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Him 3 " o SUBSCRIPTION: $1.50 PER YEAR. W, B. KITCHIN, Owner. WE MUST WOBK FOR THE PEOPLE'S WELFARE VOLUME III. SCOTLAND NECK. N. C, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 4. 1SST. N' UMBER rmir i .i r u ? -2 A Warn In sr. Throe million men keep Europe's peeec; "When w ar is not her game. Three times ami more she calls to nrnj To strike in battle's flame. Our strength in pea-e is hard to find, We light not for the name, But let no alien spurn the flag, For we' ll get there just the same. ( 'hicago Intoi -Ocean. THE DOCTOR'S PERIL. "What can detain him?"' For the hundreth time Alice Stanley asked the question as she looked anxiously from the window. The black February day promised to be succeeded by fitting night. The sk was overcast and the wind blew in fitful gusts. Down in the village, a few lights began to glow in the gray gloom. With a little shiver, Alice dropped the curtain. "I hope John won't be called out to-night. "We haven't him a single evening for our own, have we, baby ?" bending over the cradle. Baby opened his eyes and cooed, ex tending his dimpled hands, and Alice bent to lift him just as she heard a step which set her heart beating, as ia the day.- when John Stanley was Alice Dun bar's lover. lie burst into the room with a checrishncss and ease engendered by the comforting conviction that in his own castle he could shake oil the sub due I professional manner, which was sometimes a little galling. "'Well, Alice, why don't you scold me for kecpingyou waiting?" kissing mother and baby and throwing himself into the easy chair. "You have kept us very long, John, but we have consoled ourselves by thinking we shall have you all the even ing.'' "I hope so," heartily. "It's going to be a very bad night, and it can't be any one will be ill-natured enough to tend for the doctor. It is hard, birdie, to have so lonesome an eyrie for you. "When I remember how I coaxed you from your uncle's to this Western hovel, Alice had been putting supper upon the table, but at this she dropped the dish.es and new at him. "You bad, wicked boy," she said, shaking him and covering his face with kisses, "if ever you utter such treason again, I shall punish you dreadfully. Oh, John, when I think of the old days at my uncle's when my heart was chilled by coldness and neglect, I am wicked enough to thank God because my uncle betrayed his trust and tied; for but for that you never would have told me you loved me. John, dear, when 1 think of my happiness as your wife, I almost tremble lest something come to mar it." 'Forgive me, Alice, but it was for your sake I regretted the loss of the luxuries you must miss." "As if I ever had any luxury that compared to precious, sweet boy," snatching him away and ending the dis cussion. Supper over, Dr. Stanley ensconced himself in the great crimson arm-chair and enthroned his son upon his knee, while Alice dropped the red curtains after one shivering glance at the bleak night, then, bringing her sewing, pre pared to hear all the doctor had gathered up in his day's tour around the three villages. A great sigh of content welled from Dr. Stanley's heart as he contem plated the cosy room, his wife's fair face, and th? smiling little one on his knee. "No crowned king ever enjoyed greater happiness than is compassed by these four walls,'' he thought. lie was deep in a funny story, when a sharp knock checked the laugh on Alice's lips, and her eyes grew anxious as the little maid entered with the al ways dreaded yellow envelope. Dr. Stanley tore it open quickly and read: "Come at once. Bad smash up. De.visox." lie . laced the boy in the cradle, and quietly began his preparations. Alice was silent; she knew it was useless to attempt to dissuade her husband from doing what he deemed his duty nor was she woman to do it, yet there was a sharp pain at her heart which impelled her to say as he tenderly kissed the child : "It will be dreidful going to Lo'rimer to-night, John." "Oh, I can stand it. I will be hack as soon as possible. And now, good-by, Alice." As lie flung open the door, a violent f ust of wind blew the snow into their faces. "Oh. John," cried his wife, in uncon trollable agitation, "don't go! I feel as though something terrible weremena ing you. I cannot let you go, I cannot !" "Alice," he said, almost sternly, "I never knew you to give way to this non sense before. Would you not despise me were I selfishly to consult my own ease when these poor unfortunates need my aid ! Go in, that's a good girl; nothing is wrong but your nere;." A hurried embrace and lie was gone. Alice barred the door and returned to the sitting-room, summoning her hand maiden for company, but Fatty's pres ence proved small comfort, for after the most commendable endeavors to appear wide awake, she tumbled ignominiously on the floor. ""eei mini, Fatty, it is mar tisuo we weie all asleep." Dr. Stanley waked rapidly dtiwn to the village, quickening his step to a run as lie heard a train whistle. "That must be the 10. 1"," he said. He reached the station, panting, just as the cars dashed past him. "Bound for Lorimer, Doc?" said the station agent with a laugh. "You're pretty badly left." "So it seems,'' panted the doctor, "and there's not another to-night. Do you know anything of the accident there?" "No. Has there been an accident?' the laugh dying out. "It's too bad you are left," "Will you lend me jour bay, Jack son? 1 can ride over there." "With pleasure, doctor, but you don't mean '' "Yes I do," said Stanley, harnessing up the powerful animal. "lint, my God, doctor, there isn't a worse stretch from here to Denver. A mountain road, a'.ong precipices and chasms. AYhy, you are mad to think of it, even if there weren't a blizzard rag ing. Don't do it, Dr. Stanley." "Nonsense, Jackson, this storm will soon lift. Wish me safe passage. Good night." Stanley pursued his way for sometime with considerable rapidity until he gain ed the opening between the peaks, when he was obliged to proceed with extreme caution. The darkuess was oppressive; the intensely fierce cold chilled his very heart, the biting wind blew in terrible gusts, which broke the snow into atoms so fine that breathing was rendered ex ceedingly difficult. Every particle struck his face like a line splinter. At length he halted, trembling anxiously as he tried to shield the match while he consulted his watch. But it was impos sible to fan tho feeble light and he re sumed his way muttering: I have lost my way, I should be at Truclitt's now." lie knew that on each side were yawn ing chasms and clefts, but how near he came to death, God alone knew. The whirling snow tilled eyes and ears and nose, and his cut and bleeding skin caused him indescribable agony. The wind had redoubled its violence. He leaned forward and sought to shield himself from its fury by clasping his arms around the horse's neck. At that instant, the auimal halted, trembling from head to feet. "My God, we are lost!'' burst from Stanley, lie was benumbed with cold, his breath came in gasps, and he felt that unless he could urge his horse for ward, he must succumb. He was just making the attempt, when it flashed upon him that the instinct of the animal was warning it against danger unknown to the man. lie backed the horse cautiously, and then dismounting began to walk back ward and forward by the animal's side, wlii e the fury of the storm increased, and his steps became Aveaker aud more uncertain, and the belief that deatli was near grew stronger in Stanley's soul. He was sinking into the lethargy of despair when, like a dream of heaven came the thought of Alice and her child; Alice whom he had coaxed iuto this wild land only to let her drink of the cup of happiness that she might know the bitterness of its dregs. Doubt less she was praying for him now, poor girl. Then he pictured her watching for his coming, day after day, while the shadows fell heavily and more heavily upon her dear face, and at last, some traveler would stumble upon him and then He could go no farther with his im aginings. His heart seemed bursting and with a great effort he cried: "Oh, save me, save me! Not for my sake, O merciful Father, but theirs!" As in answer to his prayer, his spirits rose in brightest exultation; the blood seemed to course through his veins like liquid fire. He felt an insane impulse to leap, but his feet were heavy as lead. He shouted, laughed and sang. His mind contemplated the most enchanting visions, and before his eyes floated the most beautiful colors. He felt capable of defying anything and everything. And yet through this horrible hallucina tion, a dual self seemed to direct his movements, and preserve him. At length, he made one desperate effort, and gained the saddle, then winding his arms again around the horse's neck, prayed God to enable him to hold out till dawn. He resumed his march, but try as he would his steps dragged, faltered, halted, and he tumbled into the snow. With a whinny the shivering horse fell alongside him. With the coming of the gray day, the wind died into a sullen murmur, and the snow fell lightly, almost caressingly on the prostrate figure. "Stiddy thar, Zike!" cried a voice, as two men came from an abrupt open ing, and toiled along through the drifts. "Gracious, we was wise to make a camp in that ere cross cut, wasn't we?" "You said that afore," growled the other, giving a vicious tut to the mule he was driving and whistling to the dog. "Hyar, hyar!" "Hillo, it's a man and a horse; well, if it ain't Jackson's Clinker and Doc Stanley! Whar's the flask? You look alter the boss." It was high noon when the cava'cade halted before Lorimer hotel, and Man ley, rather pah; nud .shaken, was helped into Dr. Denison's office. A few words put l)enion in possession of the reasons for Stanley's delay and after Deni.vm had telegraphed to Alice, he said: "Now, could you come and look on my patients? The bucket in the bt. Julian broke, and eight men were in jured, among them the owner, who hd just come here. This is his room. Hope less, I think." With all his professional control, Stan ley coul l not repress a start as he ga.d upon the face of the man lying helpless ly there. "John Stanley," said the man "have you come to gloat over me?" "No, Mr. Dunbar, however much you injured my wife, she and I forgave you freely long ago." James Dunbar looked steadily into the young man's face. "Stanley" he said, "the God whom I onoe knew has sent you to me. Send for a lawyer, I can restore to Alice some of her own. " That night the soul of James Dunbar passed to its account, and two days later, Dr. Stanley returned home. The joy of Alice can be imagined, but when in the cosy evening hour with w ife and child beside him, Stanley told her of his meeting with her uncle, her eyes filled as she thought of the terrible end ing of the ill-spent life. "Dear John," she began, but he stopped her. "Wait, Alice," ami simply and yet with unconscious eloquence he told her of his terrible night ride. She wept and shivered and held him as though fearing even now he might be taken from her. Then she seized the baby and devoured him with kisses. "But haven't vou anything to sav, Alice?" "Oh, my darling, let us thank God!" Springfield Republican. Fearless Blond in. After many years of retirement Blon din, the most famous tight-rope per former in the world has returned to the active pursuit of his profession. Al though an old man, he is said to be as fearlesss and as graceful as old, and is now giving regular exhibitions in England, lie re ceives the large sum of !"i0) for each ap pearance, and immense crowds are at tracted to his exhibitions. Arrange ments for his appearance in this coun try next year are now completed, and it is settled that he is to arrive here early next spring. A man who knew him in timately when he was in America and who was interested in his management when he performed his wonderful feat of crossing Niagara, said: "Blondin was absolutely without nervousness or fear when on the rope. While they were fix ing the guys which steadied the cable across the Falls, one of them came loose and hung dangling from the middle of the cable over the rushing torrent be neath. Blondin coolly walked along till he came to the loose guy rope, when he slid down hand over hand and reached the end of it. Letting his legs drop, they just touched the surface of the cur rent, of which the force was so great that the contact sent him swinging like a huge pendulum. Three or four times he repeated this, apparently enjoying the fun, and then cooby clambered up. I asked him once whether the rush of tho rapids below him did not make him dizzy. "It might," he answered, "if I saw it; but I don't. I never look down, for should I do so I should be lost." "But how do you tell where to place your feet ?" I asked. "Oh, I let my feet take care of them selves." His feet were peculiarly formed, and in this toes was Jmuch prehensile power. New Y'ork Tribune. The Potato Cure lor Rheumatism, Physicians are usually free from sup erstition, and they generally treat with ridicule the class of remedies known as "old women's cures." But we know of a prominent member of that profession now retired from practice, who avers that he cured himself of a rheumatic trouble of a painful character and long standing by carrying in his pocket a potato about the size of ahorse chestnut. This he was induced to do by an old lady friend and the doctor affirms upon his honor that it cured him w ithin a few months, and that while the with- I that he must not be alraid of death; ered vegetable is in his pocket not a j that he must not be astonished at any tinge of the disease is felt. He does j thing, 110 matter how strange; and that not attempt to account for it. Chicago Inter Ocean. The Wrong Kind of Chickens. Omaha man See here, didn't I tell you to send up a lot of prairie chickens to my house? Dealer Y'cs , sir. "And didn't I tell you I had been off for a week and wanted my wife to un derstand it was only a little hunting ex pedition and that I just left the game in your refrigerator while I rushed to the olllce?' "Yes, sir. They've been sent, hope there's no mistake, sir." "No mistake! You sent up a lot o common barnyard chickens with the heads o:f " Omaha World. TURKISH SCHOOLS. Teachin tho Yourvj; Ide.i in the Ottoman Emoire. Tho Branches Taught 'in Pri mary and Normal Schools. Not u: nil a Turkish child reach his sixth or seventh ye r do;s his education le'giri and his thM day at s,-hol is cele brated with ((.'Mil rues 1 1 i : 1 1 are unheard of in America, says S. S. C in Youth's Companion. N" other sueh pomes arc? to be found as the .spirited iron-gray ponies of the east, and o:i' of th;se is gorgeously eapiri-oned f"t the new pu pil, who is met at his father's house by all the school, Ylresscd in holiday clothe. A prie.s makes a short prayer, the child is placed upon his pony, and the pupils, males and female, are formed in double line. The pn.ce-.sion moves, singing hymns as they go, with the little here of the day following, and thus he is initiated into the new world of learn ing. In the primary schools boys and girls l are educated together. The teachers are taken from the priesthood, and from the graduates of the theological univer sities who have learned to read the "Ko ran," which is written in Arabic, and which all good Musselmen must learn how to read. Persons of this class of teachers are consequently stringent re ligionists, and some of them are quite fanatical. If the pupil does not acquire much discipline or information pertain ing to modern material progress, it is because the twig is not bent ia that di rection. A primary school is composed of one or two rooms, or "holes in the wall." with three divans for the pupils, and a scat for the teacher. The pupils sit cross-logged in a line on the divans, holding their books on their knees and reciting all at the same time, in aloud, shrill voice. They learif grammar and the four rules of arithmetic. When they are able to read from the Koran a little, they take up w riting, and, as there are no writing tables or desks, they hold their copy-books in their hands. This is all they education they re ceive in the primary schools. Besides the primary, there are four superior schools, except the military and naval schools, and the school of medi cine, established in ls:0, and outside of these no education is to be had. Wealthy men engage European teachers to help their children ir the study of languages and modern science; but the common people have to satisfy themselves with the little that is to be obtained at the primary schools. If anyone is astonished that the governing class in Turkey generally talk French, and often Eng lish, Greek, Italian and German, it may be stated that the Turk has an aptitude, like the Russian, for tongues, and makes his necessity the mother of his study. During the reigu of Sultan Abdul Med jid, some thirty-five years ago, an effort was made to spread normal schools throughout the Empire, but without, success. It is only during the reign of the present Sultan that the matter of education has been earne-tly taken up. In the course of eight or nine years, the Administration of Public Instruction has established throughout the Empire in Europe, Asia and Africa, three hundred and eighty-eight primary and normal schools, and last year there were twenty thousand and ninety-three students. Besides these, there are eighty pri mary and normal schools in Constanti nople, in which there are five hundred aid forty students, two hundred and seventy-five being in the i"ree school, the only one in the empire, and six hundred and thirty-four in private schools. The programme of the studies is divided iuto four years, and the pupils must recite by heart, beside writing down the lessons, which include calligraphy, arithmetic, history, grammar and theology. More time, however, is given to the study of the Koran than to anything else. No account of the education of voting Turks would be complete without some reference to the storytellers of the East, who have as much miluence as the pro fessors of mathematics and history. In the early training of the child by its nurse and tutor, wonderful stories are told to him to inculcate moral and reli gious truths, and by them he is taught he is not obliged to say anything in con versation that will be ugaiast his own interests. Ouite a Coincidence. to Papa AYhy so pe-nsive, my daughter? Eloisc Jack Bu!hngton has just re turned all my notes, and everything be tween us is ended. Papa Quite a coincidence, my dear. One of his was returned to me this morning protested. Tid-Bits. Not MIseel. "And so your father has gone to a missionary station :" "Y'es; we are quite alone now." "Don't vou miss the directinghand of your house-hold :" 'Oh, mother didn't go I" The Vinegar Plant. The t..-.igh. h. .;th- ry -n'-'a :r." 1. 1"' i M the mac v th. :r, - : ! i a- m-t 0:1 1 j fail i :.:. e p d ami idy to grow into a bulky p'.mt when 1 i I i r i y ; . - favor. The e .e t -o-Ui-.n f til- vinegar phmt .i:n.'ii; lui-gi :i set!l-d. TL- plant deve!--p while ! the vinegar is making; that 1-. while th. 5 perccntag- of acetic acid is increasing, and its pie--;( (. tends to ha-tca the , operation. It grows 0:1 the surface of lh. vineg-rr, !nd if v. -X dist:.r''d will c.'Vtr the whole M.rfa . conforming to t!i'.' sh ip.; of the X'esM-1. " M ijiuf.ict urers of vinegar get rid of the ; ' 'mother" as so;jn as posihl,.. The pop ular notion th.t tin.' l.re-ei.ce of 'mother' of cider. 1 hat the vin ir is m.-e jood ii'ialif, is not well founded. Th- vinegar pi mt ap pears in vinegar made of urn! is-es, and it is really as undesirable in im gar as mould on bread. The i i 1 1 1 w riggling creatures that swarm in some vinegar; have been credited by some uneducate I persons with being the life of the vine gar. The fact is that their prestnc is in no way benelicial. These eels are developed in m st fruit and hence readily find their way into vinegar made from fruit juice. Yin -gar which contains them must contain some mucilaginous; or albuminous matter, or the eels would have no food, and could not exist. They need air, also, and they have been observed engaged in a curious struggle with the vinegar plant at the surface. The plant tends to prevent their obtaining the requisite supply of air, and the eels were seen combining their efforts to submerge it. They may be killed by healing the vinegar to 1 'JS degrees, or by adding boracic acid. The presence of the vinegar plant, vinegar eels or other foreign substance is liable to induce jmf refaction, especially if the vinegar is weak. A Snake Farm. T he Omaha Herald is responsible for a description of a snake farm, w hic h it says is situated at Gabon, 111. The farm it says, t jnits of forty acres of virgin prairie, owned by Col. Dan Stover, and is a short distance from town. There are thirty-seven mounds of earth on the farm, prepared in such a way tlit the snakes ue them for ne-t-, and there are about ten or twelve nests to tin; mound. The Colonel says each nest turns out about a dozen rattlers each year, so that his stock is increasing raj .idly. lie has a contract with a Philadelphia patent med icine firm that is making a rheumatism cure, and furnishes them with tioO snakes a year at .$.. each. No snake less that four feet long is aeeept' d. Last Year TfiS snakes were so'il his e-nst miters being scattered through a number of cit ies. as mucn eare is laKen oi tne young snakes as if they were lamb-. The new ly hatched snake, if not properly cared for by their mo; her they are taken to the Colonel's home, located in one cor ner of the lot, and there fed by t he children who catch bugs for them about the garden .and street. Sometimes the eggs arehatcb.ed out under the stove. A half do.en very large snakes with their fangs drawn are kept about the house as pets. Tluj, are excellent TlloIlS ers, much better than cats, the Colonel saw. Tin; Colonel wanders about his farm, taking no otlmr precaution again-t the reptiles than to wear a pair of thick hoofs. When a reporter called on him the Colonel complained that the neighbors did not come to visit him very often, and that his wife didn't like that vtv much., for she waa fond of company, but, on the whole, -inee tlmrc was plenty of money in the business they were well content. Tiie Origin of Opera. The ancient Greeks and Romans had both tragedy and comedy, but no ope-ra. The latter was introduced in 1G00 in eii'der to celebrate the nuptials of Henry IV. and Maria De Medici, and the play of "Eurydice" was rendered by singers. U "der the patronage of the court this combination became highly popular. In 1710 Italian ope ra was performed in London and was at once keenly assailed by those who oppos'd what they con sidered foreign trah. In order to assist in ridiculing this innovation G iy wrote the "Beggar's" ope-ra, which had a great j run. Both Pope and Hogarth unite 1 in satirizing the Italian op-ra, but it held its place, audi now a permanent feature ' in the British -tage. Tho Italian opera I was introduced in America in 12G by tin-Garcia and M dibran troupe, the first performance being the "Barber of Sa villo." Troy Times. How He Knew. Inquiring youth So you .are the great patent medicine manufacturer and patron of a.-tronomy '. Rochester doctor I have that honor. "I have called to get a few punts on the subject of debate at our club. The question is: 'Was the moon ever in habited V " "It never was." "You ere sure of it?" "Certain. I have examined it? rocks with the in -t po- er.'ul te-h cope and haven't struck a liver cure advertise ment yet. Boston Beacon, MilMlIU MUM'S. tn Itv -.md. r fa. rn'.'e arruratr .-,- h..- !:; C-umi to t raft I at the Ti'.- j t f 000 null's ,,-r sc. 'i:d. I I K.-o-r.t oe'i' ate . i::c experiment j have dio.cred th- ! set that the urfa. j f th.. d is never i.luti-lv ut r- t j for mere thin thirty h -irs at u time, i Thus th'-se gr.at uth.p.i.ikes whi. 1 j make 1 po. lis in hi-: ry are merely -x j trcme cases of force that srld m sdecp. The electric light i b -ing tried in th. Scottish fi-ln rie-i. As f.-hare invariably attracted by a strong light, a powerful lectin- lighting apparatus h.i been fit ted to a steamer j ng n 'he f.-hing grounds round the Isle of mouth, of th- Firth of Forth .May, at t!u The w.it. r- of s-'in ' spring are im- pregnatcd w i;h mineral matters beeaiwe th.e w a'cr j.a--v s through In d of soda, , lime, magiiesii, carbonic acid, oxide of iron, sulphateof iron, etc., and takes up in some degree the particles of then mineral, according to the proportion which they abound. , A black and a white cub have been born to a collar b ntr in the zoological garden at Dresden, and are objects id unusual interest, from the fact that the albino is the first ever known among bears. Albinism is quite common among bird and rodents, and is sometimes met j i w ith among dear, foxe. wolvc, i tc. , and i even among snakes and fishes. So various are the forms of plant life that it seems well-nigh impoible to find a spot where some kind of vegetation ; will not thrive. Mr. John Ball, a nat ; uralit, returned from South Americn, therefore congratulated himself on hav ; ing seen an absolutely plantless land at : Tocopilla, about twenty-two degrees ; south of the equator on the rainless wist ' coast. Not so much as a lichen could be j discovered on the rocks, even with mi ! crciscopie aid. j The Agasiz glacier in Alaska, covers ! an estimated area of about GOO square miles, while the Great Guyot glacier, j west of it, is of quite unknown extent. I Between the St. F.lias Alps anil the sea, j from Cross Sound to the Copper River, i the country consists almost entirely of j glaciers on which the ice lies buried un ! der millions of ton and hundreds of j square miles of loose rocks which it has carried down from the mountains. The j extent of these terminal moraines misled j the navigators, who saw a barren eoun i try composed of loose stones, while the I protruding ice was supposed to be snow j lying on the ground. i "" A Curious Plant. I In most large greenhouses there is Usually found a plant, which is culti l vated as a curiosity rather than for its . beauty the "Elephant's Foot." This comes from the Cape of doou Hope, ami belongs to the Yam Family. The true Yams produce large, fhshv, edible tubers, which grow entirely under- ground; but in this, the corresponding portion, or root-stock, grows entirely above ground. It is hemispherical, and varies from one to four feet in diameter, with a thick, cork bark which is broken up into squares, which give it the ap pearance of the shell of a tortoise, whence the name Tesfudo, a tortoise. The interior of this is fiediy, and from having been u-ed as food by the natives, "Hottentot's Bread" is one of its com mon names in South Africa. Nothing can be more unpromising and life-less in appearance thai! one of these root-stocks, ret given pnpei h'at and moisture, it will pu-h fortli shoots which deve lop into vines, which climb to the height rd thir ty or forty feet, and, being clothed with an abundauee of heart-shaped, brigiit greon leaves, are in marked contrast with the lifeless appearance of the root stock from which they spring. Like the Yam, the (lowers in this are inoon-pie u-ou-', with th ; two sexes on dilTerent plant, and unless one has plants of both se.xe, which i rarely the case, seeds can not be produced. The appeaianeo of the root-stock suggest -d the specific name. Elephant ipe-, Elephant' s Foot. Another pe-cie, T. Montana, is found it the Cape. :ltj,l s.tiil another is a native of Mexico. 'American Agriculturist. j What Preceeles Envelopes. ! Previous to the invention of gummed envelopes and extending'- back te; remote , antiquity seals were used in the closing I of letters, packets, etc. Various rd-he-ive materials were used among them being pitch, wax and flour wafers. : Amo:r the ancients ring seals were used not only for sealing letter, but also, as small locks were not common, for seal ing caskets and che-sts that contained ! valuable objects; and they were even employed for sealing the doors of houses : and apartments. Finally gummed en . ve-Iopcs gradually began to replace 'eal I ing wax and wafers i:e,,r!y everywhere, j The tirt envelopes, which were manu ' factured in England, date back to 1810. The machine for folding them was in ! vented in lb bv M --rs. Edwin Hill and Warren de la Rue, and in 1S40 was so improved by the latter that it was "at.able of foiling and gumming 3,C0J (nveh..ies i.i-r hour. Since- 1 K.10 the; n- j nual production of envelopes has been great iy inerea-ing, and then; are now ' being daily manufactured in Paris alone LoOO.oOO. Iicmtiiiil HamK II v rv iJ-.T's Mry Lr.n.U! Th-.-.r pr .! h-t in Th v hv.' 1..-5 t I ,;-M n Uir!, S- ; tN-V ."lie ,!.': t !V I Wes.W. Th. are tr !;!. ?.. !. A- '.:. !. h They ku,. t tl; are ju-t .1- - 1 .! v.: Ui! f nev h.e i an ! wrn V.-d -ro:; Hat. t. n-,.-. th-y nr- yi-i ?'!' As when th-v el-it re.v ..! And f 1 i t th. m ftiM Hi pr.t. r. Tl.ev hnxo t-u!.sj !hr j.iti. nT y.-ir White no - no jt.-U-sJ in.nr U. Tx. h'ie wij.st !!! hit!, rt. ir An ! s-.-i ; '. ! tienu'o'-. "l n - TiieV h..hea bur lens t rn Wh. a !ii-t!ih'-i's strength h-"" ' ,; Th-v I, o.-s...-h.-lt!e he.'Ufs e, Aid insj-ir.sl (,. h. aits th.it oa.u The naked t! . v have , hi ! ; The hungry th.- ha e ?-! : With t. n h't t 011. ii, (Oi.l v,i !, Thev l. iM ho I aw.tv !' nr J. u 1. M .flier's harils thus .in 1 . '.! Hut th II" e et v t- -a h I il ! v T '1 tt.- e; i-p the harp f k I That awaits, their ?..u. h nh... - 11 u-e per. Ill .MIIKDI S. The gardeners in Indi i arc all Ihidd, Li-t. M.ukct report - Onions stronger, milk raker, ilnsati-fvim' food The "pro i-.ions" of a mort gage. Hanging is too good for a painting that is badly executed. A very appropriate diet for oar-men in training is oysters in the shell. Pug dog an1 going out of fa-liioii, and their naturally sad pre--i .n i; deep ening. "The Fatal Three" is th" title of Mi-s Braddon's latest novel. lrhipit is a story of cucumber, soft crabs and milk. They say that elephant have dropped down to $oi each. But tig. is have not lowered in price. It cost just asjiiui h as ever to see the t iger. Life is full of di-appointment, and a man realizes it awhile after he has planted some bird seed with the idea that he was going to raise canaries. Drawing room car: First Port, r (in a hurry) --Another wash out! Si con-1 Porter (excite, llyi Where, where? First Porter (as lie disappears through the next ear) -On the clothes line! An embarassed young man who had just been married by a cb rgyman, not knowing how to express hi grat it ude, in handing over a small fee said: "I hope to give you more the next time," Pr.dlt in Obi Corks. "Where do all the corks go.' They come ashore by the million. Tle.-e that are not thrown into the ne t by improvi dent barkeepers are im- 1 over again. The careful barkeeper saves his forl, one by one, until he accumulate-, . b ir- n lful, which he sells for .f " to im n who select the good om-s and d;-po-e of fhi m to bottler-. The bad (Hies are gtoimd up to make; linoleum. If n t irredeem ably bad tiny are trimmed down and "made as good as new" for ir-e in Mu d bottles or phi il. There was a t i me v h- n waiters poekctid the oaks pnlad fr m bottle of costly foreign wine, and for e.r -1 cent apiece sold th m to parties whose champagne vineyard-, an in Avenue Dor New Jer-ey ; but soiiu I hilig like a safeguard lias !,-,tcv been t! o' Tl me, 1 for Ne.V ; around the- better c.is of f..r ign and there- is now not much d'-m a fork to do "revolving"' duty. York Time. An Effectual Treatment for Wart. It 'S now fairly e-tabli-hed. - i a writer in The- Medical pn---, th it lie common wart, v.hich is s( i..n -igl,' 1 . and e.ften o proliferous e.ri the hand- I face, can be ea-i'y removed by mi dl do-es of sulphate of magrie-i i 1 d.. n in ternally. M. Coi rat, of J.yor.s, 1 aolm.vn attention to this extraordinary i;u t. Several children treated with tht -gs .in do'ses of Epsom salts mo; nirig and even ing v. e re promptly cured. M. Aubcrt ope the case of a woman v. ho ' laee was disfigured by these cx'T'-'-'-ncf - and who was cured in a month bv a Or ohm and a half of magne-ia taken daily. Anoiher medical man report-, a ;-( e.f very large wart. which disappear .1 iri :t fortnight from the daily ad mini -! r at ion of ten Pre-. of the nab b ' i ; '. a i A Blind Boat Builder. : It is a p , drive fact tint If. rn -hofT. the boat builder, is totally blind; but so sensitive and aute to hi-, touch tha he an pick on t different shee ts of draw ings, and seems to be able to make hii ears perform the function of hi- vi-;ou. He ' ems to be able to carry a p'an in mind"-: eye and to follow in inn., in. it ion hi- lines as well as others u-i.ng their sight, t-everal others in his family arc also blind. 'New York Time-. Curiosity. Mr. Popinjay Woman's curiosity amuses in". Mr-. Popinj-y--Aha, by the way, what' the stain on your hand? Mr. popinjay Paint, I was coming by Be.b-on's fence and ju-t touched my tin ker to it to see if it was. dry. : Hurling ton Free Press.
The Commonwealth (Scotland Neck, N.C.)
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Nov. 4, 1887, edition 1
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