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FEQF&33I0ITAL. D R. A. C. LIVERMOX, OmcE-Over the Staton Building. Office hours from 9 to 1 o'clock : 2 to 1 o'clock, p. ni. SCOTLAND XECK, X. C. 0 AVID BELL, Attorney at Law, EXFIELD, X. C. Practices in nil the Courts of Hali fax and adjoining counties and in the ' Supreme and Federal Courts. Claims collected in all pra-ts of the State. I. A. DUXX, A T T 0 It X E Y-A T-L A W. Scotland Xeck, X. C. Practices wherever his services are required. 1 B.W. J.WARD, Surgeon Dentist, ExFIELD, X. C. OSce over Harrison'.-! Druf Store. pWARD L. TRAVIS, Attorney and Counselor at Law, HALIFAX, X. C. t"Uc,nl! Loaned on Farm Lands. W pWARD ALSTON " Attorney-at-Law, LITTLETOX, X. C. D C. A. VHTTriifr r BENTAL Surgeon, Tarboeo, X. C SECK S1EAM DYE WORKS 0l:EXIXG OODS A SPECIALTY sPnce list, Auaress SCOTL W-r, V r. 1-24.1, K aTEAM Eyeing Co. Scotland Xeck X, C Dta EUEF IX SIX II0URS- 8iKdSd-nei 11114 BIadder dis- Gre Sorrl S1X hUrs the "w CrE." Thil A5HICAX Kidney y outSft ia a reat Aptness v1 of lts exceeding kWF"1 in the "tthe nS ack an every part an1Painin .!l8te?tifn of water von "8 ""most ic lmmedi- want emir relief and remedv iwi",."yn.T. E. E. HILLIARD, Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XTTT. Kew Series Vol. 1, THE EDITOR'S LEISURE HOURS. Points and Paragraphs of Things Present, Pas) and Future. The colored people of Raleigh have filed petitions before the Railroad Com mission asking for better waiting room accommodations. They recite several objectionable features ot the disadvant ages and inadequacy of their waiting room service and ask the Commission to rectify the matter. This is the season of commencements and the reports of those held thus far in the State are quite flattering, Must of the schools and colleges " have done well this year, and notwithstand ing the extremely hard times there is a good prospect for an enlivened interest in education during the ensuing school year. The trucking interest of the State has been more successtul this season than for two or three years past. The spring was rather late, but the prices on truck have held up better than for several years, and truckers are encour aged. This is especially the case with strawberries and cabbage. The potato crop was much injured by the frost and it is too early to tell much about what the crop will be worth.. The question of how to get better roads ought to be agitated in Xorth Carolina until we can have such roads that farmers will be justified in loading teams properly. The power of a team has to be gauged by the worst mile of road oyer which a load must be drawn. All the road may be good except one mile, and that mile measures the load. The team must be loaded for that mile, regardless of what could be drawn over the other part. Let us have good roads. It is a great disadvantage to most persons to be uncertain about remain ing where they are and continuing to work in the same sphere. Most persons work with less energy when they feel that perhaps soon they will make a change in place, or business, or occupa tion. This is a mistake. The better one does the thing at hand and the more faithful he is, the more easily will he do the thine which he next ays hands to. All worthy effort at doing something well is a stepping stone to higher efficency in the work ahead. The Presbyterian Assembly in Char- otte last week was a great body of Christian workers. Charlotte has many 'resbyterians perhaps as many as any city ot its size in the South and it was peculiarly fitting that'the great assembly should be held there. The people of "The Queen City" no doubt did themselves great credit in enter taining their visitors ; and not to do so would have been to break its record, or Charlotte is well known for her hos pitality. The following appeared in the Xew York Sun of 18th : "The following dispatch from Raleigh was published by a Wall street news bureau yesterday : A new development has taken place regarding the Atlantic & Xorth Caro- ina Railroad, growing out of the recent contest between certain stocKholders and the attitude ot Governor Russell. t is stated on good authority that a proposition has been made to the Gov ernor looking to the purchase of the stock of the Atlantic & Xorth Carolina Railroad owned by the State, and it has been ascertained that a committee has gone to JNew York to try to Dorrow $300,000 for this purpose, the Governor having indicated bis approval of the sale, if the money can be procured.' "The presence of tnis committee in New York has been known for several days, but it is not thought probable, in view of the recent antagonistic attitude of the Governor and the Legislature of the State of Xorth Carolina, as well as of other Southern States, toward rail road properties and investments, that money can be borrowed on any reason able terms looking to the purchase of railroad property in Xorth Carolina." Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Re newer is unquestionably, the Jbest pre servative of the hair. It is also a cur ative of dandruff, tetter, and all scalp affections. For sale by E. T. White SCOTLAND LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE. COVET NOT ANOTHER'S PROS PERITY. Some Rambling Thoughts. BY "NEMO." (Copyrighted.) To the Envious : How do you bet ter yourself by coyeting the prosperity of others? Do you not rather let loose in your heart ravening wolves whose teeth are whetted to tear down those who run well? Many untoward things have happened to you, doubtless, and you feel sick at failures, but envy only leads you further astray. Concentra tion upon your own affairs (one of the ways to success) is impossible if your malevolent mind spends its strength in estimating the seemingly unfair distri bution of worldly goods. The brighter the sunshine, the darker the shadow, and your heart would almost stand still with dread could you see the gloom along some of the ways you think so bright and happy. Tread serenely ome more vour own way, holding life to be a proving place of merit, and at the end there shall be peace. To Bewildered Ones : Buffetted by ill-winds, with faith shaken by mis eries that seem undeserved, you some times are tempted to cry out that life is naught but chance and mischance. But every analogy of nature is against you. There (and with you too) every thing is concluded to be tbe result of cause and effect. There is a reason for all that is happening to you, difficult though it may be to discover it. Learn from the scientist. In a number of sciences ; for instance, tbe study of tbe stars or the study of life, there is a point reached beyond which the light of reason fails and all becomes irnpene- j trable darkness. The scientist must choose one of two ways, either conclude that the origin of things comes by chance, or that all is ordered and direct ed by a power beyond his ken. Which seems to you the more reasonable? I need hardly inquire ! Then let your reason lead you to the same conclusion in relation to your own problems. To Friendly Souls : In ancient Mythology the world was believed to be held on the shoulders of Atlas. This man of mighty frame has his counter part in these later years, and the fancy of tbe ancients does not seem so very remote, lor I see this grand old age marked world rolling quietly along and the most sustaining influence in it is friendship. The unselfishness of those who wish us well, out of pure goodness of heart, keeps many toiler cheerfully in his place. God's vicegerents on earth are the friends we have. When tempted and tried, even before we turn to God tor guidance, our thought is al most invariably "What would dear , my friend think ?" You mag- J nanimous ones, whose eyes are ounoea to our outer faults, but keen-yisioned for the ideals and grandeur we are ca pable of, still exert your power unspar ingly. The ways are hard and weary ; stay not the precious influences that help us to believe in good and in effort and in ourselves. To Ministers : Let no man deprive you of your right to take active part in our country's affairs. You have the right and the responsibility as well. Bear with me for a few lines in order to see whether we agree. The highest civilization is undoubt edly that in which there is the readiest interchange of advantages and oppor tunities among the members of the na tion. We not only boast of ahigh civ ilization but we even dare to call our selves "Christian." What is Christian civilization? The reply must be made that civilization, in order to be Christ ian in any sense, must be one that, as far as possible, from the highest to the lowest, is actuated by Christian princi ples. If this be true then, there is, as yet, little danger of our going too far in such a direction. In fact, a glance over our political life up to this time, and a consideration of the motives that prompt many men into it is quite suf ficient reason for our not yet eyen ap proximating the Christian standard. It mn at Via borne in mind that any fur ther introduction of Christian princi ples into politics and business will nev. er be made by those who oppose such principles. The only hope that a grad ual bettering ot conditions and a grad ual moving of our civilization forward Plum onary consumption, in its ear ly stages, may be checked by the use of Aver's Cherry Pectoral. It stops the distressing cough,- sothes irritation of the throat and lungs,' and induces much-needed repose. Hundreds have i.;; tn the remarkabie virtues of imiuiou w this preparation. For sale Whitehead & &o., Scotland C. by E. Xeck, X. "EXCELSIOR" IS OUR MOTTO. NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1897. to the humanity and brotherly kind ness that ought to characterise it, has to be found in the active participation in all affairs of life by those who are the leaders of men along moral heights. The fact that our spirits take on a cer tain form of belief in relation to the future life does not in any way free us from responsibility here. We still need food and raiment ; we still need money tor the comforts of life and they are still obtainable only by toil. That toil still remains hampered by the social conditions of the day in which we live and those conditions must necessarily remain hard and objectionable so long as they are solely brought about by those who are prompted by selfish mo tives. Let your light so shine before men in all the ways of life that they may not stumble and fall over material conditions that you could' better. Hun ger and thriftlessness and oppression are removable, enemies to the faith you preach. Study them and wrestle with them, that straight paths may be made for feeble feet. To Self-Seeking Preachers : It is forbidden to speak lightly of the Lord's anointed. This do I not, for the Lord has nothing to do with tbe spurious oil of desire for ease and comfort, that sets some of you above the throng. Too polite to be honest, too gentle to stir thistle-down, too inexperienced to know life as it is lived, too indolent to grasp the vast opportunities of your position, you pass through life like children playing on the sands. You have no hand to spare for those who flounder and expire in the shallows ot truth, for both hands are busy holding close to tbe ear in childish glee empty shells of theory and hair-splitting and mental pleasures that shut out the ocean-like sounds of human anguish and human aspiration. You set before your hear ers mere husks, fit for swine and unfit even for prodigal sous. You draw your topics from every place except the human heart, forgetting the while that if it were not for the human heart and its yearnings for truth and a guide and a seer, there would be no pulpit for you to fill. , . Sn ccess hy?ersey erance. Biblical Recorder. At one of the mills in the city of Boston a boy was wanted, and a piece of paper was tacked to one of the posts, so that all the boys could see it as they passed by. The paper read : "Boy wanted. Call at the office to- At the time named there was a host of boys at the gate. All were admitted but the overseer was a little perplexed as to the best way of choosing one from so many, and, said he : "Xow, boys, when I .only want one of you how can I choose from so many?" After thinking a moment, he invited them into the yard, and, driving a nail into one of the large trees, and taking a short stick, told them that the boy who could hit the nail with the stick - . r xl x. I 1 .3 a little distance irom iue iree suoum have the place. The boys all tried hard, and, after three trials, each failed to hit the nail. The boys were told to come again next morning, and this time, when the gate was opened there wasjbut one boy, who after being admitted, picked up the stick, and, throwing it at the nail hit it every time. "How is this?" said the overseer, "what have you teen doing?" And the boy looking up with tears in his eyes, said : "You see, sir,I have a mother, and we are very poor. I have no father, sir, and I thought I would like to get the place, and so help all I can ; and, after going home yesterday, I drove a nail in the barn, and have been trying ever since, and naye come down this morning to try again." The boy was admitted to the place. Many years have passed since then and this boy is now a prosperous and wealthy man ; and at the time of an ac cident at the mills he was the first to step forward with a gift of $500 to re lieve the sufferers. , His success came by perseverance. Something to Depend on. Mr. James Jones, of the drug firm ot Jones & Son, Cowden, 111., in spearing of Dr. Kings Xew Discovery, says that last winter bis wife was attacked with La Grippe, and her case grew so ser ious that physicians at Cowden andPa na could do nothing for her. It seem ed to develope into hasty consumption Having Dr. King's Xew Discovery in store and selling lots of it he took a bot tle home, and to the surpriese of all she began to get better 'from the firs) dose, and half a dozen dollar bottles cured her sound and well. Dr. King's Xew Discovery tor consumption, coughs and colds is guaranteed to do this good work. Try it. Free trial bottles at E. T, Whitehead & Co.'s Drug Store. Rosebud dealers. Tobacco Handled by all LONG TALKS. WHAT IT COSTS TO CABLE. A Message to One West African Point Costs as High as $3.02. Richmond Dispatch. Few persons who have no experience with telegraph tolls appreciate the ex pense of cable communication. Cable rates are so much per word, instead of per message of ten words, and the fig ures are very much higher. Messages to England, France, and Germany cost 31 ceuts per word from Chicago. Bel gium's rate is 36 cents ; Holland and Italy, 38 cents; Austria, 40 cents; Greece, 44 cents ; Egypt, 62 cents ; Switzerland, 36 cents; Sweden, 45 cents ; Turkey, 34 cents and 53 cents ; Russia, 46 cents. The Cuban war has greatly increased the volume of tele graphic business in the West Indies. The lowest rate is 40 cents per word for messages to Habana. Other Cuban points are higher, and no town in the West Indies outside of Cuba can be reached for less than $1.05 per word. Messages to Porto Rico cost $1.85 per word. Central . American rates range from 50 cents (Guatemala) to 75 cents (Costa Rica and Xicaragua). South American rates take a big jump up ward. Brazilian messages cost from $1.35 to $1.87 per word ; British Guiana points cost $2.17. Communication with Australia is expensive. Queensland reaches the highest ngure, ipz.bz per word, while South and West Australia rates are $1.47. Messages to China cost $2.02 per word, and the same fig ures apply to Korea. Japanese rates are $2.27 per word ; Java, $1.53 ; For mosa, $2.27 ; India, $1.29 ; Madagascar, $1.70 ; Xew Zealand, $1.58 ; Philippine Islands, $2.51 ; Siam, $1.41. African rates are lowest tor points along the Mediterranean and highest along the west coast. Algeria can be reached for 38 cents per word, the minimum rate for the Dark Continent. East African rates are $1.54 and $1.64, while South African points range between $1.58 and $1.70, West African points as a rule range above $2, while it costs $3.02 to send a word to Mossamedes from Chicago more than to reach any other telegraph station in the world direct Howeyer, a message to Bassidore or Lingah costs the Chicago sender $1.19 per word to Jask, Peraia, and $11.76 extra for special dispatch-boat line from that point. Not Enough Water Drunk. Washington Star. "After studying the matter for some years I am convinced," says a physician, that people do not drink enough water. I think tnat a great majority of the cures effected by drinking the waters of the fashionable and unfash ionable medicinal springs in various j parts of the country would have result ed if the same amount of plain, whole some, everyday water was drunk by them. People rush to the springs, and while there drink from 8 to 20 large glasses of their waters in a day. Whether there are any medicinal vir tues in the waters, tbia washing out does them good on account of the extra washing out they give themselves, and it is water instead ot the constituency of tbe same that does the work. The same people, if at their homes, would pass many and many a day without drinking one glass of water. It is my opinion that it is the water that is needed. I am not a hydropath, or a believer in the theory that water taken internally and externally will cure everything. At the same time, I am satisfied that if people generally drank from four to Bix glasses of water every day they would have less reason to complain, and suffer loss from many aliments that now affect them than they now do." Chances for Success in Large Cities. In solving "Problems of Young Men" Edward W. Bok, in the May Ladies' I Home Journal, replying to an inquirer contends that opportunities for promo tion (in business) are more numerous in large cities than in - smaller com munities, but they are not better. "There are more chances in the larger cities, but likewise there are more ap plicants for the chances. Salaries may be higher in tbe centres, but so, too, is the cost of living. . Things always equalize themselves. To my way of thinking, a moderate business success in a small community means more to a man in point of living and absolute satisfaction, than a greater success in a larger city." It is a fortunate day for any man when he first discovers the valueof A yer's Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier With this medicine, he knows he has he has found a remedy upon which he may rely, and that his life-long malady Is at last conquered. Has cured others will cure you. For sale by E. T. Whitehead & Co., Scotland Xeck,X.C. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $i.oo. NO. 23 Some Interesting Pacts About ' Napoleon. Judge Walter Clark in Godey's Magazine. Attention has been called to the great capacity of his skull, but another physiological fact, which probably had a most important bearing on his suc cess, has passed almost unnoted. His normal pulse, or heart beat, was only 40 to the minute Doubtless this had a direct influence in enabling him to stand fatigue and to think coolly under the pressure ot the most trying circum stances. It was noted that he rarely perspired, and, toiling along under the summer's sun through tbe desert in the Egyptian campaign, not a drop of per spiration was to be seen on his brow. Physiologists may, perhaps, be able to determine other effects upon his phy sical and mental activity from this abnormal slowness of circulation. His chest measurements weie as phenome nal as that of his skull.' Both were ex traordinary for a man of his . height. He wore a Xo. 8 hat, and his scalp was so tender that the hat bad always to be very soft and padded. By the way, his height has been stated differently as 5 feet 3 inches and 5 feet 6 inches. The truth is, both are correct, for 5 feet 3 inches old French measurement is 5 feet 6 inches English measurement. A forgetfulness of this fact has caused the apparent conflict of statement. His marvelous good health was an indis pensable factor in bis success. It was noted by his teachers at school. It did not fail him once in his long and event ful career, till the close of the great battle of Borodino, under the walls of Moscow, in 1812, when, the victory be ing won, his marshal and generals were amazed to see him fail to crush the fly ing enemy. The Emperor seemed to be in a daze. In truth, three days and nights of constant watchfulness had for the first time overcome that iron frame, and, his physical man falling, the em pire ot the world was then and there wrenched from his grasp. The fatal retreat from Russia was the inevitable consequence of these two or three hours of inactivity at the crisis and acme of his WDUdcrfvil onraor Tho neTt failure was after the battle of Dresden, in 1813, when a few hours of indisposition saved the allied army and probably cost him his empire. His physical deterioration lost him the Waterloo campaign. His mind was as bright as ever. His ! an ning was never better, but there was a lack of vigor In execution, and the phy sical man, which bad aided in so many successes, was wanting to him. America One Hundred Years Ago. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. There was not a public library in the United States. Almost all the furniture was imported from England. . An old copper mine in Connecticut was used as a prison. There was only one hat factory, and that made cocked hats. Every gentleman wore a jqueue and powdered his hair. Crockery plates weret objected to be cause they dulled the knives. Virginia contained a fifth ot the whole population of the country. A man who jeered at the preacher or criticised the sermon was fined. A gentleman bowing to a lady always bcraped his foot on the ground. Two stage coaches bore all the travel between Xew York and Boston. A day Ialorer considered himself well paid with two shillings a day. The whipping-post and pillory were still standing in I'oston and Xew York. Beef, pork, Fait fish, potatoes and hominy were tbe staple diet all the year round. Buttons were scarce and expensive, and the' trousers were fastened with pegs or laces. A new arrival in a jail was set upon by his fellow-prisoners and robbed of everything he had. When a man had enough tea he placed his spoon across his cup to in dicate that he wanted no more. Leather breeches, a checked shirt, a red flannel jacket and a cocked hat formed the dress of an artisan. The church collection was taken in a bag at the end of a pole, with a bell to arouse sleepy contributors. Old People Who require medicine to regulate the bowels and kidneys will find the true remedy in Electric BittersA This med icine does not stimulate and contains no whiskey nor other intoxicant, but acts as a tonic and alterative. It acts mildly on the he stomach and bowels adding stringth and giving toneto the organs, thereby aiding Xature in the performance of the functions. 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