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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-08-26
NO. SO
ANOTHER TALK
70 LADS IN LOVE.
NEMO'S THIRD ARTICLE.
Some Rambling Thoughts.
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70 LADS IN LOVE.
NEMo's THIRD ARTICLE.
BY "NEMO."

Copyrighted by Dave & Tabor.)
| 10 YOUNG MEN IN LONESOME day
when you have toiled for her awhile
longer, and gathered a reasonable
amount of worldly goods for her pro
lection and comfort, she will place bel
hand confdingly in yours in the pres
ence of witnesses. With her II will n
she will forswear liberty. Her wistful
eyes will be raised In tender love to
wards yours as she makes the greatest
sacrifice of her life; for that is what i,
is, as you will appreciate if you stop to
think. What will those eyes see in
you? A hero. She thinks you are
one, If she is loving you for yourself
alone; and am presuming she is.
You are to her knight, a cavalier, a
hero bold she glories In your strength
or your kindness, or some quality that
makes her esteem you above all others.
Though hundred men pass before
her in review, they are waved aside to
their own disparagement, when she
compares them with you. Just as ar
IDENTIFY as you admire her does she ad-
mire you But is she only dreaming
of your heroism and goodness? The
dream is one SO beautiful for you to
consider, that to awaken her to DIFF
ferent reality will be cruel pain. If
you are shrouding your real character
and deceiving her as to your motives,
try now to open your soul wide to the
qualities she loves. Let them rush in
until you are possessed by them, go
that she may never have before her
eyes the sorrow and distress of an ilIu-
sion. Be what she thinks you are and
while she will still remain the more
powerful to mould and the greater in
heart chow true y she will nevertheless
look up to you as though she were the
lesser. What sweet offering of in
cense to your proud and happy spirit
that will be Deception as to goodness
and nobility until both become habits
OF the soul, is worth the effort OF carry
ing on, and when fully attained will
make the lite together a growth in the
sweetest graces of humanity.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-08-26
WHAT You WOULD LIKE TO HEAR.

WHAT You Would LIKE TO HEAR.
What you would like to hear OF
a medicine is that it will either cure
you, or you will get your money back.
Perhaps you have never heard it.
Then you have never bought bottle
of Dr.. David's Chill Tonlc-the one
chill cure that is warranted to cure OF
money refunded.
Inquire of your druggist or write to
the Owens & Minor Drug Co., Rich
mond, Va.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-08-26

To make the hair grow natural col
or. prevent badness, and keep the
scaln healthy, Halls Hair Renewer
was invented, and has proved itself sue
ceesful.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-08-26

See the young life as stately ship rid
ing
Over the sea like water-bird gliding.
Will she wait till the leyin of passion
Is shed,
Or follow loves pole star so pure over
head?
Carelessly trimmed; a light hand ON
the tlller,
The blllows and surges of evil days fill
her.
She drifts to the depths that are lulled
by the dead
Though the pole star of love shines SO
pure overhead.
The helmsman, half blinded, his fears
ever Tightening,
Is waiting the flash OF the furcated-
tightening.
Vainly he trusts by its fire to be led,
When the pole star of love shines 90
pure overhead.
Shattered and scorched by the guide
he awaited
The helmsman lies dead on the vessel
ill-fated,
Alas for the victim by passion mlsled,
Who trusts not loves pole star 80 pure
overhead.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-08-26

Not one complaint has ever been
made by those using Ayers Sarsapa-
rilla according to directions. Further
more, we have yet to learn of case in
which it has failed to afford benefit.
So say hundreds Of druggists all over
the country. Has cured others, will
cure you.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-08-26

This Is the stamp that the letter bore
which carried the story far and wide,
of certain cure for the 1oathsome sore
That bubb1ed up from the tainted tide
Of the blood below. And twas Ayers name
and his sarsapari11a, that all now, know,
That was just beginning Its fight Of fame
With its cures Of 50 years aEo.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-08-26
MY KNIGHT.


Why do I loye him, my noble knight? :?
Is 1t because OF his vlsage bright
Or his strong right hand and his bound
ing health
Or his costly garb and his worldly
wealth?
Is 1t because of bis wooing sweet
Or the gifts that he filings at my favor
ed feet?
Is it because of the noble race,
Whence he boasts his lineage proud to
trace?
Ah no tits because, for the love of me,
He has cheerfully donned his panoply :
Stalwart and brave beyond compare,
But gentle and kind to his lady fair.
Clad in an armor OF truth is he,
With the stainless shield of purity,
And sword unsheathed to uphold the
right.
That's why love him, my knight,
my Knight
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-08-26

You smile at the old fable about the
greedy dog that dropped bone in or.
der to snatch at its reflection in the
water below. Beware OF similar fool
ishness In the present state of your
feeling you admire the beauty, the
goodness, the modesty, the attractive
ways of the woman of your choice
You look up to her and she can raise
you in all that is worthy. The prog.
ress of 1900 years is being enjoyed by
you the ages during which woman has
grown, under the influence of q vir.
gins SOD, from a creature of utility to
the Jew and creature of pleasure to
the Gentle, into a radiant help-meet
that draws out OF man more fully the
divine possibilities of his nature these
ages are epitomised in your love. The
gain to you from her devotion is, in 8
measure, like the gain Of the world
from her dear sex since the Christian
Era. just as we expect her influence
to keep the world continuously prog
ressing, SO may your gain keep on
growing as you come to fuller knowl
edge of her. O, greedy one Is thii
not enough? You are a better man
because she loves you before marriage
This is the substance now in your pos
session. Will you forget 1t all and
rush through the gates of love al
though the Creator had from all time
planned to form this particular WON.
an for your particular pleasure? II
you do, the shadow alone will be yours
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-08-26

Next weeks letter will be the last in
this line of thought for the present, al
though the SUBJECTS not by any means
exhausted. need to emphasize that
these articles are direct appeals from
my young heart to yours. A saner,
better idea of marriage, so fateful in it's
influence on the generations of the
twentieth century, is what we all need.
So bear with me in what have vet to
say concerning our relations. to the
women we love.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-08-26
view and Pretty Sill
VerWare

and = ha nase just received the largest
Ware nauosomest n.o shipment OF silver
Hana""e I've ever offered to our customers
fee iaS1me and Pickle Dishes; Orange, Cot
and NJ No.. perry Spoons; Oyster, Frui4
Cake s Sen FORKS ; Tomato, Jelly and
Gravvse0lvefs; Sugar Tongs; Cream.
nanv o., Uysler and Soup Ladies. with
uy other pretty things. WIN
=. 7. WH1rrHs1- r CO
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Ayers Sarsaparil1a

is the original sarsaparilla. It
has behind it a record for cures
unequalled by any blood puri-
flying compound. It is the only
sarsaparilla honored by a
medal at the Worlds Fair Of
1898. Others initiate the
remedy: they can't initiate the
record:
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-08-26
90 Years Of Cures.

For sale by f. T. Whitehead & Co.
Scotland Neck. N. c..
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-08-26

When we read of suicides of young
men who commit the rash act because
of unrequited love, we feel sorry that
they did not hear at the Red Springs
Sunday-school Chautauqua Rev. Mr..
Browns lecture on "Courtship." These
unfortunates ought to have heard his
declaration that there are "fifty thou
sand others as good as she is drying up
on the bush now"
The record-union., 1897-08-23
WEYLER DENIES THE STORY.
What He Has to Say of the Impris-
onment of EvangeIina Cisneros.

NEW YORK, Aug. 22.-Captain Cen
eral Weyler, in a cable dispatch from
Havana to the World denies the re-
port that Evangelina Cisneros, a Cuban
girl of 1S, of sensational beauty, gentle
breeding and pure life, had been tried
or sentenced to imprisonment for two
years in the Spanish penal colony at
Ceuta- The girl is the niece of the
President of the Cuban Republic Gen
eral Weyler's dispatch to the World
reads as follows:
For judicial reasons there is on trial
in the preliminary stages a. person
named Evangelina Cisneros, who de-
ceitfully Turing to her house the mill
tary commander of the Isle of Pines,
had accomplices posted secretly, who
tied him and attempted to assassinate
him. This case is in the preliminary
stages, and has not as yet been tried by
a competent tribunal, and consequently
no sentence has been passed nor ap-
proved by me. I answer the World
with frankness and truth that charac-
terize all my acts. WEYLER"
The record-union., 1897-08-23
CHASE AFTER BANDITS.
Officers Succeed in Capturing Two,
One a Woman

WEIR CITY CKan.), Aug. 22.-There
was an exciting chase here yesterday by
a dozen or more citizens with Win
chesters after two of the robbers who
held up the Mcdonald County Bank at
Pineville, Mo-, Tuesday and robbed it
of $3.50.
There were three robbers, two men
and woman, dressed in a mans cloth
ing. The woman held the horses out
side and kept the street clear while
her pals" looted the safe. They were
pursued, and the Wonan's horse was
shot from under her, but all three es-
capped. At Southwest City, /. T., they
were overtaken, and one Of the men.
W. H. Tennison. was so badly wound
ed that he was captured and gave the
names of the others, a. man named
Parker and his wife, who was recently
divorced here from her husband, James
Russell.
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ness paw down there ."

ness pay down there?"
''Oh, yes" said the travelling journal
ist, Il suppose the pecuniary returns
are just as liberal there as anywhere
else, but I am the victim of circum-
stances. You see, had quarreled with
the editor of the other paper published
in the town where l was located, and
after considerable bandinage he ac-
knowledged that he had been in the
wrong"
"Well. why should that have made it
necessary for her to leave?"
mot being used to their ways" he
explained, Il was fool enough to write
an article explaining his backdown
and headed it, 'Griscom Takes Water.
Well, not only my rival editor, but all
his relations and friends Immediately
began arming themselves and forming
posses. That's how I came to be ur
here and out of a job.
Leader
The record-union., 1897-08-23
WHAT ALLIED THE TOWN.
There Were Good People There But
He Couldn't Sell a Thing

The man who was selling illustrated
family Bibles for the trifiing sum of 81
a piece had a crowd around him on the
street corner for half an hour, and had
cried his wares in all sorts of tones,
but not a sale had been made Grow
|ing discouraged he finally addressed the
crowd with:
Gentlemen, this Bible has never been
offered to the public before for less
than 81 80 and l am now offering it for
100 cents simply to close out my stock
and go into other business. Is there
any one here who finds fault with the
price,"
If there was he held his peace, and
after waiting for a moment the fakir
continued:
Il took this to be a Christian COM
munity, and l can't believe I'm mis-
taken. can see two church spires from
where 1 stand, and I'm sure there must
be others. Can't an illustrated family
Bible like this be sold among Christian
people?"
Nobody stepped forward to buy, and
holding one of the good books above his
head, he called out:
'I insist that there is at least one
III lHlS CTOWQ Oc1OIC iiC' II
am right, let him step forward"
After half a minute an old man
pushed his way in from the outskirts of
the crowd. He was chewing tobacco in
vigorous manner and had discour-
aged look on his face.
Are you a Christian MANI" asked
the fakir, after looking him over.
II ar, was the reply.
''You believe in this book?"
81 dew
Have you got one like it at home?"
mo"
"Then why don't you buy this at a
dollar? What's the matter with this
crowd that l can't sell a, Bible at half
its real value? Don't your religion in
clude the Bible?"
THAT haint got nothin' to do with
it." replied the old man, with a consid-
erable show of spirit. We've got
churches and religion, and all that, but
the fact is a circus came along Tues
day. a man with a guessing hog was
here Wednesday, and yesterday feiler
was here with a race horse and cleaned
this town out of $500 cash. We hain't
nuthin' agin you, and we have a heap o
respect fur them books, but if ye was
offerin' hair dye at ten cents a bottle
and porous plasters fur three cents
apiece you couldn't make a cash sale to
this crowd."-St. Louis Dispatch.
The record-union., 1897-08-23
A Thing to Wonder At.

farmer was driving a mule in
Southwest Georgia when a storm came
up and lightning struck the animal.
The farmer never left his wagon but
with voice and whip kept urging the
fallen mule TO rise. But the latter gave
no signs of life.
Then the farmer jumped from his
wagon. walked around the animal two
or three times. ard then exclaimed in
genuine astonishment:
That last streak o lightnin' has ack-
chully killed that mulei Who would
ha' thought it,'-Atlanta Constitution.
The record-union., 1897-08-23
BREAK" AND ITS MEANINGS.
A Teacher Rings Some OF the
Changes on This Verb.

Il begin to understand your language
better" said my French friend, Mon
sieur Dubois, to me, but your verbs
trouble me still; you mix them up so
with propositions"
Il saw your friend, Mrs. Murketon,
Just now" he continued. "She says she
intends to break down her school ear
liel- than usual. Am / right there"''
Break up her school, sne must have
said"
"Oh, yes, I remember; break up
school,
why does she do that?" I asked.
Because her health is broken into
Broken down."
Broken down? Oh, yes. And, in
deed, since fever has broken up in
TOWN.
Broken out"
"She thinks she will leave it for few
weeks
"'Win she leave her house alone?"
"No; she is afraid it will be broken
broker. How do l say that?"
Broken into
Certainly; it was what I meant to
say"
rs her son to be married soon?"
''No, that engagement is oroken-
broken
Broken off"
Eyes, broken off,
"Ah, [ had not heard that"
"She is very sorry about il. Her son
only broke the news down TO her last
week Am l right? | am anxious to
speak English well"
HE merely broke the news; no prepo-
Siti IN this time
cit is hard to understand That
young :nas. her son, Is IL fine Guns
fellow 2. l,re7ker l tkinK.'
"A 'oroher, and a tiue fellow. Good
day. So much for the verb "bre0 k"
The record-union., 1897-08-23
A MURDERER CAPTURED.
Assisted in Committing a Double
Killing in New Mexico.

DENVER, Aug. pa special to the
Republican from Silver City, N M,
says:
The Sheriff and posse this afternoon
arrested one of the two men who COM
mitted the double killing in the western
portion Of this county Thursday He
is being guarded by the officers, but
they viii not divulge his name until
the other man is captured. Both men
are prominent in cattle business. 1t is
now known that the murders were the
result of a cattle war which has been
raging for some weeks past. Shorty"
Miller who was shot, died to-day. The
prisoner has not been brought to town,
but is being guarded in camp on Dry
Creek. The capture of the other mur-
derer is certain
The record-union., 1897-08-23
In Absence.

Watch her kindly. stars;
From the sweet protecting skies
Follow her with tender eyes.
Look so lovingly that she
Cannot choose but think of me;
Watch her kindly, starsl
SOothe her sweetly, night:
On her eyes. O'erWearied, press
The tired lids with light caress;
Let that shadowy hand of thine
Ever in her dreams seem mine;
Soothe her sweetly, night
Wake her gently. morn:
Let the notes of early birds
Seem like loves melodious words:
Every pleasant sound my dear.
When she stirs from sleep. should hear
Wake her gently, morn.
Kiss her softly. winds:
Softly that she may not miss
ANY sweet, accustomed bliss:
On her lips, her eyes. her face,
Till | come to take your place.
Kiss and kiss her, winds
Phoebe Cary
The record-union., 1897-08-23

The couple We're followed here
by Cashier J. w. Shields of the Nc
Donald County Bank, and G.. w. Smith
and ]. D. Yeargin of Southwest City,
who had information that the robbery
had originated with Bull Hubbard of
this place, brother of the Parker wO-
man, and had in their possession a
drawing outlining their plans. Hub
bard was arrested on the streets, and
a posse started for the house of Samuel
Hubbard, his father near town, to
capture the woman and her husband.
The house was surrendered, and she
was arrested, but Parker could not be
found. He rs thought TO be in this
vicinity.
Bin Hubbard and the woman were
taken by the officers across the Mis-
souri, line to be put on a train for
PineVille
The record-union., 1897-08-23
MICHAEL WON.
The Welsh Rider Easily Defeats
Starbuck

NEW YORK, Aug. 22-Jimmy
Michael, the Welsh bicycle rider, easily
defeated ]. Frank Starbuck of Philadel-
phia in thirtythree mile race at the
Manhattan Beach race track yesterday
Although Michael had poorer set of ma
chimes for pacemaking, his pluck and
stamina stood him in good stead and he
finished the contest in 66H minutes,
fully two miles ahead of the American.
The attendance was 10000. Both men
We're in perfect condition. A good deal
of money changed hands on the result,
but the admirers of the foreigner had to
lay odds on their candidate and many
bets were made in favor of Mitchell at
100 to so and 100 to TO-
Each contestant had thirty-two pace
makers, and in this respect Starbuck
had the call Both men went off from a
standing start, and each picked up trip
let PAGERS. Starbuck got the pole, but
in the second lap Michael picked up a
sextet and assumed the lead At the end
of the second mile the little Welshman
was 100 wards ahead and at the end of
the third mile he was 400 yards ahead.
From this point to the end of the race
Michael had a very decided advantage.
Michael had soon gained a lap on his
arrival. Then for five or six miles both
men alternated in the lead, although
there was a lap to Michaels credit, but
the little fellow when picked up by his
favorite quad or sextet was enough in
reserve to assert his superiority over
Starbuck and passed him at will.
The fifteenth mile was run in the fast
est time, one minute and fifty-two sec
onds. The slowest mile run was the
thirty-third, but this could be easily ac-
counted for through the fact that
Michael was nearly seven laps ahead
and took things easy, covering the last
mile in 2:1246. From the fifteenth mile
to the end Of the race Michael beat
every standing record previously estab-
lished in contest Michael's wheel was
geared to 106, and Starbuck's to SO.
The record-union., 1897-08-23

Hardly believing Antone's story,
Marie and her mother went down to
the big cove" that day. And there
they found the indisputable proof of
the ghost of Catolica, for Antone's sea-
boots and sea-chest were lying on the
sand. And near them was the water
washed body of old Gianinelli, the Cap
tain, who Rolando's ghost could not
account for.
And this is the story that comes from
the little fishing town of Catolica, on
the coast of Italy.
The record-union., 1897-08-23
A Healthy Body and Clear Head

If Indigestion. constipation and bilious
ness torment the body, the head cannot be
clear. These disorders react upon the
brain most hurtfully, and produce cloud
iliess in the organ of thought not expert
enced by a healthy man. Happily, these
brain-oppressing maladies may be entirely
dispelled by that peerless Alternative, Hos
letters Stomach Bitters, which cheers, re-
freshes and invigorates the brain and
nerves, while 1t regulates the organs of
digestion, assimilation and bilious secre-
ton. 1t expels the morbid humors which
poison the system through the bowels and
urinary passages, and exerts a powerful
invigorating influence as we'll Its cathar-
tic action is never irritating, violent or
painful, but even natural and progressive.
As an appetizer and sleep promoter, the
Bitters is unrivaled; it mitigates the in
frmities of age, relieves the ailments pc
culiar to the gentler sex, arrests prema-
ture decay, and builds up an enfeebled
physique.
The record-union., 1897-08-23
Wages to be Advanced.

McKEESPORT Pa.), Aug. 22.-The
three thousand employees Of the Ma
tional Rolling Mill Company received
notice at noon yesterday Of a 10 per
cent. advance in their wages, to take
effect September 1st
The record-union., 1897-08-23
During the Honeymoon.

Sha-What was the first thing you
thought after you had proposed to me-
He-I thought what a fool I'd been
to ever have any doubt that you'd say
yes" considering the way you jump
ed at the chance.
The record-union., 1897-08-23
Utility.

There must be some who labor hard
This old world to eXalt,
To furnish occupation for
The people who find fault.
The record-union., 1897-08-23

a lack of vitality in the current of
life" the blood. Hoods Sarsaparilla
changes all this by purifying. vitaliz-
ing and enriching the blood.
The record-union., 1897-08-23
WHY He Departed.

'sWhy did you leave Kentucky?" she
asked. Doesn't the newspaper busi-
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4 ENGLISH As SHE IS JAPPED.
Cu u g us Signs on shops and Canned

81
81 Goods.
Inc Kew Masazao Kagaren brought
me a present of a tin Of native pre-
served apricots put up at Nagano, bear
Ing the Inscription, This apricots is
very sweetest, Z, says the Rev. Walter
Weston in s Noun aineering in the Jap
anese Alps. Another TIM think it,
was q sort Of japanese beef extract
was stlll more remarkably inscribed.
All Aall5 the medicines Of our company
''Ises to to sell are not only manufactured
I p the pure and good material, but also,
unless the article are inspected by the
superintendent, they not sealed 1t is
I ITue that their quality is best. If there
was 81 suspection about it, trust an Of
dcial examination. If even in the
slightest neglect the result is not good.
our company should be responsible for
u. Beware the trademark sealing wax
and wrapper of our company" In this
connection I may remark on the curl
GUS signs in English (?) composed in
cheerful independence Of outside help.
J. nave seen the equivalent of the Eng
sltis q Managing done here rendered
ne machine for smoothing the
wrinkles rink in the trousers and Wash
man. @ a ladies' only; Clothing of won
an tailor, ladies furnished in upper
story" J; Instructed by the French
nor -leeoh' this adorned the door Of
2 veterinary surgeon and referred to
the tuition under which the gentle
nan was trained).
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The Tarir on Coal and Coke,

Washington, Feb. 20. The Repub-
lican members Of the ways and means
committee took an important step to-
day in their work on the new tariff
bill by deciding to restore the McIXin-
ley rates on coal and coke. These
rates were rs cents per ton Of % BUSH
els on bituminous and shale, and 30
cents on coal slack such as will pass
through a half-inch screen. The pres
ent rates are 40 and Is cents. Coke
is advanced from Is to 20 per cent ad
valorem