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JOIiN" W. SLEDGE, riiui-niKToit. A. !N" E "W SP APEB F O IR, THE PEOPLE WKLDON. N. C THURSDAY, .FUNK IK, ISIIS. TERMS:- Ji.'.o i'i:i; anntm in advancf. VOL XXXIII. NO. 7. I J . lianostOrgaic- 1 PERFECT TYPES I hi what n koi nl iustiiinit til sliauld home PIAfgOS The wonderful sinyiiiK 1 1 it:il i t i t- ol'thcse Pianos ure riH'iiiiinl by every vocal artist wbo uustintincjy recommends tlii'in. srANDAItDOHIiANS, Tl NIN(i AND KKl'.UUISti. Pianos tor Kent Terms to Suit. Write tor illustrated caUloniic. CIIAS M. KTIKI'F. UN. Liberty St., Haltimore, Mil. Washington, Ml Klcvcntli st., N. W. I wt 21 ly. I ( From FACTORY to CONSUMER. ) 5 0 SI.39 1 buyHthln.'4'Xiicn KultMIl Itockd1 a lurest size i-vtT mml' dozen, f 14. riu. UUf I) e w l more calal.unie cuiilnliiinii l-'nr- litiuie, Duti'O- V rliH, Crnc kcrv. fo Italiv l iiirliij;,;, Hi'tiljic I ii t oi'H (,-, Slm.K, ,JUi,i V I'iehircK. Mil rnrq. IleiiiHnir. nti Ih voiiih fm- 1 hi .-uetl lire n Ho free. ViMe lu thiv. V fa CAHI'KT CATA M Hi IM'l in Into- Q V emptied colors in also mailed I ci'. WV I 4 V. Iff 3 A W Wrlio fur it. II wish stun-ob. 4 fa inullmi fur He. All urM'l i' -l ft 1 Vv Ir4f ilila mouth mill IiM3i( WV f 4 uulttmi H9 iiurilinMH aim! out. (r d7 C t ft) I ) f ( n I ii vii ii mado-to-your-mciM- () i'X'rtiiKt' prepmd to your m it ion. Writ (or ice emu (m loKHf hihI .samples. Address v (cittctly an below), II I II'H HtNKK&n.' ( ' Dept. 909. BALTIMORE. HO. Selected and Private Stock Rye Whiskey, of the Purest Distillation, and is tun u u t o 1 Recommended to all who use or Require a Stimulant of 1 Reliable pality. DAVKNl'OUT MullKlSJfclU, Sole ent for the Dintiller, HieliuioDil, Va. Mil. W. It. SMITH, at Wel.l,.n, N. C. is tliQBule uitributio aeut at that point, for the above old ami Celebrated Whiskey. UAVENIMIIT MollllIK i I'll, mar :il Urn. Fon SuLE -hy- Swift Creek ?$Dairy and Stock Farm One hundred heuri ol uilt wine bred reax- tmlJerwy Cows, lleitcrsumi younj; Imlls lilcmled Mood ol the note I Moke Togm, St. Iambert, CoiuuiAiwie and other strains, Heifer HUM to t'0 N; llnlU lo $ W.uXI Mulm kept only I mm my hwt mwi RetiietuUer the bull is half the herd no tiuyuuil breed up l'ol.iml Chtim nwine always on hand. Write for what you waul. T. P. BRASWELL, j 34 ly HtillMro, N. C. PIQF JAMES MM, lnaSi'ECIAI.MT anil ArT!!()!:!TY on all All who are nutTering with aoy BLOOD TUOUHLE, would bo wine to cull on or add run by mail. CousulUtioa free and tuediciuea compounded to suit each panic ular awe. When writing to rue pluune en clone stamp tor reply. I'KOF. JAS. HARVEY, 4'J5 Church Ht (New No.) je 17 ly. Norfolk, Va. JAMM m. 11'U.IN, WALTBB B. DAMlBL J 0 L L B M DANIEL, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, WlLDOV, N. C. -ctlcein tbeconrtior HRllfataDdNorthftnis o inJlDthrtupreinend Federal court. OoU e -tioot taade In tllpartaof North rollD. Braack o at Uallau, N. ti.,upea evary Moo Disease He Never Gels Away. MISTAKES CORRECTEO OUT WEST. Now Ihi1 1 cas Man l:flaiticJ a C.qsIdiii nt' His Slate In l.l'icle lirilniK ''Sitiui! t 'li ur twiM ytvirs a",M niJ ihi; p'utletiiiin (rout Trx.in In u Stur re purler, ' Wii luil (H'niinii in iur ttiwn to Hfiiil otic of our jiroiuiin'iit titiz 'its to KtlLilutl 1 to lloL .'ll'icr MHIIC hll'ifH'??i It!' 11 priviid' I'lur.u'tiT in wliich In-, with lull :i ill l -ii rnnrv of in, W;n ititi'icsti-i. o tfiis u hit r.iw, ih y.ii iiiiht K;iy in the K ist, hut tor our urjM.4! answcnil ntliiiir.ihly, urul we shovotl hi.n tu the I'runtaini lot ltiin lnos! amoiw the t H tu idhuliitants ol' Britain. 1 iLn't kimw what In: Jiiln't ila or say ovt tluTc, for woc'tul'l only -t intunuu lion hy lu-ursuy hut an Atiiciican who met him oneniulit at a club told us of it conversation wliu-h he lnI licaril on that ocTiion. There was a ircnexil talk on tin; eul'jeet of ttm wiM ami woolly manners ot tli; Smith Wist unit (hf Texas idea i-f justier. "Wc rmildn't have iiuythin like that, dnii't ymi know, in tlii country," said an Kulhhmau. '"No, I reckon lint.' n'-p jmlfd the Texan;'it takes a speeiil ir.iinin' ili.it you folks won't kitth up to lor a L'ond many yars yit, 1 reekon, "'I should hope tint,' Implied the KulUhmaii. ''Taiu't your lault thouuh,' tiuiisoled the Texan, 'you uan't expect to have all the hot things over lure, you knuw." " 'lt a !ooil ihin, I know,' iidiuiitcd the Ivt'ilishmau, hut yt t think the system H iintA dilW'tivc. l it. lir Lyueh i lint alwas in the rij:lit." '"Idin't know ah nit thai,' said I he Texan, shaking Lis hm l dutiht fully . '"Ni-w, aid the Knylihinuii, ioD clnsivt'ly, 'art1 you prepared to say I hut justice is always promptly aduiinislend io this manner?' "The Tuxaa liesitated a moment uiA ihowcd unmistakable oi'us ul' failing In uphold his case. 1 reckon you're halfriht, (hrieY he said. 'Sometimes the rope breaks or cr a gun mioses fire the fust time, hut you ouhtu't to hold that a'n us, fet we never let the cusw j:it away." From The Washington Stur. Til 15 FAIUNCi sriWTANC i:. "John Hillus, 1 found this photograph in the inside poekcl of an old vett of yours h initi up in llieeluM. I'd like explanation. Wtiusc is l'! ' 'Can't Jon see it's un old picture, M iria? What's l he use of stiiring up nieuioricM that " 'I want to kuuw whose picture (hat HalhiT a pleasant fact d rirl, isn't be?" I waut to know her uume." o jealous fuiy in that countenance is tin-re? ' 'It's a porait of a ; i rl I used to think a yieat deal of, and " 'Tli-i name, i i ? " "Well, yuu sat lor it juur.-elf, Maria, about ninlecn years a'-; hut, to tell the truth, I always did ihink llie 'j lea-ioj: expresMoo, was u little uverduae. Tut oo your sped aeles and look at it again, and then compare it wuli the rcfl.eiion in that mirror over (here, and nee What are you jetting mad about?" Mr. Walker I'ay "Mariar, we'vi lot to hire a nurse irl lo lake charge ot this yowling infant of nights" Mrs Walker DaV "Hut tbiuk of the ex ponse." Mr. Walker Uagy " lianj; th expense: I m toi'p-,a',o at auy puce. Ptcaaanl Utmm. It no tie in the (Mintrr's fancy to inuttinc a prdtur puturt ihun tlut of a young fill, with lljw lu-noUat with the pmiiiiKc of love, tulf iiti tt in the -multi of Immmv tin amUiiil. The mind of happy mMUtl IIIKMhI h l it 4f Hllll Mllllll'd I1IIIKH, winch whi n the wit fo wandering into the frhontlMiMl of ihiHint, rt-rtritH the unpre molt of wikinjc hours. If those impret Ktnn nrr pl-.H mi AA pittnle Hiid happy, t.lu will Minlr tn lut slt-tj) If the imprts aion" are ihoM of a futficNitft wonun, tor tured with the MfM-cial itilim'TiU lo which the feminine onraiiism i linlile, the picture js polled by the lines of miffrrim and de spondcncv Maladies of this nature unfit a woman for Jnvntit maidenhood nud for ca pable mothcihood. They incapacitate her to bear the hindm of life in any sphere of action Mou-ehold, marital mid social duties alike arc a burden to the woman who is constantly suitetim from headaches, backaches, dtagKinj: Hcnttions and wcak eniiiR drains. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre scription positively, completely, unfait UiKly cures troubles of this nature, It imparts heulth. strength, vifor tu the dit tinctly woumnly orffans. It fits for care free, healthy maidenhood, happy wifehood and cupable motherhood. "I hivr a little atep-dauirhler who had ttt. Vitus' IHincc. which your tuedn'ine cured." write Mm T P Bote, of pord ninwMdle Co , Va. W I apent altoul twrnly dnllars (or doctor's bn and mrdiciue and tl did not do the child one crtif wurth of tnil Wronnrartn-'l rlvlrif tr Pierw'i Favorite Prcrtotion and ' Qoldru Mrdical lliwovrry' and intra three bottles of each, whkh cuat ooljr li dullara. Now the child la ninaiof around evtrjr wbcra aad la jual aa A Nation's New Birth. AS ft RESULT OF THE WAR WITH SPAIN. Idvilizatinn Aivanccs on Ilk Wreck An J Ruin nfltio I'ast-lMvcs Shut MaJo ll I'ossitle tu See 1 he i utfilhncnt of Saitlurc in That "A Nation Shall He IWrn In A Hav" I his Cnuntry I nters Ifttn A l ite With A liUrimis I u lure. The Manulaclurcii' Kecortl dep recated Har. Too deeply do wu real.,; its miseries, the trail of Matted hutnes, of death and sickness and broken hearts that follow its C'Hire tlian (o have r1 iarded with other than horror the ell rts of deuuiioues and H'.'iisttional j uruals t make honor ihlt; peace imposMble; but, now that war is up m ih we must accept it, press it vipinui-ly and with all power of (he wlnie naii u. and though individuals must s'ltl'.-r its s irrows, those will be overruled to tin; ond of the coiintiy as a whole. It is a strange mystery of life ami death, existence of an imliviiiual or of u natinii, ihaL these tliiiiLis should he so, and et we know that they ate. Wilin;j;ly or unwillingly, for .nid or for evil, hut we liopi! for ood our own and the world's this country has entered a new period in its history. We have laid a.-i'ie old things and siidilcnly stepgied into tin! World's arena, no longer u coun try unto it-!f, but a cmutry of iufmite wealth, i'llinite pjs-ihilities, hesitating for a moment in accepting the new res pitntibiliiies placed upon in by Divine I'rtiviilenee, and yet ready to meet the emerueiicv. Asinihe life of un individ ual there sotu-'tiui'-s ci'tites u rcat crisis, when he Would fain shirk new responsi bilities uod new duties, but which destiny f ire.-s lip-in liKD, aiiJ which, it' he has iru' manhood in him, develop and strengthen his character and fix his fu ture, so oar country fie-s new duties and new responsibilities from which it would 'ad!y b1 relieved, if it could be done with honor. Hut the rtovnlence that has let) us through the past, that has saved us from internal destruction and and for many years from external troubles until we have our present c oiiuuandin position, has, we believe, destined the I'uited States to be the dittniuutiu power in the world, and this war is but the means to the cud. Civiliziiion ndvunees on the wreck nud ruin of the past; life develops through death ilself, and the history of the world, secular aud reliius, teaches that oft tiuii.s war, with all its horrors, all its des truction of life, is but the foundation for advancement. From the Kevulutionmy War to lSlijour own history emphasizes this means a broader and deeper patri otism; it means the the clamor ol uiassca aaiust classes, the end of sectional strife, a Vist expansion and broudcuin of every phase of national life and the develop ui'M of higher individual character. As a man broadens with new responsibili ties, so does a nation, if it has inherent 8treot;th, and si our entry into the wrrld's atfiirs widens our liorizm, ena bles us to see that we have now new duties to perform aud nerves us lor the work of civilzition that ii before us.' What this change tneaus in trade ex pausiou at home aud abroad cau scarcely be comprehended now. First, it nieam a jireat navy aud areat tuercatitile marine taxio: for years to come the utimt einaetty ol every sunpyara two inini's alone which are ot iocaleiilable value touur b i -in ess interests; the construction, with the ut most spead, of t he Nicaragua canal under Am-'iican control, and to the South ibis canal will annually dd gieaur wealth lhan its entire cost; (be development of Cuba, and by good sitiitary measures the practical elimina tion of the danger to the South from that couotry of yellow fever; the estab lishment of coaling stations in the l'aiillc and the control of a I are. 6 part of ll e trade of (he Kisleru world. Truly we are liuu in a wondt rful time, when it may almost be said that Dewey fired a lmt 'bat ma le it possible to see the luitiiluieiii of Scripture in thul "a nalioii be boru in a day." This ua tiou has bad a ueff birth, and it euurs upon its new lite wilh a glorious future a future of great responsibility, of ire nietidous prog ess, of peace aud piospir i;y uiii.)i; our uhu r.tui !c. an it.J ul tin cry that the rich have no patriotism, a uoited people and a united country, lak tug our place as tie foremost nation ot the world in the advancement"! i-ivi'n-tion and in the extension of traile Haiti more Manufacturers' Keoord. WAIt TIMK IMIILOSOrilV. Hit's mighty fine ter die ut yo1 post; but ef youfkin fiu' a good post de Mifest thing ter do is to git behiu' it. Dey ain't no Christianity in war, but dura mo prayiu doue wlteu war gwme on dan it lime er peace. Weill mighty uoiious fur war ter start, but when war rum 1 we raise de pteacher'a wages ter pray dat it ll end. Ef wr keep on, hit does look lak' de privates '11 almost oumu ubcr de kuDuols Very Different Now. OLD-TIME RAILROADING. Smiie nf Ihi- lluci-r I'uKs I nliiinj l or i y Years Ann. Vicu l'ri'.-iili'iit .). M. Fajf.ii , uf ilu (Viilrul HiiiU.iy ul (J.'urj'iii, has lr. i Ii t to lilil suuhi olil rules wliicli nnvi'rihiil tile running lil'lriiiii un tlio (!iiilr:il t'liri)' j-i'iira njfii. They mmiiil rttruut1 Imlay, I'Vi'ii to tliiiso wlio ure unliiiiiiliar lo the .itiiiularil rule. Oil the oM Central the (.raolico was to run I'rielit Iraius ilurinif, tlio ilay only, and to Htop llleiu off ut some Htatiuu at nilit. A I'reilit train tliiit wouM le.ive a station alter (i-u'cloek wouM ruo to a ime point that they eoulJ reach between G anil 7 o'clock, where they wiulJ re luaiu over niht, starting out aif,iin the next uiornin. The time c inl shows ihc road occupied tlio greater p;irt of two days in ruuninif, a freight traiu between Savannah and Macon, a distance of 101 mill'!. Following are some ul'the rules for tile cniue luen, taken from the time card of 1850. "The engiue man will be subject to pay the fare of any person who may ride upon the engine without proper authority." "AH engines unprovided wilh lamps, aud ruuuing at uight out of time, must keep their dampers open, so as to show a light." "As a geoetal rule, when trains meet between stations, the train nearest the ttHUot will turn hack. Any dispute as to which train will retire is lo be deter miml at once by the conductors without any interference on the part of the engine men. This rule is required lo be v.iried in favor of the heaviest loaded engiue or worse grades, if they meet uei.r the centre, lu case of backing win must be placed on the look Oil m tlut auy danger to the le uiotest part of the train in.iy be seen and the eutfiue man at once receive notice the backing mu.-t be doi.e very cautiou- Tlio spark c iteher or chimney of an engine 'Htin out of order, so as to endanger the safety of the train, the couduetor must put the train un the first turnout, and return bis engine lo Savannah for repairs a watchman must be. hit with the trail)." ''The conductor must not intrust bis keys to any of the hands; or sutler any person not duly iiu:h riz -d to enter bis car, and he iu all eases will he charged with freight l st or damage while under his charge, (hi entering ur leaving ti turnout be will sec that the switches are replaced to the proper track, and he will always be certain that be arrives at a station wilh (he same uumher uf ears with which he left ihe last station." "All officers of this company will he required lo pay frice.ht on merchandise or produce transported over this road except butter, egs and fruit those articles will he allowed lo be free so far as they are required for the use of their own families. Other articles for the use of their families will he transported at one-batf less lhao the usual rates. ' Un the South Caroliua Kiilroad, time caid No. -, June, ISj.'i, reads us lul- lows: "In cases uf dense fos, the down trait s will run with their whittles blowing. Tie up trains will shut steam off the engii.e ut every mile board, and listen for the whistle of down trains." Atlanta f (Ja.) Coti.titution. NO WONDKIt! No wonder so many of (he boys un enli-tini; imt west. A western poetess sins: Y-ni must go lo battle Kur your native land, Where the rifles rattle, If you'd win my hand. "Never giving under Piaviu well your part Where the ciuujns thund r, If you'd win my heart. fi i id uiil! She is d in; a great 1 for her count n. Such verse as would drive any mau into dep war. f. rii i hat tate KIIK Ok lilt Hfl'V VKlHM Mrs. Winslow's Stmthing Syrup haslt'U used I or over litty years by millions ol mothers tor children, while teeihiug, with perfect suecena. It boutbea the child, softens the gums, u'lays all pain, cures wind colic, and is the best remedy lor Diarrhoji. Ii will relieve (he poor little sufferer itnm'-diutely. Sold by druggists in eery pirt of the world. -." cents n bollle. Itesure uud ak for "Mrs. Wins, low's Soothiug Syrup," and take no oth er kind IHSSAITSKII.O, "When did she first seem to become jissatistied Willi ymir present?" "When she tieeidentally ran aerons the prr mars. t lne.igo l ost. Valunblc lo Woman. Materially valualile to women n llrnwna' Iron Itinera. Itaakaihe vanUhci, hrmluclit tlisapieirs, Mrpiifttli take the iilacc of weakness, nml the l'Iw ut In iillti ri-miity (Miniei to tlie alliii clitH'k wlicn thia won derful reiMNly iataki n. For aickly cliiMren or overworked men ii has noftiial, Nolioiur lioilld Iw without thia fanmiia renicily. Browui' Iron bitleri U to Id hy ail dtakra. Tie Honeymoon Bel BEWARE OF FOLDING BEDS Wilhniil WarniiiK ur I'muuiinii ll rrinn I lie ll;iy I'air. William (ViljUi and bis wife, a UM.il couple whoso honeymoon liad just be;iin, I were bottled up tight last highl in a big folding bed at 411 Aldirie pluce audi nearly smothered to death. They w re ' rescued through the beruic t llorts of the r neigbbois. The only had icmjIu were a , few bruises and an abnoi iual bashfultiess ! about speaking of the subject. ! Mr. i'urbin is an Kuglisbuian engaged in the grain business. Ho came with his bride to Kausas City about three ur four days ago. lie is a secretive man and he didn't say anything about himself but the neighbors soon judged Mr. and Mrs. Corbiu to be iu the first stage- of the honeymoon. Mr. and Mrs. t'urbin's rooms were on the suL'ond ft tor of the flit at 11 1 AMinc place, kept by Mrs. Thorna. They boarded with Mrs. Maker at l.lit Wa.-I. inglou street. About lOiUO u'cloek last night Mis. Thomas, her family and a few neighbors were seated on the front porch when they heard u crush inside the house. M irie Thomas, a girl of 1 1, leaped to her feet and ran up the stairs screaming, "It's the lulding bed. I knew it would do that!" ,lIt's the folding bed! The folding bed!" The women shrieked in chorus. Sumo ran upstairs after the girl and some out into the court screaming fir help. They spied the lamplighter coining down the si reel with bis torch ami stepladder. He heard lln-m cry." "Tie folding bed!' and be seemed to know what it meant, so he followed (Iit-m into the flat and up the stairs, Imlib r and all. Half way up they met Maire, who wa wailing: "The foidiiu bed! They're locked up iu the big bed sun-hid and ur.iiig.i-il, and the door's Imlh d " The door was bolted and could not be forced. 'Mr. Corbin! Mr. Coibiii!" screamed Mrs. Thomas, are jousliN alive?" Then she added, ' Won't you please yet up and open the dooi!" Mr. (Vrbin probably did nut under stand her or he Would have appreciated the irony uf the spt cl'Ii. Two smothered groans tl mied out from the heiUi-ad, My this time (he whole court was roiisxl, for the word went round: "The hnd.il couple s e."l kittled up in the folding lied." Several men til-bed upstairs and pounded frantic illy at the door. The women and children were shrieking hysterically, and the half-suffocated Mr. and Mrs. (Vrhtn continued to roait. Some one at last bad (be presence of mind lo suggest that the lauipligbtcr crawl through (he traiisotn aud do the rescuiug himself. He mounted his stepladder aud crawled gingerly through the narrow opening. Mut once inside the groaus so unstrung hiiu that he made uj attempt to help Mr. and Mrs. Corhin, but tried desp 'lately to unlock the door an l get out. The crowd io the hall, made desperate by the delay, could wait uo longer, but battered dowu the door, lu tliey rushed the women expecting tt see several anus un 1 legs strewu about the room. About lull uf the women ale repotted lo have ft 'A down the stairs, afraid to look upon the uiaugled bodies of the bridal couple. The bedroom was In a slate of great c mlusiou. Itric j brae, glassware and bjjks were strewn ah nit the. fli ir. The heavy oak bedstead was sin ihed a tl it as a suidwich, aud uilt of the cracks fl aied the groaus of Mr. ami Mrs. IVrbin. They were rescued unharmed after five minutes of hard work with the axjs, and slid bashfully out of bed in their niht robes, W iile (he woiui'ii and little girls dried their eyes aud the men laughed and guyed them The foUiug bed is a wteck 1'ioiu Th s Topeka hdiy 1'ipit i'. Iturklfit'N rnlra Sihr, The Mist Salve iu (he world for Cuts, Mrui't, Sores, l lc rs, Salt llli -uin, Ivver ins, Icliei. t-li ihii. i II Helvt hildlains, Corus, and all Skin Kiupiions, and pos iuvclv curei I'l esor no i ;ty ruiuird. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded I'riee 2't cent per box For Sale by W. M. Cohen. ;om 'Tlas )our measles gone, Messii?" shouted A little 1'iicnd to the tot who Wits looking wistful'y from the window "Yes; th-'y's left. I heard the doctor tell mamma (hat they hnkc out last night." hetroit l'r e IVh. Ihta t Nrglrcl lour l.lv.r. I.ivcr troublca iiuicltly result in Neii.ni complications, and the man who ncdci.-- bis livrr Inu litilc n tntnl fur health. A bottle of Hrownn' Iron Hulth taken nuw hihI l bi n will krrp Un- liv,r .n ,-r--t oH-r. ir ii,. diwau L ,lrvl.il, llmwn.' Iron llin, r will rure il prrnmiiimly. Stiniell 1 jit.lity ill alwaya Inlluw it. urn. liruwiu' Iron Iftlkn K iokl by all dtalcn. Never Appear Oil MISTAKES OF OLD ACE. IMimik'nt 1 1 HlNlk'SS. iK'ulv. Means ix It is a mistake fur mi old man t u ry a cane. It tends to make one li,ml der higher th in the other, to give him an ugly stoop f'jiw.ud. to lessen his g, n cral elaslieity of body, to impair his graceful civet attitude, to destroy the l lightful and always liand-oiiie natural poise, to create an unnatural falitiL' of s. if Tt'eblenes, to make him feel thtoiigh a dead .stick what he ought lo fed through living band or foot. Kven to the lame the can.- is a di-advaniagc. Its moral and religious tend' iieit s are ratio r against its tt-c. It makes the old man look groundwiii'd and giavcward wheti he ought to look skyward aud beavetiw.ud. hit the youtiur man, limb -r and lithe playfully carry a cane as an ornament, ai ajip.-nd ige of eoutiing youth; but let the oli) man ea-t ii to the moles and luts. He i- saf.-r without it. mure comfortable and more gtiteel'iif He will keep active, otht r things being eipul, several years longer (bun his tieihb-ir who habiiually leans upon bis stall' It is a mistake fur an old man to dress less carefully and cleanly and ornamental ly than hi- did iu Ins youth. Why should his bays dress wd! uud lie go slovenly? Why should his mar riageable daughters be ashamed to bring their beaux into the family room'!' Why should gray hair be less often barbered than when h!ac!? Why should his bet appear in cluiu-y, uiiblackeued cotie.-to-gas, when his sons exhibit the shining toe? Once he could not be too careful about bis tailor and hatter iu the presence ol his to be wife. Nuw shall be call her, ha- been, ufii-r the long years of h. r self saerifieing iiMtheilii'od, and dress not for her admiring eye? No, there is more reason, now that a man is old, f,r him to dress well, th in when he wa- yitiiug. Then be wa hand s-'ioe and ei.nid anjh.'W. Nature ifuv not ad it'll the sapling with her vines and mist lcloe and toxicodendrons,!)!!', wreathes lb. :o abmit (lie ;t;ed oak. L I the old man eeh w slovenliness and nit on in at 1 uchs and cleanliness and the living fash ion of bis time. It is a mistake for the old man to let bis children retire htm. Retirt iiient li'iuu all business and social lile and le.idrr.-hip i- certain d'-cay, i- a seirii.euri'ed hopeless ennui, is in a word to sutler a practical burial several years before actual death. True, the old m m dould alway- lesst n and never iner'.is his burdens, and should lovingly iiud trustingly take hi children into the copartnership his responsibilities'. Mut let the old man m lintain his p itri.in h tte till the All-Wise Father cads hiiu to bis better estate. The writer has a neighbor wh ise children nnd younger wife) are transplanting him from village soil, on which he lias thrived for sixty odd years, to the city, to toek hi in to sleep in a city cradle behind a cold stone front. Alas for the old man; all his dear tendrils of better das broken loose, his old friends made strangers, and he to walk lonesoiuely crowded streets (ill ihe cemetery blinds relief and rest. Let the old man rather refuse, to Cede his long-maintained and well earned manhood to aiiylrdy. Let him Work on, in mage on. thrive on, aud keen up good example of energy and industry and thrift for his sons and daughters and go d neighbors. Let him love his young pastor, he a gemmus giver, pay cheer fully his si-liool taxes for younger people's children, and take all interest ol a young man in every enterprise for (he future betterment ol his church, bis country and his family. No object on earth i.s more beautilul than an old man, who is maintaining his integrity, honored hy Ins s m, adore I by his daughter, still teu hily loved by the wife of his youth, esteenn d by bis fellow ciliZ'iis and smjit unto for hi wisdo:i. Central Mipii-t. Tin: WHY. Ir Whisten dinii-g one day with Lady.lek)ll, she usked him why the Almighty nu-h' w.iiuaa U:U of mauY rib Whisten, after rt fleeting a m tment re plied: "Indeed, my lady, I don't know; except it Was beealis1 the rib was the crookedeM pirt about him " Household Words, Skin Diseases. Ftr tlit spppdy and permanent cure o! tetter, salt rheum nnd t'ezenui, Cham- berluin's Eyt and Skin Ointment is wit limit an eipial. It relieves the ilt li itiLj and smarting almost instantly nnd its continued use effects a twrnianent t un. It also cures itch. ltarWr'a itch. J scald head, sore nipples, itchiiifc piles, rhanwil hnmln. rhnmie mint hvm nnl ranul,,tt,d lida. : t i pn t,.a rn,iu:nB i - ,"r- Condllinn Poll lor f..r ""c,"e' ,l,e b,'"t b1""'1 Prifler ud vermifll)?e. Flleu. 2oeeutn. .Soldby fur Ml. I.) W. M.C0I1011. W.-I.1..H. .1. K. Ilr..n. nllf. Ir. A s. Umin. Knul.l, I'riiioii.l. Tlie Spanish Flat UNFORTUNATE COLORS. Liiinjia'i Man With M Nv.ktic Is lakn lor A Sp;tfliarj Ani lias Nar-inn The man with the yellow j.iud ban. d up against the drug More at th" corn i of H titi t-ti ami llal-ted street and wiped the per.-pirati .ii fiom his r. lo-ad. lie was belly nut ol hr.Mlti ai.d h- cti s 1 1 1 t 1 1 y tall.e.l Mthi-r spa-niodie.nty to bis liietid, "I tdl Voii, I've ha I a mighty narrow iseape," be gasp-d. "Why, how's thai?" a-ked hisr in p tu l li. "They puny h r iiinbiied me ju.-t now down lu re on Miu- Mmd av-uoo.' "Mobbed you? Why, what it) the deuce are you talkin' .ihoiii?'' ' That's right. That's what they purty near old did. They just liked to got my pelt, I tdl ou--.m' I hadn't done a thing i it lit-r. " " What did they h tve ain you?" "Y'uu see that red necktie I got on? Well, (hut was ihi! ciiu-u of the whole trouble. It was ooin' along Blue lslat.d when I eauie to a gang out in front of a saloon talkin' war. I stopped to hear what the latest was'. I wasn't ddti' u thing when some cove sings out; Look at this Spaniard right here in the crowd." K'cr body turns on me an' a brick ju-t grazes my ear. I says: 'I ain't no Span iard; what you talkin' about?" " 'VoU bet he is he's got the Spani-h flagon 'im right now,' ydls another. Mut I didn't catch on yet. "That's right,' shouts another man, the yaller's on bis face and the red s in his necktie lynch him.' The whole crowd made for me and I cut for this e tiier I give Ym the dodge two or thru1 times nod got away. Mutsiy, I've g it ;o wear a different colored neekiie till I git over these ulhr hinders." Chicago Chronicle. I was serioii-ly ullhcted with ougb lor several ears, and last fill had a more sev re cough than ever helore. I have used many rein di s wilhotil receiving much relief, and being recommended to try a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough lletiudy,by a fiiei.d, w'.io knowing me io lie a poor widow, g ive it to me. I tried it, and with the most gratifying results. The first bollle rVlieved me very much and I lie second bottle has absolutely cured mi'. 1 have thit had ;h good health for twenty years. 1 give this certificate without solicitation, dimply in appreciation of the giatitU'le fell for the cure t fleeted liesptvi fully, Mis. Mary A. Ileaid, Clan -more. Ark. W M (. A S. Ihoi nil. l-.llliriit. llniL'-.'icts. i)i li:r .M KIll'OSn .VTI.AsT l'ingleywas ooiitemplating the pur chase id a country place aud had driven bis wife out to look at it. "How do you like it?" be asked. 'Oli, I'm delighted: its beauty fairly renders me spew hies," she replied: "That settles it," n joined Iing!ey. "11 buy it this afternoon and we'll move out to morrow. From The Chicago News. Kuyal mtikes the IimkI pure, whiUcMime and ilellcloua. POWDER Absolutely Pure Celebrated lor its great le.ivcmtii: s-treligtb and healthful tics. Asntcs the looil against alum anil all bums of adulteraliou com mon to the cheap brands- KoVAI. HAKIVH IHWhlfK in KKW VnitK i;m.i, ii.i.i; Ait no i i s. We wo ild all enlist for war, but e tui.liTtLiiil the lainy himsoii is on in Cuba, and limes are hard, and u'lhrellas come bijih. Wt. re takiiiL' up w ir hol.si.ripli.ins lor our noble boys. So I'.ir we have received two tons of triiets and a traiiiloii.l of hvniiis We hope the'. I have lime to look over them. Seine ol our men have not received their uniforms, and it now looks like they will have to march on Cuba attired only iu an army rill and a plametto fun. These war liuis sh.. old have their por lion where llie thermometer reaches Hill in the shade, and white the shade in twenty miles apart. Our warships throw shells that cost live hundred dollars a shell, (lb, if we could j list find one in sand and sell it to the government at half price! If the war would just last ten years, that would menu ten "extras" a day, and editors imild then po to rueaU aa reoularlyas mdii.maire'. Atlanta Coo- Ktit.ltii.il. !iwJ m R -n , Ulir-Ji THE DREADED ISIPIIOJ T. A. SI,, cum, M (' , 1 1,,. Ureal (Viuint a ii. I Sei. nii.i. Will S.-inl l-'riv, lo the Allli,.i .,TI,r, i. I! .iile.le- ly I'i .-..v. r. .1 II, ! he.. lo I 'in.' ( '..ii.iiiii.l i. h a.. I all l,.inr Tioiil.l.s Not Imii could Ite l iner, mote pbibin I bi'iipic oi carry more jov lo the alllicteil, llun lie nlli i ul T. A. Sloeiini, M. V., uf I1-;: I'eail street, New Yolk City, t'ooli-li lit tli it he Ins (list oM'ieil an aliso ! H i- r iii- tui coiisninpi ion and pulinouitry couiilai!iis, iimito makf its great nietits known, he will m'ihI, lice, three liottles uf iiieiluiin1, to any reader ot' llie Kuan ok u News who is sniVciing l"to;n chest, hroii clnal, 1hio.it and lung trouldes or con Mioiition- Alieady this "new scientific coure tf ineilieilic'' has in ruiaiiciitly cured tltou soiids ol aiiaieiitl' ho;iele-,s eases. The doctor coiisiileiH it his religiousduly --a dutv whicli lie owes to liuinaiiity--to donate his infallible cine. (ill'ered freely, is enough tocunmend tt, and more s'i is tin- pel led confidence ot the great chemist making the proposition. lie has proved the dreaded consumption to he a ciirahle disease beyond auy doubt. Thet will he no mistake in seuirinj; the mistake will be in overlooking t lie genet oils invitation. Me lias on tile iu Ins American and Kurope.in laboratories testi monials of experience from those cured, in all parts ol the world. Don't delay until it is too late. Ad dress T.A. Sh.cuni, M. C, !)H Pine street, New York, and when writing the Doctor, please give express and postolliee addreHH and mention reading this article iu the lioanoke News. W. W. KAY, Doal.T III Liquors, Wines, CROCERIES AND CICARS. Why not call on W. W. Kay, as be h o n both nielli ami day. Kn.'p the fol lowing hraR.l ol'ucll known tvhikies: (M.l O.-car IVppor," (lump's (1. I'. It. live. Stump Straight," "(ioidon Haltimorc Ryo" and other brands. I cell (larntt & I'o.'s pure C'hoeko- yotlt' which. 1 keep tlio best of every thin' in my ine. Bfixl'olile attention to all at Kay's, wwt side 11. 11. Shed. my 'J ly. Moment!! ani Tomlistones. DKSHiNS SKNT KliEE. In writing give .some limit as to pi ice and .dale age ul deceased. l..4IM;r.T TM'K in the Koutti to select from. ' We have no branch yards, and parties doing business under a similar linn name h;ic no connection with us in any wav whatever. THE COUPER MARBLE WORKS. iKlaliliut'il l.i l.i.) loll to Kill Hank t., Norfolk Va dov 2 ly. Grand Display OF Sl'ltlNii AND SI M M KB MILLINERY. FANCY liOODS and NOVELTIES. Hntteiick'B Patterns. R. & (J. CORSETS, M issch at otic. , Ladies Toe. to $1. Sul'ricMwill he made tosuit the times. Mats and bonnets made and trimmed to order. MRS. P. A. LEWIS, Weldon. K. fl r vv,,5 UOAXOKK KAl'IDS.N.C. CoflTMCTOns -MID Builders. Furnishers of Biiiiiimi Materials, M a u u fact urer of Coffins & Caskets l,.""'f,""lW '.' . ,. . ff-vf and dealers in UNDERTAKER'S SUPPLIES. Wc sell them from J2 to $10. Our coffins and caskcls will compare favora bly in workmanship and finish with those of any factory in the United State and prices guaranteed to bfl the loweat. M.AI1 orders filled at short ntim. ep fa. hiiiTiv liidl
Roanoke News (Weldon, N.C.)
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June 16, 1898, edition 1
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