lifflpl ggSSflg IP 13j Ji ( BEAXjL 3c SLEDGE, I'Uohuktoiih. VOL. XX. A IT If! "W" SP APEB IP O HZ, THE PEOPL E. TERMS--1 l'KU ANNUM IX ADVA Nf K. WELDON, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1SS!K NO. 34i ADVKItTISKMKNTrt. BE OF GOOD CHEER. To tlm l.oncst inquirer sflir truth, who, troubled with .soc.il' contagious blood dis ease, seiks a rsnidy wkkh will com. plilily tr..i!i' .lto floul his system cvery e,iir.i ol blou 1 poison, t!i.:t t'.ie oms lie ions - U'a. wile and hi rhildKii- i.i.iy be fcavol, t'.iL ev;vriiiie of otlu-rs io.ni.sna a mi ;hty rcvi l.ition. Commiei s -.",,,' U lis him mtii.il results ;i:e t'l o:i!y .:.j jeuof of cui.itivo virtue. Kc.nl the following tnu t.stinio.iy : Twilvc vc.-.rs ;i '.o I ncitr.n t.sl .1 trrri hh' c: 'v ot I toi.,1 jitilsoniii;;. .My a,:!ic tsci w. . tuilc l'oi:i!:l . 1 ii.td no iippc t:f.i!U not il.ip if. 11 :.t nijtht, i:.y ili:;cs t;n:i was iiiip.iir. (1, icy lliro.'U w.is full of i:l. i is, and i i (.( t 1 w:s a tutsl wreck. I 1 !ns':l l;".,kr fie lrc.:t:ii',-:.t o s vtr.ll (! t'ie I wI.aK '': si. inns if A;l r.ta; t:i ! i. early ivt-iv U.iod remedy adver ts v.ii.t t Put ii:y,s, v.iuro 1 re in, .iunl .s. vi r..l iroc.ths, reicivhi;; ro bcn t ;it whatever- thcrlr.ad riisLiisc .still i lung I In years ai;n I was up with ism. My k::res were cr.iwn up ;i I i sitioa t::.;t 1 mull not h ave i . i .c.t'is. 1.1V I' 1 : ::n: 1 r t l': l.;.v:.sr sccpn , to rp- v i: i ; ;iek uyoa i.i with ;.li i rav stl ('..r.h. My lib: as ;i li;ir;tri:ie; . ;iir.'. I I ha I i'' sp.iiml i f cr c-.-t-i; v ii v.hcn afriitnl of iai;K' leioui- iek.1 1!. H- 1 1'i-giii to lue it at . , tiivl liiid lavs; If ivrniancr.tlv cured, i I r 1 1 ll'-v. t . '. Davis, Dr. J'.' r. ii. st an nl. in. I. I i. K,:ott, t ,ai ri tt ' iV Uro., . I l;j :um:.i othiis who know r-t my . 1 i lu irfiilly na otnmencl Ii. 11. 1!., r ! i.-.illy I clicve it is the best nicdidne r the 1 looil ia the world. Jas. 1., Iliiswiiitrn, Atlanta, (ia. During the month of Kthruary I bought o:,i' imtilj of Ii. II. Ii (or my four-yi'.ir old I y, wlio had what doctors term heredi- I I y blood poison, and to my utter aston-i.'mi.-nt one bottle cured him. In l-'el)-ii:.iiy lay tl ler s n, twt Ivc years of ae, v is lit. Tally covered with uly sores on lii U;;s, and a terrible eruption on his I. a I. lie was cured with two bottles of I'.. H.ll. As a quick blood cleans- r it has nu equal. Jamts lln, Atlanta, I ia. I'or several yeais I have been sulferinp fr iai a i onstitu'.ioa.il blood poison, which has r sisted the treatment of our best p'.ysi- ians, and the use of the mot noted ir. dieines. i was covered with a copper-colored 1 1 tiption ail over my body and limbs, w ith 1 i,i cf appetite, excruciating pains in my b.i' k, achim; (,f my joints, general deliif iii . emaciation, faliin.; off of -ny hair, sore I a i ,t aa 1 c.reat r.. rvousnesT,. I became in.n Julouj, but being told that Ii. Ii. Ii. w.is a surj enough blood purifier and that it did not require a patient to use a ross Kforj he was cured, I commenced its use. Within two weeks' time I felt ini 1'iovc.I. 1 havfl taken about ten bottles aaJ feel as well and sprightly as any man. My appetite and strength have returned and my hair does not fall out. I tio not In . sitate to say that II. Ii. It. has no equal asajjeneial blood purifier, and any one win) will us only one bottle will be' con vinced that it has no i qual in these parts 1 still continue its use. as it is a splendid tonic and keeps my system in a line con liit'an. You have the liberty to direct any sultcrcr lo me in person. K. 1'. It. Josi s. Atlanta, Ga. ! had 4 runnin;' ulcers on one lee;, and C on the other, and f.dt greatly prostrated. I bv lieve I actually swallowed a barrel of medicine in vain efforts to cure the dis ease. With little hope, I finally acted on the urgent advice of a friend, and got a lnittle of II. 11, II. I experienced a change and my despondency was somewhat dis pelled. 1 kept using it until I had taken sixteen bottles, and all the ulcers, rheuma tism, and other horrors of blood poison have disappeared, and at last I am sound and well again, after an experience of t.ver.ty years of torture. A. I'. ltiti'Nso.N, Atlanta, Ga. Ki xxksaw, Ga., Sept. 11, 187. Ii. It. II. Company My Dkau Sik: I take great pleasure in acknowledging the great bcnelitwiy wife has derived from your great and wonderful medicine, II. I1. I I. I'or two years she was a great suf ferer from Scrofula, vr some bloci dis ease winch had lain dormant all her life. We ha I attention from some of the most skillful physicians in the country, but all to no eltect, until we had all despaired of her ever recovering. 1 ler mouth was one solid ulcer, and for two months or more her lxkly was broken out with sores until she lost a lieautiful head of hair, also eye lashes and eye-brows ; in fact, she seemti lo lie a complete wreck. Now comes the great secret which I want all the world to know: That three Kittles of liloo;! Halm medicine has done the w oik which would sound incredible to any one who did not know it to be so. To-day my wife is perfectly healthy and cleer from any scrofulous taint, and she now has a three-inonth-old babe, also per fectly healthy. Very r.speiituiiv 11. L. LAsilUV. Gi.kn At. pink Station, N. C. February 13th, 18.) This is to certify that three vears ago I had my left leg amputated lour inches below the knee, caused by blood poison and lionc affection After it was anno tated there came a running ulcer on tlie end of it that measured 'Mi inches oik way and 4i inches the other, and con tinued growing worse every day until a short time ago. I was given up to die bv the best doctors in Charlotte. I heard of the wonderful II. II. II. 1 resolved to try that. My weight at the time I ccts menced II. II. H. was Impounds. When I had taken three bottles I gained 87 pouniU in weight; when I had taken twelve bottles I was 5l"d ami well, but continued taking until 1 had taken fifteen bottles. I now weigh ISO pounds and measure five feet and three inches high. 1 contend that your medicine has t.o equal as a blood purifier. It ccrtainlv warned Uke a charm. (IJ) J- K. Wit.fON SUCCESSOR TO TAPPEY 4 DELANEY, PETERKI1IIRII, VA. MAMIFACTUEKR OK 8taliooary and I'ortablo Kngincii, Saw Mill, Train Roads and Hole Cure, Elcvatore, Peanut Hullem, Cotton and I lay l'roseos, ToWio Machinery, Mill Gearing, ile., ko. W.H. TAPPEY. THE LILY AND THE ROSE, A lily Rrew Ih'mMi a rap, Kuril rrtffil lliwrtr lit royal rival Bcoruln,,; On s hlty Ht tlaj liKlit's clusr, Thu otlur p;il as tMriii-nt hint uf nnjriilii,?. Ah time wml by, cai-h f.Htlihli (lower, Sluro Jfiilinis tjf thu oIIht'b tnauty nr"wl"tft Fruiii early tltiwti tti Mtinwt h ur Turnwl ever from iu iR'li;tibor'3 rmlimit glowing One tiny a Idvit chami'd llmt way; "Ah, K'is.-:" hu cneii. '"tliy burning Wood It'll lilustlCH Am mieli iih ot hor pulu cliet-k piny Whi'u la It from her limit thu luvo tide l llhllL' " Tli" lover tin-ki'il thu ami (lien Tliejwnrly I.ily t.D I la mem a drwi'Ing IjikukihI tiitt ruvltig glaiKHi, !) flu tiiik'Lly o'it thu Jcaluun (lower wui Itoipiiig. "All, Mly Jialo! thy riitzztlnjf whUo In liku htr chvt'k whotiu'ur the warm tloud nislK'H l!ark to Iht benrt In quick dolltit To tell It liy that chw-k hud need of hhihli- Tim T.ily cliiiKS Im-sIiIi) tin Huso. Hub royal (lowers Iilt ivj-al fuivn atloi uiug; Nor which to niNinj tuc niaulcn Liioms 8he lovoa thvm both, nor either flower Is scorn in j(. Allen 0. Uijelow In BufTulo Bunday Kxpresa. rooit SAL I keep on thinking of those who arc born into misery, who never know anything s:ivo misery, tind who can not possibly be rescued from misery. The sight of theni used to lacerate my heart, and now, when 1 ran consider most things with composure, it seems queer when a fortunate iilirasemonger tells mo that :i tew millions of miser ables mole or less do not mutter. 1 have known joy. Alii (lod, liavo 1 not i Througli the splendid hush of the night 1 have walked on tind on, because I could not sleep for the de light of living; ami tho pouriuy of the. moonbeams quickened my blood like wine, lint those pretty sensations can only bo felt by people who have food inside tlietiL, and it shelter lo stay in when their raptures slacken. lo uny of the. kindly optituistie people over trv to imagine thu coitr.su of n bleak lifej Ouo wild morning, ubout 4 o'clock, when powdery snow wus dancing in wreathes over the iron ground, 1 found ft poor cliup squalling in ll recess out King' cross way, and bo coughed with a lucking click that was ugly. Ho wore the remains of a summer overcoat; he had no shirt, and ho wns dying of consumption, dving on that cruel rend, with a wind blow ing enough to cut, you in two. I did not ask bis opiu jiiis on thejovs of life. Then take (he case of Sal Fleming. Sal was married to a j"oed fellow, who had ii laborer's job in a. limber yard, and tho people m the long tumble down street thought unit the couple wero rather well off, for Jerry Flem ing had 11 shillings luul sometimes Y2 shillings per week; and Sal could have n turn at wood chopping almost whenever bo liked U ask for it. So when tho neighbors ca.uio to borrow a spoonful of tea or Ibn it.in saucepan, thev would say. "It's well to be you," anil then they "would give details con cerning their own men'ij ill luck. In tho street of eighty-four houses, there was only one clock, uml that stood on jerry's mantlepieee; it could not al wavs bo depended upon to go, but it had never been in pawn, and that fact balanced every Haw m its character. Then there was a crib uml a stool and two chairs and n bed, which had orig inally been oblong, uml some crock ery. No wonder tliu women thought of Sal'a bouso as a desirable establish ment. It was said that the back room contained a chest of drawers, and that in theso drawers there wero tablecloths and sheets, but it is unwise to receive extravagant rumors. Sal was not pood looking, but her rude face, with Its dull, kind eyes, was not unpleasant Iosco. Sho cared very mile lor lam ing, us sho never joined tho line of matrons who stood at their doors, skirling like gulls on fine, evenings. Nor did sho liko the public bouses at either end of tho street. One was u flaring place where the landlady wore black satin, the landlord talked about his trap uml fho barman wore a white shirt; the other was a recking bole kept by a beetle browed person, w ho looked oily uml corpulent (you never see nil ill "fed publican in those quar ters inoiu than you do elsewhere). Sal went oncu a week to the beetle browed man's establishment, and that was on Sunday ut midday, and Jim went on Saturday night; the amount which they paid' weekly to the beetle browed one was fourpence, so you could not cull iheni intemperate. Now, them was uslow. dull sort of happiness in all (his, and, if one had asked Sal lio.v bhe fared, she would have Bald, "I can't complain. We get our grub and u piece of meat Sundays, uml we can put a shilling or two away. There s manv would swop with us." To givo tlio optimists pleasure, 1 may say that from 8 to 10:15 on Sat urday night was a (jocxl lime for Sal, and slio sometimes came very near smiling. She unci Jerry walked otil into tho great, broad, main street; Jerry lit his clay and rocked his bat with a most rakish air; Sal wore her gray shawl, and some of the neigh bors said they wero toll's. The oil lumps stank and lluttered; the hawk ers bawled hoarsely; Ilia awful mu sic of thousands of voices being in the air liko suppressed thunder, and the brooding bao from many breaths whirled into w eird shaies that formed and undulated in tho blurred glim merings of too ligbU. Sal had a tritle of tho gamblers excitement while choosing tho moat for next day, and Jerry felt all the dignity of a connois seur as be called his silent partner's attention to various things. "You, Sal, when you turns round, just see this snow yere. anil inaiusnowu meati See him. Now bo ll swuller that there poker in arf o minute," and so on; and Sal thought Jerry was artful, because he could tell the meaning of everything. On Sundays Jerry had nothing to do, and hostceped himself in tho pleasure of easing las muscles to an extent which might damage my tUeory if I bad nothing more to say. lie could not read, and ho could not understand newspaper languago, but his mate, Joo Toms, tho hawkor, trans luted the history cf the more select murders to him. "She ups and she sei, 'You ain't never goin to '.car the last, if you don't bloomin well give me my right.' 'Shan't,' sei he. You ahull she says; 'or my swell father II . . i .. ... -f .....ll..' a4 vntl est knock tons of stuflln' out o' you. I swear you snau. noi m...... shall,' says lie; and he outs with his pistil and he corpse her, d ,ll"':n he trios the same on hisself, and misses, and now lies in the horspital." Thus would Mr. Tom vary the language of nicia. 1 lie menus (Hit not understand politics. Jerry explained his theories thus: "One o the blokes round lier mondsev way conies to tho yard when 1 was a liaviu' my bit o' grub, dinner time, mid he se., 'If you haven bit left, mate, I don't mind bavin' of it. Ain't bit since yesterdav niornin'.' So 1 goes hiui halves, uml then ho si-.. 'We'll be all right soon. 1 ain't had a bowcrfora fortni t; but aswsil gent i don't know what they call hint, I i 1 1 he's one o' them what sends the per lire mid the swaddii s over the water niul things -and bo wi we'll have wotesl' I si-. : 'Did the cove give you no grub! If he didn't rive you ho grub, what's the good of his jorl " and Jerry spoke no more. And so the good dnvs went oil until Sfil's boy was born, slie used to look nt the baby by the hour, and hereyes had a mysterious yearning in them; her cold faeo grew soft in its plainness, and she acquired a Inokof quirt pride very diU'iTcnt from her old dim neu trality. The youngster grew nicely, and ho was a source of much somber glee to Jerry. The man used to light nobis pipe and smoke in the gloomv front room, while his sou sprawled desperately round on the lloor, and be thought it was rum that ho never knew how pretty a child was before. If lie strolled on to fuo itveuient with the baby in bis anus, the costers and the match girls ti.-ed to dial!' him as they passed. "Wait till you ave's my lot; von won't be so fond o' handlin' of Vm." "Ain't old Jerry pleased with hisself i" and so on. Sal liked all this notice, and she liked to see her man nursing In r babv she had a position in the w orld. Sho never kissed Jerry, hut she would slap him on tho hack and say, ' You're a proper old bloke. I rubbed your two shirts through whilo you was a-lioldiu' the kid. Come, then ("and then she would nuz zle her hard faeo to the baby's neck in eeslatie abandonment. When the youth tried to walk, lie took il.o or thodox two steps and came down. After this he looked round for plau dits, and Jerry always gavo a grunt of laughter, while Sal smiled and looked proud. Tho moro tho baby tumbled, tho moro fresh and entranc ing Jerry found the performance, "llow ho do Hop, to he Mire!" he ob served again and again, and at length, w ith a look of triumph -the look of the successful author- he yaid: "11c can hav.) his proper name, but I'm goin' to call him Flop. Kcei" "All right." said Sal, and she humored the man's w him. As fur Jerrv, he ninde the lives of his chums burdensome by explaining bow this humorous con ception lirst occurred to him, Ucause even six times was not quite enough i for him to tell the anecdote to one au ditor. There are other parental bores besides Jerry. I',ut the good days had to go. Jerry cot hit bv a winch handle; lie took no notice at the time, and carried on the j lis-uil uuu roiino, nil no was noiin-n-ii by a queer swelling on the hip. Willi a slight pain, w hich was just enough to prevent him from quite eujm ing his usual games with Flop. The trouble in creased, until be took a day oil' mid limped to thu hospital. The case was remarkable, and it was ut last settled that Jerry should undergo an opera tion, which happened lo bo of a terri ble character. Sal could not exactly understand what bad taken place, hat she trembled when she saw her mall's pale, yellowish far- on the pillow in that grim ward, and sho covered her eyes with her apron when Flop order ed his father to come anil havo a game. Jerry's life was saved, but he was not good for much in the way of work when lie came out, and during his second stay in hospital lie died, and Sal saw l.iin put away. She sighed a little when tho man said: "Ccine, ma'am," for she felt us if she should stop there; and then she went along carrving r lop, who ineii lo uraw tier ! into talk. Sal stilled herinoans so as not to frighten the babbler, uuu she put him down, when they got clour of tho vans. She moaned then ; for Jer ry had been kind, and never hit her, and she was going to the room where his pipe niul his clothes lay. All the evening Sal never spoke but once, and that wus when the neighbors tried to comfort her; then she ninde answer, "It ain't no good talkin', oor old Jerry's gone, and he was a good chap, and 1 got to work for tho kid to morrer." She woko often in the night, and when she did she patted Flop's soft legs and whisiered to her self, "His fathers gone, and 1 got to go to work to-niorrer." Sal grew fonder of Flop now, and she used to tako him with her to the shed w here she worked. The. j w as not much money to be made at the yard, but Sal never missed ono hour of overtime that could be fot, so she inndeuptho rout, and man uged to give Flop (denty of bread and treacle, and sometimes a half pint of milk. He wus a sharp little fellow, and he learned to sort the sawn pieces of wood, and pitched them into the baskets with great glee. He thought it tho best of ull his mother's games. Then lie learned to chatter; every new combination of words which ho ue quired wus an amazing loinauce lo Sal. and 1 think she must have laugh cd inwardly, for she used lo repeal tho amazing stories to the girls in the shed, and seemed surprised if they wure not umiised. Tho suit which Snl gut a friendly 1111101118 to compound fol Flop was striking in the extreme; but poor Sal hud several times seen pretty littlo children of the upi r class, and she wanted Flop to Is- up to the mark. "Liko a hloonuu' ruin Isiw," suid Pinky; and indeed Flop was very splendid. Sul ll.oiiiil.t the blue sorgo knickerlxickcrs and green tunie quite a mutch for a scarlet belt, and ho reckoned the whole nrrango menl truly ravishing in general ef fect. The woman's heart hungered lifter her little one; bc was silent, bill her iiuiek postures and the snaky dash of her head as she kissed him were quite significant. She could hot bear him out of her sight, and she implored the foreman 60 piteously to lit him go in the tally cabin bv the stove on cold clnvs. lhat the rouirit fellow agreed. It was probably the unclean creek whew the buri?e8 came w ith the tim licr; lhat niny be so. At any rate. Flop begon to look strange, and the humor ous Pinky used to remark: "You're fiisonin' that kid with sugar, Sal." I lute prolonged description of chil dren trouble, so 1 shall only suy that Flop pined greatly, and his mother used to staro at him when ho slept, and wish for something that her mind could not define Theso iuarticuluU) folk are sorely put to il when they want to pray. One of our lisber women in my own village was once watching her man and her two lads trying to beat in against a hard nor' westerly gale; she wanted, 110 doubt, to ask for aid. but she sworn in tones 01 inucii cievOutuess. At last, when the boat was catching it very badly in the linn! Ilurrv of cross seas, Peggy shoved her head in a rabbit hole. A neighbor touched her. Sho said: "Whist, you blanked improper sub stantive, Aw's prayin'l" The men were all drowned, and they came 011 the sands by and by, but the woman said hot another word. She laid the lads out herself, uml when I last saw her I did not ask her views of life. Well, Sal did not know w hat to do; she w alked tho Hour night after night, and on one grav, bad evening a some thing struck her; she knelt down be side Fbqi, and lie reached for her. Then Sal knew what was coining, and a hand seemed to catch her hand. Then there was a sound in her throat as of something breaking, and she cried, "1'ion't! don't! My pretty! my pretty I Don't die, don't'l (lb! Ixml, don't tako him. I'on't lake my littlo kid! There ain't such another in the street, lib, Lord! they says bow you was good to the kids, liou'l take mine. -My pu tty, my pretty, don't, don't die!" Hut Flop hail gone w hile Sal was crying, and s-he hi a candle and looked at him all night after she had put him out on a tablecloth. Then, ut dawn, she went wandering till the sun came up high, and then an idea struck her. She entered the Hash public house and said: "1 see, sir, you employs a few women nights for tho extra Jilate wasliin'; hand me n sovrin' and i ll work i t out that way. My kid's dead, and I wants to put him away w hrru I'll know." So the land lord laughed at the joke, and lent her the pound. It was worth it to have such u yarn to tell, be said. And Sal buried 'Flop, and she will go lo that grave until she enters the house lo mopo her life away until the finish. There is a law of compensation, but, you see, it didn't save Flop for his quiet mother, and 1 don't rightly know where it comes in. a t any optimist oil me how all the Sals of 'this 1in don city enjoy themselves. Iondon Telegraph. .t (ho riioimgrupli. It is a fact worth knowing that a man with cotton in his ears can't hear well. The same is as true of tho tips of a phonograph tube as it is of cot ton, and some mousing scenes have been w itnessed at Kntertainmeiit. hall in cons,-pienre thereof. The phono graph is connected by one cer.lial I tube with a series of tubes, and each J person uses a loop in likening. Hue j mall yesterday bad the two ends of his w'iro lirnily placi d in his ears nnd I was fairlv convulsed w ith laughter us be heard the will known darkey laughing refrain repeated to him as distinctly as when sung in "Iost in New York" by a negro quartet, llo turned lo his wife, who was standing at Ins side, uml in tolas which -he doubtless thought gentle, hut which could have been heard a square away, shouted: "(lo on; hear 'em now." ' Ijiw's lake," answered the quirt lit tie lady, blushing I'uriou-ly, while eveiA body turned and looked at her, "1 ain't druf." "Who said you were!" eanie back the hu!.and in thu same stentorian, thumb-i ing tours; "who said voll were:" u Illle the dove like, placid expression of m rent! satisfaction never for a moment deserted his face She plucked him by the arm and liiuilly managed to explain things, uf ler w hich he subsided. -St. Louis lie public. Mfilllltg Oultl III Wiltfli t'lirtitl-y. There was once 1 mploved there a man w ho had a remarkably long and bushy head of hair, which he always kept "well oiled. It was noticed that be bad a habit of frequently running bis hands through his hair, and sus picions were aroused that he was doing it with a purpose, and at last the sus oicions were eohliriocd and the fellow accused of concealing gold in his hair. lie confessed that he had done so. and said that he had earrndaway over :.'ihi worth of il. It is believed thai lie col much more. His plan was lo get some gold dust on his lingers, rub it oil on Ins hair, tl.i oil causing 11 10 adhere lo Ins hair, .mil then uasii 11 out everv night on reaching home. In the factories in the east a very rigid seriltlllV 01 tlio aciions in ine men is maintained, and il is absolutely 1111 possible there for the precious metal lo be surreptitiously taken uwuy.- Cincinuati J lines -Star. (tune the Oilier Wuy. "Look here. Mr. Smith I" lie said to the president of the street railroad com nan v. "I've got ."'.UtlO worth of Ibis stock." "Yes." "I bought it for liflv cents on the dollar In other words, you lei me in on the ground lloor." "Yes, ldid." "Hut while 1 bought on the ground lloor at lifiy the stock has dropped to twenty, llow do you explain thalf" "Easily enough, sir; instead of going upstairs from the ground lloor wu have made 11 mistake and gone down cellar."- New York Sun. Su oil I ho Scene. One of llie old time actors who fre quent "Tho Pir.zy," over on Dearborn street, was telling yesterday of 1111 ex pern in e ho had in gelling out of an cmharncHttg situation on tho stage. "It was in All Out, la.. I think." he said, "and I was playing the heavy pait in a melodrama entitled 'The Curse of Lucre.' or something of that soil 1 was a spy, mid when 1 was caught 1 had to be fhot by a lile of sohhet-s. They caught lue all right 011 the night I speuk of, and they tited nod sentenced 1110 in good sha'K', but when 1 stood up with bared bnast to be shot down the shooting did hot come oil'. The soldieis had Iheir gens ull right, hut the pro'rty man hud forgot to load them, so thev did not go nil. When they clicked 1 started to fall into the trap which hud been prepared as the grave, but I paused, I knew that 1 must sa) sumo thing before I fell, iis the uiiilience be gun to snicker, so I drew myself ii und suid: '1 die, riddled bv u score ol bullets, but, thank Cod, 1 have breath enough left in this Mir body lo curse the government w hose impecuiiiosity leads it to supply its soldiers w ith ail f uns!' Then I fell, and the curtain ell also. But I saved tho scene by my quickness. They didn't laugh." Chi cago Hurald. A IUJTV TO VOI'IIM'-M'. It in surprising that people will uso a citiuiion, nnlitww (ill when tiny C1111 avure a valuable Knglish mo ler the faine money. Pr. .V ker's KuglUli pills : re s posiiivo guarantee for headache uud all iver troubles. They aro small, sweet ensilv taken am! du net gripe. For sale by W. M. Cohen, W'oldou, N. C. TRIALS ADAM ESCAPED. in. luiiy i.m. vk n..i nt br tin. Tiling I 1 lull lliiif thu Muili-rn Mmii Wild. j No doubt it was a severe alllicliou to I ol.l C. ,.l r .1 A.h.m lo lm liii ned 1 out of Paradise, though there lira two sides lo every question, und perhaps he was not wholly wretched over if. We are not going to urguo the point at present. What we want lo gel at is the lad that, though Adam lived so long ngo, when the world was young he es caped a great many troubles and trials which lieset the modern mail. lb: bad never to wrestle with a set of false leelh w hich did not lit. and would not lit. and which fell, III spile of thcsuiilingdoulist snssurunco "that they lool.nl perfectly natural, sir," more ami more like a bureau in bis mouth everv ilav i lie did not have any pretty girl j in ighbor, yotnigerand more blooming than Mrs hive, who niaile l."in wish. ! whenever he looked al l.er. that he j had w ailed a little longer before set thug lor life. , Nobody asked bun lo subscribe for a I c rlopedla. i Noljody asked him to given hundred , dollars to the lulliMor. No friend wanted his name on a lit tie bill, just lor thirty days, us a mere form, you know Nobody wanted lo insure Ins life or sell him a sewing machine, or a new kind of soap, iir u patent churn, or 11 liver pad. or a new faugied apple purer, urn p: :.'i Nobody v,..'i roils on bis 1 .1 had not then ' 1 gan grinders ill their hats hi .d p...-!.: i.l si: tl'ilierv ed to pill I lightning peddlers e I hromo -1:11 their travels. ( r I not puisne him with ml Pills for French sundries" nevcrcloud millinerv am cd his brow. He had never hynl.eri d after a S:3(l horse. He had 110 ambition to mount a bicycle, lie ia ver had to light po tato bugs. We may Nifcly conclude that l,o I'.id not lakc'pilk or bitters, or 11 storatucs wai laid, il I'icuie nil dis ca es under the inn in one month, or money refunded. lie was never mashed to a jelly in u ci'owih d horse car; never blow n up in a steamboat wl.i le the life preservers were put aw ay so safely that nobody could liiiil them, lie was never prillii d i f ni'i't 1 f bisiii'liis iilal legs, and seaiih d to 1!. ;:t'i I.:-.- iih s, ill a rail v.,;v I'olieioii. wl.t :u nobody was to bh.inc. and the co:ni :; 1 1 v was not cen sured. He never had to ;: !; any body "whal this celebration at Yorktov. 11 v, : s for." As he was horn j.iov.n up. v.e may conclude lii. t l.e never he. I tucoutend v. ith t'-othiug. or nursing bottles soun d, or the mumps, or the measles, or li;e v. ! ping cough, or the rash, and. :.s l.e had ho mother, of eoui'M' he v.::s never proierlpuut:od, wiiieii may account for the missteps lie made in bis can n His 1 cart was never torn by the pan,;. of j.':ooi.-y. lie 1.1 v. r had to stand 1 and l.i .'prool, v. itile 'i.-,s Lve v.a;;:c.f !'' with the "Hi., r f llow," for the simple reason that the other lellow v. ;;s not thereto wall; nil' with. He h.'d m l I', en born jic t tin-u. Adai.i, in all probability, never wore a :.li:r stand nil collar, or 11 pair of pains in v. hieh he dared 111. 1 sit down, lie never nte oleomargarine, under the fond delusion thai it was butter. lie never attended any lectures on health, to I -arn lhat nil iood was poi son, and lhat nothing v.: 11 wholesome for man to eat. He did not know w hat the modern man knows, that to lie healthy we mu-t starve, freeze and eschew all thiie.s 1 ailed happi nest, and lake cold water baths and gymiia.-.liet and dandelion tea daily. 'lie nevii' ;,et divorced, lie never committed a mui'iicr w l.cn he was in sane. Ho never robbed a bank. He never leu av.ay with another man's wife. Ue w:. ia brave old fellow, and took ; i;,t care of hi; farm, and he livid l 1 he TO! cars old. l:lld died without knowing the multitude of troubles he had escaped ly having been in existence al such an early stage of the v.orld'.i history. -Somer ville Journal. LUii't hi'H It.MilJ.iek. Among the hundreds of historic relies 111 the l.ibby prison war museum there are few more iiiti'rediug tiiau Abraham Lincoln's bootjack. ll is inter. -ting becaiiMiof tho inscrutable mystery sin rounding it. The museum, il is true, is lilhd wiih old bricks w ith jaekkuii'e autognipii.i 011 them, and a h o teeth macs, w hero the prisoners alien. ptcd to gnaw their v. ay out. There are also many old bullets und halldcul'l's rial tilings, und pieces of llooring with checkerboards eai'vej on I hi tu, but tin y fail to fiiriii ,ii the food for spceuLlion all'orded by the bootjack. It is a common, hard wood, hand inatie l.ooljacl;, Willi U Closs deal ha. led 0:1 tuc under salo ut tiie foot of the jai s, jasl like any other boot ui'. k. ll l.-.i a small tuft i f short, lii'iiidle hair sticking to one of the jaw point.-.. X.'i.cu a boy Mr. Lincoln made tiie I not jack and alwa.i.i used it lo pull oil' In., boots. It 11 now stained with a ;e and tin- n:.ii head, are rust ing 111 the v.o si. l or nearly twenty live Jears ll has been ivveivnlly kept in a j'hiss case, where il was never once profaned by tin- touch of vandal hands, ll ii siill 1.1 ihe case and has nev. r 1 1 en i.scd lor iinv purpose what ever since the days of Lincoln. Tin iv fore it v.oi, Id ii'itciv-l the world til large to know just when and where it was th..t Mr. Lincoln threw his boot jack at the bundle c.l.-Chicago Tunes. I I'li'ii.iH III Nt'nl Arn I rleliU. Iliili'ril. A swallow had caught its fool in 11 slins' which w..i haliL'lll'' from the water pipe on 11 mi f. il lluttered and pill lid :,l.d ll I. d lo extricate Itself, but gnl tiled nut and hung helplessly do n by iis . g. 1'i.M nliy all the swall.-ws of the 111 ighl.i.rhnt d'as-cinhled iniiuil it uud gave the alarm. Alter a good deal 1 f twitti ring and parleying on.' of the biiiis Miuck tho sling wilii i; beak; the i.thi is followed suit, and af ler an hour s work the thread was cut uml Ine pii..ner freed. -Tho Intelli gence of hwaihiws. lliirllei.'i Arnica Katie. The Host Salvo in thu world fur Cuts, Hruises, Seres. Fleers, Salt 11 Ileum, Fever Soies.Telter, (Tmpped hands, Chilblains Curns.iiiid nil skin eriiplioiis.iind positive ly cures Piler, or uo pay required. It is giuiriiiit. ed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price '25 cents per boi. For sate hy druggists at Weldon, Brown 4 Cartoway, Halilsx. Dr. J A MeQwigan, KnuelcL. W. M. Cohen, Weldon. Tlie liu .nlnil Gill. The tnvttv girl held out her right ,.,, ,.,,,d n one of the lingers ghs- (ened a ill 1 11 loud. "II.cv 1 nuii is lhat worth, pi ease i" she i.nmtretl of the clel'ii, who had ro- covereil In-i ciiuipo-a.rii. lie looucu ill the ring for a tnonient, and answered: , "1 can hardly say. ( hie jeweler would name one pr:ce and iinoiher another price." Tint what is your estimate?" asked the young l.uly. in a voice unusually musical. ! "I cau l say." "Why not. pi'nv;" (somewhat sharp- in "Well, simply because if is against our rules. 1 ti'in very sorry, indeed, ; that 1 can't ucconnnodalo you. You ' can" Hut the young lady didn't wait to j hear any inoie. 10 id before the sen j tehee was linisind she was on the street. "Wero you not a little too so j vere in that c:isc(' a-ked the tourist j "Nut a bit of it." replied the jeweler, j "You don't know all (he circuin j stances. ()! course you don't. Well, ! the fact is. that charming young wo i man is engaged lo be married, her ex- ! pedant being a "iihg man who is waiting lo astonish the world with his legal hue. hut who isn't growing very wealthv in the meanw hile, llo bought the ring here, and 11 only cost him j lifly dollars. ( M course hu didn I tell the 'object of his choice w hat it cost, She might think it had reduced the 1 not too plethoric purse of her lover to the extent of a cool hundred for all he eared, lint like most women sho , was curious aril wanted to satisfy her self regarding its value 1 recognized llie ring 111 11 moment, and knew for the lirst lime who w as lo be the future Mrs. Ulunk." "Are ull jewelers us strict as you(" usked the tourist. "Perhaps not all," was the reply, "although this has been one of the unwritten rules in the craft for years. If it were not gen orally observed there would lie no end of trouble, and lovers' quarrels would be more frequent lliancver." Albany Journal. Oprli rirtuilHt-i'i. llow much romance hovers around the inline, "open fireplaces." In these days of steam pipes, hot air registers, coal stoves und other modern ways of heating houses, how nice it seems to hear somebody tell ubout llie time when our grandfathers used to sit around llie lireplace. (hie side of llie room was burely su llicient to accommodate a lireplace in style. They were caverns constructed of brick and stone, uud it required a small fin-tune to buy wood enough to run one. 1 have seen more than one of them and enjoyed all its beauties, and know w hereof 1 speak, for there are live of them in my home. ll required labor us well 11s skill and judgment lo build a lire, uud when coin pany came and it had to be made in the spare room, it was us grave all af fair as it would bo now' to build a fac tory und gi'l the machinery running, (letting in the back log was u big thing. 11s it generally look tiie grand father, one or two boys and the lured man to do it, while grandmother stood by and gave a few general orders, such as: "Mind and not break that casing!" "Don't let it slip and roll on little Tomniv!'' "Hold on, (jran Iher. you'll filch it next lime!" When llie h g was placed, llie uud iron set against it was propped back by smaller slicks of wood, then tiie coals were stirred up, the forcstick put on und u basket of chips thrown over the structure, a few pine knots lucked uuderiieatli and the old fashioned bel lows w ieldcd by the lusty arm was ap plied, and alter a great sutternig and smoking, the Humes leaped up und disappeared out of sight in th. whirl of smoko and sparks up the chimney. Then tho women folks swept up tho hearth, put the tongs und holders ill their place, and the liro was built. I il tin in Springfield Homestead. Sl.l.t TUIHK lllNtl'ltll uf Willi DiickM. I was visiting in lTiiinfiehl, N. J., one full, and two companions and my self used to go hunting quite often. Ucnorally wu bad pretty good luck, us about liftecu miles from the town, oil 011 thu moiiuUiius, th.-rc is a good deal of game, such as quail, highholes, woodcock, rabbils and nccusionally u stray Hock of ducks. One day, after tramping until we were completely exhausted, und not having had any luck, we camped 011 the side of the mountain about forty feet from the lake that supplies tlio water for the paper nulls ut Feltville. On the lake at the lime were a llojk of tamo ducks that were enjoying themselves im mensely. Well, what do you think! liofoiv long there eaino Hying ulniig a Unci; nf wild wood ducks uud landed right 111 among the tame ones. We waited and waited lor them to sepa rate, us we did hot wish to kill the lame ones; but after a long time we got mad and let l.ieni have tho three guns, both wild and tame. Strange to say. wo did not kill ono of the w ild ones, but killed four of tho tame ones, and then got chased by tho owner, w ho happened lo be near at the time, w ithin a mile or two of Feltville vil lage. Wo never shot nt tamo ducks after that. Cor. New York Evening World. l'p ull Uiv Nljl.-s. Thu lloosicr is no longer tho pictur esque creature he was years ago. There is 110 more homespun clothing, lveady made clothing has penetrated to the tilteriuosl parts of tho counlry, and the countryman cun now only in' ih'tecO'd by bis sun burned fuce uud the swing nf Ids arms. As to the vouiiL' women from thu small towns, ihey can only bo identified by their Irish, tiloiuniiig complexions alio bright eyes. Ill the mutter of styles, they air" fullv up to their sisters of the large cities; 111 fuel, the holies uf small towns lire nlten laminar wun oew York fashions long isforo thev be come general in St. bmis; this being due to the fact t.a.l tlio town dress maker closely follows the plates in the fashion piipi r o soon as novelties aw presented.-Interview in BU Louis (Jloue Democrat PI.1III.I ON Till; VAt K Denote an impure state of tho blood and ure looked 11 pen hv many with suspicion. Actor's lil. nd Elixir will remove all im purities and leave llie complexion smooth aud clear. Tlieic is nothing that will so th roughly bui'd up the constitution, purify and strengthen the whole system. Sold mid guaranteed by W. M. Cohen, Weldon, N. C. . All wool undershirts at $2.25 per pair. MFILirt. UNIQUE AND CURIOUS, Tim Colli-i-ll.in of W.irku mi Ali-ln-my ill a St. LiiiiIii Library. Ill this aga of electrical develop ment ami mechanical progress this prosaic hl'c, when the minds of men are bent to the solution cf the practi cal problems of daily life it is ro freshing to glance occasionally ut the embodied thought of three or four centuries ugo, when science was in iis infancy; astronomy wus, as vet, but ustroloy; chemistry was alchemy; mechanical invention was black ail or magic; philosophy was dream und vision; religion was, on tho one baud, uutiKTiilie dogma, uml on the other, unquestioning superstition. Such a Is'ep into the past is ull'orded by 11 col lection of Issiks recently placed by .Mr. lh ..ry Hitchcock in"the Mercan tile library. It consists of i(t!ti vol uincs of the works of tho alchemists, astrologers and other llertueticul phi losophers of the Middle Ages, gathered by lien. Ktlniii A. Hitchcock while pursuing the studies which resulted in bis "Ki niaiks on Alchemy and llie Alchemists," and other kindred works. The editions are chielly of the Seven teenlh and the earlv half of the Fight centh centuries, although some arc much older, many of them being man uscripts never printed, ouo of which beat's date 1 120, whilo others range from l.Vi7 to 1.V.I7. Hero is tho Divine Pymauiler of Hermes Trismegistiis (the thrice great god Mcrrurv of the F.gvptiuns), (he father of Hermetic philosophy, and whose w ritings are claimed lo anlo tlatethoseof Moses; hercisa volume of tho learned Alhertus Magnus, 11113 12S0; Friar Koger Paeon, U'14-ll'H4, is well represented; wo havo Gcbir's "Sun of Perfection," translated from tho Arabic of the Eighth century the oldest hook on chemistry proper in the world. Raymond Lully (or Lulle) is here, whose lifo was one long romance, ending ill his being stoned to death (llll.l), a martyr to his Chris tian zeal. Hero wo have Friar Basil Valentino (period uncertain), whose writings, legend says, wero long con cealed in apillar.which heaven, at last, in mercy to the human race, shuttered by a thunderbolt, thus giving to man kind the philosophic treasures; Para celsus (l-l'JU-1541), the forerunner of modern empiricists, a violent man in a violent age, who died of a broken neck w hen pitched out of a window by his irate medical rivals, with a host of the greater and lesser lights of ulcheinical literature. Hero tho mod crn theosophist or esoteric may study at fountain head, Huydon's "Glorie of the Kosio Cross," Oilman's "Mys teries of tho Invisible World," Ash mole's "Grand Sccret(" the "Golden Sentences" of Haudovigius, and other occult and mystical writings. Hero tlio curious may decido by an inspection of original production! whether tho alchemists were sordid seekers after tho art of transmuting tin baser metals into gold and of prolong ing the life on earth beyond the allot nient uf nature, or whether they wen puro und profound philosophers, searching for high spiritual vcritici and concealing their discoveries from the ignorance of tho vulgar and the lynx eyed hierurchsof the Inquisition under parable and myth; using such forms us sulphur, mercury and salt, tho philosopher's stone, the alcahrst, virgin's milk, rial bridegrooms, lily brides, ruby lions, sol, luna, etc., only to veil the loftv mysteries of mun, ol the body and tlio soul, of conscience und purity, of the Spirit of God, and tho exultation of tho human mind and life. To ull, the quuintnoss of style, tho qtiaintness often, too, of hand writing, and tlio odor of antiquity must make tlio collection one of rare interest. St. Louis Republic. Auclent Flunera. Ill Puhik, a suburb of Cairo, is the national museum of Egyptian antiqui ties, founded about thirty years age bv a Frenchman commonly unowu as Muriettc lley. One department is do voted to uu interesting collection of sK'cinieiis of plants, w hich have been found in tho sepulchral monuments of that country. It is remarkable that, though the bo tunica! collection is large, and con tains manv varieties, every plant is still to be found growing in the valley of the Nile. Moreover, the closest ex ununatioli fails to reveal the slightest difference between the plants that nourished fifty centuries ugo and those which tho traveler sees today 011 the bunks of the river. The vcr llowrrs which thu boy Mo si s or the chihhvn of Joseph picked still hi.Kiin unchanged, even 111 color. There ure to be seen here blue sprays of larkspur, which loving bunds laid upon '.he bodies of Ihoso who died a thousand vears before Abraham and Sarali wentdown into Egypt. -Youths Comn.'.i.ion. 111. IDV III III (.IN. J, mi's went 1" lioas. lis p'lig on Sat it- il.v Earlv in llie iiinrniiu. when le slai nl In the office. I is wife gave him is nf tilings wl.'uli she needed very holly. As he et.t led lie hi use in th ,'V. niiii she met l.iui with a kisi and then u-l-cil : "Ihi! you hi ing llie Mist for dinner? ,, ins' I'ice fell. "N11. Mil ie," he r. n'i.d "Fait is, 1 f..r;.it il " 'Ii-1 the c ftcc 1111 1 sngir all light, of eeiirse ?" N 11 11 ." he slamuiircd, ' forgot them ll" .' "And llir loaf of bread 1 nil the viue;n aui he i', suicy, llinry, ou didn I', r.cl tin in ?' "Y v-ms, MoTe, I II b : blanked if didn't. Hut." and hero a smile that iv. ul.l have illuiuin itcd heuveu swept in- r his nice. ' I did 1 rini the quart 0' whisk. y and the hex of iui nrr. J ligrrs.' tOXSt MIM IOSi MUKKI.Y CURED. To tiik KniToit. l'leaso inform your nailers Unit 1 have a jMWitive rem.ily for the almve named 'hsuise. KJ !" '"J" ' use ilii.iisiinils uf hottelfflB cases have been H'rin.iiieiillv cured. I snail I ulsd to send two IkjIiIik of my rouieily fkkk lo any of you. rua'lcrs who ' consumption il they will semi me their express aud poatofllee adilross. ltespectnilly, T. A.SbOl'liM, M. C. 0 15 1 jr- ,M1 VmA u New Vort Just received a larc lot of Bay State hoes fi r men, ladies and children; ac knowledgd by all to be the best. P. N. Slaiiihack & IO. Al'VKHTISK.MK.VJ'S H.CSPIKRS," WllOI.IiS W.I'. AMI I! IOTA I f. 1; I'K.W.I'l: IN 1 T., i'l'it'. i'nl;r, rrii'l' r. Nwtn tii.il Cm U"i..'t - .i( fir li r i-'iti 1 '11. 1 . b 1 -wn :nu!(r.ii.y I li'i- c 1 kit-t xti timid :li I it itt Mm k .if T'i ! ruit, i;..ifrclli.li-n-'ii, Unit kfja til Oil 'Mi .if Af d H '!' '.I ft ft X A. I li'i "li )cit.( n rtfi'! tf II HtI(I nl'rf'k T i'.i i rii-t. i Mikrif, II r wait, Tintmrfl, inhm.-, sinti.ninr .M'.ve J'ijh' ami KlUiwiof il1 Utvf "ti !i m) I ti of fni'-v i". ft!ir gmh too ii'iui-T tn tu ni' iui 1:1. I'.iil ia t!i itnek :ujta 11 till' Ifiitlillfl Hill Kl'O FOR YOURSELF. Opiera ti)- n.Hil w ii I havo in? .ersiual atlru il'iil ili'timi ninny tl.tuiL to tlio guoil )n-f.iiu in tliis uml tin.' Mirroiui.iiui; t'-iiniit.' r.ir uial fari.iH, .uu! trust mi I tmin' llie) Hiilitlluiv Die lu suits Uu'iu In 'lie lululi. Very tru'T, H.C. M'IKItS, HV.iliis, X.C. in vs. iii.i.i:k t r a i-Hit, I'Ui'KAIIK iUAIliil.K T UKKS, IS0UT1I SYCAMORE STI.IET, PKTKKSBUltO, XAi Monuiumn, lieu Jst ones, Tom'n, Tahl. ts, 4c, Lowest cadi pries jruiirauteei'. All itel L w.i 1 1 i ii i 1 saiikfaHi-ry. tmr hciuiiilul caleadir fur 18S-9 i in to any address on receipt o!' stun.p "r pn.-t:ie CII AKI.KS M. WALSH, oct 11 ly. TO TIIE I'ATUONS OF THI ALBEMARLE STEAM NAVIGATION CO. ntllfK TIMF Hitwwn NORFOLK mil yUlll I IIY1C KAHI KhN N. CAROLINA Da (iint after MuniluT. lectiinlr 17tb, mil until further notice, the Kteumer I'HOWAS, I'aptiiiu Witliy, will l.r.AYhi r liANKI.lN on Montluvs, Wed- iirsdav.i ami Friday I'm F.KF.NTON, l'LY- WOT I'll and all intermediate points ob omul i.l mail tram Imin Portsmouth, say 10- lo A. M. lil'.TlltNIN'G, The "Chowun" will reach Franklin uu Tuesdays, TlinrmUra .out S;itiiiil:i,vi at D l."i A. M., in time to 'oiuieit nilli Find Mail train from KaUiah ii P.iitsiiiiitita unit with Kxpress train for lie nllttl. I'as.ieti&T!, by this arnuiireiueut, takiuc theSleatner Chowan at any poiut on tu river, will KliACII NOKFOI.K by 11 oclock A. St., and tine havr the entire day for tn trans action of business in thut city. CilVE THIS KOUTE A TRIAL. lies) ectlully, J. H. BO GIRT. Franklin, Vs., Dec. 15, 1HHS. Hua't. i s-i t. iv.i . ..mi, it " tu a O iW Ely's Cream Balm Clonuses tho Naaal Pasnaroa. Al lays Inflammation. Ho&latha Sores. Restores tho Bonaoa of Tnati, BineU and. Hearing. A rarttrlslsawNrd lalitrkMfrll a4 Is a rrrnhlr.. Trlrf. SOr. ac llrassiala r Uf all. Kl.r HKOTIIKIia,MWmntl.,Nw Ims. net -' l y PROFESSIONAL CARDS. nans v. msi.i.is, tlUUU a wiLTiaa.Aisi, ll A X 1 I L, m ti f. HEAD.g J 1 . ..1. - r s."-t-'ai ss-- irytneuurci3 ATT0RSE1SATLAW, WELDON, N. C. I rmctlit Is thf rmrtsftf Hftllfax andNorUuusi tonanil in the Supreme sml Fwleml oourts. Cttl- , lertlnim niadf in .llpirtvor NuHfa Carolina. Smni'h nflii-f at Rattrax, N.C., opea tTery Ifaa. da. Jaa 1 1j T ' H 0 X A S S. HILL, Atteraey at Law. HALIFAX, M, a. Pmcticet In Hat fcz aad adMnlof a redorat aad aaprasM anuria, aa.MUT c. t h o t r, ATTORNEY AT LAW, iKruu.ro, . Praetlrfia In tha courts flf Hultftlf tiA tijlahl Q 'UIIIIV- .. .11 I.IW vuifiyui. uvu4. cillocu.in niagd a(iywlirauui ntM, UAI mnu aniaipiiit naaa. ' V

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