TOL. XXIV.
V'l Cli
WELDON, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5. 1893.
NO 27
Cleveland on finance.
I WKIT88 A LETTER TO GOVERNOR
NORTHEN, OP GEORGIA.,
President Cleveland has written a
iter to Governor Northen, of Georgia,
1 the financial question. Tho letter is
i reply to one written by the Governor
President Cleveland on the 15th of
it month. Governor Northen refused
give his letter out tor publication, but
is known that it presented a graphic
jndition of the political situation in
jrebrgii and the South.
Th following u the President's letter
Jo full;
X
Executive Mansion,
Washington, D. C, Sept. 25.
Hon. W. J. Northen,
, My Dear Sit: I hardly know how to
reply to your letter of the 15th inst. It
teems to me that I am quite plainly on
record concerning the financial question.
letter accepting the nomination to
ft (Presidency, when read in connection
V the message lately sent to the Coji
I it in extraordinary session appears to
I ;to be very explicit.
want a currency that is stable and
in the hands of our people. I will
knowingly, be implicated in a condi
tion will justly make me in the least
ree answerable to any laborer or farm-
n (he United States for a shrinkage
'the purchasing power of the dollar he
P received for n full Julian worth of
(rk, or for a good dollar's worth of the
duct of his soil. I not only want our
rency to be of such a character that
jjigtla of dollars will be of equal pur
chasing power at home, but I want it to
be oT such a diameter h.h will demonstrate
abpjB d our wisdom and good faith, thin
tig ub upon a ti r m loumlaliou and
t among tho nations of the earth.
want our financial condition and the
It I relating to our currency so safe and
r Wring that those who have uiouey
I j spend it and iuvest it in business
a. 1 new enterprises instead of hoarding
it. I You cannot cure fright by calling it
f ih and unreasonable, and you caunot
(rent die frightened man from hoaru
i: I his money.
want good, sound and stalle money
a condition of confidence that will
t"lp it in use.
Vithin the limits of what I have
w.jtten I am a friend of silver, but I be
lU.e its proper place in our cui rency can
oujy bo fixed by a readjustment of our
currency legislation and the inauguration
ofjioonsistcnt and comprehensive fioan-
VcU scheme. I think such a thing can
ooft be entered upon profitably and hope
fair after the repeal of the law whioh
ii'Jiarged with all our financial woes. In
' tbi present state of the public mind, this
If ! cannot be built upon nor pathed in
8". li a way as to relieve the situation.
'. am therefore opposed to the free and
i imited coinage of silver by this coun-
alone and independently; and I am
li i favor of the immediate and uncondition
fifrepeal of th purchasing clause of the
isjcalled Sherman law. I oonfess I am
tnished by the oppasition in the Sen
to auch prompt action as would re
b the present unfortunate situation.
daily prayer it that the delay occaa
ioad by auoh opposition may not be the
cMse of plunging the country into deeper
dere8sion than it has yet known, and
that the Democratio party may not be
itlv held responsible for auoh a oatas-
lours very truly,
Groves Cleveland.
at Do You Take Medioine for?
t you are sick and want to get
because you want to prevent ill
Then remember that Hood' Sar
t cures all diseasos caused by im-
od and debility of tho system,
what its proprietors say but
fd'a Sarsaparilla doea, that tells
of its merit. Be sure to
"d only Hood's. . .,
Vegetable Hood's Pills 25o.
SAVE BY A HAIR.
T
HE HAD LOST II IS ALMANAC AND WAS
JUST A BIT BACK IN HIS DATES.
At the end of a long causeway croseiug
a swamp I came upon a squatter's cabin,
with the squatter himself seated cross leg
ged on a log smokiug his pipe. After the
usual salutations be said:
"Stranger, I burned my almanac up by
mistake two or three weeks ago and hev
got sorter confused about Monday. This
is Monday, hain't it?"
"No, this is Tuesday."
"And hain't it the 7th of August?"
"No, it's the 8th."
"Stranger, ai' yo' popsuah 'bout this?"
he exclaimed as he sprang up.
"I am. Here' a pocket almanac and
you can see for yourself Tuesday, the
8th.
"It's Tuesday, the 8th, and just about
noon. I'mjest a day behind in my figerin.'
Stranger, would yo' do a critter like me a
powerful favor sunthin' I kin never forgit
if I live to bo 1,000 years old?"
"I guess so. What is it?"
"Leuioie take that horse to ride them
seven miles and git thar by 1 o'clock.
That's the hour sot for me to marry a
widder who's got 200 acres of the best
land in the State."
"But won't they wait till you get
there? '
"Not this time, mister. This is the third
date I've tot to marry that widder, aud
it's got to be a go this time or I'll want
wings to fly out of kcniry. She'sa widder
willi a father, lour brothers, two sons
half a doz !B unelus and seven or eight
nephews, aud every one of them is ou
the shoot. Stranger ''
"1'ou can have him and I'll come on
afoot. Aren't you going lo wait to dress? '
''Can't wait a uiiuit seven miles straight
up the road you'll liad whiskey behind
the door goodby!"
At 2 o'clok in the ai'teruxm I reached
the house whovethufetivities wtre taking
place. When opportunity cjuio tho bride
groom wrung uiy hand and said:
"Stranger, yo' saved me by a h'ar. It
was just two ininitsto 1 o'clock when I
rode up: and seveu of thewidder's rolas
buns war jest gwinc into ambush along
side the fence, while the widder herself
had loaded a douMc burTd shot gun with
duclshot and was lookin' up the road."
AX HIHTUlt'S WAUNIN'G.
The editor of the Moirfgoiu.ry, Ga.,
Mouitor sends the following notice to
delinquent subscribers : "Two weeks
from now tho Monitor will be in treat
demand. It will contain an account of
one of the greatest tragedies ever enacted
in the State. Five men will be hanged
at one tune and' upou one gallows in
expiation of three separate and distinct
murders, entirely unconnected with each
other. Now, if you want the account of
the hanging, you must pay your sub
scription. We intend to cut off from
our subscription book every man who is
iu arrears for two years or wore and sell
their papers to somebody else; also those
who owe for one year aud more who
have never paid us anything at all. You
mav think we are joking, but you'll see.
These two classes will be dropped: Those
who never paid us anything and owe ui
for one year or more; those who have
paid us something on subscription here
tofore, but who now owes us for two
years or more. We are not going to
furnioh any aocouut of the greatest
ludicial tragedy ever enacted in Georgia
at our own expense and wait until we
are dead to get our m.ney back.
The formula of Ayer's Sarsaparilla
is well known lo tne meuicai proiessiou
mnA nnisprxallv aooroved. The reputa
tion of th firm guarantees excellence
and uniformity in the medioine, and the
world s experience lor nearly nair a ceu
tury has fully demonstrated its value.
"It is strange", said one young woman
to another,"lhat so many foreigners
should ho amioui to sell themselves to
American heiresses." "Yes. They are
good deal like novels" "Why?" "The
salo depends largely on the title.
A GLIMPSE OF HEAVEN.
STORY OF A WOMAN WHO BELIEVES
THAT SHE DIED AND CAME TO LIFE
AGAIN.
Mrs. It. R. Phillips is an extremely
refined and well educated woman forty
three years old. She has just recovered
from an eighteen months' sickness of per
itonitis and acute dropsy, during which
time she was given up for dead twice.
Mrs. Phillips is not a Spiritualist.
"During my long illness." said she, "I
was three weeks in an apparently uncon
scious condition. I knew what was going
on around me, but I could Dot speak. At
the end of this period I Becmed to be fa
ding away from the earth.
"Then came my death, as I called it,
for I know my spirit left this earth, and
has now come back. Out of the darkness
before me I could see, as my eyes became
accustomed to it, a misty light. It kept
growing brighter and brighter. Then I
beard voices, the voice of my daughter,
who was dead, saying, 'Mother, mother!'
"Then a wonderful scene opened before
me. it was like a beautitul green lawn,
stretching away in the distance, while
directly in front of me was a great river.
I saw it plainly saw the dark brown peb
bles on the shore.
"Across the river, at the gate of heaven,
stood my own daughter, ready to receive
me, and Jesus was there. When I was
partly across the river my daughter open-
id the gate to receive mc, but Jesus shut
it and spake two words: 'Begin again.'
'At the sound of his voice I can al
most hear it now,I was again in this world,
and I felt wonderful joy. knew I was
oing to live, but it was a new life, like
that of a new born babe. I had been dead,
and all my sins of my other life had been
taken away in the time of terrible ugooy.
After this I began to get well."
AND HE TOOK 1ICU IX.
He was in lovo with the girl, aod she
A3 not unwilling, but she had given no
ign.
Ho was so diffident that really she had
no opportunity.
One evening they sat alone in a little
bower of roses.
"I dreamed of you hist night," he
said tentatively.
"How nice!" she responded in that.
exasperating way which is so inex
pressive.
"Yes," he faltered questioningly.
"Tell ma what you dreamed," she
prettily commanded.
"I thought we were sitting together
on the banks of a beautiful stream," he
said low and nuruiurously, "as the sun
was sinking away to rest in the purpling
stars, and we talked of birds, of music, of
flowers and of love. Your face glowed
as if a great light shone in it, but when
I spoke of love you grew cold aod dis
tant, and I could feel the chill air touch
in my heart and see the buds of my
hope wither in the frost of your disap
proval. I knew then how useless was all
I could do, how futile was effort, but
urged on by that mysterious power no
man can explain and none resist, I cast
the fatal die and asked you to be mine.'
He stopped a moment, trembling.
"And what did I say?" she asked
"No," and his voice grew husky and
his lips quivered.
She put out her hand to him softly.
"Dreams goby contraries, dear, sh
murmured, and he took her in. Detroit
Free Press.
There can be no health for either uiiod
or body so lone as tha blood is vitiated
Cleanse the vital current from all impur
ities by the use of Ayer s barsapanlla,
This medicine recruits the wasted ener
gies, strengthens the nerves, and restores
health to the debt itated system.
Several hundred men will be given em
ployment to day by the resumption of
work in the Altoona (Pa.) Rilling Mill.
Tn ret tin an abundint hnnd of hair
of a natural color to a good old age, I lie
hygiene of the scalp must be observed.
Apply Hall s Uair lvenewer.
WHOPPER OF A WHALE.
NEARLY A THOUSAND YEARS OLD AND
BIG AS ALL OUT DOORS.
The largest whale which ever entered
the harbor, aud one of the largest ever
secu ou the coast was washed ashore at
Tokeluod Monday, says the South Bend
(Wash.) Herald. The news was imme
diately brought back by one of the morn
ing steamers, and the afternoon passenger
boats were crowded to their greatest capac
ity by throngs who were anxious to see
the monster.
The fish came in on the high tide and
just a little below Charles Fisher's bath
houses. It was alive and kicking, and
did not finally surrender its lease on ex
istence until Tuesday about noon.
County Attotney, M. D. Egbert, had
taken along a tape line and carefully
measured the monster.
The Hue showed an extreme length of
174 feet and eight inches, with a -'waist
measure" of 161 1 feet. County Survey
or L. C. Vickrey figured on the weight of
the "anionic" and pronounced this mem
ber of the Balucnidce family to weigh
fifty-seven aud a half tons, aod the blub
ber and whalebone to be worth, at current
prices, oil, $9,075; bone $1,000, making
a neat total of $10,973.
Attorney L. E. Ginn attempted to
compute the age of the subject under
consideration, and concluded, from the
traverse lines on the baleen, that this fish
had existed for 9SG years, lacking but 14
years of having lived the longest term of
whale life.
The pectoral fin9 are 12 feet long and
feet broad: tho mouth is 24 feet long;
the blow holes 18 inches long, and the
half hundred bathers in the water at the
time it came ashore say the noise of
spoutiug was deal mg and the spray
ejected ascended at least fifty feet in the
air. The threshing of tho tail nn thi
water in the struggle to regain the chun
uol was heard ut McGowan's cannery, at
the mouth of North River, four miles
away.
Couuty School Supt. L. W. Fansher
furnished some historical facts in regard
to the whale. Alfred the Great had been
dead but a few years when his whale ship
first began to navigate waters of tho earth.
The old boy was 120 years old when
William the Cooqueror was born, and
may have been playing off English shores
when he was crowocd king. lie was on
eardi at the time of making the Great
Charter of the Runnymede, he was mid
dled aged when the pilgrims landad at
Plymouth Rock and probably looked
upon the wars or apoleou, the Amen
can revolution and civil war with many
a sad sigh and shake of the head for the
ruthless slaughter of humanity.
World's
the Art
He (the bridegroom at the
Fair) Do you want to go to
Building, dear?
She (the brid) Do you?
He I do, if you do.
She If you do, I do, dear.
He Just as you say.
She Do, dear, take your choioe,
He Well, I don't want to unless you
want to
She I don't want to unless you want
to. ( With solicitude) Do you wnt to?
lie If you want to, dearest.
She (timidly) Well, let's go.
He Are you sure you wut to go ?
8h If you are.
He (timidly) Well, lets go.
(Exeunt absent-mindedly toward the
stock pavilliuu,
-N Y Recorder.
TURKISH WOMEN.
THEIR COSTUMES PARISIAN, BUT THEIR
MANNERS ORIENTAL.
Years ot study, experiiuuut aud b-i;n
tifio investigation have given the wnr'd
Hill's Chloride of Gold Tablets, the only
sure cure for the Tobacco habit known.
They have proven a great blessing to the
thousands who have found health and
new life through them, and the testimo
nials received breathe the sentiments of
grateful thanks. They are sold by all
leading druggists.
The modern women of Turkey, accord
ing to the accounts of Osman Bey, is far
removed from the singing, dancing
prisoner of the harem, sipping aromatic
cabesh and smoking' perfumed cigars
while she gossips, as the western fancy
dreams her. Among the higher classes
on the coutrary, she dresses according to
Parleian models, speaks French of En
glish, if not both languages, makes calls,
leaves cards aud has her at home days,
plays tennis and has 5 o'clock tea, and
furnishes her house according to luxu
riant New York or Parisian idols, some
times even to the extent of sacrificing a
beautiful oriental rug in favor of a
beautiful oriental rug in favor of a modern
Brussels carpet.
Tho Ortoman metropolis abounds in
schools and seminaries for young ladi s,
and the turkish girl is expected to know
just as much about niathematH auu
sciences as the average American gir ,
aud a great deal more of needle wui
and general housekeeping than ll
latter dreams of in her philosophy
The Turkish girl, despite her advanc
merit, must still cover her pretty f.o,
and it is contrary to tho sacred rules of
Nammebran for the Turkish lover to
take his sweetheart to the theatre with
out mamma, but in spile of veils and the
rules of the dread Naimuebran, tho love
that laughs at all barriers finds a way to
uutie true lovers in Turkey as a hero.
Brandon Bucksaw.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
CONSTIPATION
Is called the "Father of Diseases."
It is caused by a Torpid Liver,
and is generally accompanied with
LOSS OF APPETITE,
SICK HEADACHE,
BAD BREATH, Etc.
To treat constipation successfully
Mrs.Newlywed (indignantly) "And
you took the cake I put in the window to
cool and ate it, did you? How dared
you?" Whiskered Samuel (caught in
the not aud consequently humble) "A
starving man will cat almost anything,
mum",
THE DOLLAR MARK.
HALF A DOZEN THEORIES IN EXISTENCE,
EACH HAVING REASON BEHIND IT.
Not less than a scoie of theories have
bceu advanced as to the origin of the dol
lar mark (8). Of these the St. Lous Re
public believes the following to be the
most plausible:
1. That it is a combination of the "U.
S ;" the initials of the United States.
2. That it is a modification of the fig
ure S. the dollar being formerly called, a
"piece of eight-"
3. That it is derived from a represen
tation of the Pillars of Hercules, consist
ing of 2 needle like towers of pillars con
nected with a scroll. The old Spanish
coins marked with the pillar device were
frequently referred to as "pillar dollars,'
4. That it is a combination of "II. S."
the ancient Rm in murk of mouey unit.
5. That it is a combinauion of P. and
S. from perso is contracted by writing the
S. over the P. and placiug it after the
sum.
According to one writer the symbol of
the dollar is a monogram of the letters
"V," "S"and "J," the dollar being origi
nally a "thaler" coined in the valley of
Saint Joachim, Bohemia aud known as a
"Joachim thaler," aud the monogram the
initials of the words, "Valley Saint Joach
im." The editor of the London Whitehall
Review, a very able wiiter , in giving his
opinion of "Reason No. 3, as given above,
says: "The American symbol for dollar
in taken from the Spauish dollar, and the
origin of the sign, of course, must be look
ed for in asoeiati ins of Spanish coins.
Ou the reverse side of the Spauish dol
lar is a representation of the pillars ef the
Hercules, and around each pillar is a
scroll, with the inscription 'plus ultra."
This deviw in course of time has de-generan-d
into the sign which at present
stands for Americau as well as Spanish
dollars, '$'. The scroll around the pillars
represent the two serpents sent by Juno
to destroy Hercules in his cradle."
It is a mild laxative and atonic to
the digestive organs. By taking
Simmons Liver Regulator you
promote digestion, bring on a reg
ular habit of body and prevent
Biliousness and Indigestion.
"My wife wu sorely distressed with Conttir.
lion mnd coughing, followed with Bleeding Piles.
After four months use of Simmons Liver Regulstor
she Is almost entirely relieved, gaining : strong
and flesh." W. B. Lurii, Delaware, Ohio.
Take only the Genuine,
Which has en the Wrapper the red SB Trade),
aaajk and Signature of
J. H. ZEILIN ft OOf
TO THE LADIES OF
WESTERN HALF OF HALIFAX CO.
I know Dr. J. A. iVeGill's ORANGE
BLOSSOM t0 be 8 mv rel" Messing to
our sex. We have long needed some
thiug which we could use ourselves aud
which could conquer the stubborn forms
of chronic inflammation and congestion
which lie at the foundation of all f'cmnlr
troubles. That Dr. JeG ill's treatment
meets the demaud of this long felt want
is shown by the fact that many caes
which have baffled the skill of our best
physicians, are being cured by it. I have
pledged myself to let iny suffering sisters
in the above Counties know of this simple,
entirely sale, yet wonderful cure. To
accomplish this I must have the help of
some jiood Cln istian lady in each township.
Tlierearc not less than eue thousand ladies
in each of the a'mve Counties to whom this
cure would be of inestinialile vulue, many
of them mothers who need strenKth that
they may train their little ones; then thcro
are so many voung ijirls whose troublo is
not considered serious, lint nevertheless
need attention, as only a little time will
be required for it take the color from the
cheeks and all tho joy from their glad
young lives as it has done in thousands ot
cases. Write for information. 1 answer
all questions. I will also send Township's
Agent's Terms to those who will assist mc.
MISS LIZZIK U. DAVIS,
Areola, Warren Co., N. C.
1-20-ly .
BST THE TALK OF m
m- THE TOWN -8
ser now is m
Have YOU Seen
The pretty goods at
An Injunction. There are two
kiuua the vourte tell you a temporary
and a permanent injunction.' A tempor
ary iiijunetion gives relief for a time only
but when you take Simmons Liver Reg
ulator for Dynpepsia, aud find yourself
cured, that means a p"rmaueut injunction.
It's the - iiue wh.n Lining the Regulator
for Malaria, and all of the liver and kidney.
Dress Goods of all Kinds;
i And trimmings to match.
EVERYBODY
says they are the prettiest in town. A
nobby line of Gents' Furnishings A large
line of sample goods to be sold at
NEW YORK WHOLESALE PRICES.
and if you can't get a suit of clothes in
stock you can select a pattern and the
fit is guaranteed; it takes only five days
to make a suit.
TT A '"PQ. A big line of the
XXx-L X 0 Newest styles straw
and felt hats just opened.
I am always glad to show goods, and
prices shall compete with the lowest that
good goods can be Bold at.
Respectfully,
W. B. TILLERY,
Weldon, N. C.
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