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S.. tllCI!, a i- i.hni 1BGO mil. f. lo nitv li-itPllt wins oil lll- THE PRAYING ENGINEER. Tell Me hut Led You to Wiint t I'e ii Christiun ? One winter, several yens as, there w.is a ymul deal ot reiit:i(iiis ititeiesl in a eei'lain w estern mwn, .in J ainuiij; ilmse ho joiileJ I lie church w as Allie 1 uisyth, a little klliiu twelve years (if aj;e. 1 lis nmiher was a w Uluw ami hail re iinived, lour years hefme, 1'niiii their Inline in Veniiuni in this town in W isconsin. ( In the eveniiif; of the SaMuih when lie joined the eliut'cli, Aliie as sinini; in the twiliyhl with his no t I it. r, ami she said to him : "Allie, tell me what led you to i want to be a Christian Was it ; ymn home teaching, your lesson ! in the Sunday school, the regular j preaching of the pastor, or has it ! all come through the iulluenee of j the revival meetings ?" j Looking up at his mother's face ; he replied : "Mamma, it was none of these. I'.ut do you remember . when we were coming from St. ! Albans to live here, that 1 wanted to go on ihe engine and ride with the engineer? You were afraid to let nie till the conductor, w hom 1 you knew, told you that the en ; gineer was a remarkable man, and that it would be just as engine with him as in ate on the j he pai lor I i car w ith you ?" Mis mother assured him that she remembered the circumstances ; very well. i "Then," continued Allie, "you ! allowed me to ride on the engine where I was to stay till yon or the conductor came lor me. When aboul ready lo slai I from the sta lion wTici e I In si got on the en i gine, the engineer knelt down lor Hist a little bit, and then got up i and started his locomotive. I ' asked him many questions about its different pans, and about places, and things w hich we passed by, and he was very patieni in answ er ing. Soon we stopped at another station, and he knell down again j just a moment before we started, i As he did this often, I tried to see i what he was doiim- anil lin.illv atier we had passed a good many stations, I made un mv mind to ask him. He looked at me very earnestly, and said : " 'My little lad, Jo yon ever i pray?' "1 replied, Oh, yes, sir ! I pray j every morning and evening.' j " 'Well, my dear boy,' said he, j 'w hen I kneel down 1 pray Cod nas allowed me to Hold a very responsible place here. There are perhaps, two hundred lives on this train entrusted to my care. A lit tle mistake on my pan, a linle fail ure lo do all my duly, a little neg- ! Icci, a little inattention to signals, might send all, or many, ol those j two hundred souls into eternity.' So at every station I kneel for ittsi a short while, ask ihe Master to J help me, and to keep from all harm till we gel to the next station, the many lives he has put in my j hands. All the years 1 have been j on this engine he has helped me, i and not a single human being of . i the thousands that have ridden on my train has been harmed. 1 never had an accident.' "1 hav e never before mentioned what 1 did or said, but almost dai- ly 1 have thought about him, and : resolved that 1 would be a Chris- j tian, loo." For four years the life and words j of that praying engineer had been constantly present with this lad ' and became at length the means of , leading him into a Christian life Michigan Christian Advocate. j I'nrsofi'si ltm n ( cm. I l it. Ill li.A. II. MlilirllW.il, All hi. la I'llls. i 111 plUiM t'f 11. Kllic'.". cvt l.lli- j 1 I lu'v'ii' Midi ii health unvity. j in i'Vi'ty hoint' tin "m pill -huuM I If other kiriiN y.m'vr trie.! in wmii ! i K 1'K. Klw" tti. I U w Oulv 'J.V. at all ilniiiUtMv till. Hecause others are wot thless doesn't indicate thai ou are worth more. r.scnped With Mis Life. ' Trteiity one vi ais -mii I facrd au aw ful death," .votes II. 11. Martin. I'mt llanelson, S. C. "hi etors said I had consumption and the dn adful eoiiirh I had looked like it. Miiceiiouuh. I tried eveiythiiiK, I euiild hear of. I'm my couh. and was undet the liest doctor ill Oeoic'i'tiiwu. S. ('., fin a vear. Imt coul. 1 L'et no ii lief. A fin lid advised i tnetotiy lr. Is i nr 's Niw I .ei. et y. I I did so. and was eoiiipli ti Iv eined. I' f. t l that 1 one my life to this ureal tlirnat and lunir eiue." Its positively guuiantied I'm ciniehs. colds, and all bronchial all'i ctituis. .'ne.andfl Triul bottle free at all linguists. . (TV. ? Jt'RA fl ':-St How the Benthall Peanut Picker Pays for Itself in a Season If vjli rri nit lu im i 1 lie in u urn .1 I. .1 I'.. I.M : It l'i .'It til AMI ,. csn i! v do it W"W . iiii'. Vuii e;iil -)M-t ! lint i;iov!i; , ! uk.-t , ii- (;; t ; :itt.u'liiiieiit 'int'i'JM.'i l.ir mi alviiilute what it tins. Our rerUuniii;; ani tn niakfsi t unnt'Cb a' y i ir Bcrtl a stfL'oiiJ 1 1 in 6 -nail.' If rill noin fjr tur tK I:!! bsoiltt "How thi Btnlhall Pafi far Itiel." Benthall Machine Company, Suffolk, Virginia WHEN THf: GGUTdAYS COME. We use to rail at winter, with iisice, An' heave a sigh fer summer when M mnv we've thought il over, an' ' An' we'll all shout halleluia w In-n ill.' Cold Days Come ! Fact is, we're fond o' blizzards, lersarta The huriiin' breath o' summer, w hen tin We alius favored icicles, (would give ihe An' we'll all - lioiil halleluia W lien the Cold Days Come ! Oh, come along, gray winter, an' wrap the w oiT in white I e'M tunc the fiddles fer you where the fire's burnin' bright. We use to call you cruel, but the growlers now are dumb, An' we'll have a jubilation when the Cold Days Come 1 I;. 1.. Stanton. WHAT SHE BROUGHT HE. Soft tenderness from eyes tint never frown. I'.ut charm with pleading as they look away. Whose gac bestows me with a royal crown Yet makes me serf within their range of gray. A holy presence, when she moved about The room or garden somehow Cladness hem And gilded all the landscape, in and out. And made me w orship like a penitent. At eventide, when she was wont losing, A touch of Heaven hung about ihe room, A symphony, like some iinniori.il thing, In all the mystic gloaming seemed to bloom. And in the night lime, when she knelt to pray And bow ed her head upon the table there. Then every doubt within me passed away, She and her God to me alone w ere fair. What did she bring. Ask at the golden gate What I leaven brings to those who enter in She brought the best that comes to those who w ait. She brought me Love, to Cod the nearest kin. WHEN LIFE IS DONE. Sweetheart, w hen all the ways are trod, And green earth fades tiom view When my starved eyes shall look to God I shall look back to you! Sweetheart, if ever heavenly place He given as life's due; Lonely and lost in all its grace I shall look back to you ! Still shall 1 breathe, the earth-sweet breath, Though far from mortal view. Heat down the iron gates of Death, Sweetheart, and come to you. i IHI- I M l' 'W PANT OULSIHIN Tin' new lip'incti w;is telling his wife about the fnv. "It broke out at inidiiin'ht in the Vim l!ill'i'i'slioiis.' on ihe aSt'iiuo," he mji ill . "and just as wo Ltl there M iss ni Hitler came htiiiitldin out of Ihe Ihimes and sinoke, earivino her little tteiee itll rapped up in her ninis. Il was III.' bra vest net I ever saw.' "What was she wearing:" itiiiiired the tireinan's w il'e.--Cleveland Plain Dealer. A man's idea of a charitable wo man is one who doesn't hand him lemons. Chndrr. dry FUR ri.nTCStR'S CAS T ORIA ,A,m-i Iv ili-at -fife trjtn toji,, runts ami pi ret-, I' l'''ir1' !l i". a pii'kor .rnl ii.h a I " It pi.'!, i i) Mil p. u .Ii an it Vi! ;iti..l f, inuis a; p -it.', t!y ,1s liuuuil iti iin-i il keef't the vmei ) r hiy .' HiIut tn.n-linit"; td.it ihttih ww i';.u ;. t it; n ij th.it they rtiil nut ki-t-p -liiul tin; , it-; t smuhererru, so t li.it tnr v au u.nit I ii ftvj li.-ntli.ill l'i tlic.' pi. vr of pnm-n worth ti icci out in tliL ptaiuil lu'kls nt uKI Virginia. Tli litMithall is almost wcarprouf an J is SulJ UhJlT ILUUIltc'U. an' sleel and snow we heard the bli.ard blow; the grow I its they are di lily they beat skies are cracked woil' fer Mime ') Willi heal ! l)ll Don't niitke eosllv presenls to a woman, for if you do, She. lieino; human. Will think a darn siht more of the presents ttmn she ill of J oil. Act, then, the sage's part. Modest priced ami few. Then her sunny heart Will tint tor 'round the pres ents for a minute, then lly to you. '-.I. K. Waireii. There is a kind of man w ho can gel so in the habit of making fail ures that he expects you to think they are successes. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTOR I A. ESKIMO WIDOWERS. Six W'eeKs is the Limit They Will Wait IkTore keinarryitiR' lu civiliation it is said that a wile does not always add lo her husband's ease or render his life suppoi table, but up on tiie barren grounds the worst of wives would be belief than none. There among the heathen tribes, il a man's wile dies - provided he is not a polygannst, in which case, says ihe Wide World, there is less need lor hurry--he often marries again w iilini the week. I-veil the Christian l.skimo wid owers are with diltieulty persuaded by ihe Moravian missionaries to allow si w eeks to elapse between the death and remarriage. On the very day after the six weeks have lapsed the hunter presents himself with a new bride and asks that the be speedily savage, the woman of the barren grounds or of the ice ridge. She makes and breaks camp, cooks, cuts up and carries to camp her husband's kill. She dresses the skin of deer and seal. She is responsible for the lash- j ioning of lootgear and clothes. On a journey she often paddles ihe ca noe, and on portage she carries a heavy load. In fact, it is easier to . write down the duties not expected of a so,uaw than those which by iiimienioi ial custom she must per iol III. A MOTHER'S lilTUANlE. , "I Shall Make The llarhor l or I ! Am Steering by My Mother's LiKht." A story is related of a boat out at sea carrying in it a lather and his little daughter. As they were stealing lor ihe shore they wcte overtaken by a violcin stonn. which threatened to destroy iliem. The coast was dangerous, Tlieniother lighted a lamp, and started up the worn stairw ay to the attic w indow . "It won't do any g I mother," the son called after. Hut the moth er went up, put the light in the window, knelt beside it, and pray ed. Out in the storm the daughter saw a glimmer of gold on the water's edge. "Steer for that," the father said Slowly but steadily they came toward the light, and at last w ere anchored in ihe little sheltered harbor by the cottage. " Thank God'" cried the moth er, as she heard their glad voices and came down the stairway with a lamp in her hand. "I low did you get here-" she said. "We steered by mother's light," answered the daughter, although we did not know what it was out there." "Alt'" thought the boy, a way ward boy, "it is lime I was steer ing by my mother's light." And ere he slept he surrendered him self to God and asked Him to guide him over life's rough sea. Months went by, and disease simile him. "He can t live long. " was the verdict of the doctor, and one stormy night he lay dying. "Do not be afraid for me," he said, as they wept; "I shall make the har bor, for I am steering by my moth er's light." 1 lomiletic Keview. It) MORI; I'OH tiOOl) MLASITVL. A well - meaning Washington llorisi w as the cause of much em barrassment to a young man who was in love with a rich and beauti ful gitl. It appears that one afternoon she informed the young man that the next day would be her birthday, w hereupon ihe suitor re marked that he would the next morning send her some roses, one rose lor each year. 'Thai night he wrote a note to 1 his llorisi, ordering the delivery of 20 roses for the young woman. , The llorist himself rilled the order, i and, thinking to improve on it, j said to his clerk; I "Here is an order from young Jones lor 20 roses. He's one of my best customers so I'll throw in 10 more for good measure." i l.ippincotis. ! REST AND HEALTH TO MOTHER AND CHILD. MBS. WlSSll.W'S P..OTU1NO SVHTP hll Wftt ll'f.l for over SIXTY VliAKSln MILLIONS ot MUTUHKS tor Unit CIllLDKhSi WH1LK 1 1 1-TUINO. Willi I'KKr-'KCT St CCESS. It SHOTIIHS Ihe CIllI.K, SOl TJ'NSIlie C.l'MS ALLAYS all I AIN ; CLIO'S WIND COLIC, Btnl ! is tlicliest ninisly t.r lUAKKIIUiA. It is an- Mntilv liatmles. lie mire anil aslc (or ''Mrs. 1 , ii l,i. N SooUnnp Svi up," and lake 00 e.UM '.!. i-.v-ui.-liv: ccu a tatll:. .. mamagc service may be speedily proach the end the plainer I hear read. around me the immortal sympho nic reason is not far to seek. It nies of the worlds which invite me. is said in civilization thai a 'wo- It is marvelous, yet simple. It is man's work is never done,' and a fairy tale and it is history. For far more is thai true of the help- hall a century I have been writing mate of the savage and the semi- my thoughts in pirose verse, liisio- VICTOR HUGO ON IMMORTALITY. I Am Rising, I Know, Toward the Sky. The Sunshine Is On Ah lleaJ ! 1 feel in myseli the future life. I i am like a h.a-t th.it has bten more j than oiKe cut dow n. I he new ' shoots aie simng.T and livelier ill, in ever. I am rising, I know, toward the skv. The sunshine is on my head le earih gives me its generous sap, but heaven lights me w ith the rcllcctioti ol unknown world-.. You say the soul is noth ing but the resultant of bodily pow ers Why, then, is my soul the more luminous w hen my bodily powers begin lo fail '- Winter is on my head, and t!vt mil spring is in my heart. Then I breathe at this hour the fragrance of the lilacs, the violets and the roses twenty years. The nearer as at 1 aP- ry, philosophy, drama, romance, satire, ode, song. I feel I have tried all. Hut 1 feel I have not said the one-thousandth part of what is in me. When I go down lo 1 1 10 grave, I can say like so many others, I hat e linished my day's work, but 1 cannot say I have linished my life. My day's work will begin again ihe next morning. The tomb is not a blind alley; it is a thoroughfare. It closes with the twilight to open with the dawn. I improve every hour because I have the world as my falliei land. My work is only beginning. My monument is hard ly above its foundation. I would be glad to see it mounting and mounting forever. The thirst for the infinite proves infinity." Till: HOY LOW ML. I he gentleman advci tis. d b boy, and neatly Idly came ti) him. ( tut of tile whole nun he selected one, and missed i' a see her thc res 1. "I would like to kiinw," s.nd a friend, "why you picked out that boy, who had not a single recommendation'-" "You .ire mistaken said the gen tleman; "he had a great ma. iv. He w iped his feet w hen he came in, and closed the door Litter him, showing that he was caretul." "I le gave his seat instantly to that lame old man, show mg that he was thoughtful and kind. He took oil' Ins cap, and answered my questions promptly show ing thai he was gentlemanly." "I le picked up a book 1 had purposclv laid on the lloor, and re placed it upon the table; and he w aited quietly for his turn instead of pushing and crowding, showing he was honorable and orderly." "When I talked to him I noticed that his clothes were brushed, and his hair in order; when he wrote his name, 1 noticed that his finger nails were clean." Don't you call those little things recommendations? 1 do, and 1 would give more for what 1 can tell about a boy by using my eyes than tor all the letters he can bring Fxchange. Children Cry FOR FLETCHERS C ABTO R I A On) f A Famous Hosiery Men, for Women and Children. tinue Lisle and Silk Lisle from 25c. and Site. PURE SILKS from 50c. to $1.00. In stock at the R. E. DRAPER CO., Incorporated The Satisfaction Store, Weldon, N C. . ..1 -vi' .V.i- mi .if I -V Taho ( phi. i hen- W il Take What Pill? Why, (t Dr. Miles' AntUPain Pill, of course. Good for all kinds of pain. Used to relieve Neuralgia, Headache, Wervousness, Rheu matism, Sciatica, Kidney Pains, Lumbago, Locomotor Ataxia, Backache, Stomachache, Period ical Pains of women, and for pain in any part of the body. "I luivc u.t'd Dr. Miles' medicines for over 12 ears .mil find them excellent. I kern lir. Miles' Aiiii-I'ain Pills in the iiou.-e all tie: tane and would not think ot tul.iiit; a journey without them, no ninth r how short a dibtaiiLe I am going, i cannot praise them enouch." Miis l.ou M. Cm'RcniLi. 63 llitli St., 1'enacook, N. II. At all druggists. 25 doses 25c. MII.ES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind. The Thrice-A-Week Edition or THU New York World Priii liutllv a Daily at the I'rke of a Weekly. No other Newspaper in world gives so much at so low a price. T' ill-: great political campaigns are now at hand, and you want ihe news accurately and promptly. 'The World long since established a record of impartiality, and anybody can altbrd its Thrice-A-Week edition, which comes ev- ' cry other day in the week, except Sunday. It will be of particular value to you now. 1 he I hnce-A-Week World also abounds in other strong features, serial stories, hu mor, markets, cartoons; in fact, every thing to be found in first-class dailv. The Thrice-A-Week World's regular subscipitoti price is only S 1 per ear, and ibis pays for 1 5ti papers. We oiler tit is unequalled newspaper and the ROANOKF NbAVS together lor one year tor - - - Uhl 'The regular subscription price of the two papers is $2.50. ; ' i-' ' . '(. y and Kc?p h ,H.( . : '- Sljlcle. .veidir.g McCli'1"' Magaclnj and Umi.i, McCall Palter.'. M.iar. Hu.iii, . MOGULS MAGAliME .I 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 h W in 1 1 . i ! i ! .t : .;i rn, . .., ,.. a l.-r It,'.- r.ill.-t 11 i 'i.ii",-'."' f Yon fin Pr...t. for C'Ml'l J lo'll In. In!-. M ini in ' 'II. 1 1 l'i''. II' " . 'n 'iaiHsl j7l'i Si t.!'', KIULTHECOUGH wnHDR.liriGS AND AUTHPOAT AND LUNG TROUBLES GUARANTEED SATSFACTORV 00 cioncv KcruNoeo. BARGAIN SALE ! Splendid Post Office Equipment. h ut. for sale a splendid equipment for a post oftice 111 a town of from 1000 to ' 1 MH) inhabitants, including SO Lock Hoxes, fi Lock Drawers, 50 Call Hoxes, General Delivery Hoxes, tables, distributing cases, etc., for the fullandcompleteequip nient of a post office, the same be ing all the furniture and fixtures in the Weldon, N. C. Postoffice. Sold on account of the new post office now being equipped here with all furnishings. A great bar gain to a quick buyer. Possession given about July 1st. CALL OR ADDRESS JOHN O. BURTON, P. M WELDON, N C. ' l s. hi :il nialli'is. n i V ,v vi.ir. In. (, ' Il frre i. Hi, .111. r.-.m.m. j-.i.oi' t.'iius or :-.'! .1 I MtC.II Pill.r.. niii.-lriMiTo'iniiiii!:. l'i v r W, ill I'. .1 IIEWDISCOVERY rUKVOLOS nlttMTTtifR 1