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If your heart is weak, or there is an inherited tendency m that direction, your weakened nerves will soon so affect your heart's action as to bnng on serious, chronic trouble. Dr. Miles' Ner vine is a nerve tonic, which quiets the nerves, so that sleep may come, and it quickly re stores the weakened nerves to health and strength. Dr. Miles Heart Cure is a great blood and heart tonic which regulates the ac tion of the heart, enriches the blood and im proves the circulation. "Some time ago I was suffering severely with heart trouble. At times my heart would seemingly stop beating and at others it would beat loudly and very fast Three to four hours sleep each night in ten months was all I could get One week in last September I never closed my eyes. I got Dr. Miles' Nervine and Heart Cure at a drug store in Lawrence burg, after spending $300.00 in medi cines and doctors in Louisville, Shelbyville, Frankfort, Cincinnati and Lawrenceburg, and in three days have derived more benefit from the use of your remedies than I got from all the doctors and their medicines. I think everybody ought to know of the mar velous power contained in your remedies." W. H. Hughes, Fox Creek, Ky. All druggists sell and guarantee first bot tle Dr. Miles' Remedies. iend for free book on Nervous and Heart Diseases. Address Dr. Miles Medical Co, Elkhart. Ind. I repair or remodel J kind M biMinsr? SendU foTour FREE CATALOGUE "Ifl I of building materials, & I I FRANK Lvwaim wvi rushed 1870. NORFOLK.' JSD I TOIL'S JEISURE- jOUFS. - - 4 OBSERVATIONS OF PASSING . EVENTS . That is a very disappointing story which comes from St. Louis about the fleecing of visitors to the great Exposition. - It is rumored thatextrava . gant prices are charged for all kinds of service. Fleecing the visitors. To faave a grip carried a MtUe di8tance costs a dollar or two and ten dollars a day for boerd is a common thing. This is all very unwise on the part of the St. Louis people. By this method of dealing with visitors they will scare away many who perhaps have been counting to attand the Exposition. If these stories of extravagance are true the people throughout the country trill be sure to learn about it; and the Rocky Mount Record timely suggests that soon the historic "goose ol -the golden egg" will be killed again. t t X X The Commoner quotes from the Chicago Herald as follows : ''The spir it of latter-day commercialism has seized upon the South and threatens to sever the bond through which that section has Cotton Downing Peannts.contributed sq great, to tfae gustatory deUght of the nation. It appears that cotton and goobers thriye best in the same kind of soil, and the high price ol cotton has caused Southern planters to devote almost their entire acreage to that staple. As the demand for cot ton is increasing more rapidly than even the demand for peanuts, it is most probable that they will continue to discriminate In favor of the form er staple despite its fluctuating value, and against the latter, notwithstand ing the fact that the price always remains the same, fiye cents a bag, the country"over. The effect that failure.to cultivate the peanut will have upon the social relations ol the masse?, especially the juvinile element, can only be surmised, and any surmise will be fraught with dark forebodings. Necessarily the decline of the peanut will have a tendency to restrict the pleasures of recreation, foreshadowing' as it does the doom of the gallery god and the degeneration cf the circus into a hollow mockery." - xxix The longer one lives and the moie general his observations, the more is one convinced that almost any foolish thing on earth can turn the heads A Dcwie Convert in worth Carolina. most orthodox and progressive Christian workers in the Baptist denomina tion in the State. And it is announced that he has leased his dental office and will move to Zion City, near Chicago, in September and become one of the salaried officials in Alexander Dowie's army. II there has ever been known a religious quack in all the world who played upon the heart-strings of his deceived followers simply for the price paid for it, to be sure, that rrsri is Dowie. There is no doubt sbout the fact that he is a man of mark ed ability, and has great power over men ; but there is considerable doubt about the sincerity which he professes in it all. DnRominger's case is a strik ing illustration of what may be accomplished even in a foolish thing by keeping "everlastingly at it." We heard a concert at Morehead City some years ago given by Dr. Rominger and his young daughters, and as well as we remember, it was given for the benefit of the Baptist Orphanage at Thomasville. So well trained were he and his children in the use of their violir a that Dr. Rominger had an orchestra of his own. And little did we think then that he would be a Dowiete in so short a tima. XXXX We remember to have heard a lady from the western part of the State, while on a visit to Scotland Neck, say that she had neyer seen so many people in one community who were ailing. Of Nearly All are Ailing. tgn hflve we thougnt ot her remark and some times have wondered whether Scotland Neck is worse off for health than other communities. Knowing that the published health record cf the townis as good as any place in the State, we have been inclined to believe tbat the people here who impressed our western lady that they were all the while verging into sickness of some kind, were victims of the habit of com plaining ; and come to think of it more closely, almost every one you meet is nursing some ailment and thinks it a virtue or accomplishment to let other people know about it. But this habit of complaining is not confined tojrny one locality. The Monroe Enquirer has this to say about the wealth ol complainers of poor health in Union county : "A gentleman who has been living in Union county: periodically for the past thirty years says that be has neyer met a man in this section who is perfectly well. When asked cs to their health folks in these parts say they are fairly well, tolerably well, reasonably well, but never just plain well without any frills to it." So much for what may be observed of this complaint of feeblenesB in TJnios county. Answering what the Monroe Enquirer says, the Statee ville Landmark has this to say : "Come to think of it, there is hardly one person in a hundred in this section at least who will confess to a robust state of health. Asked about his health, the average individual will say he is moderate or fair, only so-so or as the old colored auntie in South Iredell invariably expressed it 'middlin', jes middlin', honey.' No, we're constantly aiHn', to hear ns tell It, but in most cases the ailments are largely imaginary." All of which brings to mind what a good woman in another part of the State, neither m Union nar in Iredell county, said to us once. Upon in quiry about her health during a year or two of our absence, she said : "I have been enjoying bad health most of the time since I last saw you." Yee, the habit of complaining about physical infirmities is almost univer sal.' But the complainers ought to remember that no one thinks any more of them for their complaining. It is refreshing to meet people who just feel good for you whether they do for themselves or not. We know a drummer who always has a bright smile, a hearty hand-shake, a good word, a "first-rate, I tbank-you" greeting, when you ask him how he feels. It is always a pleasure to meet him. We know also a business man in Scotland Neck who never says "I'm just about this morning,and that's all." He al ways says, he's well. If the good lady from the west comes to Scotland Neck again we shaH take pleasure in introducing her to one well man here, if such opportunity should present itself. QUICK ARREST. J. A. Gullege, of Verbena, Ala., was twice in the hospital from a severe case of piles, causing 24 tumors. After doctors and all remedies had. failed, Bucklen's Arnica Salve quickly arrest ed further inflammation and cured him. It conquer, aches and kills pain. 25c at E. T. Whitehead & Co.'s, Drug gists. - - . - - of mighty good peon1 wen it is persistently worked at. Only ten years ago Dr. A. C. Rom inger of Reidsville was regarded as one of the TO MOTHERS IN THIS TOWN. Children who are delicate, feverish and cross will get immediate relief from Mother Gray 'a Sweet Powders for Children. They cleanse the stomach, act on the liver , making a sickly child strong and healthy. A certain cure for worms. Sold by all druggists, 25c. Sample FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. habits mmn i Copyright, igo, by CARISTINE TERHUNE HERRICK. THE outdoor life, no less than the indoor life is bound to leave its mark on a woman's face and bearing By this I do not refer only to the effect of wind and sun on the complexion or of fresh air on the general health. I mean as well that the occupation to which one most devotes oneself will in time alter the expression of the counte nance. Recognizing this, it behooves the woman who takes ud any outdooi sport to avoid the snares connected with such a sport. It is not long since the papeis were full of what was known as the "bicycle. face." There was no necessity for de scribing it. We all knew it as soon a? we saw It. An eager, anxious, look, a straining forward look, sometimes an expression almost of terror, it did not make a pleasant impression upon any one who saw it. The bicycle face was not the property of women alone, men had it, too, but oddly enough, it was seldom seen on children. They, bless their hearts, were too busy enjoying their wheels to have any powers to waste on worrying about anything. That the bicycle face was not a ne cessary accompaniment of wheeling was proved by the fact that it was not universal. More than that, it was usu ally to be seen upon the unaccustomed and timid. rider. This was perhaps natural, but when the transient expres sion was permitted to become perma nent, it was either the result of care lessness or of a lack of appreciation of the effect even a passing mood may have on the features, if the mood is re peated frequently enough. Perhaps it is a matter ot course that when a timid person learns to ride a wheel the lack of self-confidence should for the time being show in the face, but this lack of self-confidence is not an abiding thing. Unfortunately, how ever, the look sometimes is. One can see that in other than outdoor pursuits Facial tricks are easily acquired and even when recognized are bard to shake off. They are worse when their owner fails to know they are in existence. I was amused one evening to observe the expressions of the faces of several persons who were sitting about a room engaged in various pursuits. At one side of the room an elderly man was writing. All the while the pen moved his lips moved also, not repeating the words he was writing, but twitching back and forth in a measured fashion, as it the thoughts of the brain had their counterpart in the movements of the lips. Another member of the family read a book in which she was deeply inter ested and the play ol the anthor's fancy was indicated by the motions of the reader's eyebrows. When there was something a little unusual. or amusing, the brows went up almost into the hair, when there was pathos or matter for indignation the brows were drawn to gether. It was no wonder that the forehead was a maze ot creases, longi tudinal and vertical. Next to the reader sat her sister crocheting. In and out went the needle and every time the hook drew the wool through a loop the lips were pursed up. While the mother of the girls, who sat sew ing, snapped her eyes energetically with everv stitch she set. Perhaps this may seem an exaggera tion, but let any one who questions the possibility of such a set of expressions in one household take the pains to give a little study to the facial tricks of those about her. Possibly the group I instanced may have had especially mobile countenances, but there are plenty of others. When we see this sort of thing proyoked by ordinary in door a vocations, is it any wonder that "Most praised where best known.' The best advertisement ot Rbeuma cide is the hundreds of wonderful cures it has made. a more exciting pursuit leaves Its mark on the face? While bicycling was one of the first sports to receive the honor of having an expression named alter it, other sports have followed in its wake. I do not refer now to the expressions gained by athletes. The look of the football or the baseball player, may, like other occupations, have a whole range ot ex pressions of its own. And there are oth er outdoor ways of life that leave their mark, a mark that is not objectiona ble. We all know the gaze of the sail or, or of the man accustomed to look- g off over wide spaces of prairie. There Is nothing unpleasant about these. It is when the bicycle face means a set look of anxiety or of peev ishness, when the fixing with the eye of the hole to which the ball must be driven means the golf squint, when the long stride across the links has pro duced the slouching ungraceful gait which has been dubbad the golf walk. tbat it bee mes necessary to give the subjectof tht sa idiosyncrasies tome eeri 00a consideration. There can be no good thing without ; the defects of its qualities. Our care' must be not to let the defects outweigh ' the qualities or to permit a really ad- mirable thing to do us harm as well as ' good. Take bicycling, for instance. The haal mav havo BAAmpil in InaA if a nnn. ' ularity for a brief time, but it has come back to stay, not, as some one says, as a fad, but as a homely custom. The day has probably gone by when people go bicycle mad, although when one sees the wheels of the present day one can pardon an occasional attack ol mania, but the time has ai rived when the bicycle is a matter of course, not only for getting about the country on errands and the like, but also as a fac tor In developing a higher physical standard. Anything that will make stronger hearts, tbat will stimulate torpid organs and clear the brain is bound to have the support of thinking p30ple everywhere. A horse or an antomobile may take one about and awaken a love of outdoors, but a horse or an automobile is not within the reach ot persons of moderate means. Therefore the wheel possesses advan tages for the everyday man and wo men that can be offered by no other means of locomotion. So good a thing as this should not sink into condemnation because those who use it are too weak or too careless to eonquor the few drawbacks connect ed with it. There is no reason why a bicycle should be the cause of a bowed. bunched-up back or of an unpleasant countenance, if its riders will pay as much attention to their attitudes and their expression as they do to the cos tumes they wear when riding. The case is the same with golf, "the royal game." More and more it grows in popularity. The businessman finds in it an outdoor sport which gives bim exercise and amusement at tne same time, and the girl who plays golf has become a recognized feature in our social outdoor life. The game is worthy of all commendation and is doing the work of a life-saving station for men who could never before be coaxed from their offices during the daylight hours But is It to leave an unsightly mark upon those who partake of its benefits. Shall that which is admirable on the golf course be transported to the street and the drawing room ? Shall the half closed eye which scans the space to be covered in the next drive be fixed upon one's vie-a-vis at the dinner table? Shall our girls and men take their after noon stroll or their promenade to church with long slouching steps, dropped shoulders and swinging arms the noise that is acquired by shoulder ing the bag of golf clubs or by posing Sick headache results from a disor- J U A ia nniolrttr nmi hv aereu mwwtusu nuu o .j Chamberlain's Stomach andLiverTah lets. For sale by E. T. Whitehead fe Co, Scotland Neck, and Leggett's urug oiuro, uuuuw. MM Thousands have used this reliable remedy with perfect confidence and success for 62 years, because they know just what it contains. The formula consists of Buchu, Hydrangea, Mandrake, Yellow Dock, Dandelion, Sarsaparilla, Gentian, Senna and Iodide of Potassium. Any doctor or druggist will tell you that this is a scientific and reliable combination of great merit for all diseases having their origin in the Liver, Kidneys or Blood. After years of experience and patient experiment, Dr. Thacher so perfected the process of manufacture, that it never fails to bring the expected relief when taken according to directions:. Thousands of sick ones to whom life has been a burden have written grate ful letters Of thanks. Speed, Mississippi, Oct. 17, 1WJ. " I have anffered greatly with indigestion, constipation, also a severe liver trouble, with lost of appetite. Could not rest well at night ; in fact, had no energy to work or even Walk around. I felt like I was packing a heavy load and, was easily exhausted, until 1 took Dr. Thacher's Liver and Blood Syrup, which helped nie almost from the first dose. When I had taken one and one-half bottles I ielt like a different man, and I knew that it was due entirely to your medicine. I used in all three bottles, and consider myself perfectly cured. At this time my appetite is good, I sleep well, and feet strong and refreshed on arising in the morning' T. L. Sn:i:r. If mi waed medicine write to-day for a Free sample bottlr and " Itr. Thaeher'n Health Book." Hee symptom for advice. We eimyty auk you totr; it atomr expense. Wmknote what it Will do. JLtall druaglet: BO cents and fl.OO. Th&cHer Medicine Co., Chattanooga, Tenn. oneself, lor the drive is out ot place ex cept on the links. Yet if one must choose between these and the dispirited droop of moutb and shoulders tbat are found among the women who live the stay-at-home life and know nothing of the joys of free exercise in the good open air, let up, for the love of mercy, have anything tbat the bicycles or the automobiles or golf or tennis can give us. The one, at j leastj is a sign of a healthful mode ot : life, however much we may deprecate the form it takes. But why should one have either? Already I have tried to indicate in these papers that one need not sacri fice a complexion in crder to win pro ficiency in outdoor sports. The small amount of cere that is given to the skin will keep it in tolerable order and the attention tbat is bestowed upon the expression will sot be thrown away. Only recently haye our women come to appreciate all that fr'sh air and sys tematic exercise will do for their health and looks. There are still too many of them who neglect all these things and are content to lose attractiveness and youth and strength sooner than take the pains to go out of doors. It would make matters infinitely worse if those who hare been converted to the gospel of exercise and oxygen should do their case harm by displaying expressions and habits which prejudice the stay-at- homes against the pursuits to which they should be won. The Costliest Luxury Yet. New York World. The Roosevelt administration has acquired the distinction of being the most expensive in our history. The second administration of Madi son, including the war of 1812, cost $130,512,794. The second administration of Polk, including the Mexican war, cost $173, 299,266. The administration of Lincoln, in cluding the civil war, cost $3,347,802, 900 in paper money, equivalent to from $1,500,000,000 to $2,000,000,000 in gold. The first administration of McKin- ley, including the Spanish and Philip pine war, cost $1,906,136,611. The administration of Roosevelt, in unbroken peace, has cost $2,449,228, 545 in gold. That is nearly four times as much as was spent under the scar- dalous first administration of Grant and three times the cost of the fi.st administration of Cleveland. President Roosevelt certainly comes high. Must we really have him ? WHEN THE SAP RISES t Weak lungs should be careful. Cough? and colds are dangerous men. uae Minute Cough Cure cures coughs and colds and giyes strength to the lunes. Mrs. G. E.. Fenner, of Marion, Ind., siys : "I suffered with a cough until I run down in weight from 148 to 92 pounds. I tried a number of remedies to no ayail until 1 nsea une Minnie Cough Cure. Four bottles of this won Anrfiii ramedv cared me entirely ot the cough, strengthened my lungs and re stored me to my normal weignt, neann and strength." Sold by E. T. White head & Co. "Yes," said the thinker of auib'e thoughts, "It's a grave injustice.'' "What's a grave injustice?" asked the man with the rubber habit. "3ur ing people alive," explained be of the noisy thoughts Chicago News. A STARTLING TES1'. . TV. corn a life Dr. T. G. Merritl, ol No. Mehoopany, Pa., made a startling test resulting in a wonoenui cute, m writes r- "A patient wa3 attacked with violent hemmorrhages, caused by ulcer ation of the stomach. I bad ofen found Electric Bitters excellent lor acute stomach and liver trouble, n 1 prescribed them. The patient gained from the first and has not had an at tack in 14 months." Electric Bitter? aie positively guaianteed for Dyspep sia, Indigestion, Constipation and Kid ney troubles. Try them. Only 50c at E. T. Whitehead & Co.'s. DFtm TMAGHER'S Livor and Blond Oyrap CURES BY REK2GV18B THE CAUSE A THREE-FOLD REMEDY lor alt ills Cm to Awe UoamltntrnMa. Acta aa the UvrM4KMayt am4 PuriGeo tho DIoGdm Rabbits Galore. Selected. Shipments ol frozen rabits from Aus tralia to London has grown to consid erable importance. In It. "00 there were exported 2,839,112 pair. In It 03 this had increased to 3,i50,000 pair. Altogether there were util'zed for the export market during that year nt!e;it 20,000,000 rabbits, some frozen in the fur and the rest tinned. The rabbits are of the variety which was intro duced for pport, which devclipcd into a pest and now, shun for llio market in lots of many thousands, ii agiiu a "good fellow" to tho Australian. E. T. WHITEHEAD & CO. do not hesitate to recommend Kodol Dyspepsia Cure tj their fiicmli and custodiers. Indigestion caupoa more ill health than anything el.-c. It deranges the stomach nnd brlnn on all manner of disease, ivodol Dysj)ep.-in Core digests what you eal, curea Indi gestion, Dyspepsia and all stomach dis orders. Kodol is not only a perfec t di gestant but a tissue building tonic as well. Renewed health.perlect strength and increased vitality follow its use. A Cincinnati widow opened a matri monial agency and married the iirt man who applied. The concern is now closed. FOR OVER SIXTY YEARS. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup ba been used lor eixty years by millions of mothers lor their children while teeth ing, with perfect success. It soothes the child, softens the gums, alias u'A pain, cures wind colic, and is tho best tremedy for Diarrhoea. It will relievo the poor little sufferer immediately, dold by Druggists in ever part of the world. Twenty-five cents a bottle. Be sure and ask for "Mrs, Winslow's Snothins: Syrup. Some people seem to think tho Al mighty is making a mistake in not leaving the management ertirely to them. LADIES AND CHILDREN1 who cannot etand the strain of laxative syrups and cathartic pills are especially !ond of Little Early Risers. All per sons who find it necessary to take a Uiver medicine should try thcbo c.i.--y pills, and compare the agreeably 'epy nnt and strengthening effect vvhh th nauseating and weakemg cor.dniur following the use ot other rex-Hi Little Early R'sers cure biMOMs:.w .-, constipation, sick headache, j "' " malaria and livtr troubles. Swld by ii. T. Whitehead Co. "Has your sister come to any con clusion about her ersy for the com mencement exercises?" "Ye?; she is (ioing to wii'.e it on p'n'; pnj pr to match her dress." Chicago Tribune. One of the greatest blessings a mod est man can wish for is a good, reliablo 8et of bowels. If you are not the hap py possessor of feiich an outfit you can greatly improve the efficieucy ot thesn you have by the judicious ue of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. Tbey are pleasant to take and agreeable in effect. For Sale by E. T. Whitehead & Co.,Scotland Neck, and Leggett Drug Store, Hobeood. Howell Do you think It rJ3 to put mucb money into clothes? Powell Not if you hve a wSfe to go through them. fown Topics. MADE YOUNG AGAIN. nnR of Dr. Kine's New Life Pills each night for two weeks has put inn in my 'teens' again," writes D. H. Turr.er.of Dempseytown, Pa. They're the best in the world lor Liver, Htonc ach and Bowels. Purely vejretabla. flever gripe. Only 2uc at L. L.W one head & Co.'s Drug Store. Strive Ever has money to loan, while Wait a Bit is a: ways paying in- lerest. 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