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NO. 33.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT.
W fjen physicians (ail to give relief in cases of
chronic ailments, resulting from poison blood, bow
gratifying to the sufferer to obtain at last tlie right
TVUK'iiy. Where every other treatment miserably
to cure, Botanic Blood llalm invariably gaim
i victory,
Pan Saha, Tixas, February 9, IS82.
Our little daughter became effected with some
lor in (( scali diwa, supposed to be ringwurm or
MZt-ma. It first began in white scabs or dandruff
mid then lornwd in liiull sore all over t!(e front
part of her head with rough LMies on
ORKS her forehead and lace, and then run an
ul eating sore on her head whkh con
turned to spread until a neighbor insisted on me
ln;;ii; II. It- H Alter m'.I bottle and a rulf the
lore n heaiini; uely and the child's health much
ii.i u vi-d .iiid kiie is getting fat. I believe II. II. D
to m excellent blood purilier and very quick in
its action. M ks. He i riH Graves.
Willow Cirv, Tixas, Apiil 9, lSAt.
VamA Halm Co.: 1 as taken with par.ilsts. the
d'Ktnr said causfd by a tumor
TUMORS tllJt ' attacll,t' tu tl,e ktwelk
and had a bad tae uf dyijK'iia'
I). U. I), hat done ma more good than all the doc
tor. WM. S HILTON.
Bar?, worth, fJ ii a m h h it s Co., Ala.,
February C, f
Fur the last six years 1 have been a great suffer
er from blood poison ; could not get anything that
ouM il.j nie any good. Xtie doctors thought
would die. Two years ago 1 was stricken down
with cat cer of the lower extremities
CANCER n wa not out mf
room, the cancer causing me to suf
fer j-reat pain. A month ago I commenced taking
the II, 11. II. and was able to walk a half mile before
I !i?.d taken two bottles. The cancer is healing up
nicely, and I think t!ie use Of this remedy Kill cure
me. (ID K. M. Smith,
COAL
Tin: OMV COAL KLKVATOR
SOU Till
There are seventy-two screens in the
Building.
Nu dust or dirt can pos.illy (ji-t iuto
the Coul as it runs over llicse screens in
passing from the Elevator into the carts.
Consumers (ret their Coal dry nud
perfectly clean.
I have Dow, and shall always keep on
hand, t largo stock of all kinds of Coal
heat suited for Foundry, Factory, and
Family use.
All Coal selected and of hot (Uality.
The Railroad cars run alongside, the
Klovator, aiid the Coal is loaded into
theiu there, thus lessening the cost to
the trade South and West.
I'rowpt shipmeuls. Orders solicited.
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HOiKlEWflRD BOUND.
11 V K I' (I K X B . ) A K It K r. 1
These foreign muen unci Liiel.i sn fair
We leave Willi, ml regret
These castles grand and treasures rare
We may ere l.nir forirct,
Ami as nnr fiistt w went ward turn
From strange shores where they roam,
Oh, how nur hearts must finally yearn
For our sweet Southern home.
We've spent must joyously the days
'Mid Scotland's lakes and hills.
And where the genial suns! ine plays
O'er England's fields and rills ;
And now, with neollielionskweet,
A pleasant leave we take,
And loving friends we Inn" to greet
In our dear "Old North State."
Fiom these j.ay, glil filing sei nesof Frame,
Where Fashion's lollies reign,
W here alts and heaulies tjiiiek entrance
Anil their strange spells maintain
We look with jov hcvtmtl the sea.
In mingled hope and pride,
To that happy "land of the free"
Where love and peace ahiile.
(iralul "(lid Xortli State!" We love the
well,
From sea to mountain peak
The dearest land on which to dwell
Thy praise we'll ever speak.
And when our footsteps leave Ihy soil
For countries F,ast or West,
Thou ait always, in lest or toil,
The land we love the best,
On hoanl steamer Indiana, Aug. lo, N!l.
THE ARIZONA KICKER.
SUMK KVEHY HAY IIAIM'ENIMIS IN E1I
TuKI.VI. I. IKK.
'flu' last issue of the Jr.i AVc.w
contains tiie lolLviu:
tiuNE llo.UK. Duriuj,' the past week
Maj. O'Connor, Judge l'egram and the
lluu. Tacony Junes, thining lights of
this neighborhood and leading members
of society, have been called fur by eastern
detectives and returned to their several
hollies towards sunrise to be tried fur
various crimes. While wc are sorry to
see our population thus depleted, we
know that justice must be done. The
niily wiiuder is that so few were called
for. We are ecrlaiu that at least twenty
live uf our leading litizns break info
a culd sweat every liuic a stranger sttikis
the town.
No Rkiiatk. We desire to slate in
the most explicit uiauuer that no rebate
will be allowed any part uf our subscri
bers who may be obliged to leave town
for the benefit uf the community, ur who
may be hung and buried for the same
reason. In several late instances Itietids
uf such subscribers have called on us
and asked to cash up for the unexpired
term, but we have invariably refused.
Subscriptions to the Kicker ruu for une
year. We eoutract to deliver the paper
lor that lime. If the subscriber i.- nr-
rcslel, driven off or hung, it is no fault
ofuurs. Please bear this in mind and
save yourselves trouble.
Hk Missed. Our contemporary
luwn the avenue didn't like the way wc
bowed him up last week, and on Mou
day he burrowed a revolver from Sain
Adams as lung as bis leg and lay in am
bush for us at the comer id' Apache and
Cactus avenues. As we appeared, ou our
way tu the pustuHice, he opened lire, and
nix shuts were lircd at us at a distance
no mure than ten feet. Nut une of them
came within a fuut of us, but the shooter
did manage to wound a $'M) mule le
longing to Lew Baker, and to kill a Slid
dog hclougiug to Judge Stoker. lieu
he was through shooting we knockel
him down and hammered him until be
hollered. Wc und. Maud that he has
settled with the others for 81 fit) and thai
lie thinks of leaving town. He'd better.
If he ever h id any standing here he's
lost it now fur sure A man who holds
a gun in bulb bauds aud shuts his eyes
to shoot is of no accouut in this district.
The coyotes wouldn't even bark at
him.
SEEN FROM A BALLOON
The sensation n man experiences win n
making au ascent in a balloon is very pe
culiar, wiy a well-known aeronaut. The
earth appears to be falling away, especi
ally from just where the ascent was made.
A few dajs ago 1 made au ascent from
St. Charles, Mo . and wn soon able to see
St. Louis and a score of other smaller
cities. The smoke from the manufacto
ries looked very odd, hut the principal
buildings iu St. Louis were remarkably
distiuct even when 1 had gone up 4,0110
feet aud over. Of course at that alti
tude it was impossible to detect move
ments on the earth's surface with the
naked eye, hut with the aid of a telescope
this can bo dune. The fastest tiains
seem to he goiug at a snail's pace, and a
running hotso seems to niuke very poor
progress. Rivers look like little sireuks
of silver when the balloon is very lngli
up. The steady fall in temperature is
1 . ..i.i :.. . c... i:-.. ,.c
not unpleasant, anu mere i no ia-nnS u.
giddiness alter a little practice.
A III.U.TIIV CMIOWTII.
Acker 'a Rlood Elixir has gained a firm
hold on the American people and is ae.
knowledged to be supeiior to all other
preparations. It is a Hitivo euro for
all Uloou anu akin inseascs. i uo mcui
cal fraternity indorse and prescribe it,
Guaranteed and (old by W, M. Cohen
WeldM, V. C.
DIET AND BEAUTY.
MOST (IK THE WOMEN EAT AN I.NSFEKI
CIKNCV OF lilt EASE.
-New York Sun.
Must women cat too lilllc nourishing
food, meat and grease. Urease! you ex
claim, in horror. Yes, grease only let
it be uf a kind that she can digest, nnd
served in an appetizing manner. Butter,
cream and olive oil, eaten willi thn food
every day, will help tu cover those ugly
bones that dance a very witch's waltz
unihr the thin skin uf your chest with
cushions of soft flesh, and will fill the
hollows and smooth out the lines in your
face if you can only learn In digest and
assimilate them. S times the appetite
needs a lung course of training before it
if v. lops a taste for good fund, just as
the acquisition of a desire for good liter
ature is evolved only by a long course of
sludy, and when once attained is easily
lost through indulgence.
If you are tun thin eat butter, cream,
milk, chocolate, farinace uirs foods, fruit,
potatoes, peas, parsnips, sweets, drink
sweet wines, porter and liquors, and it is
said I hat women in tin: Bey's seraglio at
Tripoli are fattened by means of repose
anil baths. If a suparabundance of flesh
threatt n you with corpulency, you have
your life-work before you. Find out
first from your physician whether your
obesity is due to the nun assimilation of
food; tu a lack uf nuurisliment rather
than an excess; or whether it is only that
the avoirdupois of the father is being
visited upon the children to the third
and fourlli generations.
There are many metbuds uf reduction,
aud must uftheni efficacious if systemati
cally and persistently employed, but the
trouble with most women is lli.it (hey are
not capable of sustained effort, and
though they may drug themselves rigor
ously all through the week, they will
destroy good results with a box of bon
bons ou Suuday. Dieting is by no
means starving, but simply choosing
such foods as abound iu nitrogenous mat
ter ruber than sweets or fats, and are
ea-iiy and quickly digested. Auimal
food, with its preponderance of nitrogen,
tends to produce lirmne.-s of muscle with
au abs -nee of surperflutius fat, and beef
and mutton are considered the most nu
tiiiious varieties.
Another reason why lean meat should
enter largely into ihe diet uf fleshy peo
ple is that since its digestion is accom
plished in the stomach, it remains there
louger, thus appeasing hunger mole
thoroughly and for a greater length of
time than vegetables, aud produces a more
limulatiug effect upon the system.
With it may be eaten stale bread, toast,
whole wheat bread, succulent fruits,
cresses, cucumber, lettuce, tomatoes, raw
caboage and farinaceous foods with mod
eration. To avoid too great a sameness
in diet is an important point, and a'so to
cook the food in the most disgesfible as
II as the most appcti.iug manner.
Cake, pasiry aud made dishes, together
wiih c-iidim ints like pickles aud sauces,
which excite the appetite to uiiiialur.il
activity, must be avoided, and exercise
must do the rest.
HOW TO BE ELOQUENT.
It is only wlu ii u luinis'ti r preaches
out of his own heart that he reaches the
hearts of others. A pure intellectual
serin, ,n stops with the intellict; a doctri
nal sermon is nothing more than aspiiit
ual opiate. But let a man utter what he
has li lt aud known, let him touch the
bar), siring that has vibrated iu his own
ill, and there comes that hush aud spell
over an audience, lhat chained attention,
that lifting uf facts which hums like a
white tablet for God's fingir to wiite on.
Who has uot felt the irresistible power
of a hidden cxpoihnce interpreted by
another soul? This is the secret if nil
ratory, of all sympathetic power of ni.iu
over man. The greatest piciii-hers tue
not those who may lay claim to (he high
est scholarship, who are profound phi
losophical ihiukcrs or ducliinal giaids,
but whose large hcails lone throbbed
with the deepest q iillual txperiiiice.
"Out of the abundance of die heart the
tiioulh speiikcth." These : re men wbii
can lay hnldoii vast uudit nets and swur
them as the wind sways a foiesl. Tloil
langungc may be plain, lln ir slyle un
polished, their manner awkwaid, but
they know the stopn and the keys of the
human heart as the organist knows his
instrument, and all the fohnin aud sweet
music of life answers to their touch.
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Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Kheum.Kcvci
8oles,Tetter, Chapped hands, Chilblains
Corns. and all skin eriiptions,aud positive
ly cures Piles, or no pay required. It is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or
money refunded. Price 25 centB per box.
For sale by druggists at Weldon, Brown
iCarraway, Halifax, Dr. J A MoGwigm
Kufield.
Just received a large lot of Bay Sfa'e
shoes ter men. lauies anil children: ae
knowledgd by all to he the best. P. N
Sluiiiback & Co.
All wool undenbirti at f 2.25 per pair.
M V llart.
THOSE WHO LOVE YOU
I'lilcss you are very unfortunate there
is some little oasis in this world where
dwell one or two people who really love
you. I wonder if you value their luvo
as you should. Being human, and a man
at that, very likely you do not. Ambi
tion is your god, perhaps, or mammon,
or you have a hobby to ride, and want to
be applauded as you galop.
What is a little love more or less to
you? And yet, lliuiigh you win all else,
what a miserable creature you would be
if no one held you dear. How much uf
your strength and courage comes, with
out your knowing it, from (lie luvo lhat
you lake as you do the dew of Heavoii
or the water you drink, ur the air yuu
breathe, without thinking how wonder
ful it is.
(lod is love, and when love is ours
something divine is given us ou earth
It is the only bit uf Heaven accorded to
pour uiuvtals in the flesh; strongest aud
purest ill the emotion the mother gives
to her children; must fascinating when it
is the love that comes iu alter life to the
passionate heart: holy and true as broth
ers aud sisters feel it; beautiful still when
we a cord it iu the name uf friendship. It
is the one great jewel worth possessing,
aud yet how often it is set aside for
gotten. How often men of the world, busy
with other cares, make the hearls that
love them ache by their want of appre
ciation! How often the old mother won
ders that ' her boy does uot write!'' How
often the wife sils alone while the joliy
comrade of the hour occupies her bus
band's time, or for some motive of policy
he lingers where mi ii of influence arc
gathered! Iluw lung children lung fur
dear papa's coining iu vain! How often
solitary sisters still dwelling iu the old
homestead, says, with a sigh.- "Ah!
I never see anythiug of Jack now!"
Life must have ils cares and ambition:
"men uiust work and women must weep"
even whey they are nut "fishers;" but at
least a word can be given to the tender
aud loving ones to prove that they arc
nut forgotten. The time may conic,
even to the greafest man, when he would
ive mure for the affection he has flung
away than fur anything he has gaiued
in doing it; and I say tu you from my
heart: Value those who love you.
The world is lull of people who do not
as you will be certain some day tu dis
cover. BISHOP'S FIRST PATIENT.
Nrw York Slur.
When I heard of Comedian Bishop's
lentil yesterday 1 called to mind a story
he once told me about his experience as
a physician. Shortly after he had glad
tinted from a San Francisco medical col
lege a medical friend of his was called to
Sacramento un important business, and
before leaving he requested Bi.-hup to
call ou one of bis patients twice a week.
Bishop did as requested, and, while wiih
the sufferer, would sit for an hour by his
bedside telliug funny stories, of which he
had a large fund. When the regular
physician rclurned he went to the hospi
tal to see his patient. Upon asking (he
sick man what Bishop had given him
the former said: "Oh, he gave me a
little of everything. He talked Dutch,
Irish, French and every otlnr dialed,
ml made me laugh until the tears rolled
down my checks."
"But what medicine did he give
you ?"
"Well, he said that he f rgot to bring
the medicine with liim, but that he
would scud it up."
Did he?"
Did he? Well, I should smile,"
said (he palieut, as he took a quart bot
tle of whiskey fiom under his pillow.
In relating Ihe story Bishop said:
The worst Icatutii about my first case
w is (hat the palieut was just recovering
from a severe aitack of delirium Ireniciis,
I did (be best 1 could for a beginuer."
IDENTIFYING Mil. JOHNSON.
'Is there a Mr. Johnson in ibis car?''
called the conductor as he entered a
coach on a Lehigh Valley train and held
up a telegram to view.
'There is!" replied ihrec men iu chorus
as they ros.'iip.
"Bui ibis despatch is for John John
son."
"That's me!" replied two of them,
while (lis third lo iked relieved and s it
down.
"Which of you is married?'' continued
the (ou luclor.
"I utii!" both answered.
"Well, I think (he dispatch relates to
the birth of twins al home, and is con
gratulator,." "That's let me out, thank heaven!"
exclaimed one Johnson, as he sat down
to wipe his brow, while the oilier flushed
red and white for moment and then re
ceived the dispatch.
ii um'ino ami omi:mmi:m'
Cannot go hand iu hand if we look on
ihe dark side of every little obstacle.
Nolhing will so darkeu life aud make it a
burden as Dyspepsia. Acker's Dyspep
ttitt Tablets will cure the worst form ul
Dyspepsia, Constipation and Indigestion,
and make lite i happiness and pleasure.
Sold at 25 and 50 cmtsby W. M. Cohen
Weldon, N. C.
BLUFFED
A MAN WHO lilsroVEHEl) HE WAS A
TWO-STORY FOOL.
New York San.
There were two of them in our gang
of Pennsylvania oil well drillers and blas
ters who were constantly fooling wiih the
nitru-glyccrine. They would take chances
to make your hair stand on end, and the
trouble was ihey imperilled the safety of
many others. One of their favorite pas
times was to get out after noun-day lunch
and fuss a two pound can of the sltiff as
far as ihey could heave it. I more than
once saw them stand fifty feet apart, and
on lliree or four occasions saw the can
miss their clutch and fall to the earth.
Our foreman and all the other men did a
great deal of swearing over this foolish
ness, and once the men were discharged
for it, but they were taken back afler a
time, and as we grew more used to the
stuff wo took more chances.
One day the men got out with the can,
and as the fuu was about tu begin our
foreman said:
"lioys, that nonsense will be the death
of you yet."
"Bet you ten to one it wou't!" replied
one of them.
' Vcs, and I'll bet ten to one it won't,"
bin H'eil the other, us be shook his wallet
at the foremau.
The latter failed to cover, and as he
sauntered down the hill I followed him.
We had walked about two hundred feet
when we were suddenly lifted up and
thrown flat to the earth, and then follow
ed a crash which seemed to have rocked
the continent. As soon as we could get
up we ran back to the derrick, or where
the derrick was. It had disappeared, as
well as our shanty, anil ou the site was a
hole into which yuu cuuld have dumped
a cuKagc. Nut the slightest scrap of the
two can tossers could be found, and the
foremau and I stood fur several minutes
staring info I he cavity. Thcu he sud
denly slapped his leg, waved Iih hand iu
disgust and growled :
"What a two slory foul I was not to
take those bets."
FINED $5 FOR KISSING.
Blanche Nelson, a handsome, gorge
ously dressed young woman was brought
before Justivo White a few days ago for
trial. The charge against her was "dis
orderly conduct."
"What's the case ugaiust the girl?"
asked the court.
"Kissiug."
"1 don't knuw that this is any crime,"
said the court, reflectively. "Tell me
the stury."
It appeared fiom the evidence lhat
(he other afternoon the all'cclionale
young creature, while slightly under the
influence of wine, created a scene at the
e rncr of llalstiad and Madison streets
by kissing all the good looking young
uie-i she could catch. Very little outcry
on (be part of the victims was made, and
everything went well until a solemn mid
dle aged man, having the appearance and
garb of a clergyman, came along. The
irl seized him. He appeared anything
but reconciled to her caresses. As the
middle aged gout struggled tu free him
self from Blanche's embraces, a crowd
gathered and a policeman hove in sight.
The patrol wagon was summoned Inside
of tcu minutes Miss Blanche was behind
prison bars. The girl's defence this
morning was nut uf the best, and she was
fined So and costs.
KICKERS.
St. Peter sits by the heavenly gates
his hands ou the stiingsof a lyre, and be
sings a low song as he patiently wails for
the souls of (hose who expire. He hears
in the uislancc (he chorus of song lhat
swells from the foot ol the heavenly
throne, and he smiles as the music is
Wafted along, and warbles a lay of his
own. 1 here is room in tins region I. r
millions of souls, who by sorrow aud woe
were b rcfi; 'lis for those who have suf
I'creJ I liu indody mils, but the kickers
must Kirn to the left ! There is room
for people who when ihey were young,
persisted iu sowing wild oats, yet who
boomed up their town with sinew uud
t uigue, but the kickers must go wiih ihe
goat.-! I hero is room lor the people
who pointed wiih pride to (he beauty
and growth of their town, who kept sing
ing ils raises aloud (ill they died, but
the kickers will plca-e amble dowu 1
Thc'd say lhat (he music was all out of
tune, ami the angelic robes 'huud-mc-dovv
n-,' aud they'd scud for a jeweler oT
to the union to sample the gold iu (heir
crowns. So while there is room for
millions of souls, who by sorrow aud woe
were bereft, we want no complaint of
the music lhat rolls, so the kickers must
turn to ihe left!"
(illAIIII A(;AINMI'TIIK KTItlkR,
And always have a bottle of Acker's
English Remedy in the house. You
cannot tell how soon Croup may strike
your little one, or a cold or cough may
fasten itself upon you. One dose is a
preventive and a few doses a positive
cure. All Throat and Lung tro ibles
yield to its treatment. A sample bottle
la given you free and the Remedy guar
anteed by W. M. Cohen, Weldon, H. C.
PASSING AWAY.
We have seen an aged mother whose
head was silvered o'er wiih the frosts of
many winters, and bowed with the weight
of care: whose step was slow and uncer
tain: whose cheeks once so smooth and
round and flushed with die bloom of
youth, vv, re li , w so pale and thin and
seamed with furrows of many sorrows.
Only a few years ago and she vva iu the
heyday of life, and I his world seemed
such a grand and beauiil'ul homo for
mortality to live in. Another step ami
she lias crossed die u.irrow vale that
divides (he maiden's hopes from matron
ly fruition; a pair of strung arms are
around her, and she bears those sweet,
endearing words "my own liitle wife"
from the lips of him whom she is proud
to call husband. But wiih tnariied loi-s
comes cou-iciuent cares and responsibili
ties. Little cares wrapped Iu red flannel
come, and she feels a soft cheek pressed
against her own, and the little loving
arms about her neck, aud she reuliz:s
that she is a mother. Mother that sweet
est, most hallowed word in our language;
the first our infant lips learned to speak,
our boyhood's comfort and solace in every
trial, and never mentioned through all of
manhood's years without awakening the
purest and tcndeicst memories of our
lives yes, a mother, with all the watch
ful care and anxiety which only the
mother can feel for child. The years
roll en. V ears of self-sacrifice, self f'or-gelfulne.-s,
self denial. All self-love is
banished ill her love for her child, liut
she is growing old nuvv and her work
will soon be ended, her duly done, and
ill her turn she will be a child again a
child of our Heavenly Father, and he
will lake her home and she will dwell iu
the beautiful mansions prepared for all bis
children who do their duty here below.
NEVER ASK A FAVOR.
If you want to be happy, never ask a
favor tiive as many as you can, and if
any are freely offered, it is not necessary
to be too proud to take them; but never
ask for or stand waiting for any. Who
ever asked for a favor at the right lime ?
To he refused is a woeful stab to one's
pride. I( is even worse to have a favar
granted hesitatingly. We suppose that
out of a hundred who pinion for die
least thing il it be even an hour of
time niuely uiue wish, wiih burning
cheeks and aching hearts, that they had
nut dune so. Don't ask favors of your
l earest friends. Do everything for your
self until yuu dtup, and (lien if anything
picks you up, let it be because of his free
choice, and not from any groan you utter.
Bui while yuu can stand be u soldier.
Eat your own crust, rather I lorn feast on
another's dainty meals; drink cold water
rather than auother's wine. The world
is lull of people asking favors, and peo
ple find of granting them. Love or
tenderness shuuld never be put i.side,
when its full hands arc stretched towards
you. but so few love, so few ate tender,
that a favor asked is apt to lie a cruel
millstone around your neck even if you
gain ihe thing you want by die asking.
As yuu cast your bread on the water,
and it returns, so will the favor you ask,
if unwillingly granted, come back to yuu
when yuu leasl expect ur desire. Favors
conceded ou solicitation are never It-paid.
Tiny are more costly iu die end than an
overdue usurer's bill.
THE SPIRIT OF LOVE.
Beyond all question, it is the unahi ra
hic cuii-titution of nature that there is
v flicacy diviuc, unspeakable efficacy iu
love. The exhibition of kindness has
thepowir to bring cun die iiratiim.il
animal into subjection. Show kindness
to a dog. aud he will remember il; he
will be gratefu!; he will infallibly return
love for love. Show kindness to a lion,
aud you can lead him by die inane; yuu
can thrust your head iuto bis mouth;
you can lucll ihe uutamcd ferocity of his
heart into au affection stronger lhan
death. Iu all of (j od's vast, unbounded
creation there is uot a living and sentient
being, from the least to the largest, not
i ne, not eveu the outcast aud degraded
serpent, lhat is insensible to acts of kind
di ss If love, such as our blessed Saviour
manifested, could be iutruduced into the
woild, and exert iuapproprinte dominion,
it would restore a slate of things far
brighter lhan (he fabulous ago of gold;
it would annihilate every sting; it would
pluck every poisonous tooth; it would
bu-h every discordant voice. Even die
inanimate creation is not insensible to
this divine influence. The bud and
flower and fruit put forth most abundant
ly aud beautifully vvlnro ihe hand of
kindness is extended lot their culture
Aud if this blessed influence should ex
lend itself over the earth, a moral garden
of Edeu would exist in every land; in
stead of the thorn and brier, would spring
up the fir-tree and Ihe myrtle; die desert
would blossom, and the solitary place be
made glad.
A CHILI) kll.l.L'.l).
Another child killed by the use of
opiates given in the form of Soothing
syrup. Why mothers give their children
such deadly poison is surprising when
they can relieve the child of its peculiar
troubles by using Acker Baby souther.
It contains no Opium or Morphine, Sold
by W. M. Cohen, Woldon, N. C.
BEAUTIFUL ALLEGORY.
Crittcmlon, of Kentucky, was at one
time engaged iu dcfeiidi jg a mail who
had been indicted for a capital offcuce.
After an elaborate and powerful defence,
heclusedbiscH.it with the following
beautiful allegory; '-When God in his
eternal count ilcoiieeivtil the thought of
man's creation, he called Iu him die
three ministers who wail constantly upon
die ihrone Justice . Tiulh mid Mercy
and thu. addr-sstd I hem: 'Shall wt
make man .' Then said .lust ice : 'O
liod, in ike him not. for be will trample
up"U I by laws.' Trulh made iiusWir
also: ( (jod, make him not. for he
will polutc Thy sanctuary.' But Mi icy,
dropped upon her knees, looking up
through lit r tears, exclaimed: '0
God, make him I will watch over him
with my care through all the dark paths
which he may have to tread! Then
God made man aud said to him: 0,
man, thou child of mercy, gu and deal
with thy brother." Tin-jury, when he
had finished, were drowned iu tears, aud,
against their own coiivi.-tious, brought in
a verdict of not guilty,
A TOUCH OF NATURE
The district messenger boy comes in
fur a vast aiuuiiut of ridicule for bis slow
ness and abuse for his shrewd observa
tions and ways, bill he is a pretty good
lad, alter all, if the following happening
ill New York is any criterion : "One
day uu Broadway." says au observer, "I
heard a boy 's voice ring out above I lie
noisy roar of the Vehicles, clear and dis
tinct, saying, 'Hold on, blind man ! still,
blind man ! blind uiati ! wait till I get to
you!' Looking for the owner of the
voice, I discovered a slender but agile
messenger boy of 15 ur Hi years. Thread
ing his way thrutigli a mass of vehicles
tu a sput just by the opposite curb,
where a gray haired man was standing as
if riveted, with a look of mild despair un
his face. It ucedi d only a glance tu see
that die poor man had sightless eyes;
dial he bad become bewildered and was
likely to be run over; that the quick
wilted uicsseugcr boy alone of ail the
ast crowd had seen the dilemma and
had rushed iu to the assistance of die
unfortunate creature. As the lad brought
the blind man sifcly to the sidewalk 1
could uot help thinking lhat here was an
expr. s-ion ol that one touch of nature
that makes the whole world kiu."
THE DATE NOTED.
In the summer of 1872, on the 24th
of July, while sojourning in our little
home iu New Jersey, I was awakened by
the tramp of a horse coming up the road,
slopping at the gate, driving through and
up tu the from porch. I heard my little
nephew's merry laugh at the thought of
uur surprise, aud die distinct voice of
my brother trying to suppress the child:
"Hush! do not let them hear us." They
drove down lo the barn. I jumped from
my bed (uur room was on the parlor
flour ) My liusliaud was sl.vping sound
ly 1 did not disturb him, hoping lo
give him such a pleasant surpii-c. I
passed through die dining room into the
kitchen, uut on die porch. I could sec
readily everywhere. The night was the
brightest 1 ever remember The awful
stillness 1 shall never forget. Bewilder
ed, almost frighteucd, disappointed, yet
feciing suictif uiy brother's near prcscuce,
1 called his name with uo response, and
returned tu uiy husband telliug to him
my strange experience. We made a
note of (he dale. My brother died that
very day at sea, (he 2 1th of July, 1 S72.
Religious-Philosophical Journal.
A WIFE.
It needs nut guilt lo break a husband's
heart. The al'si nee of content, the uiut
ti ling of spleen, the untidy dnss, aud
the careless home, the forbidding scowl
and deserted hearth, these aud other
nameless neglect without a crime
among llieiu have harrowed to I lie quick
the heart's cure uf many a man, and
planted du re, beyond the reach of cure,
the germ of despair Oh! may woman,
belt re die sail sight uriives, dwell on (he
recollections of her youth, and, cherish
ing the dear idea of lhat tuneful time
awake auk keep alive Ihe promise sl,
linn so kindly gave ! Anl, though slm
may be die injured, not the injuring one
Ihe forgotten, not die forgetful wife-
a happy adusiou to that hour of love a
kimbv welcome to a comlortable home
a smile uf love to banish hostile words
a kiss of peace to pardon all the past
and die hardest heart, lhat ever locked
itself wilhiu the breast of aclfish man
will sul'teu to her charms, and bid bet live
as she had hoped her J eats iu matchlesa
bliss- - h ving and oontented the soother
of a sorrowing hour the source of com
fort and the spring of joy.
CO NslUM HI-ION SUHEI.V CURED
Tu tiik Fiiitok. lMeftse inform Tour
readers that I have a jiositive remedy lor
the ahove nameu nisease. iiy u mneiy
use thousands of hopeless ensea hare been
nu.in.iiiMiillv fnrpd. 1 filvi.ll hjv uliut tn uttiH
v ' - - b
two bottles of my remedy funis to any of
yonrreaneni wno nave consumption n iney
will aend me their express and postofflce
auaresa. nespeciiuny,
T A KIIM IIM If. 0.
oct 35 1 yr. 181 1'eail it. New York.
ADVERTISEMENTS
H.C.SPIEES7
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
0 DHALKIt IX 0
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tVci Inner! i'k of wry ftWrfptfoii. Think I cmi
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Un- Iu K't Klnck of Toy, Fruit, ConfvcUolie
Ho, Doit U kejil in tins jwrt of
NOR Til CA HO LIN A.
I keep on linnd i Urge ami wHl seleetM ttoek
of (JnieiTies, ('niekcrjr, Hiirrlware, Tinwr,
WoodwMre, Statiuinir, Stove uiid Eltxmtof
all m zei.
Hare on hand lot of funcy and other fodttoa
niimerom to mention. Call at the Brick 8tor
In the Bottom and tee
FOR YOURSELF.
Ortkin by mall will have my personal atten
tion itc-tuni many ttiimkH to the good people fn
this tun the Hurroiiuulnir counties for puul fkfori,
am) trUBtauil hopellicy willitHow ue to selva
ttieui la llic future.
Very truly,
H.C.SMKKS.W'eldua, H.C.
'HAS. fll.LKK
UIKAIIK iVlAltllLK
"lirAIJ'll,
T OKKB,
HOrW SYCAMORE STREET,
I'ETKRSliL'RO, VA
Monuments,
Headstones,
Tombs,
Tablets, ie.
Lowest cash prices guaranteed. All
work warranted satisfactory.
UtirA beautiful calendar for 188S
sent to any address ou receipt of stamp
for postage.
C1IAUL1JS M. WAL8U.
Oct 11 ly.
TO THE l'ATltONS
OF Till
ALBEMARLE STEAM
NAVIGATION CO.
nillP.W TIMF "'(ween NORKOI.lt and
VUH-TV I imc KASTKKN N. CAKOUN1
On and after Monday. December 17th.
and until further notice, the Steamer
CHOWAN, Captain Withy, will
LI. A VI. I KANkl.l.Noii HouilaTl, Wed
nesdays and Fridays fin KDKNTO.N, PLY
MOUTH and all intermediate cointa om
arrival of mail train from Portsmouth, say
iu. l.'i a. i.
RETURNING, The "Chowan" will
reach Franklin on Tuesdays, Thnredaye
and Saturdays alt) l.'i A. H., in tine t
connect with Fast Mail train from Raleigh
w i oriaiuouiu auu wiin f.xpre tram lor
the South,
Passengers, by thin arrumcemeut. Ukini
the Steamer Chowan at any point on the
river, win
REACH NORFOLK by 11 oclock A. M.,
and thus hare the entire day for Ihe tiana
action of husinees in that city.
GIVK THIS ItOCTK A TRIAL.
Respectfully,
J. H. BOGART.
Frankliu, Va., Dec. 15, 1HH8. Knt't
CATARRH
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Ely's Cream Balm
Cleaniw tha Nnaol Fuotves. ii.
laya Inflannmntion. Iloals the Sorce. '
Reetore tha Benaea of Tuta, Bmall
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oct 25 ly
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
WELDON, N. C.
Practice fa thecvvirts of Helllai andlteHhaaim.
ton tnd In the Supreme end Kedtml ooarte. Cat
lertionit made lu lilptruof Nonti Carolina.
Breach offlue el Halifax, N. C, opea every Ilea,
day. Jeal if
p HO MAS N. HILL,
Attoraey at Law,
HALIFAX, M. a.
Practical In Hillavi aad acjctnliif eoullta aa t
Federal aad aaprene eoarla.
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yy a tiotii, '
ATTOltStT AT. LAW,
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Prertlcee In thecesrte ofl.Uhitae aaMabil
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CollecUoiu, made auywhentatheBtaU,aBaa
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