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JOHN" "W. S3L,"EIDa-E, Piioi'UiKToii.
VOL. XXX IV.
A ZSTEWSIPJVIPE-R, FOE THE PEOPLE
TLE-RLMiS: 31-50 I'KK ANM'M IN ADVANCE
WKLDON. N. C, THURSDAY. JULY 20. 181)!).
NO. 12.
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HOI CURE
FOR BLOOD POISON.
Beware of the Doctors'
ThfM'P
Patchwork; You Can
itIT tn
st'lvt-M to
Cure Yourself at Home.
Muiul poiih.
The diM'tiir; niv wlin'ly un:ibli to j'Pt rid of
th.B Tile puidon, and only i.ttmp. to hl up the imii.'hiiI kji hm. r.in.-e of tin
dine me the ttnrea ami e-nptinns. Tin ( hy i(m liy d:i iivr iIim poisuti inin thrt
Rjntt'iti, and endeavor to keep it -Unit in v.ith thfir c.n-i;ih! ili.-tN of pt;tli
and mercury. The mouth and thi-nat and uther rtelieuii' pnrt then break out
intosoren, and the tiyht U cmitinui'd indelimK. ly, tliedi-us doing the y.'.iem
more damtitfe iTnm lit? ui'iim itnell.
Mr. II. L. Myert, ! Mulherry St.. Newark. S. .1., snya
hundred diilltir with tlie doctor, when I muiml that
they could do me no pood. 1 hud lure apots nil ovt r my
brdy.aud these mum broke out into ninninn mvp, mid I
endured all the atilTerinK which thin vile disease pro
duces. 1 decided to try S. S. S. a a last re.-ort, and win
noon greatly improved. 1 followed closely your 'lu-ec-tions
for Self TreHttuent,1 and the lare ;dutehe on my
- chest begun to grow paler and mntiller, und before hint;
b disappeared entirely. 1 wuh soon cured perfectly and my
C bb in has been an clear a lasa ever ninee
self st home, after the doctors had failed completely.
t is valuiible time thrown away to
to cure Contagious Hlood Poison, lor
yond their nk ill. Swifts .Speoiho
S. S. S, FOR THE CLOOD
sets in nn entirely different way from polish ar.il mercury it forces tho
poison out of the system nnil gels rid ot it oMirely Heine ii niiw tho
disease, while other remedies only shut the poison in where it lurks forever,
constantly uuderminiiiK the constitution. Unr syicin of private home treat
ment places a cure within the reach of all. W e give all neivssnry medical ad
vice, free of charge, and save the patient the einharrasmont of putilicity.
Write for full information to Swift Hpecilie do., Atlanta, Ua.
.The Peerless
Wine,
n ''l.)lls:lids ot
iilfi.'.ito l .ii'hnlij
SHOULD BE IN ALL.
I r.A PlvRlTRR
t UlVKj LV 1 J Lit Li LV
ouds ureKuariiuleed lo salisl'.icliuo.
Ilomc Otlice,
QH0CK0Y0TTE, N. C.
lie Biggest Thing
In Norfolk 6
Seek No I'unh. i !
HcM'T Cannul He Kouuil!
Jordan's
(DIES AND
LjENTLEMAN S
Cafe
HI MAIN 8TKKKT,
WUKKuLli, V .i
OH
Selected and
Private Stool?;
Rye Whiskey,
of the Purest
distillation,
and is
Recommended
to all who use
qr Require a
Stimulant of
Reliable quality.
jAhNl'Ur MdllUlS ('(.,
' 'Hule stents fur ilie )hiiller,
Hiullllloud, Vu.
Mil. W. P. SMI I'll, ul WcMod, N. C
is the solo liisiribunn aiii'iit at that
point, tor the ulmvu old and
Celebrated Whiskey.
I1AVKNIMHT MDItlllS 1 CO,
Ct. PARKER,
Weldon, N. C.
Heavy
ANDZZ
Fancy
lAAh fi PA I 'A no
LIUU U U I 0
Groceries
Qaemmvar, Cutlery, (low. l',low Cad
? 'I' jnjj(,! Hoes, Forks. "
KECEIVER ANDSHUTKB OF
Corn,Hay & Oats
1 1,
i not llio slijV.it1;! (Inula lluit tlit
doctor tin ii'Mi'ti liiinn tlmn yvo hi trf.i'ini;
Cuiilttj,'iilt HI'mhI ',i;i'in ; m;H J' VH'tillM df
this (M'1Ih'iiic di-it'inc wmilil iniU'li tx'tli'i'
iliiy if tl.f v li.nl th'vit ullowi'd Hh'Mi-
bt di-"d mi imTi'tit y nfi Hlnli, the
only ivmi'din which tin' dm' it in iwr tfiVH 'nr
"I Iiml spent n
1 cured my
a.
i'iieot tlin doctors
the disease is be
" ' r-r
V h' GftRRETT co
-L unl'ailin.' remedy and all
is an
their
liramdi W.irelinusp,
MEMPHIS. TENN.
.t itirduii'b C';lo you gel 1 lie hel '1')
Cent meal on earlh, 1111J rveryihini! -
luitrlitt alt'ord-, served tn npler in llu
limit style. ( i Mtenijon toeverjlvdv.
Jt is tlie ulijHiit'i.t, elieupi'sl and best Tal't'
on or I'll the e;.rih. Did popular pi ices
REGULAR
MEALS
llicikf.ut
htloier
.Supper
25
Cents
F..h.
If L'O to (he KKT you go to .1011-
is.W S ('A'.'K,
And Ii you n Jordan's CaCc, you po
lo the UKijl'
AMOS P. JORDAN,
Keep tllif place.
tVilpeu .,11 Nitfl.j. tiKiiiK one
J.v i ly
J. L. JUDKINS,
Wholesale and Uft.nl
U"dcr lu (-'ine
Staple
and
Fancy
wrFRDITS. CONFECTIONERIES.
Crock -ry, lilaaaTiu, and wwMlcn aud wil-
luwwaru. Aio l'r.itt Morse, low
Hon and Poultry KikhI, and tirove
T.U-Ichh Chill Tome. Altxandti
Liver and Kidney Ionic tor ptinlyn n
the bltMHl. I hiM tonic i warranted 01
luouey rt'tuiidwl.
J. L. JUDKINS,
' No. 2 Washington Ave., Weldon, N. C
dc 11 It-
Grand Display
-OF-
taTSritl.Nii ANII SI'MMKll-Wi
MILLINERY.
FANCY (i(H)l)S mid NDVKLTIKH.
Hutterii k's Patterns.
Jt. & G. COUSKTS,
Misses at 5tlc., Ladira 75c. to $1.
HV.!'ricc8 will he made to suit the times.
II11U aud bouueU made ami Irinmied U
order.
MRS. P. A. LEWIS,
WMrn. N n
jyu. T. T. HOHS(
DENTIST
Wildon, N, C,
P0" Offlot over Emry A Plwot'atore.
10-l-lj.
Groceries
Ghosts.
OLD FASHIONED "HANTS."
l i'H AS l" It UltAliMirTIIKHS I'SEII TO
HKI.IllllT IN, AUK. Til OSCK Molts Kl.iK
I'lll'M TUB 1 1. Villi Miss UK TIIKIH I'ltIS
USS t.iV AND l.nNK.
All l.i.-lii.m.ihlo I.umlui, we are told, is
discussing ehusls. Not tin) ghosts ot
up In-dalc spirlU!ilim and pli)choh'(.'ieiil
resciircli, hut nuilic, old Tushionrd
' liant.-i" huslN Mifh lis in the better
days ol Kokand and of (his tepuhlic per
aiiihulalcil in ancient Imu-cg aud pre
empted for llu li manifestations the hour
when graveyards yawn.
A I.ond.iti IcttiT siys that tin! telling
of li.ist st .lies is tlk: 'era.!' of the
"silly" season; that jjIldM lileralure is
becoming the vnpue, an 1 that m iteovcr
soni: j;lmsts that have been laid fur yeais
have resurrected themselves, aud repos
sessed themselves of their old stamping
or, rather, we. should suy, glidino
i;rounils. Ah iiidieatnl above by the terms
criie" and "silly" there is a disposition
in certain (platters to ridieule, belittle,
and, if possible, kill ihis revival of ulden-
time liustuhioy. We, however, hail the
revival with delight. To us it is a sion
ol wholesome reaction, full of ptomisc ol
cX'Tliuj; sihitary inrl ieuces in several
directions.
ll' we must have uhosts, by all means
let us have the ghosts of our grand
inotliers. No, wc dou't mean that. We
uicin the nhosts our (irandtnothers be
lieved in. As far as we know, gliosis of
that brand never did, any ouo auy harm.
Moreover, iliey Were, sa a rule, eminently
ro'pccutilo and dinnifted. Thero were
a lew degenerates anions thotn, that oc
casionally transgressed the lawj of tin'
ghost etiipilte ol their period by nioai -in,;
and gently rattling chains and carry
ing their heads around under thuir arms,
but thesD were the exceptions that prov
ed the rule. For the far greater part
the cult contented itself with uudulatino
alonn, passing throui;!'. ttote walls at
points where there were nn apeimres, and
awaking sleepers in ''hanted" rooms by
rubbing their uoses wit H icy hand.
Certainly they did uot cut up such
didoes as playing 0) bunj is uoij guitar.-,
riniug ilinu :r bulls, niqjiiiating their
hands au I throwing them iutu the air,
scribbling t lit i r names on slates, V Km
th :rm re, the assistance of a lot of para
phernalia, of mediums, and uf "occult
science" was not neooiwaiy tu raise them
They Just raised themselves, wheu time
and weather were propitious And, what
is infl litely lu their credil, ihey we-e not
h ists for ,cvi.'iiue. 'Iiey were salisfiid
with raising the hair on the heads ol
those to whom they appeared, leaving
their p ickets untouched List, but not
least, the ghosts of the days ayoue, while
aying au important part in the rowan
tie liieraiuro, did. not pollute that do
main of letters, In short, the iitniiut
ghost was Dot a titklr, oud was seldom, if
ever, vicious
We repeat, therefore, that we welcome
the revival thai has Veen stalled in Lo.
duo, and hop-,: til ;it t Wo'i jo encourage
the older, Simon pure, uncommercial,
aud unscientific ghosts that they will
llise by Iwyruda
Kroiu the darkness
( )f their prisons low aul lone,"
reassert their sway, and utterly annihi
late their modern successors That is,
of course, guntjtiij that e 1411(5) iav,
iihosls. l(iel;tiouii lisiasci,
Though familiarity may not breed
contempt, it Uke off the edge of adu i
ration .
1VYQ HISUKKS,
Thnr ate
(Wii lit I
tHktu that
npl( with
wt .ik hint;
are li.ihlr ti
niiikt-; and
htl Ii i 1'
bad : Otu
i to nut
fnv Htu..
uM qm w
y rlloliMH
to tin- tittle
rniiKh Httd
bnnulii.il
tlliulllfH
null
all
lissu
m ' - and ulum
and pluiiHe
y 11 u 1 11 , u
Kn.umptlon almost before you are swarr
af it; the otlier is wtn-n the trouble is at
last discovered and fully rraliicd to give
up hope loo Moon.
Begin with these bronchial and threat
lilmeuts the instant t'ey sypeai ; nevrf
nail till to UiortoW I'he right remcd;
icdy
ill-
taken now mav save months of severe
ness. On the other haml it the illness has
already come upon you: nd you find your--lf
weakened, wasted and discouraged, d
not lose hope Tllere. is a medl, iue U,al wll
.iilauily u-itiiie you to iii slili and .in ush
' . itv h"iv Ws 01 H veiv bul way when I coin
tiicucvil toaive him lr. I'leref'. (eilitra M,slli-.il
llttcuvery," wrllvs J V. 11 lee. Kq . of dmrk,
Monroe Co . olilo. In s recent letter to Dr. K. V.
iin-e of niilliilo. N. Y. " Tile il.K't.irs elritimsl
he had eoiisiiniplion sml we uoctoml with l hem
itiilil he was nasi walkiiin After iisilla five Isa
ties of the ' Diststvpry ' he I. li'iw .11 Ift
has hern ten ni.iiilhs tiit lifl Vtuitsl taklnlf'
Mir i.o niv im iin'tnei.wtu miroou nesiin.
ire Veey thsaklul lryo,i for Mvlng our mm "
ior1iel.wilt unroellieslih. we
''Itimdreds of similar cases are described
in one ohanier of Dr. Pierce's great thou
. in.. .......a I 1, n-i . ......
ana page iiiusiiii-ii i-s'i, ui nv.iii
Ionian,
oil ttellsv aieuicai stivopt nu n win
oe
Sent IVet for the bare cost ot mailing. Jl
one cenl stamps. It is veritable family
library In one volume; the fruit of Uf.
Pierce's life long experience wi'h the
vcri .t tri of ilistiiaU yhrouic ilws
Anyone niay writ In him ft" advice; which
will be sent in plain sealed envelope,
fret ef charge.
2 4v
v?lA ill
v. vf.ra BIB
THE PATHS APART.
BY FRANK I..
Wheu the ilarkuesa with its shudows
I i looms the ulory ol the day,
And Hie dear lakes and the meadows
Melt ill memory away;
Will yon then, in nentlest dreaming, -
Wliereso'er your steps may he, -Think
of stars once hricjitly beaming
O'er tlie hills once ileal to me?
I lear to me because above you
Once I saw their summits i;leaiu,
When I whispered lirsl: "I love you,"
Whispering: "l.ove is not a dream!"
Ileal to me because 1 knew you,
Crowned with love's own diadem,
Where I sawtiut's angels view you,
And I wept, and envied I hum !
I the ways that you are going !
Could you not find here delight
In the reaping time and sowing
In the red lose anil the white?
Ill the birds that, sweetly singing.
Send their souls to (iod in song?
lu the hells in music ringing
In the groves where thrushes throng?
k far Episode.
A VERY CLOSE CALL.
HOW THE 01,11 CLOCK l'ltOTECTKl) (1KN
KftAI. MUSHY FltOM IIE1NU C'AI'Tl'KKll
11 V THE III.fE (MATS.
One cool September (lay a small party
ol Confeilerali s could b" seen wendit.g
their way down the dusty road that leads
into the little lowti of Warretiton, and
Irum the tired look of the men and the
steaming sides of ihc horses one cnild
plaiuly see that the cavalcade bad ridden
fast ami far. Tho company were a part
of ilie rangers, and at lluir head rode
their chid', Mushy, on a black steed,
while the rest of the men IrotleJ on be
hind in a leisurely wanner and made the
air ring ai h their jests and gay si ngs.
It was true that the enemy might come
in sight at liny moment or that sonic
stray bullet from a foe hidden in a bush
might cut short the laughing woids on
the meny lips, but familiarity with tic
horrors of war had bred an easy indiffer
ence, and these m.:n, thou;.h daily facing
death, thought uo more id' their dangir
than if they were riding to a picnic in
si.tue neighboring grove.
It was pK about noon wheu the parly
I - r t ; it', n ' i . J i a farmhouse, and in an in
slaut the jolly icbels Were the center ol
an mluiiiiug group that t'rmvd, J about
ibcip, und the tiiigcr host hastened to
bring out for their entertainment all the
go, d things thai his larder affiidnl. The
men w.rc hungry, aid seated beneath
the huge oaks they were soun di-cussii g
the rc alive merits of the buttermilk and
fried chicken with wh'li tVuy Wire pler
lilully si.J'i lied, tint lime wore on, and
th men, furgciful of is passing, sought
lefresbment iu a doze on the ijra.s be
neath the (:,;;,.
A sudden cry of "The Yankees aie
coming I" rang out on the still uflcrnoi n
air, Vol llie IWodiTuics sprung lo their
horses just us a parly of I'liion troops
dashed in sight anuuid a bend in the
loud. In a moment the rangers had
leaped on their steeds and galloped out ol
sight down a narrow wood,' lauo thai rau
mar lli.i i..nu t,ml partially concealed
thetu from view. In fact, their escape
Would have been successful Rot one
man'; relive nag delayed the fellow so
long iu uiouuting that the approaebiug
sijiiad caught a glimpse uf the gray jacket
as it vaiiishid iu a cloud uf dti-l in tie
dislunee
.llofho VHiigeni hud. got out if
lunger ficej it tin ir leader, M isby, wl o
was in the house when the alarm was
given and had not heard the warning cry.
So when he looked up from the bonk
which he was leading, while resting in
the cool of lie halltfiu, lie saw the
l iiiou Iroops charging in at the gale,
which was ouly a few hundred yards
sway It was loo late now to escape,
and while the Federals did not yet know
his prescuee lliey w. n'ol search ihe house.
audit was only a mallet of a few mo
ments hi fore he would be prisoner ip
their hands,
lu Ilie pallor, which opened into tie
hall, young lady sit sewing, and In r
i,uick wit took in I he situation at
elanee.
"Il'-re! fi. p in tlii- clock q-e!" :he
inn in diy vhjiiicd as ho threw open
the door of an immense ohl ulock llmt
si oid ticking iu one corner of the hail.
And in a ini.meul Mushy had siuei . d
hini-ill into its dusty reciss.
By this lime the J'uiou men were dis
mounting, but before I hey entered tlie
h use the lady had sealed her
so f and was qnielly sewino
The 1'nion orticer allude lido the room
aud looked amiously ghoul.
"Are there any rebels concealed in this
lo use ? ' he demanded iu a loud voice.
' .Mosby's men were horu uwhile ago,"
she replied., ".bu! ihey all escaped as your
troops came in sight."
The efficer glanced about the room,
and his (iiick eye ca,ioii sight of a man's
soli felt hat thrown carelessly on a chair.
"Search the house," he ordered ol
three men who were wuitinij his com
nisDils. In a moment the men in blue were
awarmiog over the house and poking
into every nook and corner. They com
STANTON.
Ileal, the violets will miss you
Kvery rose ol olden grace
: Those that leaned yoiirwav ot kiss yoil'l
Miss the beauty of your face!
And for one heart, lone, forsaken,
In the shadow he shall say:
"(iod gave all, and so hath taken
Kwn the gilt ot it away!"
There's a dove in woodlands sighing
With no hiiniiiu voice nor art ;
There's a mate a mate replying,
Hut you're leaving me, sweetheart!
Ami in all tlie bleak doininions-
Of the 'rett anil lonesome night
L ive in vain shall plume his pinions
l'oryour farthest lame and Might.
Let us dream our best endeavor
Still shall lead from paiu to pa'li;
Ilream that love is love lorever.
Living when the stars shall cease!
Hut the -stars are mule above me,
Anil the brightest gleams depart;
Voices whisper still, you love nie,
Hut you're leaving me, sweetheart!
menced at the garret, searching each
room closely us they descended, mid the
rattle of their sabers could be heard dis
tinctly iu the hall below as they trampled
about, throwing open closets and upset
ting beds.
Presently s'l gathered in the hall mid
werediscussitig in ailisappoiutidtonethcir
failure. Kvery moinenl seemed an eternity
to the ranger shut up in the hot, dusty
depth of the old clock, aud the warm air
had grown almost unbearable. t he
it.. .. .
uarcu not move, lor ouly a lew led
away he c.uld plainly hour the angry
t .ins of the Yankee ifliccr, and the Ica.-I
motion meant capture or death
the moments dragged on, and
Now!)
slill the
men lingered.
Finally the occupant uf the cluck felt
an uncontrollable desire to sneeze, and us
he realized the fact he broke out in n
old perspiration at Ihc horrible thought.
To prevent it was something beyond his
control, but usueizo would surely be an
swered hy a bullet through the clo-k
case, and the ranger felt ho would pre'er
the danger of faciug his foes in an open
liolit.
Suddenly a blight idea came into his
niind, and just us he bent his heal to
sne. z he. oayc u pull on ihe pendulum
lluii gent all ihe wheels whitring in n
loud eoiifu-iou.
I he I 1 1 i 1 1 n men glanced
at the noisy timepiece.
suspiciously
"I urn nfraid thai clock needs mend
ing,'1 remarked I he lady carelessly us she
tumid down a new hem in the lim n on
wliieb she was sewing, aud her ipiiel
voice disarmed suspicion.
With a sigh uf lei,, '', Mosby beard
the I'lticer c 'Uimand Iils men to tnmnt,
and presently the gallop of iheir depart
ing horse boots ,. ,,a h,,, delighted cur.
And scaicely had the echo died away
when the clock (lew open, on4 ho ex
hausted prisoner studied out in an al
most soil cil' i cimdilH;u.
A ni ir, laugh had ihe ranger over
his mini w iscapc, but iu all the dangeis
dial he f.icid during four years of blom!
shed ilicre was none thai tried h;s uerv
the tinihle ''alf '..Oui; Sjient
elovlt yastf tiehange.
MOTUI',11.
in tin
old
Young pie, link in lb ise eyes, lis.
t (! lo thai dear voice, and notice the
feeling ol even a touch that is bestowed
upon you by that geutle baud. Make
much of il while yet v'oti have thl most
precious of ;,ll goon gifts, a lov ing lumber j
Head tho u'll'al hom.itiliy luVo uf those
eyes, ihe kind amicty of that lone und
look, however slight your pain. In after
life you may have friends, fond, dear
kind friend-; but ocvej w(i you have
agaiu the i,iiejpiessble love aud gentle
ness lavished upon you whi.'h none bui a
mother bestows. Olien di I sigh in my
s niggles with the hard, uncaring vorld
for the deep, sweet M.urily I felt when
0,1' au even, resting iu her bosom, I li
tencd lo suue quiet tale, suitable to, my
age, read in her ttm.Jei, untiring Voice.
.Never cm forgot hit awent glanc-n oast
upon me when J appeared asleep; never
her kiss of peaoe at night. Years h ive
passed since we lai 1 her beside my fuller
in the c ld churchyard, yol still ha j vice
whispers liom lL,i, g,avUl ami her eye
I, Itches over me as visit spirts Ion ?
line hulloAied by her memory. Kir. I
M icaulay.
J
A l lf AN I (iNt l:.HMION,
Wmehmaker Your watch soemi to
be err die. Have you, had l near apon
e.'flll Wagueis
Customer (confused) -Why, 1 was
carriage ri ling l ist evening with Mi
Bright. Jewelers' Weekly .
t-jm i
(;i:i I IMl AT TIIH FACTS.
Ciranduia What lie did Mr. tippin
coll leave la,l uighl, Qracio ?
Uriicie Why, grandma, he (lulled
home at
(Irandma (mildly) Nevor mind when
ho slatted; I asked you when he left
Brook Un Life,
Baantaa
BiftaWr
r
ins gino Ttw mw nm Boiiflit
'Mine In My Soul."
A WORD ABOUT ITS AUTHOR-
HIS Y11H E IS STII.I. AND THE PEN OK A
1IKAHY WIIITEIt SI1AI.I. NEVKIl FASH
ION MKI.ulllES Knit K.AUl'II AHA I N.
(Inc ol the cliurelics's u ulilemen has
fallen, and the realm of gospel song has
seen one ol'its sweetest, busiest pens laid
d iw u. When, on the ufieriiooii of
April In, I'lof. .1 ilill Rub.-nn Swelley
said farewell to e.irth, the book of an
eventful life closed.
lie was born iu lfvlT. His mu-ical
career began with sludy under Professor
I'arili when he was iiineleett years old,
and he was u baud master in u Iclawarc
regiment during the Civil War. It is as
the author of go-prl hjmn tunes that
have found their way around the world
that he will longest be remembered,
though bis work as a leader of music in
lietliaiiy Presbyterian Church, Phila
delphia, as musical director at the Ocean
drove ciitiip meetings, and as teacher of
music at the Pennsylvania Military Acad
emy, has made him known to thousands,
and no one ever met him but to love
him.
Wc stood together on the platform of
a railway station one afternoon, many
miles from the scenes of any of his labors,
and where be had Utile thought of being
known, wheu a lady stepped up lo him
and said "Professor Swency, I believe?
I lin t you al I l.'ean Ijr ovc last year. I
want to tell you what a help your songs
have been to me " Kverywherc he went
he found friends lo admire him, because
of Ihe enj lyinent and help he had
aff i ili id them.
So busy was his pen that ulways once
a year, aud some years oftetier, his pub
lishers put on the market a new book of
gospel songs edited hy him. These books
had large sales
Porhip-i nn single couipositiuu has
been sung more than "Heulah Land,"
one uf bis earliest productions. Stories of
its use have come back to bimfrom every
epiaili r, to cheer him and make hi.- In art
glad with the kiiowie L'e of having been
a source of help to many through it. A
traveller climbing ihe Alps odc day, came
upon an o il lady rocking a wee baby in
her anus, and singing in her native
tongue, while she swung it to and fro -
' () Heulali 1,'iml, wvtt Health Kind."
.s tiiii-irilH'g l;ov( i liiti ibe most
signal su.eiqs in composition way be
: thought a failure at the start, I'roleasnr
Swen. y told me that iu-t alter the first
appearance uf "Heulali Land" he was be
night by hi- publisher lo try his hand at
changing it, "as i didn't seeiu to l.e tak
iug very fast," The young aulliui
brought it luck in a little while with the
rem irk, "I can't better it by any change
1 can think uf." "All right," said the
publisher, "let it stand us it is. The
song is beginning tu go," av.i', it has been
going from thut ihy isll ihi.-.
wig, OvVcr, forget the impression
made up m my mind by Ins 1 sSurishu e
in my Soul" llio first lime I heard it.
Tho California delegation to the Chris
tian F.ndeavor International Convention
at Montreal came marching iutu the large
diill hall singing the sweet, cheering mel
ody, and (he song and the siuglug Ulijc a
decided hit, This orl; of professor
Si.iHy vu t'btf Urt of a lung line
( ol "sunshine songs," by many authors
thai hove scatlend cheer and brightness
everywhere. Il is a notable fact the
words of ''Sunshine in xvj Soul" and
"More about .V'us," two Songs Vihich
have wou for themselves a lusting name
both came from Miss Hewitt tu Pto
feasor Sweney in the same uisi).
One of the unique, pictures hung on
the we.!Uo my memory is a Sunday after
noon scene in the Kluiira, X. Y , He
formatory, where IVdcs-sor Sweney led
the eonv'nJs lot ao hour in a service ol
gospel song The largo chapel was tilled,
and as the hundreds of men entered
heailily into the spirit of the service,
the i dfoet can be imagined.
Hon. John W'muaiaker paid a very
touehijy liibule lo the worth of Profes
sor Sweney 's work at his funeral, aud
said, "This blessed man has ouly climbed
tip the mountain, rsJ like Mo?w cntt'tcd
the Kami of Promise, liod sent down
Mis angels irom tlie upper sky wuh a
message lor tins sweet siurcr lo coiue lo
the Kind of Sono.."
Tlw singers voice is still, and "ihe pen
of a re.iJy writer" shall never fashion mel
odies for earth again Uo has found sweet
er employuieul in the "laud of uocudmn
sou;;" ul which he has so often sung. We
shall miss him here, but we are thankful
lor what lie lias lelt betunu to elicer us
"on ouj way," Binghmuton, N. Y
Christian Kndeuvoi Woild.
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bottle, lie sure and ask for "Mrs. Wins
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The Rainy Day.
SHE GAVE UP ALL.
A FAITHFUL WIFE CAIIKFI.'I.LY
I'llOYIIiEU AdAINST IT.
"I don't suppose you have forgotten
the panic of lSll.'l," said Hudson. "I
certainly have nut, for I hud that un
lucky year impressed upon me iu a way
that 1 will not soon forget.
1 You remember how money disup-
pearcd when the crash came? Hanks
that Weru fortunate enough to escape
going dowu iu the general crush hoarded
I heir money and refused In luan a cent,
even upon the best uf security.
I have always made it a rule never to
talk business with my wife, and she, pour
woman, never knew at the time the many
anxious days that I had, for I tried to
conceal my hopeless condition.
"At last it came to a poiut where I was
without even a hope, und I staggered
home with bankruptcy sturing me in the
face. I hud made the fight and lost, and
ihcD, seeing all Ihc savings ot a lifetime
swept away, I guvo up like a inun doomed
lo die, und knowing that no fata could
ward off' the blow.
"I knew that my wife must be told, so
I took her in my anus and broke it lo
her as gently as possible.
'Fur several miuutes she said nut a
word, and I began to fear that the shock
had been too much for her. I had told
her that if I could only raise a small sum
it might see me through the worst and
enable me lo g"t upon my feet ngaio.
"Finally she spoke. 'John,' she said,
I have always had a prescutiment that
some day something might happen, aud
whenever I chanced to have a little
money that I thought I would
not m ed I put it away in ouc of little
Willie's discarded toy banks. 1 haven't
the slightest idea how much there is, but
I have been adding to it for years,
will gel it, and we will count it together
"I never knew un til that moment how
a man feels when he is reprieved under
the gallows.
"She placed the bank before nie, and
I dumped the contents upon the table
there was a total of T!l coins, mostly in
pennies.
l,'l was so comical that I had to laugh
15 lit thai laugh saved me. Il drove away
the gloomy thoughts wilb which I had
smroundeii myseii, and 1 took cuurugc
again lo look the situation in the face
and tinally won out.
"I am still paying my wile her usual
allowance, but I haven't the face to s
her if she is again putting aside for
rainy day " Petroit Free Press.
tiii; MOl'TU.
The t'uUowing was written by a boy
who was compelled by his teacher to
write an essay on Ihe mouih :
"Your mouth is the front door to the
faoo. It is tho aperture (o the cold
storage of anatomy. Some mouths look
like peaches and cream, some look like
hole cut in a brick wall to admit a in
door or window.
"The mouth is iho hot bed for tooth
ache sad the liiigbole fur oratory. The
mouth is the crimson aisle to your liver
it is patriotism s fouutain, aud a tool
chest for pipe. Without the mouth th
politician would be a wanderer on the
earth -ud go down to an unhoDorcd
grave.
"It is the grocer's friend, the orator's
pride aud tho dentist's hope. It has put
some men on the rostrum aud some
jail.
"It is tciuplaliun's lunch counter when
attached to a maiden, and tobacco's iriend
when attached to a man; it is the home
of the unruly member, the longui
Without it married life would be a sum
mcr dream, and a dudo would lose half
his attraction."
TIM HAT TUK NOKTll I'Ol.l
If the north pole is ever reached, the
adventurous spirits who get there
find that they have actually outstripped
Father Time altogether in fuel, he will
have given up the race entirely, for
Ihe northern and southern extremities of
the earth's axis there is no fixed lime at
all.
At any moment il can be either noun
or midnight, breakfast lime or supper
lime, work time or play lime, whichever
you like. Clocks will be a fraud aud a
delusion, for al the pole all degrees of
longitude converge iulo one, and, there
fore, all limes.
Ilie possibilities ol such a position arc
endless. Not only, too, will the clocks
be out of lime, but Ihe calendar as well
It oan be at will either yesterday, today,
or to-morrow.
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1AN C'Cl'II), 15. A.
ic other day I chanaed to meet
Wilkin a certain town
As I was walking up the street
Dan Cupid walking down;
is air was sober and discreet
lie wore a cap and gown.
So serious and grave looked he
I really did not know
ic rascal, until suddeoly
A breeze begun lo blow,
Which 'ncuth his gown revealed tome
His urrows uud his bow.
asked him why with mien sedate
He trod the public marts;
Said he, "I am a graduate;
These subtly hidden darts
Attest that I've become ol late
A liachclor of Arts."
Jennie Belts Ilardwick in Brooklyn
Kile.
WOltllS OK WISDOM.
Today is eternal.
Patience is power.
Adversity is often a blessing.
Friendship is worth inoro than its
gills.
We will only love lo live, when we
live to love.
Often we don't like lo be alone for
I'car of meeting our worst enemy.
Delight in our neighbor's inferiority
oes us more harm lhau any act of bia.
Don't hide in the cellar of complaint
and talk as though the sun had gone out
of business
Trouble is like a mud hole; it's eaij
euough to get in, but takes all one'a
power to get out.
The evil conditions within us give ua
more uohappiness than the evil conditions
outside uf us.
l'ope says : '-The mind's the measure
of the man." Perhaps that is why some
men arc so hard to find.
Man never really perceives the light of
truth until it Hashes against the darkness
ol bis own evil will.
HOSi; IX KVKKY GARDEN
There's a rose in every garden au'
(here's not a dropo' dew
But is (ailing on a fiower in that garden'
preen for you;
ml fur all the stuiuis of trouble there's
a living sky of blue,
Aud the world moves to the music of the
morning !
Then kiss your hand lo sorrow, and wave
her far away,
The winter's ne'er so weary but 'twill
drill into the May;
The darkest night is dreaming of the'
glory of the day,
And the world moves to the muaio of
the looming !
A HKST.
Johnny Pa, is there anything more
valuable than diamonds?
His Father No, son. Why?
Johnny Oh,lwas just wondering what
they gave Methuselah on bis five hun
dredth wedding anniversary. Tit-Bit.
EM.ANCI PATEl) WOMEN.
Wc got ahead of those horrid oluV
stuck up 'Daughters of Freedom !"
"What did you do, Theodosia?"
"Why, wo named our organization th
Daughters of More Freedom.' "
(live some agitators free lunch, and
they will manage to get along for a limo
without freo speoch.
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