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- c A27E2TISINQ IF YOU ARE' HUSTLER IS TO BUSINESS .V.'liAT STEAM IS TO- Machinery, Ti.vT('.KW rnorF.i.i.iN''- Toayer. : .,.1 -.tisTnTit. nKoilt. c n a mre and insert it in ti8 Commonwealth. . ..0 a change in biisiness all r?.07ESSIONAL. o. Mcdowell, corner New Hotel, Main -rtn SD Neck, N. C. ffALvavs at his office vnen not ;.u tl;v engaged elsewhere. , ,Ovcr J. S. Bowers & Co's store. U. h.'.rs from 9 to 1 o'clock ; 2 to ,V' '; . m. SCOTLAND NECK, X. C. VVI0 BELL, Attorney at Law, ENFIELD, N. C. '.tv-a'a-lioinins counties and in the md Federal uouns. v-mima i all parts of the State. e.'' If,' DUNN, A T TOR N E Y-A T-L A W. Scotland Nkck, N. C. rmctiee. wherever his services are K''V.V yl. R. W. J. WARD, Surgeon Dentist, Enfield, N. C. rr.oe over Harrison's Dra Store. DWARD L. TRAVIS, Attorney aiul Counselor at law, HALIFAX, N. C. gT Money Loaned on Farm Lands. OWARD ALSTON, Attorney-at-Law, HALIFAX, X. C EWELRY SILVERWARE!!! WATCHES AND CLOCKS- TUT IN PERFECT REPAIR. We have engaged the services of Mr. J. D. Perry, from the Chicago Watch Ma kers' Institute, where he took a thorough course, and is prepared to do ALL KINDS OF REPAIRING And Engraving. His office is at our show window in front. All work is guaranteed. fGIVE HIM A CALL B. T. "WHITEHEAD & CO., i 25 tf Scotland Neck, X. C. SCOTLAND NECK STEAM DYE WORKS Mourning Goods a Specialty Got price list. Address Scotland Neck Steam Dyeing Co 1-21-lv Scotland Xeck X. C HAVING INCREASED MY FACIL ITIES I AM NOW PREPARED TO FURNISH DOUBLE QUANTITY OF BRICK. gjfF'Algo will take contract to gi'furnish lots lrom 50,000 gjETot more anywhere within i0 miles of Scotland JNecK '''hi nTwavs furnish what, '(u want. Correspond ence and orders solicited D. A. EIADDII-Sr, 1-10-95-ly Scotland Xeck, X. C MENTION THIS PAPER. J-A AO EVAXS, GENERAL CARPENTER. . A specialty of . Bracket and Scrol work of all kinds. Work done cheap and everv niece euaranteed.rf':i- jTC. IJVERMON, BRICK ! BO E. E. HILL.IARD, Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XII. New Series Vol. 1, THE EDITOR'S LEISURE HOUBS. Points and Paragraphs of Things Present, Past and Future. A newspaper published in Madrid is printed on linen, which may be wash ed and and used afterwards as a hand kerchief. There has been most wonderful im provement in railroad travel during the past few years. Formerly the fast est travel and best equipped systems were at the North, but of "later years the South is putting in about as good work in this as can be found anywhere. The authorities of the Johns Hop kins Hospital in Baltimore have pre pared a cold storage room in which to keep dead bodies for the use of medi cal colleges in winter. This is indeed a progressive age, and truly no one can conjecture what will be happening all about us ten years hence. As surely as time glides by there will be develop ments in that time not dreamed of DOW. The ravages of the yellow fever m Cuba have made the land a grave j'ard or the young men of Spain. It is said that the destructiveness of the fe- yer there this summer has been great er than it was last year. nousanas of Spanish soldiers have been prostrat ed by the fever and more than one tenth of the army have been sent to the hospital. All these things seem to work against Spain and to favor Cuba. When shall men be and think alike? is a question which some are asking. A writer in the Cosmopolitan says: "I have no doubt but that within a cen tury every man on the face of the globe will wear a top hat and swallow ill coat. And the minds of men will 11 , . - A 1 come to resemDie ineir costumes. All of which seems to us improbable. t is true that as the nationalities and races mix more they will become some what alike, but we believe God has made some distinctions that the attri tion of all time cannot wear away. The cotton manufacture of the coun try must eventually move to the cot ton fields. Those who recognize this first will be in the best position to take advantage 61 the situation. Already quite a movement has been made in this direction and it must necessarily continue, and the movement will gath er strength. It is in accordance with the laws of economy in business, which the people of this age are fast learn ing. The nearer the mills to the fields of production the less the cost to pro cure the staple, and therefore the great- er the prone lu me mtuiuiai-Kunii . i- XV. ..,,AnWM. And manufacturers will learn this sooner or later. Catholic Spain is truly a study for Protestant Americans, lraring a re cent drought the worshipers of San Is- idro, the patron saint of Madrid, wish ed to have the-ecclesiastical authorities to work miracles in the bringing of rain, xney waujneu wj t"uu " j 1 1 aLa nl ntteXra n a 4 Vl weeks went by and became anxious. When they saw in the heavens some signs of rain they announced that the hAnoa the, natron saint would be v- brought out, and the faithful were urg ed to swell the procession. But the clouds that had been gathering two or three days broke up, and the sun look -ed out again from a brazen-like sky. It was too much to expect the bones of the patron saint of Madrid to bring rain out of such a sky, and so the au thorities suddenly announced that it had not occurred to them that a bul fiffh. had been organized for the same day and hour, and they did not wish the faithful ones to lose the pleasure o: the bull fight while following the pro cession. They therefore declared they had decided to postpone tho procession w thfi time, and the bones of San Isi dro remained undisturbed that day. After long waiting nature came to the rescue, the clouds hung over the land lull ol water, the bones of the pa tron saint were brought out and the tAii fToeiv- Such is Catholic . . .u. Kf lw- Bpaio. y ? w - " Co SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, Written for Tam CoMifeiwiALN. OrN the deep. A TBIP ACROSS THE SEA Many Places of Interest Visited. II. The first foreign city I visited after leaving the United States was St. Mi chaels. This city Tjelongs to Portugal and is a lovely city. It is celebrated for its fruits and wines. It is one among the oldest cities in the world. It has several large forts. Xow we come to Gibraltar. This city is owned by the English and is one of the strongest fortified places I ever saw and commands the entrance to the Mediterranean. There are more than 7000 soldiers stationed there and t is the main coaling station ior ships going through the Suez Canal and a great source of revenue to the English government. It is jealously guarded by the pics of the Englsh army. The The main land can be reached by a small bridge leading into a small vil- age called "Spanish Town," for its in habitants are all Spaniards. A pass is demanded by the soldier on guard at all times when you wish to leave the island to visit "Spanish Town." The Spanish ladies are beautiful and are very small. Malta was the next city we visited and is the main rendezvous of the Med- teranean fleet and is strongly fortified and garrisoned by 3,000 English sol diers. It has a splendid harbor which is entered through a very narrow chan nel. The natiyes are a very thrifty race, and the bargains they make In trading &c. would be a credit to the "Yank," as they call us. The place still shows effects of the bombardment that was administered by the English years ago. From Malta we arrived at Port Said, gypt. This city is a western entrance to the Suez Canal and is owned by the Egyptians. It is situated on a low, sandy flat, with no drainage. The traffic passing through the place is enormous and it is the "jumping off place" for tourists visiting the Pyra mids and other lovely places in Egypt. The inhabitants resemble our colored people very much. There are a few who can speak the English language. Ismalia is the next city we visited. This place is a beautiful little city with wide, clean streets fronting the sea. it is a resort oi tne js.niaive, ana his yacht is kept there moat of the time. It is a beautiful vessel of am ple proportion and good speed. The trees are decked with beautiful foliage and it is the nicest city I ever saw. Xow we come to Suez City, which is at the eastern entrance of the Suez Ca nal. It is a small, dirty little place. A large garrison of Egyptian soldiers is stationed there and two ancient men-of-war were anchored in the harbor at the time of our visit there. We are now at the island of Perim. This island is owned by the English and is used for a coaling station for ships. There are about 700 people on the island. There are only 14 white people and 686 Arabs. There are also thousands of goats, camels, and bull ocks, on the island. Xow we are in the city of Colombo, Ceylon. This place is also owned by England and is a source of great rev enue. one wouia oe surprised iu see s. iii x the manner in which the English have heantified the citv. There are broad clean streets, splendid for driving. Bananas, cocoanuts, cinnamon and tea are to be seen growing in and around the city. The natives are of a dark color and they are kept under good control by the English soldiers. Xow we come to a small town, Pe- nang, we being here only three hours waiting for our mail to come on board, I cannot describe it beyond the fact that it is an English port. It is beautiful little town and is situated on tho water front. We are now at the city of Singapore. This is an English port of great im portance. It is the center of the opium traffic and great canning in dustries are carried on here. It is also a great coaling port. There is a large garrison of soldiers here. In former days it was a rendezvous for pirates, but that has been broken up. We have arrived at Saigon, and it is a beautiful city. It is owned by the French and has nice, broad streets, with lovelv shade trees. A UVlvx V large botanical garden, filled with al the animals and vegetation peculiar to the country. In this garden l saw one of the largest black bears 1 ever ThA French hospitality was aa, - v shown us during our stay, and a bal was given on board of our ship and it was attended by the Governor and his staff. We "Yanks," as they call us were treaiea vary uuxuy " lih florrv to have us leave the mmonw: EXCELSIOR" IS OUR MOTTO. city. Our ship during the ball looked like a flower garden. They sent the flowers from the city in pots and placed them in rows all over the ship which was lighted up with electric lights. There are a few Chinamen who reside there and seem to be doing very well. Our stay there was highly appreciated by the natives. We are on our way to Hong Kong, China, and our ship is gliding through the sea so nicely. Will write you again on my arrival there. C. T. Cubbie. Fewer Saloons. Atlanta Journal. There has been a desired decrease in the number of liquor saloons in this country in the past few years. This is due to various causes. In the South the sale of intoxicating liquors has been prohibited in a great many coun ties while nearly all the cities, have adopted a system of high license and have restricted more closely the limits within which licenses are granted. But the decrease in the number of saloons is not restricted to the South ; it extends to all sections. Under the Raines law the number of licenses is so limited that the num ber of saloons in New York has been greatly reduced. Similar results are seen however, in States and cities where there is no law limiting the proportion of the saloons to the population. One hundred of the 900 liquor deaiers in Louisville have failed to renewthe li censes this year. Chicago has 1,000 5 fewer soloons this year than last The Pittsburg Leader says tl'at the sheriff has been kept busy in thit city recently levying executions on j liquor saloons. The me and Spirits Gazette is authority for the statement jthat in Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin and oth er Western States, where the IRaines law is unknown "saloons are closing by the thousands." Similar reports come from many other States. The Wine and Spirits Gazette is con vinced "that "the retail liquor : trade of the saloon business, which is inre enme thing, is much overdone. There are more saloons in all our great commu nities than there is business for. Of course they can not all live. The weaker ones must go under, whether subject to the Raines law, the Dow aw, the Xicholson law, or Neill Dow's prohibition law." The Journal recently published sta tistics showing that the consumption of whiskey has decreased greatly in the United States within the past five years, but the consumption of malt liquors has largely increased. It has, however, the uniform testi mony of saloon keepers in all parts of the country that there is not as much money in their business now as there was a few. years ago. Will Yon he Beady? Talmage. That day ot trial will come very sud denly. The farmer will be at the plough, the merchant will be in the counting-room, the woodman will be ringing his axe on the hickories, the weaver will have his foot on the tread le, the manufacturer will be walking amid the buzz of looms and the clacfc of flying machinery, the counsel may be at the bar, pleading the law, the minister may be in the pulpit pleading the Gospel, and the drunkard may be reeline amid his cups, and the blas phemer with the oath caught between his teeth. Lo! The sun hides. Xight comes down at mid-noon. The earth shud ders and throbs. There an earthquake opens and a city sinks as a crocodile would crunch a child. Mountains roll in their sockets and send down their granite cliffs in avalanche of rock. Rivers pause in their chase for the sea and ocean, uprearing cries to flying A I ns nna Himalaya. Beasts bellow and moan and snuff up the darkness Clouds fly like flocks and swift eagles Great thunders beat and boom and hnrat. Stars shoot and fall. The Al mighty, rising on His throne, declares that time shall be no longer, and the archangel's trump repeats it till all the living hear, and the continents of dead spring to their feet, crying: "Time shall be no longer !" Oh, on that day will you be ready?" Old People. Old people who re quire medicine to regulate the bowels and kidneys will find the true remedy in Electric bitters This medicine does not stimulate and contains no whiskey now other intoxi cant, but acts as a tonic and alterative It acts mildly on the stomach and bw els, adding strenght and giving tone to the orerans! thereby aiding Nature ir the performance of the functions. E lectric Bitters is an excellent appetizer and aids digestion. Old people find it mat. ATntlv what they need. Price ffV Mnta AndSl.OO ner bottle at E. T, Whitehead & Co.' Drng Sore. PLUCKY WOMAN. SHE FILLS VARIOUS POSITIONS. Women Hold Their Own. Lesleie's Weekly. There is a growing feeling that the average woman may be relied upon to make her way whenever she is given an opportunity to fairly compete with the average man, especially in those employments which require acuteness ot intellect, and do not demand any great expenditure of physical strength. We find women nowadays in practical ly all spheres of activity, and they are demonstrating more and more their ca pacity for affairs. Secretary of Agri culture Morton has recently given some very direct testimony in support of the theory here stated. He states m the civil-service examinations which have been had in connection with ap pointments to positions in the Agricul tural Department, the female candi dates in most cases pass better exami nation than the men ; and he adds that they do their work equally well, if not better than the men, when assigned to duties of the same character. He in stances the fact that at the last civil service examination held in his depart ment for the purpose of securing two male assistants in the library, eight women, who were not invited to partic ipate, appeared, together with thirty men, and being allowed to take their chances with the latter, every one of them passed, while every one of the men failed. The secretary yery prop erly appointed two of the women, al though the advertisement announcing the examination had expressly stated that only male candidates would be considered eligible. The facts stated by Secretary Morton go to confirm the results which have been attained in institutions oi learning where co-education exists. The results of the examinations at Banard during the recent season attest in every res pect the intellectual quality of women in certain of the more useful studies. There are, of course, people in the world who do not like this aspect of al- airs, and who will very reluctantty sur render the notion that woman should not be given an equal chance in the race of life ; but it goes without saying that in view of the results ot experience as they are accumulated year after year, the most ultra-conservative will at last e driven from his stronghold, and by common consent tne sexes win nave equal opportunity for the utilization of their powers in the service of mankind. A Housekeeper Should Enow That salt should be eaten with nuts to aid digestion. That milk which stands too long makes bitter butter. That rusty flatirons should be rubbed over with beeswax and lard. That it rests you in sewing to change your position frequently. That a hot, strong lemonade at beu- time will break up a bad cold. That tough meat is made tender by laying a lew minutes in vinegar water. That a little soda water will relieve sick headache caused by indigestion. That a strong cup ot coffee will re move the odor of onions from the breath. That a cup ot hot water drank be fore meals prevents nausea and dyspep sia. That well-ventilated bedrooms will prevent morning headaches and lassi tude. That one in a faint should be laid flat on his back ; then loosen his clothes and let him alone. That consumptive night-sweats may be arrested by sponging the body nightly in salt water. That a fever patient can be made cool and comfortable by frequent spong ing off with soda water. That cold tea should be saved for your vinegar barrel. It sours easily and gives color and flavor. That to beat the whites of eggs quick Iv, add a pinch of salt. Salt cools, and cold eggs froth rapidly. That the hair may be kept from fall ing out after illness by a frequent ap plication to the scalp of sage tea. That you can take spots from wash goods by rubbing them with the yolk of eggs before washing Twa Liyes Saved. Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junction City, 111., was told by her doctors sh bad Consumption and that there w. no hope for her, but two bottles Dr. King's New Discovery completely cun-d her and she says it says it saved ber life Mr. Thos. Eggers, approach Con sumption, tried without result every thing else then bought one bottle ofj Dr. King's New Discovery and in two weeeics was cured. He is naturally thank ful. It is such results, of which these are samples, that prove the won derful efficacy of this medicine in Coughs and Colds. Free triai bottles at E. T. Whitehead & Co.'s Drug Store. Begular size 50c. and $1.00 ill SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $i.oo. 1896. NO. 39 Lumber Used in Eos Making. Northwestern Lumberman. In a discussion of the amount of lumber used in the making of boxes, Barrel and Box, a paper recently start ed at Louisville, is authority for the statement that a certain Chicago soap concern uses every year $105,000 worth of white pine soap boxes in Chicago and $80,000 worth ot cottonwood box es at St. Louis. The total number of boxes used by this company last year was 1,541,666. Another Chicago con cern uses 1,500,000 ; boxes every year. The firm operates its own box factory at Rhinelander, Wis. There are fifty other soap manufacturers in this coun try, and Barrel and Box estimates that altogether 150,000,000 boxes are used in packing soaps alone. Two of the larger soap manufacturers expend each year $400,000 for boxes. If 3,000,000 boxes cost $400,000. 150,000,000 box es would inyolve the expenditure of $20,0C0,000 for soap packages alone. Continuing the calculation through the yast range of packing-box demand, which involves almost every industry known to man, we can imagine how enormous is the expenditure in its grand total, and what an amount of lumber is consumed in its manufacture. It is evident that the making of boxes furnishes the largest percentage of the demand for the coarser and common grades of lumber, and that as the years pass, there will be a sure outlet for low grade white pine, cottonwood, yellow pine, and all other lumber that can be worked into boxes. How the Cricket Saved the Ship. Nineteenth Century. Just as Alvar Nunez's vessels were al most on the rocks a cricket commenced to sing, which cricket a sick soldier had put into the ship at Cadiz, being anxious to hear its music ; and for the two months which our navigation had endured no one had heard it, whereat the soldier was much enraged ; and as that morning it felt the land (sintio la tiovMfc) -it .ommn40j1 ta. uinrr.- ntA . its music wakened all the people ot the hip, who saw the cutis, which were distant almost a cross-bow shot from where we were ;so we cast our anchors and saved the ship ; and it is certain that if the cricket had not sung, all of us 400 soldiers and thirty horses had been lost. Some of the crew and soldiers accept ed the occurrence as a miracle from God, but Xunez himself is silent on this head, being a bettter observer of natu ral history than a theologian. But, "from then and sailing more than a hundred leagues along the coast always every evening the cricket gave us his music, and thus with it we ar rived at a little port beyond Cape Frio, where the Adelando landed and un furled his flag, and took posession of the country for his majesty." A bad marriage is like an electric machine ; it makes you dance but you can't let go. .Rice paper is not made from rice, but from the membranes of the bread fruit tree. Rain has never been known to fall between the two lower falls of the Nile Saved the babies. Mr. J. T. McAlister. Atlanta, Ga., says : "Last June Germeteur saved our baby, Paul, carried him safely through an extremely bad case of dysentery and teething, and from a mere skeleton of skin and bones, it has made him a great big solid chunk of thirty or thirty five pounds." Fat as a Pig. J. J. Scruggs, of Sidon, Miss., says "Our little Girl 9 months old, was in a very low state from summer complaint and Germetuer made her :as fat as a pig." 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FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS An Old and Well-Tried Remedy Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used for over fifty years by mil lions of mothers for their children while teething, with perfect success. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain cures wind colic, and is the best remedy for Diarrhoea. Is pleasant to the taste. Sold by Drug gists in every part of tho World. Twenty five cents a bottle. Its value is incalculable. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, and take no other kind. (R) 9 26 ly WANTED A eenttemnn of efnnrf. ing to represent Combined Contract comprising two of the largest invest ment and life insurance companies in America. Address Thos. A. P. Champ lin, Sup't. First Floor (Rooms 12 to 15) .ucuin uuiiaing, Washington, U. CJ. RELIEF IN SIX HOURS. Distressing Kidnev and Bladder dis- eases relieved in six hours ly the "New Great Sorm Ammo- iv K'ii v,.y Cure." 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