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j I 1 27 E. E. HILLIARD, Editor and VOLUME IV. PROFESSIONAL. W. A. DUNN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. Prncticc3 Tvlienwer hia required. Fcrvices ara febl.3-ly. W. H. KITCHIN, Attorney and Counselor at Law, SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, 7 OHice: Corner Main and Trnth Ptrect l.j-lv. T. E. WHITAKER, Attorney and Counselor at Law, SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, Practices wherever liig services are required. ("apt. Y. II. Kilehin will appear with rue in all cases. 2-3-1 v. DAVID BELL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ENFIELD, N. C. J ractices in all the Courts of Halifax and adj inin counties and in the Su preme and Federal Courts. Claims col lected in all parts of the State. 3-8-lyr GAVIN L. H YfVi AN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, HALIFAX, N. C. Corin-s: Halifax and adjoining coun ties Collections made in all puts of the State. ;;-S 1 v. V. II. Dav, Wel.loil. A. C. ZOLI.IOOKFER, Henderson. 11. Ii'ANSO51' WYldon. Day, ZoIlicolTer & Ransom, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, "WELDON, N. C. :i-s lv. S. S. ALSOP, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ENFIELD, N. C, Tract s in the' Courts of Halifax and r.d i 'itiiiiij counties. All 1 Harness w ill receive prompt atten tion. 3 1-y. THOMAS N. HILL, ATTORNEY AT LAW HALIFAX, N. C, rracuces in Jianiax ana aijoininr counties, and the Federal ar.d Supreme Courts. 3-S v. EDWARD T. CLARK, Attorney and Counselor at Law HALIFAX, N. C, i racuces wnerevrr ins services are re quired. Special attention to collection ol claims lo lv. uwie DEALER IN Grain, Mill-Feed, Hay, And Grass Seeds Clover IMPEOVED FARM IMPLEMENTS A SPECIALTY. Call and examine Disc Harrow and Seeder, and Grass Mower, a model of Perfection. SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. janf.-ly. I. J . M10RC.ER, RICHMOND, VA.. sion Merchant, (lives personal and prompt attention to all consignments of Lumber, Shingle.-, Laths, Ere" iaal-lv. T1I0.S. F. 1JAGLEY, WILMINGTON", X'. C. Coal, fVfoalasses, Salt, Gecainc German Kainit and KoYa Sco tia Land Plaster. rfOuotations on Application. V febll-lv. IftMfr&ITin&lI,rts reve'.atloriizei tbe P If r T I !ilry wor!'1 the last half 11 W Lli 1 lUS leentury. Not least anions: the won.i.-is of inventive piores Is a method aii'l sv-ti m ot work th.it can be performed all over i he canny without separating the workers 'Crti their homes. I'uv liberal: any one can Co the work: either sex. young or old; no special ai'liliv r-miiieft. 'apif.il not needed; you aro Btai t d free, t ut this out and return to us and we w lil SHiid you free, somet hi tis; of preat valu5 and lmporouiee to you. tli.t w:u stait you in badness, whleh will I ri' p ou la more money, right awav. than an.ui lnr else In the world. Grand outht free. Aduress Hue &. Co., Autuua, Mdine. 3-22-lv. RIGHlYiii tvarlfl are those wha rMd this and then aet; they will lind honorable emoioymeiit that w!il not take t hem from tlvlr h.jaies and fainMieM. The profits are lartre and sure for every lndu--trlous pt-ison; many have made and are eow niaklni; several hundred dollars a month. It !a easy for any one to m ike $5 and upwards per day, w ho is wlllins: to work. Kithersex, yom or old; capital not needed; we start you. Kvery thlnjf new. No speeltl ability required; you. reader, can do It as well as any one. Write M usatoneefor full partlrul irs, whleii we mall Iree. Address Stlnsoa & Co., Portland, Maine. 3-22-ly. DEEP: isea. Vnl-rs exist in thousands of 'forms, but are surpassed by tl;e mar vels of invention. Those wno ar? in need of profitable work that can he done v. hlio living at home should at once send th:jlr addres3 to Hallett .fe Co., Portland, Maine, and reeeive, free, full Information h-ov eltiiersev, of all ues, can earn from $j to ir per day and upwards wherever they live. You are started free, capi tal not required. Some have made over $30 in a tingle day at tbls work. AU Bucceed. 8-32-ly. Proprietor. The Corn. While Walter goes to r lant his corn, Hnya Mina to the fair May morn, "How till and strong and I. lithe is he! O may the fertile grains of sold Yield him twice a bun-iredfol 1, For ht is all the world tome:'' ibe morning Lreez? is fresh an 1 siron The corn-bird si.gs Lis planting sonp The robin answers from the hill- '6) But not a note does Mina hear Of all tho music far and near, Save Walter's whistle, sweet and shrill. His prairie farm ii new and wid, Iiut he has naught on earth bvsid-3, And in a tiny hut he dwells; Ami so, except in smiles and sighs And gentle deeds and wistful eves His love for her he nev.r tel.'s. But if the year should go aright. Nor drcu.;Lt nor hail the corn MiouU blight, What happy wonders then miht be! So saith the maid, "O grams of gold, Yield him twice a hundredfold For ho is all the world to m :! ' While Walter goes to husk his corn lie smiles upon the frosty m jru, For Mina, smiling, sit.- beMo. Sinew fir.-t th st.lks in summer spread Their rank green blades above her head He claims a precious promised bri lo. The spot is chosen where shall stand The cottage, oft and gravely planne 1 Jn .summer noons and Sabbath evts. And trees are named to shade the day, And charm the twilight hours away With mystic murmurs of their leaves. "Dear girl." he savs, "before wo knew Whnt hail or drought r frost might do, Our happy goal se, med far away; But now, so blest our iioids have been That when the last great loa 1 conies in, Oi), then should bo our wedding day! ' And M na answers soft and low; She husks with him th first long row, The 8 veet. sere blades above her head; And if he stops her here and there, The corn itself give-; license fair, For more than once the ear is red. Harper's Weekly. A Mistake All Around. "Alice," sail Mr. Warden to his charming daughter, as tbe family sat at breakfast, "1 wish you to understand that you aro encouraging tho attentions of a young man I do not like." Miss Waul-m blushed copiously. "lie ii not tho sort of a person to whom I could think of seeing you mar ried, and from this moment I wish you to discountenance Lira ia fact, repel him. Do you hear?" ''Yes, " sho answerel timidly, while she blu-hed more deeply. "But " "Rut! I want no buts, nor ifs, nor and. This fellow" he taid it cor. tcmptuouily "is not nearly tho right sty'.e, aad I forbid you having anything more to do with him. Hiiro's aa end of it." Bat after a pause, as if to upset his own theory about there being aa "end of it," he added: "Ila's a worthless follow a scape -grrce 1' A'ico looked up indignantly a3 if to sp'.-ak. "Alice! eaid her mother, reproach fully. Toor Alice did not finish her break, fast, but stole away from tho presence of her too exacting parent and wept. Not only had her father evinced his stern opposition to her lover, but had reviled him. That was too bad I "What can I13 have against Robert? she sobbed. Alice Warden had a lover, an indus trious and energetic young man than whom nene in tho neighborhood gave brighter promise. The two were very much devoted to each other. His nsme was Robert Ogden not Jack Carpebtcr. Thero was a misuader standing. Young Carpenter had happened to be in Miss Warden's society several timos of late, ar.d sho had treated him pleas antly because they were old school mates, lie had conducted her home from th9 party; but it was bicauso Robert Ogden had met with aa accident, and was obliged to bo helped himsel. Jack Carpenter, though of a good fimily, and himself a good-henrte 1 fel low, was a little inclined to rakishness, and was not a desirable match for a youag girl when it came down to the matter of marrying. Mr. Warden real ized this, and, coming to tho knowledge of hi3 friendliness toward Alice, jumped to the conclusion that ha was her ac cepted lover. So it was Jack Carpen ter he meant whon he warned her against "that fellow," but sho naturally thought it was Robert O rdeu. Thca came a stolen meeting with Robert. She told him all. A number of stolen meetings followed. It was hnppiness. A moonlight night cam?. Mr. War den softened a little, and offered to take Alioo out ri ling ia his buggy. She decline! didu't feel well, and retired to her room as early as 8 o'clock. On the floor at her feet was a carj o bag, utterly stulled, and a mysterious parcel. And sho sat watching the moon with as much uneasiness as though she had feared it was about to burt and endanger the house with flying fragments. When a distant clock struck 0 her ncrvouncs3 was heightened, and ho quite trembled when sho saw a human form appear on tho top of the garden wall aad descend into the garden very WE MUST SCOTLAND XECK, awkwardly. It also stumbled over vicvg and fell, but got un again. Tho form then boldly approached th-2 building, a:;d stood almost under the w i n d o w. "Alic, dear!" ascended from tho form ia a cautious whi?por. "Ye", Robert!" for tho form was Robert 0jden's. Tho va'.no cami flying down ci' g'it it between L13 hands, while hi3 nose was highly instrumental ia avert ing its momentum. Alice unfolded the mysterious parcel. It was a ropo ladder I A iastructad, sho thre-.v one end from tho win.low and fastened the other to tho bedpost. Then she climbed out info the moonlight. ''lb careful, love." ''Ye , darling." A ice was unnerved. 'Hurry, dear," said Robert, who Mtood nervously clutching the valise. S'ledil lurry too much. Sha miss ed her footiig and her hold both at once, uttered a scream and approached the earth like a meteor. Robert dropped tho valise and caught her. He broke her fa!!, but it nearly broke his hca 1. Ia fact, the mcm.n tum was so great that both fell to tho grt u id ia a heap. Hurried footstons. voireq and cnn. fusion were heard ia the home "Flee, Robert fl,-e! ' she criel. "And leave you? Never!" They had birely regained their feet wnea tuo uaciv door 11. w open and Mr. Warden rushed out, flourishing a re volver, lie was followed by Mrs. Warden. 4 Oh, father!" Alice cried, "kill me, but spare him!" ' You're a dead man!'' exclaimed tho anijry father. Alice aad her mother both screamed. ".Mr. Warden," said R ibert, "you may kill me, but you f-hall not tear Alice from me. I love her aad she is mine throughout all eternity." lie stood in tin moonlight, a nobler picture than Ajax; Alice sprang beforo him to nc.ive the fatal bullet, if need be; but the sharp report did not split tho night air. Mr. Warden lowered his revolver and tack a step forward, with every expres sion of a t mishniont. "Why- -why, I declare!'' "WinU" aske t Mrs. Warden. Alice aad Robert stared at tho old gentleman with wonder. "This isn't the lellow!" exclaimed Mr. Warden. "Isn't who?" exclaimed Mrs. War den. "Why, it isn't Jack Carpenter." "Well, who said it was, fathar?" asked Alice, whose perceptive faculties were suddenly awakened by tho truth. Mrs. Warden stare i at Mr. Warden. He stared at her. Then they all stared at the youag people. Robert Ogdea began to see that there was some mit ike. "Why, father," said Alic?, "did you think it was Jack Carpenter? ' I I- -yes," stammered Mr. War- den . Alice now laughed outright. With a i a; iuity of thought for which women are remarkable under some cir cumstances, sho trace I the whole blun der from beginning to end, and it struck h.ras charmingly Iudicrom. "Why, I thought you meant Robert when" "Xo ao no !" interposed Mr. War den, whoso eyes were also opened. "Why, Rob Ogden, my dear boy, I haven't the slightest ol joction to your character. I never knew you wcro a beau of Alice's." "Oh, Father!" Alice's bahfu!ness began to return. A pleiisint laugh went round. "tome in," sad Mr. Warden, dially.--K msas City Star. cor- r.ntra pp iny a Ma n-Fatc r. A famous maa-eatiair ti 'er h,n iimt been j captured alivo ia Iadii. A nit was dug for a trap aad bated with a live bullock. After two days the beast came around, and promptly jumped into it. To capture him a second pit was dug near tho first aad of the same depth. From this a tuanel was run to tho first j it, a thin wall of earth beiag le t between tho end of the tunnel and the pit. A strong bamboo cage was pushed into this tuanel from a sccoad pit. A goat was placed ia the cage, and tho wall of earth was broken down. Tho tiger sprang upon the goat, the entrancj to tho cago was quickly closed, and the beast was fast, and stayed so until he was safe ia Calcutta. New York San. A French Legend Untrue. A French journal published for the purpose of giving curious information has been investigating the story that during the Reign of Terror Mile, de Sombreuil was male to drink a Mass of human blood a-i the price of her life, aad asserts that this honored legend is untrue. AU the foundation there could be for it, the paper says, is that she probably was asked to drink a glass of wine to the health of the Republic, and the hand of the man who gave it to her might have been dripping with blood. WORK FOR THE PEOPLE'S X. (, THURSDAY, ! j ' ' i . ; ! kClESTIFIC SCRAPS. Taa earth shrinking about twe inches every year. Pieces of card board eaturatel with carbolic acil wid kill flies more surely thin anything else. Females aro ruoro Labia to attack Ho i r0In scarlet fev.-r after infancy than males, but attacks among males are more fatal. Recent observers attribute the sup posed oscillations ia tho shores of the Baltic and Black S:as to changes ia the volume ot water caused by varying rain fall aad oveifl ow. An English physician, has con-inced himself that diphtheria has it3 origin in common moul 1 fungi, which ho thinks must rctjuiro virulent properties under specihl conditions. Carbolic acid is a substance extracted from coal tar. It is one of tho beit dis infectants, and being very volatile, if readily diffuse! through tho air, neutralizes any excretions of gasoi that may be present. According to the most emiaeat au thorities minute quantities of lead introduced into and accumulating in tho system, must rank among the causes of ar. u-mia and defective nutri tion in large towns. A Russian j hysiciaa report! the case ot a boy five years old whose pulso was only thirty-two to the minute. Uuder treatment for cerebral ar ii-mia, the pulso gradually rose to sixty, but could not be mado to go higher. Variations ia tho apparent height of tin shores are now thought to bo duj to changes ia the level of the water, es pecially marked near tho ap.-x of tho funnel, whero the recorded changes la the coast-liae reach twenty to twenty three feet. Greenhouso strawberries take about six weeks to fully ripen. A peculiarity of hothouso ripening is that, instead of ripening first at the stem, gradually ex tending to tho point, as is the case in the Hold berry, the greenhouso berry ripens at tho point first. Profcsssor Proctor has already given reasons for thinking that two of the short period comets were asteroids drawn from their orbits by Jupiter's at traction, and ho now advances evideneo tending to show that the entire twenty were originally small planets. It will probably surprise most people to learn that Loth cessation of respira tion aad of movement of the heart aro rejected as signs of death by a French lecturer, in considering the precise moment when life ceases. Heart-beats have been known to continue for an hour after tho body was beheaded, while, on tho other hand, they may temporarily cease in fainting. Tho Snanich nhvsician rdve a new method of distinguishing between human and animal blood. Mixed with a little bile small crystals form ia tho blood which in man are ricdit-anled prisms; in tho horse, cubes; ia dogs, right-angled prisms very similar to those in human blood; in sheep, rhom- boidal plates; in pigs, rhomboids, and in chicken?, more or less regular cubes. An instrument called the autographo rreter, which records automatically tho topography and difference cf level of all places over wdiich it pa3se3, is a new French inventioa, the utility of which cannot certainly be questioned if it re alizes the resu'ds claimed for it. It is carried about oa a light vehicle, and those who wish to use it have nothing to do but to drag it, or have it dragged over the ground of which they desire to obtain a plan. J Gladstone at Home. Tho modern castle in which the Glad stone family resides was bui'.t over a hundred years ago, aad has been con siderab'y added to from timo to time, so that it has a comparatively new seat. It has a splendid appearance, the stone battlements, and walls, which aro well grown with ivy. look especially strik- ing. Ihj grounds, which coataia sev eral points of interest, are exceedingly well wooded even now, to the surprise of many visitors who have heard so much of 3Ir. Gladstone's powers with the ax. Mr. Gladstone lives a regular life at home. Ho breakfasts lightly about 7 o'clock ia the moraing, and shortly be fore S walks to the little village church for prayer?. To the observant bystand er the sight of England's greatest statesman wending his way to church in the early morning is, to say the least, intcrestiag. Clad ia a loag coat, but toucd well up, with a loag shawl wrapped closely rcuad his neck and wearing a soft hat, his appearance is very different to whea we see him in London. Yet his gait a3 ha treads li glit ly along, silently acknowledging the many fervent salutations from the villagers, i? every inch that of the great and thought. 'ul old man. L'poa his re turn from morning prayers Mr. Glad stouo retires to his study, where he peru-cs and answers his enormous mass of daily correspond ence. "When this task is completed Mr. Gladstone de votes himself to his favorite pastime chopping trees. Xew York .press. WELFARE. NOVEMBER 1. GOOD HOMES At Low Prices! Ig Farms For 1 1 1 u HALIFAX COUNTY ! The Best Place In EASTERN CAROLINA. All Situated In the Divide Between The ROANOKE AND TAR RIVER. NEAR THE TOWN OF SCOTLAND NECK, -IX- The ftficst Roral Com munity in the State. AND IN Til Q u mvui iiuaiiiijui uuu 1 East of the Mountains. FARM XO. 1. Four hundred acres, two and onedialf indes from the beautiful town of Scot land Nock. About two hundred acres in cultivation. One good Dwelling Houe, one good Gin House, and other o'lt-hdiHcs. Good orchard and good water. Location desirable. PRICE $4,500. FAUM NO. 2. Two hundred ,nd seventy-five acres, two and one-half miles from Scotland JSerk. One hundred and twenty-live acres in cultivation. Good Dwelling House and good water. PRICE $2,750. FARM XO. 3. Two hurdred acres, two miles from Scotland Neck. Eighty acres Fresh L-md. Good Dwelling, some out-housea and orchard, and rrood water. PRICE $2 500. ALSO, Two Store-houses, and ne Dwelling House in the t ami of Scotlmd Neck. The farms describi-d above are a!l w-ll adapted to the production of corn, cot tori, wheat, o.;ts. p-anut-, field peas, po tatoes, and vegetables of all kinds. Three good churches in the town of S. othind Neck, Methodist, Laptist and Ilpi-copjl. and a Primitive Baptist church hear the town, together w ith two of the lie?t and mest llourish'ng acad'.-mies male and female in the stat make this : r.e-of the most durable sections in ITorth Carolina. The jiroposvi estab ! 'hment of sn oil mill ami a canning ct ry will soon a Id mu' h to the ad ! intake of owning property in this com j nmity. Any and all the property de-scribed l ve may be bought for one-fourth cash. f;tii a much 11m. U'liii'lor. - 1 ! UI1 1 11 J il SaL? r-. I S. rt V r. ... Apply To- HOMES! valaaDJ Mnst Hfla sthfnl fipplinn NOAH BIGGS, REAL ESTATE BROKER, SCOTLAND NECK, H. C. YOUR SASH, BLINDS DOORS, AND- 11 n n Mel efiel 11 VI VHIIH ruoM mil MANUFACTURERS, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. r. 17-1 v. LUTHER SHELDON, ittustf UMti 0 nil J I), al-r In mows, DOOR s. Blinds, Mouldings, Brackets, Stair Rails Newels, Wood Mantles. Slato Man tles, Building Hard war e , T i 11 Shingles, PAINTS, OILS, Window Glass, Cut Glass, Ceylond Glass Varnishes, Plas ter Paper, Sheeting Paper, Roofing Paper, Windows, Doors and Screens. IHE HAXALL CRENSHAW CO, R1XALL MILLS, RICHMOND. VIRGINIA. BIRD-ISLAM) Patent Roller Family Flour, And nil other trades of -ALSO CORN-MEAL & ILL FEED, r, 17 l v 1867. 1888. TELEPHONE 385. 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