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WELPON, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1895.
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TwtU KitriotJ without pain.
4-30-6B,
I met n jolly farmer in a luyely Western
vale,
A man of I'irtilc fancy tlidt was never
known to fail,
Who, when 1 tolJ of liailstoncs seven
ounces full in weight,
Said he liail seeu twelve ounce ones lack
in eighteen i-ixly eight
And when I t-poke of li-li I'd caught, in
etitain foreign rills,
That ineasiiieil twenty seven (Vt from
liuiralivc to gihs.
He said, with hrow iinrullicd uuil a man-
tier frank and free,
That he had caught llictu twice ns long
in eighteen sixty three.
And then I spoke of having mot a follow
in lierlin
Whoso mouth was large cumigh to get
three largo potatoes in !
Wherein ho wished Jim llankinson his
cousin was alive ;
llc'd seen him hold six apples in his
mouth in sixty live.
It seemed to make no odds to him how
I'd exaggerate;
He'd always gn one better; to I thought
that I'd nairato
How with an a.-s's jawbone did (he
migli'y Samson slay
'Fen thousand of his foiiiicti just to sec
what he would my.
He listened most intently, with an ever
broadening smile,
As though he were a person that had
never heard of guili ;
And when I'd doue, he told mo that he
knew my tale was true,
Tor Samson's self had told it him in
eighteen sixty two.
Tie Oil South.
MY AY OUT IX THE l.OYY
LAXDS, YUKRE THE SUGAR
CIA': GROWS AXV THE
CO L'X TR Y IS SO HE A L'TIFVL
IX Sl'RIXGTl.VE.
Atlanta Constitution.
'One of ill most picturesque charac
ters to be fi d in the South today,"
s.iid a touiisl at the Aragon ycsleiday,
"ii the old genilcruaii one sees here and
there who has clung to bis lovo for music
ever finco be was young und at the same
time Vl up bis skill in this line. I
have just been down in the valley of the
.Misisippi away out in the lowlands nl
Louisiana, where the sugar caue grow
and I lie country grows so green and
bcautilul in sptingliuie. lgoi ut there
annually a little lutel tbau this aud put
iu several uinnlhs at that season of the
year when the trees are budding and the
ground is glowing over with a verdant
carpet and the birds are singing to a
cliaim, und I till you there is no more
tempting land, no uine reposeful and
dreamy r giou to be found anywhere.
'liut.as I was goiug ou to say, one
ntids uiauy ol'lhe old lime musician
there on the great coltu and sugat
plantations. The old fellow! have the
air and manner of the barons of the old
South they used to be. Tbey were reared
iu luxury and case and have never known
a care, it Would seem You Pouctilui s
find them silling on the vatandas ol
tbeii gnat white houses surrounded by
the tall columns that tower up and amid
a world ol fragrant fl iwcrs just sitiiug
out there in tlnir sl.iit slccte, or with
some light coat on ba.-kiug in the sun
light and singiug the old time songs,
while away off yonder iu ihe fields the
darkies are siugiug, too, while ihey wurk.
It ia t picture one ucver forged when he
has once seen it. Somehow the air dowi
there iu eaily springtime acciiis to hau
some sort of uarcoiic iu it, lor it uiiAes ..
fellow, ieel as sleepy aud drowsy am
dreamy aud at peitoct p ace with th
world as a clime ei u d uiAc him feci
"Then to sit out on ibebr ad sweeping
verandaa and hear theae picl unique ol
lellowi talk of old liiucsuud sing the o'i
soogi nothing could poueibly be moi.
enchanting."
I'Olt () Kit I'llTV YBARS
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been
used for over fifty years by millions ol
mothers for children, while teethiog, with
pcfeot success. It soothes the child,
softens the gums, allays ll pain, cures
wind colic, and is tho best remedy lor
Diarrhuea. It will relievo the poor litih
sufferer immediately. Sold by drugnisis
in every part of the world. 2a cents a
botile. Hesureiudaskfor"Mrs. Wins
low's Soothing Syrup," nd take no oth
er kind.
WII4J ENOUGH FOK Ul.lt.
(Youth's Companion )
At the dinner table in a country hotel
t guest says to I waitress:
"Miss, are you sure that this is wild
duck that you are giving me?''
"Wildl Well, I should think it was.
Jf jpu'd a socn ; chas'0' that duck
Rwrc'n forty times 'round the barnyard
'I'oro we ketohed It, I guess you'd believe
it was wild."
Whan Bab7 was sick, ws (at Iwr Oaatorla,
When aha was a Calkl, aha ortod for CkatorU.
Wtma aha bsoame Mas, ah olunf ts Ckatoria,
Wben aha had Cblldna, ato tntbaa Oaatorla,
JIVIMIE IMAIMNATION,
"Why, Arthur, fen pity's wiUc, what
have yon boen doiiiir'.1"
"I was in the ash hox, mummii."
"Iu tin' u li box! And why'.'"
"We pliiu'il lnythnUiy I was
Plui'nix risiny fnim the ashi's," i'lio-
I.OOKl.i) THAT WAT.
Little Willie Are you tonjrue tied?
Featherstoue Of course not, Willie.
What lualtes you think so?
Willie Sister says she has been
wuitliiK for moiitliH for you to speak.
Hrooklyn Life.
A LIVING ll.l.t STKATION.
The Teacher AVillie Watson, go to
the blackboard aud describe to the class
a aenil-curve.
Willie Watson Wot'a ther use, teach
er, when they cau see Jkcy Hummer
stein's le(fs? Juilje.
V 1 1.1.11! I'l.Al's) A MKAN THICK.
Pashaway You suy your sister will
b down in a minute, Willie. That's
good nous. I thought, perhaps, that
she wanted to be excused, as hhe did
the other day.
Willie-Xot this time. I played a
rivi on hcf.
Pashawuy Wnat did you do?
WiUle (trtumphauUy) I said you
were another elluw. Wonder.
A PRACTICAL REVKHIK.
It she dreftaitnr of ortnge flowersf
It the writing a poem on tortf
It the building Spanish towera,
Xa the midst of illkeo bo worn,
The tweet little Innocent dear?
Ota, no ihe't only trying to invent a cottumt
Which will nil all her frleudn with wild envy
-Truth.
BEAR AND FORBEAR.
Ttl Is a plcoe of old-fashioned ad
vice It would be well for all young
married couples to bear ' mind.
Truth.
Backlen'a Arutra Salve.
Tha best salve in tho world for cuts.
brqisca, Sores, ulocrs, ;ait v'ueum, fbver
sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains
oorns, and all skin eruptions, and posi
lively cure piles, of n pay required. It
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price 25 cents pet
box. ror ism bj VYm. Vosaa.
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THE PROPOSED BUILDING Of-' THE rUTUNE.
It la said that a bnlldlnff sometlitng liko the above picture will lie built In N'cw York city tn
the near future, the slCS for It having; already been purchased. Tho proposed building will be
about half a mile high and will comprise fltty stories. Iron liitcrsiiercd wltti aluminum, with
glass anil with stone for pictorial effect, will be used chiefly In the euiitru-Llon ef the butld
1ns. This will bo a huge oval shell with a spacious court, hotel. Ilieater uinl hplnil ilrlvlug park
of gradual ascent Inside tho central douio. Tho urrangcuie ut will lie mk !i that during summer
the aides of this imperceptibly ascending aplrul avonue can In: tlirowu open to natural air,
while tn severe winter weather they can be closed tight, If in , ury. 'i'lio lower part of the
huge oval shell will he arranged chiefly for tho management ut the wludesale business, and on
tlie second floor the employes and workmen in the vast hive will have their quarters. Above
this the building will bo divided Into data and halls anl will fui nl-.li a borne ror about 20.000
euple
T 1 1 K F I N A X C ' I A I. S I T U A T I O N
Long-
( Exchange.)
-Are you in favor of a gold ba-
Short Silver is good enough for me.
Havo you a spare quarter?
CIIAIUTAISLK.
Faded Female Sir, you announce iu
your paper that I am engaged to be mar
ricd. How came you to make such a
mistake?
Kditor We always try to err on the
side ol mercy. X. Y. Press.
Till: KKASON WHY.
Mrs. lVlilington It makes me sick
to hear men talk of lu ing "self made."
Now, I'll wager you never heard a woman
say she was "self made."
Mr. l'aililingtnn No; they generally
keep that as quiet as possible. Puck.
A NKi.ni'l'I, IMtKMMIXAKY,
Shu lint, surely, marriage may some
times result in happiness?
lie Oh, yes often, People couldn't
get divorced if they hadu't got married
lint Truth.
WHAT HE DID.
Miss Gush So your regiment v&& ut the first battle of Hull Run, colonel
Coi.oNKL Fkkunk It was, miss.
Miss tli'SH llnw thrilling! You must tell me all about It. What did. vm
d,o, poloucl, when you saw with dismay that the day was lost?
Coi.onki. Fkkksk What did I do, miss? Why, 1 er or why, I did w hn
the bull did. Frank Leslie's Weekly.
l'OOIl ECONOMY.
(Atlanta Constitution )
"They loll me Jones never subscribes
to a newspaper."
"Never. That's why he broke his leg
jumping backwards from, a moving, truiu
and cut his hand off lighliu' his own re
flection in a look i ii ' glass."
A IIOHK.
Sister eu have told me her name,
yet I know no more than I did before. I:
alio beautiful?
Brother lleauliful? Why, she could
make eveo the present fashions look or
tistic N Y. Weekly.
PRETTY EVENING GOWNS.
Tie Kiiiu-Hearteu iai.
HE WAS DELUDED bY HIS
SYil'A Til V FOR HE A VTY IS
DISTRESS.
Humility ever dwells with men of
noble minds. It is a flower that pros
pers not in lean and barren soils, but in
ground that is rich it flourishes and, js
beautiful,
Things are unbearable just until w
have them to bear; licit possibility comes
with tboiu. For we-arc not (be roots of
our own being.
A man bad occasion to go to the I'n-
iou depot yesterday afternoon to meet his
wife, who bad been out in the country
for a time. When he got to his station
he found his train half an hour late,
aud he bought a paper and sat down ou
one of the benches.
Xot lonj; after he had seated himself
a rather pretty girl, who wore a pink
waist aud had nice rosy cheeks aud clear
blue eyes, and who looked lo be not over
seventeen, came and sat down next to
him. The man who was waiting for his
wife took a casual look at the girl and
went back to bis paper.
Pretty soon another pretty girl who
o wore a pink waist and had blue eyes
and a fresh complexion and all that s. rt
of thing came along and stopped in front
of the fust girl. The second pretty girl
looked as if she wanted to cry. She said
with tremulous voice, "Why, Nettie,
what do you think? The fare's a dollar.
"A what?" gasped Nettie.
"A dollar! Apd she told us it was
only 50 cents, and I bave'ut got enough
to get the tickets; aDd, oh, dear, I don't
know what we will do!"
She lank down beside Nettie aud the
two looked at the tiled floor with very
solemn faces'. Presently Nettie looked
up aud said: "I'll take a walk around
the room. Perhaps there is somebody
here I know." She made the tour of the
room and came back with her face gloom
ier than before. "Nobody here I ever
saw before," she said, brokenly. The
other girl sprang to her feet. "I'm go
ing to tell tho ticket man just how it is,"
she said. "Perhaps he will take what
we've got and let us send him the rest."
She came back with tears in her eyes.
"He won't," she laid, sadly.
The man who was waiting fur bis
wife heard all of this. His heart was
touched. So he leaned over and said:
"I beg pardon, but ladies, I that is
will you allow me to help you in your
hour of trouble?"
The pretty young girls started aud
looked at the man with frightened airs.
The man hastened to reassure them that
his intentions were honorable and, after
many protests and arranging for repay
ment and exchange ol names and all that
he gave the pretty girls Sl.l.'i und they
ihatiked ltiiil pretty aud went to gel I In ii
train.
It so happened thai llie man's wife
did uot come i n tint train and he Went
down to another train in the evening.
While he was sitiiug ou a bcuch wailing
for the train he got to thinking of his
afternoon experience, and concluded that
he had done a right worthy act. As he
was in the midst of this traiti of thought
a pretty girl in a piuk waist sat down
betide him. Pretty soon another girl,
looking all woe begone, came along and
said: "Why, Nettie, what shall we do?
The fare's a dollar."
The man who was wailiug for his wife
gut up and walked slowly to the door
He had seed a great light. They were
the same girls.
A Million Friends.
A friend in need is a friend indeid
and na less than one million people have
found just such a friend in Dr. King's
New Discovery for consumption, coughs,
and colds. If you have never used this
great cough medicine, one trial will
convince you that it has wonderful cura
tive powers in all diseases of throat, chest
and lungs. Each bottle is guaranteed to
do all that is claimed or money will be
refunded. Trial bottle free at Wm.
Cohen's drug store. Large bottles 50c.
and S1.00.
A NEW GAME.
Basket ball is a game that is the rage
now. The end and aim of tho game is
to toss a ball, which is the site of a foot
ball, into one of the two larger baskets
suspended at each end of the field. The
winning side is the one which lands the
ball iu the opponent's basket. The bas
ket is placed about ten feet high. When
the game is played in a gymnasium the
baskot is bracketed to the side of the
wall. For outdoor use it is suppoitcd
at the same height by au upright post
No pushiug, dipping, shouldering, is al
lowed. The score is counted by pointa
A goal counts 3 points; a foul one point
for the opponents. A majority of points
decides the game.
Deserving Praise.
We desire lo say to our citizens, that
for years we have been selling Dr. King's
New Discovery for consumption, Dr.
King's New life Pills, Bucklen's Arnica
Salve aud Electric Bitters, and have
never haudled remedies that sell as we
or that have given such universal satis
faction. We do not hesitate to guarantee
theui every lime, and we stand ready to
relund tho purchase price, it satisfactory
results do not follow their use. These
medicines have won their gre" -'.
purely on tueir -r--its
drugists. N 1
A he"
ItKCOXCIMATIOX.
You're back ;;ain ? I'm very Had
You came; oh, yes. ymi see
It's many a day since last I had
The pleasure; why, dear me !
"It seems au age ?" well, yes "too bad"
We fussed so easily.
Oh, thanks ! "You think I'm looking
well?"
But then I seldom show
My deepest feeling; "Will I tell
You" what! you didu'l know
Just how it happened that wc fell
Out, a Week ago ?
'Your fault?" I've quito forgotten how
It was but any way,
It really doesn't mailer, now,
About il; as you say
"Kiss aud be friends ? ' you wretch !
I vow
Oil well ! I guess you may.
What May lie Expectefl.
THE SORT OF EXAMIXATIOX
JOIIXXIE MUST PASS OX
GOIXG TO SCHOOL
According to au exchange, new pupils
in the sehools of the future will have to
submit to this examination:
Teacher "Johnnie, have you got a
certificate of vaccination for small pox?"
"Yes, sir."
"Have you been inoculated fercioup?"
"Y'es, sir."
"Been treated with diphtheria serum?"
"Yes, sir."
"Had your arm scratched with cholera
bacilli?"
"Yes, sir."
"Havo you a written guarantee that
you are proof against whooping cough,
measles, mumps, scarlet fever and old
age?"
"Yes, sir."
"Have you your private drinking
cup?"
"Yes, sir."
"Do you promise not to exchange
sponges wilh the boy next to, you, and
never use any but your own pencil?"
"Y'es, sir."
"Will you agree to havo your books
fumigated with sulphur and sprinkle
your clothes with ehlotidc of lime once a
week?"
"Yes, sir."
"Johnnie, you have met the first re
quirements of the modern sanitarians and
may now climb over youder rail, occupy
an isolated aluminum siat and begin
making P's and Q's as your first lesson."
Chamberlain's Eye and Sktu Ointment
Is IllKiiuallc'i for l-x.clll:l, Tetter, Salt
Hheiiiu, S-alil Head, .Sire .Nipples, Chapped
Hands, ItcliiiiK Piles, Hums, Frost Hites,
Chronic Sore Eves and Granulated Eye Lids.
For sale hy druggists at 'Jo cents per box.
TO HORSE OWNERS.
For putting a horse in a line healthy con
dition try ir. Ciulv's t'ondition Powders.
They tone up the system, aid digestion, cure
loss of ,ip!ctite, relieve constipation, correct
kidney disorders and destroy worms, giving
new life to an old or over-worked horse. 25
tents per package. For sale by druggists.
For sale J. N. lirown, Halifax, and r.
A. S. Harrison, Knfield.
(joon
Self-love is idolatry.
A self-made man likes to brag on his
job.
(Jolden opportunities do not fly in cir
cles.
The saloon will
says it must go.
stay until the church
RESULTS
in advertising tell the story
for shrewd advertisers bettci
than liig circulation claims
or great promises.
People who think wroi g will be si
to live that way.
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Many a man is eonipelld lo stand
punishment who never fought a prizi
fight.
No man who debuts the worthiness of
his principles can bo brave in their di
fenso.
It is hard to believe that a sin will bile
when it comes along with gold in its
teeth.
Think of the
the Weather De
UK-ut in these
storms. Hut for
given lliroiijh ill
signals, lives and prnpetiy would have
beeii ill the no rev of the eli inenlH, as of
, whh.mt kn-'ri'ig f the approach pt'
danger soon enough tn escape it or pro
vide against it.
invaluable service of
urttnent of the Govern-
emergencies ol wiutir
the timely warnings
. newsp.ipirs and by
prop.-tiy
Y:u put inthAd.
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