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-A. NEWSPAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.
TERMS--'M l'KK ANNUM IN ADVANCE.
VOL. XIII.
WELDON, N. CM THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1S81-.
NO. 39.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
W. II. KIT! HIV
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COUNTY 1TTUKNI.V,
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Mr F II . Hul unci Mr K II Smith, Jr . ( nun
aclnr at Imw, liavr frint'il a ilmllril arlnrr)ili
for thr prai-tli'e nf law til llHllttx isuiiily Mr.
IIii.Imi1 will annul the court, uf Hullfax, rrK'ilarly.
aiMl will alau vi.ll Uift-mnitr u lii-urcr hi wrvlrc.
an minlfiil. "cl Hi ly
111 11 A K I A II Y M A N,
Atturnrya It l.au,
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ifU. f In thi'C.nrt llniiw sirirl attention glvrn
I" all lrnii lii of i lit jiniiV-teiiiii.
Jan 1; ly
rp Hi) M A 8 S. II 1 LI..
Attorney at I. aw,
HALIFAX, SC.
1'rartlM In llalir.it ami aljiiliilht(-ountlc anil
FfiH-ral and siit.rviiu cmirtA.
ant : If.
IV W. U A SON,
Attorney at Law,
OARYSM Iiii, .N. c.
l'rai'ticfa In the cmirta nf Northamt'tnn aiul ail
)iiliiiiic niunliin, aim in the FfUi-jtil am' sujirenir
riiiirtn. Jimi-Mf.
A I T I R K. 11 A M E l
Attnrnry it Law,
HKI.IHiN, N.c.
l'rai-tfrii in HhHihi anil ailjoliilnir cnuntir..
Sii'iitl aiti-niviii Kivi'ii tiM'ullii-tiiiiiM in all part,
of llie MaU' ami (iriiinpt rctnrjia iiihiU'.
f.-bi; 1)'.
II A 1. 1.,
Attorney at l aw,
KF.I.lMiN, N. C.
KHvlal stti-ntluii itU'cu to cullis-tium aul rvmlt-taiK-i'R
iniliiitlr lna.il'. uiay I If.
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CM-K.N A MOOR K,
Attorncta it law,
HALIFAX, N. 1'.
Practice in the it. untie of llulifiir,. Northampton,
Kduecoiiit, Till and Mitriln In the -ii..r'iiH' court
of tin Mate inl in the Federal i 'uiiri ,), bMeru
liuirlt t. 4 4illiTtiiir miwlr in mi) rl nfl lit- Mute.
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Surgrou DeiitlNt.
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f"innl a. .ii nnVo in MniihV liri. k liinMum " nil
tlinit cmit hrn hIummiI nil r -ti--m. iiiul 'nim.iri..
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Irwl. jilly l: ly.
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( in lie f.ilnul nt hl nffliT In Full. hi.
I'nn1 Mlniil. llxiilc lull' fur tin Tulnk-v Kxlriii'
till'nf Iri'lh alHU I'll linliil.
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SPRING TRADE.
1884.
1 tio rvcelfliig and plnr I n i; on ule at popular
pnn full lint's of
Klnc White (mnIm. I ml In Llnfin. llnrn 1wni,
MAmUM I'rtnu ni,hi m u., Wontii), ipliu,
Liulrr, (liiut rtt, Hmitiiig, iittch iiu$
hftinii. ChfN'k Naimoiiltii, T'riiittfl Ctiu
brivt, KutbrnlittTtM, lu-tn, anil
MtC in p.
it xicKLixi: of xoriuxs axd
' JEWELRY.
HEAVY PLATED EAR IiRdl-S,
BEST KStil.lsH (iARNKTEAR DRdl-S,
BKAl TIFt I.SCAKF PINS.
A SPLEXDlD ASSORTMEXT Of
HARDWARE,
SL'CH AH
(irptnltrt Tmdt, JWkii Viitllrry Hiul
Ra:or$.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
Mjrdroofrr iVjMiiimftit li sImi furr.lr.liM with
rih UmAt f MtA U.vl.a. 11. .,H irl
Kliutr, KUc(Jti.tkt, rppcr, Hp((v, Miarx b, KnapftuJ
i. u
Corn meai.
also heeUi very beat Tt4rra and H-
tr. nitlur
MeLdoA J. C.
CHOICE
LIQUOKS AND
GROCKUIES.
Uj Br contiiim all tb cboic liraniU ol
Wine, llramlieaj, Wbitkert, Beer nd mi ted
Drinka are nimla in th Kent manner. Ci
ir, Smoking and Cbewin Tobacco. ChU
ufl eiiruine them.
FAMILY GROCERIES
r cheap And all the brat ktada const aully
a kad ud itock coutlaua releuiihfl.
Till: I. Kill I' THAT IS FKLT.
J n I N iV 1 1 T T I t K.
A tcmlrr (iillij 'if uuiiupr lrt,
Si-fkiBK litT litUf U.U at tiitjlit,
l'mjird mi the ilnrk )(, tiiiiMly,
' oh. inotlirr! iuiv ii i y timid, slit.
' Alidlln ii llu-Uutk will all U' light "
v oliUr t liililn-ii L.TKetr our way
Kmiii il trif U'lilhd tmUrlt U'f.iro ;
Ind unly u Ia n our hatidi vra Itiy,
Ikht lrA. m Tliliii'. (he nlvrlit is day,
And there in darkm-M iievcrni'trv.
Hnuli downwurd t the hiinlcM dayi
WUe rr tn our ttuid,t art blind a.i we,
Aal filth if mn!l nnd Impe delnji;
THkeTli'Mt the ha:ils of .ryrr h raine,
And let (in frrl tin ll;ht ..f Tlu-c !
It wi vi rv I'uuli-li of Mr. reppem to
think lie i'iiiiIiI kn'p .) i.i-ica In mi fnlliii
in love, uinl other pi'opli' Iroin falling in
lnVP with .liM-ini he wait altogcthiT too
pretty lor that. .Iiit wvcntii'ii, with a
rouml, rowlniil laic, a wealth of dark
brown hair, ami the nweetet tciiiper in
the worhl. It Win. a ciht to w her upon
her weather heateii. choleric old f'athcr'ii
arm on the way to church.
He looked like a thunder-cloud which
had CHptiired a sunbeam, or, an the jowwfi
men irreverently said pompous old tur
key cock c.eortiii a dove.
Hu glared about to the riht and left,
enortinj: dclianee at admirers, so that the
sunbeam glowed ami the dove fluttered
under very difficult circumstances. Hut
Thcni she wa in spite of the peculiar
psternal oppression, the brightest, sweetest
crrattitt! you can imagine; nnd with a na
tive bit of coquetry about her, too, that
nude even the liftini; of those curling, dark
lashes extremely perilous to the masculine
hearts so plentiful about her. Calford
wr.s full of young men.
There were a college, and a naval acad
emy, and a pianoforte manufactory there;
thru Calford was headquarters for artists
the scenery was so beautiful. And it
chanced that there were few young ladies
in town.
Peter Peppers was a widower. He
had brow-lieateu his little wife to death
when she was very young. She had 'eft
bill) two daughters Rebecca, who was
made of the same harsh material ua her
father, and .lessica, who was exceedingly
like what the mother had been. There
was no danger of any one falling in love
wiili Hebecca or liecca, as she was
called.
Her tart nnd puekery countenance car
ried terror tn the stoutest masculine heart,
and she was left withering on the stem, in
her thirty-second summer. Her father
found in her a spirit equal In his own, but
they both agreed in keeping a strict
watch upon .leie:i. Vet. in spite of con
tinual scolding an I fault linding, Jessica
continued to be as happy as a bird. Mie
had youth and hope on her side, and she
could hardly f;iil to go abroad withmit
getting a hint of h r power.
Jessica had b -f ii allowed the privilege
of an intimate l'ii ml, a very sweet girl, af
flicted itli lameness named Olive Allays;
but (Hire's two brut hern came home from
sea and this intimacy was interdicted by
Mr. Peppers.
Jessica was no more to visit her
friend.
To do Mr. Peppers justice, he was very
fond of Jessica and proud of her. He
knew she was charming and good, and.
without much forethought he determined
to keep In r to himself.
Hut fate and Mr. D'Albert Were too
much for Mr. Peppers' intentions.
Mr. 1' Albert was the principal of the
Naval Academy. He saw Jessica, and
then meeting her again at a church party,
asked his landlady for an introduction to
her.
Mm. Japonic hesitated, declaring:
"Actually, I daren't. Mr. Peppcis
wouldn't like it."
"Hut 1 should," laughed Mr. D'Albert.
"Mr. Peppers never allows gentlemen to
pity attention to Jessica. If it were
Uecea, now, the cast! would be differ
eut."
"It's imt Heeca. 1 wouldn't kiss Beeca
for i50."
"Mercy! Well, when you yet a chance
to kits Jessica, let me know."
"I will."
Mr. I) Albert went away nnd found
some more daring soul to introduce him
U) pretty Jessica.
lie stood by her side some ten minutes,
saying the usual pleasant nothings of so
eiet, , admiring the smiling red mouth and
dimpled cheeks and guessing at the length
of tho curling dark l.ishcs, wlieu Mr.
Peppers, discovering the situating, with i
portentous putting tip of his under lip,
hastened upon the scene, nnd frowning
heavily into Mr. I Albert s handsome
face, drew Jessia away.
Mr. I' Alb. rt s quiet smile told that he
under stood the situation and lookers on
ta'ighed hut no on guesaed tli end of
this beginning.
Mr. 1' Albert did tint gucsa it himself
until weeks bud flown, and he had some
how accumulated a Vast deal of informa
tion concerning the Peppers.
Theu he became acquainted with Olive
Allvs, and the latter spike of her friend
with enthusiasm. v
"If I were a young man," concluded
Olive excitedly, "I'd fall in love with Jes
!ca and run away with her. She ia
bright and pretty, and she never get
takeu out for a concert, or a ride, or a
sail, as the other girls do. They keep
her as clo as a nui', and wiM until she's
dried to parchment, like Itecca. I don't
aco how Jerica berrs ii I don't !"
Mr. D'Albert bad spell of deep
thought afr this conversation, especiu'ly
on learning thct the ou'y p'aco where
Je.ssica w. s allowed to walk of a Su'uky
evening was in the cemetery. From his
window ii chanced, ion, tin t ho could
ee tho b..c'; gird u where Jessica sewed
a id read, nnd attended her ph.nts and ce
ll iry, and daily h;s respect i nd iiii-ren
dee;H"ied. He bad hi 'f-a-doie.i mer-y,
joyous youn" sivters tt home, a id dwe'i
on ihe contn'sl.
Now it heppeneil th.-.t Jessica thought
as much o" Mr. D'Albert as Mr. D A!
tx.i thought o Jessica. '
She tnew his window in Mr. Jape
uiea'a prt'tco ions board! ng-houso; knew
his horse when be gulloped put her
father'! door) knew at least, knew wo'l
enough where the lovely flowers came
from which soinc.itnee reached her.
Olive Allys had a beautiful gi rden and
Beeca thought Olive sent them, but Jessi
ca knew well enough that the choice and
costly selection came from an unexpected
quarter.
Mr. D'Albcrt's glance said as much
whenever she chanced to get a bow from
him; and if she blushed vividly, who can
wonder? She could not think of one
objection against Mr. D'Albert as a lover;
nor, in reason, could Mr. Peppers. He
was. every inch a gentleman.
It was very accommodating of Beeca to
fall ill. She was not painfully ill, only
very sallow, and unable to drive all be
fore her in the household; so that she was
exceedingly cross, and Jessica had a
harder time than usual at home.
The doetor ordered a change of scene.
"I'd send you down to the seaside, and
Jessica might go with you to take care of
you," said Mr. PepjH'rs. "There's too
many young men here. I notice that
naval fellow lifting his hat to Jessicu.
Hut there's always boarders at the seaside
in summer, and a great deal of foolishness
going on."
"We could go to Mrs. (iieen's" said
Itecca. "Nobody ever goes, there."
They could, and did Mr. 'epiers
first ascertaining that Mrs. Grim had no
lodgers, and making her promise, that she
wuld take none while his daughters re
mained with her.
It was a forlorn old place isolated
enough, but comfortable and clean within,
and with plenty of sea-air.
Any change was a delight to Jessica,
and she climbed the rocks uud plashed in
the surf, with her checks liko roses and
her eyes bright ns jewels.
"Laws!" said Mrs. Green, "see that
girl enjoy herself. Ain't she a beauty ?
It does my heart good to louk at her;
She'll marry early you'll see."
"Indeed she won't!" snapped lleccu.
"We've other intentions."
" 'Man proposes, but God disposes,' "
replied Mrs. Green, as she rattled her
knitting-needles.
Invalidism compelled Miss Beeca to be
a late riser. Jessica usually had a seu
batb and a run in the morning nir before
her sister came down.
One morning, as she was tripping
across the door-yard, her attention was
attracted by a dog kennel, nnd a grent
Russian boar-hound rose up and looked at
her inquiringly.
Je.ssica stared, her bright eyes widened;
then she looked inquiringly uround. But
there was no one but the dog and her
self in the yard, and as he wagged his tail
invitingly and looked kind, in spite of his
deep mouth, she drew near and patted his
great head.
Jessica liked animals, especially large
dogs it ii 1 horses. This dog wore a hand
some collar, with his name marked upon
it "Pasha" also his owner's name.
Jifsica trembled a little as she read the
letters. Her checks, burned, too, Then
she heard Mrs. Green's voice through the
open window,
"Yes, Miss Peppers, I've taken n dog
to boanl. .No harm in that, 1 dope.
Your pa couldn't have no sort of objec
tion to him. I didn't take his master."
"Nn !'' snapped Miss Beeca. "I hope
you didn't take n man into the house I"
"He wanted to, though. He was a
strantrer, hut nice nnd pleasant-looking,
and I d a-taken him but for my promise
to your pa. He went to the hotel, 1 sup
pose, 'bout two miles below here."
What made such a swarm of dimples
creep over Jessica's satiny cheeks? It
seemed to her the brightest morning she
had ever known, though Beccn ciiine out
and scolded her for danicning her feet
and running out bareheaded.
How (he sea glittered! how the
waves raced up the beach I How sweetly
the little beech-birds, swinging among the
tall marsh grasses, whistled and called !
Miss Beeca came out.
"Sec what a nice dog, Beeca!" s;id
Jessica, timidly.
Beeca examined the great fellow with
her eyeglass, while Jessica trembled.
"I supposed tho great creature might
be of service to us, in case we should
meet a man in our walks," she said.
"He's very kind," said Jessica.
It was soon apparent that Pasha would
follow her anywhere. He would stalk
contentedly at her side, find when she sat
down among the rocks, lie down at her
feet, with his head upon her little shoe,
lie evideutly grew very fond of Jessica,
and Jessica waa very fond of Pasha.
One day ther were under the cliffs.
"Hark!" haul Beeca. "What's that?"
It was somebody who was whistling
very clearly;
A fox jumped over tho parson's gate.
"A man!" said Miss Beeca. "If he
comes here I'll I'll set the dog on him!"
she added fiercely.
A handsome man somewhat under
thirty came around the rocks, then
paused suddenly, lilting his hat.
Beeca had no time to set the dog upon
him. Paslia waa off like a shot, yelping
with delight. He leaped up, planting his
great fore-paws tixin his master's breast
nnd Lipping his face.
"Down, down, Pasha! old fellow!
Pardon, ladies I Misses Pcpwrs, 1 am
sure I cannot be mistaken, nnd perhaps
you remember my face D'Albert, of
t'ull'ord. I have been at the naval acad
emy for the past year and know your res
pected father well. You nrv seeking
your health down here. Miss Peppers?
Ah, and find it! You are looking
finely."
Few men had ever beej brave enough
to comp'iment lUrcec. Pji'.vp'i ihut is
why she tucii io.ied the sex so i. r.'y. Be
th.'l 13 it may, s'te fo.joi, Jessica i ndr1
celted Mr. J)'A'b?.t reiy civil'y.
He wps s ry' is it the Oliver Ho.;'.
Pasii., wsi hi, p,o;w..y. He wm mi hi;
w.y to Mrs. Gw.i's to p,y ihe do.'s bi'l.
The four walked dowii i'.-e tumli to
rrei 'e . M'n JVoocch d;tl not see any
thing suspieous in ihe a'.ii. lio.i.
P.i'u.pa 'hevr. i a 1'tJo bewi dered Kt
hayi'ig a ge.i.lem. n'spim io Ic.n on, and
a gen 'emnn's s.ruiir band to be'p her
over the roc': nnd j,u"!e.
As fur Jessica, w'.io tripped lig'il'y
ahead, wuh Pasha at bcr aide, ihe sea
spark'ed brighter and tho wares raced
more madly than ever. Her checks weie
like roses auj her eye like diamonds.
Hj paying marked attention to Booca,
Mr. D'Albert managed to get a word and
a glance from Jessica, during his visits,
which camo weekly.
Hit. Green sorted.
"Well," said Beoea, apologetically,
"Mr. D'Albert is not like common
men."
Certainly ho was not, to undertake the
prosecution of ao difficult a siege.
Demure little Jessica could not but
smile at the pntience and xenl with which
her admirer continued his tactics.
It was a long time before Beeca took
alarm and guessed the truth.
Mr. D'Albert came to Mrs. Green's on
Pasha's account. Pasha's bravery and in
telligence was a subject upon which they
all agreed.
Then, Mr. D'Albert made their stay at
the seaside much pleasantor by frequent
sails nnd rows. He bided his time and
by nnd by could not he shaken off.
He loved Jessica and Jessica had
learned to love him!
Why he should not be her husband
Beeca could not say, especially ns Mr,
D'Albert coolly siguilied his intention of
waiting any length of time for her pretty
sister.
Beeca, who had fled from Calford with
Jessica, returned with her, engaged, with
her father's consent, tn Mr. D'Albert.
Mr. Peppers, taken a back by the situa
tion, had weakened, and finally yielded.
Pasha also approved.
And at the wedding Mrs. Japonica
had her opportunity to aee Mr. D'Albert
kiss his bride, Jessica. K. S. K.
SMILKS.
A business that is run into the ground
artesian well digging.
It may be true that "two is company
and three's a crowd," but you would have
considerable trouble convincing a theutri
cat manager of the fact.
A poet in Germany has been fined 875
and sent t prison four months. They
treat such offences much more severely in
Germany than they do here.
Oh, yes, Jonea is getting on first rate.
He is just coining money in bis new busi
ness. Ah, I'm glad to hear it. What
business is he in ? "Counterfeiting."
Kate Ulnke, the latest debutante among
the English professional beauties, is said
to have u perfect complexion. The name
of the maker is not yet announced.
Don't say you will thrash a man until
you have done it. There is always nn ele
ment of uncertainty in such statement
which is bound to be respected.
It is hopeless for a short man to ever
expect to be a tall man, but a tail man can
easily become a short man. This fact is
so obvious that it is scarcely worth men
tioning. Two ladies eoutende for precedence in
the Court of Charles V. They appealed
to the monarch, who, like Solnmou, a
warded: "Let the eldest go first." Such
a dispute was never known afterwards.
The attempt to raise cane in the Sand
wich Islands has proved a failure. If it
is any comfort to our brethren the Sand
wiches to know it, wo hereby remark that
enough Cain has been raised in the United
States duringthe last three mouths to pre
vent any scarcity.
couimxo STICKS OK OI,II,
IFartfonl 1'ost.
In early New England days, as far back
as the middle of the eighteenth century,
when hospitality was a practice as Well ns a
virtue, there was in most houses only one
large assembly room, and there the family
ami all the guests nnd chance callers gath
ered on winter nights about the blazing
tile logs. We know that youth was youth
and love was love and young men were
timid and maidens were shy, and courtship
went on in those days. How was court
ship possible in this common room, where
every word was heard and every look taken
notice of? We read in the admirable vol
ume on the recent centennial of Long
Meadow, Mass., by Professor Hichard S.
Starrs, of that town, in the winter even
ings for the convenience of young lovers,
since there was no "next room," courting
sticks were used that is, long wooden
tubes that could convey from lip to ear
sweet ond secret wispers. Has this an in
vention ieculiar to Ling Meadow? It is
a ( harming picture that this calls up of
life io a Puritan household, this tubular
love-making, the pretty girl (nearly every
gill i pretty in the firelight of long ago)
seated in one stiff high-back chair, nnd
the staid but blushing lover in another,
handling the courting stick, itself an open
confession of complacence, if not of true
love. Would thoyotins; man dare to say,
"I love you." through the tube, and would
he feel encouraged by the laughing, tender
viw of the ijirl when she replied through
the same passage, "Do tell!" Did they
have two sticks, so that one end of one
could be at the ear and the end of the
other atrthe mouth all the while? How
convenient, when the young man got more
ardeut than was seemly, a the flip went
round, for the girl to put bcr thumb over
the end of the tube and stop the flow of
soul ! Did the young niau bring his stick,
and so announce his intention, or did the
young lady always keep ne or a pair on
hand, nnd so reveal both willingness and
expectation? It was much more conven
ient than the telephone, with its "hello"
and proclamation to all listeners at the
end of the line.
AN ANC.ENT TOAD.
f'Fayrtinrillr OUrrnr.
cman 'of the county recently
pulled down the chimney of bis dwelling
that had been built by hi father, auri'e
fi ly years r ;o. On taking up some of
t'.ic foundations of rocks; one was removed
and ihere wai found a ltre lord, which
apparently bad suffered liille if any in
convenience from its long confinement.
It is ni;ivoed that tliia toad must have
hopped into the opening at night, and
been closed in by the masoai next mora
tng unperceived.
A baby wakens in the morning with a
smile. When it gets to be a niau it goes
to bed with a "smile,"
AXOTAULK FAMILY.
TUE SONS AND HAl'tlllTEKS (IF THE LATE
IEN. KOBFHT E. LEE.
.Vw York Wot 1,1.
At the recent opening of the Metropoli
tan Museum of Art I saw among the
many notable people there Miss Mary U-e;
the second daughter of Gen. Robert K.
Lee. She ii a plain-looking lady of thirty
Eva and like her father, is altogether un
pretentious. She wore a heavy cashmere
wrap and was ia company with a lady
limilarly attired. Mis Mary Lee resem
ble her mother in appearance more than
her father. It is a remarkable fact that
only one of Gen. Lee.a children who at all
resemble him i hi oldest sou, Gen. G.
W. Custis Lee, now tho president of
Washington and Lee University, at Lex
ington, Ya. There are five of the Lee
children throe sons nnd two daughters.
They were all born at Arlington, the old
Curtia homestead near Washington, where
Mr. Lee continued to reside alter her
marriage. The eldest daughter, Mildred,
ha traveled a great deal since the war,
spending much of her time in Kurope,
but when here make her home with her
brother Custis at Iexington. Miss Mary
the next sister, also lives with him. Miss
Ague the youngest sister, died during
the war at a health resort in North Caro
lina. None of the daughters married, and
Custis Lee is also single, hut liuncy Lee
and Robert Iv, jr., are both married and
are both Virginia farmers. One of them
only has children, and the probabilities
are that it is through him alone that the
Lee family and the Custis family are to be
perpetuated.
Mrs. Ropert K. Lee was the only child
of George Wrshington Park Custis, who
was the only son and heir of Martha
Washington. It was from George Wash
ington and Martha Washington that Cus
tis obtained Arlingtou, which, at the open
ing of tho war, was one of the finest pieces
of country property of the south. It was
the ideal Southesu homcstcd. The Union
foiccs took possession of in at tho very
opening of hostilities in 18G1, and during
the was it was converted into a national
eenietety. According to a provision of
the will of George Washington Park Cus
tis the entire property was to gn to the
eleest son of Mrs. Lee. That eldest son
wa the present Gen. G. W. C. Lee, and
he obtained 8125,(1(1(1 from the governinen
in payment for Arliugton last winter, ther
having been n long content at law about
it. That money represents the bulk of
the property now in possession of the Lee
family, and is but a trifling remnant of
tho magnificent estates they owned in
Virginia before the war, not to speak of
th, hundreds of slaves that belonged to
these estate. But the family has faied
bettei than many others of the South that
were equally wealthy before the war.
Gen. Custis Lee, though the legal pos
sessor of the $125,01111 he received for
Arliugton, has a big heart and uiukcs
the most liberal provision for his two
maiden sisters. Though as stated at the
opening of this paragraph. Miss Mary
Lee is a plain-looking lady, with no pre
tensions tn beauty, Bhe is gil'led in intel
lect nnd is a most charming prison. Du
ring the war she was most of the lime in
Richmond with her mother and sisters
and with thcni endured inanv privations.
I have seen a little account lion!; in which
there wns a record ot expenditure made
on account of the little party the Mis.
lice and her daughters messed with,
was seldom they had meat or coffee
the most exorbitant prices had to be
for a chicken or even green corn,
bulk of the diet was made tin of
bread and such liuht articles. Mrs.
It
and
paid
The
rice,
Lee
wns one of the most paticuf and scll
ab negating of women and though a con
firmed invalid during the enure war in
which her husband was such a prominent
actor never complained but wns in the
face of constant misfortunes and threaten
ed dangers, always resigned and sciene.
She maintained this character up to the
very hour of her death.
A touching story, of which Miss Mary
Lee is the heroine, is that after one of the
terrible battles near Richmond just pre
vious to the close of the war she and some
other ladies went on the field to rcuber
whatever assistance they could in the
care ef the woundtd and dying sol
diers of her father's army. ( Ine among
these to whom the went to offer relict
was a youth of not over sixteen, who had
been fatally shut nnd was ready to expire.
She saw the poor fellow was going to die
immediately, nnd, being struck by his
youth and near uttire, asked him if he
had any message to leave behind. "Yes,"
said he; "my name is mid my mother
lives nt ; tell her, if you please that 1
have just seen our splendid coiiimiiuder,
Gen. Lee, ride by, nnd that I am content
to die." That was all. lie never knew
it was his splendid commander's daughter
to whom be was confiding that final mes
sage. TRUE COURAGE.
In all ages courage ou the battle field
has been the theme of orators and poets,
yet the courage of the warrior is not only
a common nnd variable quality, but has
often been surpassed by that displayed by
women. Native valor, too, is sometimes
inferior to that which is acquired, Fred-
wrick the Great ran like a coward out of
his first buttle. Flying on the wiugs of
fear, he went a great distance from the
field, nnd, coming to one of his own strong
hold, reported that his nrmy wntdostroyed.
What was his surprise and wiortificntion to
learn that bis men hud gained u greut vic
tory. He never forgot the lesson taught,
and ever afterward wns conspicuous for
steady courage iu action. Many instances
might be given of soldiers iu the last war
who, in their first fight were "lily-livered,"
but who afterward faced with dauntless
'rout the gleaming steel; and, on the other
bend, of some who were lion-hearted till
taught by the pain of a wound the n rils
o.'ft battle, and then became notable cow
trds. Bravery in action, though moro
admired, j really not as greut as that dis
played in passive suffering. The woman
who sticks to her post in the irstilcntial
chamber is far braver than Alexander
ehargiug at tho head of his cavalry.
MLN'S IHtF.sS ltKFOKM.
KNEK UREECIIKS AMI i'AHPEll CALVES.
f AVu: Yurk 1'vtt'l I'tiri Isttrr.
It is announced that the fashionable
season' will begin somewhat later than usu
al, aud possibly will not be well inaugura
ted before February, by which time, we
are credibly informed, the gay and festive
gentlemen who devote their leisure uud en
orgies to sotting the fashions iu the mas
culine world propose to bring about a start
ling revolution in costumes, u complete
revolution, in fail, ns they purHsc taking
us back to the picturesque and stately cos
tumes of the eighteenth century. A
movement of this kind has been noticea
ble for two years. The dandies of Puris
and many of those of London have b"cu
observed at watering-places iu the summer
season and in town iu the late utitumu, re
splcudent iu gorgeously colored coats uud
waistcoats, such us would have been
laughed at live years ago us rediculous re
lies of tin' fopperies of the past generation.
But there is u class of fashionable men in
Paris ami London who puss their whole
time in euileavuriug to invent something
which will distinguish them I'lom the mass.
Just as some years ago they made it the
fashion to abolish the crush hats and to
carry the awkward and clumsy chimney
pot into the drawing-rooms, simply be
cause they said that every cad had learned
to carry tin opera-hat, and only a gentle
man could steer bis way through a crowd
with the more cumbrous tile unruffled, so
now they wished to array their persons iu
knee breeches and ruffled lace uud gor
geously flowered waist-coats. The jiattora
seriously nnnnunce this reform, as it is
called, and that it will be in full blossom
by midsummer. The tailors are naturally
delighted at the success of a revolution
which they have always aided and abetted,
since the democratic black hud made it
possible for men of all classes tn dress in
expensively, nnd nt the same time with a
certain degree of elegance. With the new
costumes will come the epoch of extrava
gant uud of personal fancy in attire. It
seems certain that tho great majority of
young men about town in Paris will have
to wear false calves, for nature has not
been prodigal to them of brawn nnd mus
cle, nor have they by their late hours and
their rapid progress through life contribu
ted to the establishment ot that health
which, in itself, gives n certain grace nnd
comeliness to the plainest.
WILL 15LOOI STAINS WASH
OCT.
tViiciniKifi Enquirer.
To the present day the superstition is
rile that blood stains cannot be washed
out. During tho French Revolution eigh
ty priests were massacred in the Carmelite
chapel at Paris, and the stains (called) of
their blood are pointed out to-day. Sir
Walter Scott, in his "Tales of a Grand
father," declares that the blood stains of
David Rizzio, the Italian private secretary
of Mary Queen of Scots, who was stabbed
in Holyrood Palace by certain Protestant
leaders of her court, aided by her hus
band, Darnley, are still to be seen. In
Lancashire the natives show a stone called
the " Bloody Stone," which wag so mark
ed to show Heaven's displeasures at some
ol Cromwell's soldiers' atrocities at Gal
lows (Volt. In '.Macbeth,'' act 5, sccnel,
Shakespeare alludes tn the idea: "Yet
here's a spot." The truth about blood
not washing out can easily be explained.
In the first place, if that of a murdered
person, it is not often attempted. In the
next place blood contains oxide of iron
which sinks deep into the fibre of wood
and proves indelible to ordinary washing.
Thus it is true that stone of a porous na
tuie aud wood not of hardest kind lire
suscptible to the stain of iilnod produced
by the oxide of iron which the blood con
tains. Hut the blood of a pig is as good
as that of a man.
vi'itosi: pof.m.
Softly the iiiwii shed its silvery light
upon tha evening air.
The difference between the mooiand a
goese is. that the goose sheds l'eat hers.
This is less romantic probably, but good
goose feathers are worth 70 cent a pound.
UHirc or less.
They stood beneath the silent stars,
Arthur and Kvangelie, not tho goose and
the uiouti. She in the glory of young
womanhood, uud he iu a $51) suit of
clothes.
It is astonishing what ti list tailors put
iu manhood.
"0, Arthur," she said, "let us flee from
this place, from the wrath of un angry
father and the torturing taunt of a mer
cenary mother."
At this season sho should have laid,
"Ijet us mosquito from this place, etc.,
but a young woman in love can't tell a flea
from a mosquito, and wa must not censure
too severely."
"But it iinmiiwible, Arthur. YYo can
fly beyond the sea, the deep blue tea which
lies between us and happiuess, and beneath
the sunny akies of Italy in the dolee fur
iiieute of that beautiful lotus land we muy
build ubout us a healthful place whose
foundation thull be love, and whose su
perstructure shall be the perfection of
earthly bliss."
The girl bad spent all her chewing gum
money on HI ceut uoveles, and all ker
time iu playing Pau line in an ameteur
dramatie club.
"Ah, darling, the picture you paint i
too lovely for realisation," he wailed.
Of course ho knew the painted, Any
fellow can tell that wen he gets close to a
girl.
"Why, love? 0, Arthur, why?"
"Because, dearest," he agoniicd clear
down to the knees of bis pants, "I haven't
ironey enough to buy tickets across tho
briny, and the walking on that calls for
gum allocs, which 1 am uuuble to put up
collaterals for darling the present depres
sed condition of trade."
"Be trade!" she shrieked, and they par
ted foiever.
For the life of us we can't understand
why trees should have tninks, they never
travel anywhere.
Sec here, I d like tn know when you are
going to pay me that little bill you owe
me. I've run as long as I propose to."
"Well, let the bill run a little while now."
THE OLD F.ST NEWSPAPER.
The Cmiruut to-day enters its one hun
dred nnd twenty first year. The first
number of this paper wn published ob
October 29, 1704, and from that year to
tho present we have never failed to piint
the Count nt, a agreed. No other newt
paper in America has a record equal to
this. There is a flaw somewhere in the
titles of any others that may claim to the
position ot the oldest jurnal in the country
When we began circulating thi journal
Hartford had a population of w:rliaps
one-twcutietli its present sue. It had
no railroads, no Presidential elections, no
telephone, uo gas, no hngiisa sparrows,
no swers practically none of the uetiee-
features of modern life. The city has
changed vastly since we began laboriug
here. We are ready to see it change a
good deil more in the next Pit) years,
and sh nl record the changes iu the future
oa faithfully a in the past. lltirtrrd
lournnt.
HOW A HA MY HELPED TO
MAKE A SENATOR.
I'rom the Louim illt (uriir-Journal.
It wa during Hendrick's first race for
the Senate nnd a memlier uf tbe Leg ill a
ture was in the same car. He was very
bitter against Hendricks for some reasen
or other and took no pains to conceal it
He was going up to the capital with hi
wife, who had a little baby in her arms.
The baby was crying violently and tbe
mother seemed unable to soothe it. "Let
me have the little fellow," said Hendricks,
walking up nnd reaching out his arms.
The mother handed him the child reluc
tantly ami he started to dandle it up and
down, and did it so successlully that tut
buby stopped crying and soon fell asleep.
He carried the child all the way to Indian
nnolis, nnd wen he left tha car the member
was bis warm supporter. So a crying
baby helped to make a United State
Senator.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
WANAMAKER
&
BROWN,
4 eil TT I T T
uij riAiiw,
Philadelphia.
m A iuii imv vi cars thjii. w.
. ... .. .. .
mu Xa g real pteca f ooda aloe
C will b found with
J. T. EVANS,
SALKS AGENT,
Wcldon, N. C.
'(liatr wax in all her strpf
itov'H in her fif.
In vrry yrthur dignify aml
A.iv !"
So it iiDpea nl Mother Kvf , ami nn ma?
iiiir hir Icir ilFM'v'iinaiiiK, wiin me ei
i- cif.0 of ct'iri.ioii pnw pare and prop?)
.t- MiH'iii . An c midpoint nuiiiiepr oi M
.irli f-oinpittirt an lirt4'.tT ratincd In
liMi'ituim v or ii'hprt-Mloii of the Mfii
-inui Kuiictitiii. In pvitv snrh cane tha
-Ic.li.cr Hiid tiitf illiiR fttxviriV, Ha ad
' -Haii's I-MAI K ItMil LATUR, W.H Ctlw l
id t'faiid cure.
It in in nn the receiiH-of a moat diitin
,1'lshrd p'ifcinii. Ii i cmniMHied ol
.rtctH o'lit il inurcd'r.itf.. wliiwe hap
-niiihiiiMiinii ha never .htm iiiirianeti
It ! .i"4 c.l wiili -cirmiiV aktll fnn.
hi coiimj ncy of Mrtniirth, certainty til
.It-ii. cV";anii e of iivtarHti(ii, Uaut' tit!
in1 n. n" .inuimi. n or am ine 'mm
tiiitcaniiu'cfiihl relative cheamieM.
i-Mliiiumv in 111 favor i rfiiiuinc. i
.ever fail wheu fairly tried.
i'artersvllle, (.a.
Thla will certify that two .oe.uU'r oil
iiv imiiiciHatc iHiuiiv.ancr inmnn mil
UTva lor many yean i.im meiiH.uai ir
cKnlariiy. ano ia inf Dt eu irca.eu wiili
nt bene tit hv varioiu medical doctor
.vere at length comnletely cured by one
itle ol ir j. ii.aatieia a reinaie itefu
iator. It eneet in meli cac U trul
underfill, and well may the remedy be
.lied "Woman iieni rrlcmi,
Yuura Keaiteet fully,
JviM W MHAKtiR.
Ua.ml Air iinr luMilf nil tho "Health ind
llaupiuesiioi woman. nauetirree.
uniritvi.v lYatu iLaum i n,
Atlanta, ia
HEALTH RESTORED!
1 1 OH -: 11
PlfJ ST.
Whim, N. G.
Keep in stock always a good line of
Cigars, Tobacco, Snuff, Wines, Whiskeys,
Brandies, Larger Beer, Ales,
Porter, Canned Goods,
Fancy Groeerie.
. ALSO
FIRST CUSS RESTAURANT
wca it ox mk a xn nr. A TISriED
WITH TUE MOSEY YOV SPESP.
GID, U. DA XI EL d CO.
affiSMerchant Tailoring
j7 and Clothing House jjjkjf
a n
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ADVERTISEMENTS
A Marvelous Stork
TOLD II TWO UTTIU.
FROM THE SON
M Gmiiimn: My fatUar raaldaa Glow,
Vi, Ha baa b a gra auiUrer frow $fo
ula, and Unjineloaod letlar will tall you Waal
inarroloua aUoo4
Ayer's Sarsaparilk f
hat Ua4 la ait amao. I tautt kit Moo4 Mat
bar coatalMd tha kniaor tor at Waal tea l
7n; bat UdMa show, atMpt In ll form
ot a Mrorakua tort oa tht wrlat, antU a boat
Tt T can ago. Float law apott whlaa aa
paarad at that tint, U arwltiallf tprtad tt a
to torar an aallrt body. I an an yea kt wtt
Urrlbly tflkud, tad ta ofcjaat at Ur. wata
kt kafaa aai n( your awdlclat. Nfw, tattt tra
law mat ot kit' tf who tajojp at (aod kaalta
at kt tat. I etald aaallr aaaat trtT strata
who would taattfr tt tat 'Ml la kit aata,
Tourttralr, W. It TuUT.m i
FROM THE FATHER:
a ty for it at Mala to tot) Vx ktattl I
aavt aarlvaa (rata la at tf
Ayer's Sarsaparilk I
la manthl tt 1 wtt tmplatolr tartt itk
Urrlblt ktmar tad Mrofaloat torta. Tm)
haaor ttnaad aa lattttaat tad atailiralto
Itaklnf , tad tat tkta tratkad at at tt taaaa
tat blood to taw la maaf plaaoa wkiaim -I
aMTtd. Mr ittfarlnta wart fraat, tad try
lift a ktrdta. I toainoatad lit at at taa
aaiiraaiLL la Asrll ItM, tad aa.t attd
It rajularly alntt that UsM. Mr aoadltiaa
aafa Io Imarort tt aata. Taa tarat atra
all baalad, tad 1 taal aertaatlf wtll la avary
rtanaei-atiac ao tblt U at t food dtT't
work, allkoiifc 71 raart of aft. Maaf laf air
w-bst hat wrought aiiak a tort la Mr tatt, tad
I tall Hum, aa I hart btrt triad to tall rua,
Avia't lAJUaraaiLLi. Olovtr, Tk, Oft,
tl, Utt loan ptUIMj,
Uiaur, roiLUM," i
ini'l lAMiritiLu torn erafol)
and all larorultiaa Coatplalada, Krrala
lat, E cxi ma. Klarwarm, Vlatcbaa,
Sort, Balls, Tataart, aad Kraal Itnat af
tfcelkia. It titan tht blood at all hatte
Muai, aldt dig tiuta, tUnalatat tot tettoa af
tha bowals, and thi nttoret vtlalUi aBat
trtnf thtst tht wbolt tyitaffl.
ratraaan it
Dr. J. C. Ayer It Co., Low.lt, Mim.
Soli br all Drtifflttt; (I, all kattltt tart
IN THE BOTTOM.
I hart now In itnra and tat rtetlVKf alatttt
dallj lhtfuiluwl!iooda:
anlw.r Tin warr.Orock.rr wart, llavtiaa
Wnoilrn wart, flour, Hatoa, Lard, ktaat,
Ti'Uirr o. ( Ifart. Aaaonad toaro. u(ar,
luffa.. Kith, Pun ala viaaaar,
Kt'roaent, Uordlnr. kit. Drlad
Applat.
I makt t ipeclalir of
CONFECTION!. HI IS.
'mirk Canillra,
Plain Canrllfw.,
Kaiaina, lla,
Oratittt, lemons,
I'rram chfrae,
Canned (.cull,
Cann1 Berf,
laiinad Ham,
Kardlnrt, dir.
Fanrr ( akat.
aoda and lattaT
t'rackart,,
( Itraaaad
(.'arrtaka
H. C. SPIERS,
wtidoa, a. c
act II Ir
It
il ISTiTI laillf.
IhartMtabllahtdttKAL aaJTATI AwMtT at
tha Iowa t
WELDON, N. 0.
I aavt TEN ktutt at Waldoa
FOR SALE OR HINT.
About half ol tkta Haras, atkaa latitat
I akat atra aaoat
J.OOO ACtUI Ok LA
IN HALIFAX C.UMTT ! IALC
far fartaar parte lata, taraat Matt a kta a
rant out tpplr It at la paraoa at br lath.
I tat tow taktif at til Itata partita a km
aiidtdrarUtia(mtaaBa at Mr owa atptaat, ta
lost t atjt It atada tad tkta I aaaaaa attawaMtat)
Tot Mr rkuxlat- at a rtakaaaa aaJ titaa
worthy to bt brvattd, I rtaar ay ktttahaatk I
imllk. hrollaad Mark : Br. J. A. OaUtaa.
W. A. Daaltl, Wtidoa, T. V. Bairlt, tlMilat.
oftitf a. ,
W- W- HALL. 4
FIRE IRSURlXCEACLtT,
Can bt (Mind la tht laaaakt latM i
W1L60F, I. 0.
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Kt Tark UadtnrrttttJ,
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