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a. ewsf-A-ipeir, utoir, the people.
TEBMS-J-''1"1 ',:" ANNUM IN ADYANCB.
WELDON, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1SS5.
NO. 42.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS
W. H. KITt'HIN,"
W. A. Dl 5iN.
COUNTY ATTORNEY,
JITCHIS 4 DUNN,
TTOHXEYS A T LA If,
SCOTLAND NECK, N. C.
F. n.Bl'SBKK,
aALSWH.tl. C.
B. II. Ml ITU Jr.
SCUTLANIfNxcK, S. C
Vr. T. n. Burl.-c ami Mr. R. It Pmlth, Jr., Cam
floral Uw.liav. form,.,! a llmltcil mrmunlill
If1- th pr.cllea of lnw In Itnlifnj nullity. Mr.
Hiibeo will Bllrncl tlip iru "fllnllfaj. ri'iiilnrly.
f.nd will alio visit Urn comity whenever hlaiwli'u
uirequlrcd. aM-t lit ly
Q. U UZAUU HYMaV,
Attorney, it Law,
HALIFAX, N. C.
Oo. in the Court House, strict attention liven
to .11 lirsiictie. of the prufi-iwlun.
J.l U ly
rH0MA8 If. JJILL,
Attorney at Law,
HALIFAX, N. C.
Pnu-tlre. In HnllfXt unit artjolulrif countlea And
rdcr.l.ml Supreme cour'jj.
.hi a tr.
-J W. MA80N,
Attorney at Law,
OARYFBTRO, N. 0.
twllff. lo the ro'irt uf Northampton .nil ad
'elnlii. oounUca, aUo in llie Fcuual ami Supreme
murti. JmieSir.
"yALIBR X. DANIEL,
Attorney at Law,
WELDON, N. C.
ftartiew in Halifax and adjoinlnff rountlra.
8eciHl Htteiitkn given to cullis'linn. lu all part,
of the suite .lid proiupl re turn. muile.
fed 17 ly.
W. UALL,
Attorney at Law,
WELDON, N. C.
Spaolal attention a-lvcn to collection, and remit
tance, promptly mode. may 1 If.
M
ULLEN at MOORE,
Attorneyi at I. aw,
HALIFAX, K. C.
Practice in the counties of HalMis, Northampton,
MjEfcuinl, I'itt and Martin In the Miitirrniu 4-fnirt
of the stale end In the Federal Courts nrthe Kanterii
Pislriet. Collections made in any part nf the state.
Jhii 1 ly
JJR. J. E. SHIELDS,
Surgeon DeuUnt.
Having nemnncntly litei. ted in Weldun, ran be
an, at hlsnnieeit. Kiiiith b Uriels Itiiilding at nil
nie exeeiit uhrli li.Meiit mi i.n.d. itxliiii.il IhimIiixu
ireful attention given to all l-ranche uf the pro
"lnii. rurtits waited ut Itulr homes when de
July li! ly.
QU. t. L. HUNTER,
Burgeon Dentist.
Caii lit) fomul ttt ills timoc in KuiU'ld.
Pitn-NMtmumtxiiU'dtm fnr thu ruiiik-wt Extrie
tltnt of Teeth always un hand,
junc 1 tf
TRADE 1885.
I W iweinf and plaHny on tahl U popular
pricm full hneaof
Pint Wfelte Ooorti, India Lfuem, Mnen Uwm,
9undaiM PrltiU at to Mela.. Wonud, Poplin,
Luitre, Caahmtirea, Hunting, tkwh lilng
hama, Chts'k NHiinonkt, Prluti'd Cam
bric!, Embrofdariet, Looua. and
Edglngi.
A if WB LIKE OF NOTIONS AND
JEWELRY.
1T1AVY PLATED EAR-DROPS,
BEST EaSOLISH OAKNET EAR DROPS,
beautiful sc-ark pins.
A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF
HARDWARE,
SUCH A3
Carfrntert Tool; Pocket CuMfery ami
Wrort.
OOTS AND SHOES.
Mr (trocrt TVnartment h alio furnUhed with
HT), Meat, Urd, Molaaaea, Bvmp. Hnnr, ColT-.
Flnnr, Ait't, Butter, Peppar.epica.tanfi, boapaua
i,nr rarai.
T1 alao teMh very beat Tobacco and a
mr, nr I at
iteLdoJ fj; U.
CHOICE
LIQUORS AND
GROCERIES.
My Bar contalua til th choic ltranda ol
ViuM, Brandies. Whiskeys. Beer and mixed
Drinks aoe made in the Best manner. Ci
gars, Smoking and Chewing Tobacco. Call
and examine them.
FAMILY GKOCERIKS
are cheap and all the beat kinds constantly
oi kand and stock eontinunlly replenished,
epr 17 3m
fill
when i:t avi; mi;i:t.
No wurd of love tliy i if .r niiiic havi1 spuken,
No fund niri'sw lian iiiiuli' nlir inirlin' swt'.l ;
I thouKlit.soim'liiiw.i.nrlrmiroi'f luvt-wi-ivlmiken
If once our liji should iiu'd.
And yet, dear love, it t-rievrti inc Unit wp pitrtrd
Hoscniliit cold i vc iiuty tint meet iiKiiiir
Miiylutp the years ulll lind ids hroken heiirU'd
And wedded lo hlruiit,'' pnin.
Hut no! Siirlij-luoiny thounhtN iniiey find Brcrtiiig
Willini'tii'h the Jinpv that uuikes my Hit ore sweet.
We'll make amends fur our lusl peiinlve iiiccUiik,
Kweclheurt, lien m t we im-i t,
HONESTY THE BEST POLICY.
"I can't "luinl it iiny lunger, ('urnclia;
I'll tin out, mill n'rliai,i miiuclliing will
turn up fur us."
"It's a colli nielli, Itulicrt."
"Culil, yon ! Hut it's not uiucli culilcr
out tlian in. It would linv brtn much
better fur you it you lintl married John
Treiimin," lie said, bitterly.
Don't nay llnit, Hubert; I've never re
gretted my choiee."
"Not even when there is not a loaf of
bread in the house fur you and the chil
dren?" "Not even now, Hubert. Pou't be dis
couraged. (I'od has not forsaken us.
l'crhupa this Christmas live the tide will
turn; better days may dawn upon us to
morrow." Hubert Bruce shook his bead despond
ingly. "You are more hopeful than I, Corne
lia. Day after d:iy I have been in search
of employment. I have called at fifty
places, only to receive tbc same answer
everywhere."
Just then little Jimmy, who had been
asleep, wuke up.
"Mother," be pleaded, "won't you give
me a piece of bread ? I am so hungry."
"There is no bread, Jimmy, darling,"
aid the mother, with on aching heart.
"When will there be some?" asked the
little child, pitcously.
Tears came to tho mother's eyes. She
knew not what to do.
"Jimmy, I'll brinp; you some bread,"
said the father, hoarsely; and ho seized
his hat, and went to the door.
His wife alarmed, laid her band upon
his sleeve. She saw the look in his eyes;
she feared to what step desperation miht
lead him.
"Hemcmber, Hubert, she said, solemnly,
"it is hard to starve, but there are things
that are worse."
lie shook oil her baud, but not roughly,
and without a word, pass.'d out.
Out in the cold street I Tbero would
be their only Imiiie next. For a brii l
time longer he h.el lln' she lter of a che. r
less room, but the rent would become due
at the end of the mouth, and ho hail
nothing to meet it.
Hubert Hruee w.n a mechanic, com
petent and skillful. Three years since,
he lived in a country village where bis
expense were moderate, and he found no
difficulty in meeting them. Hut in an
evil hour ho grew tired of bis village
home, and remove I to tbc city. Here he
vainly hoped to do better. For awhile he
met with very good success; but a time of
great depression came, and with it a sus
pension of business enterprises. Work
ceased for Hobert and many others. If
he bad been in his old home, be could
have turned his hand to something else,
and, at the worst, could have borrowed of
his neighbor till better times. So day by
day he went out to seek work, only to re
turn disappointed. If ho had been alone
he could get on somehow, but it was a
ore trial to come to the cheerless room
and bis pale wife and hungry children,
with no relief to offer them.
When on that Christmas Eve, Hubert
Bruco wont into tho streets, ho hardly
knew how he was going to redeem the prom
ise he had made little Jimmy. Ho was
absolutely penniless, and bad been so for
three days. There was nothing that he
was likely to find to do that night.
"I will pawn my coat," he said. "I
oannot see my wife aud children starve."
It was a Well worn overcoat, and that
winter night ho needed something more to
keep him warm. Weakened by enforced
fasting, he was more scusitivo to the cold,
and shivered as he walked along the pave
ment. "Yes," ho said, my coat must go. I
know not how t shall get on without it;
but I cannot see the children starve be
fore my eyes."
He was not in general an envious man;
but when ho saw sleek, well-fed men, but
toned up to tho throat in warm overcnata,
come out of tho brilliantly lighted stores;
provided with presents for happy children
st hum;, while hii wtru .Wviiig, he uf
fcrrd some bitter thoughts, upou the in
equality of fortune's gifts, to come to his
mind. Why should they bo so happy,
while he was so miserable?
There was a time, he remembered it
well, when ho, too, suffered not the
Christmas Kve to pass without some little
gifts for Jimmy and Agnes. How little
he dreamed that they should ever want
bread I
There was one man, shorter than him
self, warmly clad, who passed him with
his hand thrust deep in the pockets of
his overcoat There was a pleasant smile
upon his faco. lie was, doubtless, think
ing of a happy circle at home.
Robert knew him as a rich cabinet
maker and upholsterer. Ho had ap
plied to this man only two daya before
for employment, and been refused.
Tt was, perhaps, the thought of the
wide difference between them, so far as
out ward circumstances wore, that led
Hubert to follow him.
After awhile the gentleman Mr.
Grimes drew bis handkerchief from his
po.ket. As he did so, be did not per
civo that his poiTiet-book canto with it,
and fell on the pavement.
lie did not perceive, bill Hubert did.
His heart leaped into his mouth, and a
sudden thought entered his iniud. lie
bent iiiielly down, ami picked up the
pocket book, lie raised his eyes to sec
if ihe movement was noticed. It was
not. Mr. (Irimes went on, unheeding bis
loss.
' This will buy bread for uiy wife and
children," thought Hubert, instantly.
A vision of tho comfort which the
money would bring that cheerless room
lighted up his heart for an instant, but
then (' he was not dishonest there
came another thought. The money was
not bis, much as he wanted it.
"But I cannot sec my wife and chil
dren starve," he thought, again. "If it is
wrong to keep the money, tiod will par
don the offence. He will understand my
motive."
All this was sophistry, and ho knew it.
In a moment he felt it to bo so. There
wore some things worse than starvation.
It was his wife who said this just before
he came out. Could he meet her gaze
when he returned with food so ob
tained? "I've lived honest so far," be thought,
"I won't turn thief now."
Willi an effort he came to this decision,
for all the while there was before bis eyes
that vision of a cheerless home, and be
cuuld bear Jimmy vainly asking for food.
It was with an effort that he stepped for
ward and placed his hand on the gentle
man's shoulder, and extended the hand
that held the pocket-hook.
Thank you," said Mr. Grimes, turning
round; "I hadn't perceived my loss. I
am much obliged to you."
"You have reason tu be," said Hobert,
in a low voice. "I was very near keep
ing it."
"That would have been dishonest," said
Mr. (jfimes, bis tone altering slightly.
" Yes, it would; but it is hard for a
man to be honest when ho is penniless,
and bis wife and ehildeti with a crust."
"Surely you and your children are not
in that condition?" said Mr. Grimes,
earnestly.
"Yes," said Robert; "it is only too true.
For two months I have vainly sought for
work; I applied to you two days since."
" l remember you now. I thought I
had seen you before. You still want
work ?"
"I should feel grateful for it."
"My foreman left me yesterday. Will
you take his place for til'tccn dollars a
week ?"
"Thankfully, sir."
"Then come to-morrow evening, or,
ralher, as to-morrow will be a holiday, the
day succeeding. Meantime, take this for
your piosent necessities."
He drew fratu his pocket sonic money,
and put it into Robert's hand.
"It's ten dollars !" said Hobert, in
amazement.
"I know it. The pockct-bouk contains
nearly two hundred dollars. But for you,
I should have lost the whule. I wish
you a merry Christmas."
"It will, indeed, be a merry Christmas,"
said Robert, with emotion. "Heaven
bless yon, sir I Good night !"
"Good night."
James waited for her husband in tbc
cold and cheerless loom, which for a few
days longer she might call her home.
An hour passed; there was a step on the
stairs her husband's. It could not be,
for this was a cheerful, elastic step, com
ing up 'wo stairs at a time. She looked
eagerly to the door.
"Yes, it was he. The door opened.
Robert, radiant with joy, entered with a
basket full ol substantial provisions.
"Have you got some bread, father?"
a-keil Jimmy, hopefully.
"Yes, Jimmy, some bread and meat,
and here's a little tea and sugar. There's
a few coals left, aro there not Jane? Let's
hare a comfortable meal, for, please God,
this shall be a merry Christmas,"
"How did it happeu? l'ray tell me,
Robert."
So Robert told his wife; and roon a
bright lire lit lip the In-fore cheerless room,
and there were four happy hearts that
.uted in joyful hope for tlio dawn uf a
''merry Christinas Day."
The next week they moved to better
quarters. They have never since known
what it was to want. Robert found a
firm friend ill Mr. Grimes, and has rea
son to remember, with a grateful heart,
God's goodness on that Christmas Evo.
Invalid Wife "The doctor says that
the less I eat the belter." Husband
"Ho is quite right." Invalid Wife (face
tiously) "Hut if I should follow his ad
vice literally I wouldn't eat anything.
Consequently I would die." Husband
"Certainly, but that doesn't weaken the
doctor's position any."
A descriptivo writer said of a pompous
man that he looked as if he knew so much
that it made him unhappy.
tiii: SNOW.
II V llENKV WARD llKKCIIEU.
The falling of the snow gave sonic
thoughts to Mr. Beeher for his sermon.
"Consider tho weakness and the power
ef the snow," ho said. "Can anything be
gender? The child's hand catches it and
subdue it. Krc he can see it it is gone.
The babe can master that which masters
mankind. Boys gather it; it is submissive.
All tilings seem stronger than the snow,
new bom. Yet, one night's weaving aud
it covers llie earth, through wide latitudes
and longitudes, with a garment that all the
looms of the earth could not have furnished.
One day more and it sinl s the fences un
derneath it, obliterates all roads and levels
the whole land as spade and plough and
ten thousand times ten thousand engineers
and workmen could not do it. It lavs its
band upon the roaring engine and blocks
its wheels. It stands before the harbor
and lets down a w hite darkness that baffles
the pilot and checks the home-returning
ship. It mounts the hills and mountains,
and, gathering its army without sound of
drum or trumpet, until tho day comes
when it charges down, and who tan with
stand its coming in battle array? What
power is this in the host of weakness? So
the thoughts of good men small, silent,
gathering slowly at length arc masters of
time and of the ages. If such be the power
of God's weakness, what must he the al
mightiness of Gud, the thunder of His
power?
"Consider, also, that the decent of snow
has relations not alone thus to fancy, but
it is also a worker. It has become a pro
verb that the snow, fresh and new fallen,
is the poor man's manure. It gathers again
the waste material ofthe earth, and, spread
ing it with equal distribution over the
lands, brings back to them their richness.
Without the stroke of hammer or the
turning wheel, more is going on under the
silent suow to-day than in all the smithies,
than in all the factories upon the earth.
The powers of Cud upon earth are all silent
underworkers.
"As we perceive in the uses uf wiuler
not simply chill and cold aud waste and
barrenness, but all forms of beauty, all
promises of strength and all lope for the
coming summer, so may not our ..inter of
trouble be to us ?
tiii: i i'TiitK Mnvse.UMcn.
A few hundred years, says a writer in
the Portland (Me.) 'J'niiim'iil, make a
future beyond all comprehension; we have
no idea of the possibilities, except by con
trasting wilh the past and present. A
newspaper of one hundred years ago is a
curiosity of more value than thousands of
years of old pottery and bric-a-brac.
Why? Because it gives a true history of
(he lime when piibli.-heil, relates to facts
that would be otherwise unknown, it
touches facts beneath the historian's notice,
yet of real interest to the people of to-day.
Take one year's file of any metropolitan
daily uf l SS I one hundred years from now,
and you will have a history of the World
beyond comparison. No historian would
dare compete with the simple newspaper
bought anywhere for two or three cents,
worth to llie future generations sums not
to be covered by money in fact beyond
value. All this has come about in one
bundled years. Now add a few hundred
years to the newspaper and what will be
the outcome?
First Every town will have a paper of
its own.
Second Type will be set by machinery
with the rapidity uf electricity.
Third Every paper will contain a di
rectory of every soul in town, giving full
name, age, description, weight, business;
directly below these these facts, a space
will lie lell ami daily the vraicil movements
of individuals will be given; no mailer
how Minplc the fact it will apiicar, and
make a diary every day, such us many
privately keep at present.
Fourth A list of births, deaths and
marriages will appear, including the whole
world.
Fifth The pa-r will be bulky, but not
disagreeably so; a lable of contents will
readily put llie reader ill the right track,
at d book form about tbc size of the Truut
n t)it, will make an easily handled papir
which will he sufficiently still' tu hold easi
ly. No event will be too small to appear;
all business, pleasure, sorrow, will he de
picted in concise and appropriate form
As a reference, ihe paper of the future
will equal an en'-y!op:rdia of to day.
ill now u i:i.i. iiiim:i.
Among the great fortunes made dur
ing war time was that of W. 0 , a
l'hilailelaliian, who in partnership with
a younif New York broker, made a large
purchase of rutin just at the out break uf
the Robellion. The pries p:iid was seventy-live
cents a barrel. The prico ad
vanced very rapidly, and in a short time
the sticky compound was worth 81 a
barrel. Tho plucky I'hiladelphian mort
gaged his profits and not only bought out
his partner's sharj in tho merchandise,
but added largely to his stock. When he
finally closed out tho speculation at 1 12
to $."0 a barrol, ho had cleared a fortune.
He now livot in a beautiful homo in
West Philadelphia as the results of hit
'oresight.
SAW III W MOTHER'S ill()ST.
AND TWO DAYS LATER HE ENTERED THE
UIIOSTl.V REALM HIMSELF.
Hartford, December 20. Last Monday
night Patrick Donnelly, of this place, im
agined that lie saw his mother, who has
been dead for years. The next morning,
while at work at the. l'falt & Whitney
Company's saw mill, he was struck by a
piece of wood and injured so severely that
he died on Wednesday. The strange oc
currence is causing a great deal of com
ment. According to the story uf the
widow, her husband uu Monday night
took down from the shelf a volume of
poetry to read, and the litst poem which
opened to bis hand was one uf "Dealh."
He began to read this, when his wife beg
ged lum to desist as it oppressed her.
lie smilcil at tier tears anil, remarking
that he wollil do some writing before he
retired, closed the book. Mrs. Donnel
ly bade him good night and left the
room.
Mr. Donnelly had nearly completed
his task when he heard the kit hen door
open. Failing to hear the sound of its
being closed he came to the conclusion
that it was his dog which had entered.
lie had barely entered the kitchen wheu
lifting kis eyes he beheld in the middle
of the apartmcut (he figure of an old
woman, clad in dark garments, and about
her stoopitig shoulders there fell the folds
of a black shawl. Her face was wan and
pale and very sad. She lilted her guant
band and made a motion towards hi,
then turned, walked slowly across the
floor and out through the slill ripen door.
She disappeared in the gloom and the
door swung too and closed itself, leaving
Mr. Donnelly standing awe-stricken at
the othor end uf the runin. In a moment
he regained his usual presence of mind
and hurried to Ml bed room, where his
wife, who was still awake, asked him what
was the trouble.
"t have seen my dead mother," be said
in an affrighted manner.
She tiied to persuade him that he was
mistaken, but he lightly adhered to bis
assertion.
lie then related the facts as above
given and appeared very much depressed.
His wife tndeavored to cheer him, but all
tu no purpose. Alter a short time he
retired; and as stated ntoe Tuesday mim
ing, went tu work aud Hl'teen minutes
aftev commencing bis labors received the
injury which caused his death.
akoi t tiii: iiaik.
HOW TO Dll ESS IT AND IIOW TO CAR E FOR
IT VAI.I Alll.E HINTS.
To have beautiful hair and keep it in
health requires as much care as the teeth
nails or face. So lu.iiiy twist the hair up
in becoming fashion the year round, and
wonder that it gets streaked, thin in
spots, and seems harsh and dry. The
hair should be loosened every night be
fore retiring combed free from all tangles
with a bone comb (rubber combs have
doue much to split and break the hair
nearly all have too much electricity tu
use rubber); iheiiusea slilf brush for a
long lime, brnshiiig from the top to tho
Very ends.
It is well for the lady whu has a uiaid
fur it is impossible lu brush one's hair if
very long. Theu kraid aad fasten the
ends with soft silk braid for the night.
The scalp should be kept clean and
healthy; wash occasionally, tnd have it
thoroughly shampoueil two or three times
a year.
To wash, braid the hair loosely ill sev
eral braids, take a raw egg, and lub it
thoroughly into the scalp (if beaten first
it rubs it belter,) then rinse in cold water
with a little ammonia incorpuratdu in it,
wring the braids in a cuarse towel; sit by
a fire or in the sun until dry, then comb
out tho braids. The braiding prevents
much snailing. Where one's hair is thin
a quinine lotion will prevent its falling
out and give lifo to the roots. The Paris
ian fashions fur dressing children's hair
are as follows: Ringlets are must favored
fur baliies. Utile girlt have their hair
waved and falling down the back wilh a
colored ribbon to keep it in place. Some
young girls have revived the fashion of
light hair nets, wilh large niches, in
which the hair falls louse and as low
down as Ihe middle of Ihe back. This
style shows the hair to great advantage
and will probably meet wilh general op
mv,,. From sixteen to wivcol.u yews
uf age the hair is worn high and twisted
un the top of tbc head. W ith this meth
od of arranging the hair round hats have
no elastics, so as not to conceal any part
uf the pretty waves which the hair forms
when tliui raised from the ne of neck.
The hat is fastened to the hair by a steel
pin with a shell or jet bead.
"Its too bad," she said, coming into the
dining-room, "but that nice pan of cream
in the cellar was soured by the thunder
storm last night, I don't know what to do
with it." "Isn't the window Junes hav
ing a hard time of it wilh her three little
children," he asked. "Yea, she is wretch
edly poor, I understand." Well, you
had better give it to her."
Largo cars aro said to denote generosity.
The mule is very generous with his heels.
IIEN'mtlCKH' FlltSTCASE.
INTKR EST I Ml A S Kf I KIT EM (IF THE VlfE
PRESIDENT'S) EARLY LIFE.
A' oixm iYj TYmes.
"I gave Tom Hendricks his first law
ease," remarked Mr. Jacob Vernon to a
Timm reporter yesterday at Independence.
"That was away back in Ihe forties. 1
was clerk of the Circuit Court of Shelby
comity, Ind., and young Hendricks had
just relumed from law sc hool at Wash
ington, Pa. He was a very industrious
young man, and seemed to be n natural
born lawyer. At. the time I speak of
a gentleman asked me in regal d lo a law
yer to take charge of the settlement of an
estate. I recommended Tom, and be
managed affairs in such a tnann.ir that it
wits hut a short time until he had a well
established practice.
"He soon gained such a reputation that
lie was sent to the Legislatuio as a repre
sentative of that county. After that be
was elected a delegate tu the State Con
stitutional convention. Here be gained
a State reputation by his earnest cham
pionship of a question which came before
that assembly. I was present at that con
vention and was much amused at the
interest taken in Tom by a mat named
McKenzie, who was holding the position
of doorkeeper. He came to me and
asked me who that young fellow was who
was speaking. I told him it was Tom
Hendricks.
"Where was he raised?" asked he.
"In the swamps of Shelby county," an
swered I.
"Well, he will make his mark in this
world, if ho was raised in the swamps,"
remarked McKenzie, and suro enough ho
did long ago,
"During Hendricks' canvass for Con
gress the first time 1 accompanied him
over the district. Over in Hancock coun
ty (here was u delegate elected who we
thought would not Vote as he talked.
"I was clerk of the Congressional con
vention, aud met the delegate from Han
cock and asked him if he would vote fur
Tom. .
"Vote for him?" said he. "Yes and
stay here till the corn tassels to nominate
him." The fellow proved faithful, and
Tom received thu nomination without any
trouble.
"Ilendiicki was one of the most suc
cessful lawyers that ever went before a
jury. He probably inherited much of
his good sense from bis mother whom he
favored in features and actions very
much. His father, Maj. Hendricks, was
a tanner by trade and carried on a busi
ness at Shelliyville.
"There weie four sons and two daugh
ters in the family. Abraman, the elder
son, was a Presbyterian minister, and
died several years ago. James still lives
at Shelliyville, and 1 believe, is engaged
in merchantile pursuits. Of the daugh
ters, Jenuiu married a Dr. Webb, of Ken
tucky, who died in a shoit time. She
afterward married a Dr. Pierce, of Indian
apolis, but did not long survive this mar
riage. About two years after her death,
Dr. Pierce married Annie, the youngest
daughter, vvith whom he now lives. Tom
mother died at his house at Indianapo'is
only a f. w years a jo.
"Tom inarrird a young lady named
Miss Kli.i M irgan. who reside 1 near t
cinnati. He bad been married but a few
davs when he came to my olliee and asked
the loan of STo", which amount h said
he required to liui-h paying fur kis hous--hold
crfocts. Me al'lerward t.ild llie lb.il
it was theon;y money had ever lioiriW
ed ill bis lit.-.
DR. R VRNI'.V S I A iilll S t'A
TIENT.
DEATH OF A 1'HVSH'IAN WHO HAVE
STONEWALL JAI'ISOS A LEASE OF
LIFE.
New York Kvt-liIliK 1W.
Dr. Lawtenco Barney, of Hendcison
whose death was announced on Thursday,
was one of the most noted physicians in
the northern part uf tho Slate, and wtt
at une time president uf the State Medical
Beard, lu the spring uf 1K,"3 a man,
wasted almost lu a skeleton by dyspepsia,
was taken tu Dr. Barney's bouse ou a
bed by friends in this city. He was ('apt.
Jackson, of the I'nited Statu army, and
was taken to Dr. Harney as a last resource
The doctor had him taken into the house,
and after several months, sent him back
tn his post, in una uf the furl in this har
bor, a well man.
At the first battle of Bull Hun a rela
tive of Dr. Barney, who was major uf the
Twrllth Artillery Regeiuent, was killed.
Some of bis comrades who were bearing
his body from the field were captured by
a detachment of the Black Horse Caval
ry. Soon afterwards a general officer
Mile up and learning that the dead officer
was a relative of Dr. Harney, diiected that
the body be embalmed and the men relea
sed on parole to escort it to Dr. Barney,
with the message from Stonewall Jackson
that this act was done in tokea of grati
tude to lira tor having saved hit (Jack
lot's) life when he was dying of the 'dys
pepsia. It is said that Mary Anderson's arms
are to long that sho can wrap them three
times around Romeo's neck.
OEN'EltAL NEWS.
Young lady physicians are multiplying
in Germany,
An elephant herd is always led by a fe
male, never by a male.
A ranchman in Texas owns six thous
and horses.
Love is not blind in Boston. It's sim
ply near-sighled.
There arc no old maids in Boston. They
call themselves 'baehelcltcs.'
One reason girls are so fond of oysters is
that they ((he oysters) have beards.
The latest vagary of fashion is that kilt
skirts should be made of dead black mate
rial. Rhode Island has produced six poetesses,
The only gisid thing about Rhode Island
is its littleness.
The demand for napkin rings uiade uf
wood grown at Walter Scott's home Al-
bottsford, is proving a great drain on the
forests uf Maine.
'What can give such a finish to a room
as a tender woman's face ?' asked George
Eliot. A i listing brush in a tender wo
man's hand is the right answer.
Gen. Sherman is said to dislike kissing
Boston girls. He has kissed too many
New York girls. Alter a man has drank
old crow whiskey he doesn't want to drink
Jersey apple jack.
'I am poor,1 he pleaded, 'but I am young
and strong, and cuuld make you happy I
am sure.' 'Oh, yes,' she respuuded, 'pos
sibly, but its principal I want, not men.'
HOPELESS I.OVE.
Wankinyton Litter in ltaltimore American.
Hemiuisceuccs uf Democratic adminis
trations of years gone by are coustatly
coming to light. "Right over there,"
said an uld society beau recently, pointing
to a brownstonc front near the Executive
Mansion, "lives a woman who might have
been mistress of the White House under
Democratic rule if she had seen fit to ac
cept the hand of James Buchanan. She
comus from a very wealthy Pennsylvania
family and was courted by Mr. Buchanan.
Her people wanted her to marry him, but
she didn't want to. She loved a poor
clergyman, rector uf a church in her
town; but the family didn't want her to
marry him, and su they arranged that ho
should bo bo quietly transferred to an
other post, some hundreds or thousands of
miles away. This broke up the match
and the maiden too, fut she went into re
tirement at once and has married nobody.
Neither the banishment of her clergyman
nor the elevation of Mr. Buchanan to the
Presidency could make her change her
mind, and and she remained and sad
woman, living there alone with her wid
owed sister in (hat great mansion, with
actually mote uioii-y than than they know
how to use. They are the richest people
in Washington, possibly executing Mr.
Corcoran, and they do nothing with their
wealth except to keep up their magnifi
cent establishment and pet a lot of cata
anldo-s." The lady referred to it the
one of who'ii the story is tuld that Mr.
Corcoran one day suit her a polite note
somewhat is as follows : "My Dear
Madam; I have been for s.ime lime think
ing uf enlarging the Arlington Hotel.
If yon wiil stale the value of your brown-
stone mansion a Ijoiuiu;, 1 will send you
my cheek for the amount." To which
she r--j.lt d : "My Dear Mr. Corcoran : I
have i'or some time been thinking of en
larging uiy flower gard n. If you will
slate the va'u of ihe Arlington Hotel
adjoining. I wi'l s od y .u uiy check for
the uui.uiii.. "
T!iu.vr.. .i.:.sr.ti.v.
A shoe factory failed, says a lettter to
the Chicago Inter-O. ean. and the old man
went over when they fold the assets it
auction. He bought a waguu load of
shoe pegs, brought them home and put up
them in an oatbin. When a farmer put
his horse, the uld man wuuld give the an
imal four quarts of shoe pegs and charge
fifty cents fur them. It was a dark barn,
and the owner could not tell them from
oala. Of course the horses wouldn't cat
any, and the fartuer would get seared be
cause they had lost their appetite. The
old luau hail a miiture whieh he cuuld
recommend iu tueh cases, tad which he
had at fifty cent, t bottle.
It was a harmless stuff mi! was made
by stirring up thistle topi or something
tf that tort, but it hail t great reputation,
for the horses would bo given a dose be
fore they started, and another when they
got home, and, having had nothing but
shoe pegs all day, they were hungry
enough to eat their own heads off by the
time they got a taste of oats. The
credit of the appetite was given to the
medicine, of course, and tho old man got
a big reputation as a horse doctor and
made a mint of money nut of the
thritle-top soup.
Ethel "Oh, mamma, I've eot tuch a
pain I" Mother "Where, dear?" Ethel
(a refined child") "In mv sash, mamma."
luiat is t tavonte dish in nan Francis
co, lays a correspondent, but we see noth
ing unusual in that, as nearly everybody
eats butter.
ADVERTISEMENTS
Warren Leland,
whom everybody knows as tlio succoaafal
uauagur of the
Largest Hotel Enterprises
ef America, nays that while a paawncer '""
Nw York on board a ship going around Cape
Horn, in tha early dayi of emigration to Cal
If.iriiin, hn Ir iriK d thiit ona of lh offloari of
tin) rem-d b ul eared himself, during tba Toy
atr, of au oiistiuatu ducats by ilia us of
Ayer's Sarsaparilla.
Blnce then Mr. Lilakp has recommemlad
AVer's SAitsAFAKtr.M tn nmiiy ilmllar
attii. and ho has nevor yet hanrdof its fall
aro to ctfuct a radical cum.
Some yean ago one of Mr. LfT.Airn's fans
laborer! hrniMod hi leg. Owing to ths bad
State of hit blond, an udy uprofnloui swelling
or lump ajipnared on tl.a injnrpd 11 nib. llor
rlble Itching of tha skin, with burning and
dartinjr palna through tho lump, matte Ufa
almost iiitotiTa'iin, The leg bream enor
nioiiRlyeiilnriii'd.nti'I run ulna ulcers formed,
dlRcharKlnK (frcat iiiantltles of extremely
off ens' vp mutter. No trratment was of any
arall until H.o mnn, by Mr. I.f land's dlrea
lion. w;i mii'i'lied with Avrit'a Barsafa
IILLA, whieh allayfld the pn lit and Irritation,
totaled tho sores, remored the swelling, aad
Completely restored the limb to use.
Mr. LzulXD has personally used
Ayer's Sarsaparilla
for It .?nmnt Ism, with entire soeeess ; and,
after car. ful enervation, declares tha. la
bis belief, Uiero Is no niL-ulciua lu the world
qual to It for the euro of Liver Disorder
Gout, tho cflV-cts of hish living-, lalS
Rheum, Bores, I.runUons, and ail tha
various f urine of blood diseases
We bare Mr. Lc land's permission to larlta
all who may desire further evidence la regard
to the eitraoriiinnry euratlrs powers ol
AYZtt'S 8a ItSAPAItlLLA to sea li!m Bwrsstt
ally either at his mammoth Ocean Hotel,
Long Drench, or at the popular Leland llotsl,
liroadway, 2Tth and 2tb Streets, Kew Ysrk.
Mr. Leland's extensive knowledg et tao
good done by this unequalled ermdleatavaf:
blood poisons ambles him to gin laqiircit
much valuable Information.
PSEPAHID IT 1
Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mill,
SoU by all Druggists; II, sU bottles for H.
t&ppby m m:
PETERSBURG, VA.
MANUFACTURERS OF
ENGINES, TOBACCO, HAY AND
COTTOU PRESSES,
9-8aw Mill., Orlat Mill,. Mill trans, flows,
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