North Carolina Newspapers

4 r '. :07 ( HALL Sc SLEDGE, ritoiMUKTuits. A. NEWSPAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. TEEMS--00 PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE. VOL. XIII. WELDON, N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4. 1884 NO. 38. Ife) (o E0 (o) 'a lit iilM iS a fell 1 IS trtl Bi PROFESSIONAL CARDS. U. II. KITt'lll, W. A. DtJf.1. COINTV tTTURKET, I T (' II I S A DINS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, SCOTLAND NKCK, X. C. mar ljtf r. H. BLUBEK, ULIIUH, H. C H. H. SMITH Jr. euiTLiStiKtCE, X. C. Bl SB EE A SMITH. Mr F II Riialwe and Mr. R. II Smith. Jr., Own. rliin t law, have f.,nmd limited partnenhlp f,,r the prerili-e nt law In llalifai rouiiiy. Mr. Muni will attend tlir curia nf HllfI. n-KUlarly, and will alnivl.it tlir (iniuly liinever hl rl(fi are required. 't l If (J K 1 Z Z A K II A II V M A S, Attorney t Law, HALIFAX, S.C. OflW In the Court limine. Strict attention given In all liraniliceuf the profcaalnii. Jan la ly T MIUUAS S. II 1 1. L, Attorney at Law, HALIFAX, N. Prectliveliillallfai ami eiljoliilngcountlee anil Federal anil Supreme court. eng. 2 tf. T W. MAHI'N, Attorney t Law, (.AKY.MH'KIl, S.C. practice. In the court, of Sirthaniiti'n and ad liiliilnf ruuntlra, alau in Hit Kedt-ial ami supreme rimrt.. juiir r II. y- ALTER K. I) A N I K I., Attorney at Law, WKMNiN, S. V.. Praetioca In llalifai ami adjoining mtmllr. Hqwial titU'llIb ll Klvi'll til iiilln-tl.nil ill all part, of Hit' Mute anil prompt rrlurn. niu.lt-. tVb 17 ly. w W. HALL, Attornry at Law. WKI.IX1N, S. '. Special am otion given In collccliona ami remit-talii-tt promptly nia'le. may 1 tf. M U L L X $ 4i MOOKK, Attoriif) at I.tw, HALIFAX. N. I'rartlrt' In tht miin.lfanf Hullfai, NnrtiiainpUm, Kluti'iiMiiM. 1 tt ami Martin In the Miirruitf ooiirl ol tlit suu- mM Hi iiiv Kfttiml 4'urifi uf the KaMrni IiUirui (Vtllw ttiiiw iuhiW' la any oarl uttlH'SUtf. jt.it 1 ly I) It. J. E. S II 1 t L 1) s. Initial. Having permanently locati .1 In Weldon, ran lie fi'ilnd ai ln. ,,m.i' in smltli Urn k Hiillillnii at all llmea c titr4 w hi'li aluwiil nn irifiiuti'inal liiiBiinnii. ( an-fUl atti'iitiiin i(lvn tu all tirum-tit. uf tht' prt-fi-tuu. rantt. vwtUil at their tmiufa when ilc Irrd. July l: ly. D' I. E. 1.. II U N T K It, Hurgfoii Ilrntlat. Can U fi'iHKl at hia nlliiv In EnflfM. Pure Sltmm nihil' iia fur the I'alnUna Eitrap tlnv of Tti'tli alwn). on hainl. juiif n It K SPRING TRADE. 1884. I aia rertltlng and placing on aala at popular price full lima of Pint White Ooiida, India l.lnrni. l.lnca Lawni, WuiUrd I'rinu at 6'-, u Hri., Wnnlnl, PnHIn, Luatrr, Caahmrrra, Hiintluf. tievtrh lilng' haroa. 4'h(n'k Naintonka, Prlawd I'am brici, Kmbrohkrlca, Lara, and Etlflnn. A NICE LINE OF NOTIONS AND JEWELRY. HEAVY PLATED EAR UROPX, BEST KHa I.I8H UARNET EAR DROPS, BEAlTIFl'LSt'ARF PISS. A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT Of HARDWARE, SUCH AS- Carjtentfrt TmU, lnJttt Cultlsry and Ratvri. BOOTS AND SNOES. Mr Oram nan run nut la alan nirnt.had with FliHir, RIM, Birttut, f appar, Hpic, ill nan, misii, , HrruB. Sill i, tioaa and" . '&Mu I'nrn nuat. -1 alas keep tht Trj baat Tobacco and CI (ara. net lif 0, Y!eLoo1J. C. . CHOICE LIQUORS AND GROCERIES. Uy Bar oonUiui all tha choir Brmnda of Wtnn, Braudiea, Whiakf ja, Beer and mixed Drinks ara mad In th Beat manner. Ci far, 8mokingaad Chewing Tobacco. Call and eiaain them. FAMILY GROCERIES , art cheap and all the brat kind constantly a hand and stock coutinually replenished, apt 17 3m Burgeon I II LOVE'S MKMSAUK. WliowUl U'Ublta? WhowllltPHrh him? Have yotiToirrn. nwrry bird? Then te voice fur Die, urn! wch him With a thuufutnd pieaoliif wunlii, 81nf my upcreteut and weat, 'Till hti timffer be runf-'swd! Routt, whoo you M'e himcomfiif, Light of bml and itmng of 11 tub, Wkr your lover bn stop humming ; Tu your bliiflhi round lo him Bluh, dear flower, thnl tif may truru How a womau'i hfrt ran hum ! Wind, o, wlud, you happy rover! Oh, that I were half an frt ! litavr your honey blli and clover, (to and urk my love for me, Kiml. klM and rlaxp him, makt him know II li I who love him ao! CONDUCTING HIS OWN CASE Lt't the furtunn L'o. I will nut agree to uiim a man whuin I Iihtc ncrcr Been, auil tinu wliuui I know I shall dill." A smull, ri'sllvw fuot Im-uI n Inltiio on the citrjK't, a dclicntc flu.-li sufluscil the ri'tij clittt'k, there wuc u flash in the sjiiriu-J, blue eyi's, as Cora Winchester spruii? 1'roni llio tofa, ami tussvd the ktUT she had becu ri'iiiliii upon the table; a letter from her uncle's attorney, whirh had just reached her. licr uncle had recently died; he was rich, and he had lelt a iortune to Cora Winchester, the daughter of his only brother who was dead, if she would com ply with certain requirements which were set forth in his will; the re quirements beiii;, that she shuuld marry (be son of his dearest friend. The friend, when dying, had left as a trust to Hugh Winchester his only son. In managing; the fortune left for him by his father, in counseling and over-seeing his education, that trust had becu sac redly fulfilled; and II amid Trovers, hav iug tinUhcd an education which tilted him for the legal profession, had been admit ted to the bur, and hsd also opened an office in an Eastern city; while the handsomely-lettered sign of "Harold Truvers, Counselor-at-Law," presented an extremely attractive appearance. The fortune left by his father, was sufficient to warrant him a life of luxu rious ease; but idleness was not an ele ment of his nature. Six mouths had passed since he had been domiciled in his cozy office, and he hsd not yet done business enough to pay his expenses. His office was unlike most places of the Lind. which oflciirr than otherwise have an uninviting asiH'ct; a gloominess per vading the atinoxphcrv, shadowing the dingy walls, and clinging to the musty old law-books. Kverything in Hamle Travers' office was fresh and new. The rich, cheerful paper on the walls, the suit, velvety ear- pet on the floor, with its pattern ill (1 rate Icm leaves, iiitcr-iicrscd with bright berries and vines, gave a tasteful cheer iness to the apartment; supplemented as they were by comfortable office chairs, several of which were su luxurious ami graceful in proportions and upholstering that they might have adorned a lady's parlor. I here were hue pictures nn the walls, and as much out of pl:ie as possible, in a lawyer's office, seemed to a tiny linnet, that swung in a gilded rage by the win dow the live-long day. hmineotly homelike and refined in his tastfls, Harold 1 ravers had made of his little offioe a very all metivc place; almost like a parlor, it sinned, utid I he large carved bookcase, filled with volumes of legal lore, looked I'roh and tempting, not having borne the brunt of hard usage; that was to come, the young lawyer would laughingly remark when his friends com mented upon the nulegal npis.irance of the place, and patiently he waited, day after day, for the coming client. A summer morning, with stinshino and healthful breezes stealing through tho open casement, and makiug Pick fairly jubilant, as he swung in his cage, jubi lant wits the ecstasy ot living. Harold Travers could not read law cod tinually, and leaning back in an easy-chair, ne was ounea, ngurativeiy sneukini:, in a scientific article in the Cnitury, when the door swung slowly open and a lady enter ed a lady, young and fair, and shy, and modest as a viulet. Rich, brown hair rippled about her broad, low, brow, earnest blue eyos, and hps that were uggitive of untasud sweetness, helped to make a singularly at tractive Isee. She wore a suit of gray that fitted ad mirably her aleuder form, and a white hat, encircled with a long, graceful ostrich plume and a cluster ot mossMsr buds, . i I- i .i i , . rested ngimy upon tier lustrous brown braids. "Lawyer Travers?" she oiiestioneil, the expressive, blue eyes seemed to take in the detail of tha cozy room, and lelt her slightly in doubt regarding her ijuest. "At your service; and with a courte ous bow, the yeung lawyer sprung to his feet, and drew np his easiest chair for his fair visitor. ?he sank in the depths of the proffere chair and glanced nervously ulsmt the room, but finally explained that she cauie on business; while Harold Travers men tally hoped that his clients might alwayi prove as attractive. But the lady seemed unite unable to explain her business, for she had, some how, expected to meet a grave, dignified elderly man, who would counsel and ad. viae in a fatherly fashion; and Harold Traver wo not yet twenty-five, and, too, he was handsome and courteous, with eyes that looked as though they might read the thoughts she could not express. At last, she managed to broach th subject, which regarded he.i uncle's wil and ita very eccentric provision; and whe she mentioned the name of Hugh Win cheater, a look of surprise, which was un noticed by the fair client, flitted across the handsome face of the young lawyer. "To think that I should be required to marry some one whom 1 have never seen I (he exclaimed, after an ingenuous account of ber grievances. "Mr. Nrthcrton di not even mention his name. 1 will give up the money: and 1 11 write the lawyer at Ouoe. Don't you think 1 had heittr do so, Mr. Travers?" as, after declaring ber intention, she asked his opinion; and tho blue eye flashed the indignation she felt, at being disposed of in such a sum mary manner. l'erhaps, and Harold 1 ravers hesita ted, for it was a delicate subject "per- aps if you should see the gentleman in juestion, you might feel differently." "No, I am sure nothing could iuduec me to marry him;" and the young lady began to pace the Door excitedly. ill you allow me, as your lawyer, to write for you? I will endeavor to have the matter arranged satisfactorily, if pos sible," Harold Travers said, thinking, at le same time, what a predicament he was in; for while his pretty client wss ignor aut of the fact, he well knew that he was the very man Hugh Winchester had in mind when he made his will: for there was ithiug the old gentleman had so much csired as the union of the two who were arer and dearer to him than all others. At last, the young lady decided to wait little time before making a final derision, and after tho lawyer had promised to give close attention to the affair, she went away, while he threw himself back in his chair, and fell to thinking. l retty. accomplished, poor, but spirited. She was a lovely girl, and worth the win ning, but could he do it ? She was al ready prejudiced against the man she was desired to marry; how should he combat those prejudices ? She might think that lie was taking ufair advantage, and that the fortune as the chief inducement. It was a strange coincidence that had sent her for counsel to his office, of all others. Then he sat down and wrote to the at torney ot the late Hugh tueliester, without mentioning his own impressions ot the possible heiress, and awaited an an swer and a call from his fair client. She came with a pensive look in her deep, blue eyes that appealed powerfully to the sympathetic nature of Harold Travers, who longed to convince her that the man of her uncle's choice was less re pulsive than she had pictured him: nor was he mnch averse to having the par ticular clause of Hugh Winchester's eccen tric will regarding himself fulfilled to the letter. After a time came a letter from Neth- ertou, the attorney, congratulating Har old Travers upon having so fair a client, and, shrewd lawyer that he was, advising little diplomacy. He would explain to Miss Winchester that the case would take time; and in the intrrim, if he were a young man, and sin gle, liko Harold Travers, and fancied the young lady, he would just make love to her liimsell; and should he be fortunate enough to secure her affections, he might venture, finally, to show her the picture of the man who had been selected lor her hand by her uncle; and, having got the case so far, he thought that afterward Harold might adjust matters amicably without further legal advice. , That was the substance of his sugges ions, mid the young lawyer thought it excellent counsel; while Cora Winchester, with unaffected ignorance of the techni- ilities of law, and with implicit confidence in her handsome counselor, waited for the ime to pass, which he told her would he necessary for a successful adjustment of er case. "In the meantime, Harold Travers got in the way of dropping into Mrs. Lee's little parlor, where Cora Winchester boarded, for a social hour; and, as they became better acquainted, their conver sation drifted to topics quite foreign to law and Hugh Winchester's will. Id fact, before the business was settled, Harold Travers had fallen so deeply in love with his young client, that one night, as he was sitting beside her in Mrs.- Lee's parlor, he told her of his affection, and asked her to be his wife. Hut Cora, with downcast eyes, and rosa cheeks, spoke of the dreadful will that shadowed her life and happiness, tor a regard tor old uncle's wishes exerted an influence her, uiitwitlistaudini; her repeated leelarutlou that she would nut submit to them; nnd while she shyly acknowledged to Harold that his love was returned, she told him that, out of respect to her uncle memory, ss she could nut marry the man of Ins choice, she shuuld remain single: and to all his eloquent pleading, her reso lution was unit. Then, he went away, after telling her mat ne had succeeded in obtatnim; a picture of the man who was chosen by her uncle, and that he would bring it to her the following evening; and Cora's dreams that niirht were of a suitor, old aud wrinkled, ami repulsive; aud she awoke with a sigh ot relict, to kuow that it was but a dream. But when the long day was over, and, just in the twilight gloaming, Harold 1 ravers called, she thought of the prom iseu picture; and wnen he put in her hand an elegantly chased gold locket, she toyed with it lung and nervously before he oiH'iicd it; but when ot last she touched the spring, it flew open, revealing the hanilsiintn riietnnHt f,n of f-l'ir,,M Travera, and she looked up inquiringly, as she said, "fij is yours, but where is Ai'i?" and fur an answer, Harold clasped her to his breast, as he told her haw he had been Conducting his own case; and he pleaded so eloquently for forgiveness for the harmless little artifice that had ena bled him to woo the woman of hia choice, that then and there he rect ived a full aud free pardon, that in the deepening twi light was sealed with a betrothal kins. Ill MMING.IMRIV! L'MltRFXLA. In front of a window where I worked last Summer was a butternut tree. A humming-bird built her nest on a limb that grew near the window, and we had an opportunity to watch her closely, an we could look right into the nest from the window. One day there was a very heavy shower coming up, aud we thought we would see if she covered her young during the storm; but when the first drops fell she canio and took in her bill one or two or three large leave growiug close to the nest, and laid this leaf over so it completely covered tho nest; then she flew away. On looking at the leaf wo found a hole in it, and in the side of the aest Wo a small stick that the leaf was fastens! to or hooked on. AfW the storm was over the old bird came back and unhooked the leaf, and the neat was perfectly dry. LAUGH LETS. Patient waiters rou g doctors. The issues of the day the daily papers. The man who "keeps" his word never speaks. In what suit docs a man never feel com fortable? In a law-suit. A Boston firm advertises "shoes for clope-mens." They don't squeak. The man who has the floor is the man who is learning to ride a bicycle. When men arc seen in knots, it doesn't always follow that they have been eating green apples. They have got a Newark in New Jer sey, and are waiting for the coming of a second hand Noah. A subscriber advertisi-a for "A plain girl to cook." He probably was afraid he ould be hanged it he cooked a pretty girl. An old bachelor wants to know if you ever sat down to tea, when skimmed milk was on the tabic, without being asked, "Do you take cream." "You are a nuisance. I'll commie you," said an offended judge to a noisy person in court. "You have no right to commit a nuisance," said the offender. A city missionary was asked the cause of his poverty. "Principally," said he, with a twinkle of the eye, "because I have preached so much without notes." A school-boy, who stood at the head of his clxss for dullness, said one day in his recitation in geography, "The crocodile is the largest insect in America. Two bearers were walking away from the grave in which they had deposited a neighbor, when one said to the other, ell, Mr. Morse, here s where we ve all got to come, "if we live. "Why did you put that nickel with a hole in it in the contribution box ?" asked one man of another. "Because I could nut put the hole in it without the nickel and I had to put in something." A Ml i: fi.ac i; KOK 1IAK nr.i.oiis. Atum-ion L'llfr to Springfield Itepubliran. On Friday morning I looked out of my cabin window t find that we were tied up at tho most yellow whnrt that I ever saw, and in front of a large, barn-like building. I did not dream that we were at Asuncion but going on deck found that tho barn was the Custom-House for Paraguay, and that when we went ashore we were in the city of the r.ipublicu incognita. A very nice little city wo found it to be. Not that it is pretty or pretentions, or worth visiting but it is an enterprising, repuhli can, go-ahead place. Most of the houses are small and old, and uro built without any regard to being on the streets. You cannot imagine a more irregular assem blage of houses, but the symmetry with which the public buildings are built off sets this. The President's house, Gov ernment house, ur-enal, barracks, nnd Custom-House stand on wide boulevards and, with the exception of the latter, are as wen duiii as tne similar buildings in any American city of the same rank. The word "asuncion," you know, is not Span lsn lor "ascension, as we used to believe when school boys, but for assumption, and in the case of the Paraguayan city is well bestowed, fur it is not often in South America that there can be found a city that is more assuming politically, socially and generally. Appropriations are voted by Congress and that body also fixes the salaries of the officials. The President re ceives $6,000, tho Vice-President, $,'t,000; the Ministry, $1,500; Congressmen, $5(10, and tho Judge of the Supreme Court, 8UU. The population is about 300,000 and what is Htrnngg about it is that there are only about .10,000 men and 270,000 women. Of course the females are the fanners, producers and laborers. They work slavishly and arc very poor. hil the men sit at home and drink and smoke, they indefatigably toil and support the families. 9 AS WE VIEW IT. THE HABIT OF SHAPING OCR WORLD INTO OCR OWN 1MAOI. A man's world is pretty much what the man himself makes it. It is true in psy chology that what the mind itself contri butes to the making of a conception is at least as important as what the outer world supplies for that conception, And it is no less true that the things which constitute our soml or moral or religious world are affected a much by our own limping of them within ourselves as by the bare materials f them which exist outside uf oursolvij. Miaseipiare u nut the same to any two readers; each reader lias hi owu hhakespeare a Shakespeare formed by the growth into reader' mind of thoae element in Shskespear which are akin to the miud of the reader. And to it i with every tingle object which presented to human thought. Each tees the object; but each put something of himself into his leeing. The same blue sky is shining with joy for one , and calmly pitiless for another. The world of nature takes on the aspect of our moods, and what we think ot the. world ot men is but the reflection of what we kuow of ourselves. If we are convinced that truth and faith and purity have died out of th world, it is t sure sign that we are sadly in need of reformation ourselves. If we recognise nobility in suother, it is sn cvi dctioe that the best within ourselves is not yet dead. This power, this habit, of shap ing our world into our own image carries with it a certaia responsibility, vt hen we arc most firmly convinced that what the world needs m some sharp reforma tion, we ought first to question ourselves how much of the wickedness we see is really the world's and how much of it is ouly the shadow of ourselves. Before our world can grow better, w must grow bet ter ourselves; and we never have a right to insist that the world shall purify itself until we first have done what we could do toward it purificatioi, by taking heed to the correction of our own ways. S. S. Time$. A WICKED GHOST. PROFANE IN IT8 LANGUAGE AND PER SISTENT IN ITS VISITS. Cincinnattt Enquirfr. For several days past this city has been considerably worked up ever a so-called epiritual manifestation which has been presenting itself at the residence of tome of our best citizens. The house where the spirit presented itself is a two-story frame house en Spring street, nnd is oc cupied by the families ot lr. .Main and Mr. Tom Criokard. Ihe neighborhood is one of the best in our city. The families who occupy tho house are among the best in this place and up to tho time of this demonstration had been most decidedly sceptical on the question of spiritualism. Hie so-called uhost has been troubling them for several weeks, but they have kept quiet on the subject, fearing that the public would seoffnt them and set them down for cranks. Several friends however having called, and tho voire having talked to them from the walls, and having exci ted their curiosity tho mattei has finally leaked out, and the neighborhood has become greatly worked up over the mat ter. An EnnuUer representative visited the house for the purpose of investigating the affair, and during a stay of half an hour despite repented sclieitations, was unable to get but one reply from the spirits. After several solicitations the spirit finally recucd, "1 am here, in a coarse, mascu line voice. At the time there were only ladies present, and as there was no cellar in the house no one could have been con cealed. A thorough search failed to reveal the source from which it came. The re porters were unable to get further infor mation from the spirit, but reliable parties state the voice has said that it died fifty eight years ago, and is now in bell. The voice is very profane, and says that al though he is an imp of the devil his pa rents were good people and lire now in eaven. He claims that souio e. 0,01(0 are buried under the house which is now on the site, although he says when he died it was occupied by s log-cabin. Ihe parties who occupy the house are greatly excited over the affair, and say they are unable to rest any time at all or to do any of their woik, tor as soon as they do so the spirits set up a rapping and use the most profane language ever heard. An investigation will be imme diately set on foot to accertain whether the causes are supernatural or whether otherwise. THOUGHTFUL THOUGHTS. Do not betray the confidence of any ne. One vice is more expensive than many virtues. A good word for another is easily said, and costs us nothing. Failures are with heroic minds the step ping stones to success. Half the ills we hoard in our heart arc ills because we hoard them. A great soul only finds its true existence in makiug others great. When the State is most corrupt, then the laws are most multipled. Kindness to children is one of the tests by which true worth may be estimated. Promises hold men faster fhan benefits; hope is a cable and gratitude a thread. One may live as a conqueror, a king, or a magistrate; but he must die us a man. You cannot jump over a mountain, but step by step takes you to the other side. When auy calamity lias been suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped. 1 know of but two beautiful things the starry heavens above my head and the sense of duty within my heart. Religion canniit pass away. Tho burn ing of a little straw may hido the stars of the sky; but the stars are there aud will reappear. The administration of government, like a guardianship, ought to be directed to the giKsi of those who confer and not of those who receive the trust. If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we could cast the gift of a lovely thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels must give. Kverything around us teaches us not to despise small beginnings, for they are the lower rounds of a ladder that reach to greater results, and wo must step upoa these before we can ascend higher. NOT KKMAHKAULK. " 1 here are two oceasiou when a man should not speak," said old Sam Johnson turning to Boswell. "What are those occasion, Colonel excuse me, I mean Doctor ? Thought we lived in Arkausaw. I ask what are those occasions?" taking out his note-book. "Oue is when he has nothing to say." "Yes," said Boswell, taking down the remark. "And the other is when he has just said what be has had to say. "Wisdom," muttered Boswell, reaching for his iM-ucil, which iiad fallen ou the floor. "May I ask, Doctor, who was the most discreet man ot speech you ever knew?" "Yes. Hit name was Anderson Hay- ley. Used to haul cross-tie out iu Saline County. "In what way was he so discreet of speech, Doctor ?" "In never saying anything that should not bo said." "Did he never, in a momeut of forget fulness, speak without mature delibera tion?" "Sir, he never did." "A most remarkable man." "Sir, not necessarily; he wa dumb." Arkamaio Travtler. A creat nam j is like an eternal emtanh engraved by the admiration of men ou the road of time. GIANTS THIRTY FEET HIGH. We at the present day are mere Tem Thumbs when compared with the huge individuality of antiquity. The giant Gallon, brought from Arabia to Borne under Claudius Ciezar, was near ly ten feet high. Funamen, who lived in the time of Eugene II., measured eleven feet and a half. The Chevalier Sporg, in his voyage to the Peak of Teneriffe, fonnd in one ot the caverns of that mountain the skull of a giant which had eighty teeth, and it was supposscd that his body was not less than fifteen feet long. The giant Feiragus, slain by Orlando, nephew to Charlemagne, was eighteen feet high. lu 1711, near St. Germain, was found the tomb of the giant I so jet, who was twenty feet high, In 15110, near ltouen, they found a skeleton whose skull held bushel of corn; and whose body must have been eighteen feet loug. Platerus saw at Lucerne the human bom's of a subject nineteen feet long. The giani Buart was twenty-two and a half feet high; his bones were found in 1708, near the banks of the river M deri. In 1013, near a castle in Dauphine, tomb was found thirty feet long, twelve feet wide and eight teet high, on which were cut the words, "Keutoloehus Bex." The skeleton was found entire, twenty five feet uod r half long, teu feet across the shoulders and five feet deep from tho breast bone to the back. .Near Mazarine, Ncily, in 1.117, was found the skeleton of a giant thirty feet high, llis head was the size of a hogs head and each of his teeth weighed five ouuees. AFTER ELECTION, WISDOM. Detroit Free l'reia. The man who didn't bet on the election is the most sorrowful chap in the country. He firmly realized three months ago just how it would turn out, and he meant to put up at least a hundred dollars in mon ey, six hats, four canes, five boxes of cigars and gloves enough to lust hi in ten years. r or some reason he didn t do it. He knew that delays were dangerous, but he pt letting go to get a better hold, and the ballot-boxes closed without his having made a wager. There was still time Tues day evening before tho returns began to show up. He knew exactly how every State had gone and he could figure tho getirral result to a dot, when men shook greenbacks under his nose nnd tenderly advised bun to put up or shut up he didnt ;o down into his pocket, lie felt sorry for 'em. All the weather prophets prr- liet a hard winter, and he didn't want to feel that llis winning a wager would take the shoes off of his children's feet and out of their mouths. read far who And thus it came about that the seeing, sons-ol-seventli-sons cunps, could have told any of us four weeks 'u how to win a Jersey cow or a trotting horse uic about the only men in this coun try who won't win or lose a cent's worth. They might as well have made a osil hun dred thousand apiece, but they couldn't bring themselves to do it. A METHUSELAH. St. Iml Republican Macon County, Missouri, ran boast a man who was eighteen years old when Nr Moses Monteflore was born and has not been given a celebration either. His name is Robert Gibson. Ho lives with his son, two miles southest of College Mound, and is described as "rather small of size, can get about the house and go out in the yard, sit at the table and eat without help. He was not a soldier in the war of 1812 be ing too old to perform military duty at the time. He drank a good deal of whis key in his early days, but finding that the habit was growing on him, abandoned it, and has been a teetotaler evei since. Ho has chewed tobacco for sixty years, and dis-s not think it hurts him." He does not know when he was born, as the family record was lust long ago; but putting this and that together, it is made out that he first saw the light in tho year 1 1 bb in Kan dolph County, North Carolina, moved with his father to Kentucky at an early day, and came from that State to Missouri in 18I10. He has ben married twice, and had sixteen children, twelve of whom arc living. He has 150 direct descendants, children, grandchildren and great-grand children. NOT A VAIN FAITH. What consolation or what courage through blague, danger or darkness you can find in the convention that you are nothing more than brute beasts, driven by brute forces, your other tutor can tell yuu Hot I, but mis l can ic.i you, asa with the authority ot all the masters ot thought since time was time, that, while by no manner of vivisectiou you can learn what a beast is, by only looking iuto your own hearts you may know what a man is and know that his ouly true happiness it to live in hope of something to be won by him, in reverence of something to be wor shipped by him, and in love of something to be cherished by him, and cherished forever. Having these iustinets his only rational conclusion is that the object which can fulfil them may be by hi effort gained and by his faith discerned; and hit ouly earthly wisdom it to accept the united tes timony of the men who have sought these things in the way they were commanded, of whom no single one has ever said that hi obedience or his faith had been vain, or found himself cast out from the choir of the living souls, whet her here or demited, for whom the song was written: "God be merciful unto us and bless us and cause Ilia face to shine upon us." Ruthin. i . All changes, to be permanent and im proving must be gradual. Leap and jump are not successfully taken either in mental advancement or in moral charac ter. Th cup of pleasure tometime has dregs that one must drink long afterwards. II that it choice of his time will alto be choice of hit company. RAPIDITY UK TI1K II LOO D CUR- RUNTS. The rate of the blood current generally increases with tho activity of the animal being most rapid in birds. In insects, however, it is comparatively slow, but this is because the air is taken to the blood the whole body being bathed in air, so that the blood has no need to has ten to a special organ. However, activity nearly doubles the rate of pulsation in a bee. The motion in the arteries in sever al times faster than in the veins, but di minishes as the distance from the heart increase. In the carotid of the borse, the blood moves twelve and one-half inches per second, in that of man sixteen; in the radillaries of man one to two inches per minute; in those of frog one inch. Mktai.i.io Carm. E. A. Cuthrrll keen i n stuck all nana and styles of Metallic burial eases anil caskets and wooden coffins atlnwest prices. Orders by telngniph res eeive prompt attention. He also keeps on hand liir sale a lot nl open and top bnxgies liiiulo by the celebrated Columbus buggy company. This is nut cheup work often seen here but is of high grade. At Hart's old stand next diMir to J. T. (iooch. ADVERTISEMENTS. ilatwntaul In ai'iune mawhanil. in aT I D MfiDC . diaT nomilar WHk If w-paoar nvhM, inmntinni anil ptnu?r purliahMi. nurotmr .lluitrttd with plemild iiaraTiofa. Thl publication, fWni.hoa a moat f aluabla ocfclopadiaol information which tin rrnn ihould ha without, Th Kpulanir of th Kt iCNTinu Attuc ta nch thai circulation nearly ti,ual tlial ot all otbraifraof 4'IM.t. Sold by ll n..iv.w. uLnKAcO, Pub- l Ptmra. no. l nrnaiiwar. n. t. ATENTS.y Matin A Co. tiara al 111 MMMMBMaaMi fre th P.Uni OSca, 1 I 1 nnd ha.a rirapawl mora tbaa Ona Hun I I Idr.d Thouaand awlicailuni lor aat I I leul. in Ibo Trmlr4 Stt an Ioria Iff countrli-a. r,.ls Tr,l-Uaraa. 1'opr nutiL. Alanrai'nt. ami all olhar papaia for aururina to inv.ntura lli.lr rlaliia ta Iha Oaraianr anil othar lor.i cnuntri... prapan al .hort notica and on waiuinabla tarma. Inlormation aa to obtatntna pataata chaartollr (Iran wilhoot har. Hand-booka of iolorma oo aaat fra. PaWrala nbtaim.it tbronab aluna a ,.. .A in ih. Nl.nLIHfl Amarican fraa. llnlijtrf si.im.. Canada, fcualaau. rrano. Tua advanlaaa of o, h Botloa ia wall ond.r.loo4 br ail Him who wlh to ili.noM. of Ib.lr r-ati-ala. Adclnw. MUSN a. I (.. UUKO BCUUI1UU. Stl Uruadwar, Naw York. Annum, Th Largtat Merchant Tailoring and Clothing Houae in America. C WANAMAKER & BROWN, OAK HALL, Philadelphia. A full llaa of card aamplaa of tba f raat piaca fooda atec j , will ba louod with i J. T. EVANS, SALES AGENT, Weldon, N. C. MOTHER ARK YOC TROUBLED ,T,M5 avi? If ao, to jrou we bring tidings f comfort and rat Joy. You ran BE CURED anil featured to perfect health by lining BRADFILLD'S FEMALE REGULATOR ! It la a Ma'clal remedy fur all diaeaaea pertaining to tliu worn!,, and any liitt'llig'nt woman curt hrr aolfby following the dlrei-llnua. It ia rapvrially effieai'loiia in raarauf aupprnanl or painful men atruatlmi. In whites and partial pmlaiwiia. It affnnli Immediate relief and permanently mtom Ihe Dieiutmal function. Ai a reratdy to Im uacd during that critical porlisl known aa 'Thanhs or Lira," llila!nvalualilf preparation haa no rival. SAVED HER LIFE ! HirxiB, lli-lNToaH Co., (ia. ba. J. Baiiirm.n Pear Sir: I have taken a-ve-ral bottlca of your Fnnalu Kegiilahir for falling of Ilia wutnli and other illiwaaM combined, of alileen yeara .landing, aad I really believe 1 am cured enlirrly, fur wlileh pleaae aeci'pt my heartfelt thaaia aud moat pnifuiiml gratitude. I know your medicine saved my lite, ao you ace I cannot apeak tin highly in ita favor. 1 have rocimimttndeil it tu several of my frlenda who aru aiitlerlng aa I waa. Yuiira very ri'ieclfiilly, Mltf.W. E. 8TEI111IN3. tiurTreatlM. on Ihe "Health and Happliicaa of Woman" mailed fre. HaanriM.u Haoi l.aTua Co., Atlanta, lie. ort J I y JJI1 ST. HALIMX, tl. 0. Keep in stock always a good line of Cigars, Tobacco, Snuff, Wine, Whitktys, nrandics, larger lieer, Ale, I'ortrr, Canned (roods, Fancy Grocerie. ALSO FIRST CUSS P.EST4URMT. I&-CAU0.V HE AKD BE Si TISEIED WITH THE MOSEY YOV SPESD. GID. II. DANIEL & CO. ar It ly -VtVaUjaa' tfi V I Oil CO, ADVERTISEMENTS KING'S EVIL Tu th nam formerly given to Scrotals because of a uperatltlon that ItcoulUb cured by a king's touch. Th world 1 wleer now, and knowa that SCROFULA ran only be ruml by a thorough putitka ttoo of tb blood. If thla la aecleeted, tbe dieeaat perpetuate ha taint throat ganeratloo after irencratkm. Among It earlier ymtitotiiatlc development ara) Kcuaia, Ciatanoou Krwptloiae, T nora, Uolla, Carbuncle, Erysipelas, Huruleat L'lcora, Norvou ! Pky. tlcal Collapta, etc. If allowed to eoa tlnue. Khuana41ai, SerofialM I av tarrh, Kidney aad Liver Diet, Tubarcular Cosjaumptloa, and varl oui other dangerou er fatal aaaJadiai, art) produced by It. Ayer's Sarsaparila ft tht ontypovtrfbt and 1uo-m retidW Nood-purqiHf mtdicint. It la o effect ual aa alterative that k eradicates from tho intern Hereditary Scrofula, a4 the kindred poisons of contagioua dlerata and mercury. At the tame time It ea rlehr-i and vitalize th blood, reitorlnf healthful action to th vital organ and rtjuvtoatrng tht entire lyittm. Tob great Regenerative Medietas It tompoted of th jrenuln iioadaral Sarttiparilla, with ltlho Deck, Stil Jiayio, th Iodidet of Polauium test iron, and other Ingredient of great pa tency, carefully and tclentiaeally com pounded. Ita formula la generally known to the medical profeailon, and the beet Ehyalolans ronatantly yrcacrlb Aril's ARSAFARILLA S Absolute Cure For all disease eauted by th vitiation f the blood. It li concentrated to the hlcb et practicable degree, far beyond aay other preparation for which Ilk effect are claimed, and It therefore the cheapeit, at well at th beat blood purifying medi cine, in tht world. Ayer's Sarsaparllla rKIriBID ST Dr. J. C. Jlr A Co., LowH, Mui. Analytical ChamUta. Bold by all DrugfrliUi pric II its bottlet f or f8. DFflCK SfOifF IN THE BOTTOM. f have now In atofe and am Mealelae alatiaal dally tb following gooda : Hardware, Tinware, Crockery war, MoTaaa Woxlfii ware, Flour, Uaroa, Lard, kteaa, TobaiTo, ( 'Igari, Aaaorted Soape, Sugar, CottVe, Kiah, Pure apple vlargar, Keroaeiie, Hominy, kite, Crlea Applea. I make a apeclalty of CONFECTIONERIES. French Camllea, Plain Canitlea, Kalsina, Dalea, Drangea, lemolil, Cream Cheeae, Canned Mooda, Canned Beef, Canuad Ham, Mardlnea, A-e. fanry Cake, Soda and lulUr Crarkare,, Ctlraa4 CarraaW. H. C. SPIERS, WUea, M. . act It ly R ill EITIII Itlllf. I have eetaUlalied t HAL UTATI AUIMiY I tattowa WELDOKt N. O. I bar TIN kooaei Is Veldos FOR SALE OR RENT. About half of eketa aUraa, aakaaa J '"rp I aaa Wat a a ,ooo Aran or law IN HALIFAX C9CITT III liH Far farUar paratetlan. tarfe wkaklag k Vaf rant eaa apply t la peaee or br tetter. I aa ow laklag p ail lues aaniaa fa tea I and advarUalag eaa at ay ovs lees a aala la auUU aad aaa I i For ay ituelat aa geatleaeea m4 s lata wonky to k trueted, I reaar ky HiaaJaaea kkl faith, KeotUad Neck : Dr. I. A. C.UIae, W. A. Daalal, W Mow, T. W. aUrra, LieaVatt etltf a.-. W- W- HALL. FIRE IIISUrUXCE R6E1T, Can be tband fa the Boasok lfw WILDOI. I. f KIFRESEVTS New Terk Paai tinwa, TV U Mara Caieika Hoate, elalatgb. .C. Will pu rata la My Mri krv afcrtAa.