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LA 7 7 ADVERTISING TS TO BUSINESS -WHAT STEAM IS T0- Machinery, That Gkevt Propelling Power. T :i AT C LASS OF READERS ' THAT YOU Wish yoir Advertisement TO KEACH U the class who read this paper. MONTHLY SUFFERING. Tbousands of wouiv n are troablea at lionthlv inter vals with pains ia the head, back, breasts, shoulders.fcides hips and limbs. But tb: y need not suITcr. These pains are symptoms of dangerous derangements that ctn be corrected. The men etraal i naction should operate painlessly. msltes 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 r.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. tits. KCZENA IEWiS. cf Oenavlile. Texas, saysi " i was troubled 5t monthly intarvale with terrible point In my head and bark, but have bar, entirely relieved by Wine Ci Csrdul." OiTXCE-Over the Siaton Building. 0 slice hours ; o'clock, p. from 9 to 1 m. o'clock ; 2 to C. A. DUXX, S?3 T TOR X E Y-A T-L A W. Scotland Neck, N. C. .':iet:ce uired. wherever his services are W. Jr. Day. David Bell. DAY & BELL, A TTORXE YS A T LA IP, ENFIELD, X. C. Practice in all the Courts of Hali fax and adjoining counties and in the f?i:; cerne and Federal Courts. Claims ejected in ;;I1 part 3 of the State. JJIL W. J. V'AVD, Surgeon Dentist, ESFIELD, N. C. 0::lce over Harrison's Druf Store. fDWARD L. TRAVIS, Attorney and Counselor at Law, HALIFAX, N. C. jF2I')icy Loaned on Farm Lands. HOWARD ALSTOX, Attorney-at-Law, LITTLETON, N. C. M':- M SI! FURGERSOX. ATTORNEY-at-LAW, HALIFAX, N. O. JJA.UL V. MATTHEWS, 1 ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. 3TColIection of Claims a specialty, ly ENFIELD, X. C. 111. C. A. WHITEHEAD, y DENTAL Surgeon, -.in1 Tarboeo, N. C. UU M MnduH Mm r w We are prepared to iurnislftelephone iervice to the public and solicit patron age. RATES FOR SERVICE. Business Phones, $2.00 per month Residence Phons . 1.50 " " n -i . . a it c It is our purpose to eiveeood service. ad to this end we ask allsubecrlberato report promptly any irregularities in the servW . " - - Our signed" connDr4 prohibit the I rift rf nhnnm anunt Kv .1, VioA-VrS. PEOrSSIONAL. P"il. A. C. LIYERMOX, rr if n H K E. E. HILLIARD, Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XIV. New Scries Vol. 3. THE EDITOR'S LEISURE EOUBS. Points and Paragraphs of Things Present, Past and Future. The death ol Prince Bismarck, of Germany, removes one of the century's most prominent men. Hia name is known the world over and Germany owes much to his memory. He was a man of positive character and impress ed his life upon his age with . an ac centuation that will not soon fade out, Bismarck and Gladstone are thought of together though there was much difference in their lives. The New York and Brooklyn people have become a little alarmed about the safety ot the Brooklyn Bridge. Some nights ago a long line of trolley cars was stalled on the bridge, when a sound like a gun shot was heard and the bridge ibrate3. People on it did not feel very comfortable and there has been some uneasiness felt. The au thorities declare the bridge is safe, but the people who cross it are afraid oi the "last straw" idea. The Monroe Enquirer recently print ed the following amusing paragraph about a Populist who thought he was up to date : "We are told, and it is said there ia no fake about the matter, that a Vance township Popui'st magistrate who is at outs with Marion Butler, said that the meanest man connected with this war is 'this here fellow Key West.' The magistrate says further that, in his opinion, 'there is no more sly and treacherous felicw loose than that fel- ow Key West, except Marion Butler.' " The business world is watching the South and its development with keen interest. Much depends upon the in dividuality of each community as to what shall be the developments reiati ve and absolute. Many things are to be considered and many people are to consider them. Every individual in every town and community ought to eel himself a committee of one especi ally appointed to make all strangers and new comers feel welcome. Much depends upon impressions made on strangers. Mr. J. W. Bailey, editor of the Bibli cal Recorder, was a member of the State Board of Agriculture, appointed by Governor Rusl. Recently he re- signed, and in his letter to the Govern or he was very emphatic in his denun ciation of the Board and all its pro ceedings. Taking the reasons that Mr. Bailey gave for his resignation, no decent man could afford to remain a party to such things as are being done. The whole trend of the administration is to square accounts with various per sons for their service to the Republican party. In-the rush of business and work ast week it escaped us to mention the Simmons-Mewborne correspondence. Chairman F. M. Simmons wrote J. M. Mewborne, superintendent of the State penitentiary, asking him certain cour teous questions concerning the insti tution and its interest, questions which it would seem any citizen would haye a right to ask and expect an answer. To these Superintendent Mewborne re plied in a low and vulgar style and in anguage which would better be used r i i i !, n orMroaapri to n in a nsn marKci. gentleman. Mr. Simmons, however, replied m a style that showed that he was well prepared though he may nev uaav had to disDlav his vocabulary in such a cause betore. Mewborne was literally flayed when Chairman Sim mons got through with him. The people of the State will remem ber such proceedings at next voting time and will remember to labor from now on to secure the overthrow of such incompetent and inconsiderate men. rr- t?v. W. B. Costley, of Stock- ,.:4. fi.A while attending to bis pastoral duties Ellenwood. atstate . -irirf hV cholera morbus. He . .m .hTice I happened to get hold of a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic ' m . dtin and Diarrhoea jsemeujr, it the means of saving my " ....... i Cholera I think tia ftfc once." X or saw Co SCOTLAND ABOUT THE POWERS. WHAT WE DO NOT NEED. Present-Day Thoughts. BY G. GEOSVENOB DAWE. (Copyrighted by Dawe & Tabor.) In doing further combat with the present earnest demands for a perman ent and decided increase ot both army and navy, it is necessary to consider the probability of foreign interference in relation to the new islands and arch ipelagos that are to be ours. As present hostilities will not last long, it is well for us to fortify our minds in advance regardi ng the matter, since every possible and impossible and ret rogressive argument will be brought forth in order to impel us into enormous expenditures for arms and ships and men. In the first place we can safely dis miss from any discussion all fears of at tack by any one of the minor powers of the world. In a manner tree from boast ing we can properly say that no such power is courting annihilation, nor are the conditions that have brought us into conflict with a seventh rate power ever likely to be repeated. Therefore the only remaining powers that are worthy of consideration in Europe are England, France, Germany, and Russia, and in Asia Japan, and that not for twenty-five years at least. Those then that demand from our puissant nation a return to the weakness of force must be relentlessly narrowed down to the real limits of the danger viz, that none but great powers will dare any filching from us ; and that the fear of filching is the only excuse for the pro posed increase ; for our original territory remains as ocean-bulwarked as ever. V If we assume now the accuracy of last week's thought as to the possibility of administering by justice instead of by force, it shall be further shown that the great powers from a variety of causes are little likely to meddle with us. Thus will it be possible for us, with safety, after present hostilities have ceased to return to our skeleton army, and Bimply sustain our navy in its former condition ol extraordinary efficiency. Add to this a considerable reformation of militia methods so that in future the time of need will not be such a time of confusion ; also a forma tion lor local purposes of a few regi ments of native constabulary ; and we shall have demonstrated to the world just what is the true greatness of a great nation whose ideals are moral in stead of physical and whose wars are on moral issues, if any. As toRussia : This most populous of na tions has the greatest debt (14.8 of the total national wealth) and least wealth per capita, : nd the most ignorant pop latlon oi all the great nations of the earth. These are a few superlatives that are quite unenviable, and not ex actly suited for producing a good, fight ing army. Furthermore the father of the present Czar (who imitates him) was far-sighted enoueh to see that his duty to his tremendous territory from Atlantic to Pacific eastward, was to de velop it internally and stay out of inter national squabbles unless they affected his mam design. And he needs to do this, for while his population is 30 mil lion more than ours, his iron and steel productions are 13 times less than ours, his coal fields are only 27,000 square miles against our 194,000. Further he has out one trans-continental railroad and that incomplete as to main line and largely lacking as to feeders. As to Germany : At the very outset, taking this nation's own fighting effi ciency, which, with first and second re serves, amounts to 9 per cent of the whole population, or 4,700,000 in all, there is no reason to suppose that our own nation would fail to produce a sim ilar percentage if need be, or 6,300,000 m all.Germany too would be d,000 miles from a base in attacking us here and many more thousands from a good base if attacking our interests in the Pacihc Hot-headed though her Emperor may be and anxious to whet the sword of a real living, divine-right war-lord, a modicum of good sense will restrain him from attempting any save tariff reprisals against a nation that excels him in all that makes for an enduring that excels him in all that fight though behind him in instant aneous readiness, As to FrrJice : Her debt per capita is wnnin , uakj iiciivu v of that of Russia; her total agri cultural productions, are one third less than ours, her coal neias are inning, When you call for DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve the great pile cure, don't .nt nnvthine else. Don't be talked mto accenting a substitute, for piles, for soresfor burns. E, T. Whitehead MM "EXCELSIOR" IS OUR MOTTO. NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1898. and her possible high limit army on the nine per cent basis of Germany, 3,- 000.000 less than ours. But most not able of all her drawbacks which in the main as to distan ce,etc, resemble those of Germany, is that she is lacking in any clearly defined, well-sustained, na tional policy ,8uch as characterizeRuseiat Germany and England. She is the erratic, impulsive comet of European politics and is well preoccupied in dodging here, there and yon the zones of trayel of the other great constella tions. She would have everything to lose ultimately and nothing to gain by attempting an assault upon us even at our weakest outpost. . 4c As to England : SLo is restrained by a hereditary relationship, and a mor al relationship also that involve the duty of maintaining on the earth the hard-gained rights" of the individual man, freedom of speech and bought and action, and a common heritage of law and government. She is never likely therefore to drift into a fight with us ; but, if our eyes are open to international light, more than likely to come into closer relations with us for the sake of those things that are most hopeful and most progressive in the world's lile. As to our new colon ial possessions, she welcomes, indeed, for reasons of state, a stiffening cordon of English-speaking administrations the world around. As to all : Anxious regarding front iers and with a wound still running after 27 years, France could not join witn Germany against us, but must of necessity oppose her. Germany might join with Russia but would place France and England with us. So envious, however, are theylall of England, that an attack upon us by her would give us more allies than we could man age. This is not a flippant disposal of a great question. We have progressed beyond the time when nations waltz into war to tunes played by royal fid dlers. There is no great nation so. in sane as t j seize an outlying piece of territory from another nation, unless confident of being able to hold it. As figures will demonstrate if my readers will take the time for independent in vestigation, no great nation on the lace of the earth will attempt to steal from one strong in the potentials of war as ve, and it is therefore only childish and unreflective dread that will impel us to depart from our old policy of an exceedingly moderate army and navy. The Silent Dmmmer. Age ot Steel . The greatest commercial drummer of the present age is the rightiy placed advertisement. It never tires, has no hotel expenses, needs no mileage tick et and finds its way everywhere. A slight charge pays for its transmission from ocean to ocean, and from the Can adas to Mexico. It travels to the out posts of civilization for the merest trifle ot cost. It is a veritable globe trotter. The carrier pigeon fails to travel so far, the navigator cannot overtake it, and even the ubiquitous telegraph wire has terminal behind the foot-prints of an ad. Nor is this a useless race with dis tance or a mere experiment in testing postal facilities. There is money in it. It has commercial value. It is the living seed of the iuture business crop. The most success! business, men of to-day recognize this fact, and keep the silent drummer in perpetual mo tion. . Those who neglect this means of soliciting trade are the losers there by. Advertising la not a fad, nor can it be a failure, if due prudence is taken in putting the right thing in the right place. Washing Silk. Selected. In washing silk there are four things to avoid rubbing, wringing, soap and heat. Have the water luke-warm. Make a lather with a little dissolved soap if very dirty ; if not, use bran wa ter. Don't allow soap in a lump to mmfl in contact with silk. Take hold of one end of the article and "swish round and round till clean. Jsmee in nnld water -to which has been added vinegar, a desertspoonful to a quart Place between drv clothes and squeeze. ferably througn a machine. shake well, to get rid of superfluous moist nre. and iron at once through tissue paper with a warm iron. " The Best Hemedy for Flux. Mr. John Mathias, a well known stock stock dealer of Pulaski, Ky.,says "After suffering for over a week with flux, and my physician having failed to relieve me, I was advised to try Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Di arrhoea Remedy, and have the pleasure of statine that the half of one bottle cured me." For sale by E. T. White ONWEALTH RARE DISHES. THE TOOTHSOME PEANUT. Many Ways in Which They May Be Served. The peanut may be used in many ways as a food. Here are some meth ods of preparing it given by the Xew York Tribune : As a vegetable In some places pea nuts are served as a vegetable. The skins are first removed, and a large cupful of them placed In a baking dish. Pour over them a quart ol boil ing water, cover tightly and bake in a slow oven from four to five hours or until the nuts are tender. When par tially cooked season with salt and stir in a tablespoontul of butter. An appetizing soup An appetizing soup can be made by boiling peanuts in water until perfectly tender, then mashing, adding a pint of milk, a spoonful of butter anda little salt. Stuffing for ducks Stuffing for ducks is greatly improved by the ad dition of peanuts rolled or chopped fine. In China these nuts are boiled, roll ed fine and moulded into a Sough, which is baked in cakes. Peanut Salad Remove skins of fresh roasted peanuts, chop, but not too fine, and add an equal quantity of crisp celery cut fine. Serve on young tender lettuce leaves, with the follow ing dressing : Two eggs, a half tea spoonful of salt, a half teaspoonful of mustard, four tablespoonfuls of melted butter and six tablespoonfuls of vin egar. Beat the yolks ot the eggs, aaa the salt and mustard and continue to beat; add slowly the butter and vin egar ; cook in a double boiler until the mixture thickens ; remove from the fire and add the whites of the eggs beaten stiff. When cold and ready to - r i a serve ada one cupini oi wnippeu cream and pour a large spoonful over the nuts and celery on each leaf of lettuce. Peanut Sandwiches Stale bread, or that which is at least twenty-four hours old, is best for all sandwiches. Chop the peanuts fine and mix with the foregoing rule as a mayonnaise dressing, the recipe for which is given below : Beat the yolks of three eggs light, add half a teaspoonful ot salt and beat a moment longer, then add salad oil few drops at a time until a pint has been used. To this add a dust of cayenne pepper and a tablespoonful of vinegar. Keep in a cool place, and stir into it when ready to use a hall pint of whipped cream. Delicious as Sandwiches Finely chopped peanuts can be moistened with whipped .cream and seasoned with salt. This makes a simple but delic ious filling for sandwiches. Salted peanuts Shell and skin the peanuts and allow to each cupful of nuts one tablespoonful ol butter and one.of salt. Let them stand for an hour or so, and then place on a ran- te pi ite in a moderate oven ; stir fre quently until they become a golden- brown color. Peanut Croquettes A half pint of bread crumbs, a gill of cold milk and . . T J A- one cup oi nneiy cnoppeu peauuw. Stir this mixture in a double boiler over the fire until it is a smooth mass, then add the well-beaten yolks of two eggs and remove from the fire, When cool form into cone-sbaped croquettes, dip in egg and cracker crumbs and fry a golden brown in hot fat.. Drain on brown paper and serve at once, with a caramen or maple-sugar sauce. Peanut Filling for CakeMake a boiled icing of one cup of granulated sugar and five tablespoonfuls of cold water. Boil until it threads from a spoon ; aaa me weu-oeaieu n unc ui one egg and beat until thick, then stir into it a cupful of peanuts which have been chopped fine. Spread between the cake layers and oyer the top. About one month ago my child, which is fifteen months old, had an attack of diarrhoea accompanied by vomiting. I gave it such remedies as are usually given in such cases, but as nothing gave relief, we sent lor a pny- siriinn and it was under his care for a week. At this time the child had been sick for about ten days and was having about twenty -five operations ot tne bowels every twelve hours, and we were nnvinced that unless it goon obtained relief It would not live. Chamberlain s Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy was recommended, and I decided to try it. I soon noticed a change lor tne better ; by its continued use a complete cure was brought about and it is now nerfectlv. healthy. C. Hoggs, stnmntnwn. Gilmer Co.. W. Va. For sale by E. T. Whitehead & Co. Don't waste to-day's strength ing to-morrow's battle. fight Truth wears well. People have learned that DeWitt's Little Early Risers are reliable little pills for regul ating the bowels, curing constipation and sick headache. They don't gripe, E. T. Whitehead & Co. ' SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $i.oo. NO. 33 Bedrooms. Written for the Epitomist. It was probably the desire of a wo man to have a house all parlor that first led to the introduction of the fold ing bed. Nothing more unhealthy could be devised. The tightly-rolled or folded mattress can not be kept clean and sweet ; furthermore, the fold ing bed is often dangerous to life and limb, as numerous accidents bear wit ness. Any sort oi a couch . that will close with the sudden and death-like grip of a bear-trap is not safe to have around. One woul d suppose that peo ple gifted with ordinary common sense would know this ; but no, they still clamber guilelessly into the folding bed, to be taken out in a crushed or flattened condition, and, if the folding bed has come to stay, it is to be hoped that some sort of an anti-folder can be applied to it in the interest of ' longev ity. The best bed that can be bought, if health and cleanliness are to be consid ered, is made of iron or brass. It is light and easily moyed, and will last a life-time. The hair-mattress is comfortable, but whether it has anything else to recom mend it is an open question. Probably not, for every article used about a bed ought to be of such a nature that it can be easily aired and cleansed. What we really need is a mattress of woven wire, and here is a chance for the in ventor. The man who can give us something durable in woven wire, that is light and easily turned and springy as the bough ot a tree, which, in short, can be made to take the place of both the mattress and springs now in use, will make a fortune. Such abed, with blankets or cheesecloth comforts, would come nearer perfection than anything we ever had yet. In furnishing a bedroom, one thought should be kept constantly in view ease in cleansing and disinfecting. Scores cf children have died of scarlet ever and diphtheria on account of carelessness in this respect. A bed that can be tanen all to pieces and air ed every day, and frequently all day ; curtains that can be washed, a floor that can be wiped up with hot water and carbolic acid, rugs that can be shaken, plain wood or wicker chairs, sunshine, air, yentilation and perfect cleanliness these are the things that are needed in the sleeping room, for we do not know on what day disease and death may enter there. Helen H. Pkeston. The Eighteen-Year-Old Brother. "Your brother is not particularly handsome, and now that he is eighteen ears old you cannot deny that he is awkard," writes Ruth Asnmore, coun seling the sister how to influence her brother, in the August Ladies' Home Journal. "He suggests to you a shape not unlike that of a spider, for he seems principally arms and legs, while he has wonderful ability in the way of stum bling when he ought to walk straight. The girl who tries to do right should be quick enough to realize that to make her brother more at ease in the general world she must clear from his mind any ideas he may have as to his own lack of beauty or grace. The boy of eighteen usually needs a good dose of commendation, or else he believes hat everybody is banded to scoff at nm. When ne is miroaucea to a strange girl he 'doesn't know what to ay, and yet she is a pretty girl, for she stands and looks at him, and seems to convict him of being out of place, while he wishes he were at home. He wishes, again, that he hadn't come to the party, and he is about as awkard- Iooking and as unhappy as any boy of his age can be. The belle of the room gets rid of him with great quickness, and he realizes that she is laughing at him as he sees her chatting and smil- y with an older man. Then he grows bitter. This is the time that his sister needs to brinjf all her sweet in fluence to bear upon him. She can ask her partner to take her over to her brother, and politely excuse her self as being engaged tn her brother for the dance or promenade. She can make him grow to believe in himself, and soon may present to him some mrl 1p;9 beautiful, perhaps, than the other, but one who knows how to en - - - - courage and make happy another girl s brother, because she has a brother, and knows how tender the feeling of a boy are, and how easily wounded." BUCELEN'S ARNICA SALVE. The best salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup tions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded, Price 25 cents per box.-. For sale by ig, T. WHI'TRHAJp CO. IF YOU ARE HUSTLER YOU WILL ADVERTISE TOUS Business. Sekd Your Advertisement in Now. O From FACTORY to CONSUMER. Q) Ol $1.39 O CI O) buvsthie(exM!t) W Katum Kocker, f tho largest size ever made: per dozen, S14.SO. Our new 112- o puge catalogue O) coutuimoK Fur- ff iiiture. Dram- W riet. Crockery, Baby Carriage. VJ O) Kerritreratora, m Stovus. Lamiia. y Lam pa. rictures. Mr-? ran. Bedding', ftp... in voura for tho 4 o) asking. Special supplement just is- fO sued fln nlnn rrrc wnrn f r-n a v UAKl'ET CATALOGUE in lltho- , graphed colors is also mailed free. O) write for it. If you wish samples, fo Senfl An. Rfllmn. Mit.Hnir umnlm al.n . ' fn mailed for He. All Cnrpeta aewett tf free this month nnd freight Ml M paid on 9 it purchase anal o $7.45 o O buys a made-to-your-meas- tire AU-Wonl fjlipviot Suit. AJ expressage prepaid to your fr- euiu'iu. vrnitjiuri too enm O logue and samples. Address exact.lv aa below). O Ospt. 009. BALTIMORE, MO. Oj 60 Day Sale. We have several thousand dollars worth of goods to close out in the next 60 days at and below cost. Come quick. If you can t come, send orders by mail. Remember we pay the freight on all goods bought at one time amounting to $5.00 and over. Wo are shipping goods to almost every shipping poiut in this part of the Stale. Spring calicos 3, 3c. Curtain poles wood fixtures 22ic. Heavy Rugs 1x2 yds 8Sc. Lace curtains 1x3 yds 75c per pair. Hassocks 33c. Window shades on spring rollers 12, 18c with fringe 20, 22A-. with fringe and fancy paint ings and gilt work 25, 30c. Lace cur tain scrim yd wide 4c. Men s very wide brim straw hats 5c. Boys' fancy straw hats uc. Ladies' ready-made wasted skirts black and colors 9Sc, 11.25. White dross goods 3, 4, Gc. Unbleached sheeting 3, 4c. Several hundred yards fancy curtain dropery yd wide 1, 5e. 1,450 yards spring dress goods, over 200 styles 8, 5, 7, 9c. Art squares and druggets 2x2 yds $1.63 each. Wc have just received a large consignment of Japanese cotton warp matting?. Regular price 22Ac. We offer this lot for 8, 10, 12i, 15c. Heavy China mattings 0, 8, 12o. V.'o arc having a big rush on mattings, and this consignment will not Just " long tit these cut prices. All orders by mail promptly filled. II. C. SPIERS & DAVIS, , April 20. 1S98. Weluon, N. O. CONTRACTORS & BUILDERS Furnishers ot' Guilders' Supplies, MANUFACTURERS OF Coffins and Caskets. BURIAL CASES AT ANY PRICE. ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C. 2-3-0m Still Leads And Still Rapidly Selling. The onlv machine to date fitted with ball-bearines. and therefore the lightest and easiest machine on the market. Liberal price paid, in exenange oi an qia machine of any make for a new All Machines sold under a guarantee and on easy term. Scotland Neck, N. C. E. P. Gatlin, Salesman. 2 24. tf. Subscribe to The commonwealth. over. Emery Wttr&Wli 4 and we request that this rule be rigidly I enforced. , . - nnow i;v., & Co. - head fc Co. ; . - ' ' j. , . - - 'Jf , - " hitehead & Co. , V -V. - "J - I if---