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The daily Cairo bulletin., 1883-09-05
Life on a High Level,

We sometimes feel, remarks the Nir-
ginia City Enterprise, that we are pret-
" well up in the world here on the
Comstock, particularly in winter, but
we are only little over I 1000 feet above
the level of the sea. This, in some
places, would be looked upon almost As
being down on the plain, yet many per-
sons complain of the lightuesS Of the
atmosphere in this city, Even here
the housewife finds some difficulty in
cooking meats and vegetables by boil
ing Water boils here at temperature
toolow 10 cook some kinds Of food. There
l. every year complaint that peas
brought from California are as hard as
buckshot The trouble j. that the
water does not become sufficiently hot
to cook them Here, when either neat
or vegetables are being cooked bv boil
ing, the vessel should have a close-tit-
ting lid in order that the steam may be
confined There is, of course, no
trouble about roasting meats or any
thing else, fire being As hot here as in
any other part Of the world While
strangers complain much Of the thin
ness OF our atmosphere, old settlers are
not much distressed, and children born
and reared here seem not TO suffer IN
convenience in any way. They race up
and down the sides OF the mountains at
full speed without finding any difficulty
in breathing Their lungs are large
enough to take in all the air, light as it
Is that they require. Nature provides.
lungs for almost every altitude to those
who are born and grow up on the spot,
There has been a great deal OF dis
cussion recently as to the altitude at
which human beings can exist In
South America there are towns, such as
Potosi, placed as high as the top Of
Mount Bland, the inhabitants of which
feel no Inconvenience The highest in
habitated spot in the world is, however,
the Buddhist cloister Of Hanle, in Thi-
bet, where twenty-one priests live at an
altitude Of $1,000 feet The brothers
Schlaginweit, when they explored the
glaciers of the lbe Gantin in the same
country, encamped at 2l,000 feet the
highest altitude at which a European
ever passed the night. Even at the top
of Mount Blanc Professor Tyndal's )
party found it very unpleasant to do
this, though the professor himself did
not confess to feeling as bad as they,
The highest mountain in the world is
Mount Everest (Himalaya), 29,0O3 feet,
and the condor has been seen winging
"the blue air 500 feet higher,
The daily Cairo bulletin., 1883-09-05
French Sardinos From Maine,

1t is not generally known that very
few. II any, sardines are imported.
Nearly all the fish consumed in America
come from the southeast corner of
Maine, At Eastport there are nineteen
places where they turn out sardnes; at
Lubec, three, and along the coast at
different parts many Others are found,
10 catch the fish small trees or brush
are thrust into the bottom of little bays
or directly into the main body of water.
They are arranged in line quite close
together running out from the shore
some Scventy-iiye or a hundred feet,
then curved like a horseshoe, with q
line returned to the shore In ..is is
placed a net AT the proper tidal mo-
ment the net is raised and the fish taken
up in scoop nets, The fish are not Sar-
dimes at all; but small herring.
After being placed in the boats they
are AT once placed in the packing place
and laid upon long tables in heaps The
first step requires the cutting OIL of the
head and the removal OF the entrai.s,
which is done entirely by very young
children The fish are then placed in
warm water, which is slightly agita,od
in order to cleanse them thoroughly
After this necessary precaution they are
placed on very large gridrons, of whico
the bars are thin and wide apart, and
then suspended over a very hot hre
where they are partly broiled. These
gridirons are called "iakeS,' and mold
about l2O fish. The sardines are placed
in position on the flakes by little
girls, who receive ten cents for tlling
every hundred. After broilng the fish
are ready for the boxes, These are al
ready prepared with the attractive
French labels. The oil is cotton-Socd,
pure and simple, and is not Away, Of
the best quality, The first quality OF
oil is used, however, for these sardineS
sold rs prime.
The actual cost per box, including all
expenses. is five cents. The profit made
by the packers sometimes reaches seven
and nine cents, but is often less. The
difference between these prices and the
consumers expenditure is lost in the
different hands through which the fish
pass. Cor hhHade'Ptta Press.
The daily Cairo bulletin., 1883-09-05

A few DAYS since q well-known De-
uoi,er. who is Bit Of a wag, visited a
friend who resides in one Of Michigan's
Young, growing and aspiring villages.
A tUur OF the place wa, made, the res
ident calling the Dauoiter's attention
TO every two-stOry house and all the
places OF business the new church, the
spot where a iirc.engine house is going
TO be built and all the other village
lions. After the round had been made,
he turned upon the Detroiter and in
CURED
"How DO YOU like our town? Give
Us a candid answer.
1T seems 10 me TO be a wide.awake,
stirring kind of q village. '
"Wide.awake? You bet ii is! Stir
ring2 There j. more git up and cit
here than in any other place Of ten
times its size in the state. We will be a
city when the next legislature meets,
and I'm going 10 run for mayor. What
do YOU think OF our sreets?'
They are Of fair width, and when
graded and paved, YOU will have some
very pretty drives, especially if you sci
out shade trees.
I'VE are going to pave them all, sir
every one Of them, and not have mud,
dy buck streets a, tAcold-fogy cities do
How do You like our mercantile estab
lisnmauts.'
"Nomc Of your shops and stores APP
pear to be well stocked, and shouic
judge yonr wants can all be supplied
right ncro at home ~
That's one OF our strong points. We
are cr,lt.iy independent OF everybody
and everything. Whenever we discoy
or a want, some energetic man Of Du,i
ness steps right in and supplies it, NJ
matter what bushes, n man may be eu
gagged in here, his market is right here
and AL that he needs TO make his busi
ness profitable is 90 hi, hand ~
u am satisfied that such is the fact
for have seen many evidences thereo
thi, afternoon. Here. directly opposit
on the other side Of the street, is an in
stance.
And the Dotroiter pointed to a larg
windmill for pumping water, beneath
the revolving arm, Of which stood
covered delivery wagon, upon the side
Of which wa, inscribed,
PURE DAIRY FARM MILK
Detroit Free Press
The daily Cairo bulletin., 1883-09-05
The Daily Bulletin.
a Rao, of Gamblers.

"The Manufacture of Prices" isa
subject treated in u remarkable man
ner by Henry ID. Lloyd, in the North
Amcrican RcUcU, In the United States
il is obvious that the question Of supply
and demand has but little to do with
the cost of the majority of commodities
entering into the necessities Of life. The
Produce Exchange receives one bushel
out of the seven Of the wheat crop
grown in this country, but sells just
twice over all that has been ever har-
vested. We make about 5000, 900 bales
of cotton, but the suppostious crop
of the New York Exchange is 32, OOO,-
600, Petroleum wells may ebb and
flow, and through their pipings may
gush the actual 24000,0OO of barrels in
the year but in one week petroleum
exchanges sell 1000, ,OOO,oOO barrels,
More cotton is seeded, grown, picked
and ginned in Hanover square than in
the whole cotton belt; even in William
street is the ground being tapped and
continuous are the oceans of oil that
flow from that peculiarly odorous por-
ton Of our sister city, 1t is not the
consumer who makes the price on the
coffee he drinks at his breakfast, nor
for the bread he eats, the butter he
spreads on il, nor for the bacon he uses
for relish, nor the eggs he is served
with. There is "a factory of prices y
run by the ab,est the wealthiest, the
most astute of bosses and syndicates,
and il is they who determine exactly
how much money il will cost a work
man and his family to subsist during
any given time. Mr. Lloyd traces the
history of the most gigantic of these
price factories, which is the Chicago
Board OF Trade. Only thirty years ago
it alured business to its rooms by
means Of very cheap lunches, and, for
a long time, the business amounted TO
nothing, but last year it received and
paid for in cash $SS2,0OO,O 900 of farm
produce, and gambled in intangible
crops 10 the amount of $4,000, 600, OOO
The power Of what are called 1.-THE
wealthy criminal classes Mr., Llovd
says, can hardly be estimated. To eff
feet their purpose, they have, in addi-
ton to purchasing all available sup
plies, held the railroad companies com
pletely within their grasp. They have
been able, though all the granaries in
the land were full to bursting with
wheat, TO refuse single grain to the
miller so that the stock OF flour through
out the land should be enhanced. Mr.
Lloyd may have presented very terri
bic picture of the modern methods Of
doing business, but the thoughtful
man, not engaged in trade, sometimes
shudders when be thinks what may be
the sequence to all these nefarious
combinations Il means to him the up
rising of the hungry and the miserable,
and a violent assertion, sooner or later,
OF human rights
The daily Cairo bulletin., 1883-09-05
A New Ban.

What is the shiDglcd bang?' asked
a Philadelphia reporter.
"The shngled BANG J., simply mans
hair cut We begin at the forehead,
and, raising the hair ON our fingers cut
right straight back to the part between
the front and back hair which is Just
at the ears, We graduate the length
as we cut back, leaving it longest at
the forehead, The hair thus removed
Is from six to twenty.iour inches in
length
What makes it so fa,hionable?" was
asked.
well, it's cooler good deal, for
one thing, and it saves an immense
amount of trouble; Just half the work
OF Embarrassing, Ladie, onlv have to
do their back hair now. and 80 they
don't swallow but halt the number OF
hair.pns thJy used to. and so have
twice the number of boot aud rloye
button-hooks. There are only half the
number Of breakfasts and dinners ken,
waiting and only half as much mascu.
line profanity as there used to be- The
shingled bang is an cyangelizing inhu-
ence.
The daily Cairo bulletin., 1883-09-05
The Snartan WaY,

He was driving ont OF Plainhell the
other day with such 4 satisfied look on
his face that an acquaintance hailed him
with:
well Uncle Billy, what's happen
ed?''
You know them five sons of mine?'
"Oh, YES,
"Wall, they are alus buyin and sell
in and speculatin' and not day pass
es that some Of EN- don't ask me TO in
dorse his note.
And of course YOU do?'
NO. Them boys are rather shaky
YOU know But m going to after tins
Hang it, I'm their own father, you see
and il looks kinder mean to refuse en-
I've been down here and decided the
farm to the old woman, put chattel
mortgage on the stock, and sold of
most Of the tools, and now if the boys
want my name on their notes | can sit
down and rive it 20 EN- like Spartan
father - val Street NeUS.
The daily Cairo bulletin., 1883-09-05

For twenty-five years | have been severe.
ly afflicted with Hay Fever, While | was
suffering intensely was induced, through
Mr.. Ticheuor's testimonial, to try E,ys
Cream Balm The effect was marvellous. II
enabled me 70 perform my pastoral duties
without the slightest inconvenience, and
have escaped return attack. pronounce
Ely's Cream Balm cure for Hay Fever.
VIM. T Carr, Presbyterian Pastor, Eliza.
beth NJ
The daily Cairo bulletin., 1883-09-05

SEE woman IN another column near
Speer's Vineyards, picking grapes from
which Spcer's Port Grape wine Is made,
that is 50 highly esteemed by the medical
profession, for the use of invalids, weakly
persons and the aged. Sold by druggists.
The daily Cairo bulletin., 1883-09-05
A LAWYERS Testimony.

During eight years my attacks of dys-
pepsia were so terrible that often had to
stop business. Parkers Ginger Tonic
built me up from almost skeleton to
the perfect health now enjoy. j. Jerolo-
man, Lawyer, n. y City.
The daily Cairo bulletin., 1883-09-05

The glory Of a man is his strength. If
you are weakened down through excessive
study, or by early indscretions, Aliens
Brain Food will permanently restore all
lost vigor, and strengthen all the muscles
of Brain and Body. 81; 6 for $5.-At
druggists.
The daily Cairo bulletin., 1883-09-05
OFfIt' 'fGltSS:
BOARD OF MANAGERS:

j, A. Goldttinc, Of Godstnc & Roecnwater, whole.
sale and rctnil dry good, elci Jas =, McGahey,
lumber dealer; Wm, +. Pitcher, general agent {;
Albert Lewis dealer in Hour and gr0iu; H. =,
Thomas brckmycr; Moses phillips, contractor
and builder II. A. Chumbley grocer: 1ho.,
Lewis, secretary and attorney at.aw " II.
Snrdcr h Son, groccrs; h, II Baird, stree super.
VISOR: I'd ", white aa1't sec, W n o. NJ A. 40.
ciety; i, w Spler, lumber and saw.milli r. l.,
Sp Il T.; NJ. Kobcr. merchant tallor Je1 NJ
Clark dealer in wall paper and window shades; j.
4 English, contractor aud builder; VIII T. Red.
burn, of Morse ~ Redburn, cigar manufacturers;
r Vincent, dealer IN lime aud cement; j. A,
phcpe, photographer, VIC Jocelyn, dentist, =
II, rnbof mfg jewcer,J II Robinson, and
notary public; j pcrie, phy,-iclan u. W.
Bosiwlck insurance agent; 4, Il. Jarboc, foreman
~ Gas smains, aud Il, Walbrdgc lumber ana
paw.mlll of Cairo; II Leighton cashier Nat.
BANK, stuart, Iowa; Rov, Il, a. Wilkcrson, pros
burg, Ky; ;J,W, Tarry, physician, Fulton, hy
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1882-1884, 1883-08-23
Special Business Locals

JOYFUL NEWS "A car load
Of corn has just been received at the
Brick Mill.
The most attractive plaae in the
town is Peysers Central Saloon. Every
thing is tirst-class. 5
SOMETHING NEw.-Call at Pey-
ser's and see the latest thing bn legs
amusing, fascinating and entertaining.
Illustrated Book of Cage Birds mailed
for 8 cent stamp. BIRD FOOD Co., 237
South sth St., Philadelphia.
j. Nichols & Bro. have just re.
ceived a large lot of Fancy Toilet Soaps.
Call and see for yourselves.
For pure drugs, and accuracy
in compromising prescriptions, |go to j.
Nichols & Bros Drug Store.
IT'S a conceded fact that the
only pure whiskey in town is s,Old 49,
for sale only at Peyser's Central Saloon
For SALE.-Store and tesidenc.
on Main Street. in Scotland Neck. N. c
Apply to G. v. GAY.
mar1528tf
-kaln fall for the week endin!
July 2lst, 1888, Al inches. Highes
range OF thermometer, 92o; lowest rang
Of Thermometer, $50.
Sherry Cobblers. Mint Juleps
Port Wine Sangarees, Claretl Punches
Stone Fence, Cocktails, Lemonade, &c
at Peyser's. S
! Positively SOD. Edmondson h,
just received another car load of Corn
his mill in Greenwood, where he is pr
pared to furnish all kinds of mill stu
low for cash. 2-2t
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Personals.

Mr.. John T. Brinkley has re-
turned from trip to Georgn.
Miss Chloe Biggs, Of Williams
ton, is visiting Miss Mary Lawrence.
Miss Julia Perry has returned
from a visit to friends in Hamilton.
Misses Lena and Nannis Smith
are spending few weeks at the Panacea
Springs near Littleton.
John G.. Pittman and wife left
last Monday for the Louisville Exposition
We hope that many of our people will dc
likewise.
-Rev. C. A. Woodson filed DR.
HUFF hams pulpit last Sunday, both IN thu
morning and at night. Mr.. Woodso1
preached fine sermon and add ID mucl
to the endearment which the people o.
our town already felt for him.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1882-1884, 1883-08-23
Notice.

DY VIRTUE of power in me vested by
ID decree of the Superior Court for
Halifax county, granted in the case of R.
I'M. johnson and others against John F.
Howell, lately pending in said court, |
shall sell IN the town Of Scotland Neck,
on the 10Th day of October next, tn at
land bounded by the lands of j. I. Brink
LEY, Windsor Evans and others, and
known as the Joe Shields tract, and con-
tanning fifty acres more or less.
Terms-half cash, balance IN months.
Title retained, and bond to carry per
cent. interest with good security required
for deferred payment. -.
W. H. KITCHIN,
Kitchin Il Dunn, Comr.
Attorneys. aug Ia 1T
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1882-1884, 1883-08-23
Correspondence.


ROSE HILL, N. c.. Aug 21st. 'S3.
4 Mr.. Editor:-At your request l will
5write you brief communication from
! this place, although will say in the out
Eset that news is a very scarce article in
sthese diggings. Well, the long and
much needed rain has at last come and
we are thankful. 1t came Saturday. We
! have Vennor No. in our little burg =
About four weeks ago Mr.. John G. Fus-
sell said we would have no rain of any
Eaccount until the 18th INST, and sure
Senough. on the evening ofth 18th it came
galmost in torrents for while. The crops
are right badly damaged by the drouth
The people of Chinquepm section, eve1
in for good time, had big picnic las
Thursday. We were unable to attend
but learn that it was very pleasant.
Duplin's third Annual Farmers Dime,
takes place at the usual tryst on the 23ro
inst. There will no doubt be large
Ncrowd in attendance.
Mr.. J.. j. Kelly Of Kenansville was
united by the blissful ties of matrimony
to Mss Cliff Switzerland, the amiabl'
daughter of j. D. Switzerland Esq, OF
"wednesday evening, the 18th inst. MAY
all their troubles be as small potatoes
and few in hill.
Messrs. D. H. and w. j. Wallace hav'
returned from their prospecting tou
through the Southern States, sufficient.
amused, and, we think, willing to let wei
enough alone.
Joe. B. Newton Esq. of Savannah Ga
lis home on a months visit. He leave
for Asheyille IN few days, to spend
week OF so snuffing mountain air ant
drinking mountain dew Ina you art
enjoying your visit Joe.
The young folks of Duplin Roads pro
pose to have the browning effort of tn
season in the way of a basket picnic, OF
Friday the 31st inst. They have secured
the services of the harpers of Wilmington
to furnish music for the occasion. 1t viii
no doubt be very enjoyable affair.
With the hope that will be able to d
better next time, bring this to an alb
rupt end. CARR-AwAY.
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New Hats ! New Hats | (!

New Hats new dats !!
I N. B. Josey Il Co.
Improvement is going on on
every hand In our little town.
Mr.. D. Edmndson's new brick
store will soon be completed.
-Messrs. Noah Biggs & Co. are
renovating and charging their store
building.
MIR. Rothschild is repairing and
improving his business house on Main
street.
-Phosphates have been discov'
cred IN Duplin and Pender counties, Sc
says an exchange.
We learn form the Star that
Laurinburg N. G. shipped her first bale
of Dew cotton the 21st inst.
"A partial report Of the proceed
mgs of the Inferior Court is crowded Out
of this issue, Will publish in full next
week:
Thanks to Mr.. E. Peyser for
set up to Our General his best 5oen'
cigar. Pey (George) ser it smoked ele'
gantly.
| From some cause we have not
received the Greensboro Patriot fol
two or three weeks. What's the matter
Hussey?
IN. B. Josey & Co. will soor
move to D. Edmondson's New brlch
Store. and open their large Fall and " IN
ter Stock of Goods.
We learn from several of our ex
changes that Rev. DIR. T. H. Pritchard o.
Louisville, KY, late President OF W axe
Forest College, has received unanimous
call to the pastorate OF the First Baptls
Church in Wilmington. We are glad t@
hear that it is thought he will accept
We do hope the return ticket which Dr
Skinner advised him to purchase when NJ
resigned his position at Wake Forest, VII
now be used. North Carolina regretted
| to give up one of her very best men, th'
Baptists too, one of their ablest preachers
and pastors, and all will unite IN we'com
ing him back home.
The new road ana ferry author
lied by the Commissioners Of BERTHE ant
Halifax counties, Leading direct from tn
railroad terminus at Scotland Neck b.
Clark's Landing to Lewiston. Woodvlll
and the upper portion of BERTHE county
is now open to the public. This rout
makes the distance Of the above place
to railroad communications from live t
six miles nearer than by either Hills o
Norfeet's Ferry. Thereby opening u
to the trading public of those section
every facility for rapid transit. 1t is ais
in contemplation to make the above
regular Post Route and establish dali
mail on the assembling of Congress, nea
Winter, between Lewiston and Scotlan
Neck.
! The Principal Of Vine Hill Acat
envy wishes us to remind the readers {
the COMMONWEALTH that both Acad'
mics. Male and female, will open on tt
3rd of September, anu that special etfor
will be made to improve the schools, bot
in numbers and in manner Of giving IL
structlon. One of the Principals OF IL
Female academy, Miss Eunice Mcdowell
has been spending her vacation in prepa
ing herself for more thorough work
ther school. She attended the Norm
School at the University, and will be I
with the modern improvements N primal
teachig. The Principal of the Male AGA
envy also visited the University Norm
, School this Summer. Get a catalogue
r Vine Hill Academy, by addressing tt
Principal, E. E. Hilliard, Scotland Nee
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1882-1884, 1883-08-23
DARN FOR SALE!

A good farm of 1873 acres. One-hali
cleared. other half well timbered in cy-
press, oak and pine, with three-room
frame house and good we'll of water, in
the healthiest part of Greensville county,
Virginia, Immediately on the Petersburg
& Weldon Railroad, half way between
Jarrett's and Belfield depots.
This land has enough timber on it to
pay for it, and is. we'll adapted to the
growth of cotton and peanuts.
Parties wishing to purchase may write
to the editor of the Biblical Recorder
Raleigh, N. c.. or call on Mr.. George H
Bailey, near Belfeld (Va.) Possession
given lst January 1884. aug 16-8v
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1882-1884, 1883-08-23
Notice.
A NEW INVENTION.

T PROCURED patent the 9Th JAM,
l. for my Machine to measure Cotton
Bagging and Carpeting, which the owners
of gins, and retail merchants need to save
labor and do away with the trouble OF
rolling the bagging off on the muddy
streets. and the carpets on the dirty
floor. With this machine you can measure
100 yards within five minutes time. A
boy seven years old can execute tie work
easily. From the present prospect, mil
lions will be sold South.
Offers have been made for the patent
right, and to give enterprising men an op-
portunity to purchase, l will leave the
sale open for other bidders 80 days. 1OC
or more testiminials can be given that
the measuring is done accurately. Fol-
particulars, address
j, c.. WILLIAMS.
Scotland Neck, n. G..
Fob 1909 )G e,,,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1882-1884, 1883-08-23
Executrix's Notice

|HAVING QUALIFIED AS -EXECU-
IL trix of the last will and testament of
William E. Williams, deceased. all per-
sons indebted to his estate will please
come forward and settle, and those hold
ing claims against the estate are notified
Ito present them for payment before the
10th day of August, 1884, or this notice
will be plead in bar Of their payment.
FRANCES WILLIAMS.
Is. s. AISOP. Atty, EXecutrix.
Enfield, N. c., Aug. l., SO. 70
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1882-1884, 1883-08-23
NOTICE.

r SHALL sell in front of the Court
Il House door in Halifax, on Monday,
the 9th day of August, 1888, the interest
of j. r. Lanier in about one hundred and
forty acres of land in Conoconary Town
ship, adjoining the lands of j. P. Futrell,
"A. J. Parks, and others. to satisfy. State
ana county taxes due for 1882.
j. L. DAWSON. Collector.
B. l. Alshrook, Dep'ty.
July 9th. 1888, 45-4t.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1882-1884, 1883-08-23
Notice.

T HAVE QUALIFIED as executor of
i P. Ii. Whitmore- Persons having
claims against him are notified to present
them to me or my attorneys, Ki 1sdi 4
this notice will be used as bar to recov-
cry. Persons indebted to the estate must
make early payment, or action will be
taken against them. r. H. SMITH. JR.
Executor P. II. Whitmore.
Aug. IA, 1888. It