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TERMS:-1M 1m ANN I'M IN ADVANCE
VOL. XXV.
WELDON, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1S94.
NO. 10.
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Our special brands of Flour:
pOLD MEDAL FANCY PATENT,
' t I X l 14 TENT,
GEM PATENT,
HARVEST QUEEN,
SNOW DROP.
For
her the sweetest blossoms nliou.il
limit lie a perfume rare,
For her the tenriereat music nlioultl come
.touting through the uir;
For her the choicest treasures should deck
and pave the way,
And in (lift brightest Warns uf sunlight at
hcrfi-ct in glory play.
Torhcr the blushing .rom-l, ml should dis
card its cruel thurn.
And, lor her heaving bosom, other eager
searches scorn ;
Forhrrn pure content moot should throw
Htrong arms at tout
And circle her, while pleasure shuts all
care and sorrow out.
For her I'd make the journey through this
land of bitter tears,
A lasting day of smiling love, devoid of
doubt and fears;
Her faith uhould glow resplendent, should
be a love lit dream,
While 'round her, rays of happiness for-
evermore should gleam.
WAY of 1894.
ALL ABOUT LOVE MAKING
MOFESSIOXAL CASDS.
W. H. DAYjs. a. DANIM.,T. C. HARBISON
Weldon, H, C. Littleton, N.C. Weldon, N.C.
)AV, !AlilEI. HARRISON,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
practices ip the courts of Halifax and
Warren counties, and wherever their ser
vices arc needed.
Oneflf the ttrm will be In Halifax on
each Monday. 1 lH-ly.
yy j. WAui),
Enfield, N. C.
SURGEON :-: DENTIST,
Office over McGwigan's store.
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XjOLLEM D A N 1 1 L,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Weldon, N. C.
Practice. In theoonrtsof Hllfi And North Ami
ton And In IheHupremesnd Federal courts. Col
Inetlitii. marl. In allnart. of North Carolina.
Branch office al Hallrai. N. C.opeo over, Hon
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T. T. KOSS,
DENTIST,
Weldon, N. C.
Office over Emry & Pierce's store.
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Tooth Extracted without pain.
4-30-Sn.
New Way of Makina a Proposal.
When young Mr. Lawson asked young
Miss Pcttibono to marry liim they were
both a little astonished, llu had no such
intention or even inclination when he
went to make his party call. There had
been no sentimental passages in their
lengthy but perfectly common place
friendship which demanded a proposal
as a fitting climax, says an exchange.
But Estcllo looked remarkably well sit
ting before the lire place, with a pathetic
drocp of her lips and a little weariness in
her eyes. There was a red rose in the
lace that fell from her neck, and its warm
perfume tilled the whole room.
Its odor and the sight of this new
fascinatingly serious Kstclle, the subdued
lights in the room everything about
the place, s-cmcd to mount like wino to
Dick's brain, awl before ho knew what
he was saying he had told Estcllo a tale
of lifelong devotion and of a desire to
marry her. Then, struck with sudden
aiuaaeujcnt at the found of bis own words,
ho waited for an answer.
Estcllo, though she was not entirely
unused to proposals, was unprepared for
this one, Surprise caused her to color
vividly aud to look at liiui with a curious,
tremulous gaze. It occurred to him that
these were the signs of love, and his
blood froze in his veins. She was fjoing
to accept him.
But she did not. She said, hesita
tiugly, that it was a surprise to her; she
had not drcanicd nnd she lluuked him
for his honor, but but would he not
give her a week to let her consider her
own heart and desires. Uf course Dick
had no choice but to grant that reasons
ble request. lie went out gravely with a
sort uf weight upon him. The cold night
air, with no breath of roses in it struck
hiui with a chill. What oq earth had
ho done? He went over to see his
mentor, John Graham. It would not he
the first scrape John had got him out of.
John listened gravely and silently.
When Dick had finished tho story of his
wooing he remarked amiably :
"Dick, you area fool."
Then he proceeded to pull away at his
pipo agaiu. Diet did not auswer. rty
od by John removed his pipe aud madi
bis next statement.
"You might go back and tell her llu
tho odor ol jacqueminot always uffeci
you like too muuh ohampagno, and bj;
that you don't love her aud dou't w.u.
to marry her. I think she d Iroo yu.
Or you might last and pray until I lie en
of the week, l'crhaiis Providcuce won:,
be moved to induce her to r fuse yt.i.
But I doubt it, Dick. You're such
captivating fellow, you know "
Here lie was interrupted hy a few re
marks concerning his mental capaciiy
Dick was beginning to look wretched
When he saw (hat, John rose tuddeuly
"Seehoro, Hiuhard, my boy," ho said
"don't took like that; I'll get you out ol
it. Go home and go to bed. Tomorrow
afternoon you shall have your refusal,
Go off, now.
The next afternoon Dick roccived
note from Estolle. It was a very kind
oqo little, self reproachful, that she
had giyen him any hope, but with an uir
of joyousness in it, too. " It is only nghl
that I should tell you, the letter ran
"that I have been for some time engaged
to your friend, John Graham. We h
I violent quarrel only that afternoon, and
I never hoped to see him again. Yon
ice. in my loneliness aud unbappincss, I
was ?;wly to blame for seining at any
chanoe of peace and affection, such
you offered me. But I know now how
wrong and silly that view was. Forgive
me for the pain I have caused you."
"Do you know, John," remarked
Estcllo, to her fiance that evening, "I
don't believe Dick Lawson was in love
with me at all. Look at the great mass
of jacks he sent me, and there was the
dearest, most cordial nolo with them,
fsn't it funny?"
"Very," said John, laoonioalty.
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Subscribe it once.
A Calm Mooes tie Pas
sion to Fipres.
Hume men seem to have a genius for
stutUics, and wish to reduce everything
to tabular form. Such a one has recently
come to light in San Eraucinco, and ho
has, after reading several hundred novels,
given us the benefit of his researches as
to how men and women behave at the
critical point when a man pays a woman
(he compliineiil of asking her to share
bis burial lot with him as well as the
lime intervening before that uninterest
ing event.
Some fallacies arc exposed, tho princi
pal one being that the ladies do not prom
ise to he a sister to the rejected oftener
(ban 17 times out of 50, while she prom
ises to bo a 1 1 loud b limes in (he same
number.
Now, as to tho gentleman's behavior,
decidedly (he popular ibing is for him to
declare (hat he cannot live without (be
woman in question, and in C'7 cases in
lllO he kisses her on the lips, 7- times
he holds her hands very tightly, and 03
times ho begins "all of a sudden."
The least popular thing for him to do
is to kiss Ibo woman on tho head, on the
nose by mistake, aDd on tho shawl. 11
usually sits upon a chair or sofa, thru
times he rceliues on tho grass, four times
ho goes on one knee, and twice he goes
on two knees, so that the kneeling busi
ness is pretty well evened up.
1 lie popular thing lor the lady, in
case of an acceptance, is to sink into th
amis of the gentleman, and this she does
HI limes out of 1 OK, and iu 87 cases sh
knows that something is coming.
Seventy two times she has eyes full of
love, and (ill times she rests her head upon
the gentleman's breast. Only four times
is she taken hv surprise, and six times
he weeps silently lor i iy. Once she
sneezes, onco she struggles not to v
kissed, and once she says, "lWt bo i
fool."
In cases of rejection it is evidently th
proper thing for the gentleniiin to rush
madly away, for ho does this in 31 cases
in 50. Ho declares that ho will commit
suicide but 0 times, oneo he says ho will
go to the devil, aud 13 limes he thinks he
will go home.
Once ho pounds a stone wall with his
list, once lie pulls down his vest, aud only
once docs he refuse to be prayed for, but
ho swears that life is of no value 17 times.
Jenness Miller Monthly.
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llHIDK KXOCKEO OUT.
A COMICAL INDICENT OROWINO OIT
Of A TIME HONORED CI STON.
THE FUTURE.
Tie Present Belongs to Us Tie Some of the "Fins and This-
Fitore to Gofl.
"TWO'S COMPANY,"
"HELLO," NEW YORK.
The Lous Distance Telephone
is Coniinf South.
THE llEI.t.E SVSTE.Vt TO CONNECT AI.I.
SOI'THEHN CITIES IN THE NEAlt FU
TURE -WELDON WILL BE IN IT.
YEAR WITHOUT A SUMMER.
REMARKABLE WEATHER EX
PERIENCED IS THE UNI
TED STATES DURUM
1S1G.
A well-known drummer returning from
a southern trip relates the following story
as of actual oucurronoo at a negro wed
ding in Charleston, S. C.
After the ceremony had been con
cluded in the most approved style, the
bridegroom, who was employed in one
of the phosphate mines, a few milos
from that city, bundled his bride into a
rode cart, loaded somo household effects
into it, and prepared, among salvos ol
iheers and bests wishes, (o take her
home.
At this stage of tho prooeedings one
larky, who had traveled aud been pros
i'nt as a waiter at tho wedding of Some
.vbitc folks, suggested that the proper
lung to do was throw shoes after
he departing couple as they drove
ivvay.
The idea took immensely, and such
i scrambling as followed when the col
irded belles and beaux began to divcsl
; heir feet of b wts and s!toc4 of various
iies and weights! Many of the m;n had
no stockings on beneath their shoes, but
that in ide no difference.
They all hung hack, suppressing their
enthusiaMii until iho happy bridegroom
brought a bale stick down ou the hack
of the mule aud started bin bridal trip
Then wilh a howl of joy, Iho guests
burst forth and began a fusillade which
was by no mini Hi-hH by t h buppy
pair,
The air was filled with flying missiles
One gigantic boot struck the bride
groom in tho small of the back and drew
from him a wild yell of agony Another
hurling through the air with unerring
aim struck the bride f'lll on the head and
knocked her aentelesa
This was too much for tho bridegroom.
Leaping from his cart, with his bale
siiek in his hand, he set shout to thrash
every one of the guests. As might be
inferred, a wild riot ensued, or was about
to when a policeman o.iuio up and put
a stop to it. Nothing, however, could
appease the dusky biidegtooin until the
officer assured him that he was not 1he
victim of any indignity, but merely the
obiect of a bridal custom such as white
folks always observed. Cincinnati Coin
mcitii.
In the Star of Sunday it was stated
that the long distauee telephone would
oiuo this way after awhile; and the an
nexed article from tho Columbia State
indicates that it may reach Wilm'mgtoii
sooner than expected :
It may surprise a great in.iny people,
not only here aud hereabouts, but all ovr
the South, to know that there is now
every indication that the Bell Telephone
Company is soon to enter the Southern
country and establish its lines of luug dis
tance telephones, oouueeting cities with
each other, just as it has already duuo in
the North. It is a move in tho right
direction, and'shows that (hero is at (he
North a steadily increasing confidence in
(he future of the great but undeveloped
South.
Olio of the prominent representatives
of the company from the North was in
th city a lew nights ago and talked in
tereslingly in regard to the matter, giving
much information. Ho says that the
company has been contemplating putting
its system of long distance 'phones in
the south tor a long time but it was not
until recently that it decided to look iuto
the matter. At present it has some of
its best men looking over the territory
and seeing all about distances, etc. If
the investigations prove satisfactory
and they have so far as made the com
pany proposes to connect all leading
Southern cities with (ho system as far as
possible. 1 he system is now in success
ful operation throughout the North and
a man can be in one big city ana lam lo
a friend in another, hundreds of miles
away. The system is in operation as far
down as Washington.
The plan which the company has un
der contemplation seems (o be to connect
Washington and Kichmond, then come
on down wilh a series of connections,
taking in Weldon, Wilmington, Raleigh
and other North Carolina towns; Norfolk,
Ya., this oitv, Charleston, Atlanta, Au
gusla, Savannah and other leading cities,
nd extending as tar nouth as Jackson
ville, l'la. On the West, the system
will bo put in as far as Cincinnati, taking
in intermediate points.
The company does not propose to have
as many circuits on a line as it has he
tween Northern cities, but will put in a
system sufficient to meet all the demands
of the Southern country.
To those who havo seen and used ine
long distance telephone it is of no use
to speak of the wonderful conveniences
and saving in message tolls derived there
from. It is much more satisfactory to
business men than telegraph messages.
There is no doubt that the Hell Loin
piny has fully decided to enter the South
with its long distance service. The
company intends to do so "as soon as
possible," but just exactly how soon thai
will be, no one, no) pen the represents
lives of the company, ca.q toll just yet.
Wilmington Star.
Some men who are afraid of their own
shadow will laugh at a weuian for climb
ing oo a chair when she teea a mouse.
A HA HY I'Olt A CALK.
Howard T , who has lived all his
short life in a city, was taken recently ti
visit a "real farm." The child was in ee-
slaeies. Every animal ou tho place was
t delight to him, b it his affe ti.ns es
pecially centered about a Jersey calf.
' I would like to buy it," he said lo
tho owner.
"But what ould you give in ex
change?'' he was asked.
"My baby sister.,' replied the child,
wilh the utmost gravity, "wc have a new
haby nearly every year at our home, and
we ve never had a call!
See the World's Pair fur fifteen Cents.
Upon receipt of your address and fifteen
cents in postage stamps we will mail you
prepaid our Souvenir Portfolio of the
World's Columbian Eiposition, tho reg
lar price is fifty cents, but as we want
you to have one, wc make the price nom
inal. You will find it a work of art and
thing to be prised. It contains full pngjt
views of the great buildinsis, with do
scviutions of the tame, and is executed
in highest style of art, If not satisfied
with it, after you get it, wo will refund
the stamps and let you keep tho book.
Address II, K. Bucklen & Co , Chicago,
, Illinois.
Almost every one has heard of the
terrible dark year in the early part of
the preseut century. While every one is
speaking of the preseut season as beiug
remarkable iu its characteristics I have
gathered for your readers some reliable
fads of the year 181(1, known as tin
"Year Without a Summer." Few per
sons now living can recollect it; but it
was the coldest ever known throughout
I'.urope and America. 1 lie following i
a brief abstract of the Weather durin;
the year.
January was mild so much so as to
render fires almost needless in parlors.
December previous was, veiy cold.
February was very cold; wilh the ex
ception of a few days it was nii'd like ils
predecessor.
March was cold and boisterous during
tho first part of it; the remainder was
mild. A groat freshet oo (lie Ohio and
Kentucky rivers caused great loss ol pro
perly.
April began warm, but grew colder as
the month advanced, aud ended in snow
aud ice with a temperature more like
winter than si ring
JJay was more remarkable for frowns
than her smiles. Buds and flowers were
frozen; ice formed half an iuch thick;
corn was killed, and the fields were agaiu
and again planted until deemed too late.
June was the coldest ever kuown u
this latitude, frost, lee and snow were
common. Almost every creep thing was
killed, rnut was nearly all destroyed
Snow fell to I lie depth nf (en inches in
ermont, seven inches in Main and three
inches iu New York and also in Massa
chusetts. Considerable damage was done
at New Orliansin consequence of the
rapid rise in I lie river; the Buburbs were
covered with water and (be roads were
only passable in boats.
July was accompanied with frost and
ice. Un the 5th ice was formed of the
thickness of common window glass
throughout New Eneland, New York
aud some parts of I'cnusylvnuia. Indian
corn was. nearly all destroyed. Some
favorably situated fields escaped. This
was (rue ot some ot the hill larms of
Massachusetts.
August was more cheerless, if possible,
than the summer months already passed.
Ice was formed half an inch thick. In
dian corn was so froien that the greater
part of it was cut down and cured for
fodder. Almost every preen thing was
destroyed, both in tllia country and
Europe. 1'apers received from Europe
stated that it would bo lememhered by
the present generation that the year of
lSlli was a year in which there was no
summer. Yery little oora ripened in
New England and tho Middle States.
Farmers supplied themselves from the
corn produced in 1S1" for tho seed of
the spring of 1S17. It sold at from $1
(o ?") per bushel.
September furnished about tvfu weeks
of tho mildest weather of the season.
Soon after the middle It became very
cold and fri.siy nnd ico formed a quarter
of an inch thick.
October produced more than its shale
of cold weailicr frost and ico abundant-
'yv
Noveiaoer was eold aud blustery. Ku
ough snow fell to make good sleighing.
December was quite mild and coii
(orlablo. The above is a brief cutuiuary of the
cold sumniuTuf 8 tu as it was called to
distinguish it from the cold seasons. The
wintir was mild. Frost and ice were
common in eviry month of the year.
Very Utile vegetation matured in the
Eastern and Middle States. The sun's
rays seemed to be destitute of heat
through the summer; all nature seemed
to beclal in sable hue and men were
anxious concerning future life. The
average price of flour in the Philadelphia
market during that year was Jl.l per
barrel. May, 1894, though very cold to
date, be not a "year without a summer.
J. H. K. in Ijouisville Courier Journal.
RAM'S HORN BLASTS.
11W(Tji(oi Rtcartl.
Wc have nearly reached our three
score of years, and in that time have
had somo experience and much obser
vation, and there are some matters to
which we propose to refer as wo may
have the lime and opportunity, if per
adventure wc may be able to make some
suggestions which, if properly consider
ed, may be ol' advantage to our readers.
To day we wish to call attention to
one of the must serious mistakes which
uinc tenths if not ninety nine hundreths
of the people make in life, and a mistake
which results in robbiog them of the
happinncss and plesurc they might have
enjoyed if they had not committed this
fatal error. We refer to the fact that
the great majority of people live for the
future and not for the present. They
sacrifice all preseut enjuymcut and even
ojmforts for what they expect the future
to bring them, and are always expecting
tho future to furnish them what the
past has failed to supply. A couple
marry and settle down, and at once
commence planing for tho future. In
stead of enjoying the blessing which a
kind Providence has placed within their
reach and the comforts with which they
might surround themselves, at onco go
to work to provide for a future which to
them may never come. All comforts
are denied, all pleasure sacrificed in an
effort to win the smiles of darao fortune
and accumu'ato an estate for their
children to squander. The mother is
too busy to give proper attention to the
training of her children. The Father
has too much to do (o love bis wife or be
affectionate and tender to his children.
All intellectual plesurc is neglected. He
has no time to read the papers and
magazines. The children are brought
up in a hard school. They rarely ever
receive a mother's kiss, and the father
has uo time to lay his hand upon the
boy's head aud speak kind aud en
couraging words to him, All is bare,
hard, uninteresting work. The future
is looked to to supply the deprivations of
(he present! Books will be bought,
flowers will bo planted, domestic life
will be enjoyed, husband, wife and
children will be happy sometime in tho
future, but nothing is expected iu the
present. Wc have more time for domes
tic happiness, social enjoyment of intel
lectual pleasure now but after awhile
when we have accumulated an estate
commensurate with our ambition, then
we will take some cane and some pleasure,
and thus we continue, delviug and toiling
uutil the grim messenger issues his
summons and we are called iuto eternity,
and the whole of life has been spent for
naught.
We do not mean to underestimate
the importance of frugality and a pru
dent forethought for the future, but to
depricatc the entire sacrifice of all present
pleasure and enjoyment, aud we may say
domcstto happiness, for the exceedingly
doubtful results of the future. The
happiness of many a family and the futur
of the children of the family havo been
wrecked by bartering the present for the
future. God and nature intended that
wc should be happy and in almost every
case when wc are not, it is our own
fault.
ties" Plucked for Onr
Readers.
Yirtue is most valuable when it doesu't
pay.
Itacksliding often begins by looking
back.
1 reigns in the heart
Heaven nothing
Whenever !
His law is loved.
In the arithmetic of
counts but love.
God is dishonored whenever a Chris
tian borrows trouble.
The Lord's side is the side that is not
afraid of any amouut of sunlight.
An oath means that the man who
makes it loves the devil.
The preacher whose religion is all in
his head does not believe iu revivals.
Reformation without religion is locking
the door and leaviug the key on the
outside.
God sent weeds to bo a standing re
minder that He expects all men to work.
No Christian ought to go in any com
pany whero Christ would not be made
welcome.
The man who is willing to be religious
in God's way will not find it hard to do
it.
One reason why some men swear, is
Because it uoes not take any courage or
manliness to do it.
One of the things for which Christ
came was to tell us that this world is nol
reliable storehouse.
hen man makes a religion he tries
make one that will let him stay mian
and slill respect himself.
Do not measure your neighbor's char
acter with your plunibline; it may be
shorter than his depth.
There are some men who would rather
hear themselves preach thau to listen to
an angel tuning his hurp.
it may ue that Ood makes some things
purely for ornament, hut a Christian does
not come under that head.
The devil has a thousand ways of
jeting eloquence, but he goes down
every tun before (ho power of love.
No matter how much the wicked get
they only get to lose, but whatever the
ghteous get they get to keep.
Judas spent three years in following
Christ with his feet, but never took one
step toward Him with his heart.
Every sin has a dagger in its hand
wilh which sooner or later it will strike
no matter how harmless ifniay look
Ministers who are more concerned
about salary than souls, never get the
Bible wide open for anybody when they
preach.
If no preaching were dono outside of
huich buildings angels would stop hop
ing that the world would ever be brought
to Christ.
There is no use in praying for the con
versiou ol siuuers in the street while no
preaching i? being done to sinners in the
church.
DO YOU EXPECT
TO BECOME A
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"Mothers'
Friend"
wakes child birth easy.
Auii.ii Miure, Lciaent Ukuijer, ami bliuitcns Ltbur.
" My wife uffered more in ten minnUa
with her ether children thin she did all
toffcthur with her hut, after having used
four bottles of MOTHEB'S FRIEND,"
ayn a customer.
IUnuliisun Dale, Druggist, Cvni, IU.
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liuuk" lo Mothers 'rmailedin)fc
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TUB REST WAV.
Christ saw that men took him pain
fully. To some it was a wcatiness; to
others it was a failure; to all a struggle
and pain. How to carry this burden of
life bad been tho whole world's problem
It is slill the whole world's problem.
And here is Christ's, solution: Carry it
as I do. Take life as I take it. Look
at it from my point of view. Take my
yoke and learn of me, and you will find
it easy.
Did you ever stop to ask what a yoke
is really for? Is it to be a burden to the
animal which wears it? It is just the op
posito. It is to make its burden light
Attached to tho oxen in any other way
thau by a yoke, the plow would be
intolerable. Worked by the yoke, it is
light. A yoke is not an instrument of
tortue; it is an instrument of mercy. It
is not a malicious contrivance for making
work hard; it is a gentle device to make
labor light. It is not meant to give
pain, but to save pain.
And yet men speak of the yoke of
Christ as if it were a slivcry, and look
upon those who wear it as objects of
compassion. "Take my yoke upoi you
and lesrn of roe; for 1 am meek and
lo'vely 11 heart; and ye shall find rest
unto your souls, r ot my yoke K easy,
and my burden is light. Urummond
Wtwo natr iu lelc, o katt. ker OaMorst,
Tfuen Alie was a CliUd, Alio cried for Castorl.
When .ho became Mlts, sho clunir, to Castorta.
When she had Children, she. garo tbam OAstorla.
THE MAN IN THE MOON.
According to 1 ratorius, the man in
the moon in the patriarch Isaac, carrying
the bundle of sticks which was to be
ghted to sacrifice his own body on the
mountain top. Dante believes him to be
Cain, carrying a buudle of thorns, the
meanest offering his land afforded, a
present to God. In Iceliud the peopli
ilaim that they can see the face of Adam
in the moon and that of Eve in the sun
Among the Frieburgers there is
superstition which says that the marks
and spots on the moon's face are the
outlines of a traitor, Judas Iscariot
holding his bauds over his face, while
sneeting just prior to hanging himself.
This last belief accords with the old
Frankish legend which says that then
was no snot on Luna's bright face until
after the time of the crucifixion of Christ
Still another story tells us that the time
of the creation God threw an offending
angel against the face of the moon, while
another is to the effect that the moon
witnessed the creation of Adam and Kve
and took an impress of their features on
her surface, intending to people her own
land with similar beings. hen she
essayed to imitate God's work, she made
nothing put a serpent, which since that
day has continued to fold and unfold
its mighty coils in lull view ot the
descendants of the God created beings.
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