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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-12-02
J., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1897.

tangible as a rock? Then He woul
be thessone understandable thing in
world of mystery. Your inner details
your outer life, the two natures within
you-these are mysteries. The work
ings of the mind OF the one you love
hidden as effectually as a stranger
from your own thought-this is mys
terry. The imposslbillty OF a mar
thoroughly understanding a woman
and vice versa-this is a mystery
Clear out cf your daily life, in its sim
plest details, all that is strange fathom
1t all and understand it; then may you
raise querulous complainings at the
mystery that hedges around the crea-
tor OF all mysteries.
The prisoner prayed that he might
have some light;
1t came, and showed him but his sor-
ry plight.
The savant prayed for power to pierce
- the sky;
1t came, and. dazed, he begged that
he might die.
So give us, Lord, such light as suits
our mind,
10 know not over much nor wander
blind.
Bereaved one, weeping bitter tears
beside the empty chair, yon are not
alone in your sorrow. Human woes
have preceded you by ages and human
woes will last long after time has taken
the smart from your own wound. But
these seem naught to you, for they
were not your sorrows. Yet, dear one,
tribulation has its place and it's value
you will yet live to see. In tears are
great sorrows assuaged, IN tears are
great purposes born, in tears are noble
resolves formed. Rise to live as the
vanished one would most fondly wish +! !!
Thus will the dead live again in the
deeds of good you do, consecrated to the
memory OF the lifeless.
Bereaved, fall like wounded bird
From happy heights, to limp along
In gloomy yales wherein my soDg,
[ think, can never more be heard.
And yet, perchance, though stricken
sore,
And robbed of all held most dear,
Some wiser hand has cast me here
To rise to heights undreamt before.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-12-02
To KEEP OFF THE GRIP.

Some people imagine there's no use
trying to keep off grip, but the only
people who are peculiarly liable to grip
are those whose systems are run down.
If you have built up your system tor
the winter, all you will need is to take
proper care Of yourself; but If your
blood is thin or impure the thing to
do is to take several bottles Of David's
Sarsaparilla. The great blood purifier
and strength builder.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-12-02
Cocoa Consumption.
Philadelphia Record.

Philadelphia Record.
The use of cocoa in Germany during
the past 13 years has been largely on
the increase, having gained in con-
sumption 3l5 per cent, while the use
of coffee increased only II per cent.
during the same period. It is believed
that the consumption of cocoa has not
vet reached it's maximum in that
country.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-12-02

See that the wood shed is filled with
good dry wood, SO that nc trouble may
be had during vet weather in securing
the fuel necessary to cook meals and
make home comfortable.-N. G. Chris
tian Advocate.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-12-02
ouR ERANDMoTHERs' REMEDY.

conpi, medicine will not cure con-
ann ntion, but DR.. Davld's Cough Syrup
w,ll cure the cough which, ifneglected,
w,ll and In consumption. Pure pine
..r = hoar-hound and Wild cherry-Our
orandmothers' remedy.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-12-02

s,..,,.a hatred Of the saloon.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-12-02
| B@sok's ENGLISH KITCHEN,

~ Main ST., NORFOLK, VA.
ca : me Leading Dining Room in the
l. 'or Ladies and Gentlemen. Strict
temperance Place. All meals 25c.
49, ~ hudson's Surprising Coffee :
a'sS. 1 Is ~
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-12-02

Questioning one, do you complain
bocanse God is mystery? Would you
hava Him as visible as tree and az
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-12-02
50 Years of Cures.

For sale by E. T. Whitehead & Co
Scotland Neck. N. c..
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-12-02

BETTER STILL.
Since writing the above I have been
reliably informed that man in Pam
llco county has made twelve bales of
cotton on four acres this season.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-03-25

The Kentucky legislature is in a
deadlock over the election of a
senator. 1t is time that this evil
and stumbling block be removed
by providing for the election of
senators by a popular vote. 1t has
got so that the election of senator
is considered by many legislatures
to be of more importance than all
the other interests of the state.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-03-25

The Cottage Grove Messenger is
new paper just started at Cottage
Grove by Horace Mann, late of
Stayton. The Messenger is bright
and newsy and deserves TO live long
and prosp per.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-03-25

The war cloud in Europe seems
to be spreading. The whole coun-
try there seems to be resting on a
seething volcano that is liable to
break out into an eruption at any
moment.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-03-25
vi Ierit
intrinsic value of 0Nc
Hoods Sarsaparilla. U ID ! NO
TOLEDO, OREGON,

cure. Hoods Sarsaparilla possesses actual
and unequalled curative power and there
fore it has true merit. When you buy
Hoods Sarsaparilla, and take it according
to directions, to purify your blood, or
cure any of the many blood diseases, you
are morally certain to receive benefit.
The power to cure is there. You are not
trying an experiment. 1t will make your
blood pure, rich and nourishing, and thus
drive out the germs Of disease, strengthen
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-03-25

We understand that DR.. Smith.
who resided at Newport couple of
years ago, is after the appointment
OF agent at Siletz. When living at
Newport DR.. Smith was demo-
crat.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-03-25
Chitwood Clippings.

We seem to have settled weather
at last-that is continuous rain, but
the grass is trying very hard to
grow.
Mr.. Mumpower, the gentleman
that has been prospecting Mr..
Whituey's rock quarry, has leased
the quarry for term twenty years
and has returned to Clackamas
county to get his machinery and
tools, and is to return soon to COM
mence work in earnest.
Mr.. NJ. T. Whitney is very busi-
ly engaged this fine, moist weather
making cartridges for the purpose
dealing out death to gophers and
moles, then trying experiments on
skunks, mice, moles, gophers, bugs
and almost anything that comes
along. Even his friends do not es-
cape his projects, as in the evening
when the people come in to get
their mail he touches off one of his
gopher Deems which makes huge
smoke that instantly sets the people
10 coughing and choking, and they
soon get their mail and go home.
We would heartily recommend, this
plan to all who afflicted with bum
merrs. it works fine.
There are two or three cougars
in this neck O. the woods that are
doing some bad work among the
sheep and goats. Mr.. Trapp caught
one of them recently but he saws
there are about two more yet.
Some people have an idea that un-
less they have pack of hounds to
run the cougar they cannot catch
them, but we find that the hounds
are failure, and that traps and
strychnine will do much better.
The hounds will almost iuvaribly
will leave :he cougar tracks if they
run onto fresh deer trail. And
while we are talking about running
deer with dogs, we would like to
ask the LEADER if there is really
any to prohibit running deer with
hounds in Lincoln county? If there
is, it surely ought to be enforced.
1t is really a burning shame and
disgrace the way some people are
running the deer day and night,
when all who know anything about
deer knows that it is about fawn-
ing season and ii doe is run for a
quarter of an hour she will almost
surely loose her offspring. Besides
that the meat is not fit for food.
We make no kick about a man go
ing out and killing deer when he
is out of meat, for there are men in
this country who need it badly,
but when man runs deer with
dogs this time of year l think he
should be severely punished.
Yours for the right,
Tom TINKER.
| Oh itmnnI Nail.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-27

Somebody" says the Augusta, Ga,
Chronicle. has dug up the reputed fact
that Edmund Randolph wrote a pamph-
let charging George Washington with
corrupt motive in locating Washington
City where 1t now is, the motive being
to enhance the value OF the Gusts estate
on the opposite side OF the Potomoc river
which goes to show that the best Of
men cannot escape accusation"
1t does indeed. BE thou az pure rs ice,
as chaste as snow, thou shalt not es-
cape calumny." There are men living
to-day who do nothing for themselves
and less for others, whose unexplainable
mission on this earth is to always i'm
pugn the motives tina: prompt others to
do some good.
Taking the most sordld view Of the
question, suppose n man who has money
and has an ambition to increase his sub
stance, inauSurates a scheme that Will
bestow benefits to the many and give
him small profit for the outlay, must he
he cursed; must he forever have the
stigma Of selfish motives bran ID on his
brow? How many phllanthropic insti-
tut!ons would we have in this country,
or, In this city, II We were to deny the
honesty of any motive that inspires a
man. The clrpIng critics are those who
are never moved to do any good, and
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-27

In the death OF Mr., o, s. Long West
Virginia loses one of her gentlest and
most accomplished citizens. 1t was the
fortune of but few to know of the
beauty and tenderness of Mr.. Longs
private life, and they who were 50 for
tunate were the better of that knowl.
edge. We know OF no more htting tes-
timonlal TO his true worth than that
paid by the composer of the high prin-
cipled grutus; His life was gentle. and
the elemests so mixed in him that all
the world might stand up and say, this
was man.
MIR Long during his residence in
Wheeling made many warm friends,
friends who were not only attracted by
his genial personality, but who loved him
for the rare virtues he possessed, the
innate qualities OF the rfecttypeofthe
gentleman The Masonic fraternity of
West Virginia is bereft of one of the
highest examples OF It's teachings, as
well as its most graceful exposition The
Grand Master who sits in the East OF
Eternity will welcome him to that
brotherhood he always preached, whore
there is 10 exempllGcatIon of the ritual
OF those who are the elect.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-27

The quite satisfactory business that
has been transacted during the three
weeks preceding Christmas by Wheel
ings retail merchants-and which they
testify 10 with singular unanlmity--Is an
!ndex to the prosperity tidal wave which
lie now spreading over the country and
wlping out the desolatlon and inactivity
tina. followed the generally regretted
break inprogress that wastheresultocthe
election Of 1892 is conceded to nave been.
VITA nearly every industry in the
Wheeling district active, this mas indeed
been "a Merry Christmas" and the In
tellIgencer hopes and believes that there
win be mary more In the years 10 come
which VIII be just as merry as the one
lust over.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-27
A Home Without
A Piano
MilIigan, Wilkin & Co.
WHAT THE BACHELOR SAYS,


Cupid was the original kicker
The women win never believe that a
man who has learned Ia like caviar has
not cultivated character.
No man who has ever got caught in
any of the big storms around Christ
mas believes in the physical culture for
women.
Whenever a woman sees n lot Of
men play a game of billiards she thinks
what sinful waste Of things that
would be so nice to darn socks on.
The man who win never admit that
he hasn't read the Presidents message
Is the same one that makes fun OF his
wife because she won't admit that she
hasn't found out what all the styles are
going to be next spring.
Before a girl gets married she says
any man is contemplate villain who
will deceive an innocent, trusting Gil;
after she has been married year she
says any girl Is n fool that VIII let anV
man run away with her feelings,
Love IS l!fe's lumbago
Some men are as feminine as the wo-
man Is masculine that takes cold
punges.
You very seldom see man who can
be q Christian and take porous plaster
OF his chest at the same time
The trouble with the average woman
is that she persists in considering her.
self both poem and sex-problem at
the same time.
A woman will always act kind of In
tensely Interested whenever she sees a
book with a name that begins with SUI
per, paycho or hypto, and ends In ology
or ism,
A woman will always claim that she
has sense of hUmor and then act hurt
ana outraged when sou get of the Joke
about the woman that wanted to raise
canarie3 and planted some bird seed
Now York PEess.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-27

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re.
ward FOR any case OF Catarh that can
not bc cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
L. j. CHENEY & c. Props" Toledo, O.
We The undersigned, have known II.
]. Cheney for the last fifteen years. and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
ahlo 20 carry out any obligations made
by their ilrm.
WEST & TRUA%, Wholesale Drug
glgts Toledo O.
WALDlNG, HlNNAN s. MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists Toledo o,
HATS Cnlarrh Cure ~ takon intor-
nally, acting directly unon the blood
and mucous surfaces or the systom
Price, Use per bottle Sold 10y all drug
glWs, Testimonials free,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-27

indeed a year when Congress passed
resolution for the payment OF United
States bonds in gold or silver coin, and
when, II It did not pass n bill for similar
redemption OF the greenbacks, It under
took al all events 10 upset such resump-
ton and redemption plans as were in
progress, That, too, was a year OF up
roar In Congress" and Of disturbance in
funds and stocks, But something Is
lacking, nevertheless. to make Mr..
chandlef's imaginary parallel complete.
The administration which had in hand
the sound-money understanding, and
which carried It to success In face OF
these acts and OF all opposition, was not
disastrously defeated in the fall congress
slonal elections, and It won an important
victory in the ensuing presidential year"
In concluding its very exhaustive artl-
Gle on the situation, the Chronicle re-
marks. III we were to undertake the
drawing OF morals from our recent polltl-
cal experience, we are confident that we
should reach and establish some conclu-
slons very different from those OF sana-
tor Chandler We should find, we think,
that Congressional majortles which
have coquetIed with this currency-irna-
tIon sentiment have been without excep-
tion relegated to private life as soon as
the people had a chance for them, But
we have no wish to rest the question of
the currency on such basis, To our
mind II is a very low Judgment of public
duty and official responsibility which
advises doing nothing unless II is certain
that the elements of opposition and agl-
tatlon win be pleased with IT,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-27
THE INTELLIGENCER.
wnEELINe, nRcnMnNn ~, lso1.


Henry Watterson, the accomplished
editor OF the Louisville Courier Journal
IL happier in his expressions when he
deals with moral questions than when he
Is engaged In bitter and acrimonious
political controversy, although at all
times and under every circumstance he
is wei able to hold his own with the
strongest conroversa!lists, In an ex-
tended article entitled Some Christmas
Tancles," the editor and the man are
seen at the best, and the following gems
are called to substanuate the assertion:
"rhere should be bur one church on
earth; but this does not mean that the
Catholic should not have his saints, and
che Baptist his lOse-communlon, and the
Presbyterian his confession of faith. 1t
does not mean that there should not be
high church and low church, II men
choose. Ii does not mean ihat that great
Pioneer. which right alongside the
Church Of Rome has qua'ied the forest
and the desert and crossed the trackless
wastes OF land aud sea, to carry the
word Of God and ye, glorles in the name
of Wesley, shall not continue to build
Methodist sanctulr.es, 1t means that
men shall cease to hate in their hearts
and anger on their lips to dispute about
gospels that men can not determine, and
give themselves to tina glory OF God,
through Christ our Lord, why are the
churches empty" exclaims alike the
critic and the cyn!c, They arc not
empty. But they might be more crowd
ed than they arc, where humanity
through the glory OF God and the love Of
Christ Is taught. Mon Deu," said the
Frenchman on first arriving in America,
"AEty religions and only one soup" The
Trenchman was right There ought 70
be fifty soups and only one religion; and,
If we are ever TO attain the promised
millennium, there Will be but one Christ
and Him crucned."
In continuing his reflections he drops
a very suggestive definition Of religion
as he understands the term. He says:
Religion Is la!tn ana love- ana .ne i'Ne
OF man makes the love Of God, for man
to man no human of'ns ever tFu'S '''eN'
who did AoLloFe Goa
Morals are out ln.'aeH,aL i",y NV
relative. They are OF tna housslo'u' 'ne
hresiae ana Tue Jaw my! p'''"s ~ '"1
things OF ms world l"sy a'u U.S. 10
needlul as AEh. ana f'r' W'..r anu sap
and he VINO "oula liEnl'y "old mem 70
likely 70 una hii'.se'l lex III 'Ae W. VI IL
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-27

Abdallnh. plous above all mankind,
Who dwClt in Mecca, morning, noon ana
His Voice to Allah raised in prayer
Was he 's and humble-pure in mind,
manfred OF heaven hc-not so his wife;
shr daily stood the market place within
Ara bought and sold, nor deemed Il any
To mInglc there IN scenes of toll and
strife
While thus he prayed she earned the food
he ate;
nut Oft he repr!manded her. Said he:
''Thou shouldst devote Thy life to pray
scrye u not I'll thyscif; Allah. alone is great"
AT last his words sanl, deep into her heart.
Said she; while Allah shall my poor
lie spare,
Ny voice to htm III raise In holy prayer.
Hcnceforth OF Righteousness am part"
Abdallahs heart was glad, and, side by
They prayed until the sun in heaven was
Then hunger ~ to the pious man drew nigh
And loudly clamored to be satisfied.
Abdallah's wife sim praycd--no food was
there
The good mans soul was vcXcd "rs
plain" he said
"rThat oycn plety must needs be fed.
Aud man cannot exist alone by prayer"
And thus he learned; Faith, without
works, Is dead"
And. proGtinF by what he learned,
strnlghtwAv
He went to'worlS, and prospcrcd from
thAt day.
And thanks 10 Allah gave for daily bread.
Arthur j. Burdick IN Godoy's Magazine
for January.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-27

Monroe watchmob Tho Wheeling IN.
tolllgcncor h . wIlo.awako, cntcrprls.
lng nnd ublE edited newspaper IN
eplio NJ political differences wc can
cordially recommend II nByun cNcollunt
I,tttuuI
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-27
Mrs. sr,RE, pIcaganl Ridge, o.

Mrs. HTNIlkI pT007nUI ITIEO, ~,
says, "NOor two ducturH ghyn up ma
boy TO die, glyod HIN from ornup bv
using one Minute Cough Curc' 10 ~
the uulukUal nul most certain
remedy for coughs, oDliH and
all throat aud lung troubles. rhnrul
H. GoolHo, Martol ana twelfth
streets, chatham slncnlr w1Uy.a.ylh
ana Jacob HlrculHi \ NJ Huhoulu No
COZ Main Flrool, l9Nloy llroH pvnn and
Euuu 8ttcoui nowlo 8 Co, bridgeport
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-27

Grafton Sentinel The intelligence Is
losing none Of IT'S old time reputation
Tor honesty ana reliability ~ news.
pnpor. We heartily recommend the In
ielllr0Hccr to an our rcndtpP, who want
Il nrst class city uoWHpnpcr,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-27

she-Ho kissed me and then told him
to tell no one,
He-And what did he do?
she-Why It wasn't Two minutes be-
fore he repeated it.-Yonkers States
man.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-27

Author--"What do you think of my
new bools?"
Frend-"lt certainly contains much
food for thought"
AuthOr--"DO yoc really think sou j
Frend--"Yes; but 1t seems TO have
been wretchcdly cooked"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-27

Terra Alta Ouoloi Tho ln,ollIgcnoor
lB now ln IT'S forty-Blylh year, ana Ia u
reliable exponent Of the noW1 and m
earnest, worthy representative Of the
Republican party Of the state,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-27

Tnko Laxative Bromo QuIn.nc Tablets
An duEglstp refund tie money n 1t
falls Ia cure, 25c Tho gCuulnc has L.,
q. q. on each tablet
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-27
HANDkERChlEFS.

Any grade you want, from
Sc up, Special values in La
dies and Gentlemen's All Lin
en- Hemstitched at y lie
and 25c.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-27
SILK UMBRELLAS.

One thousand to select from,
at q8c to 81 each. See the
new Umbrella with detachable
handIe-will go in any trunk.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-27

The theatres on Saturday were taxed
to their utmost capacity Everybody
ooomed to have onough Money to Indulge
IN mo ratlonnl enloymenlg Of thc seas0n.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-27

Old man Pesamiel met his CHEEKY and
axuborant friend optImiSt on Christmas
and was compelled to acknowledge that
II was really a merry eeason, though he
did a with a wry facs,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-27

The leading features in Harper's
Magozluc for January are the first In
staiment Of "Roden's Corner" serial
story by Henry Seton Norman (au-
thor OF The Sowers), Illustrated by T.
de Thulstrup: "a Group Of Players, ="
by Laurence Hutton, illustrated from
unpublished portraits in possession OF
the author; "Thc Blazing Hen-Cnop,"
an amusing sketch OF an experiment by
the author In chlclen-farmins by
octave Thanet. illustrated By y. D.
Frost; "Frescocs OF Runkelstein," by
w. y. McCrackan, richly illustrated;
"Massai's Crooked Trail" an account
OF the misdeets OF an Apache outlaw,
by Frederic Remington, Illustrated by
the author: "The King Of Beaver a
NTacklnac story, by Mary llartwcll Ca
thnrwood. illustrated by 4. 1. Keller
"Tho sixth Sense" by Margaret SUIT
ton Br!scoc: Stuttgart, The Ancient
city" by Elise j, Allen, abundontlG II
Illustrated by Joseph pennell; aad The
New Northwest" by j. a. Wheeloeh
editor os the Pioneer Press, OF 81. Paul,
Minnesota.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-27

An important and interesting article
On Mexico occupies the leading place IN
Frank Leallc's Popular Monthly for
January. 1t ia written by Frederick
Stone Daniel aud treats IN an enter
taInlng manner Of the country's his
tory and the character and occupations
OF Che people There are many excel
lent Illustrations. The third paper OF
the series on Andrew Jackson Sc given
in this number, and In It Captain John
NJ TobIn tells about "Thc Military He
roes of Jackson'3 Time the text being
well gprlnkltl with good portraits.
Then there IL an article on "rhe Pres
byterlans," by Rev d. j, Mcmillan of
the Presbyterian Board Of Home Mis-
glonc. This Is the second OF series Of
Illustrated papers on the religious nom-
inntIons Of America In an article cn-
filled "Falr Cincinnati Charles Thorn
MS Logan describes graphically the at
fractions Of the queen CIV OF the
West"