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UJ RICH SQUARE, NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, N. a, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28. 1897. '\ k Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral coats more than otlier medl* cines. But tbea it cures more tban other medicines. Most of the cheap' cough medicines merely palliate; they afford local and tempo rary relief. Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral does not patch up or palliate. It cures. Asthma, Bronchitis, Croup, Whooping Cough,—and every other cough, will, when other remedies fail, yield to Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral It has a record of years of cures. Send for the “purebook” —free. J. 0. Ayer Oo., liowell, Maas. W. W. l»I]EbLKS & SON, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, JACKSON, N. C. Oflice No. 1 West of the Hotel Bnrgwyn. One of the firm will be.at liicli Square ev ery second Saturday In each and every month, at Woodland every third Satui-day and at Coirwfty every fourth Saturday, be t*,;'eeu the hours of 11 a. in. and four p. m. W. PAUL MOORE, D. D. S. Jackson, N. at residence. The Jackson and Rich Square Telephone Co. INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF NORTH CAROLINA. Splendid service. Polite agents. Has connection with Jackson, Rich Souare, I Woodland. Messages sent to any point on the line for 10 cont.s, Connects with Western Union Tel egraph Company at Rich Square. DR. W. P. MOORE, President. J. M. WEAVER, Seefy. and Treas. General oftices: Jackson, N. C, Seminary for ITouug Ladies. K. K. PAKHAM, A.M.,Priii. MURFREESBORO, N. C. [O O] Tlioi'ough ' instruction in usual branches of a Collegi ate Course. Superior advantages in Music and Elocution. Board, washing, lights, fuel and collegiate studies for half year, $70. The above with music on piano,$S5, Address, E. E. Parham. Coffee. Coffee has advanced in market, but I inaniiged to secure a ‘ upfdy while it was down and am gfvjjjg mv customers the benefit of i!y bargain. M. II. CONNER, At Depot. COME AND SEE! ’ While in the Northern mar- I'rts we purchased a beautiful stock Cl fall and winter gpods at low Tar- ii: ; rices and ^e"'are prepared to s.ive you mon^ on what j’ouhaveto bay. Wcyliave about 5000 yards o'f cafUpi/ffiotli which wc are selling at -i to 6c. per yard—the best you h ive ever seen for the money. A Big Lot of Dress Goods 1'hich we are Selling at Unheard of Prices, have the largest and best se ll c„ed, stock of boots and shoes we have ever carried. Good boots from $i.5U pur pair up. Ti-y some of our guaranteed shoes; they will please you. A big lot of horse blankets to sell cheap. All Summer Goods Sold Now at and Below Cost. Come ane sec for yourself that what wc say is true. t llighe.st market prices paid ft .• . •, vTs. cotton and all country [ I'O'l Yours truly, B. P. BROWH & SON, Woodland Depot, N. C. ODE FOREIGN lETTEE Yisit to the Birthplace of Columbus—Ob servations at Naples and on the Coast of Italy. [For the Patron and Gleaner.] U. S. Sfiip Raleigh, 1 Genoa, Italy, V Oct. 0, 1897. j After a short stay in Tripoli, we headed north, bound for Na ples. On the way we passed the Island of Malta. This is occupi ed by the British, and is one of their strongest military posts in the sea. The next morning we entered theStraitof Messina. As this was the seventh time I have passed through this Strait, and having as many opportunities to study the appearances of the interest ing countries on either side, I will wrilo a few lines concerning them. Ou entering the Strait from the South, land' is first seen on the port (left) bow; it is Mt. Etna, in Sicily. To the mariner it stands a mighty land mark, rearing its hoary head more than 10,000 feet above the blue sea,and ou a clear day it may be seen,oul- lined against the sky fully seven ty miles. It is not active. Next we have on our starboard bow southern Italy, which has such an unpleasant appearance that sailors have termed it the ‘'badlands.” It is almost barren and very rugged; there are heaps and piles of stone in some places, or such peculiar formation as to resemble old tumbled down for tifications and ruined castles.' In other places may be seen deep ravines and dark caverns, with out inhabitants of course, but it was easy to imagine there horri ble looking places to be the haunts of demons and hob-gob- lins. Ou the valleys between the mountains one can see several I'ivers, or river beds, for they have no water in them, though apparently, at times very much water finds its way to the sea through these channels; yet I passed* there at 411 seafebns of the year but have never seen any water there. Further up the Strait the soil becomes more fertile and is high ly cultivated by the overcrowded inhabitants. On the opposite side of the Strait the country assumes quite a different appearance, in that it is more mountainous and also more fertile. Along the beach is an unbroken town for several miles, and even the foot-hills are crowded with people that seem to have no other place to live. Beyond the foot hills where high knobs, craggy peaks and deep gorges make itapparently impos sible for a human being to travel, —about the base of Mt, Etna— was once the home of the boldest bandits and most daring robbers that Europe ever knew. We stopped two days in the town of Messina, where we had good reason to believe the people with whom we traded were de scendants of the early robbers of Mt. Etna; they showing their dis position by charging us nearly double price for everything we purchased. About thirty miles north of Messina we passed Stromboli. This is a burning volcano that rises abruptly in the open sea; it is about 3,000 feet high, and on one side the lava, from the crater at the top, roll down to the sea, while on the other side a number of people (fisherman I think) live quietly in a little town at its foot regardless of the fire and smoke above them. We put in at Naples but stayed only one day. Mt. Vesuvius is still belching tire and smoke as of old, except that it seems to burn more vigor ous than it did when I was there two years ago. It also has two craters now instead of one' Prom Naples we came to this port where w'e ai’e undergoing extensive repairs. This morning we .were towed in the dry dock by four tugs and the men are now scraping and painting the ship bottoift. I have spent two days ashore here and find it a very in teresting place. From the ship one-has a fine view of the city and surrounding country, which is very mouDtaioou.s. Several hill tops on different sides of the city. are crowned with strong fortifi cnlions, built under the supervis ion of the great soldier,Napolean. Once a fair haired, bare-footed boy whiled the longsuinrnerdays away, wandering about these hills and valleys, picking grapes in the vineyard, or perhaps wading and fishing in the clear water pf some of these rippling brooks, and when tired of these pastimes I imagine I see him under some green tree, lying on a grassy mound, enjoying a refreshing sleep, while a smile creeps over his fair face as he dreams of long voyages over the sea and the un discovered world to which he was destined to lead civilization. In a beautiful little park last Sun day, I saw a magnificent monu ment and statue erected to the memory of this great navigator and soldier—Christopher Colum bus. I also visited the city cemetery which is a place of such vast rich ness and beauty that I feel totally unable to describe even a small part of what I saw. It is surely a‘‘city of the dead. bein laid out as a town with arched streets and every way one looks long rows of tombs and beautiful statnary may be seen in countless variety. In the walls ou either side in the celling above and even in the ^lavement on which we walked were rich vaults of finest marble containing tlie remains of the dead. The statuary is the finest I ever saw; I never imagined there was so much beauty in stone. Here we see a death bed scene The brothers and sisters are gathered about the bed, some with theirarms about the necks of others, weeping and—I almost said wailing, for they look so nat ural as they stand there in ever lasting marble watching the fa ther pass from this to the other world. Next we see Jesus cruditied oh the cross, see the nails driven iu haudg, is standing Tear with'her Iiiin’d’s lifted in prayer. Then we come to the tomb of a youthful sailor; he is clinging to the mast of his boat, making a reef in the sail, as ,n real life, yet all is cold marble. On another tomb we see repre sented a veiled skeleton snatch ing a child from its mother’s arms. Many of the tombs are wreathed in artificial and natural flowers, with lamps burning near by all the time. One could easi ly spend a week hei'e and never lood upon the same thing twice. J. Barne& Gems of Thought. With most people nothing is so firmly believed a.s that which is least known.—Montaigne. Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness. -Jean Paul. Every man has power to ac complish good, and our Divine Maker will infallibly extend to him His assistance in the hour of ti-ial—Geotho. A beautiful behavior is better than a beanliful form; it gives a higher pleasure than statues or pictures; it is the finest of the fine arts.—Emerson. Half the cruelty of Ihe world is the direct lesult of stupid inca pacity to put one’s self in the other man’s place.—John Piske. Men carry their minds as for the most part they carry their wacthes. content to be ingnorant of the constitution and action within, and attentive only to the little exterior circle of things to which the passions, life indexes, are pointing. It is surprising to see how little self knowledge a person, not watchfully observant of himself, may have gained in the whole course of an active or even inquisitive life.—John Pos ter. Wliat Our.ses the Baby, ‘‘Hood,s Sarsaparilla has cured our baby of running sores for which we doctored her for a long time. It has relieved meof rheumatism. My wife was troubled' with sick head ache and cold gen nothing to relieve her until she took Hood’s Pills.” H. L. PiCKEXY, Lock Box 9, Ellen- boro, W. 'Ya. Hood’s Pills are the only pills to take with Hood'sSar.saparilla. Ea-^y yet efficient. CAREER OF CHAS. A, DANA. For Over Fifty Years Connected With .Tournalistie Work- Ijast week. Not as a journSlist merely, but as a critic, historian and politi cian, has greatness been achieved by Charles A. Ditns. editorofThe New York Sun. His manifold ability and industry placed him well in tht lead of newspaper managers of his day. Mr. Dana was born at tlinsdSle, N. H., Au gust 8, 1819. He was educated at Harvard, and in 1842 joined the Brook Farm community in its so cialistic venture. Two years la ter he took the management of The Harbinger, a weekly paper devoted to social reform and lit erature, and in 1847 became con nected with the staff of The New York Tribune, tle^ attained the position of managing editor of that paper and a development of his genius for journalism was largely instrumental in makingit the leading organ of anti-slavery sentiment just before the war, with an extraordinary infiuence and circulation. Leaving The Tribune in 1862. he entered the service of the government, and from 1863 to 1865 was assistant secretary of war. He then be came editor of The Chicago Re publican, -which failed of success. In 1868 he organized the stock company that now- owns The New York Sun and for over twenty- six years has been actively and continuously engaged in the man agement of that journal. Mr. Dana collaborated with General James H. Wilson in writing a life Ulysses S. Grant. He also edited ■'The Household Book of Poetry, ” and in connection withRossiter Johnson, compiled “Fifty Perfect Poems.” As an editor Mr. Dana was trenchant and fearless, as a critic able and opinionated, as-a politician aggressive and bitter. Prom the beginning of his j( ice or prejudice: Your value to us will depend on your energy in getting about, your keenness in observing and your clearness and impartiality in reporting. Will you go?’ ” Thus was outlined the work w’hich Mr. Dana undertook and ever after, when there was a point at issue, Mr. Dana w’ent down and investigated on his own account, rendering his super official re port. Since the war Mr. Dana’s greatest work has been on The Sun. He was the one editor in New York who could change the policy of his paper in the twinkl ing of an eye and still hold his readers. The fact was that no man who had ever read an editor ial by Mr. Dana ceased to be a reader of The Sun. He built up for himself a constituency which admired that independence that was susceptible neither to parti sanship, to personalism nor to fa vor of any kind, and demonstrat ed the fact that there is in the United States a large army of in dependent men whose support can be challenged by talent and rugged persistence. These are characteristics, how ever, which belong to few men, and it will be a long time before we will see another such expo nent of public opinion as Charles A. Dana. any vestigated it for himself. Not withstanding the exalted position of Mr. Greely as editor of The Tribune, Mr. Dana, who was his assistant, did not hesitate to dif fer from him most radically when occasion required. This was nev er better illustrated than in 1860, when it became evident that Mr. Orcely was willing to forgive the erring sisters to go in peace. His assistant was in favor of a vigor ous and unrelenting prosecution of war. This led to his retirement from The Tribune, which action in turn attracted the attention of Mr. Ed win N. Stanton, then secretary of war, who at once wired him to hold himself in readiness for ser vice with the government. That service proved to be the assist ant secretary, in which position Mr. Dana became even greater than bis chief. He was the one to whom was committed the investi gation of policies submitted, of the wisdom of campaigns sug- lested by generals in the field, and of the settlement of difficul ties between general officers. With newspaper ken he kept the facts of the camgaigns well in hand and for this purpose he was :iven a commission which en titled him not only to admission to all army headquarters, but to the inspection of papers and or ders, no matter how .secret they might be. This feature is very well told by Ida N. Tarbell, in an article in McClure’s Magazine. The "Vicksburg cam])aign was on; General Grant -was looming to the front not only because of the im portance of the campaign he was heading himself, but of the fact that he was beginning to be con sidered a possibiliiy of the head of the army. As Mr. Lincoln said in his impatience at not hearing suflicient news from the front. “Grant was a very copious work er and tighter, biit be was a very meager writer and telegrapher.” “Then,” says Mias Tarbell, “it occurred to the tormented gov ernment that it might be possi ble to send some one down there, simply to kwk on and write daily letters. Mr. Dana was sent for. ■We want some one,' Mr. Stanton told him, “who will see every- ihiug, and report it without mal- Tlie Appreciation of Parents. There are a great many child ren who know the Ten Command ments and who have often repeat ed, “Honor thy Father and thy mother,” whose every day life would not lead us to suppose that they really appreciate their par ents as they should. We once heard an old man say that when he was a boy, about ten years old,’ he thought he knew nearly as much as his father; ■when he was-twenty he thought he knew more than his fatherj ,he was lluriy he decided ffithri' was a good iutelli- and knew as m uch as he en he 'was forty he con cluded that his father was one cf the wisest men he had evi r known and that be would be hap py if he could ever be as good and great as bis father. It is to be taken for granted that a person has more sense at forty than he had at ten. The little incident related shows that the wiser a man grows the more hi'" honors and appreciates his parents. We have never yet known the man 'who did not re gret some careless act of child hood towards his parents. We have heard wicked men, ■w'ho be haved as though they thought the whole world bad, when asked if they had never known a really :ood person, declare, “yes; moth er was perfect. ” Boys and girls learn to appre ciate your parents while you are at home with them. Remember, loo, that long life is promised to those that honor their parents. It is unnecessary to tell child ren who are old enough to belong to a Sunday-school class why they should honor their parents They already know it. They can not recall the first time God put it into their hearts. Children, read what some great men have to say about their mothers: Raphael’s Madonnas were pict ures of his mother. Abraham Lincoln said: “All that I am or hope to be I owe to my mother. ” Benjamin West said: “A kiss fi’Om my mother made me a painter. ” Augustine was converted from heathenism by the xiersistent ef forts and prayers of his mother. The last words of Henry Clay was: “Mother! mother! mother!” John Adams said. “I never hear of a great man that I do not enquire about his mother. ” Children, please show your love for your parents by trying to make them happy. When mother is tired or sick tell lier to sit down and rest, and let you do the work. If you want her to live a long lime, save her every step you can. Don’t let her kill herself working for you. Think of how sad it makes father when he comes borne from his w'ork at night to hear that you have been naughty during the day. Somehow we feel like some boys and girls who read this are going to do better.—S. S. Visitor. STATE SUPERINTENDENT Trites About the Duties of Supervisor:^ - They Must Give Life and Impetus to the Public Schools. Raleigh, .N. C., I Ocf 12. 1897. f To THE MEMBEIiS COUNTY OF EDUCATION: 1 wish to call your special oi'ition to See. 2569 of the Sciionl Luw, which is as follows: “The County Supervisor si,:-U be required to visit the Pub ,e S?hool.s of his County, while in session, but under the direction of the County Board of Education :;nd shr.ll inform hin,si-iP of the condition and needs of the vari ous schools within his jiirisdic tion. ” My reason for sending this cir cular letter is, that in some Coun ties, I learn that the County Board of Education has decided that the Supervisor shall not vis it any of the schools. The decision is contrary to the law, which says: “Supervisors shall be required to visit.” etc. The provision, “but under the direction of the County Board of Education, ” is a wise one. Under the old County Superintendent system, I heard of one county .superintendent who visited schools tlfb greater part of the year. He would only visit one school a day, no matter how near by another school was. He raai aged to have some schools taught during the summer,*aiid some during theautum, and winter, in his County, so that he could find visiting to be done the greater part of the year. Thus you the need of a check for siich char acters. It is the duty of the County Board ofEducition to see that no useless time is charged against the school* fund by th^^ County Supervisor. The teach ers and the people will soon let.it be known whether tTre Supervi- •sor is killing time-or is giving life NUMBER 43 jT. i£. Taylor witia ! Spiers & 'Davis. I To my F. :cnd3 in Northampton County: i- lilkf “.;i ;;;• lliiiil «{ y'll can only F‘ iiiidcr- it iiiy-olf -.villi Llieir Till-!, i,i:;(iiln>r willi thcfuc buy itiiti scl'l for cash accoini gladly g iMiciuU, if yon wit call, I Ihe u of hiiyiiig .liid sc'llii , on .vill aiTiie.-iute v g f.;;- .>J cents. 3 quote you a few are coming in alim ve yon an idea of p.i come. Please read, ligiires, ;d a-id come lu see us, what yi.il w iiiii. Calico 4e; ISstyles Belcw gOod.s tli: beloie and inspiration .bo the schools and S leacher.s. - . ’ - ac.- • If any County Board of Educa tion in North Carolina has a Su pervisor ■who cannot and will not ve impetus and' life to the' schools, by. his counsel, pluck, push and power, by coming in touch with these schools'at least once a year; I say if the'Uounty Board of Education has a man who cannot do this, then such a man is not the man for Supervi sor for our Public Schools, and the best thing to do is to declare the office vacant and find a man who can and will make himself heard and felt in the county. I feel sorry for the Public School teachers and the children of any County, whose Supervisor lean truthfully be said that his visiting and coming in touch with the schools of his. County is a waste of the public money: If the Supervisor is not capa ble of discharging his whole duty the County Board of Education is responsible for it. and if he is ca pable of discharging his duty, I beg you not to tie his hands, but send him ou.t among the schools and among the people. We must just pound it into many of our people, how great is their respon sibility to their own children, and their neighbors’ children, and our County Supervisors should do a large shai’e of this pounding. Let tha Supervisor get the peo ple out and have an educational rally-day in every to-wnship, if possible, at least once a year. Let the teachers, parents and child- •en all feel the power and influ ence of your Supervisor. When this is done, as it may be dune, then you wfill see a mouth or .six weeks beingadded here and there to the Public Schools by private subscriptions, and this will finally ad to a foundation for the sup- portof all the schcolsin the town ships. namely, local tax, C. H. Mebane, Supt. of Pub. Ins. :s 20c I Cl cminiii i.i-lt'? with fixtures. 1{>,-iiic.'; wliidoft !-l;:!(lih IS,'ioc.; a m-w lu.i! I- i*li iii.u of uIiifF i'oi'oalii* 7, !lc.; somc- tliiiig imw ill iiiai'!-; ami solid colored amting, 4|, Sc.; sIm hilcst styles in brass Exteusioi) Ui'iipi-ry liods for li;ill“, man tel pieces and book cases lo, 2.5e.; boy’s suits 35 to 98c.; ve:y lieuvy pants goods part wool 15,18, 20c.; several styles dress lliiniiels -at low tig'.ires. We ^iirrv all fcizes stove pipe and el bows. slii-et zinc, sheet tin and stove boards. We have'several styles and sizes of ihe latest.improved air ttgliL heaters. The heaters are great saving to tin; wood buyer and cliopper, as they only con sume about one arm full of wood dnriiig the day, healing the room quickly and ‘keeping ft so. These heaters are liked b}’ all, save those who have wood to sell. Twenty styles of latest dress trini- inings. We have tlie latest in dress lih- ings. Good table oil cloaii 12o per yard. We have a nice line of Irish and Bathers I.ineiis. Ih-antifid patterns floor oilcloth 12 to 32Jc. .Several qualities and styles ol Ladies Vests, cotton and wool. A fall. Ihie of men’s cotton and wool iiiider- shirts. A big job in chenille curtains. Large size (3.piece.®) toilet sets 98c. We have a full liim. Agate enamelled ware fur tlie kitclien aiid household purposes. I’aper pins 1. '1, 3e. Needles 1 and 2c. Writing paper 2i:. quhe. Envelopes Je. per package. Paper hair pins Spowi-- cainhHes, nil coici'R 4a, nel drawers all wool, very heavy 23c. and up. Ladies capes and cloaks 7oc. to $1,50. Collar buttons 2. (ioz. tor 5c. Files 2 and 3c. 6 spoons 4c. buttons 3c. 12 dn ss bill tons 3c. Good wntclies $1.25. Men’s suits $'2.00 and up. We liaveagreat mnnyoih- ticles which we have not space to quote. We sell for ciush only, therefore ive no bad accounts. So those wiio deal itii ns do not pay for short comings of ose who fail to meet their obligations, e pay freight on all goods amounting $5.00 or more. Yours very respt. T. H. TAYLOR, With Siiiers & Bavis. Oct. 14, 1897. Weldon, N. C. Seed Wheat I am still selling Seed Wheat and Seed Oats. My sales have far exceeded my expectations. I have sold Wheat, Oats and Rye in the vicinities of Bryantown, Re- hoboth, Jackson, Seaboard, Las ker, Creeksvill, Conway, Poteca- si, Woodland, Eegletown and Rich Square, and enquiries continue to come in. My fifth order for Wheat and Oats was sent off this week. Four times I have bought all I thouglit I could sell this sea son. each time to be agreeably disappointed. If you have not yet bought come to see me at once. And don't forget that I sell Meat, riour, Sugar, Cof fee, Pure Hog Lard, and a thousand other things at the lowest cash prices. Mills H. Conneii, at Depot, Rich Square, N. C. w* Croup 2uu-kly Cured. Mountain Glkn. Auk.—Our chil driin were suffering with croup when we received a bottle of Cham- berlafii's Cough Remedy. It afford ed almost instant relief.—F. A. Thornton. This celebrated remedy is for sale by Boyce & Baugham, Rich Square, N. C. r To Cu I Constipation Korovor. !ts Ciinilv Cathaviie. lOcorZic. 10 cure, drugniats rvfuna uiouey. T PICARD^, JACKSON, N. C, Manufacturer of Hand- Made Harness, Bri dles,Saddles,&c. I desire to call the attention of those wishing to purchase a good Buggy at a rea.souable price that I have obtained the agency for the well-known firm of A. 'Wreun &: Sous. for Northampton county and am pre pared to offer special inducements to those desiring to buy a good Bug gy at prices to Suit the Times I also keep in stock road carts and family carriages. Shall be pleased to get orders for one or two-horse farm wagons. Please bear in mind that I make good Haudmade Haruess at about what you pay for machine made. 9-19-ly
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