North Carolina Newspapers

rsm II nir JM w 1 1 j i 1 1 i v j ii i n rim ii i ii ii i . i VOL. 68. NO. K OFFER I H1S IN FLOUR, WE CAN GIVE YOU, Boyal Crown, Swan Lake, Standard, and a Brand that we catt bar Bfirt BUTTER, the b-st Creamery and Bracebridge, (Carrjs) Dairy, at 35 cents. Remember we buy in large 1. Martin county iriends. A FULL STOCK OP GENERAL MEBCHAHpi9 at Tarboro prices, CoBUMclone Blool Diseases. Ulcers, sores, pimples ileb, salt rhem, etc., are evidences of contagious blod diseases, it i manifestly a dutv to eradicite blood poUon from tbe system by the are of B. B B. Botanic Blood Balm), thus enabling the sore place to beat, and thereby ramoving all pos- iiiliti'8 of otber memhers of the family be coming likewise afflicted. Band to Blood Balm Co-, Atlanta, Ga., for book that win convince. J H Outlaw. Mt Olive, N C, writes: "1 had runnitatf aores on my shoulders and arms, dae bottle B B B cared me entirel. L Johnson. Belmont Sta-ion. Miss wrl-es. B B B has worked on me like a charm. My bead and body was covered with sores ana my Lair came out, bat B B B healed me quickly. W J Kinnin, Hutchens. Texas, writes, B B 11 has cored my wife of a large n'eer on her ric that doctors and all other medicine could sot cure." M J Roseman, a prominent merchant of rreensboro, Ga, writes, "I know of several cases of blood disease soeedilv cared or a a H. Two bottles cared a lady of ugly acrofu ous akin sores. w Birchmore A Co, Maxey. Ga, writes. 'B B B in corinz Mr Rout Ward oV blood i- ir on effected one of the must wonderful irt that ever came under oar knowledge PROFBSSIOIfai, OABD4. WCTUOBNB Knneld N C T T THORNE Jh Battlebnro N C THOHKS & TH0EHS ATTORNEYS dT LA IF, B.VTTLKB -PO, - - - N. C Will practice in the Coot's of Nash and Edge- coiiiDe ana in supreme auu icuou .wni COLLECTIONS - - SPECIALTY wtf Q M. T. FOUNTAIN, Attorxxey-at - Law. Loans negotiated on real security at reasonable rates. j) P. WYNN, M. D., Takboeo Horse, Tarboro, N. C, D R. fl. T. 3A8S Offer his professional services to the clti ssna of Tarboro and vicinity. Office on Main Street near Coker's corner. D R. G. S, LLOYD. EYE EAR, NOSE AND THROAT. )? :( Recentfy'Tiaving taker special courses in the aboveters his services to the people of Cdgecombe and surrounding counties. Office in old Bryan House, near bank, TARBORO. N. C. B. DON WILLIAMS, Jr., DENTIST,, graduate Baltimore College Dental Surgery.) Office, Old Bryant House, Main St., 10 lv Tabbobo, N. C. 2eo. Howard. J.J. Martin. JTOWARD A MARTIN. Ittorneys and Counselors at Law TABBOBO-. N. O. ' "Practices ln all the Courts, 8tate s.o4 F-.iral. nov.5-ly. a. a. ttnxiAif. Uomu. onxjas QILLIAM & SON Attorneys-at-Law, TARBORO, N. C. Will practice In the Counties of Edgecombe, Halifax and Pitt, and In the Courts of the Fint Judicial District, and In the Circuit and Supreme Courts at Raleigh. 1anl8-lv. i JOHN L. BRIDGERS & BON, Attorneys-at-Law , TARBORO, - - X & U lyr 1 -AND- (a Uts tyiW JiylB of Us rt -AT- S. R. ALLEY'S o ART Up Stair?, - Ofpobite Pami.tc Bakx If You IHlave fiaaveli7 avll raui f)H rieab ya wui riaat niTAfnfifin i n ii i niUiiMAm ISMeiyvM SMSrtl. TSMrtSMSt weatla asatefa kIl ! ' ":; esiejai i . Saffarcra froaa "a tml r a.ki7slcml tfiisllt wUl ttm Mitr frwatanu, ly sacMeMtsd. SOLD EVERYWHERE. 28. - m m m . - -i 1 ma at WEEK, TO LABfiE Notice. Mis. Do&sey Battle will be aUent from town from July 20th till early in Septem ber. when she will be ready for the Is ill trade. Ti- e indebted will fical their ac mhuiU at the store of J, H. Bell. July 12th. "90 w6tdlf Side Walks. Will lie tow rommit-nnperg take a walk bout the t hi il et the M walks ? Mud and aler jo the b-ck streets take ud all 'he to m where Jfass a toot thick doesn't gr'-w. I Mar cauLOt walk a hundred yard dry shod. A woman has lier skirts ' et as high as her kne s. Hereisan pp. rt unity f r great te form at no coat to the municipality Good crops and Reform ln Bertie. For the last two weeks I hare been vis itins the d ff. rent section of this county, I hare f ud the crops exceeding go-d and the fat me. 8 in fine spirit- ' The crops ate better than they have been is twenty years, land that did bushel of corn last year not pioduce oae will produce fire barrels tnis. ' The low lands which ma to a perfect failure last year, will produce nine barrels when harvested. Farms last year on which cotton grew less than six Inches l.igh and yielded less than one hundred pounds pr acre, have cotton now over three feet high, and the fatmers say that they will ga'her nearly a bale per acre. j Much vt this is due to aa unprecedeateo good crop year, but more to a better ays tern of farming, and to more industry. For several years the fanning class have neglected cultivating their farms aa they ought. They have let their ditches fill up and have not but little manure, on their lands, trusting entirely to the fertility of of their lands, to natorf and imported fer tilizt rs. This ytar they have turned ovet a new leaf, and tbey could be found o an average of ten hours; eac'i day is their fields digging ditcLes, mnkint; compost or tilling tbe s il. 1 If they c.Mituue the Isjstem lb at they have begun Uts ytar, in ftur years BetlH wi 1 lie tbe banner county in the state for tl ere arc no richer land in the stale tnau ti e e is i.j Uertie. A great deal of tbe land in Bet tie, with out any manure will produce m re cotton per Hcie than that of many countie itu their compost and guano. A great d al of the rich swamp land will produce a eocd iroD of csra without any work at alt. and a good many of the farmers make as much a ten barrels Of corn per ecre and do no work except break up ILeii Aatnp land and drop their seed Tbeie is no telling what this county w..u'd be worth in twtn'y years if the farming class cultivated their crops as they do in Edgecombe J Pitt, Beaufort, and others that I have visited In the lat few jears. Tbe farm of HL Wood, our nominee for Representative ln the legislature, is very g--d. He has nearly seven ty-i.ve seres i f the Roanoke low lands in corn and it Is as high as a man's bead ridinir horseback. He has about one hundred tm in niton which will averaee four feet high and it ia peifectly level. We have a goad prospect of sendiog Mr. W od to the legislature, as be will poll ev ery democra:tc vote and will get nwny republican votes b. sides Tbe farmers near Keiford and Rxab 1 are rej icimg a their (line ptpec s. I met several wb nave jbeen fanners f r fiftv veas and they say mar. iney nave never reen better crops they have th s year. Thin county has not kn tl.eir lives thn pioduced enough nnrn tn Minrtlv !t for t- eoty years, but this jear it wall rabw er.ugu to supply ev ery ni a- d hundreds f barrel will be shipped. Tbe cotton cop this ear will be fifty per cent larger lhan any produced within tl.e last twenty fire ytars. The peanut crop is very fne, th usands of bushels will be shippedj Tbe wheal a. d oa' crops have been fUutcs Windsor, July 28, 90. KaNHSTH. ' ' . i - t JUDGE PHILIPS. The dis inguishedj son of Edge combe who for eight years has worn the ermitie nntariaished an 1 who will hand it to bis successor latx-led thus : "Do likewise," takes his defeat for re-nomination with the chc rful grace that denotes an easy! conscience, un spotted with regreis In reeking a renotnination be may be proud to know hat bis county men honor him ho mote that his canvass was conducted on a high place, unsmirched jwith the low tricks of ward politicians and heelers Such honorable conduct will be appreciated by good men all over the State. In.snch a defeat Jndge Phillip' is entitled to greater praise than if he had a-ain been the choice for Judge ship. J By the way this has bt en a year prolific of ton ed diwn Judges and the South kb neb thinks the principle is wrong. It requires several yers to educate and perjfect a Judge in the duties of an office There if n thing to be gained by swapping a m . . An . . true and ir.ta m or ror an tsptn niental ne. BE STJJRE YOTJ ARE RIGHT -4sC o U G 0 OS OB U Go RQ U8 JD3 CASO BUYEBS, SPECIAL PRICES ON Hamilton SeTeral of the young people wen from here last Wednesday to attend a picnic at Hassells. You may know it was a success as it was gotten up by the ladies, Misses Caddie and J sephine Purvis. The barbecue clnb met again l-st Thursday and enjoyed a scorched piT si Oomeld's Mill. Tour corns pondent cannot say how gocd it w rs this tune. They propose to enjoy another next Thursday to lie given bj J L Barnhill and T DarJeo Two or three familes have fcrer among their children Mr. Redden Knox has brought the largest watermelon to tl-i mar ket weighing 45 pounds. Zach Will rams colored, and 1 is "pardner" caught a sturgeon last Thursday in their net, and when 1 e harpooned him he made a flounce went through the net and Would have carried Zach with him had he not turned looae. He says the stur geon went off with harpoon in him and if any one should euch in the river they will please deliver to Z-cb Wiiliamp, colored, and obhge, for it was the largi st he ever taw. One of the coverrment boats got snagged last Saturday and sunk be low Poplar Point. The water has risen 12 fret since and thy cannot reach her with a hn j ole. W. - T. Grimes fine jerey cow broke her neck by being roped in a stable. J. D. A. Be-t an afflicted gentleman of Goldsbt.ro has been in our town a few dayrt selling stationery with a prize in each package. He nay he wishes to tender his thanks to the citizens o Hamilton for their very liberal patronage. Mis Alice Waldo of Cory. N C. is visiting relatives here. J. W Bryan and family of Ph m- outh, are visiting B. I O Brjan bis nncle. W. A Fleming has a very fine crop of tobacco on the Bardcn fsrm a few miles from town, has one barn cured. A binall fight occurred t atnrday between W F Badger white and Ghas Smith col. Tbe constable took Smith to the lock op and when he went to open the door Smith give him the slip and made his escape. Dr. J W Sherrod and family and Mif s Bennie Mayo are at the Buffalo Springs for recreation. It is said that the 1st Congressional Convention will be held in E. City, Aug 12th and the sec nd senatorial AUfr I will be held in the town of Plymouth Aug. 27h. rru 8rrinT Orn -1-'"3 cnurcn,were ac.aiuea .u. u m 5 J 1 -..-4. .HkAHV after preaching last Sunday on ac count of rain. Most of the young people seemed to enjoy it bcttr than they did the preaching. J C Davenport who has been suf fering so Ion" from dropsy, do su't get any better but seems to grow worse. F B Taylor hns a fine lot of cab bages. I am under many obligatior s for the samples received. They w. re headed firmer than any I ever saw Hal a lawsuit this morning be tween the teacher and the stnderjt. Tbey were b. th found guilty, a'l col ored. Stephen Johnson, co'orad, go' hi fingers mashed so bndly by being caught rndfr a log, that ihey bad to be amputated at the first joints. F S John boo is now confined to his bed most of tl.e time. This morning at 7.30 the r.vt-r wa on a stand. Some say it will take the sccondgfrise. It ia now i ank anr bank a few mere inches and it will be in the corn, which i looking juBt lovely. It is reported that Cant. Shust on the diudge boat that sunk lost Lis gold watch and $75 in bif clothing left in said boat. Plfase stat- in 3 our j aj er if you know bow m-tny counties in this State that do tot publish a paj er. Politics ar at a low ebb.. All politician s m to be troubb d about the Farn er-' A'liane". tbi t five. TARBORO'. N. C. THURSDAY, JULY 31, (890. which it th best 5.oo J'louc on the market CMEATa, a R vShort Back Baits, S. tt and Califbrnla ilam;' Also N. a Hams ind Shoulders. " for cash. Oar expenses are as small as any merchant doing basinest ia Tarboro, and we can and will fell at a tery amall margin for thCmoney. At cor Goose Nest Store we offer to on which we guarantee to meet every fime. Examine stock andprices andave your expenses and freight from'Tarboro' Scotland Neck or Hamilton " " Most Encouraging. When Col. Carr returned the other day from Warren he brought from that county some tobacco which bad hn told in the Henderson market at prxes ranging from 9 to 30 cfs, a rw ui d. averaging betwee : 20 and j- - v 0 - 25 cent. W11. this tobacco wbioli can be eeen at Sta?on & Zoeller's drug store is nothing to compare with that the farmers are curing in this county and pmples of which have been left at the Sotjthebneb office and other places. ' The Wairen and EJg. combe to bacco, both, is what is called logs, bottom leave?. The leaves of tbe latter aro Vug r, f brighter jeM w, of far superior texture. In I he vel vety fill:ng of the two there is tbe same great advantage in favor of tbe Edgecombe weed. The 91 cect Warren tobacci is deep, dull green. The high p'iced is a yellowish gteen and none .f it looks as well as oursoniest. It is probob'e that the piiceo of liese ample s fetched wra lather here first of the season sales, but if thai grade be worth half the Euge- fombe tobacco should sell all the way from 30 c nts to $1,50 pr pound. It mav also be sated m this con- r-ection that samples cf Edgecombe tobacco sent to Oxford raid Hender son are pronounced s a vtry superi or q iality. In fact expert tobacco men grow erthniaetic over it. Battle Brvan mv net be far wrong ir saying he will get $10,00) for his jcrop. llassell. The rrcent rains have revivified I vttnn it is iruc, w uwi suffering, but corn was and the rain nas a one miib -- trn oroSDCct is the moat favorable ever known here. T, K Purvi.", in general estimation hi s tbe finest corn. Elder M T Lawrence of Hamilton pened school here Monday with 30 cupil", and more expected. It is rumored that Greenville and wiiKametan nines are to play a match game of ball and this place has been - 1 I M-a r A suggested as gooa nouum nr will be clad to have them The grounds are all that coma The young men of this viciuity have been put to shame by the young ladies. They talkea picmo wm,cu picnic, but never would take a prac- ;n thai lireciifn. The la- dies grew weary and resolved to get thnmaalVAJ AUU 1AA T iu but nd invited the always uuiUtr nerer actin- men Edgecombe and t: vrVi waII ronrefrented. ine j - , ftf the sion was MKmniftnniPS4 of the occasion was .1..- : n n9 mfiflsure to Misses Caddie and Joe Purvis, Annie Ward IJ A EIVv ' - u -r SaUhurv 111(1 AIIUIO VwajlXt-waJva,. " r- ,. . , ,momv has enlisted remembrance for superin nding and preprrio dinn r. Miss Mamie Dacfcett. ai:er apieas ant visit to Miss Lizzie Saltbary hat returned to Greenville. V L Stephens and wifo, who havi ben visiting L K Put vis, hare re turned hom P- July 2890. Married. . - y-. -1 u K We.lLe-(Jay in raivaty ciiuiuji Jolm Lr ax tira-n 01 Anima, with Miss Etn lie Palamounfr-in. The bride marched in od the arm oi' her Tatlir ard th gro m oti thi ari of his l.r thT, Scth C .do i, al o of Atlanta. Th- cere-:mi- w(.s perform edbyltv WJ Smiti- of Sco land Neck. It wm a brilli nt wedding. The happy onple wei r tbo reoipie.i of many handsome i.n l t !al rte pre nts. Nun.erous frien-'s extend tbe r hear. ifB t wi he f r the re diza tion of o.any y ars t f c 1 j-gal blisf After a rec. ption at tb- house of the brid, tbey rt-p -.ie l lo the d pot and took the train f r AtUiitt. Kleerric Bitters. Thia remedvls.bec minir so well known and so popular as to m ed no pt-cil men tion. All who have u.-tl it ah g ih wnn song of praise. A purt r medicirt Joes not exist and it is gunr .nte d to d h!1 iha is claimed. Klecric Risers wi! cure al diseases of tbe liver snd k dxeys, wui re move pimples. Tolls, Btilt iln um and other affections caused by impute Mo d. WiH drive malaria from the sic-m and prevent as well as cur a l ma'aral fevets. For cure of hi adache, c - nstipa'ion and indi geetior, try Eltctric B.ttesr. Et i ' aath- 7 ctaen guaranre n m-rn j- riu oa. ; TELE3N GO AHEAD.-D Crockett. : lllllllljJUUMUi1,w.l, t 9 fVl w Corn, JJeal, Oats, Black and Whit Sprinc Oar. Best Timotm. Bran ami Shintnr marvels or bOsnr.KV. The Drain Prob4 Wltk SU1 aj Bear liC Klrd to MatM. To oix?n trie skull aud pcueltnte the hr.iiii is not so common a surgical fact tliKt it lias ceased to be a wonder. In deed, such an operatiou perforated at the Tloosevelt Hospital, New York, lias at tracted the attention of tbe eutire medi cal profession. 1 he patient, who is a physician, was tltrowu from his carriage last fall, strik inr heavily upon his head. H was re nte vetl to bis home, where, upon exami nation, no external evidence of fracture of tlte skull was found. Later paralysis of the ent're right side of the body was developed, aud with it a complete ina bility to express bis thoughts. In the course of time the paralysis of the leg gradually disappeared, until the patient could move it satisfactorily, but tire par alysis of the arm persisted, as well aa the inability to speak. After several 11 ion t Its. and while in thia helpless and well nifrh hopeless condition, the patient w as brought to this city. The physi cians who examined him concluded that the trouble was due to pressure on the brain, especially on that part of it which governs the faculty of speech, and that tins pressure was probably caused by a ciot of blood, resulting from the rupture of a blood vessel within the skull cavity at the time of the injury. Acting upon this belief, it was decided to open the skull, lay bare tSie surface of the brain, and remove the causf of nrea- nre, if possible. To determine from tbe outride of a man's head the precise spot in the brain which governs any particu lar faculty or function is obviously a dif ficult task. After carefully 'pping out the head by the most delicate measure ments the spot corresponding to the cen ter of speech in the brain was found. Then the patient, having been rendered unconscious by ether, the surgeon, after the preliminary inciai-" . of the scalp, re moved by means of a trephine a round disk of bone immediately oyer the spot indicated, somewhat enlarginer with cut ting forceps the opening thus made. The outer delicate membrane covering the brain was now brought into view. Be neath it lay a large dark mass of clotted blood, extending down into the substance of the brain. The clot was carefully re moved, when the effect of its pressure was clearly perceiv d in the impoverished circulation of the part. Tire wound was then dres-ed with every precaution, and the patient was permitted to recover from the operation. The following night, for the first time after his injury, the patient was able to say "Yes" and "No." Tbe condition of his right arm was also im proved, and it ia believed that he will eventually recover. As a rule mutes are born deaf, but sometimes severe diseases in infancy de stroy completely the sense of hearing. Under these circumstances even a par tial recovery of hearing is extremely rare. A girl who is now 19 completely lost her hearing when 3 years old through an attack of cerebrsspiral meningitis, and in consequence was brought up as a deaf mute, attending until recently the school of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum at Ford ham. Coming to New York this spring, she was placed under treatment with slight hopes of benefit. Her phy sicians ascertained that the delicate nerv ous apparatus of the internal ear was still sound, else the case would have been hopeless. Under appropriate treatment, combined with dilatation f the middle ear by inflation, improvement was soon noticed. In a month, the young woman heard the ticking of a watch held 20 inches away and conversation at a dis tance of 10 feet, and then she began learn ing how to talk. A. month later she could hear a watch at a distance of 5 feet and conversation across the room. Oold Ia Poor Staff Caapar4 With Svaaa of Th If the wealth of the Vanderbflts be not overstated It amounts to nearly $900,000, 000. With this sum they could purchase 812 tons of gold and have soaraeudng left over, but they couldn't buy two tons of galiuas, that rare metal being worth $3,350 an ounce. With this metal the highest price is reached, and it may well be called the rarest and most precious of metals. Glucinum is worth $960 per ounce; indium, $198; iridium, $058 a pound; lanthaniuixw $173, and 11 thi am, $160 per ounce. Niobium costs $128 per ounce; asmium, palladium, r-1t"yn. po tassium, and rhodium bring, respectively, $640, $400, $190, $32, and $312 per pound. Strontium costs $128 an ounce tantium, $144; telurium. $9; thorium, $272; vana dium, $320; yttrium, $144, and airoon ium, $250 an ounce. Thus we see that the commonly received opinions aa to the most precious metals are quits erro neous. Oat. I was chatting with a young and hand some woman a few days ago whan the subject of female beaaty came up, and she delivered this pUlosopbical dis courses: " Any woman eon be beautiful in the public eye who has taste for dress and money. She can get along without tbe taste, but not without the money. The money can procure for her the taste of others. The women of to-day realise very thoroughly what dress is in as em ing the reputation for beauty. Among SO women of social standing, if tbey were required to choose between the possession of a baajatiful face and figure on the one hand, or the means to skeas magnificently and elegantly, yoo would not find one who would choose the face and figure. It isn't tbe women do not Ukstobe handenane, but because they know they can appear bands os if tiwy have the equipanent wi procure. pfew Terk n if ln VIIIIIIIIJUIMUHIHMIliTI It A MONEY IN EARLY DAYS SOMJt BTBASQK SUBSTITUTES UHEH rox a old jlsd sil run coix. Pelts of Animals aa Currency Romans Ware the Ftrat to' Adopt a Metal Cur rency Mosket Balla and Wampum ol Colonial Dnya Shell Money. There was a time when neither coin nor even metals in the rough was in use among mankind as a circulating medium. Numismatics, as a rule, go no further back than 800 or 900 years before th Christian era to the stamped pieces oi metal circulatjd among the Greeks and Lydians. It may be of interest, says Golden Days, to glance at some of the early forms of currency and at the ttrange substitutes fur money still in use among barbarous people. The earliest substitute for coin current used by man is believed to have Ivan the skins of animals. This medium of ' ex change was employed by the ancient Russians, and also by the first settlers of this country. Certain tribes of the Alaskin Indians to-day use the pelts of bears and foxes for currency. The pastoral age succeeded the hunt ing age, ana men began to use animals themselves instead of their fkins for a circulating medium. The animals principally employed were sheep and oxen, their relative value be ing determined by the ancient Romans at 10 sheep for 1 ox, which standard is still recognized among the Mongol tribes, rraces of this custom are still visible in die Irish and Iceland laws. Among the early Teutonic races fines were often paid in cattle, -and the Zulus and Kaffirs in this year of grace make use of this old time medium. A direct link between the practice and the use of metal coins for moneys is found in the currency of the early Ro mans, who used pieces of brass clipped an from a mass. Later, in the time of Servius Tullius, tfie brass was coined and marked with the figure of an ox. An interesting lit tle bit of etymological lore is connected with this custom, for the Latin word for money, pecuma whence our modern term pecuniary was derived from "pe cus," cattle. Metal money was used, however, long before the time of the Romans. As far back as the days of Abraham the Egyp tians used gold and silver for currency, ft was counted by weight, and not by face value. The Hebrews bad "jewel money in addition to shekels and talents and drachms of gold and silver. On the Egyptian tombs gold is represented as lierng weighed in rings for commercial purposes, rather an improvement, it may be considered, on the earlier metal lump. Before the introduction of coined money into Greece, skewers or spikes of iron and copper constituted the currency, six making a drachm or handful. This iron money continued m use among the Spartans for many centuries, and Plutarch tells us that to a great quantity and weight of this but a small value was assigned, so that to lay up 10 minss (a little over 31) a whole room was required, and to remove it nothing less than a yoke of oxen. . In certain parts of central Africa iron spikes are still used after the Spartan fashion; and, according to Adam Smith, it was not so long ago that nails were used as a subsidiary coin in Scotland. Hence, perhaps, we obtain tbe term "ten penny nail" i. e., ten for a penny. During the commercial supremacy of Carthage the common currency used by her merchants and sailors, both in their trade at home and with foreign nations, was pieces of leather stamped with the arms of the powerful republic. The currency of the Aztecs consisted of transparent quills of gold dust, of bits of tin cut in the form of a T, and of bags of cocoa containing a specified number of grains. 'Blessed money, exclaims the old an nalist, Peter Martyr, "which excepts its possessor from avarice, since it can not be long hoarded or hidden under ground. " The earliest coinage in America was the famous "hog mony," made in 1612, for the Virginia Company, at the Som- mer Islands, now the Bermudas. The coin was of brass, with the legend "Som- mer Island, " and a" hogge on one side, in memory of the abundance of hogges which were found on their first land ing. " The currency of the early colonists was a very mixed one. At one time musket balls passed for change at a farthing apiece, and were a legal tender for sums under a shilling. Tobacco and tobacco receipts were also leal tender, and corn, beans, codfish, and peltries were likewise employed. Wampum, fie shell bead money of the Indians, was the currency most in use. however, being accepted by the colonists as a convenient token. There were two kind i of this shell money "wampumeag, which was white, and made from the conch or peri winkle, and such an hock, which Highest of all in livening Power. ""Car - ,t AQULrTECif F3JEU3 nD rns w So mill dark purpie, auu uiuoe rota uw twa shell clam. The purple was worth twice as much as the white. The shell was broken in pieces, rubbed smooth on a stone till about the thickness of a pipe stem, then pierced with a drill and strung into neck laces, bracelets, and belts. The English, French, and Dutch set tlers all used wampum, the value being fixed in. 1640 at 6 beads for a penny. The strings were called fathoms, and varied in value from S to 10 shillings. Shell money has played quite an im portant part in the world's commerce. The small hard shell known aa the " cowry " is used to-day in India, the Indian islands. and Africa in the place of subsidiary coin. In 1881 more than 1,000 tons of these shells were- brought from India to Liv erpool to exchange for palm oil. Their value in Bengal is 8,200 to the rupee, or about 70 to the cent. The list of what may be termed curious money is an extensive one. Salt is used in Abyssinia and whale's teeth in the Feejee Islands. In some of the South Sea Islands red feathers form the currency. Among the native Australians greenstone and red ocher are used. Female slaves form the standard of value in the retired districts of New Guinea. In the rural parts of Norway corn is used for coin. Pieces of silk pass as cur rency in China, and cakes of tea in Thi bet. At the great fairs of Lower Novgo rod, in Russia, tin is the accepted stand ard of value. In the British West Indies pins, a slice of bread, a pinch of snuff, or a dram of whisky all have a purchas ing power, while on the African coast axes are the currency most in vogue. The strangest coin of all, however, is the ideal money spoken of by Montes quieu as being found in certain parts of Africa. This singular currency is called "maconte, " but is purely a sign of value without a unit. A 1.1 VI NO MICROSCOPE. A Wonderful Boy Who Llvaa In Birming ham, England. John Thomas Helsop, of Birmingham, England, is a lad whose powers of vision are marvelous. He is known aa "tlve living microscope," on account of being able to see the most minute objects clearly denned, says the Springfield Republican. In 1878 or 1879 he was attacked with some baffling eye trouble, and came very near losing his sight forever. After the disease hail reached its worst there was an ins ant aud startling change for the better, wliieit resulted in a com plete cure of all inflammation in an in credibly short time. It was not a cure, however, that brought back the old eye sight like that poss'.'ssed by the average genus homo. When it returned it was with extraordinary increased powers of vision. To John Thomas the most minuto plant louse was as large as a rabbit, and the mosquito's bill as large as an axe handle. He could see and describe dis tant minute objects with startling clear ness and precision. He was amazingly shocked upon re pairing to tne well to get a cooling, draught to see the immense number of hideous creatures that were floating, fighting, and wriggling about in the water. From that day to this water has never passed the lips of John Thomas Helsop. His drink consists of coffee, tea, and milk, thoroughly boiled. Tbe doc tors say that the entire organism of the eye has undergone a structural change, and that the cornea has become abnor mally eniasrr saiV UtuaH avNM Long before water tight compartments were built in the ships of the "civilized" world the Chinese divided the holdsof their ships by water tight partitions into about a doaen distinct compartments with strong planks, and the seams were calked with a cement composed of lime, oil, and scraping of bamboo This composition rendered them impervious to water, and was greatly preferable to pitch, tar, and taBow, since it is incom Wibie. Thia division of their vessels seem to have been well experienced, for the practice was universal throughout the empire. . ' iri V Charity. "May X take a kiss before I g, dear est T" said George as he prepared to de part. "You may borrow one, George," said charming Jennie, "but you must not take one, for mother has repeatedly cau tioned me against giving kisses to any one. 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