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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1882-1884, 1883-03-15
FARM WORK FOR MARCH.

The problem of hard labor is not
an easy one for the farmer. On any
farm where two or more hired men
are needed during the growing sea-
son, it is usually best to have ore
man work by the year. Ia this way
good help may be secured for long
term of years, and will also lead to
profitable planning of the labor for
the whole year. The amount of work
done during the winter can be large.
ly increased, greatly to the relief of
workmen in the busy months Of
spring. The necessary wood for the
household should be provided iI win
ter, with sufficient stock on hand.
so that only we'll seasoned fuel need
be used. 1t is a slip shod and un-
profitable method that provides the
wood fresh from the log ON the day
it is burned, besides being a fruitful
source o: bad breakfasts and worse
tempers. There are scores Of other
jobs that may be done in winter,
turning both man and team to good
account.
Fences tina: have been laid by the
winter storms should be rebuilt sc
soon as the ground will permit
Manure may be drawn out before the
frost is out Of the ground. and either
put in small heaps or spread from
the wagon. This work can be done
with greater speed if there is snow
on the ground and sled can be used
1t is especially convenient to use {
sled in an orchard under the spread
ing branches of the trees. All sur
face stones may be taken from tn
fields so soon as the frost is gu
enough to set them loose.
Tools, every implement needed OF
the farm should be overhauled befor'
the time for using them arrives
Sharpen all edged tools, and oil tn
various parts OF the farm machinery
Look well to the bolts that none ma,
be missing when the day for usin!
the implement is at hand. The littl
things of the farm are very impor
tant, and no one can hope to succeed
without paying strict attention t.
them.-Americaa Agriculturist.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1882-1884, 1883-03-15
SCHEDULES.

PETERSBURG RAILROAD COMPANY
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDEN,n
PETERSBURG VA, October IL, 1852
COMMENCING Monday, October >.
~ 1882, trains on this road will run ~ -,
follows:
GOING SOUTH,
Boston & Savannah Fast Mail
(StoEs only at Relfeld)
Leave Petersburg daily at 4 90 o. ~
Arrive at Weldon at 1854 ',
NEW YORK EXPRESS,
Leave Petersburg daily at 1.Oopn
Arrive at Weldon at 3.l9pM
Freight.
Leave Petersburg (ex'pt Sun. $50 nm
Arrive ut Weldon at ll:OOaamm
GOING NORTH.
Boston & Savannah Fast Mail
Leave Weldon daily at II: O5 A, NJ
Arrive at Petersburg at 2:23
NEW YORK EXPRESS.
Leave Weldon daily at l.lOpM
Arrive at Petersburg at 3.24pM
Freight.
Leave Weldon lex Sum- 2O0nm
Arrive at Petersburg 733 nm
First-class coaches will run throu,h
between Wilmington and Washnptouu
and sleeping cars on night and day tranS
Sleeping car berths can be had for ms
dollar from Richmond to Baltimore, M
change of cars.
Through tickets sold to all Eastern
and Southern points, and baggage check.
ed through.
w. J. BROWN,
Dispatcher of Trains
r. NJ. SULLY
General Superintendent.
w. P. TAYLOR, Gen. Ticket Att
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1882-1884, 1883-03-15

CEABOARD 4 RALEIGH RAIL
~ ROAD co.
On and after this date, trans will run
on this Road by the following Schedule:
November goth, 1882.
TINE TABLE.
PM AN
Tarboro Uv.) s 45 Tarboro (A1.) 80
Little Creek 9l5 Little Greek ga
Bethel 935 Bethel go
Rober'nville 10 90 Robersonville oW
Everett's 10 20 Everett's guy
Winston (ar) 10 SO Williamson (ar) ~
The 80 m train from Williamson
will arrive in Tarboro at 80 M, ALLOW" W
ing passengers to connect with the loov
a m train on the w K w r R for Rocky
Mount.
The As p m train from Tarboro con.
meets with the Boats at Williamson iof
Norfolk via E c 4 N Railroad and inter-
mediate points. also at GAINESVILLE VIII
the j & w Railroad for Washington anu
all points below.
This table may be changed at any tin'
as necessity or circumstances may require
P. DORSCH, Gen. Supt.
Tarboro, N. c., Noy. Goth, 1882.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-03-30
A Wonderful Wine faster.

A correspondent Of the BOSTON Her
aid recently visited the great wine-
vaults in 'ondon and tel, s of the old
w ne graders skill at tasting wine. He
l lindfolds himself. and there is poui ed
into a g ass tour different kinds of
sherry. He takes moutbflh on his
t nc and at once declares a mixture
of four cheap bar-room sherries, two
of which have been sweetened with
brown sugar and called by the abomin-
able tie Q brown sherry. lie is right,
and his next experiment is with port,
which he correctlt' tests on each trial
But, when bottle of champagne rom
St. ! cuts is opened he hesitates and de-
clares it is u new one for him, but it is
"a good W ne, W tn more brandy in it
than t ought to have, nd he thinks
is from some Northern grown grape.
"a was eatrely nonp used over some
apple VIII sky; but when bottle after
bottle o. champagne OF the standa. d
brands was opened, he named ev ~
one with great accura Y, giving the
year n each case. Pomery IA, G. H.
Munm ~. euye Cllquot 80, Fed
sleek 3. King, and so on through the
list W thout an error. In each Sc he
simply brought taste to his lips and
spat out again Almost directly. and
th, n inhaled q breath from some am
mon a-fiavored water ] am told that
he has income of nearly 1900 a
year from TIL branch of b siness
alone. b that he is so inord natelv
vain of his faculty. that he W II neglect
ever. thing o show it of, and even buy
the wine himself 10 do it with, if he
can secure a crowd OF admirers.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-03-30
Good.by, Virgins.

Virgins. the prophet, is now without
honor in any country. His great storm,
VIII oh was to. have gathered head in the
Northern Pacific Ocean and trave ed
round the world at the astonshin pace
OF, nearly five hund ed mile, an hour,
with tidal waves in the Bay of Bengal
and the Gulf. of Mexico. which was to
have torn p the Valley OF the Missis;
sippi, hurled itself against the 70 ky
Mountains. bounded o like a hall and
returned to Halifax, tearing everything
to inders on the way. has failed to put
in an appearance. There has been no
storm o her than such local blows as
are always perienced in March. No
cyclone; no tidal waves. The Bay of
Bengal and Gulf of Mexico have not
been vexei. They have rolled on as if
Wigg Ms had never lived. Nothing has
been smashed. No one was hurt. 1t is
dismal failure, but it has its compen-
sation, for Virgins promised this time,
it his storm did not c, me, to r. tire from
the heights of prophecy altogether, and
he will be held sternly to his promise.
He must now abdicate, and whatever
the ma etc planets may tell him in fu-
ture. mus hold his peace. We nave
had enou b Of him.
1t is patent enough that Virgins is a
quack and a humbug, and yet it is
astonishing what an influence he has
had and what capacity for folly and
superstition people have shown. not
withstan ing we live in a century of
icaldemon>tratir ms and scien-
tifc hard facts. Virgins has sp cad
CONSERVATION in every direction. Men
and women in Kansas gathered togeth-
er and prayed to be delivered from the
horrors OF his storm. Some persons
went era y from fear. apparently in
tell gent persons have built huts and,
caves in the earth anil retired into them
to es ape from its ravages. On the
northern coast OF South America sew
eral vi lagos were deserted by their
inhabitants to escape from the threat
'ehed tidal wave. = n our New England
coast several fishermen have rema ned
on shore when they might have ha
a weeks good fishing. and of
course have lost =. much money.
Quite number OF PEG lie who had en-
gagged passage for Europe last week put
o sail ny, and man sail RS declined to
start o. until after the 18th. Ii it were
known how. many people secretly be-
lieved Wigg MS prediction, and sa d
nothing about it for fear of being set
down as credulous and superstitious,
and how, many more witho exactly
believing it still looked forward with
considerable apprehension. and were
realty relieved when they saw the
sun shining yesterday morning. the
ublic would probably be astonished.
Supersti ion is q strong element in hui
man composition. 1t may be covered
up by knowledge and culture, but it is
questionable whether it is ever entirely
sradica,ed. Very few will admit it,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-03-30
COrn.CObS rs Fuel.

For several years there has been talk
about farmers raising their fuel on their
own farms. Prairie grass has been
bound in tight rolls, and used or grist
and Touring mills; cornstalks also
have. in severe weather, been con
siderably used as fuel, and give excel
lent heat. re4
What is required is some liquid SUBJ
stance, like tar, in which IT, dip some of
the strongest stalks. and put these in the
centers OF bundles Co. thick and two
feet long. The stalks dipped in btu
men adhere to the others. and all are
pressed tightly together. and bound in
three places with me wire. The Sec
ito IS are set up vertically in the center
of large Russia iron stoves. Burn ne
ONLY on the surface, section of this
fuel will last four hours When the
surface is covered W tn ashes it can net
burn: hut gently jog it till the ashes
fan. and it burns again. and, so on. and
am convinced fuel prepared IN this,
or some equivalent manner. will some
dav be in universal use. s' 49,
Meanwhile. we have corn cobs. There
is very important cons Iteration in
favor of home raised fuel having the
qualities O. woody fiber, and not emit
ting Wholesome gases as do the vari-
GUS grades of soft coal abundan,lv
mined in various parts of Iowa, and
generally in use in factories. hotels and
houses tbrouohout the northern Misses.
sippi VALLEY. Indeed. the soft Goals are
so repugpant to bea til and com rort tb.t
most OF the wei to do and ;ntellioent
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-03-30
Useless fi{es.s~-i
- a-%+IIiliaas

= Nert 70 =. an evil life IL nse,.s,;t.
This proposition is top plain 10 require
an argument The better class of those
who consent to live uselessiy should
consider row closely they alv them.
selvs to the degraded sad vicious. TIC
be a butterfly is to be stsr to the grut
and cousin to the curculio however the
painted wings may attract ad niration.
Yet numbers, ignoring the serio $
prob EN- of life. are not asiix Jed to be
known as leading butterfly existence.
The butterflies that nature produces
are of both sexe but the self-made sort
are emale only. Men 9th 3 stamp are
called va rants and tramps,s and are
well regarded. when at their best. al
but one grade above the criminal class
No long time ago the :wslter was on
board ship off Nicaraug a, when there
fell shower, of butterflies that for 8
few moments dazzled the sight. On
almo any day of our publiS prone
nades and especially on almostsnl even
ing in halls and. drawing-rooms, may
be seen Tie counterpart of that. mystic
rious rain of butterfl ,es which made CAV
par uetry of the Alaska's' deck.
Even in the churches, if the weather is
fine. there will happen sprinkle OF
butterflies. Everywhere the thip OF
mortal life is not merely decorated. il
is over freighted, with the, butterfly.
Butterfightiness, like the frogs of the
sacred history, come into the houses
and into the kneading troughs. II
frequently constitutes the r ason for
there finally being little else in the
trough. Human ltterfiies cost Their
wings do not paint themselves, much
less does one costume serve during q
Ii etime. Failures and defalcations are
often chargeable to butter les. They
toll not, neither do they spin, but are
gloriously arrayed at the expense of
husband or father-and his cred tors.
10 lind a remedy the cause must first
be exp ored. 1t may be IN diagnosing
we shall discover that the butterfly
FAULT is in great part outside the butter.
fly, and that the law OF compensation
prevails in making fathers. brothers and
beaux responsible for the maintenance
of the insect spe lies they are at pains tc
propagate. So lons as parents make
saves of themselves for the sake OF
training their daughters to uselessness,
these stand slight chance of developing
a high quality of womanhood. When
worthy working girls are generally pre-
ferred to snowy idlers as danghters-in-
law and companions, the duty and
beauty of labor will be preached to
Young women to some purpo e. When
in business relations an equal chance is
rvsu fT, Of nhar nd
bility for co nmanding position and paw,
a life of incidence in which their inter-
ests viii collide with nobody and moth
ing NAV not appear to the sex the best
that offers; and thus a multitude of cat
ernillars' eggs.will be destroyed. Let
the ideal public sentiment on this sub
iect become real and practical. and ou1
entire social fabric will be remodeleS
into something juster and nobleE The
" dtcftnsan. NJ
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-03-30
WIT AND WISDOM.

To love is to adm re with the heart;
to ad ire is to love with the mind.
-Fogg saws he never understood the
true significance OF the term q breao-
stufs." til after he exchanged his
mother cooking for the cooking OF
Mrs. org. He says her breads tough
enough to satisfy an ostrich. -Boston
Pos. '- g. -. '.sa.
"A lady fell near the post-ofce, and
the gentleman who assisted her to her
feet inquired: "Did you break any
bones. madam" NO, l guess not. -
she replied; but m just as mad as If
I'd b oxen dozen OF 'em.--Chicago
Herd n. --t.,. s..- 4.-.
why. I'd like to know" said a
lady once to a distinguished Judge.
lean not woman become a success ul
lawyer" 1t mply arises from her
invariable habit OF gi,inr her opinion
without any pay" answered the
Judge. o.. ... .'.-...... 49,.
some OF lie ancient jokes that have
been reSurrected by Lac are beautiful
even in death. IN one of its recent is
sues tho Glowing appears as original:
"Neat thing in bonnets-t the face OF a
handsome girl This discovery is
embalmed in the MANAGES of 1872 81
NJ Y. commercial Adrer,Ssr. 'i
"A pr minent insurance man esti-
mates that females will live nine months
and three DAYS longer than macs after
the age of ninety live is "a sed. We
can credit the nine months but the
three DAYS portion OF the assertion is
asking us to believe too much The
ex, er.ment is worth trying. however,
NcrrastODn Heratf. 1900. . g. b
An Irish explorer was telling OF a
virgin forest into whose recesses he had
penetrated, when dull W tied auditor
A., interrupted him to ask what a virgin
forest was. "a virgin forest. sor."
said Hibernicus cycling the cuestioner
W tn giance of inc able disda n "a
virgin forest is stretch of timber where
the hand of man has never set fut"-
Detrot Free Press.
Virgins wan'ed wind. Virgins
wished waves w ggin wagered wind
would wallop wild Wide wasting wa
tiers would wave. World would wobb e.
Wrecking winds would wait with Woe
full wastage. World wondered. Wom-
en- watched wake ully. Widows waited.
Wicked wi hts W nked wittilv. ig-
gins waxed wanton, writing woeiul
words. Weeks wore. v igg ms W nd
wave weather wouldn't work. recks,
wav S winds were wanting. World
warbled. al gins was wron Wick
ed MjgginshW ndy y igg MS World-be
wea.her-w Sc. wild, weird, wizard Wig
ginS!-Ch,cagO Tribune. .. .-Ir
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-03-30

and yet there are few who would like
to come face to face witt. even a coun.
terfeit of the supernatural. There are
not many persons who would like to &c
through cemetery ct midnight
though it is the safest place in the
world, and there are few who would
not be uneasy at,the appearance before
themof anything resembling ghost. .
1t is possible that Virgins may not
be prophet at all, but grim humor.
ist, who has been laying back aud net.
ly enjoying the con formation he has
caused over whole continent. and has
been laughing in his sleeves at, the
8 AIRED men and women and affrighted
sailors and fishermen. and that he has
palmed off his prophecy as a huge joke
to see how many would swallow it. II
such be the case he has been extremely
successful, for both North and South
America have been all torn up, and his
nonsense has spread like an epidemic
in all directions. 1t would not appear
SO funny to Virgins, however. if some
OF the victims who are out of pc ket
should get after him. The cyclone he
predicted would be mild compared with
their wra h. 1t is to be hoped that he
will keep out of their reach and that lie
will nowsbandon prophecy. for he must
be convinced that the elements are all
against him 1t is not likely. however,
that the race of weather prophets will
die out with Virgins, for as long as the
human capacity or folly remains there
will be plenty of quacks to minister to
It. Virgins may disappear. but others
will take his place. and there will be
plenty of fools to follow them and swal
low their quackeries. - CAicago Tribune.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-03-30
A Dangerous Toy.

The inventive genius of a young law
stndeDtoi St Louis is apparently of
such dangerous chara ter that meas
ures ought to be taken. in behalf of the
publ c veal. to contine his enc gies to
blackstone. Chitty and kind ed writer's,
or at least to divert them into the ha m
less channel o. lie al pugili-m. This
embryo oarrister, says the Boston ter
all, fell q let m to the toy-pistol mania
some time ago, and for the past half
dozen years he has been racking his
| RI ms and wearing his chest of
tools in the effort 10 prod e'.a pistol
superior that is more destr,Ictive-to
anything at present known. Several
patents on different forms of his toy
pistol have been taken out at different
tines. but it has only been within day
or two that he has in enled the ne plus
ultra in this weapon OF carnage. and
filed pape s in the United States Patent
Office role ting him in the invention,
from which many citi ems will do btless
soon be praying to be protected.
A reporter called upon the inventor,
who proudly exhib ted his latest pet m
vention. The toy resembles an ordina-
ry pistol in gener J size. but is somewhat
smaller and lighter. A peculiarly q l.
justed spring furnishes the propelling
power and explodes the paper caps
used. the spring being rele sed by the
pull ng of an ord mar, trigger. Marbles
are the miniature cannon balls used
for ammunition, and they a held n
place br second spring The distance
to which the marbles can be shot is
regulated solely by the strength OF the
spring. but the in entor at present will
content h msef with & discharge of fif-
teen feet in straight line. Broken
glass in mirrors and over pictures IN the
inventor room attest the merits his
invention. The safety OF the weapon,
however, is insisted upon BY its origi-
nator. Its de tn on caps. and it's a
good shooter, too, but no one can be
BY it. aides us ng it will get
accustomed to the explosi on and be bet
ter able to defend themse yes with
genuine pistols. 1t will make marks1
men of the youngsters. The pistol
:an't harm any one. Why, it has0s
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-03-30

power enough to break . homeopathic
medicine bottle at four Yards The boys
are crying for it already. Halt dozen
to whom have shown this model have
been around to find out when / am
going to begin manufacturing them.
They all want to set up shooters gal
leries in their coal sheds. There are
three Eastern manufacturing companies
figuring upon the purchase of the
patent and beginn ng them at once. !
don't believe 1 viii sell. though They
cent. 1 and n ssss 4 ss sa1y, ds.
iRa a s% $alR Is q esSinqjps to put
theyTatt:ascyitesth: ,hsys. and thai
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-03-30
Insane kissing.

''Let me tell you IN incident that hap
pened not very long ago. On one OF
my runs out of Chicago we had on board
an old lady who was insane. and such o
weird-looking soul I never set eyes oD
before. and hope L never shall again
Id, wrinkled and wild eyed. yet cry
strong, and lively as cricket, almost,
as we found her afterward.
''She waI, of course. IN charge of
keeper. but he, had her in the smoker
where she could do no harm. and let her
roam at WILL. Well. we had. also, in
the smoker. a laide-dah. young chap,
you know, one who knew everything,
and smoked cigarettes. WeiE the old
lady caught sight of him on one OF he,
trips UP and Down the aisle, and she
stopped short and looked at him for
time, Attracting every body's attention,
max ng them think sonnet hing MAS I'D.
swell, the sold lady stood there for
some few, minutes and then she cried:
Here's pretty boy. | must kiss him.
If you had seen the look Of .astonish-
ment and dismay which came over the
face of that young sprout, you would
have done the same that all the rest OF
US did-yell till the noise coul be heard
in the next car. Everybody was taken
SO by surprise, You see that for half
minute YOU could haze heard pin
drop. Then the fun of the thing oc-
Cured to everybody as soon as they
C uld get their breath, and such shout
as went up you never heard The old
lady was not da ed b {. but she went
/, that fellow. determined upon carry
ing out her insane freak. Then the fun
really commenced. Nip and tuck.
, irst one and then another. You see.
she went right into the seat with him
and he had all he could do to keep her
back. She had more strength than any
L ever saw. and would try to
get near him to put her arms around
b m. VIII lie he would be- using all his
strength to keep her away, H'fina ly. he
saw tia the only way to get d of her
was to get out of the car, and he made
. d We past her into the aisle, and start
ed toward the door. The Old LADY was
,nto the r. cSet and away she went after
him. Well. sir. would YOU believe ita
Before he reached the door, anil he was
IN good run, too, she hadraised him
hree times. Yes sir. mean.she XII. ked
him three-times. and if -he-didn't get
out of that door in prett, quick order,
hen l am mistaken" -fuelsneu s1sth
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