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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-05-28


SINCE the wave of prosperity they
predicted has not waved worth a
cent; and since the dissatisfaction
and impotence with McKinley's
administration is daily growing
more pronounced, and the slump
from their ranks more apparent,
the gold bug organs are beginning
to take counsel among themselves
how they may rally their forces.
They seize upon every opportunity
to declare that the Democratic party
must be united, but that they will
neither "come back nor be taken
back" by the "PopocratIc" wing of
the party. They are the pure stuff,
! they claim, and they resent the idea
that they have ever deserted the
ranks of the true Democracy
"They will not humbly confess
themselves deserters," says Gideon
the Ishmaelite, Of the Nashville
Banner. We beg to suggest that
they need not confess themselves al
all, unless they like. The "Popo.
Gratis" as they choose to term the
Bryan Democracy, are not worrying
about their confession, in the least
The leven is working entirely to the
satisfaction of the Democrats, with
out any confession from the desert
ers. The people trusted and were
deceived in the results to come from
the last election. They rarely make
the same mistake twice in success
sion. Cleveland was load Demo
cracy could neither shake off MOI
carry in the last race. Relieved o
that weight, Bryan would have wOr
before. In the last campaign the
Republicans had the broken prom
ises of the Cleveland administration
to anger the people with. In thu
next campaign, the Democrats viii
have the robber tariff of the Dingley
bill, the broken promises of the
Mckinley administration, the stag
nation of business and the enforced
idleness of the people, to cry alouC
for a change, and that change will
come just as certain as that trutl
and justice shall prevail; anC
whether the Nashville Banner, will
its miserably misguided and con
temptibly small following confess
themselves at all or not, is matte
of little or no concern.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-10-07
California's Gold.
San Francisco Examiner.

San Francisco Examiner.
Come down to the hard realities OF
arithmetic and the scales and California
will turn out probably three times as
much gold this year as the whole of
the frozen Northwest. Probably no
part of the world will be more the gain
er than California by these discoveries.
An increase in the production of gold
is of little benefit to the world at large.
The gold finders create new effective
demand which is mostly supplied by
producers in their immediate neighbor-
hood. The real gain to the world by
the placers of California lies In the
development of the agricultural, horti-
cultural and industrial resources of this
magnificent region, which otherwise
might have lain dormant for another
half-century. We cannot look for any
such gain to the world by turning at
tention to the bleak, inhospitable shores
of Alaska. It is true there are great
industrial possibilities in the fisheries
and the coal mines, and these no doubt
will feel the stimulus but the country
as a whole will never make good resi-
dence property. The Californlans who
60 there will all come back to us to
spend their money when they have
made their everlasting fortunes.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-10-07

ward for what I thought was having a
uoood timer" A SENTENCE TO
THE STATE PENITENTIARY FOR
NEARLY A YEAR FOR LARCENY.
"Young men aud young women, the
hand of destruction has cut me down
before have reached the prime and
maturity of manhood. Take this as q
warning and turn your face toward the
church and God. Young men, when
asked to take '.social" drink or do
ANYTHING else that will lead to so much
dissipation and debauching sin, reply :
"Boys, 1 will not do what 1 know to
be wrong and dangerous" There are
tlmes-and this Is one of them-when
you, young man, must say, Thus lar
I will 20 and no farther Oh,
I tell you if all young men and young
women would only meet tempt
ations with such brave words and un-
yielding resolves, even those who
tempt you will admire you more.
When night falls do not 60 in search
of the sparkling glass and card tables,
for there are no laurels or honor to be
won at either.
II thank every one who has helped
me in this my hour OF trouble, and be-
lieve me, dear friends, and call God
to be my witness, that another drop
OF intoxicating liquid shall never touch
my lips again.
II bid you all farewell and ere you
have read this I will have begun serv-
Ing my sentence"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-10-07
Dr.. Kings New Discovery For
Consumption.


This is the best medicine in the
world for all forms of Coughs and
Colds and for Consumption. Every
bottle is guaranteed. It will cure and
not disappoint. It has no equal for
Whooping Cough, Asthma, Hay Fever
Pneumonia, Bronchitis, LaGrippe,
Cold in the Head and for Consumption
It is safe Tor all ages, pleasant to take
and above all a sure cure. 1t is always
we'll to take DR.. Kings New Life Pills
in connection with DR.. Kings New
Discovery as they regulate and tone
the stomach and bowels. We guaran-
tee perfect satisfaction or return mon
ey. Free trial bottles at E. T. White
head & Co.'S Drug Store.
Regular slze so cents and $1.OO.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-10-07
What it Means.

When we advertise that we will
guarantee DR.. Kings New Discovery
Electric Bitters, Butklen's Arnica
Salve, or DR. Kings New Life Pills, il
means that we are authorized by the
proprletors to sell these remedies on a
positive guarantee that if purchaser
is not satlsfied with results, we will
refund purchase price. These medi
cines have been sold on this guarantee
for many years and there could be M
more conclusive evidence Of their grea
merit. Ask about them and give then
trial Sold at E. T. Whitehead
Co.'s Drug Store. a
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-10-07
Be Good to Yourself.
Selected.

Selected.
The Medical and Surgical Reporter
gives the following practical advice
"Think deliberately of the house you
live in-your body. Make up you1.
mind firmly not to abuse it. Eat moth
ing that will hurt it. Wear nothing
that dlstorts or pains 1t. Do not over
load it with victuals or drink or work.
Give yourself regular and abundant
sleep. Keep your body warmly clad.
Do not take cold; guard yourself
against it. If you feel the first symp-
toms, give yourself heroic treatment.
Get into a fine glow of heat by exer-
else. Thissis the only body you will
have in this world Study deeply and
diligently the structure OF it, the laws
that govern it, the pains and penalty
that will surely follow a violation OF
every law OF life and health"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-10-07
Snakes in Her Boots.
Buffalo Commercial.

Buffalo Commercial.
The wife of the late Professor Agas
siz was one morning putting on hel
stockings and boots. A little scream
attracted the Professors attention
Not having risen he leaned forward
anxiously on his elbow and inquired
what was the matter. "Why, a little
snake has just crawled out Of my boot,
cried she. "Only one, my dear?" inter
rogated the Professor, calmly lying
down again. "There should have beer
three" He had put them there te
keep them warm.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-10-07
FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for over fifty years by mil
hons of mothers for their children while
teething, with perfect success. 1t
soothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind collie, and ls
the best remedy for Dlarrhoea. 1t will
relieve the poor little sufferer lmme-
diately. Sold by Druggists in every
mart Of the world. Twenty-Five cents q
hottie. Be sure AMI ask for mrs
windows Soothing Syrup" and take
no other kind. Il ~.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-10-07
SCOTLAND NECK N. G. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2. 1897.

father and husband, not that you may
make any return either to them or to
the world. You, circle around yourself,
you admire yourself, you get pleasure
in humbling those less gorgeous. Do
you call that livimgs Can you by any
stretch of your perverted mind, satisfy
yourself that your powers we're given
you just to fulfill the function of a
dress form? If that were all, bent wires
with cllicia covering could fill your
place in the world. Silly ostrich, when
the avenger reaches tor you, and your
place knows you no more forever, what
will you leave? Clothes whereat even
the servants will 1out in little while.
Upon my soul, life is not worth the ef-
fort of living, If tha:e is all it can be
made to bring forth.
*.+
Live largely Let life's current flow
Like gen'rous flood from winter snow
Full swift, end strong, nor lightly bent
By any small impediment.
The narrow mind is like the stream,
That sparkles bright in summers
gleam;
But tiny rock or fallen tree
Will check its journey towards the
sea.
Wherefore look wide, and learn to
On heights which true perspective
give,
So nothing trivial shall hide
The clear horizon stretching wide.
~
Lift up your heads, o ye ostriches
Peep out with blinking eyes from be-
hind your fads and your folbles. Raise
your heads on high where they belong
and then look at life as whole, with
a due sense of proportion, impossible
before when you were so near the
ground. What do you learn? That
no one cares for you, SO long as you
care only for yourself; that the love OF
your fellows is bought with price,
great price whose chief pearl is your
own self-forgetfulness that the soul
has no part in a civiliza-
tlon that is only made of things gained
by brain and Drawn and then thrown
into the common fund of humanity.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-10-07

It was recently announced in a cor
respondence from Raleigh to the press
of the country that there is a private
library in Mitchell county that con-
tains $4,000 volumes. The owners
name was not given, but it Is said he
is an ex-professor of Harvard Univer.
sity. and that he keeps a librarian
and invites people to see and read hif
books. Commenting on such a large
private library in North Carolina, the
Wilmington Messenger says:
"That Is very great library Tor
private citizen. Mr.. Gladstone had
a library reported to be of huge size
placed, we think at $4,000 volumes
most of which was left as d public
library, we think, for the public around
Hawarden castle, his rural homo. A
library of 10000 volumes would prob
ably fill all the rooms and halls of ont
OF Wilmington's large residences. Th'
late Henry Thomas Buckle had a IL
brary of $4,000 volumes and it fillet
his halls, staircases and most OF hi
rooms"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-10-07


Pepsinagogue cures
dyspepsia, Tones up
the heart and steadias
the nerves. Makes old
people strong. taking
40 to so drops doses
for several months
cures Asthma. IF your
druggist does not keep
lit send SO cents to DR..
Hyatt, Kinston, N. O.,
and get a bottle by
mail.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-10-07
|Our Is and....
...Other Eyes.

( Our rs are just as strong as
they we're fifty years ago. when
I We have cause to use them.
put we have less and less cause |
] to praise ourselves, since others 1
do the praising, and we are
{ more than willing for you to see
! us through other eyes. This
J is how we look to S. F. Boyce, I
J wholesale and retail druggist, 4
( Duluth, Minn, who after a
[ quarter of century of obser-
! yation writes:
! "Ihave sold Ayer's Sarsapa- I
] rilla for more than rs years, 1
I both at wholesale and retail,
and have never heard anything l
but words of praise from my 1
customers; not a single COM \
[ plaint has ever reached me. I \
believe Ayers Sarsaparilla to I
I be the best blood purifier, that
has been introduced to the gen.
eral public" This, from a
man who has sold thousands of
dozens of Ayers Sarsaparil1a, }
is strong testimony. But It
J only echoes popular sentiment I
I the world over, which has, :
"Nothing but words of praise
! for Ayers Sarsaparilla.''
Any doubt about it? Send for 'Curebook"
! It kills doubts and cures doubters.
I Address J. c. AVER Co., Lowell. Mass.
For sale by E. T. Whitehead & C
Scotland Neck, N. c..
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-10-07

If your child is puny, fretfuI, trou-
bled with glandular swelllngs, infamed
eyes, or sores on the head, face, or body
a course of Ayers Sarsaparilla is need
ed to expel the scrofulous humors from
the blood. The sooner you begin to
give this medicine the better. For
sale by e. Z. Whitehead & Go.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-10-07
B11CkLEN's ARNICA bALvE.

The hest sa,ve in the world for Cuts
Bruises. Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup-
tions, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. It is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refnnced'
Price 25 cents per box. For sale Dy
y. r. WHITEHEAD h co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-10-07

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AND
w ACTIVE gentlemen or ladies to
travel for responsible, established house
in North Carolina. Monthly $500
and expenses. Position steady. Refer
ence. Enclose self-addreesed stamped
envelope. The Dominion Company.
Dept. w. Chicago. % sm.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-10-07

THE EDITORS LEISURE HOURS
Points and Paragraphs Of Things
Present, Past and Future.
Kind reader, do yon ever feel the
weight of business crushing you down
and the demands of the hour Sitting
your Do you feel sometimes that YOU
must get out and breathe some oil
heavens tree air in the leisure grounds
of life like you used to do? Well, then
read the poem in this issue headed
"liesurely Lane" and see if you do not
feel like going alone and sobblng out
your disappointment in lieu of your
much-cFaved surcease from crowded
business life.
ANOVAAA6 RA0t1SOo V00 dtOldkO AOuS0-
wife more than to feel that her carpets,
rugs, chamber sets, etc., are up to the
latest style. So when we read this
morning that the old-fashioned rag
carpet is again coming into favor we
felt a congratulation for the good wo-
men who have been using rag carpets as
a matter of economy. They now have
the pleasure of knowing that they have
been doing noble thing In practicing
economy-a thing 80 hard for most
people to do-and soon will find them
selves in the height of household style
A correspondent writing from Wash
ington to the Richmond Dispatch re-
Gently said that so far as Post Office
Department officials know, there had
not been any appointments Of negro
postmasters in Virginia or North Caro-
lima. It seems a little strange that
there should be four negro postmasters
appointed in Halifax county and the
officials In that department not know
of it, especially when the papers
all through the country, including the
New York World, have been discussing
the appointment for Scotland Neck.
The correspondence referred to said
that the department officials have no
means of knowing whether an appoint
ee is white or black. But to be sure
the President must know.
The question of whether or not
county commissioners in this State
may exercise their own judgment in
the matter OF granting liquor licenses,
is still being discussed. A case In
Chatham county has recently been
before the public. Some seemed to
think that Judge Adams Issued man.
damus compelling the commissioners
to grant licenses. Such was not the
case. The mandamus ordered the
commissioners to pass upon each case,
and if the facts agree with the statute.
then license must be granted. But we
question very much even in Judge
Adams mandamus. If the statute
says commissioners may grant license,
it would take long and strong argu-
ment to make us believe may means
mast.
It was recently announced in q cor
respondence from Raleigh to the press
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-10-07
'eW and Pretty Sill
Verware

I'd bana,'e ,e Just received the largest
sas va vomest shipment OF silver
6,nds,,eV eVer offered to our customers.
b and s pkl flckle Dishes /; Orange, Cot
ad Ne.,p perry Try, Spoons; Oyster, Fruiq
cske Serv..o rorks Tomato, Jelly and
esvy 0vs,s; 0sls; Sugar Tongs; Cream
A,ay otSaa s.er and Soup Ladies', with
=. I. WH1TEHEAD & co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-10-07

snbscribs to The CoMHoHwEAITH
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-10-07

For sale by E. T. Whitehead & Co
Scotland Neck, n. c..
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-03-19
rHE TLoR1pA SEA MoNsrER.

Latest Opinions Formed by Prof, Yer
riu Concerning the Remains Found on
the Florida Coast,
Prof, Verrill of Yale in speaking yes
terday of the portions of the marine
creature which he received from Flor
ida recently and which We're at first
supposed to be the remains of a huge
octopus, said:
Il have Just received some large
masses of the carcass cast ashore in
Florida in December and described by
me as the body of an octopus in the
American Journal of Science and else
where. These masses of integument
are three to ten inches thic5,very tough
and elastic, and very hard to cut, They
are composed mainly OF tough cords
and tibres of white elastic tissue, much
interlaCed This structure resembles
that of the integument of the head of
some cetaceans, especially the sperm
whale. The creature could not have
been an octopus. 1t was probably re-
lated to the sperm whales, but how
such a huge bag-like structure could be
attached to any known whale is puz-
zle. The most plausible theory is that
it is the upper part of the head and
nose of a malformed or diseased sperm
whale with its nose unnaturaily en-
larged and prominent. Otherwise we
must suppose that it belonged to the
head of some unknown whale Of great
size.
The supposition that it was the body
of an octopus was partly based upon
it's bag-like form and partly upon the
statements made to me that stumps of
large arms were attached to it at first.
This last statement is certainly untrue.
A. z. VERRILL.
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List of Patents

Issued from the United States Patent
Office, Tuesday March 16, 1897, for the
state of Connecticut, furnished us from
the office of Earle & Seymour, solicitors
of patents S6S Chapel street, New Ha-
ven, Conn:
w. G. Allen. Hartford, machine for
making rivets, thumb-tacks or like ar
ticles
George S. Brown, New Britain, and
e. c. Fowler, Bristol, assignors to Bris-
tol Brass and Clock company, lantern.
o. C. Burr, assignor of one-half to w.
L. Curtis, Winsted, combined bobbin-
holder and thread-catcher.
Same, thread-holder for spindleS.
r, c. Hart, New Haven, and r. S.
Field, Brooklyn, railway switch.
#. X Hickok, New Haven, corset.
c. A. johnson, New Britain, bag
latch and lock-
r. c. Johnson, assignor to Winches-
ter Repeating Arms company, New Ha-
ven, temporary cartridge holder.
w. p. Laraway, Hartford, assignor
to Lee Arms company, combined bolt
stop and cartridge ejector for bolt
guns.
H. r. Luscomb and w F. d. Crane,
assignors to Johns-Pratt company
Hartford insulator.
c. T. McCue, Hartford ball-bearing
axle.
E. c. Parkhurst, Hartford, assignor
to Lee Arms company, magazine for
firearms.
f. H. Pierpont, Hartford, rotary
meat cutter.
w. L. Shepard, Elmwood, feed-water
purifier.
Same, feed-water heater.
A.. ]. Shipley, assignor to Scovill
Manufacturing company, Waterbury,
button-setting machine.
Charles sturll, Bridgeport, bicycle
canopy.
r. A. Wilmot, Bridgeport, sheet met
al tube; three patents.
C. f. Witherell, assignor to Hartford
Machine company, Hartford, thread
cutter.
H. X, Wood, Hartford, valve mechan-
ism.
DESIGNS.
]. A. Traut, assignor to Stanley Rule
and Level company New Britain, tool
handle; two patents.
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samson AND pEL1LAH."
Sale OF Seats Promises Well-A Word
About the Work

Sale OF Seats Promises Well-A Word
.. About the Work,
The sale OF seats at the Hyperion for
the Gounod concert next Wednesday
night, when Saint-saens' Samson and
Delilah" is to be given, is progressing
steadily. All the one dollar seats in
the dress circle are sold out, and seats
in the second gallery are being sold
For people who do not object to climb
ing the stairs these seats are very de-
sirable. The music is heard to fine ad-
vantage from these seats. Seats in the
orchestra have also gone rapidly. Fer
sons having vouchers for exchange are
advised to present them as soon as pos
sible at the box office.
People who have not heard the work
before ought to provide themselves
with scores as far as possible. The
"Schirmer" edition, which is on sale at
Steinert's, is beautifully printed and
carefully edited. The, binding Is in
good taste and will be a desirable addl-
ton to a musicians library. The Ii
brettos are being prepared with espe-
cial care. 1t has been no easy task to
make satisfactory arrangement OF the
text, together with all the stage direc-
tons and explanatory remarks OF the
score, which it is necessary to retain in
order to make the work comprehend
BILE in concert form. Dr. Sturgis and
Professor Schwab have given much
time and thOlqht TO the DreDaratiOn OF
these librettos, which are to be sold for
ten cents apiece. Persons who will not
have the advantage of the full score
should provide themselves with these
librettos in advance.
They will be ready in day or two
and will be placed at the Hyperion box
Office and at Steinert's music store for
sale
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MORE NOMINATIONS.

Washington, March 1S.-The presi-
dent to-day sent to the senate the fol-
lowing nominations:
State-Powell Clayton Of Arkansas,
to be envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary of the United States to
Mexico; William NJ. Osborne of Massa-
chusetts, consul general of the United
States at London; John X Gowdy Of
Indiana, consul general of the United
States at Paris; Joseph H. Brigham of
Ohio, to be assistant secretary of agri-
culture; Perry F. Heath of Indiana,
to be first assistant postmaster gen
eral
Jnterior-Sylvester Peterson Of Min
nesota, to be register Of the land office
at Crookston, MINI.
War-Captain Charles Shaler, ord
nance department, to be major; Henry
l.. Marindin Ian assistant in United
States coast and geodetic survey, to be
a member of the Mississippi river COM
mission.
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OBITUARY..
Death of Mrs. Il. w. BurwelI.


Mrs. Elizabeth Woodruff Burwell,
widow of the late r. M. Burweu, died
at the home of her daughter, Mrs VIII
liam j. Clarke of 1466 Chapeitstreet, at
1880 yesterday morning, aged seventy
seven years.
Mrs, Burwell had been in poor health
for some years, but until three weeks
ago it was not thought that her condi-
ton was serious. She leaves three chill
dren, Merritt w. Burwell, who is a
contractor and oyster dealer; Robert N.
BurWell, who is engaged in looking af-
ter the real estate left by his father,
and Mrs. William j. Clarke, who re-
Gently came back to New Haven from
Chicago.
Mrs Burwell had resided for years
i'll the old Burweu homestead at $50
Cedar street, During the summers re-
Gently she had, together with her sons,
resided at the farm on the top of the
Allingtown hill. r. M. Burwell, her
husband, who died about seven years
ago, expended about $4,000 on the
farm.
r. M. Burwell was the manufacturer
OF BurWelIs soap, which in its day was
a we'll known article. He made con-
siderable money from this source and
invested it in real estate He owned
large tracts of land on Congress ave-
nue., Hill street and vicinity. One of
his ventures was to purchase the old
hospital barracks at the close of the
war and remove them to Congress ave-
nue., where they still stand, bringing
excellent rents. When he died he left
about $4,000, which was distributed
about year ago.
eMrs. Burwell was a member of the
Howard avenue Congregational church
and was most estimable woman. She
was daughter of Asa and Polly Wood
ruff of New Hartford. DR.. F. H. Whit
temore attended Mrs. Burwell through
her illness.
The funeral will be held from the
residence of her daughter, Mrs w. j.
Clarke, 1856 Chapel street, Saturday af-
ternoon at o'clock. Interment will be
in Evergreen cemetery.