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IP EI E3-! ana JOEC1T W. SL"EIDa-B, l'lioi-itlKTmt. VOL. XXXII. A. 1ST E "W S P A P E B IF O IR, THE PEOPLE WKLDON, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25. 1897. TEZR,IM:S:-Sl 'r( ANN I'M in advance NO. 31. lir23! ISP 1 l .'fty Vc?rs Ao. T'li-- i . I.ie Mam? tlTat l'.:c Ict'cr tiore Y,..!i cr. t.-.t.-:.ry far n-id wide, ( : i . i t.. 1 n i uii' i r t':v k'.ithomt' t re .:-t 1 : ! i f .mi. th? taictcl li.le -: . I m O' ii! I-? ! i 'a , f.y I'twa.t yvr'iiu.itiie A:;,; hi sr. - .r i: 't'la. that 'A nv.v, kito;?, 1'i. t wa jv-.; b-: imjiufj it, fit m 0i (.,.., e ith its tuiti ut 50 jeers a;o. Aycr's 5nrsaparilla i:3 Ve oripinftl earsaparilln. It ) -us behind it a rooonl fur euros uncqualleil by nny blood puri 1 i'' ; compound. It is the only 1. .r..ii par ilia honored by a ' ' -1 at the World's Fair of 1 .-a). Oliitra imitate the 1 'Ui-.ly; thuy can't imitate the rooord : 50 Years of C u res. ( V:lil ord -iH fi'lfl proiTitty.) W will until nnom ln( of all ph uvi's our iu" 11,'piiiit' Hpfi-iHU Bia I'ii". uotitium.iK l'u nut urc. Itnit t't utl, 1 i i.H, St .vi' , CiiH-kiTV. Mirnin, I'.ft Jl'-f. Hi-MiMfT, Ki-frliTiMiitnr', H.itiy anlittr . "H'. T tt tin itn f o iu-I'lrri-lxik 'V'i' iuili-liiil, and wt -ay till MMfU't'. Our liilit'rfi'!iil 'aritt i it uii'Kijf rh -wi itf iMi'i'i'l. in ciilui, ( utiiH f.r t hi' a-ki"if. If oiriH't Mai:ip'r4 if wniitit. mail us 10. In siauipi. Tlinr" I itu riiv-ftn why ynu rVuiiM mv jiiur (Jtal'T tW pi-r Cfiu. prutit win j can buy frntn tn" mnl. Irp u liao uuw tu the nioDf-9avo.8. JULIUS HINES & SON, Saltimcre, Md. 1 iviassturxsracnssiExasHRaBj iSri:CIAI.IST ami AUTIIOIilTY mi ul! C! All wlm are HiilViTtii with n iy HLOOI) TliOUMI.K, would w wh t rill on or .nMresM hy mill Cttinutt ttinn tVe- ait l nhslii'iiu'i ro'tipmintlt-1 to suit ;n'h p u tic ular caw. When writing tu inn pU'.iif fii .tlini HUtup for r.ply. 1'liOF JAS HAIiVKY. 4 5 Cliurih St (New No.) je 17 1y. Norl'olk, Yu W. T. PARKER -DEALER IN- i: Groceries Farm Implements. 2-4 POUND SACKS OF SALT Foil $1 10 PKUSACK. BfflL-Correct nrieea and wilite attention to all. HUM I l.v. W. M. HAHLISTON .V CO., Wholesale and Kelail Dealers in CARPETS, STOVES, ud Mattresses, etc. IMMENSE STOCK AND LOW PRICES. W. M, HABLISTON A CO., No. 50 N Kycamore St., Peterahurn Vi in w 1. PR0FE881OSAL VAKJM. UM . HCLLIS. WltTII I. HKIl ATTORSEVS AT LAW, Wildok, N. C. rnutleeln theoonrtaor Hullfai andNorlhftmp o 1 .art to the Supreme and Mm) court. I!.U 4 -tiim. tn,tA In lliu.rla..f North (!Ari)llnt. nniuch office at Hallfsx, N. C.,open everr Mod n7. Jill 1 IV Jju. t. r. .cos, 'tvy nn.ooar- B r r-ijZ3 tcrwiw.d Zr-v - ""k wri'mir I 'J7le-"'i.ffl is'hcd hk'e'a fl v ' a( tMuch I vl?" "ma In top and a B ifrti: tsars l 1 '.-J' ' 7 tr-tIC A ,' I-1 Kri-m h loi 1 lij I Mi') Bl"ttt,lsl'i ,. - ---- J.V.S3.95 . ImI .ii.'- t..r tlii!.tn'd'sli. u ot lot DENTIST' Weldon, N. C. MTOIBo tn Emij A Biwot'iiton. 10-lMy. HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD ltnt. BurJcltc Tells Why IVoflc Ml Church. in t liiirlititto hitH iii;uiy a nnil on I lie lira J How liko buiimi) oseusus aro thu folluw in;;: "Su J'ou uro mil guinn Id eliuruh tlii morniiiK, my son?" "An, yui! 1 hto. "I hi; iniiii! h not li'i'i'l; that a 11 pity. 1 hut 4 what you so to olmroli for, In hoar tlio inu-io. Ami i" wo (my tins bottor niuic w Je- in mil " 'Ami tho pews nti! n it miuI'oHhIiIo.' i.il's ton li.ul tli ! fvibliath i 11 1 y ol' rout, ami we yo to I'huroli lur ii'fuM1, Thu Ios.1 wu do llimimh lliu Ki'i-k the m iru rost wo el'imor lor on the Hahhath." I'lii! church is so far away; it is ton ir to Klk, ami you ilutiMt riding in u trci't car, mnl they re ulways crutt'ilrd on the Saliluth.' This is, indeed, distre.-Mi " inetiines think liow much farther away heaven is than the church, and that there are no conveyances 011 the road of any description, t wonder lnw some of us are ""iiii' to "et there." "And the seriiiwii is m Ioii, always ' All these thinj's are, indeed, to he rejjrct- I would relict theiu more sincerely my boy, did I not know that you will often Mi)ei'i into a stiilT:d street car. with a hundred other men, breathing an incense of whiskey, beer and tobacco, aiijion a strap by your eyelids fur two miles, and then iay Bl'ty cents f 1 r the privilcjjo l fitting ou a rouh plank in le broiliuii sun for two hours longer, bile in the intcrvaN of the game a scratch baud will blow discordant tbuudci out of a di zeu uii-lit horns riht into your ears, and cmuc home to talk the -t o( the family into a state of aural iralysis about the 'dandiest (lame, you ever saw played 00 that ground " "Ah, my boy! You see what stayinc. iwav Irmi church iloes. It ilevelops 11 habit ol lyin There isn't oue man iu a hundred who could 'o nil the witness si and Hid give, under oath, the same reasons ir in t (."ini: to chinch that he gives to his family every Sabbath morning .My sun. if ymi didn't think you ought to g" u K'"U. 'In t make any excuse lor not ioietr. .No man np'iegiz-s lor uoitig tiht." Yes. Inn hot to go to church,' wa be decided i xclamaii n of Mrs. Imi inle, the other S.ibbath. Oh, but she went up town ou Monday to attend a tire iale ol goods and, Indeed, the crowd wa so great and the weather so hot that ever.1l ladies well-nlh died betore Ibej uld i.-t relief but Mrs. Iholittle crow- led in and .slum fur two hours, w.iltmi: 0 net a chanc" to buv two suindcd up ed haiiilkerebiefs at live cents a piece which I'm in. riy were sold for fifteen cents ind, iiide. d, she came home and niauV three calis aiinmL' her neighbors to tell them how cheap things Bre selling up ai the lire sile Christian World. "WHO CUl'LDMUYK IT'." The good people of the town of K. were talking ot uioung their meeting house to a more agreeable locality. Among the advocates lor the movement uoue re more earnest than old l'eaeon A , wh'i, by the way, had an uncontrollable habit of sleeping in church. No mattir how interesting the discourse, the old neou was sure tu drp oil ab ut such a nine tin the fwuballi pieceamj Hie Uay (.pointed for movini; the house, the paMor pnaelnU an lnieresinii; sennua on I tie Kock ol Aues lirowin.' eloipiont II bis remarks, the minister finally added, with great eniph.i.-is, -Abu can move it?" 'he deacon, havini; been ash op as u-ual, woke up just in lime lo eaih ihe piery, and tbinkin the pi-tor r. I. rrcd tithe Uieetini;-lii.usc, ruse up in l.l- sea ind exclaimed. 'Til tnins! ier my yok. I' steels, and llloi'i! j rk it al .in; tin hole distance, il y II ll keep pinny ol ard wood role r- under it ' l i e dcacnn never slept in 'uu a'tor inai. A Desperate Woman. Experts in insanity trll n that when anvime Roes insane, freouenlly then whole nature it re. versed. Tlit'V i.u and iiav exarllv the on nosite tuinas to what tlit-v would ilo in their sane minds A mother whose mind hreka down under exlieme nerviim ten sion mav turn upon the one object in nil the world most lireclous to her- her bahv The terrilile nervous tension under which inir.v I've ana aunr lieciiuse Ol onie weakness or disease of their sei, keeps them on the very vrrife of insanity Tk. e..nstjnl drat and dt.iin noon Ihe com plicstrd and delicate oiiranisin all. els tli whole nervous svslem and works upon the K.n.n ..-oh an alninl iiresistihle madness. Tu,.....n.U of tilletttia wotlii 11 have ht en literallT saved ftom the insane avlum hy ihe limclv influence of I)r I'lt tce's l'avnrite Ptescriptton. It i' the one pet feet and pos l,iu oerifir for everv deratttf' nient of wo. man's special organi-m ll is a scientific nd permanent cure for those severe, chronic, complicated cases which doctors ii MAn..o..r honeless ll is the nlllV medicine of ils kind devised hy an educated , and skilled physician Mrs Sarah K Kama of Dayton. Ca Co Mo. la s Liter to Ilr 1'lrrce wnlea " II waa 111 the winter of iBgolhat ntv sntT. tiiirs commenced It waa cI.mw lo m lime ol contiiietnent I tank the rip and thai with Ihe Int.ir pailis all went to flhead. I auffere.! .Ue.dlully and w hen I gave Mrth to m. little boy I kept tMIUH "",".' d.ctored but nolhin, did me any B'ksI I had D,r.o. .pa.ms and a. dehrtoa. -Oh no totiio.e can e.presa mv tutreruna. I wu; sdviae.1 by a lady lo try yor medicine and I did I nt one bollle of the ' Favorite ITe tiplion and one of ,hi r.o den Med,l Iliscoverv I had taken two-third, of the medicine when It cnmnienced III work I bermo to leel beller. and still roll. i"d Jeltlnr beTter In a .hort lime I Ml like irVother woman. 1 trained .trciuith and lie.h I IS i" fori, one year, of a.e Thi, is true, and H waa your medicine that Mved my life n. pjerce's imn-paire illustrated honk, "The People's Medical Adviser" sent, psper bound, free for the cot of mailinir okIv. n erne cent stamps; or, cloth bound ji stamps. AoMreM Htv Pierce. Buffalo. N. V. DIFFICULTIES. 11 Men Were trcatd I'ur A liranJ AnJ Nutle I'urrusc. The man who has no difficulties to encounter in lite never has miicji ol a hand in the battles of life. The greatest trouble about difficulties is nut the dif ficulties themselves but the proper way lo ovcre an ihem No life is smooth all the way through. F.vcu the little tot at Is mother's knee ofien has difficulties to iieoiinter. The young man wilh cncriiy ami perseverance ollen has severe strui:- before he aci'oinpli-lii's aiiylhing lliiney is swil, and, to many, very pal.e ble, but olien the painful sting ol t In insy bee is felt belore it cm be obtained is very difficult to a-eend a liie.li mountain, but when you have reaehtd the sumiiiit nature places before your vi-ion the m ionitiide of God's handiwork and you behold with awe and admiration Ymi have a great work before you and in lor to itecntnpli-h that work properly u have in my difli'iiliies to encounter; and it in. iv require years of bard labor in 1 study to surmount them, but you must mike an honest ill ut loget up the hill. All men were created for a grand purpose, but that purpo-e is ulieii foiled by the alluring devices of the devil. Il seem.-' strange ibat men .should light him all '.'.ed natural impulses and choose lo do the very things that are hiiriful to them lor time, and eicrnily, ind yl this is the case. Men wi I go to liiicul speakings and stand on or sil ip-.ii the ground for hours and listen to I'i'ieil aluise and vular slang, but when n church, if the pre icher speaks more an a h a'f or three-fourths of an hour, they are much fatigued mid promise themselves not to sit so long again. fhiTo is but one reason that eau be given ir ibis and that is (bat lin y do not like i-d. substantial truths. Ivery preach has difficulties of ibis nature to eon ml with, but tin- is not all. His flock - i t in d ling ill -.' thin js which the iseipliue of ibechurch po-iiively I'oibids t (hey solemnly vowed wheu the) lined die chnr :h to keep, inviolate, all r rules Oiieofihe great difficulties i .ut eloir. h ineiober-bip is ihe pro-s-lon without the p. is--ioli of religion it at II..1 b ' a veiy ddlieuil lll lttar lo pri sent a goo'l l tee lo your leuows. out day s coining when you shall lie d a-wheat, and tin u your days ol ptiotl Will Ci'ilM! CAS 'oniA. Tbe fie- A Ii n very Tr.ppet. IT IS A 'WISi: I'ATIICU, ETC. A eirtain leiirned professor iu New York has a wife and family, but, pro fessor-like, his thoughts are always wit Ii his books. One evening bis wi'c, who had bet D out f.r some hours, relumed to find the house remarkably i licl. She had h it the children playing about, but no liny were n.iwlnre tube seen. She demanded to humid whit had bi- cjme ot 111 , ami I lie pr.ti-s ir expiain- ih it, as they h id m id t a g -i.nl deal nni-c, he had put theiu to be I without wailing lor or calling a in aid. 'I hope they gave you no trouble," alio said. "No," replied ihe professor, ''with the exception t.f the one in the cot here, lie objected a good deal to my undressing hi n and pining him to bed." 1 he wile went lo inspect the cot. "Vhv."sh i xel li'iiod, "that's little Johnny (irecii, Irmn next door." Pitts burg lh-paieh EYEKV HOY IS A IMCINCE. It is our firm e nivieiion that if we properly implant in the mind of every b"Vibe tact tint be is born a prince vc will in ike him p os-e.-sor of a truth, th it will be a mighty I n.'" iu helping him to build, adoiu and defend a noble charac ter. This ttitib Opel the way fol higl ideals and ih.Ii-c a- ir.ii- rv The I. . may not r.as-.n I 'll h will dr.. en Aim what I.- iu i ul ' li o.s i In- t rut Ii will hold before I. mi Ad b" n- ..I- and h. ars priiif. lv ch.ira. 1. 1- wt i I..W if ' p I Upon biui il'id Itoui e 1 1 1 i i die. .In awakill lllg be will s t l.l- I. ion rl-e in -pin. our and Ic.'i tne. on hi j .In i.i . i. i, ,i.' ; History reveals ti e fa.-t tint b-jhind dreatns are oflen titled In III .Illinois realities and th'' g "''' drea t.s have ul ten become noble rulers. This truth will also awaken in the b e yearings for a prineily character Th history of all great men is the history of their youthful yearings. The twelve year uld John Milton longed to write poem that the world would not let die He knew lb.it he who wrolesueha prboc ly poem must himself live a princely life From I h it day ihe boy f I I iwd the yearn ing of his soul; he s mght knowledge un ceasingly for seven years, nevet closing bis bonks befuro midnight. He left col lege without a slain on his character Growing old and h.ind he out nf his he roic lilc, wrote the im nortal poem The y. aring of his princely boyhood has given the world realitiea of his imperial manhood. THE SACRIFICE. It MdJc .Mamma Sal. Bat The Baby (ikiid Anj Wasl'iLil. She was a sweet little woman, with big .wu eyes and a pretty air of determina tion and hardly summoned fortitude, as she I a 1-year-old boy into an up town rln rshop. She look of his hat ami lal ied lovingly for a moment wilh his ug yi How curU. Then she spoke lo the man iu the first chair, but her voiic '.tit i,r. d and fell, mid no one else could Ir.ir what be said. to n iniuiiie ihe little cb tp was perched op .1' a h im ck pi d iu the chair, a ig apron was ar .uud his neck, and the uber wi.h comb and shears in baud was preparing lo begin his w -rk. The linie woman seated herself reso- utoiy with her lace to the street ami 'i 'd straight out at the stream of teams and bieyel.'S that fills Wood yard avenue ist before noon, but she didn't seem to le anything of ill.! long procession. "Snip, snip, snip," w. ut the shears, ai d siill .-he looked straight ahead before her. Tin n lur head began to turn slowly, bill tiore Ihe fatal chair came in view she had reeoverel lu r nerve and straightened elf wilh a little shiver, fixing her g 7.3 ouee more on theopp isite side ol the si reel. lint thai couldn't last long. II. r in Is were healing nervously oil the anus of the chair, and the toe of a daiuty b iot made a rat-a-!at-tat on the tiling. She shifted uneasily in her seat, and pieily so.. u Iu r head turned again, very owly this lime, until she could sec ic ileva-la'ion the shears had wrought. One side of the little chap's bead was already shorn id' il.s long locks, and the u .!'. li'ig tonsonal artist held auolher cur. ai liiil length, "amp went the us. The little woman gasped, and a tear to. led down her check. She lin ked it olT, but auother followed it. She didn't lo .k away agiin, but the har- i. r's t.is'i was nearly liuidied befora she I ru-ti .1 hersell lo speak. Then she swilloy. d bard, tried to sini.c and said ,n a stratu.-d, wabbly .ice: " i'h. y'ie al.n.ot gone now, b iby " "Yes." re-p .ii ied Ihe youngster, with i ..jro.'iog ilair.:e at bis r. llvli.n in the-minor. "I guess Dick wont call a little girl any more." Detroit News. THE I.OYK LETT EK. The other i veiiiiig, a Detroit joker s'.ipp '.I a mile pitm love letter Into the pocket of a siaid old cilig'ii, as ihcy were riding along in ihe slreel cir. Ol course, Ihe eiliz-n s wile mail,' a .live I.. I his nvirco.il pocket as she pas-ed through the hall, a. id when she had digested the love letter she d'teriiiin 'd to commit suicide. When going up stairs uliei her bonnet she got mad ami changed b.r mind Walking into where he sat bef ie heeil'ul fire she exclaimed: "Loves you belter than her own self eh?" i'A'Iio wbai?' he iiniuir. il 'And wants to know how that b.ild- h'aded wife ol yours g Is along, cb?' "And wants SIM) to buy her a set il (ur, does sin ?" Why, Mary what are you talking about?" "Ob! It'st'o'tie out I've got the proofs be shouted, making a dash f.r his hair. l'he w .rib'y old man has sworn the must solemn oaths id his innocence; offered to employ a detective to shadow him; ace nulled for every hour of hi- i nee list year, and furnished fifty theories in regard to Ihe letter, and yet he wife coldly remarks that she is stay ing i here solely ou the children's ac Doing two things at a tune is not so difficult a feat as is sometimes supposed When peop'e slip up, don't I hey go down? Hurklell'a Arnica naive. The lle-i Salve in ihe World for Cuts llruise-, Sores. I'leers, Salt Kbcuui. Fever Sor-. s, Teller, Cbapp, il llainh Chilblain-. Corn-, and allfkiu Kruplioiis and po-r iv. l curi s Piles, ur im pay ipiiied ' is gu iranii d to give perfect st.i-l'a.oi.ui or m .icy rot'indid. I riei J.") cents ii t box F.r silo al V. M i-:..i.', !:',g S o licit Al ANTAOK. Your d mgler has au tion " angelic di-posi- Yes; we always let her have her own w ty about everything." .'(IH OVI'.H I'iKI'V Mrs in-low s Southing Syrup has l.eco used for over fill) years by millions nf liters for children, while teething, with tiert'eel success. It sonifies the child sntiens tlic gums, al ays all pain, curt wind enlie, and is the best remedy ft.r Diarrhoea D will relieve the poor I sufferer immediately. S .Id by druggists in everv Part ol the world 2.) conls bottle. He Mire and a-k for "Mrs. Wins low's Soothing Syrup," and take do oth er kind OA8TOHIA. HER MODEL HUSBAND. Levity I'roviikd By Her liVfly tu The lion nf a Spinster. Hues- It was ut a woman's luncheon, and they had been exchanging opinions in rc- trd to the hu-baud tpiestion, both as a whole and wilh particular. By the time ice cream was served the discussion id grown 1 1 iit o heated, and the ho-tess was beginning to look anxious. At the top of the table the woman in the liill'ui vest and her companion iu the trimmed gown were at daggers drawn. "Well, I don't cate what any one says. my husband is as good as they make llicni," said the woman in the chill' ,n vest xeit.dly. "lie always rocks me to sleep when I have a sick headache, and be gets breakfast when the cook is away, and he always gets up in the night if the baby erics." She glared at the womau iu (be trimmed gown triumphantly, and he in (urn glared back and took up the rable of speech. "Well, my husband," she remarked, Willi a strong accent upon the possessive ease, "never does any ot those (lungs. X lid be sorry (o see him do any of them. I detest a man who steps over into his wife's proviue.!. But he always ks after the luinace, aud I never hve to worry about the coal bill." The woman in the chilfon vest smiled agreeably, and the hostess was about to interpose when the pretty woman at the foot of the table spoke up. "My husband does all tbo things you h ive mentioned," she said sweetly, "and a it inure. When we have no girl, he washes the dishes and sweeps, aud I've never ha l to get dinner once since we ve en married. I ulways knew he was going to he lovely that way because- be said so little about it. I never had much faith iu the men who talk so much. When we were first married, we lalkcd i mt it, and he spoke beautifully. 'I in'l say I II always do it, Jennie,' he sii l the fir.-t lime I was without a girl. oul 1 11 always help' And he's been Iter than his word light along. Last night ho even made the p "nidge, so il Would be ready for lire akl'a-l this morning 1 1 every morning tie brings uie a cup ' e. Ifee before I gi I up." Willi ihe siniie of a eoi,s?i..us cnti leror, she nyed wilh her iii 'tm card il suiiled swie'ly at the angry women ihe oiler cud nf the table. They were speechless, out Ihe woman in tnc gol I riiiiuieil gla-ses who sat iu tne mid dle gave her a keen look and smiled too. "Something has g it tu be done for the protection of us poor spin-ters,' she -aid iu.-rrily, "and if any one else tells a hu-hand story I shall retaliate with a ale regarding a wonderful cat which 1 ii-se-s, lint, first, before wo tpiit the ulij cl, let me ask a ipic.-tion. How uiig," turning lo the pretty woman, 'have you been married?'' The pretty woman blushed .vividly. "Nearly two weeks," she stammered out iimidly And the nlher women iaughed in the unfeeling manner they so lien affect Chicago Tribune. Iv E El' A CLEAN MOL'TII. A distinguished autlmr says: "I rc- so ved, when 1 was a child, never lo u.-c a wur 1 w'ddi I could not prou uiuce be fore my uioiher." lie kept his resolu- ti ai an I hoe line a pure minded, noliic. honored geiith man. His rule and ix- atu"leare worthy ol imitation. Boys readily learn a class of low, vul- gir words and expressions, which are never heaid. in respectable circles. Ol O'Cirsc, we cannot think ol girls as ucing n. neb exp wed to this peril. We can- n it Imagine a decent girl u-uig Worii.- s'n- w .uld not inter before her father or itb.T. S idi vu'g irity is thought by some boy-to be "sui art," the "next thing t-. swearing," aud yet "not wicked;" but it is a habit which leads to profanity, aud fids the mind with evil thoughts. It vulgarize- and degraths the soul, and p-.-p ires i he way for many of the gross 1 fearful sins whidi now curupt cicty. Young readers keep your inouiha fr e I'roui all iuipuriiy, and your "loiigne fr 111 evil;" bill iu ord 'r to do this, n-k Je-us to cVaii-i! y.,iir heart and keep it clean, f 't "out nl the abundance uf the heart the iiiouih sp. aketh " tmuctiiliia Iu knun. It may lie worih someihiiig to know that the v. ry be-l medicine for restoring the tired nut nervous system to a healthy vigor is Kieetrie Bitters. This medicine is purely vegetable, acis by giving tone 1 1 the nerve centres iu the stomach, gen tly stimulate-the Liver and Kidneys, and aids these organs iu throwing off impur ities iu the blood. Kieetrie Bitters im proves tbo appetite aids digestion, and is pronounced hy thus.! who have tried it as the very bet blood purifier and nerve lonio Try it. Sold f..r alio or 81.1111 per b.uilo at W. M Cohen 'a Drug Siore Old Inly this musi he a very healthy place. Now, what may tho death rate be? Gravcdigger Wonderlul steady, mum wonderful steady. Just one doath to each person right alona;. OAHTOIIIA fk.faa Umlla alpuan ll PREPARED FOR WORST. The Hotel DiinT Burn, tut If It llai He Would Have Been I ixeJ. "Do you believe that we are some times forewarned of great dangers?" asked the commercial traveller. "Did you ever have what you call it? premoni tions? Well, 1 was premonished the other night, I bad to put up at a junc tion hotel, and they sent me clear up to the top of the building into oue of those rooms wilh a slanled ceiling. Y'ou know the kind You pay for the room and the roof occupies il. "There was one window. I looked out nf the window, and it seemed to be al least (HI feet d own to thu ground. It was a wooden building, and an old one, understand? While I was loukitig out of the win low a freight train went by and the engine threw out a million sparks. " 'Well,' I says to myself, ' can see my finish light now. There'll bo 41) trains going by on these two roads to uigbl, and it's a four to one shot that this hotel is going to catch fire.' I looked nut again. There wasn't any fire escape, and they di.hijt have any rope in the room lou see, m a good many places like that lliey have a big coil of rope in one corner and a -ign that says, 'Incase of fire take hold ol the rope and jump.' A man reads that sign and then he can't deep all night. "Well, I looked out of the window igain, and a switch engine pulled past and -hot out a lot of live cinders as big as your list. That so lie 1 it. I Went r to the bed and found it had two sheets I took out my pencil and figured that I could tear each sheet into four snips, and, allowing for the kuols, each sheet would make about 21 feet of file escape, although, of course, there would be some waste where I Would have to tie it to the bed I figured t'oat I could push the bed over to the window, fasten one cud of my rope to the headboard and play out about 15 feet. I had it all fixed sonic water all ready in the bowl, so a- to dampen the kuols and pull them hard Ofcour.se I still hud some uistunce to fall alter I g it lo the cti'i of my rope, hut th it was all light. Y'uU know, sunn as I had my rope fixed I was going to drop the mattress, so as to have some thing to fall ou. "I to.k my cardcasi!, watch, money and keys aud ti 1 lliein in a handkerchief, which I very carefully placed on the window sill, so that it would not bo over looked in the hurry of getting uway. There didn't seem to be anything else that I could do until the alarm was given, -0 I turned in and fell asleep right away. I wasn't worrying, because I was ready, no matter what happened I had been asleep about three minutes, it seemed to me, when someb idy pounded at my door and told me to get up; that it was 7 o'clock. I got up and dressed, and you can im igine how bully I was disap pointed. Oh, I was sore! But, say, supp 'se Ihe hold had caught tiro Wouldn't thai have been a slar story? " Chicago Meenrd. Uoyal mukea the Imid pure, w holesome and delicious. POWDER Absolutely Pure nvL Mtn pr.!irR r" . kFw inn. Celebrated lor its great lea veiling st renirtli an.l heaillllilllless. Assures t lie looilagaiust ilium and all tonus nl adulteration com. ill in lo tile cheap brands. KOYAI. HAKIM I'llVVPKIt I'll.. KKW Vtllllt A ( K A N I M OT 1 1 E K 'S Kl EES Somebody's gr uidni .titer hai be- pieathed to her descend uits these ad muable lutes ol c ueluct: One is Alwiy-lo.k at Ihe person to whom you sp uk h oi y.ei are n. Ircs-ed, in i' sir tight at lb'! person wl speaks to you. Di nil forget this. Another: .".poik your woris piain'y do not mutter n ir mumble. If words are worth aiyin:, they are w irth ( nouncing distinet-y aul clearly A third: Di not say disagreeable tilings. Il you have nothing pleasant to siy, keep silent. A fourth: Think tbr 'e times before you speak ou.'e. Have you something to do that you fi id hard and would prefer not to d .? Then listen to wise old grandmother. D. the hard tilings nrst an I get them over with. If you have d ine wrong, uo and confess it. If your lesson is tough, mas ter it. If the garden is lo be weeded, weed it firl and play afterward. Do first ihe thing you don't like to do, and then, with a clear oouscienee, try the rent Bilk m KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN! Surely if the word REGULA TOR is not on a package it is not Snofis Liver Regulator. Nothing else is the same. It cannot be and never has been put up by any one except J. H. ZEILlil & CO. And it can be easily told by their Trade Mark THE RED Z. FURNITURE I URS'S! ilEun! We are located now at our new iiiarters, .No. 11 old Market Square, two doors from Main street We call vour attention to our 417 oil solid oak bedroom suits, .. 1....1, t. ii, u...,.,i..e ..I' ti. ,',. Are von in need of a woven wirecot? Only a few more left. We will close Iheui outat Wlc. ct .-. i,.- to vv. t..L-i. nl,.ii-nre Trouble to show goods. Mail orders promptly attended to. For bargains call at KEEN'S, WW fit in Did Market Siitaie : Doors from CHAS. M. WALSH, STEAM MAK1SLK antUiliAXlTE WOUKS Petersburg, Va -MONUMENTS,'- Headstones, Tombs, etc. JcJjuAlso Iron I'cncing, Vases etc, I'.r ccinett ry and oilier purposes ai lowest prie SATISFACTION (ICAliAN'Tl'.ED. Work Delivered out 11 ly. UL 11 Is Early In the Fie'd, lleadfjuartcrs aflSI Mm' Cotton is low but we have knocked tbo bottom out of trusts and combines and made prices to suit. Toys and Christmas Goods for all. Get right into tho procession with both feel or you will bo run over. SflU.XIl kinds of goods for all kinds of people. Everything goes i, re. S. MEYER, A'gt, SROCKY MOUNT, N. C.& Is Still In Tli IM toT We secure the HIGHEST PRICKS, for all grades otm TOBACCO. Every eu-totii"i's wants are met, if pos-iblc, and every needed attention and rourtesy rendered, (io 'd prices obtain 'd every day. Bring us your tobacco and we will send you home happy. si p :iu ii. WKLDON, N. C I fltill carry n hill line of fiuo Staple nm. Fancy Groceries, -FRUITS. CONFECTIONERIES' Crock ry, Ola Tin, anil wootlenware and most everything that is kept in a first cliiHSgrttcery store. I alt-n return thauks to my friends tor thir putrottne of the piist, ami milicU a continuance of the name. with Kim run tee to please. Ami iuhitig them a nappy and prosp roua new year, That they may Look to live " And well to do And at 'er death Be happy too. Rwipect fully, J.L. JUDKINS. dec IS ly. J. L. Judkins' Qrocery FURNITURE! each. Hummock chair now reduced to to hIiow von thronirli our stock ISO Main street, NOHKOI.K, VA. 8-26-ly ESTABLISHED IN 18(i5. The truth is the foundation nfour Succesa. We make Claims, our WORK fulfils them. JtirLet us Estimate for you. J9I Dcsiirns Sent to any address FKEE. In writing give age of deceased and some lim it as to price. All work warranted STKICTLY FIRST-CLASS and SATIS FACTORY. At Any Depot. 5THE ENFIELD HUSTLER, -- Enfield, N. C. C. C. COOPER, Rocky Mount, N, V. Qrand hk aw -F1LUN0 WINTER- MILLINERY. FANCY GOODS and NOVELTIES. Butterick'a Patterna. It. & G. CORSETS, r Misses, at 50c., Ladie75c toL .Pricea will tw made to suit the timet. ttatd ana nonnet made ana trimmed t order. ' MRS. P. A. LEWIS, .4?
Roanoke News (Weldon, N.C.)
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Nov. 25, 1897, edition 1
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