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ADVEETISIKG I8 TO BUSINESS -WHAT STEAM IS T( Machinery, That Grevt PuorELLixG Powek. THAT CLASS OF READERS THVT YOU Wish your Advertisement TO ESACH is the class who read this pcper. fSSvi uH Sill? .wilVfl MONTHLY SUFFERING. 'T'housands of women are troubled at monthly inter vals with pains in the head, back, breasts, shoulders, sides hips and limbs. But they need not suffer. These pains are symptoms of dangerous derangements that can be corrected. The men strual l -action should operate painlessly. M'ELREE'5 makes menstruation painless, and regular. It puts the deli cate menstrual organs in condi tion to do their work properly. And that stops all this pain. Why will any woman suffer month after month when Wine of Cardui will relieve her? It costs $i.oo at the drug store. Why don't you get a bottle to-day? For advice, in cases requiring Special directions, address, giv ing symptoms, "The Ladies' Advisory Department," The Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chattanooga, Tenn. Mrs. ROZEIM LEWIS, of OenavKie. Texas, says: " I was troubled at monthly intervals tilth terrible pains in my head and back, bat have been entirely relieved by Wins Of Cardui." I 'A It I Alii 3 E?. V J I I 1 1 ! PROFESSIONAL. D R. A. C. LIVEBM03T. OFFICE-Over the Staton Building. Office hours from 9 to 1 o'clock ; 2 to 1 o'clock, p. m. SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. A. DUNX, 8 ATT ORNE Y-A T-L A W. Scotland Neck, X. C. Practices wherever his services are required. W. II. Day. ' David Bell. DAY & BELL, A TTORNE YS AT LA W, ENFIELD, N. C. Practice in all the Courts ol Mali Supreme and Federal Courts. Claims lilA auu auiuuiius vu""""" , collected in all parts of the State. D R. W. J. WARD, Surgeon Dentist, Enfield, N. C. Office over Harrison's Drur Store. E DWARD L. TRAVIS, Attorney and Cwmselor at Law, HALIFAX, N. C. M Money Loaned on Farm Lands. HOWARD ALSTON, - Attorney-at-Law, LITTLETON, N. C. r.. M. KUltuiariaux. ATTORNET-at-LAW, HALIFAX, N. C. 0 9 1y P AUL V. MATTHEWS, ATTORNE Y-A T-LA W. ffS-ColIection of Claims a specialty. ly ENFIELD, N. C. R. C. A. WHITEHEAD, DENTAL Surgeon, TiRROBO. N. C. Sf RING PARK HOTEL J. L. SHAW, Proprietor. T.vrTT.wroN. N. C. - Rhiiw'a Good accommodation! neai ' Shawe ED E. E. HILLIARD, Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XEV. New Series Vol. 2. THE EDITORS LEISURE HOURS. Points and Paragraphs of Things Present, Past and Future. Strange as it may seem to many who have an aversion to coming into close contact with the dead, there is a man in Philadelphia who makes his living a a pall-bearer at funerals. His name is John Fiigen, and he is known as the 'champion pall-bearer." He is said to D3 a nattily dressed maa of the stature of a Jap, and undertakers regard him as a most useful citizen. Hon. Champ Clark, Representative in Congress from Missouri, made the fol lowing statement while discussing the Loud bill recently before Congress : "I serve notice on the House and country now that as soon as I get through writing three or lour speeches that I am obliged to write to fill en- g .gemems.x miena to prepare a dim and introduce it here to abolish the Congressional Record. It is a nuisance and always was. Hundreds of speeches tnat are ncxer uenveieu nerc ui . n not a syi'aoie 01 mem are iranuea out nil over the country, and men are given a reputation for being orators who are as dumb as oysters. I am opposed to such an expensive and rearing farce." A late number of the Baltimore Manufacturers' Record printed on its front page the following, taken irom the Philadelphia Manufacturer : "An equilibrium ot interests will soon be established between the North and the South, and the two sections can never again drift apart by any chance of which we are now able to conceive, Til Astflhlishmflnfc nnrJ nfp.limatinn of the cotton-spinning and cotton-weaviDg industry in the Southern States direct- ly tributary to the cotton field is a de- volnntnont rvhioh ia coiner nil linrlftr our own eyes swiftly and surely. While the industry in the old Xew England centres is suffering sorely, the Southern mills are prospering wherever there is anv nrptpnee to eood business manage- j x --o - ment. Old mills are expanding, and new mills are being built, the produc tive capacity all the while increasing, while there 13 unceasing activity in the search for new markets' "1 A sort of skilful wonder has been re ported from Lisbon, Ohio, through the Richmond Dispatch. A farmer named Vandergreen was making an excavation for the foundation of a barn, and dug up a rough-looking stone which did not and his busy mind grasping the de attract his attention, although later tails of both tasss in a manner that no high authority pronounced it a scien tific gem. -r . I I 1 1 I TJ out of stone, aid in building Jthe barn it was cemented in tbe foundation, and remained there for years a target for boys with stones, slings and cross-bows. The features became badly defaced by the sport of the boys. An antinuarian named Benner learned about the stone, reported it to the Smithsonian Institute at Washing- j ton. it was at once recuguizeu. man t orroat vnhiP and was taken from 1"'K -7 . . tne lounaauona ui m - a valued relic of the art of sculpture j among the aborigines of that region. If Governar Russell continues his hounding after railroads he need not be surprised to find himself some of these days confronted with a writ of inquir- endo de hinatieo. Ever since his inau guration he has been cutting up antics i about railroad matters that indicate his insanity, or, to say the least of it, that he is a monomaniac on the subject of railroads. ( . u railroads are not heaven- , ly corporations any more man many other business interests and enterprises - nth which we have to do ; put we bee . i no more reason in trying to interfere with tbeir-busmess and rob and fleece thPm than there is in doing the "eame thing for other people. Who knows but the next stroice ot the Populo-Repubhco crowd win oe at an attempt to interfere with the price of almanacs ? People are not bound to t.v almanacs : neither are all bound UC v tn ride on the railxoads. There is about as mucn reasou lL. A K AV AO. intfirferine with one as tu Minllv so if we consider the animus - -. and manner of proceeding. A tornid liver robs you of ambition 4 -i,ai.h. DeWitt'e Little T.;Att vonr health, iiewiw Vjltv Bisers cleanse tbe liver, cure con: Eay'8e"d dl Btomach ?nd : liver Co SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1898. THE GRA10LD MAN. Interesting Facts About Gladstone's Private Life. HE IS A TREMENDOUS WORKER, Programme of His Days and Inci dents Characteristic of the Vet ERiN's Stalwart Personality He is a Voracious Reader. For the Richmond Dispatch. ' r London, April 1. William Ewart Gladstone has been a lavorite subject with the writers of newspaper and mag azine articles, and an immense amount of trouble has been taken to make the reading public familiar with the habits and characteristics of England's Grand Old Man. It is not possible, however, to exhaust the subject when so interest ing a personality as Gladstone's is in question, and so much remains to be tol(J Here for the first time are related many features ol the personality of the Qld man that have so far escaped the g3arching attention of the literary fra ternU y, ana which have been close to tne veteran statesman's side during the decljning years of his famous life. his domestic habits. When the wear aud tear of a public life became too much for Gladstone, and he was forced to retire to the quietude of Hawarden Castle, it was not to be expected that active life would be changed at once for one of complete rest. Gladstone ' resting was an ex- ample to many men who would feel much offended if considered other than industrious Gladstone's hour for rising has ways been half past seven, unless the doctor otherwise ordered, and in that event the Grand Old Man considered the edict ot his physician that he must paes more time m bed, in the light of a hai'dshin. He dressed, according to the assertion of Mrs. Gladstone, m five minutes, but this time was probably a statement r prompted by the fact that Mrs. Gladstone always found her hus band ahead of her at the breakfast table, no matter how much she hurried the arrangements of her own toilet. While dressing it was the habit of Mr. Gladstone to read a book, and it is characteristic of the man that he thoroughly enjoyed the book perused under these odd circumstances. He would prop the volume up on the dressing table, and, while apparently engaged m his toilet, would be me- chanicany uxjng his apparel with his evea on the book instead of the mirror, other man could successiuny accom plish. GLADSTONE AND HIS LITTLE AXE. After breakfast, Mr. Gladstone has been accustpmed to revel in what to him was keen enjoyment his literary work. He did most of his writing be tween breakfast and luucheon Alter luncheon, during the period when he was the hale old man that artists loved to depict clad in woodman's dress, he would sally forth, axe m hand, to cut down some giant of the Hawarden cas- tie forest, that had tnreatenea 10 ues- I nass urion the litrht aud air of trees . v . j. J . I . .. waA TI'(ll-T M 7 OT T1 f IrH KUM.I'.G. I . I,, ninn H ntt.neir Wir.tl V12 Ji- uraiiasow ud nvu. " ous biOW8 and then there womo gamer aroUnd him the visitors who were al- ways haunting the vicinity of Hawar-1 den in hopes of being present at just such an expedition. The ambition of the visitors was to of the chins that flew be- ai v - fore the axe of the distinguished woods man. As soon as Gladstone, had re tired, after the fall ot the tree, there would be a rush of relic hunters, and the chips would be' eagerly gathered tin aa momPilltOS of the occasion. These nhinswere always marketaDie rens. It ig sad to reflect that so many homes I V- j a ... ; i-. in Merry .ngiana are auumcu n sections of tree trunks, ticketed witn a I lorrond1 o thn ffftft that theV tell Le- -- - t rIad I 1 1 T'i-4 1. 1 t- rl III WW 11I1H l Qr. I ' I . TTa.ar(jfin or a forest within a bundred miles of that picturesque spot Apart from his beloved axe, Glad- stone had tew iancies iuai, c m m - : J. I - a rV the most commonpiact? uww. A hnnkffammon. in inw uwuwu .fnin Wfivesthat were last A VERY PIOUS MAN. ;ihere nave dbbu in the world tnan . m 1 1 j . a v r most interesting 8Wered ia A Hia . hi8 wn regarding the old nfau there was no to ia tbe onh ; positi ve J made by Li Hng Chang with Russia wh7wm make it any one may guess, ever-ready and useful instrument of ??X2 SSIrZol refatl promised to protect China ng seems" to be certain, and hhuh-.ZZZ stitutional treatment HalPs Catarrh from fore,gn aggression and spoliation ;. tbat ia, tbat Great Britain, which etill Kaf-Si which took m the retirement of his own room, Core ia takpn intrnany, acting direct- t onl earl 70 per cent, of tbe JJa Tof the humble hoe. So, too, when reading had become too great a ly upon the blood and mucous surfaces but,in?a ' hMenfMced ?ntr. 8 ,!!lf,Ki;.to notnean mISHw used whereupon to place ii M i nol7A1 what. TVilR the tbeVofferOne Hundred Dollars for any of Northern umn-u or xviancuuim. heen restored to heaitn dv udb That is now long 'P" study he had ever undertaken, he an- tney oner " s , f Uat rtllt , thof. flh went so nah Cnre. It auicklv cures zniville. 0.. suffered from piles. He unhesitatingly: Theology. timonial8. far ad to threaten China with an irxvad- ughs, colds, bronchitis, pneumonia, wa8 cured by using three boxesof ue bd piety is shown by the follow- 01 Addreaa, F. j. CHENEY & CO., ; J" J, , tn - thfl InoVastbma, and all throat and lung WitfWitcb Hal Salve.-E.T.White- observance of the SabbaWj MMONWEAI "EXCELSIOR" IS OUR MOTTO. "The service of God in this world is an increasing service, without interval or suspense. But, under the condi tions of our physical, intellectual, and social life, a large portion of that ser vice is necessarily performed within the area which is occupied by this world and its concerns, and within which every Christian grace finds per petual room for its exercise ; but for its exercise under circumstances not al lowing the ordinary man, unless in the rarest cases, that nearness to access to the things ojf, God,"-, that directness of assirniJationtoHne "divine life, which belongs to a day consecrated by spirit ual service. So the grace and compas sion of our Lord have rescued from the open ground of worldly life a portion of that area, and have made upon it . a vineyard seated on a very fruitful hill, and have fenced it in with this privi legethat, whereas, for our six days' work the general rule of direct contact must for the mass of men be with sec ular affairs, within this happy precinct there is provided, even for that same mass of men, a chartered emancipa tion : and the general rule Is reversed in favor of a direct contact with spirit ual things." "SEND ME THOSE." Gladstone was a bonanza to the book men of his native land. It is a fact that one day'he entered the establish ment of a London dealer iu second hand books, and, when asked by the deferential store-keeeper what books he would like to see, said with a sweep of the arm that took in the whole stock, "Send me those." He had bought the entire store. When his library be came so overstocked that he found it necessary to weed out some volumes, it was Gladstone's custom to send the surplus to the second-hand dealers, from whom he frequently bought them back again at advanced prices, under the impression that he was- obtaining volumes that had never lam on the shelves of the Ha.varden library. The Cost of A Boy. Chicago Exchange. It does not take as much money to live m the country, or in a small town, as it does to live in the city. -I read the other day that it cost $5,000 to bring up a city boy and educate him and dress him well. I said to myself : "That is because everything in the city has to be bougbt, and living is mgn. But I began to study the thing, and I found out that even a country boy costs his parents a good deal. When, yon count what a boy eats, and what he wears, and- the school books he has to have ; and the doctor bills that have to be paid when he gets the measels or the scarlet fever, he will cost his folks at least $ 100 a year. I gness if a boy is pretty bad to smah things, or to kick his shoes right out, he costs more than that. So when I am 21, I shall have cost father more than $2,000. Mother cooked my victuals, made my clothes and patched them, washed on.i li-rmort f nr in f took care of me when I was a little fellow, and when- ever I got sick, and sue never charged anything for that. If she were dead and father bad to hire all that done, it wouId cost bim another 100 a year or I more and that's $2,000 worth of work hor inoro ilnn tor ine bv the ixinji ............ 1 . " T - . . , 1 1 1 1 1 I ! t imlC'infl ei a a I i t 1171, I.-. mn thinfr aoiiars lor a ooy : iti juu Qt that ? . ,yl rents put $4,000 into a boy, what have thev a right to expect of him? Is it fair for him to play ball, go in swim- i i . n 4 I. minor, or nans araunu iovu an m time, when maybe his father's potatoes c7 are not dug, nor the wood brought in for his mother. Is it fair for him to disappoint them by swearing, smoking and drinking? Some of our parents have put about nil the. nroDertv they had into us boys and girls. If we make spittoons and whisuy jugs of ourselves, they will be inrtPPd. T?ut if we make good citizens and substantial men, they will I , ... I feel as if they had good pay lor onng lng us up 8100 l?Awarl SI 00. t ..iii h v 'i nn THiHiHrM i f l buia uauvi "-" at least p.i J lnvn fot. iham is . -- i-n - ha III VI MHI I I.I W ITTl A 1-X uuuw us - I been ble to cure in all its stages and VM tKat iq Hntarrh. iau S c;aiarrn vuie of tne system, -thereby destroying tn foundation of tbe disease, ana givms the patient strength by building up con8t,tution and assisting nature in uu An . . . ri' . a am w a it a mg its wogt. i u yiup.w much faith in its curative powers, mat the Toledo, 0.'y irXrSoldbyDrugiri8te,75c. - I loan of 16,000,000 offered bT I3ng- ' A FAILINGEMPIRE. The Emperor an Imbecile and Advisors Corrupt. His CHINA TOTTERING TO ITS FALL. New York Sun. Pekin, February 15. The situation here goes rapidly from bad to worse. The Imperial Government is drifting hopelessly to ruin. The Emperor, sur rounded by eunuchs and concubines, if not a besotted imbecile, is a puppet in their hands. It is a case of igno rance leaching the ignorant, or the blind leading the blind, and, so far as can be seen by eyen the wisest and most experienced observers, the end is not far off. The Japanese have a pro verb which says : "There is no medi cine for a fool," and every day's revela tions in this capital of the far East show that the saying is as true ot t he Emperor as of his humblest subject, and that, even if the means of salyation lor himself and his throne were offered him again, as it has been more than once in the last decade, there is not the slightest chance of his accepting it. Corruption, cowardice, and stub borness all unite to place this country and its government in a helpless plight. Their only chance for the last quarter of century has been to call disinterest ed Americans to aid them in the work of regeneration and reorganization, and this has been shown to them repeated ly, but in vain. First, General Upton, then General Grant, and, finally, Gen erals Gordon, Wilson, and Foster, with more or less particularity, pointed out to the Chinese statesmen the road by which humiliation and ruin might be avoided, but tLey rejected all counsel and steadily held on to their corrupt methods, because they were sanctified by age and "custom." And now'a new danger stare3 them in the face and paralyzes them with fear. The news has recently reached the capital that the Germans have struck the first open blow at the integrity of the country. Russia has long been advancing against the northern side of the empire, if not sapping and mining her vitals, while England and France have been over throwing her outposts one after anoth er in the South and West. Observant tr;iv-plTrs and intelligent students of mnr!pm movements and possibilities have ong loobed upon the partition of china as near at da.d, but ,o-day even (he princes and member3 of lhe Taun? Li yamen are forced to admit that it haa become a leading feature in the nf iio droat F.nrnnfian nowers. itiuo w t j. These purblind mandarins now see that in calling German officers to in- struct their bannermen and still more mnrtAm tactics, thev have only exposed their own weakness and corruption to the curious eyes of men who are swift to make known their rlisffwories to their home government. Tbe German Kaiser has not had his emjssai-ies here for the purpose ot teach- i rn..nmon irwiw tn miikfi war. but for the purp0se of gathering intorma- ti useful to bls own government Lvben be sbaii be ready to reach out for hia share of Asiatic plunder, lhe e mav be gajd Gf England, when I . she ent Captain Lang to the Chinese I nnt t xnmmiinH northern uuveiim,u u I - mi f .l. . . . I A 4 1 T . . ,a A 1 im flCf fleet, ina wiuny w mi " Hucomprenensiuie, mm apF" . ril- J or.cn. go m yiew of the fact that Amer- if.flns mi2ht have been had to do this Work men of superior ability whose country, it was well known een 10 chinamen, had no desire to acquire a I . r u :.. tA.filnfir or Pvpn f.O PS- iooi. 01 vumeec imw j t - l ... : .a.. tablish a "sphere ol commercial innu- ence" anywhere in Asia- Tt ia also becoming known here that china has ceded Kiao Chou bay, with a zone of thirty miles around it, to Germany, thus giving the latter an area of some 1,500 square miles, eauiv- aient to a new German State, ninth in Pize of those comprising the berman omnire. This grant carries mm " valuable railway and mining rights iu I . r-. i .nntml - the province oi onauiuiifi, of coal-fields, and the privilege of con necting their railroads witn any irunn lines which may be built within reach. While this is I . . 1 all Daseu UU a icaoo limited in terms to a period of ninety- . . . vaara. it is certain that it will be- e a permanent occupation i- - ner demanaa, dui. as yia.m, the Cbma tbat 8he will not tolerate - QC n the lnfluence ol any on i f - . 't.ar. fnrtian Pnwfir w5thin the limits B- I tt 3 . i .nn.if tfaolv nf t 'AnOP, I , in u- Ua tiov f 3oi7iirA nr I :s..lln Kob-oH iinnii n hop, tnnt rrrv IT MM SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $i.oo. NO. 18 land, while the latter, not a whit -behind, threatened to compensate herself in the Valley of the Yang-tse-Kiang if China dared to accept the money need ed from her great rival. So the help less Chinese authorities were forced to promise each that they would not bor row from the other. Meanwhile, the Imperial Treasury is almost bankrupt; the next instalment ot the Japanese war indemnity Is due on the 8th of May, while a large amount is due for interest on the 8th of November follow ing. Where all this money is to come irom is a puzzle that no one here can solve. Belgium, Holland, and private syndicates have been applied to in vain. The revenues which have not been al ready pledged are insufficient. Robbery and peculation go on unabated, and the government in all departments is eo in efficient and shaky, so close to its last financial ditch, that an utter break down may come at any time. The desperate straits to which it has been brought by corruption and fear are well indicated by its negotiations with Yung Wing, an Americanized Chinaman from Hartford, Conn., who has been living here for several months trying to obtain a concession for a rail road ire in resin to Chlnkiang, the same to be paid for by American and Chinese capital. Curiously enough, . . this amiable gentleman, who never built a mile of railroad in his life, and who certainly cannot control capital enough either in America" or Europe to build a line 700 miles long, has suc ceeded, by the promise of bribes to high officials, in securing favorable consider ation of his project. Li Hung Chang, Prince Kung, and the Tsung Li Yamen have indorsed it ; but the German Min ister getting wind of the scheme, has notified the Tsung Li Yamen that Ger many must, under its treaty in regard to Kiao Chou, have contracts for fur nishing all the men and materials for such railroads as traverse any part of the province of Shantung, and has fol lowed it up by the declaration that if this is not at once conceded, he will lower his flag and leave Pekin. This brought, the pusillanimous government to terms. It has yielded abjectly to thege new Qerman demands, and this must establish German influence throughout Shantung, invite aggression from otherPowers,and in the end result in the severance of that province from the empire. But this is not all.Sheng-ta -tai, the Director-General of Imperial U,..,,- anmamMl in th. n9tr.iRtinn f th HaiIkow-Pekin line, has also heard of tbe prop0iied concession to yuug wnR hag tQ tfae Xsun Li Yamen that the new line, if DUiit, will kill the old one, and if it is tr ha nersisted in. he must have tne 1 i right to build it instead of his own- m addition, he proposes by way of compensation, that Yung Wing and hia friends should be allowed to join him in building the Hankow-Can- ton Line, and, if this should be reject- ed, he declares he will resign hisothce. This seems to have brought Yung Wing and his missionary advisers to terms and they are now casting about tn mob thoir chansre a success. Jiut the absurdity of It all doea not appear tl) ,ave struck ray of the parties to tbe scramble. How any private mdivid- uaia Gr syndicates can hope to w away With such vast concesssions as I 1 these great railways would constitute 1 o gouthern and Western whites ia riifrfiilt to understand, and that. ...lsi- ura - - . . Amencau y I . . - .nnltn lata Q Tl f 1 1 1 111 KKrillllMlV minis. 01 1 is.i"B j I . 1 r n l1o . mOnOV in mB midst of such Intrigue, or In lace 01 the com pe tion and rivalry of Russia, England, Germany, and France, is beyond beliei. if the Chinese Government is fright- 1 . . a s. : . J.m not-, afanil enea oui 01 n ii i"11 "uo "v" ip agalnst the smallest demands 01 tne 1 . .... least 0f these Powers, how can pnvaie American citizens, unbacked by their government, hope to receive the slight- est recognition. i - It should be clearly understood that China is not considered ai an. xict wishes are not consulted. Her cow- ardice, and abject neipiessness uavo I cost her the last semblance ot respect The minl8ters of the European Powers I .. . m v 8imply tell the xsung-i-x amen - tfaey wantj or bave concluded to do, and rel)8e au discussion, and so tne !,ork of Bpoliation goea steadily for- ward, and this empire, hoary with age and rich in labor and natural resources, is tottering to its fall for the want m . an honest and resolute governing. Ioreigu " u . - to glve it up or periu.v the j impaired without a struggle. Thousands of sufferers from grippe IF YOU ARE HUSTLER YOTT WttX ADVERTISE YOUB Business. Send Your Advertisement in Not No. 083. Mado in 64. 48, 42, 36 Inch wMttw. f 2.25 buve this Rrass-trimraed White Enameled Bedstead. In stock ia all widths ; length, 75 inches. It bos one inch pillars, two-inch brass vases and caps. This bed retails at from 6 to 0 dollars. Buv of the maker and save the mid dleman's large profits. Our Catalogues are mailed tor the asking. Complete lines of Furniture. Cat-nets. Draneriea. Crockery, Pictures, Mirrors, Stoves, Kerriiforator3, naoy carriages, umpi, Beddtnir. etc.. are contained in theaa books. Our Lithographed Carpet Cata logue shovin all (rxls in hand-painted colors isalso tree ; if Carpet Samples are wanted mail us 8c. in stamps. Drop m postal at once to the monoy-savers and remember that we pay freight this month on parcbam of I'arneta. Lace Carta! na, Pr- tiern and Ran amoaatiM tm $9.00 and over. Julius nines Ct Son BALTIMORE, BID. Please mention this Paper. BILLY IS IN TROUBLE. Selected. I've got a letler, parson, irom my sen away out west, An' my ol' heart is a3 heavy as an anvil in my breast, To think the boy whose futur' I had once g() ,)roudlv pianned should wander from the path o' right an' come to such an end ! I told him when he left us only three short years ago, He'd fiud himsalf a plowing' iu a mighty crooked row He'd miss his father's counsel?, an' his mother's prayers, too, But he said the farm was hateful, an' he guessed he'd have to go. I know t bar's big temptation for a youngs-ter 111 the west, But I l)elieved our Billy had the conr- age to resist, And when he left I warned him o' tho ever-waitin' snares That lie like hidden garplnls in llfe'd oathway everywberes. But Bill he promised faithful to le keerful, an' allowed He'd build a reputation that'd make us mighty proud, But it seems as how my counsel sort o' hided from his mind, An' now the hoy's in trouble o' the very wustest kind ! Hf ifittErs came so seldom that T some- how sort o' knowed That Billy was a-trampin' on a mighty But n '3' would bow h d ,n Bhame, An' in the dust 'd waller bis ol' daddy's honored name. He writes from out in Denver, an' the JYell wlmlVil crush I Jyi ! ' An' so I leckon, parson, you might break the news to her Bill'ainthe the legislature, doesn't say what fur. but he Why tho Hoecako is Going. Richmond Dispatch. Most middle-aged persona remember well when cornbread was ' served upon nearly all tables in the South and Weet at least twice a day. Sometimes it ap peared in tl form ot "hoecake," or "butter bread," and again in "pones." It was nar excellence the bread of the . man wbo 6ervd in tbo .,., j. fu Erad. i in uge q u kow the darkies . it wnrn .wheat bread is to be , nnd UDOn the tables of tbous- J a it never apirears uu an, uuw I ... If COnlmue to use it only lor dinner. Now why is tblsi ureiy corn-meai I ....... . - 1 fa eyer Thoge who BincereIy, rrihnriiv mistakenly, believe that water.ground meal is better than the nroduct of mills turned by steam, can alway8 nnd a supply of that in most I ... . . . - ..t, rrl i Iia cities, ana 11 is cumiuu" ciiuuiju ... I ' .... country. There is no trouble about the meaj . but we doubt whether ite . of cookjn2 it has been piescrved. Tfae bjgbtoned colored damsels who . . . . are turned out by the public schools are I10t the adepts that our old Aunt Dinahs and Auni xeggyo self-respecting pan of dough would ,be conjured into snape uj bu Uiii.. hands. And then we may seriously doubt whether cornbread can be cooked I . -11 nr. oran firAr1of0. m a stove as i The Indians laid their dough cakes between layers or lorest leave or uu the hard ground, and cooked them in the hot ashes. Hence "ashcake, a very luscious product, indeel, when ol one has wnetiea nis apiwt.u, .u. j - I If UHV O - . . . because it rr" "Aciueh wblle it went through the - - weiiji0nB ash- of becoming a well-done asn- f cake. Thirty-five years make a nation. All.Healmpnn8 w T. Whitehead Uo. Mwwy. mi m ,wT.m :;-,-i
The Commonwealth (Scotland Neck, N.C.)
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April 28, 1898, edition 1
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