'^me and Fireside.
.f?
"Sometime, Somewhere."
Unanswered vet, We Prayer your lip. have
plead u4.
In agony of h**ait these many years';
.>?? faitti liegm to fail, is hope declining,
?* And think you all In vain those falling tears?
aot the Father has not heard your prayer,
OJ you shall have your desire sometime, aoiua
, where.
K> Unanswered yet-though when you llrst pre
sented
This one petition at the Father's throne.
It seemed you oould not wait the time of
asking.
So anxious was your heart to have It done?
It years have passed since then, do not despair
For God will answer you, sometime, some
where.
Unanswered yet? But you are not unheeded'
The promises of God torever stand:
?fn tiliu our days and years alike are equal,
llave faith in God 1 It is your Lord's com
mand,
Hold on to Jacob's angel, and your prayer
shall bring a blessing down, sometime, some
whe.e.
Unanswered yet? Nay, do not say unanswered'
Peli-ps your part is not yet wholly done,
The work bei-tn when first your prayer was
uttered,
V And God will finish what he has begun,
jeep incense burning at the shrine of prayer
And glory shall descend, sometime, some
where.
tj
? 11 nanswered yet? Faith cannot be unanswered*
I Her feet ure tirmly planted on the Rock,
J Amid the wlldeststormsshestandsundaunted
I Nor quails before the loudest thunder shock*
' She knows Omnipotence lias heard her prayer.
And cries, "It shall lie done, sometime, some
where.
?Asov.
Rules of Life Written at Twenty
Four.
The vault in the little dilapi
dated graveyard opposite New
Orleans where the body of John
McDonough, known to Ameri
can history as an eccentric phil
anthropist, was first laid, was
kept in order for years after the
removal of Mcdonough's re
mains. A faithful negro who had
been one of Mcdonough's slaves
for years attended to this. Chis
eled in the stone of the vault are
the following rules which McI)on
formulated when he was but
?s<j?v/,tJr-lpur vears of age, for the
of his life:
always that labor
conditions of our
Id; throw not one
>'ay, but place each
o all menus you would
>y.
* bid another do what
lo yourself. I
} put off till to-morrow '
-;u can do to-day.
^-.ever think any matter soi
trivial as not todeserve notice.
"Never covet what is not your
own.
"Never give out that which ;
does not first come in. ,
"Never spend but to produce. (
"Let the greatest order regu- ]
late the tra .isactions of your life. (
"Study .n the course of yourj
life to do the greatest possible
amount of good. ,
"Deprive yourself of nothing
ary to your comfort, but ,
an honoiable simplicity L
galitv. (
or, then, to the last mo- (
f your existence. ,
sue strictly the above ]
and divine blessing and ,
of every kind will flow upon ,
your heart's content; but, i
all, remember that the
1 great study of your life
be to tend by all the
<n your power to the hon
J glory of the Divine
conelusioinit'V&M&JfhftW.
d is that without temper
here is no health, without
?j no order, without religion
' ? ppiness, and the sum of our
is to live wisely, soberly
righteously." ? Randolph
on in March Ledger Monthly.
_ y it-ai _ .
/ernor Ja ? n$say.
.ated that it
?,.n?be/?froa" or'lmaster once
j (the defence) woi .he 1)e8l im.
?ui1 introduce no ev. , durin?r
the ground that no -How
made out against thei
but inasmuch as the ??.
is U*e House of Hep**1? ""d
4 r ons were reaa.
frte^s&r's'.s
day nior"'"-r hv u la a ,
I us* if letter, it ?.oes not change
j, ?oit.' If you take off another
you still have a 'bit'left. If you
off still another, the whole
inc-en^ remains. If you take off
Kg ;t j8 not wh0|iy used up;
IKSI#** to-show that u
:nXif 4 a . u getrklofahnbityon
feroi uf''th;. s/it off altogether/'
1'in'l ^William was the only
? ?? ^jn,/ .ie members of the two
| hh ,,'moned to attend the
Fcemetet ?* Parliament by King
TOnST" 8u?motieS
He,(' t',t> ffrst opening of
.rgt vnlp.ent by t|ne?n Victoria
jT^ accession in 1837.
materials for history.
The Gathering of Them in North
Carolina. Interesting Article
by Judge Clark.
North (urolina has grandly
known how to make history. She
has always left it to others to
write it. Hence the State has
uever had justice done her.
This State acted a grand
part in the Revolution. As shown
by the first census in 1790.
North Carolina stood third in
population, leading Pennsylva
nia and New York and surpassed
only by Virginia and Massachu
setts. Her contribution in men
and money was therefore a most
essential one to the success of the
common cause. Rut those who
read history of those times will
find not much mention made of
North Carolina. At the critical
battle of Guilford Court House,
when (ireen broke *>>t power of
Cornwallis her r . di "treated
only in obedience ; > >j< rs, but
for more than a ct ,'ur\ their
fame was covered with lominv,
until Judge Schenck, with patri
ot hand, completely vim. ted
them.
That we have had no real
good history of the State is due
to the fact that till recently we j
have never taken the trouble to |
compile the material out of
whicn the historian must fashion
and shape his history. Of late
years, some of the leading relig
ious- denominations have
published their records, some
county histories have been given
to the world, a few biographies
of leading men have been written
and the St ate has published some
of Us records. 1 his growing;
mass of material some compe-1
tent man will some day invest!- j
gate, sort over, eliminate the im
material, place the rest in due I
perspective and at least we shall
nave a respectable history of
North Carolina. Rut very much
remains to'oedonebeforethis his
torical material is gathered in
sufficient quantity to be worked
over to {rood purpose.
The State itself some years ago
undertook to gathe tejp its Colo
nial Records. The work was en
trusted to the late Col. William
L. Saunders. Nothing scarcely
of those records was found exist
ent here. Rut owng to the fact
that in Colonial days copies of
all governmental records were
sent "home" i. e. to England,
Colonel Saunders employed Mr.
Sainsburr to make copies of the
same filed in the Colonial Office
in London. Thus with compa
ratively small trouble he was
able to'compile the ten volumes
of the "Colonial Records" which
came down to 177(5. But there
he stopped and his lkmented
death occurred soon after.
With the outbreak lof the
Revolution copies were no> longer
sent home to England). Our
Legislatures met at no regular
capital but shifted abou\t from
session to session. The public
documents were kept an the
country residences of the State
officals and carted over the <toun
try to the residence of their suc
cessors. The wonder is thajt any
records were preserved. ' The
undersigned at the instance of
the late Gov. Carr undertook the
task of collecting the rectvrds
and official correspondence
from 1776 to 1790. The task
was a difficult one but^?fnaterial
to filLt-en. .folio vrj/dmes styled
l28Yt?te Records) have been com
piled. Eight volumes have been
printed. Vol 19 is now is press.
An index of the whole20 volumes
I has lieen prepared by I)r. Stephen
B Weeks and will follow immedi
ately after publication of Vol. 20.
It will make this great mass of
early material available.
Then, to, at request of the
Confederate Veterans Associa
tion, the State authorized the
publication of a history of each
regiment and battalion sent out
by this State in 1861-'5. These
sketches an1 written by a soldier
or officer thereof for each regi
ment or battalion and illustrated
by some 400 engravings of officers
and men taken at that time, the
expense of illustrations has been
borne bv private contribu
tions. tfhey compose three
volumes of invaluable material.
The first volume will soon lie
issued, and the other two will
appear uext year. No similar
material has yet been gathered
as to the part the State took in
war of 1812and the Mexican war,
and material for many other
most interesting periods is yet to
be gathered. Rut a start has
betfn made, public interest has
been aroused and in a few veftre
we tr.ny confidently hope that
sufficient material for a truthful
ana interesting history of the
State will be in hand.?Walter
Clark.
Sweet Voices. I
There in no power of love so
hard to keep as a kind voice; but
it is hard to get it and keep it in j i
the right tone. One must start
in youth, and l>e on the watch ;
night and day, while at work; i
and while at play, to get and
keep a voice which shall speak at i i
all times the thought of a kind
heart. I
Hut this is the time when a
sharp voice is more apt to be ac
quired. You often hear boys and
giils say words at play with a
quick, sharp voice, almost like
the snap of a whip. If any of
them are vexed, you hear a voice
which sounds as if it were made
up of a snarl, a whine and a bark.
Such a voice often speaks worse
than the heart feels. It shows
more ill-wiil in tone than in
words. It is often in ycuth that
one gets a voice or a tone which
is sharp, and which sticks to him
through life and stirs up ill-will
and grief, and falls like a drop of
gall on tlie listener. Some peo
ple have a sharp voice for home
use, and keep their best voice for
those whom they meet elsewhere.
We would say to all boys and
girls: "Use your best voice at
home." Watch it by day us a
pearl of great price, for it w ill be
w. rth more to you in thedaysto
ee than the best pearl hid in
t. ' kind voice is a lark's
song in . ? an and home. It is to
the hear: wli it Imht is to the
eyes.?Boston .Journal
The Bur-Heartedness oi Americans
A mother came from the hone
farm in New Hampshire to nurse
her son in the hospital. A few
days Inter he died. The authori
ties said the body must be taken
away or buried in the potters
Held'. The devoted, bToken-heart
ed mother was distracted. M hen
the sad story was known to some
of the big-hearted clerks, they
were not long in raising t he needed
monev and gave it to her with
sympathetic words. 1 cannot
describe the paradox?the happi
ness of a broken-hearted mother
in bereavement, who was enabled
to save her loved one from a
pauper's grave.
"I'll take him home with me,
for he was a good boy; a good
bow He'll be near roe now?up
in'the old churchyard where he
loved to play. Oh I'm so glad
that I can have my boy go home
with me." ,
Poor, dear, lonesome heart.
There wereglist'ningeyes around;
the sterling tribute of big. noble,
generous. American hearts. I
love to think of American gener
osity as one of the superb virtues
of our people.?JoeMitchellC haj>
plein "The National Magazine
for March.
Death will find us soon or later.
On the deck or in the cot.
And we cannot meet him better
Than in working out our lot,?Whittior.
A story that is sure to attract
attention in the March issue of
Everybody's Magazine is by
Adele Marie Show, In the
Dragon's Mouth." This is a tale
of the Boxer uprising in China,
and it is distinguished by extra
ordinary vividness and dramatic
interest* Miss Show, like Mary
Johnstone of ''To Have and to
Hold" fame seems to have com-1
menced her literary career with a
style. This is her Hrst important
contribution to fiction, and 11
shows real imaginative capacity
and a swinging vigor of style
which will inevitably place her
high among contemporary
writers. The description of the
fight on the yacht is as stiring a
| tale of combat as the most nota
ble of the "Cup and Sword
fictiouists have put forth.
Love your children and they
will love*you in spite of all your
shortcomings; keep faith with
them and then they will keep
faith with you: treat them cour
teously* and they will be courte
ous; maintain high ideals and
they will follow them; make them
the centre of your life and they
will make you the centre of their
lives.?Caroline Leslie Field.
An Honest Medicine tor La Grippe.
George W. Waitt, of South
Gardener, Me.,says: "I have had
the worst cough, cold, chills and
grip and have taken lots of trash
of no account but profit to the
vendor. Chamberluiii'B (\>ugb
Remedy is the only thing that
has done any good whatever. 1
have used onebottleol it and toe
chills, cold and grip have all left
me. 1 congratulate the manu
facturers of an honest medicine
For sale bv Hood Bros.
Every mind was made foi
growth, for knowledge; and it*
uature is sinned against when il
is doomed to ignorance.?Chan
tring
Nr. Butler Discover:, the Difference.
tVtuthintftoii Dispatch, Hth.
The difference between Senator
and ex Senator was forcibly illus
trated yesterday when Mr. Ma-j
rion butler,of Honeycutt's, N.C.,
siepped into the Senate elevator.
There is a rigid rule requiring the
elevator to go up or down as a
Senator wishes without any re
gard to what its intention had
previously been. Thus if an ele
vator was going to a lower floor
from an upper it would change
its mind atid go up if a Seuator
hap|>ened to be going that way.
There were several passengers in
the elevator when it stopped on
the Senate floor on its way from
the basement to the gallery. Mr.
Hutler stepped in and said in the
usual senatorial tone, "Down,"
but the elevator went up without
a word of explanation from the
conductor. Mr. Hutler looked
surprised for a moment and then
"tumbled."
Night Was Her Terror.
"I would cough nearlv all night
long," writes Mrs. Chas. Apple
gate. of Alexandria, Ind., "and
could hardly get any sleep. 1
had consumption so bad that if
1 walked a block 1 would cough
frightfully and spit blood, but
when all other medicines failed, |
three $1.00 bottles of Dr. King's
New Discovery wholly cured me
end I gained 58 pounds." It's j
absolutely guaranteed to cure
Coughs, Colds, La Grippe, Bron
chitis and all Throat and Lung)
Troubles. Price 50c. and $1.00.
I j i il bottles free at Hood Bros,
rlr ig store.
On her builders' trial trip
Tuesday the battleship Illinois
more than measured up to
expectations. The:- v run down
the coast from N -h p sews
about 25 miles.
The lingering cough folio
grippe calls for One Minute Coi.
Cure For all throat and lun,.
troubles this is the only harmless
remedy that gives immediate re
sults. Prevents consumption.
J. It. Ledbetter, Hare & Son,
Hood Pros.
The salmon fishing season
opened the other day at Norham
on-the Tweed, and while the
fishermen were preparing in the
morning to make the first cast
of the net the Rev. M. Green,
vicar of Northam, appeared on
the scene, and offered up a prayer
for the success of the season's
fishing. The fishermen, who
had never before begun their
work under similar conditions,
were naturally curious to know
the result of the first cast, which
yielded eight or ten fish. The
second cast of the net was equally
successful.
Counterfeits of DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve are liable to cause
blood poisoning. I^eave thetn
alone. The original has the
name DeWitt's upon the box and
Wrapper. It is a harmless and
healing salve for skin diseases.
Unequaled forpiles. Hood Bros.,
Hare tk Son, J. R. I .ed better.
The highet branch of the Wis
consin Legislature has defeated
a resolution for a constitutional
amendment which would permit
women to vote.
?
looo.ooj
wifZm
V*v WINE OP CARDUI *1 ?
hM brought permanent relief to ft mil- ?
lion suffering women who were on their ?
way to pre mat a re grave*. Mrs. Mitchell ?
waa fast declining in health, when Wine ?
of Cftrdni performed ft "wonderful care** I
in her case. 8he suffered with the ftgo- ?
niee of felling of the womb, leueorrhosa ?
end profuse menstruation. The weekly ?
appeeranrsofthe menses for two months ?
sapped her vitality until she wee a phys- ?
ical wreck. Her nervous system gave ?
way. Then came the trial of Wine of ?
Cardut and the cure. Mrs. Mitchell's ?
e&perience ought to commend Wine of H
Cftrdni to suffering women in words of ?
burning eloquence. m
WINEofCARM
l? within thf raoob of nil. Wanton who ?
try It nro rollorod. Atk roar drnntat ?
for n fl bottlo of Wine of CardaL nad do ?
not take a nubrtltutn it taadorod >oa.
Mr. Willi# Mltoh.tl, SonthOutoo.il.C i ?
I Wii? ~t Onrtwl nnd ThndfoiWo !????- M
TirnonM hard p.ftwtd ? nkoihw W" ?
la rar com. I hnd banc n ?m? ndMw ?
?life tfnUlnf of tfcn womb nod Inoaorrbao, ?
nnd nr ? Ionia aaao o.nrr work for two B
? sztjzfz zistescz I
aad mack Draught. sad now %*? leuooe- ?
j. rhnss has dtenp^sered, and I am restored to ?
In rum wwotrlnf spsetal
\ m '^1
JOHN M. TURLEY. # W. EDGAR STALLINOT
WE WISH
To inform you that we have formed a copartnership under th?
name of Turley & Stalling*, and will keep for *ale
Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes,
GROCERIES AND GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
BICYCLES AND BICYCLE SUPPLIES
FOR SALE.
Repairing Bicycles a Specialty.
We ask your patronage.
TURLEY & STALLINGS.
JY A Clayton, N. C.
At J. M. Turley'g old stand, near the depot.
^ Come and Examine ji
tfj> the big stock of &
jj- Farming]Tools jjjj
tHARDWARE ^of a"Kinds' 5
U/ ???? Of Every Description. (fjl
jjj HARROWS, CUUTIVATORS, JS
\h And Fertilizer Distributors.
W PAINTS, OIL, VAR BUGGY AND WAGONJHAR
W NISIIES, SASH, DOORS. NESS, COLLARS, BKI- ff*
\h BLINDS, DLES, SADDLES &c., fjt
Uh we bare. ff\
* m
ito Watch This Ad. for a Change. **
t HALL'S HARDWARE HOUSE. %
W.L3 "halL. f Salesmen. BENSON, N. C. *
?
"ORINOCO."
LUC AM A, N. C.. November 14, 1900.
| F. b K ? V8TER Guano Company,
Norfolk, Virginia.
Dear !?.??* W? used "Orinoco Tobacco Guano" under twenty (20) acres of our
tobacco this ; *e made a very fine crop on the 20 acres where we used Orinoco.
We are not th. i. selling our crop yet but can report the sale of seven barns.
The seven b rns s< Id weighed 6,418 pounds, and brought on the Watson ware
house floor In Wii / ttO 87, making an average for the entire lot of 26J cento
per pound WcgiVv el< v the said"by barns. We have every reason to expect
to receive $4,000 or ov?, . tot>acco grown on 20 acres with ORINOCO, making
an average of $200 per a<v W< rj Orinoco under our tobacco as long
as we can get it. "-v j
When we have finished s#Ji\' wt; wl" you a more com
plete statement. Yours very iru.j . '
(Sigmd\ *. & L, F. LUCAS.
BARN No. 1 945 POUNDS $22& AVERAGE 23.43
BARN No. 2 710 POUNDS 193.42.. ..AVERAGE 27.24
BARN No. 8 1078 POUNDS 288.48 AVERAGE 26.76
BARN No. 4 844 POUNDS 205.00 WEE A OK 24 29
BARN No. 5 1090 POUNDS 354.25 A Ia-TE 32.50
BARN No. 6 874 POUNDS 216.70 AVE. \G. -'4.80
BARN No. 7 877 POUNDS 220 79 AVERa K - > '7
6418 Lbs. $1700.87
ORINOCO TOBACCO GUANO IS FOR SALE BY
COTTER, UNDERIA/OOD & CO,
SMITHFIELD, N. C.
e are Opposite Post Office 1
0 Go to G. W. Peedin & Co. for your fresh groceries. O
? We have just received a nice line of ?
6 Patent and Half Patent Flour A a
y That is going as cheap as it it can be had We also jr
W have a nice line of Coffee, which we are selling at 10, jf '
y 11, 12i, and 15 cents. V j
? our Groceries arc fresh arti Nice, ?
5 A SHOES. A i . '
? We-ttave Just received a nice line of Ladles' and Gents' Shoes that must 1
A go at veTY little profit. We also have a few Notions, that we wish to J
if close out at ccat., All we ask is a trial to convince < ou.
? Youts to please.
5 G W. PEEQIN & COMPANY,
X J14 tf Smithfield, N. C. I?
1 ?? ?
CASH RACKET STORE.
I have juit received a nice line of SPRING qIALICOS, HOMESPUN and Gingl mm
together with a good lot of 8hoes. If you Want a good shoe, try my Lone . k
And you will be convinced. Now it the tlmWto buy ytur Lares and Hamb g*.
Some pretty lummer bonnets, assorted colors."^ cents. Come and look at the .
I keep a nice lot of SOAP, Blush Rose, Sweet Maiden, Forest Bouquet, Chea .
5c and 2 for 5c. Laundry Soap weighs 4 ounces, lc cake. Just think.
Starch all kinds. Grandma's Washing Powder, 1 pound, 5c each.
I Always Keep Fancy and Stick Candy on Hand.
Apples and Oranges, Lemons and Cak *
MEN'S WORKING SHIRTS, 25c and 50c.
I sell Lamp Oil at 4 cents a quart. Tobacco and Snuff. Don't forget I keep -
tlons of all kinds. Ladies and Gents Handkerchiefs 5 and 5 cents each. (
dren'a and Ladles'hose. Don't you want a pretty bn>,>cb, only 55 cents I
per, spice and nutmeg*. Any number Spool Cotton you waat 2. 8, 4 and 5c sp 1.
I StaKE*!** m POltfTS. 8 atfTS 4 &OZIH.
(GOOD NOTE PAPER 4c QUIRE. ENVELOPES AND TABLETS
Don't forget to call around to see me; for I keep nsoet any little thing tb
want. Seed Irish Potatoe*. Red Bllae. Whits BBas, Early Rote and Burba
W. H. PEACOCK,