fifflA m p--'-v
HALL & SLEDGE, proprietors.
-A. NESPAPEB FOB THE FEOFLE.
TEIR-MS 2'H0 IEK ANNUM IN ADVANCE.
VOL. XVIII.
WELDON, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17. 1887.
NO 37.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Premier f
A'SUr'IVE Q
PFATINI.
VCAGAMBRUL MrcC.
PATAPSCO FLOURING MILLS.
ESTABLISHED--1774.
Tin' value of FUrit il, j n,U up.ui the ESSENTI .VI, ELEMENTS (IE NIT
TUITION CONTAINED IN THE HltE.VI) IT MAKES. ()r I'ATENT HOI,
l.EH FI,OritSarera.iiiir.ioliirc.',l few th l'IIOI('El' WIIBVT ci!i:iin ',),. ;a.
liiu-.r.' Maud pre-eminent in this cminiry as n market for i-li ..iw wheat wlii.-li uives ih a
peat advantage in the selection of III.' HI-.M
t'OM IU A hp , i,i ir,.i ..ii iim.M-iiAIM UiiKHtlunliil. cnaMcs i to
.,;lee ..n the nmrket. I'lmir l'.EO,l AI,I,ED Kilt ITS l'I'KITV ANH NUTIti
TIOI'.S I'KOI'EKTIHS. Thin luct in rcoivniwl nut only in this country, hut ii
Eur.w as well, where the. "PAI'ArSCO SUPERLATIVE'' COMMANDS DECI-
1KII,Y MOlth MONEY than any other
l'atapsco Superlntive IVent,
Pitupwu family Putent,
l'atapsco i'.xtra, (Jtiesapealte Kxtru. liahlwin Family.
C. A. GAMURILL MANI'FACTlililNlJ COMPANY,
214 Comtnercc St., Baltimore, Mtl,
onp la ly.
If. H. BOBBITT ft S0Hv
LITTLETON, N. C,
II AVE .ll'ST OPENED THEIR FALL
CONSISTING OF
Dry Goods, Notions, Ilutx, Boot! aim Shoes,
( Vitectiuncncs, centrally, un.l respectfully
lure making purchases elsewhere.
Very Respectfully,
Sept liiltf
THE PLACE TO GET
inas m
-AT
LOWEST PRICES,
IS AT
DR. A. It. ZOLLICOFFER'S,
WEST SIDE WASHINGTON AVENUE, OPPOSITE R. SHED.
V E L I) 0 N. N. C.
STOCK KEPT COMPLETE BY FREQUENT ARRIVALS.
WtuanUPTIOlt DEPARTMENT FILLED WITH Till! BKST KKI.ECTKI) MATERIAL.-
PKKSCKHTIONS COMTOUNDKD AT ALL IIOl'US WITH GREAT CARE.
l'ERFUMEKY, STATIONERY, FANCY SOAPS, BRl'SIIKS,
FANCY ARTICLED, TOI1.VCCO AND CIGARS.
REMEUBKR thata hearty welcome alri ."alts you at
ZOLL I COFFER'S.
tr
GROCERIES.
We keep on hand I full lino of grocer
ies, consisting of
Sl'GAR,
COFFEE,
FLOUR,
SOAP,
MOLASSES.
Fine Cigars, Smoking and Chewing To
bacco, ie.
CONFECTIONERIES.
A full line of Candies, French and Plain,
Fruits, Foreign and Domestic.
We are prepared to fill orders for Cakes.
Bread, &c, on short notice for parties.
We keep for sale Freeh Bread from
our own
BAKERY.
We have just received a cur load of the ,
BEST WHITE CORN, and keep on sale
F11KSII MEAL L-rouud at Choekayotte
mill nhll, i. i.mni.nnmol I.V nil til he KU
nerior tn anv meal to bo had in this
market.
OUR RESTAURANT
is open and our table supplied with all the
best things for the comfort of man.
WTYou can get a good meal at any
hour. Call and are us.
NAW & ITHNEI.L.
juno 2.1 Cm
J. L. FRYAR,
BEER A SODA WATER BOTTLER,
I yet In the market will, tils
BOTTLED GOODS
nreveryvtrtetr. second to none la his Hue. Dett
B r and odb iter of everr Vlilely of flavor. If
Jem don I believe It sire him au
ORPEU ANI SEE.
Alwiyi it lit, t to attend to tho limine.
With thanks for vast favor, lie hope, to merit a
vouttnuanf o. luaranteing eatisnuillon.
Respectfully,
. J.L,FaYAR,WcUou,N.C.
CctMtf
THE
J II AT IS liliOWN. TliiSlII'KlllOl!
Aiuerieun l'l.mr. Ak your grocer fur
lieill'ord Family,
North Point Family, Orange Grove Extra,
AND WINTER STOCK OP (iOOI S
Hardware, Tin ware, Groceries, aid
invito everybody to eoine ami sec them be
W. H. IIOlllHTTA SON,
THE -
MILLINERY.
M"
ff2
I urn daily rtiH-ivhiR my F.U.I, k of MfiUiw
ry, FttiU'T liiHHln, N'tioim, Ac. i-ij;l.mt iiij( nil Wit
Uet itovultiea. Vou a n'Uh'tifully tnvit-l u
.'UmitU'iauiliieni al prtn-if, ln-fniu pur
i'lmcliig.
MRS. P. A. LEWIS,
Weldon. N. C.
apr IS ly
NtHUNunvLLurcu
It I
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il-t.l'. R'l Itk.SM I U K H , 's .....Til.nB
"" 111 " ir ' ' '" r"'"i 'i"
n,,...-.,!!.,, III. U.i,.- I- LimC iji
fli e lie.. I. n II,. , null l.-i...r.-.
lii.l,l. i,,..;.,-,.,!. li.i' To77-..t.si.. ..,. I
wniJk'TNd CLASSES
A I I tN I funl, Hll.-lH..- with cm-
nIoympnlt hjmc. Uic w bole of ttic time, or for
i.IK nf i'itiiir hii I'dsilv vhmi from .'
cciittr'.ilcrovi'iiiinr."ii'l irirUinml kitiu
by.lvotiiigall Un-ir tliuv- to tli buHim-M. Bim
m much hk mi'ii. Ttmt til
who m'ethliiniiTB.'n-l tlilr Btidn-wi, and lt the
biiMnwu. we nnUe lhli.oltVr To -;irii u m not
well Mliaflwl wc will n'iil om-dollar to ny for tne
tronbltt of writing. Fn Ui" "
AtldrUUa. U CVVIfVUft on.i'.'- 'r-t
to 1e mult'. Out Hits ont and to
tiimtoiiH, hikI we will ttend you
illll hni-itiunce tortm. Uut will surt
vu in ltiiMiicn whieli HI lrln yuiiln incwifiuoii-
fyrlaht away than iiymn yiw nmn w inu.
Any me mh do the work ami live at homo. Kithat
all ain. HoinettdiiK iipw Umt Jiift eolimmon
ryfor the Tworkem. Wowllletnrt you; M1Ul nnt
mnxlrd. TIiIp la on of tho jromilnf, Imoortant
ohtwcrtofti llfvtiiuB. Tlinm who mo atnWttimi
l,T LiZ rijrIMuB wbl not di-lnr. Ownd outfit fret.
AdtUviB,
. " ft' IMI tr li f'l Aumut lialiiB.
"dec Hy.
A DREAM.
A. MAN MEETS A PA3III.Y HE II Alt DIIEAM-
El) OF Kiir TWENTY YEA US.
Kr.nii the IMImiJ TrlUw...
Twenty years op) .1 la -helor in Oak-
lanl dreamed of visiting a family consist
ing "I parents- and two little girls, who
were unknown to him in his waking hours
Fiom that time furl Ii he continued to
dream of them lor a score of years. II
siw inecliil.lrciigron trum childhood to
womanhood, lie was present at tho clos
ing exercises when they graduated. In
luet, heshired all the pleasures and griefs
of this family.
His friend-hip to his dreamland friends
seemed so real that he often remarked that
he felt certain he would know them in ic
ality at hoiiij I'm ore time.
Two months ago he saw in a dream the
husband die, an ) from that time he ceased
to dream of ihein for the lirst time ii
period of twenty years. About six weeks
ago he was astonished at receiving a letter
from New Y. r' city, the writer being the
i low of a twin of his, with whom 1,
had never h id any intercourse since his
boyhoi.il, over thirty years. The widow
wrote that she wished to make San Fran
cisco her future home. After exchanging
a few letter it was arranged for him
meet her uud the two daughters at
Oakland wharf on tho arrival of an East
em train on a certain day. On their arri
val imagine bis surprise to see his dream
friends. They were coil illy so when
related his string! series of dreams in
wliicb tliey figured. Ho told them imi
dents connected with their past lives which
he could n it h ive kiitiwn under ordinary
circumstances. He described their f rmer
h.iu-e, even to the furniture nod Ionise-
hold ornauicuts, which was correct in eve
ry particular. The s.'.Uel is that he re
cently marricj the widow and is liviig
h ippily in this city.
ROMANCE IN NAMES.
I knew a niiin by the name of ltuse
oacu n liu was of a romantic ilpoMiion.
und wlit'ii ugirl baby wch burn tu hiiu lie
luiiicil lur Wililo. it uumli.il vury pjcti-
cul tu wriu it WiMo Jlusi', bui wlicu blie
grew up ud uiarriv'd u man by tliu name
of Hull, its .-lie did, it w;iu't half so pret
ty. Hut tbey called her then liunu Hull
and slie uow nitrns lur name in tbut way.
The ili vk of the Suj.reine Court of the
Ii.Htriet of Columbia U named lu tutu
Jonathan Mei. llii litthei uud ltm
grandfather' were the name, uud (lie hot
of the line, nearly u hundred yeurn hu,
was ealled Juiiathuu M. is. He bud u
h wet-1 heart who jilted him, but afterwards
Vf&s sorry for it, uud ent liiui u little jiieee
of paper uu which wad written timly this
and nothing more: "U turn Juituthau."
It vi ah tho iuo.t welcome uud gratil)iiiLf
messiie ue ever receive',, una it was an
swered iu pereion. The couple were mwu
married, aud when their lirst baby wan
born they celebrated the eveut by calling
him "Ueturii Jouathau." Thu uame has
been haudetl down in the family for four
generutiuurt to the tiroL-boru son, uud it
now appears twice iu the Wa.Oiiu'tou di
rectory.
The nam? of a mo:nber of CotireM
from Michigan UJtilius Ciiiar Hurrcuhs.
His father Witi fund of several eharaikif
iu history, and .showed his iidmintiiun in
christeuiti hU ehihlreu. .Mr. liuricu-hn
his a brother iu Ni.rihs.in Ohio wh".-e
name U Nap ilenn It napitrte, uud 1;.- hai
two siiUrt. called Marie AuUduette and
Catherine de Medici resp-dively.
The father of Vice-President ll unlin
had a similar ta.s(e uud eulletl his sous alter
the j;reat warriors of neiiut histury Al
exander, Julius Ctiar, Ciiieinnatus and
Uiiiinib.il, while he naim-d hi- four duu:l.--ers
alter the eontineiiis Kumpe, Ahim
Au-jlruliu uud America. If he had
Mirtunate eli unh to have u lit'th, 1
piK he wtiul 1 iuvo call -d h.-r Aiii.
he'-hildieu didn't lmll out.
been
bat
Th nam !' the rvreiary of the
lute
I'i'ir u l.ti'-ut- l liiilus Cim'iini ittis Iiuiar,
A. M . Ii. I. 1'., while h. h.t4 a ul-rk uu-d-r
liiui.il e.ilo:.'d inn), wliw father
,-hriMeut'd htm .tl.i nrmi Jfrt'-rs-m l.'m
i.ln )i -rritt ;ui;h .1mm,-. There is an
-ih- r e '1 r -d iim:i in a A a.-hinirton bar
!t.-r h 'p. wh w tide ii I'anairut Ibliirc-'ti
Kvete I'.'rt-r II -piuH, in honor of lln
several ntv.tl com uand -r under whom he
rrved i:; t!u navy (luring the w:ir. Theie
is a yni- lady the sain i city named
Desire Moore, and hur hi-tler, who wa
burn a few )eiti later, is called Plenty
Moore.
CoNsi'Ml'THiN, Waist ing- diseases, and
general debility. Juctors disagree as to
the relative value of Cod Liver Oil and
UypophnHphite tlie one aiipplyinir
slreiigtli and fl fdi; the other giving nene
power, and acting as tonie to the di-estix
and entiro sys'em. Hut in Scott's Kmnl
nionofCod Liver Oil with llyp..phti
phitee, the two are combined, and the ef
feet is wonderful. Th"Ui tnds who have
derived no permanent benetit from other
preparations have been cured by Un use.
This is not nn iHtutuptinn, but facts that
re substantiated by the experience of tlie
past ten Team, and the endorsements of
thousands of tho best physicians through
out tho country. uov 101-m,
The best always tho cheapest Save
money by purehanin the celebrated Buy
State and Zeigtcr Hro'hers shoe bought
direct from the manufacturers. For fiale
by P.N, Suinoack iCo.
AN EXPERT STENOGRAPHER.
A "I mi Cuit Write Out Thing and
MiimU Anothltr NliitiiltuiiiiouHly,
'How loiiy; have you lived here?"
The lawyer wan Ukinx tho deKmitiin
of a witiiiSH in his ctlicp in the Mill
buildin;;. Tin- 'iieil of the ilentiK'riiilier
vas mmih isipidlv tnor his paKr, leav
ing U'liitid it a Ktrii'K of jMithiHik.s and
other uWmil HVinUtlN of KiHtt h,
"Vni rt.iv that you have knuwn the de
f. ndaiit ur the t it yeara. Now, I
want i nk you whether at any time
dm in;; that iierind you over notietnl any
Hyiiiptoin of in.iunity iu hia Uliavior?"
conlitiuiHl tin' lawyer.
At llie instant the lawyer began this
(juery the BU-nornplier turned to the re
Hrter, who w.u netted by his sido at the
laljlf, and, without btoppuiy; his writing
for a seeond. whistled: "'A'ait a mo
nicnt and I'll U' through. This won't
Lint nmch longer,"
The refjorter lcnj;etl anxiotisly ut the
notew, e.iectin to see tho pencil stop ita
travels, or at ieaat at the end of the ques
tions, retraeo its steps to reviso mmo
phrase incorreeliy trauncrihed. Hut it
made no Mieh hivak, When tho lawyer
ended his inquiry the ieneil stopped.
"Now, hir," continued the lawyor,
"you may tell me whether you were well
enough acquainted with the defendant to
know whet Iter he allowed any weakness
of mind or not?"
Hi-fore the stenographer had completed
the second lint of his reort ho ajain
whkpwvd to the reinirter not to U in a
hurry, and, as before, ronelmletl his work
without a particle of apparent interrur
tion. This was tho hbl tiuestion. and
after the mi tern were gnthered together
ami tho wituesH had left the oil ice. the
i jforter askeI the stenographer whether
lie liad written correctly all that was said
verbatim, or had only epitomized what
hud iteeit spoken.
"I wrote exactly wliat was taiid. Why
do you uik?"
"t'au you read it without dihVultv?"
"Of con rso I can, otherwise 1 should
not, lie hero; but why do you nskr"
'I didn't see how vou could write
d.iwn what was lieing HMikcn and tiS'ak
to me upon another siil'jeet at tho sunn;
tmu'."
"That is easy emmgh to do," iejonded
the stenographer with a laut;h, "when
vi.a only knuw liow and practice long
enough. Shorthand writing is very much
like playing the piano or nH'iiling some
thing from memory. It in mechanical.
1 found years ago wnen 1 was reKrtiug
iu a western court, that it was extremely
useful to be able to hear and think of
ot! r things transpiring in the court room
lh:tn the evidence itself. 1 llu-u licgau
i'lactk ing k that I could train in self to
10 lwt neparate things ut the wane time.
I wouM mentally make note of every
thing occurring mound me and keep on
with liiy writing. At Hrst I would make
i mistake or two, but I gradually got so
that 1 could hear everything that was
said ami understand it too, uothwith
itandiug the fact that my pencil was
moving all the time."
"1 should think that when you Is'gan
to k pea It it would have thrown you otF
your track?"
"It did at .hut. I learned that by
jommitling to memory some poem and
reheating it while 1 was rejiorting, until
11 last 1 could carry tin a conversation on
:li:io-t any subject and write from dic
tation tin.n oik entirely different. It's
i very useful accomplishment, but I
wuildn't advise you to learn it unlets
v. u intend to lcetmie a profe.innal
Monographer, ami 1 wouldn't advi.M that
inl. ss you have nothing heller to do than
:o i.ft-ak atones in the Mrects. New
York Mail and Express.
Thf Onttro't 1.1 Te nt lliiliiiitriil.
A eorresv mdent, after picturing (be
liuiplieity tf the life at Hahuorul dur
ng the qiiit'n's stay there, di-scribes one
if her ordinary everyday breakfasts. Tho
'olltiwing is the menu of the breakfast
iTved one day last week: Scotch or-:idg.-,
coM rump steak pie, hot rump
Ueak, cold gaiiimon of bacon, tailed
ggs, Scotch scones, brown bread, butter,
loney, tea, oniric, and a kind of cocoa
;ierially prepared for the queen. The
torrid,. ;o was placed on the sitlelxuird,
ind w;is wrved to each guest iu blue and
.vhiie cliina basins. These liasins w vvo
i!l'd l-y the attendants, ns it matter of
oar e. wit html any question as to
.vheiber orridge was vanti-d or not. It
ivas evidently retiired lv court eti
p'.ett 1 that tlu1 meal sliotiM U le:;uu
vi h t hi -t solid fountlatioii, and that in
li v iiht.il UlsIcs of the hiiiored visitors
n.'l t le kept in ulievancc. Our in
;ornia:!t expresM's surprise that thei-u
.rui no game on the table, considering
hat to lusivrtiuu knowledge the larder
v:w full of gnaisi' shut by Prince Heiirv
ind the I:coht. which certainly wanted
niing. lie is jircbably not aware that
he ijucn cannot tolerate the smell of
;:mie the lint thing in I lie morning, nnd
j:i1v allows it at the h.ler meals out of
Werenee to the taster of others. Lon-
loa Cor. New York World.
Tlie fur ot .Ptit'ijoriuiiit.
A Calcutta paper calls attention to ft
cmar!;ablc decline in the iMipularity of
J i.' great Kath dattra or Car festival nt
; bo Juggernaut temple iu Orissa, That
Ii-' tni.tiiiT of visitors this year should
tlhv a l.ir.v d-. -crease nii;;lit have Ut-n
::;c. ;.'d, owi:;g to the recent loss of two
il a;e;auor.s end to the common lx
ici' t!i:tt tli. U-. of tho third wn
x lie; til. U lip! win's, however, that
li'ioii :ii th" I'.iihiig t'fi is more marked
,!iit jt iir, it lias r.-eii going on ateudily
Jo:' :.oi-io yearn ui. 'lite religious en
:;: ii ' f t!ie cio.ul Li slid to I to nUt
livi;-';;riug. Tln-iv U nolmgyr a wild
U-.li lor t!io car, iu which the itlol it
b.i;;gtd from P.m temple to rt country
:.ie and UicU ag-wt. nnd on tv.'veral oc-
"joi's it Ii:im bt i'ti neee-'orv t litre
'Ot!i..i lo perform the work. New York
iun.
Niw lltioilkorrhlffn In I'uvla
A Vati.s correspondent tell.; aUiut the
now hand kerchiefs the ladiftinremrrying
there. The Princess de Sagan's favorite
hand kerchief u bordered with a garland of
scarlet pinks; flowers and leaiMunlroid
cred iu their natural colors. They are
KMilcd w it h the stiiaigiierfuniecxtnicttsj
fiiim the Kiine llowcrs. The lloiule Mar
quise de Citt-htulde has (ill of her hand
kerchiefs embroidered with the corn
flower in all its v;triepiU d blue tJiades,
au l her jKTfume w the tswext fccvntetl
clover. Pink bast isle, with white hlies
of tho valley worked on them, is the
Duchess de Uragninu'B favorite handker
chief. 'Un- empress of Jaui! has ordered
pale .stage t men. worked itb ctiryKiollio
uiums of nil existingcolors. Tit widow's
liaitdkcrchief is a pitle lilac, worktnl with
dark purple scabious. Now York Sun.
I have no faith in medicines. My rero
edic.i nre f;u,ting and the warm bath. At
the fame lime 1 huve a higher opinion of
thafcuigical profession thuu of any other.
Napoleon.
Flciiido spiders iu-e sold to capture largo
number) et enakesa Uictr wchs.
A GREAT PRIMEVAL TEMPLE,
A Vl.lt to tho Mlfflity (Iranlto llhoki of
NtofHheiff A FumoiiH Ittiln.
Coming over llio crtwt of u hill just
ulove the village I see owning U-fore mo
a seemingly Uiundless expansti of undu
laling gray intHirlund, scantily dotted
with u few stray chntijai of tns-s. This
is Salisbiuy plain itself, and on the brow
of one of 'its nearest swells stands u clus
ter of dark objects, which the veriest
Hlranger would know ut it glance to In
nothing else than tlie gnuiile blocks of
htoiicltcngc.
One's lirst impression on catching
sight of this wonderful relic is apt to boa
feeling of disappointment, such us one
cxjierieticeH on seeing the (Jreat Pyramid
rising uliove the date palms that line the
highway from Cairn lo the Nile, The
eciiliar effect of the Egyptian atmos
phere urtuully diminishes tho apparent
size of the pyramid in projxirtit-n us you
approach it, and not till you are close to
its foot do you at length begin to realize
the ubsolute nothingness of tlie mightiest
structures of modern times when com
pared with this giant of the past. Ho,
too, with the great primeval temple of
Salisbury plain. Standing alouo timid
that vunt expanse of bare upland, with
nothing near it by which its height can
be in any way measured fur the neare-tt
farmhouse is at least half a mile distant
it appears nt the first glance ah-ainHy
inferior to the imposing idea of it con
veyed by artists umt travelers. Hut when
once you reach it and stand Is m-alli the
mighty shadow of its outer bowlders, tho
smallest of which towers several yards
alxive our head, you begin to look iiou
the Druids uud their architecture vwtli
somewh; t more reverence.
With id) its grandeur, however, tho
shajie ef lids famous ruin undeniably
conveys at lirst sight the grotesque im
pression of a cliild'slirst essay iu building
a toy house. The recurring feature of
two upright blm ks with a third hud iim
them crosswise is just the style of archi
tecture which one may see growing up
under the hands of some little Tonimv nr
I'Veddy in any nurnory of london or New
York. I'errault or Hans Christian Ander
sen might have made tine capital t;f tho
it lea of n baby giant who had legun to
build a toy house on this sMt, nod then,
having failed to complete it to bis own
satisfaction, had partly knocked it down
iu a lit of rage, leaving the fragments to
Ik- thu wonder of all succeeding genera
tions. In its original form Kleitehenge nj
vars to have Urn a simple ring of enor
mous granite blocks, set upright in tho
turf a few fis't apart, each pair of I owl
ders supporting a en slab laid athwart
their lops. On the northern side this
(urination i.s ttlill tolerably preserved, al
though most of the cross piecen have
fallen, and the bowlders themselves ;;ie
so thickly covered with moss and lichens
that the rugged granite is almost hidden.
The southern side of the circle, on tho
other hand, is now well nigh destroyed,
mid the few blocks which still remain
erect lean forward as if just uIhjuI to fall
among their prostrate comrades. Cmuis
takahlo traces of an inner ring of smaller
stones ure still vif-ihle within tho larger
circle, and just lietwcen the two Maud
those two pail's of gigantic "uprights"
(surmounted by cross slabs of propor
tionate hize), which figure so prominently
in all pictures and photographs of St one
hen ge. At a little distance to theiiorllt
of tlie circle, jmt at the edge of the high
way that runs westward to Warminster,
towers a vast Milittiry liowlder the out
Iost Benlinel of this army of giant.-- -overtopping
by two or ihnu feet at least
the tallest of its colossal brethren.
By what agencies ihese mighty masses
of granite werctransported and arranged
iu the remote and I arduous nge to winch
they Udong will probably always as
great a mystery as it is now. Countless
anliquariei. have extruded usn the sub
ject the contents of what they an phased
lo cull their brains, ull flatly coutnulict
ing each other as a mutter of course, nnd
each insisting uhhi his own theory as tho
only one worthy of the slightest atten
tion. But hitherto the results attained
have Ix-on on a iir with the discovery of
I he learned critic in the old utory, who
found out (hat tho "Iliad" was not writ
ten by Homer, but by another person of
the same uume.
But the occupants of the ancient tem
ple, when I enter it, are of a widely dif
ferent sort from tho at'.iquaries or men
of letters. Shock headed boys an- . lay
ing leapfrog over the fallen titones. lied
faced country bumpkins are drinking lccr
in the shade of one of tho hugest lovl-
ders, empty bottles, eggshells, cigar ends
ami i-craps of greasy pajs-r lie strewn on
every udi. The moment 1 npiear a
photographer's agent thrusts half a dozen
"views" into mv face, while a fat mar
ket woman olTers me a basket of cakea
indigestible enough to choke nn ostrich,
Under such circumstances I naturally cut
short my tour of inspection and take my
departure as stum as iHvsible. David
Kcr in New York Times.
Webntpr'i Lnnt Miilu Uvacomlaitt.
Ashburtou Welwter, tho last mule do-
seentlant ol Daniel Wcltfter, uieti m New
York city Jan. 2:1, 1S7U. Ho was tho
son of Col. Fletcher "Webster, who was
killed at the head of bis regiment in tho
war for tin1 suppression of the rebellion,
and was born the same year that Iad
Ashburtou, his grandfather's friend, i!itt.
He was ctiaeuicd at the Naval academy
at Annapolis, but did not enter the navy.
Afterwards he studied law, but practiced
it vciv little, if any. Most .f his hto
was utssed ut Maishlk ld, which he
hciitcd from his grandfather, and win TO
he caught thectilil that linully killci) lam,
w hen the old mansion was burned in iM,
Not n single ray of ancestral glory illn
iniunl his uneventful career r In ightemd
its clo.se. lie simply exchanged the ob
acttrilv of life lor the deeoer oliM'uritv of
death, mid pvoUibty not 500 (ssiplo in tho
land I; new that he bad ever lived until
ho had ceased to live. Ben: Perley
iwrt' B ljetter,
Tli (tnly iftitlrm:ui.
A lady Mood hanging to tho strap of ft
fct. Paul liorso car when u woikingin;m
in the far corner urosu and ixjlitely ollt it d
hit wat. '-1 thank you," s;ud she, "but
1 disliko to deprive tho only gentleman in
the car of Ins neat. i. hicago Herald,
In the .'eficultnral districts around (ho
citv t'f Z'nti-cas a laborer geta tl
cents daily. The hours of labor are from
sunrii to sunset.
Tlia l op Italia of Dakota.
The l von wet d is a Dakota emit wily.
(ts btalk ii lilce that of a cabbage, with a
avge, round top, tho size and color of a
llublxim wiuusii. 'llio "norm westers
n tho fall blow the iop balls off tho
talks and roll them for miles over tho
irairies till they roach uueveu country,
ivhero they pile up Uko snowbanks and
icrvo hufTalo henls as a blielter from tho
winter blizzards. A pop hill which
noots any hard object explodes with a
.rewendous ix'ixnt amj senus auotit
tiiouiiiuuls of line, neoUk) liko Beeds lit
irery tluxtiou.-l'hiMdelpuia CuU. .
A LETTER.
AuM thn elamormifl clty'H ittat,'
Where all let warm nave fricmU too few,
And ImiifHt oicu, nnn' too run-;
Wlieiv toemliiK fulw linvm little truo,
And allium! nlmkcii h Ix-lirf,
Vol- vvliii tho lnui(li oti every wind
1 niteh the thmb ol itnlleu irrlt-f -
1 long for Khat I'ttt left behind.
We hurry no; we do not Oue
To vulii life llllfoineatue nil),
And hy ttu- t-ninik-'M last fuinl Uiir
We f too welt the Hunk we dre.
Hilt 1, who've lnnl atrhnitwtoo brief
Of life au holy. )tire, i kind,
To think ft here i.h-1u1mim me Ihl.-f-
I lohH' fur wliat I've left behind.
1 hear the Bob White' whlntlp whera
The (fraleful ratutes hold tho dew;
1 aec thu uurtmiK lraLi-lien bear
The fruit wtlh life hknul bhiHhlfiK through;
I feel thu iueemto from eaeh leuf,
W hii'h, rwking trmtful, dieH not mlud
The threatening of thu etimlnj; hen( -
I lolitf for what I've left behind.
Denr) Yon who birat h a purer air
Within your Heeiet heurt can find
The why though you were here, i there
1 lone for w hat Pve left behind.
William t'arvy in Thu Christian Union.
A DANGEROUS PRAIRIE GROWTH.
The Ciii-Ioiih I'liuit Known im the "Tum
ble Weed"-. A (irfitt Men nee.
W. K. Niederlumler. a nruininent real
estate man, hits on exhibition in the win
dow of his oiKce a tino seciiuen of the
curious plant known ao lite "tumble
weel. I fns Kpecunen was taken from
the old fair grounds last year after the
grounds were abandoned. The plant is
a mass tf branchi-M, upherieal in form,
and so tightly interwoven as to form ui-
most a compact mass. Like the earth,
this globulous mass of branches is flat
tened at tho poles--or more so. The pres
ent specimen is about live feet nt its
greatest diameter, Mr. Nietlerlamler savs
he has wen sitccimcns fuliv twice the si.e.
The weed once grew rdentiftillv through
this country and Colorado. When green
they present a very nrettv iinnenriLiiee.
and luik more like it dw;irf tree than a
weed. Ihey are very dangerous incase
of a iirairiu lire, and often dangerous iu
piiuu winu siorms when there is no lire.
In case of firo llm llames seem to strip
the plant of its leaves, and it at once goes
rolling before the tlaming hurricane a
perfect wheel of fire. These revolving
wheels uf Jiro will ilium any ordinno
furrow or fire break and carry the hi.
into tho titular or gn.ss, ns the "case um
lie. Nothing can top their progrttw but
a river. Into these they jump, leaping
out into the stream forty, fifty or nxt)
leet, ami go down w itn a hiss, throwing
up a column of steam w here they wnk.
'I have seen hundreds of these pLul.
iu BarU'r county and the Siqimshie v;.l
ley," said Mr. Nicdorlandcr. "Wh.-i,
started to rolling in u tiro no ordinary
horse can run before them. Once, in lb
Siqimshie valley, I only saved myself b.
driving my team into the river, which 1
lortunately reached just in time."
In Colorado wind si onus these w eed
nre also a source of much danger, hi
Miuuie park a lew veai-a ago a nartv of
travelers were suddenly overtaken by n
storm. Seeing what they nipposed to be
a mass of huge bowlders in the distance.
they made for them, thinking they would
ull'ord at least partial shelter. To their
surprise, as they approached, the bowl
ders suddenly broke loose and commenced
rolling toward them at a furious rate.
cutting all sorts uf curious capers and gy
rating menacingly as they came. At
times ihey would strike an oUlmction mid
bound high in the air, and acain strikimr
the ground resume their rapid, circular
minion. Tho travelers put spurs to their
hor:es, nnd it was only by the greatest
effort that they managed toeseaw from
the track of tittup monsters, On exami
nation they found their sumwwed bowl
ders were really immense weeds which
liad lavn torn up by tho roots by tl?
wind storm.
Them weeds are so eolid that they are
a great menace to man and beast under
such circuit udunccs. luiielled by a heavy
w inu, iney woum go with I oreo enough
to kill a horse, and a huAum being Ih iu
great danger if he cannot get uut of the
track of theso nmnsteif when they are
running lieforo a hurricane or in case of
ft prairie fire. W iclnta Journal.
Winning Wella' of Northern Knglanil.
An English writer snvs throughout the
north of his country there are "wishing
wells," where the Kisser by may breathe
his wish, "and may rest assured of its
fulfillment if he only drop a cnxtked pin
into the water."
This use for crooked pins must lie ten-
erally known and practiced. Another
iH'ttson says: "it is ttfurcclv lliree montlis
since I looked into the wishing well at
Woofer and saw the crooked pins strewed
over the Uittom among thu gravel." The
same tiling is told of others of these
springs.
One curious thing alsnit the practice is
that crooked pins are used. It inav be
thought that such pins, Iteiug worthless
for any other use. were held as tit fortius
idle ceremony. This is looking ut the
matter from our jioint of view, not from
that of the bumble questioner.
The older and more complete cere
mony is described as el ill to be, witnessed
iu Cornwall.
"Two pieces of straw, aUntt nn inch
long each, were crossed and lite pin run
through them. This cross was then
dropped into the water uud the rising
bubbles carefully counted, ps they marked
tho years or months or days that would
jkisk Ih fore the Impelling of the event
which was of concern."
Auguries were drawn from these crowes
in oilier wavs. They were made so us
Istrvly to (lout; then, "if the crosa swam,
lite lluouer wiw to oothe tho year; if il
Kink, he was lo the within that lime."
Ol'icr matters were to Ut leurm-d from
llie jstsiiiiat the ciikm took as it flouted oil
thu surface. Youth's Compuniuu.
A rmill Coutlnent.
If an intelligent Auatntlisn colonist
were suddenly to lie translated backward
from Collins btreeL, Melliourue, into the
flourishing wotsls of the secondary geo
logical jioriod Cay nUriit the precise mo
ment of time when the English chalk
downs were slowly accumulating, speck
by Ks-ck, on the silent floor of wane long
forgotten Mediterranean the intelligent
colonist would look n round him with a
wet t simile of cheerful reoognitum, and
nay to himself in some surprise: "Why,
this is just like Australia." Tlie animals,
the trees, tho plants, the insects, would
all more or less vividly remind him of
those he liad toft behind him in hilwipr
home of the southern seas, and the Nine
teenth century. The sun would have
moved back on tlie dial of ages for a few
million summers or ft, indefinitely (in
geology we refuse to be hound by dates),
und would lutvo landed hint at last, to his
immense astontshment, pretty much at
the exact point whence he flrat started.
Iu other words, with a few needful quali
fications, to be made hereafter, Australia
is, so (o apeak, a fossil continent, a
country still in its secondary ace, ft mt
vivinn, fragment of the priuiitiw world
of Uie chalk period or earlier agea, Corn
hill Huntuipe,
A D V K K T IS K M K NTS.
What Is this Disease that Is Coining
Upon Us?
Liko a tliit f at it ;;-lit it wtt-als
in iijiuii H uimwitivs. Tin; pa
i iciit.-i hit v. mitts iiUint the
ln-nt itinl si.li-fi, atiil hutiit tiini-H
hi tli Inn k. Tltt-y ft'fl dull
tad s!n''; tint inutith lilts a
liail ttistc, i'sifiinlly in the
iioniihg. A Hot t of sticky slime
ollft'ts aliotit tho tivtli. The
tipjietittj in jioor. There is a
fueling like a heavy load on the
Htonmeh; Homt'timesafitiiit, all
gone stuiNatioii ut the pit of the
stomtrth which food does not
satisfy. The eyes are sunken,
the hands) and feet become cold
and clammy. After a while a
cough sets in, tit first (hy, but
after a few months it istittend
:d with a greenish-colored ex
pectoration. The patient feels
tired all the while, and sleep
loea not seem to afford any
vest After a time he becomes
nervous, irritable and gloomy,
:iud lias evil forebodings. There
is a giddiness, a sort of whirl
ing sensation in the head when
isiug up suddenly. The bow
ls become costive; the skin is
ley and hot at times; the blood
ic comes thick and stagnant;
he whites of the eyes become
tiged with yellow; the urine
i scanty and high colored, de
'witing a sediment after Htiind
i. There is freqtienily a
ilting up of the fond, si inte
nt's with a sour taste nniJ
metiiues with a su'.'tisL
tc; this is fre(itenti; at
iided with palpittition ' the
art; the vision becom. im-
..ireil, with spots bci. ih,
ves; there is a feeling o rettl
, (lustration and wetikness. All
if these symptoms are in turn
ireseiit. It is thought thai
ic.'irly one-third ol our popu
lation has (his disease m borne
of its varied fornix.
It !rw been found ilint diy
siciaiH liiivc misijtk.n the cause
of this dis.'tise. r -;w. have
treated it for a liver i-nn; daint.
others for kidney .i
etc., but none oi ih.
tivatincnt have ' -
se, etc.,
kinds of
iti-nded
with sticces
C011Stii:uioil ,
i it is n .ally
! -1 ti.-ia. It
11'
is also f.iuud tinit .Shaker Ex
tract of Hoots, or Mother Sei
gel's Curative Syrup, when
properly prepared will remove
this disease in all its stages.
Care must be taken, however,
to secure the genuine article.
IT WILL SKI.L MCTTKU THAN
COTTOX.
Mr. John 0. Hem; tinstall,
of Chulafirniee, Cleburn Co,,
Ala., writes: "My wife has
been so much benefited by
Shaker Extract of Roots ot
Seigel's Syrup that she saye
Nhe would rather be without
part of her food than without
the medicine. It has done her
more good than the doctors and
all other medicines put together.
I would ride twenty miles tc
get it into the hands of any suf
ferer if he can get it in no other
way. I believe it will soon sell in
this State better than cotton.
TESTIMONY FROM TKXA8.
Mi's. S. K. Barton, of Varner,
Ripley Co., Mo., writes that
she had been long afflicted with
dyspepsia and disease of the
urinary organs and was cured
by Shaker Ex tract of Roots.
Rev. J. .1. Mcdtiiie, merchant,
of the same place, who sold
Mrs. Burton the medicine, sjtya
he lias sold it for four year
and never knew it to fail.
H111-: WAS ALMOST IIKAD
I was so low with dyspep
sia that there was not a phy
sician to tie found who could
do anything with me. I had
fluttering of the heart and
HwiniiniiiL' of the head. One
day I read your pamphlet called-
'Life Atmmt) tlie Mutters,
which described my diseass
better than I could myself. I
tried ti. L.aker Extract oi
Roots and kept on with it until
to-day I rejoice in good health.
Mrs. M. E. Tiusley, Bevier,
Jltilileubtirg Co., Ky.
For Bale by all Druggists, or
address the proprietor, A. J.
White, Limited, 54 Warren
bt, Itew York.
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A LX OF I.OtiruttTlIII.
On th, Mth daf orNuT.rab.r, ucxt. It tolng th.
first day of the Duptrlor Curt, I wit! Kll at publte
aurtiun .1 tb. MS tiouM duer la tb. town of
Haltatx.aircMh, to Urr SUtaaad .uuatjr Ukm
lor 1IM, Wl Mm or lud ta r.atki towniklf
IUtMuyK.U.Dul.1.
B.J.UtWIt.Uwrlir,
If J.A,Julolo.,t).(l.
CtUM
ADVEEXISEMENTS.
1857 " TAU 1857
JiXDART at II IT.
RUFE. W. DANIEL
aBOCIKIES,
LIQU0K8,
F1NI WINES,
C1UAK8,
TOBACCO
iit.m.M.H a i:n(.i;i,'s
LAGKK BEER ON ICE.
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."ilruiu-lti'liiml ft
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ROANOKE NEWS,
"WELIDOIT, IT. C.
TERMS $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
Tlie lioauuka News was established in
ISCfi and is on a firm foundation. It is
Democratic in politics and is devoted to
the advancement of North Carolina, Hali
fax county and the town of Weldon in
prosperity and wealth.
While giving the news of the State,
county and town, it does not ni-gloct the
literary department, which it is the object
of the Editors to Ulako equal to that of
any paper in the State. Now
.V THE TIME TO Sl'BSCiilBE.
As as advertising mediim the Roanoke
News is
UNEXCELLED
in Eastern Carolina, circulating as it does
eitensively in aome eight or ten eountiea,
It it read by men, women nnd children,
and an advertisement in it column, in
lurj to be read and to pay a fcnndred fold.
Terms for advertising low, nnd oan W
had on application.
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