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VOLUME & RICH SQUARE, NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, N. 0 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9. 1899. IIU' 1? n i - How It this? Perhaps sleei cauied it. or ir sepless nights I grief, or sick- Desi, or perhaps It was care. INOAiiatter wnat in cause, you cannot with to look old at thirty. - ' - . Gray balr Is starred hair. The hair bulbs bat been deprived of proper food or proper nerve force. -.V .nil ..,r Increases the circulation la the scalp, gives more power to the nerves, supplies miss ing elements to the hair bulbs. 4 Used according to direc tions, gray bsir begins to show color In few days. Soon It has all the softness and richness of youth and the color of early lire returns. Would yon like our. book on die Hsir? We will gladly end it to you. - , v- HWtoisif -" If you do not obtain all the luinrHM won mneeted tram the Vigor, write tbe doctor -A snout It. no may oe bdio 10 suggest something of value to vou. 1 Address. Dr. J. I Aver Co., Lowell, Mass.. T7. It. JOniJGON k ATTORNEY AT LAW 4 WINDSOR, N. 0.; I" V Practices in all Courts- ; " ' - All business Intrusted to bira will receive prompt attention..."; ' ' EataMlaM IS.-- ' ' J j. : - J. E. BKITTON, v-. 1 COMMI88I0S KEBfBiNT. . : TSftse Roanoke Dofk, NORFOLK, . Y A." ' Specialties. - , Rggt, I HMes,. I tWPkmtrar ' Poultry I Livestock, and Potatoes. Reference: Bank of Commeroe - - Horses and Hales . It you want a good Horse or Mule it would be well to examine our stock be:cre buying.:,. We try tu : please our oustomers l . -.-.,'. .J:'-:'--"':.' Edwards & Beale Pendleton, NO 0 Job Printing. ; , , J. H. Parker ft Co., Wood .land, N. Cr are now prepar ed to do your Job Printing at low rates.- s : -' ' " HOUSE-MOVING. " - it you want a.' house' moved it be ' done . reasonable,-' have Baoveo ' ver,two hundred. Heavy '' houses specialty.' in writing to me please crive the dimensions 01 we bouse, distance and condition of tbe way, ; f' . K. S. Elliott, . " V-. " ,Bioh Square, N O ; J, W. Beaton & Son CEKEEAL COXZISSICS KEECHAIT8 County Street. '." - ,: ciALTU8i. Hams, 'Eggs, thick ens, Lambs, and all kinds of Stock 'PORTSMOUTH, MQINIA. ReferencePeople's Bank. - " - 0 L DAUGHTREY, Ilarble an Granite . Dealer ''Special attention1 paid to Cem etery work. - . All orders received by mail filled without delay. . - . -' Stone carefully boxed and ship ped at lowest rates. . - I defy competition in prices. Save 20 per cent : ." ' . ' Yard 723 and 730 High Street, Portsmouth,- Va V.ixl- x t .ken out license as a public "AuctLoneer, I respectfully ask the p&trorssga of persona sell ing property ht pulllc auction. I am t'.e otly ltcr-fcl auctioneer in I rO.a-: ' a, v :Ah fl.e excep tion of the t h.;r;'. 9-l-r-n KLbfr ,N.C Sportsmen rttylng Taxes 00 Land For tbe Privilege ot llantlnir ltkidges Maineroast . ' Says Col. Olds In tbe Baltimore ' Tbe shooting season in this State will begin November! ' It is safe .to say that not ih many years have there been more part ridges '' It was feared by many persona ' that 'the eitceme cold weather and the deep anow last February "would destroy them The birds are in all that part of tbe Bute east of the' Blue Ridge nd extending to the tier of coun ileaborderlng" the sounds." From Dan ville to Greensboro, thence as far west aa Morganton and east waad to Goldsboro there are birds is abundance. Granville county offers good sport, and so does Perion.c ' v .. : The Lesislatnre, ' at its last ses sion, enacted a law - for' a number of oountiea.. requirinR" banters to have a written permission of land owners when: banting on tbe bit ter's -lands. This, was aimed at "pot - hnntera. In part of the State, mainly in the High Point and. Hickory ' section Northern sportsmen, to a yery large extent, pay the taxes on the lands and have all ' tLe privileges.: East oi Guilford county this is not done. The large landowners make it par ticularly pleasant . for sportsmen, bat some of the' smallersones give trouble sometimes.; . - '. Sportsmen from the Baltimore section will find good shooting in Bandolpb oounty V, and ' also ; in Moore. ..It ' is - evident that the plan of seenring heating rights by paying the oomparatively tnfling taxes on lands will be widely ex tended. .It is not permitted to ship birds oat of this State.- The law is violated Hj ' taking; birds away in tronks- and in snob packa gea as would - not be suspected to cop tarn them.- A number oi live birds - were - sent to .Virginia last spring. 1 c v Newborn remains the centre for the lest deer .shooting. - It js-eaid therejare more- wild turkeys in the lower Roanoke river country than elsewhere. .'': - 1 Honolulu Belles, People rave for hours over the laoeuisbintr Spanish girls, but like tbe native sooff I sing, "Give Me -the Honolulu Belle,' whose graceful form, thought, ,: nearly concealed neatb flowing gowns. can be faintly discerned through the cliueiocr - folds., and whose thousrhtaf and ' passions can be read" in tbe shy glances -frorn their - tell" tale . eyea? They are rather dark-, well developed even at an early age, with even features and large, expressive eyes, cold black hair, intensely white teetn, and walk leisurely,, for this is a tropical ; climate. One.' cannot help admiring these' pleasan', aof t-speeking women. The beau tiful' flower wreaths worn as bat decorations, also tend, apa-tf rom their natural attract! vness, to set off the languishing beauty of these natives. A language that con tains but twelve letters In its al phabet -'- one word expressing several nbings, tends to innocence of mind and habits. ,The scandals and intrigues, without which tbe Spanish , would perish are no tcnown to the Honolulu belle, and lo bar' straightforward ard can; did glance yon can note the ele va loo of her mind and parity of ier tboogbtat. They love madly, too, 4s many Ules bear out. ' But that I know not ofPhillDhia Inquirer. , ' : Insarance Bleeting,' ; ( -The annual ; meeting of tbe Northampton - and : Hertford Branch of the Farmers Mutual Insurance Association is hereby called to meet at Rich Square on Saturday, November 11,1839. at 11 o'clock A-M. . At this meeting fall reports of the work of the past year will be made, new offi cers elected and othen business of importance transacted. A fall attendance of - policy "holders is desired. .- '" " ' , 'K' ,: . ' All members are requested to pay assessment No. 8, on account of A. J. Drsper'a los,a,.at once so tbe matter can be settled and in cluded in tbe annnal report.. T. 0. Ptaui, Pis. 1 ' ' Community Driftlug. New Bern Journal ' V1' c J There is no sadder sight than to see a person whola a drifter, one indifferent and heedless of the duties of life, earless of appear anoes and reckless as to future There are various causes which produce drifters. Inherited and acquired , laziness; rebuffs : and failures in attempts at business ventures, and faint heartedness when success, does not come at once,'; are ' some of the causes which make drifters in the world, persona who are really more or less of a menace to society and material progress.; .;;t:;:0V V- ' ; Communities like Individ oals become drifters', bat tbe charac ter of their drifting is of a Sleepy Hollow nature, waiting for some thing; to come. along. and wake them op, : a fire, and epidemic or a buriicane. '.. :' ..; Without these external arous- ings there "are few If any local changes in the community, son succeeding father in 'business,- property willed to 'successive generations when death comes to the owner And the spirit, "oh,'it ought to be good enough for me,' is; tbe 'protest offered when at tempts at progress are made, or some one tries to Infuse an up to- date: feeling in the community's midst ;--- ' ; : This feeli ng of d rifting becomes chronio in someoommunitiea The merchant sees no use of spending money for advertising. therefore his goods are one to two years oat , of date, and his custo mere seek other stores, while the merchant growls and complains of bard and dull times. - - - - The property owner becomes indifferent as to keeping up his buildings, and tenants avoid bim, finding quarters In. new neighbor hoods where the houses are mod ern and kept in good order. V In - a comunUy which simply drifts along, there is no impulse start manufacturing enterprises, for from banker to laborer, there is a disposition to let matters take their own course, drift along, for to ba progressive means hustle, a reinvestment of money, therefore some risk, and for the laboring men it means competition in the lubor , market, and a disturbance of bis regular hours and indiffer ent wages., Steady and regular houis, a fixed work with increas ed pay has no attraction for the drifter, "it disturbs and shakes him up too much. 'v ' T A drifting community keep no progressive young man at borne;! for such .a one has noopportunity to advance, be must leave to pre serve himself from becoming a drifter.- . ' . - . ? . " True Heroism, r "Oh, how cold!" escaped my lips as I stumbled through the attic door. ' The , mother , was out, bather twelve-year-old boy was mount ed guard over the other children as they played - about the poorly furnished room. I ' shi ve red as tbe wind whistled through the broken, window, panes, pausing me to pull my overcoat over my ears, v The boy: was lu tils shirt sleeves, .but , I refrained from asking questions as to the where abouts of his coat in case its ab sence might have been the cleans of providing a crust of bread for the fatberless family. "Are yoa not cold, my boy?" I asked, ''No " 8aidhe,j;notvery,'7Jjret Ijio ; ticed how his orettv pearl v teeth chattered., I waited awhile and spoke to them; tbea I took a look into the cradle, where, eleeping quietly and comfortably,: the baby lay, covered. witb: the boys coat; Talk about bravery fa, men fac ing cannons, in the heat of pas sion they will do anything..; But hero was a beroon a bitterly coid day in hls.abirt-sloeves, beiause he. wanted to shield his little brother from the biting effects of a cold February" wind, iv :f"M; Men say the age of heroismjis past. Tis false! As long as the nation raises boys like this one she has within herself the germs of a boyhood that Will keep her forever in the very forefront of the world's history. ' : My iriend, la tour coat around your little brother, shielding Mm from the biting blasts that sur round bim on every side? Watch man. ' "- '-' ' '. '.I I3THCLUCTIC3 CE BB00XCOHI lieDjauii 1 Franklin Brouvlit tbe :, ' First Seed to thUCountry ;J Every body knows Ben Frank lin as a sage philosopher; a wise statesman, and a- good printer and publisher, but aWare aware Of the faot that to him we owe the introd uctien 1 of broomcoro , . to America. "Poo.Eichard, by the way, seems to have been about; the liggest , Jack-of all trades that ever helped the Uult ed States to become the richest and most powerful; nation of the world. If this story is true he is the patron saint Of the housewife and th,e broom maker as well as h kiteflyer, lightning-catcher, prln te r,v; publisherr 'editor; author, philosopher, "statesman, rand Oth er things "too numerous to men tlon;i."v5c! "t);;!;;;: I Broomoorn i first grew in India. From there It was carried to Eu rope. The xstory goes that Doc-i tor Franklin 7 was. examiuing a whisk r -i broom that had been brought, over from England in the "' days ' before ' we had .any broomcoro of our own. He found a single seed On the broom, so to speak,'" picked it off, planted it and raised a stalk of corn from which is descended, so to speak, all of the broomcorn of the Unit ed States. c However this may be. broomcorn' grows much like Us first " cousin; , our maize,' which originated! be re." The- head is larger, however the seeds grow on the ' head instead of in ears. The heads are 'cut off, leaving about six inches of stalk, and the seeds - are scraped off by a ma chine which does a clean job and does not injure . the broom. They are fed to horses and poultry and grouaaflnto ; meal for cattle, In the making of tbe brooms the corn is put around a nandie or, basswood or 'soft maple turned in a lathe - Each layer is wound tight with a ' twine or wire until tbe desired siae is attained. ' - The broom is then pressed ou flat and sewed toi keep it in . that 6bape. - Whtsk rooms are fnaflej in the same wayChicgoCnron A. Short and GoodLay ' ' Sermon. " :' ' The battleship Texas the other day left Norfolk harbor tofit.d and destroy a dangerous derelict, whionbad once been the three masted schooner, Carrie E. Lane But 'even while tbe battleship was out looking f6r the wreck, the sTordr North Carolina fisner- men near Beaufort bad boarded, mastered and anchored the hulk of the vessel, which had drifted in afterwards, saved the cargo of valuable lumber and made ready to repair the ship and again sail her over the seas. ' The ' sea of life is strewn with human wrecks, which are a men- aco ;o otner uvea mat must steer their little ships over the same ooutse. borne 01 usee maps line thegrett, cannon-loaded, heart less battleship Texas, may think a derelict only a danger to be ut terly destroyed. Is not the fallen woman a dreadful derelict, wreck ing ' the soul 01 many a once on blemished boy? is not the "jail bird, " in his striped' convict chotbes. a human wreck;; his death always a good riddance to cociety? Yet Jesus :: Christ res cued Mary Magdelene and reveal ed Himself first to herf all His hearthly friends after His resur rection from the dead And Je ry McAuleyoncea bamaa dere licit but' rescued and set afloat again became at once a light ship and a life-boat b long as he sail ed life'e stormy ocean. .. Ear bet ter than to destroy a derelict is it to save it as the North State flsbermen did the Came E, Lane Let them pictare jto as those whom the Master, .who is 'able to save unto the utmost" made -fishers of men." Charlotte Ob server. r- - B. W, Blahohard. - , - A. J, Odtlaud, j. faun Woodland M'nfgl Co.; XTO ODLAIID, N. O. ; ' .' Keeps in stock Black Broad cloth Caskets, Burl and Walnut Caskets, Coffins from the cheapest made to the finest Walnut " We are prepared to furnbb Coffins frtm 15. to 125. Caskets from $13 to 136." Cbildrens Coffiua from 12 to $10. Cbildrens Caa. kets from f8 to $25.1 ; - ' . ' ;-" : VTv-:-R. W. Bladchard having more than 'Klyeafs of actual i experi ence in the Coffin business is our trimmer. He ha a hearse and d aivtr the tofins at acylace desired s : a" f " xv ' : ;; Of all existing varieties of in sects or animals, the boman boy is tne most potent source oi wor ry ; to ' ordinary ' men. Women seem to find the boy much more tolerable than the men find him but the reason doubtless is that the boy contains Ihe promise and potency of a man, and women have a hopeful way of looking for ward rather than -backward. ; A boy will 'make - more different kinds ot objectionable poises in the course of a Jay than 00 aid be made i by v two boiler factories. seven band organs and a street singer,: He can take the simplest and apparently the moBt harm less objeot and . extract, t rom it a miraculous volume pf noise. ; we alt know what tbe boy oan do with an empty tin and a. atriog; ;, No body bat a boy would ver have dreamed that a string could elicit from ; a disused , tin wails, that would strike terror to the average fleud. J Up to tbe age of fourteen the boy can whistle with an ear piercing ahrillnoss that rivals the best efforts of the locomotive whistle. , No man and no boy: of more than fourteen years of age can:. whistle in. this way Tbe moment be ceases to be a boy, and begia to pat oa humanity be loses the abllitv to abistle in oth er but a commonplace way.- This is, however, oaly one of tbe many illustrations of the faot that there id a peculiar and fiendish skill in noise producing ,whioh belongs exclusively to tbe small boy, - No boy ever had the i slightest love for music, bat every boy revels in any sort of .instrument that will make a noise." Give bim a tin trumpet, and he will stand and blow single notes on it for hours at a time. ' The drum is, perhaps his favorite instrument bat he can do great thinga with a mere mouth organ, and oan de yaste an entire street with a pair of bones. . ,"- - " If you are driving with a fami ly of which a little girl'formae part her presence in the carriage will 'rarely inconvenience you. But in a similar situation a boy will apparently develop as many tegs as a heathen idol has arms, and will proceed to kick you sim ultaneously andj-constantly with all his legs. Jin point of fact it may . be boldly said there is no situation in which a boy is tolera ble, . Life is filled with great and little worries but the worst of them all . is in the small boy. Scottish American. . f 1 1 mn m . - What Touug Southerners ir? f'-;';t';.';; Need. Whenever a new cottoa mill or factory for other purposes is es tablished in the South, one of its first needs is a young man from Massachusettsor Pennsylvania to superintend it We have young men of our own who should, ,be available for this work.butowing to ourfaulty ideas on education, while they areprepar ed to be doctors or lawyers, they are not prepared to be handlers of coal or iron. Thus we see them standing about without employ ment or clamoring for com mis slons in the army, while the fat berths with comf rotable salaries at homo are almost all taken up by strangers.. : - ,? The need of onf country, then, .is ed ucation technical ed ucation. We do not need men who can ex pound Blackstone, "bat men who can swing hammers and press electric buttons. If we do not make our facilities for technical education broad enough and thor ough enough, we must expect to see the Massachusetts man sitting inthesuperintendent'somce.while our own sons pass , around the water pan. From , the Atlanta Oonatition.-.Vi-:r;'i: "5 Better do it than wish it done." Better ' cure catarrh by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla than eompiain because you suffer from It. Itkkes the food ioivtfSlcJoiis and wholesome . 1 IMVnL MMPM VfNHWft OO. , MITW i ; Tbore Uappy Daya.,. Scotland Neck Commonwealth. 'J TO. one in childhood knew no educational facllties bat 'told field school, " taught iin . tbev oHL log schoojhouse'iby the teacher who 'boarded around," the modern method, seems a little bet npuse like j It is a memory to be pher 's jd the sight of aooreof chil dren, trooping away ..rp,m school just before sunset, each one arm -, ed with a "blue back" speller.aod one for every five carrying a tin backet or oaksplit basket from whioh ever and anon, some scamp ering ."bratV ; would : snatch thc broken biscuit the cold potato or bit of cold potato pudding left over from the dinner which a half dozen jabbering children enjoyed together , on - a big log at "play tima", "Soslmple were the school child's equipments in those days! - Now, every one carries a r bag,' or book-strap: 'with some ' thing under a dozes books,1" some a slate wttb a sponge !), oat lor the most part tjhe slate is left at home and all work is done on store tablets, cam position books and the like. - Indeed, it does seem that the old time way of doing school-work is almost forgotten. The acqulr. ing of an education no longer seems a task, but with the many conveniences and" extra' advan tages, it is more like a picnic hol iday all through the school year. We; may be a little foggy ish. but5 we candidly believe-that the thing Is made-too easy In these last -' dayaf "There is too much paraphernalia-' We believe' that we need to returo" to ways and means of more simplicity. m If the -iordinary school child years ago.could have seeb the same tscnooi ox 10-oay it would have .looked like a visitor from fairy land. ' 1 : r..'iixj.i Naming the Baby, f . Charlie dear," said the young mother, "I ve decided on a, name 10r. DaDy. Yve ww can ner xmo Papa was lost in thought for a jew. minuies. ae . aia.npi uxe the name, 'but if be opposed t his wife would have her own-way.. 'That's nice.'! Baid nVples- ently. "My flat sweetheart was named Imogen, and SDe w'11 take it as a compliment 1 ' ' We will call' her Mary1,' after my mother,'" was the stora reply. From Collier's Weekly. ' ' ai ! ; , 1 What Befalls the Spend thrift. By most men the rosy dreams of youth are never realised. ; The workman . most always far out number the employers, more than one hundred, to, one. The man who puts off the,, practice of economy, waiting for a time when - it . will . . be. easierfor him. to ; depri ve '. him self of cer .taia pet luxuries, learnqwhen, it is too late that he has passed the point where he cau demand of the present that it shall Lelp pro vide 'for bis future. 'Among all the acqu iintances I nave had in the past, forty years, not One spendthrift Among them baa re tired from business a successful ma0' - " ' '- Possibly you may look upon that word' "spendthrift" aaone that 'cannot be applied, io you. Yoa may think it applied only Ho one who- foolishly' throws away a fortune. v If y ba will turn to ybnr dictionary you will read that be la a spendthrift who Is Improvi dent or wasteful The word ap plies With equal force to tbe man earning ten do lars a week aud to him who has thousands, .. :r . ' There are no miraeioa I a' a bus loess : career4 Tbe man who wine success has toiled4 early and late with' all his' powers pf body and mind. He bas been subserv ient to his ambition. He has pushed aside, because It was the first step toward soccesa, evejy babit and ydesire that stood 0 tween him a d Lis goal. om a was ever numbered among th A;An:'C.A::-rj' MS successful .ones .unless he wa? waiting and prepared for Eorture when abe kookei at his door..' She has never yet been known to wait 'for any man or boy to pre. -pare himself for her company. I know - of ' no . .one habit that so thoroughly molds the character of a. young; man as the babit of economy, ;Jt give him strength,., of will, j It teaches him to look beyond an action to its final result It: continually; reminds bim, that the pure, I sweet innocent pleas-; urea of. life are almost to be had r tor the asking, and that Satan is not only eruel but an expenslxe taskinaster. From the Saturday -Evening Post. . . . , , s Seaboard .. w o. ar . - ,rt " -'c v-1-- . Wf-,- A foil line of Men's and Boy'sChothing prices ranging $1.25 to $2.6a' Hats, Caps and Shoes, pry Oooda, ' Notions, Ladies Cloaks, Kid . Gloves, Umbrellas Hardware ... . . . .... kf.- - .... v ings, Easels, Trunks, Matt jags' from 10 to 15 cents; Table Oil ; . .vioto, jucynes a, o.- a, anaxu cents. a rail une oaspenaers.. j We also have a 5 and 10 cent ' ' ' counter. Come and see and be 'convinced. -;" " '1 'S rikW,S.PRUDEN'ACO. " ( " ' 1 Seaboard, N. O." -mV-r-rV """ ' " I A I tf :x ' t v . .( IK Hh AM . . ... ' ! Provided tou do not talk bV the''1 use ot Printers ink; tax that case it comes .high, unless yoa -have something worth eayinir. What . I am going to- say, is for the mu-' tual benefit to the reader end my-, self. 79thepoint - I now have v 1 mu4j j l,v vs t?vwv wvv Duwa v r Dry Goods and potions, Hard ware Crockervware. - Tinware. jsield beed, Groceries, Progs : r-; &c i. &o. and my prices are mark-. ed way down.'1 I am at small ex- - wtTusv. wuiutunuvur.. .oiiu. uuu u have to, add to the price of my :. . goods' to make up for bad ac counts as I sell for cash or bar'-" ter only. " Here are a few or ices: 5 Meat 6c; best Granulated Sugar 6c; choice coffee 10c befit cooking soda 5c; starch 5 to 10c; white v fish' email size kegs $2.50, stan- ' ' dard size $270; best pure lard 8c; Ivory soap 5c; good assortment - other toilet soaps at low prices, good ; laundry ' soap at 3o; Flour s and all other groceries at lowest market prices.' DRUGS AND MEDICINES. ' I keep av good" line of Drags', Medicines ' and "Druggist ' Sun-' ' dries."- Plenty' of '"bine 'vitriol ' - " w-M:,-L. ., ' .:.'. so ispioes, borax, alum, Baits, cop " -3 eras, pepper, "sulphur, nutmegs' ous, turpentine, navoTingexracta--. Healing oil (best in the world fov v y burns etc.) Chamberlain's mod cines, Bronto Seltzery Dr; Kings, David's, Warner's and Pierce's medicines, Idtxative Bromo Qui- nine, Grove's Chill Tonic and half ! i j.j 4.1 i 1 : t. 11 a. nil ruii iii.iiup b rmitmB in tti-iio line, all marked way down.- .'"r DRYGOOD9' i ' J -Good yard 'wide cotton cloth 5c: heavy equality fef t '6c; bleach ' cotton cheapo- Many' 'styles and1 grades Of ladies 'dress goods' at 0, 6,' 7,10, 12T, 15, 18, 20, 25 cents ' per yard And; up, "Melj's shirts at from 25 cents to $1.00-- Big value at 30c;! big lot of handker chiefs at stunningly low prices. . PANTS. ft 1 ; A large lot of new Pan is, borlght very . Close, but my space Is all used and will have to wait till another week to tell you alout them. Dont forget t it II Brad, Middling I' ', C - . i pay the highest c:ar' rt I Eggs, Hides, Cot;.:-, s . . : MILLS II. Cv . ', p ' At: , i" ..1 '.
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