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foHIIfl" W. SLEDGE, rnoi'HiKrou.
A. ITEWSP-FEE IF1 O 1R, THE PEOPLE
WKLDON, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2(5. 185)9.
TERMS:-"'5'1 PKI1 annum in advance.
roL. xxxiii.
NO. 39.
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ironic Diseases
A
Al WOK A ON TIIF. YlkllN.
THE PLAY (IK NOKTI1KKM LIMITS ON
SNIIW BANKS ANII FltoEN ItlVKItS.
During the w inter months the aurora
on llic Vukun is iery brilliant and in
tensely beautiful. Ii commences early
in the fall and lasts, wilh more urn less
bril.i woy, throughout the long nrolic
winter. It gcneially enuiiuenceK upon
the setting of (he Mlni altliotiIi in mid
inter it has sometimes been mi bright
(hut it was visible at noon, while the
sun was shining brightly The luyH nl
the light first shoot fott la with a iiiiek,
quivering motion and aro then, inhered
and form a great arch of fire, spanning
the hcavcus. It glows for nn instant
like aj;ir lie of burnished gold; then, un
folding threat curtains of light dro
forth.
These royal mimics of bright orange,
green, pink, rose, yellow and crimson
are suspended and waved between heav
en ii nd earth us with uo iuvisib'e hand.
The rapid gyrations mid smuillnii ins of
light and bleuding dl ts are intensely
and superbly bewildering.
The whole phenomena of waving
wreaths, flickering Amies, rays, curtains,
IViugcs, bands and 11 ishing colors, the
strange confusion of light and motion.
D iw high io the heavens, then dropping
Ifkc curtuins of gold and silver lace,
sparkling with a wealth of rubies, sap
phires, emeralds and diamonds, penetrat
ion, dark gulches and darling through
so liber green Ion-sis, limiting the whole
landscape us with a thousand electric
lamps, from a pioturj of which words
can convey but a very p or idea. This
unwarniei; light, as il Ii islles ulong the
froz-in rivers, the great backs of anew
and reveals llie huge mountains of glist
eniii' ie ami black lines of fir, inde'd is
of ibe purest arclic cast and e.o-es one
to button bis ooat closer over his chest,
an J, with a shiver, he is glad to seek a
light of lest brilliancy, but one of life
giving warmth.
At the breaking up of the wiuter the
hours uf sunshine are rapidly increasing
and conlinue no uulil midsummer, when
the run beams forth 22 hours out of
2i, while on the high mountain piaks il
is for a period of several days in June
ot entirely out of sight during the 21
hour". During the niomhs uf July and
August the weather bcuomos very warm
and even hot, and miners are glad to
seek a shady retreat in which to do their
bor. After ibis period the houis ol
sunshine gradually decrease until, during
the shiniest days, (lie sun shines but
lour hours out of llie 21. Hut ut this
period the aurora is very intense uuj
helps very materially iu driving darkness
from that dreary I. nd. The thermome
ter goes down lo TO degrees below zero
iu winter, but (he atmosphere is very
dry, and consequently the cold is not so
perceptible as one would imigine. Alas
kan News,
HOW Tq TICK AT A MOTHKIl.
You young scouudrel," said the
father, seiz'ng hit disobedient son by the
hair, "I'll show you how you ought lo
(real your luolhcr,"
And he gave mm several bangs on
I be cars, and then shook him (ill In.
hair began to fall oul Chicago Journal.
KOL'MKl IT SAFELY,
Mrs. (joilluibs 1 liraid joii iidl
Ml.
Inn.
olllil
hol
. Ill
Khnl lo Collie aooiiid ai luneh
down lown I" in tr w ami )oii
have a ho(-.euith. W but in a
soot 'h, deal ?
Ml (iniliitin Conkid naliiiia1
dear. ( hieago I rib me
The wolf of
starvation
howls at the
limits of thou
sands uf men
who are well
Iu do ami sur
r u it n t! i-tl by
pliiKV 111
lir.iHIi, in the
majority of
i . ' cist s. is starva-
.J linn. iutc ami
!S-imi.e. M
I nt r a ii I h a t
boil v. brain
nirvr. hone
anil sinew are
iniiniiiH'ilv or
In-ufflcirnllT ninirUhill liliptuu.'t, iusuf
i,,iif(nltnteiit In starvation.
When a man's head aches it Is because
thr tissues of (he brain do nut receive
ufflcienl nourishment num the blood, or re
ininnrr anil milt, illliv nourishment
Whin a man K t nervous and Irt-pl-ss, il
.i., ii,.- hi. .! is not nroiH'ilv nnttr-
i.io the nerves. Whin his skin breaks
.... ii. t.i..i,-hi and iiiitiolis and emo
tions, it mean. Ih.t the skin ia bein- fcd
: .1.. ln,,,i,.f the blood. Almost
ierr known disease ia primal ily Ji to
i ...,,,.hmcMl I hrutiirti inc oioou,
which is (he lite stream. Dr. I'iercf'a
.i.ln Mniical Ii scovtlT 'he grrateal
of .'1 blood makers and pnritieis It aivra
(die in the appall-, collects all ' l"tderj
of the dit stiiin, make, the assimilation of
the lifr .Wing lcui-iit uf the mod per
fect invigorate' the liver, promote! cere
lion and excretion, and vitalises tlw whole
body. It makes 6rm. muscular flesh, but
j .'' . -... Mimuleiil rjeoDle more cor
oulent. It cure. oH per cent, of all cases
if lingering couiths, bronchial, throt.. nd
kindred affectio.is. which, 1 "tleO'Cl,
tad up to consumption. It 1- the be. ot
5f nere tonic, and restoratives. Kept by
all medicine dealers.
... . . .a... wilt. IhiL
w. tsken 111 in 1-enniarT. -"""r;"
ache siid inn a la "'f " . '
Km llVs-"h J itlrrrt T.i-oms. V..sh
Itaq . 1' I - .... w thrr tltlirl.
A.lilia,
"I
He
din in . o.o. . ,,,,, wonl. . ,
n'iicTmah Tth. M not .lev, only
m..k lie iml .nd well. -d "'X
No remedy relieve, constipation i o
ouickly and enectively a. l- Fiere.
tCuaal PcJleta, The, .r g ripa.
mm
Pretty Lizzie Ray.
THE MOUNTAIN SCHOOLMASTER
IT WAS MTCII EASIER FOB. MM TO
I.EAItN THAN TO TEACH.
Washington Star.
Hiding down the right bmk of the
Cumberland Itiver one afternoon of a
brig'it November day I noticed a log
school bouse about a hundred yards Irom
the road. Il appeared lo bo "recess"
tiui , for a lot of children were playing
around the open, and on a fence at oue
side af 1 1 1 1' building sat what I fairied
was the rehoilinaMer. Having had a
brief el perieiiee leaehing the young idea
how In shoot, I thought it would be
lather pleasant to talk for a passing
moment with the teacher, and so I turn
ed my hoise iu his direction and rode up
to him. I saw as I approached that
while be was of the very mountains, be
was nf the better class, and when I greet
ed 1 1 i in he in 't me pleasantly and asked
me to alight. However, I sat ou my
h ir-c, as he sat on the fence, and chat
ted with hi in ou the outlook of education
and the public school system in the
mountains, and his verdancy, ciudor and
uneducilel simplicity weie delightfully
refreshing.
' I presume you have n it had exper
ience e eliere as a teacher, have you?"
I inquired, wilh an idea of getting some
personal dita.
"Oil no," he replied. "This is my
start, and I ain't been long at this."
"Pi you like it? Much depends you
know mi a teacher's ultimate success
whether he works for love or money."
"The money is necessary, I reckon, but
I'd most as soon teach school as cat."
'Which would you rather teach, boys
or girls?"
"lioys for something, and girls for oth
ers." " Wbieb d i you find easier lo teach?"
His face became a sludy, which, when
a pretty mountain girl of sixteen came
oul of the schoolhousc and asked him a
qucstiou iu arithmetic, became a study
in blush color.
"Not girls, mister," he said, slipping
down oil' the fence and drawing so ncai
to me thai he rested his h;ini( on my
h o-se's withers, and there was a strange
iuteusily in his tone. "I've been tryiu'
evir aiucc lliat one looked into uiy face
the first day aud told me (bat her tarn.'
was Lizzie Uiy to teach her that she
ought Iu think as much of me as I do
ol her: but I aim been able lo git her
past ber A, II, 0 s, aud I reckon 1 ain't
a ever g iiu' lo. It was easy enough for
me to learn, and why can't sho do it?"
The question was (oo hard for uie, and
as I looked inlo the tense and straiucd
face of the young school-master I thought
if be cmld only learn how not lo learn
sonio things so easily, bow much more
easily he would piss his days untill (he
evtming of life brought its quiet lo him.
ION'T.
Dou't try to climb over a barbel wire
fence on ciutcbcf,
Don'l think an iudulgeul husbaud al
ways goes home full.
Don't linger at I lie bottom uf the lad
der. Kill ci go up or down.
Pou t insure your llic and Iheu pro-
cad lo work yourself to death.
Pout t'ljict a Co it ol paiut to cover a
man's age successlully.
Pou t thiuk a Woman always acUcvcs
gieatness wlieu she gels a husbaud.
Pou't think a man dwells next lo tb
r nd' mi rely lor the sake of the view.
P iu 't expect a girl lo furnish proofs
of her sialement lo the tlicot that sli
ojo'l sing.
Don't lock the liable door alter lie
horse is stolen. I'ossibly the thief may
repent and biing il back.
Don't imagine that long bail will give
the strength of S impson, unless bk
Sampson, you have a head lor it to grow
on.
A KOKiUMi IN MAXXi:..:-;
"His manner is worth 1 100 Hull
hitu." That is what one of the ehiel
men of the N tiion lately said aboit
boy. "It would not be worth so much ti
one who meant lo be a farmer, or wh
bad oo opportunities; but la a youo
college student wilh ambition, it is worth
at least a hundred thousand."
The boy was a distant relative of the
man, and had been brought up by cart
ful parents in a far off ciiy. Among
other things he was taught lo be friendly
and to thiuk of other persons before him
self. Therefore he soon acquired a chcr
ry, helpful and affable manner that won
for him an entrance into the esteem and
confidence of all who knew him. Hi:
attractive address, and quiet consideration
made friends for him on every hand. A
score of small Courtesies every day uncon
sciously called mention to hia value,
That la why the abrow 1 man of the
world ventured the foregoing opinion.
Till! ISLAND IS AN IDEAL 1'I.ACF. FOR
Till'; SI'DIMSMAN.
ALL SHUTS OF (1AM E IN AUIINUANCB
OVRltslX IIIINDIIBI) SPECIES OK FISH
IN TUB WATERS.
Cuba is u paradise for llic sportsman,
wild game and fish of ull kinds being
buodunt.
Parties of gentleman on horsebick,
with their pack of hounds, hunt the
fleet-footed deer. It is a common thing
or a small parly to kill eight or leo
er in a day.
The wild boar is plentiful, and some
times, if cornered, dangerous, especially
the old muster of the herd, called "un
solitario," which will tear a dog lo pieces
or make a green hunter climb a (rce,
but a Cuban easily kills him with o
machete. The island boar sometimes
weighs 2(10 or HOD pounds, and has huge
tusks, uftcu five or six inches in length
The meat of the female is much relished
by the natives. Wild dogs and cats,
wild cattle, hurscs and jackasses abound.
Hut the jutia, peculiar only to Cuba,
which looks like a cross between a squir
rel with a rat's tail and a rabit, and which
lives in the trees and feeds on nuts aud
eves, is the great delight of the Cu
ban.
I'owles are in great numbers. Wild
euioca hens and turkeys are found iu
flocks of from twenty-five to 100. The
whistle of the qnail and the fl itter of the
pheasant and perdiz are heard on all
sides in the rural and mountain regions
Ducks in abundance oouie over from
Florida ia the winter and return with
the spring. Wild pigeons, wiib their
white tops and bodies of blue, larger
somewhat than thu domestic bird, offer,
in bunting, the greatest sport to geutlc
tueu who will be restrained within reason
u the early mornings the pigeons gencr
lly go to feed on the mangle berries
when ripe, and which grow by the sea or
near some swampy place. A party ol
three persons have been known to kill
iOII of the pigeons within a few hours.
Hubiches, tnjosasand guyuaros. u,ro found
in the thick wood,.;.
Mocking and blue birds, orioles, lur-
pials, negritos, parruls and a thousand
kiuds of songsters and birds of brilliant
plumage flit from tree to tree.
There are fill distinct species uf li-lt
in the Cuban waters. Among (hose
that delight the sportsman arc the ted
upper, hsla, tuitnta, gallego, cubera, snr-
la aud garfish. The sierra, which
weighs from forty to sixty pounds, is
extremely game, as is the ronco, so
tiled because it snures wheu brought
out of the water.' I'ur heavy sport,
Cshiug for shaiks, which are "owl for
nothing, or the gust, which weighs from
4011 to 000 pounds and is excellent eat
ing, offers abundant exercise.
Dolieious shrimps, crabs and lobsters,
olams aud oysters abound. The lobsters
have no claws and weigh from two to
eight pounds. They are caught at uighl
in shallow places along the sandy beach,
a torch, harpoon and net being the
necessary outfit. Some ul the rivers
abound in alligators, but few hunt
them.
VJ.100PING
Onoufllio most distressing nights Ig
to (H'oni'liiltlnlmosti hokiiig with the
dreadful whooping-cough, (iivo Hie
child Dr. John W. l:u!!'nt'ongh Symp,
relief will lie obtained nt once and the
Biifferer will soon ho cured.
Br.BtfU'c
COUCH SYRUP
Cures Whooping-Cough quickly.
rosrs nrc .mult and plpnsnnt to tnkr. Poctora
tccouuui nd IL Price 15 cla. At all druggiiU.
She Mr Bloom does
ife much attention
n t
pay
his
He No; tbo only lime I ever knew
of his going out with her was once when
(he gas exploded.
Skin Diseases.
For the speedy and permanent cure rrt
teller, salt rbeuin aud eczema, C'linni
herlain'a fcve and bkin Unit men t is
without an equal. It relieves the Itch
ing and smarting almost Instantly and
its continued use cnecta a peniiiineni
cure. It also curea itch, barber's Itch,
scald head, aore nipples. Itching- piles,
chapped hands, chronic aore eyes and
granuiaieq iiua,
J)r, fady'l Condlllon Powders for
horses ara the best tonic, blood purifier
ajid vermifuge. Trice. 83 cents. Boldby
Fur ule hy W. M Cohen, Woldon. J N. Brown
Halllas, llr. A 8 ll.rrl.im. Kn rt. imigglaU.
There aro three important things in
man's lile when he is born, when I
marries, and when he dies. And even
then hii own impijtance is nvert-hadowei
bv tho eurinsitv 10 know if he is a bo;
or girl, what the bride wuro, and
he left lo his wife.
what
CASTOR I A
For Infants and Children,
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
A Considerate Mother.
TAINT SAFE TO MARRY.
REAI.I7.EII SHE WAS IN Nd POSITION TO
HIVE .MATIII.MIINIAI, ADVICE.
I had taken a very toothsome but not
highly finished dinner at tin; mountain
farmhouse, and when I started on my
way at 1 o'clock in tho afternoon the
uughlcr, who had looked after my wants
at llic tabic, informed me that if I had
no objections she Would "ride a piece"
with me. As she was a good-looking,
luddy mountain maid, unlike the majori
ty of her kind, I gave an immediate and
unanimous consent, and we were present
ly jogging along toward the Cumberland
river, which wo could sec lying like 11
silver thread across the green valley far
low us.
"I presume," I said, bowing with as
much gallantry as tho citcumstances
would permit, "that if uny of your bcaus
hould sec us riding together my lile
would scarcely be safe from their jealous
;ige."
"Oh, I reckon 'tain't so bad's (hat, all
to once, she laughed iu response.
I'm sure they are not so indifferent
as you would lead me to tnluk. 1'retly
girls arc not so plenty in the mountains,'
smiled, and sho blushed.
"Well, I s'pose ef Jim wuz here," she
hesitated, "mightn't be sich a picnic as il
looks, for Jim's mighty bad about rue.
That's why he ain't hero now."
"Why?" I asked wilh considerably
more interest and not nearly so much
bow and palaver.
' lie shot a hole through the last feller
rid with; and had to take to the woods
till he gits well."
This war: not altogether as pleasing us
it might have been, but I couldn't run
away fiom the lady, so I remained.
Well," I said in alone of siroug dis-
pproval, "do you iutendto marry a man
like that?"
'Tain't safe 10 marry any other not
er him, ner me neither, even ef 1 wanted
to, which i don't. Jim's plenty suitahle
er me."
"Does your mother approve of your
marrying I11111 f 1 asked, hoping some
body might be found who would come to
c rescue.
"No," she responded easily, "maw ain't
tulkin' one way ner t'other. She's been
married four times, and has made such a
Iralted muss uv it every time that she
tys she ain't a fitlin' person to give ad
vice ou the marry 111 question, nohow,
even ef I wuZ'i't old enough to do my
own pickin' an' cboosin," which seemed
lobe such an unanswerable argument
that I retired from the field. Washing
ton Star.
KOHOVI.K I'll-I Y V I-: A II S
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been
used for over fifty years by millions ul
mothers for children, while teething, wilh
perfect success. It soothes the child,
softens the gums, allays all pain, cures
wind colic, and is the best remedy for
Diarrhoea. It will relieve the poor liltlc
sufferer immediately. Sold by druggists
in every part ol the world. 2.1 cents 11
bottle, lie sure and ask for "Mrs. Wins
low's Soothing Syrup," and take no oth
er kind.
Doctor For dinner take forty min
utes.
1'alient What's the matter with some
meat and vegetable?
Ilnw tu Prevent Pneumonia.
You are perhaps aware that pneuiuo
nia always results from a cold or from an
ull.u k ol la giippe. Duriog the tqidem
ic nf Iu grippe 11 few years ago when
many eas. s resulted in pneumonia,
was ob-eived that the attack was never
folb wed by that disease when Chamber
Iain's Cough Hemedy Was used.
counteracts any teudency of a cold or la
grippe lo result in that dangerous disease
It is llic best remedy in (lie world for
hud colds and la grippe,
For ule hy W. M Cohen Welili.n. J. N. Drown
HallUa.lir. A s Himlmin, Kioleld. tlrtlKslst
"No," sai l llie lawyer, "I canm
take your ca-c unless you tell 1110 the
whole mill "
"What shall I tell firs'?" asked the
client, peering through the bars.
tl'l"( fl"W iiii-Ii tiMiiii'V volt I.RVe
I a (.rlppe 4urreNMiilly Treated,
41 1 huvejiiii recovered lioiu lile second
attack of la giippe this year," says Mr
Jus. A Jones, publisher of I he Leader,
Mens, lex In the latter ease
use! Chamberlain's Cough Hemedy, am
I think wilh considerable success, only
being iu bed a lime over two days again
ten tin is for the former attack
The second attack I am sa'i-fi. d would
have been equally as bad as the first but
fur the use of this remedy as I had to go
tu bed in about six hours niter being
'struck' with it, while in the first case
was able to ailend lo litiincss about two
days before getting 'down. "
For a by W. M Cohen Weld.m J N Brown
Halir.i, nr. A S. u,.rnon, tuOild, l)rumili
"How long did you know your
b'fore you married her?"
wift
"Not a minute. Don't know her yet
Beantha
Bigaatara
of
ira una inn guytiwift noujtit
He Came Bad
CLOSE CALL FOR CLARK.
HOW HE KNEW II B WASN T HEAD.
Thomas II. (irisliham, President of
the Hoard of managers of 1 lie Dodge
ily Soldiers' Home, told a Journal re
porter last week a story about an old
soldier named John Clark, who cmie
uear being buried alive Ho bud been
ill a long lime with typhoid fever, and
'M'd into a comiitotiC state and was pro
nounced dead. Iflirlal robes were placed
1 ill him uud be was tenderly placed in
casket to await interment, on the fol-
ovting ilav. Uuiing the night I lurk
lined his senses and rose up iu bis
arrow prison, lie U.sct the cotliu ami
is sent sprawling on the floor. In
consternation one attendant rushed inlo
the Mom and retreated, declaring be had
seen a ghost. 1 lien other attendants
une. Stimulants were quickly applied,
the liiuhs and body of Clark rubbed with
cohol. He soon opened his eyes
Alter careful attention and nursing be
iccovcrcil entirely, and today tells the
lory of bis narrow escape from being
tiiied alive.
Mr. fjrishum bus talked with Clark
about ibis strange experience.
Tell me," said Orisbam to Clark one
ay since the dead maii came to life,
bow did you feel when you died and
ow did you first, know that you were
alive?"
"When I appeared to myself," said
Clark, "to be dying, the experience was
very pleasant one I seemed lo be
ntirely free (rotu trouble and to be pass-
iuto a new realm When I begun to
recover consciousness I found myself iu
what seemed to be a coffin, but I at once
uew that I was not dead because my
t were cold and I was hungry."
'I don't understand what you mean,''
said Grisliaui.
"I knew," replied Clark, "that if I
were iu heaven I would not be hungry,
d if I weru in hull my feel would not
ie cold." Topeka Journal.
HOW HE IMCOVKO IT.
While driving along the street one
y last wiuter, in my sleigh, a little boy
ix or seven years old, a-ked mc the
ml question, "I'lcase, may I ride?'
auswired, "Yea, if you ure n good
boy."
He climbed into the sleigh, and when
itskel again, "Arc you a good boy?''
he looked up pleasantly and said, ''Yes
ir."
"Can you prove it ?"
"Yes, sir."
"lly whom ?"
"Why, my ma," ho said promptly.
I thought to myself, here's a le.-soD
for boys aud girls. Children, can you
prove by mother that you are good ?
Try to deserve the coulidenco of your
parents and everyone else Kicbaoge.
KKNTl'CKY 'I OWNS WITH
CLKIOI'S N.VMKS.
The names of towns and villages in
Keutucky develop some queer facts.
For instance, there is the long name,
McGoldricksville, aud the extremely
short name, Iuk. A few of the curious
and unusual names of haloids aud
country neighborhoods 1 happen to
recollect just now are: Tywhoppily
Ingierubber, I'osMim Trot, Frog l. vil
Pug Walk, Bully Hoy, Slaughter House,
Broken Bridge, Misery Mount, Maiden
Blush, Tipsey Creek, Harlow Flats, Rab
bit Hash, ltiddleiueroek, Ucdberryrock,
Kansi ui Free, Buncombe Bog, I'belyou,
I 00, lull, Democrat, Darling, Digitout,
Fossil Fork, Hat'snest, Kighty-cigbi,
Sunset, Salt Creek, Ingomar, Limber
neck, ('hickory Crick, llickorvnut
Holly Haunt, Tinkleyturn, Tad noli
Hank, l.ovelyville, B.ilchlown, Che-lnilt
(!rove, Wbangdoole, Whereaway, Crick
m reciack, Cicmr'a Coast, Liberty, L ive
Mud, Money, Hold Knelt Ie, Silver Dust
(loosi biiue, Ibid loir;, Buiizird's Boost
and Tipplctub. jouiville 1'usl.
OI F ON tiii:.
An aged rural citiien engaged the
local town poel In write an obituary on
his brother. After nuiiiemus fiii'ures the
poet submitted the following:
"He left this world of sorrow
And entered heaven's gale,
Willi a spotless rube of glory tin,
At twenty minutes to eight."
"Well," said the old man as the effort
was read lo him, "Hit win r'aly fifteen
minutes past nine when he got thur,
'cord in' tor my time piece, but, anyhow
he wul such a liar hit don't make nn
dilTrunce. L t her ki at twenty
eight I"
ltr.l'RKSlllNO.
"Dickie, what did your mamma aay
when she saw us coming along the
walk ?"
"She said, 'Well, well, what on earth
baa your father picked up now ?' " At
chison Globe.
Tr? It.
EAT BEFORE GOING TO BED
IS CONTRARY TO OCR EARI.V TRAINING,
1IITT IS FI LL OF COMMON SENSE.
Here is good advice to thin people
who waul lo grow fat. It seems con
trary tu all our early training, but is full
of good common sense and comes from a
prominent physician. His suggestions
follow:
"If you have thin and want to put
flesh upon your boues, cat bel'oro going
to bed fur the night. Physiology teueh
cs us that there is a wasting away of tis
sue tvliilu a person sleeps as well as when
he is awake, and this being so there
should be Continuous nourishment. Food
taken ut dinner or iu llic early evening
is always digested at the time of relire
ing, and the activity of the process of as
similation continues until long after we
are asleep.
"If the tissues aro not nourished they
arc pulled down by the wasting process,
and us a result sleeplessness ensues. Ou
a full stomach, however, or with some
food to sustain the system there is a
building up of the tissue.
"Man is the only creature 1 know of
who docs not deem it proper to sleep on a
full stomach. The infant, in this res
pect, iustinctivcly cries to be fed at
night, showing that food is necessary
during that time as well as duriog the
day, and that left too long without it
causes a discomfort which it makes
known hy crying.
"There is no need for nst in the diges
tive organs, provided the quantity ot
food eaten is not above normal during
the twenty-four hours. Too long inter
vals between meals arc bad for the
stomach, from the fact that tho cessation
and resumption uf work of the digestive
organs tend to enfeeble them.
A moderate working of the organs
through the twenty-four hours is much
more beneficial. I would adviso those
suffering from insomnia to take some
thing to cat before going to sleep always.
A glass of milk and bread, meat or any
gestible food will do."
WOULD YOU EXCHANGE
PLACES ?
Many years ago a frieud of ours was
in great darkness of mind. Ho was
passing through great trial, and the out-
nok to hira seemed only greater dark
ness. Around turn were men witn ineir
families enjoying gicat prosperity, and,
as compared with himself, bad nothing
to distress them. Why was it so? God
was dealing with him in hardness.
When in the depths, as if the Spirit
had spoken to him, he asked himself
whether, after all, ho would be willing to
xchange places with any one of those
who seemed to be more favored than be.
As if a door into a jewelled room,
filled with sunlight, had been suddenly
opened, he saw the great mercies of (od,
nd he recoiled from the thought of such
an exchange in life, The darkness was
gone; the laiueutatious ceased, and songs
f joy burst forth. S iou the trials were
over .11 any years have passed, and in
them nil he has seen how the mercies of
God are high above all that is dark and
infill in His providence, and praises
the Lord with joy Selected.
ini.ii:u:.vrir.iiiMi .machine.
Scales are now being made on such a
nice adjustment that lliey will wei;
anything from the smallest hair, plucked
frcm the eyebiow. They are triumphs
of mechanism, and are enclosed in glass
cases, as the slightest breath of air would
impair their record', lhc glass cases
have a sliding door, and as soon as the
weight is placed in the balance the door
lides down. Two pieces of paper
equal weight can be placed io tho scales
and an autograph written in pencil on
er side will cause tho other side
ascend and the needle which indicates
the division nf weight, even lo (he tea
millionth purl of a pound and less, will
move in its perpendicular. A signature
containing uine letters has been weighed
and proved to be two milligram i or the
l.y.iiMtih pari of a troy ounce.
Sore Throat
Pore throat uud constant rougliuiK in
dicate an affection of the bronchial
tallica which may develop into pleurisy
orinfbinimiitionof the lungs. Do not
wuit : but use Dr. John W. Bull's
Cough Syrup nt once end bo enred,
COUCH SYRUP
Cures Hoarseness snd Sore Throat.
nor tre rnnnll MtiA pie iwnl to take. TVwInrt
fecommcndiL ITice ajcU. AtUdiugisU.
ASSOUTMKNT.
Mrs. Brown I was in tho new drug
store to-lay. It's just lovely.
Mrs Jones Yes?
Mrs. Brown Yes, they have six dif
ferent shades of pills I Detroit Journal.
OASTOniA.
OTTON is and will con
tinue to be the money
crop of the South. The
planter who gets the most cot
ton from a riven area at the
east cost, is the one who makes
the most money. Good culti
vation, suitable rotation, and
iberal use of fertilizers con
taining at least 3 actual
Potash
will insure the largest yield.
We will send Free, upon application,
pamphlets that will interest every cotton
planter in the South.
GUR.TAN KALI WORKS,
03 Nassau St., New York.
Monuments, it
m Gravestones.
Our iliuntruted eiitaloiiue, No. 10
which we mail free, contains a va
riety of marble and granite nien1
riuK and will help you in making
a proper selection. Write lor it I
We will Batisly you as to prices.
AK.!T SlOt K intlie South S
THE COUPER MARBLE WORKS,
(Established Fifty Years.)
159 to Kill Iiank at.,
nnv 2 1v
Norfolk Va
W. W. KAY,
-Dealer In-
iprs,
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 Pepper,"
liump's G. P. II. Rye.
Stamp Straight,"
"Gordon Baltimore Rye"
and other brands.
I sell Garrett & Co.'s pure Chocko-
yotte wines.
I keep the best of every thing in my
inc. i&.rolitc attention to all at Kay s,
west side R. R, Shed.
myUly.
J. L. JUDKINS;
Wholesale and Retail;!
Dealer In Fine '
Staple
and
Fancy
w-FRUITS, CONFECTIONERIES.!
Crockery, Glaaa Tin, and wooden and wil
low ware. Also 1'ratt'a Horse, Cow,
Mllir Alld Pnnltrtf Vcuul and (lrnvJm
Sji; Tasteless Chill Tonic. Alexander's
uiverauii jviuuey ionic ior puruying
the hlood. This tonic is warranted or
money refunded.
J. L. JUDKINS,
No. 21 Washington Ave., Weldon, N. C
dec 11 ly-
-OF
-FALL AND WINTER-
MILLINERY.
FANCY GOODS and NOVELTIES.
Bntterick's Patterns.
It. & G. CORSETS,
Miam at50c., Ladies 75c tol.
SSl.l'riee. will he made to suit the tiraea.
Hals and honneta made and trimmed to
order.
MRS. Pa A. LEWIS,
WaMimi N A
W. T. PARKER,
Weldon, N. C.
Heavy
AIMDZZ
Fancy
C
wines
Groceries,
Grand Display
Groceries
Queensware, Cutlery, Plows, Plow Cart
ings, Hoes, Forks.
RECEIVER AND SHIPPER OF
Corn,Hay & Oats
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