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TEEMS-?-1'1111 1KU ANNUM IN ADVANCE.
VOL. XI II.
WELDON. N. C, TIIUKSDAV, OCTOBKR 23, 1881,
NO. 32.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
W. H. KITCIIIS,
W. A. DIAS.
rorsTV ATTUCMV,
JITCKIS.4 DUKX,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
SCOTLAND NECK, N. C.
mar istf
jr. H. Bt SBEK, K. II. SMITH jr.
tULfclttN, X. C. HUILAiibliCi K, N. C.
B
l' S II E E 4 h M I Til .
Mr P. H. Dim! wl Mr K. 11 Smith. Jr.. iv.iin
scion at Ijiw. intvt funnel a limiti-d imrtm-r-hlii
fur the pmctiitt of Inw in HiOif.ii enmity. Mr.
UuhU' will attt'lifl tin conrti uf lliillfax, moiliirly,
end will alnn iit the enmity w lit-tn-vcr hinM-rui-i'i
are n uiiirt il . ih Hi ly
QlTlirAiru liYMAK,
Atlnmeya at l.in,
HALIFAX. Sr.
Office In the t'otirt lnitc sirirt aitriilliiti kIitii
tu nil lirnii'-lH'i of tin prntnudi.n.
Jan I.' ly
'P II (I M A H S. II I 1. 1..
Attorney at I an,
11.11. MAX, N.
Pnu-tln In Hrilifiv Hii'1 Hiljoinliii:
KiiIitmI nml Sujirriiii' rnun.
rn W. It A H (I s ,
iiiiliUt'i ami
niiij. .'. If.
Attorney at Law,
liAltYSllCIlt;, N.C.
I'mrUi'tn in the court of Nuriliiiiil"n and ml
Juliiiuic 1-uuntiin, hNh in tin- r'eili'Jul tinii supreme
I'uiirld. jiiurMf.
w
A I. T K U K. Ii A N I K I..
Attorney at Law.
WKI.lMI.V, n. c,
I'nii tim. Ill Halifax and mlji liitnx futilities.
S ial ntl.'iiti.in given tn mlli'i U.M1 ill all rt
of tin1 stall' ami uruuii'tn-tiiniii iiialc.
Mi i; ly.
W. II A 1. 1.,
Atlomry at Law.
WKI.lMlS, N.C
SKi ial atti'iitliin lilvi'ii k i nllii iiuiw ainl ri tnll
tmii'in irilnitiy um'Ii'. ' lna I If.
M
U L L K S & M()0 It K,
Attorney at l-uu,
HALIFAX, N. r.
Wtftiri in IhorituiitUniif Ihtlifax, N-trthit?ii("ii,
Mt-i "int-. Tut ttinl Mitrtui hi tin- U)iri-nn- i-uiirt
nillH' suu Hint in tin Kttli-ral runts the -ji(i in
liiMrirl. i'ol'frtiniis niailr in any part til Uu-
jaii I ly
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It. J. K. H II 1 K I. 1) S,
Mtil'Ki'im DilllNt.
Havint; iM'nnatiHittv liM tttt .1 In Wi hh'li. ran In
faitid at hiri oiliiH' in Smith Krii k Imililtm; at nil
thm i xcfpt hiiialwtt mi pnili-imml .iij.iiu'".
i tin-fill Httcittlon Kivcii to all hnmrlit ol the pr't
f' -wiuii. I'tirtiiM viciUd ut thur liuinrs livti dt
hirvd. July I J ly.
It. K. I.. H L NTK It.
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Can ho fntiud at Mt ullh o hi 1'jilii lil.
IMn1 Nitnun' tiMi iiiw fr Iho hilnkwt Kxtrar
thur tf Ti'cth uluayH tn huixl.
Jiim tl tf
i '
Kivp in Uul alwaya a guJ lino of
Cigar, Tobacco, Snuff, Wimn, Whiskey,
liranuiva, Liirrr ikvr, Alf.,
l'ortcr, ChiiiiviI (IikmIh,
Fancy (iiwi'riifi.
.Alrrr. .... .
FIRST CLASS RESTAURANT.
wrr.1 u os ut: a sb Br. s.i tjsfikd
with the Most: v roe svksd.
CW. It. D.IXIKL d CO.
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LIQUORS AND
GROCERIES.
My Bar roiituiiia all tlir clioit lihnuU of
Wimw, HrundiM, Wbiakeya, IUtr and mixcil
l)tink are iiuulo lu the Bent manner. 11
inini. Hmoklnii iinil Cliewinii Tubrnwo. Call
and rxnniine tliom.
FAMILY GROCER IKS
are cheap and all the lxt kinds constantl y
on band and atotjk cuutlnually rti'lt'iiiiiliist
pr 17 3m . II
m..UMltlla (Mihir'H Intlltiitn htdil at Kit
fleM for Ihe rulon'd loachr-nt, bogluiiltty on Tint
Oar . 7,n o., - XM m. I.
1SK1CICFT.
Tourli with thy Tlnrfn Up t.iffii (luwtn: the twine
Tit ci n in thy huir anI lay tin m on thy hretut.
Aiiionn them tbuu wilt wcav thU beart "f mine,
And n'r thinoimn it lovingly mny rtM.
Thin, r.rn hour.my hlihll be sti)in-nie ;
Ami. ilrenmintrin thy fcmilf, I may fnrjjrt
That a tlue flun n-n fade m Mt'ls my ilrii!n,
H) fali tuy bnpe, ami thuii hat nn n nrvl.
hl'iMoms pure! rat urn hr stain lr kis ;
Yniirfmifrnnt broath give tn hr sweet or Bigh;
Hit hnuxtity Mail I'titnincf till rn. Haiti MUs
itcvi'aU the love liNtk in her juyf.il t-yes.
rni'-l nittiil ! cuM art thou iu- ih inl
With whmn my lovu I'UTtial Hot It uriio!,
Th-iu vanNhctl Mar! wIiukp iipht my "plril U-1,
Hut not a pnrk fifall it-i nnrtnlh n-Iiirnt'il.
Sumr Oay, t rt hauro, in ilrmius ttnai w ilt rvcall
A ttiet n-tnriiitpniiioo t'my ! v.- ami wm1,
Aii'l wiy, "I ua hit iiiiccii and ho my thrall.
My krnhtly hver in iho 1iik n-)."
Tbofo parlini; lUwen--thi-n hut a failed wn-ath
Thi cinhlpin (if iii y witht'rrd ht art ulll ho;
Thrir H-rfuiuoaiifl lU pOK-sluii lout in doallt, . r
(itino like lite vixlutint have dri-aiBodufthi'fl.
A LUCKY DISCOVERY.
"Atnl n SIm I'tirimla 1 Count i drntl
:i' Imrifil !''
"Yr", tin' linin't left no will that' the
iti-l nl' it."
yitf. (iiiniiH stoiit'il chnrnin' to lis
ten to tlto news hrmi'Mit by .iii;lilir
1 1 kins.
Yim il'in't sny !"
It's mi," uVi-liiri'J Nci"hlinr I lui-k'ns.
cniili!il!( ally.
Ilriilv liittcrswiH-t wim t j;ct tinlhin
flrr p'l, thrn," nlici'iveil Mrs. (irinii's,
lil'tinj,' the i hiiru-li to ihm if the baiter
was euii'iii''.
Not a K'io'i: An' be a'lns bnm"ht
ln r up to think r-ho'd "it it ti'l.'1
" Im too htnl. I reckon IVtiT ro'
iml his wotiiiin ll dime m inr tne proi-
I'tly, then 7
t nurse they wil1, lietn they re the
hest of kin. All the kin-folks she
lied, I reekin, fur her an' lituly wasn't
way related."
"L shouldn't thik .Miss Doriiidy'd
aleep ipiiet in her grave, with them l''o; ;;s
hanilliii" ut her tluti''s. Mie liaictl en
like jiiion while sho wui alive," remarked
Mrs. ti'iincs.
She hadn't ort to tint oil' niakin' her
will, then. Hut that's alius the way
folks keeps a-iiuttin'' off an' a-tmt,in' off,
thinkiii they're goin' lo live forever,
an' then nil at once they're f,one 'fore
they know it. An' then it's too lute.
Miss Pommy died awltil xtnlihnt. they
iv aiitiellexy or the like. 1 duti'io
w hat Heuly i n-oiii' to do, I'm sine.
And indeed 'oor lseitlah hers r
i. i i ,
siaiei'ly knew What sir! was "ulii in tin.
Kvemhiim' here will he yours, ISeiihih,
when I'm dead mid one," Miss Ili'iinda
had often declared. That iniscily Peter
Fnjitj an' his stingy wife won't gi t a St'tk
lior a Mime ol w hat ln-loii'is to mi l l
kin tell lit tn, if In- U my li 'i.liew." '
And now Mis )uiiii la was dead an 1
gone. Mire einniuh. u'el I iwr I'n'ii? aim
is ' stingy wife" Wvfve the heirs at
law.
The place had been thoroughly
,1.. 'ii i i i i
seaelieil lor a w'll. mil none eoiiiu tie
foiiii'l, and Lawyer tlre. n. who a.ieuded
to all Mis IWiuila's all'ai.s, deelared t' t
ii- had not Im n called upon m make a'y
will; and so inmr lleiilah was le.1 penni
less and alone in the great world.
One year ano, lleul ih was the liloin-
ied wil'u uf ILichaid Li.iny luuiu, I
wart vonns faimer, lti lired with his
tn
titer iut!u oil iiQinks.and, with its
grern orchard treesifn m "adows of sweet
grass, and its waving ti. lds uf who .t mid
corn, '
Hut lleulah was young and giddy, and
when , the new physician, lr. Clareneo
lrdiitl, began to pay lover like attentions
to her. lttohard grew jealous, a iti!ir.-cl
etniiiHj, and a leoktn eiiagi iueii'. was Hie
npshnt of the matter.
i Cilice th lima. Pr. i man hail con
tinued bin 'attentions, until Miss Poi'ii
da's death oeeui red, and Heulah's imrr
tunatc posit inn was made public.
I hen Ina visits suiMculy eeaseil. an J lie
found It convenient to ''pass by mi the
other side."
A wick later, Mr. Fogg and wife came
to Uko possession.
He was a hard-leatured, nitseriy man. j
and she a sharp nosed, avaiicimis woman.
iliunle woman lied a heap o plun
der" remarked Piter, as he went lum
bering through the parlors with his
heavy cowhide boots. "Unit there pie
tinner won't be here long, though, nor
thelii pietures mi the wall!" he deelared,
eying the articles named with a calcula
ting gaie. '1 reekin they'll fetch a
right smart sum u' money at . the uuciiuii-
rooms, an I II cart cm off an Hell em.
"There's a hull (rank full o' the ule
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woman s good clu ; se, put in .urs. icier,
who had bijou cxplnripg; the upper rontiis.
"You tnotlt as well cart ihitn oil', an' wll
em, too, PeUT. I kaitit wear em.'
"('our' yuu kaint.f Kaid Peter, gruffly.
"What do you want uf any tin ire
, in n,i . . .
close, anyiinwf inem votive gut on
Jour back i good cnoilgli ftir anybody."
g MiiK loU aii paiueil lit s utfrir coarse re
limrks. Ueliiali Weill To 'lier own room,
to think over her plans for the future.
loukiniitav here, it you work lur
your board,' Met.; PKer bail informed
her, but' Uetlliih had declined the offer.
'I had rather beg my bread from door
to door," hhe declared to herself, "than
to way with thrm. Hut where cut I
go?"
"Holilyl" called Mrs. Peter'a sharp
Toice. "Come down here's a feller
wants fo sec jou." ' ' J
, Beuluh sprung lip with, flushed chirks
and sparkling eyes.
Timid it could it be Doctor Vir
den?" "Sho caught her breath, her heart
beat so violently with a sudiUn hope.
She hurried down with a pink flush
like the tinted heart of an ocean shell,
stainimr her checks, to meet Hichiird
Harrvmorc,
Ho took her hands in a firm, gentle
clasp.
"(Jet your things, Ueulah. I have
come to take you homo with me. Mother
has a mora ready fur you, and you are to
live with us." '
. "Oh, llkhard, Ami deserve it 1"
obtcd Bcnlah, injw'full)l
Mlushl liet' your things," ordered
Richard, authoritatively, "and let nio
carry out your trunk ; my wagon is at the
door."
And half reluctantly, though with a
fwling of relief in her heart, Bculah al
lowed him to lift her into the wagon,
where he had already placed her trunk,
and they drove away.
Peter r ogg was as good as his word,
and bcfoie many days be drove into
town with his lumbering farm-wagon
tilled with the big piano, the handsome
pictures, aud Aunt Dorinda's trunk, con
taining her "best clothes."
The honeysuckle and madeira vinos
clustering about the old Barrymnre farm
house were full ol bloom, and the scented
petals of a tall cinnamon rose-bush were
Iruptiing lightly on Ueulah s nut b 'own
curls, as she sat on the south porch with
a basket of yellow September peaches be
side her.
"Pick is so fond uf peaches and cream,"
commented Heulah to herself, as sbj;
(iceled and sliced the ripe, gnlden-hued
fruit. "He shall have them every day
while they last."
Just then the sound of wagonwheels
was In anl in the lame.
"What on airth is that Richard's got in
the wagon?" asked Mrs. liarryinore, coin
ing out un the porch just as the wagon
came tutu view, ' tun you uiako out
what 'tis, Heuly ? Your eyes are better'n
mine air.
liciilah shaded her eyes with her hand :
and looked again."
'It it looks like a big box," she scid,
doubtfully.
And so it was a big box, with a piano
inside of it. There was another box,
also, tilled with picurcs, ami a trunk.
llichard drove up to the door.
'I've brought you a present, Heulah !"
he cried ga'Jy.. "Tho piano ami picture!
we'll put in the parlor, and this trunk I'll
just carry up to your room.
And calling isim, the hired man, they
carried it up at once.
Ueulah could only look her thai ks,
and then ran upstairs to hide her tcn.s.
Half an hour later sho came dancing
down stairs, laughing and eying to
gether. "Oh, Dick! Oh, Aunt Laura!" she
cried, hysterically. 1 "There was a will
after all; and hero it is ! It was in the
bosom of Miss Doriuda's dress, between
the lining mid the outside. I thought
I would hang up the clothes, lo air them,
after beiug shut up in the tru.it, and just
happened to feel this in the bosom of her
silk drc;s. It was one she had not worn
for a good while."
. . It proved to be u genuine will, made
three years ago, in 1m. . Jiouis, vhea Ueu
lah and Miss Dorinda had spent a few
weeks one summer.
This accounted for Lawyer ( J icon hav
iii'i no knowledge of it.
Heulah was oo1i reinstated in her old
home, and Peter Fog'; and his w;fe, a.'tir
refunding the money paid for the piano
aud olher articles, went back totheir far n,
great 'y chagiined at the unexpected turn
of affairs.
"1 wi.-h the pesky trunk had of burnt
up 'lore ever we went an' sold it." g.'iim
l.led Peter.
In which unavailing wish Mi's. Peter
coincided with bi'n.
Among the visitors who soon flocked to
congratulate Heulah mi her good fortune,
was Doctor Clarence Virdeii; but much to
his diseiiiiiliture he was informed that
"Miss Bittersweet we.s engaged.".
Aud so she was. iu more senses than
one.
For when the first October frosls had
crimsoned tin trailing ivy-leaves and
turned tho sumac aud sassafras leaves to
scarlet and gold, Beulah Bit crsweet was
transformed into Mrs. Richard Harry
more. Helm W'hii ii a (lurk.
MAltltlKO 11 V TKLIXSUAIMI.
IIOMASTH' WIIMiW KUOI.KD nV A fill.
OIIKII llAUIIKR.
Wii'idi.r .tiimiiiii.
A stylishly-dressed woman appllul to
the pilice siijH'iinten lent at Indianapolis
on 1 liursilav lor protection hum tier liu
baud, who had threatened to kill her. Her
kttuv ia reuiaikahle one, strangely illus
trating what surprising pomibilitii's there
may bo in the loitery ot matrimony. 1 wo
years a 'o the woman lived at Parker's
Landing, Pa., and, as she states, pnmcssed
some money. Mie was n widow,' and her
haiiiAWas'iM-s. SSarah .Orion. -Xie adver
tised in the personal column of the Cincin
nati hininirrr tor "a gentleman enrres
imiulent," and ii'slMiiise was nreived from
' .... r. mi . i
a man giving Ills name as IT. I Homes u.
Welch, Indianapolis. 1 he corresKinilence
which ensued culminated in their marriage
a few months afterward, by telegraph
The ipti'slions and mowers passed bctwivn
the ciintractiiig parties, with Welch in In
dianapolis and the Pittsburg end of the
wiii'. The ceremony was icrfor.nd
through llev. 'Ihnuiaa Smith, whoso nccti
imtioti is that of a negro barber.
AfWthis novel marriage, contracted
Jillv ft. ISS.'I. without the widow
bavin ever en tin1 man whom .li took
for husband, she joined him iu Indianapo
lis. , She awros to - have not Susiiocted
howeviv. tbi.l beneath 'tho darkly shaded
features of her husband's face, there was a
mixture uf white and black blood. The
doctor laid aside bis razor and retired ,'Votn
lib uei opinion of ahvinj law. The fur
niture for a humo was bought by the wo
man, and with her money an inTice in the
suburbs of the city was furnished, from
which was swung the sign of "Dr. Thomas
Welch. Physician and Surgeon." Xo
practice was attracted by the professional
pretentions, however, Bnd Mrs. Welch was
compelled to pay tho liviua expenses.
A few days ago a spiteful female told
Mrs. Welch that her husband was not
diK'tur, but a negro barber. rhe investi
natctl and found that it was true. The
wanted to return home, but Welch objtst
ed, aud wheu she began picparations for
her departure she says he throatcm-d hi
lilV She came to the police with the
storv of her deception, which is ooriobors
tl by her dusky hnshanf admission and
upon her oomitluiut ha was taken int A cus
tody.. Western l'nm Telegraph officials
statu thai anch a ceremony did tske place
some tiino during tho summer of 1HS.1.
Tho lady who was pnsent in the Pitts
burg olfice was from somewhere in the oil
regions and the groom was in a western
city.
WriUiiu lor Ihc lUuNokkN'Eti.
PSALMS.
The Tsalms have been in unci nearly
3,000 years. They were written mainly
by Duvid. The word Psalm is from the
reek, meaning a sacred song.
Psalms of especial thankfulness are the
4oth and the lltith.
That man who is peculiarly blessed is
described in the 1st, -Kid, 1 12th and 128th
alms
A fear of (I nd's judgment is set forth
in the 6th, 38th and 88th Psalms.
For a despairing mid desponding mind,
the 1.1th, 2L'd, Gl.-t and 7 1th Psalms.
The comfort of children, is the 127th
and 128th Psalms.
Perhaps no portion of the Bible liui
been more frequently repeated than the
3rd Psalm.
Cromwell's lighting Psalm was the
Kliitli.
In perils of tho sea, and amid dangers
upon the great deep, men called upon (iod
in the lll7th Psalm.
The seven . ' Penitential IVahns," so
ailed, are the lllh, 32d, 3Sth, 51st, KI2d,
13uthuiul 1 17th. ;
(iod seen ill sH'cial Providence, llth,
8th. lOlith ami 11 Ith.
There is no Psalm so deeply penitent as
the "list.
Luther's favorite Psalm was the llith.
The 37th is one of the most practically
useful.
The 13ffth is regarded as the most
sublimely eloquent. How the whole heart
pours out itsell in love in the 1 Kith rsalin!
Great trust In Clod in the OSth Psalm.
Thi! llith is the "beauiifu! Psalm."
The 31th is said to bo the Christmas
Psalm.
The 1311th is very celebrated.
In seasons uf impending evil from pesti
lence, the Hist has been most used.
The American Revolutionary Cniign.s
Sept. 7th 1771, and calling tit a clergy
man to offer prayers, he used the Psalms
tor the day, which liegm with the .i.ith :
"I'll ad my cause, O Lord with thein that
strive with me; light against them that
it against me." John Adams thought
it a most signilicant circumstance.
Mary Queen of Scots repealed the ft 1st
Psalm just before her execution.
The Pl3d Psalm is composed of praise
and cnnso'utiou, fitted for a dying soul.
A Kl NULLA It CASK.
Vlir.Nll I'llR'AllO I.UIV SI IHIKNI.V
IDVKItS Til AT SHK IS A .MAN.
IMS'
('litritijn Sprciitl In dm imhili I 'minn '.
A well-attested case of a change of se;;,
liieh, from the prnniineneo of the parties
interested, lias created eoiisideralile ni.tr-
st, bus juM. been made iublic. Mr. Jlio.
C. Sprey, of the (larduer and .prey Lum
ber Company, is a well-known, wealthy
and respected citizen. His residence is
upon the northwest corner of Looinis and
ivt Monroe streets, llislauuly cousc-t-
1 of four girls ami three boys up to
ilimit two months ago. He now litis four
boys and three girls. Thecldest daughter.
Miss hli.a .sprey, was inarrieil a lew years
ago to Mr. John Harvey, of the firm of
Harvey Brothers, clothiers, but is now a
widow. The second daughter, Miss Har
riet Sprey, was biou;;ht up tn a girl and
considered herself as such. Much care
was spent upon her train'iig and education.
She at. ended tho West Division High
School and was a IVeipn nt vi.-itor to the
iiaiatiiiiiiiu. Here she was considered an
expert swimmer, ller powertui inline
aud awkward movements una athletic man
ner exceed suspicion among her girl
i n ios. Mm nuile rapid and satislactory
irogresa with her studies.
There came a time when a manly down
adorned her upper hp. Her voice, too,
lecpencd trnin its not unpleasant contralto,
and was alternated with the lull chest
tones of a basso. The young women of
the school were iittick to see all the.-e indi
cations and their suspicions were aroused.
ere beuan to be nods and winks and lor
the first time iu her life Miss Hattte began
to j:et the cnld shoulder. The matter was
brought to the attention of the teachers
and Miss llattio was sent home. When
Miss Hattie had been home some days she
ad n private and confidential conversation
with her mother, which resulted in the
calling of an eminent surgeon, Dr. Moses
IS nun, well known in medical circles, ami
a preliminary examination and corrobora
tory circumstance decided all parties that
an operation was iieccssiry.
hen tins was cniieliulisl .'liss Ilarrie,,
now Harry Sprey, put on a suit ol her
brother's clothes, had her hair cut, bought
a raxor, and entered upon a new career as
a young man. A day or two ago when in
eninpaii htii'o las brother he d, parted for
a school fur buys nm young men in the
citv of Boston, where at last accounts ho
was prosecuting his studies diligently and
fitting luinselt tor the hattie ot lite.
A number uf physicians sis ikon with
anin this very interesting cast! say there
are lew ike it on record in tho bonks ot
medical science.
TIIU CHINICSi: HAItY'S FlltST
SHAY 10.
I From thr I'ortlnml Origiiniim.
When a Chinese boy is one month old
his head is shaved and a bladder is drawn
over it, and as his bead grows ihe hlsddi
bursts and the cue spiots forth. The
first shave is made the la-ca.-ioii of a mag-
nilleelit banipiel iilid 'the guests are ex
noeted lo make the host a liamlsome
present iu coin for the newly shaven
baby, with which a bank account is started
to his credit. This is the most pleasant
feature of the affair for tho baby, as the
rnfcor always pulls and he cannot tako par
in the feast.
What is a uood remedy for a window
pane?
The company in which you will im
prove most will be the least expiisive to
you.
A HAIR'S T1IK KNLSS.
W'.LICATK MACHINE IN THE POST-oK-rll'E
ANIi ITS I fJR.
Voi the Wtuhinti'mn '.
curious little machine in the office of
ic Chief uf the Stamps Bureau of the
'ost-oflice Department is the cause uf the
cancellation of the contract of the New
England firm with the (jovemuient for
furnishing envelopes to the Post-Oflice
'partment. It is a queer-looking con
trivance, a cross between a set of butcher's
scales and ordinary grocers' scales, or
rather a combination of tho two. There
is a largo dial, like the face of a clock,
with the little hand that flies around the
face pointing to the figures at the fide,
which are arranged like tho figures on the
clock face, with little dots between. "You
see these dots?" Miitl the gentleman iu
charge, inipiiringly. "Well, the space
twccti these indicates onc-sixteeiith-
tlioustuid of an inch, (letting it down
pretty fine, isn't it ? You see this mov
able piece of iron here which comes down
with a smooth surface upon this other
surface? Well, the raising or lowering of
that mnvr the pnintor which runs round
the dial. To test the thickness of a sheet
of paper we simply place it between this
movable piece and the auruiec below, and
when the movable piece of iron comes
lown upon the paper the hand registers
the true thickness of the peper. De'i-
ate instrument ? Well, I should think so.
ust give me a hair from your head, will
oil ?"
Then he took a hair and slipped it
deftly between the movable pieces. The
hand on the dial lollowcil the motions o!
the screw urn il it s.opped at the figures
twcnly. "Just 20 lu-HMIIIths of an inch
iu diameter," he sa'd. "Now let me try a
hair from your mustache. They are gen
erally much larger, i specially if you have
iceii in the habit oi shaving. lie took
up a pair of scissors aud c'ipped off a hair
from 'he mustache and placed it in posi
tion. I he hand stopped at ;(. "I'n-.N-sixteen
thousandths of an inch tlii.k." lie
mid. "That shows the effect of shaving.
I measured a hair from the hand of a
'cntlenian a few minutes ago which was
10 1(i-llHIU,!is thick, but those in bis
liut-laclio were precisely the same th'ck-
mw, the reason being that he had never
haved. Yes, that is the machine that
proveil that the linn mak'iig our envel
opes was not liillillinu in contract," he
. as he fell back ailuiir'.iikly.
By this dial we can sir just the t' ick-
ness. liy ties lever, which is vcy inucli
like a pair of gioccr's scales, we can tell
just what pressure the paper will stand.
1 on set! wo have two other luoveraole
pieces of iron here; with a hole entirely
through both, and a plunger which passes
through that hole. Well, we put the
paper between those pioee.i, which, when
they are pressed tightly toge.her by th!:i
vcr, hold it lirniiy. I he plunger, which
lasses inroU''li tne iip.-iiiiig in tin' two
pieces nl iron, I'Me.iuiiters ties paper thus
iiituly held. Tn know what the pres
sure is we have the plunger attaeheil in a
scale lover with a weight attaeheil like an
ordinary pair of scales, and by moving his
weight out along the lever until the paper
breaks, ol course we can see what the
weight is that makes it break. See?
cry simple after you unde.s end it.
Hell, that is what the papcr-iilal els
iniight alter they had lost an?0,0IHI
contract by it. It was a new ttiui ' to
them, but they acknowledged that they
were beaten when they saw it.
This delicate instrument, only recently
iiivi'iiti'd. is a companion piece to Ihe
des in the Assaver's oiliee of the
Treasury, by which the weight of a hair
is accurately tested.
WltlTINU AIII. VI).
Before leaving home yon have to Wi'ti
i ,t ... i i .im
coiisiileraiile matter in ailvailee,iioli l you.
iskcd a man of an Arkansaw editor.
"Yes."
'Pont you sometimes make a mistake ?"
"( lb. un. have furnished copy a year
in inlvauce. ii may seem uiuicuit, nu, it
is easy. Here is some sniff that I intend
or next year, and lie read the following
"The cotton crop is short (lorn did
not lorn nut as well as the farmers expect
I. 1st us have a free ballot and a fair
count. I hcv art' suffering lor rain down
iu the Boar Wallow district "
' Yef, but huV do you know that they
w.ll bo suffering for rain down there.'
The foreman must use. his discretion,
for the following paragraph sa": "There
has been too much rain down iu the Bear
Wallow district.' You see, iu Arkansaw,
we all cither suffer for rain or we have too
much. )h, it's nu trouble for an Arkan
saw editor to throw a sheet of manuscript
into the future, and let time and his paper
catch up.
WIIKN wi: UltOW.
Nunc interesting results have been yielded
by the investigations concerning human
gmwih which have been made by a emu
uiiltoe ol llio British Association for the
iVdvanccntciit of Science. It is shown
that it growth is most rapid during the
first five years of life, when bmli sexes
grow alike, the boys being a little taller
and heavier thau the girls, l'rnm nvo to
ten Hie boys grow a little faster than the
girls; but from ten to fifteen the girls
grow laster, and between the agesol eleven
and u half and fourteen and a half aro ac
tually taller than the boys, while from
twelve and a half tn fifteen and a half they
are heavier. 1 he boys then take the lead
growing at first rapidly but ai'ivrwanl
slower, and complete their growth at about
the twenty-third yeai ; while girls grow
very slowly after fifteen, and reach their
full stature at about tho eighteenth year.
It is generally supposed that "grown up
people do nut incleawtin height, but these
researches apour to show that men gain
slowly in stature until their fiftieth year,
and they make a move rapid increase in
weight up to tho age of sixty. Statisiics
art! tisi incnmplftc to determine the growth
of women alter the age of twenty thrt'C.
Every one ought to be bust, but lis
one ought to be so busy that lie cannot
do bis work well. An overworked man il
like a certain plow of which we have
heard, which turned up a great deal more
than it could turn over.
an u i: l i n i:s av i : i n i n u .
Hcnpcck Holler, Missoury.
Pl'.AIt Mil. KlMToit: I ain't had a good
chance to write fur a good while, beiu'
I ve hail another attaet ol tho neurology
iu my jaw. 1 think it would ut gut well
a heap siHiiier'u it did, if I hadn't of tuck
everybody's advice, au' tried a different
medicine every day.
drauuy Stringer, she beared I was sick.
an come over to sea me, un wnen sne see
what was the matter of me. she says:
'Belindy, you must git Home jimpson
leaves, an' bind 'em on three nights hand
running, jest- when the sun's a-seuing;
;iu hit 11 cure yer jaw up, so you won t
never hcv it ag'in.
al, I did, an it did n t do no good at
all. 'Peared like it got wu ser all tho
time.
Then Victory' sister-in-law. sho come
over. an' she says :
' I tell you what tis, Aunt lleltlidy.
Yuu get some sassafras, an' some slipicry
clluni bark, nu' make a ooze of it, an' put
it on warm as yuu kin stun' it, an' it'll
cure it right away. My old man had it
once,'' she says, "an' that was all that
cured him!"
So Jouathon he went to the wood
pasttir'. an' got the sassafras an' the slip
peiy clluni, an' 1 madu a ooso an' put it
on, so warm it pretty nigh blistsred my
jaw. au it got wiisscru ever.
I hen Polly beaggses step-ina come, au
she says:
"Law, Miss llluegrass, you jest try
paw-paw leaves, b'iled down in good strong
cider vinegsi, an' ef that don't cure you,
iinthin, will," she says.
Sol tried that, an' it didn't do no good
neither.
The neighbo s kep' a-coniin', an' one
recommended laudamy, an' another cam
fire an' coal-ile, au' ole Miss Peters said
wild chamomile an' gooso-greaso was
Bis id.
Au' massy knows what all they iliil tell
me, but notion' didn't do mile of good.
At last I says, '' I ain't a-goin' to try
not bin' more," au' I didn't au' my jaw
got well.
Jouathon, ho said all the stuff I'd been
a-usin' made it woi-se, fur ho says, "Too
many cooks alius spilt; the bro.h, you
know."
But I dtiiino as 'twas that, au' I dunlin
as '(wasn't. Anyhow, it got well ut last,
and' jest in the nick o'tiuie fur mo to go
to Angeline Parkerscs weddiu', too.
We a'l went Jonathoii an' mo an'
Victory an' Bi'ly, i 'i' the baby an' Polly
Sciggs went in the big wagon, a.i' Davo
an' L;za Ann r'.d horse bai k.
Li '.a Aim she wore a white cross-bar
Molhei'-Hiibbard, im' I wore a brrn-new
gingham, fur I wan't njjniu' to wear my
black a'lapacky (". time, so folks would
know me by my dress.
Polly Scag'fl t n' Victory they both had
new calikeis, an' looked light nice; an'
Pave an' Billy had on their best Mils,
au' a bunch of fum-u'eloeks iu their but
tonholes. Jniiuthoii he wouldn't have none iu his,
but he wore his store clothe.i an' bis new
teeth.
"I swung, Blindy, I wouldn't wear at
al'," he says, "only they make me look so
nice, fur I'm feared I 'll swaller 'em when
I go to eat supper!"
But says I.
"Sho! yuu won't neither. Other
folks eat with 'em, an' why can't you?"
But be looked sort o' glum, an' I knew
he was ai'eared he couldn't eat enough
supper.
Angeline was in the kiiehen a-helpin
fix things lur the table when we got tliel1,
bill she sneaked up stairs pre.ty soon, an'
Liza Ann went up to help her dress.
Aiiireliiie ain't a bit pretty, but she
looked tollable nice when she was fixing.
ller wcdilin'-dress was a sort of a cin
namon colored pnpluui, made with a p"l
oiiay, an' she had a wreath of posies on
her head, an' some new carbobs iu her
curs.
Bob be was all spruiced up, an' his
hair looked as s'iek as if it had been pas
ted down an' then varnished.
Him an' Angeline tuck hoL of hands
an' stood up iu the middle of the floor, an'
the preacher married 'em.
Then everybody kissed the b.ide the
women-folks, that is an' wished her
much joy, an' shuck bauds with Bob, an
wished Aim much joy, an' then we all sot
dowii to supper.
There was a heap o' vittles, an' every-
thiii'' was fixed up right nice.
The cakes all had little ouerls of red
and blue paiier hung around cm, an'
there was a pitcher of paper roses iu the
middle of tho table, that Angeline had
made herself.
The minister asl.ed a blessing, an' then
Miss Parker sho says:
"Now, all of ye hell) ycrsclve-, an eat
hearty, fur yer know you're might wel
come.
An' everybody pitched in.
Bob he i t t like as if ho had been
starved fur a week.
I was just a-fiuishiug off with a dough
nut, when all at once I lis iked at Jona
then, an' see he didu't hcv his teeth in !
"Massy sake!" thinkscs I; "he's swal
lercd 'cm, sure enough I"
An' I was awful skeered, fur I didu't
know but they'd kill him.
As sisin as I could, after supper was
over, I aged up to him, an I says:
"Jouathon, where is your frWA?"
Jonathan he jumped like ho'd of been
shot.
"I swan to Peter," hu says, "if I didn't
plum furgit 'em I I tucked cm under tho
side of my plate when I begin to eat, nn'
furgot to git 'm ag'in. An' now I'll bet a
picayune they've scraped 'cm off with tho
crumbs an tlivoweil era nway I
"I'll go an' see," says I.
An I hurried out to tho other room
where the table was sot.
Victory tin' Polly was there, a-hclpin'
M.ss Parker wash the dishes.
"Did ary one of you ace Jonathon's
twill Y says I.
But none of 'em had.
"I'll go nn' look in the slop-bucket,"
savs Victory, "where wo throwed the
crumbs."
An' sho went an' lwked, but couldn't
find cm.
Miss Parker sho felt awful sorry, an'
said they'd take a good look next day aud
tend em right over u they lound em.
Just then Victory's baby cauie a-tod-din'up
to its mammy be kin walk pret
ty gisid now an' Polly Scaggs she
she screeched out :
"Slum un' yni'wi I what hit that
young one got in his hands?"
An' we all looked, an' there was Jona
tun's teeth I
Nobody knew how on airth he got 'em,
but there they was, an' tuck 'cm to Jorna-thnn.
He was awful priud to git 'cm ag'in,
fur he was sure they was gone fur good.
An now I reekin I must quit, Mr. r.d-
itor, fur I'm busy uiakiu' pickles au' pus
serves to take to the fair.
I II tell vou all about it when I write
ag in
Kver yourn,
HkI.INDV Bl.fKURASS.
in.l.Li; ItOYD'S PISTOL.
THE
KAMOI'M I'ONr'KDKHATE HI'V BENDS
A HI I.I.K.T TO ITS MARK.
Iinlliu iTt t.iSit'i'lsl ki riillwU'lilila l'ri'iui.)
A highly sensational shunting affray
occurred here late lbiirsday night, in
which Mrs. F. M. Hammond, formerly
known as "Hello Boyd," the famous Con
icdeiate spy. was (he. central figure. In
18b I .Mrs. Hamuli. ml, then Belle Boyd,
married in England nn officer of the
I'nited States Navy. A daughter who
was named Maria was born to them, aud
is now about eighteen years of age. She
is an attractive and sprightly girl. A
short time since her mother discovered
that her daughter had been betrayed, and
at once began impiiry as to tho author of
the trouble.
Thursday night, by invitation the young
niiiii, James Culler, whom she suspected
cd at the house. .Mrs. Hammond, in
a vehement manner, charged him with
Inr daughters ruin, which hu denied.
She insisted upon his making instant ice
aratioti by marrying tho girl, which he de
clined to do, whereupon she drew a pistol
and tired at him. The first shot missed,
but the second took effect in his left arm,
below the elbow. He at onoo grappled
with her, and forced the pistol from her,
and left tho bouse. Shu recovered the
weapon and followed him, firing several
liielfuetual shots.
Mrs. Hammond states that her daugh
ter was betrayed by the young man under
a promise of marriage. Sho sent word
on eduesday to him that she wanted an
interview with him. He called that
night, but the Hammond family had re.
tired. Ho went again last night and had
uu interview. The daughter bogged him
to marry her, or at least to provide her
with money so that she could leave the
city and hide her shame. He said be
would not marry her or give her money
and would have nothing to do with her.
It was at this juncture that Mrs. Ham
niond drew the pistol and commenced
hooting. .Mrs. Hammond claims that
her daughter was engage 1 to Culler and
wore his ring. On the other hand, Coller
denies tho engagement story and elaims
that he is entirely innocent ol tho wrong
doing ri tho matter, toller is a young
man who stands high in business and
social circles. Maria Hammond is a belle
in hur home. Mrs. Hammond, the chief
ictor in the affair, is a well-known charac
ter in the South, and, indeed, throughout
the country.
In 1 St) 4, as above stated, sho man led
a Federal naval officer, lie died in 18G8,
and shortly afterward she limned F. M.
Hammond, a Massachusetts man. After
living with him for several years it was
hscovcrcd that he had a wife living, from
whom he had not been divorced. She
then Hcpara'cd from Hammond until the
divorce was piocurod, and then remarried
him.
A short time since Hammond brought
suit for divorce from her for the most
serious of causes, but it is understood he
has since become reconciled to her. She
has been living in Pallas for some three
years, and has been a conspicuous charac
ter, periodically stirring up iho town with
Biimethiii!! sensational.
A It'll I Lit
INIULFKKKNT
HI, A INK.
TO
VVa-iliiiiliiu SKt'il tu Ilia.oa Herald.
All efforts to secure the active suppoit
of the President fur the Blaine ticket
have tailed. He adopted the silent plan
during the ( hicago Convention. A gen
tlcman well informed on the subject is
authority for the statemeut that while the
Republican Convention was in session in
( luci.go the managers of tho Arthur boom
telegraphed to the President that Blaino
would be certainly nominated within
few minutes. They requested permission
to use his name in moving lo make the
nomination unanimous. Although he re
ceived the dispatch hu declined to give his
friends advice on - the subject. Again,
after enough votes had been counted to
insure Blames nomination the Arthur
men telegraphed to their chief; "Lot us
join in making ihe nomination unanimous
and say you desire it. Tho President
simply replied that ho declined to au
tiioiiiti tlio uo or hu csisc. fur such
purpose.
A doctor went out for a day's huntin;
and on coming home complained that he
hadn t killed anything. "That is because
you didn't attend to your legitimate busi
ness, said bis wile.
It requires tw columns of space in a
Boston paper to explain how postage
stamps are made, toucan make a poet-
age stamp by simply borrowing oue, and
forgetting to pay it back.
"Halloo!" shouted ono boy to another
whom he saw running wildly down the
street. "Halloo! Are you training for
race?" "No," called back the flying boy,
''I m racing for a train.
A new device for wedding breakfasts
is a pyramid of transparent ice having in
tho centre a photograph of the bride and
bridegroom. This is suggestive of oool
ncss ns web as delusiveness.
There is this difloronoc between harttincfts
and wisdom, that be that thinks himfelf
the happiest man really is so; but he Ihst
thiuks himself the wisest is generally the
grcaust tool.
ADVERTISEMENTS
AYER'S
Cherry Pectoral.
Mo othir eoniplaluu r to Insidious In Ihtlf
atUok u IhuM attecliuf- Ui throat awl luiiftt
on to IrltUtl with by tU majority ot lutfir.
n. Th oriliuary ouuU or ooli, rciulUUf
perhaps from a trifling or uuooiiMioua is
poiuro, la olltn but the btgtiwlim ol fatal
tlcknom. AVER'S CUKRSY Patroait ka
wull iroTn lu (Meaty la a forty yum' SUt
wub throat ami lui.g Jumna, auti aUwitld ba
Uk.ii lu all wtM without iWUy.
A Torrlbla Cou(k Qurod.
"in ISA! I tiiok Mri! oolil, vkick unVetMt
ni limn.. I kitl a t.rribln eoub. anil iuimci!
IUkIh nll.T ulilil without llorp. Tliotfoctort
g.ttill. up. 1 linil Hill Cismhv t-si- 1
niatL. whirli rrliovttl my lunsa, lnJuc.il
lrti, ami nli.ir.il d nil tit rut ulrtMary
lor Hi remirrry of nit tronfih. Ily th
ctmtiiiui'il iik ft th I'ttitiaii a ixiina.
in ut fun nm clleclt-.l. 1 an now ti ytara
old, halti oi .l brant, and am aatiillad your
C IIKUIK 1 klloll II. UlVtd III.
llnktt'K r a iMmoiata,"
!(ucUn(liaiu, VI., July Ilk, lo.
l'mii. - A Mtilhrr'a Trtlnilo.
"Wlult, Ii. is miliary lnl li tr ley Illlls
buy. tinut' )i'ioii'iii, ttiti lulivii 111 Willi croup!
Il mwiuihI m If h wuuiil ill to hi mani
lallmi. Oiiai'f Ilia family minted lli ui
ol Avni a i.'iimikv PtToMl.. a bi.ttla of
wlilt h alwiiyn ki'pt In tho hnuia. 'I Ida
w;ta irifl in aiimll ami frt;ueitt l . and
to mir ilvllit'il lu h'a tlian-lialt an hi-ur tha
Imlu ..il it nl um brrathlns an.lly. Tha do.
Inr oil Unit Um 4. tit UK v J'iitorai. had
nv.'.l mv ,l:irlliii'a llln. Can you woiular at
out uraiiiuua'.' binct-ruty tfiira.
Mini. Fmma (iirotrr,"
IM Wi Until St., haw York, May 11, I'd.
" I ha iiMil Avra't rnr.RRT rrrioRii,
In my lainlly fur arvt-ml eiua, and do not
litMitiita to pinuiiiiicn II tha n.oal tlfectual
rometly for couglii aud atl.li ! eras
triad. A..I.IE."
Lake Cryitnl, Minn., March IS, 1112.
I eiitrcrail fur rlfltt ymra I nm TtronehltlS,
and after li viuf luauv rennilli a wllh no lu.
cow, I wm cured by lb of Avrs'a Car.
BV I'KCTOIIAU .Inarm WlLDIM."
DyUalia, Mint., April t, IrHX.
" I eannol any enoucli In pruiia of A vtl'S
Cm.ltuv I'r.croiiAi., la-llerlng aa I do that
but for In uie I iliould long aluce bare tiled
from lung troubles . Bhaouo."
l'alaaliiie, leaaa, April 32, INK!.
Ko caie of an affection of tha throat or
lungs eilita which cannot bo greatly relleted
by the aa of Avaa'i CHar FacToaaL,
and It will nfirayi cure when the dlaeaa Is
uot already beyoud the control of medicine.
arraaiD av
Dr.J.C.AyerACo.,Lowell,MiM.
Sold by all rrrnggtets.
BfICK SfOUE
IN THE BOTTOM.
I have now In atom and am recelvinc almost
daily the following goods:
Iliinhvarv, Tinware. Crockery wars, Store pans,
WiKsIrn ware, flour, llaeon, Lanl, Itaal,
ToUii'cii,rli;rs, Aaaortetl Soapa, Sugar,
CoHi'i', Hull. Pure apple Vlnrgmr,
Kt'Maeue, Humlny, klce, DtliX
Apples.
I makit a iiieclaltjr of
CONFECTIONERIES.
French t'anillm,
l'laiu l anitli'S,
Kaliina, Hani,
Uranitea, lemons,
trcain Cheese,
fanned Oo.mIi,
(Ruined llff,
Cannotl Ham,
Sanllnee, Ac.
r'anry Cake, ,
boda and Butter
Crackers,,
Citron and
Currents,
II. C. SPIERS,
Weldou, X. C.
oetlSly
R
EU ESTATE AIEICT.
I have eatalilished a KKAL KttTATK AOINCT !
thetowa o
WELDON, N. C.
I havs TIN kouaea la Weldaa
FOR SALE OR RENT.
About kalf of then sMr, oakii awatllaga,
I alia havs a bent
,(MM ACMM OP L4
IN HALIFAX C0CWTT r O 1 I i L
Tar fcrtht r pirScsUa, 5ir2 s!i!ss 1 tss
rent raa apply t Bala paraoa eery leuer.
I am now taking up all lands parties M to sell
and advertising tha mm ay i
Una a sals Is mad and Bkea I i
Fur aay itanclng a a geolleaaea mi a aiaa
worthy to be Bruited, I reft ry smtatc X.M
Saalth, Scotland Neck I Pr. i. A. CoUlaa, Baaalt
W. A. Daniel, Wcldon, T. V. Harris, Unlet.
wtitr a. p. srinJ
AT- HALL.
FIRE IHSUWRCE AGETT,
Can be found In th. Roanoks Krws aloe,
WKLD0K, V. C.
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Weave ro,
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Will
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Will slae risks In any othu good vwaptn I
iw aatu ratoi.
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