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SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1882.
NO. 9.
THECOnnONWEALTH.
Common
GENERAL DIRECTORY.
SCOTLAND HfECK.
Mayor 'W. A. Dunn.
Commissioners Noah Biggs, J. R. Bal
lard, R. M. Johnson, J. Y. Savage.
Meet first Tuesday in each month at 4
o'clock, P. M.
m.:.fDi; f! AV. Dunn.
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CHURCHES :
. Bftutwt-J. D. Hufhanu D. D., Pastor
i Services ever? tirst, second lnd . third
fSuhdayeftt 11 ffelock, A. M. Prayer
Meeting every WetUi$sday night Sun
iday School every Sabbath tiiotning:
Primitive Baptist Eld. Andrew Moore,
Pastor. Services every third Saturday
and unday morning.
C- MethodilBev. J- Crow-onMtor.
Vertices yw. second njfourtghunXy
Uvj kl il o'clock, A. Ms ounuay
Bfehool eetj Sbbth morning.
4,. . if ti. imtOEU Kector.
t.piscopai- . ... . . . thifd
$Li,i -.-v Sabbath morning.
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V liapusv-ico.ui v-rth Sunday
Pastor. Services Sabbath
tnorning. Sunday School '
In oi ring.
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Seoc."ioi'
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Loui'!
Joa.f 1
Clerk aud
Projaie
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J . Lev
'Solic ,j A . "J. Burton.
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y Coroiief J H Jenkins,
c Treasurev Dr. L. W. Batchelov.
Co. Supt. Pub. Instruction D C Clark
peeper of the Poor House W. W .
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i o
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lU'iuav at Y p. m. ou.ioay &cnooi at
itJ a", m. Re . VV. J. Hopkins, Pastor.
" Proiestdut Episcopal Services every
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Kev. A. S. Smith, Kector.
Mei.tjuisi Protestaut Services every
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M. Rev. W. H. vVilis, Factor.
Couviiv A ppci'Uiments M. E. L'hucrh-
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C I 2nd Sux-l
Vid at Sni i
day, at Pierce's, at 11.00 A . M.,
tu'b. at it.uv V iM.
- hid.
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Sunday at Havwdius at ll.Ou a. M.
in id Ui) iu I at each apooiutnifcd., iu Feb
lav
;us.
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1.00 A . M. Koseneaih, 3rd. un-
, U.uO A. M.
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L ineoiiai y a 1 11 00 a m aud 7 30 p m
ptcii tuivd Sunday and the Saturday pre
eeuing at ii uu a m. nayer meeimg eacn
Wednesday at 7 30 p in Suudav school at
f30 a nu
Dawson's Churcl, Dawson's X Roads,
ery fourth Sunday at 1 1 a m aud 7 3T
m,and the Saturday precteding the founh
hnda
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far
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nday at 11 00 a m Frayer meeting
sdays 7 30 p m Sunday school at )
m. Kev W J Hopkins, Pastor.
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t Suudav,
C. B. vii
Colored Churches 1st. baptist Every
at 1J .00 A.M. and 7.00 P.
viibbs, Pastor.
;2ud. Baptibir- Eveiy" second Sunday, at
.00 aud 7.00 P. Ii. ' Rev. W. R. Shaw,
astor.
Ia. M. E. Church Every fouvthSuuday
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i rck. Fi,.tor.
LODGES.
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id fourth Tuesdays, at 7.00 P. M.
ions of Honor Meet every first and
k- i Tuesdays, at seveii P. M.
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L Wniiater. Agent.
Jlailrortd Fre ghi, and Ticket Agent,
W. Batcheiov.
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KITCHIN & DUNN,
A ttorney s-at-Law.
Scotland Neck, N. C.
June 29th, 1882.
THE RIGHT DIVINE.
For the Commonwealth.
The battle cry resounds again,
O'er Carolina's sunny plain ;
Our banners to the breezes fling ;
And on the mongrel foe we'll spring.
Rise yc freemen ! rise amain ! let victory
shine . .
On freemen's rights the right divine.
The Demagogues would make us slaves,
By voting negroes, traitors knaves,
Ignorance, vice and fraud unite,
Our manhoods glory thus to smite
liisc yc freemen ! rise amain ! let victory
On freemen rights the right divine.
Northern hate again doth lower,
With Afrique aid to crnsn our i.oc. ,
irwi, nntivn foes thev doth combine,
Our free-born rights to undermine
Rise ye freemen ! rise amain ! let victoiy
fllllttC- . . , . ,. .
On freemen's rights the right divine.
The carnet-baggcv wakes in pain,
. . 1 ..,4i! a train '
And longs tor neio 'wo"- -'
To give him place, and pelf and power.
Upon our Southern homes to glower.
Rtae ye freemen ! rise amain ! let victory
On freemen's rights-the right divine.
The Northern Rads and Southern Seal's
United with their negro pa-s ,
13 v force and fraud would wreck our fame.
I3v force and fraud wouki wnw
Vnd hurl our State prostrate in shame.
Rise yc freemen ! rise amain ! let victory
A
R
On freemen's rights-the right divine.
Let politicians strive in vain
Our i.roud escutcheon thus td slaiH.
And blight our fcoutnern sunny y.iimv
With noirro nower and native crime.
Rise ye freemen ! rise amain ! let victory
snine
On freemen's rights the right divine.
The Afrique hosts must ever cower
ieiore tne Awgiu-onAuiio iUvu.v.
power ,
Their knavish chums the liberal scum ,
Apostates all must all succumb.
Rise ye freemen ! rise amain ! let victory
shine '
On freemen's rights the right divine.
Carolinians ! Carolinians ! awake to the
A.nd protect by your ballots the S'ate of
your choice ;
Let her base native sons to Africa go.
And Africa's sons be made to go slow.
Rise ve freemen ! rise amain ! leu victory
shine
Forever shine ! on freemen's rights
The right divine.
A FAMILY G-HOST.
BY HENRY GRAYSON.
Old Madame Leffingwell had the
misfortune to be born of an old fami
ly, aud' her last words were :
"If a child of mine marries be
neath him. I will come back anil
curse him !"
Even in that terrible moment. Es
tella, the only daughter of the crone.
could not refrain from glancing at
Charles, the vounger son, nor could
,
he help blushing.
For it was Charles that raadame
meant. Edward was married, and
the father of a family, and Estella
could not be spoken ot as "him."
Nothing now remained in the old
home to leil of Madame Leffingwell' s
reign there but he- portrait a state
ly full length, but not unl'ke a hand
some Queen Elizabeth, in its black
velvet robes and diamonds, the ef
fect heightened by the ruffs which
mother and daughter both affected,
though fashion forbade them to have
the Ehzabethian height.
One bright clay it pleased Mrs.
Edward Leffingwell to visit her sister-in-law.
and to bring her two
children and her governess with her.
"You have so much room, and are
so hospitable, Stella," she said, "that
I shall make no excuses whatever.
Miss Mellon can sleep wherever the
children do ; and we all want a week
of country air so much."
Miss Estella was obliged to smile
am? utter words of welcome, but she
could have stabbed dafk-cyed Miss
Mellon with the hand she1 held out
to her.
As for governess, her ohiod was
boiling at the thought that she had
come to t'ie house oi the one who
had behave 1 as Charles Leffingwell
had done who had won her heart
and then forgotten her.
Miss Mclion's coldness, and his
mother's last wo rds, his wish to be
dutiful., and his desi'e to be happy
all drove poor Charles to disirae
tiou's verge ; and one day his self
restraint came to an end with the
sight of Miss Mellon io a pensive
mood, quite alone in the library,
setting copies for her young charges.
All the little governess knew of
the matter was, that there was a mo
ment when she felt as though she
should faint; that when it passed he
was on his knees at her feet ; that
his arm was about her waist, aud he
was telling her all that she longed to
hear. He 'oved her ; he adored her ;
he should kill himself if she refused
to be his wife, for he could not live
without her. And when they parted
she wore h'u ring upon her finger.
iy near estella, saia young
Mrs. Leffingwell, 8 lew days after,
"there is something going on that
.you really ought to know. Charles
aid Rosa Mellon are engaged."
"Have vou lost your senses ? or
have 1 ? or is "t Charles who has gone
inaI ?" asked Miss Estella, in awful
tones.
Charles is quite iu his right
mind," said the young mal.roD.
'Rosa Mellon is as good as she is
irettv. A great deal prettier than I
am, Estella, and you did not wonder
that Edward chose me."
You were a De Courey," said
Miss Leffingwell.
That had nothing to do with it,
Stella," said Mrs. Leflingwell ; "noth-
'And Rosa Mellon's mother takes
in washing, doesn't she ?" asked Es
tella, languidly.
Washing ? You ought to ue
ashamed of yonrselt ! Poor Mrs.
Mellon, when lei't a widow . restored
fine old lace elegantly."
"She must have washed it, sneer
ed Estella.
"Well," said Mrs. Leffingwell,
she was a lady, at all events ; and
llosa had a perfect education; and
Charlie is right. Now don't be un
pleasant."
"I shall not say a worn." saut iuiss
ftstella: "but how can Charles fogev
his mother's dying words ?"
"But perhaps your mother might
not think tha, Charles married be
neath him if he married Rosa Mellon,"
saul Mrs. Lelfiugwell.
"I am sure mamma alluded to
Rosa," replied the spinster.
But as Estella said nothing severe,
i.he voung people were happy.
When Rosa went awaj he future
sis'-.er in-law even kissed her, and
Charles was grateful. He aho had
' - the conclusion that Mrs.
enrno w ' have thought
llosa beneath litici. u' hip fMmton.
of the 1 bought was very g'r'dat:
lie sat that everting alone id
the
stu
ir i
room in wlncli that luu-tengtii
ture of his ttidllier hung. He
been reading by the light of a
dent's lamp. There was no oui
the room. The hours had followed
each other to i heir graves until the
twelfth hour was buaed. A dozen
silvef stfokes had been made upon
the boil Of thd i)d cldck 'y tile little
silver figure of Tiuie, whd struck it
with Ids scythe when each new hour
was iioi'u.
Charles felt very fond of all the
world just then t he world had made
him so happv. H s uoob a romantic
torv, such as people are prone to
read at such times, was just finished,
lie still held it be, ween his fingers;
but his hand had dropped over the
arm of the Turkish chair iu which
he satj and Ids eyes were (icd lipon
the portrait of his mol nef.
"Dear mother," he said to himse'f.
"how good vou were to me I Stem
and cold by nature, you still loved
me fondly. Ah, if you were with
mo again 1"
In the dim light of the room the
picture seemed strangely life-1 ike
The voung man s emotions over
came him, and he spoke aloud :
"Ah, mother, if you could return,"
be said, "it would be to tell me I had
done well."
Almost as the words passed his
lips, he saw, rising from the floor, -or
from behind the picture, what seem-
ed like a column of smoke. It was
white and thick. He seemed to caich
such ao odor as drifts down the aisle
of a cathedral when the censer :s
swung before the altar. H's first
thought was of fire ; but the strange
perfutoe produced an indescribable
effect on him.
Instead of starting to his feet, he
sat rivited to his chair, with those
strange thrills, that supernatural
terrors somehow cause, running
through his whole frame.
And as he sat thus, the strange,
white smoke covered his mother's
picture, and from its midst a figure
stepped forth and '..tood before him.
His mother, in her velvet robes,
her diamonds, her yellow lace ; uis
mother, as the artist hud painted
her; but with brows sternly bent;
and a warning linger uplifted, as it
had been when in early childhood be
had oneudcu her. - IIjs mother s
spirit. lie had no doubt of it.
He suuk upon his knees, stretch
ing out his arms towards her.
"Mother," he said, do you come to
bless me ? to tell me I have done
right ? Tell me, mother !"
The lips of the figuie moved; and
from them, slowly, one by one, these
words dropped xnto the silence of
the room :
"Remember my dyiwi ivordsT'
Then the figure disappeared, the
si.range, perfumed smoke faded
away, and his mother's picture looked
down on. him as it had done before.
It was uot long before voua Mrs.
Leffingwell came to her sister-in-law's
home again. She came alone
tins time ; and at once sought
Charles iu the room in which he had
shut himself up, except at meal
times, for more than two weeks.
She entered it, shut the door be
hind her, seated herself, and spoke
gravely :
"Charle3, what is this between
yourself and Rosa? She is very
sad. She has told me that all is
over between you. Is it Estella
wiio lias caused this ?"
"Estella is kindness its?.lf," said
Charles. "She is as grieved, ts
terrified, as I am; but none of us
dare disobey a voice from the grave."
'Explain vourself, Ch.irlj !' said
Ids sister-in-law.
"My mother has come from her
grave to forbid the marriage !" said
Charles. "No, I am not mad, sis
ter." And then he told her in what
way his mother's spirit had appeared
to him.
"Yon slept and dreamt, Charles !"
said Mrs. Leffingwell.
"No, that I deny ; would I not re
joice to think it so !" replied Charles.
"The spirit was there no faint
shadow. I could have touched it
with ray hand."
Mrs. Leffingwell listened.
"Do you not remember that there
are such things as optical illusions?"
said she.
"res, I have thought of every thing,"
said Charles. "But I saw I heard
and then the perfume !"
"Ver' well ; it is possible that
things of this sort may happen,"
said Mrs. Leffingwell ; "but, Charles,
if your mother could come once, she
come auain. Promise me that you
will not let this one experience de-
cide you to break Rosa's near',, and !
I 1 f - it i
make yourself miserable for life
Go
io me long arawmg-room again to
4-
night. Sit where you sat, and watch.
If your mother comes again, do as
she bids yon. O'lierwise, bcl-eve
me, you have had a dream noth-ng
more."
Perhaps yon are r;ht," said
Charles. "I will do an vou say.
Believe me, Rosa is deader to me
than my life. Nothing less solemn
than this could part us."
Mrs. Leffingwell loft him when he
had made he- this promise, and went
o Estella, who professed herc'f
I i i i ii i
v - ' wuai. na'i nappene-i.
rf.HV-tfMlten w? .. -her could
hilt dec! ami mttn rnrv.-.
da ud better thaii iJ ftfjidw" tii no
vice given td bird;
Midnight came again. It fodnd
Charles Leffingwell hi the' apartment
where he had beeti idsifced by
his mother's spirit.
The same pale light, ourned upon
the table. Charles sat in the same
place. The figure of Time upon the
cldcli Struck twelve slow strokes wit h
his scythe: Arid" iUdilyeft, Charles
Leffingwell was uofc sieeiiirig, lidr
dreaming yet then the saraj soft,
white smoke begaii td creep over" the
picture! The same faint perliime
filled the room. The figure on the
canvas faded, and another stood
amidst the mist that hid it. Again
his mother, in her velvet, robes.
pointed at him with a warning finger.
"It is your spirit, mother !" cried
Charles Leffingwell. "I cannot de
nv it. Bless irie ! Tell trie if I do'
well. I love her : she loves' inri.
Bless us both, my mother !"
And she answered:
uMirry; and I return to curse you!"
Charles Leifingvrell sduk into his
chair with a groan.
The cold. slo.y voice was silent,
and the figure stopped back into the
heavy, white depths that covered all
the way.
But now a lighter, smaller.
more
With
fldor
human, was sch-.u in the room.
a little crv. it tiittivl acr jjs tu
and into the smoke
A sound as of a struggle was
heard, and t!u.Mi the voice of young
Mrs. Loitiiigvvell was lifted :ii;h.
"More lig:it! more light. Charlie !"
it. cried. "I've caught your ghost!
More light to see her by !"
The light Hashed up ; and, through
the dispersing smoke Charles Lef
fingwell saw his sister-in-law, with
her arms about the waist of a velvet-
clad woman.
"It is EsLella not you' mother!"
she sai-.l. "Liook m the little cup
clo?et by the chimuey. You will find
the perfumed drugs burning in a pan.
Look ! it is only Estella."
And Charles advanced, and saw
his sister's face lined into age with
true actress art.
"Could you do that to me ?" !e
said.
"It was onsy to carry out your
mother's wish, Charles," said Estella,
in a low voice. "I knew you would
not. regard nie. I snoke as she
would speak if she could come back
from heaveu."
"In heaven they do uot think of
pride of birth, Eitella," said Mrs.
Leffingwell ; "but of true love, 1
doubt uot, they think often. Charles
must marry Rosa. You see it now.
Forgive her, Charles or I shall be
sorry for my part in this affair
The brother held his hand. The
sister took it.
But she left the old house on the
day the young wife entered it; and,
dwelling in solitary state, treasures
her family pride, as did ol ' Madame
Leffingwell ii her life-time.
Despite of this, tiie wedded lovers
arc happy.
THE 'R WEDDING NIGHT.
How it Was Spsat by an Unsopaistica
ted Bridegroom.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
A bridal couple from one of our
neighboring towns, recently married,
went to the thriving city of Spring
field, Ohio, on their bridal tour.
They, arrived at the Lagonda House
in that place about 0 o'clock in the
evening. The bride waited in the
ladies' reception room while herleige
lord went to the ollice to register his
name, and for the first tune to write
with it "and wife." The polite clerk
was notified of the fact that he was
a fresh and newly married man, and
the bridal chamber was accordingly
assigned them. The groom retired
from the office accompanied by a
servant, and with his bonnie bride
repaired to the bridal . room. In
about half an hour the affable clerk
at the "Lagonda" was surprised to
see the groom walking in the office,
and still more surprised to notice
that he deliberately walked to an
easy chair in a dark corner and
seated himself with a disappointed
but determined sort of an air4 The
clerk waited for some minutes, all
the time wondering if they could so
soon have a family row. He watch
ed the young husband closely, en
deavoring to discover by his actions
the cause of his so suddenly and so
soon retiring from the chamber which
Contained his fair young bride. But
his watching was in vain. There
sat the groom in the shadow of a pil-
lar, quiet ahd calm. Finally the
. . .
clerk s curiosity became so
great
uua.u uc ucoeiujiueii to mierviw me
young man about the matter. Ap
proaching him in a respectful man
ner, he said :
"My friend, pardon me, but I
don't understand why you have so
soon left the bridal chamber. Has
anything serious happened ?"
"Oh, no," said the young fellow,
"Jennie is an awful modest girl, and
she said that she couldn't retire as
long as I was in the room. I told
her she would have to get used to it
sooner or later, and she might as
well commence the first night. But
she said 'no,' and pleaded so hard,
and with such love looks that I
' 't refuse her. and at her re
?0kH - - o room an,j came dovra
(jtlust 1 left tuv .
here'
1 1 ... t- Uv j , : 1 , .
"Well, what a-e you gditlg to 3 r ,
said the eorous clerk. "You ddrit
propose td sit here ll night, do
you ?"
"No, siree ! You bet I don't. Jen
nie promised that as soon as she g"t
undressed she would turn the gas low
and then ring the bell.
"As Sdort as I heard it I was to go
up to my room. 1 will sit here, and
it you will please tell me when the
bell to my room rings I will be oblig
ed, and 1 will go up."
"All right," said the amused clerK,
"when your bell rings I'll tell you,"
and so saying he left the newly made
husband. Time rolled on, and an
hour passed. The youug fellow anx
iously came to the desk and inquired
over and over again if "his bell hadn't
rung," and when the answer came,
"No. sir !" he lodked troubled and
anxious. Finally he settled him
self in an easy chair, and soon the
ttierk heard his sonorous snores.
Then riight passed and daylight
came, but the bell f the bridal-
chamber had not so much as tlUKiod
once all night. At six o'clock tho
daylight clerk came on duty, and the
oroom, who had been sleeping souna-
lv. was awakened. He rubbed his
eyes yawned and stretched himself,
and, in a contused manner, exclaim
ed, "Where am 1 V1
Then, recollecting the conditional'
affairss, he angrily said : "Look"e
here, Mr. Clerk, why iu the devil
didn't you wake me up wlnu that 'r
bell rang?'
Well, sir, it didn't ring.
"Didn't ring?
"No, sir."
"Not ouce?"
"No, sir ; not once."
"What! not once during the whole
night?"
"No."
"Well, that is darned strange. By
gosh, I don't understand tuis busi
ness. I'll go to the room aud see
Jennie, and find out what the devil
she means by keeping -ne down here
all night." and off he staraed.
About 12 o'clock lie entered the
d'ni-ig room wb h bright eyed Jennie
ou his arm, aed they bat down to
dinvier. AHer toe repast Jennie
went to her vomn, a id her hansome
and now happy husband repaired to
the office "to iexpViu things to tbs
cleric."
"Look he'-e," he said, in a confiden
tial! one "don't say anything about
this to any one, for Jenire feels awful
bud about ; but the truth is, she went
to turn the gas down low, and turned
itout. This 'vighteued her so that
she jumped into bed and pulled t'a
covers over her head, and was afraid
to ge- up agan to ring the bell, and
besides, she didn't know where the
bell was. Said jhe thought I'd came
every minute, and waited until
she t'clraslecp. Poor gH, sbe nearlv
cried her eyes out abou iu I didn't
like it much at first, out then she felt
so nwful sor-y, aud was -so sweet and
nice, and made it all rigj.it, you know;
so T don t blame her. she said
needn't leave the roo.m to-night, ani
I don't propose t . ejfier, you bet.'
FAftM NOTES.
Tobacco draws heavily on the soil
the principal demand by it being lime
and potash.
ine lea fing lairs or the. west are
so recei.ve for exhibition seventy
head of Oxford-down sheep from En
land.
Capital time low to underdrain
any wet places to the meadows. Un
derdrawing always pays if properly
done.
Compost heaps Ore in order now,
and, in making them, remember that
potash, nitrogen end phosphoric acid
are the great fertilizers.
Sheep give two crops a year, one
in the fleece and one iu the l?rabs ;
sometimes three, for in California
aud Texas they sbear twice a year.
The western farmers are beginning
to suve all the female calves, sending
only the bulls to market- Thi s is a
step in the right direction
Fifteen thousand acres of land in
southern Missouri are devoted to
melon growing, fhe crop this year
is not up to the average, but will
reach 2,000 car loads.
Herbs for winter use should be
gathered when the plants are in
flower ; just as the flowers begin to
fade is considered to be the best time
to harvest them.
Mr. C. F. Moor, a correspondent of
the Journal of Agriculture says the
grades from Merino rams will 'shear
more wool than those from the
Cotswolds, and that thy eat less food.
They are hardy, and for general pur
poses the best.
Mr George Thompson of St.
Charles, 111., says that "sugar meal"
refuse from glucose which is be
iug fed quite freely by dairymen,
makes very poor butter and miik.
An Englishin&n is credited with
bavn. o"W!reu iwenty-six sheep
in Tour hdm twenty -live minutes.
The quickest timii man, as uye ana
one-half minutes per sheep.
Continued damp weather often
causes croup in low's, in order to
prevent i the best quarter's must be
provided. Dryness, warmtn ard
freedom from draughts are the best
safeguards.
The Lancing (Michigan) refrigera
tor has now on hand 100.000 pounds,
or 5o tons, of extra quality butter.
This is said to be the largest pile of
butter ever seen ia the state at one
time,
Australia has adopted stringent
measures for preventing the spread
of scab in sheep. Officers are ap
pointed over the districts, whose du-
. i, .i
ties are to inspect larms ana Drauu
every sheep inspected.
An anonymous authority prescribes
k3r"eiio oil as a protection against
.iiiash bugs aad similar pest, to be
applied by soaking rags in the oil
and notrtri'd them down to the ground
...-. l,r7
in the hills
Last year Holland shipped to En
gland 7J00 tons of butter, 330 tons
of cheese and 4,850 tons of meat
from She port of Rotterdam alone,
and vet Holland a small country
as we view territory.
The average
yield
o" wheat per
101 bushels
-I9i bushels in
1880. This
..V?i4...ir .1,1.1 rv.n,:valent to a tall
ot itai-ii - "r," . , !! fl10
il" Oil Ol 1UU,UUU"V
total wheat crop frf 1881.
The chemist of the national depart
nent of agriculture is credited with
that the fertility ol the sou oi tue
western prairies will be exhausted
sooner than that of the rocky land
n the eastern states.
Tho Roston Journal of Chemistry
i.:i,c rri.i..wi will be tue suirar oi
the future. It can be male -from
corn and potatoes in climates where
su:iar cane will not srrow nor wie au-
raf beet be cultivated, with profit.
TCfnr nniekW covers the soil aud
protects It from tue extreme
and cold, and hence weeds fuliill a"
-. . , ..r iio.it
Important office, for so great is
variety that they are vlapi'v
s i he
1 to
every climate and uurtar all
ondi-
t ion s.
It is nearly rime
for the 1 JJC'il
frie tl ; of tn
slaurdittr of the be it
farmer to he 'in. A ma'i a? 20.000
quail w;.ir.? kills I in outhirn New
Jersev alone hut season, avi I tne
woodcock and w;x Ipooker are do'
spared.
The following ae th advantages
ot soili'i: It saves land, rences.
economizes food, produces more milk
and be.'f. k ' -in slo 'k in bets ;r condi-
l.ioii an 1 co n!''rt, ai;d i'i -."e n-.s the
piaat'.ty t;i I .piaH'y of the manure
More sweet corn will be ci.incd
'.his vc-tir than ever ' ?"- . T ere
demau I for it. which wi!l
by in re iKcd by the s'V.reitj' and
hih pri :e of fruita. A f ictory in
Wells. Mc, H-.;ecV to put ijp 000,00
cans tills ) i-
For Dyspepsia,
CostlTeneai,
Sick Headache,
Chronic Diar
rhoea, Jaundice,
Imparity of the
Blood, Tever mad
Ague, Malaria,
and all Diseases
caused hr De-
rsmgement of Liver, Bowels and Kidneys
SYMPTOMS OF A DISEASED LIVER
Bad Breath; Pain in the Side, sometimes the
pain is felt under the Shoulder-blade, mistaken for
Rheumatism ; general loss of appetite ; Bowel
generally costive, sometimes alternating with laxj
the head is troubled with pain, is dull and heavy
with considerable loss of memory, accompanied
with a painful sensation of leaving undone something
which ought to have been done; a slight, dry cough
and flushed face is sometimes an attendant, oftea
mistaken for consumption; the patient complains
of weariness and debility ; nervous, easily startled;
feet cold or burning, sometimes a prickly sensation
of the skin exists; spirits are low and despondent,
and, although satisfied that exercise would De bene
ficial, yet one can hardly summon up fortitude to
try it in fact, distrusts every remedy. Several
of the above symptoms attend the disease, but cases
have occurred when but few of them existed, yet
examination after death has shown the Liver to
have been extensively deranged.
It should be used by all persons, old and
young, whenever any of the above
symptoms appear.
Persons Travellni
nr or Llvinar in Un-
healthy LocaUUes,
s, by taking a dose occasion-
ally to keep the Liver in healthy action, will avoid
all Malaria, BUloai attacks, Di zziness. Nau
sea, Drowsiness, Depression of Spirits, etc. It
will invigorate like a glass of wine, but is no in'
toxicating beverage.
If You have eaten anything hard of
digestion, or feel heavy after meals, or sleep
less at night, take a dose and you will be relieved.
Time and Doctors' Bills vrill be saved
by always keeping the Regulator
in the House!
For, whatever the ailment may be, a thoroughly
safe purgative, alterative and tonic can
never be out of place. The remedy is harmless
and does not interfere with business or
pleasure.
IT IS PURELY VEGETABLE,
And has all the power and efficacy of Calomel or
Quinine, without any of the injurious after effects.
A Governor's Testimony.
Simmons Liver Regulator has been in use in my
family for some time, and I am satisfied it is a
valuable addition to the medical science.
J. Gill Shorter, Governor of Ala.
lion. Alexander II. Stephens, of Ga.,
says : Have derived some benefit from the use of
Simmons Liver Regulator, and wish to give it a
further trial.
"The only Thing that never fails to
ReUeve." I have used many remedies for Dys
pepsia, Liver Affection and Debility, but never
have found anything to benefit me to the extent
Simmons Liver Regulator has. I sent from Min
nesota to Georgia for it, and would send further for
such a medicine, and would advise all who, are sim
ilarly affected to give it a trial as it seems Hie only
filing that never fails to relieve.
P. M. Jannet, Minneapolis, Minn.
Dr. T. W. Mason sayst From actual ex
perience In the use of Simmons Liver Regulator ia
my practice' 1 have been and am satisfied to use
and prescribe it as a purgative medicine.
JlS'TaUc only the Genuine, which always
fca on the Wrapper the red Z Trade-Mark
and Signature of J. II. ZEILTW & CO.
FOR SALlv BY ALL DRUGGISTS. "
ff.H.ICl&W.A.Dlll,
ATTORNEYS AND COUMSELLOPS AT-LAW-
-(: o :)-
' E?tfMHce on 10th Street, first doOf
above Mam.
EDWARD T. CLARK,
A t io rney-a t-Law,
HALIFAX, n. c.
Will priictice in Hah "ax and adjoining
counties. Claims collected in an parts
of the State.
E. T. r.UANCll. DAVID HELL.
BRANCH & 15 Hi Li Li ,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
ENFIELD, N. C.
Practice in the courts of Halifax and
iljoining counties, and in the Supreme
and Federal courts.
Claims collected in any part of the State.
One of the linn will always be found in
the office.
DR- E. Li. HUNTER,
Surgeon Dentist,
ENFIELD, - - - N.C.
Pure Nitrous Oxide Gas for PAINLESS
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wharf free of -.Ivayage.
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