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r DEMOCRAT ri J A 0 WE MUST WORK FOR THE PEOPLE'S WELFARE. E. E. HILLIAPvD, Editor and Proprietor. SCOTLAND NECK, X. C THURSDAY, JUNE SUBSCRIPTION SI. 50 FS YEAR. PROFESSIONAL. W. A. DUNN, . ATTORNEY AT LAW, KOl 7. AM) NECK, N. 0. wherever his Practices rcquir I. service are fcbl.My. W. H. KITCHIN, Attorney and Counselor at Law, SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, Street-. ( o-ner Main and Tenth 15-1 v. T. F. WHITAKER, Attorney and Counselor at Law, HdTI.AM) NECK, N. C, his services a-e i'riK t;: is wl.cn ver require. 1. C;,..r W H. Kile'.in will appenr with . 1 O 1 V i:.e i:i all ra-f,. DAVID BELL ATTORNEY AT LAW, KM IK LI), N. C. I'i.ieliee., in ;t i the Courts of Halifax and iidi--itii:ig co-nit ic.s ami in tlie Su- lie ;if.'l IC'ienu .OUIl. l.uiiii e,l in :t!l parts of ihe State. 3 8-lyr Tho Lost Child. I'va lost a child O, tell me, did you moot My little uariing in the sunny street, With windblown ha r, bright eyes and flying f,-et Like swift winged birds ' Hjwlirgo wa- sdieP Why, lut a tiny thing. 'T s sueh H short time hince I used to sing Low, sleepy s jigs, and fed her soft arms rhng Ahout my nook. "How ..,11 is slier Why, really I forget; Just oM ee.ough tt I"ve ahd kiss and pet. .i!y a merry little, miid, and yet Not quit-" ft eh. Id. It seems! ut ye-..-r.l :y I saw her go, Lei liny h -r i!nvra-it'S in a laughing row; If yoj had met her you would surely know Her Mn.lmg fuee. You tin uglit 1 er older, more than twelve, i you say? , That c-.-in.iot he until another May ( tiM.-ns th : buds and brings tho harry day That g ive tier life). ; "Is tint, th) eh 1 1? Almost n woman grown I She- Ik 1 Is 1 er girlish h. ad nigh as your own; Home on" will fin 1 her though she goes alone; ! Yu'.i need not fonr."' I know lie's tall and c .res no more for toys ; Trin-.'.s Harry with her making all this noise; Why don't h" y and play with other boys, I'd like to k now ? : Ti.s five years si;. re her twelfth birthday j was given With toi ler leaves, and all the months be- t wet II ! Have siirpe-1 away t 11 sh3 is seventeen I The rhihl is lost! GAVIH L. HYMftH, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ! His Chance Acquaintance. HALIFAX, N. C. ('..cms: Halifax :nl :;u joining conn- -i - .11 . :!.. ti.s ( i.ilei ti us mane in au p-.n i m t-tate. -S lv. t:. ii. Dat, W.M.ui. A. Zoi.licoff!:k, Henderson. n. i;ansou Welilon. "Oh, yes, but do you not think young ladiesaro BtupiJ traveling companion. I expressed myself much hurt by tho intimation that ;uch a thought had ever entered kv mind. I talked till my throat became dry, then rested and re peated the experience. In thi course of the conversation the had gathered the names of my ancestors as far Lac as the thirl and fourth generations un doubtedly, and I had not been wanting in respectful inquisi:ivenes3 concerning her own horn -3 and family. I learned from her molest and enchanting lips that her home was in Middletown, and that she was the daughter of an old CAPTIVE SOLDIERS. How They Are Punished For Desertion and Other Crimes. it- ocpfccr boiler aJ haul work, except A Prison With Considerable Freedom for the Prisoners. Situated oa tho highest point in Fort Lnven worth, Kan., and overlook ing the Missouri river is tin United States military prison th-3 bottom to wliich the dregs of the army seitle. The jr tho coalrnc- law Hays tho risoa ii refci lent of the placo who had Day, ZoilicofTer & Ransom, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, WKLDON, N. C. lv. S. S. ALSOP, ATTORNEY AT KNFIKKD, X. C.. Pra.-tir. s in the Courts of Halifax and 1 j. lining nuni . ie-. ll l imitless will receive r nipt atten- ;) i v. HILL, TORNEY AT LAW, HALIFAX. X. C, l'ra.tiee-, in Halifax and adjoining , r. 1 1 ... 1 U , ,.,,i:i-ii,c -mi t ie m rr: u:iu n.-in.- ( 'oi.rts. US lv. EDWARD T. CLARK, Attorney and Counselor at Law, HALIFAX. X. C, l'raetier-' qiliieil. of ( lain pe w herever 1 is seiviecs are re- l il attention to collet lion :M." lv. 3 Lii Sit -DEALER IX Mill-Feed, Hay, And Grass Seeds, Clover IMPROVED FARM IMPLEMENTS A SPECIALTY. Call and examine- Die ITatrov and edcr, and (iras- Mower, a model of I'eifevtion. SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. ianH-lv. I. J. M I'll ' (J MI.', lilCIlMONP, VA., Lumber Commission Merchant, (iives jiersonal and prompt attention to al! consignment. f Ltmiber. Sliingles, Laths, EteT j.iril-ly. THOS. F. liAGLKY, Coal, Piolasses, Salt, Genuine German Kainit AND Nova Scotia Land Piaster. :3tT"Ouotations on Application. " " fel)U-lV. INVENTION! Mias rfvnlui ionized Tde w.irlil duniK t !! List n i it atury. Not least Miiion,' the w i iii'i'-i' nr :n vein o e i.i ii hk-hiu.j ami vv-t-m of work" tint ran be pcirone.e.t all GVfT Hie cfiui.rry wirvamr separating the workers fro-n tr.rlr homes. I'.i v liberal: any one ran UO th- w.-.rs- e:tli-rsex. your. or out; no special aMi'.ty iv'q-mei.l. fapHnl not needed; you arn bturtt'ii free Cut this out anU return to us ana we wtil senn von free, something of srreat value anil import imc to von. th twill start you la business, wlileh wtiitrl- k ou in more money, rlifhi. Hwav. than arivi unj: e i-e In the world. Grand outfit free. Auurtas Tiue i CO., Auu.ta, Maine. :j-2'2-lv. ninill I It"varlo.l are t hose who rei1 nlliHI Y,!lls:m'' th''" ni''y wl!1 fir'' ' IIIUIiL I lionorahle enipiojin'-Mt th;U will not tnke i hem from ltielr hoim-s ari-1 fum:;tes. 1h profits are Lin; ani? pure for every indus trious person; ninny it iye made and ure row making several hundred dollars a month. It is easy for any one to nuke $.- mil utnvnrus r d.iv. who is willing to wms. Kit her sex, ynnv; or "old; eapltal not need' d; we st.irt y m. Kvery thln new. No sspeel-.l abliltv lectured; nm. reader, rari do it as well as any ore. Write ti usatoneeror full part kail irs, wi:t h we mail tree. AdJiess Stmson & Co.. Pnrtuiiid, Ma.ne. 8-22-ly. DEEP: l-irn Wonders exist In thousnnds of 'rorrns. but are surpass'-d by tiie mar vels of iiivetition. Those who are in nee.ldf nrofltable work that can be done while living at home should at one? send t'.n-lr uddresi tjHal'.ett x Co.. Portland, Maine, and re. elve, free, full information how either sex, of all 8?ps. can earn from fi to it; per day aod upwards wherever they live. You are started free. Cpt tal not required. Some have made over $30 Jn a tingle day at this work. All succeed. 3-22-ly. ''Please let me assist you?'' There wa3 no response to my recpiest, !ut I know that in this case silence gave co-.sent. Tho words wero addressed to a pre possessing young woman as I was about to "ft aboard a wot bouad traia at Cinghainpton one morning. Her satchel had slipped from her hand while she whs waiting to bo helped up tho car ttp, by the attcndiig porter. Its over crowded condition earned its clasps to giv2 way and out rolled a half dozen articles, tomb?, bruh, drinking cup and such things as ladies invariably rnrrv vi th thorn when traveling, and which no unmarried man will attempt to remember. Sac scrambled after the things her eil', and I did my share in a race after a round box of tooth powder that rolled along tho platform like a steam uni cvcle. It did not get away, however, and I got back with it in time to pick un a o-ilt-iHlo-ed volume of Whittier, which, with tlu somewhat soiled box of tooth polish, I presented to the fair lady with my most graceful bow. Of course she sail, 'Thank you!" I can seo her 1 J 1 - m lnln lillt HOW a IiaiWsOlIlO IHUautl, iu nam uu' tasteful attire. She did not shoot me with that cold, heartless, abbrevi ated and expressionbss expression, "Thanks'." Her row-rd was a modest look of the eye-3, a faint blush oa tho checks, and in a sweet voice, "Thank you!" She packed the riotous articles back into her satchel, and I relieved tho small hands that endeavored to bring tho two sides together, grappling tho bag with sufficient mu-clo to close it and fasten tho clasps lirmiy. ""Won't you lot me carry it into the car for you? It is ver7 heavy." There was another modest look, bltnh! "Thank you." "When does a man feel happier that when contributing to tho comfort of an appreciative woman? If it is right in his way to bo cf assistance, and tho woman is young and more than ordinarily attractive, so much tho happier is he. Have you not seen a man carry a woman's weighty satchel a half dozen blocks when if it had been his own an expressman would have received a quarter for the service? There is a deal of importance in tho ownership of a satchel. The bag in my hand seemed then a3 light as a toy balloon, but now in mv tbnnrrhtful moments I am sure "-j -.n that there were in it several changes of r.ttire in addition to tho traveling out fit already mentioned. I confess that I was pleased to find the car we'd occupied and only one seat en tirely vacaut. The experiences had made acquaintance easy, and after giv ing her the place next to the window and depositing tho bulky satchel at her feet, I made inquiry if I would be in truding if I took the remainder of the scat. "Oh, no sir. I am all alone. I shall not need it at all. You have been very kind. "How beautiful tho September morn ings ara !' I said by way of opening a conversation. "Aren't they lovely! After the sun has swept away the fog the Suque v,onnn vallev i?, as mctureEono as one j i x could wish to have it. I do dislike fogs. I think when I find a place where there are no fogs I shall engage a building lot. How far is it from Elmira to Buffa lo?" she added. "A hundred and forty -six miles," I replied with the celerity of a schoolboy who had learned it in his lesson. "Are you going so far?" "Yes," she replied, "I am going to visit a friend. And you?' ' 'To Buffalo also. Do you think you can endure my company for so long a distance?" banker. Having amassed a satisfactory fortune, he had retired from nctiva business life, living witli his family in a spacious old-fashioned house oa one of the principal streets of tho village. "We ato together with tho familiarity of brother and sifter tho luncheon I had procured during the five-minute stop at Bath, The refined manners and unusu al knowledge of tho country possessed by the young lady impressed me. I had looked many times into her darkkacd lovely eyes, and if any one had told me they were not honest ones I should havo laughed at his idiocy. "Wc are all phy siognomists, but there are people whom wo meet closely and forget to study or criticise. A skilful physiognomist would have beea baffled ia this case, I think. If anything in her appear ance had mystified me, her ready con versation and frank manners dispelled unfavorable thoughts. Sometimes she had spoken with slight hesitation, but seemingly it was for a choice of word? rather than of thoughts. A young woman, with a tasto for the re fined Whittier, who talked knowingly of poetry and posts, and was familiar with the events of tho diy who would havo suspected that there wero two sides to her life? A sheep that had its head fast in tho fence and a bony horse laboring with a load of heavy stones were objects of her pity as the train whirled by them, and her heart went out toward thes poor people that were compelled to liva ia the mud -surrounded and uncomfortable looking dwellings in the eastern suburbs of Buffalo. Her name she gave me on l . . i i no- nu a uencatc cam r.ia luurpe. vjl touisu 1 reciprocated and presented her both my name and address. In the city after a six-hour ride, I helped her to a street car, and at Niag ara street regretfully left her to walk to my office, promising to call oa her the next day if time would possibly al low. "Hollo, Sam," shouted my friend, Detective Langspine, next morning as he came across the street to walk down got vour left vest big risk trirl I saw town with me. "Have you watch with you yet?" "I guess so (feeling for pocket). "Why?"' ""Well, you ran a rather yesterday with that pretty cret off the train with you?" "How so?" "What? Didn't you know her? I thought perhaps she was a client oi your. That was Sally Fitz "Williams, tho shoplifter and jewelry thief of Bal timore. I'll bet that the satchel you carried for her contained some of her 'earnings.' " "Aren't you mistaken about that?" "I may be mistakon about the satch el's contents, but not about the girl. Come over to my office and I'llEhow you her photograph. She knows better than to try to work Buffalo, but wo keep an eye on her while she i3 here. She usually works large villages in the country." I was thunderstruck, but concluded to keep my counsel. I was positivo that the detective was wrong. I found that afternoon, however, that the Main street numl2r my friend had given mo was c. church. I recalled tho name of a friend who lived in Middletown and wrote him. The reply was that Ella Thorpe wa3 a name quite unknown there. Could it be truo that I had been so easily deceived? I met my detective friend a few days afterward3 and referred to the young woman. I did not tell him that I haa lost three $10 bills that were folded to gethcr in my left vest pocket, and which I supposed, I had pulled out ac cidentally with my watch on the day that I rode from B'aghampton to Buf falo with tho coy damsel. I walked with the detective to his office, and there, sure enough, ia tho toughest possible company, wa3 the very face that I had been so enchanted with. "What did you say about studying physiognomy? I have never seen my fair friend since, nor am I anxious to meet her. Inter -Ocean. Land in India. The results of the survey and last census of India are that the area of the Peninsula of Hiadostan is- 1,382,624 square miles, and the population 203, S01,821. Although immense tracts oi country are annually cultivated, accord inr to the most recent survey 10,000,000 acres of land, suitable for cultivation, have not as yet been plowed. At th same time, 120,000,000 of acres are re turned as waste land. PuLiic Oti..ion. been a ! mcnt and reformation of olieauers against the rules, regu'.atioas aul laws fur the government of the army of the United State-, in whith shall bo securely confined and emnlcved at Int.". and governed in the manner hereinafter di rected, all offender convicted before any court martial or military commis sion in the United States and sentenced according to tho law to imprisonment therein." Unlike institutions of similar charac ter, all possible liberty is allowed the convict1'. The "silent system'' is not in vogue except in working hours, and even then speech is allowed be tween the men on matters pertaining to thjir ta3ks. Tho use of newspapers and books h not denied at times when prisoners are not employed and unoffi cial visitors are admitted to tho prison two days a week. The prison r may communicate with his friends on tho outside by letter and receive mail sub ject to inspection by tho chaplain. Once a week tho convicts must bathe, and they are supplied with an unlimit ed quantity of clean clothing. Thij clothing ii a uniform ot gray, tho dis tinctive marks being a large red num ber placid oa the bic'-c. When a convict enters the prison he is treated much i 1 the way usual to such institutions. His face is shaved and haircut; he is bathed and given a number, which, while In is confned, is his only cognomen. Henceforward he U no longer Smith or Jones, but (say) "Xo. 0G0." The piison physician then takes him in hand, and even the most minute personalities are noted. Oacc in tha prison the convict is in charge of the provost guard, a party of men assigned bv the secretary of war or en'isted under his direction, and se lected with a special eye to their fitness for the duty. Few ol them are under six feet ia height and a majority are men who havo seen years of hard service. These are the subordinate officers, and the only ones, vceptmg thj chaplain, surgeon and cofnmandant. Tho latter is Captain .lames W. Pope. Despite the easy discipline there aro few escapes from the prison. Perhaps the law has something to do with the vigilance of the guards, as it make3 the escape of the prisoner a penal offes2 for tho guard. Although there aro 4 Of! prisoners con fined, there are but thirty-six cells, two of these being dark. These dark cells are the only punishment inflicted on tho prisoners, further than the cutting off of "irood time." Xew men are first placed in the cells. If. after a while they merit the favor, they are sent to tho dormitories, where o-reater freedom is allowed them. Pris oners are divided into three classes, each class being designated by a distinctive badge attached to some conspicuous part of tho outer garment of the prison drees. Oa being assigned to a class the prisoner i3 made acquainted with tho ru!e3 relating to the conduct and treat ment of prisoners. Prisoners of the third class whose conduct may warrant it are promoted after ten days to the second class. Prisoners of the first class aretho30 whose quiet, orderly habits and general good conduct in class second has gained them the confidence of tho offi cers. Promotions are made by the com mandant. The dormitories differ little from the qur.rters of common soldiers. A row of iron cots, around which a broad aisle runs, and separated from each other by a space of two feet, constitutes the furniture. During the day the beds are made up. Each prisoner is allowed to keep a box, provided by himself, ia wbirb hp nlnee such mementoes from the outer world as he chooses, besi les some articles of apparel other than those furnished by the prison. A grating cuts off the guard room from the sleep ers, and at tho same time furnishes an easy view of the whole sleeping room. During the day the prisoners are em ployed as the commandant may elect, but tho greatest number at one employ ment are in the shoe shop. This is in a long room in the third story cf a build ing two hundred feet long. There is made all the footwear for an army of fifteen thousand men. The enormous number of shoes consumed may be seen from the number made la3t year, when 11,700 pairs of boots and 65,421 pairs of shoes were turned out. A pair of cav alry boots costs the government about $3.70, and a pair of brass screwed calf skin shoes $2.72. Next in order comes the harness shop, where Uncle Sam's ambulances, riding saddles, wagon saJdlea, and incidentals tre made. The tin shop turns out tin plates, cups and all the ware needed by CI SO tho a kettles. It is all a poe" CHttinr tfapi-J nitchiiC The Lroom shop L'.'ar."f cturss thee u ful articles, and no less than W.OOC broom? re turned out per annuia. Tlw prison carpenters rrs"ufact ire t-arra' k chairv mess table?, benches, crmpaay dcks, cart saddle", supporting sticks and battens of aparejo. Tb.9 black smith shop irons the vsood work frcm the carjenTat makes bolt and such other iron work a? may be necessary abcut the prison and post. Ia the tailor shop is made the prison clothing. Besides these modes of disposing of their labor tho pmoners quarry rock, burn lime, erect tho prison building, and are loaned to the depot quarter , .-. . i . ij mister or worK oa tno roau?, eciu charged up to that department ut much per day. Prisoners do tho cooking, baking and washing, all done with special and new stylo machinery. The dining room will accommodato half tin prisoners at one time and everything moves lika clock work. At a signal tho pri? oners seat themselves and rise alter eating. The diet is the army ration, supplemented by the prison farm products more than two-thirds of the vegetables consumed coming from this source. The time al lowed for each iueali? twenty -five min utes, and the prison records show that the alimentation of prisoners is adequate to main;in thorn ia their normal status throughout their imprisonment "Work ing hours raage from seven and a half to nine hours per day, varying with the season, and there seem? to be no especial tendency on the part of the men to shirk their tasks. Globe-Democrat. KILNTinC SCRAPS The c'.d ilea tht severer fronl;irt length c AT ln wve .o-'.d avk.l j Ljicsl litie ii L"?cn u;st-e..e j. A thread Lai Icea j reduced from th common ntl! - t'.ac that i.tr ir.i w;.i. ! oa!? t0 half pennds. Paper ccntals'.ug line, us t .1 c, such as ftraw, wood, ani jutf, it rap i l y discolored by electric lih!. 1 h ' yellowing U duo to tho phenomenon of oii lAtion, The forco exerted during itornn by waves has been fc :nd to lo three tor. x.er f.iuaro foot. At Zetland, blocki c! stone weighing '.' tons hav viamed cut cf their beds bv action, although eighty feet above hih water. A curious ph.-:ic monoa is reported by it? sole observer. In an btir.cuphf re near freezing point, tho drops Irora e moisture-ladta pine's lower branches rer.ched the ground in a li.pii 1 ttate, v,hi;c this from th- upper branch", ten feet higher froze during thf fall. The insect worl 1 is vast almost be yond cur concept ion. Prcilent Sharp of the London Entomological SDcie:y states that while Lint.:r n know only ;i 00 species of insec ts 120 years ag, the collections of the world probablj include at present 20),00) or 200,000 species. That ablo physiologist, Plateau, Belgium, is continuing the powers of sight ma'.s. A? tho i At. 1 r r- , i ' , r t ' mr I ..' Ah C. Oil .1 , n 1 '1 T. K til 1 i :.w : r ) : . . ' -t .-it ! i n t, ! - i t V.n t:,. i-, ' s " i . v n r ' ' .d ' I ii' i at i r ! m !- . . 1 li ,1"S Ol his stu lies on ia tlii lower am- result of ingenious cx The Tutored and Philosophic Piute. A prematurely old and shrivelled Piute was sunning himself oa a rock near hi3 wickiup, below the Ophir dump. "With motionless form and grim, sober visage, he sat pensively eyeing the dis tant, snow-capped mountains. Appar ently ho was overhauliag the past, and thinking of the many glorious feats of valor he had long ago performed by wood an 1 stream among those same lofty hillf, and of how different a good many thin trs are now from whit they were thun, before the tricky pale face had sneaked in and gobbled up tho poor Piute's birthright. A San Francisco la.ly and gentleman were walking by the campoodie on their way to inspect the California mill. Af ter they had passed about a rod beyond the dusky old muscr hi suddenly re callol himself, and vociferated a hearty, rousing "Good morning, madaml" The startled lady turned around and said: "Why, how do you do, sir?" and evidently much astonished, then blurted out: "Who are you anyhow?'' "Iam Lo," said tho iadian. "Low Mr. Low? Why, you are an Indian, aren't you?" "Yes, madam, a man of 'untutored mind.' " "You astonish mo! "What aro yen do ing here ? ' "Ilore seated here. I see God in the cloud and hear Ilim in tho wind." "And, looking as you do, you quote Pope?" "Aye, looking as I do," said tho old Piute, and he turned and walked away, leaving tho lady to staro after him and wonder. The old Piute was ono who was sent East about thirty years ago to be edu cated, and who spent three or four ycerj in Oberlin College, Ohio. "When he came back to Nevada he at once settled down again into the shiftless ways of his people. His homo i? at or near "Wads worth, but ho occasionally strays up this way for a change cf cold grub. The incident related above was witnessed by two or three employes of the Con. Cal. and Virginia, who greatly enjoyed the surprise of the lady from the Biy. She will doubtless return to San Fran cisco with high notions of the mental acquirements of our rugged "Children of tho Deserts. Virginia City Enter prise. mmm The First Phonograph. A gentleman recently repeated to me an account given him by Thomas Edison of the making of the first phono graph. Busily engaged ia innumerable things, Mr. Edison carried in his miad for a long time the idea of the phono graph, turning it over and over, and from time tortime jotting down sketches and memoranda concerning its construc tion. At length he said to an old Ger man machinist, who made models for him, that ho wanted a machine con structed in a certain manner, but for the use of it he gave no hint. Now and then, as the work went on without see ing the model, Mr. Edison ordered cer tain changes, which, of course, were duly made. Finally the German was told to bring tho machine for examination. Mr. Edi son fitted into it the sheet of tinfoil, and turning the crank spoke into the funnel the somewhat familiar voice about Mary and her little lamb. The German re garded him a3 if he thought he had gone mad; but when Mr. Elison re versed the motion and the phonograph pipingly repeated hi3 stanza, the old man threw up hi3 hands in the utmost astonishment. Providence JournaU -!.!! I.. vt' V,." I'.!, n t- :, ti V.l'. t n: - til Ami the ! 1 fr Its !.,.(, rt - .-.! - Its nmi,!-. ti':: :. A I In . del '1 i.-k ' t.. . '! !;- l' I'OA I'p: u; ' and t n: t A i.d j re nrc l.r 1 n -,. -n li; ti.. ..u 1 , r i . . n'i . .1 ? r It . ! n !-; f t in mo lt .'. v i ' n t n : l.!..l ' tie. . 1 M . ;il!i. !: I' ll Kil l t.. !. 1 .-it I; ; "ii ut: I.-, ar 1 a! tl nr Moi:ors. 1 !. p- 'iceman periments on vision in centipedes and other myriopods In proves that their simple eyes enable them merely to dis tinguish light from darkness. It is well known that under the mi croscope steel is found to bo nn agglom eration of crystals, and that upon the difference in these crystals the qualitj of the eteel can be moro or less deter mined. M. Wedding, to make tho ob ecrvation more complete, heated steel to whiteness, and as the uso of the mi croscope u uler such circumstances was impossible, ho photographed tho metal and subjected the negative to micro scopic examination. The influence of the moon upon vege tation is an interesting problem awaitinp solution. A recent writer upon tho sub ject mentions that woodcutters ia Cap Colony and in India insist that timbei ia full of sap and unlit to cut at full moon. Another observation of lunar infiuenc jn Capo Colony is the rapid spoiling oi meats and other provisions when ex posed to moonlight, though this may be due to tho fact that the light serves a a guide to insects. Sedentary occupations arc rcputod tc bo attended by maladies too numerous to mention, but even tho out-door work of tho long-lived farmer is not a perfect guaranty of freedom from all ailments. A potato-diggers' disease, which hat been investigated in Prussia, results from a strained position of tho legs in gathering potatoes. It effects tlie nerves of tho feet and legs, producing coldness, numbness and pain, with a clum-ty and limping gait. It may continue foi years. A curious incident is reported by Mr. William Burgess, proprietor of the Mid land Counties Fbh Culture establish meat, lie states that a pond construct ed by him, measuring '0 feet by 30 feet, which is entirely isolated from other similar ponds, was shortly after it3 formation found to bo populated with trout fry in their alovin stage. No fish of any kind has been placed in tho pond and none could havo enters I it, the inlet and outlet being blocked witi perforated zinc of a very fine mesh. fai :n ,h. ho t a ai I !. Tim cpt i ; hoe! t r- 1 j.'tet? t ! 1 t fv e The cratK. bi'i . Song f or t ho time bus come, K.nVd cannon r I oreg by the.se w ho ha e The boy v ho w as k' i for bad orthography bound. . i Win- or. f.hfrmiMi in- mm T -I.rr J beggars? Hctauao they !ivn by hook ami crook. Nice life a martial man leads when r-f,.rv time ho tisk a his Wlie for tl HI J tea ho knows she'll ir.uk e it hot for him m. r m i too i was fpell- o k u if what l n ire, ' "iiccauvi iii:ir i paj a.' mother fay sin Voing Hue '11 -.-t on hoi "Tommy, my tuderf "A telegraph "Why so, my stretches from pol t o p VoiKlg Wife -".b-hti, wants to be t r mat ; 1 .' l,ri,l "Tell her if ah- things I'll take her down thii niort'.big." Tho reason w hy Engl ishinon are tod faced i? duo to the fact that thuauti never sets oa tho I'.ritish empire, and the Ifriton never gets a hint to re move the tan. "A foul tip!'' wri! the exclamation of tho base-ball-loving waiter, as ho mournfully examine! tho counterfeit quarter given hirn n few minutes beforn by one of tho truant's patrons. Mi-s Gushingtoii I . yod not (in 1 Dr. Smalltalk cnt'-rtaining? a initn:: M-. hneeririgton teats the d.etori I have of lb: n fin h (who de n ir.ti'.'d : c!T viry Wa'do "Wi.l that tho doctor takes cleverly. Young Mr. Wabash (to Min of B )Ston at a dan ing patty) you favor mo with two or three round, Miss Waldo f ' Mi-s Waldo (.m adn,ir-r ,A .Tohn L. of course) - "C'-rtaLn Wabash, ".villi ..'ensure like, wc will continue it to a i if Mr. you . ish Daniel Boone's Death. The Bourbon (Ky.) News publishes from old copies of the Pari? Citizor dated ia 1813 and 181, a notice o: Daniol Boone's death, as follows: "As he lived, so he died, with his gur in hi3 hand. We are informed by i gentleman direct from Boone's settle ment on tho Missouri, that early las; month Colonel Boono rode to a deei lick, seated himself within a. blind raised to conceal him from the game. That, while sitting thus concealed with his trusty rifla ia hi? hand, pointed toward tho lick, tho muzzlg resting on a log, hi 3 face tc the breech of his gun, hi3 rifle cocked, his finger? on the trigger, one eye shut, the other looking along tho barrel through tho sights in thi3 position, without a struggle or motion, and, ol course, without pain, he breathed out hbi last so gently that when he was found next day by his friends, although stiff ani cold, he looked as if alive, with his gun ia his hand just in the act of firing. It ia not altogether certain, if a buck had come into the range of his gun, which had been death to thou sands, but it might have intuitively obeyed its old employe's mind and dis charged itself. A Chlbl's Victory. A child was more fond of candy than her mother thought god for her. What wa? ih' ue-ht a rop r share was doted out to her one day, ami the ret put away on t! e high ah' if 'A a np board beyond tho child's reach. 11-r mother cautioned h r net t attempt reaching it, then left the rv.rn. Returning after a while, .,: looked ir.to the room, -.landing where the child could not sor; her, and surveyed the scene. The-re s.'ood the t hod, her feet on tho fint shelf, to which sho had climbed by ail ' a chair, ur.d her hand grasping tho randy, v. hi h '.he had rear tied to her Hps. 1ho.ro it p.u':l for a moment, the liu'e faci b'-r.t ia earnest thought. Suddenly the candy lips an 1 ir.t" ......1 f. ; a . f . - the big A Bad Scrape. Barber (to customer;: "Havo you heard of tha bad scrape young Brown has got. into?'' Customer: "Why, no; when did yoo skave Lira last?" Epoch. f.cw from h'-r the shell on to the chair an 1 then"; to tho fl'.f, where she struck an attituie at-d shouted exultantly: "There, God! I didn't eat it af'.cr nil ! " Boston Record. lie Was l ull of Life. "Your money or your life 1 ' demand ed a footpad of a ped. -trian who at a late hour ono night was throadmg his way along a dark and narrow street. ' T v e rn o ro 1 i fe than m o r. e y, " repli e 1 the pedestrian, and proceeded to dem onstrate his possession of tho former in such a manner that, an hour later, when the would-be robber gathered himself up from the dust, he felt of his boly ad over to assure himself that ho was some thing more than a suit of cast-off cloth ing. Harper's B-i.ar. F'rienddiip. A friendship is a pr-'-ious gift Hut friend are very ran-, Who, when vou ehaii.-: to iiw-1 a lift Have got a five to spare. .M.-r bant Traveler.
The Commonwealth (Scotland Neck, N.C.)
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June 7, 1888, edition 1
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