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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-01-20

Read Ayers Almanac, which your
druggist will gladly hand you, and note
the wonderful cures OF rheumatism
catarrh, scrofula, dyspepsia, eczema,
debility, humors, and sores, by the use
OF Ayers Sarsaparilla, the only Sarsa-
parllla admitted at the Worlds Fair.
For sale by E. T. Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-01-20
STATE GLEANINGS.
NEWS FROM VARIOUS PLACES.
Happenings Of a Week.
KILLED IN A FRoLIC.

The Washington papers told few
days ago of the accidental killing OF
Charlie Rue by B. F. Fortescue. The
two boys had teen hunting and on
their return near town were playing
with a gun when the gun in the hands
of FOrtescue went off and the load OF
shot lodged in Rue's back. He lived
only few hours.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-01-20

The sugar-coating, which makes
Ayers Pills so easy to take, dissolves
Immediately on reaching the stomach,
and 80 permits the full strength and
benefit of the medicine to be promptly
communicated, Ask your druggist for
Ayers Almanac, just out. For sale by
E. T. Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-01-20

The one true blue blood purifier
Davld's Sarsaparllla.
The one true blue blood purifier
David's Sarsaparilla.
The one true blue blood purifier
David's Sarsaparilla.
The one true blue blood purifier
David's Sarsaparil1a.
The one true blue blood purifier
David's Sarsaparilla.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-01-20
Pretty Wall Papersl

We can supply you with any and all
kinds OF Wall Paper in the latest and
prettlest designs, at astonishingly low
prices. 1t is direct from the great man
ufacturers, United States Wall Paner
Co., OF Cincinnati, and is the latest and
most up-to-date paper on the market.
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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-01-20

drop OF medicine during the past TWO years.
Under these circumstances / cannot 90
otherwise than recommend it to others"
Friendship. n. Y. W. b. SCOTT. NJ. D.
DR.. Miles Remedies are sold by all drug
gists under positive guarantee first bottle
benefits or money refunded. Book on Heart
and Nerves sent free to all applicants.
DIR. MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart. Ind.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-01-20
NOTICE

Having qualified as administrator of
IL the estate of J. H. Bell, deceased,
all persons having claims against said
estate are hereby notified to present
same to me on or before January Is,
1899. w. P. WHITE.
b ct. Administrator.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-01-20

People who don't believe in revivals
of religion, can't consistently believe
in washday or house cleaning.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-01-20

had a constant huttec-
ing Of the heart and
severe palpitation and
pain in the left side.
She took three bottles
OF Dr.. Miles New Heart
Cure and was complete
ly restored to health,
and has not taken a
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-01-20

A man with splendid abilities that
are not consecrated to God, like first
class fiddle unstrung.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-01-20
Vine Hil! Female Academy,
INCORPORATED 1872.
A BOARDING & DAY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS.
FULL CORPS OF TEACHERS.

Careful instruction in every depart
ment. Music department under a
sklllful musician from New England
Conservatory OF Music. Elocution and
Physical Culture under student from
New England Conservatory College of
Oratory and Emerson School of Orato-
ry, Boston. Terms very moderate.
For further particulars address the
principal,
MISS LENA III. SMITH.
I 10 tt. Scotland Neck. N. G..
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-01-20

More irreligious persons would attend
preaching, If more of the preaching
was aimed at them.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-01-20
Notice..

Having qualified as administrator OF
the estate Of J. B. Spier, deceased, all
persons having claims against said
decedant are hereby notified to present
same to me on or before December 8th,
1898.
This Dec 1st., 1897.
CLAUDE KITCHIN.
IL 8 Ct. Admi nistrat or
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-01-20

Nv Fart DISEASE is durable. It is not
surprising that all cases are not
cured. since no physician has made
the heart special study TOR a quarter OF
century as DR.. Miles has done. The follow
ing tribute from physician will be read
with interest. .For six years prior to taking
DR.. Miles New Heart Cure my wife was
terrible sufferer from heart disease. She
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-10-06
"A GENERAL CLEANUP.

It makes me kind O. sad to think this world
will wander on
In jest about the same old way when am
: dead and gone.
Twill travel, so calculate, on bout the
came old jog. %@&
Ner wabble in its circumhex. ner never slip
cog.
I'd like to think o. somepin' that would
make me jest that great
That when I come to shuttle off, the world
would have to wait.
Ner never do a thing but weep and wall
and fret and stew,
Because I couldn't be around to tell It
what to do.
Why, hang it all! 1t seems to me that when
come to go
'Twould be joy to jest break up the hull
big bloomin' show,
And see the world, from end to end. plumb
shivered all to smash,
And all the stars come tumblin' down in
one tremendous crash.
I don't want folks a-nosn' round the hum
BILE little slab
That marks my grave a-shootin' off their
everlastin' CAB,
And maxim faces at me through the GEM
etery fence,
A-sayin': "That's old Blinks' grave-he
owes me fifty cents"
No. sir! I'd rather have the world filed
plumb up to the vest
18th nitroglycerin enough to blow it galley
west,
And when old Death comes sneakin' round
to have his final spat
I'd like to touch the hull thing off and let
it go at that.
Nixon Waterman, in L. A. w. Bulletin.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-10-06
The Frenchmen of Asia.

"Persians struck me often as much
resembling Frenchmen in their love
of compliments and courtly phrases,
and by their man1erisms of talk and
gesticulation; and when they waxed
eloquent about their feats of war and
their proves in the chase they would
put the immortal Tartarin himself to
the blush. fancy that Persians would,
however, be considerably astonished
were they to hear their language
as spoken in the France of the orient.
French taught by Austrians to Per.
slams must necessarily undergo re.
markable changes as regards accent,
and met few Fersians out of Teh era
who had the slightest respect for gen.
der. III was the only personal pro.
noun used, and as they seemed to i'm.
agine all adjectives need only be used
in the masculine, it was often most
confusing to follow conversation. ]
have had to listen to long family his.
tories in which wives, sisters, broth
ers and variety of other relations
were all mixed up indiscriminately
the effort to Understand who was who
leaving my brain in a perfect whirl.''
English Lady in Persia.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-10-06
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAI.

DR.. Mavrogenis, 100 years Of age, il
the last survivor of the men who
fought in the Greek war of ind epend-
ence. He lives with sister, ten years
older than himself.
A certain Welsh clergyman excused
himself for bringing notes into the
pulpit by saying: 'Isknow that you
cannot put fire on paper, but you can
use paper to light fire."
Rear Admiral Schley is not notice.
ably tall, but his legs are wondrously
long, and it is said that he could run
like deer in his younger days, but
has long ago forgotten how. -..~
The one hundredth anniversary of
the birth of Field Marshal Count Won
Moltke, on October rs, 1900, will be
marked by the erection of public
monument to him in Berlin.
The descendants of Samuel Packard
have just celebrated the two hundred
and sixtieth anniversary of his immi-
grafton to this country. He settled in
bingham, Mass, in 1898, and there are
now 1000 descendants in his family.
By curious chance the descendants
of Col. Knowlton, who sent Nathan
Hale, the young revolutionary hero, on
his fatal mission, are now living next
door to the descendants of the young
patriots family in Chicago.
Emile Carolus Duran, the great
French portrait painter, names as the
three most beautiful women in the
world the countess of Warwick of
England, Countess de Pourtales of
France and Miss Mamie Letter, of
Chicago.
A soldier on the way to the front
threw rhyme from the car window at
pretty girl on a station platform.
Later he received a letter from her.
and now it is announced that they are
to be married. Of course, it was a
risky business, but it is seldom as fatal
as this.
A Canadian butcher found a mug
get of gold in the crop of a goose a
farmer sold to him. He decided that
the goose must have picked it up in a
little stream that flowed through the
farmers land. Therefore he bought
the farm. Now he is kicking himself
and trying to sell it again.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-10-06
Tropical Beauty of Puerto Rico.

A cool sea breeze blew from the
coast, and stirred up the fragrance of
the tropical foliage covering the hills
on either side of the road. Bright
humming birds darted about, and from
the woods came the incessant cooling
Of the mountain dove, the paloma, re-
Ieved occasionally by the song of
warbling vireos. My heart sang with
them as rode, and felt altogether
too well to worry about the fate hang
ing over my friend at Ponce, nor did
I bother to think of my own uncer-
tain destiny: All round me hirtella-
bushes were Towering crimson, and
the stately sabino-tree, with it's i'm
mense white flowers and silvery leaves,
perfumed the soft air. It seemed to
me as if had found the loveliest spot
on earth.-Edward Emerson, Jr., in
Century. - s. .'% H.,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-10-06
TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS FIN
For Wearing a Calico Dress and 800
Penalty for Selling
the Goods.

It is singular fact, but none the less
true, that in England in the year 100 women
were not allowed to wear calico dresses at
all, and 1921 a penalty or fine of Is was
laid upon the wearer, and the unfortunate
dealer who sold calico in those days had to
paE Rady enay to foT tf that 9nse
them ever undertook to sell more than one
dress pattern. The women of this country
may bless their lucky stars that nothing
has ever interfered with their privilege to
buy and wear calico to their hearts con-
tent. Moreover, they can be thankful that
they are able to purchase the best quality
the world produces right here at home. The
goods of GRE firm are especially sought after
by both consumers and dealers and their
recognized superiority is assured when the
name William Simpson & Sons is found on
the ticket. At least that iswhat the ladies' and
the storekeepers say, and they ought to know.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-10-06
FATHER COCKROACH.
How a Queer Character Brought joy
to an American Bride in
Paris.

"Don't imagine for an instant be-
cause I came straight to Paris from
the altar that have been in the sew
cnth heaven of bliss ever SINCE" said
pretty little American bride who
had just settled down in Paris apart
ment. ''The days of my bonnie and my
market people were amusing at first
and Ted and I came to the ccnclu-
sion that housekeeping in gay Lu-
tetia was dolls play, and decided we
would live here forever and aye-or
until our letter of credit was exhaust
ed, anyway. Even we thought it
would be fun to try roughing it in the
(luarcher Latang, for the strides Har-
~ is making in his painting are some
thing wonderful. My enthusiasm was
damped when I found that summer
and cockroaches and cholera and tour
lists all came at the same time in
Paris. We contrived to evade the two
latter, but the cockroaches were SIM
ply terrifying. They came in hordes
like an invading army. I took to get
ting up in my sleep and brandishing
broom.
*'Then telegram came from a
friend who has studio and lots of
experience in this part of the city. It
is said Father Cockroach will call on
you tomorrow He came. He carried
fishing rod and a small black box
Ted talked to him. He said he had
started in life as baker, but having
been ruined by cockroaches he estab-
llshed himself destroyer of that pest.
1T is he who clears the hospitals
and public buildings, and the state
rays him about 10000 francs a year.
He has hundreds of private customers
and many assistants, but to no one
mas he ever impaired the secret of
his melange. Another valuable bit of
information he bestowed upon US was
that in Russia these pests are called
Prussians, while the Germans, in order
to return the compliment, call them
Russians.
1--WE escorted him to the kitchen,
where he inspected every tiny hole
IN the wall and marked it with chalk.
He then stuck small spatula at the
end OF the fishing rod, dipped it in the
box containing the melange and
smeared it over the holes. He then
made it courtly bow, saying that
his present visit was only for the
parents, and that in a few days he
would return and attend to the chill
dren. The following morning the
kitchen floor was strewn with dead
cockroaches. In three days my spe.
elalist came back, and as he walked
toward the kitchen he spoke these ter.
rible words: Now for the orphans!
He repeated the same operation, fol.
lowed by the same result, and since
that day we have not seen a single
cockroach. He charged so francs, but
said he would not sell an ounce of his
mixture for million. The only insect
he breads is the analyst, who may some
day detect his secret. I tried to
wheedle him into giving me the re.
cipe to send to my compatriots, but
he would not be wheedled. He sug.
gested, however, that my compatriots
bring their reaches over for him tc
kill!"-N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-10-06
Dcposed Statues i'm Paris.

Paris is capricious even in the mat
ter of her public statutes, which are
being constantly dethroned ana others
set up in their places, The deposed ones
are slowed away and there are yards at
Auteuil full of them. AS for the streets
their names, of course, change with
every change Of wind. "
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-10-06
Asthma

can be cured to stay cured, by consti-
tutional treatment addressed to the
cause in the blood and nervous system.
Under his management patients gain
steadily in health and strength and the
symptoms fade away as the cause is re-
moved. Books and advice as to cura-
bility Of each separate case are sent
without charge. -
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-10-06
Furniture for Battleships.

The furniture Of the battleships
Kearsarge and Kentucky, orders for
the making of which have just been
received at the Portsmouth navy yard,
is to cost nearly 100000. Chicago
Tribune.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-10-06

: S: G. Sweet, Patent Attorney, of Des
MONIES, Iowa, writes us that the commission,
recently appointed by the President to revise
the Patent Laws, invites Suggestions from
Greeley, Asst. Commissioner of Patents.
Washington. D. G..
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-10-06
Estey Organ Co.,
BrattlebOrO. Vt.
Starving
for Breath

is the condition which confronts thou.
sands of chronic sufferers from Asthma
as the cool days and cooler nights come.
But their distress is unnecessary. DR..
P. Harold Hayes, of Buffalo, N. Y,
treats patients successfully at their
own homes and has demonstrated that
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-10-06

It is more fattering to have people won
der why we are not famous than why we
are.-Town Topics.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-10-06

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is a Constitutional Cure. Price Use.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-10-06

For ,Whooping Cough Piso's Cure is &
successful remedy:-M. ?: Dieter, 81 Throor
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-10-06

Maud--"You don't seem to find time to
gagged all the time. Town Topics.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-10-06

Do people kick harder because Of too
much dry weather?-Atchison Globe.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-10-06

When sheep are sheared do they 90 to a
"baa-baa" shop?-L. A. W. Bulletin.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-10-06

Cure your cough with Hale's Honey of
Horehound and Tar. E'.-
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-10-06

"He that maketh haste to be rich shall not
be innocent even though he isn't out a
cent.-L A. w. Bulletin.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-10-06

Some people die eating and others Diet
Chicago Daily News.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-10-06

Pip-"Did you suppose the good really do
die young?" Nip-"Don't know, I'm sure;
but Pm perfectly convinced none but the
young ever die good. Town Topics ~
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-10-06

To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. Csc.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-10-06

Stick to your business with the glue of in
,lustry.-Chicago Daily News.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-07-05

The FOURTH OF JULY.-Yesterday
was more generally obse we'd here
abouts than any Fourth of July for
some years. A large majority of our
people took "a day off and genuine
holiday aspect was observable every
where. As usual the postoffce, tele-
phone exchange and other public places
observed Sunday hours. The amount
of explosives consumed during the day
aud night seemed much greater than on
previous Independence Day, and the
small boy was ia his glory. In some
cases magszlues of the latter class had
been exhausted early, but when pater-
familia5 glanced at the morning papers
and read OF the signal triumph of the
Americans at Santiago the youngsters
stock was INN sdiately replenished and
there was an attempt to make as much
noise as possible. The excursion boats
passed down the river careening under
their heavy loads of humanity, while
she trains coming in and going out OF
Che city were taxed to their fullest Ca
pacity Many private parties which
had been previously formed utilized
SaiiboAt5 or wagons TO take GLeu 10
quiet groves or secluded spots on the
lower river hanks, where beside gurg-
liag brooks or ,uhbling springs they
swung hammocks and whiied away
the day. AT night the city was paint
ed re :" Powerful red and white lights
were to be seen in every direction, ard
the beautiful banks OF light, the meteors
Z xtrb fro
from piujennies and other pyrotechlc
conIivances, the Kissing rockets and
fire balions produced dazzling and
beautiful scene. The explosion Of
guns, pistols. anu crackers, the latter
from the thickness a pencil to those ap.
preaching bologna sausages in bulk, was
incessant 1t was approaching mid
night ere the explosions ceased and the
city settled down to its normal con-
ditiOu.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-07-05

A BREAK FROM CAMP.-FulIy 600 Of
the Pennsylvania soldiers az Camp Al
ger, who receiver their pay on Satur-
day, made rush from canp confines
that night, and the two troops OF New
York cavalry were ordered out to drive
them back. With drawn sabres and
pistols the troopers patrolled the roads
leading to Washington and Dunn Lor
ing, and as a result at midnight ell the
guard houses we're full OF captured
soldiers. The men had determined to
spend the holiday at home ami some of
them had secured passes good for two
days from their colonel, but those with
passes aud those without them landed
together and made q combined break
for liberty. There was no way of head
lug them oil, and soon the roads were
filed with companies of soldiers with
money in their pockets, all bent on
having a vacation. They soon man
aged 10 get hold Of liquid refreshments
and became hilarious and noisy. As
quickly as possible the troopers were
sent cut after them and quickly begau
to round up the fugitives and drive
them back to camp. Guards were
posted on all roads leading to Wash
ington end the various railway stations,
for fear that some Of tho men might
undertake to return 10 their homes. A
large number were captured in Wash
ington and sent back TO camp.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-07-05

POLICE CoURT.-Mayor G. L. Simp-
son presidiAg-The following cases
were disposed of Monday
John Burns, arrested by Officer Sher-
wood charged with aiding prisoner to
escape from the chain gang, Yves dis
missed.
Dennis Bailey, arrested by Officers
Wilkinson and Lyles charged with
drunken aud disorderiy conduct, for
feited s. collateral.
james Fields, colored, arrested by
Officers Wiki son and Lyles for dis
orderly conduct, was fined 50.
The following casts were disposed OF
this morning
Ernest Hall, arrested by Officer VII
kinson for assaulting and beating Al
bert Perry, was fined $40.
Edward Payne, colOred, arresed by
Officer Ferguson FOR disorderly con.
duct, was fiued s..
Charles Johnson, arrested by Officer
Atkinson for drunken and disorderly
conduct. YVES fined so.
Mary Fields, colored, arrested by
Officer Wilkinson for stealing ten dol
lars from Edward Fields, the property
CT John Nimball, was dismissed.
Robert jackson, coored, arrested by
Officer Wilkinson for disorderly con
duct and fighting, was dismissed
Harry Snirlev, colored, arrested by
Officer Atkinson for assaulting and
beating I1a Freeman, was fined So.
Harry Shirley, for assaulting and
beating Annie Freeman, WAS fined So.
Samuel Webster, for disorderly con-
duct and fghtiog, was dismissed.
Night Report. night was cloudy
aud warD, until about $50 o'clock,
when it began to rain. Three prisoners
and two lodgers were at the station
house,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-07-05
AT CAMP ALGER.

With the thermometer near the century
mark, heat prostratiOns were numerous at
Camp Alger On Saturday and SUNDAY. One
patient, John J. FlippO, of Company 4, Third
Virginia, was Drought in suffering with ner-
vous prostraton, superinduccd by the eX-
IRENE heat. Ho was hysterical and had 70 be
removed to the general hospital az Fort Mycr.
On account OF the heat ia majority of tho
regiments the man were excused from most
drills except the weekly inspection.
Yesterday at Camp Alger was spent in q
boisterous celebration Of the Fourth Of July
and the victory at Santiago The soldiers
had not intended to make the day so full OF
noise and fireworks but the news OF the great
naval victory had the effect of clearing out
the stock of every fireworks dealer l.. the
vicinity.
M-j5r General NJ c. Butler was yesterday
evening given horse and equipments by the
New York Society of Sons of the American
Revolution.
Brigadier General Guy V. Henry will leave
for Santiago by way OF Newport Eoss this
evening. HI. staff Will leave with him
General Henry says; Il will leave for New
port News tonight. Probably 5000 troops
will leave Camp Alger at once. Gen. GsTet-
sons brigade, which includes the Eighth and
Ninth Ohio Regiment, the Sixth Aassechu
sets and the Sixth Illinois troops will 60
aud also two additional regiments.
Two men died yesterday. Ole was DIN
B. Henshaw of Troop c, New York Cavalry,
who was kicked by q horse on Saturday and
who was subjected to an operation on Sun.
day. The othsr Death occurred at For;
layer. Private Harry Grier, OF Company D,
Twelfth Pennsylvania, died of typhoid &C..
yer early yesterday morning