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DENTIST
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t90(Bce oVer Emry A Pierce's store.
lO-lB-ly.
Sam! Sam! Sam! Where the deuce
that fellow?"
I had rung the bell until I was tired
d out of patience, and then called for
him until I was out of brcatb, and still
he did not como.
If you want to know who I am allow
mo to inform you that my name is George
Boomerani', better known in Frnzcdona.
here I reside, as Capt. Boomerang,
lute of the army. I am a man of con
derublo wealth, own tho finest houso in
town and keep or did keep, a man by the
name of Sam, whose duty it was to brush
my clothes, hat and boots and adjust my
it dues nut pay to liana one citizen
because another oitiicn sells him liquor
It docs not pay to have one citizen
enn fined in the county jail because an
tlier ei'izen Bold him liquor.
It does not pay to have one citizen
laced in the luoatio asylum because an
ther citizen sold him liquor.
It does not pay to have 50 working
men ragged in order to have one saloon
i-. t.i r dressed in broadcloth and fl u.-h
ilh in incy.
It duia nut pay to have ten smart, au-
tive, intelligent boys transformed into
hi. ves iu order to enable one man to
ad an ea-y life by Belli ojr-iiiuor to
in.
It d ts not pay to have fiO working
nicu and their families live on bone soup
d hall' rations iu order that one saloon
keeper may fl .uri-h on roast turkey and
champagne.
DISAPPOINTING.
Mrs. Gummey (with deep curioity)
Uh. Mrs. Ulandersl do lull mo atioui
Mrs Tenspors scandal, woo t you:
Mrs. Glandirs ,Mv dear, It is not
nearly so ilr-attliil im ymi hope. Jui
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Dr. PIERCE'S
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DISCOVERY
Cunt Mnely-elght per cent, of til
cases of Consumption, In all Its
Earlier Stages,
Aiinnnirit h ttmtiv lielieved to be incttrn.
hli. there iii the evidence of InindieiU of
living wltnesMcH to me met inai, m so h
earlier stanes, coniimptioii is a cuiable
,i:un..A r..i iiwru iviuh hut a larirt bet:
rentage of nues, ami we Wwve.Jully jkf
per t ent, are cured by Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery, even after the disease
has processed an far as to induce repeated
bleeding from the lonis, severe linnerinir
conch Willi copious expectoration (includ
intr tnlHicular i atlerl, Rrcal loss uf fleali
ml f.neme eraariation and weakness.
"M)o you doubt thai hundreds of such casta
reported to us aa cured by " Golden Med
ical Discovery " were genuine cases of lhat
dread and falal disease ? You need not take
.-.! rr it Th.v have, ill ntarlv every
instance, been ao pronounced by the best
and most experiences nonic pnysiviaMa,
no inlerest vhatever in nna.
represenlinir them, and who were often
tronirly prejudiced and advised aajainst
a trial of "Golden Medical Discovery,"
but who have been forced to confess that
It anrpasaea, in curative power over thu
fatal malady, all oilier medicine with
which they are acquainted. Nasty cod
liver oil and its filthy "emulsions and
mixtures, had been tried in nearly all these
cases and had eilher utterly failed to bene
fit or had only aeemed to benefit a little for
. '.i..,i i,.,.. li.tract of malt, whiskey,
nd various preparations of the hvpophoa.
philes had also been faithfully tried in vain.
The photnirnipht of a tatire number or thou.
Hired of coiwiimpllon, bronchitis, llnenii
coughs, asthma, chronic nasal catarrh and kin
dred maladies, have been skillfully reproduced
h a area! Family Doctor Book of looo nam
ilvlni name, and aildreaurl; lent on rmelpt al
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SLYMPKINS' KEVENCE.
: hi Won Her Fairly ani PourSlympkins
was Wild with Rage.
I refer to the wooden leg. Tho orig-
iual leg ran against a cannon ball during
our late unpleasantness, and I have never
seen it since.
Well, it was Sam's duty to tako that
wooden leg off at night and to be on hand
the morning to put it on beforo I got
out of bed; and now you know why I was
yelling, '-Sam! Sam! Sam!"
And when I inform you that this was
the morning of my wedding day perhaps
you can imagine how anxious I was to
;et onto my legs as soon as possible
Yes, ma'am, I was the lucky fellow
that ha 1 walked into the affections on
wooden leg, too of the handsomest
girl in Frazcdona, and was that day to
lead her to the altar. But I must get
my leg on first, and, as Sam wouldn't or
couldn't come, I rolled out of bed and
went hopping around on ono foot to find
my leg.
Now, my dear reader, when the sur
geon ttimnied my stump after that little
flair with the cannon ball, ho sawed it
off uncommonly short; so, perhaps you
can faintly imagine my feelings when,
after hopping around my room I found
what I supposed to be my leg, but, upon
attempting to adjust it, discovered that
was intended to go on below my knee.
"Do wooden legs shrink? that's just
what I want to know," Baid I. And
then I rang the bell and called "Sam!
"Well, Samuel didn't come, but my
ouaekeeper, Mrs. Bloom, did.
-.iirs. oioom, i cried, "where is
Sam.'
She answered me through the keyhole
of the door. "Ho left last night about
11 o clock took his trunk with him,
and he said he was going to leavo town
by the midnight train."
I couldn't understand it at first. I
always used Sam well, paid him
good wages, and he had seemed perfectly
conteuted with his situation, ami served
me faithfully until now.
Suddenly an idea stuck me and the
whole ciuse uf Sam's perfidy was reveal
ed to me
"By heavens, it is Slympkins!" I yell
ed. "Slympkius is tho cause of all my
woe. Ho bribed Sam to stoat my leg on
this, my wedding day, and leave this in
sufficient prop in p!ace of it."
Jim Slympkius is, or was, my rival. He
is the only son of his father, who, by the
way, is the m ist wealthy gentleman in
Frazedooa. Consequently, Jim doesn't
do anything Dut smoke cigars, drive
around town behind his splendid gray
and devote himself to the ladies general-
I rather had the advantage of Slymp
kius To be Bure, Slympkius had, or
was expecting to have, much more
wcalth'than I could boast of, but hadn'
my face, you know, or anything like it,
I was sorry for Slympkins, but hang
it, my dear sir, what could I do? If he
had chosen Miss Short, Miss Ginx, Jliss
Bru.nl, or, in fact, any one but Mi
Amelia Seymour, it would have been
Will, iiul u was really absurd lor slyinp
kins to suppose that I would allow him or
any oilur man lo marry Amelia at
least, whilo I had wooden leg.
I would have given Slympkins ouy
thing in reason, but it was truly ridicu
lous tor bun to Hunk that I would giv
Amelia I told her n aud then I fold
ud her to in V breast, anil she t'll'le'l tnc
to her breast, and I allowed her to sip the
hooey from uiy ruby li a.
Yes, I had woo her, aud poor Sly ui
kins was fairly wild with rage. He ha
sworn to bo revenged, but I laughed at
his threats.
I was seated at tho breakfast table
sipping my eolTco half an hour afterwaid
when Mrs Bloom, euuio j-uuniu in cry
ing!" "Uh, Captain, I know alt about it!"
"What, the leg?"
' Yes, I think so. My daughter Eliia
says she saw Mr Slympkins give Sam
some money last night."
"Yes, I know it wa Slympkins."
"More than that, Sam was married
last night to Miss Seymour's maid, and
they went off together by the 12 o'clock
train.
to be married today, and, by Jove, I want
my leg."
"Why don't you ask Slympkins for
it?"
"Yes, and bo laughed at. No, I don't
intend to let him know anything about
the trouble he has caused mc. Besides,
I don't know that he has got it?"
"But what are you going to do?"
"Why, just as soon as I finish my
breakfast I shall go to Mr Seymour's
and tell him of the perfidy of my servant
(and I shall take that leg to prove my
statement), and unless he objects very
strongly, I shall insist on being married
upon crutches rather than to have the
wedding postponed. That would please
Slympkins too much. It's what he ex
pects, but I'll disappoint him, by Jove!"
I finished my coffee, and going to my
chamber, I took the ownerless leg and
wrapped it up. Then I came down, and
ordering my carriage, rode out to Mr.
Seymour's residence.
The old gentleman met mc at the door.
He took no notice of my crutches. With
averted face he bade me good morning
and led me into the parlor.
'I am sorry Capt. Boomerang, very
sorry, but the wedding will have to be
postponed."
What! Not on my account I hope?"
for you see I thought ho had 'already
heard of my loss.
"Amelia is"
"What, my dear Amelia! Oh, has
anything happened to her? Is she ill?"
' It's nothing serious, my dear cap
tain.
But is she ill? Oh, where is she?
Let mc go to her. Do let me see her,
She's in her boudoir. Go; perhaps
you can comfort her."
I did go. I burst into the room and
found her lying on the sofa.
I rushed forward to clasp her in my
arms, but recoiled in surprise and amaze
merit when I saw upon the chair in front
of tho lounge upon which she was lying
my
Great hcaveos! Amelia, where did
you get my leg?" For ytu see, I recog
nized the limb instantly.
"The le oh, George Henry, 1 1 can
never be your wife," she sobbed, fixing
her liquid orbs on the limb before her.
"But where did you get my leg?" I
reiterated, at the same lime unfolding the
paper from the short one I had brought
with me.
Where did you get mine?" she
screamed, hopping up from the lounge
and clutching the limb that I still held
in my hand.
"Yours!" I gasped.
"Mine!"
"Oli! ibis is too much!"
Amelia sat dow.n. ton, and for about
two minutes we gazed into ono another'
laces without speaking a word. At last
I spoke.
"Oh! Amelia, Slympkins has played a
cruel joke upon us! He bribed your
maid and my man to change these limbs.'
"Yes, and now "
"But luckily, wo have found it out in
time, and the wedding can go on, as
nothing had happened."
"What, would you marry mo now?"
"Now," I cried, clasping her to my
breast, "I'd marry you if you hadn't
to staod upon."
Then kissed tho dear creature, while
she laid her beautiful head upon my
breast and cried for joy.
"In conclusion lam happy to inform you
lhat the wedding took place at precisely
2 o'clock that day. Slympkins was not
there, and I have not seen him since, but
when l do see him well, 1 11 wnto you
about it. Tid Bits.
Distance t-i a Star.
Sir Kobe t Ball, astronomer royal of
Ireland, iii his recent lecture to children
on "The Wonders of Astronomy," niadi
some astounding and interesting state
moots, a great many of which are new to
old as well as the young. Among other
things he said that there are stars so
mote that they would not yet have re
Oeivod a telegraphic mcssugo lunouueing
the birth uf Christ had it been ttarlc
from Nazirelh on the first Chiistmas
morning almost 1,!)UU years ago. An
electricity travels about 1G,000 miles
second.
"But, my dear woman," said I. "I
don't earo anything about whom he mar
ried or where he has gone. The ques
tion is, has he carried my leg with him?"
Why, -I'm sure I don't know."
"Well, that is Just what I want to
know, ma'am. This isn't a time for
trifling. You must remember that I am
They Disagreed-
Lsnghy "Don't you thiuk Jac!
treats things altogether too seriously ?"
Seaber "Not much! He took ill;
S3 bill I was kind en lugh to loan
last mouth and has treated it as a
ever since."
J'
BRINGING THE STARS TO EARTH.
; are Living in an Age of Wonders, and
Hence e Really Wonder at Nothing That
Hardens.
I'p to the present timo it has been the
elusive privilege of astronomers, poets
d dreamers to communicato with the
stars, hven the astronomers have not
een more than superficially successful.
Poet and dreamers had almost a mono
poly. Everybody knows about tho
ymcstcr who propounded the inquiry,
Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I
wonder what you are," but there is no
record of his having received a reply,
and probably he is wondering yet unless
e has passed from the mundane sphere
and found out for himself. It appears
owever, that we, who shall be fortunate
enough to see the twentieth century,
shall wonder no longer as to the stars,
but shall know the why and the where
fore, and hold converse with them even
we do with our friends in Europe or
sia, or Alrica, or Australia. We are
living in an age of wonders, and hence
we really wonder at nothing lhat hop-
pens
Our communication with the stars is
not to be a psychological process, but
something lhat the eye can behold and
the hand grasp. So Nicola Tesla, says,
that wonderful young wizard, who plays
with electricity as a school boy does with
spray of water, who lets millions of
volts of the subtle fluid pass through bis
body without being affected by the con
tact. Ho believes that electricity will
ultimately slove the mystery of life and
death itself, and that it is the key with
which not only all the storehouses of
nowledge will be unlocked, but which
iu all things, great and small, that go to
increase the comfort and happiness of
mankind, is to be our handmaid am
helper.
Tesla is nu enthusiast in his field of
investigation, but no dreamer, no mere
theorist. All his experimentation is con
ducted with a view to practical results.
So, when he was asked recently if i
were true that he is perfecting an instru
ment with which it will be possible t
communicate with the planets, be admit
led that such an appliance might be
perfected in time, though not just at the
present moment. "Perfection," he said
'may come in ten minutes, and peril
not fur years." The reply points to the
probability of such terrestro stellar iuter
communication, lesla does not dou1
the ultimato fact, he merely refuses to
indicate the time.
Meanwhile, however, ho labors with
his oscillator, an instrument, the perfec
tion of which will work a revolution
tho whole field of electrical activity.
Ever since men first bagan to experiment
with electricity, their aim has been to
cheapen its production, to generate il
without heal; to make the "circumambicut
air" furnish the material. Instantaneous
generation of electricity without the
adventitious aid of secondary power is
aimed at. That problem, Tesla declares,
will be solved when his oscillator is per
feeted. When that moment arrives it
wilt be possible, he says, to tigoal all
parts of the earth simultaneously; in fact,
there will be no limit to possibilities.
Electric light and electric beat will be so
cheap that they will be substituted fur all
other fuel and illuminanls. A man will
be able to take a handful of electricity
out of the atmosphere and make it per
form domestic duty.
Some people will smile at all this and
shake their heads and say; "It cannot
be." These doubting Thomases also re
pudiated the possibilities of the telegraph
and ihe telephone, of elrctric light and
electric bent, of phonograph and kineto
scope. But the marvelous strides which
electrical invention has taken within even
the brief space of a quarter of a century
and the admitted fact that we are yet ou
the threshold of its storehouse of wonders
niaku Teslu's nwninn ;.pp'ar mil oral
instead of fantastic 'I ho twentieth
century man and worn in m iy see nothing
so very straugu iu bringing thu stars
duwu toeunh Washington Tunes.
"The old time corn shuckiogs and log "Well, sir," said a stalwart looking
rollings havo played out in tho land of fireman the other day, "we fellows don't
the south." remarked a Geor"ia fanner have much lime foi looking about for
from Elbert county, the conversation finds when a hou-e is burning ami per
timing to farm life und its joys. "Yes, haps people's lives areut stake, yot we do
ouo rarely ever sees the genuine old lime eoino across things occasionally
Georgia corn shucking these days. You "A brother wearer nf the hrasit helinet
sec, for a number of years tho farmers of used to tell how he was once at a fire
this section of countty did nut grow and a big one, loo and iu making his
nough corn to have a respectable corn way through tho house positively saw
shucking, and ns for log rollings the bunk notes burning away like so many
farmers have not been in Iho humor of pipe lights, lie picked up as many as
ate years to clear up much new ground ho possibly could, stuffed them in his
land, and for this reason there has been pockets and went on with his work.
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After the conflagration had ceased the
man who was left in charge picked up
among the embers an old fashioned
pepper box black and charred filled
with silver dollars, and a further search
brought? a to a number of rare old
silver srLons.
I have myself found two or three
for years and years. The farmer who checkbooks, and once a set of false teeth,
had cleared a new ground, when the trees which I popped in my pocket and soon
had all been cut down and the brush after was able to return to the owner,
clipped off and burned, wanted to get all who proved his right to possess them
the logs off the field before he could cul- without a doubt. I once brought out a
tivate it. Therefore he would give what genuine Stradivarius a violin worth
is called a log rolling, to which he would several hundreds of dollars while dia
invitc all the darkies and laborers on the monds and other jewelry have been saved
neighboring farms on some suitable day in plenty,
There was no compensation in it, for it "Indeed there are a thousand and one
was a picnic, though you would never things a fireman finds and saves, though
....... ... . , . I ii nu ILI IU IILI
think it tor it was the hardest sort ot pcrnaps mat wnicn gave me mc greatest rMtrLot Manhood. Cnrm aineMea. Nervosa
work. The darkie9 all would come in satisfaction was an old rag doll. It was
high glee, knowing that a great jug of a touohing little incident and quite true.
whisky would be dished out to them, and "It happened at a big fire, and in the
that a big dinner would be given by the midst of the excitement which I assure
landloid who nave the loir rollinsr. What vou few people realize the word went
is meant by rolling logs is putting a forth that a little child was'up stairs.
handslick under them, with a darkey at I don't want to boast, but away I went,
each end of the stick and lifting the logs I found her on the second floor, asleep
from the ground and then conveying in her little crib, with this old dolly by
them to a pilo here and there and there her side. I caught the child in my arms
about the new ground, where they would and she awoke. She looked up m my
be burned later. face and seemed to understand that I
The fun came in with the rivalry was saving her from the flames
.
among the darkies to see who was the " 'Dolly! Doily! she cried
champion lifter of the day. They would "The next instant aye, quicker than
have great straps of leather that went it takes to tell you I had tho old rag
over their shoulders in a loop, and doll, and my pals told mc that if any
through this loop they would slick their artist could only havo painted us as we
handstieks, sometimes enabling them to appeared me with the youngster in my
lilt wilh their hands and their whole arms, and she cuddling up her treasure
bodies at the same time, throwing their why, thero wouldn t have been anoth
strength against their opponent, who had er picture in the land to touch it !"
b ild of the other end of tho hundstiek Bostou Traveller.
under the log. This strap of leather for
simo reason was called un 'Alabama.
It was great lun to see them strninuig
their very lives away under tho great,
heavy logs here and there about the field.
When night came on, the frolic wound
up with a great dance and 'hot suppei,'
as they called it, iu the kitchen." At-
aula Constitution.
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Easily, Quickly, Permanently Restored.
MAcmrnn LTovwciswid with writ.
HinUElLIIU IlLilllilL ten guanuitM to
rfur lqi mannooa. i. arm WBaJtneeeee, nerto
Debility and all the evils from early ot later i
eeesefl, the results oC overwork, worry, eickneM,
etc. Full strength, tope and development given
to every oivan or portion or too oody. improve
mentimmediatelyeeenfromthenretbox. Tbout
anda of letters of praise on fileinourotirjoe. Can
be carried in vest pocket, bent by mail to any
l'irera on receipt or price. Une month s treat
ment in each box. Price $1.00, 6 boxen, $5,00, with
Written Guarantee to refund money if not oared,
bund to us for the Genuine. Circulars Free.
For sale by W. M. COHEN, Druggist,
5-9-ly Weldon, N. C
PETERSBURG DIRECTORY-
HARDWARE,
BASH, BLINDS, and DOORS.
CUCUMBER PUMPS,
For sale by
PLUMMER & WHEELER,
PETERSBURG, VA.
my 'i ly.
ElKIAHCl'HKIKR.
T. B. UNDERBILL
No Statesman.
"You, sir," shouted the reformer, ' you
arc no statesman.
"Salesman?'' echoed the boss, laugh
ing harshly, "l got statesman to sell.
TIIL: PHILOSOPHY OF GOWNS.
Men Sever Praise the Guwisuf Women they
Dislike.
Lilian Bell discusses "The Philosophy
of Clothes" most interestingly iu April
Ladies' Home Journal. Sho declares
that "there is a hollowness about having
a man praise your gowns when you know
he doesn't know what be is talking about.
When a man praises your clothes he is
always praising you in them. You never
will hear a man praise even the good
dressing of a woman whom he dislikes.
lint girls who positively hale another
girl often will add, 'Hut she certainly
does know how to d
"Aud so the experienced woman wears
Just now everybody is beginning to
take a Spring Medicine. And it is a I
tood thing to do provided you take Sim
mons Liver Regulator the best Spring
Medicine. It's a sluggishg liver that
clogs the system and makes bad blood.
A doso a day of Simmons Liver Regula
tor will make a new man ot you, aod a
new woman too. Look for the Red Z
on the package. It is Simmons Liver
Regulutor you want.
CURRIER & UNDERHILL,
BOSTON ONE PRICE
Clothing House,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers In
FINE CLOTHING,
Gcutlemen's Furnishing Goods, UU,
Caps, Trunks, Etc.
Cor. Sycamore aud Bank Stl.,
my 23 Iy.
Petersburg, Va,
N1NB TIMi:STllKKE.
Throe things lo love courage, gentle
ness and atteetion.
W. E. ARMSTRONG & COS
Wholesale and retail
DRUGGISTS,
225 Sycamore St., Petersburg, Va.
IA.A11 mail orders receive oromnt ner
mi -!. i r
jiiree tnings to govern temper, soual attention. my231y.
tongue and conduct.
Alii He's Single. To
"Why d ies such a clever, capable, ix
oellen' :;irl us Miss Proper remain un
man id?''
"Uh, the boys are all afraid to propose
to her "
"Afraid she won't accept?'
"No Afraid she nill "
Jusi as Raj.
1 Papa, what is a 'walk in life?" "It
that procession, my boy, in which every
body has to run like mad, or get left
Chieago Record.
FOKOVUK KIKTY YEARS
Mrs. Winslow'a Soothing Syrup has bee
used for over fitly years by millions of
mothers for children, while teething, wilh
perfect sncoesa. It soothes the child,
softens ihe gums, allays all pain, euros
wind onlic, and is tho best remedy for
Pinrrhopi, It will relieve the poor little
a ifferer immediately. Sold by druggists
io every part of the world. 25 cents a
battle. Bo sure and ask for "Mrs. Wins
low's Soothing Syrup," and take io oth
er kind. ,
' I admit that Rogers is a meek 1 it t lo
fellow, but h ! is not tho kind of man
should like to meet Gvo miles from home
on a dark night."
"IMiaw! Why not?"
"Ho would insist upon you accompany
tng him home for protection."
Sure on one Point.
"Out Into last night, eh? What time
did the clock say when you got in?"
"I don't remember whit tho clock
aid, but I will never forget what my
wile said!" ' -
Three things to think about life,
death and eternity.
Three tilings to fight for honor,
her expensive clothes for other women country and home.
and produces her 'cffe.'ts' for men. She Three things lo hale cruelty, arro-
wears scat let on a cold or raw day, and gance and ingratitude.
the eyes of the men light up when they
see her. It makes her look cheerful and
bright and warm. She wears gray when
sho wants to look demure. Let a nun
bewaro of a woman in silvery gray. Shi
looks so ipliet and d ivcliko and gentle
that sho has disann ul him beforo sh
has spoken ouo word, and ho will snuggle
down be.-ido her and let her turn his
mind an 1 his pocket wrong side out. A
woman oilln t l"ok designing in a light
gray il sue tried tie dotes upon the
girl io pale blue. Palu bluo naturally
suggests to bis mind the sort of girl who
can wear it, which is generally a blonde
with soli, fluffy hair, fair skin and blue
eyes appealing, trustful, baby-blue
eyes.
The F.mtty House.
Three things to delight in fraukness,
trecdoin and beauty.
Three things to wish for health
friends and a cheerful spirit.
Ihree things to avoid idleness,
lomiacity and flippant jesting.
I hreo things to admire intellectual
power, dignity and gracefulness.
NKW ADVKKTISKMKNTS.
E. H. PRITCHETT& CO.,
PETERSBURG, VA.
Successors to Mitchell Co.'a
BOOK STORE.
STANDARD PATTERNS, FASHION
SHEETS FREE.
Give us a call. my 23 ljr
The ancient apple tree that stands
Beside the black, decaying eaves
Once moro has both her crooked ban ds
Half full of Maytime flowers and leaves,
But the old gray house where the gold
haired children
Blossomed out from window and door
At the early kiss of the May sunshine
POWDER
ALLIANCE EXCHANCE,
Sells o n commission Tobacco, Wheat,
Com, Cotton, PoanuU, Hogs, Poultry, and
all kimls of COUNTRY PRODUCE, and
keep on hand General Merchandise. We
will hny on order anything it farmer may
need. Guanoa a specialty. Let na hear
from you. Hogsheads furnished on appll
J. C SMITH, Agent,
my 23 ly
Petmhnrg, Va
HUDSON'S-
Absolutely Pure.
A cream of tartar baking powder.
The old gray house will bloom no more. Highest of all in leavening strength.
Latest U. S. Government Food Report.
HOTAL BAKING FOWDIR CO.
108 Wall St.,N Y.
187 Main it., Not folk, Va.
LADIES' AND GENTLEMEN'S DINIRd
ROOM. ALL MEALS 26 CENTS.
SVRPASSIXQ COFFEE A SPECIALTY
J. R. HUDSON, Proprietor.
The Best of Everything In Seaaon.
octlOlyr.
In that old apple tree ai;ain
Their loving nest tho bluebirds fill;
lhcy warblo to the mud spring rain.
With music soft the mornings thrill,
But the old gray house with her vacant
windows,
Where never a rosy check is pressed,
w nere an is suenoe ana void aid shadow,
No birds como back to her empty nest.
"Tatk may be cheap," says tho Mana-
vunk Philosopher, "but-the man who re- STEEL WEB PICKET LAWJI FtraCE
l.ina . Larfmi. Lnnn Iff.. 1 ' Por V.rrt, Cemetery ud Orrnv. Loto ; Po.ltrv and
tains a lawyer knows Uittereotly. i 0llri, rm.m pii ho. c.iiie.nd Ho,
I Philadelphia Record.
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K. L. aiULLaJMltlML, ATUITA, Uk.
pETERSBIITHiCO.,-wi
"THE LEADERS OF LOW PRICES,"
- Importers, wholesale and retail
dealers; in
FOREIGN AND DOME8TI0
DRY - GOOD3,
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