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JOI-UsT W. SLEDGE, l'i:ni-i:iKTon
A. NEWSPAPEE FOE- THE PEOPLE
TERMS:-1 I'Kl! ANN I'M IN .WiVAMK
VOI j. XXXII.
WKl.DON, X. (., TIIUliSDA Y, JUNK 17. IS!)7.
NO. 8.
r;
A lVKKTISKM KN'TS.
Our I's and....
....Other liyes.
Our I's me just .'is strung as
they wiMv tifly yens ugo, when
v.c U.ivl caii"c to u-.c t.u-in.
Hut wt: li.ive K-ss ami U v. t.'.ut-.i.'
to pruisu uursul. s si tiro ntlicis
il.) the j) raising, ami v. v. im
uinic tliiiu willing ("r you tn ciH'
us tin on j;U otlhr tvi's. Thw
is Imw wc look tS, 1', I'uV'V,
wlinlfsalo ninl n t.iil 1 1 u w i-t,
l'nhith, Minn, who iifirr tl
(ii.iiliT tf a t t-tit ii i y of i'! mi.
valKiii i ilcs :
" I h.i t' sold A vr-r's P.ir-.in;i-rilhi
for limit- than ?s (.';!
Until at whole-alt ami u-tail,
nml hi w iK-vt r lu.ml an thini;
lutt womU of praisi; fintn my
i iNtoiiu'i'. ; iut a sinK- miii
jil.iint has I'VtT ii-u'linl inf. I
k-licvi Avt-r's aisa)arilla to
he the hi st Moo.l j.urif'u t . tlut
lias h.-t-n introduced to tin gen
eral puldie.' This, ftom u
ni.iii who 1ms sold thons.ui.U of
doens of Ayi't 's Jarsajun ill.i,
is stioiijj tistiutony. I'.ut it
only echoes popular sentiment
the world over, which has,
"Nothing hut words of praise
for Aycr'A 5arsaparilla."
Any tloitM iil-mit it'.' Sf nJ fii"("uri'l.. V
li klli ilniiliH aii'l curi'n ilf.ul'tfn
AtUrtiit J. C. A Villi Co., l....ll, Mj::i.
No 8. SVtd (uk 1 . n(nn ThM",
poltihe.l lih :t 1 ' O. X m l-HP
li'jr-) 'I tn 1 u r . .ij I ' ' i' re C i nee'
t"l, I'Meeit il'i I 1 1 t i . . - ', imentf I. If
m"H"HieS 4 V t .' I : t i j . i-.'n i (i -i 1 1 ft' ii
titeet Ioi.k' wiie i ) i ,at i'nee,
rfr
( (hMera up; li li. d. i
Thu nt'ov- n I -it -tie f o- 1 t loO
barnniu! to te tnui. l i i our n w i iin-l.-KMe.
It e..n1al nil JiinU I I'i.i i
tore. Cm net. Kal.y i'Krriin;eM. I'e
f nir TBtoo. Sf mi, Ke ev I. irt,
I'etl'liMir, . 'iuik'-. h- n Iteiie.n'e. V -u
arfpttlmr Imul lieniern rtaii our
pra-". Iirop u p. .-! f- r gr nt
tliotu y : le if e tIM l " 1 1 w hu it t
man free of u I eti i . 1 hi rh ti e
mtimirneliirer in 'I ) u will nmke ttie
bitr tu ottts vou are it- w i ayiiitf your
i loeii i ea em
Julius Hincs Son,
ffc jfejfT jJjr if. j- s,
I HERE IS
i A SNAP.
tOrThi'lMllv lunl
Ymi kiiniv Ihe n-l.
MEYER IS
Openinn ii lame lot ot'
STRAW HATS, and
simple
MIOKS
w hich he is not
I GIVING
'AWAY
hut in srWtlK at liall nl lirl s, 11
i illt; iliiv
I STRAW
HATS.
yjr.
&.
liy tlui thoiiaml. Kii-rvlioilv
ulile tu haxe a niiv liat at
mill
pril'i'. Aim line line
ISSUMMER DRESS GOODSg
Silks, Ch.'viiits, Xalile Damask,
Curtains, liil, linns, Iiirss Trim-
dK minus, ni iii: v t liiitii yuu ask lur.
I M'
lit GROCERIES fl'IO
8 CONFECTIONERIES
nt priei's I.iwit ill in ever
Conn, in am) examine nt v stuck.
n
ft
IqPRiNG ;
v OPENING
8 ,(: J Special Ilisjilay of
t!4T$$ BofiliEJS
' ' f And Millinery Novcltits,
- O lie sure to attend. o
I MRS. W. R. HART,
ootl.", ly
Roitnoke Kiipids,N. (',
B.P.8ALK, WM. I.INN,
, roprieUtr. .Manager
; ; ) MANSION HOUSE.
' BOTH ON
illlCAN AND EUROPEAN PLANS,
I Union Streot, NORFOLK, VA.
5
f i
itK mTni' A (V t
ENFIELD. N. C.
There a fto One
Tin "hi hiHin' is deserted ami there's m
em- li int; there;
And tin MiiiH et'w leek and ruin are ahmit
it every wlirre.
The Maiden nil havr la lien down, the meat
Imusi- all i u;om-;
And tlinnii;li the luoki'ti windnw-t, day
and niht tlie wild winds moan
The paling all liave rotted oil', the yard
show htek of eal'e,
I 'ur 1 hi' old home is diverted, and tlu-re's
no one li inn tln-re.
The ftoc' yotir liom tin kitiln-n, whne
in happy iLtys nl utd
i hoi i ied in to n.inti me, w hen the at'lei -r.u.ms
wcii-ciild,
iniir ax- t h' luunt odon wliiiii in
1 liuse davs MM-d to reel
The men !iIk ,t- tlx y win tid, while, Kit
ty li o d the meat.
And the tin 's mil in mother's ntoiu. the
room up t he stair -
Tot the Old pl.tee Hilesrlted, alld tlleies
II H' livinu these.
HER ELOPEMENT
I 11.1, 11 U 1,11c I. .ul j'l-t mini' til Ml-
Mim rv.i S ii.'l r-i4i M iiiinarv. Sli- wa :
j Mir) ri-l i - a ru-li to a i- ri"-r . i'
j tin- imhiii nun ui tin' car i, wiili
' an cx, :aiii.i!i.ni i T "lli'ii- :ii itn- I' l I
you ami
lnr im'," Imli
illl'U'
I
i. ili i-.
Aiinth.T .sirl, with a lit
Liick , i.iiiilI.i j i In r .ii. u
o;i.'l).
A imt In r Julius Inly thus
Mi-s Whit,:
"I'i.hlv. tilt- rll.llllh 'lll'aiil,
ut.iti. Si.i 'll nil 1 1 1 1- ! v o
Viiu ail 1 I riiiL' iIh iii up i n ih,:
i I'.-lalU'
,. i...
ll
lillV-nl
li'llrll In
iv "
1 hav
' 1 hav, n't any l-v,' ii,H,'rs.
nn l.ivi i." Mii'l II l, ii. Ii!nliiiiu'.
' V,,nr ma is 1 rti't , i mi "
th tl.,r. "Will, y.ai'll hav
', Kll'l
I . I . -1 1 T y
1, -l.ir,' iiu v,' In. n h'Ti' is in mill-."
11,'lrii li-t,n,,l l i th,' ,',i-llr-, whiih
h,T ('"iniiaiii'iiH iliil nut h,'-iial,' In r, a, I
aloii,!.
SI,,' , v, n h, l niiu ul tli,' i:ir!s t,,
iin-wcr hers, ami she relireil 1,) ihe li-1,1
,,1'the Imiu- wax eali,!!.' In nM'l hrrse.t' le
sl ',' nViT a jiieee nl' literature l,y Millie
l'lei.ch ainlmr.
SimIiwih'1 amw Hl'e lijimi lleleti
Whit, a life her muther little dreamed
of.
She aUi tlirteil. She alsn siiliseriheJ
tn the lihr iry ami read had Kreiith hiints
hy the senre.
Tn nne ,,f lu r lidiiiiri-r-. whn signed
hiiii.-elf "I'arlns," she wmte as a irl
ullht si.ueely Wlite tn a In trollled InVer.
Mrs While was d,li-hle,l with Hel
en's i r. '(ires-.
Miss Minerva pive hera vnlimie, ''The
li'.lide tn Ynlllni Ladies," as a iriz l,r
line di i iriineiit. ami iinhndy had any
sii-iiei,ii that her head was lull nf n,n,
sense and In r poekets lull ul hue lelieis
I'rnlll au utter stlaner, tn wllnlli she had
niven vnws nf eternal emi-taney, nut ex
aetly in hlaek and while, fur hlaek ink
w is vuled vulgar at Minerva's, hut in
purple.
At last the climax arrived
Curies ul) Ted his hand and heart, and
beed ..r 10 t'uif with llllll.
She read the lettir aluud tn Kinllia,
lluse, ('iraee and Maria, and all in a Hui
ter hered lln ir adiee nn the matter.
" lie s iys he's a lnince," said Helen,
with n l'Iuiv mi her eheeks, "and, yuu
kil ,w, nf emirs", I'll he a priueess if 1
marry hi'n, an I. ,,l euuis , we shall invite
yoilt, uiir e.i-ile. List ni-ht I met hi in
I coaxed liidly In waleh and let him
in ami he wis all wrapped up in a
cloak. Hoi he w is -plendi I. He has a
foreign accent and a hlaek inu-iai hi ."
'Oh," cried Maria, "1 live a ,,r ii:u
pt,lii-ed In run anav Willi
A4.
When the appetitp faiU there i nn f Hi
liyintl tn temiil llic pnlate w ilh lt ili-ale fuuil
No mallet how r,i,I and well cuUil .mil
' appetiinK " Ihe fuuil may he. it raneol
ri e auv limn i-ltni, til unli .s the stoma, li is
able tu ihtiiM it Natuie imlicHtes the st;itt
nf tile eutlslituliMii hy the loss nf appilUe
This is an unfailing in,iciitut It sln,.
that sntnethini; is fnmlHliit tilnlly ti,e
with the nutiilive fululiuiiH
The unlv tine tialiual n lii f nuist r a
e.uch,ntf itti,l fun, lam, nt.il as the tiuntile tl
aims tu ,.u i, ,,iu, ii is (in tiit.iiiiiKli tin n
.rareliiiiK ch.uat ti r nf ir I'tt tee's (',,,1,1, n
Mtilital Hist, ,, iv. whi.h c-ti- Ihe mar
velnlis fthtilev 111 all bllinus ami tllif.tlep
dilheilltifs It cit ales that healthful vitality
(if the t ntite ilitrrstivp ami nultitive u,(iin.
ism whirh firmlucrs bmh the tiatiu.il ,1, lie
fur fuuil anil rtte uiKanic eapacitv In Hssinii
late anil ttansfnnn it inlti tinnrishing. reviv
IfyintE hluuil anil healthy tissue It Rives
appetite, digestion and snund sleep, and
builds up Milid muscular Miength and
vital nerve . encrttv
H II Thiitnpsnn. si) , of P O B,n 4 Kipple,
Blsir Cn . t'ctiii a, wtitt-s " I h,l Ww trm,l,lcl
with exlrrmr vniinluin in sum, net ant-nni. .
w.ys allt-T eat ink limi to t,e vtiy furfful 111 timet
In Kt ,1ni tiling to Slav ,m niv stnni.t h at all had
tiri-ii tiiWtna nthrr inetlii itit s. tint without eflrrt.
I hear,! a frlpiul sticak of lr I'lfrcr's Col.len
Medttal IHsmverv. nml thonjtht I wnulil jive it a
trial I ust-,1 alinl fit t Ihitll, snf it ami think it
Is the only ill, -lit iiit that ili,l me biiv jtnnd as I
ha
any Ineuieiiie at
,,, ,1111,1 Hpnriuc now. ami am not iisiiir
all and don't think I need auy
more.
A man whn is stiff. Htisr ftotn thf frtl
effects nf constipation doesn't feel like
work, and can't even enjoy his leisure
nnurs. in- t ierce s rieasant 1'ellcts are a
sure, awift, safe, ami permanent cure for
constipation. Thev are tiny, suiiar-coated
granules. One little "Pellet" is a gentle
laxative, and twn a mild cathartic. The
never gripe. Dishonest druftKUt try to
get you to take a substitute fur the aake
ot me adaeo pront.
accent:
And I've
CB '
Living There.
l.onn ajo the linlit let't motlu-r's eyes,
and we laid her down tniet,
in 1 1 1 1 i -t and unhrokeii steep 'neath tin-
ilTvt ii eaith's grassy hreast;
LoiiL' a no the nest was hroken uji, ami each
one went his way,
To seek his tort line tar alield, and I, ahum
to-day.
Stand ami view the pot wheieoiiee I roam
ed, a hoy without neare,
Ihit tiie old Imuie's now- deserted, ami
there's no one living there,
No adly now, I turn aain to where the
nn-at world lies,
With its stinnnles and its lnudens, hut the
tears are in my eyes
To see the wn-ek wlnrh lime has wrought
w ith what I lowd so well,
A ml some t li inn i 'isrs in my t hroal and
seem- to i hoke ami sw ell,
Tor -ooii theie will not he a traee ot' w hat
whs pasMiin lair,
lire the old home was deserted w hen we
all were livinn there.
ll I III li, liii'lll," n.ii.l ,.,.. S;IV
inu will l- s-in- In Ciirivi! U", ami hr'.
awl'ully rii-h. Ami. "Ii.hmv I W, sirl!"
Aii'l whilu Mri. Wliih', niiiiiii; with a
'h ar t'ri -nil whit als , hail urnwn ilaiuh-
teis, hut whn kept tin Mil at home, cun
iratul.iteil hers'lf, in dear Helen hein
safe at sehuul, this afhrtiunate daughter
. a paoiiiuc: up lu r small tuiuiiie in prep-
aratiun fur flight, aided anil ahetleil hy
the four yum: ladies t
win
isi! example
hurrii',1 tin
she owed sn inuch.
Out int, 1 the niunuliht
y,,uriu uiri.
The white hi niiis -hnwed her pr, Ity,
fnuli.-h lin t: pallid as that uf a films!.
She had never set lout in the sired
alone at such an luuii hclhre. A li rrur
seized her a sel!e (if her own w icked
ness.
I'cih.iis she would have turned hack
hut that a lijure in a clunk came at the
tin 'in. - tit from a shadow uf a porch and
si i. d her hy the arm.
"Ah, my own Helen!" said a voice.
It was Carlos I'rince Carlos her
own prince.
Away they drove, how far Helen did
not kiiiiw. Suddenly the arm that 011
circlid he was withdrawn and a voice
said:
''Look here, youn wmiiati! No noise!
1 11 choke you if you try tn scream. You
have your witch and jewelry with ynu, I
hope, and the money yuu promise to
coax from y,,ur mother. Hand I hem
over."
''Oh, it is nut my Carlos! " cried Helen.
"Oh, what shall 1 du?"
'It if Callus ut least il is the man
you ve heeii correspondini; with," said
the voice under the hat. "Hut I'm no
prince, and no hiishiml for vmi. Hand
over (lio motley and jewelry ami I'll not
hurt you. I haven't much fancy for an
idiot who would run till' witli a man she
didn't know. Hurr)! I'm wailins:!"
She j;ave her purse, her watch ami all
her small possessions to the rohher, who,
with a loud laui;h, u'athercil ihctn up nml
jumped nut ul the carriage, calliiii; In the
driver:
"Take that jiirl hack to the school,
lultn, will ynu?"
Miss Helen While stnnd nn the dm r
sti p of Miss Minerva's seminary icjaiu,
hut not alune. With her slum tin
driver in a luriniis rant. He MVure he
would he paid, and lano the hell am
haltered the dour until uot only ihe ser
vants, hut .Mi.-s Minerva and four and
twenty scholars appeared in I he hall and
on the stairway in all sons uf impromptu
drapery, and, haviuu' decided that it was
neii her fire or liiunlcr, opened the d.
. . I. 1. 1 1 M : :. 1 1
' iiui'i .'iiss n nne ami iter unor)
co'iipatiinn.
Miss Minerva, rceuonizinu her scholar,
darted lurwaid, rescued her, sl; tied the
.1 :.. .1 ' . , . .
u iiie man s taee, order, ,1 the s, r
vanish, ".Hard it. ami asked for exclain-
tiuns.
I'he explanation ended in a swrn, 11 on
the part of Miss Minerva and hysterics
on that of Helen White.
The next inurnino Charles stood hcl'ic
his sister with a peculiar expression mi
his face. In her lap she held a packcl ul
letters which she hail perused.
"My deal' sisler,". said Chaile', "all is
as I have stated, and il is as well thai.
011 tint part of a 1.,'iillciii in, it was all u
piece of nctiiiL', Helen was in earnest, and
has no id. .1 lh.il lot Idlers hoic Irom Inr
uncle. That he, in a niustaelieaml c'n.,k
eloped with her, ami wound up the all'iir
by ruhhinn, her, ,,r that the driver was
his old friend Winter, whn has dauhlers
of his own, and who prumi-ed to wind up
.1. - ir : .1 , , .- .
me un.iir in 1 110 must ilrccilul manner
ill e .1
pussiuie. iouiiiusi, However, pnniho
utc to send for Helen tniiiuiurriiw, and to
keep the truth of ihis nll'iir a secret, so
that It may he a lilelouo lesson to hi t."
And it was not until Helen was mar
ried that she learned that her love affair,
elopement and desertiun were all eairied
on by her uncle Charles, who knew what
the result of boarding school flirtations
utiltl be New York Xewa.
"I noticed you weren't in church on
Sunday. I hope you were not indisposed
"Well, I was averse tu goinj;, if that's
what jou aeau?"
A HAUNTED HOUSE.
Straw limir An J A Siraim
l.knlii It.
Mnr
The peuisoii cxaiuiin r who had In , 11
on duly in a southern state, was in Wa.-h
iiiiituti for a wet k or two, as i- the ciisloin
aiiinnu that cla-s of puhlic servants, and
he was Icllinu of what he had seen and
li, aid in his hailinick.
"Oh yes," he said, in response tu a
iptery, "llnre were 'ha'uls there, f r
where arc they imt wh, re the dukey pr,
vails? Hut the real e.hs uf ihe whole
'el loll waslli all old house klluwu as llai
y Hail The old Innis,: was nearly a linn
lied years H, and as far hack a- the
people ei.iild tviin iiilier it had ihe reputa
tion of hi-inu haunted. Thi reputation
hail piimarily rowti nut nf the fact lhal
Hie uf ill,' jjretlt 10, Ins nf the hull-e
11 door leading siiinewhne which had
nev, r been opened, as lar as known, and
which resisted evci v 1 11 rt In npni it.
flic in, mi was waiiiscntnl in uak m ail)
to the ceilinu, ami this ,,,ur was mil) nlmtit
six feet ltiuh ami three feet wide, ai.d
sceiucil appluptlatc lis tile elltranc" In a
secret chaiulier. It had heavy iron liiii'-' s
1 11 tl a heavv iron latch and staple, eaten
ply hy tli rust, when I saw it.
'In response tu a sip.'L'e.stiuii Iroui the
owner uf the place, who was shuwin tne
over it and tollinu tuc the -tory ofita
uhust, I mad,: an ill orl t,, "el . ,hir
open, both hy pulliiiL' at it and by jailliii"
my shoulder atiainst it and tiushiii'.' with
ill my strength. I even went so far as
o rii; it kind nl a clumsy jack a"ain-t it
to force it open, hut it refused to liudc
an inch. 1 could tell that it was a well
made door by the sound it ".uve fi.rih
when pounded on, hut there was no reas, u
apparent why it should nut open to reveal
what was on the other side ,,f it.
'The story was not a very weird nne.
ciHi.-i-liie' miistly nl (he ruinur that nn
i lain niehts this dour opened and a fur
nier mast, -r nl the hou-e came loriii to
wander about. He had never dene any
larin or any iruod tn anyone, and nn the
whole tip, "host stnry whs rather lame.
but the dour was there, and there
Was a tnvsterv ahniit that which
was still unsolved ttimuuli all the years.
1ist year the uwm r of tin1 house, at
111)' suuocsllull, opetle,! tile ulil hail lor
uiniuer boarders, and I ied the van ami
took the room with the mysterious d.,oi
in it.
"Matty's the tiieht I've sat and watch
d that door, and olien nf luoiiiiliehi
ni.'bls I've sat in the open windnw.
wailinu tu see if the sweetness iftl.e
southern summer niht wuulil nut tempi
the old master t, i wander, hut hcut vtr
cime forth to meet me.
( )ne tiieht, thuueh.eaiiic the revelation
of the mystery. A curtiin in one of the
windows of a win:; uf the house was blown
into a candle flame and live minutes later
lire was rapine. Half an hour later the
tire was out, but the winj; adjoininu my
room lout lust its upper halt, expnsine
the wall uf the main huildinu. In the
repairs that followed this wall was partly
removed, ami it was shown that the inys
terious door was nut a dour hut merely a
juke on posterity, played by tin- oriiina!
proprietor, who had a heavy pie, f o.,k
put in the waitisc itinu, and had carve
it with bis own hands to resemble a ,.ni
The Innufs and latch he had put in I
carry the nick to the very end That
door," concluded the narrator, "by acini
measurement was fourteen inches thhk
ami solidcr than a stmte wall, snthai it
was no wonder nobody could ever open
it." Washington Star.
A. 11. I'aller, with K. C. Atkins
Co , I ndiatiapulis, Ind,, writes: "I hat
never bi'fore niveii a testimonial in tin
life. Hut 1 will say that for thtee year
we have never been without Chamberlain'
Cube, Choi, ra and liarrhocu lieim dv ii
llie lintise, and my wite wnu'd as soon
think of b'ino; without flour as a In
of this Hetuctly in the summer se:e
We have used it with nil three of our
children and it has never failed lo cure
nut simply slop pain, but cure absolutely
It is all riolit, and anyone who III
will find il so."
For tcile by W. M. Cohen, YI,n
J.N. ltruwn, Halifax, lr. A. S. Ilaiii
sou, Kiilield.
"An alloWiiiu'c is sntnethiiikilike a hie
cle." "How so?" "A man can pill hi
wife on it hut he can't ni ike her slay
it."
Tetter, Siill'ltlieuiti ilnd -('?(Miiil.
The intense iteliine iiii,lsinartitii;,iiicl
(lent to ttiese diseases, jsiiistitntly nllny
In- iiiiiilviiit. I'h.'iiiibetliiiii s I've :i
Skin Hiiitineiit, Miiiiv verv lunl casi
hitve heetl erillitnentlv cured l,v it
is eitntillr ettiiieiit for lti hini,' piles nn
it favorite remedy fur sore nipple
cliiiiuieil linn, Is, i iiillilxins, frost bit
Hint chronic sure eves. s.i ( ts. per box
Ir. Ontlj'a Cuiiilitioii l'uvtilors, un
just wlmt it horse needs when in bad
condition. Tonic, blood purifier and
yi'nnidiis'c. They nre nut fond but
medicine and tlie best in use to put a
horse in prime condition. Price i"i
cents iter package.
l'orsale bv W. M.Cohen, W.-ldon. ,1.
N. Hrown, Halifax; Pr. A. S. Harrison.
Knlield
The most utterly lust of all days, is
that in which you have not once laiiohed.
OASTOniA.
JOSEPH'S CANAL IN EGYPT,
n I iiiiia'iiiu Wiiik lh.it N Mill I ninl
UkT I our I h"UauJ 1 i',ik
I Inw in my nl the eimineerin works ,,f
the nine;, cnih century will there be in
exist, lie,, in the ),-ai lillllll? Very lew.
wv fear, and still less those that Will cull
tilllle ill lh.it tar oil a",' to serve a II-, fill
purpose. Vet there is at least one "real
undertaking fniiecivtd and ,xeeul,il ly
an oiioitn er wlii, h during ihe spa I
I.OHII Vi ills, I,;,, never Cea-i d ils uttiee nn
whii h the hie ul' a felloe proline.' a!,-,.
bit. ly ,1, p. mis today. We tel'er lo the
It.ilhr.l lU.-siil -ihe eaii.,1 , ,1,,-ipl, -
biiili, , il i nr to tradition, by the son
of .); h, and which e litm.- n I ihe
lea-t of the many l,le..ilos he e .,l.-t, it
on Ki'Vpt iltiiiu the years nf his j,-,,-1 ,. r
lill- I'll!,'.
This canal look ii- rise Ir nn llic Nile
at Asitit and ran almost puallel with it
r neatly 'Jn'l miles, cr, opine alone
id, r the west, in dill', if ihe Nile valley
with many a bend and winili;i', until at
th it e-iiti, d an eininei , as i-ompar, d
with the titer le ,1, which maided it to
turn wistwaid tliruiili a narrow p is- and
liter a ihsttict whii'li u.is ollni wiso shul
ll'lionithe feiliii.ino fl u uls mi which
II Veeetatiull ill Kjypt ih petlds. ' The
orthel'll end stood seventeen feet ah He
W Nile, while at the soul hem ' lid il Was
illl iiplal elevation with the liv, f
Tin, nioli this cut tan a pefenni.il stieaiti
hich walerol it pruvinco nameil the
I
":ij iHitit , ciiduwino ii with ferliiity and
uppurtiiiL.' a lai-oe pupul.ttimi In tin
time nt thciiunut! H ind a 01,-11 part ot
the canal was under water, and then the
rivers ciirient would 111-I1 to a 111,1
direct cnuise into the pass, earrviiiu' with
the rich silt which takes the place ul
manure and keeps the soil in a constant
iteof productiveness.. All ibis, will:
the exception of the tradition that Jose 1
uill it. can he verified today, and it i:
,t mere suppnsiii 11 or minor.
I mil eieht years aju il was linnlv b,
lieved that the (lesion has always b,
iiiitedloan inioatioii scheiiie, lao,.
ii'Utit, than that now in operation
hnwn by the traces ufabiiu, loned caliaU
ml by the slow iieoreoatinn of wasic
ater, whicti had accuinul it, d in tl
hirket el I l lerillll, hilt still es-oili.i!lv th,
line in character. Ma:iy aecuiiuts I
been wiiili u by lire, k and IS, ,10:111 hi-i
nans, such as llerndotus, Sir.ibo, Mini
anil- ami I on .', an I repeat, 1 to in mki-u
ml-, or p unravel in the maps ul 1 1,,
Idle ao -. which a.-rced with tlir
ure ul the ,ii-irn'. I ln-e 1,1
lined that tin- canal c 1 n by ll
ancient l-r.ie.n,s ,-,rv,d t, enrv the
iii plus waters of the Nile iiil, 1 an exl ii
ite lake Kii, r sollth nl' lb., V. ,.,, I
0 lar.'.' that it not only modified lb,
climate, teiupcriiiL' the arid winds ol'ilu
desert and eoiiveitinu lb, in into
balmy airs which rmuiishcd the vines and
olives lulu a fulness an, laoraiicc
known in any part of the country, but
al-o added to the food supply ,1' the land
s l li iiii'ien-.' iptaliililes ,, li-h that tin
).n 'er..'a:ive I ihe nlil '.I pi-e.HA
tlie or,..,! weir wa- va. iiel at .;J. ill. 111111
Illll'laOV. I his 1, ie was s n l to be I. ill
r. .Ulid an t to be l:a, i j.a!, , bv
tl'
I 1, ss,.s. ail I tlie Whole clreull
l.'li II ', W ,s the .scene of indu-M v
plu-pellli. 1 1' I Kill I'.ll.l, 1 illl
t r i'i
( kati:.
miss your duct, r.
Why ilid ),,it (ii
Miss Spriohlly?"
Iliad live preset iptions from him in d
there was not a bicycle in one ,,l them."
They thai know
UOlle.
JokitiL' ufieii lost
; tins an eiicinv.
liiclld.
id HeV, r
l.li i li ie Hitters.
I'.lt . trie Hiiieis i- a medieine suited
for any s. s,n. but p-'vli.ii in ire e;,,i),.i-rijv
lilt, led when the hiliullhl, (xhall-tid
liieino pi, taii-, when the Imr i- torpid
ami sltuosh and the pee, lot a 1, nic and
a'tetaiive I- I, h A pmnipl 11-e ,,f thi
hi, 'die tie has , lien aveihd luii am)
perhaps l.uai hi i ,,i-fev, r- No medicine
will act inofe sui. U 1 11 i' ni ti I el act in o and
fr.vtili 4 the st, tu 1 1 "111 ihe lli.il.inal put
'tl. Ilea, I, I, he. 1 l.'li ." -I i II. C,,n 1 j , ,n
Pi.:m s. yi.1,1 in Iv.-, nic lim.rs ."nic
and t!l no pel hoiti,. at W. , Cuhcii's
P,o Mote.
Van P..b:,:, I ,,,-
I sold ii ye-t t I ty."
You are a u, nius!"
Is ii, ,al
l.-llot -
-t picture.
-' lm ice, i?
'There's pn ii-e 1:1 ta'kln.." s,is V.
11. ltruadwcll, di ii.'oist, l.i C)oiic, Kas ,
'Chanih, rlani's t'ulie. Cliul, ra and Piat
rhuea Heniely does ihe woik. Al'tir
talkint: Ineditiins nf ti,y own prepatalioli
ami those uf oitiers' I look a dose ul
Chainbet Iain's and il helped tin : a second
dues cured tne Candiiv and cniisci
etiliui.sy 1 em n cnii, in, ml it us lie In -t
thine on Ihe m iikot " I'l,,. !UlJ ,u
c, nt si.es
l'ur sale by W. M. Chen. Weldon.
J. N P.rnwn,' Halifax, Pr A. S. Ham
son, Kutield.
"lias tl,,. imp irdoiiable s
discoveii'd?" "Yo-; ii is
sprinklii o tacks on it bicycl.
in ev
th"
e path
r been
net of
CABTOniA.
Til f- ?
tntffta.
TRUE CHARITY.
Ili,i! Uhith I- KMnnfli.j jiiJ I'tiKtisd ty
li In lr,Ji,i Jiij -hif.in
India, which has no p,, r law sy-tein.
i- the heme nf lite ideal rcluiotis,
metaphysical and doincstit tu an ex
lent which makes those ridiculous who
speak nl lu r creed,, a- ijimrant, or her
inhabitants a- "heathen." You nev, r
sec any but the nm-t wrelelud Woin, 11
beojin I.. I' aim- Ih. re. Why'.' The
explanation prove.- bow t h-vated. even il
llli-takell. the aV, l.l', ' llio 1 11 s, l,-e is of
Ihe I pie. Kvciy w, ,1111111 not d. f. ru:,, I
or an outea-i, ,,1 in-auie al leii-linth,
Itijher cn-les .. In- 1 11 heiruih, d at au
.ii ly j;,' t,, a boy, wl household
lllelieefol U li d a,"J 's . r , Utility. If
the Intle hii-liaiid dies In fore ,,r diiiino
marriaee the ,li-a-l r i-, r'aid, ,1 univel
sally as the penally fur -ins cuinniitied by
the female in a pu t 1,11-life. The widow
11111-1 sutiuiii, and will stil.mit. tint marry
ilo ao;illl, but hopilio, by palieuce, lo
rejoin her lord alter death, and his family
will 11 11 1 i i her demise lo)ally support lu r
for his sake. Practically lb, si' view- oL
tain illl over the land, and as every female
child becomes betrothed all women are
ih finitely provided lor.
If the rash adorer of certain crude n
former- could have ils will and alt"r ibi
so as lo plumule tlie reman bo-' ,f Hindoo
widow- all ihn-ewhu l,ec;iin,' wives for a
second time would liml neither uf the twn
alii, d f.unili, s willing 1,1 sustain a wile
heloiioin in the next world or two husband.-,
or to none at all. Ile-idcs ibis,
the - ntiiiictit uf ihe bhau bund, or blood
relatioti-hip, is all powt 1 ful in ihe land,
and n, v, r repu, li lted. As also in Japan,
wh.-re there arc no p,,r laws and nn
paupeis, the lies ,,f kin-hip are every where
acknowledged, diseharoed and repaid, and
the hou-ehuld cakes w ill be distributed In
all whn put forth the claim uf poverty
hiiiio, r and relationship. Add tn all this
that chanty is nut much a virtue in
I lid i 1 as a habit , a reiicinus licce-sily, an
imli-pen-alile pa-spurt tu further tiros
perous existences, and it will be seen why
India in a most tender and cfl. ctivc man
iter fulfills the law which Christians only,
or piincipa'ily, talk about. Sir Kdwaid
Arm .Id-in North Ann li, -an Hevi, w.
i iiii m rit 1 11 1 y 1: lit
Mr- Win-luw's Sooihino Syrup has been
u-. d lor over titty years by niilliuiis ul
tllntlliTS l,.r cliildi. 11. while tcellliliu, will,
perfect success. ll soul lies lite child.
snfteiis 1I11' e;inis, allay- all pain, cures
wind culie and i-lb,- 1,,-t remedy lur
Piaiiluca. It uill relieve the pour little
-nil, rer 1111111, dialely. S td by drutiitists
in e ry p nt ,,l the w,,rld. 'J.'i cents a
I le. " He sure and a-k for "Mis. Wins-
low'- Sooihino Suup." and lake no oth
.rkii.il Ktli, 1 --" Po y.11 I,,-, i. vc iu p tlinistr) .'"
Ma'.el "Oh. it's al! riL'ht for a starter,
if the fellow's -by."
A 1Y KIS'ITSKM KNTS.
Absolutely Pure
Celt hi lled lor ils cl eat le.lVi liilie strep.
and It, .1 1 1 hi II I in A lllesllie I I.ioilllsl
alum and all Int ins nf adulteration rum
Itinn tn the cheap brands.
liny l. IllKIMi I'OWhKli i ll,, NKW VOKK
The Weldon
ii
WELDON. N. C.
Stay-1 ii is ii mi:ts, s.i's(ii:,-'j
ariCE!
Full lint- FANCY i i l!U'FKI KS, KKl 1 1
aiiil t iinlrrt i.nuTit'.s.
Nucliiii'urCilirinni.i Piii-tl FrniN, Pnnie
1't .t. In-, rlc , cle. r nil 1 1 nt nl
-French Canflies.
t'ry-t.ilic I'nnts. Cicain Aluinmls nm
Maishiiiiillnus.
Aeelits tnr l'leis
M. L.
hnian's cunipiesscil yea:
MAURY, Manatrer,
net 1. 1 II.
Monuments and Tombstones.
HKSItiNSSKXT FliKK.
Ill niitilli; tiive snnie limit as
price ami state hoc nf ileceaseil.
1. lit. l-'.siT S'I'liCK In the .l I,
tn select I'riiin.
COUPER MARBLE WORKS.
I Kslablis'.eJ 1SIM.)
lf.H to Iti:! Hank sl., Norfolk, Va.
uov a ly.
taw
POWDER
Market S; Ice Co
NKW ADVKItTISKMKNT:
KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN!
Surely if the word RllttULAl OR is not on a package
it is not
Simmons Liver Regulator.
frothing else is the same, ll cannot be and never has
been put up by any one except
J. H. ZEILIN & CO.
And it can he easily told by their Tradk Mark -
the: red z.
LOOK
IffilE
?
nt nm
u
Y'irir
For Lean Men!
Fat men !
Tall men !
Low men!
Come and exam
ine my stock be
fore buying elsewhere.
A Down Fall in prices of Clothing,
Shoes, and Dry Goods for the next
10 days.
DRESS
Gents' Furnishings, Shoes. Hats,
Caps, Trunks, Valises, Etc.
Call and give me a trial. Satis
faction guaranteed.
I'Uiih'KSSKiSM. CI .'i.v.
k M Ml I.l.KS,
I' L 1. K N Ai
WU.TRK K. IUNIIL
I) A N 1 K L.
M
,1 TTohWKYS AT LAW,
Wki.ixin, . ('.
l-i'ftflii'0 in llwcoiirtftif MMlifMi hii.I Norttiamp
, i unit in Uii' SiiiirfnicHii.i Ki-'Iith! t tmrtK.
i inn. niHilc in ullptirlnnf Nmlli ('nml inn.
Branch uttic
Ht HalifHS, N.
nncn t'Vi'ry Mon
jhii 7 ly
1v
DU. T.
T. KOSS,
0;
DENTIST
Wchl.in, X. C.
Ctaynnice mer r.niiy tSi I'ierce'sstnre.
lo-lu-lv.
J)R W. J WRDV.
Snrpon Dentist,-
KNFllXI, N. C.
Wanted-An Idea S
'rt.tPi't vtmr l.)i'a' llic in:ir lirliij; yt.u Wfnltli.
Wrlti- JCHIN " I llr. 1. 1 i," ItS m. I'fit. nl Altnr
i.t-VB. Wtii'iui- 11. li 1 ., f'-r thi ir l,i iirijo t,ft
ami HhI f lu tiumirt' l l.t wtnioni wautt'il.
1 II 11 M HII II It l( llllll IOiHMIIH II II HUH ll M ll It II MM Vl l II ll ) l It li HUH ()
W.T.PtfiKEIi,
drWKIilHlN, N.
IT..I l.l' It I .
Gom.HaySsOats
ffOO f)'Kr0)(MH(i--MtiVi)HK)tKKU(tO'H'HHKHkHKiWOO
iiin
StEgRltti at
s
u
GOODS!
FREDLANDER'S.
: : GRANT
: : special
(INI V &
VUUi ,-
lluilt just ihe way you want it. Cp
tu dale, cjiarunlccd iiiuh (jrade wheel.
LICHTRUNNINCAND
A THINC OF BEAUTY.
All I'olnrs ami all styles for tnen,
ladies and ebildten. jpf
Just 11s trnnd as a bicycle you would
pay 81IHI fr elsewhere. Sainnla I- i
wheel on cxliihitiun at ,1. L Jud- H
kins' (ir
o- H. L. GRANT.
Agent.
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a.a a,-.
ILime forks
llaiiulaelureniof BLUE ItlDUE
HYDRAULIC ROSENDALE CEMENT.
(jiuranltMMl fttmohitc-Jj: hydraulic. We quote
IirUHdi'llvcri'd m any iwtlnt In the Houth. AU
Cenn'nt U'sU'il. nd utrennlh. nnlftirmJirin coliif.
burning mid grinding K'f"ti. Write for
CncM r. i, n.irew ni.i.K nlLHiK HPRINUtf .
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