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malat.es OF the mind. BY some it is
suddenly assumed, as means Of
making themselves agreeable to their
con panions, or hy way Of equaling
them in their style of conversation
eut they gain no.hin T., in The end. and
only find it difficult at times to find
,.redencc for so much as is really
true; whereas. a person who is habit.
ually sober an discriminating in the
use Of language Will not only inspire
eo,.fi lence, but be able to produce a
great effect by the occasional use of
Z superlative. Fl lelity and exact.
ness are in lispensable in narrative,
an:l the habit OF exaygeratlng de-
,troys the power of accurate Observa.
'ion al recollectiols, which would
zen Ter the story interesting. If, in
stead Of trying to embellish her ac-
count, with the fruits of her imagina.
''c.' ts ~ III 49, y PosoCSSS-a CiC pOW.
er OF seizil5 u.)o:l the points best
worth .descrioin :, aal could give an
,-Sact account OF them. she would be
far more entertaining than any exay.
.eratiol c)uii make her; for there is
no rom lnce like REAL life an no i'm.
.gining of an inexperienced girl can
equal in piquancy the scenes and
characters that are every day present.
ed to our view. Extravayant expires.
,ions are sometimes resorted to. in
o:ler to atone for deficiencies Of
memory an | observation hui they
will never hi IL such defects; and a
labitual use of them lowers the tone
Of tn min |. al lea /, to other devi-
ations i'lom the simplicity "f truth
anl n..ture.--Ziou V,uchnaua.
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necessary for the poet to understand.
You are jesting with me, my
friend,' interrupted, there must be
some sense and perspicuity IN ali
kinds of poems Of whatever nature
they may be. Let us see some of
your prose-
Nunez showed me a Preface which
he intended to prefix to collection
of comedies which he had in press.
Then lie asked me what | thought OF
l..
81 am no better satisfied said l,
with your prose than with your verse.
Your ballal is nothing but swelling
nonsense; and in ycur preface there
are expressions too affected, words
unknown to the masses. phrases
twisted together, SO to say. In 4
word, your style is peculiar. The
books of our good old authors are
not written like that
Poor simpleton cried Fabricio,
YOU do not know that ever prose
writer that aspires, to day, to the
reputation of tasty pen courts this
sieul erity of style. these uncommon
expressions that offend you. There
are five or six bold reformers of us
that haye undertaken TO thoroughly
remodel our language. And we shall
succeed in our purpose, G cd willing
m despite OF Lope de Vega, Cervantes
and all the other wise heads that
;iaicule our new style Of dic,ion.'
interrupted nv reformer by :
peal OF lau5 liter, rs l said to hm:
Get out! Fabricio. You are al
original, with your pompons style
And you.' he replied, are but 1
boast. with your adherence to HI
;ure''
There are still to be found writer
like Fabricio, who labor and swell
like the frog i'll the fable; and ar
like those priests of Mars, who's
charts were the more admired, tn
more obscure they were.
J. A. DELKE.
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CHURCHES

Baptist. d. Huffman. D. O.. Pastor.
Services every Sunday AL II O'Clock. A a..
~. and att. p. NJ. Also on Saturday
before the first Sunday at II clock. \. O..
NJ. Prayer Meeting every Wednesday
night. Sunday School Oh Sabbath morn
ing.
Primitive Baptist-Eld. Andrew Moore.
Pastor Services every third Saturday
and Sunday morning.
Methodist-Rev. c. W. Byrd, Pastor.
Services at 3 clock, P. NJ on the second
and fourth Sundays. Sunday Schoo. OF
sabbath morning.
Episcopal-Rev. II. q. Hilton, Rector.
Services every first, second and thru
Sundays at log O'Clock, y. NJ. Sunday
School every Sabbath morning
Meeting of fible class on Thursday
night at the residence OF MIR. P. E. Smith
Baptist-tcolored.) George Norwood
Pastor. Services every second Sunda,
at Ii o'clock. A. NJ. and Z, p. NJ. Sun.
day School Oh Sabbath morning.
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THE HAIR AFTER DEATH.
Curious Instances IN Which It Haa
Grown to Great Length.

Most people understand that hair
,ioes sometimes grow after death, but
there are perhaps few who know that
there is very considerable growth
IN ut least one third of the cases
where bodies are Inferred in the usual
manner. A story was told by Oscar
Wilde at a dinner party in New
York which illustrates this fact.
When Gabriel Dante Rossettl was
very youns-scarcely more than a
noy-saia Mr Wilde, he was deeply
N love with young girl, and, having
!, poe gift, he sang poets love
III numerous sOnnets and verses to
her. She died young, and by her
wish the manuscripts OF these were
,,laced In u casket and laid under
.ler head. SO that even in the last
sleep they should be, as they always
had been, kept beneath her pillow.
Year passed 10y and Rossetti's fame
grew until every line of his compo.
,ition became precious, and some OF
those who priced his writing most
asked him for copies OF the songs
that had been buried. He had kept
no copies, or they had been lost.
At all events he could furnish none,
and when they asked him to rewrite
the verses he declared that he was
utterly unable to do so.
At last his friends importuned him
for permission to have the original
manuscripts exhumed. lie consent,
ed after some hesitation, and all the
necessary preliminaries having been
compiled with the grave which had
been sealed for many years was
opened.
Then strange thing was found.
The casket containing the PONIES had
proved 10 be of perishahle material
and its cover mad crumbled away
The long tresses Of the girl had
grown after death and had twined
IND intertwned among the leaves ot
the poets paper. coiiing arounl the
written woods of loving embrace long
after death had sealed the lips and
dimmed the eye that had made re-
|sponse to thai; love.
j There is nothing improbable in
the story SO far as it relates to the
physical phenomenon. That hair
Egrows after death is too we'll e-tab
tlished fact to be challenged, and is
readily enough to be understood by
amy one WHO will give even little
study to its formation. it being al
appenage to the human form, and
, not, strictly speaking, =: part of it
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WHAT NEW YORK HAS.

New York State has tenth Of all
the American people, and an eighth OF
the whites and nearly fourth of all
the city or urban people. 1t is the
second agricultural State, or only
second to Illinois in farm products,
leading Ohio $4,000, 900. N. Y. farms
Weld $19 an acre. Illinois $8. 1t is the
second barley State, the first buck.
wheat and hay State. and 1t raises
one.fifth of all tho potatoes and four
frtths of all the hops. 1t raises one
sixth of all the fruit, Onc.third OF all
the cheese, one-seventn of all the
butter. 1t is the manufacturing State
in the Union paying more than the
fifth of the total wages. Its manufac'
turers aggregate nearly $l.1OO,OO0,'
600. 1t still leads in ship building,
and owns 4 third of our marine. Ii
holds third of The registered nation
al bonds. It produces sixth OF the
agricultural Instruments, one-thira
of all the bakery products, one halt
of the mems clothing ard two.thirds
OF women cloth ~, One.tifth OF the
foundry and machine shop products,
one fifth of the furniture, one.third OF
the hosiery and knit goods. quarter
of the jcwelry, one.third OF the beer
and ale, half of the millinery and
lace goods, two.thirds Of the pianos
one half of the paints, halfof the per
iumery and cosmetics, one-third Of
the books and periodicals., sne'hali
of the refined sugar and mOlases
one.slath of the chewing and .mok
ing tobacco and snuff, and One-hal
of the cigars. 1t has tne worst cit,
government,them meanest Legislatures
and the worst courts Of justice in thu
Uuion.-Cincinnutti Enquirer.
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NIGHT WORK AND LONG HOURS.

There is 10 disease 50 insi liou ;.
nor when fully developed SO difficult
to cure. rs that species Of nervous
degeneration or exhaustion pro lu:ed
ny night work Or long hours. 1t is
easy to unuerstan how such state
of prostra;ion may be in luce |. The
train Ii and the nervoas system have
been very apply &C. arrd to gal
vanic battery in constan; use to pro-
vide a supply of electric fluid tol con
sumption within a gwen time. AS
long" says a recent writer, las sup.
ply and demand are fairly balanced.
The functions which owe their regu.
lar and correct working to the fluid.
are carried on with precision but
when by fitful and excessive demands
carried far t,eyond the means Of sup
ply, the balance is no. only lost. but
the machinery itself is oversirained
and injure:i :i-tIiso, der at first and
disease aiterwarsl are the result Tins
lllusti a:eS, lr,t;y clearly, the cOndi.
ton OF we'll balanced brain and ner-
vous system, supplying without an cf
fort all the Il ryous force require ! in
the operations of the mind and 10 iv.
SO long as its woIk is in proportion
! to its Lowers. but If embarrassed by
excessive demands. fech!v ana fitful
ly endeavo:ing to carry on mental
and physical operations over which it
formerly presided wi;hcut an effort =
The symptoms ofnervous rostration
are exceedingly painful ;wc can afford
TO pity even the man of pleasure, who
has, Ivy his own foolish con III ct. in
ducei them; but u.uch more 50 the
brain worker. WHO has been Lnrning
the midnight OIL in the honest enaea
vor to support himself. and probably
a wife AMI family, with respectable
" in lie. He has male mistake fo1
which we can readily forgive him. l,
the rleasurlble excitement Of homes
toll. h.. ~.pr4o.tcn that the suppl,
OF woA X can i.nt he .>,Iilated by til
? den,and OF need for it. but hy ..
power to produce III. He has bee
Hiviny on his capital Us WI as til
Interest thereof, and when he find
the former 'a;lins-when he fiji IS h
has no lon5er the strength to "or
. as he used to do and Starvation i
self staring linn in the face if he cea'
t es to toli Why tie yer, Thought {
coi,ll. collap psc tents o Ky to s,aste
= the catastrophe. anl reason itse
f. may fiji before the continued mant;
n STRAIN -C.tsseFs usuJtzi,.e.
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FALSEH00D vs.. EXAGGERATlNN.

How many persons, who would be
shocked at the idea Of telling dclib.
crate talsrlooa. daily violate truth
ny exaggerated statements and ex-
travagant expressions. This fault
often shO Itself in childhood, and
has It's origin in the activity of the
Imagination, joined to an imperfect
knowledge OF language when. ifit is
not corrected, 1T grows with the growth
strengthens with the strength, AMI
becomes one OF the most Incuraille
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WASHINGTON'S FIRNNESS

Washington, who was an aaihlfa-
BILE Judge of huusan nathre. distrust-
ed Aaron Burr as man and apolti-
clan. He had no 'onfi ie1ice in Burr $
private or poll,cal principles. But
R,,rr was = sors ,f political idol to
the onnosition in Congress.
c,vorror H.rriss was to II recall
ed from his post as minister at ehe
Court Of France, aud tue opposition
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y mtSHt iuoceu Oe SlmOS6 CaIleO 4
friendly parasite,
A we'll known New York uuier
taker said: "A gentleman who had
lost his little boy FIVE or six years
before came to the establish ment
where l was working and said he
wanted thc remains taken up and
carried to Boston. He had moved
to that city, where he had lost an.
other child, and his wife was anxious
that they should both be buried in
the plot he had bought in the Laurel
Hill Cemetery. This gentleman was
to see for him self that every.
thing Was done right, and went over
with me to Greenwood. We hal
buried the child and there was not
any trouble about finding the right
grave ana the right coffin, hut he was
nervous about it. He insisted on
having the coffin opened after it was
taken up and seeing for himself that
there was no mistake. had it done
and as soon as he cav the body he
SAID, Il knew it that isn't my boy.
His hair was cut shor; while he was
sick, and look aJ that In this case
there was a rather unusual growth.
| should say the hair was foot
long. In cases where the body has
been buried good many years
say hundred years-the hair is
sometimes found yard long on a
mans head, and much loager, of
course, ON a woman's.''
Another undertaken said that he
was employed at one time to remove
a great number of bodies that had
been buried in cemetery which had
been sold. They had lain undis.
turbed for ali average of about
twenty five years and in nearly on
half the "a :as the hair OH the heads
OF the men was from a foot to fool
and half long. In cases of women
it was evident enough from the ar
rangement of their hair that it hao
grown great deal after death
There Was nc way. SO far as he knew
of determining what causes the diff
ference between cases, some hal
growing and other apparently nu
growing or only growing little, bu
he said he believed that in cases 0
fever there was apt to be such
growth.
1t might be supposed that if a pos
mortem growth Of hair is as common
as has BEEN ind Gated, mention of th'
fact would have been made in the &C
counts that have been preserved o
the remains Of noted persons afte
burial, but, the only such instanc
that is recalled is that Of Napoleo
IL. OF hlm it is said that when nj
body was removed f1om St. Helen
to France it had grown to u grea
lenoth.-New York Herald.
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TIE SITE OF R0NE..

The site chosen f,r the building of
Rome was that long expanse of undu-
lating ground, lying On the banks of
the Tiher, to which the name of the
Campagna has been given. The
Seven Hills, of which we hear so
much, are projections of the table
land a. it advances towards the river;
ara "fter the enhancement ofthe city
wells by 4A;;:Helian, these projections
we're considerably 1.mre than seven.
The Campayna extends along ,fle-
central portion of the western shore
Of Italy for about ninety miles, with
III erare bred.h of twenty. y.seven
miles. Ga tie right, looking toward
the south. are the w:tp. s Of the Med.
,terranean on the left rises the lower
chain OF the Apannines. beyond
whicl stretches the main ridge Of
these mountains. which divide Italy
into two nearly equal parts.
Travellers who visit the Campag-
na de Roma at the present day. be-
hold vi le extent Of open country,
partly malsh land, partly pasture,
partly cultivated ground, which in
thel.ot days Of summer is yellow or
gray with the universal arilitv. but in
the Hintcr or early spring presents
scene of exquisite beauty green with
the rich grasses of fertile earth,
anil brilliant with the wild flowers
which are natural to hat region. AT
whatever period of the year the ex--
plorer sees much more than the pro-
ductions OF the soil. or the chang eful
effects of at atmosphere. In the imne-
iate vicinity OF Rome, he sees the
wrecks and ruins of that Imperial
isystem which hal there its seat and
centre. The remains of mayniiicenC
bindings, shattered towers. broken
arches, an / the crA1n1llng temples d
nrsal.in gods. and the gigantic aque
, tucts which carrieu water 10 tn
great city start out Of the marshes
or the unenciosed fields, like th
bones Of departed greatness. u
some =. aces the iuxariant vegetation
Of Southern cline mas taken these
relics back iufo tie embrace Of ma
: Iture, in others they rise bare and toi
Il lorn, above ;he BitileSs waste. There
, ! Is no such impressive scene elsewhere
! no scene - once so grand. so mourn.
iul. so full OF varied interest. so preg
nant with profound morals. so dover
ed with weight and continuity "l
life
i T, has been we'll remarked that. in
lco,uparison with Rome all other
, ici.ies are provincial. No ntier 10
cal1-s is SO uniformly and pei lna,,t- It
~ GREAT so great both in tne ancient
and modern world go great in arms
, in iifs ii"cl, and in far reaching au-
5flhoriiy. TIE history Of Rome is inl
n,any ages The history Of ali tha,
I, orion III the worli which maicl
exe.tes the interest III i,,telliuen,
aud thoughtful .nen.-Eu.
-~e~~.~ . Se~~
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COUNTY,.

Superior Court Clerk and Probate
Judge-John I. Gregory.
Inferior Court--Geo. I. Simmons.
Register of Deeds. NJ. Grizzard,
SOlicitor-A. j. Burton.
Sherif-R. }. Lewis.
Coroner II jenkins.
Treasurer-E. d. Browning.
Co. Supt. Pub. Instruction-D C Clark,
Keeper of the Poor House-Joh Ponton.
Commissioners-Charman, Aa on Pres
colt, Sterling Johnson, DR.. W. r.
Wood, John A. MorHcet, and NJ.
Whitehead.
Superior Court-Every third Monday
IN March and September.
Inferior Court-Every third Monday in
February, May. August and November
Judge of Inferior Court-T. n. Hill.
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Erad;cates
MALARIA.
g.< *

all Contagious Dl>ea'
he sick should use ii il<
never been known 10 spf
u,ed. Y.liow Fever has
b,aca ynnlit had tai
cases OF D;phtilcria yield
Feyeredand Sick Per
sons refreshed and
Bed Sores prevent
I'd by bathing with
Darby. Fluid.
Impure Air male
harmless and p!lriLi:d.
Fo. sore TfrOas il IS a
sure cure.
Ccntagion destro>Et.
For Frosted IebT,
Chilbiains. Pife 5,
Chafings. etc.
Rheumatism cured.
soft White Complex
ions secured by is use.
Ship Fever prevented.
purify the Breath,
cleanse the Teeth,
j, can't be surpassed. .
Catarrh relieved and
cured.
Erysipelas cured,
Burnsrelievedinstantly.
Scars prevented.
Dysen.ery cured.
wounds heale j rapidly.
Scurvy cured.
An Antidote for Animal
o. Vegetable Polsons.
S,inss, etc.
used the Fluid during
our presen, aMlc,ion with
S,arle, Fever with de-
ei,Ied advantage. II l.
indispensable to the SICK
rocm. VIZ. +. SAND
FORD, Eyrie, Ala.
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| Diphtheria
| Prevented.
,.yX

The physicians here
use Darbys Fluid very
successfully in the treat
ment of Diphsheria.
A. SToLLENwERCK,
Greensboro, Ala.
letter dried up.
Cholera prevented.
Ulcers purified and
healed.
In cases of fDeafh il
should be used abost
the corpse it will
prevent any unpleaS-
ant smell.
The eminent Ply
sician, j. MARION
SIMS, NJ. D., New
York, says: Il am
Convinced Prof, Darbys
Prophy Tactic Fluid is a
valuable disinfectant."
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NERAL. DIRECT RY.
SCOTLAND NECK

Mayor-W. Ii. Shields.
CcmmiSsioners-Noah BiggS. NJ. Holt
man, r. NJ. johnson. X. AllSbrook.
Meet first Tuesday IN each month at
o'clock, p NJ.
Chief of Police-R. J. White.
Assistant Policemen c. W. Dunn. W.
Z. Whitmore. {. Speed. Sol. Alexander
Treasurer-R NJ Johnson.
Clerk-K. Allsbrook.
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NOTICE..

w have one hundred town lots for
w sale in this town. Some of them
are very desirable. This is rapidly
growing town, and persons wishing to
secure good places for residences and bus
mess stands. and to make good invest
ments. will do well to call on US.
KITCHIS 4 DUNN.
July 5th, 1882.
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IN MEMORIAM.
Ry NIXON p. CLINGMAE.

BY NIXON p. CIINGMAE.
Land of the South embalmed in song
That echoes down the years,
Above thy dead, to-day, we strew
The victor Bay and burial Yew,
To tell thy fame in tears:
For tho thy starry Cross went down
Amid the wrathful fight,
Upon its shining wreck we read
How hcro-hearts can break and bleed
Before they yield the right.
Ian d of the South ! the sweet May-tilne
That wooes thy buds and blooms,
Doth in It's flight adown The Spring
Its rosy garlands freshly bring
To wreathe thy place of tombs.
Where lcwly winds like mourner's bend
To whisper to the brave,
Whose quiet brows, tho cold beneath,
Are circled with the Laarel's wreath
That sparkles from the grave.
Land of the South thy blades no more
Leap out i'll the hands of steel.
But in their rust the record sleeps.
That Jealous Honor Steadfast keeps.
How Southrons scorn to kneel:
Ami on thy deeds shall Romance love
To rear her dazzling fame.
And pilgrims come to haunt the Urns
Where Sorrow broods and Valor turns
To muse upon thy slain.
Land of the South the stars that burst
Like blossoms from your sky,
Reflect in each hero's shade
" hose hnightly deeds shall only fade
When time itself shall die:
And future Barts shall sweetly wake
To thee their chosen Tyre,
And woman's lips shall hymn the praise
q childish ears in tender lays
Of fallen Soutil,.." sire.
Land of the South Bayard keeps
ALI mute his marble rest,
Within each grave whose s.oried clay
Lies i'll its winding sheet OF grey
Upon thy motherbreast:
And now We bring our floral gifts.
| And braidS Of Immor!elle,
As a tribute to the courtlv dead
Who followed where thy banner led.
! And with that banner fell.
Land of the South thy squsdrons rush
Down in the fray no more.
Mid rife flash and sabre stroke
And scenes of blood and battle smoke,
AS in the days of y"re:
But all the lightning track they left
l. paved with Spartan dust,
And legends linger where they rode,
That glide the pa.e of VaIor's Code,
OF how they kept their trust.
Land of the South halo CLEANS
3. Cpon thy midnight gloom,
And round thy broken shrine it throws
\ wreath Of light that constant glows
About the marty tomb;
And from thy .iarAcSt ruins spring.
:. Where life ami hope are dumb,
. Traditions that Shall live IN song
That other Minstrels shall prolong
= In days that are to come.
Land of the South about thy wrecks
The fires of courage play.
:. And Glory gathers from tny grief
The grandest gleanings in his sheaf
r To garner them for ave:
d For when the last throb of thy drums
Il Grew faint upon the air,
lmmortals bore ON wings of flame
r. The echo up the sleeps Of Fame
u And left it living there.
Land of the South no martial muse
A purer theme shall teach,
, Than how thy colors swift and far
" Swept DER the purple field of war
n And lit the deadly beach:
And Vandall pen can ne'er profane,
Or blight with venom stroke,
A single star that hung thereon
te And shone till every hope was gone
To dare the despot's yoke.
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When man can't make anything
else he can make remarks
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SMALLPOX
and
PITTING of Small
Pox PREVENTED

4 member Of my fam
lily WAS taken with
Small. .-pox. l used the
Fluid : the patient was
not delirious, was not
pitted, and was about
The house again in three
week., and no others
had it. J. w. PARK
INSnS PHILADELPHIA.
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DARRYS
PR0PHYLACT|C
TIN
FLUID.

A Household Article for Universal
Family Use.
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For Scarlet and
Typhoid Fevers.
DipAtheria, Sail
yation, liberated
So Throat, small
Pox, II eslcs, and
*. Persons waiting en-
~. Scarlet Fever has
ID where the Fluid was
en- cured with it afef
n place. The woss