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1 I- E. E. HILLIARD, Editor and Pr prietor- "EXCELSIOR" IdUl'R MOITU- V V VOL. VII. SCOTLAND NECK, JN.G, THURSDAY. MARCH I). 1S1U. NO. 2 V BEMOCKAT I I! s ;.:J 1 .1 1 3 : s ' 4 .1 d 1 R T E S S I O N A L. K.O. Ui-kton, Jk. E.L.Tkavis, BURTON & TRAVIS. ATTORNEYS AMCot N?rlORS AT LAW, HALIFAX, N. C. 8 14 1 v. A. I) CNN, A T T O H ' K Y AT LA YV, Scotland Neck, 2n C, Practices wherever his services are required. febbUy. U. KITCIKN, Attoknky and CorNSELor. at Law. Scotland Neck, N. C. tV3 Office: Comer Jaiu anf! Tenth Struts. 1 3 jjA VII) HEM-, ATTOKNKY AT LAW, Km ikU), N. C. Practices in nil the Courts of Halifax and adjoinim1: enmities !ir1'1 in " c prime atrl Federal CoiuK. L'la.u col lected in all parts of the State. 3 8 ly. W.H.DAY, K KAN'S' M WeMon. weldon. DAY, & RANSOM. ATTOKNKYS A V LAW, Wkldon, N. C. 3 s If. rjMIOMAS N. HILL, AT TORNKY AT LAW, II !il i fax , N . C, Practices in Halifax and adjoining counties, and the Federal and Supreme Courts. ' 3 s JrTa. C. L I.V E It M A N, Offick- Cor. Main audTenth Streets 2 12 ly. Scotland N kck. N. C. J O II N R O B E 11 T S OX'S Sljoe SfaP & Restaurant. UP EN AT ALL HOURS Satisfaction guaranteed to patrons. Corner Ninth and M nn Streets. SCOTLAND NECK, - - N, C. jan V, I3 . jfjR. w . . McDowell. OFFICE North corner New Hotel, Mfciu Street. Scotland Neck, N. C. I'ir Alwajs at his office when not profes&ionally engaged elsevhere. 0 2o t,f. JQR. C. O. CiHtlSTIAN. Scotland Neck, N. ( pr3 C.m be f.jur.d at h.3 olEcr in New 1 1 o 1 0 1 wU-n not profes sionally ep-.-o.l cvIiero 2 13 tf. HOMINY!! HOMINY! HOMINY I keep on hand at all times the best of HOMINY AND M E A L which I will sell nt the Lowest Prices Possible. Call at the BliluK MILL and be surprised iron cheap you can buy I atn als prepare to grind wheat and tcake jy,f), Hour. W. H. KIT CHIN. a 1 tr. CO-PARTNERSHIP. PjETEKPRTT.fi, Va., April 25. 1890. WE HAVE ITIIS DAY ASSOCIAT w cd ourselves together under the firm of STEEL & ALEXANDER, For the mirpo ;e of conduct in?; a GEN ERAL FOLXDRY AND MACHINE BUSINESS, at the stand lately occupied byt'.e tinns of Wra. H. Tappey, Tappey & Delanav, T.nppey ,t Steel and Tappey, Lu'us ieu ;c Co. l ir the pat. -10 years, and having h. on associated with them as fore man tor i ) years and ....:..;, t-wr for IS yenrs, vc feel p lent in --it m entering upon this enterprise we do so with a thor ough an 1 pr;c'ial knowledtie ofthe husi ness, and trust t. have a share of public a troupe. Very respect! nil v, K. I. STEEL, 5 1 5 1 y. W . M a LKX A ?( DER . I. .1. ME RCER- 1 .'!.- liasin Hank, IU'JHMOND, VAi umber Commission JJlftercfoant, Gives personal and prompt attention to all consignments of Lumber. Shingles, Laths, Etc.. 4-17-90 ly. I4 1 HTfnS!3?or L0ST or FAIU1TO MAWHOODl K a .h.lljAjOeneral and NERVOTJB TjF.HTTTTv! tii'lslHIllIWeaknesaof EodvandKiH. Vff- l-.rS? -l,10' Erl"0"or Exeeisft in Older Youiifr. k.V.V t N. 1OOW H..torl. How to enl.r. . ,?i ! fiRlfi MCOICAU CO.. BUFFALO. Nt Y BOOKS AND AUTHORS. Caitain Kino's novel, "Between the Linos," lias won high praise from the foremost military authorities in Great Britain. Emile Zor.A has been paid SO.000 for th- right to publish his new novel, '"Money," in one of the Paris evening" papers. Ei.r Perkins lias written a book of reminiscences of famous men he has met on his lecturing tours, and just ; published under the title of "King's of j Platform and Pulpit." 1 Lrcv Laiicom, the authoress, is super ! st it ions in that she believes it a bad J omen to speak of her future literary '"If I did," she says, "I should never go on with it." Tolstoi's nieee has prepared an edi tion of "War and Peace v for the blind. This edition will be printed entirely in raised letters, and each copy will contain about seven thousand pages. The prep aration of the work has lasted five years. Mp.s. SouTinvoRTH is the author of eigh ty novels, '"Retribution," the first story, being published in 1849. That is big" work for a woman's hand and brain, and the world none the worse for it, either. The latter fact is her crowning" triumph. A.v old schoolmate of Rider naggard says that at college the future author f '"She" was not accounted clever. He was a plain, matter-of-fact boy, who livod simply. He had a preference for traveling, however, which he indulged immediate after graduation. A ft e it fifty-nine years of labor, Bar thelemy Saint-IIilaire has finished his translation of Aristotle, a work in thirty-five volumes. For the last twenty years the translator has also been very active in politics as Secretary to Thiers, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Sen ator. ON OR NEAR THE THRONES. Qifex Victoria has presented a richly-caparisoned Indian elephant to the Emperor of Morocco. I)n:i.(i the forty-nine years of his life the Prince of Wales has drawn .?U.r00,- 000 from the public treasury of Great Britain, and his debts, it is said, now amount to about jvS. 000,000. The finest specimen of physical man hood on a European throne is King- Os car of Sweden, in whose royal veins there runs very good red plebeian blood, with but little of the real blue article mixed in it. His .ancestor was Napo leon's marshal. Bernadotte. l.v spite of the advancing years and increasing" flesh of the Empress of Rus sia, she has not lost her taste for danc ing", but indulges in that pastime nearly as freely as she did in her jouth, when her devotion to it won her the name among-her friends of "the grasshopper." Eri-T.ii'o kai.an'i, who becomes Queen of Hawaii by the death of Kalakaua, her brother, is the wife of an English man, Lieutenant-General John O. Dom inis. Her designation as heir apparent was due to the fact that she was the only member of the 1-03-a 1 family who had children. The German Emperor is now a land owner m Norway. A few weeks ago he made a contract with Holm Munthe, a well-known architect of Christiania, for the crectkm of five villas and a hunting lodge on his estate. The Norwegians believe that it is the Emperor's inten tion to visit his Northern home each summer. NATIONAL NICKNAMES. Tiik Danes are known as Danskers. Tin: Switzer rejoices in the name of Colon Tampon. The Italians are almost invariably known in Europe as Lazzaroni. Tjif. Irishman derives his name of Paddy from his National patron saint. A Scotchman" is known the world over as Sandy and never objects to the title. Corsi.v Michel is the name by which the German is known to the continental nations. Englishmen have accepted the name of John Hull as suited to the National character. The Russian Bear and the Unspeak able Turk are hardly real nicknames, but they go. An ancient nursery rhyme records the fact that Taffy is a Welshman and so he is called. Don Whiskehandos is almost a na tional nickname for the Spaniards, dating" from Elizabethan times. Mynheer Closh, an abbreviation of Nicholas, sums up the Hollanders, who are often known simply as the Myn heers. English Tailors call the Frenchman, in contempt, Johnny Crapaud; but in France lie is Jacques Bonhomme, or, as a bourgeois, 31. 1'rudhomme. AMERICANISMS. Last year the Government sold 13, 000.000 acres of land to settlers. Twenty million acres of land of the United States is held by foreigners. It costs the Government j?-2."i0,000 a year to print the Congressional Record. The fashionable hotels of Amei-iea have become the most expensive in the world. Cigarette smoking in this country increased thirteen per cent, during the past year. The number of suicides in the United States in isyo was 2,040, while in 1SS9 it was '2,':-:4, and in 1S3S, 1,480. It is estimated that out of an army of 1". 000. 000 smokers in this country, those who use imported cigars only number 00,000. The gold dollar is worth 100 cents the world over. In London or Shanghai '2." 8-100 grains of standard gold are equal to 100 cents. t - - - .. ... The records of insurance companies of the United States show that the American man lives longer than men of the same race in the Old World. Tnn-rnost reasonable answer to the question: "Where did you get that hat?" would be: "From Danbury," as there w ere over 0,100,000 hats made in the lit tle Connecticut town last year. ITe none but Kolun Making lFovicrs. lTc none foui Aolan Ifakinx oirderi, A LESSON IN ECONOMY. How a Husband Checked III WU' Ei- 1 rAVHgance. A man with large business interests and a handsome income married a lady wlin. accustomed all her previous life to I the luxuries of wealth, had never farmed any clear conception of the worth and purchasing power of money. For some months the indulgent hus band gratified his wife's every whim. One day the lady, to carry out some caprice, asked for a check for so large a sum that the gentleman was disturbed. He saw that such prodigality, if M-r-sisted in, meant ruin; but not wishing to grieve his wife by a downright re fusal, lie determined to give b-r a les son in finance. He therefore smilingly remarked that he could not give her a check as usual, but would send up the money from his store. About noon the promised money came, not in crisp bills, as was expected, but in silver dollars, the sum total filling several specie bags. The wife was first vexed, then amused, and finally, as the afternoon wore away, became deeply thoughtful. When her husband came home to sup per, she took him gently by the arm, and leading him into the room where the ponderous lags of specie were still standing, said: '"My dear, is this the money I asked you for this morning?"' '"It is, my love," was the reply. "And did you have to take this money all in. dollar by dollar, in the course of your business?'' was the next question. - "Yes," he answered, gently; "it rep resents the results of many weeks of hard labor." "Well, then." f,he said, with tearful eyes, "send a man to take it back to the bank in the morning. I can't use so much money for so trivial a purpose. I didn't understand about it before. - Youth's Companion. Chinese Music. -The musical art of a people who rep resent one-Cftli of the earth's nonula- 1 i tion ought to be studied. If not for the sake of -.-esthetic pleasure at least in the interest of seientitlc knowledge. Yet there is scarcely a department in the history or philosophy of music con cerning which the information to be found in the books is so unsatisfactory as that of Chinese music. Even a historian of the thoroughness and profundity of Ambros, after devoting many pages to an attempt to elucidate the Chinese theory, seems willing to believe the first traveler who sets down the modern practice of the art as nothing but crude, barbaric, unregu lated noise. Crude, barbaric and noisy Chinese music certainly is, but not un regulated. Even the little music which can be heard on any holiday in the Chinese quarter of New York will serve to disclose to a discriminating ear that it i:; nothing if not methodical. The diilieulty on the part of the historians has been that they have never come in contact with the Chinese, and therefore have had to depend on the descriptions of travelers and mis sionaries touching the practical side of the art. Correctly to apprehend taw -ie. however, requires special qualifications 01 etlucation and natural gifts, and these nave been possessed by so small a minority of those who have written about China that they are scarcely worth enumerating". Century. Teeth Germs in tTi Human liclnp. The development of teeth germs from infancy to mature life is one of the most interesting phases of human growth. Fass the finger along the tiny jaw of the newcomer. Not only is there n. -thing which presages future teeth, but the jaws themselves seem too delicate and frail to become the sockets for such hard-working portions of the anatomy. Yet we are assured that there are fifty-two teeth germs hid den there. Twenty of them are for the temporary teeth, with which, in due time, the child will begin to gnaw or chew his way through life: the others include the permanent set and the molars, none of which begin to make their presence known until the child is six years old, and the "wisdom" teeth do not usually appear until about the age of eighteen. The little pulp germ grows and develops till it approximates the shape of the tooth it is to become; then it begins to calcify, forming the dentine part of the crown, while the enamel is deposited by an independent process. The surface of the crown attains its full size before the process of elonga tion commences. 'ihen, gradually it pushes its way outward through the gum. absorbing its tissue as it advances, till the pure white enamel peeps out. Pittsburgh Dispajtcdx Tortonia the Banker. A st riking instance of the elevation of a person from humble to exalted circumstances is found in the life of Tortonia, a celebrated banker of Rome, whose father was nothing mere than a valet de place, or a guide, who showed about strangers for hire. Tortonia, who was an active, intelligent young man, at first entered into business in a small way as a jeweler. In course of time he became a sort of banker; and an unexpected circumstance brought him in contact with Cardinal Chiara monti. On the death of Pope Pins VI., a conclave was to be held at Venice for the election of a new Pope. Chiara monti had expectations of bing elect ed to the vacant office, but he was un able to attend the conclave for the want of money. In this emergency he was STipplied with a few hundred crowns by Tortonia. -The cardinal now repaired to Venice, where, in the Church of St. George, he was elected Pope, under the title of Pius VII. In gratitude for this act of service the sovereign pontiff on his return to Rome appointed Tortonia banker to the court. He was created a Marquis and after wards a Duke, and became one of the richest capitalists in Europe. N. Y. Ledger. Dental "ote. A professor in the New York Dental College asked one of the new students : "Whit is the name of the teeth that a human being gets last?" "False teeth, of course." Texas Sitt ings. , "WOMAN, HER DISEASES HU THEIR TREATMENT." A valuabl. illustrated book of seventy two pages sent free, on receipt of 10 cents, to corer cost of mail ins, etc. Addresf;P. OSoSlOCG, Pbila delpbift, Pa, "123 3m. FROM FOREIGN NATIONS. Tite people of Mexico have taken to drinking beer. Breweries are spring ing up in every city of importance. An agitation lias begun in England for the repeal of the law providing for the execution of women fur capital crimes. The British Balloon Society ha en tered a sturdy protest against the threatened choice of Jerusalem a the prime meridian cf the world. Fiji is commencing the cultivation of tobacco, the enterprise eing assisted by the concession of government land Uj tho planters on eay termv The wettest place in the world is Cherrapooujee, alout 2.10 miles north east of Calcutta, just outside the torrid zone; there tho rainfall is upward of Oou inches every year. TnE official Russian bulletins now be ing issued assert that the number of German colonists within the Empire have become dangerous. In one prov ince they form sixteen per cent, of the population. The French Chamber has agreed to a duty on mural advertisements, as sug gested by a private member. The duty Is to be graduated according to the pop ulation of the localities in which the placards are affixed. Emperor William, of Germany, is said to have demanded the resignation of the manager of the Court Theater, Berlin, owing to the faulty manner in which the "Prince of Hoinburg" was recently represented there. The Ministry of the Interior of Rus sia has approved a project to establish agricultural colonies for professional leggars and vagrants. A special com mission has been appointed to work out the colonization plans in detail and to present them for adoption to Uk? Minis terial Council. The plans will be ready by next spring and put in operation as Soon as indorsed by the Government. NOT GENERALLY KNOWN. Switzerland gets about S2.WO.0OO a year out of American tourists. Previous to the time of Elizabeth the only article to assist in eating was the jack-knife, which also served for sundry other purposes. A jeweler says that it is a rare tiling for him to sell a solid gold watch chain. Everybody buys the plated article nowadays, even those, people who are well able to afford the solid. Adding the first figure to the second in 1891 gives tis the third, and sub tracting the fourth from the third gives us the second. And if we add all the figures we get the number of the centTirv. President Angell, of Ann Arbor University, says that the Chinese have no straight streets or walls because they believe the devil travels in a straight line. They are great believers in signs and portents, thousands in numbers. Machinery is accomplishing wonders for agriculture. It is stated that in Kansas biscuits were eaten that were made from Hour, the wheat of which the flour was made having stood in the field in a growing- condition ninety minutes before the biscuits were eaten. There is a temple of Siva, near Allahabad, in India, surrounded by a high mound composed wholly of the fragments of earthen bottles. n one of the last days of February from 20, 000 to 40.000 pilgrims m.senible, each being provided with two or three earthern bottles containing water from the Granges and few copper coins. ILLUSIONS OF GREAT MEN Goethe states that he one day saw the exact counterpart of himself coming toward lum. Pope saw an arm apparently come through the wall, and made inquiries after its owner. Byron often received visits from a specter, but he knew it to be a creation of the imagination. Dr. Johnson heard his mother call his name in a clear voice, though she was at the time in another city. Baron Emmanuel Swedenrorq be lieved that he had the privilege of ia- terviewing persons in the spirit world. Descartes was followed by an invisi ble person whose voice he heard urging him to continue his researches after truth. Loyola, lying wounded daring the ficge 01 Pampeluna, saw the Virgin who encouraged him to prosecute his mis sion. Sir Joshta Reynold, leaving his house, thought tho lamps were trees, and the men and women bushes agi tated by the breeze. I.aVaillac. while chanting the "Mis erere" and "De Profundi-.1' fondly be lieved that the sounds he emitted wvrv of the nature and had the lull erl'ect cl a trumpet. Oliver Cromwell, lying sleep-lens on his couch, saw the curtains open and a gigantic woman appear who told him that he would become the greatest man in England DOMESTIC HINTS. Cold meats are generally found more easy of digestion ttiun warm orie Set a dish of w ater in the oven with cakes when baking and they will seldom scorch. Even the broken tacks are helpful in this utilitarian age. They are excellent for cleaning bottles. PfT old rubber rings of cans into weak ammonia water, and they will re cover their elasticity. Salt and water, quite strong, and used persistently for a time, will pre vent the hair from falling out. An excellent cement for fastening leather, paper, or wood to metal, can Ik? made by adding a teaspoonful of glycer ine to a gill of glue. . . . Buttermilk Is sometimes too valua ble for the pigs. Use it instead of water when making bread, and use it as a drink on the table. Two pairs of shoes are desirable for each individual, to be worn on alternate days, since a single night's exposure to the air is usually insufficient to free thofce articles from moisture. Itch on human and horses and all aoimals cured in SO minutes bj Wool ford's Saniury Lotion. This never fa'ls Sold by E. T. Whf n . Dru store.'Scotlaad 8 21 ly QUITE ODD IF TRUE. A gitil of fifteen of Atlanta. Oa . wa divorced from olc Lu.'-lar.d and j jt taken another. An Atchison man i fj.nto marry the woman who tcl sponsor for him w hen he was baptized as a baby A Chicaoo man has reckoned that he has paid the proprietor of hi hotvl ?-e,-Oou for his. own board alone. A coNwRLOATioN at Leievtr. Eng.. has -petitioned their vicar to dismiss a new curate because he i the son cf a gardener. Mr Cattox, of Constantino, Mich.. lost her veiieo through illness several years ago. She recovered it by snet?z- ing the other day. i A woman at Atchison. Kan , sets a chair at table every day for her hu I band, who died more than a year ago. ) In his plate she puts a little bouquet of flowers. ! A little loy at Utiea. N Y., one day ! recently played letter carrier, and dis tributed through the neighIorhxl a i bundle of old love letters that his ! mother had taved from her courtship days. W. A. Fulton, one of Clayton Coun ty's (CS. ) ohlest and best cit izens, died the other itay. Just as he drew his last breath the old clo?k. which for forty years had faithfully" kept time, stopin-d and has hot run since. THERE is no end to the artfulness of womankind. There comes a story from Ridgway, Pa., to the effect that a man there, while blowing smoke rings in tU presence of a young lady, was surprised to see her run her finger in n and tell him we'll be married next spring". What could the poor fellow do except to bow his head in meek submission? IN THE COURT-ROOM General R. A. Aloer has just been victorious in a land-ease Contest before the Interior Department, in winch the amount involved was ?100.0oo The land is situated near Seattle, Wash. A new jury law in Minnesota enables firn-Mxths of the jurors to render a legal verdict. This will effectually nul lify tho stublKirnness of the juror who knows that he is right and all the others wrong. J l "DOE Gur.RRT, of Georgia, is deter mined that his court shall be treated with respect. Last week he fined the Solicitor-General SvJ.T.O for smoking and the slu-riff 5 for talking while the court was in session. The following is a copy of the re turn made by a colored constable on a warrant in Liln-rty County. Ga.: 'T have this Day Lest the Body of Kate Ann Leeounte. I have II ir in My Cust. This the r.th day of the 17th of J:ln.. is;u." A wom A?r who figured as a pauper died recently in San Francisco leavings';. v., which she had accumulated by begging. Three benevolent societies that had be friended her to the amount of $S-i0. SS'j;. and S00o respectively have begun suits to recover the .sums named from her estate. A woman in Bar Harbor, Me., was brought lefcre a trial justice charged with being a common scold. The record reports that "alter an enjoyable e:iTAr tainment of about three hours" the pro ceedings ended with the sentencing of the culprit to thirty days in the county jail. She appealed, however, and the case will probably be heard from again. MECHANICAL MATTERS. In the absence of a complete chemi cal test, the high specific gravity of gold (19.3) is the test of its purity. Recent investigation into the curious question of the use of an annular drill by the ancients lead to the conclusion that jewel points were used in With drilling and sawing. TlTE prize engine at the Royal Agri cultural Society's exhibition in 1840 is said to have burned UK iounds of coal per horse power per hour; that of 18."0. 7H; of 1S52, 4; of 1R5.3, 4K; of 1 ""-, a: of 1850, uh'; of lvr-j, -;U ur!-l uf IbfeT, 1 4-5. At a tost of steel manufactured at Reading, Penn., the other day. a one inch bar broke at a strain of 2s3.s::: pounds, "being about 20.000 pound in excess of the highest record authorita tively known." The test was made un der the supervision of Government of ficers. TirF. following is recommended as a sure way of finding where a crack in a piece of metal ends. Moisten the sur face with petroleum, trier, wipe it. and then immediately rub it with chalk. The oil that has penetrated into the crack: exuded and thus indicates where the crack ends. W.Kin ivn Iron notices an inTcnious way of cooling a journal in mavhincrv that can not be stopped. Thi; is to , hang a short endless belt on the "-halt next to the box. and let the lwcr part of it run in cold water. The turning of the shaft carriers the bilt slowly rux.d bringing fresh cold vrut'.r cor-ticualiy in contact with the heated shaft, and without spilling or spattering a drop cf water. AMONG THE POULTRY. If diicks are made profitable they 1. ..1st be kept LTowing frrri the itart. In Sending eggs to market a better. price can be realized if they are wa-hed clean. If managed quietly turkeys are very easy to handle and can bo driven with very little trouble. DoURi.n-YEi.Trr.D eggs, fiat eggs and all that class are nearly always the re sult of the hens living t jo fat. Until the chickens are six wepks old sweet milk can be used instead of vaU-r, and the poultry will thrive better. YorNO fowls when first hatched do not require any kind of f d for twenty- j four hours. Bread soaked in milk i j good for th first feed. ! Aftfr they begin laying, an egg j every day is not so certain with hens as j with ducks. It is only in exceptional; cases that a hen will lay every- day. A head of cabbage in the poultry yard will be found very acceptable to "the bens, and onlv a few days will elapse before nothing but the stalk will j be left. Xee1ir.g a tonic, or r-hilo t r. that v." ant bunding ir. hoii'l fj-.V-; BROtV:;1) IKO.K UITTEK. It is ilca;MU t Take. -.xrf. u;lar'u, Indiges tiOD,ad JUlinnrej!. . V len!( rs keep it. Une none bat IScIan flaking Powder. SCIENTIFIC DRIPPINGS. ' It't fr.:n 5.;e r-?uv- ; n new &r tic'.e '? eoit:.eree :ti ' rrrr..-inv CoKK. if m:k tWftl; fret in th ,Y!i, will nc t r-.e on ucc. u'. vf tho prcure of the wu-r. A t r achlr of mathematics av :) ..t the .imp tearing up or cutting vf paper is a great relief to the m.nd afu t mental iaNr. Totv.H paper is made ly mix in il'r id of zinc ith th pulp The rmrv concentrated the ?ine H'lu'.u n th tougher will 1' the p.ipor. As an instance of the x onderful fe cundity of vegetable life, it Is ftmd that a single tobacco plant wdl produce three hundred and sily thousand v--dv A ctianc.e in the channel of the riv, r Stour, at fcandwieh. Eng.. has revealed the wreck of a vessel believed to have sunk at that fpvt during tl ir rv'.gti of Henry VIII. , - In the ton year after he p:i.ses thirty a man s fot grow in length nearly an inch. I n the ease of a woman, however, her foot is generally smaller at twer.ty live than it wa when she wn eighteen Different class' t f substances have Wen found to affect the organs of taute in the following order: Bitters, at idv saline substances, sweets and alkalies The taste nerves are nearly 'i.OOO times as sensitive to quinine as to sugar. In each respiration an adult inhales one pint of air; a healthy man rvspirvs 10 to o times a minute, or jo.000 times a day; a child, -5 to '."" times a minute; while standing the adult respiration is 22 times per minute; while lying down. U. The manufacture of butter from the marrow of coeoanut is a new but grow ing industry in Germany. The butter is of a clear, w hitish color. The price cf this butter is irom twelve to fifteen cents porpound. It is suitable for ek ing. and is not disagreeable t tnie or smell. - . v A monster egg is exhibited in the museum at Riuki-I Vsth, 1 1 ung:irv. It is an egg of the prehistoric bird .Kpiornis, and but few museums jMis.se ss such a sjM'cimen; I -IS hens' eggs would find room in it, and it would hold nearly nine quarts. It was found in ls,o in M adagasear. COMMON-SENSE CURES. A THIN slice of raw fat jrk dusted with cayenne jepjer is our )e:-t renc-dv for a son1 throat. Hot water applied to a bruise v, ill al lay pain and prevent di .coloration. It has supersede medical "eve walers" in the treatment of inflamed and a bin;, eyes. Trt a bandage of hot salt outside the face for neuralgia; fill th.- r:n ..ith with hot salt in east of t'ot haehc; p'.t a little hot salt in a piece of mul iv. and then j;v.t it in the ear f :t :.: ! md or two when earache is trouble:, oin . Jr ii nn old remedy for the hieeoii;h to hold one's breath, and it' that l.n1 then to gargl" with u little iv:!t.t. :;-id ,f the hit ugh still continues t ti' !;h- the Jio 'e to the Jo'i!:t of Mieez!:rr ie or twice. when the hiccough is sur.-l igo. Many people are troubled w-'h iteh evec ;i:vl try all forts f v-, -l-.-s . he l. I .vi'V to treat IT f 1 1 r ; ?T i - o .ise 1 cool, we::1-: s:dt-w;,ter v. .'.. vi . i. v i. .:V.l" 1 f t hi.s d !:, no g; l- , ! " ) f a ; V i'-ian who makes .1 speei. l'.y id - - ease. For v-'V ache X ).. d r:e "algia i:: r i 1 ; . . vrr.edy ::.'"; .:'''. '.. , .hot vii"' ." " ; - re,' :ie t.houid !:.'; . ii.; cd ilannel bog.; of t !: veni -lit -:. 1 1,:'. . with strong, hornc-ct'red i.oos. A German phy.-.i.-i.-' n d ; P simp'e nvat:.. of s-.:;p-.-es; -ioh-it fits cf ..-hoopku .j.:-asping the low- r ia". : ?vnitio;! i f Cii-ioer.t! ii. o: ..rid v.iiing it lit; . Mil lowmvards- ;ind f ;rv. ;.rv.;. ' ' ;'. .f thb-' U the par ccv.' 1.1 he ...t . .. .lbs' .ir.t.dy certain. To:: live; in children, rub tie !'. tr.ted Skin or the- J.U.-tuh-.l With e;r 1 oil. rtpplied with the tip f the fin; . : iluby will pa:-.i from fretting t : 1..-. her while the proec-.s is u:':n,: on. ' ': relief will he so great and quick. l' inflamed eyes, bumped head., -.prained uukies. use abundantly niit.-i tS hot Ciili be boi 11 '. FAT5 ! LY Gf-CRrTTS. Vi -Hoi; "I -.p2.'.e y-.v.r d.i)' t -r i bu -i'v j.repTirirg l--r her ' 1 : . e Moth' r- -"" Ye-; e i- up in i.; r rov.;. lo'.v, destroying ail her r M 1 tt'. r- Mi: Jovi.s "I think we'd b-.--tcr not bull .1 this year. Lv..ry thirg i - - h:gi..' Mr. done' " V.t.at 1- it i.-.v. M r -June I notice mi ad .. r. . n. i t c. eightpenny nails. That a a g.-.c: dc-4.1 f or a tail. VIFE "Why. husband I thcvv"htyou had mure .en.-' thj.r r:y n jtt. .t You know the f .dh.w r.-.-xt d-Ar v,tt, ilv to de-.tii wit tl 1 ' Culm yourself, myder. 1 f.at i- If.e oiiw i LwUht. Do i.jI" like bt.bi.:. Mr. Whit-. v r-k' d lh" y.;;.r, r ;;.!',-." t 1 iy -t ' . grim old b..chci.'.- v.h- -.at ut th f . of th t-.-.ble. ""l .Ti t know, murn-i.' r- plied the ::'.;. lor. promptly. b-twv n two mouthful?, of jx-lato: "never ta-t- d my."' . wirE was eomplaininT bitterly of her cnt'd 1; 1 -.'j'".'. A frier. .1 advi-ed h'-r 'till to treat him MtPv ur.d g. t.Vr. and th:'.'- heap coals of fir -n hi . h -. i. "Ah. thr.t will iiot do." sh- r. -plied, "for I hr.vc tried f.-.okette-sof toiling v. ..U r on his head, and lie'-, no 1-iter. IIf:T:ANi 'a member of th- SjMjrts- I men .s ( Inb.! "1 see ti.ev nave arre ! u Eouie ni' ii iu the Ea-t for shinjliiig birds on the wing." Wife "Serves them right. They should, shoot th'-m on t he head or on th" feet. You men have re. idea how uelv a spoiled wing looks on a h:t' Little Whit "Is that the papa swnn or the rn.-.rnma swan?" Father "Which h ; ou inonn?" Little Willie "Why, tliejv.or thing that's had the feathers pecked of! the top of its head; and that isn't allowed to have none of the biscuit." Father (badly) "That's the papa swan, Willie." t. y BROWN'S IROM BITTERS furr-s Inffirestfon. Eiliomr.eiS. Prnpopsia, Ml- ria, Nervo'.vr.crs, sr.a General Hcbilitr. I'hybi cinns rerorantail it. All dealers sell it. Genuine ba irad uurli tud crossed red line ou wrapper. TOLD OF PEOPLC IN CUROPC. Tur iJ.M rf iTcf SlLrrarnt.:,; r.t.r.ui h: ar-r.! :tY--ii: w v Dvr.!x.. th- illr.r . f thr .x:- r.T.rv cr Krrdetisi. St lrur.r 1,1 m v. h .;. fahk-n to c nu't W .V.-rv'.l Vv'-n. that Lis pr fcts., U..S, rt.,- r w V) atrrai f ,;rf hundr! dlUr- a !it rwr frn ou LafarrtV fan',r, ,.f Prar.rr. ha ls- rr.e cxt.rj.t tr ).r death vf Srt.vr l-!n;oi.dde I.x'Tr't-, a grand, n f tho - .,-t... rai a, wealthy Wc!ieh--r ur.d tc lars-lv .i chrvr.t.r St-ivcn .Tr Ati th trr-A Ac. f. ru-Atit v f Grr.t a Italy. fnr i:. rmu.uf. fare f lu!..ci Ua a rr! i. the year wk and ha m hi ..vu';,,i, J eimwn t Lich ho Jrflif,-, t , t. v that date. DtTUNvi the jrc.-r,t century, three -irl vhierr. have. tf.,re the a.!r !.t , f Vue ti W tihehiona, alt:-..! 1 ::.u1a:u ou-ly avet.de.lthe thr..te of European Nation- Maria da Gh.ria . I'.t1 a.-:. haUdla of Spain, and Victoria of I.:. glunvh Mi.- l w.n m: o Konriuv w(,i lives now in p-ncer ll'iiw, I.. ?i ..,K l K;iid to n eeive a itiskliT e!T rs i f marnrtgc it any u lo- m the l'.i t-S nit-trojh.hs he has the entire meotie of tho ?s.vhUv,i eht.'ite. tiow very la... h Increased, left by her hxikhand. IK SiMII.lCMANN left JilS JT pe rt V 1 1 N vUvivh-vl among his reUtU. v inchi !. ing li.eiM t, his tirt wife's ha irs I he sum of lw i l,.ft to lV- f Vircb. w The pala-e at Athens, w ith all its lei ti"fS and hl.rarie., w Ul the , . tion of the Trojan vessel, w hh h nr.- dehtined for tfw Jlerlin Museum, i V- -qurathed to hit wife. PEOPLE OF ROYAL DIRTM. Thf high court of Amsterdam huv ,b eided th:.t all olJiciul und p-aMie servant shall llvldress the little gucen rs K lli ilheltnina Gl. bl.H-k of real ctate u'Aliol J.y Oueen i.-toria is the m.. t valuable m the itritish K'irigd'-ni It is in I.nd..n, of course, and includes Uith -.ides of the nadrant and liegent street from lVcu dilly circus to (f,.rd street Ahciiui kk C'itutr.s Lot is. l, .r j.re 'umptive to the Austrian throne, allow his v.ns but fifty lhrius a moidh until they attain their majoritv .t th. age of eighteen tltey Int,,Mii- free Uth an income of at least twenty thousand J'orins. Tin: Sultan of Turkey is not in all re sjects the ease-loving monnreh he e. re jorted to )h. He jasses a g.l part of the day With his 'eeretnrv tliseii-.siiijr masters jwrtaining to Die J'uipire and it is liis btciKt that be bus In Ver 'ile d a state jiajuT without reading it Tin: I'riruess Louise, daughter -f I'rineess f'hristian, will be married, to I'rince Aribert of Anhait duririj.' ll coming summer. The jriate cha;e! at Vindsor Gastle will U- umsI f.r tbe weddirif.' ceremony arid a who!.- stream of ri"iit reverend prelates s i t.e laid on for the occasion. Tiik. iVrsian Shah's dinner is . rvol to liim in two courses ' (, llr-.t i1- cm jMised of erwiare. pi. kb d fruit . drn d jirunes and apricots ' ben. after an in terval i f two hours, 11 dish of the t brotb, containing rmet. lamb. ehi -io u jind stewed aj'jdes, and :i ri vtov are Jilaecd In-fore him. TlieSliah eats very daintily with the tips of hi. fingers. SHORT AND PITHY. W J N'TK It sl i J'pc rs - I lie b.yswho 'lih on tin- ice. "Now. io'r l orro-.v trouble, follv " "No need to. You Iteeji ine Well mii jdied. Silas." "How ALL the mighty fallen." chuckled the icy sidewalk a'i the fat man sat down with a dull thud (All r 11 "Where's y "ir father''" I r hin "lie's shinglin ." i "al Ic r "'I he barn?" I.'rchin "No. Tommy." Miss Va:; Da "it "Have you me "vMint Eust'T ) '' I r. blank 1S1, ,-e-, he was my butler for some time " li is lard!y necessary to state that a ;han;re from natural gris to -,ft o;, would ca-t a i'bom ovi r the eijt iieeorri -nuriity. Tax man v.ho t-ighed for the lost Vf earns of his boy h'H m could li kidy br ; 1 them Ijaek by eatiiig one of his b.yhood suj.jx-rs. "Do Tef think it ill -ain to d;.-, "I don t know '' .'-.iy. you ought to join the Mgnal service they ie. e,t j -. -1 Jch m n as you An Irish witnc . e'c-u?a.-d f.i , 1 -.r.i.:i., from an tipjor,cr.t by av.r g It Is b. t U-r to be a coward j.,r live mir.ule th.:n dead all the r'-st of T' lir life time Hi. '"Vn-ae. I k'-j-ss I have tt- rep ntation of t 1 tig or.e of t: '. r.g 1 Ir.vi r.b'.t.t tov.ii v.!. j t.:r. ..- a. m-r.' y than bruin- .!. ".'i..t o,; . r.ot rr. Ii. are Vou ;- REGARDING F. Al L RU OS Tnr. long -t r-:.;.'ei .i i, h- C'lLa-t.-vt. Pa'if;,- Mr.Mc -. ; -,rdr.'t-;T, :ie ;-r,y '" th-..-.r.ar.J -. of b'bi:.. .'.; r ' ' ...-1 lALii vad ii tvuf cf . a. -1 r .. ' . -t. .n tr.-jt b.nd '1 i: .1 i ..f - hi. . ' hr.lt an 1 land t 1 1 - n h. :.: ' ' rniivs cf tri-.-k, I.' y-ar tarn.-.! !'. enormous numv--r of ..vr four h indr--.'. million of j.ass.-ng. r- who paid Xvwt.: fare-.. A 1 iP.v.y -sT'oVTjr.fT of a raliror.il jnbli eatiori h:;- four.d thht out of Ui'-'-- :.:i f i-.r h'T: !.-e-l raiiroad .- ' ?d it- 'I.. f: lilted Slate-, .ii 1- ' ' r l.fl; j.-t ' v-.. r caused bv :rui.k.-iiiies.. iIim.u-''.-ere of plain ord,.-.-- or the i:.o-t re.-h h - ?:;r-!-ii'--v 'fur Great We't.-m Arg"-r.t .r.e r. il ron.ll. a-'ut t try an eperlm id of burn crude -tro!eum in i engines. It has contracted v. ith a Mendoa -.m-r.anv to take ur.c hurn'reil tiioii -anti cu bic meters of crude jc-tn leum at twep. e ddlarh a meter. Thf: nviml-r of employe on ail the railroads of the country amounts to seven hundred thousand. 'I here ar fifteen hundred and eighteen different railroad corporations, and the total mileage of these, railroads is one hun dred and fifty-fcix thousand four hun dred miles. HNMIMMI U.M.MJ.LK I .M.I. Atl&ata.u. villi' ci,...K.1:i '2G-60-lv. M7
The Commonwealth (Scotland Neck, N.C.)
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March 19, 1891, edition 1
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