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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-09-15
Take Time.

Take time for the goodbye kiss.
You will 60 to the days work with a
,weeter spirit for 1t.
Take time for the evening prayer
sleep will be more restful If you claim
the guardianship of God.
Take time to read the Bible. Its
treasures will last when you have ceas-
ed to care for the war Of political
parties or the petty happenings Of the
lay.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-09-15

For broken surfaces. sores, insect
bites, burns, skin diseases and especial
ly piles there is one reliable remedy,
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salye. When
you call for DeWitt's don't accept
counterfeits or frauds. You Will not
he disappointed with DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve.-E. Z. Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-09-15
Every Good is Charity.
Mahonet.

Mahomet.
Giving water to the thirsty is chart
ty, removing stones and thorns from
the road Is charity. Exhorting our
tellowmen to vlrtuous deeds is charity
Putting the wonderer In the right path
is charity. A mans true wealth is the
good he does in the world. When he
dies mortals ask what property he has
left behind him; but angels will in
qnire, "What good deeds hast thou
sent before thee?"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-09-15

One Minute Cough Cure surprises
people by its quick cures and children
may take it in large quantities without
the least danger. It has won for itself
the best reputation of any preparation
used to-day for colds, Group, tickling in
the throat or obstinate coughs.-E. T..
T. Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-09-15

More than twenty million free sam
pies of DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
have been distributed by the manu.
facturers. What better proof of their
confidence in it's merits do YOU want !?
1t cures piles, burns, scalds, sores, in
the shortest space of time-E. T.
Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-09-15
Norfolk ! College ! for I Young ( Ladies.
Norfolk. Va.

One OF the best equipped colleges young
faculty. Seventeen Collegiate Preparatory
Urinary departments Schools Music and Adg
me Guy Handsome buildings All Improvements
oy land and sea- Climate unexceld delightful Tw6N
September %,
caAosue ADDRESS GEORGE F. WINSTON, Principal
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-09-15

/ had the hardest work to get that
man to leave his boy but we are now
paying the 81 600 month.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-02-25
A Very worthy Cause.

Elsewhere in our columns will be
found notice of the branch of the State
Charities Aid Association, which pro-
vides destitute mothers with situations
in the country. This work is very help
full to many who would otherwise be
borne down by the current in the strug-
gle for life. The death rate of infants
under their care has decreased until the
mortality is less than one per cent. while
on Randalls Island it is not less than
fourteen per cent. During the year just
passed 3l1 situations were given to
mothers of which 70 were in New Jer-
sew. The total pense of maintaining
the ms isutio during theIyear was ST.
912. 10 an ave age expense for each OF
the mot RS in our charge, with her
o..by of a little less than $500. Remem-
bering that such mothers and babies
were until, recently, supported by the
city institutions at rates varying from
1854 to $3.50 per year for each mother
and baby, the economy of the plan is
evident. The agency is supported by
voluntary contributions, and the Com
mittee appeals most earnestly for the
g saerous support of larger circle of
friends. Contributions may be sent to
Miss Helen C. Butler, 105 East Twenty
ssaond Street, New York City.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-02-25
SURRoGATE'S OFFICE.
wills Admitted and Letters of Admins
tration Granted

wills Admitted and Letters of Admins
tration Granted.
Thus far during Surrogate Young's
term the following wills have been adj
mitted to probate:
Jan. 81, Hannah NJ jenkins, Boonton; 20.
Randolph T. Hill, Mt. Tabor; n, John w.
Lee, Boonton; "a, Jeremiah DeHart, Pequan-
noe; 81, Otto F. Nixdorff, Gillette.
February Q, Frederick Neis, Madison; IL,
Bridget Cleary. Morristown; 10. James O..
Sullivan. Port Morris; Is, Rebecca Ann Ward.
Brookside; 16. Margaret Connolly. Whippany.
Letters of administration have been
granted as follows:
January 20, to Frank W. Budd and Milton
r. tanning, for estate William M. Budd.
january 81. Jeanette R. Cook, for estate OF
George Cook.
January %. Emma c. Soaring, for estate
David A. King.
February s, Holloway W. Hunt, for estate
George f. Merrill.
February Is, John Norwood, for estate
Joseph M. Norwood.
February 10. Guy Minton, for estate Ira g.
Lum.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-02-25
DURATION OF HUMAN LIFE.

A Man Might Possibly Live to BE One
Hundred and Twenty-Five Years Old.
In the average statistics of human life
lit has been found that women live lon
ger than men. The reason for that APP
pears to be simple.
Up to the age of 20 to 25 the man is
undoubtedly younger and less develop
I'd than the woman, but in the next 20
Or 80 years of his life the man ages
much more rapidly, because apart from
the strain and hardship of profession,
the expnal-e to unhealthful climates,
the disi ppointments Of fortune, he Of
ten leads a life of dissipation and ex-
cess which early puts it's stamp upon
his forehead and turns his hair gray be-
fore its time. The woman, on the other
hand, who has often more than her
share of anxieties, has, apart from the
many accidents of life, but one serious
and inevitable danger, that of the per-
petuation of her race, which, safely
passed, renovates rather than ages and
increases a woman's chance of longev-
ity.
tured to put together we may deduce, I
think, the following conclusions, which,
trust, may be found Of some interest
by those who desire to have general
view of the expectation of life. its real
duration and the possible causes of it's
length and brevity.
First. THAT, according to the best
authorities of the last century, the ex-
treme limit Of life might be 125 years
under extraordinary and almost abnor-
NAL circumstances.
Second. THAT the anticipation of life
is roughly five times the time that the
organs Of the body-not counting the
brain, which develops later-require to
attain their full and absolute maturity.
This, of course, varies not only in races,
but in individuals, some developing
early and some much later, even in the
same climate and in the same family.
Third. That rarely, if ever, is that
full duration achieved, owing to dis
ease, food, heredity, bad habits, wear
and tear and many other causes which
shorten life.
Fourth. slower the Developments
the longer may be the duration of life.
Fifth.-That all human beings are
not born with the capacity for long life
even under the most favorable circum-
stances. As the organism of the human
being is more complex than that of the
lower animals, SO his anticipation of
life is far more variable.
Sixth. - That those circumstances
which conduce to longevity are un-
doubtedly late development, frugal hab-
its, moderation, exemption from vicissi-
tudes of climate and extreme of heat or
cold, from mental worry and agitation,
temperature in eating and drinking,
with fair amount Of brain work when
the brain is ready to undertake it.
We have all heard the well worn ak
ioIn attributed to the Psalmist that the
days of man are threescore and ten, =
but in Genesis Vi, 3. will be found the
following passage, Yet his days shall
be an hundred and twenty years. .
This passage seems to have been over
looked, as ! have rarely seen it quoted,
although curiously enough it exactly
corresponds to the theory that man
should attain five times the period Of
reaching bis maturity Nineteenth
Century
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-02-25
READER.

SFriends of the CHRONICLE will please
bean in mind that executors and admin
istrasEors have the right to publish rules
to bs& creditors and notices of settlement
in ally paper they wish. Our friends
will Ifease remember this when trans
actind business at the Surrogate's Office,
and raquest that official to publish the
necessary notices in the CHRONICLE.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-02-25
THE UNSATISFACTORY
eureka )lIUIpG IND INVESTMENT CO.
Incorporated under the the State Of New Jersey
CaPaL $780, OOO DIVIDED INTO 2O 900 SHHRES OF TIE PAR YH OF S. E
OFFICERS:
WILLIAM b. KING PRESIDENT NJ T. WELSH VICE PRESIDENT
FRED W. SCHMIDT, SECRETARY. E A QUAYLE, TREASURER.
DIRECTORS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS :

WILLIAM j.
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Boa of Frehod ers Chatham N.
FRED w. SCHMIDT, NJ
N. 1erchant Norrstow j.
EDWARD A. HOWELL. Nj.
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Mesa free press., 1898-12-30
Nnuseous Doses.

Nauseous medicines nowadays possess
none of the terrors that many of us re-
member VIXEN powders" were given
in jam and castor oil in hot milk, as
pharmacists have invented no end Of
ways of giving the nastiest drugs with
out any flavor at all.
Castor oil, cod liver oil and things Of
that disagreeable kind are made up in
little flexible capsules, which slip down
the throat like straw wberry.
These capsules are also made in two
parts, SO that any one can buy them
empty and put the powder or other drug
in himself, sealing them and then swal-
lowing them without knowing that the
drug has a taste. Then there is the
round wafer paper, in which can be in
closed any kind of bolus, pill or powder
and which, when moistened, can be
swallowed with ease. = New York
World
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30
menntnn OF Protoco,.

Like many other English words de-
rived from other languages, protocol
has long since lost its original meaning.
1t is derived from the Greek "protos, I"
meaning first, and "kollan, meaning
glue, and meant originally sheet glued
in front of manuscript, bearing the
writer's name and other particulars.
From this the meaning evolved into
that of rough draft of a document and
was so used by the Romans, who called
it protocolium. The definition Of the
word as used in modern diplomacy is
given as rough draft of any document
or document preliminary to some
transaction. 1t likewise is defined as "a
diplomatic document or minute of pro-
ceeding signed by friendly powers in
order to secure certain diplomatic ends
by peaceful means"
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30
Peabody and the Boatman.


Many years ago John Bright and
George Peabody, the philanthropist,
were fishing in little Irish stream.
Late in the evening, after hard day s
work, the party arrived at the landing
stage, and Bright accosting the inevita-
BILE policeman on the bank, said:
"What is the proper price to pay
these boatmen, constable?"
He replied, "Seven shillings and six
pence, yer homer, but some gintlemen
give them 10 shillings."
Bright, turning to his companion,
said, II have no change, Peabody; have
you three half crowns?'
The millionaire produced the coins
and gave them to one of the boatmen.
''Is that all ye're giving me?" asked
the latter.
"That's all, I" said Peabody.
Holding the coins in the open palm
of his. hand, and slowly scratching his
head with the other, the boatman said:
"And they call ye Paybody, don t
they? Well, call ye Paynobody. -
New York Tribune.
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30
Born Are Married.

The ordinary paragrapher in referring
to marriage nearly always says that
Mr.. John Smith or Mr.. James Brown
was married to Miss Nellie Green or
Miss Fanny White. 1t would lead one
to think that the man only was mar
ried, while the fact is both were mar
ried. The woman is as much married
as the man. The man was not simply
married to the woman. The woman and
the man were married, and the an
nouncement should be that Mr.. So-and-
so and Miss So-and-so were married.
Rev. DR.. Sunderland wrote series Of
articles on this subject some years ago
which were published in this city. He
laid down the general principle that he
did not marry the man to the woman,
but that he married the man and the
woman, and married one just as much
as he did the other. He ediscountenanced
the issuing of wedding cards by parents
that their daughter was married to any
particular person, and said he did nct
want to perform any marriage ceremony
in which any such announcement was
made. Washington Sta1.
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30
Telegraph Blunders.

Two funny telegraph stories are print
cd by the Pittsburg Dispatch on the
authority Of former employee Of the
Western Union company.
He was receiving q dispatch from
Albany, inwhioh the sender was not
overcareful in the matter of spacing his
letters Lawton tack the address as fol-
lows: "Dr. A. Wing room car agent,
Central depot, New York;
The dispatch came back with the
marginal report that there was no such
person at the address named. The oper-
ator at Albany was called up; and ex-
plantations followed, in consequence Of
which the address was changed to
drawing room car agent, Central de-
pot. :"
"A still more absurd mistake was once
made in the same Offices when a tele-
gram was received. for "James w.
Giles, pie clerk. Brooklyn nasty yard.
This was afterward amended to read,
"James w. Gillespie. clerk, Brooklyn
navy yard.
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30
GEN. SHAFTER's LESSON.
1t Was ON This Occasion That He
Learned to Decide For Himself.

1t Was ON This Occasion That He
Learned to Decide For Himself.
Here is a story that the Cleveland
Leader proffers about General Shafter.
1t centers about his salient trait Of be-.
ing pugnacious, just as all current and
well invented anecdotes Of Fighting
Bob" Evans revolve around some in
candescent bit of profanity. But the
story runs thus, as the general is made
to tell it.:
"Once, when was boy at SCHOOL,
wasn't more than 10 or II years old at
the time--our teacher called up the
class in mental arithmetic and began
putting questions, beginning with the
pupil at the head of the row and going
down toward the foot, until some one
could give the correct answer. I stood
somewhere near the middle, and next
below me was boy who was three
years older and considerably ahead Of
me in the various studies that we had.
How much are IS and and 8?
the teacher asked.
"While one after another of the boys
and girls ahead Of me guessed and
failed to get it right figured out what
thought the answer ought to be. The
question had almost got to me when I
heard the big boy just below me whis-
pering, apparently to himself, but loud
enough for me to hear, '29. 80, 80.
FINALLY the pupil above me failed
to answer correctly, and then 1t was my
turn.
We'll, Wi11ie,' said the teacher,
let's see if you know the answer. Come,
now, be prompt.
II cooked my head up proudly on one
side, cast triumphant look at those
who had fallen down on the problem
and said, so that everybody in the
schoolroom could hear me:
"'Twenty- -nineP
Next. How many are Is and 8
and 8?
'Awl' said the big boy below me,
with look Of supreme contempt at the
rest of us, '30P
"That was what had figured it to
be myself, and when the teacher said
correct wanted to fight.
81 didn't assault him, but made up
my mind right there and then to depend
on my own Judgment in the future, and
ever since then when I have had any
thing to do and had figured out what
considered the best way to do it have
gone ahead, remembering, when people
criticised or tried to throw me off the
track, how that big boy made fool Of
me in the mental arithmetic class.
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30
George Tvs Wit.

Mrs. Byrne, in her "Social Hours
With Celebrities, tells this anecdote
Of George IV's wit: II remember one
of the Rev. Mr.. Wagner's stories con-
cerned some nobleman who had enjoyed
an unenviable reputation for assininity.
1t had been suggested to the king to
confer on him an order of the Thistle,
which had become vacant. Give the
Thistle to ----! exclaimed the king.
why, he'd eat it'll -
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30
Tomatoes.

A correspondent of the Ohio Farmer
writes that he finds tomatoes grow bet
ter when set for several years in sue
cession upon the same soil. Having Sc
lected suitable location, he begins by
putting down stout stakes ten feet
apart in rows two and one-half feet
apart. Along these rows the plants are
set, and as they begin to spread he
runs stout twine from stake to stake
and trains his tomato vines to this
twine. He believes tomatoes ripen bet
ter when trained in this way than when
allowed to lie upon the ground, and the
vines continue green much longer and
to put out green tomatoes, so that he
gets more ripe ones and as many green
ones for picking at the end Of the sea.
son as if similar number had ripened.
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30
rRy ALIENS roor-EAsE

A powder to be shaken in the shoes.
At this season of the year your feet feel
swollen. nervous and uncomfortable. If
you have smarting feet or tight shoes, try
Aliens Foot-Ease. 1t rests aud comforts !;
makes walking easy. Cures swollen and
sweating feet, blisters and callous spots. Re
lieves corns and bunions of all pain and is
a acertain cure for Chilblains, Sweating, damp
or frosted feet. We have over thirty thous-
and testimonials. Try itto-dan Sold by all
package FREE. Address, Allen s. Ohm
sted, lie Roy,fN. Y.
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30
NERVOUS DEPRESSION.
"a TALK WITH MRS. pINKHAM.l

w
A woman with the blues is a very un-
comfortable person. She is illogical,
unhappy and frequently hysterical.
The condition of the mind known as
the blues" nearly always, with wo-
men, results from diseased organs OF
generation.
1t is source of wonder that in this
age of advanced medical science, any
person should still believe that mere
force of will and determination will
overcome depressed spirits and nerv-
ousness in women. These troubles are
indications of disease.
Every woman who doesn't under
stand her condition should write to
Lynn, Mass, to Mrs. Pinkham for her
advice. Her advice is thorough COM
mon sense. and is the counsel of q
learned woman of great experience.
Read the story of Mrs. F. s. BENNETT,
Westphalia, Kansas, as told in the fol-
lowing letter:
"DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:-I have suf-
fered for over two years with falling,
enlargement and liberation of the
womb, and this spring, being in such
a weakened condition, caused me to
flow for nearly six months. Some time
ago, urged by friends, wrote to you
for advice. After using the treatment
which you advised for short time,
that terrible flow stopped.
81 am now gaining strength and
flesh, and have better health than /
have had for the past ten years. /
wish to say to all distressed, suffer
ing women, do not suffer longer, when
there is one so kind and willing to
aid you."
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound is a woman's remedy for wo-
mans ills. More than a million wo-
men have been benefited by it.
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30
How,s rHIsq

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case Of catarrh that cannot be dured by
Halls Catarrl1 Cure.
II. j. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known f. j.
Cheney for the last 10 years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transactions
knd financially able to carry out any obligation
4lnade by their firm.
WEST TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists Toledo O.
.WALDING, KINNAN d MARVIN, Wholesale Drug
gisls, Toledo, o.
Halrs Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Price, 75c. per bottle Sold
by all druggists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30
influence OF Water ON Teeth.

Herr Rese has collected statistics in
Bavaria, and Herr Foerberg in Sweden,
which tend to prove that the water We
drink has an important influence ON the
teeth. Carries or decay in teeth is less
common where the water Is hard, |"
owing to the presence of chalk and
magnesium salts The harder the water
the better the teeth. Probably the pres
ence of lime in the water benefits the
bones In general.
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30
TRAINS TO RUN SLOWER

Railroad officials claim that it is very ex-
pensive to run their express trains, and are
talking about reducing the speed. 1t is like
wise expensive to the health to struggle and
compete in business affairs as men onow-
adays. The whole system gives out. For
restoring strength Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters is the proper remedy.
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30
some sharp saying. of Bismarck

Some Sharp Sayings of Bismarck.
Bismarck had the frankness to say
that he looked upon the comedies Of
Dumas the younger. aud indeed on
most French plays Of the lighter sort,
as grossly corrupting to the public NOR
ais. "Panem ct circenses, I" smiled De
Morny. "Panem ct saturnalia, - mutt
tered Bismarck.
prince Bismarck is respectfully re-
quested, wrote the American, ito Ca
BILE few words in reference to the fol-
lowing question: What benefit will be
derived in yeur grace opinion from in
ternational expositions?"
On The margin of this the prince sim
ply wrote in pencil, "None. -" Bis
marck's Table Talk" by @. Lowe.
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30

We trust that the czar has observed
that President Mckinley is right in
line with him on the disarmament
proposition. The President approved
the plan, and then, in his message, ad-
vocated an increase in our military
forces.
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30

If, as the brewers say, the war tax
has diminished the amount of beer
consumed to the extent of 20 per cent,
there is no reason to be seriously
alarmed about the effect on the con-
sumers.
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30
once Too orten.

"What's all this excitement abouti"
"Nothing worth mentioning. Man
got knocked down.
Accident?"
mot exactly. One of these men who
always catch hold of you and push you
: ont Of their way when you happen to
meet them at a crowded corner grabbed
the wrong man just now. That's all. !"
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30

We pay 500 il. we cannot prove that we
can save you MONEY on everything you
buy. We are saving the people of the
Pacific Coast thousands of dollars every
month. For full particulars, address, Gil
bert Clements Sons, 218 California st. San
Francisco, CAL, Wholesale and Retailers of
family Supplies.
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30

No household is complete without bottle Of
the famous Jesse Moore Whiskey. It is d pure
and Wholesome stimulant receommened by all
physicians Don't neglect this necessity.
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30
Makes the Muscles strong.

From hard work or excessive exer
else soreness and stiffness sets in and
lays up. st. Jacobs Oil will cure it,
after a few applications and make the
muscles timber and strong.
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30
There is no Telling.

Be sure not to let Rheumatism stay
in the system longer than you can get
a bottle of st. Jacobs Oil to cure it,
There is no telling what part it may
strike or how much misery it may give.
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30
strong as a Steel Ramrod.

If you want to feel your spine is a
pipe-stem ready to snap, just get Lum-
bago If you want to feel as strong as
steel ramrod, use st. Jacobs Oil; it
has magic.
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30

When coming to- San Francisco go to
brooklyn Hotel, 2O8--2l2 Bush Street. AM
erican or European plan. Room and board
$1.00 to $1.5O per day; rooms so cents to
90 per day; single meals 25 cents. Free
COACH Chas MOntgomery
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30
The Morning Meal.

.'Now, children" said the teacher,
"what do you call the meal that you
eat in the morning?"
'sOatmeal. promptly responded q
,umber Of the class What to Eat
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30

An exchange says there are fifty
thousand muscles in an elephants
trunk. 1t was evidently packed by .
woman.
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30
HOTTIES sCHOoL FOR BoYs

Now at Burlingame will remove to it's beau
tiful new home at Menlo Park, San Mateo
Co., CAL, and reopen January 10th, 1898.
Address, Ira G. Heitt PHI. D.. Menlo Park,
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30

A man never realizes how very dear
a girl Is to him until he acquires tho
right to pay her bills.
Mesa free press., 1898-12-30

Tobacco Mas discovered in Santo Do
mingo in 1896, in Yucatan by the
Spaniards in 1920. 1t was introduced
into France in 1860, and into England
IA 1858.