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The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-26
THE CHINESE MINISTER LEARNS
 


 The Chinese minister has learned the fascinating game of feuchre and likes 1t. A week or ten days ago he received an invitation to a progressive euchre party and didn't know what it was. While he likes to go and see people and do things and is very eager to learn American habits and customs, there are so many attempts to impose upon him that naturally he has to be little cautious, and, never having heard of progressive euchre, he took friend into his confidence and asked for ad- vice. The invitation came from one of the delightful homes in Washington, at which MT. and Mrs. Wu have been several times entertained Therefore the friend knew the place was all right and explained to the minister the features of the game. The latter be- came much interested, sent to a book store for manual and studied it with the greatest of attention all one day. Then he turned it over to his secre- taries, MT. Chung, MT. Tung. MT. Chow and MT. Yang, and made them learn the game. Each day thereafter until the date of the party the minister played for an hour or two with his staff, so that he became quite proficient and won the first prize.
 He shows the same zeal in every thing he undertakes; he asks as many question as Ii Hung Chang. and by the time he returns to China will not only be thoroughly Amerfcanized, but will know all that is worth knowing, and more, too, about the habits and practi- ces of the foreign devils" in these parts. Washington correspondence Chicago Record
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-26
HELD 2,ooo POUNDS.
Superintendent Hoyt Meets With an Experience While Winding the Fire

Superintendent Hoyt Meets With an
 Experience While Winding the Fire
 Alarm Bell.
 Every Wednesday at noon;" Says the Norwalk Gazatte, Superintendent John H. Hoyt of the fire alarm system, tests one of the several boxes by send ing in an alarm on the big bell, to as- certain whether everything is in work ing order.
 This Wednesday, however, when John pulled box, the fire bell refused to sound an alarm, indicating that something was wrong.
 Thinking perhaps that the bell need ed winding up, John went to the Town House and climbed up the rickety ladder into the bell tower.
 Grasping the large crank he proceed ed to wind the mechanism. Suddenly he heard something fall upon the floor over his head and at the same time be- came conscious that he was holding by the crank, the 1000 pounds of iron which operates the striking apparatus. He could not release his hold on the crank and allow the enormous weight to fall and smash the mechanism of the striking apparatus, nor could he bear the strain for any length of time. Cllnging to the crank arm for dear life, he thrust his head out of the lit- tie tower window, to look for some one to come to his assistance and saw Clarence Cram passing on the side walk. He hastily called to Clarence, and as soon as the superintendent | could make himself understood young Cram, ran into the Town House and climbed the ladder to his assistance. Luckily the weights were within
 reach and Cram soon removed them, | allowing John to release his grasp on
 the crank and take a long breath. | As soon as the superintendent could
 pull himself together, he made an in vestigation and found that the pin
 which holds the ratchet arm that re- l leases the bell hammer and catches it
 after each stroke, had slipped out of
 position thus setting the hammer mechanism free and throwing the 200,
 pounds of weight upon the winding ap-
 paratus which he held in check by tht crank handle.
 It was a new experience for John | and one that he does not care to meet | again"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-26
MASS MEETING SUNDAY.
Special Attraction at the Grand Oper

Special Attraction at the Grand Opera
 House Sunday Afternoon.
 The committee in charge of the grand mass meetings for men at the opera house have arranged an especial ly attractive programme for next Sun days meeting. General Henry H. Had ley of New York will speak; also Major John H. Murray. There will be whist ling solos by Charles B. Rowe and se- lections by the Y. M. c. A. Glee club. The meeting opens with a song service at 3:45. All men are invited to at tend.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-26
CONDITION OF THE TREASURY.

CONDITION or THE TREASURY.
 Washington, March 25.-To-day's s statement of the condition of the treas ury shows: Available cash balance, 24,474672; gold reserve, $172,21s,1 ,161; net silver, s1O,S54,543; United States notes in the treasury, $39, 43O, 400; treas ury notes of 1890, $3,S9z373; total re- ceipts this day, $7S7, ,152; total receipts this month, $26,6O7, 423;t total receipts this year, S3o1 1,165, 1886; total expendi- lures this day, $930,000; total expendi- lures this month, s2S,940,000; total ex- penditures this year, S299, ,S27 1925; de- posits in national banks, S31 553,544.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-26
BOXING SHOW.

Reports from the training quarters of the men who are to appear at the boxing carnival of the New Haven Athletic club, which takes place at the Hyperion March 2S, are very favorable. All the men are training faithfully and will be in tip-top shape, fit to fight for their lives. The fifteen-round go be- tween Dick O'Brien and Dick Moore
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-26
IN NORTH HAVEN TO- MORROW.

LIN 1NOIll II Il[A V I1AN IC-0hC1eIsOV w
 Sheldon B. Thorpe of North Haven will speak in the Congregational church there next Sunday evening up- on '"The Great Revival of 1S31" In that year the Congregational church received the, largest accession of members it ever had at any one time, 159 less than half score of whom are living. It was an old fashioned New England revival
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-09
$50 i'm Gold!
Will be paid to Any Man or Woman

It remains for the celebrated firm OF physi,
clans and specialists, Dr.. Hathaway & Co. (ReR.
ulGI Graduates RegistePed), TO place a genuine
businesF proposition before the public, which
has never been made before.
We agree 10 treat any person afflicted with any
chronic disease and cure them, furnishing med.
icines and everything necessary for their case
faithfully follows treatment and diFections. and
the case 10 q durable one.
This offer 10 plain, and there is no catch TO IL
and furthermore, the offer Is good and the
money perfectly safe, because we are financially
responsible
DR.. Hathaway & Co.'s experience during the
last twenty years has proved the fact that they
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-09

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure bill
iousness, sick and bilious headache, diz-
ziness, costiveness, or constipation, sour
stomach, loss of appetite, coated tongue,
Indigestion, or dyspepsia, windy belch-
ings, heartburn" pain and distress
after eating, and kindred arrangements
Of the liver stomach and bowels.
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-09

ture, female troubles, skin eruptiOns uLcera kidnsv
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liquor, opium and morphine habits or Gay chronic
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fare Ind hotel bill TO all who prefer to come to
our office for treatment, II we fail to cure. We
have the best OF financial and professional ref
erences and transact our business on q strictly
professional basis, promising nothing but what
We can fulfill. We do not believe in any OF the
free prescriptions, free cure, free sam pie or G.
o. d. frauds, but think 1t 10 best In the end to be
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don't delay.
We have carefully prepared Symptom Blanks
No. l, for men; No. 3, for women; No. 3, for skin
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booklet which we will send Free to Sll who
really desire truthful information about their
condition. Call ON or address
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70 Dearborn st., Chicago, III
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The Advocate and news., 1898-02-09

GRAFTON, sacrifice nor desert. Victory
by any other course would be poisoned
with a suggestion of an itching palm.
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-09

have cured thousands
Of cases where other
doctors have failed, and
this warrants them In
making this remaFka-
Dle offer. All persons
who are suffering from
any chronic disease,
have now an OppOrtu
nifty to test the treat.
ment Of the AcknOwl-
edged leading physi-
clans and specialists Of
this country, with an
absolute surety Of be-
ing cured. Special dis
eases, such az cdtdTrh,
blood poison, WedknSss OF
men and WOmea Which
nf Ct the delicdte organs,
and priUdte diseases Of
all Kinds, rheumatism,
affsiefgtFo a,nr{aoaoIs s.sts,
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-09

unccd." Well, so was Washington and
ncoln.
Clay Center Times (Rep.): McNall
i knocked Clarkson of the Christmas
Do, and now possibly FIRE insurance
n reach an honest competitive basis.
Wichita Eagle (Rep.): It is not true
vt Leland and Baker are fighting, but
s a watermelon that has been ripped
unnd with a short-bladed knife, it
luld take a mighty little jolt to get
ASn apart.
Atchison Globe (Tnd.): The next
Ret nominated by the Kansas Re-
bllcans should be a good one. Pol
l.ians say that the present Populist
.Sindstration has been strong and pop
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-03-03

he military service. We were too old
to serve in the last war. We took the
Fayetteville paper from 1887 to 1865,
and since then we have taken Louis
vile paper. We buy books which in
terest US and have library of which
we are proud.
"Brother and l own everything in
common, our house and our land. We
have had large tracts OF timber land.
but sold most of it. When we lived in
Alabama we were so much alike that
two years after 1 left people did not
know was gone. They saw brother
Hector and thought he was-if may
use the phrase-'both of u.s.
Both Hector and Hugh are greatly
interested in looking up their family
history. Hecter has given much care
and money to the placing OF tom bstones
over the graves OF his kinsmen. They
both want information as to their rela-
tives in Scotland. The McLeans were
from Jure, Hugh says. Itwas pathetic
to hear him say:
'"Not person is now living in Fay
etteyllle save one who was there when
we went to the place in 1926. Then
the town had 1000 people. 1t hae not
grown much since. The greatest
growth is in the graveyard. Ah ! how
that has grown!"
These aged twins, whose loye fol
each other is untouched by time, went
to Fayetteville and had their photo.
graphs taken side by side just as they
were in the daguerrotype of 1850
They always dress we'll and live well
Hugh's language is that OF man who
studies. He keeps up with the tim es
Heliyes sixteen miles from the rail.
roads nearest point, and this, he says
is why he made the journey OF twenty
eight miles here in his buggy. He
saws that they are the Oldest twins in
the United States, and 80 tar as they
know the Oldest in the world.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-03-03
Per Aspera.

Christian Advocate.
John Carter of Essex county, Eng
land, was one OF the most wonderful ar
tists of the present century. When
but boy, he was paralyzed from bis
shoulders down. The muscular power
of the neck did not suffer, although the
physicians said that his neck was
broken. His head did not suffer in any
wise. He was compelled to lie fiat of
his back for fourteen years, unable to
turn over or to move hand and foot.
MANY in this condition would have
given up In despair, and would have
waited in dreary passlvity for the end.
But not so with John Carter. Having
some artistic talent, he began to draw
and paint pictures, holding the pencil
or brush in his mouth. His success
astonished him and his friends. His
pictures we're we'll conceived and ex-
ecuted with wonderful skill and delica-
cy of touch. They became famous.
"The Sick Horse" "Christ Sitting" /"
and "The Virgin and Child" were his
master pelces. He died on Sunday.
June End, 1850
What a lesson this Is for these who
feel that they are so hemmed in by OBJ
stacles that they can do nothing in life.
What a lesson for that vast army of
idlers who stand in the market
place" of the world claiming that the
world owes them something and that
they can collect nothing; from their
| hopeless debtor. Energy, application
and faith in God make upa rich cap
ital for any man and woman.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-03-03
Prompt Answers.

Chicago Tribune.
The lecturer on health bad finished
his discourse and invited his auditors
to ask any questions they chose con-
corning points that might seem to need
clearing up, when lean, skinny man
rose up and asked:
"Profcsaor, what do you do when you
can't sleep 1T night?
"I usually stay awake" replied the
lecturer, "although, of course, every
body should feel at liberty to do other
wise if he chooses. Are there any Othel
questins?"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-03-03
Raising Chickens in the South.
III" in Christian Advocate.

III" IN Christian Advocate.
There is no money in cotton. That
seems to be the universal verdict. Or
perhaps it would be more nearly cor
rect to say there is too much money
n cotton-more than the grower gets
ut of it. He is, therefore, necessarily
loser. At the recent convention of
cotton growers 1t was recommended
hat less of 1t be grown, and that the
planter turn his attention to other pro-
luctions. But what shall they bey
Why not chickens? There is money in
chickens, and money is what the farm
er wants.
The market for poultry products is
almost unlimited, and the cash value
OF the products of the poultry yards of
the nation is greater than the value of
the annual wheat crops.
In the North and West this is becom-
ing great industry. Almost every
town has its poultry house where tons
upon tons of poultry are bought, dressed
and shipped every winter. thus putting
thousands of dollars into the pockets of
the thrifty farmers.
Poultry can be just as easily and just
as profitably raised in the South as in
the North. Bro,lers for the early Spring
and summer makets can be raised to
even better advantage. In the more
rigorous climate of the North much
more trouble and expense are necessary
to raise chickens DUNG the winter and
spring months than would be necessary
here. No expensive chicken houses,
with artificial heating arrangements
are needed. 1t never gets too cold for
the little chicks to d. we'll with ordi-
nary protection. The prices, especially
for choice early broilers, are very satis-
factory, not infrequently ing 20 cents
,, and more pound. A good incubator
or two, run steadily from now on for
several months would he a more profit
able investment than a cotton farm.
But in this case, as we'll as in all others,
whatever is worth doing is worth doing
we'll and good poultry which brings gilt
edge prices cannot be raised from the
degenerate stock which inhabits the av-
erage barnyard. Get good stock to
start with. The best all round chicken,
prebaps, is the Plymouth Rock, or the
Wyandotte. Ifcotton does not pay
and it does not-why not try chickens? :?
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-03-03

I desire to attest to the merits of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as one
of the most valuable and efficient pre-
parations on the market. 1t broke an
exceedingly dangerous cough for me in
"a hours, and in gratitude therefor, !
desire to inform you that I will never
be without 1t, and you should feel proud
of the nigh esteem in which your
Remedies are held by people in general
1t is the one remedy among ten thous
and. Success to Ito. r. DowNEY
Editor Democrat, Albion, Ind, Fo
sale by E. T. Whitehead & Co,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-03-03
FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for over fifty years by mil
lions of mothers for their children
while teetbing, with perfect success. 1t
soothes the child, softens the gums, al
laws all pain, cures wind collie. and is
the best remedy for Diarreoea. It will
relieve the poor little sufferer imme.
diately. Sold by Druggists in every
part of the world. Twenty-Five cents q
bottle. Be sure and ask for Mrs
Winslow's Soothing Syrup" and take
no other kind. 2 II ct.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-03-03

Railroad Commissioner Abbott made
a sensible argument before the Com
mission last week concerning the re-
duction of freight rates. The Commits
sioners were considering resolution
to reduce the passenger rate on the
railroads in tho State Z of a cent per
mile on both first-and second-class fare.
The resolution passed by vote of to
l. Commissioner Abbott opposed it,
and in his argument he gave strong
reasons why the reduction ought to be
put on freight rather than on passen-
ger rates. He said that persons who
ride on the railroads do SO for business
or pleasure, and that very small per
cent. of the entire population of the
State ride on the trains at all, and are
therefore not affected either by high or
low passenger rates while freight rates
affect everybody through the transpor-
tatlon of what they eat, drink and wear.
Commissioner Abbott said that statis-
tics show that 70 per cent. of the earn
ings of railroads is for freight, and it
would, therefore, be much more sensi-
BILE thing to order reduction on freight
rates than on charges for transportation
of passengers. His arguments seem to
us to be quite we'll placed.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-03-03

"a crick IN the back" a pain under
the shoulder blades, water brash bilious
ness, and constipation. are symptoms
of disordered stomach, kidneys, liver,
and bowels. For all ailments originat'
| ing in arrangement OF these organs
take Ayers Pills. For sale by =. y
Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-03-03

This desire for a hereafter-this de-
mand, shall say?-is definite hung.
er of the self within u.s. By every
analogy of nature, spread out in all its
varied forms by creative hand, we
never see hunger without provision
made to meet 1t. Must we know all
about the beyond in order to be con-
tent? We know not the beauties of a
palace until we are within. The very
ability to think of it however predicates
it for we cannot think the unthinka-
BILE. The Frightening faces OF the dy-
ing ofttimes proclaim it. What their
eyes see and their ears hear, will be
ours also, when we approach the mere
veil that covers the entrance to the be-
yond. As one of the Restoration poets
SAYS:
"The soul's dark cottage, battered
and decayed,
Lets in new light through chinks
which Time hath made.
Stronger by weakness, wiser men be-
As they draw near their eternal home.
Both worlds at once they view
Who stand upon the threshold of the
new"
/ close with some verses based upon
a line in one OF the Horace Odes.
"NON OMNIS MORIAR."
AS prisoned birds in alley dark
We fret our lives away,
Longing to rise like soaring lark,
And watch the opening day.
And now we crouch in dull despair,
And fret our earth-foored cage
Anon our useless wings we tear
In idle, hopeless rage.
In gentler mood we gaze above
And hutter feebly higher,
Hoping to bring the blne we love,
If but little, higher.
But ever cloud. or falling night,
Or half-forgotten bars,
Forbid us cen the constant light
OF distant misty stars.
And yet beyond these bars, they say,
Beyond this swollen town,
The tull sun rises every day,
And every night goes down.
And sometimes from dusty pane
A mirrored sunbeam falls,
And wakes an unrememb bered strain,
That tells of love and life again
Beyond these prison walls.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-03-03
Tho hlne-hird ia hailed "a harbinge

The blue-bird is hailed as harbinger
of Spring. It Is also reminder that a
blood-purifier is needed to prepare the
system for the debilitating weather to
come. Listen and you will hear the
birds singing: "Take Ayers Sarsa-
parilla in March, April, May" For
sale by E. T. Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-03-03
How TO GET THE SYSTEM READY FOR
THE SPRING.

II always dread the Spring" he said !;
",t makes me feel 80 bad. wake up
with a bad taste IN my mouth and
sense of goneness, and some days can
hardly pull one foot after another"
OF course any man who does not
look after his system and starts into
the Spring without getting bis BLOOD
cleansed from the impnraties that have
accumulated through the long winter
will have the same experience. The
thing to do ls to begin early with
bottle OF Davld's Sarsaparilla and use 1t
faithfully until the entire system III
kcleansed.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-03-03
SCOTLAND NECK, N. c.. THURSDAY MARCH g. 1898.

of the earth. ALI these are human beings
whose lives are spent in stolid misery.
They have rights and by all that is
fair and equitable in human nature,
we declare that somewhere, someday,
somehow they shall haye a chance to
live life in its highest.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-03-03

Barring the war talk that has been
somewhat exciting for the past few DAYS,
the country is in quite a hopeful con-
dition, we believe. Persons from va
rlous sections of the country think that
good feeling geneally prevails There
is, of course, the general cry of hard
times but in North Carolina especially
the people seem to feel like the malad-
minlstration that now bears so heavily
upon us will be lifted at the next cleo
ton. And this alone is enough to
make the people of North Carolina
feet buoyant, in the face of other dis
couragements even.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-03-03

One of the most contemplate rea-
sons we have heard given why we ought
to have war with Spain, was by v1ne-
gar-souled hanger-on whom we happen
ed to hear express himself recently. He
said he would like to see war, for it
would make some of the moneyed men
scatter their hoardings; and he intima-
ted that war would also thin out the
hordes OF worthless fellows who by Gre
alton and growth infest this country.
We thought it very low motive for
desiring war, and almost felt like he
ought to be put in the forefront Of the
first battle and disposed of in short Or
der.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-03-03
care you troubled with

care you troubled with
"Pimples?
"BlOtches?
Eczema?
"Or any other blood or skin disease
Then try the great blood purifier.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-03-03
VOL. XIV. New Series Vol. 2.
THE EDITORS LEISURE HOURS.
Points and Paragraphs Of Things
Present, Past and Future.

Recently a man of some observation
remarked concerning the drunkenness
that prevailed during the Christmas
holidays. He observed that most OF
the men whom he had seen under the
influence of liquor were men of forty
years and more, and that the young
men generally were not drinking 40
much. It is bad enough for any class
Or age of men to indulge in intoxlcants,
but it does certainly look hopeful
when young men refrain from the cup.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-03-03

The death of Frances E. Willard,
which occurred few days ago in New
YORK, leaves vacancy In the ranks of
women reformers that will be hard to
FIJI. For long time her name has
mans work In temperance and other
reforms; and her influence has been
strong and effective in the causes which
she espoused. The world owes
much to the influence of such conse-
Grated souls, and the moral forces which
they set a-going stands as monuments
to their worth.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-03-03
uuDSoN'S ENGLISH KITCHEN,

1877 Main ST., NORFOLK, VA.
Is the Leading Dining Room in the
City for Ladies and Gentlemen. Strict
" Temperance Place. All meals 25c.
- ~Hudsonis SURPRISING Coffee .
enectaltv. 1 16 "
The Lamar register., 1898-05-14

his credit, than all the lions in the
Spanish nenagerie. The Pig Is the
Katahdin of the brute creation. Ee
can unsod more front yard, despoil
more currant bushes, upset more
gates aud shed more cIods and brick
bats than any other quadruped on
earth, and through it all he will
smile and smile and preserve the
most provoking mental equipoise- 1t
will be sad day and date for the
Spanish lion when it meets mp with
the North American hAzel-splitter
and terror OF the range