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WELDON, X. C, TIUIHNDAY, .HLY 22, 1JMMI.
NO. 12
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THE SHADOWS WE CAST.
TIME DOES IT
IGNORING SMALL THINGS.
Beware, Lest You Cast a Deeper j
Shadow Over Those Already
Darkening in Happiness.
Tho Kind You Huv Always Nought, nrnl which lias bciui
iu use for over UO jouri, Ims borne tlio rmitui-o of
and has lx-en niude under his per
X.X'ffl?"?' sonul supervision wince Its liiliiury.
Mvtfy, JHcAtli Allow no ouo to ilccdvo you In this.
All Counterfeits, Imitation and " Just-ns-Kooil" ure but
Experiments Unit trlllo with aid endiuit'cr the heulth of
Iut'uuU and Children Experience iitfiiliiNl Uxpcrimeut.
What is CASTORIA
CttKtoria 1.1 ft harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare
gorlc, Props and Soothing- Syrups, It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotle
substitute. lUngels It guarantee. It destroys Worms
uud ullays Fererishuess. It cures Pl.irihoMi and Wind
Colic, It relieves Teething Troubles), cures Coustlpution
uud Fhtti'leney. It assimilate-, 1 1m Food, regulates the
Stomach And liowels, giving heultliy hikI nuturul bleep.
The Children' Vauacca Tho Mother's I i ieud.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
) Bears the Siguature of
The KM You Haye Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
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Day, Night and Out-ol-Town Calls Promptly Attended to.
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Seventeen years' Experience. Hearse Service Anywhere
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; In ttiis gre.it world nf sunshine j
and shadows, we ure tasting con-'
i stantly shadows on those around ,
1 us and receiving shadows From
i tliiMii in return. There is no path
j way of life which is not sometimes j
, in the shade, and there is no one j
' who walks over these paths, it
mailers not which way they tend, j
who does not, now and then, cast ,
! his shadow with the rest. How
' often do we, by a mere thought
I less word or careless act, cast a j
1 shadow on some heart which is
j longing for sunshine ? I low often
: does the husband, by a cold greet
j ing, cast a gloom over the happy,
trusting face of his wife, who, it
' may be, has waited anxiously, for
i the sound of his foot steps to give
him a joyous welcome to his home.
How often has the parent, by a
; harsh reproof, chilled the over-
flowing spring of confidence and
J love which is bubbling up from the
: heart of the innocent prattler at his
knee ? How often are the bright
rays of hope torn from the cling-
ing grasp of the souls of those
worn out by poverty and the nev
S erending conflict of life, by the
stinging ridicule or the sordid ad
j vice of those whom the world hon
ors aye, love to honor? How
j often does the child even after it
has grown to the full bloom of
manhood, and is clad in the gar
I ments of strength and beauty
bring sorrow to the parent already
; tottering on the brink ofeternity?
Then beware, lest you cast a deep
er shadow over those already
darkening in happiness ! The
shadows we cast can we escape
them? Can we look back, as we
wflk on in life's journey, and see
no shadowy marks about our footprints?
Granted that one cannot love again (which is all imagination anyway),
there is no reason why one should remain single, if one meets a person
whom one can respect, and think enough of to marry.
If lovdWemands respect, then respect may yet awaken lose.
"Never," he vowed it, "while life may last, j
Can I love again. I will die unwed." ;
"And 1, too, dear, since our dream is past,
I will live single," she sobbingly said. j
A storm of farewells, of wild goodbyes I
He rushed from the spot, like an outcast
She hid in a pillow her streaming eyes,
And wept with anguish beyond control.
Just five years afterwards they two met
At a vender's stand in a noisy street;
He saw the smile he .could ne'er forget.
And she the eyes that were more than sweet.
"0, Kate ! 0, Harry !" "How well you look !'
"1 stopped," he said, "just to get a toy
For my little girl." "I wanted a book,"
She softly said, "for my little boy."
Did You Ever Think ol the Harm,
Dear Reader, that Come Out of
the Small, Neglected Opportu
nities? Think Seriously.
soul;
THE MORNING MUSIC
This is morning music, a titter upon the stair,
Laughter of love where the lilac lays its bloom on her hoyden hair;
This is morning music, a message of morn to me
From the lily lips of the little child sweet in her dawn of glee.
0 music of immemorial and dreamy and elfin grace,
Song in the lance of the light of love in the light of an elfin face !
This is the morning music, her arms in a necklace ring,
And over the eyes of a little child in the infinite temp.le of spring.
Music of footsteps patter, and warble of words divine,
And out of her sleep with a lightheart leap into these arms of mine;
This is the morning music, the trumpet to stars and men
That little child with her lips of love small lead us to morn again.
0 music of morns immortal, ring ever in rapture there,
Laughter of love where the lilac lays its bloom on her hoyden hair !
This is the morning music; and forever, and then a day,
May it ring to me from her lips of glee in its innocent, childhood way
Baltimore Sun.
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Sulve wlieii you ask fur it. Tlieie are u
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WELDOX, X. r-
Organized Under the Laws ot the State of North Carolina,
AUGUST 8UTII, 1SM2.
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and Southwest.
TWO TRAINS EVERT DAY
With Vestibule Coach, Dining Cars and Pullman Drawing Room
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Connections made at Wetdon with A. C. I... at Raleigh with the
Norfolk and Southern from Eastern Carolina points, trains leaving
as follows:
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Leave Weldon. 12:07 p. m. 11:38 p. m.
" Raleigh. 4:10 p.m. 4:10 a.m.
Arrive Charlotte. 11:30 p. m. 10:05 a. m.
" Atlanta, 8:45 a. m. 5:00 p. m.
" Birmingham, 12:10 p. m. 9:50 p. m.
" Memphis. 8:05 p. m. 7:30 a. m.
! The best phrenologist infill not
i be able to tell the meaning of a
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The best pills made arc I leWitt's Little ;
Karly Itisers, the famous little liver j
pills. They are small, gentle, pleasant,
easy to take ami act promptly.
Sold by W. M. Cohen, Weldon, N. C.
Many a person looks good who
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Do you
IWant
Alas ! How often things go wrong !
A sigh loo much or a kiss too long
And there comes a mist and a weeping rain,
And life is never the same again.
Alas ! How seldom things go right !
'Tis hard to watch on a Summer's night;
For the sigh will come and the kiss will stay,
And the Summer's night is a Winter's day.
And yet how easily things go right.
If the sigh and the kiss of a Winter's night
Come deep from the soul in the strongest ray
That is born in the light of a Winter's day.
And things can never go badly wrong
If the heart be true and the love be strong;
For the mist, if it comes, and the weeping rain,
Will be changed by love into sunshine again.
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direct connection for Memphis and New Orleans.
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Or write to
,C. II. (JATTIS,
District Passenger Agent,
Raleigh, N. C.
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ciuinqs ol iirs. sjoiomon
Being the Confessions of the Seven Hundredth
Wife and Translated by Helen Roland for
the Washington Herald.
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Behold, my daughter, there dwelt three damsels in my house;
and unto one of them Fate, crave great beauty; and unto the
second, great cleverness and unto the third a sweet smile.
And the first damsel said:
"Lo! I will marry early. Yea, I shall liiul a husband; for this
is the beginning of an easy life."
And lo! she married nt sixteen, and had seven childreu, one
after another. Yet her husband being poor, she did all of her
housework.
Yea, she buried her under a mass of embonpoint und a ging
ham apron. And at twenty-eight she was a sight.
And the second damsel cried:
''Goto! I shall have a career. Yes, I shall bo famous and 1
shall get my picture in the papers!"
And she went to live in a studio. And the fruits of her labors
were low art and loiielincsH, instead of cradles and crockery.
But the third damsel murmured unto herself saying:
"I shall put my sweet smiles whero they will do the most
good."
And she liecunm a stenographer. Y,ea she labored hard, keep
ing her hair ulways in curl, and using a good suchet.
And it camu to pass that in time she married her employer
even 0. mi!llmiiir!
Then tho three damsels returned unto mine house, and i
charged them, saying, "What has thou done with thy talents?"
And the first wept, saying :
"Lo! becuuso that I was easily satisfied, behold Fate hath
taken away the little I had. Yea, now I am a widow; and I take
in sewing to support my seven children. For a husband is an
asset, and children are a liability."
And the second sighed, avowing: I
"Behold, I have got my pictures in the papers, yet am I nn
old maid with a chronic grouch For a woman without a hus.
band is more useless than two left hand gloves."
But the third fell upon my neck crying :
"Mamu, 1 have invested my sweet smile where it would bring
nie value received; and lo! it has increased an hundredfold 1
Behold I come unto thee bringing a French maid and lut3 of
alimony!"
And I look her in my arms saying:
"Well done, thou good and faithful daughter! For a husband
is a doubtful proposition, and a career is an undoubted waste of
time but real money is the root of all pleasure. Yea thou hast
spent thy substance upon a sure thing." Selah!
I There seems to be a very prev
j alent idea among church members
that they are only capacitated to do
; very little things, and to do that
j little when the notion strikes iheni,
! or, when conditions and circum-
stances are very auspicious, and
when there is little else to do of
, much importance.
! A very prominent fact confronts
us, and amazes us with its glaring
truth, that there is a vast army of
church people in the world to-day
who are very reluctant to perform
those little seemingly insignificant
things that devolve upon them as
Christian duties the little things
that would inspire courage, incite
interest, enlarge our faculties, in
crease our capacities, ennoble our
natures; causing us to alleviate hu
man suffering, and helping us to
cultivate those attributes of charac
ter that aid us in controlling circum
stances, and changing unsatisfac
tory conditions all around us; and
by our obedience in their perform
ance, tO become more and more
in complete harmony and sincere
sympathy with God's explicit and
adequate laws.
"Oh, I can't!" from professing
Christians has been a most lamen
table excuse with which the church
has had to deal from time immemo
rial. It has been the means of de
frauding that institution out of a
vast amount of individual effort, and
confining its scope of usefulness
within certain limitations, which
would never have been necessary,
had there been the high estimate
and due regard placed upon plain,
honest duties, which circumstances
demanded.
"I had rather be a doorkeeper
in the house of my God, than to
dwell in the tents of wickedness."
Herein is inclination to labor any-M
where, any time, under all sorts of
conditions and circumstances; wil
lingness to fill the most menial po
sition (if there be such) rather than
enjoy the pleasures of sin for a
season.
The plain, simple, easy duties
that come up for our consideration,
lose some of their attractiveness
for the reason we do not always
see their essential needs; they do
not impress us as being of a very
Aital significance; hence we often
feel too big for the liitle things,
and think we are much more ca
pacitated for some larger work.
The result is usually, the larger
opportunities fail to present them
selves from the fact of our not be
ing sufficiently versed in the minor
duties, which would have initated
and trained us for the largeer
fields of usefulness.
The average member of our
churcnes thtnK it is not necessary
to attend prayer meeting regularly;
the smallest excuse will absent
them from Sunday school, and a
indisposition will relieve the church
service of their presence. These
neglects of duty may seem small,
but they are large in the aggregate.
Handing around hymn books, de
tecting strangers in the congrega
tion, and welcoming them with
the right hand of fellowship; suy
ing a pleasant word to the pastor,
and observing the good ni men
and women, instead of the reverse
side of character; these, and many
other little things that aretoooftcu
overlooked, would, if thought of
seriously, and performed systemat
ically, pave the way everywhere
for soul-winning, preparing the
soil for your pastor, reflecting
honor upon the church of which
you are a member, and inviting all
around you by the power and
force of your life, to engage in the
Christian race. Please bear in
mind thai Christ never omitted
the slightest detail ot duty is it
wise for us to despise small things?
W. F. Coppp.dge.
Halifax, N. C.
The case before the court was
one involving the ownership of a
tract of land, and the attorney for
one of the parties to tiie suit was
cross-examining a witness. "Now,
Mr. Grimshaw," lie said, "the
property on which you live was
originally a part of the twenty
acres in dispute, was it not?"
"Yes, sir."
"And your title is based on the
original title to that land, I pre
sume?" "Yes, sir."
"How long have you resided
there?"
"Over twenty-one years."
"Have you had now, mark
me have you had twenty-one
years' undisputed possession of
that property?"
The witness hesitated a moment.
"Remember, Mr. Grimshaw,"
said the lawyer, raising his voice,
"that you are under oath. Have
you had twenty-one years' undis
puted possession of that property?"
"It has been disputed once, and
only once, "answered the witness.
"I found a nest of bumble bees in
my back yard one day last sum
mer." In the general laugh that fol
lowed this answer the lawyer subsided.
The girl who knows she is pret
ty makes a fool of herself.
And the girl who doesn't know
she is pretty makes a fool of some
man.
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