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A Valuable Prescription.

Editor Morrison, of Worthington
Ind, ssSun," writes "You have a val
liable prescription Electric Bitters, and
can cheerfully recommend itsfor Con-
stipation and Sick Headache, and as a
General system tonic it has no equal"
Mrs. Annie Stehle, 1926 Cottage Grove
Ave-, Chicago, was all run down, could
not eat nor digest food, had backache
which never left her and felt tired and
weary, but six bottles of Electric Bit
ters restored her health and renewed
her strength. Prices Soc. and $1.OO
Get Bottle at F.. T. Whitehead &
Co.'S Drug Store.
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II. 3. JOSEY,
SCOTLAND NECK, N. C..

English Spawn Llnlment removes
all Hard, Soft or Calloused Lumps and
and Clemishes from horses. Blood
SPAWN Surbs, Splints. Sweeney, Ring
worm titles, Spralns, anc Swollen
Through, Coughs, Etc. Save so by
use of one bottle. Warranted the
most wondrful Blemism Cure ever
known. Sold DO E. T. Whitehead 4
Co., Druggists, Scotland Neck, N. G.
10 1y.
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THE NEW NATIONAL HYMN.

My office, tits OF thee
Sweet place OF rest for me,
Of thee l sing!
Place that my father filed;
Place where much time is killed
Sweet place, for which T'm billed,
Of thee I sing!
[ love thy cozy hooks
All thy big salary books,
Thy pay rolls long:
All thy cool hours of ease,
ALI thy red tapestries,
Come now, my soul to please
Come right along!
Atlanta Constitution.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-04-22

If the hair is falling out and turning
gray, the glands of the skin need stim-
ulating and color-food, and the best
remedy and stimulant is Halls Hair
Remover.
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HOW DID YOU GET UP THIS
MORNING.

With bad taste In your mouth?
Good for nothing feeling?
All run down in spirits?
eyes," you say land what does it
mean.
"Well, 1t means that nature Is serv-
ing notice on you, that's all. The i'm
puritles which have accumulated in
your blood through the winter and are
there yet, and it is a notice for you to
get up and get them out and save
trouble.
"What will do it" you will ask.
"a first class blood purifier"
"And what is first class blood pur-
ifler?"
"David's Sarsaparilla."
"Where can get it,
CDR. Whiteheads Drug Store.
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THE EDITORS LEISURE HOURS.
Points and Paragraphs Of Things
Present, Past and Future.

EreSanL, SaSL ana EuLuT6.
| A man In Norfolk recently dislocate6
some parts of his back bone by sneez
ing.
An effort is being made to establish
a beet sugar enterprise in the trucking
belt OF Nansemond county, Va. Theo-
|dore Havemeyer, millionaire official
of the American Sugar Refining Co.,
Will probably be interested. This we
learn from the Suffolk correspondent
to the Norfolk Vlrginian.
Hon. VIM. ]. Bryan is a most en-
thusiastic admirer of Thomas Jefferson
and is setting Oh foot a movement to
haye Monticello and a park attached
as a national reservation in honor of
Jefferson. The Jefferson home is own
ed, however, by NJ. Levy of New York
who takes great pride in the site and
does not wish to part from it at any
price. Mr.. Bryan wishes national
appropriation for the project and is
hopeful that the property can be pur-
chased.
Can the "Father of Waters" be man
aged? This is a question that has
sprung up anew in consequence of the
recent western floods. The Philadelp-
hia Record says:
cit has been said that the Mississippi
is too big a monster ever to be put in
harness but some day, when the Mid
die Southwest shall have begun to grow
great engineers as we'll as great piles OF
cotton. onr children or our children's
children may see the mighty river un-
der sure control. If the Dutch can hold
Holland safe from the sea we ought to
be able to protect ourselves against one
@, its tributaries.
The new seal of the New York Uni
versity has the old motto, ''To endure
and to excel" (Perstare ct Prastare) and
a representation of youths testing their
endurance in foot race and striving |
to excel in their efforts to reach the
goal first In the upper part OF the
seal, as symbol of the city, is seen the
arms of the Statue of Lib
erty.-F7oating Item.
keeping with the modern idea OF stu
lent excellence to put representation
Of Youths standing on the diamond"
with bands on their knees, or crushing
some other youth in football game?
General Julio Sanguilly, who has
been confined for several years in a
Spanish prison, was one of the passen-
yers on the train wrecked near Char
otte on 18th. He is an American
,itizen and has been in long confine-
nent from which he was freed by the
efforts of Consul General Fitzhugh Lee.
The Charlotte Observer interviewed
General SangullIy, and he gave it as
,is opinion that Spain, with her bank
'upt treasury and over-taxed resources,
will lose both her possessions, Cuba and
he PHILIPPINES before the present war
,nds.
We have all the while believed that
Cuba will eventually be free, as 1t ought
70 be.
A mans handwriting is said by ex-
perts to be about as good identity as
MS photograph. Any mans handwrit-
ng studied and compared carefully,
hey say, will show up every time by
certain characteristics which he can
not disguise.
So far does this identity in chirog-
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Rosebud Tobacco Handled by all
dealers.
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0R. G. A. WHITEHEAD,
DENTAL
Surgeon,
TARBoRo, N. c.

oCOrLAND NECK STEAM DYE WORKS
MOURNING GOODS A SPECIALITY
oet price list. Address
ocoTLASD NECK STEAM DYE1NG Co.
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Under the Weather.

That is the common Spring
complaint. You feel "logy,"
dull. Your appetite is poor.
Nothing tastes good. You
don't sleep well. Work drags.
You cross every bridge before
you come to it. There's lots Of
people have felt like you until
they toned up the system by
taking the great spring remedy
Ayers Sarsaparilla
It's been curing such cases for
so years. Try it yourself.
Send for the "Curebook." TOO pages free.
]. c. Aver Co.. Lowell, Mass.
For sale by E. T. Whitehead & Co.,
Scotland Neck, n. G.
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A mans handwriting is said by ex-
perts to be about as good identity as
his photograph. Any mans handwrit-
Ing studied and compared carefully,
they say, will show up every time by
certain characteristics which he can
not disguise.
So far does this identity in chirog-
raphy run that it is said Frenchmen,
Germans and other foreigners may be
known by it as nationality.
All of which gives room for this moral i:
II the finite powers of the human mind
can identify us here, much more will
the infinite mind make no mistake
about our life-writlng when we stand
before the assizes of the throne eternal.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-03

mountain, and he and his party must
have retired TO some cabin for shelter.
on Bear creek, rich beyond question,
there are less than 100 men, although
there are more than 100 claims. Each
claim can work ten or twenty men. Hun
ter creek, the TURF OF Bonanza, has
ground and room for 5000 men, but ali
the claims together have not 100. Gold
Bottom Is next to empty, yet very rich.
A man who has not the precaution 10
start in with a good outfit, at least
enough 10 last him about a year, and the
pluck and strength 10 bring It through
with him, Is not wanted here.
And now let me caution you against
the idea that gold can be picked up here
as In California or in Montana in the
early days, All the gold here Ii under a
cover OF moss and frozen peet from five
to forty feet deep. A drunken sailor or
n slckly immigrant Of old could go out
and make q strike" Nothing OF the
sort ever happens here, You have TO
make your way down through that
frozen muck first, and that takes at least
two men and often many more.
Another mistaken notion must be dis
slpated Some seem to think that almost
any man can open a mining claim here.
The truth ik, a man who can't conduct a
hotel, store or business OF any sort has
little business to be engaged In mining
here. A break In the dam, a careless
man on the bedrock, a detective drain, In
fact, a dozen things might easily sap the
seasons proftg from a careless or shift
less miner in the Klondike, for the sea-
sons are so short and the obstacles so
n1nUV II tulFau mora paNR1 aaUga IN rim "A
mining claim to its best advantage than
II does TO conduct the Palace hotel OF
San Francisco or the board OF trade Of
Oakland.
As 10 the winter here, already In sight,
there Is no camping out. Next spring
we win astonish the world. Gold will he
shipped down the Yukon, not only by
tons. II Is already being brought into
town on pack trains; too much OF 1t and
too heavy for men to pack It. Two men
overlook me when 1 came llmping back
from my long, hard trip to the interior
camps. and / insisted on putting my
pack on one of the three horses they were
leading. The three horses were laden
with gold.
The gold Is here, and let me finally re-
peat the room Is here, but there Ia room
for men only, men with heads and hearts.
and spine and marrow, and they must
come equipped. Here is room for not
only thousands and thousands, but
hundreds OF thousands on mining
grounds already discovered. I am quite
responsible for this assertion, although
1 have heard II since from many men.
Some OF them thought that suffering
might come of. It; others selfish In the
wish to get plenty of ground and gold in
their own hands before strangers can get
here. I have entered into every camp
here, looked into every big claim, talked
to every miner. ] have set down the
facts as have found them. 1 leave you
10 form your own conclusions, to decide
and to do as you please.
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BELLAIRR.
All Sorts OF Local News aud Gossip From
the Glass city.

the GlAsA Guy.
Misses Maude and Merle Lily enter
tanned a number Of their friends Mon
day evening at their home on Rose hill.
A number from Wheeling and Bridge
port were present and an enjoyable
evening was spent. Refreshments
were served.
The "Bittersweet Club entertained n
number of their friends at the home OF
Miss frankie Ward on Monday even
Ing, A delightful evening was spent In
various games, and refreshments were
served at a se|asonable hour.
The Santa Clara, OF California, is at
tracing large crowds ut the Belmont
street railroad crossing, They leave
here tomorrow night for Wheeling,
where they appear for three days.
Davis G. Archer, the contractors who
are building u pike at Sistersville, viii
ship several barges Of stone from this
city to-day to that place.
d. D. Du Bols came home yesterday
from New Concord, where he is attend
ing college. He returned TO college in
the evening.
James johnson has returned to hts
home In Pittsburgh after q pleasant
visit with his parents in the Fourth
ward.
Charles Hallett and wife have return
ed home from Steubenyllle, whore they
have been visiting friends and relatives.
Harry Steele and wife have returned
home to Sistersvlllo after a pleasant
visit with relatives in the First ward.
Mrs. Elizabeth Howell returned to her
home In Flushing, o., yesterday, after
a few days visit with relatives here.
Marshal Bahra has returned home
from Columbus, where he accompanied
Sheriff Darby with some prisoners.
Mrs, Hettle Rowe has returned to her
home In this city after visiting rela-
tlyes in steubenville.
Mr.. Graft, the Belmont street jeweler,
ia spending a few days with his family
ut Warren, o.
Henry Magic returned 10 sistcrsvlllc
last evening after spending yesterday
IN this city.
Mrs. Robert Dunlap, who has been
III for some time past, Is able to be
out again.
Miss Jeanette Hastings, Of Newark,
In the guest OF friends and relatives IN
this city.
Henry Grclla Inns returned home from
Pittsburgh, where has been for two
weeks.
Miss May Howard, OF Glencoe, is the
guest OF friends and relatives in the
city.
Abe Herzberg, who IL working In
Newark, came homo yesterday to vote,
The election returns were received q
the Globe hcuHo last evening,
c. l.. wcems, OF 81. Clalrsvlllc, was
In the city yesterday,
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cox RETIREs


from Cincinnati Polltics--ThRnks His
Friends, Eoigv,S Political Ensmiss.
CINCINNATI, o., Nov. 2.-George b.
Cox, who has been conspicuous for
years as the Republican boss of Gin
clnnatl. has issued n card TO the pub
llc-dated 2:SO p. m, in which he declares
his purpose to retire from politics and
devote his time and attention to his
family and his friends. He says he has
contemplated this course for some
months. but delayed 1t lest II might be
construed as a desertion of his party,
but now he win step down and out as n
leader or so-called boss. though he
claims the privilege OF serving as a prl-
yate In the ranks OF the Republican
party. He thanks his friends and for
gives his political enemies, saying: I'm
CRATES are to be pltied, thelr fallings are
born In them and they should not be
blamed too much"
In conclusion he asserts, once for all
time" that he never made a dollar or
any other sum of money from caudl-
dates. office holders or public employees,
either In the city. county, state or ma
tlonnl government; nor has he ever de-
rived any revenue from ans public
contracts or from dealing with them.
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Fatal Fall OF workmen.

ST. LOUIS, No, Nov. 2.-To-day,
while slxtg-nve workmen were on a
large scaffold extending the whole
length of the Wabash building, which
was recently partially destroyed by n
fire. a section Of the platform gave
way, carrying eight men to the floor
below. Two were fatally injured and
four others seriously hurt. Fatally In
Jured: Otto Leyh, skull crushed; Her
man Werthelm, internally injured.
Seriously injured: NJ, o. Smith, frac.
tured skull: Charles Wilson, ribs
crushed and Internal injuries; Charles
Harris, face and hands crushed; II. l..
Crosswell, scalp wounds and cuts on
face: otto Leyh is said to belong to q
wealthy and prominent family, his
father being editor of a German paper
in Baltimore and connected with the
German consulate there. His relatives
were notified.
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LONDON, Nov. Elm well Informed
circles It is not believed Spain has
signed the contracts referred to bv the
Daily Chronicle to-day as having been
concluded last week with an import
ant firm Of British ship builders by
which Spain acquires some cruisers,
armed with quick firing guns, which
the firm had nearly completed for an
other government. il Is known that
the Spanish government recently en-
deavored to purchase warshlps from
British ship builders, but the negotla-
lions failed on account OF SPANS In
ability to pay cash. and Il was under
stood that her agents then began look
Ing for bargains In warships, which
other countries we're building.
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WASHINGTON, D. c. Nov. 1.-The
report Of the commissioner OF Internal
revenue for the fiscal year ended June
20, 1897, shows the total receipts from
all Rourcca TO have been 1iIG,GigbpS, n
decrease ~ compared with the fiscal
year 1890, OF l3ii ,022, The important
changes in consumption are an increase
OF ii,BgS,i7g In the receipts from dis
tlllod aplrltH M compared with 1895,
and a decrease of practically the same
amount In the receipts from formcntcd
]ll1uofH The total cost " collection for
the last fiscal year was 1855, 600, n de-
croneo over 1900, Of tal7, 392 During
tAo yoar, a,ait dlullllorloa Of all Kinds
we're operated, u decrease Of 5000.
There were produced ai,iG2, SEQ bar
foln Of bcor, n decrease NJ compared
with 1890, NJ ,9OG, d2s barrels Tho total
rpcclptB from The taxes OH tobacco, cl-
fsre, cigarettes, snuff. cte, were $780,.
I02g1. q decrease for the scar Of iL9ll,
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To the editor Of the IntellIgencer.


sIR:-A few weeks ago l published In
the Intelllgencer an article ON the ge-
ology OF the Klondlke gold fields, the
main points OF which were based on
the official reports of the Canadian Ge-
illogical Survey, made ten years ago, in
which the scientific experts who &c
companied that expedition declared
their belief that the aurIferous depos-
It's on the Klondike and its tributaries,
were OF purely local origin, and 1 ex-
pressed the opinion that the reports OF
the late discoveries were probably very
much exaggerated.
Now as that article may have deter
red some OF your readers from engage
ing in any enterprise directly or indi-
rectly connected with the mineral re-
sources of the Klondike gold region,
and as / do not profess to have any per-
sonAl knowledge of the actual condl-
lions existing there, l beg to call at
tention to the following letter OF Joa-
quln Miller, recently published In the
San Francisco Examiner, the substance
OF which is diametrlcallV opposed to the
Views and theories OF the biologists who
visited the region q decade ago. In view
OF the conflicting reports the best adj
vice I a offer any prospective gold
seeker is TO believe only the evidence OF
his " ewes, and IL this Is adopted
those who think the biologists under
stood their business Will remain at
fcme. while those who believe the re-
ports OF Joaquin Miller. who as n poet
OF national renown. ought 10 be n
truth teller, can verify his statements
by Joining the multitude who viii no
doubt rush TO the new Eldorado as soon
as old Boreas releases the Yukon from
his icy grasp. Here is the letter referred
m TT ny
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PINCoNNING. Mich, Nov. 2.-Thls
Village was visited by the worst con-
Migration in its history to-day. The
fire started in DR.. Porter's residence on
Second street. leaped across to Kaiser
street and cleaned out the buildings on
both sides for n distance of three
blocks. The wind was blowing n gale
from the northwest and the progress
OF the flames could not be stopped until
everything In their path was consum-
ed. Among the buildings we're Shocks
hardware store. Stanton, Brunswick &
Phoenix blocks, Commercial hotel,
bank. postofice, Lenhoff's clothing
store. the Plnconning House, Buffers
grocery and the Michigan Central
freight and passenger station, the
Michigan House, Klumpf's grocery, Ed
jennings store Summerfeld & Sons
grocery and the Presbyterian church
and also about ten houses. The total
loss viii reach $4,000, with $4,000 in
surance. Several persons were burned
in trying to save their chattels,
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ST. LOUIS, Mo, Nov. 2.-Ex-Govcr-
nor Charles p. Johnson, n Of the
best known criminal lawyers in Mis-
souri, and almost as we'll known out
aide OF the state, has been retained TO
conduct the defense OF Luetgert. the
Chicago sausnqe maker In the coming
second trial for the alleged killing Of
his wife. Mr.. Johnson gained great
prominence In his connection with tile
dcfenst OF Dr. Duestrow, the ST. Louis
millionaire, who was recently hanged
for the murder OF his wife and child.
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ANOTHER STORY
TOld,oi the Situation In KIOndike
Gold Fields.
A VERY GLOWING ESTIMATE

OF THAT REGION BY THE POET.
JOAQUIN MILLER, WHO IS NOW
IN THAT COUNTRYWIDE SAYS
HUNDREDS OF TONS OF GOLD
WILL COME DOWN THE YUKON
IN THE sPRING-RooM IN
alaska FOR HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF MEN-AN IN
TELLIGENcER CORRESPOND
ENT's SUGGESTION,
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10 CUR A cOLn IN ONE DAY
TnItc Laxative Bromo Qulnlno Tablets.
Ali druggists refund tho money II 1t falls
IN StfN. gbp.

You can't AFFORD to Risk your life by
allowing q cold Ia develop Into pncumo-
MIA or consumption. Instant rellsf and a
certain euro nro afforded by one Minute
Cough Cure. Charles II, Goethe, Market
and twelfth streets. Chatham Sinclair,
Forty-sixth nnd JnCob streets; a. II.
echecln, No. Goa Main street. EElcy
Bros, Penn and Zane streets; Bowie &
ca. rrldEeport.
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WAuNfNg! w. Persons who suffer
froio coughs md colds should hood tho
warnings NJ danger ana save thcins
soiyca suffering aud fatal results by
unlng one Minute cough euro, N IN
nm lnfaliiblc remedy FOR coughs, colds,
Group, and All throat nnd lunH
troubles. Charles a. uoeizo, MARKET
Hnd twelfth ftfcolHi Chatham slnclnlt
~isgrtyknlyih and Jacob Ftrcctsi A, 10
BcbooIe, No, G01 Main street, ilNloy
Iirop, Penn Und Zane stroctBi DUwiu
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Dr. Kings New Discovery for Con,ump-
Ilon,

This IN tho hest medicine In tho world
for ali forms Of Coughs nnd COlda and
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IL has no equal for WhooplnE Cough,
Asthma, Hay Fever Pneumonia, Iron
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plrnaAnt to take. and, above all, n nirp
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regulate aud tono the stomach and bow
clH. Wa guarantee perfect satisfaction
or return money 1uRulnr gisu 10 conta
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was given many blood remedies without
relief. and treated by the best doctors.
He seemed TO get worse all the while,
however, and the disease finally resulted
in curvature of the spine, making him
utterly helpless.
"The bad sores on his neck increased
in size. and were a source OF constant
pain. He was in this pitiful condition
for two years, when some n recon-.
mended S.S.S., stating that It had cured
some Of the worstcases OF blood diseases.
As soon as his system was under the ei
feet OF the medicine, the sores began TO
get better, and In eight days were com.
pletely healed. Before long he could
walk on crutehes, and was improving
every day. In three months he threw
aside his crutches, for he had no further
use for them; the dreadful disease had
been eliminated entirely from his sys.
TEN, and he was restored to perfect
health. The cure was a permanent one,
as no sign Of the disease has returned
for ten yearo."
/ S.S.S. is q real blood remedy, and
promptly reaches all deep.seated and
obstinate blood diseases, it matters not
what other treatment has failed. II is
the ouly remedy which acts on the cor
rect principle OF forcing the disease from
the system and getting rid OF It perma.
nently.
S. S. g. Is a sure cure for Scrofula,
Cancer, Catarrh, Eczema, Rheumatism,
letter, and all other blood diseases. Il Is
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-03

Tic sure and use that old and we'll .trlcl
remedy, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup,
for children tccthlng. II soothcs the
child, BoftonB the gums, allays all pain,
cures wind collie ana Ia the best remedy
for dlarrhoen. Twenty. I'VE cents q
bottis. mwf&w,
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Horse Nma Hat stock Stew at Chicago.
EnrnIAInna nNtr Tic q. %.

November / to G tho baltimore 3 Ohio
will fcll cxcufslon tickets 10 Chicago
and return nt rate OF 80 %, good re-
lurnlnu until November q inclusive.
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PureIy Vegetable

and is the only remedy guaranteed 10
contain n potash, mercury or other
harmful mineral.
Books on blood and skin diseases will
be mailed free TO any address ythe Swift
Specific Company, Atlanta, Georgia.