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WILLIAfilS HOUSE,
- . . - LEVISTON, N. C. ; ' ' - ' '
J. Q. WILLIAMS, Proprietor.
.nr.Ter?rv01?moflated t low rates. , Tab'e
supplied wifh the beat the market affords.
- Conveyances f arnlshsd oa application. " ' '
,' - austfu .-- ,
U. T. HARDEN;
,, DEALER IN " . '
. Watts, Clods & Jewelry.
Having had 19 years' experience In the business
v!.pf eparSd 1 do a11 kiEds or w&tch and Clocr
Kepalrfnjj at short notice. All work guarantee;
i months. Also dealer in and repairer of
Guns and Pistols.
Photograph Gallery
9jr T tor wher I an prepared to fill all or
ders for Cards, Cabinets and other sized pictarei
at short notice. Give me a coll. m2tin
WM. E. mountain;
DEALER IN
Sugars, Coffees, Flour, &c.
WINES, WHISKIES, GUIS,
TOBACCO, CiCAGS.
f e'JS tf .
t -
WINDSOR, N. a
JNO. W.WOOD,
Attorney
and Counselor at Law.
LEWISTON, N.'C.
Practices in Bertie and adjolnliig counties.
' ' ' n9 6m" " "
F. D. WINSTON.
W. L. WILLIAMS.
WINSTON & WILLIAMS,
Attorneys & Gonnselors at Law.
Practice in Bertie and adjoining counties, v .
WINDSOR, N. C. ; felSttn
D.C.WINSTON,
Attorney at Law
WINDSOR, N. C.
Practices a Bertie and adjoining counties.
,-felStfn
DEALER IN
Dry
Goods, Notions, Clothing,
BOOTS AND SHOES,
Hats and Caps,
:d:RXJ3-S. '
Hardware, Tinware,
Queensware and Groceries.
Agent for the . best Sewing Machine in the
ffiaifet.
Prices reduced on a'l goods for cash.
Highest market prices for peanuts. '
; Mill days Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Meal kept at the aoru and given in exchaege for
corn. -
WINDSOR, N,C.
TONSG.RlAL ARTIST,
W.H.LEIGH
Has recently had his shop fitted up in first-class
style for the convenience of .patrons. Shaving,
hair cutting and shampooing done in the most
, artistic manner. Will be at shop from 7:30 ta
' in-, and from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m no2 tfn
J. P.
D.
Hancock Hotel,
LEWISTON, 1ST. O.
AMERICAN HOUSE,
WINDSOR, W. C.
J.MOODY, Prop.
' Table supplied with the best the marks affords.
Rooms recently renovated and windows cut down
V floor. Double piazza around ihe hotel.
Threo large Sample Rooma for tbe santenleiicf
? traveling ealeoraea. - .
ee Hack to meet Steamer-
, a?f attack . " ' .
SIALWOOD
INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
WINDSOE,
The Spider Web.
Through the long night
The builder builded and the atmr
With - skilful art from spray to spray he
His' slender thread,' while hidden from the
And on an ancient pattern builded there
" His castle in the air.
.And still he thought .
Of the new home and what should be there-
Of the dear friends that he would shortly
win , t . , :: .' - - '
To dwell there, and of ail that should be
brought
Of beauty, to make delicate and fair
His castle in the air.
1 When the morn ms ...
His work was done; "woven from stem to
stem,
Lighted by chandelier of nearl and
And shimmering with a thousand rainbow
glows;
And then he mounted by a silver stair
His castle In the air: 1
. When a sprinsr breeze
Passed by, and brushed him rudely to the
ground, ,
J ust as his foot had rea6hed the topmost
V round, -
Snatched off his web from the syringa treei,
And left the builder seeking everywhere
His castle in the air.
A BAG OF DIAMONDS.
He had screwed his coarasre tn th
sticking point. After all, what' good
to the old man was that bag of gems ?
What good except to count over, mark
their twinkHngfacets, gloat ever their
value, and laugh at those who . might
covet them. Palsied fiugers would
shake as ' the strings of the chamois
skin treasury were rapturously untied,
and a moment's life and energy flash
into pinched cheek and faded eye, as
every evening the revelation of untold
wealth woke in a withered heart its
only surviving ; passion. But what
good to the world or. to the man was
that brief minuto of ecstasy ? Was it
not paid for a hundredfold by nights
of fear and forebodings of robbery
that made life a perpetual horror?
JlQWof text - hadPaul heard his uncle
wake from Lis noontide" hap" witbTa
dreaming cry: My diamonds, my
diamonds, is that you Paul? I thought
it was a robber."
His thoughts were to come true to
night. Paul tried to persuade him
self that the treasures he had set his
heart on belonged ; to ; him . as ,much
as if they had been lying ; in a
mine, the prize of the first finder. :
Then came another thought His
own poverty and his great love. His
uncle's ward was as poor as himself ;
poor, proud and beautiful. , Such
flowers only grow in hard and soli
tary places; in the nipping air, and
uncrowned even by the obtrusiveness
of love. Straight, slender, full-hued
as a rose, with .a big soul beaming in
her face and eyes, with meek, silent
way 8, and bearing unflinchingly the
blows of an old man's brutal tongue,
this girl had presented to the poet's
mind the image of power, of profound
passion, of untiring constancy such as
had enchanted him and transformed
his life.
She had been first shy to him then
wistfully tender, as if she pitied him.
It was in the arbor at the foot of the
garden, where he was seated now,- be
hind the hedge of clipped yew, that
she had nestled close in his . arms, 'and
they had known the first moment of
happiness in their deserted lives. .
. fWe must be patient,' Paul." 7 p
Patient, did she say? They had been
so long enough. His plans were ripe
now, and he was watching the light in
his uncle's window. The old man
would sleep well, he had taken care
of that, to-night. If he awoke? Well,
that too, was provided for. Old men
are not hard to smother. -. The night,
dark and damp, suited dark thoughts.
And the sting of long oppression, the
blind feeling after revenge for years
of cruel slights and insults, had lono
engendered such thoughts. And now
came a vision of ' an earthly heaven,
the hope of a new life beyond the seas.
, v "Yes, I will fly with you any time
you ask," the girl had said resolutely.
"We shall be happy, rich or poor."
Nol not poor. He would provide
against that.
The - h'ghts in the windows of the
mansion are gone out. Even.the win
dows on the ground floor, which open
on to the piazza, are ' dark. Tfiat is
his uncle's room. Paul rises from his
seat. The dripping jasmine spray that
strikes his cheek as he leaves the little
summer-house i makes his heart stop for
amomentr H fears eye n the faint
OUR MOTTO v J3IEU ET MON DROIT.
BEBTIE COUNTY. & C., WEDNESDAY,
crunch of his footstepe on the gravel:
There is a dog baying- in the distance,
as if conscious that thieves are about.
He stealspast the biff pear tree at
the corner of the piazza, and tramp-
ling -in the soft mould of the flower
garden, where her jonquils and tulipsj
grow, he creeps breathlessly to thtf
back porch." Tho outer door is'quicklJ
upcueu. iie inrusts out his hand tk
find the knob of the house ; door an I
taking a latch-key from his ycf
pocket, he opens it too. At tho enl
of the hall Is his uncle's room. - Tlf
house is silent. But hark I did ; it
near a footfall? It must be a h.ivV
. - j
footfallthat ia heard orr the thick-caf-T
Det and stcadv flnnirf oi- tt-
J w m vun. AAU
never before explored this old rim:
bling dwelling in darkness. It was
always to him a sad and dreary pi.ee;
place of faded hansrinsrs, old-
fashioned and tasteless brIo.ftnu
paintings insipid in : their tarished
frmo. '.vi.. .uA ....
xrames, and books that echodl the
fancy and opinion of a dead fenera
tion flavorless as yesterday's lews.
He has reached his uncle door.
There he produces' dark lantern from
nnder his cloak. Drawing ud tho
slide for a moment he flashe tho cone
of light over the hall and or tho stair
case. It lights up "for a moment
oaken wainscoting, crowded hat-rack.
tho antlers overhead, and tho statuo
of Cupid, pallid as a ghost, and then
falls on tho staircase. As it does so
he. snap's down the slide and all is dark
again.
Yes, all is dark and quiet. There
is no witness to his crime.
What would she say or think if sho
saw him cowering and crouching at
his uncle's door? Tho thoucrht of her
... . m
rises like a phantom in his mind, sho
is all in white; yet calm, resolute and
beautiful an angel in contrast with
the Inferno of his own trouble
thoughts, and yet it deepens his reso
lution. Ho is tho martyr seeing the
martyr's crown, the soldier with tho
reward of his valor before bis eyes.
In her purity, her strenctl, her iac.
it seems to him ho" would find au es
cape even from the torture and shama
of his guilty mind. Ho would hatha
himself in her presence as in a flood of
cleansing water, a second baptisni
Her smile, her trustfulness, tho musu
of her voice would bo a heaven ia
which ho might bask and rest, and
forget his fraud yes, even his blood
guiltiness. ,
He turns the handle of the door
quietly, gradually, and enters. A del-
icaLr scent as from tho folds of silken
garments strikes his senses. But ho
does not hear a single rustle from his
uncle's bed. Tho old man sleeps
indeed. - .
Then ho draws up tho slido of his
an tern. -
So violently, with such trembling
agitation does he close it again, the
instant after, that the whole "thing
falls clattering to tho ground, and
Paul turns and rushes throuih tho
room.
What has he seen to overcome him
SO? ;
A woman, tail and supple as a
Greek, stern-eyed as Clytcmnestra and
twenty times as fair, with black hair
and : marble . arms, eyes of , fringed
vioiet how often, had ho doted on
them I How often had he felt his
heart swell with pity, with admira-
ion, with unspeakable love, as the
soft tvolce tremulously remonstrated
with him.
"We must bo patient, Paul."
And now this saint of 'his life, this
virgin flower of women, this one who
was to be the salt and salve to his sad,
wounded, outraged and rebellious
heart there she stands, her. right
haud under the pillow of the uncon
scious sleeper, her left armed to strike
him down, if he awake I
Paul passed stealthily into the gar
den again. He went with bounds
across the parterre, fiercely trampling
the flowers .and borders; cursing
meanwhile, in his heart, with bitter
rage and execration the angel, for
sooth! who was thief and murderess.
Then he laughed a wild trembling
laugh such as only grief that borders
on frenzy finds utterance in.
That night as he sat till dawn tinder
fliA mftAniner nnrtlat-a onrl aa ami
over again . repeated to his mind tho
hideous Incidents that ho half believed
to be a dream, love turned to hate, as
fuel to ashes, as a flower to the blood
red poison. ' - .
. "It was for love of me," he mur
mured "for lovoof me ah I that U
M " . a .. "
WB movr that cuU the dccpeit; for
MU'' inaiITC of hcrt i loathsoma
.to ine." . , : .
"That waj forty years ago,- iaU
i ,,rry and U icem oI Ttcr-
J "
Sho looked from tho gay area of tho
.wino at Narraganictt, out over tho
Wtte, dimpling sea, where a yacht wii
Jut coming to anchor.
The wrinkle ol d general who di
reeled the taste of tho wealthy New
lork piii8ter In tho fitting of her art
pUery wiped a tear from his glajs eye.
; ,mB icmng gesture, thouffh tho
" not a tcar of "cnslbllity
a lww7M-
was ho?" ho Inquired. iof ilr.
"Hand mo that fan and I will tell
you. I had come down stairs, hear
ing a noise and thinking of burglars.
I was bravo In thoso days, and seized
P ? Ch 1
rIctJ daggcrwiic. I went to mr tin.
de's room, felt under hli pillow and
was relieved to find the bag of dia
monds safe. Then there was a mo
mentary flash of light, a clatter of a
lantern dropped in darkness, and tho
sound of receding footsteps. I ncTcr
saw Paul again to this day. The lan
tern was Identified as his. I felt re
lieved at his flight at the'raomcnt.
Bat, General, you and I are old peo
ple, and for my part 1 can love only
once, and you must not speak to mo
again as you have done today." Tb,
Epoch.
Mexican Method or Threshing.
Between donkeys and men U dirS
ded also tho work of bringing to market-fodder
from tho threshing-floors.
The Mexican method ' of threshing
save on a few great hadendai, where
American machinery is used Is of the
Scriptural sort; tho grain In tho car If
laid on the threshing-floor, and horicj
and cattle or goats are driven oVer It;
after which the straw is removed and
tho grain Is winnowed from tho chaff
by throwing both together by the
shovelful Into tho alr.whcn aj?rik
wind Is blowing. The straw thus ob
tained, being softened and broken iuto
short lengths, Is' eaten by aji and
even by horses with relish Indeed, a
serious objection on the part of Mexi
can farmers to American threshing
machines Is that tho threshed straw
remains unbroken and hard.
In order to bring It to market tho
fodder Is baled In a netting of cords,
and as tbo bales are largo and are
packed solidly they mako a load that
no ono but a professional burden
bearer could carry far. This wholo
process Is very like that pursued In
the south of France, where tho grain
is threshed on a threshing-floor by
dragging it over a heavy wooden
roller, and is winnowed by throwing
it against tho wind, and where tho
bruised straw is brought to tho barns
baled in sheets; but in Franco tho
Lbalcs are loaded on wagons, not on the
backs of men. Harper's Weekly.
Impressed the Goiernor as a Janitor.
Tho Ilev. Myron W. Heed, tho well
known clergyman of Denver, Col.,
tells an amusing Incident of his mili
tary career. Dnring tho war his regi
ment got into Xahvllle one morning
and tho following morning ho was
told to go and rcliere the guard at tho
Capitol. Ho took up his company, and
was told the first business was to put
the prisoners to work to clean out the
place. Ho set them to work with
mops, palls and brooms, and Just as
they, were fairly at work a person
came up to him and wanted to know
what ha wss doing, making such- a
noise. "Here, I don't want anything
of that," said Mr. Kced; "Just get
your broom and help theo men."
"Do you know who I am? "No, I
don't know," and ho told hlra again
to get his broom and pall and faJl in
qnlck. Then he Introduced' himself
Andrew Johnson. Military Governor
of Tennessee. And Mr. Ileed excused
him. TNew York Tribune.
Ministers Are Like Cat.
A prominent clergyman gives this
description of tho life of & mlniiter:
'My experiences with churthe
make mo think that minister are like
cats. When tou iro to & new r,l
Cr8t everybody says:
" Como pussy! come pussy! nice
pussy,' and you come.
Then they Wgin to rub your fur and
say : .
Poorpusy!porpnyi'and Hen
they av, . Scat! " New Yrk
Tribune,
FEBRU AH Y 4, 1S01.
itTrxa inrrr tx or.r.
It ta.i been discover .1 thit a ihylr.;
liiblt la hones cones c fieri frora sLort
Ightedneis. which cuy aict Lsr.es
as wcI as men. It has tca rrc;,M
to provide cer-s!gh:cd horses w-'Jj
spectacles, wUch will cnil'.o t.Scra to
e distinctly anJ lha, tLn Iiyjt?.
This has acidly tea dona !a scaa
cxicj, U Is sai J, with great Irarwa.
raent ia tho horie, wh def relive
iJoa was thus corrected. rr; a.
Field aaJSjocitnia.
AKALTSiS r OiWj HtlJZs
the fresh-forming mv.criafis ccTsJ
and one-fiith aitataca; the fornr Is
coagu!ab!e with rcasct, th-j Utter U
not. Tho albumen, however, cvaa
Utes when heatd,lf th ml:k or whey
holding It Uacld. The rtI:lvo rro
portioniof CAMrlne cd albucva vary
greatly with tho food and health of
the cow. Canine It one of tho great
forms of saegulnas matter feu a 4
both In the animal ao J Te'abto king
dom. In tho animal kic-dosj U it
chiefly found dissolved In trJlk. acd Is
tha cord or covtsUble ztt of tie
milk from which cbe (s mada. Al
bamea U a thick, tUcos sabttar
which forms a constituent part of both
anlrml fluids and soUdf, and which
exists nearly pure as the whito of aa
egg. Albameo, combined with CLria.
Is that part of the blood which cx
lstes or oiJ4iCes when exposed ta tha
air. American Dairyman.
morTTAr.u: cvtuuxr asowtxtxl
To diversify farm I a:trv:s m ranch
as possible must bo the object cf rro-
grcsslve, wlde-awako fsnaert, Frcll
of every kind must coai9 la ih rro-
grammoof such frmcrf, aad nothicg
at prcwat U more proml.lcg tUa tha
common red currant. OnJc u at-
Ucks by the currant worm the rrif
of thU fruit txxU much higher than
formerly. CrtlciS en'.tlvarcrs ar
anven cnt or ta t-nztu, ar,j .
usually hapin in inch It U n
tho better for ihoMj who retain la.
This year fruit of moil klr. U has bcea
except Jem ally scArc. and ccrraa ts
have foUUh!ghcr than usuaL Kata
slvo crops havo brvcxht xven cr.ts
per pound, and at this ra!e 7CO to
1500 per r.crc luvo beta rcalix!. It
U evident that at mach lower ftlm
than tills tha crop tnuil prove a most
profitable one.
Currant buihes from cattle will
usually bfgJn to bear a little l e
ond seaon of ihclr growth. Hat ts
rlctles diOr la this. Fay's Pro'.iic aad
tho short-stemmed I!4 Datch barlcg
early and productively. Thtio ire a!o
about tho best la quality, which Is Im
portant, as it has ranch to do with fw
curing permanent sale far the fruit;
The Urge site of the eh-rry rarraat
docs not long make It matkeut:. as
It U more sour, and Usldc df r.ot
produce so abundantly as tba others
Wherever a new p'anutioa of cur
rants Is made It It adviiall to trala
tho bushes la tree form, with a sin-:$
stem branching on all side at tht top,
Grown thus the buh are f Hy kri
clear of currant worms, vthl! If a
mass of sttxjts are allowed to grow
from a sirgl root some cf the worms
will feed low down and tu-ar-o the
poison dealt out for them- f llostoa
Cultivator. . .
cnorxrj toHZ as a rtxrtuztx.
At Uie New Jersey station the frr
tilherwork of tho present year !a
claded an analysis of thirty-cce sam
ples of grouud bose, seven of dis
solved bono and four ct surrpho
phates wilh pouh. Ground bono U
both a phosphate aad citxortocs
fertilizer. It Is Inioiulle la water, tut
is readily decora rod by the action ef
the soil and furtdihrs amounts cf
nltrogta and ihoij-horie acid ta the
crop from year to year, la proportion
to the Oneness to whirh It ! gTsacd.
It Is t liable to adulteraiioa than
mixed fertilizer and varies la compo
sition Jbetwrea reaona.lr c arrow
limits.
What Is termed raw cr caballed
bone U rrl; the pure!, thou-h col
always the bt in a-rkc'.tural n!a,
M the fat prcvrnls the full cT.et cf
the egenclrs la the sod wl.'-h eac
the decay tircrary lefo th nitro
gen and phcij.jri-? ac;J can rrre as
food for nt. Ti e ti!n-a la
bailed or . fr.cl tuft it of : i try
low, Wliile Xlf J.Olj Icrir RriJ j. r
rcspo;:diu;iy l.i-h. Th's iirwi .;u
the liccer r::jiHMt: c::tv,y.
ite ex!isc:.:a cf tl t.::
with the fx!.
To ilcurxlzf n:.-
i. .
A-.-u .i c! t.'.:: en a-
a;d ar. 1 ih C" rrt.'j c
1 1
tal-n Ir.io Tos.i:ifraU;a. Tli
; -zm Usats a.- gTcaxJ U-?
C alto th-y Are, y f o t 1 1 r ! He t
ItQ t-vie tl CJ to t-: iff t.- c
Tt,.
A fc
aJ ar.a!ys:s
cf a
a tjitcri cf Trs I-M
each fra-Je Kit-c; a d.C-ri
t o r tho r I y h : r I c t -; A - ; :
71.3 at cm -9 c il Jr J- ;r J r
5.4 csts f:r Jhjs;?,:r.: -Uvatcf
tie Ciel!s U.4 ai C b
rtJ;vUvt!y.
rcrrri ct rtTx.t.
Di'ksdicat r.cd A tzzzh tri'.-r
asrcaay i:rjef, A-1 tl'y tr.xr V
raised ca farrus wlcm tlrrv r
pador rssalc wattr, says Att'--CWeUu-ria
lU Arrrlraa Cz.i
lor. AgtI s-,l:lu'.4 Is uh.'ih
syrra cf woN'ca trcrrSs, tt
slcU t? kc;t fstl tf viur tt a.::
t'c;ci. Vtl tl du-ks hat frt a--ceisto
LVi trr-ls a 1 Orr v.
tevtrsafr fta il Ui. , wa.-.r.
facb trc-;ls caa t c a.! r ?
wl-i esoch f.r tl llr 's u s
ra
Abcat, aad Hey wid Ha
torpw as well sj a;r cxtuTc y
raade p.;tl cr crt tk. If tiey ar? n
he rai.Kd ca a very itrf s-.aZe, 1: -trcr,
It cray t t:r ; retail to luf
ayci dsr, fir taurt w.: k?- tlii
S3ptI with WAlr at All tlca. 71?
b sx o f k e ; t $ woli fd t 1 p ii
trc.ls f':i If scTtra: Urt lx.
acotts to tlc
A few ducts tr.y ral! frr
wed lly ktif a C.t:,;lir. -will
U tr.a ' by ttL-T I' :1k 7"!,
ducks art zrrxxl h:r, Itvtrt, r. J
a-e altered l r- S:i3 V ',r to :.
tilt tlr n: always rr -ctrr.l.-r :
if Allawrd o fctx-v Cy rf
rAiwd even cl'ir. Ia
they W c;t o arr.-tylr; as l-rt t, i.t
ihtt will tot t:tn tt-.r Cf crr
frrwv, a?ul thry ar-e rtry t.ru .
tadM by d:ca. TJ.rtr f;.:.i rxit
t-s auertli to rr -V.t-'.r, xl l ! : t
Ai;rr.aJ a: 1 r?tf a f:4 tVy
have ncnr.i frvl la tVta da'Iy.
cLarctal tuuit aU- jtrea t
with Heir fjod to irtkcrv
t i c 'I
LfAlth-
TUf bt way Is to let ii d-.rl fcr
sr for thT-.:vr C i
txeh then to ck9 to tt'lf own ;
at fc!;hL Treat lltn kit. I! ar ! i:.-r
w 14 ooa Co ills. Tl dztl'lt ri
greal car aaj a::cn:I?a, i as tly
grow fa:,r t-'aa ell;ls uVy a? tt!
for matket la e'rlt cr 0 wcli, a
quitt taotlrrly Ira sir.!! I k ; t 1
w:ch aad ttu t.Vna. Tly .: :
I fed cftea with tr-tr tr.tit V it !
giTea to eli.ks, ar-I tlry t. ! to I
kr;t warra arI dry. A variety cf
fxJ Is rcilihed by tie ra, sa 1 tlrr y
devcar y trltfci cf v;t!ali c f; i
acd s'TAp frtaj ll9 tat: wUl ri
cvArkalwe ra;tl:y. TratJUrs aa tt
p!s:k i frira tlrra -vc;aI llcrsa
year If Her art t-it L
tat-h est: rr
Never s-ti a Uttcra ca
TT.
lUi-U rlaa Ar.i cAlru'at'? fcr tfil
teK-a's wcrk-
Dia'l let U $zon hl! tz'.l'i'x
aboal year faxra.
TLj farrzT it a
t?rrr
- . a -m
He farm la aucoenfu! fir
Aay sare lira w.II -
vested If yea sulIS tLs ra,-if
cut tl? c 1 il-il, v;7'i:-.
trv; tley tzxl? zl
JlaTe a ttit frr lz.uti
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