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CnCMY ATTtiHNKY.
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,1 TTORXEYS A T LA W,
SCOT I. AX I) NKCK, N. C.
mnr Wtf
r'. II.HIMtKK,
K.ti.r.ii.ii, K. (.
II. II. SMITH Jr.
SOITt.ASliSfcCK, H, C.
r Sll K E A- SMITH.
Mr F II. lln-lHf nn.l Mr. 1! If.smllh, Jr.. Cnun-.flir-
lit Utw, Intve Inrinttl h limited jMirtiiepdilp
f. ir lli' priii'tirr nf lnw in ILilitix eminiy. Mr.
lln.l u ill Htt'iil tin- eniirli. i.l HitllfiLX. ri liiilnrly,
uml will nl-.i vhot the county lit never hi service
ure re-iolrcd. iK'l lit ly
t It I t . A It I)
VI ' .
A II Y M A N,
Attorney it l.nw,
HALIFAX, S. C.
iilliri' In the Court lliniw. strict attention given
null lirtttlfhfM ol' the proletutlon.
jnii U ly
T
' II it M A S X. II ! I. !.,
AUuriicy ul Law.
HALIFAX, S. f.
Priti'tlec III ll.tllf.tx mid nIJ.iliiliie,coiitili
mill
rcilt-nil iiimi supreme court.
am;. '- If.
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W. M A SO X ,
. Attorney at Law, ,
IfAKYSHriM, K.C.
I'rneticfs In the I'niirlK nf 'iirt)intiiiluii ihhI ad
)olulii.r I'lMintivh, tilmi hi tin Fo'L'jiil uml supreme
I'.iiirlii. jiiuchtl.
I. T E II K. II A N I K I..
AUnriit'y at Law,
WKI.lMix, x. c,
Practice lii llnlifm mill adjoining counties.
s.i'rinl Htti'titiiin eivcii in ciilkriitin ill all purl),
of Hu- Muti- ami iniutil returns tiiiuli'.
ft 17 ly.
H A I. I.,
Attorney at l au,
WKMMiN, N.C.
SMH'iul tittfiitloii tiwu Ui roll.
tHiirrti intiiitl) iniuk'.
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E.li-i'riitHlK. I'ltl nml Miirtiii In tin' Sii,ri'itn nmrl
nl llir Stiitr llllil ill lilt' l-tilt'ltll I Hlirlli ill tin- FjihIitii
IliMrlrt.
rlimiK iiimli' ill miy mrl nl the suiti1
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lldviiic M'niiiniciitl liKiiU t iii Wt'hloti. vtiu U'
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Unit ri it W III II alfM'tll i!l I'tult ii.tliitl uoilli'.v
irctul Hllriitiun Kini lo nil l-mih litf nf Hit ir-f'-wiuii.
rurlii visilt-tl ul tlifir Imiai's u u ilo
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Pntv Nilniuit Uxitlc liiw lr tlif I'liiiiU-Mt Kxtruc
tiiitf nf Ti-fth nlway on luind.
jiiiif -"i If 1
THEGRFATMEFCR
IKlilM PILES
TaclofnillIM4ttar,llnriii, Mckrai.l
Bight; mcmu II ptn-wonMtiicrawliii(aliot
Uirrlnn;llivrivitpartf arvofUntffMtaL Ala
lAMal, rnmialrml anil pilti nir, Mv.iiii'l
OikTHtor u ninr u mttj ankU In lb narktt.
rwiiwmilllHtBl I
Jtau,l u. Auatii. awAiaiaitva, l-lni.f.
Juno It ly
TO l'KEEK t Till; HEALTH
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l'e till) Miigni'tnn Aiii'llam-r '.'
MAGNETIC LUNG PROTECTOR !
MICE O.KLY K. t ': '
j,ht-y are prirvlrw Ui lilit-m, liciiilvuwa and Chit'
drv'D with wik lunioi; no cam- nf pneumonia or
croup ta rvcr knuwu whero Ihtnv gwrnieuta an'
wont. They also prvveut anil eurv heart dDDeulllsa,
liilils, Kheumatlam, Ncurahrla, Throat irouMi,
Ulplithrrla, Catarrh, ami all klmlrvd illivsai Will
wear any M'rvitti fur three yuan. Aru uru uur
thauuder-elotlilim.
i i ni T TilT, It la iwii i i
LiV 1 AltiVXl, iaTi-tlw sfm.ia.,f
UiU nautaut 'l-tm$ that 4 aa4lif Hat llfe akil
traoflhaf oulf luiaiauyoftho Jalrt-ataBil heat nt
both ataea. lionr. ttudyaiKl naean'h In America,
tunilMaild Kulrni Ult. havanaullvd in til Man
uvlia Luna Frtilvckir, aairlliirui Inr toarrh, a
reraxly which nmuitu X limmima of the syxnn,
atid with theeiHitliiiimis stn-auinf MuKiietlum icr
meatlnalhruuirh U'ea!tllcUHiirtoilus, nniKt reRtnre
ihemUi a healU'V acthsi. Wa iiIm1 our price fur
ihia Jtni.llMticit at Iras Ulan lUiH-tweliLli'lh ul tin
i.rli-e aitkcd by nllicrsf rtimli ui-Di tdi J W
Ubaall iherhaiM''a.n4iw kiuv liHrtu- Ui V
rnisirr nf thf many i wlm av ttiitj rnir-
Ulug tneir avimaciis wnuu imii.
Timir t T'i' a ivr This
HUH J.U VJDliVlli am-ii
inm liuMTimr dnnnrUt and ak them
ihe have ma ant them, write Uilhe werli'tn, en
clnlii the prtc. In letter at our rlk. ami they will
be sent tat ymi stmicehy mall, sst lii.
Mend sumn fir the "New IN'iainiire In llellcal
TreHlineiit wlllwiU Medli'llie," with tluauauxla uf
lesliiuuntals,
THE MAGNETON APri.lANCKtX)..
its State Street. t'hU-aini, 111
N'tTit eVttd one dollar In iswtajre stamH or I'tir-
reney (la h-ttcr at uur risk! with site of atuv usually
worn, ana try iir mimi iww,
iwt h ennvlnred of the tmwsr Million ill our Maa
nctio APliltsnew.
nsniireiy no euia vm wnera
Sinfaiung FormiSkinV ,
f RWLDY such At DISEASES!
VTcmit.rrca sorcs. pimpies.
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Funded,
octlUlf
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Whltiale ami Retail Drurjgtttt
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KIXK 'ONFi:TIISEIUK.s, CUIAUS ii TiUtACI O
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KKKSII SI PI'I-IKS EYEKY WEEK.
We lmve MTved vou faithfully fur
the laxt tifln'ii yearn ana ruk aOuntiiiiiiintT
of your patronage.
PrrM'riiitii'iiN oari'fully iri'uirril hi all hours.
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PIANO
CHEAP.
ONK SKVKX (KTAVK PIANO
FOK SAI.K IX (1001) ORDKlt.
Ajijily at
This Offick.
tKtf" will ki'fii!iiii.slaiilly mi liaiitl cviiy
lliin; lli.it may hi' ilrMivil in my line. Mv
Muck is always fresh Iktiiuso 1 oriler
only small iiianliliis at u time anil nrtlrr
frrtiif ntly. When in want of any of the
following jtimhIs cull anil see tue :
CUOOKIUKS.
Uutter, Hams, Cannetl lteef, Cornell
Ucef, llice, Mnckijrol. l'nited Meal, Flour,
Suar, (Jnflif . Soap, Cracker. l)ried Hcef.
COXFKCTIOXKHIKS.
Ajipltu, Oranges, licuions, Kuisins, Can-
ilies, French and l'lain, Crystulimtl Fruits.
Cakes of till descriptions, Fijis, Xiits. l're
wrves. , . TOBACCO, SNUFF, Ac
AD Brand of Smoking Tobacco. Chew
Iiil' Tobacco, Ciinirs, CiL'urettes, hifferent
Ttriimln of SuulT, Sit. l'ijH.'s of every Ji
criptioa.
ICK CHKAM SAIAKIX.
In coiiueetion with my other business I
hare fitted up an clepint lec Cream Haloon
for luilim and gentlemen os-n to-day and
at all hours duriii); the acason.
f 1 . !
,ICK.
lee for sale every day at retail from one
pouud up. It can be had on Sunday from
7 A. V. to 11 A. ., and from 5 I
7 I. M. It will not he supplied
other hours on Sunday.
M. to
at any
COOLIXG DRINKS
Ice lx uioniide, (linger aud Iinon l'o
Sarsaparillu, Ac
V
All these things and more
hand.
always
Thanking the public for their liberal
acknowledgment of my efforts to please
and soliciting a continuance, I am
Yours Respectfully.
FRANK Y. CLUVERIUS,
"Littls Gbm Stobi,
Weldon, N. C. but 22 6m.
MALAKIA.
New (IrU'Sns Times Democrat.)
One of the most important paperii read
before the late meeting of the internation
al medical eonjjress, Copenhagen, was that
by Ir. Conrad Crudelli, professor of
hygiene at the University of Home, Italy
Malaria is a subject that cannot fail to in
terest the people of tho Uuited States,
since the puison is more prevalent here
than in any portion of the world, except
perhaps the eountry from which Dr. Cru
delli comes mid where his investigations
were made.
The theories and ideas he advances
about malarial diseases are almost revolu
tionary, but are supported by such a
strong array of facts that it is impossible
to doubt for a second the conclusions he
has reached. lr. Crudelli combats the
idea ol the paludal formulation of mala
ria that it is due to the presence of large
bodies of swamps or marshes. Instead
of this bcinj; the case, he found it indi
genous to the anil, whether wet or dry,
except at high altitudes. The malarial
ferment be pronounces the result of bac
illi requiring three conditions for active
organization; a temperature not below
67,5 Fahrenheit, a nodeate humidity uml
the direct notion of oxygen on the foil.
He confesses his inability to find any mode
of getting rid of it. eucalyptus, globulus,
which has been so much recommended us
a means of driving tho malaria away, is of
little use or value tor this purpose. J he
only thing that he can propose, is to in
crease the power of resistance of the
human organism to the ntta ieksot malaria.
In other words, he cannot eradicate the
malaria, but he can enable us to stand it
better.
Here again lw is almost revolutionary
in his methods ami his proposition, for
he takes a strong position against quinine
in the treatment that is, in the continu
ed treatment of malarial diseases. Qui
nine, while it has at first an allrviutive
fleet, soon loses its efficacy, and, by
weakening certain organs, tends ultimately
invite malarial attacks. Quinine be
comes, when used freely for a long time,
poison to the vascomotor nerves. On
the oilier hand, he recommends arsenic
iu small doses as more beneficial to health
iind infinitely more efficacious as a pro
phylactic.
lint an even better protection against
malaria, in I'r. I rudelli s opinion, la n
very simple treatment, which, when it
as first proposed, was laughed at by
nearly every tloetor in Miropc, nut tne
efficacy of which has been proved by
itieiit trials. 1 his is boiled lemonade,
Irauk while fasting. Any portion of tho
ninn tree, even to the bark or roots, is
ami -malaria, but the fruit is the best
and taking either the pure juice or lem
onade Pr. Crudelli prefers it boiled
ill protect the people of a malarial dis
trict against this dangerous poison. Thus
after a thorough investigation, one of the
ailing medical authorities of tin) world
Adopts this "old woman's remedy."
A (iUOST KTOltY.
('apt. James T , an old Portland
hipmaster, told the following ghost
story to a citizen. He said that one night,
on the voyage from which he had just re
turned, while lying 'off the Battery at
New York, waiting for the crew to come
on board he heard some one on top of the
house culling, "James 1 ! James
T !" Now, this was not only tho
( upturn s name, but that of his sou, who
was his male on this voyage. Only the
Captain, mate, aud steward were on board,
and on hearing the voice they all went on
leek, but saw no one. The steward's
lug, which slept in front of the cabin
Joor. lay iiuiet on his nig.
I he next mornm the hark Ki'Yd lor
Itio Janeiro, and several strange ocei'
relict took place Oil the passage. One
morning bis son, the mate, said to hi in
"Captain, the ship is haunted. I tur.ied
out on my natch at 4 o'clock in the
morning, uml us 1 went out of the cabin
1 Mir I saw some one in white, but before
1 could (lislinniiii-h whether it was male
or frinele it disappeared around the main
mast. ' The steward said he saw it ulso
und was frightened."
Soiuo tluys ufter this the steward culled
the captain, and told him the mate had
not yet , come on deck. The captain
went to the mate s stateroom, and on open
iug the door saw the mate apparently
laughing at hiiu. but on taking hold ot
liun he round he was dead, rrom his
listortetl coiiiilinaiic it apiH'ared he had
been frightened to death. Several other
strange oeeurronces happened on board,
and on arriving ut Kin the steward left the
vessel on account ot the feeling that shewj
uiunttHi. Strange noises continued tube
heard .on board, such as working of the
wuullais in heaving anchor, but on
ioing forward no one was to be seen.
Now conies the strangest part of th
story. During the captain s absence on
this voyage another son of his, Samuel
I , arrived home from a voyage and
remarked that he would go down for his
iluiiiitiiC. IS J tame back with it and Ikv
town lor a imp. Not coining down to
tea, some ot the launly went to caU nun
and found him dead. This was about
the time that the mnte and steward saw the
figure in white. From the Portland
Iniff.
HOW TO
KKEI
SMALL.
A TOWS
Horace Greely.
If you want to keep a town from thriv
ing don't erect any more dwellings than
you can conveniently occupy yourself. If
you should have an empty Dunning, ana
anyone should want to rent it, ask three
time the value of it. Demand a shy
lock price for every foot of ground thut
God has given you stewardship over.
Turn a cold shoulder to every meihanie
and busimwi man who Kicks to make a
home with you. Iook at every new
comer with a scowl. Run down the work
of every new workman. Uo abroad for
wage rather than seek to do business
in your midst. Fail to advertise or in
any way to supMrt a newspaper, that the
pcoplo abroad may not know whether
business is going on in yaur town or not.
Wrap yourself with coat of impervious
selfishness. There is no more effectual
I way to retard the growth of town than
actions like these eauaierated.
COTTON HAUYr.STlNG
l lie .Nasliviuo wanner thinks trial tue
negro s rijrlit hand is tlie, best cotton
machine ever invented. Not so. Both
the neirro's hands beat it just one hun
dred per cent. The Banner man has evi
dently never seen one of our Georgia brag
cotton pickers at work. There is a ne
gro preacher in Houston county who can
easily pick 7 00 pounds per day in good
cotton. He walks on his knees, having
alines made to fit them, and gathers the
cotton with both hands.
Some seventy years ago it was thought
impossible for a man to pick 100 pounds
of cotton per day. the boy wbo tirst
accomplished this . feat in Georgia ufter
wards became a Uetierul and one ot the
ablest lawyers and best citizens in the
State. Two hundred pounds is a pretty
good average day's picking even now with
the improved cottons of the present.
Vy bile the negro is undoubtedly tne
best cotton picker yet invented he is an
expensive one. J In is also very olien a
contrary and troublesome one. When he
works smoothly aud regularly he gets
one-fifth the value nf a bale of cotton for
picking it, and very oflen ho gets almost
third for this trinuig but very necessary
service.
There is a part of tho colored popula
tion that lives exclusively by picking cot
ton in the autumn, picking berries in the
spring and summer, and picking up things
that are found around loose between sea
sons. Few regular farm laborers will
jiick cotton, and it is to freo the planters
1 rom t lie class above named that the cot
ton picking machine is needed. Let Mr.
Mason hurrv ud. Tlio tieonle do not
wish to class his invention with tho Kenly
motor, but they will not have any taith
in it unless they see it work. ,iriiuutli
..Vim.
IX THIS TWIN'KLK OF AX EYE.
Ten thousand dollars was lost in ten
minutes Ihursday night. J he inmates
of a gambling house on Clark street
were lazily bunging over the different
games when the door opened and a neat
ly dressed man entered. llio new
comer was a man of middle age, and
sceuicd somewhat abashed. His quiet
demeanor indicated to the casual obser
ver that he was strange to gatnbling
houso scenes. Wi'Ikiucr slowly up to
the faro game, where 50-cent white
chips were in order, he tossed down a
bill.
"Give me a thousand." he said.
the dealer bowed to tho new comer
und said:
"All right sir."
The stranger cooly divided his pile of
chips inta two piles und then placed them
carelessly on tho layout. In a second
both stacks were gathered in.
"Give me .wo this tune, wus all the
player Bfiid as he handed over a couple of
bills.
Luck was against him, and he hardly
won a bet. Iu a few moments bo had
lost 810,000.
"( an you give me a cigar: be said as
he nrosc after his last bet,
Ceitainly," said tho dealer, calling a
waiter and bowing deferentially.
J lie man who had just lost a smell
fortune lighted his cigar and walked out.
He wus John Dowling, the former
pro-
prietor of'the place. Chienyn AW.
1 ) E AT IIFl'L 1$ E ALT Y.
TWO t'NITEI) HTATKS; OFFICKMS I.N ALAS
KA PIE Full A WOMAN.
from llif .Vm f fiiiiciiun I hnmir
iA7c
The captain and a lieutenant of one of
the companies stationed at Sitka in the
first year of I'nitcd States possession fell
di'sperately in love with the same beauti
ful Russian. She wus a most charming
woman, with soft, mysterious eyes, a pale
delicate face and a slow, dreamy smrle
that set the two warriors wild, All the
garrison knew of their fierce rivalry, so
marvelled not a little when their old
friendship appeared to be restored, and
the two suitors started off on a hunting
cxis'ilition together. One haggard man
returned two days later and told that hi
companion had been attacked and gored
to death by an enraged buck in the forest
He was gloomy and strange iu his manner,
und ut nightfall went to the bouse of the
Russian lady to break the news of his
rival's death.
The friends of the lost officer talked the
thiug over, and suspecting that a duel had
been fought decided to go out the next
day and search for the body. In the
illumine the surviving rival was found
dead iu bed, with a look of agony and
horror on his face. 1 One story wait that
his victim had appeared tu nun, and he
had died of fright and tcrmr, the other
was that some unknown and subtle poison
had been administered to him in a cup of
tea and tho official resirt ascribed his
death to heart disease. Tho body of the
lost rival wi found at tho foot of a steep
bunk ou the rbor if the Indian River,
whirc a tangle of fern, bv."he fnd jrmxwa
si i nihil and almost covered the clear, still
pool in which he lay. His rifle lay near
him and a bullet hole iu the heart told
the sad truth thut his friends had suspec
ted. His death was officially attributed
to the accidental discharge of his own rifle
while hunting, and under these two ver
dicts the real truths were concealed. The
family of the Russian beauty disupH'ared
from Sitka in a few months, and the story
hud been half forgotten until the recent
opening of a path along Indian River re-
called it to some of those who lived there
at the time.
In his speech at Miciby, dev. ance
sod that he never heard of a white man
joining the Republican or Liberal party
and espousing its rotten doctrines, but
what he felt like that old minister who,
when on his way home accompanied by
some of his brethren, found near bn
house a fine blooded cow of his lying on
the side of the road bleeding and dying
from being torn to piece by dogs.
After contemplating tho spectacle for
some moments he remarked : Brethering,
if there nut be such a thing as a d d
shame, that's hit." Lincoln IStu.
"When the cat'i away" the servant
have some difficulty in accounting for the
broken china and vanished cold moat,
SPRIGHTLY SPARKS.
FAl)i:i KOSi; I.KAVKS AND A
LETTKK.
i 1 1 i i. t. o a a a I x i.
Faded rose leaves aud a letter !
What do they tell nf the pant "
Life's enjoyments, like lue flowers,
Cannot fresh forever last!
-And my tear fall as I'm aaslug
On the faded tokens there
Of a love to uhlch 1 Uiteii'd
III the bygone ages fair.
Faded rose leaves ! still retaining.
Thro' the vanUh'd year's sad glouiu,
Knuit'tlilug of your vauUh'd beauty,
S.mH'lliliiK of your sweet icrfuiiir.
I can see the face that o'er ynu
lli'ill, IU weight of love to hide;
1 can hear the low voice breathing
Vows Ui me, Ills promised hrlda.
Failed rose-leaves and a letter!
Ah. me I I can say an more,
For the dream with all its beauties,
All Its teudtrnins, Is o'er.
I hail used to sketch the picture,
Colors far ton bright to last,
And I hold within my lingers
Hut the relics of the past!
Headlines wrinkles.
I'seful talk a peiistalk.
Hard to beat a china egg.
A clean steal taking a bath.
Dead beats the stopped clock.
Slight at hand a maiden's refusal.
A society miss makes a hit if her father
is rich.
Maintains a very high standing the
thermometer.
The chumpacne of youth produces the
real pain ot age.
A brilliant, wedding the marriage of
a red headed couple.
Xo true yachtsman will bend
his uiu
brella to the breeze.
A higher duty is won by kindness than
can be secured by tear.
Favorable weather for hay muling
wheu it rains pitchforks.
Ren Rutler's bald head shines with the
brilliancy of an egg pluut.
It is more honorable to acknowledge our
faults than to boast of our merits.
Never judge a man by the uinbreMa he
is carrying; it may not bo his own.
Out of print the woman who bus
changed her calico dress for a si'k one.
It is impossible to bo a hero in any
thing, unless olio is first a hero in
faith.
"Will you vote for St John or a dem-
ijolm?" is one of the campaign cries iu
Kansas.
No great characters are formed in
this world without suffering and sell'-dt-uial.
Rest satisfied with doing well, and
leave others to talk of you as they
please.
Don't despise a thing because it's little.
A quart jug will hold luoro than most of
men.
Buckwheat flour is so much adulterated
now that by uuy other name it would smell
as wheat.
Provincial reporter toiiehingly alludes
to a man who was "killed and otherwise
injured."
Do not lose courage b considering your
own inicrlcctious, but instantly set
about remedying them.
Virtue will catch us well as vice by
contact; and the public stock uf honesty,
manly principles will daily accumu
late. Apples mi'-t be packed in standard
barrels this year, and the fruit must Is:
large enough not to leak out through the
buuohole.
A Iouisvillc palter has an article head
ed "An Kilitor in Church." This must
have been a curious sight for people iu
Louisvi"e.
Out in Kentucky they scorn to lie about
the fish they catch; it's the number of
conns a man savs he k'is thut makes - Ins
reputation a. a liar.
Oscar 'Wildo and Lily I.ungiry were
both on the is'ean at tho same time, one
truing, the other coining. J hey never
Spoke as they passed by.
"Ag we journey through lite let us
live by the weigh," sang the happy gro
cer as ho put up fourteen ounces of coffee
and put it on the customers book as
pound.
"Smoking may be a bad habit," ho said
as he rode liesitle a pretty Philadelphia
girl, "but that liui.il ui Vuhia pei'eci'y
killing." ( The marriage took plaoe the
next day , j ' . I , , ' , ,
A cucumber is bitter; throw it away
There are briers in the road turn aside
from them. This enough: Do sot
add, and why were such things made In
the world?
"What does Good Fliduy mean?"
asked one Ilelsted street urchin of his
compnnioii. "You'd bettor go home and
read yor- "Robinson Crusoe," was the
witheiing reply,
"He is a great artist" "Indeed? I
never knew he used his pencil at all."
"Oh, yes, he's fine. Couie down some
day and see him draw his salary. It's the
best thiug he does."
Now, then, lend me your eats awhile,"
said the campaign orator, as he cleared bis
throat. "I don't tee any necessity for
that," said a hook-nosed man in the au
dience; "your own arc big enough."
As they reached the other end of the
bridge he said: "You must pay your toll,
Miss Edith." "What is that?" she in
nocently asked. Then he kissed her.
In a few momenta she remarked: 1 don't
like thli aide of the town; let's go back,
dear."
HOW WOODCOCK OO.
Fioii (, Vm i'ii imf Eiiijuiitr.
Woodcock have certain peculiarities
which endear them to the sportsman, as
w. ll as make them an interesting study to
men of science. The love-making is es
Kouti.illy their own. Early iu tho spring
the untie bird, seeking a mate, repairs to
some well-known covert where the females
most do eougregate. It is just at sunset.
All day long ho bus been industriously
tilling himself full of long, luscious worms,
aud as nightfall eouies his bird thought
turns to allairs more sentimental. When
hu reaches the parade ground he hsiks
anxiously around, and if no suspicious
noise jars on his sensitive ears ho begins
with a low, introductory overture. I ben
he grows impatient and utters loud, gut
tural biddings, clucking just before each
one. Then he struts up and down the
mossy hunk us if his perl'ormaiieti gave
him intense satisfaction. Then ho con
siders hiniM'll' fairly introduced, aud tak
ing wing, rises iu the air, flying up iu
spiral circles, each growing smaller as he
ascends. During this flight he utters a
low, sweet, cooing nolo. Alter sailing
about in a series of aenul somersaults lie
swoops tlowu to tue spot ot nis starting.
For hours he fools about, displaying his
wing pprlormances, until at last tho female
can no longer resist his unties, and throw-
nig coquetry, us Hamlet did the physic, to
the dogs, she approaches with ruffled tenth-
ers anil dishevelled plumage. The two
meet and caress each other with every
evidence of affection and all the by-jilayn
.if love thrown m, and locking their long
bills in cacti oilier s grasp, as u 100 nappy
for earth, they riso straight in tho air and
fly far out of sight in the darkness.
Ol'TDOOK SPOUTS FOKG1KLS
Fidill (Itnlyt htulyt VJooA'.
Among the dear delights uf tho young
women of the period let us recommend
pedestrianism. Walking clubs lire among
the popular organizations this summer. A
coachim! club is more or less of an ex-
pense, but tho highways are free to foot "What do you do when you have out
passeiigerH. A number of clubs, com- grown your clothes? Vou throw thein
posed entirely of young ladies, have been aside, don't you?" "Oh, no," replied
ogamzed lor bnet summer rambles ot a
day s duration. 1 hu costume adopted is
Usually a rough-aiid-reudy nioiiiiluiii suit,
with a helmet hat, stout shoes, perhaps ot
alligator skin, with u small knapsack and
walkiug-stick. When the party is formed
for a tour through the mountains or lakes
there is usually an addition of gantlemeii
and chanerones. 1 he ge itlemen adopt a
knickerliookor. costuuns. which is louiHt
ti be of service also in "wheel par;ies
or bicycle meets. (Cull it bi-sigh-cle, not
bi-sick le, please.) The tricycle is rapidly
coming into favor, being largely used in
the narks, where the doublo-seatod ones
ure ridden by lad'es and gentlemen in
, .
company. J here are singie-seaieu ones.
however, in which ladies into ut ease
cither alone or with u eoiipauion bicycli
There is very little skill reiiuired in the
management of a tricycle. A loose cos
tume and a broad-brimmed hat comprise
the only equipment necessary. After the
tiicvclo comes the swimming suit, the
extremely abbreviated garment wmcn
. . . .i ii
tikes the name of a bathing dress. It is
piile us high an accomplishment to swim
we as to rule well, ami tue nutaioriu are
patronizized by the most elegant ladies,
who frisk about iu picturcsuuo suits
China silk, prettily made and ornameuted,
NAKED
SLAVES IX
TOO.
TIM HIT-
yefer f Ittiltimurr S'hm.
This girl being brought iu by the Mo
rocco gate, on the road from tho city of
Morocco. She was nude, comely ot tatc
aud figure, with large, drcuiny, lovely
eves and streaming long black hair. Her
color was of tho Oliviun type, which
shows the red blood coursing iu the veins.
She was of medium height and aged
about sixteen years. Four old Arab
"dealers," barlicd iu all the glitter and
tinsel of the (Went, guarded this girl as
if she were an Amazon ol strength und
prowess. One old Arab in a loud voice
cried out her merits and nationality as
they passed on to the centre ol the town.
Halting the whole party were suddenly
surrounded by intending buyers, both
Christaiu and pagan. They came up to
the crouching girl, pulled her amis to
nml fro, niHiieil her inoulh and looked
at her teeth, made her stand erect, and
then haggled over the price. "Mio is
worth $100," say the Arab dealers iu
one simultaneous cry, "but will let her go
for 8H0 if you take her now. t )ur dra
goman translates aud tells us how sho
will go to Kgypt und fetch $200 at a first
bid.
LIFE IN AHTASSAS.
rVw tt Liltlr Rink Li tter
Long days of doing nothing legct lit
tle energy. Little I'imhI is needed, and
less new clothing. In the fall aud will
ter the crotis ure uuthered aud turued
over to the merchaul, who Iioiua a tuutl-
gage. J o gum up the labor ol years : t
was on the place yesterday ; and found an
old double log house so nearly rotted
down thut it is propped up all around,
the windows were without glass, the door
frames without doors; the children could
pass out between the logs iu auy direction ;
the lady snd friend were sitting iu the
"gallery, a space between the two ca
bins, ou split chairs, cuutentedly "dipping"
snuff, while the lord and master, in duty
begrimed clothes, sat under a tree, doing
uolhiuir, but looking happy as the day is
long. Fences rolled down aud lean pigs,
with "pokes" on them, two sorry-looking
horses trying to pick a living from short
grass, and children, half a doteu or more
with but a single garment on.
Among the blessed of all the con
trivances of nature i that which prevents
a uiau from being disturbed by bis own
snoring.
A boaster in a hotel was telling uf the
many sections of the eountry he had vis
ited. A fellow at his elbow asked: "Have
you ever been in a algebra?" "Oh, yes,'
said the boaster, "I passed through there
on top of a stag coach about a year
go.
HE WAS CAI'il'ltEl).
A middle aged man, with what ap
peared to be a loud on his mind visited
the Arctic steamer Thrlit yesterday and
sji'uieil interested in what hu saw.
'Say," he said to the officer on deck,
"I'd like to go on the next expedition."
"Its awful cold up there, remarked
the officer.
I don't cure fur that."
"You'd have very little to eat, and
you might starve to death."
'that would ut ho pleasant, observ
ed tho visitor.
"1 should say not," returned the offi
cer. "And you inieht bo eateil by your
comrades."
Is that so? That would be tough."
"And then," eoiitiuiied the officer,
'you woiild'nt see your wife for three
years, nr, niNiiiiiy, longer, lou know
you can i take her with her.
"Well, returned tho old geutleiuan,
afler a loiig pause "I guess you can put
my uiiuie diiw'ti on your hooks. Your
last argument captures me."
KANnoi.ru on the iuui.e.
T1C fulloy jng d,,. htngimgo of John
JUndoIph concerning the Ilible:
"1 was raised by a mother, ((rod bloBt
wt mo,rVi) who tought me the Christian
r,.j,,i() u jtH r.siuireinents. Hut,
tt11H! ,,r.w ., .,nnt4; if not tin lull
Jcl eouipleU), yet a decided deist. But
.. i lMH.a;,. tt nmn j tliii as well as in
olu,.r matters, I resolved to examine for
myself, und nr-vor pin mv fuith to anoth-
cr miln'g (w!Ve So i uught that Bible;
t Htiilied over it; I sought and procured
those books for and against, aud when my
labors were ended J came to this irresistible
conclusion: That the Bible is true. It
would have been as easy for a mule to
have written Sir Isaac Newton's treatise
on optics as for uninspired men to have
written the Uihle.
Wishing Ui explain to a little girl the
manner in which a lobster casts his shell
when he has outgrown it, tho teacher said:
the little one, "wo let out tho tucks.
in conversation last evening with an
immigrant t ruin Texas we learned that
the most fushiouable time for hanging peo-
pie down tliero was at sunrise. J his is
another strong and weighty 'argument
against early rising.
Whcro tire your kills?" a society man
asked, looking at the bare bands of a poor
but deserving editor at a undebilt party
"At home in bed," wus tho indignuut
reply. "Do you suppose I d bring my
children to a party like this.'
..
Bella writes: "What is the indepen
dent party?" It is tho party who don't
owe a cent ami can get money at bank
whenever he wants it. He is the kind of
mi old party that must of m would like to
be.
AllVKiniSK.MKNTS.
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JJY ISIXli
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INtiTO WEAK EYES,
For sale III (iold,
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Frainea.
HELP TO SAVE
HybiiyliiKthf xrcHtcut Hit run In ever offered na
GOLD lirXTIXG WATCH,
YriryiiiK in price frniu
FoltTY TO ONE lll'XIiltEH DOLLARS,
Worth nearly double the price,
sets oFTewelry
Hiiuihmmf In 1climand In flue quality. A thou
sand illllerellt styles ol
MINUS, PINS. F.Ml -KINi;. ('I FF Ill'THlNS,
Sii PS. COLLARS, HI Til INS, rlKAl r.Lrnn,
SILVEK SPOONS, FOKKS, AC , CIA KM,
PLATED CASTOKrt, ICE PITCH
EKH, Ac.
At the
lowest imsnll'le prices,
attended to.
Orders promptly
J. T.
YOUNG & BRO. .
Petersburg, Va.
net J l y
IN THE BOTTOM.
1 hava now 111 stunt ami aut vtU.ia Swu.wl
dally tne followiiif fuuu:
Hardware, Tinware, Crockery war, 8tov pans,
Wooden ware, Hour, Bacon, uira, neat,
Tobacco, ClKara. Asaorted 8oaps, Sugar,
Lonee, Mail, rum appia vinegar,
fcerosena, iiouiiuy. Kief, vnta
Apples.
I msksa specialty of
CONFECTIONERIES.
Franca Candles,
flalu Candles,
Kalslns, Hau,
Oranges, lemons,
Cream Cheese,
Canned itaods,
Canned Hcef,
Canned Ham,
Sardines, Ac. ,
Fancy Cakea, J
hoda and Butter
Crackers,,
Citron and
Currents.
II. C. SPIERS,
Weldou, K. C.
oot illy
ADV KRTISK.M KXTS-
AYER'S
Cherry ' Pectoral.
Ko other oomplal t ara so Insidious tn thtlr ,
attack as those affecting, the throat and lungsi
Bona so irltlsd with by the majority ol surfer,
an. The ordinary cough or sold, resulting
parhapa from a trlUing or uuooutcious s
posure, la often but the beginning of a fatal
sickness. ATsV'a Cutast ,f tiaaoatfc kt, .
well proven its edicney tu a forty years' Sghl
with throat aud luiig diseases, aud altoald b
takeu Iu all eases without delay.
A Terrible Cough Cured.
"In Ik.".; I took a aevere oold, whleh affeeUd
mv lungs. 1 had a trrrihie eough. and pssti-d
uliiht alter night a Itlmnl sleep. The uia'tors
gave me up. 1 tried AVKU'S Cnklim l'l.c
Tnu.vL, ahleh relieved my lungs, luilut'sd
sleep, ami atloriled ma the rest iiaeesssry
tor Ilie recovery ol my strength. it Ilia
eonliMUcd use nf the, J'ttTl'HAL a arma
lieiueuie aits elleeted. I am now ftf years
old, bale Him hearty, and am sauslled )uur
ClIKUNl I'MiiiHAl. anted me.
iitniMK K a iii iiiiuni tn."
KiHikiughalu, I., duly III, DM.
Croup A Mather's Tribute).
While In the i'. in.lry hot li li r my Mill
buy. three )i m .oltl, a us Oil en III a I.l. i-rt.upt
It seemed a II he would tllo In. hi slrnhgu
lullou. One of the launly auvtiHe.l the us
vt Avi.it'i cm.i.iit Patron si., a bottle of
' wlneli a as hIuh.'s kept In the home, 'ills
was tried iu si. , all and fmiueid doses, and
to our ilelliila In less loan luiil au Imut th
little pain nl wits brenihttig dii.lly. 'Ibe doe
tor tii.l t li.a th 1 in it it lii Torsi. Imd
saved no it rhuit's life. Can you wonder at
our arnlllii.ieV htnei rul) tours,
iii. liun Citnsrv."
Ibl West l;xih St.. New York, luy III, pr.
"1 have used Avrn's Ciiranr Prtmntt
In my lamllv lor severnl veins, ami tlo nol
beetlulo to pitMiout.ee it the li.ost i lleetual
remedy for coughs ami ct-ltisaa loive ever
tried. A. ,1. 1 UASk."
Lake Crystal, Minn,, March 13,
-1 suffered for eight years from Itrpnchltlt,
and alter trying ittunv remedies with no suo
oess, t witscuiud by thu use td Avrn's ctign
v l'i: mint. .losrvn Waluk."
llyhalla, Mus., April 6, nti.
I cannot snv enouidt In praise of Avra's
Chmky Pw-roiiAI., believing as 1 do thai
but for Its use I should long slttee have died
from lung imulilea. K. Buaoiwx."
Palestine, Teiaa, April 22, 1S82.
No eaae of an affoetlnn ot the throat or
lungs exists winch cannot be greatly relieved
by th use of Avia's Cm:anv I'ecioral,
and It will n tiroes rare when th disease ta
not already beyond th control of niedicln.
1'RKi'Aiiru r
Dr. J.C.Ayer&Co., Lowell, Mute
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I have established a REAL ESTATE AGENCY la
thstowa
WELDON, N. C.
I have TEN house ta Wetdea
FOR SALE OR RENT.
About half of Uiein stores, others dwslltufa.SJ
t also have about
IMMM ACRCJs OF LARD
IN HALIFAX COVNTY FOE I A Lit
For further particulars, aartie w taking to fcaf -
rent caa apply to ate Iu person or by lettor.
1 am now taking up all lands parti ea wish to sell
THE
aud advertlalag th sasss at my wa sail mm, s- ,
leas sale Is mad aud tttu I olsarg com session.
For my Manclng as a gesUesaaa an a maa
worthy to be trusted, I rtfur by peiuihsUua to .
kUBllh, Scotland Neck : Dr. J. A. CJllna, BaSall
W. A. Daniel, Waldoa, T. W. Haarss, UttlsSsa. '
net 1 tf It. P. SHIRS
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FIRE INSURANCE AGENT,
Can be fouud InUi Roaask Ksws otwa,
WELDON, H. 0.
REPRESENTS
New York Underwriters,
of New York
Western,
of Toronto, Ca4
North Oarollua Hon,
of Raleigh, N.C.
Will place risks any lolhet 1 1 if 1 1 go
low sale rate.
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