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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1896-08-13
Eff fects Of the Human Voice.
Nea0 York San.

NeaU York San.
The human voice may or may not
be terrifying to wild animals. Two
Adirondack; boys once hid behind a
little bush on the banks of the West
Canada creek and yelled, screamed and
howled at big blue heron across the
stream, with no other result than to
make the bird stare about in curiosity.
It was only when both boys leaped to
their feet, wildly waved their arms and
did some high kicking that the bird
few away.
Woodchucks, red squirrels, musk
rats, mink and various others of the
small animals seem to fear the human
form, but not the voice. Foxes flee at
lively gait when a man yelle, but
deer have been known to almost run
over men that were talking in loud
voices. Logging teamsters in the
woods yell and swear at their horses in
voices audible a mile away, but deer
lie in their beds comfortably less than
half mile distant. Bears do not usu-
ally monkey around in the vicinity OF
men, except during berry time, when
they are sometimes on one side of the
bushes while human berry pickers are
on the other.
The human voice is soothing to
wild birds of various kinds, such as
robins. They will often come very
close to person who talks to them,
and turn their heads from side to side,
much as Gagged birds-canaries, for ex-
ample-do, but if a person is robbing
the birds nest the voice adds greatly
to the terror OF the birds. It is relat-
ed of swallow that it had in some
manner broken its leg, which was OBJ
served by woman as the bird flew
about. She went out, called it and
spoke to it, and after awhile the bird
came so near as to be taken into the
woman's hands, who then put the leg
In splints, setting 1t properly and put
ting on a soothing ointment. The
bird flew away and was soon chirping
with the rest of the birds in the air,
its leg having been relieved of pain
evidently by the bandages.
The old story of lion that allowed
man 10 DICK JnOrn OUT or IJS III
famed foot and dress the wound, then
refused to eat the man, may be truth
full, since dogs, cats, elephants, horses
and a good many other animals have
remembered kindness as well as evil.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1896-08-13
Advice For Summer Girls.

Selected.
Don't sleep all day and dance all
night.
Don't form lifelong friendships in
three days.
Don't walk on the beach after II at
night.
Don't have "heart talks" with every
man you know.
Don't have your dancing gowns made
too decollete.
Don't show too often scorn for the
chaperon theory.
Don't read "Harry's'' letters aloud to
your girl friend.
Don't go rowing with the young
man who tips the boat.
Don't refuse to marry good man II
you get the chance.
Don't tell your admirers all the Sc
crets of your girl friends.
Don't put on your bathing suit un-
less you are going into the water.
Don't join sailing parties unless you
can stand a little rough weather.
Don't snub your mother or maiden
aunt In public. It does not look we'll
Don't try to protect your complexion
GIVE the sun and fresh air an inning.
Don't sing unless nature has given
you a voice which will not cause others
pain.
Don't forget that every man. you
meet has some "dear, sweet girl" in the
baclground.
Don't trust the gentleman who has
married unhappily and wishes to tell
you all about it.;
Don't forget that half an hour of exer
else in the open air is worth more than
all the nerye tonics in the market.
Don't forget that the summer hotel
veranda is the happy hunting ground
of the most merciless gossips on earth
Don't make your willing slaves faster
your shoestrings more than seven times
in the course of one day. The novelty
wears off.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1896-08-13
Marvellous Results.


From a letter written by Rev. J. Cum
derman, of Dimondale, Mich, we are
permitted to make this extract II
have no hesitation in recommending
DR.. Kings New Discovery, as the re-
suits we're almost marvellous in the case
of nv wife. While was pastor OF the
Baptlst church at Rives Junction she
was brought down with Pneumonia
succeeding La Grippe. Terrible parox-
ysms of Coughing would last hours
with little interruption and 1t seemed
as if she could not survive them. a
friend recommended DIR. Kings New
Discovery it was quick 10 its work and
highly satisfactory In results" Trla
bottles free at E. r. Whitehead q Co.'S
Drug Store. Regular size Doc. and n.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1896-08-13

Before commencing to seed raislns,
after the stems are removed, cover the
fruit with very hot water and let it
stand very few moments. Drain the
water off and the seeds may then be
removed quite easily.
It is said a large bowl of water plac-
ed as near as possible to the head OF a
sick person will induce sleep, and
healthy people will often sleep better
If shallow vessels filled with water are
placed about the room.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1896-08-13
Electric Bitters.

Electric Bitters is medicine suited
for any season, but perhaps more gen.
orally needed, when the languid ex-
hausted feeling prevails, when the liv.
er is torpid and sluggish and the need
of a tonic and alteretive Is felt. "A
prompt use of this medicine has often
averted long and perhaps fatal bilious
fevers. No medicine will act more
surely in counteracting and. freeing the
system from the malarial poison.
Headache, Indigestin. Constipation,
Dizziness yield to!Electric Bitters: 5O
cents and $1.CO per bottle at =. =.
whitehead & Co.'s Drug Store -.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1896-08-13
FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS

AN OLD AND WELLTR1ED 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) 9 26 1y
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1896-08-13
SCOTLAND NECK, N. c. AUGUST 8, 1896
TRAVELLERS TALES.

Have you a home?
A dear precious spot,
Be it palace,
Or be it a cot?
Have you a home
Where your darling ones dwell
Safe from all danger?
Oh treasure it we'll.
Have you a home
Where the hearth is aglow,
Throwing its radiance
Above and below?
A home where your welcome
Is honest and true?
Where the eyes of affection
Are watching for you?
Have you a~home
Where your tired feet may rest;
A spot where you sleep
The sweet sleep of the blest?
Treasure it, friend,
Though afar you may roam,
For you'll find in your journeyings
"No place like home."
Selected
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1896-08-13
THAT CLASS OF READERS
THAT YOU
Wish your Advertisement
TO REACH
is the class who read this paper.

Itch on human and norses ana ali
animals cured in 80 minutes by Wool
ford's Sanitary Lotion. This never
fails. Sold by E. T. Whitehead & Co.
Druggist, Scotland Neck NC.
IL 80 1y.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1896-08-13
RELIEF IN SIX HOURS.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder dis
eases relieved in six hours by the "NEw
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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. 1t 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.,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1896-08-13

English Spawn Llnlment removes
all Hard, Soft or Calloused Lumps and
and Clemishes from horses. Blood
SPAWN Surbs, Splints. Sweeney, Ring
worm tifies, Spralns, anc Swollen
Through, Coughs, Etc. Save 80 by
use of one bottle. Warranted tho
most wondrful Blemism Cure ever
known. Sold DO e. T. Whitehead 4
Co., Druggists, Scotland Neck, N. G.
10 l Nv.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1896-08-13

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, Supt. First Floor Rooms IL to 15)
McGill Building, Washington, d. C.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1896-08-13
THE EDITORS LEISURE HOURS.
Points and Paragraphs Of Things
Present, Past and Future.

America lays claim to the most even
handed chance for rich and poor alike I;
but the story goes around now that one
of the new sheriffs of London years
ago began making shirts alone. He
cut out the garments himself and did
his work In very modest way, but
now he employs l,SOO persons in that
business.
The COMMONWEALTH would like to
remark that he must be good adver-
tiser.
Men are all the while ii nkering at
some plan to improve the condition
of the race, relieve them of disadvan-
tage or turn bad thing into a good
one. Many people, if not most people,
know something about the London
logs. A ralnmaker is now figuring on
a plan to dispel the London fog and
turn it into rain. The plan is to es-
tablish stations outside of London and
as the fog rolls in from the sea bonn
bard it and change it into rain. Sev-
eral capitalists are said to be willing
to advance the money.
Ordinarily the advertiser in news
papers is subject to overdraw the col
ors regarding the "great bargains" he
has to offer, or the remarkably large
stock which he is SELLING at cost"
But we can excuse such little slips
with our country-town merchants when
we read the statements about Wanna
makers great sales. "Acres of furni-
ture" is the way his furniture sales
were headed a few days ago. And, in
deed, that was true, we suppose truer
than many a statement made in local
papers about the greatest bargains
ever offered, and positively the largest
stock ever seen in this town."
We believe it is held by some that
every age and era has its counterpart
in history somewhere. But we have
never read nor heard of any one else
reading of just such hotch-potch as the
arena of American politics furnishes
Tor 1896. Every single political party
in the nation has been divided already,
and there is now no more hope for a
ray of light through the darkness of un-
certainty than when the trouble began.
Will it be truly "the survival of the
fittest?" We shall see. But who will
know, even when we have seen, what
the next day may bring FORTH?
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1896-08-13
The Raleigh Press Visitor says:

The Raleigh Press Visitor says:
"The army Is now about 600 men
short OF its maximum of $4,000, but
the enlistment returns for June show
slight increase in numbers over pre-
ceding months; 779 men we're enlisted
In June, as against 749 in May, 697 in
April, 59S in February, $50 in January
and 673 in December. AS an interest
ing fact in connection with these fig
hres, it has been pointed out that IN
most of the months the greatest num-
Der of enIistments we're at the recruit
stations in the various cities. The
new system of recruiting Is working
satisfactorily, and the character of the
men is improving, it is said"
At this writing it cannot be told what
will be the result of the proposition OF
the Democratic Executive Committee
to the Populist Committee about that
electoral division, and The COMMON
WEALTH does not here give an opinion
as to the wisdom or folly of it; but If
there is fusion with the Populists on
the electoral ticket only, Democrats
and Populists will have very difficult
task in keeping the Inconsistencies
straight. The truth is, we doubt
whether there will be many level-head.
ed men on either side who will be
voluntary campaigners.
Did you ever catch fish?
Did you ever catch fish out OF thu
ocean?
Did you ever catch blue fish witt
a trolling line sixty or seventy-fve fee
long?
And did you actually pull in biz
blue fish through the breakers OF tn
"deep, blue sea-?
Well, if you did you have expert
enced one moment of mortal JOY OF
which there can be no discount.
| The editor of The COMMONWEALTH
did that very thing the other day, ant
/ we felt taller than Tom, Sawyer eve
did cajollng the other boys to white
vsah hissfence for the fun Of It.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-11-13

Latest From Kentucky Shows a
Republican Majority In :,
the Legislature.
Combination With Gold Demo-
Gratis Is Off and Carlisle
Is Out of 1t.
Electoral Vote in Doubt There
and in South Dakota and
Wyoming.

LOUISVILLE, Nov. 9.-The following
statement has been given out from the
Republican headquarters:
practically complete official returns
give Mckinley 444 plurality in Ken
lucky, unofficial advices indicating
that the four missing counties will in
crease rather than decrease these fig
ures. The Republicans elect four men,
bers of congress aud judge of the
highest court of the state for an eight
year term, and by the filling of vacan-
cies have secured a majority of two in
the general assembly on joint ballot,
which insures Republican successor to
Senator Blackburn.
"The total vote in the state will ap-
proximate 425, 900, al increase of 10000
over last years vote and $4,000 more
than the highest estimates before the
election. The Republican vote in.
creased about 10000 over Governor
Bradley's vote year ago, which was
1900 higher than ever before cast in a
presidential election, and the Demo.
cratic vote was $4,000 higher. These
figures will give some idea of the in
tensity of the political struggle through
which Kentucky has just passed"
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-11-13
CLAIMED. BY BOTH.
Result of the Election in Wyoming Still
iy,I

Result of the Election in Wyoming Still
in Doubt.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Nov. 9.-Chair.
man Blyden burg of the state Demo-
cratic committee has received returns
from the Jackson Hole precincts, Uin-
tab county. giving the Republican state
electoral and congressional tickets ~
and the Democratic ticket 81 votes.
Complete returns were also received by
the committee from johnson county
showing an average Democratic major
ity of 1913. Returns were also received
from one-third of the precincts in Big
Horn county, showing decided major.
tiles for the entire Democratic ticket.
Chairman Blydenburg is now certain
that the Democratic electoral. congress
sional and state ticket is elected by ma.
jorities ranging from 200 to 800.
CHEYENNE, Nov. 9.-It is estimated
that returns from 1,2OO votes are yet to
be received from the Big Horn country.
AS this section is almost exclusively de-.
voted to sheep raising, it is claimed by
the Republicans that its returns will
give the state to Mckinley without a
doubt.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-11-13
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

Default having been made in the pay
ncnt eff the sum of wohundrcd and forty.
he due and Is due at the date of this not &C
and delivered by Joseph st, ,ongc, w.
T h"yer, n,"rtgas sSh cnrng date t tie nd
day of january, 1881 and with power OF
sal" therein contained, duly recorded ~
for the county of Morrison and state of
Minnesota. on the 9th day Of january,
1891, at 2"'cl"ck y, M; in book "T' of mort
gage record on l'aGc2)
Which said mort gage, together with the
by HnI George w. Iha,ycr, '"rtengrt. 4"
lac III" Ut aHof Tr chr"ary, iSy "''H re-
corded in The office of said register Of
deeds: on the 18th day Of Fcl 'r,,nry. lS".nt 3
" "r p IN ,, 1H H' ,",' rSrS,,i
having been instituted ut Inv or other
wise to recover the debt secured by sn {.
| inOrtEIgc or any part thereof.
Now therefore, notice Is hereby gi"eI,
that by virtue of the power of sale en-
tnincd in said mortgage, and pursuant T."
v i the said i nor SSr viii be f "r"
in md Conveyed by said mortgage W.:
quartz" M" IN e J.. Of e i, and the s""thcast
| quarter of The northeast quarter !sc 4 of
ne -. section t%enty.one ~, in town VI,
'p f?ft 5xffisSn % c t%%Es t ad zs sn
Of minnesota, with the hcreditn
will be made by the sheriff Of said Morr-
son county, at the north door of the
court house in the city of Little Fails in
November, 1906 at 10 CLOCK u. ~. of tllnthn,
at public vendnc to the highest bidder for
forty-one and !n-lOo dollars and interest:
and the taxes, If any. on said prctniscsnn
twenty-five dollars attorneys fees, us
stipulated In and by said mort gage in case
lowed by law, subject to redemption ut
my time within one year from the day of
sale as provided by Inv.
Dated October 9th, A. d., 1896.
He GILBERT.
Assignee of Mortgngce.
LINDBERGH, BLANCHARD & LINDBERGH,
Attorneys.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-11-13

ORDER FOR HEARING AND NOTICE
OF APPLICATION FOX APPOINT.
MENT OF ADMINISTRATORS.
STATE OF MINNESOTA
COUNTY or MORRISON.
In Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate of Willinn
On reading and filing the petition of
Ferdinand Bosch, representing among
other things, that William Bescll. late Of
the town Of Buchanan. In said Morrison
county on the 8th day of October, a. D.,
1896, at buchanan, Minnesota, died intes-
tate, and being resident of this county.
mt the time of his death, leaving goods.
chattels and estate within this county,
and that the said petitioner is the father of
said deceased, and praying that adniilis-
tratiOn of said estate be to himself, Fer
dinand Bosch granted.
1t la ordered, that said petition DC heard
before the Judge of this court, on Satmr
day, the 2lst day of November y. d., 1896,
house at Little Fails in said county.
Ordered further, that notice thereof be
given to the heirs of said deceased and to
all persons interested, by publishing II
copy Of this order for three successive
weeks prior to said day of lca ring. in the
Little Falls Transcript, a weekly news
paper, printed and published at Little
Falls, in said county.
Dated at Little Fails the 22rd day of
October, A. d., 1896,
BY the Court
N. RICHARDSON,
Judge of Probate.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-11-13
MORTGAGES FORECLOSURE SALE

Default has been made in the pay
mortgage dated October 18th, 1891, made
Bensen. his wife, 1nottgagors, to Charles
III! /; e!fice 81 the reg stsS Of deeds in and
M" in ' Book sYa" Of MORTGAGES, on page
56s. The said mortgage, and the debt
2sth day of December, 1894, by an instru-
ment In Writing duly tassgnsd by said
of the said repister of deeds, on the 3lst
day of DeceInber, 1881, at one O'clock p; NJ,
In book of anSS Sb4} page % The
secures were thereafter on the 18th day Of
November, 1895 by an instrument in writ
Hg LILY by the saa pSttsr to
Will. the will annexed of the estate of J. c.
Fuller. deceased. whicI, s;,d asssi IL
register Of deeds on the lsti, day OF, No
ven Der, 1898, ut eight O'Clock II. III. in book
f"\?' of mortgages on page COS. Said mort
ragct continued u provision that if de;
the said interest hen the said mortgage
or his assign. could at his or their cleo
whole sum secured by the said mortgage
and for default in the PAYNE; t of the
interest now overdue on said mortgage
Il he said nssi gncG Braincrd ~, said admin
istrntor hereby ELECTS to and hereby does
declare the whole SUM secured by the
said nortgn HOW due and payable.
There is nov h,,c&.rd claimed to be due ut
the date of this notice on the said mort
gage and The debt secured thereby the
sum vt three hundred and forty dollars
and twenty-five cents.
Notice is therefore hereby given that
the said mortgage will be foreGlo$ed and
the Premises described therein situate in
said Morrison county. to-wit: The south
half of northwest quarter and the south
west quarter of the northeast quarter Of
section six, In township forty-Wle of
range thirty, will be sold by he sheriff of
snid Morrison county ut public auction TO
the highest bidder for cash at the front
door of the court ho,!sein Little Falls in
said county of Morrison on the 23rd day
of November, 1sA6, at fnrty-five minutes
after one O'Clock p. rl., to pay and satisfy
he amount due at this date as aforesaid
on said mortgage and note with interest
and the costs and expenses OF said sale
including an attorneys fee of $as5 stipulat-
ed in said mortgages.
Dated, October 9th, 1895.
CHARLES d. BRAlNERD,
as ntlninist rutOr with the will annexed
of the estate of J. {. Fuller deceased.
GILFILlAN, WILLARD & WILLARD,
Attorneys for said Assignee.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-11-13
CASE FOR CLEMENCY.
London Newspapers Urge the Release OF
Mrs. Castle.

London Newspapers Urge the Release Of
Mrs. Castle.
LONDON, Nov. 9.-The Westminster
Gazette and other newspapers of this
city, urge the release, on medical
grounds, of Mrs. Walter M. Castle of
San Francisco, who was sentenced at
the Clerkenwel sessions to three months
imprisonment for shoplifting.
The Globe says it strongly believes
in the mania defense and declares that
the sentence constitutes most terrible
violation of common justice, Though, "
the article says, lit is certain that the
judge only desired to do what was
JUST
The St. James Gazette, while agree
ing that it is claim for clemency, in
view of the prisoners health, says:
IF Mrs. Castle is released, it ought
to be clearly understood that the evil
dence of kleptomania came to nothing.
If her counsel relied upon that defense,
they would not have advised her to
plead guilty. The robberies were fire.
quent, systematic and artful."
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-11-13
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S EXECUTION
SALE.

sued out of and under the seal Of the dis:
trict court of the state of Minnesota in and
ty of Morrison, on the &5th day Of Scptem-
Der, A. d. 1895, upon a Judgment rendered
and docketcd in said court and county In
e: was plaintiff, and Al Brooks and
William Brooks, as Brooks & Co.. were
defendants, in favor of said plaintiff and
against said defendants, for the sum Of
as sheriff of said Morrison county,
been duly directed and delivered, have
to the highest cash bid der, at the front
door of the court house, in said county of
Morrison, on Monday, the 10th day of No
venber, A: D. 1895. at three o'clock in the
and interest that above named Judgment
ebtors had in and to the real estate here
natter described on the 3lst day of May,
dition and docketing Of said Judgment if
f as follows, to-wlt: Lots nnmbered
five Co. Se e,st aHd 81 seY te twn in f"e a
Randall; and the southeast quarter of the
quarter Of The sou{l.e"st a"arter Of sec
hundred and thirty G30, nortl! Of range
tllirty-one (3D, west of the fifth principal
meridian; and the northwest quarter of
the southeast quarter of the E. northeast
range tl,ir 80, west of the fifth principal
merida and all in said Morrison county
and >, q Of Minnesota.
Lated, Little Falls, Mimi, September
II. A. RIDER,
,r sheriff I; Of Morrison County, Minn'
Attorney for Judgment Creditor,
Detroit, Mimi.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-11-13
TO KEEP UP THE FIGHT,

American Bimetallic Union Will Main
tain Permanent Headquarters.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.-The cam
paign for the free coinage Of silver
will be waged with vigor. during the
next four years in preparation for the
election in 1900. The directors Of the
American Bimetallic union, who con-
stitute the silver leaders in three par
ties, have decided to maintain head
quarters in this city from which to send
out literature. The branch Office at
Chicago will be consolidated with the
Washington Office, but the San Fran
cisco branch is to be continued. At the
request Of the directors General A. J..
Warner, thepresident Of the Union, has
issued an address to the silver leagues
and bimetallic unions Of the United
States in which he says:
"Silver has lost in this election, but
the battle for the overthrow of the gold
standard has not ended. Ths3lisastrous
consequences that must attend upon
the continuance of this standard make
it impossible to relinquish the struggle
against it until it is finally over.
thrown"