in
bis last reading uf his (.iarfleld memorial
oration cut it down 1,1811 words, simply
with a view to the utmost conciseness of
expression,
I1 1.HN l-M'Hlt IC I TIU
When asked lo take something in vir
refuse.
If yoii shout a in in by mistake for some
one else it is positively r quir.-d dial you
call on tli" family hum -dialck al't. r the
funeral and apologize.
It is n it polite to clack jukes at
c x tells, of a iiuin who tiini.'s a sell's
ing pistol.
the
. ek-
Never carry
pocket It Mi
a Ii in lk nhi 'i' in
bin,' I', r il luav
votir hip
'leu! to
uiisunderstaudiiij
At lynching bees the master i f cotvin.,
nies has the exclusive right to designate
tlu.se who are to help pull ou the rope
When suddenly st.,ps d by r .ad ag, tits !
and ask d t i hold up your hau l- it is e. n j
sidered the height uf iuiulit,ii, lo re- j
fuse. !
t
Strict cii ii It-' now requires that at 5 I
o'cliH'k L a- all Weapons shall be concealed :
under the coat or ill (he boots, the hit br j
eoitrse being preferred, as bootlegs are I
harder to get at.
Il'y.ui wish a man's permission to pav
vmir addresses to his daughter, it is allowa
ble to invite him to sec you throw a bottle
into the sir and shiait a hole through the
bottom without breaking the bottle, before
making your errand known.
When at church it is alwavs but
it Is
no worth while, to wast space giving
rule until the church is built.
this
HOY M.
H iIhtI J . Hardened
Caill was ih' lirsl buy. ami all his edu
cation depended upon his inexperienced
parents. Tie r Were in other boys in the
republic tu teach C..iu Imw to lie. smoke,
drills, tight, ih at and steal. 'I'll, iv Were
trie illy relali., us upon whom lili'e Cain
could be illilit led for two or llllee Weeks,
when his wearied parents wauied II little
rest. I don't wi ul, r that Ctdn turned
out bail, i always said he Would. We
all have our own boys to l.K.k alter, as
your neighbor lias a boy wh.nu you can
look after much no re i .t ly than his
iu, , lie r can. and iniicli inoiv to your own
salisfaelioli ill ill to the Imv s coinforl. our
boy is like Adam's boy. Ic a--ks iiiestien
and if i here is any l.uili in the ,,l ir:li cry
of trausmiialioii of s .ills, when a boy die
le will p. I-.- iiiio an in:-in. ...iii.. n poini.
Tl lib-r le n.w . lb e mure uno-ii"!! he
lis',.- The oi"s buy 1 evir kll'VV W. S !
lil'ty v i li y .ii'. e..i. old. an. I I w, nl to
school to him; and li tlid a-k llie loiej, - I
hardisl, i lookedest .in,-: timi thai In boy j
could answer. And in wymir. boyieasin to
ask qip'stioiis. begins i.inn-vvor them, until
you stand amazed at lie bremilli and
depth of his knowledge. llcW iii st i be
a niis.sioii.il y - or a pirate. So far as he
express, .- any pi !' r le e b woii'd r.itln r
be a pirai". win i tie re arc more i ii iti. i
of makiiu' iikhi -v. an l fewer for b-ing de-
Vulireil
I
no yy a siii,;
The New York t'.i-f n i n j I'm', iu a in -tice
of "Iteaur g ird s llisimy of ih' t n il
Wur," has the following cli.iei froiiilh'
book, of dale duly. SH ;
"Coiuiueiitiiig on the maim r iu which
Beauregard was kept informed of the situ
ation iu and around Wa-h'iigton. il is nar
rated iu this connection that 'about the
mid Hoof .Inly, ou a hn Jit, sulirv no, ruin.',
a young lady of mm b r. lineni ul and pus
sessing both youth and beauty rode ii to
(ell. Boiihatn slin 's al Fail l'a Courthouse,
and d.'livci'ctl to him a tlispalili of greal
importance ibrli. n lii auregatd from our
friends in ll'.i-hinuto.i. She led iueiiired
great faiiuiie an I .laiig.-r in the accompli -h-mciit
of h I iuis.si.in. 'I'his illspateh she
carried carefully coueciled iu her hiir.
which, when unrolled in the pres 'iiec of
the Confederate (iciier.il, appeared to him.
to in' his own lau Huge, the most beauti
ful lie had ever seen ou human head, 'flic
youiu la Iv in .pi 's'i .n w is ;i r -id nl of
the Fetl. I.ll C.ipil.il. all I h I I a-s- d out of
it in a -mall farm wagon 1 i -1 1 i I n a
plain country woin.ui cuuin: fr :n iiiaiket.
Further on h i way. at lie r si, I nee of a
relative, well known and wealthy, sli" uli
taineil the horse she was ri inu and the
habit she tln n wore."
Ill IM I'lls ItltslTII.I.LM.II tl-
Henry Fawcctt, the English Posl'iias
ter (leneral, si.s in Parliament for Hack
ney. A stranger to this remarkable person
would lie surprised after stving Inui ou
horseback, or scat, si iu a skiff, or moiinled
on ii bycycle, or skating with unerring
stroke across a IVi.r. 'ii lake, to learu that
horseman, rower, bicyclist and skater was
blind, but such is the case. Mr. Fawcctt
graduated seventh wrangler at Cambridge
in l.'soli, uud was ehs ted Pmfclsor of Pol
itical Economy in I fi:i. He is tall and
powerfully built, and i gifted with a splen
did Voice. Sum ofbi sie'ibe mi Indian
linanis' were luarvclnils, considering the
difficulties which had ueca'ssarily I a Act their
preparation. He has administered the
postoflice like a Mollke liiaii.ciivriug an
army, ami with like triumphant results.
Mrs. Fawcctt, her husbund s eyes as well
ua right hand, is a woman nf rare mould
and attainments. One of her sisters is Dr.
(iurrett Anderson, another a well known
decorative artist.
"My friend,'' said a traveler to a Texan,
"whv is it that cveiylHidy it t lit t country
thinks it iiMiwniy lo carry one or two re
volvers?" "Well, stranger," replied llie
Texan, "you nmiight travel around here a
gtasl lung lime ninl nut waut a weapon,
but w hen yuu do want a i-lol in this coun
try you want it bad."
A little girl one day startled her mother
by saying: "I am very glad to go In heaven
How,' mamma, for there is plenty of pre
serves there." "Child, what put that in
vniir head','" ''.My culivhisni, mama;" and
she read triumphantly: "Why ought saints
lo love (ioiI? - -Because he makes preser
ves and keeps them.
The h villi) beginning "The consecrated
cross I'd is'iir" had just lus'ii sung, and in
the momentary ipiict that followed the ht-
pleied youth turned to his lather: ''nay
pa, where do they keep tbe cousei rated
troi-eye4 beaf?'
ADVERTISEMENTS.
For I) ppila.
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- hronl Uiar-
1 t.....IIa,
JTattWiS, tf UUIIIIU l'l
luijiiirlly uf III
tiloutl, !'Vvpr..nd
' uud ull IUrJtfti'.f
rr .igi'inrtit uf liver, II wU and Kidney.
sYnrTons or A msF.Asrn i.ivfr.
i jil litt'fttli; t'.nH in ill' 1 1 1, niimiirnea iKa
Mi. i I i. it u;.ir in.? ' h ni.ki -lilaiJt', miii tli.'n fr
Uli-cftirniti.i ; rncrol I -i oi ;(fii(; ll"-vy
Kciif.i.ly ctt4tivv-. mrtiiiK uliti n.uln( With ;
I'w Itcn'I M tfui.lilcil itli -:n. is tiu.tt.nti hejvy(
nK Ci'iinitlrralilp losi ul tin ,otv, mcmiiAtu a
wth a iaitilul rutin a tt Ir.ivm uit(imc ftt niciliing
oiti;lit lt Iuvl i n iii a oliht, tlry cii(;i
ar i rlitNiicI Ijce i toiiKMiim n lit-nUnL, ullcn
n(tk.ii fcr rniiiiv.nii..n, it.r i.ai nt rtxnpUint
el Hc.d .rti' .i ami lit I iu; , ncfvoiii, rviily il.itCctl;
In I roitl or tniti i in, &iuto4tin?t yiii Wy (ruattt.n
t( ih Bkl tyi.ll ip t'tt ail lout JHit itr(nil(U At,
Miesrt, BaUliuiiifli kut !ic I tt.ai rjivrci woiilj lw Ixim
fi Mil, VM wnt un h.ii'iiy iimiini n up (..rutudc to
rj il HI fail, ).( ti.il ft tveiy r inc y Scvml
i4 tw tiitiw ftvnt:uiii alleml te tli- Iut .4t-
iHvutict) hn lul f w ol i hem atiktui, yt
tm 4i. itt .n alter tlrjth hv iImwii tha lAwr ti
Ujivk LwcfR ihiMiiMly UcraiH ti
It ftlmuhl It used hy all p4roim, iilrl and
r iiiloui piiftr.
rtr.ont Trnvplliif or Mvlng In I'n-
Iwmllhy ,nrt4ll1U., hy talinu h u,e i Jion.
affy in krrii l im in Ik-JiIi .itin n, will avuid
aH Mnlnr.A, ItillitUat tlrk, tMitinru. Nmi
m, lriitfkiiK.t, lcpraftai .n f Sptnu. ric. It
iBvijoiaie like a kU" wine, but la un In
to k tt'ii ling Ih, w rug a).
IT torn hmrtt Hln nnythlng hard oft
Mt(r4lt. or frH U-yy after m trait, or alr
ai mglti, uka a oVf ani you will tw rclitvctl.
Tim null IUhAut' IUIU will ba uVsPd
liy alwaya kcrplna; the lUfjuUtur
In tUr lliuf I
Fr, whatever tha ailmtnt may lx. a (htUtHiglily
piirxatllvn, nltrrHtlvt jmi lonlr cm
never I out ut place. I he rrmerlv it Imrmlra
ml dor nut lutcrfrre nUli bualiiraa ur
Uaaur.
IT IH ITHELY TFflFTAni.E,
Anil h.ii aH th pcwi-r and elt'K..ty .1 Ciloine! or
Vuininv. without any uf iht injunout lir cJlccti.
A Ovcrtior'a Tr-timony.
fi(nm.i I iter KrfuUtrtr hat ien in ut fn my
tlami v Ur me time, jml 1 am vimlicil tl i
vaiuatMe aiUtiti..n tu tlu nifitK.il inue.
J. Giu. &HuHfaH, iMtvatitoruf Ala.
llcm. Alfxnmlr II. st-iiliMia, ( (...
a: Have deiUc.l ntc tkenrfii ti.tn the use of
Si in mi in l.ivcr KcguUlur, and witli to give it a
hittli. r irul.
"TK only Ttiln that nmr fniln to
ltlPTr."- h.ive uacd m.iin nniriii -. I..r ly
pjMia, l.ivrr Aiirttiun and .icl.ility, hu nrver
he it-mui anyiliiin; in lcm I'm nte in ihf i irnt
Stnmtmi l.ivrr kruu not U. it ntrt m Mm.
nranta 10 lietrij;ia lr it, an-i md riid turthrr fur
Mti h metlx ine, and would advitr nil who ate im
ihiif xtft-ited to Rive tt a tiul it keemi tltc oidy
lliittl thai Mver tin la tu reli t
V. M. Jannkv, Miniwr.ip.ilii, Minn.
Dr. T. W. Mnaon iay i From actual e.
IKtrTtKe in llir n,e (l' Simmmu l.iver krculatnf in
mv ptartice I U.t Wen and am saliificd lo ua
jnd j-itttribc ii at a puiine mcdniiic.
.t' 1 only tb 4nuln. which alwat
ai ua the Writer the rr Z TnulcMBrk
jfH nature, of J. II. FILIN Si CO.
FOR . SALE HY ALL IIRl'CC.lSTS
I f. i.r. iv
Thrj who Work rarW find 1st Ih Tear
Mllll iitH-il, iHvaMuiiitll) , tin b till III ul
titiiulitus n n pur ted h a 'wtmlreoiu1 tutiio
hi i- llmlctttr'a Muiiiarh llitttra. Tu nil.
II it purity and rlHcuucy an a rciurdy awl
(iriVi'iilivi uf itiMt- ruiuniviiil It. It
rht rksi incipient rhriimatiirn and malarial
lyitipluiiM, ri'lii-Tc cuimtlpalUm, ilynprp
tin ami liiliutiaiiffta, arrrata pri'matura
ilecfty uf the plivmral rittrtfipa, niiliyatca
lli iiillrmiiif ur k4' anl initiviu ruuva
liDiHMici-. r'ur aitlu by all Urugiita mud
bi'iilita KuvruUy.
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Hi ESTATE AGENCf.
I Inoe e.Uibll.ltisl a ItKAI. l.sTATI. ,,,1 Nl V In
the tow II of
WELDON, N. C.
1 haveTKN lioiiaea lu W i ld, ,n
FOR SALE OR RENT. I
Ats.ut half of them ilorea, ulhim dwvlllng.,f
I also kav, .lanit
6,(MM A( HI.SI (IK LAND
is HAi.iK.ix rorsTY tor mti
For flirlher airtieulara, qartie. wlatilng Ut huy a
rent can apply In nic in person or hy tetter.
I am now tnkliut up all lands partiM iah to anil
and advertisliiK the anme at my own eipenae, uft
less a side ta made .ml then 1 eliartn' rommlMiohl.
For air .luiielng aa . Keiulrinen and a ai.n
worthy tu la' Ini-hsl, I n fi r hy is nulnluli lu H. II
Mm Hit . Scotland Neck : Pr. J. A. t'lilllm, Fnllrld
W A. lnoilil, Weld T. W. HarrU, Mlllelon.
ta lltf It. P. HI'IKHM.
F. tl It IKS till Ii & H ltt.
l.jt Uniii street,
x on folk; va.
ii: Hntlera III n: .
MAMtiNliSJ, WATi'llKs, JKWKI.HV,
I'l.tH'KH. MI.VI R AMI I I. ATI D W AHR.
M'WTkrJ.KH AM) FANCY i.tsilai.
apacinl aU'inllou gtveu to llie repaint of I lntHiom
Kh'ra and r Hid W aielita Hair and oilier Jaavlrj
aiaile lotddr.ud httatiredl IsmI worknom.
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