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W. H. IUTCHIN," W. A. DINN.
COl'lfTV ATTOKNKV,
JITCHIS 1 D I' N N ,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
HCOTI.AND NECK, N. C.
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r. II. Bl'KBEK,
BALIIUH, H. c.
H. II. KM ITU Jr.
II UTI..N0 NEeS, H. C
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faaiK smith.
Mr Ml Biwboenn.lMr It II Hintth. Jr., (Vin
in at Law, have, funm-d h liniiti'il Mirtiu'rnlili
fr tlio ira'lfi nf iuw In ilnlifn i-mmiy. Mr
Imlf'i' will attend tlif ntirt l H.ilil.ti, ri-iculurly.
ejid will aim visit lltw miiiily luiii-wr Inn tvIi i-
ar required. iM't 16 ly
jmiuiib uniAN,
Attorney at Law,
HALIFAX, N.O.
OOca to the Court HoiHo. Strict at Witt lull glren
kt alt bran-tuif tbe iirtifi-aidiiu.
)aa 12 ly
' HO U Afl N. HILL,
Attorney at Law,
HALIFAX, N.O.
Practice In nnllfttx nnl aityiliitng counties and
federal and bupri-me cmiru.
aug. 2 tf.
Attorney at Law
GARYfsm'Wi.N.C.
Frf lcn In the rourts of Siirthnmntnn and ad
jriinlns countlM, alsu in Die 1'V(Icjh1 and sti)r-me
oiirts. jmic o ii.
A L T B R E. DANIEL,
Attorney at Law,
WELDON, N. C.
frarlirm In Tlalifax mid adtnlnlim countU.
Rneolal nllt-nUm Kivt-n tn ciilli-cli'iiiii In all part
ot i hp Maw aim iruiupt rciunis inutit..
IVb 17 ly.
HALL,
Attorney at I-aw,
WELIK)X. X.C.
flfpclal attt'iitinn iflvon lo cnlk'clioiui and remit
tancea prum,tly made. uiay 1 If.
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L'LLE.N it MOORE,
Attorneya at Law,
II ALIFAX, X. V.
lYartice In the rnnntlwof Hnlifm, XorthAmvlnn
ef thf talt and iti tin Fi-diTal i i-iirtHut ilu yilrrn
JMi.'minl4 l lit onil smnni in uic Miiirfint'c
plMrirl. rnllH'tit.ii(i umdf in miy j-irt ofilu'uil-
jan l if
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811 I KI.DH,
Surgeon Di'iitlnt
ffarlno vrmiin.'ntlv liwiilnl In Wi l.lutl. rail Ih
frnnfl at hln (lffice 111 initli'N Urick Ituilditin at nil
mil pxcepi when nltM-iit mi iirnit-xhimiHl MiMiuttn
rar'ftil Ki.'iitluti irivi-ii to nil linuii littt of ttit n
vHni, rarliea vwitcd at tlirir Ihhih'h w In n ill-
aln'd. July 12 ly
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E. E. L. HUNTER,
Hurgcon nenthU
Can be found at lii office In Enfield.
Pure Nttrotii Oxide-itnf..r the I'alnlt-iw Eitrac-
Une of Tet'th always un liaml.
June 22 tf
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SPRING TRADE
1884.
I att lwwlftng and plat-in? on tale at popular
pricea iuu inuwoi
Fine White Oooda, India Ltnctit, Linen Iwni.
BUndardPrlnWat 4 l H'tK.. Wonted, I'oplfn,
Luatre, Caahmert a, Uimluig, m-ok Ii (iing
hams, ChtM-k Naiimx-ki, Printed Cam
brtca, Eiubroidfrlea, LaL-va, and
Edgings.
jl kicelixe of xotioxs AXl
JEWELRY.
WtkTT PLATED EAR-DROPS,
BEST ENGLISH GARNET EAR-DROFS,
BEAUTIFUL BCARK PINS.
A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT 01
HARDWARE,
SUCH AS
Carpmten Twit, l'ocht Cutllfry and
JTaxori.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
Wt Grocery rvpartment la alio fumUhed wtft
lull, Meat. Urd, Mtdauea, Hyrup, tiuar. CoffM
Flftor, Rl4, Butter, rppr, spice, BtarcU, Soap
Cora mfil.
viBiantMtha Terr beat Tobacco and
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CHOICE
LIQUORS AND
GROCERIES.
Mr Bar contain, all tb. clioic. ItramlH
WinM, Bramliea, Wliiakeys, Beer and mixed
Drinks an mad. in 111. Beat manner. Ci
gar, Smokinn and Chewing Tobacco. Cull
b examine them.
FAMILY GROCERIES
art cheap and all the best kind, constuutl.v
.a hand and .tock continually repl.ni.hed.
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HY EI.I.A HAHAH JOHXSON.
(!o ti lilm. Itii'.tiinl l. l him
All my iHSMnlutti'mi!i
T.-ll hint I In. h':irt 1 liri'iikiiig
VVIirn' Intel) tlioti liH.I lain.
Oil. ull lilm. tlni'p 11, fl him,
Miinriih liu v,-"i,i-i'iin;fl lilt,, yi-nn,
He III :lli lluhl mill Hj.!ttiilr,
I ill llirtiilil unl 1,'iir..
I'ik-I..)..-iliy l,l.,l.r,..l,. iiil
I'liln lll..'iiii'liiiiK i yi'J.
TMI inirincl ,y Hi; hri' itli. hli ,lrlt
lln-iitlii.N .,rili nti iinsiTiTini.' bIhIi,
ii" l.i him. ll..v.., n,,,! i,. him
All 111! m"KMNill,' .: -.
Tfll I). tilth,- iMiirt in lP'iikliiK
Wb'-rif hitftv th.ni tninl tutu.
THE DOCTOR S CHRISTMAS.
Dr. Alexamlir Autluvcr tlimw lfnuwlf
iiitu (lie lii nt li. r-i'uvn'J cliiiir bi'I'uro
liU nirtiv lint wilh a wuiry hi1i. He wis
fliic-l'nkiii-iiiaii nf in,t liamkiiiii'.
Ijiit iiublv mill iii;iiilY-iicikin ouu to bi'
iruslid furevrr, wilh his bnrail, white
brow anil r.ive, clear, gray ej us. 1 1 it
li, tut), umler the lull brown buartl, were
as fine as a imiiiau's, without lacking in
itronfrtli anil firnincMt.
Hr. Aniliivpr'if was one of tlione grand,
k.imlly natures which Bccm lua-le for lend
ers anil com i'ortcra. Hut fate hail lately
frowned upon liim. The bank in which
the greater part uf his miuj; little fortune
was deposited had failed, and ilireellv
upon this came the news that some limi
ng stock in which ho had invested was
worthless, or nearly so. The duetor did
not fear poverty himself practice Iron-lit
him a comfortable income, for the rich
appreciated him us well as the poor but
miles away in a distant city there was a
lovely girl whom ho had hoped to call
wile by I'liristuias time. A girl who.
ihough not wealthy herself, had been ex
travagantly educated by her uncle, in
whose luxurious home she lived. He hail
never iiielioned if she knew anything
bout work the idea in connection with
Maud Kvcrleth was absurd. He must
live her up; there was no doubt in his
mind about that. He could not n.-k her
hare llic late of a poor physician who
depended upon lis fees for a living.
ii Or. Aniloivr had written her a
brave farewell leller inst a in.iuih before
time set for their wedding, iiiltiriiiiu
her of his altered foi iuues. and relea-sini:
her from her cngag nl to him, mid he
had ree. i.ed 11,1 .iti-w. r. altlmtigli it wa.
uw Clirisllnas Meek. He e.viicl ielie.sl
TUol sell f de.i,lali.,n. M.itul li.nl in.:
loved him. alter all.
The oiliee lire .-aiol.lered lo ashes, and
still he sat there, slill ami sad, until from
sheer o li.iusrt inn he fell into an uneasy
slumber. About midnight he awoke, al
ternately burning and shivering, while a
dull pain throbbed in his temples; and
wiien ins UU'llicIv eatne in the murium: to
all him she found h'lu unable to rise
from his pillow, fev, ri.U and half de
lirious.
.'laud Had returned the engagement
ring. Dr. Audover received the iiaeka''i
in silence, and Mrs. Derby looked ut him
with a crestfallen expression.
1 thought you Wuuld be pleased, doc
tor. 1 vc come to know Miss Kvcrleth s
handwriting. you see, and I supposed she
had sent you n Christinas present. The
package came two days ago when you
were delirious, and I signed the registry
card and made hold to send the lady u
telegram, notifying her uf your illness. I
received a telegram in return stating that
Miss hvcrloth would start at once to
eomo to you. She w ill probably be here
U-tlaj.
To-day!" Mr. Andnvur listened to
kind Mrs. Derby in bewilderment, What
ilid it mean ?
Christmas morning came bright and
frosty a day after St. Nicholas's own
heart and the doctor, a trifle better, al
though weak and languid, opened hi:
eyes to close them again immediately with
a little pang. This was to have been his
wedding-day.
The landlady, who had been like a
mother to him, came in presently, with a
very smiling expression upon her broad
face.
Many of his grateful patients had re
membercd him with some little Christ
mas token, and Mrs. Derby had plaoed
them upon the small stand at his bedside
but Dow she held in her hands a small
package addressed to him in a familiar,
lady's hand and registered in a distant
eity.
With trembling fingers lie tore off the
wrapper of the liny package, and opeiiei
a Jeweler s case, lucre upon its bed of
porple lay a wide, gold Bnger ring, ex
traordinarily wide, the inside of whii
was completely covered with fine lettering.
And Dr. Andover read there the grand
old scriptural words which had arisen in
the heart of the girl, who thus proved
herself worthy of him, when his lot ten
had come to her after many weary days of
delay :
r.ntreat mc not to leave thee, or U
return from following after thee; fur
whither thou goest I will go, and where
thou lodgest I will lodge; thy penile shall
be my people, and thy (Jod my God;
where thou diest I will die, and there will
I bo buried; the Lord to do so to me mid
more also, if aught but death part mc and
thee.
It was nearly noon when Maud herself
came. She had removed her wraps in
Mrs. Derby's room, and after a light tap
on the sick man's door sha entered,
Alexander Andover had thought her
lovely in her exquisite party and carriage
ami home t lilets; but never had she
seemed so sweet and gracious and wo
manly as now, when in her plain gray
traveling costume, her lovely faoe a little
pile with weariness and excitement, her
mouth tremulous, and her dark eyes glow
ing with si. Ii inn li jit she glided in her
swilt, noiseless way across the room to his
side.
"My darling! My owu swoet, true
hcarled dulling!" cried the doctor, clasp
ing both arms about her and drawing her
I'aee down to his own.
And presently, after llie first greeting
was over, Maud explained;
''Voiir letter was delayed in some way.
1 did not get il until a week ago. You
remember the great piece of gold you sent
id IVoiii California two years ao? Well,
when I got your letter I took that gold to
a jeweler and had it made into a rin
And then after I received Mrs. Derby's
t -legram I made uncle promise to brin
uc to yon at ouec. I would have come
alone if he had not come with mc, horri
ble and unconventional as my fashionable
friends would have called me. Why,
Alexander, what n silly butter!!)' you
must have thought me! Do you think 1
would care for riches without you? And
lo you think 1 am good for nothing but
to dance the gerniau mid play the piano?
sure you, sir." and here she doubled
me small, white hand in a thrcatcniii;
manner under his very nose, "this hand
which you consider so weak and useless
an make most delicious bread and pics
,ind cakes can even make beds and sweep
and wash dishes. Aunt Alice never neg
ated the niost important part of my cd
iication, and 1 am sure I shall mako t
make a most excellent wile lor a poor
man that is, Alexander," and here she
lluslied up ulnrioiisly, '-if you will have
me."
Dr. Andover smothered tbe last word
;ainst his shoulder, and us soon as she
mild free herself from his unceremonious
iibraces she bee-an anew to coax and
wheedl" hiii into some new plan of her
own. to whi -h he at first objected, but
finally yielded. The result was that at 5
o'eliiek that iii'ienio'.ll M.md Kverlelh was
ide Dr. Alexander Audover's wile, and
on ! asserted li 'i" iiulliority by taking
up in Ii ri. II the duties oi a nurse.
t Ii coin's
,i:e.l r.,
under sueh treatment he re
l!y, and every day grew lo
ere, l it
inure and more the loyalty and
oiili of tb" sweet litile woman who had
not failed him ill his d.irk hour.
ACtT.l'TiNi; Till:
i m:ti a-
111.10.
That (Tenia! philos ,,,h.-r, Mark Tapley.
was Wont to say. un I r adverse circum
stances. -Let us be jolly." and we give
this advice to our friends of all political
parties. Whatever may be the final re
sult of the election contest, let us accept it
with a resigned feeling, and bury all
anry feelings in an exhibition of patriotic
love fur our whole country, whoever may
sit in the White llousi and whoever tnav
rujyat the national capital.
The heat and acrimony of debate
should now cease, and we should be like
brothers who h ive hjeii reconciled over n
amily ipiarrel, and w irk for the best in
terests of the 1 1 ivemiuent we are called
upon to support.
No matter what our desires may have
been we should accept the inevitable in a
contented spirit, and good-naturedly joke
over out successes or defeats. Above all,
let there be n ) threats of vengeance un
becoming a civilized people who have re
ceived a noble heritage from the fathers of
the Uepublie, and who expect to go down
to posterity as citizens of the model nation
of the world.
When a decision is reached let us wipe
out all old animosiiics, and let the future
iu a measure take care of itself. When
the hour returns from another political
struggle, it will be time enough to dun
our political armor, and go into battle for
victory or d 'fe.it, r .'solved to act in a
brave and manly manner whatever may
occur. If we believe, with the po 't, that
there is a divinity that shapes our ends,
rough-hew them as we may. we must do
this, and Hud cons. ilal ion in the wisdom of
another hard, who says, whatever is, is
right. Antii-iriin t'ltltinttttr.
(illllVMMi AMI I it Y !.;.
A French surgeon h.m published a long
dis-erlatiiiii on the beneficial influence of
groaning and crying on the nervous sys
tem. He contends that groaning mid
crying are the two grand operations by
which nature allays anguish, and that he
has uniformly observed that those patients
who give way to natural feelings more
speedily recover than those who suppose
that it is unworthy a man to betray such
symptoms of cowardice as either to groan
or cry. That somo patients often have a
great satisfaction iu groaning and that
hysterical pitients often experience great
relief from crying, are facts which no per
son will deiiv.
Princess lieatricc is siill without a bus
baud. The men who want her are not
high enough up in the social scale and
the ineu she wauts are way oH iu America
editing papers.
JUKUINMMC; AXl) i:xi.
The progress of dishonesty is not hard
to trace. The only safety of character is
in resisting the beginning of evil. There
are three hundred and sixty degrees in
the circle of a cent as well as in the circle
of the equator and so is there as much
dishonesty in a boy's theft of a cent as in
a man's theft of a thousand dollars. Two
pictures below will illustrate this. Here
is the beginning : A school boy, teu
years old, one lovely June day, with roses
in full bloom over tbe puareU, and the la
borers in the wheat fields, had been sent
by hii Uncle John Ui pay a bill at the
country store, and there were seventy-live
cents left, ami I'uele John did not usk
him fur it. At no m this buy stood under
the beautiful blue sky, and a great tempta
tion came. He said to himself, "Shall I
give it back, or shall I wait till he asks
lor It ? f he uever asks, that is his
lookout. Ifhu does, why I can get it
again." I e never gave back the money
The ending : Ten years went by; he was
a clerk in a bank. A package of bills
lay in a drawer, and had not been put in
the safe, lie saw them, wrapped them
up in his coat and took them home. He
is now in a prison cell; but he set his feet
that way, when a boy. yours before, when
he sold his honesty for seventy-live cents.
1 nat night he sat disgraced, and an open
criminal. i.ucle John was long ago
dead. The old home was desolate, the
mother broken-hearted. The prisoner
knew what brought him there. ,S'.7k,o
JUfltlll.
Tin: IIU'KOHV.NL I' (all!..
Wnm-llc iiV.fc
Two little gills in i he community are
striving to see which will collect the
greater number of hickory nuts. So stroiii;
has this rivalry becoiii. i lliat they are it
as soon as it is light eu.uili lo see ali i
out they go under the Inus to collect wl
has fallen during the nihi. ( In ni-jhi
last week there was a shower of rain, and
I'ley knew many iiuis wrniid fill dutim
llie m;;ht; so each one determined to b,
up bol'ore the other. One of ih.-in awok
at an early luur. and deceive! bv llie
luuonli:;ll ipiielly slipped on her cloth'
an I made her exit liiiuiei llie door it
the yard.
h'i .i .
n uai was tier surprise to see iier coin
panioii. as she supposed standing in
yard, "till, yes, ' she said, "vou ihou-hl
oil would be ahead of me, but I'll In
even with you," The object in the moon
light never replied but kept waving its
arm. A eeitain chill of li ar catno over
the hickory nut girl, ami with the thought
that a eliost had made its appearance sh
bounded back ill the house and found Inr
oiupanion asleep in bed. It was the
japouica bu.sh wilh its white Hewers which
had frightened her.
HAYS OI' MIKTII.
A sweet thing in crockerv:
The sugar
bowl.
When a couple tire making love bv
moonlight their feeling is one os in-fine-
tught bliss.
An epigram for the moment: Hats
cap the climax of election betting.
One of the latest receipes If you step
on a dude's boot you are like to make
calf's foot jelly.
It is seldom that a rich man elopes
witha poor girl. The saeiilices in love
are all made on the woman's side.
It is believed that the principle objec
tion to the Mother Hubbard dress in Chi
cago is in the fact that attracts public at
tention away from the Sunday h.rse
races.
A young woman has been expelled
from a church in New York for aaying
that her pastor had kissed her four times
when she had only been kissed three times
New Yorkers cau't stand wilful exagcra-
tion.
1 he teacher in one ol the schools was
a little erochely the oilier morning and
made the girls stand around a little live
lier than usual. One of the little misses,
who had been upbraided, exclaimed to her
companion: "Never mind, Cleveland is
elected and she'll be turned out!"
Two gentlemen are walking up the
street engaged iu lively eoiiversittioii.
"Since you have some lotion of matrying,
said one, "why don't you take Marguerite
your sister charming friend? She is an
angel." "I don't di.spule that, but she
paints." "D, einne now, my dear (J'.
honestly, have you ever seen an an;;el tf
was not painted?"
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Queer, all to' e::e'ie.i)i at iieeause ir y
A m'e'son bas h 'i'.:iod he: Mitt at:on of
jo ling a body ol lie is, s". jipeu rn l'..'-.l
avciiie' I lo her ('he 'ea the o.'iet' efi
niog. I doi't K"c anyikoi" tuner about it, re
t.i 'iiedhcr ('ha; le.
No. o ' coo se you don't. Men never
see e iVi'i n . Why, a'l iho girls iu my
S'.'i bcloii ; to tV same body ant so do I.
You do? what is the name of that
body?
The Cari"cl-ites,
dooD.si ii;i".sTi()s.
A muck bed may be a mine nf wealth
on any farm if rightly managed in the
manure interest.
The average period of gestation in a
ewe does not vary much from on J hun
dred and fifty-two days.
Put it down as a rule, that manure ly
ing in the yards a year will in one way r
other deteriorate one-fourth in value.
Iteduce the fenciug; one and one. third
billions of dollars is llie. estimate of the
cost uf farm fences in ibis counlrv.
Il is mil known tint nectar in flowers
subserves anv other us than that of al
luring in-octs to aid the fertilization of the
flowers.
A gardener rccointu,1nds sowing oniau
seeds ill the (all. Over the beds plane
some mulch for protection. K trly onions
may be thus secured.
A little soda as wed as salt is recom
mended to boil with cabbage, and alfeets
the flavor agreeable. For one head of
cabbage take a pitich of soda equal in
bulk to a good-ized pea.
Denmark butter makers reckon on
wheat, bran, oats an I rape cake as first
class butter loud-: barley as second-class
food; while pens, i-yc and linseed cake are
placed us low as third class,
Lovely tidies are made of white muslin;
they are li 'iniueil. and iu the center is
worked iu silit a suitable picture in out
line stitch. If the silk is used which is
intended lor this kind of embroidery, it
will nut fade or run" tvheti washed, and
the tidies are thus rendered servicea
ble. Pilackbcrries and raspberries start very
early: fall planting is pn (eralile. To pro
pau'ate from rool eiitiin-. cut the roots
iiiio pi res tiv i or three inches Ion;;, and
place a box wilh alternate layers of roots
an I n'il. Keep lb: box in the cellar or
otliei dry place o tt of reach i f frost.
tiill ".crl'lvail in:; v be villi il a'cl Wuii
d r 1 1 1 1 iuior ,. 1 lo, lie.- a'l'iiliott of a
Clio of el'ate.l e.ieeiiia:; tills ill;lli;i(v is
-tiMiii u: !..r a !,' if i,.' ni -li.i.n si.e. ,l
inon i-are a!..! in il io -iii.;er cake, but
ii'il s- you add Haii'iiii-. of bin r a!
uii'lids (!nTi: will be no tlisliiicluess almond
ilavol.
A delicate di.li lor d sen is in;, le ly
j,:u-: if-.- six ripe, i art app! 's; cut tli-n iu
lialvi
a S:' 11.
pill half a peund of .siie .ar il.l i
p.m. wiili h i!;'a piat o! water add
the jiiiee ul' on 1 eueii and let this bull
lllllil it is thie!.. 1 1 1 -1 1 1 : v ill til' apples. I
lieuihiy h ive si ninci'e.l until lli y are 1
teu ler lake ih 'iu out drain them in a
!
scive and lei lie s.rup boil a few minutes 1
lunger. W in n tli 1 apples and syrup arc
botlu 1, put lb" apples carei'iiily into a
elass dish and pour th ' syrup over into
t In-iii.
A litlY OH C. I UI.
All women, th world ovci who eipect
to become moth rs are curious as to the
sex of the null ii n child; and every old
e h is a ban lie of unfailing signs and
aniens which determine the ipicsiioii out
ol- hand without leaing room for doulit.
Iu Sicily these signs are as follows
among oth T of ilu'iiou niodestv which
it is as well to leave in obscurity : If vi.u
ddeiily ask an expectant umlher:
' What is llie matter with your hand?
an 1 she holds up or turns out tbe palm of
h t right hand her child will be a hoy.
If she holds up h r left hand or turns up
the back of li r right, it will lie a girl. If
.he strews salt before the threshold, the
sex of the first person who enters in tit
the dour determines that of the unborn a
man for a boy, u woman for a girl. If she
trues to draw water from the well, and
throws a lew drops over her shoulder
without looking back, the sex of the first
person who passes after the performance
of this "s'tlilcgio" in like manner deter
mines the sex the child. After the first
child the line iu which the hair grows at
the nape ol' the neck of the proceeding is
an unfailing sign nf that which is coining
after. If its glows in a peak it pr 'sag ss a
hoy. if straight a girl. This is aNo on - ui'
the infallible signs in India.--Temple
liitr.
TIMMis I'd t'l l.l. I'l I'M .
1. The water p over of Nniih Carolina
would linn I lo. mill, 0. in spindles, thirteen
limes the numb r now in operation in the
entire I'niied Stales.
. Timothy, lie widely knowu farm
grass, grows indi v'uou-ly iu the Alhe
iiia.lee section and was first discovi ,vd
there.
H. John l.awsoii. lip firs! hisioiiau o'.'
Norih Carolina, was burned at tli
stake
by the Tuscar ira linliaus. about IS miles
above Xewbein, on the Neusc lliver,
1711.
I. The fir.-t book published in Norlh
Carolina was ;be "Yellow Jacket," a cole
of the Si.ite's law, from the press of
James Day is, of Newborn, I7"i-.
fi. North Carolina was the first State to
declare, as a Stale, for Independence,
April VI, 177l'i, at llalil'.i.
It takes a touch of adversity to show
whether a man is a man at all, just as it
n.vds the touch of u frost to bring; out the
'roes.
lCSlM i:iATIN; nir. MONTHS
1SY TIlK K I CKI.IiM.
Have you tried this iu your school ? If
not, try it. During your programme time
for general exercises take time for this
one : With scbool in order, turn the palm
of your left baud iu line parallel with the
floor and facing it; with tbe index linger
of the right hand, touch the knucklu of
tli.' first linger on tbe left band; iu you do
this say Jaiiuury; touch the space between
the lint and second knuckle and say Feb
ruary, touch uexl knuckle uud say March,
an I so ou through to last knuckle, when
you will have July, then come back to
first knuckle and nuy August, mid thus
continue until you reach December. Now
repeat uud have the pupils follow yuu, per
forming the same movements, Itcpcut
again and continue until neurly or quite
al! can name the months in order. When
this is done, call the intention to the
school to the fact that every time you
touch a knuckle, the mouth mentioned
contains ti'Wy-oic days; and that when
you touch the space between the knuckles,
the month mentioned contains some other
number; this other number must be either
twrutij-i iyht, tm'iili-itini: or thirty. Usu
ally for February it is Iwrntij-nijiit, bui
twenty-nine for leap year, and all other
mouths mentioned must be thirty.
If your school does not get this at
one exercise, then you are at fault iu
giving it.
why xi:okoi:s ake kiack.
Surgeon Maj. X. Alcock has contribu
ted to Nature an interesting couiniuiiic;.
tiou us to why the tropical man i black,
iu which ho suggests that as in the lowest
animals pigment cells plliccd behind a
transparent nerve termination exalt its
vibration to the highest pitch, the reverse
takes place when, as lu the negro, the
pigment-cells are placed ill front of the
u i ve terminations, and that the b!.,ek pig
tic ut in the skin serves to lesion tlicinteti
sii v of the nerve vil.i itions that w.uild h'
eaiis d in a nak"d human body by expu--ui
to a tropical silo, tint, iu fact, the
ieiiteti! plays llie sum-' part a a piece of
smoked glass held b 'tween llie Sllll and
the ere.
! iiim;s,
i Taffy can be Knight,
lo ills are not so c.i-iiy
I A man up a live and
a li'ilguu cannot ajr 'e
things dill'erentiv,
ticiiuiiie compli
itain 1.
man below wilh
e.al-e I lli V -I'C
I'll
sties h ive be n r 'vivd. A f
years ago fashion -li Aved a disposition to
sit d own ou tlieiu alt igeih -r.
h i not oa-y t balance cash wilh a
hitiil u! of due bills on the other side of
t hes -ale.
Some one says: "lie who lies down
with dogs is sure to get up with fleas on
him." This unjust to d igs. There are
men so mean that fl'-as would bo glad to
leave tlieiu uud go to the dogs.
Many people now living remember the
time when physical training consisted
chiefly in devouring large quantities of
half raw beef. Nineiuit of ten believed
h alf a century ago that raw beef and
strong drink had a tendency to increase a
man's strength. Tiie gladiators of the
present day, however, live on a very dif
ferent diet. Well cooked meat, white
bread, a small supply oi vegetable, a plain
rice pudding and one or two glasses of
port or sherry consiituie th'dinn'r oftlw
ui idem athlete. His breakfast and sup.
per do not dilfcr widely from those of
other people, (.ouiinou sense ideas of
diet are beginning to pi"vail iu every cir
cle and the men who train for boat races.
walking matches anil other athletic sports
are not at all behind the times.
KVKKY-DAV Itl.KSSIXdS.
If one should give me a dish of saud
and tell me there were particles of iron in
it, I might look wilh my eyes for them,
and search for them wiili my clumsy fin
gers and be unable to find them; but let
me take a magnet and sweep it, and how
it would draw to itself the m isl Ilivi-lbl
panics by the power of attraction ! 'I'll
unthankful heart, Ilk ' my finger in the
sand, discovers no mercies; hut let the
thankful heart sweet through the day
and, as the luagnet huds the iron, so it
will find in every hour some heavenly
blessings; omv Hie iron in (mils sand u
gold. Mirtril.
( 1(1 I.IO'I Sl.i; Till', Din'i.itl.vt n.
" V lis' fo' yer sw ar so much, yor ole
nigger,'' said Keaeon llopcl'iil White lo
I'lofiue old linele Veogenee Smith. "Whj
! aiut yer lik yer brother Jesse? II. pisys
n g lai every miietia , an Jon swears so
fast dst de cording angel has to writ,
tiown a string n' dittos under yer sw'ar
wu-.'ds ter keep with tor. Ain't ter 'frsid
;'o' ycrself, nigger?''
'-Non yer leuime he. .Vhat's de dif
ference anyhow.' I dean do no harm as'
he dean do no good. Jesse he prays as'
I sw ar aud we doau nut tier of us (Sean
nuthin' by it.
Mothar, to three-year-old out for a walk
after tea "See the full moon, Mabel!"
Mab.l, suffering from satiatioa "Has th.
moon had supper too?"
AllVFUTISIvMF.NTS.
Warren Leland,
v'io:.t cvi-ryiKhly knows as i'jo suoeessfol
Larast WM Enterprises
Of if"
it v.MIn n ,icucci' froai
. a ' if 'ii .ituuml Cai
hi .. ii '.'mlliill tw C ul-
)l tlio bilk-am ul
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Bin-'
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tl.i Mr. I.ri.AMt It:i rw'Hiinn'tnieJ
i'l t VKIAl'Alill.M III V n T P imlfiF
, and lifl hn: lu't'tr yet iii-i.nl of iU fail
eti't :h r.i'i' v! f"'1.
ut y i . a ft ' ''' Mr T.T'.vfi'" fan
a'H 1 1 u;ift li,:t 1 iMlw in Hip had
fM. i lic 1, :' ' f. . h;.,-iiMve;il.ig
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. ii, . i-Mi'i'-i, i-i'-i' .-i ti tlm Fuelling, aiwl
t, ' x '' t" I i' I'u'li lo mc.
, ;.j..a:.u iKTtioiiaily used
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; s i; : :: (A-f-un llottl,
f ; v.'.t l.t'.l.lA Hotel,
i ft. ! i'l i .1.:l.-1b, New York.
-'uusire LtK)t!i-kl;B of th
. 1 1! dp quailed rradicatorof
n pirti.Vs him tofilvu inquire
.iif'jiiiutioD.
Hi m a w.i.
rnn'ArtET bt
Dr. J.O. Aycr & Co., Lowell. Mats.
Bold by all Druggists; ?l,iu bottlwfor W.
TUTTS
PILLS
25 YEARS IN USE.
Th. Or.sttn Medical Triumph of th. Ag.l
SYMPTOMS OF A
TORPID LIVER.
I.fiiitol appetite. IfuwalacoatWo, 1'ala la
tht headi wiilt a dull arnaatlon la th
brick pnrt, Tuiu under ibo aboulder
lilndr. Fullncaa of lor eattntt with ndla
InHlnnilon to exertion of body r mla4,
lrrliHhllit yof torn per. Low aplrlta, with
a ft'i;liug of tanning neglected aome duty.
WeartueiMii DIzy.Idp. Flattering at (
I leu rt. Hoia before the eyea, Headache
over tlio right eye, Reatleaaieia. with
fllt't'l drenma. Highly colored Urlae, an 4
CONSTIPATION. '
TTTT s FILLS are specially adapted
to such rasen, one doao effects audi
cband"ofleltn(i.Titonstfnlsh the sufferer.
They Increaae the Appetite, and came tbe
t'tiilr to Take on Fie ill, ttin tha iitera ta
ttit'
iionrianitn. biki iy tm ir i onic anion 01
llttstlve OrKana.llejralar Stool, aro
i-ri. p ;r. 11 itirrty
..nt.T.
TUTTS HAIR DYE.
ii hat no or Wbiskf.ki changed to a
Glbst Black bv a singlo application of
this Dtk. It imparts a natural color, acta
Instantaneously. Sold by Druggists, or
sent l express on receipt of fl.
Office, 44 Murray St., Nw York,
7EQETABLS FILLS
Serar Health
action to the LItot
nd rallaTtallhO.
Jova htaMtt.
fvaly TsgtUsli; HsBrirlag. Mas Uc All Onutt,
dee Ih-ly
WANAM AKER
&
BROWN,
OAK HALL,,
Philadelphia.
A lull 11m of ml nniftet of '
ID. great pi.c. foost IIK1
will leo.a wilk
J
T. EVANS,
SAl.KS AGENT,
Wddon, N. C.
H. B. MSI CI
mm sr.
HALIFAX, N. G.
Keep in stock alw.yi a gold line of
Cigars, Tobacco. Snuff. Wines, Whisk.ji
liraiidi's. l,".rer lleer, Alea,
l'ortr, I'snni-d Goods,
Fancy droecriea.
ALSO
FIRST CUSS RESTIUIUHT.
mra u. os hk a .vn bx si Tisrrin
WITH THE MOSEY YOU SPtSD.
aw. a. DANIEL CO.
mrls lj
LIVER
mm m m mm u m
j4"Th Larg-ttt St
mtZjr Merchant Tailoring; ftjT
VT and Ctothing House AVjr
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IN THI BOTTOM.
I hare now In tn and aaa MHlrtafl
I ly tba following gov :
HarlwK.?, Tinware, Proelary ware, Steve ajaajs)
WtKKleii ware, Tloar, ktva, liir, Mesa,
TdbaiTO.CIgara, ArSMi-ted bVmm, Sagar,
Oalee, Pifeh, Pur apple TiaeMf,
Kvruseue, lominyt Eiew, Driat
I mate a gpedeltf of
C0NFKCTI0N11I13.
Trenrh rndit.,
Pltia ikndiea,
fUiiim. Patea,
Onmfra, Leona,
Cream f"st,
Cfcnnod oiwlB,
Canned twaf,
Caaned Sim,
Bardiaea, aa.
Fancy Oh. feat,
tola aaa latter
Crmcttp,,
ClMaaA
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b. c. spms.
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I hiTt attablbjhed a KKAL HTATI ilM al
the lowa e
welbon. n. a.
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FOR SALK OR RtRT.
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