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VOL. XVIII.
.A. NEWSPAPER POR THE PEOPLE.
WELDON, N. C, THURSDAY, SEl'TEMRER 2d, 1887.
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The value f 1- I.OI It depends upon llm
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SIMMONS,
PHARMACISTS,
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tlmnlMffthp torpid llvrr. alrnifth
tiiNaiellr'ativ wrkHim. riiluleB IhO
buU. witl itr uu4UHlel an
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KebSIf
UiIhmiiaiIu. Cut litis nut imt w-
mm tii n. Anil we will sl yi
rroe.s.inii-tliliiKiifreut Hlue nml
liniMirUniei1 tuymi, Hint will FUrt
..... limn uiivtltkiiir 1-l.u IU tilts wurlil.
i.n m-wi wit I'll w iin nif vim in niiirv iiiiiii-
Any .nic esn tin Hi sl live St hniiie. Kither
ik'i nil ski. Si.iiU'llillitt lu-w. Hist Jii.tii.hii' num.
ev furllit' surkeni. We will .Urt yon: enlnlsl Hot
uei'ilwl. TIiIh Is one of Hie Kinoilne. Iinporuni
eliams rr liftthe Tln who tre smWtlniu
And fiilnrlsliiic will mit di-lsy. min outfit rrva
Auilrw. mcU,Auiuii,.iui,
dwill)'.
r.tOI'OSAL A NO answek.
"If. Invf, ymir fi i t i an UitU w ilh miiif.
Tin- w.i llmf I tmut tiviii.
Ami ifynii ivlll lint fcur, HkiiikIi t:loi.ll
hlltiHli) f-'iillltT KVtTln'il.l;
lliil ultli a 1-mvf ami kimlly lu urt
sti'l takt- mr fur ynurKiiliii' ;
I iilflitr myKi'lf In ytui f.ir lift';
1 iifk yn fur my hrlilt.
"lfymiHH mil ymir luiml in mliit',
li( tiiy; 'Vluiti,iT Ih ilulit',
Imtt'iTis Kiiiui-il. wlmtrVr Ih Itwt.
Wt- Iwk art- alii iiyii mil';
If you cmi KriiKji my i rut' rlnlit ha ml,
Tliroiicli nil tin- (.trlff of llli-,
Ami fi'i I (hut ymi fiiu tniit its run:
Tht ii, (larlinx, Ik- my w iff.
If your lit'iirl miln rt'spoiinlri', Ion,
T'i cvt'ry tlirnli of minr,
I, Ik c ttniut'hVVi.'1'l liiclixly Unit kt't'jiH.
Sol only tiiUf. hill tiliH',
, (fur not. tlit'ii U trust my hwirt,
Fviir not tt Iw my w iff,
dive nit' your liniul, uml wnlk witli mo
TliriniLili all tin- inyn of lifr.'
"Come, i Invji my luuiil, nml I ill luki.
Von for my niiuril ami nuiilf;
And if tlif way In- eVr nnnjli,
We'll ciiinl. It Md.il.yitMt.-.
And il'Uir Wfiy In- sm-inlli and fuir,
A ml t,'tux ami f..rlnii'S lilt-sn,
W iiy, tli-ii. lof l.nlitfiif t'UTy (juiu,
Ami d'HiUiw .tiiiin'S4.
"I'or iny heart only Unts ftr ymi,
It amvf ruall yiu tlitim;
It frff ly tiikt's what ymi fuu give
Your lovt', your iiand, ytair iiamc.
It duos not fear, Itiit trusts In you
ThmiiKli iillllit' ttiiyn of life;
II ymi ran lie my lnbaml tliio,
1 fan In- ymir true ife "
A VAGABOND.
II V J I I. I K E . W K T II E R E L I,
.liuiiny llayle sat on the piuc straw with
his hack against a tree, and looked ahout
him. It was a dry, hrijjht, dusty day of
autumn, with it hurtling sun and a coo
wind, lletohcrhad passed through the
woods her torch, and set the hranches on
lire, and in spile of the, Jew of noon, there
was a feeling ii the air of the "slow ap
proach of winter.
Meanwhile, Jimmy's hand-orpin tested
on the u'rntiml lies'dc him, and the attend
ant monkey jjatiihulled as far as his chain
would allow, lint llcppo had that amia
lite and patient dipn.-.iliu, common to
monkeys, which seems to lend itself readi
ly to a monotonous life, and seeks to alle
viate it hy a hundred little pranks.
sealed himself on a stump, and ho-
pin to miiu.-h n raw onion that he held in
ah paws ; wrinkling his wizened face in
:tu ie:ntii.td way us he hit into the odurous
Inilo. Then, to add variety to the repast .
he flung the onion on the ground, and
pitched hcadliiii after it fmni the stump.
riicti he tiled holding it with hind-paws
while he ate. Then he dUcardcil it alto
gether, and scrambled toward Jimmy, at
an awkwanl run unpleasantly suggestive
ol' a human being on all-fours. Then he
,ade a futile yrab at a passing lly ex
amined Ins empty paw eautioiHy, ana
stuHcil it into his mouth with n foolish
simjier.
lint the onion was the beginning and
nd of all things and he always returned
to it with unabated interest. He had a
II .conscious ail, perhaps the result of
his public career: although, indeed, the
monkey is the only animal capable of ex
pressing scli'-eonsciousness. The others
are supremely iudill'erotit (o the opinion
of mankind.
Hut Jimmy was nut thinking of llcppo.
lie threw oil his battered hat, and ran his
hands through his hair.
Thi is good," said he; ''it makes mo
feel young.''
It had been many a year since he had
set his feet in this coiner of Mississippi;
but the face of natuie dues not ''grow out
of all knowliMge," as towns and people do.
Thcsml looked as young as when his eyes
first beheld it.
Musi be g, nin' old," he mused. ' I
didn't ue to like the thought o' home
secuicd to me like beiu' tied down to
"pot, an' dnidgiu' there all your days."
I'll' "mice Ol llie hi;hiy ' had alw.iV:
.all"! fltciiu ulv upon .li.niny. lie Mie
i Ism a;:a'iolci, :.nd a hniiiiii mil, lo.ipi et
able lie Would hate bu ll llli.-pc ik ibly ill
"lite In him.
I i li oi iii iliiid i hi ly , and, to pleas
Aniii , hi-. 1'r. -h ih'i'ked )i,nng wile, lu
ll, id sin k mauti. Hy to bis trade of till
Mill
lint le n ho di d, h aving it year old
lnld lie oblloi'.ll vm .1 l .be iln.ilved.
uu ' he b.-j.iii to ad a r -vine; ot'e, pi.-l.in '
,.p "dd job. h ic on I ill l , an I l.ibilig
it ill -I u. I. .iu g.m ol the tramp.
Ml- l l Hie, the widowed sister uf his
wile, had little pitietiee wiih him.
''You ain't fniin' to have the charge ol
it child," she said. ''You give I.iuer lo
in ', uu' I'll take ear.- o' her. If you kill
make uut to do ii, you'd belter Bend me
Minic money, now an' ihen, to pay lor lu r
elo'cs not that I enint mil di on your doin'
it," she added, Ni-verely.
i-'iucj then, Jim nv h id h i. n n wan I r
er. He had seen manv cities, ami known
many h iadhips, but had always managed
to pick up a living and, after all, Imw
much better it wan than being fettered hy
all mrls of rubs'
. At lust, one day in New Orleans, llm
bright idea occurred lu him to buy tin
hund-organ and monkey of an Italian who
Wtifi anxious to hc!!. Jimmy had triis lo
drive a sharp bargain en the plea that the
monkey, us well us the hand organ, was
"aceond handed." But the Italian main
taioeJ iloiitly mat lloppo was as ;;ouJ as
new, and would not abate Ins price so
much m one cent,
It proven an excellent investment, tor
Jimmy went into the rural districts where up
monkeys and hand-organs are exciting
novelties, and the public ear is not sated
with con-taut repetitions, of the ''Unhide
Duet," ami "Hood by, honey, I'm gone."
At whatever cluster of houses he stop
ped he was sure of an admiring audience,
and Heppo always handed his gaudy cap
back to his master iiiite heavy with small
coin. It was llcppo who made the per
formance success, for the children
shrieked with delight us he hobbled about,
cap in hand, bis tail protruding absurdly
from bis scarlet skirt.
So Jimmy had made money, and,
strange to say, had saved it.
In bis vagabond life he had taken little
note of lime, and imw, when he stopped
to think, he was startled to find how many
years had reeled away.
"I'm gcttin'on in years," he said to
himself, with h pang.
Was the day to come when his ears
would be too dull lo hear the voice of the
highway, his limbs too feeble to follow,
even if he heard ? Somehow, he wanted
to get ''home" again, and, by this token,
he seemed to feel the lir.-t chill breath of
approaching; age.
He wanted to see l.iua, his daughter,
who inu-t be "nigh onto twenty year," as
he phrased it.
"Folks said we were a mighty handsome
couple," thought Jimmy. "I don't sec
no womt n nowadays that've got red cheek
like Annie had. I wonder if l.ina favors
hi r, now she's grown."
After he had seen his daughter, he
would take the road again, to earn more
money and save it, as a provision fur the
old age that seemed advancing.
"'Fears to me like I can't see us good
us 1 did," he muttered, getting slillly on
his feet, and passing his hand across his
eyes.
lie felt sluggish, and the organ seemed
to weigh more heavily on his back than
ol'yore. lie gave the monkey ipiito a
paternal smile, as the creature scrambled
up on his shoulder. Jimmy was fond of
animals, and II 'ppo had been a compan
ion to hint.
lie was still some distance from Palmy
ra, his native village. His usual plau was
tu pass the night in tho house of some
good-natured countryman; carrying in his
knapsack the daily supply offend lor him
self and l'n ppo.
A day's tramp brought liini near l'al
uiM'a, and he began to realize that it was
illness, not age, that was prcAsiug upon
hiiii.
How his feet flagged ! lint it was nut
far oil' not so very far and l.ina would
nurse hiiu now that he was sick.
He wondered if many changes had
taken place iu the village, lie could see,
in fancy, his sister iii-law'spriui little house,
painted yellow, with brown shutters, the
neat little while fence, iind, in the yard,
the Caiie jasmine bushes, the rosy crape-
mvrtle trees, and the niimoi spreading its
feathery brunches like u sun-shade. How
Well he remembered that genteel, chilly
parlor of hers, with the hm'sc-hair furni
ture; the fireplace bloekid up wiih a screen
of gaudily flowered paper; the long-faced
clock on the high uianlle-pieee, flanked by
two large pink shells; u blue vase nt one
nd, and at the other, a white plu.-tcr deer
that had veiy black eyes, u red nose, and
highly arched eyebrows, which gave it an
expression of perpetual surprise.
Jimmy knew these adornments oy heart.
He had conned them over so often (hose
long, dull Sundavs that he aud Annie hud
pent, with Mrs. Crane, in the old days.
Well, here he was in l'almyra at last.
It looked very much the same. There
was i li couriiioiise Willi its skv-hlue Umiie
and the tall clnck-towt r; but he cullbl no
lunger tell the hour, at .-tieh u distance.
F.vcrything was dull and iiiiet. A few
horses were tied at u rack facing one of the
s.ilo..iis, an I some moil were si, ting in
front of the won; h T beat oil stores. All
ox wagnn or. c.vl s along ill., street, villi II
i ut. r d n.'.iro driver trudging beside it,
era. sing Ins wlnti, uinl shouting eticoiir.
agm in In lirnii ly. Whisky, lenrati and
liid. Aiioih' r wagon was stopping nt
the gruci ry. and one of the oxi ll Was ly iug
down, dragging the yoke heavily on the
p.iiioiil neck of his mate.
Jimmy led I" pa-" the ;!:'.:rjl on l.U
way to his -i-dr in law's house.
lb in was a traiisformat'.oii I It was
Itchly painted, and had stained glass
windows, tpiile like a city church. Some
thing was going on inside perhaps a
wedding. As Jimmy stopped and rested
his organ mi the huiiipiclt , with Hcppo
on top of it, the bitibil party came forth.
The brideg'ooui wore a look of sheepish
joy. His boots and his hair shone iilike
with un oily lustre. His pantaloons were
not tpiile long enough, und his fiock-
coat was too short in the waist clearly he
was a village beau. The bride was robed
in thin white muslin, lavishly trimmed
with chinp lace. A wreath of white arli-
tnial flowers bristled around her pretty,
rosy I'uco, and she wore clumsily fitting
white kid gloves; but nothing would vul
gurize the shining of her deep brown eyes.
A crowd of young people followed her,
the girls in light, fresh dresses and bright
libbotis, ami with llieiu uu elderly woman
in a gown of fume wiry gray stuff. Jimmy
recognized his sister-in-law.
"Lord! the ain't changed," he thought;
I "got just (he tame sharp look outer her
eye.
She ain't grown nooldcr - just dried
The bride turned and addressed her us
'aunt."
Jitninv's he.iit gave u great lluill of
pride. This was his daughter, this young
lady ! lie and Annie had not had nich
a lino wedding. He felt like rushing up
to h"i, and ti lling her he was her father.
Hut ut this moineiit, one of the girl's
said, ipiite audibly ;
"J tiny, just look ut that lmriid man.
1 feel right scared of him."
Jimmy sluank back. No doubt, his
tangled hair, and eyes bloodshot with
fever made him an unpleasant sight. This
was not the time to press his relationship
with Una. He Would get a night's lodg
ing somewhere in the village, und "sorter
fix up" before going to his sister-in law's
house.
He paused at u small cottage on the
edge of l'almyra. Of old, the Lemons
hail lived here; but when he knocked, a
slrange lace appeared at the door.
"Kin 1 get u night's lodgin' here?''
"Kin you?" repeated the man, stepping
hastily back, and speaking with angry sar
casm., "Nut much, you can't, with llieiu
spots all over your face. The country 'a
full o' sin ill pox; but we haven't had none
here, an' we don't want inuie. So ymi
clear mil. an' don't be giv in it to other
folks. The Mayor won't allow yen in
the town," he added, with the pitilcsstiess
ol' terror.
lie shimmed llie door, and retired, call
ing: "Almiry: you Almiry, fetch me the
eatuphil'e bottle."
Jimmy turned away, wiih a swelling
heart, lie was an outcast, tin n Jimmy
llayle, who had been always welcome
among his wandering companions, and had
been called u good fellow. Hut he would
ask nothing more of any man, he sai l to
himself, as he toiled along whither?
lie scarcely knew.
lie came to an empty cabin, standing
nut far from the road. It was
enough place, and the floor would i
hard bed; but at least it Would be
over his hea l.
pool
- II
e "row worse ami wor:
"I b'li.ve I'm ily in,' he muttered, "an'
I never got home, after all."
lie tried to frame a prayer, and fix his
mind on pious things. Hut all he would
think of was the grei u and-white t huivh
where he had gone to Sunday-School.
The picture Mse before him of himself
seated on a ben. h, swinging his bare
feet. The back door stood open, and his
thuiighls went wandering out like Inst
sheep -past the great clump of Clurokee
studded thick with white roses, and the
bloomy hawthorn hedge, across the green
fields, to the great woods where there was
a glimpse of bright water running on and
on. With what a tinkling voice it called
1 1 . mi hitu to follow! His Sunday - school
teacher wore Wonderful flowers in her bon
net, an 1 used some sweet kind ol scent
on hei haukei'ehief. lie never knew his
lc-sons, and she used to shake her head at
hiiu,aiid hold up Totn I'urkei us a mode!
of good behavior, us she put down a bad
mark after Jimmy's name. The little
shrill voices of the children, singing the
hymn, rang through his head. How still
it was, this Sunday! It seemed as if even
the birds knew what day it was, and kept
ipiict. Only the children's hymn and
the reedy pipe of the uielodeon lluatul out
of the window, and rose toward the sky.
He came back wiih a start.
"Yes I'm ily in," he said, hi u parched
voice. He fumbled ut Heppo's collar.
Why should he keep the poor little beast
wiih him to starve? lie eould live n lifeuf
liberty iu the woods. At lirst, Heppo did
imt realize lb" fact of his freedom;
but continued lo frolic, aimlessly about lh:
hut.
Jimmy's bleared eyes followed him
wiih the anxious hope that ho might
tay.
Hut llcppo had discovered the door
he hcsilalcil on the threshhold for an instant
and wa.v gnue.
The iu. hi sobbed aloud. Now. indeed.
he was alone.
Then he forgot himselfiu heavy drcauis.
through which the outside uoisis of birds
and insects pierctd dimly.
He llinimhl lh.it l.imi wusu child iii'iiin.
and her little paltering limtfall was echo,
iug on the bare floor. The sound was so
real that his eyes sprang open.
It was Heppo. Alb elioii I'or his mas
ler was scarcely I ho power that had
broiicht him back. It was rather hiH'Uiise
he had been hied ill cIomc ipiarters, ami
did not comprehend, us yet, the wide lib
erly of woodland life. More than this,
all that his brute instinct knew of home
aud food centred In Jimmy; so he had conic
home to be fed.
Jimmy tried to thank (iotl for releasing
him from the terror of utter loneliness, lie
thought to himself that he wouldl'ecd Heppo
onee u day, so that the creature would stay
with hitu, as long as the food in the knap
sack lasted.
Hut lie would dull away into stupor
again, and half arousing from it, would
fumy that another day had eouie, und it
must he lime to feed lteppo.
In reality, the period of his suflVring
was not long; but what nil eternity of mis
ery il held! of fever, of puiu, liid the ag
ony of thirst searing tho parched and swol
len threat.
Heppo scrambled about the floor, pity-
ing with sticks and slraws, and chattciing
to himself. Sometimes he would try
and catch the scaly bucked lizards that
darted away over the r ugh boards wiih
a husky, rattling noise. Now and I lien,
he would run to his master's side, and pass
his black paws over his face, grunting;
"Ouf, ouf!" Sotii'tiiuis he went out.
but always returned.
Jimmy hud beC'itne very still. The
monkey's clever paws were rummaging in
the knapsack.
The sky was deeply blue, und the sun
was smiting the wiihercd fields and ruddy
forests with all it.sburniu'i might. Through
the hot silence thrilled the note of the lu-
eust.
Jimmy opened his eyes. Kvcry thing
swam before tlicin in a dark mist.
"It's gi ttiu' night," he whispered, his
lips scarcely forming the Words.
The vagabond's wanderings were ended.
lu III li t', ami to the I'uiiit.
Uyspepsia is dreadful. Uisordcred liver
is misery. Indigestion is a foe to good na
ture.
The human digesiive apparatus is one
of the most complicated and wonderful
things in existence. It is easily put nut 1 1
order.
lireasy food, tough food, sloppy food,
bad cookery, menial worry, late hours,
irregular habits, and many other things
which ought not lo be, have made the
American people a nation of dyspeptics.
Hut lirein's August Flower has d aie a
wonderful work in reforming this sad bus
iness and making the American people so
healthy that they can enjoy their meals
and be happy.
Kcineuibei: No happiness without
health. Hut (livin's August Flower
brings health an 1 happiness to the dvs
peptic. Ask your druggist I'or u, bottle
To cents.
now i wu. titr.T nitt;iv Tin: mm:
Our pantry is next to our kitchen,
where Margaret received the visits of her
Mickey. I )ne evening I went down to
the pantry for something, and while there
was an involuntary eavesdropper on poor
Margaret. She had confided to me only
a few days before that, shortly after Lent,
we would have to look out for a new girl,
ami we eoiiseipiently received Mickey
with more good will than before ho de
clared bis intentions, allhmigh we were
sorry to think we would lose .Margaret. On
the evening in ipiesiioii .Mickey was iu l he
kitchen, where Margaret was finishing up
h.-r work. After the riiiubleof a gridiron
falling lo the floor had subsided, I heard
the following dialogue:
"No, Mickey. No, you cannot."
"Ah. Maggie, dear gi' me one kiss from
these sweet lips."
"Mi key," replied Margaret, in astern
voice, "ynii must own the boVI before you
claim the sugar." I recunnuetid Marga
i'i t's views to the serious eon-iilciatioii of
young ladies who are uiiab!e to decide
what is the proper conduct for engaged
couples wiihout writing to the ncw.-p.ipers.
St, Louis '. liUpatrk.
Ilclii'alc t'liihlmi. Nnr-ltit;'
Mothers, Overworked Men. und for nil
diseases where tissues ure wasting away
from the inability to digest ordinary food,
or from overwork of the brain or body,
all such should take Scott's Kmulsinn of
I'ure Cod Liver Oil wiih Hypophosphites.
"I used the Kuiulsion on a lady who was
delicate, and threatened with Hronehitis.
It put her iu such goml health and flesh
that I must say it is the best Kuiiilsioii I
ever used." L V. W uhiki.i.. M. I
Hugh s Mills, S. ('. "1 have used Scott's
1'mulsii n, and must say it is the best
preparation of the kind I have ever used
and I have found it the very thing for
children that have marasmus." lr. J. K.
L lyton. Brewer I'. 0 , Mo.
S pt. 1.1 1-nio.
ll.vviNit iu our ollni.il capacity as mcm
le is of the I'lytuiiiilh, I'a., Hospital Com
mittee, hm u.-ked In test and prove the
ellcetiveness of many dlllelellt iirlicles tn
be u-i .1 as disinfectants in sick romns and
as preventives of inl'i'divi s li vers, report
t Ii nt Barley l'r. plivlaetie Fluid has been
thoroughly lesi. d iluiing the rcc. m Ty
phi id epidemic in this p'u e. I; pr.iv.ii
must i llu icious in staying llie spriad of
the Fcvir
F. II. Aiuistroiig, S. M. Bavi upon.
J A. 0p. 0. M. I.iinee.
Thos. Kerr, James l.ec, Jr
Si t j lino.
i hi: a kiii:, on in; ui.t
l i we evi r until. a t.e ..ngi i.
Never In poetry on I uig, in pictuie
und statute they are always "she." The
idea of an iingel in a swullowtui' coat or an
Ulster.
Vh. ti a man sings, "Thou art the an
gel nl my drcuuis," is he thinking of a be
ing iu pantaloons with a stove pipe hat on
his head? Not much. Hut of glut ions
floating sy mpho ny in white muslin with
blue ribbons and golden locks and starry
eyes, with the lirst flush of the morning
on her cheeks. That is the kind of an an
gel he is after.
To be ture the Scriptures don't speak
of a "she" an gel. St. John, who wrote
must about them says "he" placed one
foot on the hint! and the other on the sc.i
and uses the masculine pronoun each time
in speaking of them. And Jacob, doubt
less, did not wrestle with fcminiiio angel
because he would have been more polite,
but in those old days women had not takm
the advanced position which higher civ-
itizutiou has given her.
To day ''she" is the angel and do otlii t
New and beautiful goods at M.
Hart's.
Al KHT1SKM I 'NTS.
HE WAS GREATLY MiSTAKEN.
A Mttryliuul i'ti.-ioitl lleik'illi'il Wlllioul
, Ills Host.
. 1 live in the nioUt ot' the liial.ili.il dis
tiii'H i if M.iiyl iiul, near the i iiv uf
Washington, :iiul .no ei'"scil tu all the
ll.lllgeluus intlileiii es ut' llie ilnpuic air
and vv.iier uf that icgniii.
lieing naturally of a strung coiisti
tuliun. I luil fieipieiitlv Ituasted that
no i hills ami fever ur other malarious
cuiiiiil.iint would ever trouble inc.
This was my evpei iciu e ami the i un
dition in wliii h I found myself six
months ago, I lirst notii oil that I did
not teel so suiighily ami vigorous as
was my wont lu do. 1 felt tired and
enervated. Soon I notii eJ a ihslin, t
ami ili:,tressing back ache would make
its appearance iu the afternoon, in
creasing in seventy if the exercise was
more than usually violent. Then a
slictihy feeling with profuse gaping
made its appeal. no e. Then my head,
always i lear a., a Icll. would t'eel heavy
and 1 began to luce hcail.n hi s.
The cold stage u.i.sni.ukcil vvitlli lul
tcring of the icc'.li, severe i ignrs passed
over me, ami no aiinnii.: uf eiutliing
could keep me iv. u in. The chill .ei
sin. i ceiled in tin ii by llie t'evci, inulu. h
1 scemcil tu be li'.iriiir.g up, the con
gestion in my he...l 'i'luiliiecd a .violent
p.tin in llu- fiue'.il jioitiuii anil a heal
ed sensation of the eyelids, with an in
lies' lili.ible .0 hing of llie lower limbs.
Nausea ami vrmiiing occurred wiih
severe teti l.iiig ,, am: viheu the p.u"
ysiiis I'.tssi.l uti I w.ts tli.irouglily p:u.,
tialed by a weakness that was icit in
every p.ut of tnj.
I drugged myself with ipiiiime, and
obtained sunn' ie': .f. Iiul my ic-pite
wasofbtiel iliiialiuii. 1 was nuw so
ninth reduce.', lli.it 1 could li.iully walk
or stand upright. My disease suo'i
cuhninaled in a i unturned m.ilaii.il I'c
v er wiui ii kept l ie . lu-el i unlnicil lor
about a week. I became cu eeilmgly
'lepie-seil ami in lam huiy, somuili so
that 1 lost t:-t, lt.. in uu vv.nk, and,
indeed, sc.iiicly cued wii.it happened
to me.
During ;.!i :l :i -ic, it mr.sl be un
derstood lh :; I ',,,! i.o. neglei t mclii al
treatment. All the limit powerful
renii dies were ineil. -u h as fipe 1 ar
senate of p. i ,'i. . .ilni.uite of in. a,
mercury, luoiirile of putassiit'ii, clilo
rl.le of bisimitli. i him m.Ii tie-, ehiiu lu.ni
ilia, ipiinine ir. 1 several others. All
thi'- I did miller the advice of eminent
physicians.
It was while I was in this deploiali!
condition that the ilaims mail - lot
Kask'i.-. .. e neie 'luinine. us.a.s; :rilic
for uialaiia. weie fust brought to my
attention. I knew nothing of its value
to justify my having any cuniuleni c in
it, hot as everv ihmg else had failed I
deemed it mi ilulv to ft, it, so 1 began
its use, and lis pionij't and radical ef
fects were of the tuluie of a revelation
to me. Many people may think the
statement si ar. ely credible, but it is a
f.ii t ih.it alter only a few days' use of
K.iskine all the leading symptoms in
my i .1st' vve.e dei idcdly abated or
ceased altogether ; and in a few week;
from the time 1 tuui. the lir.t dose I
was euied.
T his was about the first of January,
and since then I have experienced no
recurrence of the malarial svuij.:. nis
in any loim. A remedy of suih ex
ceptional v irtne fur the cure of ni.il.nia
ought lo be . oiii .icmled and univei
ally made known. I have therefore
iiiged it npo i the attention of my
fiictiiis, scvei.ii of whom have a-cd it
with like pood results in every ease,
and il is with the greatest plc.isuie
ami sim ciily lh.it I commend Kaskme
to snfteteis fi, in malilia everywhere.
Kcspci ttnily yours.
' J, 1 1. limn, It. A.,
AmI.I.uI l it' Ho. I V, v '.ii'l T:. nitui.l Ci.il.'S..
I'. S. Sum1.! any "!!.- wish lo ad
dress me .is to the geiiuiiuiicss of the
above letter, I will i heetfully respond.
Olhei Idlers of a similar iharaeler
fiom pioncm nt iiubv i.luals, which
stamp L i-I-me a- a icn.idy of un
doubled m. nl, mil be sent on appli
i atton. I'i I- e ' - . oi six bottles,
$t;.oa !...! i v ! ig gists, or scnl by
mad on rei i ipl ut pin e.
The kaskme Company, 54 Warren
St., New Yoik, and i$ Fwiiiijjdon
Road, l.ouJs'u.
A L E OF A I. T A II I. K 1. A NJ) .
I'li'ter 11 imi't-'iiirc from it. (!. limy to Iau1 Ciiry,
Inist.s', I will Hell fi.r rtisti nt the Court holme In
lliililkv, on Mi li'liiy, Novi'inlsT 7th, luta K.m, TO,
I'I hii.1 ll.'i, iioiv neciuui il hy 11. li. (isry.im Itliiln1
ley sln-et nml in-nr Hie Meth.Hllst church In Wei
.Ion. sunt miirtniiK'-is ns'iirilcil lu Ikhik ;,l, jmikcs
:m 9 In Iti'dlster olllee.
The saiil property may lie wild lirlvHtely.
For liifnruiiill'iii. iiily lull.G. Unry, Wclilim, or
John A. Moule, lliililiii , N. t
I'A! I. HAKV, Trustee.
Sep s Bw
N
OTlt'K TO C II EDI TORS.
Having qualified m lmlnNtrakr upon the t-itUU-
of the late I. M. Hell IWor- tlu Clerk of thu &upt
rior Cmirt of Halifax county, I hon-by give notice
to ill pemona IioMIhr olalmii Lfralnnt Mid ntatr Ui
li-rcMtit them Umoat Riiftold.H.t:., on or hefow
fie lint day ufoctotwr m orthk nulteu will be
plead til larof UilriMCuv(.ry.
All )Hrmii Indetded to uid entaU will come for
ward and tettle at once and nave coat of null.
DAVID BKI.L, Adminlatrator.
Enlleld, N. C, Auguil t'Ui.
F.
A D V I IK T I S K M K NTS.
MlLLIlIERi:
1
I am iluilv rvt eniiiii inv .i.rihK t' k -d Nillltii;
ry. K.iiicv 1 1'. i Ni UmiK. Alc.. eml-niHnu all tho
latest iii.vt Hii s. Villi ure rtiLs t Ttitl v Invited iu
eail and examine my mock ami jirleex, lielore iur
eliasiiit'. MHS. 1'. A. LLWIS,
W'eldoll. N. C.
;l,r is ty
LIQUORS.
C. SMITH.
11 1 si. 1 v colts,
S'AVv IIIS CIGARS,
st.i: ins (iKucKiiiES.
a,
cjMed qooos.
EVKUV BRINK IN" SKASON.
OairC. Smith at Kvans' old stand
Washington avenue, Weldon, N. C.
line Hi Iv
We have on hand und for sale cheap
FAMILY tlllorKlttl'.s.
UANNKHOOOliS,
I'ONFEl TIONKRIKS,
TollAIVO, SNI FK.
t'lviAUS, 40.
ORAM! If.
LESIONS,
AI'1'I.F.S.
HATES,
NITS,
KAISIKS,
Ac, Ac.
to.
ALSO-
KRESH IIKKAD.
CRACK KHS,
I'AKF.s,
m .1 i 1: a t a r 11 a 11 x
Ordt r hy mall pnnnplly atteudwl to.
rvitpeflfitll) B.tlt It a ttiare uf public palroD
NKW TON ,V l.KK,
ViuMiiKton Avwuiie, Wildoil, N t
mar 4 ly
If A 1, 1 A ftL K F A K M M KOK
WALK)
r
I h IU hi ll for null or on eaiy ttTiiu the folio Ing
pMperty :
A farm ui Hinted itliout two mi lei fnim lUlifkl.
1 thi' Mud luatluiit U Kurteld, now ovciipltMt hf
lax. I.. Oiixhy, eoiitufnhiR alwiut crv, thxid
Iwt-llliiK liotioe ami all ne-wwry cuit houaea.
A farm mix in He from Halifax imHtnehwl, ruD-
taimiiK about iWl am. Hood dwelling and out
hntmK.
Tin farm wliervon I now rvaidc, alioal 7 mile
from Halifax, ciintaliihi( acrwi. U haa a title
otrhard anil i well adapted for cotltm, corn aud
truck I n if
AIo other fritiN which will tie ahown to pur
ehnM'r.
For further Inairmatlon apply loiu or to John
A.Muorv, IluUrai.N. C.
U. F. OAKY,
llalifa-t.N.C.
'p BW
iin
Vniin
k)UU
'TO i 1.
IjJAI.K OF LAND Full TAXKK.
On Monday, the 3rd day of OcU-ber, 1WT, I will
tell for oaih at thu omirt ImiMudoor iu Ualito ,t
uthify state and county taxi, thu following i al
tatate tn llalifai (Huuily :
One liit In the town of Wehlou Wlonglug to
Wet.loy Uarriaoii , fur Uxe. uf ItOVi and ltUW. .
ltmarimtif land In Woldon towualiip, luitott lay K,
M ApiH'ntnn, fur Uxwuf l8fi.
714 acre of landin Weldou towmihip. Hated bf
K.u. Kverett, for Uittt IktLiaad vm. ... . .
R.J.tWt8, KtT.
by J. A JohiiPlon, iHrpuif,
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