ICS
iff
hniT W. SLEDGE, pkopmktok.
A. FEWSPAPBB FOB THE PEOPLE
WKLDON, N. C, THURSDAY, HECEMUKR 1. 1898.
TEE.MS:-?1-50 ij:n annum in advance.
01, XXXIII. .
NO. 31.
WHAT HAS MADE
Stieff Piano ?
HE
grniiinir tpiauiy in uw,
. .!!... f 1
faucli and workmanship.
In.in.ii.iii.'iiu.i repeating nclion.
v. nn.-.s ui
f in, 11 --s f finish.
p,m , ars uf honest dealing.
I ii.d ciio Icr mu asitancc lornis ac-
hi. Til Oiling.
CI I AS. M. ST I KIT,
'i N l.ilicrty nt.. Haiti re, Mil.
.InngMu, .VM Klrvciith St., N. V.
rtcs. .( "Tin Mowieello."
N. ('. 21 U N. Tryou sired.
1 21 ly.
SI'ICi'IAI. DISPLAY OF
M HATS and
BONNETS
And Millinery Novelties.
V have engaged the, services of Miss
n -i- lireotiwood, un experienced B.ilti-
rc millim r.
M US. W. It. HART,
21 Ir lioimoke Raoids, N. C.
-HUDSON'S
!l 17 Main st, Norfolk, Va.
Ladies' and Gentlemen's Pining
UuoM. ALL MKAI.S25 CKNTH.
ar.issixa coffee a specialty
J. U. HUDSON, Proprietor.
The Host of F.verything in Season
. t III lyr.
elected and
rivate Stock
ye Whiskey,
f the Purest
istillation,
and is
Recommended
to all who use
pr Require a
Stimulant of
Reliable Quality.
DAVENPORT MOKUIS&CO.,
Solo agents for the Distiller,
Kichmnnd, Va.
Fill. V. I). SMITH, at Weldun, N. C.
is the solo distributing agent at that
point, for the above old and
Celebrated Whiskey.
DAVKNl'OUT MORRIS A CO,
nur Cm.
u
II Bank it., Petersburg, Va.
Dealers in-
High Grade Pianos,
Organs, Mandolins, Guitars, Banjos,
Violins. Music nnd Music Forks,
and everything known to the music trade.
TUNINC AND REPAIRINC.
We hjive the mont completft tlt'imrtment
ot Him I'lur.trhT in S-milmnic Va-, nu
r.in tin aiiv work with nronintitwm, and w
'ur.try Hint KunruiiIiD mitirtlmiimi. Hvutl
lor luutlMtuitt illutr.ttwl cit-ilonue.
LYMAN H1M.,
. Sl'KCIAI.IHT and AUTMOUITY on
all
(Ji
Ml who an nferin with any BLOOD
Tliol'HLK, would be wise to call on or
i'trM by mail. Consultation rrea and
aiinlicineHeomiiotindnit to suit each parlic
nlar case. When writing to qe please en
"lose stamp for reply.
.PKOK JAS HAKVEV,
iti Cborch tit (New No.)
je 17 ly. Norfolk, Vi.
'aas M. HcliLBN, WALTaB I. DAKIBL
JOLLIM DANIEL.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
WlLDOH, N. C.
"tlceln'thearUof RallraiandNorthainr
I mini to the Supreme and Federal rourU. Col
lii-lloniiiiadtlii all ranaof North Oarollna.
annca oBot at Ualllu, M. 0.,apui .Try Moo
mm.
I Jacob Grovcrs
Brothers
ironic Diseases
Worthy Aims.
USE YOUR OPPORTUNITIES.
HOW YilII MAY MAKE YiU'll I.I VKS
HBAllTmi, AMI tll.K.s.slill.
nHKUK arc lew of ymi, perhaps, who
JL cnuld achieve ilistinetii.n. There are
none of you who need bo sali-fied wiili
out an achievement that is infinitely
higher. Vim may make your liv. s bean
tiful ami bles.cd. The poorest of you
can till' ml to ho kind; the least gifted
am dig-d ymi ein practice that loving
wisdom which knows llie straightcst Mail
to htini:oi hearls. Vnll til iy nut he able
to thrill senates with your elnipieneo, lull
you may fee eyes sparkle and faces grow
.'ladder wheu you appear. Voii in ay not
astimi.-li ihi-listeners with your acquire
moms of varied sehnlaiships, hut you may
dwell in some spirits as a presence, usn
ciatcd with all that is beautiful and 0,001;
you may neither he a iinigntile nor mil
lionaire, but you may have Irur honnr.
tlian of earth and licltes, which wax not
old. You may 11.1t rise to patriciin estate,
nor come und'T that ni)storioiis prim s-,
by which the churl's blind is transforiue1!
into the nobleman's, hut you may enno
ble yourselves in a l.igli.T inistoerac)
than that of belted earl. l'-e the op
portunities you have.tnakolhe best of your
circumstances, ho.ve.ver uripmmi-iti :
Givo your lives to honest work and lov
ing purpose, and you eau never live in
vaiu. Men will feel your iufl'ienen and
men will miss you win n you cease from
llitir communions, and if there waves
not, at your funeral, trapping of the
world's gaudy woe, nor Iho pageantry
oftho world's surface honor, "eyes full
ol heartbreak" shall gaa) wistfully down
the path where you have departed, and.
in the long after-time, hearts which yuu
have helped to make happy shall rccal,
your memory with gratitude and tears.
whi n mi; nr.Aiu is iii.avy.
I'HIIIT AUAISST Al.l.tlWINll Ylllll
HELVES TO HE St'llMKBIlED 11V I'Ell-
SONAL UKIKFS.
"There is always a remedy for a heavy
heart," writes lluth Ashmore in the
Ladies Home Journal. "It may be in
work it ofteuest is It maybe in think
ing out the joys that have been given iti
you, and tho sorrows from which you
have been saved. It may bo in helping
others by sympathy, or in whatever way
help is 111111-1 needed. Hut the heavy
heait can always be made light it soil is
forgotten, and the n-e-U of other.
are remembered, and, as far as possible
relieved. Not one of us can learn to be
c-iiue light-hearted iu a day, or a week
or a month, or a year, for it is the lesson
of life, this knowing how to lift out
hearts up and give from them help unto
ihoso who are in need. Il is a pood
fight this one against allowing one'
self to be submerged in personal griefs
it is a good tight, and out of it you cm
c itne c onmieror if you will.
"lo you intend to give up the fight
and fall hy tho wayside overcome by 1
heavy heart, or to go along through lif
as a brave woman should ? You must
decide this early in your life. And yi 11
will, I feel sure, decide to do that wliicl
is right, and then your heart will nev.
be heavy 11 ir your c inscienc 1 disturbed
unless von fall. And when vm fall
thank God, yoiioan aU.iys rise agaii
you keep up a brave beau."
The be-t thing to do willi your iroul lci
is to iulroduce them to your blessings.
If vou emmii 6 id ptiw In fi jou
slrivt' to lit ih 11110 in n. h y-u lioc
ttiat there I antral llome
i. ...-.I.. ...I l,.,ik lli.il tills
a nil nlH.nt the ret.ro-
s . i I
of wnim n, and all
about the home-
ITealtnent ol
. (i cir n ( ii- sex
IU V'l 2 This book con
1 l IV7 I I tains i, s panes
I iMSbT. hwliations. It
.'Ami 1'-
ol.d in
K. y...7V-i I'"
t'nm
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vt-er It used
. . .. ... r ..... , e, ti Ic.o.lr. it Iholl
and i. ople jMllcil lsi d li al lllll pllee and
over I s pt o.Oi- mov (evil c'ples of il.
For a Ii -lilted c'i'-' will be givi-n
awav lti-e.
Tin. no- it thtok cotilams the names, ad-ulic-cwtanh.
a. id rtMilenees of
. ... i.. I .1 .. ..... .. I. . u'.ri- iim.-p hotM-
,-s. invalid-, 'oil WII-- hue lei a li-slotril
l- rcbii-i iv-.oi mlv h.-. ilih iiv llie ii of Dr.
,. . .f-- Thi. m.r-
Velotis mnm inr -
..;...-tv riniiioie II mnkea
. ... ..... .1..... tlv .,n tl illl.
cine mik-.i.- ' ... .
tlieiu slioi., hcu'lhv nscr.nis, yinlr and
elisne. It Ids lot wifehood ami moiner
hood It hio'shes the ii-mil "nncniiK of
llie exniclaol iiionlhs. mid makes liahy'a
adveul and almo-l pain e. Il mh
,th. lU-.d of It. p-Ills It Insures ie
robn-t health of the linte new comer and a
bountiful supply of nature's nourishment.
It transforms weak, sicklv. nervous ittva
. i.. ... . uti.l mothers.
lnls lino ueauiiy, ioMi'. "-... -. -
For a piper-covered copy of Dr. Tieree a
Comtll'nl S-ll'C Medical Adviser, send JI
onr-rrnt stanips, ' for-cr ('"" "'. mnihnr
OHlv to World's Dispensary M"dieal Asso
cvilion. Ilnlfilo. N V. For cli-iraiil erelich
Cloth biniluw. ti staaips
Miss i:ntti cam. " Mimon. n..Cv.- -
bPCMUkim Or Pierre . Kavorlle l-re-rl.
an .1 ant t, o en-.ir.ly cured 1 ha.l I"'" "h"
with letn.ile weakness lor some omr
.Kh s lrihleiine .Iron on Ihe system, hut
In eases of constipation and torpid liver,
no remedv is equal lo I)r Pierce's IMeasant
Pellets Ther reinilale and tiivipit.ite the
Slomae'h. livef and bowels. They never fad
One little " Pellet " is a rentlc laaative and
to a mild catha-iic inej nr.. ..,-..
An honest dealer will not urge a aubstituU
S7Y-
.C tff
pus you.
Little Cli Shall Leal Them.
(ill 1:(IK:U.0S1'.K WMKWlTIUiOD."
TIIK FATIIKHS Wll'l AllB
NOT CIIUHOII
(liitillS,
T I T "N T y"" pl' a-e g-i
to church
VV with toe this iiicrnioc. oai'ii?'
in ironic, , i,a
It was n sw.'et, cllil lish V doe thai
1 din -l sti in ol the father, who sat
the I ir caw cli lir aim ist enveloped
the v iltiminous pig--, of a Sunday
W.pap-T. Il l I l ike I u, into the
III, eir.l -l I'ae.; of Ills little daughter,
tit in of' no replv.
"I'l-is.-ie's papa always g u-s with her,
d it must h' si nice to sit right up
xt to a p.ipa in cliurelt." As the child
ke these list word her latiier laid
iwn the newsp iper, and began to run
( fiagers tliiou.'li !ih hair, a hilnt be
id when hu was otisiJoiing an impjr-
int rpicsiioti.
D.i, p'easc, pipa deir, j-ist this once?"
The liltlc daughter wound her arms
around his n 'c' an 1 kis-eJ him. "That
r! ! I 'M the mailer, my p d, I will go
with you."
Vhat a beaming face the little daugh
tor hi), as she w like 1 lo church that
Sunday m iming with her small white
in J lovingly dispel in papa's large one.
annua, loo, was happy as she walked
her husband's side. With what a
tiiumphant I ink the child walked down
sisle with papa, and thju seated her-
If b;si le hi u us ho t i-i't his place at
iho Ilea I of th-i pe.v. It was a long time
since th i Ilea 1 of that fa uily had been
chinch, lie paid for a pew, gave his
wife money for the off rings to the Lord's
i irk , was very partieu'ar to see that his
lie daughter had pennies for Sunday
Sfjli )
I, and th it no trivial excuse kept
r away from iis influences. Hut the
worshipping in the house of llie Lord
is left to his wile uud daughter; ho did
uot seem to think it necessary to houor
(ho
Lirduiih Lis presence. It seemed
ttrange coiLci 1 nee (hat his mother's
hymn was the tirst one tho mini-ter give
it, "Oh for a oios.-r wilk with (jo I."
Newer 11 inns had taken the place of
old in the u-iual order of things, but
the
wotd- were sung to the lamiliar
tune, lloro 1. nothing nt times that
ho'd of our hearts like the hymns
tin
it mother sang, especially if her voice
is lo'ig since Ceused to bo hoard in the
earthly homo. How well it brought to
that son's mm 1 tint old church iu the
country town where ho used to live; the
pew in the mid lie aisle wh -re tho dear
II) a
otlur passed in first and took her place
the corner, llie lino of children that
illowed, and the lather, who siond at
the pew door an 1 ui irsh tied bis family
in with solemnity and dignity, an I then
took his place at the hei 1 ol the ptw.
Wh ile faiuiiie went lo c'tulch in
thoie days, but linking about that morn
ing the turn who had b'en absent so long
from the Lird's house, ssw that in some
of tho ps the children were missing
and iu oiIkt. tho h--ad of tho family
II i knew in my of thus i buslnn ls and
fathers, and he knew that they had fallen
inio the sa no h aliit tint he had of ab
senting tlieais elves from the church,
;iving just such meaningless excuses as
lie had when usked why he was never
seen at the he.i 1 of his ' pew. As (he
hy nn went on he almost imagine! he
Id hear his mother's voice again, as if
he had left the heavenly choir for a
short li.ue to meet her child once more
with the old hyin-i in the earthly hou-c
ol the Lard,
And more and ui ire as the s-rviee
w nt oo w is it borne iu up id his s ml
ho lar he had j lurneyed from that faith
in Christ, which iho dear consecrated
father an) moth r hid taught him. Ill
mother had walked very close to G ui
th ' son knew, and yet she was daM
sieging that hymn, which showed Iha
she longed for even a closer walk will
llitn.
He had forgotten all this in thestrifefoi
"the gold that perisheth," and the niolh-
era teachings about the thiugs that ar-
unsoeD aud eternal lud been laid asidi
for those thai are seen ami aro temporal
His little chii l a !m I ha I lei hi u back
that Sundiy iu irniug to tho Ii 'ly inllu
enee of his b i) hood d.ys.
Dllo't you think it Wis nice it
church this morning, p.pi? said tin
little daughter as they waikel Ii ouo In
gelher hind in hand.
Yes, darling, I did, and il made y m
so happy and did me so much good, th u
I think you can count on your papa l.n
an escort to elmrcti attor nils.
"0, papa, I'm just as happy as I can
be. I must tell Klossie. 8ho knows how
lonesome I used lo feel wheu I sat in tin
pow without any papa and saw her cud
dled right up to hers "
'luch has been said about the absence
,!' children from the church services.
W hat of the fathers who should sit at
the head of the pews ! Th ic who as
boys used to be in the h i is i of the Lord
on His holy day? "Ths cares of the
world and the doceitfulne of riches,
and the lust of oilier things have entered
in and choked Iho world and il bocoinclh
unfruitful."
,Tbey cicuee, instead of accuse, them
selves for their indifference to the things
that p -rlain to the eternal life. The toils
of the world make a late sleep on Sunday
lunruing a necessity, or a long walk ns a
constitutional uiu-t be taken, or "a spin
on tho wheel," to sonic nulshle place is
indulged in. Hut the most paltry excuse
ol all is the one that is such a direct in
sult to lite memory of tho God fearing
parents who tried to train their children
in tho faith that is unto salvation. "I
had to go lo church when I was a boy,
and got a distaste for it and since I have
gmwu up I have not cared to cuter into
any chuch relations."
The majority uf the meu who are sus
taining the church arc from the ranks of
hoys, who, from llieir youth up, were
under the influences of the hallowed
church services. So those who excuse
themselves in that way aro the exception
instead of iho rule.
You, fathers, who are shirkim. the re
sponsibility and putting it upon the
mother's shoulders, of the religious train
ing of your children, will have a sad lo
pcating hy und hy. A boy, whom u
Christian mother was tryiog to keep un
der the good influences of tho Church,
said lo her, "Churches aro for mothers
and children. Father does not go to
church, I don't see why you want mc
logo. When I grow up I'm going to
stay al home Stindaysjust as father docs."
The Kvangelist.
US E W 1 1 AT YOU H A V K.
What is in thine hand? A broom?
L'so it for God. The broom of the do
mestic servant may be as truly used for
God as was the sceptre of David or Solo
mon. What is in thine hand? A trowel, or
a hummer; an nx, a chisel, or some other
mechanical toin? Use it for God. Je
sus Christ gavu dignity to labor; the
sweat heads uf hoiie-t toil stood ou his
brow.
What is in lliino hand? A pen? A
nen is mightier lliau llie sword, lie
pens of Shakespeare, of Longfellow, of
Tennyson, of Whitlier, oh, matchless in
strument!
A pen iu the hand uf George Kennan
In tell the story ol darkest Iius-ia is
mightier than the sword of tho Cur of
all the lim.ias II ive you a pen? Use
it for God. Perhaps it is a typewrit, r.
Touch the keys; mako sweet unuic
which shall echo around the globe.
What is in thine hand? Wealth?
Consecrate il now to God.
What is-in thy mouth? A tongue of
ehiiiuencc? Usu it for God. The
tuiiguc is the mightiest instrument tl at
God ever made.
What is in thin ; hand! A kindly grasp.
Give that to some sad soul.
Let us consecrate everything to Him.
Thei'fl'ne, the plow, the pen, tho needle,
the tongue, the hands, the feet and llie
heart fir Jesus
Wheu the picrc-d h ind of J.sus Chrisl
is laid on the printing press, ou wealth,
ou learning, on beauty, on culture, un
overy gift and grace in every relation in
life, then the splendor of the millennial
dawn will cil r the eastern sky wiih its
crimson und gold Selected.
OVUM I'D It I'll' TV VHAltsl
Mrs. Winslow's Soolhing Syrup has been
used for uver filly years by millions nl
mothers for children, while teething, with
perfect success. It soothes the child.
nitons the gums, allays all pain, euros
wind colic, and is the best remedy loi
Diarrhoea. It will relieve the poor little
sufferer immediately. S dd by druggists
in every pari of the world. 'J.i eetiis a
botile. Uesure aud ask for "Mis. Wiu
low's Soothing Syrup," and take no oth
er kind.
HISTORIC.
"I suppose," said the frequently dis
appointed politician, "that I may refer le
tny latest experience as 'a historic de
feat.' "
'Yes," answered the somewhat satirical
fiieiul, "in the sense that history repeuls
itself."
lie. David's li.il.i-l'ei rnteil slarniarlll
Is the Ill's! Illoiiil Medicine known.
Il will vi ill cure tho worst cases ol
Blood and Skin Diseases. It will curt
Itli.-O'iiill-ni. making the Homd pure ami
healthy, au l eiu-ing the sinew and uiu
eles to p.-rl..rin then w..rk ea-ily am'
vii ti . ui t ruin II cures Kefnia, O'o
S -r- s. Piniiiles. lilolches and all skin
diseases
for sale hy W. M. Cohen, We'don,
N. C.
mr- itrNiwNHir wlu).
I don't count death anything. It
llie main traveled road. Death is not
the end of the road; il'a only a bond
aicund which peop'e pass out of run
i sichi. Death is only an lnoideui. Man
is n hard thing lo kill. Ho can't he
killed. A drop of waiur cannot be de
stroyed. When eneray goes from here,
il persists elsewhere.
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diar
rhoea Uemedy can always be depended
upon and is pleasant and safe to I ike.
Fomteby W. M Cohen Wellon. J. N. llMirn,
llsllfu, Ur. A. 8. Harrison, Kulle,l, llnWKlsts.
OASTOniA,
Tkt fift
ilallt
How To Tell.
PROGNOSTICATING THE WEATHER
MIME Cntllll'S FACTS FROM
ALMANAC.
Act; mors old almanac, puWi.-dieil in
17'K), ives iha tullowin rules fur
l)r(ij'iititicatiii t lie wlmiIht;
Tlie resuuinlinj; fjl'llio Hen upnn llie
.iliurc and tho luunnur of the win Is in
the Wundh without apparent wind t.Vw
wind 'm to follow.
A murmur out of eaves piirtemJi th llie
.sal ue.
The oWutinof the .smaller star U a
;ti of tempet. Also if tho Htar.s srenj
to lioot, wind will come friin the rjunrur
the stars cuuie i'ruiu.
The often changing of the wind fdimv-
cih tiuipewlH.
If two rainbows appear it will rain. A
rainbow presently after rain deuolen Lir
weather.
If the sky be red in tho morning ii iw
a Mire token ol Windsor rain, or both,
because those vapr8 which cau.se (he
redness will presently be resolved.
If the sun or nnoD looks pale, I lien
look fur rain; if fair and bright, expect
fair weather; if rod, winds will come.
II a dark clul be at sunrise in which
the sun is soon after hidden, it will dis
solve, aud rain will follow,
If there appeareth a cloud and
vapors areaeeQ to ascend upjn it,
pjitendeth rain.
If the sun seem greater in tho
than common, it is a sign or rain.
nfkT
tint
cast
If in th west about sunsettin
I In.' re
appears a black cloud, it wi,l rain that
niht or the day following, bjcaiise i li.it
cloud will want heat to dispose it.
If mists come djwu from the hills ur
descend from the heavens and selile iu
the vulleys, it promiseth fair, h it weath
er. Mists in the evening show a hot day on
the morrow. The like when white mists
arise from iho wsters in tho evening.
The circles that appear about the sun
if they be red and broken porttndeth
wind.
If thick aud dark, it tdiows winds,
snea or rain, which are alsj pr sigt d
by the circles about the umnn.
While aud ragged cl.iinJs appoint g
like horscV manes and tails l'nr.l 'l!eth
great winds, even as the sailors lung have
said, viz;
"Shagged clouds, like an old mare's tiil,
Make lofiy ships to carry low sail."
Thunder in the morning, if it bet) the
soulhweMerward and tho wind bo there,
denotes mauy times a tempestuous day;
also u rainbow or water uall in the west
ilenuies a stormy, wet day.
The "sun dogs" appearing iu the morn
mg or evening is a sign ol cod, wet,
windy weather, especially iu wiuter time
A wet fu miner is always followed by a
frosty winter, but it happens oceasioually
that the cold extends no further.
Kvery winter with excess of west winds
is followed by a cold summer.
HIS l!,ITII;cT MUMIiNT.
"John," sheared, ctnhiliug up to hiui.
for it was the seventh anniversary
their marriage, "what was the happiest
moment of your life?"
"Ah, dear, I remember it well.
shall never forget it. If I live to be 1 Oil
liars old, that moment will stand out as
plainly as it does tonight," ho replied,
She sighed and nestled a httie closer.
ooking longingly up iuto his honest blue
ycs. After a moment's silence she
urged :
"Yes; but, John, dearest, you haven'
tol me when it was."
"Oli," he answered, "I thought ou
had guessed ii. Surely it ought to be
n rleoily easy for you to do so. It" was
when you came to mc last fall, if you re
member, aud told inc that you had deci
ded to trim over one of your old hats so
as to make it do for the wiuter,"
Then llie co'ebralion of the seventh
aniiiretsary of llieir marriage became
formal aud uninteresting.
Pains in iho chest when a perion has
a cold in-lic lie a tendency toward pneu
monia. A piece of fi inuel dampened
with Cluiuherlaius's Pain Balm and
bnind on l-i the diet over iho seat
of pain will promptly relievo the pain
and prevent the ihreutcned attack uf
pneumonia. This same treatment will
cur' lan" back in a few hours.
r.ir m e liv w. M (-..lit-n W.-..ei J N. lino
lli'lfas, lir. A 8. lUmson, Kudeld, llniKSist.
The Mail What ruakea you thin
she hasn't any children ? Tho Matron
She was telling me how lo raise mine
Skin Diseases.
For the speedy nnd permanent enre of
tetter, milt rheum and wzemn, Chum
berbtin's Eye and Skin Ointment is
without an equal. It relieves the itch
inK aud Binarting almost instantly and
its continued us effects a permanent
cnn. It also curen itch, linrW s itch,
raid head, sore nipple, itching piles,
chapped hands, chronic Bore eyes and
granulated lids.
Dr. (W. Condition Towden for
horses are the beat tonic, blood pnrlfier
ni vermifuge. Price. 5cents. feoldby
For sale bjrW. M Cohen, Weldon, J. N. Brown,
llallba. Ur. A. s. Uarruoa. IcUi'ld. Urusni.u.
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HE TRUSTED HER BLINDLY.
TIIBV WRKR fJITTK WIIXINU
II I M.
fc'.v, son, do you kn iw what a good
Oall up and down the bicklione thrill
i- worth?"
"Wluro dies the thrill come in?" Max
well, , colonel's pari in r, called frnu I is
corn. r. The cotnhil chuckled again
lli.-n said very slowly, "Can you itu e'ine
how it feels to know y,eir.s-.-lf wit!, in mi
iiii-li of hanginc?"
"Oh, them's a t..ry! Tell it," Maxwell
said, polling d mil his p -u. 'I'll e i! nid
flung over to him the most unforgivable
of tho penwipers, then sat down on the
edge of my desk, folded his arms and ln
ean: 'Don't know that I ever told y u I lit
fer Con-in Sally Ann, as our company w is
used lo express serving the Confederacy.
But I did, I was n daredevil too. Would
you think so to look at nio now?"
N -t iijii- h," we sai'l iu chorus. He
niled and Wi ld on: ''I belong-d to
Mr. Forrest's 'critter company.' You
n't know it, but that means that I h.d
heap of chances to get myself shot. He
as a lighter frutu 'way back, was Mr.
Forrest. But that didn't I'cai- the lj"s
ho rode behind hi'u. It was what tlp y
were there for. He made things lively.
I tell you, iu Iho country between the
livers the Liimberliind and Jennessco.
North of the Ciiuilierland, after Donclson
fell, it was mighty hnzirdous for a gray-
nit to venture. The river could he
lorded only in tini i of drought, ari l the
strict gunboat patrol nnulo swimming or
ailing across it about as dangerous us
otild ho. Still wn wanted now mid tin u
to get news ol our Irtcnds, Iho enemy,
over thcie, and one day I volunteered to
swim the river and luing back wuid to
my chief. "Go, it' you're a mind br,
Billy, but I sorter think you'll come back
.cad,' ho said. Bit' 1 went. Home was
across llie river, you see, anil a girl who
out never mind. I didn't see hcrihat
trip.
"Hardly bad I crossed when I ran
plump upon a form T overs er, win was,
I knew, :i Union iiiin. He recog-
uii'il me at oneo, yet if I had been the
pro ligal son his welciine could not have
en warmer. When I asked if he
meant lo inform on tin1, he aim o-t cried
Ilis feelings were so hurt, indeed, that I
had lo agree to stay all night at his
hou-c and let him help mo norms the
river, which was the main lion iu tny
homeward path. 'I waiiter show ye
Jessertnine's drorin's, too,' he said. 'You
ain't lergot Jessenuine she's the little
young un yer ma used ter ui iko much
on. Glowed uy now, she is, an er sehol
ler right. Why, she paiuts cows an
hawgs an sech like that oatehul yecaiu't
help but know 'em,'
I didu't know 'e n not apart, I mean
until Je.-sertuine herself difljrentiatcd
theui for me. She was a big.l'air girl.wh.ile
souled as th-' day is long. It gave me
a heap of coinf irt to hear her whisper
as wo separated for llie night: 'Pap's
the only Union m iu in this family. I d
fight for the Confederacy every day in
the year if only I had not been bom n
girl
The speech was still more coiul'orting
when I got up in the moruitig and found
a whole division of bluecoals slacking
arms iu iho turnpike outside the gate.
Th-'y had made a night march and meant
to cross the river the next day. I
trapped m pi a rely and likely within ten
hours to dangle troui a limb. II my
host did not betray mc, my hor-e iu bis
stible, with cavalry saddle and hol.-lers
most certain y would, hsoapc was out
ol the ipiestion they were before and
behind me and all around, with mere
coming in each half hour.
" I hen every mothers son ol em was
mighty mad with l'orrest. lie had
whipped 'em when ho had no right to d
il and run when they ought lo hav
whipped him. There was, In sid.-s, a sort
of talk of retaliation. Altogether I niad.
up my mind that I had less ihan six
hours of !ilc, unless a miracle saved
or .les-erinlne stood my hinid
"She did that, like iho trump she
'Dou't you worry,' she said, when she
hruughl ni" breakfast. ' Kit beany
rest all you can, until I get thctu Vau
koosalifcd. It's likely you may have
to ride all night without moppin, but
don't you be uneasy whatever you do,'
"Will you believe it, I trusted that
girl blindly lay down and slept like
a top until she was back again. She had
her paint box and brushes, besides a
cup of raw onions. When she had told
nio her plan for me, I laughed until I
cried.
"Carry it oul?" I shoul In't bo here if
I had not. That afternoon, about 2
o'clock, a man rode wearily into the
cinip. IPs eyes were red and swollen
and ran water continually. Ho was
broken oul all over with red, angry look
ing pustules. 'Take me to your general.
i -i-rrcuuer. i .u, v..p,a.u , u
of Forrest's cavalry,' lie said in weak
Toicc j. want t0 b! e(,nt t0 tn0 hosiPita.
I , t , lL ,
A. you sec, I have tho smallpox
i i i t v.. ...:- r :!) ...
"The sentry wailed to hear no more.
He passed llie prisoner on like hot pota
to. So did the corporal of the guard,
and so, in the cud, did the general. The
prisoner, whoso eyes kept getting redder
and more watery, smclled strongly of
onions, but none of them came near
enough to pere-ive il. By o'clock he
had been esc-irli d to the liver hank aud
told lo cross it, or drown or do
anything that pl.-a-. . I him, except strew
infection through ti l'niti-1 States army
Corps He did : tlo-.. llie liver he got
nl.-ly to Mi. F- m l. i 1 1 but did to t
esc.ipe sc it Iree. li is .i,l id' a in nth
Indole Jos-. -mine's pdni woie iff N
Y. Journal.
Tliey Love lie Weed.
WOMEN OF POP.TO RICO.
Ii Til CIILItrtl (IN SIUI.KS
HMIIKE lllll m.AOK riOABS,
HA It III. V an body t Links of walking in
Porto liieo, wiiti s a correspondent.
M'-n and women alike lido mules, li e
weiilther f, tual- s using the Kngli-h side
saddle, though sumo prefer the safer,
though clumsy, Spanish Kiddle. Poorer
women ride astride without eseitiug any
comment among the natives.
The lime to see the women at their
best is on Sunday morning, when tiny
ride from their homes to mass in the
nearest church or cathedral. On one
Sunday morning, while riding liesurely
into a small village oo my way to this
town, I met a crowd of worshippers oo
their way to mass Nearly all the wo
men were on uiulebaek and s it or lolled
as if they were in an easy chair iu their
owu hoincs, A few, probably wealthier
than Iho others i r else delicate in health,
Were iiccoinpiiiiii d hy little darky boys,
who h eld over them a parasol or au um
brella. tin Sunday each woman wears a
huge rosary, sometimes so large us to
be uncomfortable, I saw several that
were g-i unwieldy that they went over
the shoul lers and lormcd a huge line,
larger, indeed, ihan a string id' sleigh
lielis, 1 hese are oru.uucutal rosaries
and are not u-ed f r prayer. The pray
ing rosary is as small aud dainty ai
those used by fa-hiotiable women ill our
own H-nuaii Catholic churches. Hi
sides the fan and the rosary every wo
man was provided with a net and often
hand-oiiiely bound prayer book aud a
huge lighted cigar or cigarette.
This is indeed tho land for women
who love th'i weed. A few suioko cig
arettes nnd pipes, but the majority like
cigars larger than tlioio usually seen in
our own land. They smoke them at
nunc and in llie streets, al the table or
the balcony, lying in hammocks or
lolling on thi ir sleeds, and only desist
when within the sacred walls of ihc
church. The moment mass is over and
they emerge into tho sunlight the first
thing the women do is to light a fresh
ir and then climb into the saddle.
Saturday (ilobc.
C3A.mTOTt.XA..
B8, ,1,5 a ma sing mil nan minis ooiijnt
Man is rowhero in tho litble com
manded to speak God's praises "with the
tongues of men and of ange's," but he is
ervwhere commanded to love Him with
all his heart.
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Fore throat and constant coughinfr in
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CROCERIESAND CICARS.
Why not call on W. W. Kay, as he is
open both night and day. Keep the fol
lowiug brands of well koown whiskies:
"Old Oscar Pepper,"
Gump's G. P. B. Rye.
Stamp Straight,"
"Gordon Baltimore Rye"
and other brands.
1 sell Garrett li Co.'s pure Chocko
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west side II, K. Shed.
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Crockery, Ghwa Tin, and wooden and wil-
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