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POLAR EXHEDITIONS.
Tlilr Trn I'tirpiMn ICxplnlnoil lo Every
Hoily'. MutUiiM'tluii.
It i an mist ieiililic mid n puerilo
idea ti lliink tt visillnc the polar
iokIdiis inercly In reach Hip terininl nf
III') oarlli'd axil. 'J hat In not Iho pur
li)se which In recent ye:irs sllimilatcd
l"'l :n- travel. Arclic mid Antarctic
I'xpliinilinii will (;' n l. calm) wo
B.'O iiidio clearly every year that, tlio
wurlil In nil organic ivhnli1, every jinrt
ol which In nf o n ;il interest and ini
IMirtancc, III thoNludy of natnro's lawn,
Tlio Ice-honnd regions sllll hold In
their frnni linii)rlant ii nlln of which
our men of science will smno day pos
scxi iheniselvcH, and w Inch will throw
li'lil. I'lsewliei-e iniallaiiiahlc, upon
Iho circulation of oceanic waters, ico
formal Ions, cliniatolofry, tcn-oslrinl
inanolisni nnd oilier phoiioinena. Tlio
rosnlls of Iho labor at Iho fonrtoon
ciiciim-polar slalions now hcini;
worked out, compare I and puhlished.
hid fair lo bu worth fir nioro
than I hey cosl, to science.
Tho Aiilniclic regions will prob
acy bo Iho next lield of
polar inquiry, mid sonio stops
to Ibis end havo been taken bolh in
(ireat lliilain and Aiisii-alix As Iho
soiilli polar leeion is not, like tlio
Areiiu zone, crowd' d with islands and
archipelagoes, il is nf much nioro ini
portance in II. o 1 n.l v of ocean cur
rents. It lias rem. veil far less than
Its eh urn of attention, ehitlly because
tho search for II. o norihwest passnj;o
Ravo a prent impetus to Arclic travel,
and also because nianv of Iho most tin
poriant disct'Veries in iho norlh polar
regions ivcro Hindu by ship parlies
w hoso primary purpose was lo succor
tlio l'ranklln or olhor dislressid expe
ditious. Siraugo ns it may foen:, the Pacific
ocean is still far from well known.
When Wilfred Powell expressed tho
belief that many Pacific islands had
never yet been seen by while men,
sonio incredulity was manifested.
Since that time Captain linicn has dis
covered a little group of islands oft
Iho iiorllieast roust of New (tuinea,
Mr. It miilly found a new island in
ItWI, mid Iho OerinaiH havo re
cently nddi il two islands lo tho
Bismarck Archipelago. Many lnra
Islands, also, llko tlio largest
uienibers of tho Snloniou group and
New Britain nnd New Irelnnd are fa
miliar in Iheir ouiliucs, though wo
knowlilllo or nothing of their inte
riors. Sonio of I hoso islands, w hich
contain thousands of square miles, nro
still sealed books to us. 'J ho largest
island of Iho world, Now (iuiucn, hna
nowhero been penetrated far except
along the Fir and Aird rivers, nnil a
great part i f Ihc interior of Australia
is still wholly unknown.
Our ceologVal survey is pushlne
forward ns rapidly ns possiblo the
great work of supplying us with a
gook topographic map of our three
million sipiaro miles. Tlio Canadian
surrey hns nlso extended far within
I lie great Northwestern region, until
lei-cully but little known, nnd hns
shown that vnst nrrns nlong I he Rooky
mountains, furmeiiy supposed to bo
bli nk and iiiln spitable, nro well
adapted for settlement. There is little
danger of any future misconception of
nuy pnrtiif this mntincnt such I hat
of Sir George Simpson when ho tes
tified in a Brilisli court not n nny yenrs
ngo Ihnt the R al river country in Man
lloba, now thought to lo the finest,
wheat region in tho world, was wholly
unlit for human hahitalio i. C. C.
A lain, in X. '. ,lnr ami Exnrets.
SHIMAOZU SABURO.
Itirt JtiHiiii.Hi Win rlor Wlui Ki-.toreil tha
Mikmlo o I'uwer.
I.ato repi.ris from Japan nnnniinco
the death in that country of olio of Iho
most noted J.ipamai of Iho present
centiiiy, a man remarkable from tho
f.icl tVit hosiarlul a revolution which
broii-.ibt nbout results diiunelricalty
oppositt! to llioso which it hail been
his iuteulloa to siciiio. Iho uamo of
this in-portaiit iH-rsoiiago during thu
l it e feudal per'.od of Japan was Shim
ndKu Sabiiro, tlio head of what was
the $-tlsiim,i elan, t lie largi-stnud nio-t
powerf'd tiibal organization in that
empire; so large, indeed, Ihat ilajrhiif
lain was able, in Iho space of a few
days, to put Into the field fifty thou
sand well-crpiipeil nnd well-iraineil
soldiers. In ISiii, four years rificr his
ncccs-ion to the hendship of h is family,
Shimndzu conceived Iho idea of bring
ing Iho Mikntlo if Japan, Iho Imperial
ileal of tlio Japanese G iverninon',
from the retirement in which he ami
his prcdi" 'ssors for several genera
tions had been kept by the Shogunsor
Tycoons, the great hi-reililnry nd. lis
ters that, In the nnmo of iheir sover
eign, hid exercised nutocraiic. power
a' Yodilo, Iho polHlcal capital of Iho
country. It was Shim.n'zirs opin
ion thai the Slioguu had been
nllogeiltT loo much rontnni-itintt-tl
by fori I'u cusioms, nnd
that It was luc ssary fur Iho safety "f
the coeiilry to tlepo-o him fivm his
high i lllee, r store to the practical
govern on-lit the legitimate ruler. kIimhii
rlgh's lnd Lent lsurpi i!, and who
notihl prncl Ico lltnl concrvatlvo policy
which b'lllled a Japanese luonarcli.
By his poll tleul nnd milliner power,
Hldn.aiUi aueceedel iu cairyi gout
his ttiidcrlnking. Tho Kh- gun was
driven into retirement, and Iho Mika
do eamo lo Yeddo nnd tt n'c public
control f nfla'rs; but, histeal of be
coming rcncliouary in his ideas nnd
appointing Shluiiiil.u his PrimeMinis
tor, iuslrucl lug him In drivn nil for
eigners nut if tlio i' m i re nnd,n storing
again tho old customs of non-inter-course,
tho Mikado en I end upon a
progressiye, developing policy, with tho
idea of making Japan nno of li e sis
terhood of grea civilized nations.
This led, after a lime, to an alleiupled
rebellion, not by Htimadzu himself,
but by his iiumedialo followers nil
uprising ihnt was put down in conso-
quonco of Iho skill which I he Japnneso
soldiers of Uie imperial army linil iie-
quiitid in tho art of tlvilir.cd warfare.
Willi this military defeat tho old fe mi
ni system uf Japan wont to 1 ict-os.
and for scrorul Ttars past Its last
groat representative has liveii in r
tiromoul, cherishing the belief that,
through a mistaken act of his own, ho
bad placed hit oountry on tlio high,
road, to rulo,--flailo Veralii,
liny a.i aim., max axi wd.vax.
"Ktss me, U ill,"srtiiu MitrKiarlU',
Ton pretty little liiue,
llolillus up tier iltiiitty ljj..s,
sivi-et us ri'Hi-s tii.ru tu .liitie.
Will wiisU'li yeam ol'l Hint ilny,
Ami lie iHilled lu-r Kul'li-ii curls
Tt'iiNltiKly.iin niisiit r luntte,
"I'm 1'Hi i)ld-I ilon'l kisn itlrls."
Ten yeam nis ,nnl MHrfjin-rili!
SnilU'K iu. Will klll-elMilt ln-r feel,
(iiilin; fninllr III lu-r I'j-es,
iTliyillK, -W oll't J-'.ll klM IIH-, NlVll.,'
'Uite is seventeen lo il.iy ;
Willi ltd liirllnliiy rtlmslie toys
For a iii'ilneat, Uiea replies,
"I'm tun "lil -1 don't kl.ss linys !"
ELAINE'S LOST LOVER.
In l.sfil ihcre lived in lower part of
this county, near .Sandy Ridge IWolficc,
an old ludy by the name of Swnnn, and
with her a granddaughter, Mi.s Kluine
Marstou, a most lovely girl of Mxteeti
tunuuers. Adjoining iheir home was
the plantation of Judge Miller, the
wealthy father of handsome young Harry,
the devoted sweetheart of the beautiful
Klaiue. Harry was two years her senior,
and when thu order came for all of Geor
gia's sons between the ages of eighteen
and fifty years to go to the front, he at
once began preparation wilb all the ardor
and I'liihusiasiu of the Sotilhein youth at
that lime. His lust purling was with his
"little sweetheart," as he fondly called
her, and bis promises to return and make
her his bride were sealed by many a pure
kiss of luvo and tender eiiibr..ce. Fur a
while letters full of tenderness, love and
devotion came, filling the beait of
Klaiue with joy an 1 brightest hopes ol
the future. Suddenly liny censed, and
then comes one written by a friend toll
ing of the capture of young Harry, die
bravest of the brave, and bis incarcera
tion iu a Yankee prison. Months of
sorrow and anxiety follow, and linn
comes the sad news of his death, brought
by some "exchanges" from die prison in
which be Has coiitincil,
The grief of Klaiue w as terrible, but
the young heart however fondly it may
love, however bitterly it niay sull'-r .-el-duni
breaks, and in a low yours the bain!
sdiuo Hairy was but a iliui shadow, ami
the slender, delicate girl bud developed
iutoa handsome, charming Woman. She
had many admirers, and in Dc.cnibci
-."), lSI'iil. eight years alter the depart
ure of her loy lover. Klaiue Mir-ton
stood at the altar to become the wife of
one of Henry County's most resj coti d
citizens.
Last week a man iu the disguise of an
old tramp pas.e.1 through Hampton and
inquired for die home of Mrs. lie
I'jUDil the place, beheld the face i f bis
once promised bride, bright and happy
with the lov of a dcvolul hi s'nind.
bright and interesting children, and die
many coniform of a bfautilul country
home, nnd returned here to take the cars
for his home in the far West, not as n
tramp, however, but ns n handsome gen
tleman, stout and hearty, and nidi only
a few Mlver hairs upon his temples. He
told us of his life in prison until the close
of the war, of the false report which
reached him of the nuirriago of Klaiue
befoie his release, which nearly drove
him mad; of bis wondrous success in life
in California, and lust, of the report
brought across tho Continent that Elaine
did not marry till 18b!), a-d was now a
widow; the latter part of which be did
nut know to be false until he begged
bread at htr door.
He says he will never visit Georgia
again; that his people are dead, and his
heart's best love seared and withered, and
nothing remains fur him but to go forever
from the scenes of his childhood and the
land of bis birth, to spend the remainder
of his life as best he can in honoring
theGod who gave it. lie has many old
comrades, in arms in this section who will,
doubtless, recognize in Harry Miller one
af the many bruvc boys sent out by our
old country to fight for our honor, our
frcidotu and our burnt a. Hampton tfia .)
7i7ne.
HOW MANY !( YOU KNOW?
There is uo man living who knows ev
ery one of the 7 5,(11111 words in Webster's
dictionary, nor half, nor a lliird of their.
Nor is there is a mini that could ib lino
ilicin if w.i Wire asktd. Mink.-pi are.
who bal the riebeot vocabulary used bv
any Englishman, employed only Iti.blHI
words. Milton could pick up from S.lhlll,
hut die avenge 'm m gradiutu from one
of the great liliiieisitics, rarely has a yo.
cibuljryof morn ll sii Il.HOO or -l.HHO
words, ltight lure io liulTaln there are
Aincriiansborn and bred who contrive to
express all lluir wants and opinions in
Mull words, ami in the rural districts the
kuowlcdge uf lull or 2HH words is suffici
ent to carry a man lhiotic.li the world.
So the unabridged dictionary is chilli rod
up with till. (Mill or more teelitiio.il or ob
solete wi rds dint you never hear in ordi
nary hooks slid uewspapcrs. Buffalo
Srhtxil 71- roo r.
Hurklt-li's Arnira Static.
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Bruises, Surra, Ulcers, Salt Hbcuni, Fever
Sotes, Tetter, ( happed hands, Chilblains
Corns.and all skin cruptions,and positive
ly cures Piles, or no pay required. It is
guaranteed to give perfect salislaction, or
money refunded. Price '-. cents per box
Fur sale by druggists at Wcldon, Brown
iCsrrtway, Ualilax,Dr. J A McUwigen,
fcuulHO.
CONVICT TELECRAPHY.
A HTI1AMIK SYSTEM oKKIti.NS I.N I'SE IN
ALL l'ltlsli.NS.
Incidents that must necessarily follow
(nun ititorr-ointuunieation often happen
in penitentiaries, where tho rules are rig
id ami surveillance so close that n con
vict is never frnm under die eye of a
n guard or taskmaster. No matter to
what extreme Iho rule prohibiting con
versation he! ween convicts may be enforc
ed, I hey find some means by which to
inform themselves of what is going on or
what is to occur. Hut, more than this, a
convict may conceive the idea of escape
or revolt, and for bim to communicate it
to one he wishes to have as au accom
plice is nut difficult. They bring others
into the plot or plan until twenty or thir
ty know it, in the details for the carry
ing out t-f which each is assigned his
particular part. This necessitates a thor
ough explanation of niinutix- und calls
for a system of communication for which
a limited use of signs would not answer.
The secret use ol the latter means, for ex
pressing ideas and purposes will not ac
count for (he completeness of informa
tion convicts obtain of what takes plate
in prison walls, f r. whether anything oc
curs in the office or die most distant part
of the prison, within lift ecu niiiiuies i hen
is not a convict who does nut know all a
bout it. Penitentiary oflicials have triotl
again and again to obtain even a clue lo
die system, but tlcy are no n- aier a solu
tion than when they first began to invce-ligat-i
the matter. They know there is
u system, and that il rests on signs, but
whether on those iiiin.li" with ling, rs, eyes
and lips, or die bringing into b!ay uthir
feaiuris, or whether it depends on all to
gelhir, tiny do not know. Prisoin is,
to curry favor with i.flii. in's, ol'ten tell
llieiu what they .have learned from i tb. I
convicts. They go tn i special trouble at
fiines iii oxposim: pi its, an 1 are ready to
rcvml t v rylhing except (he means by
which they learned the facts. No con
vict has yet given the slightest suggi a' ion
which would lend to the di-coiery of tile
seciet that has delicti the sbicwd"st tlc-teilin-s.
"1 have seen." said au i s -prison offici
al, "two coiivi ts, six feet op lit, facing
etch other. They did not utter a word,
nor could I disc-rn die slightest nn.vi-
llli lit of lite hps or eyes, yet I knew tll"
Wire eoiumunicitino something They
"iized at each oilier for a minute or two
before I had a chance to interfere, but I
am satisfied that one told the other all he
wislml to tell. Three or four of them
will be Mantling around die stove or to
gether in din r placi s of the prison, and
yet with sufficient distance letivun them
to lead one to think that they have noth
ing in common, but while the-e is not
die least sign of conversation observable
they are talking to each other in their
own way.
Attorney-General Miehcner relates an
incident or two showing the perfection to
which the convicts have carried their sys
tem of conveying information among
themselves. On his first vi-it to Jcffer
sonvillc to look iu to the matter of a war
den's short comings he was silling in
thi! office rf the prison one afternoon
when the deputy warden or sume other
subordinate asked him if he did nut
wish to go through the shops. It was
something he did not expect to do, but,
accepting the invitation, they pa-scd
through the inner gates, crossing the first
cell rooms, out into the courtyard and a
cross that directly to the shoe factory.
They were nut three minutes in going.
nor did they stop anywhere until they
reached the fiutory. The Attorney-Gen
eral had gone but a few le t into the
room with the prison officer when a con
vict stepped up, and asking die litter if
he Could speak to the gentleman with
him, said on permissi m being given him:
"You are the Ailorney (moral?"
"Yes," was the only reply of that offi
cer.
"Your name is Miibeiicr?"
1 Yes; but how do you know that? 1
have never si't n von before."
al i true, i.or did I en r see you
until now, ul i h nigh lam from Shelby
cuiinly." Ilelb'-ii Weill on to tell who
ho was, In re he livid in die iiiiintv.
and what be hid d me lo bring hi in inlti
the peuilenti'iry. But the convict gave
the Attorney lienor. il limber imiw I'm
wonder by telling him I hit he kmwof
his reaching the city the day before, how
many visits he had made to die prison,
ami for what puriom.
Leaving thu shoe factory the Attorney-
General and prim n officer went into an
other room, and with neither of which
could any piron in the third bave dinct
commuuieniion. Here Mr. Michini-r
was approached by another convict, who
told him about what the first had done,
except he asked bim to nee the Governor
in his behalf. Going to the foundry,
which is a considerable distance from the
shot! faclnry, the third convict came up
to the Attorney-General the instant he
entered the room. This man had the i
denlily of the visitor and the cause of his
coming to Joflcrsoiiv illu as accurately as
the other two He alo wanted a pardon.
On their way to another building the
prison official said to Mr. Miehcner "Ev
il erv convict who cared to know had ill
the information about who you are and
why yon have come within a few niiiiuies
after you came inside the prison door.
The convicts have no privelcge of ilii
ting or speaking to each ol her, but so
perfect is their system of communicating
with each other t hat in forming plans lo
escape they can agree on lime, loaders,
methods and signals. Hut there is al
ways some eoiiviit who, though not in
die plot, learns all about il and lolls the
details to the officers. Investigation al
ways brings to light enough incidents to
convince us that their plans are being
formed constantly. Just alter watdon
Patton took charge three plans of uiiitimr
weic discovered and thwarted iu one day,"
Warden Patton nut long ago had oc
casion to order die punishment of a con
vict for the infraction of die rules. The
convict, without the knowledge of bis
fellows, was taken lo a distant pari ol
the prison whore there was not u sign of
anyone being near enough to learn what
took place. Hut three minutes after
ward every convict of the many hundreds
there know not only the piini.-bini lit and
the kind, but why, and by whom, and al
whose ordtrs it was inflicted. An ex
prison official said recently. "Not long
ago I look a convict to Michigan City.
I reached the prison about S o'clock in
thr evening, after all the convicts had
bo'ii locked up in tlitir cells. No one
knew of my being there bill the officer
in charge at ihnt time of nigjtit. I did
not slay longer than five minutes, bill,
turning nvt-r my prisoner, 1 went to die
hotel aul to bed. When 1 came down
lo bie tklast the next morning tin re was
a in -s ngi r lr 'in the prison staling ihat
such and such numvi.'l vvau'el to we
m ! A bill' a il'Z-n in ail vvi.-h- d io
have me c e cut lo them. How they
knew I was them nobody knows. Prison
officials are constantly set ing die effects
of coiiiiiiuniealiun among tlio convicts,
hut cannot detect the sys em." Indian-ap.i-is
.oc, -mit.
pk.U'ock ii:atiii:i:s.
Til olden times the plumage of the
peacock was considered among (lie bright
est. of nature's beauties. The proud
bird Itself was prepared wish all its feath
ers on for the banquets of kings und
high nobles, whore it bild the most
prominent place. Until within a few
years only a small number of even the
u call hirst persons, especially iu Ann riea,
felt that iheyiould afford tu inlcudc
pea iocks among their pets. The feath
ers were cosily, and every woman prided
hois IF upon die possession of a few in
her bont.e:. If sho were fortunate e
noiigh to have a fan made of I best-feat h
trs she felt proud indeed. Gradually, as
the' hunters secured larger tpiantilies.
wealthy people began lo use llit-ui lor de
corative puipos's. hiogant screens,
some with the feathers spread ibiuly on
a chilli surface, ami odors, which were
more costly, with the leal hers closely
sewed together; fain with silver handles,
sufa cushions, and chair seals were made
of the brilliant plumage. The leal hers
were even us-.-d in die decoration of walls,
aud lor fricz s and dadoes.
Bui suddenly, and apparently without
cause, the demand ceased. The leathers
that had previously be; n the joy of the
owner, were looked upon with distaste
and pronounced nut of fashion. They
were ruthlessly torn from the hats (hoy
had adirued. from tn walls and screens,
and thrown into die rubbish heaps
Whence came ibis sudden and unex
pected dislike? The reporter was told
lb it an tin. i nl superstition to the elicit
that peacocks and peacocks' feathers
were sure to bring bad luck to their own
er had been revived and had brought a
b. ml the downfall of the fashion. Ho
made enquiries ut die stores where pea
cock feathers were formerly supplied,
and found lh.it the demand bad cased
entirely. At Till my 's it was said thai
I bey had not sold a fan or screen of pea
oock feathers for several years. Custo
mers icvcr ask lor llieiu. I he reporter
was inlortne 1 ntoth-T hous-s ihit tenth
ers tint form "r'y sold at high j rices can
li iw he obi line I for twenty five, fifty and
aevenly fue eenis a bunch A number
of imp triers said that they were used
v cry linle . New York Sim.
I IINVI MPIIIIN M III I V ( I III II.
Tu Til K Km mit Please inform your
readers lint 1 have a positive remedy for
the above named disease By its timely
use thousands of Impel. ss eases have been
peruniiieutly cured. I shall be glad to
send two hollies of my remedy KHKK to
any of your renders who have consump
tion if they will solid nie their express
aud postofiice address.
Ht'speetl'iilly.
T. A. SLOCUM, M. f ,
181 Pearl street, New York.
jnn 5-fnn.
Two (limn Fun Tins Earth. Now
that you are going to marry my daughter
I would liko to know something of your
habit-." "Very well, sir." lhi you
smoke of chew ?"
"Never did either in my life." "Do
you drink ?" "No, tir. I don't drink
or patronize horse races or swear or road
trashy literature. And now after the
wedding, whero would you advise me to
live?"
"In heaven, tny job,"
AFRICAN WHITES.
lit'.s-fK.MiKNTS III- IIIK K'ltil.MIS MiVV
I.I VI N.J IN fill llll'.KV l.'U l-IANA.
Most people who have read Hitler
Haggard's lain of die great while race iu
Africa coiisidei il die pun si li. -lion, but
such i. not Iho ens;' South of Tllllblll loo
and north of Kong M mnl ilns iu die
western part of Africa live the l-'oolahs,
die while tribe of the dark cniilineiil.
This nihil has g 1 1,-alutis, a skull
molded like that of a white man and a
complexion about us dark as that of the
Italians. They were great slave traders
iu die old days, bill they made u special
ly of the finest grades of captives, ami 1ml
few of their own number were ever trans
portid. It is said that a shipload of
(hem was oiit-i! landed on the coast of
L-iui-iiiia. and ihtl the Cr -olos. r.-fn.-inj
lo believe llieiu darkies, sot I hem free an i
hung the slavers.
Tin se Koolabs settled down in die
mulshes of Southern Loui-iuna, and afh r
a while became eiifi.e 1, and iu tint part
of the Slate in day you nil find tail,
dark, rutin r good looking while men who
bavi! all the imlol. m e of die Min k Alii-
aii, who are soiu-li'in s i s lit ic" isihe
Arab. Tin s -pe pi are ibco'is. Imeiil-
of the l'oolab's. and are a:w iys bespita
hie and mu-i-al pooiale. and lluir
M.ivfl wer was a sUvr. Thr, are
strange ii'.'oi'lc iu ihi jr, at c -inure of
CARS BEFORE THE WAR.
Pi opto who travel m iva 'avs Iu Pull-
man sleep' as -iiel K dl' V' i o-.
what l':li!ro.. i 11. ! ore
til War III ill IV -s. ..e., ;; j.o- lli-
icro of deaths by accident on railroads is
very small. Then a man took his life in
his hand when be made a trip on the ruii
rninl. The nils then wore known us
snap rails, flat pieces ol' iron spiked
l vv n to die wooden be mis hod along die
Irack. Every now and then a wheel ol
car would tear one end of a rail loos"
and il would fly up through die bottom
of the car and then smash its way (hrouuli
killing anybody it muck and freaking
die woodwork of die car all to piicis.
I wa- au i vpress mcs, u-cr In rinse
days on a road running between Cincin
nati and Indianapolis One day one o!
those rails broke llu- -ugh tny cur, struck
my safe, and (lion came squirming und
Ivvistino like a snake at inc. I tried to
dodge it. l.ut it soi'uied to bend ull over
the car iu u second, and it caught my
bre chi s, tearing diem clear off one log.
If il bad struck my body I would have
Ik en nailed to ihe roof by it. as it went
u out that way. Sometimes these bro
ken rails threw the train off the track,
but generally the curs bowlt.1 merrily a
long over the break, and the passengers
were so accustomed to being shaken up
that they didn't know that anything ex
traordinary hail happened until some one
told them. Joseph Temple in (i'Vc-
lh tnitciut.
Some people think that a double wed-
di"ir is unlucky. Some people think
that a single wedding is too. Generally
these last are people who have tried it.
Chicago young lady 'Ob, Clara,
papa gave me such a beautiful piano for
Chiistmas."
St. Louis young lady Wasn't that
lovely? '-Did you get it in your stock
ing? '
The WonileH'iil llciilhi I'l-tqicrllcs of
llnrtivs l'i-iiili lai-lii' l-hiiilhi I asc
Ol ArriilcnlN tor Hums. Krulils,
I'liU. lv uiiuils, etc.
lis prompt use. will invariably relieve
pain, promote hi aling ami prevent Ery
sipelas, Gangrene, or Croud I'lesh. Uw
ing to the cleansing and purifying quali
ties ut Ihe l'luid the most obstinate I I
cers. Boils, Carbuncles, ami running sor. s
are rendered pure and healthy ami speed
ily, cured, no other application bciug
Iieeessiiry.
4 VI Imo.
Iliebist always the cheapest :vc
num. y by ur 1 isiug the cob iirated Hay
Male ami , iglt-r Broth' rs shoe:
bought direct Ir.'iii die iiianufaetureis.
Eur sale by P. N Stainb v k k Co.
il e Mie. nvi-lMockt-d III clutlnllg anil in
older to reduce stock have put the KNII'K
llcht Into pines all-1 will s.-ll nd '."toils m
this line at figures dial will astonish you
P. N. Stainb.vi'K Hi Co.
$5li5 worth of sample jewelry just
opened. Nihil gold and gold plated lew
dly of all kinds, at prime wholesale cost
at I . Id. 1-MiiY s.
A beautiful line ol castors from SS.i to
18. 1'. N. Stainback & Co,
Sitli Ahead.
Persons desiring Safe and Cheap In
surance will do well to see an agent of
tho Valley Mutual Life Assoeialiun of
Virginia. It has members in neatly ev
cry county from tbc mountains to the
sea and they recognize the fact that they
nave reliable and sale insurance and nro
paying up their asstoasuienu promptly and
willingly. Agents wanted iu every
county. Liberal terms offered to live
men. Address
Berkeley. & Arnai.l,
Southern Managers,
Rttlebrih, Sf. C,
NK W A I) V KKT1S EMENTS,
PURELY VEGETABLE.
It icti with txtriordiriiry efflctcy on th
I
IVER, KDNEYS,
and BOWELS-
AN EFFECTUAL SPECIFIC FOB
Malaria, Bowel nmilalnts,
Hyspcpsla, HU-k lli-Hilauttc.
Ilmixtlptttlnn, JlilldUftliess,
Kidney AllW-tlmm, Jaundice,
Mental Oeiitcsnlon, Colie.
No Household Should be Without It,
mi'l, ) I'Hiu'ki'pl ii'iuly for Innwdialeune,
will Mtive ninny an limir nl' kUiNtIiik und
luany a dollar In llint urn doeLors' bill.
THERE IS BUT ONE
SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR
Soe Hint yoti gel tho genuine with red "2"
en front of Wrapper. Prepared only by
J. H.ZEILIN &. CO., Sole Proprietors,
Philadelphia, Ps. i'lUCE, S1.00.
I)e:H lv.
WELDON, X. C
FAMILY GROCERIES,
YKurn ::u
; ,.. II '.
fc.MoKIXi;
A.N L ClIKVYIMi
TOBACCO.
I am now prepared to n il at lowest
cash prices Groceries of all kinds, Wince,
Liquors, Tobacco. Cigars. Snuff, &e., and
will al-'o l;c p on h mil a full supply of
fresh Vegetables of every variety, which
will be sold cheap.
DjSESt
1 will always keep i n band a stock o"
well made Metallic Burial Cases a' '
WOODKN COFF,
which I will sell cheap, aud which
be bad at any hour, day or night.
Ordeis by letter or telegraph will re
ceive prompt attention urnl ca.-.os shinned
by first train.
i'Atijox (;i:soi,icrn:i).
E. A. Cl'THPvKLL,
First Stiect, Weldon, N
sop 15 fiui.
When I say Cm I diimt infnn merpit to
Mop them lor a timo, nuii ilit'ii Imve Uiphi re
turn HL'Sln. I MKA A liAIUCAli Ct'liE.x
1 llliYtl I1I&UI3 Ul UlM'ilNC 111
FITS, EPILEPSY o?
FALLING SICKNESS,
A l!ff lonR study. T warrant mv rpmcdy to
t'I'RK th" Woptt rr-(s. ir('!iiii' fiT-iPr-t htiTe
(tilled 1 1 no rPffWHi inrwit now rer-f ivinit a rum."
Sfnit at onoi'for ;iLrtu1iHt hiii! ;l r'ttKt- Butt LB
of my iNFu.i.uu-K Kt MKhi . tiivtt Knir--"
ind Post 0(1h'i It co-is jon m '
trial, and II will curt' yon. AiUti
H.G.ROOT.M.C. I S3 Pearl,,
junuaiy o uui.
HELP YOUR I
JJV t'SINii YOT.Vlt'S 1'LI.KHKATED
lMI'liiiVKl) l'Kia.SL'Ol'lt' GLASS'
CLEAItASIisitri-TI) TIIK KVK. I
KNINl. Ill WKAK KVK.SF 'fe.
ForSk' lu doM, Hv', lluhber luid w.v'
F rat me. Lf "
HELP TO SAVE
,Th.
Uy luiyliiH lht trrunli'iti ImrKHit.Gvtitg Sit
uohb lit Ni iN'vi WA'ii-'
Varying In Trice from fj--ijr'1
FUUI Y TOONK lirSltRLlt- fM'I LAuf
Worth ik'iirly doul-U' ihc price. . '
GETS CF JEWELRY ,
Civ"
. mil itllieit'lit stvlea or I '
uivtis I'lvsi, EAii-iiivn", rvrr mtL
Wll9.niLI.VKS. lil ITttSX. llliAl ll WTre
SIl.VI'.l! sl'.ttiSS. I 'IllKS. Si' ,1 l.tleis-'V.
ri..v l liii i".Vstoi:s, li t I'lTtiu- I"
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At Uislonest possihlp piw' Orders
attfiidfd t, .
J. W. YOUNC, I
(sUCOKSSDIl TO J. T, YllUNll fc mfl
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lTVri!VT!T
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Hie lust liell eautttry. Not Iwtsl Wltciij. to,
rlor. .tl illV.'llliVI! Rr'Hirt'SS Is H Ult'tlOTl 31."
tt-tn 01 wor tnai ttstt if is-nonne'i mi
(Sitintrr wlllin'it Rel'srHllllil tin- Welti
their homes. 1'iiy Htiernli eny "nit esn
wer 'i ulllil-r votittn; or ol'l; nu aiA'S'tut nr.
nttlreil Cut Uile out slid return U m
will wild )"" ft."lti -tlilnil olere.il itt(tJ
toyt'U, Hist will lrl you It. t'lihlief -
will bring )'"U hi liiore mtuus linl.l ivm.
antthlnl c'ln Ihe worM. Unrtd,,"
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