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I JOHN "W". SLEDO-E, fhopiuftoi..
.A. 1TEWSF.3?EI IP O JZ THE PEOPLE
WKLDON, N. ()., THURSDAY, MAY 115. 1897.
TERMS:-?1'511 I'Kii anm'M in advance
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ADV KKTISHM KNTS.
PRUNELINE
(Triidi- Murk K'-wi.-t.-r.-i! I
THE IDEAL LAXATIVE
-And I'inv fur-
i wi-C 0 N S T I P ft T I 0 N -
As i'U'itsant n lit.ntv mid Mir' i urc lur-
niliou-nos, Hriiilarlic, l-'ru'vs Mmnurli
Troubles. Ilouii lh'raiitfrmi-iil,l.Urr
lWa'a. sick Ntoiiiiit-li. li iruliu itN,
Kldnry 1 ri'iiliU's, kin inn! IIIihuI DU
tinlerN, nml very in my "Hmt -li-'"'-''. mi.! ..hij-Iu at ions
iti ti. tin- lliarl m Miilt'i'l I lie In, i Is
PRUNELINE mih-.ii.-m .ma -.i"(-t ' "itj'-r-
lie Hint lipiTiciil one run n-'. H llmP iiiuhly
Clt'HtHI'N Wllllolll Hfipillit, (lllllllrs .' hlu.nl ,111-1
rt'liinvt's all wilslf M"in tin -v-ltin. It ilm
iiwHywitri CASTOR OIL SALTS
IMlli Mhi and ail .'lli-r liift-r.ai'. l-urntl
llVi'. It lolirs ll'id nirrulr llll ItH iri.'rtl nlk'Hll"
i.niM- sVMtrlll. K.'i'li Hit- ili'lid O...I. Hi.' tri'l
warm mid Hit- H-nvcU i-pi-u, u-iiiM l Ul M l. INK
t.ir llu' IhU' T iii!its.'.
Sold I' "II dralrrs. or, id on h-ivij.t .t .(irt'tlUi
to huv addn-ss ).y .
'WINK Kl.M ANN ItKOW S ld;l 'i. t (.,
I! liliiiiorc, M'l.
HUDSON'S -
i ? 1 ST Main st., Nm folk, Vn.
LADIES' AID GENTLEMEN'S DIMNli
KOOM. AI.I, MEALS '-'.I I'I'.N ITS.
Ki'Assixn cuFFi:-: a .v'r.i.r)
J. K. Hl'DSuX, Proprietor.
e. The Best of Evcrylhiuc, in Season
"' ivl Ill lyr.
iC. II. IIAI.K.
HALIFAX, X. C.
Curries full lint1-
1 Dry Goads, Notiis, Bits
SMOF.S. CIIOCKKIKS, V.U-.
Jm-nt lor STANDAKH SKWIS.i MA-
CHINKS, Can lunii-lt ;iny part nf any
Bind ol niiirliini' nt whorl iintwe. Ni'iid
jptMtal card tor slip ilhiMr.ilinu purtx to
gu-hihe you li:ivt atul will name price tor
5HH-6 Denied.
I carry a full line
.Coffins & Burial
.
. . '.rN
Cases.
I five 1110 a trial whoa in ntd of un;--
ui. my 1 lv.
W.T.PARKER
4 , heai.ku in
I Heavy
has
f ANDZZ
Fancy
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rarm
Implements.
i rorxi) sacks ok salt tor
i & M l'KR SACK.
i HHuCorrii't prirts mill polili-ntli'iilion to
i. an. "K 1 '.v
f -f
80 YEARS
XPERIENCt.
A TRAD! MARKS,
DESIGNS,
COPYRIGHTS AO.
Anrone nfwUnn a k((' h ml d.mrl prion m
tiU'klv wiftiilii, frc, whi-thiT nn lnvfi.li"ii it
rolutiily imtt'iitnbltv. i nnitatiiilcait'ins Mrl. tly
ttaitlilvnllBl, Ol.Utit fwrfn') f--r wrurnii: puli-nt
lb Anivnch. W'ts lm'H tt WhIioiuIiiii oittrtt.
v rFitttiti tnken thruutth Muim A Co. rwvttlr
rucnU notice In ttit)
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN,
rtitlfuliy lllutrRtivl, nrrt!t rlrciilntiiin of
l.lOiui nn nil h. "nf. lim'ti ciiiil.'rt ftti'l 11au
Buoa uS I'ATliNTit wail Ireo. AddrvM
MUNN A CO.,
3U1 llruudwav. New York
Professor Jas. Harvey's
ixf.xct:i.li:i)
i;J TONIC. 15
HiviMcnal. It n lite onlv strit'tly
in re vi'm'tanle IiIimmI uo'diiitie on the mar
ttl It rtvulati's and t'l-auMt'.t It v
liMiictheiH utnl hcalis dHta-stil kitluevrt.
-ttMtM the urinal ordain in a womlt rful
timer, curt eiiills utnl U'Ver, catarrh
Ih liret Hta'i, uUtk, note ot lonvt Mitml
i relict wm thu weak ami languid, givt
1iie und vinor to iln whole Rvntem. No
tpie. nhould Ik without it.
4 OtVice and liitlMtralorv 'J7 Church street.
ortolk, Vti. far IMilCE ."0 CENTS.
h je 11 ly.
! W. 31. IIABUSTOX & CO.f
Wholewle nml Rct.til Dealeni in
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CAUPKTS, STOVES,
nd M.itlrenses, elc
s 0
F'l n 1
ivaii 1 iiai?.: in
lDI,lIUIIU)?l)IUUU
t MMmense stock
AND LOW PRICE8
W. M, HABLISTON A CO.,
No. 90 N. Sy(-mor St., PeUnbnnr, V
ADVKimSKMKNTS.
After....
Taking
a course of Ayer s Pills the
system is set in good workiui;
order and a man begins t' fei !
that lite is worth living. He
who has become the gradual
prey of constipation, does not
realize the friction under which
he labors, until the burden is
lifted from him. Then his
mountains sink into mole
hills, his inoroseuess gives
place to jollity, he is a happy
man again, vlf life does not
seem worth living to you, you
may take a very different view
of it after taking
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Twin City J
BAKERY
WELDON.N.C.
nil line FANCY (iliOCKKIKS, FKl'lTfJ,
and C'ontW'tiniirrirs
NitT lint'of California Drinl Fruits, I'm dm
lVachcH, fie, fir, Full line of
French Caniins-
CrjMalisee Fruit.i, Crciun Almond.s anil
MarshniallowH.
Agt'tit tor FU-i.Ht'hnian's coinprt'sMeI yosnt.
BUSTER PURN ELL, Mwu-..,
on 10 u.
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HERE IS
A SNAP.
tarThrt-atly h.i.l
You know tlir it
MEYER IS
Opening a lai'm- ltd of siinpit'
STUAW H ATS, and spiES
which he is not
GIVING
ft
1 AWAY
-JEf.
hut is fllinnat halfol liit st!l
iinj ptice
STRAW
HATS.
hy the tlnmsat'd. F lyh.xiv
idde to hae a niei: hat at siiiill
puce A No line line
n
u
I SUMMER DRESS GOODS J
& Mlks, i . V'Mt, ';
Curtains KiMioiis,
'vi mi lit'. ' ! .trtiiiinu
' Kill - line
J GROCERIES AND
CONFECTIONERIES
.y at pnci'M lower than ever.
7v Come ill and examine inv itoek.
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Howard House,
JAMES Kl'.AMl i;, I'lop
Howonl A Iliilliinore sts , r.altiiuiiri', Mil
TEKMS i JVr l'j.
sep 10 ly.
THE KERN FURNITURE CO.,
14 Old M.rkt'l 8timre, Norfolk, Vt.
Baby Carriages, Refrigerators,
and ftill line of Furniture
tpr lr.
B. P. SALE,
Proprietor.
WM. l.INN,
Mutineer
MANSION HOUSE.
BOTH ON .
AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PLANS
tnion Street, NORFOLK, TA.
h l ISA
ENFIELD. N. C. i (J ft ,
OLDEN TIMES.
Otr Country One HunJrJ Years Ann.
Kury L'ntVuiim won! a iiic nml
i.mJrroil his hair.
. "tnViuan liowin to u lady alwav
J f. 1 his foot un llit: ;io!1Ir1.
j . 1 tin' population ol' u village asnn-
' hi ii at (lie inn on "pol ilav" in hear die
I
n iv-
Mi I'luireli colleetinii was taken in a
h ,j llle elel iil'a pole wilh a hill at
ti 1 ji- il to ai'iitise sleepy cotitrihulnrs.
'i old copper mine in Cunneeliciit
ui n-ed as a prison.
I iiiprisonuieiit lor ilelit w is a common
j r 'l ice.
! here was otily unc hat factory, ami
I J made cucke't hats.
ioii,ia contained a fifth of the whole
illation of the u iiuitry.
t'ttostaei dies hore all llle travel
b'twecnNeiv York and l!o-t,,ii.
The Mississippi alley was not so well
known as the heart of Allien now is
ll'iinihe was unknown. When a man
hail aene Ills lie took Peruvian liark and
ivhi-ky.
There was not a public library in the
I'llited S-ateS.
Peeks Mvie very expensive. "The
hives of I he I'eets" cost 1 ,"l
A day lab ,rer received two shillings a
day.
A horseman who oilloped on a cily
treet was liii' d four shillings.
Crockery plalcs were objected tu he-
cause they oulleu tile knives.
A man who jeered at the preacher or
ciiiieised llu; sermon was lined.
I r v oonds were de-ionated as "men h
still'.-" or ",mi m's stull'.."
Stoves were unknown. All rooking
was t one Ii 'lore an open lireplace.
Six tl ays were Mpiirctl for a journey
between New York anil lioston.
Many ol'ihc streets wore not min d
anil die house wi're u it mi'iiberttd
The p irtjuet of a theater was called the
pit and w:ii lillttl with the rabble.
The whipping post nml pillory were
slill slaudiiiL' in New V irk and H i-I ,i.
Thret lourdis of the b inks in e.'er
library eime from beyond the Adair ic.
Tivt niy '1 ivs weie retpiirel for a letter
to 00 from New Y irk to Ch irle-to:i hy
land.
A New Kneland irl was not allowed
1 1 marry until -he could bike a lout of
bread and cut it in smooth, even slices
while it w is -till war n
When a Virginian started on a j uirney
to N w York heinide his wid ami ba le
f.rewell lo his friends a- th ni'i lie never
epeeted to see lllcin aaitl.
When a man had en i.ib lea he placed
his spoon aerts his cup to indicate that
lie wanted no m ,re.
The lavorite novels ol' "worldly,"
youn women were "Viet irio," "Lidy
Julia Maudevillc," ami "M ilverti 1 de."
Ilauces in I'hilatlclphi i were eivcti
every two weeks, hut youu men under
lit) and girls under IS were Hot ad
milled.
At the Christinas ipiiltino parties
ijaiues were failiionablc, with kissim;
penalties. New Orleans Time.- lemo
cral. THH ( O.VII'I.IITi: AMil,
What's a lishiu; rod?"
"It's a b in Isimie jointed tiling
father holds 0ui ov, r the wai. r "
" What s a li-liini; pole "
"It's a lone; w len sliek your
liill catches ti-h with." (Cbieao
ord )
your
- V ' 'V.v.-JN
A YolllH w-OIHtl slioilt to W pli-t'llll u ttl
nilrt ti'tt ivt'i llu- (nlli st iiKlim lions a to
ler heliavl.ir slit-i loltl liow to tin -s how
o nunav!'' h- 'i"w '"""'-v ''"';
.tale lUi 1 v iiu-; "t UiairfuV.) itiiiai-.nl
10 Unit shf 111.1v t'oiililiil no lilun.i.T 111 tut
piosrlicr of r.tvillv If ll Hi" ttoliM' IJ
ivurlh while for Hit- sti,l. lion of mil' lint I
moment how inliiuti lv more itiiportnul u u
lil vouim mil al'-'iit o filler into fit
incrril nr.-emt Is of womaiihti.nl. slioiiltl lie
nroprrlT initTiKl. il m all that concerns
liff time of possil.le happiness, or pt.ss,l,lt
"ivWT mothrr ouitlit to nee to it that her
lmmht'ers ate healthy ami stroll III a wo
manly wav. She ought to make Ih-m aware
thai anv ucicct or irreRiilarity of the spe
:ial functions of womanhood may iv.-ull in
life .Inn weakness ami disease.
Anv mother r daiiidm r mav write con
:ernin these delicate ailmeiils. with the
utmost confidence to I)r K. l'li rc.-. chief
w.siiltin physician to the Invalids Hotel
intt Survival Institute, of Hntlalo.
Her letler will he answered ft "' chare
with iureslions for self neatineiit at home,
Cv which the se complaints may he overcome
mnhout need of m.-rlifvimr examinations.
I)r Pierce ttaa had over tinny years -perience
in the treatment of women's dis
eases, and is an emine-it specialist in this
particular field of practice His " Pavonte
frescription " cures completely and perma
uentlythe most oh.linale caes of feminine
weaknes. and disease. II heals all inflamed
conditions, strenthensand tones the nerve
centre, and the entire womanly onranim
For prosm-ctive m.illiers and niiriii
motheni, the " Favorite Prescription
perfect atrength .usuiner.
I ncl.
11 ...
liee- 1
"Slit; mill I er liancc make a handsome
I let ire ,t lle r. tl ill'l lli. j?' Y, s, I In
Well,,,, s. I leAe In r en-.li;,.'Ut i- CMI-I ItTt'd all
l.s- li ,o- .llll-'ie ruber Ihall ah'iauelal -nee, s-.
U- Presented
THEY BOTH GOT MAD.
A .Mutinidincci' isiisa l'nsliifl;c ni His
rfcricn;c I here
lie was 11 typical mountaineer from
bis broo.an shoes In his wool bat and he
had walked to a Iicihhhrino town to
visit relatives It was his litsl visit away
I'.i in his home. The second day after he
ai lived ho went lo the push dlico In prt
a Idler from bis eiil. lie was sure it
Would be there, as she bad Itarlully lold
him she would write him while he was
away.
"Air thar any mail br inc?" be in
ipiiied el the posi master.
"What's y,,m naiiie?" was ibe in
.iiiry.
" I. eider."
"1 say. what's your name?" tiskt d the
postmaster in a little tuolc positive man
ner. "Louder."
"I say, what's your name?'1 yelled the
posliuastt r. sticking bis head throiieh
the window into the lace ol the youu"
man.
"Why, dad 1lr.1t your ujy time, I've
told yer three limes my name was Lou
der." yelled the mountaineer, "T. J . Lou
tier, ami if yer didn't bclotio to iher
oov'mcnt I'd crawl over thar and pick
your years. Soon is a mau pit or piv-'
tiieiit job round hero he ht'eius to put
on airs, and I'm not one to put up with
it."
The postmaster fished out a letter from
a musty hole aud jjuvu it to him, altboiioh
be was mad hiuistlf. Washington Star
SCHEMING FOR WIVES.
They I'rdciiJd Thev Wanld School leach
ers lint Thev WanleJ Wnes.
"Them are plenty of women i 11 Oreo' ii
uow," observcl a prominent Orcion
politician, who is hert; to sec that the
Stain is not forgotten in tits way of
p.ili'onaL'e "but it is within llic memory
ot many of us when women were very
scirej 1 liere. Wi- anvil it out that we
wanted them fur sell, ml teachers and the
like, and eneoiiraoeil them to eoiuc out
there lint tin! truth was the men waut tl
tlieiii for wives. remember ouce we
scuta yuuug linn to Massaehu-cits,
where lie was well acitiaiuted, witli or
ders to collect lUllyouni; women and lo
escort them back to Oreiron. We ouarai,
teed every one of them one year s employ
ment The active man ill the mailer
was a flue lookino youno man, who al'ci
ward served two terms in Cuniiress IVoai
our Male, lie spent two tinnitus in
selcetino the party ami started West with
ttiem. On the trip out he courted one
of the school teachers nn his own hot k
ami actually L'ot Her consent to a inai-
riau'e on the arrival of the train at l'ort
land. The hoys bowled consitlcialily
about it, claiiuini; that he had Ireattd
tin-ill unlairly in having first choice
but there was a lot of line, luarriajeabl
material It'll. Nunc, id those Women are
today the leading ladies of the seciety it
tile State. Moo! than ihreefourllis i f
the hundred were man id inside of thne
years and many in less than one year.
A lew 01 me 101, However, are tuacluig
school there tod ly, not (hat they did not
have any oilers, but becauce they would
not accept any of the fellows who offered
themselves. Now that Senator Mitchell
lias all. ml oivetl up Ills enlllisl III return
a- Senator, lie will likely be succeeded
bv a o -iillciiian who married oil" of the
pmy ol'selio il teachers to which I refer
lb-will brino his wile hero with bun
ami your v asluuL'lon folks can see for
theui-clvt s the kind "I' ladies we hat
out theto lor school teiclurs They
can't be surpassed, even if etpiallt d, any
wIuti). I may Ik- an intcreslel pers m
thtmli, for il happens that my wife wa
one of ill.- piny " Washing m Star.
WHAT IM.KASI'.S IIIUS.
It pleases her to h.
called a sensible
little woman.
It pleases her to be called a w - I
Jie-sed woman.
It pleases In r to tie told thai she
fascioa'in
It pleii-i-s her to be lold tliat she in
proves a man hy h r c nupuii n-hip
It pleases lu-r In tit pen, I on soiu ' in.,,
and r, r..cu, I -to- . ru'ltl him.
1 1 pleases Ii t lo Ii -1 r '.Co I t- oir' , 1
ly ami with rcsp -ct, an I 1,1 b- tiik-i-o
reasonably.
It please-Ii, r to be Iteat. d seusibli
ami boncMly. to be coiisiilicd, an I n -i
In be Irealtil as a butterfly, with no heel
nor heart.
It pleases It -r to be loved anil admire 1
by a.uiaii who is sirotio (.ioiioi to rule
and Mid due Ii T and make his way Ii r
way; lo lead her anil lake care of her
TIIOSi; LITI'LI': MSTI'.KS.
She ''Mr. Softly, what docs the fool
killer look like?"
lie "Aw I don't know, my dcnh "
"Well, now th it's funny, when pia
nays you must have an awful, awful time
dodiDji him."
"Yks," said 1'ucle Jonas, "that b -y
0' mine alius was fond of books; an, now
lie's bicoui' 1 paoein the Legislator."
JAKE'S BABY.
'I he IHJ Man Was Amiens' to liu Smii;
thiiy un I his litifiirtani liceasinn.
Ttierc was an unusual scene in the
recorder's court Ibe oilier day.
A neiil'o man was hauled before its
bar on acharoe of drunkenness, dud.'e
Calhoun, who has a wunderl'ul memory
in such matters, recognized an old of
I'eiclt r in the darky.
"Jake," said he, "this is I lie third
time you've been here this year."
Tlic neoro scratched his head and
shifted his hut from one baud to the
oilier.
"Yasser, dat's so; it sho is Hut dem ar
yutlicr limes is dotii! (.'one hy, an' dish
yer time well, sub, dish yer lime is bran
new."
"Well you were drunk each time,"
remarked the jutloc, frowiiiiio.
". Yasser, I sho wuz I speck I had de
same ol' wobble dis time, but de' eision
wi:z bran new.
"It's always some excuse," said the
judoc, "hut I want you to understand
tlul I in tiled of seeing you here un a
eharoe of drunkenness."
Well, sub"
No, I doti'l want to hear your es
s. It's drunk, drunk, drunk, unlit
even the stockade, is tired of you."
liutjetlc," protested the neoro, look
around uneasily, and lowerini; his
voice, "de seuse what 1 "jot now am t so
mighty bio, but it look like tcr tne dat
i a luiithty trood one."
''Well, out with it."
"Hit's den a baby, jedoe."
"A what?"
'lies a linli! baby, sub."
"Well, what has thai (jot to do wiib
asked llit-judo,-, his inatiiier sbowiiie
not little curiosity.
Hit's at my house, still. Yasser! hit's
darriebt now, an' bet you el' 'taint 'sletp
t's a - bulletin." I iieirliiiii as h
po-itioii was, llu; neoro chuckled.
ic judoc regarded ttie darky with a
r, leiittio eye playitio with a slip ol paper
on bis desk.
"Well, what of il?" His judicial in-IL-nutiou
bad di.ssuppcarcd.
" Well sub, hit wuz dis n-way: l,
las lime I went out er dish yer place, 1
lay tor myself I ain't ejwine letch no
moreilram. kais I done louu 0111,1,11
aint mo'ii a half hour fum tie m uf 1
do. buttle tcr de rock pile. 1 mideui
my min' oil dat, an' I belt it dar twel
as' niulil. Well, sub when I o ,1
fum work, dey wuz a niecr 'email dar
liusiin tout; an my ol tmau wuz in
I. I low, 'Hello, here! what kinder
duin's is ,li?' 1 ain't 111 o'ti l' 't tie word-
out'u my lu.ml' fu' I hear suuip'n blatiti
un' tie kivver like a teeny nuinv nuat
An' -1,' ni-'-r 'toil in. slic up an' 'low
'You out a baby if you but know'd il.'
" A t II suit, dey sorter tu'n down de
CO'luterpin, an dar lie wuz ties tz tiatchul
e. you please, lie wunk at me iitinic
er two. an' tb n he '.'tin ter blate. I start
pick 'iiu up, sub, bciti' iz be wuz de
fust an' de unliest; but dat ar ni.-oer
o nan, slit! tlesslioves me 'roun' an' say
I better ijo 011 'bout my liu-iness "
llcte the juJi! look oil' his glasses
ail I r ililicl 1 lit-111 careluily ceaiietl Ins
e'liov 011 the e,i ic, an I resit d bis head
on Ills ban I. There was alio i-t a smile
on bis fa " as be u-ked:
'And what tlid you do ill, n, .lake?"
I'llt- ll-'oro srratebed bis bead and
bed -I pi-hly. "Well. s,, ,bir l
wuz, a r --I'll man wi,l a tiahy an can t
put his hau' 01 it. Iliad mighty iiiare
fclin's. 1 want ter 0,1 in dar, an' dm
I skeere 1 ter. I kn -w d I w ml ter do
suuip'n bui I dinner what. 1 feel so
"no I, l say 1 11 tb s take one ill.no in
eo nineiuliuucc 1 r tie baby. Well, sub, 1
lu.'k it, an' 1 1 y,ui don't know J ; res
do placet-11 in d ir kin tell you"
Tliejii L" cleared his throat ami tried
to frown, bui the frown w is a failure.
".lake," be snd, "you can an this
time. Y our 1 sense is not a (.'oo 1 one,
butl think 1 know bow you ltd I have
a boy in inv house 1 verv line one "
" i In Hi II' 'li-, Mil.!'' 1 id illietl .lake.
" flic line, 1 on my side of town; il is
admitted l,y ev, rvlmdv. I know what
your leiupiaiioiis w -ic, I risi-ttd, and
y,o tb In t. lio and bell tvr y uirscll. Cad
the ill-Hi ci- ! Adanta Consiiliilioii.
I In- Grandest Id- l.
Mr H li. tir. . u. ..1, ,.1't'hil-
bowie, Ya , ii 11 ili "s Ih it he h oi coii-um-pitoti,
wa- -.iicu up to tie-, soil-In nil
tile, bed tr'alui lit thai 110,11 y could
procur , tri ,1 all c.-iuh r, uicii, - tie could
hear ol, but o it 11. r bet; -p -nt many
niobts sitting it, in .1 cli in, w 1- induced
lo try Dr. Kino's New l'1-covcry, and
Was cured by use of two botihs For
past threeyeirs has been aileiiduio to
bii-inc-s, and says Dr Kino's New Di
cov, ry is the erandest remedy ever made
as it has done so much f,,r him and also
f 1 oiln rs iu bis eoiiiiiiuiii y. Dr Kind's
Di-eovery is (uarantei'd for Coii'-hs,
Colli- and Consumption. It don't fail
I'liil hollies free at W.M Cohen's lru(!
Store.
1 When I was tirst in irried I lliouobt
my wife was the only woman on earth.'
"II tw do you I. el about it n iw?" Well,
i here's our cook ."
OABTOniA.
Ii n
ia;paa,
ORIGIN OF THE CAT.
Jesus Ihreu llisliluve llmin In I'reeanOlj
Nero Human i nun Mi.e.
When I stepped on the cat, her limp
and her cries were so piteous I took her
to the kitchen to apologize ill a saucer of
cream and a-k mammy to care for her.
''I lid you trod 1,11 dat cat? 1 cor
tainly is mighty sorry, lor it's bound lo
unlucky lor you if you hurl a cat."
I ventured tl pinion that to kill a
eat broiiL'bt ill luck, but had not heatd
anything , about accidentally hurl inc; one.
"My nn -roy, chile, don't you know
it is a sin to kill a cat? Iliiz you know
anjtlnti aboiil cats and bow they cme
lo be b re on this earth?"
I acknowledged my ignorance unless
liny were inciilded in the eeueral erea
tiuti ami procession into the ark.
"Well, white folks doii't know tiolhino.
'c, pt what they reads out 0' books.
Wa'n'l 110 eat- in 110 ark, and it's a sin lo
kiii a cat 'cause a cat is Jesus' licht hand
love. Jesus was down here once on this
1 re earth walkint; round just like a man.
.-peels you beerd about dat, didn't ji.11?
t's all put downiuthi! Bible, dey tells me.
never seen it thar, for I can't read n,,r
Willi ; don t know one letter Itotii Ibe
11, si, but it's all writ down in the bible,
what (i d sent down from heaven in a
budi all on liie riitht into Moses' hand.
Yes, indeed, it is (iod's own truth, jest
as I am tilling you. When Jesus was
In re in ibis world, he went round con
stant, vi-111110 eullud lolks. lie wa
always mighty fond of eullud folks.
"So one day he was a walking alon',
and he come to a poor old eullud woman's
house. When he went in tbo tl mr an, I
(live her 'howdy,' she stand -till and look
at him rii'ht hard. Then she say, 'Lord'
(-be never seen 11 -r bend (ell of him
before, but sotnetliino in herju.-t seemed
to call hi- name), and she kept on a-look-in
and a-lookino at him hard, and she
say over a-ain, 'Lord, I is jest inizzable.'
'flit n lie say, 'Woman, what you mizza
ble I'oi?' Then she say, the third time,
L ,rd, I is uiizublc, fir tin! rats and the
luiec is a eaiini; and a-dt-stroyino every
tiling 1 cot. Tliey's done eat all my
corumeal and all my meat; they's done
t at all my clothes; tliey's eat boles in my
bed, and now they's jest ready to cat
me mw'lf, and 1 am dat mizible I don't
know no more what to do.'
' Jesus he look lono time at her tniclity
hard, ami be say, ' oinan, I10I10M your
H ud!' aud then he pulled oil' his riojit
baud "love ami fluuo it down on the
floor. Soonastlat "love touched dit
II mr it turned into a eat ricjit then and
thar. and it bciiaii a eatebinj; all llieni
tats and all them mice, niore'n any eat
done since when it do its best, hid cd it
did, Iliad,' out ol Jeslls loll llalld "ioVc.
before dat woman's own eyes the four
fin -yrs for the les and the thumb for the
tail and dat's the truth 'bout bow cats
Cot liere. (Iii- ss you know now why it':
a. sin to kill a eat and blioed to be un
lucky to hurt one." Journal of Ameri
can Folklore.
ixm eaikii' mt.u i:s.
Make it a rule to ke p the back of the
ueck close lo the back of the collar.
boll tin shoulders back ward and down
ward.
Try lo sipie, ," the shoulder b'.adi
together m my limes a day.
Stand er el at -hurt interval- .Inr 111:
the UaV "lle.nl up. chill II', el,c-l out
slum ders back."
Walk or -1. ,iel with tic hands cU-po
ii-biiid th- h-i I an 1 tic ciooiv- vwd
ap.llt.
W.aik a! 111, or even 11111 uo-l . ,r- w 11
li'. mi It 11 lo foiiy pounds on the lop of
I he head.
Try lo look al the topof your biblical
vest or your necktie.
l'laetiec the arm U10V1 uienls of brea-t
stroke swiininitli; while staudini' or walk
inf.
Hold the arms behind the hack.
Carry a cane or nuibiella behind the
stuail ol the back or behind the n, , k.
I'llt ibe bands t,n the hip-, withe
bows back ami linocr- f -rwaid
Walk Willi the thumbs in ill, iru
boles of the vest,
When walking swino ih.- arms ami
-bolll-b r- slr.ill-l.V baekualtl.
Stand now and then dunno the dav
with all the posterior parts ol'ihc hotly,
so far as p 11I.I , treicbin a vertical
wall.
Look upward as you walk on the
sunny side of the si reel Y'oilih's Com
panion "Il is the best on lvtrtb." Thai is
what Klwards It Parker, of Plains, (ia.,
say of Chamberlain's Pain Hiltn, for
rheumatism, lame back, deep seated ami
muscular pains.
For sale by W. M. Chen, Wcldon,
.1. X. Hrown, Halifax, Dr. A. S. Harri
son, KiitieM.
The supreme lest "What is bis rep
utation for veracity?" "Very pood; he
hasn't seen a sinole Hyin machine this
sprinc.!"
OABTOniA.
n
Tt
rrtppl.
NKW ADYKliTISKM KNTS.
Surely if die word RHQVLA TOR is not on a package
it is not
immm LsvtiR Regulator.
"ujihi:; cLv is the same. It cannot be and never has
hcvii put up hy any one except
J. H ZEIUU & CO.
And it can be easily told by their Trade Mark
THE RED Z.
A MISTAKE.
liu Nid I'at Off Yinir .Marrianc.
najrcnums Hill Nut Hn.
.unu
Th,
il tit to be saitl in f.iv -r of
the Ioiiu' matrimonial eUL-a-.'euieut.s,
tbuimb it would be bald to convince the
ardent youn souls who have just discov
ered that they love each other that thisj
i" llu-case. They can't see why tin y
-boiil l not be . noa'eti, even though mar
ria;:e i- only a faint beam ill the horizon,
l'oor (b in b tl yoiins.' tbino-! They little
know what they are liirbtly ami thought
lessly takiiiL' in hand. For before them
lies a waste of waitini; Gradually I'M
win will weary ol it. lie will discover
that there arc many attractive women
in the world, and row neobeiful, cold
xactino and oll'eusive. Anoelina will
beitin with anu'uish to uotiee in her jilass
that sbt! is not lookino so youno as she
was; lo endure torments when httwin
ks meditatively at her, ami wonder
whether he is remarkiiiL' it too.
They will hoih have to see other lovers
bei'iiiniuo enaued and marryitii; briskly
out of hand while their own affair dra"8
ii-tili aloii-.'. They will have
their full taste of the I, mi; deferred hope
that maketh the heart sick, and if they
don't both bitterly repent that they ever
ntered into an ciiLiaoemcnt to which
there was no reasonable hope of a termi
nation why, they will not be mortal
Anvilum' under a year is rational and
correct, ft may stretch lo two years
without undue annoyance to either party.
Where people are unselfish and genuine
ly in love the years may be further ex
tended without risk, llioiioli never with
out trial and to those chiefly concerned.
Hut where there is no prospect to hrina-
irn; the enoap-iiicnt to at least a reasoua
hie limit it had far belter be ended.
AecordiuL; to the newspapers, an Ohio
hii-band became the happy father 0
1 11 children not lorn' ai;o. Of lb
en all lived but one. 1 1 is to be hoped
belaid in a supply of Chamberlain s
uith lb nit-.lv, the only sine cure for
croup, whoopim: coiicn, cuius anu eouoii:
1 so insula tl his children a-'atnst these
eases.
'or sale by W. M. Cob.n, Wddon,
J. X. Hrown, Halifax, Dr. A. S. Ham
m, Kulield.
t'OMMOX All.MI'.XT
"Mama, what is a delusion?"
"Well, it is your fillet's idea that with
a Soil rod be can catch 511 cents worlh of
fish."
Telter, S;ili-Uln'iini nml l-'i-zcina.
The intense iti-liim; iiiiilsiiiiirtine.ini't
tlelil to these ilisi 'uses, isilistulltlynllliyei
by aindy inir ('baiulierlaiu's I've nml
Skin ( iiiitiueiit. M.-niv very nun eases
buvo been permanently eiireil by it. It
is i .ii;illy I'ffieieiit fur itchhie; piles nml
u favoiit'e reiiieilv for sure liipples,
elnipiii-il hands, chilblains, frost bites
and chronic sore eyes. 2.1 its. per box.
Ir. (mil's Ciiiiililion l'onilers, art-ju-l
what a boist' needs when in bail
condition. Tonic, blued piinner imtl
viTinifuiti'. They 11 re nut fond but
in.'.lit'iiie nml (be best in use tu put il
b'.is.' in prime condition. Price 21
cents per package.
1'or .-ale Lv W. M Cohen, Weldoti;.).
N Hrown, llalilas; Dr. A S. Harrison,
Kiiti.ld
. - . -
For a while he was clear out of bis
mind about that :r." "And now?"
"Oh. now the prl is clear out of hi-
mind "
OABTOniA.
Yell S
lo liiuve,
our iiL'iv
etn so e'i
Mrs. Du
wed llu.
crlnl when you have
;s." Ye-; such a lot ol
p resents always get
broken "
AH KIll'ISF.MKNTS.
v.N
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
wmm
CcU'lirat tKoritHjtri'tii l veiling strength
llll-l ht'illt hllllllOHS. AsKlir(HtlHHHHllirilt)Ht
ulum ftii'l all fortiH ol' ttdii luntiiou wiqi
ttinn to the cheap brand..
koVAI, ltrKINU I'UWUKH Cd , NSW YORK
OPEN!
Jains' Grocery
;wi:uo.-, x. c.
still carry a full line of Hue Staple
and Fancy tirocer'es,
'FRUITS- CONFECTIONERIES-
Crock. rv, (.lass Tin. and wootlenware and
most rver.vtliino that is kept in a first
lass (nicer v store. 1 al.-o return 1 hunks
o my I'rieiiils tin-tli-ir putromure of the
i.ist, ami solicit a continuance of the same.
w itli (uaralitce to please. Ami wisliiu
them a happy and prosperous new year.
1 hut they may
Lonj; to live
And well toilo
Aud iit'xo ileal Ii
He happy too.
Uesjieetfnllv,
J. L. JCDKINS.
dec IS ly.
W. L. Douglas $3 Shoe.
StvtUh, durable, porfect fitting.
Ln-Jor-ted by over 1.000.000 wearers.
V. L. Douglas $3.50. $4.00 and $5.00
Shoes are the productions of skilled
workmen, from the best material pos
sible at these prices. Also $2 50 and $2
Shoes ior Men. $2.50, $2 and $1.75 Boys
We i!tonnlvtlirlc -:t(' .'f, uhr1u Onlf. French
l'.itt tit ralf, Krciifi Kiiiiim-i, ViclKnl. etc.,
(r.nli il t" ('orn'S)!"11'1" "ii price-'. Iliofclioti.
It 1 nlir i.'Uinut fiiDpIv uu, writu
Catalocfrec. W. L.DOUGUS, Brockton, Majs.
ouLJ b
W. B. TILLERY,
WELDOX, X. C.
E. N. RICKS & BROS. ,
KNl'IKI.l), N. f.
nov '2ti om.
F. II. Stainback
WELDON, N.C.
-Healer I n-
General
Merchandise
Am nt for thec-lel.rated ZKltlLKU liliOS,
ami It AY STATK Siloes.
Have also ailtlnl to my stock a nice lino
OLOTHINGI
for MK, YtH'TlI'S and CHII.DUEN'.
A full line of
Solid Walnnt Caskets Coffins,
Always on hand. Burial robes fuinisheil
for Ladies ami (ietitlenu'ii also fluid i.,,-,.
lions Kivon to dead bodies and iliain'i'..
ants nsetl when desired.
A N'ICi: II K A USE AT YOl'R DISl'OSAL.
I'. N. STAINBACK.
I'ROFMSIOSAL CARDS.
.lAKS M. HI'I.LKN. WAl.Tia LDaNlIL
iyr U L L I N A DANIKL
ATTOKXEYSATLAW,
Wrldon, N. C.
rnu-tlrclnlhetiniirtanf Hall(aianrtKnK.-,.
on and ill the Hupnime and Federal conru. (Jul.
' ' '" ""ii isonn eaniliua.
nra-iih oltee al Halttai. N.C.tmon unn.
K- lan 7 It
J)lt. T. T, KOS!.,
DENTIST'
Weldon, N. C.
JiaTOnice over Emry & l'ierce'sntor.
10-19-1 v-
JJR W.J. WARD.(C-
siieon Dentist ,
ENFIELD, N. C.
l.Offlceover Harriaou'i Drug Htora
desi 9n If.
Wanted-An Idea I
Vha emu thin
.omt tlm.ila
rmtact your trie..; ther mav hrib v.m wMith
tblng to patoutr
writ. JOHN WKbDEKHDBN CO., P.Unl lUt
"WWartlaiton, D. C. fnr lk.lr I.Ul prlnosZ?
ana lliv ot loo liiuiirra UtvMuous vawwik
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