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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-07-03
THEAP >OLUnN.)
 Advertise Your Wants.

FOR RENT-A 5-room cottage nicely fitted
 I No. 1405 West Sixth avenue near Cherry street. Hydrant and well water with all modern Improvements For rent cheap Mention this paper and for further informa- tion call on A. B. Niyen, Main street. near Fourth avenue. dtf
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-07-03

MT. T.. k. Wnliford, of Dumas, is in the city.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-07-03

If you will keep dog you must pay tax on it.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-07-03

All dogs on which tax has not been paid are now Icing impounded by the city.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-07-03
CITY ITEMS.

Tue DAILY GRAPHIC accepts dd- .ertasing on Me distinct and umequioocal guarantee that it has c duly circala- ton lorger than aay other daily ne,os- Daper published ia Pine Blaf.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1896-08-20
Household Hints.

Sandpaper will whiten ivory han
died knives which have become yellow
from age or usage.
Warm bread and cake should be cut
with knife the blade of which has
been heated by standing it in boiling
water.
Ii clothespins are boiled few min
utes, and quickly dried, every few
weeks, 1t will cleanse them and make
them more durable.
If tablespoonful of vinegar is add
ed to the water in which tough meats
or fowls are boiled 1t will tend to make
them tender.
If strip of webbing two inches
wide is sewed tightly on the under
side of rug, close to the edge, it will
prevent the edges from curling.
A paste made of melted India rub
ber mixed with shellac varnish is the
best thing to use for fastening leather
trimmings on wood.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1896-08-20
The Cow Lived on Thistles.
Minneapolis Jonrmol.

Minneapolis Jomra,al.
Mr.. Tompson, of Haud County, miss
ed a COW from his herd and dilgent
search failed to discover her where
abouts. She was gone ten days when
a son of Mr.. Tompson, in riding after
the herd, passed an old open well, the
mouth of which had previously been
concealed by Russian thistles. Led
by curiosity he dismounted and looked
in only to discover the lost COW at the
bottom hungrily munching the tough
stem of the last thistle of which the
we'll had been blown full. They had
doubtless served to break the fall when
the animal went down. The we'll was
SIX feet in diameter and had been aban-
doned at depth of fifteen or twenty
feet and had subsequently cayed in
thus affording sufficient space for crea-
ture of some size. Dirt was thrown in
by means of which the COW gradually
rose to the level of the ground and walk.
ed off, apparently not greatly the worse
for her long confinement and low diet
After all, Russian thlstles may have
their uses.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1896-08-20
He Wouldn't Fetch the Milk.
Selected.

Selected.
A dispute having long subslsted In a
gentleman's family between the maid
and the coachman about fetching the
milk for breakfast, the gentleman one
morning called them together before
him, that he might hear what eacn
had to say. and decide accordingly.
The maid pleaded that the coach
man was lounging about the kitchen
the best part of the morning, yet was
an ;l,-natured that he would not fetch
tho milk for her, though he saw she
nod az much to do that she had not a
minute to spare.
The coachman said it was none OF
his business. every WE'LL" said the
master "what do you call your busl-
ss?" "To take care of the horses
clean and drive the COACH" "You say
right" answered the master, land DO
not expect you to do more than hired
Won for so I order that every morning.
before breakfast, you get the coach
ready and drive the maid to the farm
ar;s for the milk and hope you will
allow that to be part Of your bust
ness. .nnk
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1896-08-20
Taking the Air Without Going Out

Health Magazine.
Elderly people and others who may
be temporarily housebound and pre-
vented from enjoying regularly daily
stroll outdoors can devise fair substi-
tute as follows: Bundle up as if for the
usual constitutional, select large sum
ny room, preferble at the top of the
house, open wide the windows, shut of
the heat and move around brlskly, 60
ing to the window and inhaling the
fresh air deeply through the nostrils
We have often called attention to the
fact that house air, with its many i'm
purities, overheated condition and gen.
eral lifelessness, is one of the principal
predisposing causes to colds and ca.
tarrhal affections. Where patient OF
invalid is confined to bed, if the shoul
ders are kept we'll covered and the
head lightly protected, the windows
may be opened and the room flushed
with fresh air without any special risk
provided the current does not strike
them too directly. The danger from
want of proper ventilation is decidedly
greater. Deep inhalations of air al
the open windaw, taken gently through
the nose, impart an enlivening and
tonic influence to the whole nervous
system. which can soon be demonstra
ted by personal experiment.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1896-08-20
Gems Of Thought.

Gods ways seem dark, but soon or late
They touch the shining hills OF day
The evil cannot brook delay,
The good can we'll afford to wait.
j. G. Whittier.
People look at my SIX days in the
week, to see what 1 mean on the sew
enth.-Cecil.
The Holy Spirit can conduct re-
vival without your aid, but you can
have TO revival without Him.
It is better to believe that man
does possess good qualities than to as
sert that he does not.-:Chi',ese Nora
MaGino.
Some people are always finding fault
with nature for putting thorns on
roses; always thank her tor having
put roses on thorns.
If a fellow takes the trouble to fiat
ter he expects to be paid for it, and be
calculates that he will get his wages
out of those he tickles.-Spurgeom.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1896-08-20
The Nutmeg.
San Francisco Chronicle.

San Francisco Chronicle.
The nutmeg tree resembles an ardi-
nary pear tree. It lives seventy or
eighty years, and produces continually,
regardless of the season, one fine speci-
men in Jamaica yielding an annual
harvest of over 5000 berries. The
blossom suggests that of the lily OF the
valley, and is so fragrant that small
birds are said to become intoxicated
with its odor. The fruit, which looks
like russet apple or a small peach,
splits down the middle at maturity,
displaying black nut, the kernei OF
which is the nutmeg of commerce, the
scarlet skin which covers the kernel
being known as "mace." Not more
than five pounds of nutmegs are gath
erd from one tree at a single crop, and
only one or two pounds of mace.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1896-08-20
Names Big County.

There are many persons perhaps liv-
ing within the limits of Arcostook
county, Me-, who have faint idea OF
it's size, says the Boston Herald. It is
truly county of magnificent distances
and immense forests It is nearly as
large as che State OF Massachusetts,
and larger than some of the Kingdoms
of the Old World. Its forests are the
largest in New England, and there are
places that have never been visited ex-
cept by the Indian or hunter. Of the
five largest counties in the United
States, AroostOok is second, one In
California (San Bernardino) being a
little larger. Only about one-fifth Of
the county is under cultivation.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1896-08-20
III at Ease.

National Temperance Advocate.
"Some time ago." says Professor w
G. Blackle, 81 received a letter from an
eminent London brewer, philanthro'
plst, asking for subscription to the
Reformatory Union. 1 took the hber-
ty of asking some pointed questions re.
garding the shops belonging to his
firm, saying that [ humbly thought
that by his gin palaces he was helping
to tumble into the gutter far more hui
man creatures than all the refugees in
the kingdom were picking out OF it.
He replied and said he was not respon'
sible for the abuse of his wares. He
was evidently very i'll at ease, and con
cluded his letter in way that touched
me-by asking me to pray FOR him."
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1896-08-20
Coal Consumption.
National Recorder.

National Recorder.
An Industrious trifer, writing in a
French review, has been at the pains
to ascertain what is the annual con-
sumption of coal on the railways and
steam companies of the country, and
has worked out a total of 1882 $50
tons. This, he tells us, would make a
pyramid SIG feet high and 1874 teet at
the basis, or nearly 70 feet above the
height of the Great Pyramid. Then
he goes on to calculate that if all this
coal we're loaded in trucks the train
would be 1925 miles, or-as with a
nice feeling for the Franco Russian
alliance he puts 1.-THE distance be-
tween Paris and. St. Petersburg. If
this train had to travel at the rate of
eighteen and one-half miles an hour,
it would take between three and four
days to pass given point. The rail-
ways of the whole world consume, he
asserts, on the faith of statistics which
are doubtless fairly accurate. nearly
63, ,OOO, 600 tons of coal, which would
make twenty-five "Great Pyramids, !"
but he does not draw any moral from
these figures except that a great deal
of carbonic acid Is thus precipitated
into the atmospere.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1896-08-20
The Discovery Saved His Life.

Mr.. G. Caillouette, Druggists, Beav-
ersville, ILL.,, says: "To DR.: Kings
New Discovery I owe my life. Was
taken with La Grippe and tried all the
physicians for miles about, but OF no
avail and was given up and told could
not live. Having DR.. Kings New Dis
.covery in my store / sent tor bottle
and began its use and from the first
dose began to get better, and after us
ing three bottles was up and about a.
gain. It is worth weight in gold. We
wont keep store or house without It..
Get a free trial at p. Z. Whitehead q
Co. Drug Store.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1896-08-20
A Jewel Of a Wife.

Messenger.
A certain Russian nobleman visiting
Paris was noticed to be constantly
plunged in deep sadness. He wore on
his finger very remarkable ring, large
enough for bracelet, and which ex-
tended over his hand like buckler for
the ring finger. It was of greenlsh
color and was traversed by red veins.
A lady, meeting him in public, ven
tured to say:
"You wear a very handsome ring"
cit is not ring" he answered, "but
a sepulchre."
"This Jewell" he continued, ''is my
wife. had the misfortune to lose her
some years since in Russia. She was
an italian and dreaded the led which
awaited her after this life. I carried
her body to Germany, where / was ac-
quainted with a celebrated chemist,
whom I directed to make of the body
a solid substance which l could carry
about with me. Eight days after he
sent for me and showed me the empty
coffin amid horrid collection of In
| struments. The jewel was lying on
the table. He had through means ol
some corrosive substance reduced and
compressed that which was my wife in.
to this jewel, which shall never more
1oovo rne" !"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1896-08-20
RELIEF IN SIX HOURS.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder dis
eases relieved in six hours by the "NEw
GREAT SOUTH AMERICAN KIDNEY
CURE" This new remedy is a great
surprise on account of its exceeding
promptness in relieving pain in the
bladder, kidneys, back and every part
of the urinary passages in male or fe-
male. It relieves retention of water
and pain in passing it almost immedi-
ately. If you want quick relief and
cure this is your remedy.
Sold by E. T. Whitehead and Co.,
Drn99ists. Scotland Neck, N. G.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1896-08-20

Indigestlve poisons are the bane of
the dyspeptic's life. When sick, see If
YOUR sickness is caused by indigestlve
poisons. If so, take Shaker Digestive
Cordial. This is the only certain way
of being permanently cured, because it
is the only way that gets rid of the
noisons. You know that fermented
food is poisonous. You known that
poison is unhealthy. Shaker Digestive
Cordial clears the stomach of ferment-
ing food, and purifies the blood and
system of indigestiv poisons. 1t cures
indigestion and the diseases that come
OF it. Headache, dizziness, nausea
stomach-ache, weakness, fatulence, con-
stipation, loss OF appetite, lrrltablllty'
etc. These are few of the symptoms,
caused by indigestive poisons, cured by
Shaker Digestive. Cordial.
At druggists, price 10 cents TO $l.Oo
/ per bottle.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1896-08-20
NO. SO.
COUNTRY PEOPLE.
FRESH AIR.
Intelligence Of Country People.

City and State.
Country people have time to read
end multitudes of them will sharply
read to some purposes if they only have
opportunity. They read up on alb
struse subjects often, and are far bet
ter informed on them than are average
city people. In the newspapers now.
adays we frequently tlnd sneers at the
ignorance of country folk. They are
not ignorant, many of them, but it is
rather the other way. On questions
OF sociology, economies and finance
they are frequently far ahead of city
people. Many bronzed and bearded
farmer or sturdy village blacksmith is
we'll read on questions which the cul.
tured and sometimes highly educated
city man has only to open his montb
to show his ignorance of them, or that
he has been singularly coached by his
interests and prevalent surrounding In.
fuences, his reading being confined to
his favorite newspapers. To minister
to, to cultivate and stimulate the read
ing habit among the people, young
and old, of the country at large, among
those who have time to think and are
not afraid to think for themselves, is
immeasurably to strengthen the essen
tial fibres of true or genuinely substan-
tial society lie, the thews and sinews,
the Drawn and brain of the life of the
State.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1896-08-20
FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS

AN OLD AND WELL-TR1ED REMEDY
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for over fifty years by mill
lions of mothers for their children
while teething, with perfect success. It
soothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pain cures wind collie, and is
the best remedy for Diarrhea. Is
pleasant to the taste. Sold by Drug
gists in every part Of the World.
Twenty five cents bottle. Its value
is incalculable. Be sure and ask for Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup, and take
no other kind. (R)926 lv
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1896-08-20

AN INGENIOUS RIDDLE.

Some years ago, says the New York
Weekly, there was dispute between
an old lady and gentleman about rid.
dles-he contending that they were
useless, many Of them silly, and that
he had never seen one which he had
failed to solve.
The old lady took down her Bible
and told him that by the next day she
would produce riddle which he could
not readily solve. At the appointed
time she handed him the following
lines.
God made Adam out of dust,
But thought it best to make me first;
So was made before the man,
To answer Gods most holy plan.
My body he did make complete,
But without arms or legs or feet,
My ways and actions did control,
And was made without soul.
A living thing I then became,
And Adam gave to me my name;
Then from his presence withdrew,
And more of Adam never knew.
I did my Makers laws obey,
From them I never went astray,
Thousands of miles run, fear,
But seldom on earth appear.
But God in me did something see,
And put living soul in me;
A soul of me my God did claim,
And took from me that soul again.
But when from me the soul was fed,
I was the same as when first made;
And without hands or feet or soul,
/ travel now from pole to pole.
I labor hard bv day and night,
To fallen men I give much light
Thousands of peopse, young and old,
Will by my death great light behold.
No fear of death doth trouble me,
For happiness I cannot see
To heaven shall never go,
Nor to the grave, nor hell below.
The scriptures cannot believe;
If right or wrong, cannot conceive,
Although therein my name is found,
They are to me an empty sound.
Answer-A WHALE.
-Selected.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1896-08-20

English SPAWN Llnlment removes
all Hard, Soft or Calloused Lumps and
and Clemishes from horses. Blood
SPAWN Surbs, Splints. Sweeney, Ring
worm tifiee, Spralns, anc Swollen
Through, Coughs, Etc. Save SO by
use of one bottle. Warranted the
most wonderful Blemism Cure ever
known. Sold bo E. T. Whitehead 4
Co., Druggists, Scotland Neck, N. G.
1O1 1v.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1896-08-20
THAT CLASS OF READERS
THAT YOU
Wish your Advertisement
TO REACH
is the class who read this paper.

Itch on human and nOrses ana all
animals cured in 80 minutes by Wool
ford's Sanitary Lotion. This never
fails. Sold by E. T. Whitehead & Co.
Druggist, Scotland Neck N. G.
IL 80 1y.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1896-08-20

WANTED-A gentleman OF stand
ing to represent Combined Contract
comprising two of the largest invest
ment and life insurance companies in
America. Address Thos. A. p. Champ
lin, Sup't. First Floor (Rooms IL to 15)
McGill Building, Washington, D. c..
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1896-08-20
THE EDITORS LEISURE HOURS
Points and Paragraphs Of Things
Present, Past and Future.

Present, Past and Future.
Women will vote the electoral ticket
in three States this year-in Wyoming,
Colorado and Utah. 1t Will be quite a
while before the Southern people, il
ever they do, become reconciled to wo-
man suffrage. This is one of the great
est impediments to the Prohibition
party in the South.
Mark Twain is to continue the ad-
ventures OF 'sTom SAWYER. Thousands
of boys and men of older years have
read with great interest and pleasure
the tales about Tom Sawyer and his
friend Huckleberry Fin, and they will
be glad to have an opportunity of
reading these fresh productions by the
interesting Mark.
And now they are going to manu-
facture silk from wood pulp. This
may seem an imposslbility, but it has
already been established that silk can
be made from wood, and that it can be
used for whatever purposes silk can be
used for. The artificial silk can scarce
ly be distinguished from the product
of the silk-worm and can be sold at
much less cost.
It begins to look like men will have
to meet women on every field of COM
petition. Twenty years ago, says Mum
sey, report showed nineteen standard
occupations in each OF which tens of
thousands of men were engaged, but
not one woman. Twelve of these oc-
cupations have been invaded by the
"weaker SEX" and it may soon be the
case that sailors and soldiers will hold
alone their masculine excluslveness
These are facts which call forth medl-
tation on the changes that old father
Time seems in hurry to work out.
In ten years the total annual con-
sumption of distilled liquors in the
United States has fallen from 1.48 to
133 gallons per head. This seems a
small thing, but in the aggregate it
amounts to great deal. Putting our
nations population in round numbers
at seventy millions, the annual decrease
in the use of distilled liquors in the
country for the past ten years has been
ten and half million gallons. This
shows that the tendency OF the Ameri-
can people is towards abolishlng the
evil. And as matter of fact, regard
less of whom the statement hits or
hurts, it Is all the while becoming less
and less respectable to be known as
one who drinks.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1896-08-20

A most unique contriyiance by
Chicago man makes the bicycle thieves
tell the tale of their pilfering. It is
human skull. Blood red glass has been
placed in the eye holes and mouth, and
1t is arranged so as to be suddenly
lighted by electricity, the jaws moving
and popping the teeth at the same
time. It is said that almost every
thief who has been brought in the
presence of the "death's head" has
promptly confessed what he has stolen.
Eighty stolen bicycles have been re-
covered since December and also large
quantities OF clothing. One man con-
fessed to stealing thlrty-fve bicycles
and told where they could all be found.
The Windy City leads thus far in con-
triviance for extorting confession from
terminals.
Despite all that may be said about
the "good time coming" either under
a governmental system of free silver or
free gold the main fact to be borne
in mind by earnest men and women is,
that living in this world is an individr
ual matter. It is true concerning fl
nanclal affairs as much as it is con-
corning Intellectual and moral matters.
No matter what system of government
we have the Government itself will
take care of only a favored few and the
great throbbing mass of humanity
must "root pig, or die," just as they
have had to do all the while.
The CoMMoNwEAITH sincerely hopes
to see better times, if possible. and we
believe that one of the most effective
means of securing it is, for every one to
watch his own business we'll while be
is patriotlcally helping the world at
lIsrRe, ].
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1896-08-20

Designs sent to any address FREE. In
writing Tor them please give age OF de-
ceased and some limit as to price. All
work warranted strictly first-class ana
entirely satisfactory. ~
Work Delivered at Any Depot.
MENTION THIS PArEf.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-01-03
Two Diamond Robbers
Bafie the New York PoIice---sJs,OO
In Gems stolen from the Burden
MRnsiOn.

Bafiie the New York PoIlce---s5s,O 900
MonsiOn.
The most daring diamond robbery with
which the New York police force has ever
had to cope was committed between 10
o'clock and midnight Friday night. The
value of the jewels stolen amounts to near
ly 100000. The house from which the
thieves took their booty is the handsome
brownstone, East Twenty-siXth street,
occupied by Isaac Townshend Burden, the
millionaire proprietor of the Burden iron
works. The robbery bears erery evidence
of being the work of experts.
After they had rhed the two safes, one
in Mr.. Burdens bedroom and the other in
the boudoir Of his wife, they waited long
enough to remove the settings from the
jewels and then escaped. Mr.. and Mrs.
Burden went to the opera Friday night,
accompanied by a son and daughter. The
younger son and four men and five women
servants were in the house at the time the
robbery was committed. 1t Is believed
that the thieves entered the house through
the window of the sons bedroom before
he went to bed. Young Burden was awak-
ened by hearing noise like that of tap
ping on his bedroom door. He arose and
tried the door to his fathers bedroom, and
was surprised to find il locked. The
thieves were probably al work in the bed
room at this time. When the theatre par
ty returned several doors were found which
the thieves had locked, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Burdens apartments had been ransacked.
Another bold diamond robbery occurred
earlier in the evening, when thieves Sc
cured diamonds valued at $1,000 to Sl0,-
600 from the house of Mrs. Frances n.
Barnes, wealthy widow who lives at 232
Central Park West. The robbery here
was committed while Mrs. Barnes and her
son we're at dinner and there is nothing TO
show how the thieves entered or lef: the
house. Mrs. Barness three servants are
under suspicion.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-01-03
The Truth About the Cuban War.

Reports of war operations in Cuba are
so unreliable and unsatisfactory that it is
scarcely possible to make intelligent com
ment upon the movements of the revolu-
tionists. 1t is now said that the insur-
gents in strong force are within few miles
of Havana, prepared to fight a decisive
battle, and on the other hand this story is
denied. The only .olerably certain news
from Cuba is to the effect that the insur.
gents have been generally successful and
that Gen. Campos, though in control of an
unusually strong army, has made no head
way against them. If the rebels should
take Havana, recognition of their belliger-
ent rights would not be far off, but it
seems to be exceedingly improbable that
they will do so. Allowing the most exag
gerated claim as to the strength of the reb-
ell army it still appears that Gen. Campos
must have at least two men to their one.