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XOIilST' W. SLUjIDG-E, I'Roi'RIKtoii.
VOL. XXXII.
A. IN" IB W SPAPER F O LR, THE PEOPLE
WELDON, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH n. 18.98.
TER3yLS:-i 'r'l I'l't anm .m in aiiVanck
NO. 47.
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The Hit
of the
Season...
is in a do by
Aver's .S'lrsu
purilla. Just
at (his season
when spring
anil its ilrliili
t a t i ii g ilovs
lire Willi us,
till IT IS, lllilll-
iiijrlikr A.mt'j
Snrsupurilla,
to put new
life into the
sluggish s.
tt'in. It sweeps,
Bwaj 'tire dull,
loss, lack uf
appetite, Ian.
giiiiliifss, and
pain, a a
illlllllll SWCI'pU
a w a y i' ii 1) .
vtolis. It lines
lint brace up.
It I'llilils 11)1.
llS benefit is
la. I'm;:. lo
you feel run
down? Take
AYER'S
Sarsaparilla
mm
ftcod (or "Curebook." itopigu,
tree. J. C. Ayer Co.,
Lowell, Mm.
( Mail onlflri tilled promptly.)
Wo will mail Hiivdiii. In of til
Ch:irifc, our MfHf ll.'iuitte iSiwiiiH ma
l"Kin', coiitnini.nf Furniture, lr;iiwrit'ii,
r!nH, ftov- , t'tuekiTV. Mlrrorn,
I'n'iuri'H. HtNiii)(r, llcfntfiutorn, H.ihy
( arriatr-'B. etc. Tnh la the hh at uin
T'lftc book ever i-uhlHtind, nnd w pnv
nil piHtuire- Our MihoirraidiM ('iiipot
(it Ml"irin'. nhowl'iy: eurpi'tH in colors, la
Hlau vnum for the ti.ikin,'. I( curprt
imnples ii ro wanted, nmil lis No. In
lumps. Tiierc m no reason whv you
iiunlJ pay ymir l-n'al di-uler U) per
cent, profit wheo yu can buy fim
thw mill. T)n a Jiuu now to toe
nioutty-aaveta.
JULIUS HINES & SON,
Baltimore, Md.
Pl.'aso nvnfion thin rstor.
in a Kl'F.CIAUST and AUTHORITY
all
AU who are millcrin with any ltl,0(l
TKOl'BLK, would lie wine to (-.ill mi or
ali treat hy m iil. Consult it inn tree uml
ii(''ili(iineM conthiuult'il to mt it e;M'h panic
uhir ca-w. When writing to me jilcae en
cI.m stamp for reply.
PKOK J AS. UAKV I" V,
4i." Church St iNi-w No.)
je 17 1y, Ncilnlk, Vji
W. T. PARKER,
, HKAI.EK IN
Heavy
AND
Fancy
Farm
Implements.
2-.'- roCNI) SACKS (K SALT l'OU
11.10 l'KKSAC'K
"Correct prire ami noliti'altt'iilnm lo
II. aiiji I ly.
W. M. IIAIU.IS ION .V CO.,
Wholesale anil ItcUil Dralera in
CAKl'KTS, HTOVKS,
ud Mattremea.etc.
IMMENSE 8TOCK
AND LOW PRICES.
W. M, HABLIhTONACO.,
No. 20 N. fljcumor Ht , PelcreliaiK
10M It.
V.
PROFESSION At. ('AKl)S.
JAHKfl M. lirLLKH, WiLTKi I.
ULLRM DAN1CU
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
, WlLDOH, N. C.
r.wicsln Ibacaurtiof lIlirinilNrllitnp
l mtnitn tbe4upremti1 Kedfial (diirii. CoU
0 'MimiUlftilM in lIlMriiAf Hmlh '.ntlti.a
Drtncli olc, at Hallbx, N. Copes. every Mod.
J)K. T. T. KOSS,
ii
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stiff
TTrw Mil. LV1.
. !. ' Htw- t 'W in ti mxl
.. l''l""J'r
U'iS'r 1S1I-' French li-gii
- 'I 'ft f ffl I In iiiiiliowiiiy.
R i unr Bix'f-
In! lor
tlmtWdesk.
FIB JAMES H4BVBY,
mm Dim,
Groceries
DENTIST
Weldon, N. C.
rOfflot orr Emry A Piara'iator.
10-l-ly.
A Tonchinfj InciflBnt.
REMEMBERED OLD MASTER
'Hut Hue In Christ ani line In Heart. We
I'art In .Meet A win."
Tin' relationship (il'i'onfhli'iiw ami uf
f'clion wliich vxi-U-d in Virginia brtwirn
hi" while ina-li r and his culurrd smiinln
i lln-y were never called slaves nr "nij..
Ki'rn" exeepl by irailen" mid llieir i'la)
lias lie. ii liuili unkiinwn In and ineuiupr. .
herwble by llluse wl0 never b id ibe
privilege ul'mriim it ibeniselve m learn-i"-'
il tir.i bands limn tin; ''beaii p.fi
denies" uf lb os. HUiilit day.
A liiiiehin illuslralinn nl' ibo reeling
wbieb wan then eiillivated and louk mieb
ileep rmil ibal the lnirrieane id war and
nl' rec .n.irueii n c mid nut d. stiuy ii,
was.slu.vvn m il. 0eral id' (Jeuer.il
Talial'errn, in liimuvM.r (Miinly, last
Wedu. slay. When ilni (ieneral'x dealb
was aniuiiineed mnnu of llie rciin-st: til ti-
tive nern.B of the i-oiniuiinily rupiesled
ins lainily lli.il as : uk (.jr V.
and veneration l'..r him. his t.Mrn friend-
he peiuiiiud to lake om pirt in ibe
cerein-inies al ibe maw. Thu r.niiesi
i
was granted, and around the crave ihuv
(.'at here I a area! ilir.mu' !' while ani
hlaek m niniers. At an nppmpiiiie and
appoint!' I time the ueuroes saiy the fa
milial liyiiiu
' lilesl be the lie lint lun, I.
Our hearls in (Jhiistian love,"
u til, verse by verse, they rendered the
whole.
To li ose who remembered wb.it the
obi uia-ii rs an I mi-tress, s b id d iue lo
Christianize the nero il seemed hut a
fruition of lliul luvinu labor to see Ibe
childri'U and trandehildteti of those same
aervautH. sobbing over the crave of ili. ir
aiu't-fcto's' master.
To ibo-e who did not the know f ist
as it had leiu it was a tnysterv.
They sans; mi in the plaintive key s i
well known, working their bodies baek
and tori Ii, au I lb re were few dry ee.s
when ibo--' hiiuible ftien.ls who hail
loved ibe H'llel.lled dead eolleluded
' lint one in ( hrisl and one iu heart
We pari In met I aL'ain."
liiebmond Timt s.
Hi li w ho
have t.. sl t:nl
on tlu ir Ii A
nioHt of the
time wotk ;is
hiitd hi ;iti v
tl;ty-l.ilorci y i t
tin y do nut at t
wh.it is itjihtly
ct.nfin
Mm in.l.n.r m
cupatii.n i(ivi
tin vxliiht itititi .
to tht' he! von-
y Ht e ni ti o r
active circnla
lion to th- l'lond
wears, tens and li.
woman'a hk au,ti Tln-M
whole nhvsicnl n v t c in ili
Crown lunni'-h and torpid ljy
under it i
No wondt r mi in, my salt s
Rills iitid r.u tniy ijiiis and htnisevvlvea suf
fei fitiin intliKif-tiun mul cuiistipatinn and
hilions truiihlts. No tttmdiT thev are Mill
Jcct to the dibcaneh nf the delicate sircial
organism of their sea. The wt.u.h i is
rather that they can taiid it as well as
they dt.
But "a pour weak woman," as she is
termed, will eiidun- brave lv and palu idly
aH'iiii-s which a stroin min would nive
wav under The fact is women ate mote
patient than they ought to he under Mull
truntilcs
livety woman otiirht to know that blie
may obtain the mM enniieiit medical ad
vice pee of t haK'' ""J ' tibu'lut ,onii
rft'Mir and privacy hy writing to hr. K V.
fierce, chief consulting phy-uian of the
Invalids' HoUl and SimkichI Institute, of
Hurlaln, N V (h'cupvtntt tin po-ttion for
thirty years he has li.id a wider inctica
experience in the tniitinent of women's
diseases than any other physician in this
country. His medicines are uoild famous
for their astonishing t ftVaev
The most pet tret Ii niedv ever devised lo;
weak and delicate women is Ir Pierce's
Favorite Piescnption His "tJoltlen Med
ical Discovery " is the only pel uianeiit th
festive and nutrient tonic The two med
leines taken alternately, form the most
perfect and successful coinsc of treat
ment ever prescribed for ieiuale troubles
complie.ited with a sltnrui-di, oveiuionht,
(lervous. diseas d coii-lilniioii In -i vt re
constii),ttiun Dr. Pierce's Phas.uit Pellets
ihould be occ.isioiiallv taken with the
thera. Thev never ripe.
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g Baltimore
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Maryland
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IV.W. KAY;1
1 Sole S
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Weldon, N. C.g
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Dear Old John.
A WORD WITH HUSBANDS,
luve levels All lltstacles, an! Overcomes
All Difficulties.
If husbands only knew, or if knowing
only eared, how very uiueli their words
and manners alleet ibe temperature ol
ibe home, they weiild never hy Word or
deed, leave it enshrouded in nloom. To
tniist wives the husband is the sun
alumni whieh every lli-mht revolve.-.
There is seareely an instint in wbieb
Ills pre-euee i not felt as site pies ahoiil
In r work, or even when at rest. If she
is preparing the tueals, ibo way J uhn
likes this or that, or some remark he has
made about some artiele of food is re
cilled to mind; if she looks about In r
she sees his hats and eoats hanein on
the books, and the hats invariably wear
the same expression John's faee Wore
when be left iu the. innniiue; a jolly uniitl
humored look, if he went away pleasanl;
if anry. a j-rutr, dili.ml atlend to-your-business
air lakes the place of the s i
laleiy senile pliable shapes in felt, and
fairly bristle with wrath over sitne. trifle,
bin Mill I'lnnicb (o obscure thu run in
the liitle World for many a weary day,
perchance, ere it is seemiui:ly lorpiltcn.
Tin-re is no true woman hut will re
pay berhushind over and over aain lor
kind thoughtful treatment, lie is ready
lo call her childish, and she may seem to
him, but one thine, is sure, u woman nev
er lor;cts'. All deeds ol love or thought,
fulness shown by his haud yield u certain
and abundant harvest. She may love
her home belter than any other spot on
earth, yet she soiueliines ets so weary
of the daily routiue of never-eudiu du
ties that fall to her lot that she eauuot
help an occassional feelinj; of envy lor
those who have more lime for reerealion
for noinn abroad, for I lie little things
dear lo the heart of every woman, hut
which the stern hand ol duly most effec
tually debars her from enjoying. Still
for all that, she would not for the whole
world exchange places, eveu if she could,
with any other woman, leaving homo and
John dear old John as the price of
her freedom from eaie.
If your wife has been a faithful anil
true wife to you, tell her so. Do not
think it lowers your inanlimw any to lei
her know that she lias a place in your af
I'elions. She has toiled early and late
for you and your children, Ihrouiih sick
ness and health, and self - de
nial has o,iuwu lo he tier luotte. It taLes
but little from her loved ones to make
her happy, su do uot huj;ruJj! her a
word ol praise now and then as her just
reward, and of far more value to her
starvinj. heart lhau (.-old. Theie arc
some things which money can never buy
and wounds which eaunot heal; hut love
levels all ob-lae'es, overcomes all difficul
ties, and immeasurably sweetens life.
Woman's Home Couipaniou.
HOW THKV DISH IT OUT.
' The president has ordered a box of
Cuban cigars. This is au important
step toward reeouniiioii."
''A Spanish i tlici.il, hi:h in the esteem
ul his eouuiiyuien, wiuki d ill a soda-
Walir cieik last Sunday. I really believe
there was something in it,"
An athlcclio government officer
turned a .someis.mil iu the war depart
ment WiJuesdii. This shows consid
erible ueiivily "
"I haw it I'totn a eabiuet member
that Spanish o ives di I not put iu an ap
pearance at the di himatic dimii r Tues
day evening. Tl.i.s i.s a signilie.ini boy
coil "
'Whenaskedastowii.it Ins inten
tions were, the president smiled over his
left shoulder. This shows that I am
right in iny surmises."
( lever I'liek.
Il certainly looks like il. but there is
really no nick ab ut il. Anybody call
Iry il who lias Lime liaek and Weak
Kidneys, M ol.u 1.1 or ticmius troubles
We iiu au he eau iur.' him-"-!!' right away
Ii) taking Kleiine lliltir-. Tills lnedl
liue toues up the wt.o'cHjst m, acts as a
sliuiulanl In l.inr and kisliicis, is a
blood puiilii r mo! ni rve Ionic 1 1 cures,
Constipation, Headache, l'ainling Spells
Sleeplessness and Melancholy it is purely
vegetable, a mild laxaiive, and p'torcs
the system lo its inittital ligor. Try
Kleeilie lliiti rs and he eoiivincid thai
they are a mil aele worker. Kverv buttle
guaranteed. (Inly DUc. aholtlc ut W.
iM. Coheu'a Prug Storo.
GOOD N ATI' K I I (i I K I, .
"So you refused him?"
" Vcs; 1 lold him it was better to muke
a great many men happy by being en
gaged to them iban lo make oue miserable
by marrying him " I'uu
Itiirb U'Ii'h Arnica tfalve.
The Hesl Sa'vc in the World for Cuts
Uruises, Sores, Ulcers. Salt Hheuiii,
Fever Sorscs, Teller, Chapped Hands
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin ICruptions
and positively curi a I'ilea, or no pay re
quired Il is guar. intcd to give perfect
saiisfaclion or money refunded, l'rice
25 cents per box. Korsale at W. M.
Cohen's Drug Store.
FACE TO FACE.
.Iii)s uf Heaven Are I'ast .Man's I'nJersiani
inn.
We ore lold ibal heaven is il place of
happiness, hut what do we know about
happiness? Happiness iu this world is
only a hall fledged thing, a Howry path
wilh a serpent hissing across it, a broken
pitcher from whieh the water has dropped
beloru we could driuk il, a thrill of ex
hilaration, followed hy disastrous reae
lions. To help us understand the joy of
heaven the llible takes us to a river. We
stand on tbo grassy bank. Wo sec the
waters flow on the with ceaseless wave.
Hut the lilt 1 1 of the cities is emplicd into
il, and the banks are torn, and unhealthy
exhalations spring up from il, and we
fail to get au idea of the river of life in
heaven.
Wc get very impel feet ideas of the
reunions of heaven. We think of some
festal day on earth when father and
mother were yet living and the children
came home. A good time thai! But it
bad this drawback all were, not there.
That brother went off to sea and never
was heard from That sister did we
nut lay her away in the freshness of her
young life, never more in this world lo
look upon her? All, there was a skeleton
at the feast, and tears mingled with our
laughter on that Christmas day. Not so
with heaven's reunions. It will he an un-
iuteiruptcd gladness. Many a Christiau
parent will look around and find all bis
children there. "Ah," ho says' "can it
be possible that we are all here life's
perils over? The Jordan passed and uot
one wanting? Why, even the prodigal is
here. 1 almost gave him up. Ilow loug
he despised my counsels! Hut grace
hath triumphed. All here, all here!
Tell the mighty joy through the city.
Let the bells ring and the angels mention
it in their song. Wave il from the top
of the walls. All here!"
No more breaking of heartstrings, but
face to face. The orphans that wele
left poornnd in a merciless world, kicked
and cuffed of many haidships, shall join
their parents over whose graves they so
l.mg wept, and gazj into their glorified
countenances forever, face to face. We
may come up from different parts ol the
world, one from the land and another
from the depths of the sen, from lives
til lent and prosperous, it from scenes ol
ragged il Utters, hut we shall all meet in
rapture and jubilee, lace lo faee.
Many of our friends hove entered upon
that joy. A few days ago they sat with
us studying ihe.se gospel themes,
but I hey only saw through a glass, darkly.
Now revelation bath come. Your lime
will also come, (iod will not leave you
fl modeling iu the darkness. You stand
wotider struck and uinatt'd. You feel as
if all tho loveliness of lifu were dashed
ou1. You staud gazing into llie open
chasm of I he grave. Wait a little. In
the presence of your departed and of Him
who carries them in his bosom you shall
soon stand faeu to face. Ob, that our
last hour may kindle up with this prom
ised joy! M iy we be able to say, like llie
ChiUian not long ago departiug,
' Though a pilgrim, walking through the
valley, the mountain tops are gleaming
from peak to peak," or, liko my dear
friend and broiler, Alfred Cookiuau,
who took his fli'Jit to ibe throne of (iod,
saying in bis last moment that which has
already gene into Christian classics, "I am
sweeping through ibe pearly gales
washed in tbeblondof the Lamb." Pr.
T.ilmage.
Million (i!fii tni),
It is certainly gratifying to the public
lo know ol'ioie eoneeru iu the land who
am not afraid lo be generous lo the needy
ani suH'crin'.'. The iToiiietors of lr.
Kind's New Discovery of Consumption,
Coughs and Colds, have given aw iy over
ten million irial bottles of this great
medieiue; and have the satisfaction of
knowing it Ins absolutely cured ibuii
sands ol I opele-s casts, .sthuni, Bron
chitis, Hoarseness nod ad disease of the
Throat, Chest and Lulu's aresurely cured
by i'. ('al! on. W. M. Cohen, Druggist,
and get a lit.il bo'tle free, il.-eul ir size
fill.', and SI Kiel) bolllt guarantied, or
price refunded.
.H'HTONi: MTTM DAY.
'Il.i today's d'H); li hi today's temp
tation; and do n. t wciiLii hiiiI distract
)i.uisi If by 'nol.ii g I'oi van! lo things
you e.mii'.t hp mid eoii'd uoi understand
if ynti saw item " tied gives us nights
to ihut liewn the eniti.in i t dalkliess on
out little days. We caimot see beyond
Short In riMiiS make life easier and gives
us one of the hle-s d secrets of brave,
true and holy living.
-
I'll II (IVI'.lt I'lKI'V Y ICAIIS
Mrs Winslow's Sooibing Syrup has been
used for over filly years hy miliums of
mothers lor children, while teething, with
perfect success. It soothes the child,
softens the gums, allays all pain, cures
wind colic, and is the best remedy lur
Diarrbiva, It will relieve the poor little
sufferer immediately. Sold by druggista
in every part of the world. 25 cents a
bottle. He sure and ask for "Mrs. Wins
low's Soothing Syrup," and take no oth
er kind.
May Be Trie.
WAS A BIDDING WOMAN
She Will l earn Snmelhini! The Next lime
She AllenJs An Auction.
There's iiolhing like a Woman at
auction, I'lei pling another woman. This
was most strikiugly veiilied a day or two
ago.
The auctioneer put up a silver plated
baking dish. .
"Now, look al that, ladies. Just scan
it carefully. There isn't a jeweler in
this town that ever sold a duplicate of
it for less (ban $12, and if you wire to
buy them by the gross from iho manu
facturer they would cost fcS each; bid
spry, now."
"Two dollars," said a meek woman,
who was new in the business. You could
tell that by her timidity.
'Two dollars. Two I'm bid. Who
sivsahall? Thank you. Do I hear
three? There it is "
It was the timid woman who bid the
three.
' Three I'm hid," said the auctioneer.
"Icau't let it go at that. Make it three
and a half."
"And the timid woman said, in lur
subdued way, "Three and a half."
"Three and a half. It's a shame lo
stand here asking for bids on a piece of
ware like this, (live a bid of ?-l. I
can't sleep tonight if 1 sell this lessen
The timid woman felt in deep sympa
thy for the poor auclioticr; and she show
el it in a practical way by bidding SI.
"Four dollars I hear. Four dollars
for this magnificent silver baker. If you
don't want it you can ieavc it. It's worth
a SHI bill anywhere. Font dollars.
Make it $1.50."
This remark was made iu u pleading
way to the timid Woman ami she kindly
bid 81.511.
"Four-and-a-half. If I get another
bid I'll sell (be article. Make il $5 and
wo re d iue. Do I hear 85?"
He did and ibe bid was from the timid
woman, who was generously bidding
against herself all the time.
"Sold," sai l the jiuclioneer, "lo the
woman uear me for S5 "
She had run the baker up on herself
hut he will know m ire the next time she
goes. Philadelphia Times.
THOl (illi'S.
The great thing which a young uiau
needs in a crisis of temptation is to de
clare for the right ipin-kly. Leave no
time for tetoptaiioti to accumulate.
If often reipiires a greal deal id character
to do that; not only a religious priuciple,
but a strong character back of thai.
Who is my neighbor? It is he who
shows mercy upon mc? Then the Lord
is our neighbor above and lieyotid all
other beings in the universe. Mercy is
the highest loiui of love. Love for those
who have fallen among thieves, those
who are naked, who are wounded hysin
and are dying by the wayside.
Ifyou tell your troubles lo (iod and will
put ihetn into the grave; they will never
rise again wheu you have committed tin ill
to Iliui. If you roll your burden any
where else it will toll hack again like tie
stone of Sisyphus.
Fvery Christian is sent of (iod, and
it is his duly to go about that on which
he has been sent. A proftssing Chris
tian who does uot feel sent of (iod, and is
n il busy on His mission, is misnamed.
And if we arc truly moving with this eon
victiun, nut Li tig can stop us.
Today'ssl length need only be sullieieii
for today's burdcii. We are not to wor
ry about tomorrow's needs or supply. It
may he that tomorrow's burden will be
lighter, or thai tomoirow's strength will
be greater. Not even in our prayers arc
we lo give any anxious thought on to
morrow. Because Thy love bath sought me,
All mine is Thine and Thine is mine;
Because Thy blood bath bought me,
I will not he mine nun, bill Thine.
I lilt my henri lo Thy heart
Thy heart, sole resting place for mine
Shall lint Thy heart crave for mv heart.
And shall not mine crsve baek for Thine?
MOODY DIH'I.INKD.
Mr. Moody was reeenlly challenged by
an infidel clu'i lo a discns-ioii of the
meiits of Christiauiiy. Tins lie positively
and promptly leftist tl, saying "I eanuot
accept your invitation to debate with lead
ing seculaiists. 1 would as soon discuss
the merits of lying or adultery as infidelity
Nobody who studies history need hesitate
in answering the question. I know what
Jesus Christ has dune fir me during the
last forty years since I have trusted bun
II you had a remedy lli.it never failed Iu
cure disease for forty years, you would
not stop to compare its nierils with another
remedy. The limes call lor action, not
discussion." Tbo Church and Christian
people need to lake this position unquali
fiedly. A Chtislsan can no more afford
lo have disscussion with iufidelily as to
character of Christ than he would wilh
(he same persona us lo character of a
venerated and saintly mother.
Won The Case.
DIPLOMA WAS NOTHING.
1 1 i I'erkins Tells An Amu-inn Snutlkm
Slury.
"Old l'ett r licunell, of (ieorgia,"-saitl
F.li I'erkins at a Beta Theta I'i dinner
at Dennison university, "was the lirst
farmer whir ever heat the lawyers nml
doctors in diplomacy and law. So don't
think young men that because you arc lo
be lawyers and doelnrs that you may le t
fall inlii the clutches of some old fanner
with a more massive intellect I ban yours,
and
"Ilow about I'etcr?" yelled the Betas.
"Well old I'etcr Bennett, of (jeurgia,
was a plain old farmer, but he was a good
talker. It seems that old man's wife
had a sore limb, and be employed Dr.
Mason to cure il, but never paid linn for
disservices, Now, Dr. Mason, not with
landing be was a Beta, was a very inittd
and very loam, d man; ami to add to this
be employed 1! I. Toombs lo prosecute
llie case. It was a glial case in (jeur
gia, "(lid I'etcr Bennett vs. Dr. Mason,"
and the lepulaliuti of Toombs brought
out a court I so full of people.
' Well, Tenuis made a strong spc.'ch.
lie didn't leave a ghost of a chance for
old I'eter. However, just before the
decision was to be made, old I'eter arose
and said:
" 'Jtdge, tonight I say mthin' iu ibis
ease:
"'Certainly,' said the judge.
" 'Wall, gen'lonicn of the jury,' began
old I'eter, depositing a ehew of tobacco
in the corner. 'I uiu't no lawyer and no
doctor, and you ain't niilher; and if we
farmers don't slick together, these here
lawyers and doelnrs will get the advan
tage of us. I ain't no objection to law
yers and doctors in their place, and some
is clever men, but they ain't farmers gen
tlemen of the jury. Nuw this Dr. Mason
was a new doctor, and 1 sent for him lo
come and doctor my wife's sore leg.
And he did come, and put up some salve
iruek on it, and some rags, but it never
done a bit of good, geii'Iemon oftbejury.
I don't believe hi? is no doctor, no way.
Tin-re's doctois I know as is deelois,
sure enough; but this ain't no d. cti.r at
all.'
''Old I'eter was making headway wilh
the jury, when Dr. Mason said, 'Here is
my diploma.'
" 'His diploma,' said Bennett, wilh
r. al contempt, 'that ain't null. in', for
no piece of paper ever made a duett r
yel.'
"'Ask my patients,' yelled (he new
thoroughly enraged physician
" 'Ask your patients,' slowly repeated
Bennett; and then, deliberating, 'Ask
your patients! Why, they are all dead.
Ask your patients! Why, I should have
lo bunt them in thu lonely graveyard,
and rap ou the silent tomb to get answers
from the dead' You know they can't
say anything in this case, Cor you've
killed 'em ull.'
"Loud was the applause, and old Ti
ter Hcnm-lt won his case."
vi:i;iii.i i m: li utv.
The story is of n young devoted father.
The baby was his lirst ami he wanted lo
weigh it.
'It's a bumper!" he exclaimed. "Win re
are the scales?"
The tlnuiistic hunted up an old fash
ioned pair, ami ibe proud young father
assumed charge el the operation.
"I ll try it at eight pounds," he said,
sliding the weight along the beam ut
that figure.
'It won't do. She weighs ev.fr so
much more lhau tint "
He slid the weight along several
notches farther.
"By (ienigc!" be said. "She weighs
more than 111 pounds 1 1 12 Hi
ll!
He set the baby ami Ibe scales down
and rested himself n moment.
"Biggest hihv 1 ever saw," ho panted,
resuming the weighing process. ''Fifteen
an la half III! This thing won't weigh
her. See, sixteen is the lusi iioleh, ami
abe jerks il up liken feather! (io and
giit a big pair of scab's at some neighbor's.
I'll ht't :i tenner that she weighs over
twenty pounds. "Millie," ho shouted,
ru'hitig into the n"x! r'in, h"' the
biggest baby in Ibis country weighs
over sixteen pounds!"
'What did you weigh her on?" inquir
ed the young mother.
"On the old scales in the kitchen."
"The figures on those arc only ouuees,"
she replied quietly. " Bring me the baby,
John." IVarstiu's Weekly.
A man must plow with such oxen as
ho hath.
A moneyless man goes fast through
the market.
CASTORIA
For Infanti and Children,
Yfcafu- j
The Lost Rioo
REVIVED MEMORY.
When We limit (Hi, We I'mill 'I he Ihinc
III Lime Ann.
About 75 years ago, upon a rainy day,
a small boy who had readied the mature
age of li was si'ling with his mamma ami
beamoaiiing the slate of the wcallur nml
lu'companying absence ol novel eiitertait.
inetil. Mamma wore on her linger a
beaulilu! ling that was a family Im ii loom,
and as she sewed patiently the j wel
glittered on her little white hand. The
small boy regarded the bright bauble for
some lime in silence and then sweetly re
qucsliil mamma Intake it oil' anil let l.im
play with it. It was a weak thing to do,
pel haps, bill she e.iliiplit d. I dare say
there are mothers at llie present day who
can sympathy.' with lor, for human
nature i.s the same, though fashions
change, and when I he "dear child" looked
up in her face pleadingly he looked with
papa's eyes, and p ipa was death So be
got the ring ami lost it, as might have been
expected. He always insisted that he
hud "put it away to keep," he could never
rcmi mher where.
The years went on. The gentle young
mother went nut into the gieat unknown
to find llie light of her life that shone in
"papa's eyes," and Ibe century and the
boy having been young together grew old
ill company loo. Finally age began to
tellonlhetii. The century got troubled
with a complaint designated "liu de
siecle," and the hoy h st his memory for
lite things of today, hot became abnor
mally reminiscent, in reganl to the past.
His thoughts often turned back to the
ytiiing mother, long dead, and in the de
cline of life be hail us clear a mental
picture of her as his boyish eyes had ever
seen. One evening, having pushed his
spt'tacles on top ol his head and hunted
everywhere for them vainly, he sat mus
ing before the lire, when suddculy a flood
of light illuminated that tlaik corner of
memory where hung the picture of that
small edition of hiuisell losing or "puttiug
away" the ring He sprang to his feet
with an excited cry: "The ring! The
ring! I slipped it down the crack in the
window casing the oue that looks out on
the orchard!"
I'pon invesiigalioti ll.e ling was
brought from its long hiding place, w hi'jh
was llie' exact spot ibe old man had de
scribed. Bull ilo Fixpress.
koyal makes the tuotl pure,
holcsome and delicious.
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
t'elelirateil lor its Kreal Icavcnine. streniitll
ami healtliliilucss. Assures the I'imh) against
ilium unit all tortus ot adulteration com
mon to the cheap hrantls.
UIIYAI. IIAKINU I'OWmUt 1 11., NUW YllltK
".(Ml DIAMOND If At K.
"genuine diamond hack terrapin,"
as it is termed, is displayed in the
how window of A. Walleiihorsl.jewelli r,
on South (lay street. The terrapin is
small in size, hut disports on ils back
thirteen large diamond-, valued at $2.5n0
The largest iliamond.a -1 1 karat stone, is iu
tlie centre of tbebaek ami from it radiate
four rows of diamonds, three diamonds
being in each row. A silver bowl iu
which the terrapin is placed prevents it
wandering away. Mr. Walb iihoist says
jewels tints set are worn hy the women in
1'aris From llie Baltimore Sun.
It is, or, should be, ibe highest aim id
every merchant lo please his customers;
nml that the wide awake drug linn of
Meyers K-lilem.io. Sterling, III , is do
ing s, is proven by llie following, from
Mr, I'.shleiiiaii: "Iu my sixteen years
experience in llie dlug business I have
never seen nr sold or tried a medicine
that gave us good satisfaction as Chamber
Iiiiii'h Colic Cliutfiit mid Diiiiilut'a
Remedy."
For sale by W. M. Cohen, Weldon,
J. N. Brown, Halifax, Dr. A. S. ILirri
son, Kutield.
A nod from a lord is i brock fast for a
fool.
A m on'a lust fortune, or bis worst is a
wife.
OASTOniA.
Wi f-
ll mil.
tl 91
IT.-T
ilgunm.
mwa.
A man may provoke bis own dog to
hue It mi .
A mouthful of meat may be a lownful
of shame.
A man can never thrive who haa a
wasteful wifo.
A ready way to lose your friend is to
lend him money.
Rim
feOYj
WAKlH-3
WARNING.
We wi-h to laiiiii.n all ust is of Sim-mm.;-
Lit. r liegulat. r mi a sul j Tl ol the
b . 1 1 .-! int. I. si and importance to I heir
b alib pi limps b, It lues. '1 be sole
proprietors and innki i- el Simmons Liver
liegolatur It am dial customers are often
deceived by buying ami taking n.me
medicine of a similar appearance nr taste,
believing it to be Siniuit ns Liver Regula
tor. We warn jou Ibal utiles the word
ll.gul.ilor is on tlte package or bottle,
iluit it ii not Sioiiui.iis Liver "oitl:,ior.
No one else III llies. or ever has mailt)
Simmons Liver Itegular. or anything
called Simm. us Liver Regulator, hut
J. II. Z iliu Co , ami no luedieini made
by anyone else is the same. We alone
can put it up, and we cannot be responsi
ble, if other imdieiues represented ns the
same do not help you as you are led to
expect llley will. Bear this fact well in
initiil, ifyou have heeii in the habit of
Using a medicine which you supposed to
be Simmons Liver ll"gulalnr, because
the name was somewhat like il, and the
package djii not have the word Regulator
on it.ynu have been imposed upon and
have not been taking Simmons Liver
Regulator ill all. Tin' Regulator has
been I'avnrol.ly known for many years,
and all who use it know how netvssnry
it i- for Fever and Ague, Bilious Fever,
(Vnsiipati in, Headache, Dyspepsia, and
all disorders ari-ing limn a Diseased
Liver.
We ask you lo look for yourselves, and
see that Simmons Liver Regulator, which
you can readily distinguish hy (he Hed
' i n wiappi t, ami by our name, is the
only medicine called Simmons Liver
Regulator.
.1. II. .1 11. IN ,V CO.
T. li K
summon i.ii'mi !:. 1. 1 loit.
W. W. KAY,
-Dealer In
Lips, Wines,
CROCERIES AND CICARS.
Why not call on W. W. Kay, as he is
open both night and day. Keep the fol
lowing brands of well known whiskies:
"Old Oscar 1'epper,"
(lump's (j. 1'. R. Itye.
Stamp Straight,"
"(iuition Baltimore Hye"
and oilier brands.
I sell (iarrett Si Co.'s pure Chocko
yotle w im s.
I keep the best of every thing in my
inc. IMU.l'oliteattentiontoall at Kay's,
west side R R Shed,
my Sly.
Mooiinents and Tombstones. "
DKSUiNS KKNT FI.'KE.
In nhtint! nive simic limit im to
price and state at: of deccaned.
UU.HMT TO('K lllllic South
to select from.
Wc have no liruicli yard., and
parties douitf I hi mess under n simitiir firm
name have no connection with us in any
" THE CQUPER MARS IE WORKS,
i KslaMislutl lHlst. )
150 to 111:! Hank St., Norfolk Va
tov li 1 V.
-OF-
FALL AND WINTER
MILLINERY.
FANCY (.OOPS and N'OVKIriKS.
Htittcrick's TattcrnH.
R. & (5. CORSETS,
Mi.hsch al fOi, Ladies 7.rc. to $1.
MLlVireHwill he made tomtit the times.
I lain and honnets made and trimmed to
order.
MRS. P. A. LEWIS,
Weldon. N. rt
HOANOKK HAI'IDS, N. 0.
CofirCfons
Dial nrnc
Furnishers of
Biiiiim Materials,
Manufacturers of
Coffins & Caskets
and dealers in
UNDERTAKER S SUPPLIEQ
Wo sell them from $2 to S HI. Our
ooffins and caskets will compare favora
bly in workmanship and finish wilh thoso
of any factory in the United States and
prices guaranteed to be the lowest.
.A1I orders filled at short notita.
op 9 (ii.
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