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The death of this distinguished Amer 'k :;n KtateHinan, politician, diplomatand pi-ivate citizen at hi home in Washing ton City on Friday morning, January 27th, tnakeH the following Bketch of spe cial interest to readers of the Golo Leaf: James Gillespie Blaine was born Jann ut? 31, 1830, at the village of West L -ownsville, Pennsylvania. He was the cond son of Mr. and Mrs. Epbraim Lyons l.'yine. His ancestors had dwelt for years in, t.i e fertile region where he was born; they were among the h.ady band of pio n iers who settled the rich valley of the I jmberland, and their name and history ji e part of t he local tradition of W estern 1 mnsylvKtiia. The family has honor a ne memories of the Revolution, for Colonel Epbraim Blaine, the grandfather o the subject of this sketch, was one of ii heroes. He was an officer of the Penn s'ivania line, nnd during the last four ars of the war was Commissary-General u the Northern Deuartment. JAMES Qt Ephraini Blaine, the father of James G Blaine came into Pennsylvania about If 18, having the largest landed poeses s; ii8 of any man of his age in Western P iinsylvania, owning an estate which, h:d it been properly preserved, would h:: ve amounted to-day to many millions His Birthplace. James G. Blaine was born in a plain bi t ample dwelling, on tbe single street o' West Brownsville, not far from the sr fue of the campaign which ended in B addock's defeat by the Indians. In B; ownsville proper the visitor is still h) own tbe residence of his grandfather, C'lonel Blaine, a wooden building to w.iich a brick addition has been made in , If. er years. The mother of General S itrman's wife happens to have been b m at a little distance from Colonel B nine's home. On the hills above West B"ownsville the curious inquirer may also m 3 the house in which Ephraim Blaine l a- d Miss Gillespie were married, and, fi .ally, the half-doEen houses whicn ; q; arrel for precedence as the birthplace ol this sketch's subject. Mr. Blaine has ; b aiself disposed of this interesting oon- , vttt by fixing upon a certain dwelling iong these as the scene of his earliest rt collections. The building is of wood, Mo stories in height, and removed, in ac cordance with the inscrutable Pennsyl vania custom, as little as possible from ti e road. Ephrr.im Blaine was careful to give all h s children an excellent education, and v .ifii James had completed at home his rly studies in the elementary principles, was sent to the heme of a relative at ncastcr, Ohio. This relative was Thomas ring, then Secretary of the Treas y. James Blaine was eleven when he nt to Lancaster, and he began at once prepare himself for college, studying w.th his cousin, Thomas Ewing, junior, row General Thomas Ewing, and once -nember of Congress. The boys studied 1. 'tier especially advantageous conditions, i- their tutor was W illiam Lyons, b othti'r of Lord Lyons, and uncle o. 1 lt then British Minister at V afchiugton. He seems to have been an t; rly ipe of the visiting Englishman, a d a highly fortunate type for these y ang students, for after two years of in st uction from him, James Blaine, at the e: rly age ef thirteen, entered Washing ti u College. His Marriage. A few rmonths after graduation in C r- . .K tober." says Mr. Blaine, in :i letter al uly presented to the reader, " I went to mucky." That is a simple record, and c- nveys no intimation of the causes .ich impelled the step; ana it aoes not 1 come his biographer to be more wise. Lf sought his fortune in what was then k iown as the West; and the journey, t! w-h a briefer one in mile than that to t : 11- e reeion now known tindtr that name, very well have occupied as much t: for he went br toat. His fortune V." Jr .s not found at the Western Military ititute, u school for boys established at ;e Lick Springs, Kentucky. But as a B professor he won the general liking which hi d fallen naturally to him as a student, ai d was rather uncommonly successful, It would seem, in a calling which could net have been congenial. It was at Blue Lick Springs that he 31 t the admirable woman who became bii wife Miss Harriet Stanwood, a native of Maine, had been sent to be edu cated at a seminary for young ladles at i MRS. J. G. BLAINE. Mlllersburg, Kentucky. This school was presided over by the wife of the principal of the Western Military Institute, and was twenty miles from Blue Lick Springs. No account remains of the wooing, but in little more han a year after his arrival in Kentucky he married Miss Stan wood, and soon afterward returned with her to Pennsylvania, where he for a time studied law. Though prepared, he did not present himself for admission to the bar, but the grounding iu let:al princi ples then gained was of essential service in all his later work. He was perhais in need of some more immediately remun erative occupation than the study of the law, for in 1854, being then the father of a boy of two, he answered the advertise ment of Mr. William Chapin, Principal of tbe Pennsylvania Institution for the In struction of the Blind, for a teacher. -J3 LAIN EI This excellent home and school for the blind still stands at the corner of Twen tieth and Bace streets in Philadelphia, and Mr. Chapin is still its admirable prin cipal. H Becomes an E41tor. He left this institution in 1854 to take editorial charge of a newspaper in Maine. In his work here it is evident that Mr. Blaine was successful, but his wife was anxious that their home should be made j in her native State, and, guided perhaps I by his own ambition for a larger field as J well as by a spirit of complaisance to his wile s wishes, ne resigned nis position in the school and removed to Augusta, where his home has since been. He found himself, perhaps, without certain of the theories of life and affairs which prevail in Maine, but ha either readily assimi lated them or found that his own sound and honest theories sufficed; for, from the editorial chair of the Kennebec Journal, purchased with Joseph Baker, a promi nent lawyer of that place, he presently exercised an important influence in his adopted State. The Journal was a weekly and an organ of the Whig party, and un der Mr. Blaine's management did vigor ous service for that expiring cause. In 1857, just after the first convention of the Republican party, he disposed of his in tereat in the Journal and assumed edi torial charge of Portland, (Me.) Adver tiser. Almost from the day of his assuming editorial charge ot the Kennebec Journal, at the early age of twenty-three, Mr. Blaine sprang into a position of great in fluence in the politics and policy of Maine. At twenty-five he was a leading power in the councils of the Republican party, so recognized by Fessenden, Han lin and the two Morrills, and others then and still prominent iu the State. Before he was twenty-nine he was chosen chair man of the Executive Committee of the Republican organisation in Maine a position he has held ever since, and from which he has practically shaped and di rected every political campaign in the State, alwajs leading his party to bril liant victory." In lStiO he was elected to Congress. An attempt to pursue his course step by step during the long terra of his service iu Congress would be wearisome. He spoke upon every important measure, and briefly discussed many petty laws about which none but seduious readers of the Congressional Record will ever be per fectly informed. Mr. Blaine had served six years in Con gress and was still a young man, having ouly reached the age of thirty-nine, when he was chosen Speaker of the House by a highly complimentary vote, the ballot standiug 37 for Mr. llichael C. Kerr, of Indian a and 185 for Mr. Blame. Nothing that could be said of his public career would meet with readier as ient from loth his enemies and his friends than the statement that he was one of the best equipped men for the position who have occupied the Speaker's chair. This, in the long space during which ha presided over the deliberations of the House, was not denied on v.iy hand, and even his Democratic opponents yielded their admiration to his discbarge of the difficult duties of presiding officer. His ieast reasonable detractors have always tdmitted his eminent fitness for the post, and a writer In a newspaper, professedly pposrl to Mr. Blaine, speaking after the domination, says of his bearing as i Speaker: " His iuicknesw, li: thorough fcnowkuo i.t p;i:-:iaineut:iry i:;w aud of Che rules, im linuuess, cle.ir voice, and impressive manner, his readj- comprehen sion of subjects and situations, and his dash and brilliancy have been widely recognized, snd really made him a great presiding officer." Lot M. Morrill, for many years Senator from Maine, resigned in June, 187(3, to accept the portfolio of the Treasury, and the Governor of Maine immediately ap pointed Mr. Blaine to fill the unexpired term. HIS I'ERSONAL TRAITS. ,cd 'With Sympathetic Intuition and Pergonal Magnetiim. Few public men have ever occupied the place that James G. Blaine has for many year filled in the hearts of the American people. Henry Clay is most often com pared to him and there are many strong points of resemblance. Clay and Blaine both possessed in a marked degree those WALTER DAMROSCH. qualities of attraction, of sympathetic in tuition which are now fittingly described as personal magnetism. It is said that Mr. Blaine rarely forgot a face, or the name that belonged to it. He had the faculty of making those with whom he came in contact believe that he took the strongest and most direct personal inter est in them. It was said of him that he could decline a request fcr a favor in such a way as t o make a friend by an act which would have made an enemy for most men. His conversational powers were neces sarily, from what has been said, of a high order. His fund of information, while not as thorough or as accurate as he no doubt would have liked, owing to his lack of early advantages, was most extensive and there were few subjects on which he could not converse entertainingly. As a man of business, he was remarkably suc cessful and his judgment respecting in vestments was almost infallible. This capacity in this direction gave great weight to many of his ideas and sugges tions respecting the commercial policy of the country. Mr. Blaine's position was unique. By his friends and admirers he was esteemed a man of stern integrity, a statesman of far-seeing, prophetic vision, an orator of matchless eloquence, a leader without fear and without reproach. His enemies, and he had many, both political and per sonal, called him crafty, unscrupulous and corrupt in money matters, a scheming politician with no elements of greatness, an orator who dealt in words and phrases only, a leader who was for himself first and always. It is probable that he was by no means without faults and certain that he had many qualities of greatness : in other words that the truth lies some where between the lavish enconiuras of his friends and the bitter characterization of his enemies. One who knew him well said in 1884 : "Mr. Blaine with those who know him is the most popular of men. The charm of his manner is beyond expression, and nobody comes within the circle of his MRS. WALTER DAMROSCH. (Margaret Blaine) presence who is not overcome with his fascinations. With his great brilliancy he has that exquisite show of deference to his companions, a sort of appeal to them to verify or deny his words, that is very taking. He is also a very good listener, and he has an agreeable way of speaking one's name and placing his hand on one's knee that is an agreeable salve to one's vanity. There is no acting ia the heartiness of his manner. He is au impulsive man, with a very warm heart, kindly instincts, and a generous nature." BEFORE THE CONVENTIONS. How His Friends C!un to Him With Char acteristic Tenacity. The sturdy friends who three times urged Mr. Blaine's nomination were among the most zealous aud persistent that sustained any public man in the history of American politics ; twice re pulsed, they clung to their candidate with remarkable tenacity. On June 12, 1876, just before the meet ing of the first convention at which his name was proposed, Mr. Blaine exper ienced a sunstroke in Washington which caused alnr-i .t Cincinnati, and. indeed, for a time .'d a serious matter. At Ciuci:iiia.vi the reports of his con dition v.-ere greatly exaggerated. It was telegraphed that he bad been stricken with apoplexy, and the statement stirred such of the delegates in his interest as had ar rived in the city with grave fears. The midnight bulletin indicating that the danger was passed caused, great r lief. . 1 ne convention eame together on Wed nesday, June 14, 1876. On the second day the platform was adopted and the nominat ing speeches made. Col. Robert G. In gersoll presented the name of Mr. Blaine aud gave to him the title of Plumed Knight, which clung to him thereafter. Col. Ingersoll said: "Like an armed warrior, like a plumed knight, James G. Blaine marched .down the halls of the American Congress and threw his shin ing lances full and fair against the brazen forehead of every defamer of his country and maligner of its honor." "When Gov. Hayes was nominated on the seventh ballot, the friends and sup porters of Mr. Blaine accepted their de feat with good grace. Mr. Blaine entered the next convention, held at Chicago, June 2, 1880, with al most exactly the same number of sup porters that bad strjven for him In the preceding contest. The fact is remarka ble, and most remarkable to those who are best acquainted with te usual work ing of politic in thio country. Four jean had been offered his opponents to make combinations against him. four THE LATE WALKER BLAJITZ. years had been allowed his friends to for get him. Mr. Blaine was solicited at the gather ing of each convention to lend his follow-; ers the strength of his presence. It is a move in which other candidates have found no impropriety, and which, in Mr. Blaine's case, would have had an especial influence. But he steadily refused, and in the three contests in which bis name was used, aloof from the strife, he bore himself with singular modesty, calmness and dignity. On June 3d the convention organized, George F. Hoar, of Massachusetts, being chosen chairman. Gen. Garfield, as every one remembers, received the ap pointment to the oh airmanship on Rules, and on the following day reported the code which guided the convention. Little business of interest was transacted on Friday and Saturday. At the night ses sion, Saturday, the nominations were made. When Maine was called James F. Jay, chairman of the Michigan delega tion, responded, making a speech for Mr. Blaine. The wearisome balloting that followed is familiar to every reader, and it will be recalled that Mr. Blaine's friends stood steadfastly by their leader until the 35th ballot was reached, when they went over to Gen. Garfield, effecting his nomination on the 36th ballot. Those who were engaged in the effort to nominate General Grant were scarcely more faithful. On the first ballot it will be remembered that Mr. Blaine was the choice of the 284 delegates and from this his support did not appreciably fail until the 19th ballot, when the number was 279. His vote fell only once as low as 270 ; until the last two ballots, with this exception, it was not less than 275. The dogged perseverance which charac terized the third term men and forbade them to assist in the nomination of another candidate, however hopeless the fortunes of their own, was not emulated by those who through 34 ballots cast their votes steadily for Mr. tslaine. When it became evident that the man of their choice could not become the nominee of the convention a spirit of moderation prevailed, and the vote of the Blaine dele gation was cast almost entire for General Garfield. But for this act Garfield could not have been nominated. If it was surrender, it was the kind of surrender, which carries with it something of the lustre of victory. His Nomination and Defeat in 1884. The story of the convention of 1884, which nominated Mr. Blaine on the first ballot is fresh in all minds. The nomi nating speech of Judge West of Ohio was one of the most forceful ever delivered in presenting the name of any man to a con vention. Mr. Blaine arrived in Augusta from Washington on Tuesday of the week of the nomination, and spent the stormy days of the convention quietly in his library, at wprk upon the second volume of ''Twenty Years in Congress." His bearing during this time was not less modest and uneagei than on the occasion of the two former conventions. As the bulletins were handed him he sat upon his lawn in the midst of his family and read them in the methodical aannex. usuaL with hinu When, the news of the nomination was received he maintained the same composure. In speaking of the result, he said that he felt all the more gratified, because it was an honor that had come to him un olicited. SECRETARY OF STATE. i Sir. Blaine's Short Season of Serrico In tho j Cabinet of President Garfield. General Garfield's selection ot Mr, Blaine for the first position in his Cabinet was not the outcome of his efforts in his Blaine's ljxye at AiiAusf... cause during the campaign. It was made in recognition of his fitness for the post, and as a compliment to a trusted friend. Mr. Blaine's season of service in his new office began with the inauguration of the President, March 5, 1881, and was completed when on December 1 9th of tho same year he resigned the portfolio of State. In this time it was impossible to accomplish anything of importance, but the chief of his l.irze-minde l plans was near fruition whin he relinquished his pi ice in tbe Cabinet. Scarcely four months passed before the President was shot down. During the three months thai followed Mr. Blaine was in con stant attendance upon his bedside, and when he died the short time daring which he continued in office was of little value in carrying out his designs the friendly aid and countenance of him under whom they had been conceived being lacking. When Congress met after President Garfield's death it cast about for a fit man to deliver a eulogy of Gen. Garfield, and its choice naturally fell to Mr. Blaine. It has been called one of the noblest per formances of his life, and certainly he never spoke to so lofty and inspiring a theme. TWENTY TEABS IN CONGRESS." A. To! ante on Which Mr. Blaia8set Cra 'iderable Tlmo. When Mr. Blaine laid down the port folio of the Secretary of State, some curi osity was felt as to what he would do. For over twenty-three years he had been in public life, and it was thought for a time at least, vacancy and idleness must over take him. But Mr. Blaine welcomed this period of leisure as an opportunity for carrying out a plan long cherished in a THE LATE KMXONS BLAIlfE. mild way. Continuing to live in Wain ington, be began at once the composition of a work which be has called ''Twenty Years in Congress." He devoted himself assiduously to writing, and was abl after little more than two years' labor, te present to the public a thick volume as sn earnest of his intention. HIS TOUR ABROAD And His Retnrn to Eutsr the Cabinot ! President Harrison. From 1884 to '88, during the time ot President Cleveland's administration, Mr. Blaine devoted himse If entirely to his family. He spent a year in an extended tour abroad, not returning to America until after the nomination of Mr. Harri rison. When Mr. Blaine returned to Washing ton in the fall of 1888, buoyant in mind after declining the use of his name as the candidate for President and ready to as sume the premiership of the Cabinet of President Harrison, he had a happy fami ly about him The shadow upon his do mestic felicity was the domestic trouble of his youngest son, who. since the days he wore knickerbockers and kilts was a source of much care and anxiety. Mr. Blaine took up the work of the Stats Department where he had laid it down in answer to the bullet of Guiteau, and mapped out a policy that was intended to make the Administration a couspiououi success. His achievements in that direc tion need no mention here, being too fresh in the minds of all. A Chain of Sorrows. In the brief period of less than four years that he was President Harri son's Secretary ef State troubles came to him and whitened his head and enfeebled his frame. In that brief inter val his eldest son, the pride of his heart, and his eldest daughter had died; hi youngest son, whom he had perhap' spoiled by overindulgence, had dragged his name through the divorce court and onhlic orints. Xhaa. more crushing than all, the sudden death of his second son, the one of whom the father was very proud. In the opinion of Mr. Blaine's physicians no man, eren with the frame of a giant and the will of a Napoleon, could resist disease while living in the shadow of such a chain of sorrows as this, and the efforts of the men of science were constantly handicapped by the hand of Providence. HIS HABITS. A High Pressure Worker and an Irrogalar Eator. A gentleman who was intimately acquainted with Mr. Blaine said that In his opinion Mr. Blaine broke himself down by intemperate work and irregular habits of eating. Mr. Blaine was a high pressure worker. Whenever he became Status's fh At Vest Jrwiw(8e A W eW &wr Ration aWMbiet V Went. tleeply interested in a subject Mr. Blaine's ardent nature led him to work beyond his strength. He would shut himself np in his room, would cot allow him self to be disturbed and would not eat. sleep or rest until he had finished his task. He seemed to have adopted tbe motto which the great electrician Edison, who works in much the same way, gave to a youth, "Don't look at tbe clock." M r. Blaine was not ordinarily a large eater, but he was very irregular in his eating. Apparently he had no marked fondness for any kind of food. Ho did not care for fancy dishes and when travel ing seldom consulted tbe menu but told the waiter to bring him a good meal. He liked plain old fashioned cooking. When ever he did taste anything which greatly pleased him it was hard to et him to quit, and he would continue to eat des pite his watchful wife's admonitions. In former years he was fond of horse back riding and took considerable exercise, but of late he showed much disinclination to bodily exertion. During the winter before bis illness ho gave many small dinners and was a fre- t qnent diner-out. 1 During the summer he lived on his . I jaws a. BLAINE, JR. perch at Bar Harbor a great deal of the time and seemed to enjoy immensely hav ing bis grandchildren about him to talk with. Mr. Blaine was very fond of Bar Harbor sad occasionally when in a reminiscent mood wonld tell his visitor ot the time when he might have bought the whole island for $300; HIS WEALTH. Talaable Real Eatato, Coal Lanai and OthorFsyiac Entorprlsoa. Mr. Blaine died a rich man, even as wealth is reckoned in these days. He was worth close on to a million of dollars, if not mors than that amount. It is prob able that if some of his speculative in vestments could be sold out under ad vantageous circumstances that his wealth wonld include him in any list of millionaires. His holdings of coal lands are large and with the development of the country must greatly increase in value if kept intact for several years. Mr. Blaine by reason of his wide popu larity was associated with a number of men of wealth in various enterprises and bis sagacity and business foresight kept him from wasting much money on brilli ant but lllusionary speculative projects. He was interested with Secretary Elkins years age in a silver mine, out of which he made considerable money. At the time of his death he owned r eal estate in the City of Washington which would probably sell under the hammer for more than a quarter of a million of dollars. Mr. Blaine brought his Dupont Cirole property, now almost in the heart of the fashionable Northwest when Stewart Castle, which is across the way, was thought to be oat in the suburbs. The grounds and the house cost him approxi mated 186,000. Two or three years ago ke sold a number ef the lots in the rear f his house for $75,000. The house and the remaing ground is valued at $150,000. The house on Lafayette Square he at first rented for three years with an option of purchasing for $85,000. He took advantage of the option and boughs the property after six months residence. He also owned some valuable ground on P street, and a considerable area of ground of a less well-established but increasing valne on what is known as Meridian Hill. This property is just be yond the old city limits and overlooks the town. His holdings of West Virginia and MBS. JAMES 0. BLADTB, JR. (Marie Kevins) Pennsylvania coal lands are considerable. Mr. Blaine was one of the directors ia the West Virginia Central Railroad Com pany, in which ex-Senator Davis, Secre tary Elkins, ex-Secretary Bayard and others are interested. This rjul taps osal and timber lands whic't Mr. Blaine bought years ago very cheaph- and which have become valuable through the railroad connections. His wealth includes bank stocks, but tho DrTlom" v-la caniu- bo atata! WHEN WE GET ROUND THE FIRE AT NIGHT. When we tret round the fire atnizht. We three, while Grandma knits and knits, The big wood-fire's our only light Tbe corner's dark where Grandma sits But then ber needles gleam and click. And then we hear the great clack tiek Louder than when the sun shines bright. And my! but Grandma tells us tales, You ought to hear her! altout a boat That eame one night it had no fails, Nc anything right in our bay: And there's another "bout the day Gran'father lost bis wedding coat! And Joey, when he keeps awake, Is always asking her to tell About the wolves that tried to break Into the old school-house one time. And the the Dominie had to climb 'Way up outside and ring the bell! But when the other tales are done. Then it is Cicely's great delight To hear about tbe little son Who went to sea We always say It's better 'noon time o' dav. When we get round the fire at night! Virginia Woodard Cloud, in tit. Nicholat. Mr. Jno. D. Shaw, of Warrenton, arrived here Saturday night with a drove of nice saddle and harness horses for sale. lie is making headquartes at ontherland's stables. Mre. Elizabeth Messer Baltimore, Mil. .Rescued from Death All Said She Could Not Live a Month ow Alive ami Hell Thanks to Hood's Sarsaparilla. "I must praise Hood's Sar.aparilla, for It Is .onderful medicine. I suffered 10 years with Neuralgia and Dyspepsia nd faiaiinK ftprlU. Sometimes I would e almost stiff with cold perspiration. I spent great deal ot money for medical attendance. ut I did not get an y benefit until my daughter told me about II tod's Sarsaparilla. and I began to take it. I weighed less than luollis. and was A Picture of Misery "very one who saw 1110 thought I could not .ve another month. r.i:t I becan to improve tonce alter ! Hinliis with Hood's Sarsapa illa, and have ;-adual!y gained until I am now terfectlr rured. I rat well, sleep well, and m ia perfect fcx-nlih. 1 owe all to Mood's Sarsaparilla nstead of blli.c dead now. I am alive and rel Ik." Mhs. Kl.i..VMETtr Messkk, 0 East Barney Street, lialtiiuoi e, MJ. HOOD'S I'IM.S are purvly vrgrUblr. per xtlf h&rmloa. rlways reliable aud benrflrUt. HO Y Dental Surgeon HKNl)KKMiM,N, 'atlsfactiv.o uuaranleed hh t uorknni ices. 11. i:t i)Gi:its, ATUHtM.Y AT LAW, llfilVlef:! SON, - ;. t Office: In Harris' law building near art house. dec31-Cl M. PITTMAN. W. H. SHAW. )ITT.1IAN & SHAW. A.TTOHNKYH A'V I. A W . HENDERSON, N. C. rompt attention to all professional I.uki ss. Practice In the Htate and Kederii irts. mce: lioom No. 2, I'.urwell Hulidliiic. Y K. 1IKNICY, ATTOUNKY AT LAW, HENDERSON, N. C, OFFICE IN BC II WELL BUILDING. ocrts: Vnnce Franklin, Wurrei, Gran le. United Slates Court Ht Raleigh, Mn preme Court ol North Carolina, fflce hours W it in. to 5 p. in iiich.7 3 C. EDWAKD8, A.R. WOKTHAM, Oxford. N.C. Henderson. N.C. DVVAUOS & WOKTIIAM, A 4TTOUNKYM AT A W, HENDERSON, N. C. 'fTer their services to the people of Vh nc inty. Col. Kdwards will attend nl 1 11. urtsof Vance county, and wtli come i ndersou at any and all lliiieH wl en o r tstance may be needed by hU partner. 7 8. 1 1 AUK IS, DENTIST HENDKKNON, X. C. as adinlnlfitered for the pal 11 lend ex t ruc tion of teeth. .yOffice over E. C. Davis' store, Main teet. Jan. 1-a. V. W. PARKER DRUGGIST, ' ENDERS0N.-N. CAROLINA. A full nnd complete line of RUGS AN1 imUGOISTS' sunikii:s. iif, Tooth and' Perfnmery.Soaps Cigars, fic. Tall Brushes, description Wort a Specialty. I carry a beautiful assortment of Ol LET AM) FA NCYAKTICL E S , IPES AX1) SMOKE ItS GOODS. HEADINE will CCHE SADACIN. AND NEURALGIA. .pply for testimonials and be convinced O PARKER'S 11 cure that Cough of yours. Try it. HENDERSON, X. C. Man .22-1 c.l Potter's Field populated by men who scoff at Printer's Ink. j K. C. S. i f I