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The commonwealth., 1898-02-03
NOTES ABOUT CONGRESS-.

Monday in the Hor.e the Teller res
olution declaring bonds of the United
States payable IN silver, was killed by
. majority of 50 votes. The Republi-
cans voted solidly against it, except
Congressman Llnney of North Carroll
ma who voted with the Democrats, and
White, the colored member from North
Carolina, who voted "present" when his
name was called.
C. M. Bernard was confirmed Mon
day by the Senate as United. States at
torney tor the eastern district of North
Carolina.
Mr.. RIea, a Democratic Congress
man from Kentucky, created a sensa-
ton when, referring to s'the crime 0.
1872, he said if there is a corner III
Hades hotter than the rest it will he
reserved for John Sherman, the author
OF the crime. He was hissed by the Re-
publican side and ought to have been
hissed for using such language in dlgni-
fed debate, Notwithstanding Sherman s
sin. was great one.
The commonwealth., 1898-02-03
THE NEWS AND OBSERVER.

Some time ago gentleman who is
a reader of both the News & Observer
and The COMMONWEALTH said to us
that newspaper men praise each other
tor getting out neat papers, but never
criticlse when the papers are not well
printed. He was referring to the
poorly printed pages of the News &
Observer. for an issue or two.
The COMMONWEALTH can afford to
toll the incident now since the News
4 Observer has made itself 80 hand
some and clean in its print by the fast
new presses 1t has recently put In. 1t
shows commendable enterprise in it's
first class equipments and we trust
that the good people of the State will
give it such patronage that it will
continue to grow in enterprise. It
ssems that any one ought to appreciate
1t as newspaper now.
The commonwealth., 1898-02-03

recommended to me by my teacher,
who also lent me the money to get the
medicine which DR.. Hartman prescrlb-
ed. took the treatment and it cured
me. 1 am now healthy woman,
weighing 1914 pounds, and I owe it all
to DIR. Hartman's treatment. I am
sure I would not be living now if it
had not been for his treatment. I can
not help recommending it to all suf-
ferers, and will answer all inqulring
letters"
Any woman wishing to apply for
DR.. Hartman's tree home treatment
has only to send age, symptoms, dura-
ton OF disease, when the doctor will
prescribe the proper treatment. The
medicine can be obtained by each pat
lent at the nearest drug store. Each
woman should have copy of DR.. Hart
mans latest book on the diseases pc
cullar to women, called "Health and
beauty" Sent flee to any woman by
The Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing Com
pany, Columbus, Ohio.
The commonwealth., 1898-02-03
PLEASED WITH SCOTLAND
NECK.

Correspondents to THE CoMAoHwEALTH.)
ROANOKE RAPIDS, n. c.. Jan. 81, '98.
EDITOR COMMONWEALTH It was
my pleasure and privilege to spend
twenty four hours last week in your
hospltable town, and must say that
l never spent twenty-four hours more
pleasantly. 1 stopped at Hotel Law
renee where I got good room and an
elegant breakfast. Mr.. Hancock, the
proprietor, is an old travelling man and
knows the wants of the public.
I visited the office of THE COMMON
WEALTH, where 1 found the editor up
to his ears in business, yet very polite
and courteous.
A friend took me around through
the residential portion of the town and
I found residences that would do crec-
it to city.
The people of Scotland Neck are an
energetic people always looking for
ward to the up-building of their town
They may differ in their views upon
come matters but whenever anything
turns up that tends to promote the
general interest of the town they are
united.
During the spring and summer
months the town must be one of the
most delightful in the State on account
of its shade trees.
am informed that the knitting
mill and the Scotland Neck Bank are
both doing good business. Well
with such men as A. Mcdowell, w. r.
Bond, Frank P. Shields and A. B. Hill
at the head of any business, why should
it not succeed?
|. Scotland Neck is to be congratulated
upon having for her population some
OF the most enterprising men in the
State. / understand that at an early
date prize houses and warehouses VIII
be erected there and that the farmers
will more extensively engage in the
cultivation of tobacco. know very
little about the soil in that section but
suppose 1t Is we'll adapted to the growth
OF this weed. The stores In Scotland
Neck are nicely constructed and Kept il
good order. The church yards show
that they are not neglected. Thi'
town should be criterion for her SIS
ter towns.
The COMMONWEALTH has done it.
part towards the up-building of thi'
hospitable town and should have {
most liberal support from Its people
which am cure it has.
I also stopped In Tillery where
found the people very hospitabIe ane
kind. The writer will ever remember
the people of these towns as being
among the mosr pleasant and generoul
he ever met upon any occasion.
w. B. WHITEHEAD.
The commonwealth., 1898-02-03
LET US BE VIGILANT.

eternal vigilance is the price of
liberty" ought to be the motto for all
Democrats in North Carolina from this
day until our next election day. This
good old State must be saved from the
hands of the plunderers, and the Dem
cratic party is the only medium
through which it can be done.
The Republican party had sway for
years and the State was ruined. I'm
der Democratic rule some OF the peo-
pie became dissatisfied and tried Popu-
lism alone and effecting nothing, mix
Cd it with Republlcanism, and the re.
suit is, we find the State sliding rapid
~ to the low level of thirty years ago.
Now, let all good men hands and
hearts together and save our State from
ruin and shame.
The commonwealth., 1898-02-03
ENFIELD'S NEWSY LETTER,
fcerrespondence t. Tn. conxouwrALrH.)

Correspondents to The CoMMoHwEALrH.)
ENFIELD, N. c., Jan. 81, 1898.
Mr.. M. w. Sykes died last Monday
night leaving wife and eight chill
dren who have the sympathy and pray
ers of many.
As the setting of the sun Thursday
evening 80 went out the life OF Mrs.
M. c.. Whitfield who was the widow OF
Rev. Jno. G. Whitfield and daughter
of Spier Coffield, whose mother was
the daughter of Col. John Whitaker,
making three of his descendants that
have passed over tke river from here
in the last six months.
Miss Cora Thorne and Mr.. L. Ed
wards we're united in marriage by Rev.
J. T. Alternately at the house OF the
brides father, Mr.. Geo. Thorne, last
Wednesday.
The bank and the vault that would
take battering ram to batter down
are ready for deposits. The president
is as clever and honest as the days are
long and the cashier is polite and at
tentive to business, and although one
may be a gold bug and the other a
silver bug suppose they will receive
gold, silver, copper and currency and
pay in the same.
Mr.. r. E. Riddlck, as fat and jovial
and full OF talk aud fun as ever, after
spending week to the delight of his
family and friends, returned to Norfolk
yesterday.
Mr.. Geo. Boyd and wife are boarding
at Capt. Randolph's.
The beautiful snow has come at last.
Rev. z. II. BasmaJian, of Armenia,
gave an interesting talk and lecture in
the Baptist church last week.
Rev. Mr.. Bell, OF Wilson, gave them
two good talks yesterday and last night
at the P. E. Church.
Mr.. S. Meyer shipped turkey that
weighed 81 lbs dressed.
The commonwealth., 1898-02-03
MR. HARRISON'S REPLY.

Some three months ago THE COMMON
WEALTH printed letter by Mr.. 4. W.
Brown, ex-chairman of the board OF
county commissioners, answering a
letter that had been published in the
Littleton News Reporter by Mr.. 7. N
Harrison. chairman of the present
hoard OF county commissioners for
Halifax county.
Mr.. Harrison answered Mr.. Brown
through the News Reporter In long
article covering about five and half
columns in that paper, which appeared
in a series of three articles one Nov.
~. one Dec. 3, and another Dec. 10th.
It was some time before we could
get all the articles and we did mean 10
review them, giving our readers both
sides of the discussion, but we have not
had an opportunity until now and We
only now have space to give the con-
c|usions MIR. Harrison reached.
His conclusions are that there was a
narvers,on of facts in Mr.. Browns
statement, and intimates that Mr..
Trayis who was the county attorney
while Mr.. Brown was commissioner,
had opportunity to inform himself
better than the statements in MIR.
Browns letter show that he did.
Everybody Is glad, however, that
the county is now paying its bills.
The commonwealth., 1898-02-03
low to Look Good.

Good looks are really more than skin
deep, depending entirely on healthy
condition of all the vital organs. Ii
the liver be inactive, you have bilious
look. !; If your stomach be disordared, you
have dyspeptic look if your kidneys
b affected, you haye pinched. look.
Secure good health, and you.will surely
have good looks. Electric Bitters" is
a good Alternative and Tonic Acts di-
-rectly on the stomach, liver and
kidneys. Purifies the blood, cures
pimples, blotches and boils, and gives
q good complexion. Every bottle guar
anteed. Sold at E. T. Whitehead 3Cos
DruG Gtose 10 cents per bottle
The commonwealth., 1898-02-03
NORTH CAROLINA SECOND.

The estimate of tobacco production
in the United States for 1896 puts
North Carolina second, and Kentucky
first. The area cultivated was 594, ,749
acres. Seven States produced a crop
valued at over a million dollars each
as follows: Kentucky, 6,O32 ,2O2
North Carolina, $5,490, 1884; Virginia
S3,O13,9S6: Tennessee $2,464. 4.816
Ohio, $1,O66,OOO; Pennsylvania, ST.,
299 ,542; Connecticut, 81 1924 sos.
The commonwealth., 1898-02-03
WAKE FOREST LETTER.

(Correspondence to THE COMMONWEALTH
WAKE FOREST, n. g., Feb. l, 1898.
Prof. Nathaniel Butler, of Colby
University, is expected to lecture here
soon.
The Wake Forest Law Glass will ap-
ply for license to practice law next
Monday. The law department of the
college is exceedingly popular.
We were glad to have with us several
days ago Rev. Len G. Broughton, pastor
of the 3rd Baptist church of Atlanta.
The Euzelian and Philomathesian
literary societies will celebrate their
slxty-third anniversary on Feb. 1lth.
The debate will begin at 2 80 p. m.
Subject "Ought all government ap-
polntments be under the control OF
civil service rules"
Messrs. jackson Hamilton, of Union,
and Walter L. Cohoon, of Pasquotank,
will argue the affirmative of the ques-
ton and Messrs.. G. S. Burgess, of
Craven, and J. C. Owen,l of Transy-
lvan:a, will argue the negative.
Att o'clock, p. m. two orations will
be delivered, one by Mr.. T. Neil
johnson of Tennessee representing the
Euzelian society, and the other by Mr..
John D. Larkins, Of Pender, repre-
senting the PhilomatLeslan society.
DIR. A. G. Barron, of Charlotte, aided
Pastor Gwaltney in meeting at this
place last week. A large number made
professions of religion. Many were
restored to church fellowship and the
entire student body seem to be placed
on . higher plane OF living. DR.. Bar
,on is an able preacher. He won the
love of all his hearers. w. .. r.
The commonwealth., 1898-02-03
A MONUMENT TO CONFEDER.
ATE SOLDIERS.
Correspondents to The COMMONWEALTH,

Correspondents to The COMMONWEALTH
CHATHAM, Va, Jan. 81, '9S.
Mr.. Chas. R. Walsh, representing the
Chas. M. Walsh, steam marble and
granite works of Petersburg, Va, has
closed with the Ladies' Memorial Asso-
citation of this place for handsome
monument to be erected to Confeder-
ate dead of Pittsylvanla County. The
monument stands about 25 feet in
height, with base 8 feet 6 inches square
made of Petersburg granite, sur
mounted with Italian Marble Statue
OF Confederate soldier at parade rest.
The ladies are to be congratulated in
placing their order with this reliable
firm whose work In this line is unex-
celled.
The commonwealth., 1898-02-03
A FAMOUS MAN DEAD.

r. T. Simmons, the man who gave to
the world the famous Simmons LIVER
Regulator, died in Atlanta day or
two ago at an advanced age. He was
a native Georgian.
The commonwealth., 1898-02-03
A HEALTHY WIFE
Writes of DIR. Hartman'S Free
Home Treatment.

Mrs. F. NJ. Badgett, 819 New street,
Knoxville, Tenn, writes letter for
publication, which she desires all her
suffering sisters to read. She writes
"When l was l6 years old, l suffered
with female weakness OF the woyst kind
The commonwealth., 1898-02-03

and spent all I
had trying to
get cured. l
tried several OF
the best physi-
clans, but they
all failed to cure
me. I gave up
all hope of re-
coyery. Finally
DR.. Hartman's :
treatment. " q .
The commonwealth., 1898-02-03
The Greatest of all Attractions.
IF You Want to Save-%

From 5 to 50 purchases
ned Below he quotes few OF his prices Mems Full Size Shirt &c.,
al Suit fine Hat CSC Fine Dongoa Button Shoes
Cotton Cloth Sc Black Fancy
Ladies' Black Hose 5c Gents Hose (back0
Shirt at 39c Fancy Percale Shirt Qanudred) at
OUR goods
benefit Of these
He eouaTv
cheap the him.
S. MEYER, Agt.; Manager,
Enfel
The commonwealth., 1898-02-03
Men VIII Smoke.

Men VIII Smoke.
Why do you buy Cigars one at the
time and pay Sc. each for them when
you can buy them by the box from the
manufacturer so much cheaper?
will send by mail or express, prepaid,
Cigars as follows: A 1Oc. Cigar, 500
per 100: a Sc. Cigar, 81 90. So. SO, $500
per 100; 2llc.. Cigar, 50 90 and $1.75
per 100 Address, r. 2. Dayis, Win
tervile. n. G..
Iersons rho purchase anything ad-
rertased ia this paper mW do q .fapor
to 10th tie advertiser and the editor BY
mentioning the fact thot they saw the
advertisement IN The Comm oa,aUealth.
The commonwealth., 1898-02-03

one out, but would rather invite all in,
and encourage all to stay in. We need
every man. We need all the honest,
patriotic populists; all the honest,
patriotic gold-bugs; all the honest,
patriotic silver republicans, and every
man in the State who loves his coun-
try, his wife and children, and down
trodden oppressed humanity. We need
and want all honest white men, whether
Jew or Gentle, Greek or Barbarian
who favor the rule of intelligence,
honesty, virtue and morality.
We need and want in the coming
contest in this State all who favor
white supremacy, Anglo-Saxon rule,
and the banishment of immorality,
corruption, incompetency, rascality and
meanness from high places and power
in and out OF the State.
But the party does not need any
thorns In its sides, and firebrands in
Its midst, and spies in its camp, nor
any TRAITORS in it's councils.
The party needs to be united as one
man, and those who propose to lag
behind, or bolt conventions, or fight
its principles, or to give aid and COM
fort to the common enemy, will do
their hearts and heads credit. and their
country good, and the party justice By
.a1ellang neee coDgenial q ocfations;
The herald., 1898-02-27
LINES OF TRAVEL
PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP co

The company's elegant steamers SANTA
ROSA and POMONA leave REDONDO al
II a. m. and PORT LOS ANGELES at 2:30
D. M for San Francisco. via Santa Barbara
and Port Hartford, Feb. 4. s, 12, 16. 20, "a, 2S
Mar. a. 8, IL, 16, 20, "a. 2S, Apr. l, S. o. I3, IT,
21. 25, 20. Leave PORT LOS ANGELES at
a. m. and REDONDO at II a. m. for
San Diego via Newport. Feb. 2, 6, 10. IA. 49,
%, 26, Mar 2, 6, 10. IA. 49, %, 26 80, Apr. 8. T.
II, Is, 10 23 II. The Santa Rosa will not stop
at Newport. Cars connect via Redondo
leave Santa Fe depot at 9:45 a. m. or from
Redondo railway depot at $3.50 a. m.
Cars connect via Port Los Angeles leave
S. p. r. r. depot at 1:85 p. m. for steamers
north bound.
The steamers HOMER and COOS BAY
leave SAN PEDRO and EAST SAN Pc
DRO for San Francisco via Ventura. Car
penteria, Santa Barbara. Gaviota, Port
Hartford, Cayucos. San Simeon. Monterey
and Santa Cruz at $3.50 p. m. Feb. l, 6, 8,
10. H. 21, 25 Mar. !, s. 8. 49, II. q, 25, 49, Apr
2. G, 10, IA, Is, 22, 26, 80. Cars connect with
steamers via San Pedro leave S. p. r. r.
(Arcade depot at sos p IN. and Terminal
railway depot at 5:15 p. m.
The company reserves the right to change
without previous notice steamers, sailing
dates and hours of sailing.
w. PARRIS, Agt., 124 w. Second ST.. Los
Angeles
GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., General
Agents San Francisco.
The herald., 1898-02-27
HOW MUsTACHES STARTED
Hair on the Lip First Worn by an I'm
pecunious Nobleman

A venerable-looking old gentleman with
a long, silvery beard, representing forty
years boycott of the barber shops, was ad-
dressing a small audience of semi-beard-
less men at the Grand yesterday when
News reporter came in. The white-haired
apostle of hirsute culture, after dwelling
at length upon the virtues of allowing ma
ture to push forth its hairy production on
the face of man, inquired if anyone knew
the origin Of the mustache. The aspirants
for upper lip decorations guessed and
guessed again, but it was left to the Titus
vile veteran-for it was learned that he
hailed from Titusville, Pa.-to explain tho
bit of history.
"Once upon time, many years ago,
when it was the custom to wear clean
shaven faces, a cerain French duke, baro-
net, count, or otherwise titled man, fell
from grace, and, therefore, revolutionized
tonsorial styles and fashions" continued
the old man. HE ran into debt with his
barber so the barber planned a scheme
to collect the bill. One day the duke came
to get shaved, and the barber scraped his
facial but the upper lip. This he re-
fused to shave unless his dukeship would
settle his indebtedness. Like many titled
noblemen, the duke was broke, and the
upper lip was left fuzzy. He tried several
different barber shops to have his lip
shaved, but his creditor had notified his
professional brethren, and the result was
a boycott against the duke. Never daunted,
the duke evolved an idea and soon put it
into operation by announcing new style
of facial ornamentation. The result was
that mustaches soon became quite the
caper. His friends thought him cleves
fellow, and posterity still sings hil
praises."-Galvesto News.
The herald., 1898-02-27
COWBOYS GLOOMY WINTER
Three Months Amid Desolate Shows
Satisfied One Man

l.. II. Gray, general agent of the Great
Northern, was at his desk, busy as usual
but found moment TO become reminiscent.
When asked for some news he said:
II cannot help thinking how different 1t
VIII be for me this Christmas eve than it
was just sixteen years ago. AT that time
l was away down on the border line of
Colorado and Wyoming, interested in
large stock ranch. We were just finish
ing our roundup and all ready to let tho
cattle drift over the winter range. 1 was
light-hearted and fondly looked forward to
a good Christmas dinner at the ranch and
rest for few weeks, as we were worn
out by the long roundup, when, to my dis
may, my partner rode UP to me as / was
about to change horses and said: Lou,
have bad news; that Mormon boy refuses
to go on the winter range and remain till
April 1st, giving as his reason that he spent
the previous season in one of our cabins on
the winter range and the thought of going
back again almost brought on Madness
To make long story short, l was the one
who took his place, and j shall never forget
that Christmas eve, when | bid the boys
good-by, knowing that 1 would be alone
in a log cabin all winter with nothing to
do but watch the cattle and keep them from
drifting during the storms over into the
Ute country. For the first few days I
made myself busy by putting the supplies
in shipshape and arranging the cabin COM
fortably. AS the days wore on would do
every conceivable thing to pass the time
away. Finally one day bright thought
struck me. - concluded to paper the cabin
with old Chicago and Boston papers. That
was sorry day for L. H. G. 1 got inter-
ested in reading the papers on the wall,
and sometimes to finish a story or an ac-
count of something / was obliged to stand
on my head now and then, for you know
the reading matter would be sometimes up
do liz 1a ,t.it md
how anxiously l looked forward to see the
outfits make their appearance! They came
at last and, believe me, old chap, l was a
happy cow-puncher the day we pointed
| our herd toward the summer range. Would
1 go through it again? No, not for all the
money on the Klondike. Have you ever
stopped to think how utterly homesick a
man can get when he is alone for three
months on winter cattle range?
This evening I will go home and en-
deavor to forget my feeling of Christmas
eve sixteen years ago-1SS2. Seattle POST
| Intelligencer
The herald., 1898-02-27
NOTES OF THE DAY

Pennsylvania has patented a gear
wheel and rail for trolley cars which can
be used to prevent slipping, the teeth Of
the wheel meshing in notched openings in
the rail.
It is said that a flower has been found in
South America which is visible only when
the wind is blowing. The shrub belongs to
the cactus family and is about three feet
HIGH with a crook at the top. When the
wind blows number of beautiful flowers
protrude from little Jumps on the stalk.
1t is generally assumed that California
Is the greatest fruit state in the union,
but the official figures show that the Mis-
souri, fruit crop exceeds that of California
in value by $2,5Oo,OOO The apple crop Of
Missouri is alone valued at $12, 900 900. The
value of the states total fruit crop is $19,-
500, 600.
William Thorpe has presented to the
British museum the shell of a giant tor
tose which lived for upward of 200 years
in the grounds of Plantation house in the
island of ST. Helena 1t was frequently the
object of much curiosity on the part of the
great Napoleon during his enforced stay on
the island.
The Japanese have secured the services
of a trained British ship builder, and, under
his direction, and with plans supplied by
a Clyde firm of ship builders, they are
building for themselves a 5000 ton steamer,
which Is expected TO De ready IOF lauTlcH-
ing from the ship yard at Nagasaki some
time this month
The following correspondence passed be-
tween the managers of the Winfield and
Wellington, Kan, football clubs: Winfield:
1--WE challenge you to game at any place
you will name" Wellington: Wont meet
you, unless it be in hell Winfield: your
selection of your home ground is satisfac-
tory to u.s."
In New Zealand two persons working
together constitute a factory; hours of
labor for females are restricted to forty
eight per week; overtime has to be paid for
at the rate of time and half, but in no
case must any employe receive less than
u cents per hour for overtime, as well as
Il cents tea money.
Veterans who suffered at Andersonvlle
will be interested in hearing of the dis
posal at a recent relic sale in New York of
a French revolver of nine barrels, eight
short and one long double-action hammer.
the whole thirteen inches in length. This
was once the property of Wrz, command
ant of the Andersonville prison.
The herald., 1898-02-27

that the earth passed through it's tail,
which was a trifle of 24,O00,000 miles in
length, but the only visible evidence of be-
ing enveloped in that extremely tenuous
substance was a singular yellow, phospor-
escent glare, very like diffused Aurora Bo-
realis.
Just a dozen years now elapsed before
the advent of Coggia's great comet of 1874.
On July Sd its tail was 25 900 900 miles long,
and on July 21st the comet was only 26, 900, :
600 miles from the earth. Remarkable
changes occurred in the gaseous envelopes
of the nucleus Successive layers seemed
to be projected forward and then trailed
back into the tail, which at one time was
43 degrees in length Coggias comet re-
quires period of 81 centuries to make an
entire revolution in it's highly elongated
orbit; consequently 1t was last previously
seen about the time Jacobs ladder formed
highway between earth and heaven. Per-
haps our brilliant comet was the angelic
light he saw at the top.
1t was only eight years after Cogg;a' S
comet vanished from our sight in 1874 when
one of the most remarkable comets of the
century adorned the morning skies of
September, 1882 Its nucleus was greatly
elongated, and 1t divided while under OBJ
servation into four bead-like nuclei as if q
process of disruption were going on, caused