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to 7 -T --i , , ; ; - ---- f-1 l'KICE ONE DOLLAR PER YEAH, INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE' OUR MO'rfO: DIEU KT MOy'uUOl i'. - t VOL. IV. WINDSOR, BERTIE COUHTY. Li". V r. V : ; ... -.ti;, L ; -j ; K " JNO. W. WOOD, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW LEWIS i;on, x. c. Practices counties. in Bertie find adjo ning n'9 Cm WILLIAMS tlUUSt, ' LEWlkrON.C., J. G'. WILLIAMS, Prop. Travelers accommodated at low rates; Table supplied with the best the market affords.' ; V ' :.,.; - t XCouyekiancesfui5aished on appli-. ti n- ...... : . au3tfn D-feALkER IN OROCKniES, ' - SUGARS. If 1 1 I J9 m An in fi.i f COFFEES, FLOUR, ETC. WINES, WHISKIES, GINS. TOBACdO, V CIGARS. . WINDSOR. N . C. : fe29 tf Pit. Y. D. STEVENS, ByilGEON DEXTIST, . Windsor", n. c Teeth extracted without pam. 1'illiug .partly decaped teeth a special ity. All work Warranted. GEO. W. SIMPSON; , LE WIST ON , N. C, CITY MARKET. ' CANNED GOODS, . ' CONFECTION ARIES, GROCERIES, SUGARS, .MEATS, COFFEES, TEAS, etc. PIIOTOGRArn GALLERY "Up stairs, where I am--.prepared to luke victures of 'all kinds ar.d sizes at low rales and of iirst class order. raCO ATT ENT I ON FAR Z E K S ! 1 IX 1)1 AX WOOD WIIEEE" FA( ToflY I am now maiuifjictcrh;.gt art Vvlievrls, v llinis, ll . ls ami Spokes from native tim- hers which I will sell from $3.50 to; 5.25 V'- r pair of wheels. A dlsctmut will be allowed if as many as ten pairs are tak- vn bv one party. Alhvo;k warranted. 1 ' Vpecial terms io L'bachtnakers. Ship- meiitsF. O. Is;, at Coniot lancun on . ... j. lloauokc river. Address V. It ASCOT:, ausjlu 12m..- AVit.dsor. O-i. C. ; TuNSO RIAL A KITS L', . W. II. LKiGlI, ; . Has recently h.ad his ;fhon fitted up in first class style for the coveuience ol ' .patrons. Shaving, haircutting and sham " pooing done in the most artistic manner. V ill be at shop from 7.30 to 9 a. m., and T.H.ALEXtiNDin, ( ATTOIlNEYAT-IiAW ' SOLIClTOli OF COT 7th Street, WASIIlGTO, 1). C. ' (established 1857.). V Foreign patents procured, Caveats, .'Trade Marks and panels registered. . Expert examinations made,, and opm ' ions relating to infringements, validity '-.arid scone of patents given. Send for my '.-circular and mention this paper. DR. F. A. WALIvE. J. N. WTLLIAJtfS. WALKE&WILLIAMS) DEALERS' IF DRUGS, PAIKTS OILS, 4 WADS WORTH'S PURE L1Q "TJID PAINTS" It isjWithout question, the Leading Paint "on tlie niarliet, : and" the , most economical. CORNER WAITER "OTBEEIiahl5 before her, he boan AKD ROANOKE &QUA:RE, WHAT I LIVE FOR., . ... - BY G. MNNEAUS BANKS. I live for those who love mc, ; , Whose heaits are Kind and true; ' For the heaven that smiles aboyo me. And awaits my .spirit; too; For all human ties that bind me, For tile task by God assigned me, For the bright hopes left behind me, And. the good that I can do. ,; I live to learn their story, . Who've suffered for m satie, .; To emulate their glory, v ' And follow in their wake, - . ; Bards, patriots, martyrs,? sagesv , a ne noble oi all ages, , ' Ana time s great volume mtke. I live to hold communion! With all that is divine, . ' Tc feel their is a union 'Twixt nature's heart and mine, To profit by affliction, Reap truths from fields of fiction, I Grow wiser from conviction. And fuM each grand design, I" live to hail that season, ; ' By gutted minds foretold, When men shali live by reason, J And not alone' by gold; " When man to man united, And every wrong thing righted, ' The whole world shall be lighted As the Eden was of old. . r ...',.. . , I live for those who lore me, '" ' For those who know me true; T For the heaven that smiles above nki, ' And awaits my spirit too; For the cause that lacks assistance, For the wrong thai needs resistance, ' For the future in the distance, And the good that l can do. THE WO UK OF A TEAK. For the first' tinio in two 'yeurs thcsetvo vho'-liaT'once been man ar.d wife, met in a hutvl 1 parlor They were parted through the -ma-chinatiohs of a jealm 8 vonian, who, failiOi: toii;spirti a love in tiit liustjund, iiad tjet hursulf to wmk 'O make th. couple unhappy. The nioetiou: wasstrictly lii.-ii.W or.e, tii-.'.t htouuht lheiu tti-.fthrr IS. :2t.e "e-jriil papt rs ? ssi r n . i i . i . . . p - epiiruiitiii - nan .io.no U.-cuSctI ano fiuc-t d.-y. titt It );iri:ts There was a v i u I , iiuplorinu jf'a ice ui the inn i eyes when ?ha liJl. 'on the Xviie's (ace Imt hedi(fnot K:em . to notice it She deemed nervous ' n'nd dit pirited, and the white hands t 9 m. trembled visibly, and she did notl dare to raise her eves for sorn time. 1 She was richly' dressed in plain black velvet, that set off her, sur perb figure. . Sc e was much his juuiur, out a woman in me prime of beauty's summer. II hA-.U. Li' li.- 1 ' xx luuugm oi nia lost, nop. pi u ess with raanv a pang and ot this woman he could never call her by the sacred4 name of wife again;, - A hard! decree of law had snatch ed. her from his side forever. Tbis stately, beautiful lady was ! 'Mas. ' Jernyngban" bow, . for him as for ali others. lie had no right to take i her hand or clap rms. i :Ile must still her in her arm the beating of tiia aching, agoniz ed he aft, and address' her as he might address the veriest of her 8 ex It was a terrible effort, but he made the efiort bravely: aud sue- ceeded far better than : he had nopeu. She looked uVwith a start of start ot measur- ar. She i met his ouijjuse, as nis cor.l alio. ,1 J.' ' .V 11 ... 1 r u . i.r' t cu tones leu on ner ear turned deadly pale a3 she met his eygs, and then the color rushed i.'.,i. 4.a-i.- ' 1 uuuiv tu uei lauu ili an o verwneirn - mg tide ot crimson: ' She took the chair he brbuiht her without a word, and then leaned her hpad upon her hand. Presently she looked up. Her ner, was perfectly quiet now, and co Yumcu uio. jjut tier mail her face was calm, ihonah :na rtT ;it trWi. JT.. iness, now ifyou please, "eir," she : ji - ' . . 11 v "mi tyj uu v i iii w 11 r s e will go on with our bus- saiu, in a voice as measured as his own had been. He bowed . lowi aud drew hn chair near the table where she was suited.. Spreading two for midable looking document ori the ex plaining their nature and contents as calmly as if he had been some tried; lawyer and she his client. "Bhe'listenfed'in "silence. , ulou fully understand the ua ture of - this "de'edSirsC madam?" he said, ihaa 'he LVd concluded. "You aro Batisfied with ;ihe provisions herein made tb:r your tutu're? Can ahytTtiOir moro!be done? Cui I he M His voice faltered a little -and broke. Jrier hiJ ndrTyini: op the edsre of the legal 16cu men f, trem bled slightly. ' ;t I ani :p2rfectly. satisfied,-" sir; she a i iiw e r t d. a t I a St. , , - t4Theu you tvlll have "the go6d nese' to aignx vour name witbiu that blank?" -a ApvftfVj faariTnU inkstand "of malachite and ormolu stood on marble slab at the further end of the room. lie roso to bring it. Her dark gray ees followed himwas it with a look of Tearniui? love? If so he knew it not. Returning he placed the open parchment sheet beforo,,h'er aud pointed'io the blank. "Wliat name?" she aked in a sad vo ce, and again that c'rimsou tide surged up ogr'er cheek aud neck and'Krow. ! kYoar:r'your own, 'madamer'' he answered, cclo;riiig paiiitully in hi-turn. Alexia Jernynsham." She wrote it calmly, and in a tull, free'flowing hantl. And hp looked on the white, thinking of other days when in ' their nvn home, hihad often wutehed lier fondly and proudly;' she signed another name. Throwing down theneVas the last letter was formed, she roiO to lier feet. II rose also. . ! "Farewell madamV'ho said in a broken' voice. NAnd auain the dark bluooyA vvere bunt upon the downcast face with' a passion- ae ctespHiruig-iofk.. Her breast luavcd convulsively i:'ce or twico. JShe put her 'white hand suddenly up to. her t?;roJ!t. s.s if foim lhiu'j; !j;1 ?top'pi-l iu-r hreath. Her hand met the guld en chain. The tit xt ninriM-nt tht chain i was 1 on, lr:.m her i.ock, ivyeal UW, wt vhwilv in a l.ol..r ! r.::ct-me hot, N.rnied iih rare L-! si f. .. ... M. t- III MC(. KIIIS ...... TT. ! . . s iliMi!.-. (jiucK evo lei nnonc ihft litirtriiil .v,".. f...1 A ...I he ha t w','rn it next ht-r bi-attl through these two lonely years in!1 are now.onja propecJtn ;mr if ii J " .1.1.- i. o i . . - - P116 "fall. .The -chain flashes brisrhtlv the ulr, the precious stones blazed n the sunlight; diamond guarded wedding rii:g shone likea circle f hving fire, as she tore it hasti- '"V"1 uuuu anu tiasneu n witli the picture at bis feet. tTnlr tl..t' 1 .1 ... T1J1I.. - mciu; sue cicu wumy. "Take them away from " my sight forever. Oh, I wish I could tear every thought of you trom my breaking heart." Aud as she spoke eome'tbing brighter than the :damonds of infinitely greater value than getns, or gold, of the finest skill flashed a'so in the sunlight' and fell 'upon her cheek. ' ' It was a tear. He saw it and his heart' beat high. Yet even in that moment pride must come between " them 'Alexia, he said, snivel v. if I take these it must be to mvf them back to you again. Sliall it oe so, my darlinur' . 'The once familiar pet name fell lne once laminar pet name fell slowly and hesitatingly, from his lips. But still she heard it. She came a-step nearer. The "tears i .1 i. . 'i i came a-step -fell faster now and the 'white l-.nn) ti i.i.i i a. 1? . I Aiailua cuu "uiu out IO mm irem- bled like a leaf. "My husband!" "Oh. my wife! mv wife!" , Aud holding her to his ?lon widowed heart tho stromr and 1 uuu (um ui3 urouu ncau upon the woman's shoulder and HveDt, rr a nnvt inn 0',wi.:- ' ' 'i 1 aiiv us.au uu saw iiiuii bcli 1 11 Li bridal. "No enemv cau ever come i ...... . - t -T. . m. oeiween- mem moro. rtiey areLPlC5socu 1U,,U " A-,ot,' bound too firmly to each otherlcouvert'mS 11 i,,to u ,10i-'0 rysevidr now ever to'be separated,'excent by the cruel hand of death. Rockingham Rocket. Rn WmPWni,cr. " " ' w . ;John, you are uot listening to! a word I am saying! 'Why, my dear, I ain all ears. - I know you are, and that makes it all the more pro?6klug.'-lIif6; " , .rE-AHixoxA Kiciini::' ; ; r. "1--.'- V--; Wvke tho .foHntvintr'.'froin thaiaist issue APOLOQLTICAL. of the Kicker: i Mien"4 nf' ktU't-v ' ' J r,,JK,r'r tr th : r-u: v..n , We re compelled to, apologize j ov thoSo-uhcfn Kxpoiioh to bo J0.1' iMV.'-tVii r,.. . to'.purflntwcribera .for tue tvno-! held at thcXorthl that tf rn, ! Ttr.i ho n. i 'i grapkral appearaiice' of the prea-; tnittee was very cordially recciv-d I entiWio. 'Owmg .'to the snow.'m iNcw Yorlc cUy Wcd'uVsday blockade, a kc-otiuk which w number of newspaper men called ordeitd Weeks nnr .failed n rnnV-li f - . U9l-iiuu luiuer.viu&ii.m 65 an issue we'coihpouuded a substitute. We dontt teem to have hit tho right prporti'oU8, 'or cUo mola'sdei and lampblack are notthb prbper sub. to rr.Y r, - - 1 1 Asa will bo nnpossiulo foi I fit lirr-i ii.3t mol... .. . . r be reading matter, we will 8 dace ! I,nmigratioM of New York ill hem with tho. fctatemeut that ', met tho Movor. : jRidav h there little or; nothing worth I tnet tho outhPrf. I .7 r rdinfc -Wel.ad.ft m.?ch time x viS. rf f 7 ? 1 Vi u . . 4 ruers uro very anxious to lnve It I"? . "3 Ui 1 tha-1 P11" Hho exposition located in "New It wouid have beeu time ibrownj York c.tr. aHrtJV 'I THE UiUAL'liWARD. Wcj underataud that Arizona Joe, Col Hilton, :Dick Fenshaw and other iugratea arc going about with tho statement that 'wo were horso, whipped 'by tho "Widow Burn ham ono day last week. When ive refer to these hyenas as living liar?, we do so in all gentle ness. Wo can't alfofd to get mad and hick euch freak of "nature Aiiziia'' Joe is wearing n collar wo lent him from our slim atonic, and if any one wil rip the Coio nel4.i Jcout down the buck he will timi tnu of our. ifndendiirtd eur roumiing the uiTateM uodv. Wheit Oick Fcnshaw struck thisf town-hp hadut eaten anything but p'weed lor three day, and ho wa trvinif to lualvo d'n'ack oil .... -.1 . i i r . . i . i - t I o;c;i:::ai. i .-ems o: ixtkussst. r;, un-nniiT Oraii-H. ml ha ! fi N-v Vrk with at in ani '"r Hj'n' ,Lx" A ,,,,n,,;m K ( wiMLh UK I CXI IliiQtlMt iik' i imimikum'o , i.im flip hv tho .Mew York S rf ; ! OlUt, A uumher of Northern ivipita!-. I - I LIU UlI'Ml k.TUlill t'Alril I lnrillll ni4,l illC U Ml (IIUvl'CU S-"""- 'M." Eiffel, the famous engineer, who is building tho great tower for the coming exhibition at Par- is, nas nan a great ue-4i or irounic with his workmen.' They objected 1.1 . ... I'll. !.?.. io mooring ui ho nigu an aiiiitiiie as GOO or 700 feet unless thoVc.de of wages wan raised in proportion, All- ditiicultitiea have, however, been amicably adjusted, and the work now goea rapidly ' f.irward not even Sunday being a holiday. On"January 7 the tower had at tained the 700 iootMevcl, and was expected to be completed by the midd'e of March. TI1K HOME. Home is a "Woman's" Kingdom. I If it is not, she-hns none at all. All he efforts to net ohttide atid mate something else' her King uom na3 been utsatrous to eoci ety in geueral, antl fatal to her- ety in geueral, antl latai to tier- self in particular. She is the'nat- nral couservator of all the simple virtues, the 'first teacher of the .! i o i. .1 & primary lessons of life, the np I .A: ;.....! 1 r i... ir... FuliWCU uuiuiau ui uuaui I ratfe, aodit is around the hre&ido that her sweet and gent'e influ l ences fall upon the heart like the summer rtiin falls upon tho grate;. in earth. ''litltlCTATfOk IX KdYPT. ' ' 'A' nrnnnRal has 'been mado to . J turn to accOQnt rt piece ot ue I L. I., A I A It. 1.1 t ...... 1 . . I - r , I I 7 . . f 1 1 about tho nze of the Lake d Ge- neva lor the' purpose of. storing " the waters of the Nil when tho river is in uoou. ine water wou.u uo available tor irrigating tno lower country, 'when the Nile wi s low, between February aud June, It would cost 2,000,000, hut it would add "in ten vears 5Q0r 0130,000 to the wealth of Egypt! uuvcr u iKeuuc. u e;,H.c of lvi;:ttVPr Ka.Jfi( wr tjcn..: til o lr. Htotnarh, nv U i',;1Hin, : ,. , , , , i . .i loi. i:0 p H:i:r.iy taxed - ciat and lilted lit in out o! thi. ... 1 " . -lii-i!i; Sick ir ihi ! Sick gifti-!5'1 tl,H 1,1 fd liti'M, t, hi, tupsL iSick hvrti:-! : r.'l vnlvrrn tax mi hi t - ; . i . . . i . .. . . - ' "Y J h liccsc U'.x oue-U ;t!i .,f o.sV'r.' ri anion thnm ht.ini tli - w ii.ji-vr of. Frank Illustrated Newspaper. On Thure lay a con terenco was held with the mo-t jprominentnewspdper and bu.i.hnulJo, Man " Aid 'r'-V ,.V-M.mu ot the city, ; By inTita! '' y' ku.-wV,., r.,y :.!er' ; tioti the cornrqiit- o'visitVj thv ! "Yc-f I km-w hu but o-i j OOUll: i? ... -t TlinrnmmlMAA't,-,, in icw jtoik until thin (Sunday) cw Yoik until thin (Samlav) morninrr. Uol. Logan II Koot, of Little Uock, Ark., U aiding the committee, in ita work. Cd. 15. T. Pardee, cfNtny Haven, Conn., who has been such 'an earnest worker for North Carolina and the S mtb, i very much interftt ed, and the committee'b in'dcbted to him . for valuable &Vmmuc. Dr. WML Capehart verv m rive in liU aid, and Mr. John T. Fatrc!: di-p'av? n'n inual energy. Nev.3 and Observer. THE I'UIiCHASE TAX. mi. 1 . . . . - i iiv iiuvciiuo jiic, section -1 of 1887; nuyi: "Every MfrcIiHii Jcwoler, OrtH-er, I)nu-gHt nr other dealer who hall buv and t ll i nd ivr.j .,1, ... . . ,..,,... t,e. in.rcn-nn oi Islington, : xvia-ro m u.v ot1 er p.a.x hve d..:,o the ,in,e tntng, !.av .:t.?n up a pvtition which ty;M vi.M.d l,y cverv mere ! ; i i here, iik:ug ami praimr the rchaut praiinr (tit pre- e;u Lit!atura to repeal this - . . . i. w. ii tiivP! ever was an linnet '.:.V, it icoui ti i; it h:. Tho merchant should be protectetl as much as any otiier cia-i of citi zen. In licautort cutinty, and we would think that every u:her couuty in the State doc li e same thing, tho mer hunt who pnrclnne 10,000 "worth of 40.11 during the e-ir has to .ay $10 p e?nl tax, 10 county t::x and 10 btate tax, making 30 a a purchase tax lie hns to pay hU ad valorem, as much si a the far -tner in addit'on to this purch se tax, atid to tax ue clas of people tnor than another, wri-" 'he businusa is equally iionorwliic, is unjust in the extreme. T. Ii quor dealer has to pay on , h Jt of one per centum on his pur chases, and hi 3 ad valorem tax. We would sugueat that the merchants in every town in tbo State, wnere they have not done so already, get up portions and send thorn to their r -pro.it iftvs asking them to repe-J t4.:s act. and wo wo-ild ak the? "I'res of the State to aid the'merchutfts tn the repeal . of tbis law. It the merchauU aided by the Prcs ot the State will do their dutv,wc feel sure that tho Lcgulatnre'wili grant the prayer ot tbis cb s of I industry and make the law a thing ot the nat. u ashtugton Progress. leox irriQUirrrc The following Icison in street etiquette may contain a ucful for more tbau one young man who may never have looked at the matter in tho liht in which it wai forcibly brought to the attention ot a thoughtless brother. A vonnir man wnoni we will call John stood in a doorway cf ' . .!- ... one ot Hie crowuei; &ircer-i 01 a lari:o city. Another young man, w'.t'i a yonnc woman leaning n his unn) 1 .i-.icd loog the f'.recr. . 4 'l0.0 rf " J,i!,n. ' ' ' ,' '! a 'r, , j U 'c ,lUM,t l- Lh S Wb.it do to;i i:icr.n by inv tincntt?- nn-rilv a.kvd Jt.h, .?oa f'nstfdthebJy rr it Wij i!.0 reply. Mi'll- i tl.l li.t Ftn.t I... ngra i attri at!c-.5 i.i t, I . - m a cruwie ! trcd bv Ullrrtt at her. Dj cu mye t!.0 osl er feil.u? ;in,i l,c crou,j j.n tt:at 'vo i vrero he. br-!tiei? Vhrt would tM.v think cfa gUl thw . ac-oitcd?" 'Nk-. ,-r thought th.nr s-i i the nroiher. !.wly W-n, J.( look cm: in-xi Iirr.e' Ye.ntl.-, Comp.ii.iofi. - ' w. l wix.ua:. . WINSTOXt WILLIAMS,. ATTORNEYS AND C0UKSELL0.1S .T UW. fclS tta 1). C. WINSTON, ATTQRNEAT-LAW. 4 tl'4. hk.vi:v p.ruuii, 4TTQENEY-AT-LAV, 1 1 ill the m! of V vr.tv. pruu.i: is Kir vtrt. Cu.!frr, fl.-rn.. u!! sril li,,r.. :f Di. aj 1 Ij:.j;ru;r", K..ii3:. 'Pa:a;U.:. A I:-! l..i V.IXDsoir.N.c. G. G. ;, NIG AN, (I.J. rarn UlJ.SlaaJ.) ? :u:n i?c COFFKKS, c;au, I-AU1. ' JJACOX, csmr. f-AKES . iOIMX -HOUSE,- v.'ixnsb'u, c. " m raWefupp'JcJ with thrt bct th ir.u l-i I a:Tunli. . Kir applied wi:h ciok Wine V audcnnifortah! -la the dtv. MAr- 'ric-.n H.nxvc" acJ--H4t ' cJ.o'cc c:r. arts ji!ticf. IIra rcc atlj rt-aorilI r.n 1 di.rs rut .I nrn to door. iVub e ; u: aromid the hctcl Private itua roc: fvr Ix Li a l : Pcjrrrre Hsc t meet $arncrf . CtirTrlerapu o?.cc a'.tacLci. WOODARD HOUSE EDEXTOS', K. C. :tW L. BOGERSOf, PROF, Till o!J and wcU cJlibU-hcl II . till p:ft,r& Crt-cLvi.s accoam -th travci.rirj!'. TIIIlMo HE A.SO X1 All LE i "imr'.e rni f. r tr.iTf'.'n - HAfK T MJ. TH MVS AM .sn:AMEi:. l v. K'u l r.rj ! trn f .:: r c :i I -:V.
Bertie Ledger-Advance (Windsor, N.C.)
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