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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-01-28
roo MANY PROMISES.

More hu-iaes. failures, large ard !
small, have been reported this winter,
it seems, than usual. We do not con-
clude every time we hear of business
failure that the whole country is
bankrupt any sooner than we conclude
from the crooked ways of one man or
woman that the whole race is going
wrong. But it does seem that If the
great and reassuring prosperity which
the Republican party promised were
coming any time soon we ought by
this time to have had at least some
precursor of it.
But we never believed that any sud-
den relief would spring up, no matter
what political party should have con-
troll of the government of the country.
The depression in business has not all
come about In a year or day, neither
can relief come for it in a year or a
dav, no matter what financial legisla-
ton we might have. This delay in
promised prosperity, which would have
been somewhat the case, we have no
doubt, if Mr.. BRYAN had been elected,
ought to show the party which prom
Used it that there we're gross misrepre-
sensations about what the near future
would bring under the rule of the Re
publican party.
The whole matter ought to serve the
further purpose of lnstructing the PEG.
pie in this quiet hour, free from cam
paign excitement, that it is not safe tc
rely implicitly on the promises OF an,
political party during campaign IN
which that party is striving for the
mastery. Perhaps it is a sad reflection
that mems words and promises should
not be relied on with absolute certain
ty. but we think that the results OF pc
llt1cal campaigns and political victories
; generally, bear us out in the declare
ton that any and all parties under tn
!. heat of spirited campaign make prom
ises to the "dear people" which the.
can not make good.
All OF which may serve to remind u
that a mans prosperity, after all, dc
ponds not upon the wheel of politics
chance, hut upon his own personal an
manly exertions.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-01-28
INCENDIARY ARRESTED.

CHARLOTTE Il. c.: January %
Charles Blackburn, Is years of age, was
arrested in this city at midnight for
setting fire to The Observer printing
house on the night OF January End.
He confessed the crime. Thecase was
worked up against him by James w.
Glenn, an apprentice In The Observer
Office, and Sam Edminston, engineer OF
the building, who will receive 5000 as
reward.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-01-28
DIR. CURRYS ADDRESS.

DR.. J. L. M. Curry addressed the
Legislature Monday. 1t was the third
time he has addressed North Cardinals
General Assembly. He spoke for educ
alton. From the News & Observers
synopsis of the address we take the fol-
lowing few sentences:
"There are no doubt members of this
Legislature who couldn make an axe
handle, and yet they know all about
gold and silver, and talk eloquently
about the advanced tide OF prosperity
that is said to be sweeping oyer the
country. Moral character Is above all
the standards of gold and silver. While
you are debating the ratio between
gold and silver, I want you to consider
the ratio between education and litter
acy.
eff you want to develop North Caro-
lima, if you will establish public
school In every neighborhood and put
a trained teacher in charge, you will
succeed. You ought to improve your
schools. You made a terrible mistake
last session when you did away with
supervision. A school system cannot
succeed by the schools running them
selves. Why repeat experiments of
failures? No child can learn or teach
er instruct with sixty day session.
You want more money, longer terms,
better teachers.
"In animal creation, in few months
the animal is fully grown. With chill
dren it takes Is or 20 years to qualify
them for the duties of life. The Office
of State is to perpetuats free govern
ment, and it can only be done by max
ing good citizens.
"There is no more legitimate tax on
property than for public schools. Over
81 per cent of the children in the
United States and IS per cent in North
Carolina get all their education in the
public schools, and only half the chill
dren attend the public schools.
els it of more importance to declare
Goose Greek navigable than to provide
for the education OF the children?
"The school at Greensboro, managed
by DR.. McIver. was writing about i,
yesterday. Its success ia unparalleled
IN the history of the United States
We aid it gladly. I cannot find words
sufficiently strong to express my esti
mate of its worth, usefulness and excel
lehce' am glad to aid it.
1--WE aid seven so-calIed Norma
Schools for the colored people. I an
going to stop it. The Peabody money
is to train teachers-if you'll make
real bona fde Normals, we will help
if not, you must take care of them
yourself.
"More money has been given Tor ed
ucation in the United States by privat<
persons than by all the world besides
Peabody is the greatest benefactor WHIT
has lived. Peabody gave So, OOO, 600 tx
both races. Slater gave 81 100000 t.
educate the negroes"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-01-28
You Can be Well.

You Can be Well.
When your blood is pure, rich and
nourishing for nerves and muscles
The blood is the vital fluid, and when
it Is poor, thin and impure you must
either suffer from some distressing dis
ease or you will easily tall victim tc
sudden changes exposure or overwork
Keep your blood pure with Hoods Sar.
saparilla and be we'll.
Hoods Pills are the best after-dinne1
pill; assist digestion, cure headache
25 cents.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-01-28

Rice's famous Goose Grease Liniment
for the cure of all aches and pains,
Group, colds, &c. For sale by E. T.
Whitehead & Co., Wholesale Agents,
Scotland Neck, N. G. IL IL 3m
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-01-28

Catarrh is a constitutional disease
and requires constitutional remedy
like Hoods Sarsaparilla, which purifies
the blood.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-06-03
OUR HOUSES TOO WARM.

One Of the most frequently disputed
question of this season is the proper
temperature of living rooms. It is
on" that every housewife should con-
slider. 1t is an undisputed fact that
In the northern sections of the coun-
try, at least, we habitually keep our
living rooms and halls of public as
sembly as we'll at too high a tempera-
ture. The habit is a bad one, and not
only costly, but unhealthy A thought
full physician who has combatted this
perniciOus custom all his life attributes
One-half the colds and throat disorders
that prevail to this cause alone.
Rooms having a temperature of much
ABOVE ~ degrees are necessarily ener-
waiting to the system, and weakened
body IS much more apt to succomb to
disease than a strong, healthy one
1t IS no wonder that so many of our
women are sickly anG iowspirited.
confined as they are day after day and
week after week in such houses, 60
ing out of doors only when it is abso-
lutely necessary
We constantly find tender people
who keep their living rooms at a tenn
perature Of 80 degrees during the
winter, who will assert that the air is
chilly if it is cooler. The cause of
this foolish habit is not far to seek.
Most American women, even those OF
more than average means, are accus-
toned to pass part of their time in
the kitchen, where culinary necessities
put wholesome temperature quite
out of the question. When they have
finished their tasks in this department
our tired and overheated housewives
urn to the other rooms to find them
cold" They are cold only by COM
parison, but it would be difficult to
make one believe IL. The consequence
is the register is opened or the fire
stirred up until the sitting-room is as
warm as the kitchen, and the habit of
overheating, coming down from the
days of huge woodpiles and roaring
chimney places, projects itself into the
age of double windows, steam heating
apparatus and red-hot coal stoves.
- 10 "OIA " 1SIuSL1USI IudI cOlQS
are as often caught by going suddenly
from cold to an overheated atmos-
phere-as from the street on a cold
winter day into room at 80 degrees
as from heated room into the cold.
The less perceptible the change the
greater the security. In these DAYS
of dear fuel and cheap thermometers,
the latter should be INDUCED in until
we have reduced the temperature Of
our overheated apartments, public and
private, to point favorable to
economy and health. A thermometer
should be in every sitting-room, and
it should not be permitted to indicate
temperature of more than 70 degrees.
This is warm enough for health, and
perhaps lower temperature would
be still better
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-06-03

conclusion that we live in the interior
Of the earth and not upon its surface;
/ What is the outside Of the earth made
OF and how is it possible to Irspr vn
the contentious OF modern astronomy
| with its accurate predictions?
! The Copernican theory is a hypo-
thesis into which all the facts. as vet
known, seem to fit. That is 10 say.
astronomers proceed upon the theory
that the planets revolve around the
sun ard that the law of gravitation is
the cause. But every astronomer ad-
mlts that this theory has never been
absolutely proved. 1t is believed in.
however, because all astronomical cal
culatlons are based upon it, and such
! calculations are always accurate.
When we read in the almanac that
, there will be an eclipse next summer
we believe there will be an c.lipse
When we read that in summer the
earth is further from the sun than it
is IN winter, we believe that, too, be-
cause important meteorological OBJ
servatlons are based upon such a he
lief, and those observations are inyar
labIy accurate. But beyond facts of
TINS nature we have no proof. The
whole Copernical system rests upon
what the lawyers call circumstantial
evidence. So far, the astronomers and
the 10 hans are agreed.
The next fact staring us in the face
is the recent failure of the law of gra-
Vltat1on to meet the demands made
upon 1t as a basis for further explora-
ton into cosmical phenomena. That
is, recent observations by scientists
seem to denote a condition in which
graVltatlon has no place. Now the
whole theory of gravitation rests upon
It's lhVarlability. If a boy throws a
stone up into the air and it falls back
to the earth, it should fall back again
II thrown under the same conditions.
and so on Indefinitely. But f b1v
threw stone and it went up, I'D, I'D,
until it reached the sun, that would
be proof positive that there never
was such thing as the law Of gravita-
ton. 1t is either invariable or it does
not exist.
Now something of this sort has been
observed to happen with reference to
the solar system. The movements of
celestial bodies are becoming more
and more erratic from the standpoint
of gravitation. In order to get over
this difficulty scientists have advanced
the theory that there exists in the uni
verse force antithecal to gravitation. |
How this force operates has been WV |
idly shown by John Jacob Astor in :
his recent book. He gives the force |
the name of apergy. The K3reshan |
expedition claims to have discovered |
the nature Of apergy and to be ascer- |
tanning its relation to natural powers
and physics.-Boston Post.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-06-03

took the Fragile thing in my arms
with a tender reverence; it opened its
eyes; they were large and dark like
J Nina's, and the light of recent
heaven seemed still to linger in their
! depths. | kissed the little face: Guido
! did the same: and those clear. Quiet
! eyes regarded us both with strange
half-inquirlng solemnity. 4 bird
7 perched on bough OF jasmine broke
! into low, sweet song, the soft wind
blew and scattered the petals of a
white rose at our feet. l gave the
infant back to the nurse, who waited
! to receive it, and said, with a smile
Tell my wife we have welcomed her
! May blossom
! Guido laid his hand on my shoulder
as the servant retired; his face was
unusually pale
Thou art good fellow, Fabio!"
he said, abruptly. Indeed. How sou
l asked, half laughingly; Il am no
better than other men"
You are less suspicious than the
~
from me and playing idly with spray
of clem2tis that tTailed on one of the
pillars of the veranda.
l glanced at him i'll surprise What
do you mean, AMIGO? Have l reason
to suspect any one?"
He laughed, and resumed his seat at
the breakfast-table.
Why, no." he answered, with
fr&r!l look. But in Naples the air
is pregnant with suspicion-jealousy'
de gger is ever ready to strike, Justly
or unjustly-the very children ale
learned in the ways Of vice. Penitents
confess to priests who are worse than
penitents, and by Heaven! in such
state OF society, where conjugal fidelity
is & farce"-he paused a moment. and
then went Cn-'Eis it not wonderful
to know man like you, Fabio? A man
heIEy in home affections, without
CLOUD on the sky of his confidence?'
Il have no cause For distrust," |
said. Nina is as innocent as the lit
tie child of whom she IS to-day the
mother"
'True! exclaimed Ferrari. ~"Per-
fectly true!" and he looked me full in
the eyes, with a smile. What as the
virgin snow on the summit of Mont
Bl2nc-purer than the f1awless dia-
mond-and unapproachable as the
furthest start Is it not SOP
l assented with certain gravity;
or hi ,,Cr in, II
Our conversation soon turned on dit
ferent topics, and l thought no more
of the matter. But time came-and
that speedily-when l had stern rea-
son to remember eyely Word he had
To ho continued
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-06-03
ABOUT THE COLOR OF SOIL.

The color of the soil will affect it's
temperature. If a white piece of paper
and black piece of paper be placed
upon the snow in the sunlight, the
snow under the black piece of paper
becomes more rapidly melted than the
snow under the white This is an il
lustration of the fact that dark sub
stances absorb the suns heat rays. In
the same way, the darker the color of
a soil the more rapidly do the suns
rays warm it, while light-colored soils
become warmed only slowly The dark
color of soils is generally due to the
presence of decomposed organic mat
ter. Hence soils rich in humus are
generally warm soils.-Western Plow-
man.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-06-03
COOKING FOOD.

Cooking food for stock has these ad-
VahtaSes: 1t furnishes a more diges-
tlble food; as it is fed in better shane
MT 50 much food is wasted: it enables
us to feed odds and ends, rough fod-
der, ETC., which could not be made so
available if it were not cooked and
animals do better upon cooked than
upon uncooked food, though precisely
what the per cent. of advantage is
IN that direction it would not be DOS
slble to state. The difference has been
claimed to be all the way from ten
to fifty per cent. in favor ii cooked
Tood. Now, with these advantages he
fore him, the feeder must determine
FOR himself whether or not it will
pay him to cook the food for his
animals. If the system of heating
water for animals should become
widely adopted, we have nc doubt that
the apparatus used for heating the
water will be made available for cook
ing food. But if the advantages were
fully fifty per cent. it would not al
ways pay to cook the food. When
corn is worth only fifteen cents q
bushel, it would not pay t. set up
cooking apparatus or to use it if it
were set up. When animals are sell
ing for less than it costs to produce
them, whether cooking the food will
bring the cost sufficiently lower to
warrant the adoption of the system is
always a matter worth thinking of,
but one which the individual must
figure out for himself.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-06-03
STORING VEGETABLES.

! Inc best way to store vegetables in
winter is quite a problem TO people
VINO raise several kinds. Simply dug
ana paced IN the cellar many of them
VIII SHRINK and wither, becoming unfit
Ior use IN short time. while others
VIII rot and decay. These latter .ro
not only ruined themselves bu7 soon
inject the sound ones, as well as be-
!hs poison TO the inmates of the
mousse. For beets, turnips, carrots
parsnlps, satisfy, and winter radiOb
the pest plan is to place them in bar,
refs or boxes in alternate LAYERS with
uFy sand or earth. Stored in this NOV,
tney retain their natural moiS+,,ro
"nlch keeps them plump and fresh
Until spring. As the fall rains often
come at the time the dry sand is need
ed Tor this use, it is we'll to Law in
supply during the dry season
"hen the roots are placed in soil
"nlch Is at all damp, it causes them
10 start to grow, which is a great detri-
ment to their keeping qualities
POTATOES do well enough in bins or
barrels, which should be kept covered
" exclude the light, as the top ones
soon turn green and become bitter and
uhnt Tor use when exposed to if
onions need only to be kept dry and
not piled too thick, as thew are in
cllneo TO heat when many are placed
together. When spread thinlv ON
boards in a fairly dry cellar thev will
keep nicely.
squash and sweet pumpkins must be
hepC dry, and when one has not
favorable cellar for keeping them -
is a good plan to fasten shelves 70
the stills at the top of the &C liar. so
they Will be directly under the floor
mat is the dryest place in the cellar
and generally none too warm for
them
cabbage is inclined to rot unless
stored very carefully. We hang them
up by strings to nails driven in the
sllls overhead, but a supply for late
winter and spring use can be buried
IN barrel or pit outdoors. The har-
rel is sunk almost its whole depth in
the ground, only a few inches being
leIt out at the top; this is banked nm
so II is even with the top of the bar-
rel, and slopes away from il on AIN
sides, the object being to carry off
the surface water. The cabbage heads
die cut from the stalks and packed
IN the barrel with the stalk ends m
and when full the barrel is covered
with a close-fitting cover that will
Keep out water. Something can he
thrown over it to protect the cabbage
from the extreme cold-hay, straw or
cornstalks, or even dry earth. The
cabbage will be as solid and tender in
spring as when stored in the fall.
When storing vegetables we ALWAYS
place some horse radish roots in a
box OF earth, for use during the win
ter. 1t is dug the last thing before
the ground freezes, and is then as
strong and fresh as when dug ont
doors in spring. Being buried in earth
1t keeps sound and fresh all winter and
does not start to grow until late in
Spring.-Vick's Magazine
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-06-03
TUBERCULOSIS IN CALVES.

In some of the experiments in Iowa
it is found that calves born from
tuberculous mothers, when allowed to
take milk from their mother developed
tuberculin, but when raised on milk
known tr be healthy, did n0t become
affected with the disease. This has
raised the question whether the chill
dren Of consumptive parents could not
escape the disease if at once removed
from their care. The point is an in
teresting one, as it involves the 4ues-
ton Of inherited tendencies. and We
hope that scientists will endeavor to
shed more light upon it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-06-03
REVERSING AN OLD CUSTOM.

The general custom of the farmers is
to go TO town with an empty wagon
and return with a load of something
that in nine cases out of ten they
could have grown on their own farm.
A Cobb county farmer has reversed
this plan. He never goes to town IN
less he carries something to sell. He
takes wagon to town and returns
with an empty wagon, but with money
in his pockets. Begin the new year
by initiating the example of the
Cobb county farmer. Reverse the
custom of having the "outgoes" of
the farm greater than the income. -
Southern Cultivator.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-06-03

Singing in their happy labor
Of the pleasant harvest time,
When the earth is full OF glory
As young hearts are full OF rhyme,
o. the golden, glorious harvest,
0. the perfect harvest time,
When the world is full OF beauty,
And the year is in its prime!
-i>lnette Nj. Lowater.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-06-03

Economy in use, as well IS liber-
atty in production, are the basis of
success in agriculture.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-06-03
NEW GIO-SCIENTIFIC FADS.

To be continued,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-21

DR.. c. p. Masden, pastor of First
Church, New Haven, Conn.,, and one
Of the founders of Mountain Lake
Park, was presented a purse contain
ing substantial evidences of the high
appreciation in which he is held by
his people, on Christmas day.
The past week we have had excel
lent sleighing, good skating, and yet
pleasant weather.
p. T. Cartwright filled his ice house
Friday last, with ice six inches thick
The Lake is covered with ice, clear
as crystal and six inches thick.
A revival meeting is in progress at
Loeb Lynn Heights, conducted by
the United Brethren. Interesting
meetings are reported.
Miss DeBerry teacher of the X.
street school at the Park, has been on
the sick list for the past week. For
that time her school was dismissed.
The sheriff is advertising a number
of lots for sale in Loeb Lynn, on
the goth, seized as the property of the
Mountain Home Co., to satisfy a
claim of Mr.. VIM. Sweet.
w. r. Johnson, the Park photogra-
pher, has gone to Friendsville to
spend month. He will open photo
rooms" there.
Mr.. Erase and wife returned last
week from a very pleasant visit
among friends in Ohio.
Robt. Walsh, of Keyser, was in the
Park Saturday trying to sell organs.
He sold Mrs. Henry May quite q fine
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-21
Oak Hill.

The enterprising farmers of Acct
dent were very busily engaged in
hauling limestone last week during
the little snow. There were as high
as forty teams i'll one string. We
were all sorry to see the snow disap-
pear, but the way it looks at present
there is more to come.
Mr.. Clark Rush has rented his farm
to Il Mr.. Brown and his two sons, of
Pennsylvania.
There will be preaching in the Oak.
Fill school house next Sunday at 1896
a. m, by Rev. Frank Conway, of
Elder.
Mr. Martin Rush is quite i'll at
present.
We hope all the teachers have CON
scented to do one hundred days of
actual teaching for the school year.
Our teacher for one is perfectly will
ing to do 50, and we are very glad to
have five months of school this year,
for we are having the best school this
winter that has ever been taught at
Oak Hill
We notice that Leonard Shartzer
and Silas Teats are appointed as road
supervisors on the road from Accident
to Friendsville.
MIR, John Miller has improved his
farm with a new dwelling. Mr. S. X.
Schlossnagle did the carpenter work.
Mr.. Adam Snyder made a business
trip to Barton last week.
Mr.. J. w. Shroyer purchased a val
liable horse last week from his
brother Edward.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-21

Many merchants are well aware
that their customers are their best
friends and take pleasure in supply
ing them with the best goods obtain
able. AS an instance we mention
Perry & Cameron, prominent drug
gists of Flushing, Michigan. They
say: 1--WE have no hesitation in rec
ommending Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy to our customers, as it is the
best cough remedy we have ever sold
and always gives satisfaction
For sale at 25 and so cents per bottle
by Oakland Pharmacy and DR.. J. w.
Laughlin, Deer Park.