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The herald., 1898-02-12
Petroleum

OIL CITY, Feb. 11.-Credit balances, 65;
certificates opened with sales of 1000 bar
rels at 761a, and closed with sales of cash
at 1874 and "a bid for regular delivery.
Total sales, $4,000 barrels; shipments, 75,-
252. rims 2h 42l.
The herald., 1898-02-12

Irritation of the Throat and Hoarse-
ness are Immediately relieved by Browns
Bronchial Troches." Have them always
ready.
The herald., 1898-02-12
Bank Clearings

NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-THE following ta-
BILE, compiled by Bradstreet, shows tho
bank clearings at the following cities for
the week ended Febrary 18th, with per-
centages of increase and decrease as COM
pared with the corresponding week of last
year:
The herald., 1898-02-12

The opening gun for '9S. Charles A.
Towne at Hazards Pavilion. on the silver
question. This evening. Seats free.
The herald., 1898-02-12

The Columbia Savings and Loan So
ciety of San Francisco held its annual
meeting on the 9th The Incorporated capi-
tai stock is 100000. of which 100000 has
been paid up; reserve and undivided
profits, slO,265 deposits, s6SS,4 of which
sl11.s Is credited to term deposits The
assets are Sic, ,9S6.
The herald., 1898-03-20

and her instrument dropped to the
floor. Then she uttered cry, and with
extended arms ran toward us.
But when she was near she stopped
abruptly, the glad look fading from
her face, and started back with terror
stricken eyes, as If, after all, she had
found us not what she expected.
Then for an instant she looked more
intently at us, her countenance cleared
once more, and, overcome by some
strange emotion, her eyes filled with
tears, and, drawing little nearer, she
stretched forth her hands to us appeal
ingly.
Meanwhile the Martians had started
to their feet. They looked down upon
us in astonishment. We were like pig
mics to them; like little gnomes which
had sprung out of the ground at their
feet.
One of the giants seized some kind of
weapon and started forward with a
threatening gesture.
The girl sprang to my side and
grasped my arm with cry of fear.
This seemed to throw the Martian
into sudden frenzy. and he raised his
arms to strike.
But the disintegrator was in my
hand My rage was equal to his.
l felt the concentrated vengeance of
the earth quivering through me as
pressed the button of the disintegrator
and, sweeping it rapidly up and down,
saw the gigantic form that had con-
fronted me melt into nothingness.
There were three other giants in the
room, and they had been on the point
of following up the attack of their
comrade. But when he disappeared
from. before their eyes, they paused,
staring in amazement at the place
wher2, but moment before, he had
stood, but where now only the metal
weapon he had welded lay on the floor.
At first they started back, and
seemed on the point of fleeing; then,
with second glance, perceiving again
how small and insignificant. we were,
all three together advanced upon us.
The girl sank trembling on her knees.
In the meantime l had readjusted my
disintegrator for another discharge,
and Colonel Smith stood by me with
the light of battle upon his face.
Sweep the discharge across the
three" 1 exclaimed. otherwise there
will be one left and before We can fire
again he will crush u.s.
The whirr of the two instruments
sounded simultaneously, and with a
quick, horizontal motion we swept the
lines of force around in such a manner
that all three of the Martians were
caught by the vibratory streams, and
actually cut in two
Long gaps were opened in the wall of
the room behind them, where the de-
stroying currents had passed, for with
wrathful fierceness, we had run the vi
brations through half a gamut on the
index.
The victory was ours. There were no
other enemies, that we could see, in the
house.
The herald., 1898-03-20
She Uttered a Cry and Ran Toward Us.

In fact we were at so great an ele-
walton that the rarity of the atmos-
phere now compelled US all to wear our
air-tight suits, and the girl, not being
thus attired, would have fallen uncon-
scious on the deck if we had not in
stantly removed her to the interior of
the car.
There she quickly recovered from the
effects of the deprivation of air and
looked about her, pale, astonished but
yet apparently without fear.
Every motion of this girl convinced
me that she not only recognized us as
members of her own race, but that she
felt that her only hope lay in our aid.
Therefore, strange as we were to her
in many respects, nevertheless she did
not think that she was in danger while
among us.
The circumstances under which we
had found her were quickly explained.
Her beauty, her strange fate and the
impenetrable mystery which surround
ed her excited universal admiration
and wonder.
How did she get on Mars?" was the
question that everybody asked, and
that nobody could answer
But while all were crowding around
and overwhelming the poor girl with
their staring, she burst into tears, and
then, with arms outstretched in the
same manner which had so stirred our
sympathies when we first saw her in
the house of the Martians, she broke
forth in wild recitation, which was
half song and half wall.
AS she went on / noticed that q
The herald., 1898-03-20

We knew that the squadron which
we had left besieging the Lake of the
Sun must also have been carried
around in a similar manner, passing
into the night while the side Of the
planet where we were was emerging in
to day.
Our shortest way back would be by
travelling westward, because then we
should be moving in a direction oppo-
site to that in which the planet rotated,
and the main squadron, sharing that
rotation, would be continually moving
in our direction.
But to travel westward was to pene-
trate once more into the night side Of
the planet.
The proWs, If 1 may so call them, of
our ships were accordingly turned in
the direction of the vast shadow which
Mars was invisibly projecting into
space behind it, and on entering that
shadow the sun disappeared from our
eyes, and once more the huge hidden
globe beneath us became black chasm
among the stars.
Now that we were in the neighbor-
hood of a globe capable of imparting
considerable weight to all things under
the influence of it's attraction, that
peculiar condition which l have before
described as existing in the midst Of
space, where there was neither up nor
down from us, had ceased. Here where
we had weight "up" and down had
resumed their old meanings. Down"
was toward the centre of Mars, and
"up" was away from that centre.
Standing on. the deck, and looking
The herald., 1898-03-20

Yet at any moment others might
make their appearance, and what more
we did must be done quickly.
The girl evidently was as much
amazed as the Martians had been by
the effects which we had produced.
Still she was not terrified, and contin-
ued to cling to us and to glance be-
seechingly into our faces, expressing in
her every look and gesture the fact
that she knew we were of her own race.
But clearly she could not speak our
tongue for the words she uttered were
unintelligible.
Colonel Smith, whose long experience
in Indian warfare had made him in
tensely practical, did not lose his mill
tary instincts, even in the midst of
events so strange.
1T occurs to me-" he said chat we
have got a chance at the enemies sup
plies. Suppose we begin foraging right
here. Let's see if this girl can't show
us the commissary department"
He Immediately began to make signs
to the girl to indicate that he was
hungry.
A look of comprehension fitted over
her features, and, seizing our hands,
she led us into an adjoining apartment
and pointed to a number of metallic
boxes. one of these she opened, taking
out of it a kind of cake. which she
placed between her teeth, breaking off
a very small portion and then handing
it to us, motioning that we should eat,
but at the same time showing us that
we ought to take only a small quantity
THANK God! It's compressed food"
said Colonel Smith. Il thought these
Martians with their wonderful civiliza-
tion would be up to that. And it's
mighty lucky for us, because, without
overburdening ourselves, if we can find
one or two more caches like this we
shall be able to re-provison the entire
fleet. But we must get reinforcements
before we can take possession of the
fodder"
Accordingly we hurried out into the
The herald., 1898-03-20
Curious Experiment

In Vienna a condemned criminal was
kept in complete darkness for several
hours previous to his execution. as
preliminary to an experiment that was
to be tried upon him for the purpose
of ascertaining whether or not. the
retina of the human eye Is of sufficient
sensitiveness to hold the image Of the
object to which it had last been ex-
posed for any length Of time. He was
Instructed to fix his gaze intently on a
building facing the place Of execution,
on which very bright light fell. When
the black cap was pulled over his head!
the eye was prevented from accepting
any fresh image or picture; the execu-
ton followed Immediately and the ex-
animation held on the eyes within a
few minutes thereafter resulted in find
ing the building as an outlined object
on the retina. The details, however,
were wanting, and the picture faded
rapidly.
The herald., 1898-03-20

night, passed into the roadway, and.
taking the girl with us ran as quickly
as possible to the foot of the tree where
we had made our descent. Then we
signaled to the electric ship to drop
down to the level of the ground.
This was quickly done, the girl was
taken aboard, and a dozen men, under
our guidance, FASTENED back to the
house, where we loaded ourselves with
the compressed provisions and con-
veyed them to the ship.
XVIII.
| On this second trip to the mysteri-
GUS house we had discovered another
apartment containing very large
number Of the metallic boxes, filled
with compressed food.
by Jove, it is a store house." said
| Colonel Smith. I'VE must get more
force and carry it all off. Gracious, but
this is a lucky night. We can re-provi-
sion our whole fleet from this ROOM"
Il thought it singular" I said, that
with the exception of the girl whom we
have rescued, no women were seen IN
| the house, Evidently the lights over
yonder indicate the location Of u con-
siderable town, and it is quite prob
able that this building, without Win
dows, and so strongly constructed, is
the common storehouSe, where the pro-
visions for the town are kept. The
fellows we killed must have been the
watchmen in charge of the storehouse,
and they were treating themselves to
little music frorn the slave girl when
we happened to come upon them"
With the utmost haste several of the
other electrical ships, waiting above
the cloud curtain, were summoned to
descend, and, with more than hun
dred men, we returned to the building
and this time almost entirely exhaust
ed its stores, each man carrying as
much as he could stagger under.
Fortunately our proceedings had been
conducted without much noise, and the
storehouse being situated at consid-
cradle distance from other buildings,
none of the Martians, except those who
would never tell the story, had known
of our arrival or of our doingS on the
planet.
Nov, We'll return and surprise Edi-
son with the news" said Colonel Smith.
Our ship was the last to pass up
through the Clouds and it was a
strange sight to watch the others as
one after another they rose toward the
great dome, entered it, though from be-
low it resembled solid vault of gray
ish-pink marble, and disappeared.
We quickly followed them, and hav-
ing penetrated the enormous curtain,
We're considerably surprised on emerg-
ing at the upper side to find that the
sun was shining brilliantly upon us. 1t
will be remembered that it was night
on this side of Mars, when we went
down. but our adventure had occupied
several hours, and now Mars had so
far turned upon its axis that the por-
tion of it's surface over which we We're
had come around into the sunlight.
The herald., 1898-03-20
Fossil Fuel.

It is said that the earliest mention
made of the use Of coal as a fuel is in
the records of the Abbey of Peterbor-
ough, in the year $50 A. D., where is
found an entry Of IL cart loads of "fos.
oil fuel"
The herald., 1898-03-20
Lucky Girls Of Borneo.

All the suitors for the girls hand in
Borneo are expected to be generous in
their presents to her. These presents
are never returned; therefore the willy
young lady defers as long as possible a
positive selection of the happy man.
The herald., 1898-03-20
In One Family.

There is a tobacco store in the Hay.
market, London, which has been con-
Quoted in the same building without
change and by the same family, son
succeeding father, since the reign Of
Charles II
The herald., 1898-03-20
Tax on Wh;skers.

Boards are taxed 10 yen year In a
Japanese village in Ava county, Chiba
Ken
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-09-08
Congressman White Spoke.

Congressman George H. White spoke
to the colored people here Saturday.
His speech was mostly directed to the
necessity of all going to the polls, vot-
ing the straight republican ticket and
seeing that the votes were counted as
cast.
He argued to the colored people that
their homes are sacred to them and
that they ought to defend their ballots
as well as their homes.
White spoke hopefully about going
back to Congress-ln tact as II he Is
sure he Will be returned. He said he
favored fusion with the Populists.
AfterWhite spoke Lee Person "a colored
politician OF Edgecombe, followed. 1t
was said that Persons speech was rath-
er bitter and that he ccunseled the col
ored people to be prepared for any
emergency that might arise; and to be
ready to say, if necessary, that they
have but one time to die. His speech
was regarded as quite bitter and lncen-
diary in its tendency.
But there was little enthusiasm
amongst the colored people, crowds OF
them remaining on the streets while
White and Person were speaking.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-09-08
Vine Hill Female Academy I.

This school opened Monday with the
usual good prospects.
The new members of the faculty are
all in their places-Miss Mary Bechtel,
of Maryland, teaches Latin and
Mathematics Miss nellie Pemberton
of Tennessee. teaches Piano, Mandolin,
and Guitar; Miss Frances Stone, OF
Tennessee, teaches Elocution and Phys
ical culture, French and English. Miss
Sallie Collins Smith has charge OF the
primary department.
The new teachers have made fav-
orable impression on the school and
those who have net them. They are
ladies of much culture and refinement.
Miss Bechtel is graduate of Wilson
College, Chambersburg, Pa; Miss
Pemberton, of Stonewall Jackson Insti-
tute, Va, and New England Conserya-
tory OF Music Miss Stone, of Wander
bilt University and Berlitz School CT
Languages, Atlanta Miss Sallie Collins
Smith was trained In the Peabody
Institute, Nashville.
THE COMMONWEALTH is glad to see
such fine prospects for the school this
session.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-09-08
THE BEST DAY YET.
SOME BIG SALES LAST FRIDAY.
Fifty Thousand Pounds.

Announcement had been made
through The COMMONWEALTH and
otherwise that there would be special
sale at the tobacco warehouses last
Friday. Tobacco began to come in by
sunrise and by II o'clock the floors OF
the warehouses we're nearly covered
with tobacco. A great crowd OF people,
including many ladies, gathered to
witness the largest sales that had yet
been seen at the new market.
At IL O'Clock auctioneer Will J..
Finch commenced to sell the golden
weed and for more than two hours the
bidding was rapid and lively. Prices
ranged we'll on both floors and the total
amount sold was SO, 100 pounds.
This was most remarkably good
sale Tor a new market within thirty
days from the opening.
There was much enthusiasm ever
the sales, and the Scotland Neck peo-
pie fully realized that there is real,
first-class tobacco market here.
The market is established and it
will do its share of the business this
year.
Warehousemen are enthusiastic, buy
ers are enthusiastic, the people of Scot
land Neck feel great interest in the
success OF the market and all may rest
assured that the best prices possible
will be paid for all grades of tobacco.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-09-08
Money of the Bostian Bridge Wreck.

Most people OF North Carolina re-
member the Bostian Bridge wreck
near Statesville several years ago. The
Kinston Free Press says:
About six years ago there was big
railroad wreck between Salisbury and
Statesville, at Bostian Bridge. 1t was
thought that 1t was wrecked by men.
About two years ago man namei
Howard, of Lenoir county, served bis
time in the penitentiary and returned
to this county. While serving bis
sentence in the penitentiary man in
there gave him a map showing where
were stolen things from this wreck.
The case was given to Mess. Wooten
and Shaw, of Klnston, who have been
working on it ever since then.
Mr.. Wooten received letter yester-
day from one of his agents who was
searching as the map directed near the
wreck, informing him that 500 has
been found, of the money the Internal
scoundrels stole from the dead and dy'
ing passengers.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-09-08
Found Dead on the Track.

The Littleton News Reporter SAYS
"Jack West, colored, was found lying
between the rails on the s. A. L. one
mile east OF Vaughan, dead, last Tues
dav morning. A coroner's jury was
summoned and an inquest held, result
ing in decision that the man was
murdered and placed on the track with
a view of hiding guilt.
ave are informed that this Is the
sixteenth man that has been killed or
found dead between CASTOR and Waugh
an. within the last ten years, some OF
whom are known to have come to their
death by making attempts to beat
rides on trains, while many are believed
tn have met the fate of Jack West.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-09-08
r,,lerv postmast er in Trouble.

Last week J. M. Pittman, colored
postmaster at Tillery, was arrested Tor
crookedness in Office. Sundays News
n Observer printed the following CORES
nondence from Weldon about the mat
ter:
NJ Pittman, colored, postmaster at
Tillery. was called in the United states
Commissioners court here yesterday.
Hon. J. T. Gooch presiding. Postofhce
Inspector Gregory appeared 1ol 'n5
government and solicitor W. =. Dan'e'
renresented the accused. Plttman was
short $40 in his money order accounts.
This amount was made good. He was
mt under 500 to appear at U. ..
court at Raleigh. - 80;
"As to charge of opening letters. EVIL
ao,co MAS introduced charging MIN
With ooening a letter prepared by the
;,,s . addressed to James W. Wat
con also other letters addressed 10 Jas
w Watson. Crowells. A letter con-
tanning a complaint as to loss OF vala
able letter, which complaint was az,
dressed to the inspector, II was anosI
had been opened having passed tnlousn
the Tillery postoffice, and severp leI Iea
addressed to patrons OF that oinco' n''>'
likewise been opened. aoo
cat the conclusion OF the eViaen,o
pittman's attorney announced that Nc
Aid not care to argue the case anu gave
Ln u a IN tbs sum Of $500 for his appear
aa at next term OF U. $. court a
a Pa,e;oh to answer the charge.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-09-08
A FRcAs OR TWO THIS WEEK.
Fight in a Barber Shop.

Monday night as some of the stu
dents were going from the male acade-
my barracks to the Baptist church to
attend boys and young mems prayer
meeting, young coIored man named
Frank Davis prec1pated some trouble
that came very near being serious
The colored man pushed through or
against the students and showed some
of them off the walk. He then turned
upon them, cursed and abused them.
They resented it and with some others
followed Dayis into a colored barber
shop down the street where general
fight ensued. There was quite crowd
of colored people around the door and
several in the barber shop. When the
fighting commenced they made their
escape as best they could. -Four
negroes, they said, fought second or
two before they fled and left Davis
alone. The light got knocked over
and thrown into the street and the
fighting ceased.
slight wounds on the top and back OF
his head, but they were not serious
His wounds were dressed at the drug
store. The colored man Davis was cut
up pretty badly and was quite bloody.
He went to DIR. Pope's and had his
wounds dressed. His wounds were not
thought to be dangerous.
The difficulty created some excite
ment in town and about the time
everything was getting quiet, some per-
sons, thought to be negroes, fred vol
ley of about ten shots near Mr.. E. E.
Powell's store and ran out OF town to-
wards the tobacco market.
The balls struck the house OF Mrs.
Scarboro on Main street and also OF
Isaac Powell, colored man living on
the same square. DR.. johnson was on
his front porch and heard ball strike
tree in his yard. Soon company
made search for the dlsturbers OF the
peace but they could not be found.
ANOTHER LITTLE BOUT.
Tuesday about noon Isaac Powell
coIored, put up notice on Main street
that he had taken up COW and the
owner could get her by paying charges
etc. It was Mr.. }. S. Bowers cow and
Mr.. Bowers came along as Isaac was
putting up the notice. They had some
words over it, and Mr.. Bowers brothers
learning of the trouble and knowing
him to be crippled, soon appeared or
the scene and pelted Isaac over the
head few blows that brought blood.
At this writing everything is quiet
and all the difficulties seem settled.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-09-08
LOCAL NEWS.

PoRTo Rico PAPER-Mr. j. T. How
ell, OF Tillery, has sent us a paper
which he received from his son from
Porto Rico. It is LA Neuva Era, ;"
and Is interesting because it is curious.
TOBACCO BARN Observation-Disclosures
night about 8 o'clock Mrs. A. v. John
son, who lives near town, lost tobacco
barn about half filled with tobacco.
The fire had been put out at 3 O'Clock,
and she could not account for the
burning.
LOST HIS ENTIRE TOBACCO CROP
News comes from Enfield that Mr..
Pippin, agent for the Wilmington and
Weldon railroad company, a few days
ago lost his entire tobacco crop. His
pack house caught fire and he lost the
entire product of IL acres.
Mr.. E. j. HoLL1NGswoRrH-
where may be seen the advertisement of
OF Mr.. Hollingsworth, who comes to
Scotland Neck to open a frst-class
furniture store. THE COMMONWEALTH,
with others, welcomes this new enter
prise OF special line, and we bespeak
liberal patronage for Mr.. Holdings
worth. His special business will be a
great convenience to the town. See
his ad.
GOES TO ALABAMA.-Mr. David HoH-
man, oldest son of Mr.. M. Hoffman,
has gone to Admission, Ala, to go Into
business for himself. He left Wednes-
day morning for New York where he
has gone to join his partner S. J. Rund.
They will purchase stock of goods
together and set up in Admission under
the name OF "Rund & Hoffman," THE
COMMONWEALTH, with his other many
friends here, wishes David great sue
cess in his new home. He has been
we'll trained in business and will be in
the front rank with his competitors.
CH1LLs FROM THE HA1L.-It is no
ticeable that chills are more prevalent
in the community of the heavy hail in
May than anywhere else IN this region.
All through the community of Tillery
chlIls have been very prevalent. Per-
sons in that community think it comes
from the water in the streams and
swamps becoming poisoned with the
decay OF the great mass of leaves that
were stripped from the trees by the
hail. Some persons say that some days
after the hail the water in the
streams became so poisonous that the
fish died in large quantities and could
be seen floating in the streams any
where.
A BoUNTIFUL DINNER.-Last Satur-
day Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Dunn gave a
dinner to the tobacco warehousemen
and the buyers ON this market. The
party at dinner consisted of Capt. A. S..
Herndon, Mess. J. A. Warren, j. Frank
Brlnkley, w. II. White, w. T. Clement,
0. D. Hooker, r. H. Owen, J. J. Trot-
ter, auctionecr Will J. Finch, Mr..
Starke, visiting auctioneer from
Danville, Mess. House and Virgins
from Mr.. Dunn's farm and the writer.
1t was most sumptuous dinner OF
Brunswick stew and barbecue. The
company enjoyed it greatly and were
profuse in praise of their entertain
ment.