II t. . I "8. RICH SQUARE, NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, N. G THURSDAY. AUGUST 31, ibUU 'NUMBF.R35 51 rm "' 75 53 4 win iqm; - So the falling of the hair tells of the approach cf age and declining power. ' No matter how barren the tree nor how leafless it mayhem, you confidently expect leaves' ji ng:.in. And why? L Because there is life at the r roots. i'. sn vnu need not worrv about -1 U the falling of your hair, the " threatened departure of youth j Z and beauty. And why? life remaining in the roots '1 will arouse it into healthy activ ity The hair ceases to come out: it begins to grow: and the glory of your youth is restored to you. . We have a book on the Hair and its Diseases. It is free. i o Zho Boat Advice Free If you do not obtain all tho benefits you expected from the usts of tiio Vinor, wriu. tl)i doctor about it.- i'robiibly ti.eru Is some difflcuitv with your yon-. ml system which may bj easily ruioovjid. Addres. p URJ. O. AYER, Lowell. Mass. ' Lslnblislicd IS'X. " . - ,1 E. BUITTQN, (0 MISSION MERCHANT. lS&4o Koanoke Dock, inoki-ulk, va. Sjp:ialties. Hides. ; Live Stock. Peas, Peanuts and Potatoes. ''Mil! .Tin- Rank of Commerce- Job Printing, T. K. Parker & Co., Wood i i ? y . iaini, 2i, v., are now prepar ed to do your Job Printing at low rates. WallFaper 1 ha v- sever " stylosof Wall S'ap'M- on h: . Inch I will a p. . II. Conner lA Squaro, N iIors35i and Mules. . , . .'. .1 I T VI ,,1. it it-- WP HI Want It OOO HU M: m iuun iid bt; woll to v cainino o ar . .!: i .-ro buying. We trv t- . II V rilstO!r.TS t Pendloton. N (1 House Tor Kont. 1 .-have 'for rent one modern ' i.-m oiitago with garden o-nd sta ; . n aitaehed on the ido.! desirable . s'hiem e portion of the town ' V'ootlia'nd. " L'ossessio!. oi en at anj. i no. (jhares reasonable- ' Call on ; duress. .J. M Jacobs, Woodland, N.' C if you want a house inoved it e ; i une reasttnabe. have tnovec . er two hundred. Heavy huses aNpceiaitj-. in writing tome pleaso j ve the - diniension. of the house, u stance and condition of the way, E. S. Elliott, liiih Square. N. J. W. Beaton & Son. GCNERAICOIKISSION MERCHANTS 17 County street '.Si'KciALTtEsr. Hams, Es, Chick f .s, y.i:iibs,'' and all icinds of Stock PORTSMOUTH - - VIRGINIA U-lerence People's. Bank: r- i tJ i Sri feSf: N'iLa x fed u la uoiuu aa or . the hair 11 Tri3 Jaoksoi a ri Ojc i Squrs Telephone INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF NORTH CAROLINA. Splendid service. 1'oiite a?1". -s. , lias eon: ection with Jackson, Kiel Stiare, 15ryantown, Lasker, L'ote '.'iM' and- 'oodlaud. Mi -s;i. sent to any point on tin ior lit cents. (.nun-uis with Western Union Tel vraph Company at, Rich Square. P. T. HiCKS, President. J. . WEAVER, Secty. and Treai. General otlices: J 'K-i-'so WHY STAY ON THE FARM Iisteal of Securing a Position in the City Advantages and Disadvantages An ex e r ie u ctd w rite r (a re tired busitess tLati) iu t be Farm Journal gives the following ad vic to youug men about to leave the faun: Most young tueti born aud raided in the couu'ry, look lor ward to the time when they cac cut loose from the old place and go and i, ve in the city. D d it ever strike you that the i-hiug the country Jboy never fiives.a thourhl to. i the ve. v j . w U j thing the city man husties around jiilie a slave to got his fo:d? Jt isri f- a question of how to make enough to eat. ou the farm, out th'it t the vital question with a gi-eat many people. in the city today ' You don't worry and sichyrne and plan on the plac to get .something hi eat, but that is what a in rgo part of those in the city are now doing. Most of the country boys get their ideas of city life from friends in the city, or what they pick up f rotn the f a m i 1 y " s t o ry a pe r s You haven't had any business experience, bun you think you will come7 to town anyhow, find knock around; and pretty soon you will d rop - onto something. iiow many more are thinking and doing the same thing, have done" it and are still waiting for "some thing to turn up"? Do you know that in -the city of New Yorif, aioue, there are 100,000 people who ate walking the streets in search7 of something to do that will earn them a meal? The trades are full of young men, sons ot ratners vno are in the same trade, w7ho have to work for nothing for a year or more to learn their trade before they cau earn enough to pay for board and i. The stores which are - ..- doing any business at all are large companies controlled by directors and stockholders, who have sous, nephews, cousins al most without number, whom they put in the clerical positions in tnese stores. If you are in a position to see the large newspapers at any time just turn to the "situation want ed' and see the hordes of young men "with -experience, .unques tionable .'reference- and bond," who are out of a '"job." aad then stop and think hat chances you nave to get a foothold wish such odds against you. Vo i probably thihic that you were no! cut out lor a farm life IVssibty .not. You may ' have all the requirements that means cuceeso in city life, b'ut if you can not get a position where you can oriug iuese.-quauue vu ngui, how can yet succeed? You g:. w up to be your ow; jo&s on the farm; you are master. of vour own time and actions.and j ' . ,-r in prosperous years you can make ;i Utile money over and above that needed for living. Save it Save all you can. The cities will always be here, and after you have saved your money and acqui red m :re prop erty, yon can come to town and liDd the same amusements and "sights" that are here now. The voung man in town is not his own master. He works for somebody else, generally a largi conceru, c?m ploying from twenty to. a thousand clerks, where he stands lit'ie or no show of ad vanueoient. uuies he has a "pull" with 'the management; He breaks .-. i, .. away trum mis, mayue, auu starts tor him self, but the chances are tea ;o one luat ne w m lan n misiuess oa account of the com petition of the large hrms. whosi prices he can not meet-and iive. S t a y v; here y a u a re, an d ui a k i farming your business, tnd "rule vour owl' iifc" Mae a good Hv ing. possibly a lit Lie money, auo come to town uow and then ii fU wan i to. During taa v i-.-, i; in our fate war withSpain, diarrhoea was one of th"6 most trouble some diseases the an? y had ta v-oaiencs with.' -m' man v instanees it became chronic and the old soldiers stiil sutler from it. -Mr. David Taylor.oi Wind Kidge, Greene Co,, Pa., i one of ttifse. Ul ust-s Chamber Iain's--colic, cholera and diarrhoe;. remedy and says ue never found an thitig that would give him suJ quick reiiel It is for sale by JcLu Baugham. f : i o ..... t i 1 An Elizabeth City disatch tn the Baltimore American says: The Old Dismal Swamp Canal is now opened and ready for bus iness. The canal extends from the village of Deep Creek, Va,, to South Mills, N. C, a distance of - -"-j ...v.. jw vii-tn is au arm of the Elizabeth river, md the village is aoout three miles from that stream, making the northern terminus of Ihe ca- nal practically at Norfolk. South Mills isat the headwater, of the Pasquoiauk river, a tributar . of Albemarle Sound. ThorjUitiA,, mnn I . v-u.ui.vi ut ii.vsuqU uuij in cu ty-two miles in length, opens up 2,500 miles of inland navigation. comprising the many rivers and streams of the Carolmas. The waterway is looked upon by gov ernment officials aDd naval men as being of the greatest value, both in peace and war. It will furnish the means of inland and protected navigation for the smaller vessels of the navy and revenue service. Another very sigual advantage to be gained is the avoidance of the dangers of Cape Hatteras. The canal accommodates vessels of a draught '.of at least ten feet md it is expo- ted that a vast amount of freight which now goes bj the outside route will take this inside way. It is said that the avoidance of the perils of Cape Hatteras will create a saving which will greatly reduce rates of insurance. No canal on the continent has so old a charter as that entitling the Dismal Swamp Canal to the privileges of a public transport. It dates back to the year 1787, when investors from the States of Virginia and North Carolina, among them George Washington, said to be a director of the com pany, were organized for the purpose of connecting the Chesa peake Bay with the sounds and rivers of North Carolina. They were greatly handicapped in their undertaking for want of capital, nnd had finally to-arrest the work of reconstruction, which conducted by means of the cus-1 tomary slave labor of the time, did not. at its best make swift progress. It was only through the assistance of the national government that they achived ul timjite- success. Thanks to the government, in 1822 the canal was finally opened to traffic. Immediately the South em shis-pers saw in mis new- thoroughfare of water the cheap OSl, suuiitjsi auu uiuai. cngiuir route between the States. When the "civil-war broke out the Fed- eral government was equall eager to seize the opportunities pre sented by an inland waterway for conveying to and fro their troops the munition of war and their stores, and for supplying their army and navy with water At the close of the war they surren dered it to the company, although dilapidated from hard use and neglect The management ofdt went in to other hands. The general bus iness depression of the South de creased its immediate-importance !o such an extent that by degrees it was allowed -to run down, until finally it reached that point when this once overcrowded waterway was discovered to be practically unnavigable. Tim i-ni flhilitatt d canal is large n RJiimore enworise. and thte.itv is ekoected to derive a v . tr great benefit from the improve raent, as it will be brought into cheaper connection with a larg area of the Sou th. The com pa- has rebuilt the canal ,,,, is known as u.,,.,,.,. .,e ho r.nto rnmrrron.l Canal and 'Water Company. Th officers are as follows: President. Waiter B. Brooks, Jr; vice pres. ident and general mauager. Jo seph B. San ford: secretary, J F Sinton: treasurer. vJatdweii tiar dy; chief engineer, J. C Wren shaw. , John Baugham guarantees every bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Rem dy and wdl refund the money to an one wno is uut sausum 4 using two thirds of the contents. This is the best remedy inthe-wo-ld fur la grippe, coughs, colds, croup and whooping cough and is pleasant and safe to take. It prevents any tendency of a cold to result in pueu uia. THE fflNISTBY OF MUSIC. Few Hearts can with Staud the Power of A Pleading So ig We have read of a G rcciau mother who saw her child m the brink of a precipice. To shout tn it miarht onlv ouicken its va i (rani lcei lu wuuuei u-iusei iu iu j Ldge, or so startle it with fear as to cause it to topple over. She ! lifted her voice ina familiar hymn, ; and lured the little one back to J to her side. So many a sinner has been led to Christ, won by j some sweet song, Few hearts cau th t!nwHr of a nlead ! v... - H. 4 ,. i ll)g SODg 1 OU Uioy loltt IU Uittt- j, about religion and he will dispute with you. In an argument Le may v0rst you, perhaps; but sing him aChristian song something it may be, heard at his mother's Qee long years ago and how h tremblesIThere isa familiarstojy ()f a Scotch soldier who lay dying Q one 0f 0ur hospitals during the civil war. A minister cane to him. himself a Scotchman, to tell him of Christ and his love. But the man turned over on his face aad WOuld not listen. Ho said: "Dod'n talk to me about Religion!" The minister was silent a moment; then he began to siug a familiar hymn of Scotland. It was that beautiful one composed by David Dickson, beginning: .) mother, dear Jerusalem. Whpn shall j come to thee?" He sang it to the tune of ' Dun dee." Everybody in Scotland knows that. As he was singing the dying solder turned over on his pillow and said to the minister. Where did vou learn that?' why," replied the minister "my mnthfir taught me that." "So did mine" said the dying soldier, and the very fountains oi his heart were unsealed, so that then and thei e he yielded to Christ. O, it has a charm a wonderful an ilmost irresistible force, this Christirn song. It has never yet hppn overestimated. The great meetthgs of evanglists all show it. The solos of Philips and Steb bins and San key and Bliss and hundreds of others all show it chcrus of a great choir is often still more impressive. iNo person who has watched a great congregation listening Ao the mighty chorus of a sacred so ig from a large body of trained sin gers can ever dojbt the value of such a service as a means of re ligious impression G. B F. Hal lock. Illegible Scrawls. The following to be credited to the-Philadelphia Times may be of intorpst to narsoos who write for press One of the com rn;;n defects oi modern letter-writing is illegible scrawls and signatures. I u olden times, wheu letter writing was one of the great accomplishments of the age, and' contribu ted vei largely to the history and litei ture of the times, legible writing was generally. The i;jtters of Washington, the Adamses, Jef ferson, Madison, Monroe, anil thei r d i s ti ng ui sh ed con te ra po ra -ries were almost as legible as the typewritten letters of today : and James Buchanan, even iu the, severe exactions of a long strug gle for presidency, wrote eve i. letter with- the precision of cop pe r pi ate. Theart of private lettet-writ - ing has passed away. The news Pper is now furnishes everything worthy v note from every part of the world at the breakfast tal ie. Privai, letter writing is now very gener allv done in ' haphazard scrawi. , .... . (, anO Uie Slguaiure uu. en- oresy uDiowuigiure u'3 writer is well known to tne on who receives the epistle. This illegible lettor writing especially a source of great an uoy anco in the newspaper ofhet. where letters are received daih from persons with whom the ed itor or the men in the business department are not peroaao acquainted. It is not uncommon for letters intended for puodca tion to go into the waste basiie because the editor cannot cna'.e out the names of the writers, and is, tnerefore, left witnout any means of ascertaining the relia bility of the corresioodents. And it is tot uncommou to ie- ceive tetters on the i'uinite van ;ety of siOWts auu i w.,f".5i ueva ' paper n;iJfi address ;b- vdi t.r ; for infortnt ou. or for .uu- ka u o Sice to lcJ fit Ji'isd:. wnei signature..-, an- rlv u i ;i li--. .! gl&le ii;l.S Is jJ)'U''iT(4' ; ccgligence. and ? .-r; : 1 i v t vt i ; . r - ;res5mg any n,.y vi ... b'Laluf fcu i, tilUi M,Lt COUlU tulslaKt: 11 " correspoiufiDis wuo wrt.e lu edilor5 for puoiicatiou should oerve savcrai common sense rues assure aamis.MQu m.o uu coiutllus :uf a wlr. Ilq writer should careful. v cousider jaud understand the subject; ii should be stated as tersely and i courteously as it can be present j ed; it -'xjM b-2 v. ritteu legible, j ana cspvcia:iy proper name should be written plainly and ac curateiy, and fhe wr ter houid promptly slop when the work is done. A large portion of the best tat ent employed ou a newspaper is devoted to the daily ask of prun ing diffused articles from one-half to one third. The standing ordei in every newspaper office is to "boil down," and uewspaper cor respondents would, as a ru.e. make their communications vastly more acceptable nud im pressive if they studied the an that i-s part , f the training of every journalist. Tlie King'h Answer, A story is tola oi a man who once asked an eastern king if he could tell him how to avoid temp tation. Tne king told the man to take vessel brimful of oil, and to earn it through the streets of the city without spilling one drop. "If one drop is spilt, " said the king, "your head shall be cutoff " And he ordered two executioners, with drawn swords, to walk be hind the man, and to carry out his orders. There happened to be a f iir go ing on in the town, and the streets were crowded with people. How ever, the man was very careful and returned to ihe king without having spilled one drop of-oil. Then the king asked: 'Did you see anyone whilst yon worn walking through the streets?" "No," said the man. "I wa thinking oniy of the oil; I noticed nothing else "lnen. i,aid the King,- "vcu have .learned how to avoid temp taJiou. Fix your mind as firmly on (rod as you fixed it on th vessel of oii. You will not thei b; tempted to sin." Selected (Jenerous (Jilts from Coun try Editors. Senator Davis, of Illinois, ie reported as samg: "E-icheai (very local u- s:)aper gives f ron 500 to ??5,000. la free lines for tin benefit of the community in whici it. is print' l. Sro othr agencv can nor will d' th.is. Tne editoi in proportion to his means doc more for his town than any otht ) njan. and in ail fairness he o;i'-hi to be supported, not because you iikeyor admire his writings, bir because a local newspaper is tm best advertisement a community can have. It may not be crowd ed with groat thoughts.- hi. ; finauciaiiy it is mon of a bench than teacher or orracher," i i . F I I in V t I St d. Feed your nerves, also, if you would have them strong. The blooi. is the feeder anii sustainer f tin whole nervous system. en an', women who are nervous are so he cause men r.erve.s ate o-i. t'heti they make their olood r:er- their nerveousnes-. uisaiipears bt. -eaase th'e nerve- ;re p"'p-rl v fee HchhI's Sarsciparilia ni-ver diuo pair.es. Hood's Pills cere coi:tipatior Price 25c. Parents shouia teach thei: child ren: To re-ipict tijeir Idtf r-. aU( themselves. That a common reboot eJuca tion. with sound S:nse, is better iban a college ed ucatioa withou- it. That a tru- lady or g-rutic- tnan may be fouLdir: p!.iiL.c;oih- as frequently us in veUet or broadcloth. That to wear j atched clothes if lj .sgraee. o it to a ar a ;au h ed character is. 1 Makes the food more delicious and wholesome TIMILY SUGGESTIONS, To Fanners About Takfng up Cattle, Hogs, Sheep Sc. A Whack at OId Philip. ' As your Creeksvillecorrespon , deui has teen silentof late. I ask ja small space iu your paper to bring a matter to the attention ot our people, there being no better way to do this than" through th Colum ns of vour most valuable paper. I wish to refer, at this time, sp cially to the law in regard to strays. So many people, evident sv not familiar with the law oi the subject, are taking up cattle iiHgs, -sheep c that attentio should be called to that chapter in the public laws (The Code t f N C) prescribing what disposi tkra should be made of stray taken up. A few years back the writer had a nne heiier to stray on ana i1 short while afterwards he passed man's house and saw twoo hree -men grinding knives and one loading a gun; when askec what was be done they replied they were going to kill the cow that was over the fence in tin pea field. I called the cow bv thf name my missing cow was called ... at home and to my great surprise she came; trotting to me. It was mine in my mark. 1 hear of cases almost similar very often Many people will charge ou for taking up your stock when they themselves are liable to the law. Violations of the law in matter of this kind has become too com mon. I notice that "Old Philip" has good many cattle in his pasture near here. If any of them arc "strays" he will squeal so loud when he reads this that the Ed tor will "hhn.r nim"mt T rlriiri think he reads the Patuon and Glean Eii much. What he knowf about the contents of the paper that good wif-of his tellshim. He cant leave his fishing nets, or i might say th-; r,ets he uses, very long at the time. SuBsenmF.R. C reeks vi lie N. C. Tommy's Composition, The cat is a small animal with legs and a long tail. The cat -is covered with cat fur. In the night, cats love to roost on tin back fence. They roost length ways of it, instead of cross way? like a bird or a hen, Si When a cat wants to say any thing it utters a yowl. No other animal yowls, except a bab3', and its yowl is different. Mostly cats make -their remarks in the night. Toe baby is not different from the cats in this respect. Cats have nine lives butaftern cat has lost one of them she isa'i good for much except a cat-skin If 1 was a car I wouldn't be afraid of dogs. Cit's o shine in the dark Once 1 va up in our garret, am faw a cat's eves shinintr. I can e down and went to talking to ma about things, rthe said sh thought I went up in th garre' to slay awh ie. - I said, "No. J stayed as long as I iniended to. Thecal has an Auu Tipathy fo rats Cats fit rats Tastes:' c ff'-r. -Tfv Chinese make por celain cats with yellow glas Mves, and out a candle inside When rats see it they go away on a d( ad run. Of course there is no danger. I forgot what I wer;i up in ihe garret for that time. Tne middle of a cat's eye-' gets oig in the dark and small in tne light Girls like eats. A cat gr-r up : r tn frontwards and comes down backwards, The) grj p because ibey be a dog. and comes down wheu the dog isn't ;ooiiing The more uogs a tat ees the bigger her tail gets I The cats in in-- Uie of Man du" hive tuy tails, so they are ho' j f-i ttachers. -4 ii. stridors, 147 if raid of dogs. students. Total enrollment (i 4. Oace .we had a cat whose eyes ' f catalogue ad i ress. got so big in me durk that y j d Pkhmdent AU)Fkman, have bien afrai I it you hadn't J.at..-. 4., N.C "I 111 mm r ' ! t3'i" li1 k?.own v at .5 " sirne al t -av o But, p-ha i u was rignt j'a. . i i v n: t Ti.afs at! aybeih knows abo . f.i - - A Jackson Female Scliool- The J.iCttSon t in ii( Si'h'Htl will op. u .Moud.ty.S '.t in. i 18, lSU'J. For particulars ;q plv n iss L. H- Whitfield, liin. Jackson, r evern High School Will begin Monday September I. Instructiai s iu tin branches usually taught in livh Scluiols will bo giyeu. Board anil tuition at mod erate prices. Fur further informa tion, apply to Jffli.v W. - "Fleetwood, Severn, N. C. LASKER HIGH. SCHOOL. Fall term beuius Monday September 4, Instr uctions given in all&b ranch1. s usually taught in schools of like grade.. New and coiiVcuLut building. Healthful location. Charges very moder ate. Good board in private fam ilies ,i reasonable ratt'S For further information apply to L. L. Lassiteu, Principal, Lasker, N. C. Rich Square High School. Fifth session begins September 11 This is a high grade -preparatory school. Its object is to train the student thorough for college. Courses are arranged, "however, for the need of the student. Special features: Thorough going worn, text loks from best au- thors. Reasonable eliar'i.'s, Rigid discipline, We soiieit your patronage. Jno. W. .ikncf,, A. It., Prin. WOODLAND - - - - HIuH SCHOOL The Fall term of Woodland Hi;h ScIkkjI will begin the second Monday in September, IK'.W. New and roomy school building. Pupils can lake am branches, including music, u su ally taught in higli schK)l.H. Tui tion, not the cheapest, but very rea sonable for the advantages olfered. Board at moderate rates. We shall be gUd Uj correspond with or seo anv who are seeking a ok1 school for their children. For information apply to W. BlUTTON, PririCial, Wood laud. N. C, LITTLETON - FKMALK COLLLGE. Board, laundry, full literttry tu itiou and library fee 132, for the enure sciiola&iic year. 'i'o those applying in time tho aojve c'.aiges may te reduced to 112 by one hour's work per day in Industrial jDepartmcnL The 17th annual s.-sioa b-gns Sept. 20th. lb'J'J. For catalogue da dress Kkv. J. M. iiiioiK-s A. M. Lresident Littl etoij, N C THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA- Widest jjatronngo and fullest equipment in lis history. Facul tv 3b; studeuU. 495; o Academic coa re; o Klecti ve coo rse.;t pro lessionai bchooic, in Uiw, in Med icine anu i:. i'riarmac. rew ouildiLgs. water "Aork. splentiid obr tries, laboratories, &c. Advanced ciasscs open to wo meu. Vuittun G0. a year; board $H a rnouUi, Arnpeopj ortunity for seif elji. Sctioiurships and icaus for tne needy. Free tui tion fur teacher-, buiaix.cr.schi ol