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Unless it is Dead at The Root. There's never a garden from blemish so free That all of its trees will bear fruit; Yet the gardener never despairs of a tree Unless it is dead at the root. With his knife he dissevers the old withered limbs, And cares for the tree they pollute; "It will yet bear me blossoms, he sings as he trims,--"Unless it is dead at the root." And so there is never a lang-.ilsliing life, But may blossom again and bear fruit; It needs but the touch of the gardener's kniie Unless it is dead at the root. The population of the world averages 109 women to every 100 men. Eiirht-ninths of the sudden deaths arc those of males. benator Lhandier, oi Acw Hampshire, seems to be a more dangerous man to It is friends than to his enemies, .thinks the Philadelphia Record. If the Republicans should nominate McKinley and Reed i would be a kangaroo ticket o the most pronounced type, thinks the Galveston News. Acdording to the Charleston News and Courier the cottcn mills of South Carolina now manufacture about four-fifths of the vState's cotton crop. A Kansas court has ruled that "a man who calls upon a woman regularly and takes her to enter tainments occasionally is legally engaged to marry her' Tiie Hendersouville Times, Republican, says of Marion But ler, after having done all it could to put him in the Senate, that "his actions of late stamp him as a man that cannot be trusted, and in politics more knave than fool." The Baltimore Ilcra Id says that ninety-two new cotton mills and 400 other manufacturing plants have been established in the Southern States during the first quarter of 1S96, and il is a record of progress which cannot be re flected upon without a sense of amazement, representing, as it does, the actual growth in man ufacture in three mouths. The Raleigh Nczus & Observer, of a recent date, mentions with great satisfaction the fact that a North Carolina young lady Miss Virginia Ragsdale, of Jamesville, Guilford county has just been awarded the European Fellowship by Bryu Mawr Col lege, for the year 1896-7. That paper says: This Fellowship gives five hundred dollars to the holder to pay the expenses of one year's study in some University on the continent of Europe, the same to be selected by the young woman, subject to the approval of the Bryn Mawr Faculty. No greater academic honor than this can be won by a woman of America; and wheu it is understood from how large a circle are the young wo men who compete for this honor, the people of our State will feel a just pride in the fact that this year such distinction has come to a North Carolina girl. Miss Ragsdale was the first girl to ob tain at Guilford College the grad uate scholarship which Bryu Mawr confers every year upon a lady graduate at Guilford, the selection being made upon the ground of scholarship. She has now, at the close of three years of successful work, reached the highest honor in the power of the Faculty of Bryn Mawr to confer upon her, and will spend a year in Europe, under the most famous instructors. The Presi dent of Bryn Mawr, in announc ing1 the honor on the morning of the 25th, said that there were so many strong z'nls in the class this year that the mark of dis tinction was all the greater; that they had fellows from Boston, Berlin and New York, and now they were glad to have the South represented by a North Carolina gin. How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Re ward for any case of Catarrh that c:m ml he cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CIIKNIvY & CO., Prons.. We. the undersigned, have known V. : ,T. Cheney for the last 15 years, and be lieve hiin perfectly honorable in all business transactions, and financially able to carry out auy obligation made by their firm. Wicsx & 'fur Ax, Wholesale Druggistr . Toledo, Q. warding, KimnAN& Marvin, whole sale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's-Catarrh Cure is taken iuter-jv-il'y. acting directly upon the blood and' mucous surfaces of the system. Pri'.-e 75c per bottle. Sold b' all Drug ;':sts. Testimonials free. Hall's family pills are the best. The trolley car and bicycle have been hard upon the horse, as according to statistics' the value of American horses has within the past three years depreciated- $500,000,000. W. C. T.U. BY A MEMBER. 'Tor the cause that lacks assistance And the wrougjhat needs resistance.' Keeping S'locn. The following true story "only the name was not Smith" is told in the Pittsbuig Dis patch. I hear that Smith hasjustsold out his saloon," said one of a couple of middle aged men, wdio sat sipping their beer and. eating a bit of cheese m a bnnthheld siloon. 'Yes," responded the other, rather slowly. "What was the reason I thought he was just coining money there." The other nibbed a . cracker abstractedly for a moment ant then said: "It's rather a funny storv. Smith, you know, lives on Mount Washington, right near me, where he has an excel lent wife, a nice home, and three is pretty children as ever played outdoors. All boys, you know, the oldest not over nine, and all about the same size. Smith is a pretty respectable sort of a citi zen never drinks or gambles, and thinks the world of his family. "Well, he went home one af ternoon last week ud found his wife out shopping or something of that sort. He went through the house into the back yard, and there under the apple tree were the little fello ws playing. They had a bench and some bottles and tumblers, and were playing 'keep saloon.' He noticed that they were drinking something out of a pail, and that they acted tipsy. The youngest, who was behind the bar, had a towel tied around his waist amhwas setting the chinks up pretty free. Smith walked over and loolied into the pail. It was beer, and two of the boys were so drunk that they staggered. A neighbor's boy, two yeais older, lay asleep be hind the tree. " 'My God! boys, you must not drink that!' he said, as he lifted the six-year-old from behind the bench. " ' We 's playin' s'loon, papa, an' I was a-sellin' it just like you,' said the little fellow. Smith poured out the beer, carried the drunken boy home and then took his own boys home and put them to bed. When his wife came back, she found him crying like a child. He came down town that night, and sold out his bus- iuess, and says he will never sell or drink another drop of Heritor. His wife told mine about it, and she broke down crying while she told it " The chief of police at Lincoln, at during1 the en forceiueut of the curfew law for the first mouth in that city there has been a falling off in crimes and arrests of seventy-five per cent, over former months. After May 1st, thtr new law suppressing the sale of liquor to minors or students will go ir..to effect in Virginia, The term students eompri.ses those at any institution of learning in the State including public schools, whether over twenty one or not. Baron Liebig is quoted by Archdeacon Farrar as saying, that if one drank 70 gallons of best Bavarian beer lie would get no more nutriment than from a live pound loaf. Mrs. Stonewall Jackson (wife of the famous Confederate Gen eral, who was a Baptist minister aud an earnest Christian) is a member of the white-ribbon baud in the town in which she lives. Charlotte, N. C. Convention of the vV. C. T. U. will meet in St. Louis next fall. Boy'n Essay on Hens. On the subject of hens a boy writes: "Hens is curious animals. They don't have no nose, nor no teeth, nor no ears. They swaK low their vittles whole and chew it up in their crops inside of 'em. The outside of hens is generally put inter pillars and inter feath er dusters. The inside of a hen is sometimes filled with marbles and shirt buttons and such. A hen is very much smaller than a good many other animals, but uxe up more cabbage plants than any tiling that am t alien. Ileus is very useful to lay eggs for plum puddings. Skiuuey Bates cat so much pud, ding once that it sent him into the collerv. Hens h as got wings and can fly wheu they get scart. lent Uncle William's hen's head off with a hatchet and it scart her to death Hens sometimes make very fine spring chickens. The latest results of pharmaceutical science and the best modern appliances are availed of in compounding Aver's Sarsaparilla. Hence, though half-a-ceutury in exis'auce as a medicine, it is fully abreast of the age iu all that goes to make it the standard blood-purifier. The Power of The Voice Over Horses. Horses are very sensitive to the human voice. A loud, harsh or angry voice will raise their pulse five to ten beats per miib ute, while a kind and soothing tone quiets and assures them as nothing else can. A kind and sensible driver has much greater power by- his voice, over his horse, than foolish drivers have by thsir gagbits, whips, twisters, and other tortures, all of which' are vain substitutes for intelli" gent kindness. Horses know instantly by their master's voice his feeling to- wards them. A yelling driver soon reduces his team to either chronic indifference or perpetual nervousness. Nothing is more idiotic among all the many phas es of reason less abuse, which ignorant and foolish men inflict on tii is most noble and faithful friend. Whiprjinjr. ierking the bit and yelling will quickly con fuse any horse, and would cons fuse any man so treated, and every driver who does it should be discharged, and an owner guilty of such conduct deserves condign punishment. Horses love to be talked to by their drivers, and they under stand more than is supposed pos sible. Low voiced drivers have much the best influence over them. I have seen horses obey a whispered order and refuse at tention to one yelled at them. Few drivers depend enough on their voice, which will be used far more and the whip and bits far less, as intelligence increases among horsemen aud they learn that kindness is the indispensa ble requisite to good horseman- siiip llarry Be;:son. Here and There. Over G00.000 cattle are slaught ered yearly for the manufacture of beef extracts. Tiie manufacture of razors by machinery has become an im portant industry iu Germany. Carriage drivers in France re ceive 4.82 a week; iu England, $5.15; iu Germany, 3.21; and in Italy, $2.60. A Southern California railway has now eighteen locomotives in regular service burning oil, and the results are quite satisfactory. The venom ot snakes will de stroy vegetable life, but not with out inoculation. It has been proved, in fact, that seeds will germinate in the poison. Gray hairs at an early age are hereditary in certain families. It is a result, as a rule, of men with dark nair marrying women with dark hair through several generations. "To knock the snots out of anvthinu" is an allusion to the traditional skill of Western cow boys and famous rifle shots, who would shoot the spots of a card held between the fingers of a friend. The statue of Lord Byron, which has just been unveiled by King George, at Athens, repre- sents the poet advancing with outstretched arms to meet Greece, who hoi Is out to him a laurel O V ; V, T ' 1 1 V. A V V i . . i'riuce Bismarck received about 2 1 0,000 postal c rds from as many admirers congratulating him on his 80th birthday. These cards had a total weight of 1.320 pounds, and piled up iu one col umn would have reached a height of 1 50 feet. Forty- thousand acres of virgin forest in northern Idaho will soon be turned over to the axe men of a big lumber syndicate. It is expected this area will yield move than 400,000,000 feet of white and yellow pine, red and white fir. cedar and tamarrack. Trials of a Country Editor. Whatever may be the truth or the falsity of the stories that are told of the scarcity of funds in a country editor's pocket or the scarcity- of food in his stomach, the stories are all told, and neith er the progress of eJucation or the growth aud development of the press seem to have any t-ff .ct u3on the crop. One of the latest comes from Kentucky, where the mountain editor, at le-st, larcly develops into a Crcesus or an Apicius, and this one is concern ing a mountain editor.v A sub scriber had remembered him very kindly, ai d a d sy or i vvo later a visitor called at hi ; ;lice. "Can I sec the editor?" he in quired of the grimy-little "devil" on the high stool. "No, sir," replied tiie youth on the stool, "He's sick." "What's the matter with him?" "Dun no," said the boy, "One of our subscribers gave him a bag of flour aud a bushel of per taters t'other day, an 1 reckon lie's foundered." The Time for Building Up the system is at this season. The cold weather has made unusual drains upon the vital forces. The blood has become impoverished and impure, and a'l the functions of the body suffer in consequence. Hood's Sarsaparilla is th;' great builder, because it is the One True Blood Purifier and nerve tonic. Hood's Pills become the favorite ca thartic with all who use them. All druggists. 25c. DEADLY SHOTS FIRED BY THE SUN. IN ONE INSTANCE AN INNOCENT MAN WAS SENTENCED TO BE HANGED. In a recent paper appeared an account of a strange accident iu which a man was killed by the discharge of a gun while lying asleep on a lounge'iu his room, tiie weapon being discharged by reflected rays of the sun falling upon the cartridge chamber of the firearm. Since the publication of the story acorr spondent from York, Pa , writes concerning the acci dent and refers to a similar case, in which, through the efforts of a clever Cincinnati lawyer named G. C. Wall is, the person accused of murder and sentenced to be hanged was set at , liberty, the circumstantial evide nee on which he was convicted being entirely exploded by a witnessed demonstration as to how the ac cider.t really occurred. Tiie York correspondent re ferred to volume 13 of The Ciiminal Law Magazine, page 607, on which a full account of the case appears. The case was that of the State of Tennessee against Avery, tried in Henry county, that state, and is one of tiie most remarkable in the his tory of criminal jurisprudence. In June, 1887, Charles Ensley, the cousin ol a man of the name of Avery, was killed in his room while lying on a lounge, about 3 o'clock in the afternoon. The weapon which caused the death was a s;n :dl rifle, sending a 32 caliber ball through Ensley 's brain. No one was iu the house at the time but Ensley. An empty rifle was found lying on a rack on a wall of the room in which the killing occurred, aiu the bullet fitted the tube. Avery was arrested for the crime, as he was the only living close relative to Ensley, and by Ivs death profitted to the amount ot about $100,000. Averv was tried, pleaded not guilty, bu was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to be hanged. He appealed to the su preine court and engaged Mr Walhs to defend him. The supreme court remanded the case back to the circuit court on tech uical eriors. Two mistrials were brought about, and then came the strangest part of the story The brilliant Wallis struck the keynote to the mystery. In Aug 1891. he had the rifle hv.ded and hung on the wall. A white sheet with the form of a man marked 011 it was placed in exact ly the position occupied by En sley when lying asleep, and a heavy cut glass pitcher of water like the one found ,in the room was placed on the shelf above. The temperature was 90 degrees iu the shade, one of the hottest days of the year. The pitcher acted as a sun glass, and the hot rays of the sun shining through the water were retracted directly on the cartridge chamber of the rifle. Eight witnesses were in the room, aud a few minutes after 3 o'clock a puff and a report oc cur, ed, and the ball struck the outlined form back of the ear in the exact location where Knsley was shot, and the theory of cir cumstantial evidence went to pieces. The incident, being wit nessed aud sworn to, readily ex plained itself to the jury. Cin cinnati Enquirer. Thousands ol Women: SUFFER UNTOLD MISERIES. BRADFIELD'S REGULATOR, ACTS AS A SPECIFIC Bj Arousing to Healthy Action all her Organs. It etiuses heal tli to bloom, and! J joy to reign throughout the frame. it Never Fails to Reouiate ... lIhc uhTaiciaiis three year, wltliont benefit.. ".My wife Ims been unUer treatment of leail- . After .mini: tureo hollies of 1SUAIK1KI.I'S fr'KMALK HKUUIjATOtL shocaa dulierown ' cooKUig, rnilklni: ant wasbliiK." . s. mtKAJM. Henderson. Ala. I'.IUUriKIJI UKUCLATOU CO., AUanU, Ga. Bold by druggists at 81.00 per bottle. Ve invite an inspection of the', job n-ork tin ned out at the Fish- erman & Farmer office. If it pays to advertise at all it pays tO i .i i j liave tiie WOrtC UOne 111 a manner that is artistic and attractive. We' use the latest style of tvpe ami the best material; aud a trial order ! will convince you that we strive to rjlease Superiour Court Chowan Countr.N.C. J. N.PrudEN, Adm'r., -J Charles Blair. . against 1 John Cheshire, Charles j Cheshire. Michael ;hcs- j hire and Sail ie Cheshire, j The defendants above named will take notice that an action as above en titled has begun in the Superior Court of ChOA-au county. North Carolina, to sell the real estate (situated in said county) of Charles Blair, deceased, for assets to pay his debts. You are there fore summoned to appear belore uie at mv office in Ivdenton, North Carolina, on the Sth day of May 1S90 and answer cr demur to the complaint of the plain tiff a copy of which is deposited in this ofiice or iud'uient will be recorded against you according to the .prayer of the complaint. II. C. PRIVOTT, Clerk Superior Court. March 20th, 1S96. NOTCE. IIavin; qualified as administrate upon the estate of Charles Ulaii, tie ceased, 1 hereby give notice to all per sons having claims against said dece dent to ore-sent them to di: withing 0:1- year from this date. J. N. PRUDEN, Admr. March 20th For Sale- A fine lot South cust corner of King and Oakum streets well adapted to atn goud business enterprise having a large watei front. Said lot is about 140 feet wide and 175 feet deep; can oe sold o n good terms Apply to Mrs. 13. I. Parish or iu her absence to her agent, Mr. L. F. JCicgler. Ivdenton, jn. v. Sales-Agents Wanted FOr Made to Measure and Rsady Mad Cloth ing by Sample. Very lo west prices fbr best lathing. Liberal commisious are paui. i.uer- getic soliciting agents can make Irom one to three thousand dollars yearly. Storekeeper; can supply themselves without carrying stock. Send three references WANAMAKER & BROWN, PHILADELPHIA. IS us Debility, D8c g. O. WEST'S :erve mid mm treatment IVi CniGifJAL, ALL OTiiESS IMITATIQHP. . .',! andur positive Written nnrr.n'ee. ...i:lnTizf-daRi:t3 wily, to cam Weak ttemory -.'zi'i-'ss WakefulneHB, Fits, Hysteria, Qnick Nijiht Lofiees, Kvil Dresuua, Lack of Ooati 'icf . Nervousness, Lnseitu do, nil Drains. Youth :: Errors, or Ezcossive Lisa of Tobacco, Opium, r Liquor, which loads to Misery. Consumption, iif-anity and Death. At utore or by mail, 1 .x; fiix for ?r,; with written cnaranteft to KM or vefiincl money. Mainple pai5 tfff!. containing live days treatment, with fa!" axtrnctions, 25 ceata. One bainplo ouly sold tc :ach person. At etore or by mail. v -li.!L-S riea i-nsi apeuiai extra o;tuny;:i. ' i.. ..... .. .-j, j ... , 1 V.t.t r .fiat. rit.iriHrwwS Vs Sterility or Barrenness. 1 t$l a box; six for 5, withRyrvgrf iwx-itten euarante ob fC to cure in 30 days. Lt etsrB'm 3SrF-0or by mail. AFTER A. C. & R. S .Mitchell, Sole Agents, Edenton, N. C 1 You can Write to its for ruiytliint; in the Printing line and get it rs promptly and cheap as by colling at the ofiice. Whyf Because wo inaVc a Spe cial tv of Mail Orders. Save Paying BeetQFB' BOTANIC . BLOOD BALM THE GREAT REMEDY TOR ALL BLOOD AND SKIN DISEASES K tceo thoroughly tested by em- lnent ihyauina3 tu.t the people for & to rears, uu 1 cures quickly and pevmanTuily SCROFULA, ULCERS, ECZEMA, tfS RKcUMATiSM, CATARRH, ERUPTIONS, nil reamer of EATING, SPREADING an.l UUSMNO SOKES. It ia by far the beft tonic ai:4 fi' U ' jmriiier ever (feret to the TyrlJ. Price $1 yr " untie, c tiottics ior fc.v I or sale ly aruzzi' hzli 2 r K voxiEKrti. cures. & KLOCO BALM CO.. AHsr.ts. Ca. GET THE BEST When yon are about to buy a Sewing Machine do not be deceived by alluring advertisements and be led to think you can get the best made, finest finished and Most Popular for a mere son. See to it that you buy from reliable manu iiicturers that have gained a reputation by honest aadsquaro dealing-, you will then cat a. Sewing Machine that is noted the world ever for its dura bility. You want the one that is easiest to manage and is Light Running . There is nono in the world that can equal ia mechanical con etruction, durability of working parts, fineness of finish, beauty in appearance, or has as many TV "F T T O TVT T7i v.. - . - . ' . on both sides o needle patented), no other has New Stand (patented), driving wheel hinged on adjustable centers, thus reducing friction to wmTE FOB CIRCULAR WRITE FR CIRCUIAR8. THE FEW HOME SEWHG MACHINE CO. K2M5:-T samf&ahcmoo,c..u ArnjrxA, d. Adun; in JJIbemarle Steam Navigation Co. GEO. II . WITIIIiY, MASTER. Leaves Edenton every Tues lay, Thursday and Saturday at 4 a.m., connecting at Tunis with rains for Norfolk and Raleigh. Connecting at Franklin with trains for Norfolk, Raleigh' and Atlanta. These are sure connections and we hope the public will show their appreciation by patron izing the "Old Reliable." R. A. PRETLOWN Sup't. SIMPLE I5QUIRY HAY SYE IOC DCLLAES Write for prices before plae ing orders for graves! ones o cemetery work. Designs sent free. -COUFER'JS- -MARBLE WORKS. 4 1, 1 13 & 115 Bank St., Norfolk Vn. he T sner Kdenton, N. C. Manufacturer and Repairer of JIUm pi r Ware. Roofing and Guttering A SPECIALTY. lieiJiiii-oi- ol'StoveS; All work attended to promptly Satisfaction guaranteed. Only first class shop iu Kdenton Those Desiring A Nice Bug'gy Or Vehicle of any kind will save money by calling on C. B. ELLIOTT, Agent at Edenton lor A. Wrenu & Sons, Nod oik, Va. Prices low down. WALTER HUGHES, -HOUSE and SIGK- Ornamented work of all kinds. Grain -i.i. Kais.v ni in ing, Plas tocohig, Paper Hanging, &e. i'i u : rt.T i-jw r.s any. ! ;u:i-ant c;. Address me :t V iVl U ! ' U l i i I I . IV' Aunt Jemima's :r Ail OiiiiMi 1' ul , r-2 a combination of the three great staffs of life Corn and ice, mskes the best cakes you ever ate. It was the great craze at the Atlanta Exposition. Try a package, on sale at C. B. ELLIOTT'S. Edenton, N. C. I have FOR SALE a lot of HORSES, fro'.n !:c finest driver to- the co::i'!i:! p!-v lic-rse ;;t tlu'' h i in s place, liead of lJroa 1 St., which I am offering at low prices. I sell for cash or on time. Call and make a selection and I'll suit you in price and terms. A. Q. ELLIOTT Edenton, N. C. f r -) . . ; .-. ,i VI,',. $ Ci. for Infants OTHERS, Do You Know t ra cgor Batemaa'a Drops, Godfrey' Cordial, many socalled Soothinff Syrups, an 1 most remedies for children are composed of opium or morptowief no Yon Know that opium and morphine are stupefying narcotic poisons ? Po yOM Know that in most countries druggists are not permitted to sell naro.tU s without labeling them poisons ? jo you Know that you should not permit any medicine to be given your .:.;: 1 unless you or your physician knovr of what it is composed f I0 yon Know that Castoria is a purely vegetable preparation, aud that a list . f its ingredients Is published with every bottle? Xp You Know that Castoria is the prescription of the famous Dr. Samuel TitcV. r That it has been ia lise for nearly thirty years, and that more Castoria is now sold t!.n of all other remedies for children combined ? Do you Know thst the Tatent Office Department of the t'uitcd States, nn 1 . f other countries, have issued exclusive right to Dr. I'itchcr and hii assigns to use the Castor ia" and Us formula, and that to imitate them is a state prison offense? Tr You Know that one of the reasons for granting this government protcilum was because Castoria had been proven to be absolutely harmless? lo You Know that 35 average doses of Ca-toria are furnished for j.j cents, or one cent a dose ? Do You Know t'iui. when possessed of this perfect preparation, your children may be tcpt well, and that you may have unbroken rest? Well, theso tlilna'H arc worth The fac-sii signature Children Cry for FDR SAL A nice family (grocery S-OCk. All new. Reason for .selling: Partr is going in another business. Terms Kasy. Address ;flr you feel m m FAND VWfTA BRACER, USt OJPES ALL AND GIVES NEW UfE TO T?1 MtiiVEb.fa,1:' 2 LARGE DOSES FOR 1QC5 see mrmwdomns stamped w3smo5 of aiY. PREPARED BY YAEKEL DRUG CO., BALTIMORE, AD bYRD'S FINE Optical Inst rumen z For Examinirg The Eye: w He may be consulted .'it run time between 9 a. 111. ani 12111. 1 . 111. and 6 p. n:., in liis office over L. Ty. Moore's Dry (ioods Store, Kdenton, N. C. EDENTON ACADfiM EDENTON, N. C. A splendid building thoroughly equipped and beauliiu'.j; situated. Pupils prepared for (ToIIcgC OV ixisilcss life. " CORPS OF INSTRUCTION: I cpartment of Music, Miss. S. C. Martin, i. ocution aud I)c sarte, Miss. G. W. Wilkins. IViiuary Department and French, l iiUier Engish and Ancient Languages, C. D. Graves. Primary grade, Intermediate Higher English, Languages extra, each Music, Elocution (Special lessons) Elocution (Class lessons) Incidentals. A pupil having more than ouc half studies in a higher grade is eonsi.lci. to be of that grade. Tuition is payable monthly. Unless special arrange 111. 1 -aie made beforehand, pupils registering enter for the rest of that term, deduction is made except iu case of illness for more than 2 weeks. Hoard . . ': be obtained at reasonable rates. "Address 0. 3D. GKEST7 and ChHdren. knowin; They arc facts. la on every 13 wrapper. Pitcher's Castoria E ," Lockbox 139, KDENTON, N. C. imwrn km 11g4C:rIt:ix TUITION: per mouth, 1.25. .50. I.CO .20