, 4 THE PMTOM'; MO .iflJLEANM 0 volume a RICH SQUARE, NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1899. NUMRKR 19 3 ?i. Your heart teats over one hun dred thousand tin es e?.ch day. One hundred inousanasuppiiesoi good or bcu t,ooa tci your cram. wmcn is ur g . i Dr?.m acnes. iou are iroumeu with drowsiness yvt cannot sleep. I it-. J You are as rreu in t:ie mcm:ng r.;Vf You hve no nerve power. Your toou does you but ft little rood.-- c;m,,i-infs. tonics, headacbeil powders, cannot cure you; but 1 aW, T r r. . will. It makes the liver, kidneys, skin and bowels perform their proper work. It removes all im purities from the blood. And it makes the blood rich in its life giving properties. To Hasten Recovery, You will be more rapidly cured if you will take a laxative dose of Ayer's pills each night. They arouse the sluggish liver and thus cure biliousness. Writ a to our Doctorn. We liave the exclusive eervleps of orue of the most eminent jiliy.sieim.s la the United Ktatr-s. Write froely all the particulars in y"urwsise. Address, llli. J. C. AYKH. . Lowell, IJaai. Job Printing, J. H. Parker & Co., Wood land, N. C, are now prepar ed to do your Job Printing at low rates. WallPauer 1 have sever:', styles of Wall Paper on li; i "hieh I will sell cheap. . H. Conner, Hieh Square, N. C J.-W. B&atoiL& Son. GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS U17 County Street. Specialties, Haras, Eggs, Chick ens, Lambs, and all kinds of Stock PORTSMOUTH - - VIRGINIA Reference People's .Bank. To poultry Raisers Keep your poultry healthy 'and make them profitable by feeding them Rust's Egg Pro ducer and Giound Oyster .Shells, for sale by M. H. Connei:, Rich Square, N. C Bran. No a- in stock direct from the mills in tlfe West another lot of Bran and Middlings, also a lot of the finest patent flour male, still cheap. Mills H. Con nek,. Rich Square, N. 0. Mnlncicin I have a lot of very hisses for sale cheap. Give it a trial and you will be pleased. M. H. CONNER, - Rich Squ are,. N. C Horses and Mules. If you want a good Horse or Mule it woul.. be well to examine our stocw b re buying. We try U. please our 'customers Edwards & Beale Pendleton, N C Sewing Machines. To get a strictly first class Sewing Machine at one third the regular price applv to G. W. GK1ME3, Murfreesboro- N. 0. Call and look at sample Every part up to date aud fully guaranteed New And Chsap Groceries We do not claim to keep the larg est stock but we do claim to meet a 11 competition in goods in our line which includes most everything 1 kept in a tirst class grocery store. We sell Meat, Flour, Pure Lard, Suar, Coffee at a small margin of pront. When in need of anything iu the grocery line, if you want a little to go a long way, call on T. P. BAUGHAM & BRO., " Rich Square, fN. C. 1 3 ARE MADE OF GRAPHITE Lead Ioe. Not Enter In.o the Composition of Pencils. The first thing to be said nbout ead pencils is that they are not! ead pencils at all. Once upoafa time sticks of lead were used for making marks on paper and wood, and the name has surviv- d. though nowadays all the pen cils are filled with graphite, or plumbago. This mineral is found in only a few piaces in the world in Cumberland, England, along the Lauren tian ranges in th- Province of Quebec, and at Picon duroga. Vt. The largest mines on this continent are at the latter I ce. The graphite is taken in! the ump from the mines and carried to the reducing mill, where it is ground or pulvsrizecLin stamp mills under water. The fine par tides of graphite float away with the water through a number of tanks," collecting, at the bottom of these reservoirs. It is packed in barrels in the form of dust and sent to the factory where tens of thousands of lead pencils are turned out every day. The pul verized graphite is so tine that it really is a dust, dingy in color and smooth and oily to the touch. It is divided into various grades f tinenass by floating it on water from one tank to another, The coarse dust sinks to the bottom of tho first tank, the next finer to i he bottom of the second tank, md soon down the line, the fin est fjjOwder for the finest pencils .ettltng in the last tank. In another series of tanks the German pipj ciay, which is mix ed with grapaite to secure the difierent grades or pencils from very soft to extra hard, is grad ed in the same way, by floating. L'!.e finest clay is mixed witi the finest graphite, being ground to gether between stones, and the hardness of the pencil is secured by increasing the proportion of clay in the mixture. For the medium grades seven parts by weightof clay are mixed with ten parts of graphite. Af ter the graphite and c'ay are ground together the jmixture is put in canvas bags and, the water is squeezed out under a hydrau lic i ress ,'ieaviug a mass the con sistency of putty. The plaster is placed in a forming press, wl ich is a small iron cylinder, in which a solid plunger or piston works up and down. A steel plate having a hole the size and shape. of the ;lead" isput under the open end of the cylinder, and the plunger pressing down forc es the erraphite through the hole, making a continuous thread of wire of graphite. As long as this thread is moist it is pliable, but it becomes brittle when dry, so it is handled rapidly. It is cut into three lead lengths, straight ened out, and then hardened in a crucible over a coal fire. The leads when taken from the cruci cibles are ready for the wood, whicli is pinb for cheap pencils and cedar for more expensive ones. When the strips of wood are received at the factory they are run through a machine which cuts in each one, six grooves, round or square, and at the same time smoothes the face of the .vood. The filling of the strips is done bv erirls. The first one takes a 4 V grooved strip of wood in her lef hand aud a bunch of leads in the right. She spreads the leads out fan shape, and with one motion she tills the six grooves wii leads. Next to her sits another girl, who takes the tilled strips and quickly and neatly lays on another grooved strip which has just been coated with hotgine by a third girl. The filled and glu ei strips are piled upon eac-h itherand put iu a press, whert ' hey a re lef t to d r ' . The e nd ? of he strips are evened off under a sandpaper wheel, and then th strips are fed into a inacuint vliich cuts out the individual per oils, shapes them and delivers them s:i ooth and ready for the color and polish in six streams fne coloring is done with liquid dies, after which the pencils are sent through the varnishing ma chine. School and Honm iettinf. Also btsl 1 b 1 1 U 1 1 1 U Iron Posts. Gates, etc. I can save rou money. Freight paid. Catalogue free K. L. SHCLLABARQCR, 43 P. St.. Atlanta. Ua. The Duty of Cheer. A happier world is always a better world; and if it be the true! man s duty to make the world, better, so far as iu him lies, there rests upon him an obligation to promote the happiness' of the world also. This he cac do only if he be nappy him self. -You might as well expect a snowball to warm a room as an unhappy man to cheer others. Hauuiuess. then, is real y a persoual and Ohiistiau duty first, to be happy one's self, and then to matte otheis happy. Let us see how this sunshiue of heer makes the world better, and by humanizing it helps to Christianize it. No one can be happy who is not iu a thoroughly good physic al condition. - So the first step of cheer makiog is to establish good health, in himself and in others. Some writers claim that, if only the race were filled with euphoria that grand sens3 of perfect physical well-being -there would be no need of religion, for we should all be saints! Perhaps this is going too far; but, at all events, we know that good health promotes morality. So by mail ing men happier through making them healthier, the missionary of cheer is surely bettering the mor als of ihe world. Again, happiness is impossible without a clear sonscience. The cheer maker must wash the win dows of the soul, and make it clear as crystal before the inward eye can look out upon a world sparkling with sunshine, L t the outward circumstance be what it may, no soul can be hap py which is not at peace within. So the man who brings joy into the world brings cleansings for the inner life, brings spiritual ad justmontand harmony with truth and right. Onco more, no one can be happy who is not a giver and transmitter of happiness. A lonely happy man never was Even the motes dance together in the sunshine. You must share your joy in order that you may keep it. So the apostle of cheer is always preaching those great Christian virtues of un.-elfishness and brotherhood. He is the most effective of all teachers of the Golden Rule, for when people learn that doing into others as they would have others do unto them is the very coin that buys the greatest measure of personal blessedness, they will do good by the operation of a natural and ine- ver table law Here then are three vital ways by . which you may better the world by such an agreeable method as happiness. But your happiness and the happiness you advocate must be genuine. No mere wild bolstering and outward show of mirth shall count for deep Christian happiness There is a sting in every seeming joy which is not clean and and sweet and peaceful. ' The revel and the carouse are not genuine pleasure. They make a show of mirth that is all Afterwards their fruit is ashes on the tongue. But the healthful blameless, joy giving-joy that is one of God's ministers. And ou, if you believe and accept the duty of cheer, are helping tlie world heavenwnrd. Zion's Her aid. What Makes Man? The longer I live the more cer taiu I am that the greatdiffer euce between men," the great and the insinificant, is energy iuviu cible determination an honest purpose once fixed and then the victory. That quality will do ar.y thiug that can be done in the world; and no talents, no circum stances, no opportuni;y, wili make a two legged creature with out it. Goethe. In the spring the birds are singing " as they build their summer home' Blades of grass and bods are springing, O'ar the mead tha cattle roam, In the spring your, blood is freighted With the germs that cause disease, Humors, boils, are designated . Signals warning you of these. ; In the spring that tired feeling Makes yon every duty shirk, m -kes you feel like begging, stealing, Rather than engage in work. But there's is something known that wil & Man to health and vigor lead. You will find Hood's Sarsapirilla Just exactly what you need. PAY OF PEEACHEES Some Hlg Salaries ot Pastors ol City Churches One Bishop Receives $15,000 a Year la offering Br, Eniii G. Hirsch $15,000 a year fo- fifteen years to remain as pastor, Siani congrega nor of Chicago will uav him a arge a salary as is received bv any clergyman in the United States It is the same that is piid Bishop Potter of New York, who. however, has a rectory fur- :ished, heated and lighted free of cost, and is provived with a pii- va l e secretary. " The lite Rev. Dr. Hail of th. Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church of New York, during tht last years of his life, received the largest salary ever paid to a t ler f man in the United States, which was 120,000 a year with t manse, Dr. Hall's salary proper was $15,000,. and J5, 000 additional was contributed by Robert Bon ner and two other wealthy mem bers of the congregation. His successor, Mr, Uonnell, who comes from Regent's Park Pres byterian church of London, is of fered $10,000 and a residence. That is the salary paid to Dr, Gregory, dean of St- Paul's ca thedral, and Dr. Bradley, dean of Westminister abby, London. Dean Par rar receives $7,000 a year. The hierarchyvof the church of England enjoy enormous salaries, which are necessary to maintain the large establishments requir red of them. The archbishop ot Canterbury receives $60,000 a year, but he needs every cent of it to meet his social and eclesiasti cal obligations at Lam beth palace, the home of the primate of the church of England. The salary of the archbishop of London is $50,000 a year. The archbishop of Ireland receives $12,500. The other Bishops of the Church of England are paid from 2,000 to 5,000 pounds a year. The aver age pay of a vicar in England is $3,500 outside the large cities, In the cities the salary varies ac cording to the wealth of the par isb, from $2,500 to 10,000. The Episcopalians and Presby t rians pay larger salarios" than any other denominations, but the pulpits mosrenvied in the United States are those of the collegiate reformed Dutchchurch of New YorK Uity. Tnere are seven or eight churches of that denomi nation under the same manage ment and supported from an en dowment that is exceedingly rich Its income is next to that of Trin ity church, and amounts to sever al hundred thousand dollars a year. The pastgrs of the colle giate churches are paid $10,000 for life and are allowed to retire from active pastorial work when they reach the age of 05 years Trinity parish is the richest in the world, and has an income of about $300,000 from buildings and other investments. It supports five or six churches, several schools, hopitals and other charita ble institutions and pays the man ager of its business a salary of $10,000 a year. The rector of Trinity church receives $12 500 a year. The same salary is r-aid by St Thomas and St Bartholo mew's. I was informedb Jgood authority that fivetilergymen in New York City received thatsal- ao and at least twelve received $10,000 a year. The average pay of a clergyman in New.Yc rk City. excepting the pastors of mission churches, is . probably $6,000 -Chicago Record. The Beauty of Labor. To .work is nappiness. There is no greater misery than enforc ed idleuess. And enforced idle ness is what is tilling the world with poverty and despair today No idler is ever happy. No idler can be happy. And this is true whether the idler be rioh or poor The idle rich, in the effort to kill time, may perhaps plunge intoal sorts of soul-deadening dissipa tion, while the idle poor -loafs" in the sunshine and tramps oar broad land to beg bis bread from door to door. Neither is happy. Jean Porter Rudd. in The Are na. 3 CMiklmi. TamaCood. Ci !5 Makes the food more delicious end wholesome ' ' WOVM, tut Wt KftrQlM CO., WCW WW. 1 Good BiKinep Rules. A Greeusbor conespondent of he Charlotte Observe writes that paper the following: Iu conversation with Mr. Ire j and, of the Odoll Hardwai-e Com j pany, ol Ureensooro, r. U.t ne told me of their rules with regard j o, employes, which I wish t give o other business men. Wberi hey employ a man or boy it is stipulated that he is not to swear or smoke in or about their place of business, and he is not to drink intoxicating liquor at --all. If caught associating with those of questionable character he gets a discharge at once. Their posi- ion is than if he cannot find suit able associates among their forty five employes and all the other moral -men in town, then there is something wrong with him and they no not want such a man. When they employ a man they as certain what chuich he belongs to, and notify the pastor of thai church and expect Um to look al ter the new comer. They have no cash system, nor cashier, but put man on his honor in handling the cash. To show you how it works: They fouud one of their young men drinking just a little, and fired him, and wrote his parents the cause. In a short time they (the parents) wrote to thank the r l . company ior Deing so positive with their boy, saying that the company had by their strict rules taught the young man a lesson that they had never been able to do, i, e, that ne coma not armK wnis- key and hold Irs job with good people. Another thing, when L. a w- their men want credit, they get it wnen it is known that they work for Odell & Co., because a man that fails to pay his bills cannot stay with them; for they pay their men good salaries, and there is no excuse except extravagance for theirnot paying their bills. I am writing from memory and may have left out some important item, but it seems to me that these are good rules, and if adopted by business men genwrally would ue of incalculable benefit to young men in restraining them from evil habits nd helping them to build characters that are worth some thing to the world. While the young man is benefited, the mer chant is also as it secures for him the very best class of help, help that he can rely on when absent from his business. Whitewash in The Co vv Stables. It may ba true that the mosi important place to whitewash on the farm is the hen house, inside and out, but certainly the cow stable cames next. The man is who is so independent, or so in different to the appearauce of things as to neglect to whitewash his cow stable is certainly too in different to the sense of clenli ness to ever become a dairyman. If you are not willing to put on with a brush, then borrow a fore pump and hose, make 'he wash thin and squirt it on. If you will start ai the top of tne buildini; and comedown you will find th wash will go on quite evenly af tet a little experience. It smothers up and kills myriads of unwel come germs that constantly accu mulate in the cow stable and im peril the purity of the milk. It has a good tencency toward mak ing the men neat and cleanly in their habits, both of dress and handlinsr the cows. Home and Farm. . John Baugham guarantees every bottle of Chamberlain's fjougbRem edy and will refund the money to an one who is not satisfied after using two thirds of the contents. This is the best remedy in the wold for la grippe, coughs, colds, croup and whooping cough, and is pleasant nd safe to take, lt prevents any cadency of a c Md to re u ia paeu moni a. The University Summer School For Teachers. Ti e sixth session cf the Uni vi-rs-iiy Sumrt.er School for h; -h- rs will begin o i June 0th t .x! ami close on the 15th'. of Ju i lul ow it.'r. The faculty will in o..iue mine iiisd u riuiireuii I , . . I 4,1 J " a atid successful teachers who wilt irive dailv instructions in all of the primary and academic stud- ies. Among the worth Carolina a .a . a instructors who will take part are fror. uoker. of uoldsboro. SupL Graham of Charlotte. Supl Mangum of Wilson. S apt Moses of Raleigh. SupL Gritnsley of Gaeensboro, Prof. Claxton of the State Normal and Industrial Col lege. Dr. Linscott, Dr. Basker I ville, Dr Mangum and Prof. Toy of the University. In addition to these well konwn educators there will be Prof. Ham m el of Maryland Normal College, Prof. Rose of Peabody Normal College, Prof. Reeder of Teacgers College Uolumbia University, Dr. Jacques VV, RedwaV, the eminent Geo- graphical author and lecturer. and Dr. W. S. Currell of Wash ington and Lee Uuiversity. This faculty is the best ever assem oled in the South for Summer Scl.ool work and teachers wish ing to devote special study to tht primary branches, Mathematics, English, French, German, Span ish, Botany, Chemistry, Zoology, Ljatin, uPbysics. Physiology, and Psvcholoffv should not fail to at- tend. The charges are low and there will be reduced rates over all railroads. For circular giv iag full particulars apply to M. C. S. Noble, Supt. Chapel Hill, N. C. "Judge Not" We know nothing of the trials, sorrows and temptations of those arouud us, of pillows wet with sobs, of thp life tragedy that may be hidden behind a smile, of the secret cares, struggles and wor ries that shorten life and leave their mark in hair prematurely whitened and in character chang ed and almost recreated in a few davs. Wesav sometimes to one who . " i . ..t-r seems calm ana smumg: "iou ouirht to be supremely happy: rm, !,, oti.incr that hoari could wish." It may be that at that very moment the person is cnr oinna thmnh cMmQ ocm nv of sorrow, where the teeth seems almost to bite into the lips in the'-attempt to keep feelings under control, when life seems a living death from which there is no relief. Thtn these light, flip pant phrases jar upon us, and we seem as - isolated and separated from the rest of humanity as il we lived on another planet Let us not dare to add to the burden of another the pain of our jidgment If we would guard our lips from expressing, we must control our mind, we must siod this continue! sitting in judgment on tho acts of others. even in private. Let us by daily exercise in seii-coniroi learn to a t turn on th'.' process of judgment as we would turn on the gas Let us eliminate pride, passion, personal feeling, prejudice and pettiness from our mind, and higher, purer emotions will rush iu, as air seeks to till a vacuum Charity is net a formula; it is an itmosphere. Let us cultivate charity in judging; let us seek to draw out latent good in others r-o t li t v than !r rlUpmrir Viirlrian 1 UlliV i IUUU V WW wwave,-e-w evil. It requires the eye Oicnar ity to see the undeveloped batter J ... y. ..I we would rise to the lull glory oi OUT privilege, tO the dignity Of f. . , , . , true liviug, make for our watcn- , , . . . , a, . Dreme charity of the world A. w J udge not " William George Jordan in Saturday Evening Post Pimples boils and humors show that the blood is impure- Hood's Sarsapariilu is the best blood puri er that money can buy. Paying Double Prices i for crcTTthiDf is not tdeaiMt. is it? Bui that's Kt yoo are doing, if yoadoa! hay kere. DiJ yoa thick it possible to bay a $50.00 Pric, f IS.T3. lot No. $9 t4n .11 about Bicyclef , Scwis Machines. Omu and Pianoa. What d you thiatt of a c tut of Clothing, made-tcvyour-eaure, guaranteed to fit and erprt imtd to your tatioa wr f5.$oT Catalogoo No. 57 akova J i&mples of clothing aod show maay bargains ia Shoes, Hats sad Furnuhinr. Lithoeranhed Catalcxrua No. 47 shows Carpets, Rugs, Por tieres and Lace Curtains, ia haad-paiated colors. IVe pay Freight, sew carpets free, aod fumuh lining without charge. What do rou thiak of a Solid Oak Dry-air Faav' ily Refrigera tor for uot lt it but one of over 8000 har- , gains contained ia our Geo- , eral Catalogue of Furniture , and Household Goods. tare you from 40 to & , mi.nimr;uuB, ny ' at retail when you know MUST wnlcn catalogue do iVfCA $3-95. you want? Address this way. JULIUS HIKES SON, Baltimore. M4. Ospt Pensions! Pensions! Are due to many who served in in war of Kebelhon and war with Spain and is also due to all whoserv M. - n Mexican War, and Old Indian Wars between 1S32 and 1842. Pensions under general laws may be obtained by soldiers and sailors who are in any way disabled by rea son of wounds, imurv. or diseaso incurred in duty, U. S. service and hn iine 0f autyj provided they have received a proper discharge from their service. Widows, children, aud dc pen den parents are entitled, if soldier's death was due to service, U. S. reg ulars and seamen who have served and been discharged since the war are entitled, providing thev have been disabled as herein before stat ed, Their widows and dependent par nts are also entitled. A pension can be increased at any time that tlu disability warrants it. U. S. Colored Troops, their wid- ows and minor children are also eu titled No pension granted hereafter shall beTles! than 16 pcr month' Having secured an agency for Pen sions, li you have the least idea o being entitled to a pension you ha better protect such idea, by calling and seeing me, as I am in a position to advise you as to such. Remember there are no fees for working your claim, unless success- ful, therefore it costs gou nothing for trial.. C. E Davis, A3ti', L if In, N Corned Herrings. We are prepared to furnish No. 1 corned herrings at lowest market prices. We have sold lare quantities of fish at various Irtnintc ill Nfkrlhnmtitin nnct enct 1 -vv' -"-f r sons 10 ltJ0 entire satisfaction of our patrons, We allow DOoebut S000 ana souna nsn to go irom our fisheries. Write us or call on our local agents, who meet all 0001 Pe 11 llOD J. E. Capeiiaht & Son., Edenton, N. C. A. J. Lassiter, Severn, is selling our fish. New Groerics . I am constantly receiving new Groceries and in my stock can be found the cheap est aud best. I sell Bicycles aud bicycle sundries very cheap. Dont buy anything inthis lino be fore seeing m ' ' J. E. Johnson, Rich Squire i J PORTER'S ANTISEPTIC HEALING Oil. j i I For B a.r b Wire Ct, Scratches - - - g I Saddle and Collar GalU, Cracked lift 1 I Burn, Old Sores, Cuts, Boils, Bmisc. 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