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I wish to buy 100 cords OF Persin-
mon Timber, size 8 feet long and IN
yches and upwards III diameter at tie
small end. Can be delivered ut amy
station on the Norfolk aud Carolina or
Scotland Neck railroad.
5. +. DUNN,
Scotland Neck, n. q.
Also wish to purchase 100 cords OF
Ash timber size 12x16 feet long aud 3
inches and upwards in diameter at the
small end. Can he delivered at any
station on the Norfolk and Carolina or
Scotland Neck Railroad.
S. F. DUNN,
Scotland Neck, n. q.
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TarbOrO Hardware Co. can
sell you an eight inch ply Rubber
Belt Guaranteed at 25c. per foot, all
other sizes as cheap.
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JUST what you are looking tor il
Dress Goods, Trimmings, Cloaks and
Jackets. Can be found at n. B.
JOsEY's.
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Write Tarboro Hardware Co.
for prices on Iron Pipe, Pipe Fittings,
Inspirators, Valves, Lace Leather,
Pumps, &c.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-10-06

6OO Boys and Mems Caps. Your
choice for Csc. n. B. JosEY.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-10-06

LOCO pairs Ladies' and Chill
dren's Stockings. SC. pair. Worth
more. N. B. JOsEY.
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Of New York,
will be with me again this season and
will serve my customers in the latest
yles of Millinery.
MRS. w. III. WHITE.
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IL YOU need anything in the
way of machinery or hardware, Write
Tarbor0 Hardware Co. and they will
surprise you with prices.
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(;heay est Collars at
n. B. Josey's.

30 Dozens Boys and Ladies' Stand
ing Collars, 3 cents each ; 2 for 5 cents
% cents dozen. n. B. JOSEY.
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BE sure to see our Mems and
Boys and Children's Clothing before
buying, It will pay you.
N. b. JosEY.
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Fall and Winter
Opening.

have the latest novelties in Fall
and Winter Millinery, which will be
displayed on Wednesday and Thursday
October IL and Is, and following days
Miss Davis, of Hill Bros, New York
has charge Of the trimming depart
,nent.
Ny many friends are cordially in
vited to attend the opening.
Very truly yours,
Mrs. w. H. WHITE.
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N. r. .TQSEY

Has returnet from Northern mark
cts He invites YOU to call this week
to see his fall and winter stock.
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s car Loads Bagglng and Ties
received this week. Get our prices.
N. B. JOsEY.
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Rev. G. L. Finch, of WILLIAMSON,
passed Friday returning from Jackson,
where he had been several days in a
successful meeting. Forty persons
professed faith.
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q CURES WHERE AL ELSE FAILS. a.
4 Best Cough syrup. Tastes Good Use A
81 in tine. Sold by druggists. Hn
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SPECIAL. ANNOUNCEMENTS.
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Taks Tax Ool6,GoswSAIrH.
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COrsets. Handkerchief is,
Gloves and Ladies' Underwear. Good
values. n. B. JOsEY.
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Umbrellas. SOC. to $500
worth more. N. B. JOsEY.

Don't forget to ask to be
shown through Our Shoe Stock.
n. B. JOsEY.
The leader., 1898-06-22
PIE Is TABO0ED.
boston Chiisren Are Not Allowed "a
Eat This Toothseme Deifcncy
at school.

Pic, that good. old-fashioned New
England staple, Is doomed, IL modern
educators have their way, says the New
York Press. In the public schools OF
Boston instructors keep watch and
ward not orly over the mental pabulum
of their pupils, but they prescribe for
their MONDAY luncheons the things that
II is hygienically and scientifically prop
er for boys and girls TO eat.
Some Of the wise BostoniaDs viewed
with anxiety the youth of the city non
chalantly munching pie, cake and other
indigestibles at their noon recess, ut
terly Indifferent to any result more re-
mote than the immediate qualification
of their appetites. Science applied TO
food was summoned TO the rescue, and
the members of the committee on hy-
giene of the Boston school board had
an order passed providing that only
sach food as was approved by them
should be sold in any of the city school
houses This was aimed at the janitors
and others who had been catering TO
the demand for pies and cake by car
rying on a brisk MONDAY trade in such
viands. The New England kitchen, a
semi-philanthropic experiment in seize n
tific cooking and food production, was
asked to supply the luncheons that boys
and girls ought to have.
The first plan was to have two grades
of luucheons--a ten-cent lunch, consist
ing Of cup Of soup, milk or cocoa, with
The leader., 1898-06-22
GLAD SHE DIDN'T YELL.
When She Found Out That Her Indus
trious Neighbor Was Not COM
hitting Suicide.

A certain East end man delights in doing
odd jobs about his home. He cuts his grass
and trims the walks, and handles a paint
brush like an old master. Carpenter tools
come handy to him, too, and the sound of his
merry saw makes pleasant music for the
awakened early. In short, he is a clever all
round workman, and decidedly handy to
have about the house.
One day not long ago the woman of the
house next door happened to come out on her
back porch There she casually looked over
the low fence into the handy mans yard
What she saw scared her so that she couldn't
move hand or foot The handy man was ly
ing prone on his back, his body concealed
beneath his porch, but with his face in strong
relief. He was very pale, his hair was dis
ordered, and his eyes were rolled up and
fixed in CHASTITY intentness. Against his
breast he seemed to be pressing some deadly
weapon that glistened as a ray of light
touched it.
The woman on the porch tried to scream
and couldn't. She knew the handy man was
committing suicide.
He painted his face grew red, and his form
The woman on the porch caught her agon-
lied breath and was about to let out 40
horse power yell when she heard the sup
posed suicide anxiously ask:
Isn't it through yet?'
Yes" said a voice from above, "it been
yoost through
About this time the woman on the porch
understood that the handy man was boring
an auger hole through the floor of his porch,
that the deadly weapon was an auger, and
that the hired girl was on hand to watch
TIE operation.
Their the woman on the porch was glad she
didn't yell.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The leader., 1898-06-22
FIRST TELEGRAPH OFFICE.
The BuiidInG In which the Great
Electrician Morse Experimental
Under Government Patronage.

There Is still standing in the Mount
Clare yards of the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad in Baltimore q building that
has the reputation OF being the first
telegraph office in the United States.
1t was the first railroad station, and no
one denies that ii was also the scene of
an experiment that has bIossomed into
necessity and made civilization and
progress go hand in hand around the
world.
s. +. ID. Morse got his greatest encour-
agement in the early '40's from the
Il. q o. officials of that day, and though
congress gave him $4,000 for expert
ments he would doubtless have failed
but for the aid, encouragement and be-
lief in his invention on The part of John
II. II. Latrobe, then general counsel Of
the road.
Though wcather-beaten and worn,
showing many signs of its half century
OF existence, the old building, drawing
of which, here given, is furnished
through the courtesy of Mr.. j. II. Mad
dy, press agent of the b. & o. company,
is still in active use, but its days are
numbered. Its glory has departed, and,
no longer n passenger station, il will
soon be torn down and repllced with
a building more in harmony with mod
ern times and the needs of the road.
1t is more than passing strange that
the 9th of May is forgotten, for it was
on that date in 1871 that the historical
The leader., 1898-06-22
THEORY OF SUNSTROKE.
An Infectious Disease-is Not Due TO
Heat or to Exposure to
the Sun.

Dr.. Sambon adopts what to many will
be a startling theory to explain the ac-
ton of sunstroke, says the Los Angeles
Times. lie regards this affection as not
due to excessive heat or exposure TO the
sun, but TO an infectious disease caused
by specific organism. He attests the
fact that strokers, oven cleaners, min
ers and iron workers are exposed to
temperatures higher than those of any
known climate without ever contract
ing the malady, and that the Assam tea
planters and the closely shaver Chinese,
although constantly working in the
hottest sun, are equally exempt.
DR.. Sambon, discussing the geograph-
ical distribution of the disease, goes on
to prove that the areas in which it is
epidemic are strictly defined. While
unknown in Europe, it is common in the
low-lying regions of the eastern United
States between the Appalachians and
the Atlantic. 1t extends along the Nile
sea, the Red sea and the Persian gulf.
1t prevails in the Indo-Gangetic alluvial
plain. but not on the adjacent Indian
highlands. In support of his infection
theory DR.. Sambon refers to the occur
renee of epidemics which have frequent
ly dccinated hospital wards and not af-
The leader., 1898-06-22
LOVE AMONG LAPLANDERS.
Curious Customs That Are Still In
Vogue Among Inhn bftRnts of
the Icy Land.

When a young Laplander is in love
with a girl he and she run a race. He
is heavily handicapped, so that she may
win if she chooses, and If she outrun
him he cannot propose again. OF course
she suffers herself to be overtaken il
she cares for him, but the consent OF
her parents must be obtained before
she can be married. The law of the
land is very strict on this point, and
in olden times the man was subject tC
capital punishment if he married with
out the consent of the girls parents
After a Laplander has chosen a bride
he sends her a present of girdle, 6
ring and quantity of brandy; he
goes as far as the door of her hut, but
remains outside until invited to enter
when bumper of brandy is offered tt
the girls father; if he drink it is &
sign he consents TO the marriage, ant
the young lover then promises to Civ,
the girl some clothes, and pays a sun
The leader., 1898-06-22
Hfbernian Relations.

A curious popularity Of the Irish ma
ture is the wide limits to which rela-
tionship is extended. do you know
Pat Meehan?" peasant was asked.
"Of course / do" was the answer.
"Why, he's a near relation of mine.
He vance proposed for my slsther
Kate" When faction-fshting was rife
in Ireland II was to mans interest to
"incrase his followin'" by extending
the number of his relations by every
possible device. Happily faction-fight-
ing is dead in Ireland, and man has
no need now TO have behind him long
line. not of Ancestors" as Sir Boyle
Roche would say, but of relations" as
was imperatively necessary when the
"bhoys" were accustomed to "hould
dishcussion with sticks" at every fair.
1t is after he is dead that his relations
"come in handy" to the Irishman. They
give him "grand buryin'." well.
Mary" said friend of mine to do
nestle who had been attendinga bury
in'," had Mai Maloney a good funer-
alp" "0h, he chad a CRATE wan. sir"
said Mary. "An' why wouldn't he?
Wasn't he related TO the whols barony?
Faith. il reminded me Of Land lague
meetin'."
The leader., 1898-06-22
ARE WATCHING SANTIAGO.
Cubans Doing Good seryice-Intere.t,pr
information Obtained Through Their

Cubans Doing Good servIee-Intere.t,,r
Inflammation Obtained Through Their
Enorts-Nesuvius shots Did Wen.
POINT GONZALES, Cuba, via Port An.
tonic, June 1s.-From this nest in the
mountains Col. Cebreco is watching
santiago. its bay and Admiral Cervera's
ships. Every day little boat goes 10
Admiral Sampson with detailed infor-
nation. Every two days faithful paci-
ficos risk their lives to enter the treblv.
guarded city for details of its s,arva.
ton.
yesterday the Spaniards ate horses
within the Notifications. Today the
extreme Spanish cavalry outposts. on
cleared path on the mountain side. in
plain view from here, are cooking their
pack animals.
The condition of nop-combatants is
beyond description. Already 1000
women and children are existing on
roots and the fruits of the mounta ms.
out those in the town are starving. The
dead carts are inadequate to carry the
victims away. This information OBJ
tanned from Spanish prisoners who
were captured at Guantanamo June Is.
IL is reported that the Spanish gem
erai, Fort, and several members of his
stan were killed by the shots fred by
the Nesuvius. The first bomb struck a
cruiser anchored behind Smith CLAW.
near the harbor entrance. The name
of the ship Is yet unknown. | expect
to discover it tomorrow from hill that
commands full view of Santiago Bay.
A Cuban escort is now ready to slip
by the four Spanish outposts.
The Spanish general commanding at
Santiago is reported to have concen-
trated all the eastern forces, and to
have 5000 men. He is daily strengthen
ing the entertainments.
Owing to the heavy Spanish outlying
forces, no report has yet been obtained
OF the damage in yesterdays lombard
ments.
The Cubans are holding this base and
maintaining communication with the
fleet, Notwithstanding Spanish attacks.
They have skirmished daily for two
weeks, doing real good shooting with
the Springfields. This is perfect rifle
for their use.
All the prominent hilltops are occu.
pied by Spanish observation squads.
Unless on landing the front plateau is
first occupied by our sharpshooters and
mountain artillery, Gen. Skaters land.
ing will be most perilous The height
OF these coasts and bluffs prevents
Sampson from effectively shellinc.
The leader., 1898-06-22
THOSE VALUABLE CUBANS.
They Have Taken Another Good Port
Near Santiago,

Near Santiago.
Orr SANTIAGO, Saturday via Mole
st. Nicholas, Hayti, ay).--Courier
communication has been established
from Cuero, which is thirteen miles
west of Santiago. The place is being
kept as basis of communication with
Admiral SIMPSONS feet. There are
500 Cubans on guard. The Spanish at
tack the camp occasionally, but are
always beaten. The country around
there is entirely in Cuban hands.
The Spaniards have grown tired OF
attacking the marines. Now the latter
are asking permission to attack and
capture the city. The camp has been
strengthened with more trenches. One
hundred more Cubans arrived. Their
forces are getting into better condition.
They had suffered for lack of food and
clothes. They now have plenty to eat
and dress in the garb of the American
tackles. "
The Marblehead has captured a
Spanish sloop and her crew of five men,
They came from Cape Maysi for sup
plies. The sloop will be used to fish
for the feet and the troops.
On the sick list are only few ma
rines, who have slight summer com
plant The camp is splendidly healthy.
The men have been securing the
woods for Spaniards, but have had no
luck,
The leader., 1898-06-22
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
The First M,..,..,pp, a, ch,esamaus..

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, June 1.-THE
boys Of the First Mississippi had a
barrel of fun" with two old clio men
who made their appearance in the camp
today. They were treated to the school
boy penalty at hot ball, known as
pumping" and when the boys got
through with them they stood not on
the order of their going, but went
double-quick.
New tents were received today for
the recruits, who are arriving on every
train.
The work of vaccinating the regi-
mcnt was begun today.
Two large boxes conta ming hams,
cakes, and almost every delicacy, from
Natchez, were received by the members
of Company C today, and what the boys
did to the boxes was ample.
The leader., 1898-06-22
AN OLD BULLY.
People who live in fear of his attacks.
How to avoid him or beat him off.

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can truthfully say that / believe them to
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The leader., 1898-06-22

If biliousness isn't the bully Of the body
then what is9 When once biliousuess gets
the upper hand you don't dare say your
stomach is your own. Don't you dare eat
that dish says biliousness, or you'll see
what I'll do" You take the dare and you
do see or rather feel, the weight Of the
bully's revenge. The head aches, not
regular ache, but an open and shut ache.
The eyes ache, not with dull, tired ache,
but with an aggressive ache, as il they were
being bored by gimlet. The stomach
trembles with nausea. THE whole head
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The leader., 1898-06-22
The Waste of War.

A shell thrown from eaton quick
firing gun PUSHES through the air at the
velocity of 1900 feet per sec1 nd. strik-
ing its object with a force equal to that
of 1880 tons falling one foot. And
yet, comparatively speaking, they are
very harmless. Thus during the one
day bombardment of Alexandria by the
British fleet of ~ ships, lasting from
Z a. m. to 4:3o p. m, no less than 3,165
shells were thrown into the town, yet
not more. than 500 Egyptians were
killed-that is, it took. roughly speak
ing, six shells to kill one man.
Again, during the Franco-German
war. the Germans threw 100000 shells
into Belfort, only killing 60 French
men, or 500 shells to kill one French
man. At Strasburg, in the same war, il
took is shells to kill every man. And
Mt the siege of Paris 100 shells only
killed 107 and wounded 200.
The leader., 1898-06-22
Election Commissioners.

The State board of election commits
sioners meet in Jackson on August 31st
to appoint the county election commits.
sioners for every county in the State.
Petitions and Endorsements for appoint
ment should be sent to Assistant Sec
rotary of State Z. II. Nall before that
date. The State board consists of the
governor, secretary of State and attor
ney-general and the meeting is under
months before a general election. The
commissioners appointed at this meet
ing will hold office for two years, and
will serve at the coming congre ssional
elections.
The leader., 1898-06-22
Big Wind Near Tupelo.

A heavy wind storm passed over the
section around Tupelo last week, doing
much damage to the corn and oat crops
by blowing them down badly in some
places where the wind was most severe.
Tin roofs in Tupelo were blown off Of
several buildings and shade trees dam
aged. In the country west of Tupelo
the storm was heavier and much more
damage was done, trees being blown
down across the roads, fences blown
away and crops damaged than in that
i'm mediate neighborhood. At Verona,
four miles south of Tupelo, the storm
did considerable damage by blowing
down the awnings of the stores, shade
trees, yard fences, and also damaging
the crops.
The leader., 1898-06-22
The Fever situation.

The most encouraging news comes
from McIienry in regard to the yellow
fever situation. Surgeon Murray one
of the experts at McHenry, says he be-
lieves the fever is confined to that place.
Surgeon Carter, who has been making
a thorough investigation in that field,
reports that he has nearly completed
the investigation of the places and
houses along the lines running into
McIIenry south of Hattiesburg, and
that there is no fever at any of them.
The reports also show that the people
of McHenry are cooperating in the
work, and there is daily house to
house inspection.
The leader., 1898-06-22
Ordered to "Move On"

Sam Lee, a Chinaman, who has been
engaged in the grocery business at
Sunfower City, was waited on last
week by committee of citizens and
advised to arrange his affairs and get
out of town within a reasonable time.
The worst characters among the negroes
congregate at his joint, and not long
since a negro by the name of Davis
quarreled with another negro in the
Chinaman's store and was shot through
the head and died instantly. No China
men are wanted and it will not be a
healthy location" for our Mongolian
friends.
The leader., 1898-06-22

had finished one box l noticed an improve.
ment in my condition, and when | had
taken twelve boxes was completely cured.
Those pills have done for you what we could
not do said one OF my physicians, they have
saved your life
That was two years ago and my heart
has not troubled me since believe | owe
my life to DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People. and ! take pleasure in telling others
about them"
Among the many forms Of neuralgia are
headache, nervousness, paralysis, apoplexy
and locomotor ataxia. Some Of these were
considered incurable until DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People were formulated
To-day thousands testify to having been
cured of such diseases by these pills.
Doctors frequently prescribe them and all
druggists sell them
The leader., 1898-06-22
THE FIRST TELEGRAPH OFFICE.

crackers, two slices of bread and but
ter and fruit or simple cake, and five.
cent lunch. consisting of a sandwich
bread and butter, with fruit, cocoa anc
crackers or milk and crackers. Ten
cent lunches, however, did not prov,
popular, so all sorts of combinations
possible for five cents have been made
If pupil wants more than that he buys
two or three lunches, according TO the
degree of his appetite and the state OF
his finances.
The leader., 1898-06-22

Ell like the building well enough" said the
househunter 70 the agent, who had spent
half an hour showing him over the premises
but / am not certain about the surround
ings i IL quiet neighborhood?"
"Ouietw said the agent. You can't find
a auicter place in the whole city"
"Still, suppose the newsboys come around
here bright and early Sunday morning, just
when a man wants to sleep the soundest,
with their yells Of 'Mornin' pa-a-a-perv
"No, sir; newsboys never come on this
street at all"
"Then I think III look little further.
want a quiet neighborhood, but ! don't
want one that's dead "-Chicago Tribune.
The leader., 1898-06-22
A FATALITY AVOIDED.
From the pemocrat. Goshen. Ind.

When neuralgia is accompanied by dull,
heavy pain near the heart, frequently be.
fatally. Mrs. Nancy Flynn, who lives near
Goshen, Indiana, survived such an attack
and her advice is worth needing.
I'm the fall of o." she said, 81 began TO
have trouble with my heart. There was q
sharp pain in my breast which became rap
idly worse. The doctor was puzzled and
put me under the influence Of opiates.
These sharp attacks followed one another at
intervals and became weak and had bag
gard look. ] was constantly in pain, sci.
dom slept and had no appetite.
AT the end Of two years was confined TO
my couch most Of the time and the doctors
agreed that my death was only matter Of
short time