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A NEW COW STALL.

each row of stalls to support the front
panel, which may be moved to suit tho
length Of the COW; thus small cow
may be forced to stand we'll back in her
stall, over the gutter. The side panels
of the stall are hinged so as to accom-
modate the mixers and let the cows
pass out without backing.
The floors of this stable are made Of
Portland cement and crushed granite
with the surface sloping gently, SO as
to lead all water to the sewer drains.
The manure cutters behind the cows
are 16 inches wide, with the bottom
sloping three-fourths of an inch to the
rea. side and ~ inches of slope to the
center Of the stable. The floor of the
cow stalls is raised four inches above
the other parts of the stable floor. The
managers are composed Of the same ma
terial as the floor and are built up from
it. The side of the manger nearest the
cow is eight inches high and three
inches thick, rounded down at the bot
tom. The front of the manager is 16
inches high; the manger Is two feet
six inches wide and reaches from one
end Of the stable to the other. Il is
used both for feeding and for water.
The water Is turned into the manager
on either end from a pipe, and as the
hangers slope towards the center from
both ends it is readily drained into the
sewer by opening valve. after the
cows have had sufficient time to drink.
1t is said that this means Of watering
cows Is just as convenient and salts
factory as any of the individual water
Ing devices, while it is more clearly and
more wholesome-Rural New Yorker.
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4 DIPLOMATS SI'OR .
Wkv Gen. Grant Did Hot Dine vita
Czar alexander.
T:.e Real Cs,asa was n scc.,7ai IN
Which a Russ;nn Minister 1csrc a
ElSracesc! ana Cner-
vias,Ie Fart.
Especial Washington letter.

~ NEwho has been connected with
& 8 tie diplomatic corps at this
~ capital for number CT years
this evening narrated to the writer the
reason why Gen. Grant was not invited
to dine with the car Of Russia when he
was in St. Petersburg; when the Pc
tentates of all other countries were
entertaining Gen Grant and giving BAN
Duets in his honor. It is singular fact
that the. ear OF Russia withheld that
courtesy from Gen. Grant; and, as the
story is told. be was Justified by Dip
lomatic usage in pursuing that course.
II seems that in the first year OF
Grants presidency the car Of Russia
appointed Constantine de Cataeazy TO
be his minister pienipotentiary to the
United States. This was in the sum
mer OF 1869 Minister Catacazy leased
large end handsome house in the fash
iona hle northwest section Of the city;
and, though long since deserted BY dip
Iomats, ii retains the name Of tie Gaia
cay house, because Of the history
given to it by the Russian minister and
his wife, during their six years resi-
Gen ae there.
Minister CatacaZy was short, Tat,
ruilsy fellow, CT etfusive manners. He
cultivated & genial manner, but it was
r1anifestly insipcere. IieWas at, all times
! manifestly boorin the parlor, a lout in
a Grawng-roon; ard no amount Of dia-
monds. and not any number Of gor-
geous banqusts, could change his man
fest unftness for the partnership
OF, di plclnats of superior attainHlents.
Nine. Catacazy was a tall. graceful
wenaan: beautiful blonde, with Won
, clarful hair, a type OF Gernany's most
beautiful women Of the upper classes.
That ,.ler life had not been at all like
the life Of Caesars wife was probably
due TO the wieledness of others, at
least primarily. No matter how good
and refined q girl may be, she must
become degraded in her own estimation
when she is sold into slavery. by com
pusory marriage with an old man,
as this girl was sold when she was q.
mere slip of girl. A rich Italian
nobleman wanted her; and she was
married TO him against her will
The fact that she became q pTin
and an am ba ssadress did not Ugh ten
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few years previously, when we needed
friends, an(; Grant quietly seat word
cut in administrative circles that it
uc,:5l *. ro:it:e to receive Ca:acazy ana
III. vi viz h the apparent s;'sl.-.'-
t;an ii.a9 tae secret history was tn
k,.yn here.
So Catacazy came. opened Lis iesa-
tioa "a c-rez.. lie, gave magnificent re-
c,..:ioi.s. ard all society called, the
ladies treating Nine. Catstcazy with
courteous consideration. She was
prcnounced beautiful, fascinating,
modest and every wayf. for her pc
stitch. She dressed III superb taste. re-
gully. but never gaudily Eor gorgeous
ly. In evening dress she displayed her
reel, and arms. her alabaster shout
Gars. her long, heavy golden hair, and
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WATER IN ABUNDANCE
II rs Absolutely Essential; to the
Highest and Nsest Perfect alilk
PrOtsyle.t :OKs.

An abundant supply of water, easily
obtained whenever the cow wants it,
is necessary to the highest milk produc-
ton. About 81 per cent. ct milk is wa
ter, and if the cows supply OF water
is limited the milk yielded is proper
tionately reduced. 1t pays to furnish
pure, palatab.e water summer and WIN
ter, so that the COW will drink large
quantities, as, within reasonable limits,
en- increase in water consumption
brings an increase in the milk yield.
Some dairymen are obliged TO water
their COWS in summer from artificial
ponds. When this Is the case the pond
should be fenced and the water drawn
off into trough by pipe controlled
by 9 float valve, SO that the trough Will
always be full of clean water. When
cows are allowed to stand in pond
the water becomes indeecribably filthy
and the cows viii not drink enough to
maintain full milk yield. Such water
is liable to faint the milk, and some OF
the filth which collects on the cows
body while standing in the water Is
very apt to fall into the pail at milking.
This summer we saw dairy COWS drink
ing from ponds in which they stood
and in which pigs wallowed. Milk from
single herd of COWS watered in this
way might faint the entire product of
a creamery.
In winter dairy cows which have poor
shelter and are obliged to drink ice
water from a creek dread the chill and
often do not drink as much water as
needed. It will often pay to warm the
water, using one of the cheap heaters
on the market.
On stormy days if cows are exposed
while drinking the milk yield will be
reduced sometimes as much as 25 per
cent, and when the weather is bad it
will pay either to have the watering
trough under shed or else carry wa
ter to the cows and let them stay in
the stable.
There are devices on the market
which keep supply Of water constant
ly before cows il the stable, and tests
made with these devices show that
when used the milk yield is increased
over that given by any other method Of
watering .-Wester Plowman.
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The load Of misery which she bore as
the unwilling wife of a broken-down
physice, wreck, who was the italian
am bassador to Brazil. Their gorgeous
residence in Rio de Janeiro was to her
a Jail, and she a prisoner planning es-
cape.
Young Catacazy was secretary of the
Russian legation at Rio de Janeiro,
and became acquainted with the Ital-
ian princess and ambassadTess at one
of the public receptions. That the
beautiful girl-wife was weary unto des-
peration with her life, and that her
italian noble .nan was intensely dis
agreed BILE to her, was made manifest
when she took fancy to fat and sleek
Catacazy, and he was frequent visit
or at the Italian embassy, until the
feeble old ambassador deemed ii neces-
sary to exclude Catacazy from his list
of visitors, SO that he only called when
official duties ana functions required
him to do so. Nevertheless, there were
clandestine meetings.
One day the italian ambassadress
went out driving, and she did not re-
turn. Her driver had left her al the
residence Of friend and was told to
drive home, which he did. All Rio was
excited, and it was generally believed
that the missing princess had been kid
naped. Nobody noticed that Catacazy
had also disappeared. except the min
lister and attaches Of the Russian lega-
ton; and they automatically said
nothing. Finally they were discov-
cred living together in little cottage
near the capital OF Brazil. Catacazy
was recalled to Russia, and took his
beautiful princess with him. The old
ambassador died, and so Catacazy and
the princess were married.
Prime Minister Gortchakoff, OF Russia,
was a friend and supporter of Catacazy,
and so his scanda1ous conduct did not
interfere with his standing in the Rus
sian diplomatic service. He was sent
as secretary to various European
though there had been no blemish in
his career, which WAS notoriously
known. After 20 years had elapsed,
Catacazy became secretary to the Rus
sian legation in Washington, but he
did not bring his wife with him. Later
On he was made Russian minister to
Washington. It was presumed that his
escapade had been forgotten, but such
things are never forgotten in the social
and diplomatic world.
President Grant understood the sit
Gation, for it was matter Of common
topic among the ladies. But Russia
had been our powerful friend only a
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-06-15
BUTTER-MAKING TESTS.
Give Better Results Than COM
mercial Cultures.

The discovery of the important part
played by various bacteria in producing
the flavor and aroma of butter has led
to the introduction of what are known
as commercial butter cultures, and
dairymen have been led to hope that by
the use of such cultures and of the
process of pasteurizing, the quality Of
their butter might be materially i'm
proved. Recent trials at the Pennsyl-
vania experiment station, however, re-
ported In bulletins Nc. Is and No. as,
now in press, seemed to indicate that
cleanliness. the careful selection Of
promise to effect more in improving the
flavor Of our butter than pasteurizing
and the use of commercial cultures.
With pasteurized cream, the acid-form-
ing cultures were found to give slightly
but distinctly better results than were
obtained from unpasteurized cream rip
ened spontaneously, while non-acid-
forming cultures gave results, if any
thing, slightly inferior to those OBJ
tanned by spontaneous ripening. With
unpasteurized cream, as might have
been expected, the results were less
marked. A homemade starter, how
ever carefully prepared, from skim milk,
was found to give as good, if not better,
results than the more expensive COM
mercial cultures, and this was true both
with pasteurized and with raw cream.
No distinctly beneficial results were OBJ
served from pasteurizing, although the
experiments were not specially planned
TO test this point. These results are SIM
liar to those recently published by the
Wisconsin experiment station and the
two taken together do not seem to in
dieate that, under present conditions,
marked advantages are to be antici-
pated from the use of the commercial
cultures. Trials were also made of heat
ing milk to a temperature of about 165
degrees Fahrenheit before separating,
but without any marked effect on the
Havoring of the resulting butter.
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FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for over fifty years by mil
lions of mothers for their children while
teethlng, with perfect success 1t
soothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind cole, and Is
the best remedy for Dlarrhoea. It will
relieve the poor little sufferer lmmedi-
ately. Sold by Druggists IN every part
of the world. Twenty-Five cents q
bottle. BE sure and ask Tor "Mrs.
Wins;ow's Soothing Syrup, am; take 10
other kind. 4-27-1y
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-06-15
OUTLINE OF GATE.

(g). Bolt the top of seven-foot up
right and at the bottom of the front one
(b). Nail q, board over the back ends of
the gate plank. This makes the whole
thing stronger, and I prefer it toa four
byfour for hinge timber. Get your
blacksmith to make a pair of hinges.
The post hinge at the top must be long
enough to go clear through, SO that a
burr can be placed On the end. AS the
gate Says this is frightened, The bot
tom one can simply be driven into the
post. It should have shoulder to rest
against.-George james, in Orange
Judd Farmer.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-06-15
Economy CT Hornlcsx Cows.

When it comes to putting up cows for
winter, the cow that has no horns will
be found to take much less room than
her neighbor who is tempted to and
generally does hook and fight ell those
near her. In the stable, of course, each
stall will accommodate its cow. horns
or no horns. But we believe that horned
cattle are often kept in stables on
bright, pleasant. winter days, to keep
them from hooking one another. when
they would bemuch healthier if allowed
to run in small yard. Most barny yards
are made much larger than would be
necessary If al horns were removed
This wastes manure, as more surface
is exposed to rains, and the droppings
In a large yard are often so scattered
that they are Dever gathered into heaps
and carried where they are needed
American Cultivator.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-06-15
WHAT BAD ROADS COST.
sS4a, Cost CT Wagon F'reieh 1
Twelve. Months Represents aA
Euor..lcus Amount.

Gen. Roy Stone figures out that 'nele
IRE 500, GOO miles Of public road IN tue
limited States, over which 5o0,ooo'ooo
ions of freight.are hauled every year.
Putting the average haul at eigho
,niles-though this is probably an over
estimate-ha figures the cost OF cartlng
at two dollars the ton, or VI .ooo'o''o'oo"
the year.
With uniformly good roads the cost
Of moving this freight would be only
$500 .ooo, 600, saving $6oo,oC0,O0o to the
public annually. This is equivalent to
the yearly interest on $4,000, G0o,G OF
three per cent. government bonds.
One-half of this almost inconcelVably
vast sum would rebuild every mile OF
road in the United States at an average
cost of, say, &c. 156 per mile, and the
other half would furnish yearly in
come of $500 per mile for their repair
and maintenance.
At present the people spend the vast
sum of $40. O0o, 900 each year i'll repair
inu their worthless roads. This sum
would build 1900 miles of thoroughly
good macadam road, sufficiently wide
for rural use.
Experiments made IN the M1sSOurA
agricultural experiment station show
that in nearly all road conditions broad
tired wagons pull easier than those
with narrow tires. On macada1m road
a load of ISIS pounds can be hauled on
broad tires with the same draught as a
load of 1900 pounds on narrow tires.
On gravel road, except when wet and
sloppy on top, the draught Of the broad
tired wagon is much less than that Of
| the narrow-tired wagon; load of 2,4s2
| pounds can be hauled on broad tires
with the draught required for 1000
| pounds on narrow tires.
The trials on dirt roads give varying
! results. When it is dry, hard and free
from dust $3.50 pounds can be hauled
On broad tires with the draught re-
CURED for {, 900 pounds on narrow tires.
| When the surface is covered with two
or three inches of dry, loose dust, the
results are unfavorable to the broad
| tire.
In general, the better the road the
greater the advantage Of the broad tire.
| On turf it is much easier of draught~
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AUTOMATIC sTANcHION.
Nest Excellent and Safe Device
for Cattle That Have Not
Eean DekoraeE.

The pieces A and B are the movable
parts, the first closed aud the other
open. The narrow strips I, II, III, each
Of which is two inches wide and three
quarters of an inch thick, represent the
apparatus by which the stanchions are
operated. The pieces l and III are
fastened to the immove bic upright (e}
and connected through II by means Of
bolts, that at g being fitted with block
against which the upright A is to play
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NEW WISCONSIN BARN.
N It's Construction Every New and
Progressive Idea Hns Been Cure.
fully Considered.

The Wisconsin experiment station
people have built q new barn after
studying carefully the best to be found
in various parts of the country. They
have decided TO use metal in making
the stalls, and sample stall is shown
In the cut The stable is arranged for
SO cows, 10 Oh each side of the center
passage, with the two rows OF COWS
facing this center passage, which is ten
feet wide, so that team may be driven
through to fed the crops taken direct
" from the fields. The stalls are con-
sfructed of gas pipe posts with frame
work Of gates and panels of channel
iron support 1:y mesh of No. z woven
steel wire. Il, the picture, c shows the
framework extending to the length Of
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-06-15

If troubled with rheumatism, give
Chamberlain's Pain-Balm a trial It
will not cost you a cent if it does no
good. One application will relieve the
pain. It also cures spralns and bruises
in one third the time required by any
other treatment. Cuts, burns, FROST
bites, qulnsey, pains in the side and
chest, gIandular and other swellings are
quickly cured by applying it. Every
bottle guaranteed. Price, Is and 80
cents. E. T. Whitehead & Co.
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BOTANIC BLOOD BALM FOR FAD
BLOOD.

Famous B. B. B.-Botanic Blood
Balm. the greatest, grandest, best and
strongest Blood Remedy made. Cures
when all else fails, pimples, ulcers
scrofula, eczema, boils, blood poison
eating sores, distressing skin eruptlons
cancer, catarrh, rheumatism. Free
medical advice given, when DESCRIPTION
OF your trouble is given. This gener.
oi,s offer is worth while accepting
u -ge bottles, containing nearly a
quart OF medlcine) for sale By all Dirt g
glsts at 81 per bottle. B. B. B. Is away
ahead OF ali other Blood Remedies for
curing Bleed Hunors Try B. b. B.
sHloa1i IN IL mi Z. "a. ssi
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-06-15
SWINGS BOTH WAYS.
A Farm Gate That Has Been Foun d
Safe and Cheap Wherever 1t
Has Been Used.

The gate shown in the Illustration I
have used for years and find it safe and
cheap. The. horizontal boards (a) are
six inches wide and "A feet long. The
uprights (b) are two-by-fours, three of
them, AZ feet high, and the fourth (c)
seven feet. Mortise the boards into the
uprights to, depth of one inch. For a
brace use tVo one-by-fours, 16 feet long
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-06-15
Air: .vr Good Cows.

What we dairymen should aim at is
to secure the best cows we can, and try
testing each cows milk by churning
separately, and ascertain for sure
whether they pay for their keeping and
give us little profit. We can be salts
fled with a small profit, but cannot at
ford to keep cows at loss for the be-
nevolent purpose OF supplying dairy
products to consumers at low cost.
Excelsior should be the watchword,
and the poorer cowx-kept only until
their places can be filed by better
WsSecnsin Agricu1turist.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-06-15

Rheumacide is thorough, perma-
nent, constitutional cure for rheuma-
t1sm. The acids in the blood which
cause the disease are thoroughly eradi-
Gated. Is also the best blood purifier,
laxative and tonic.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-06-15
NOT. {. &.

State OF North Carolina. !
County of HALIFAX.
In the Superior co.. -,e"e y
Clerk.
r. II. III Ia
J. E. Shields. W, D. Shields, CLAD
and vile, Olivis, j. la-aer Aic pa 4
and wife Mary G.. 7. 4. We, ~
Hill, Trustee, and f. T. iela
By virtue oil poWa t7aieT'dH /
us by a decree en- .eeei - -A5 iooRssJ
titled Special Proceeding on tAe--
day of May, 1889, VIC -laN sell air]
lie auction at the COur' R1nsa Cow
halifax, on Moaday. !l' 3rd Gay
July, 1899, the followus dasc'iV@'
estate, lying, being ana sj,22l4
said county, to-wjt ; ~ "4c' .. ~ T.
bounded by the laLa- O., j. Va 1.1
w. ID. Shields, VI. NJ. Cl9"p, goI
Powell, J. Z. Shield, " II. hN1
J. r. Weeks and Mrs. L. d. JooDI|
and containing $40 >--@, n'F
less. i
Terms of Sale: Dee ball c&n
day of sale, ba'ence II six lon'HL1
day OF sale, with nois of eIa'sl
Ing six per cent. iulale.3 ana u.a 'rl
tained till whole OF p.al 'aa H0D'
paid.
This Nay tie 20h, j>@a'
y. I'D, ~
G-l-5t. LyHI'- 70
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Are You Weak

are You Weak
Weakness manifasts itself in the loss Of
ambition and aching bones. The blood Is
watesy; the tissues are Wasting-the door is
being opened for disease. A bottle Of Brow ns'
Iron Bitters taken in time will restore your
strength, sootiie your nerves. make your
blood rich and red. Do You more good
than an exaensiya spscial course ofmeGiicine.
Bs-owns' ire, sss.sss IS sa'a b., III dealers.
WHAT'S IN NAME?
He said he'd have "wliskey straight, :
We met an hour later
He leaned against a wobbly gate,
But the latter wac the straighter.
9 "A - fra
Bears thu The Kim. You Haze AiEa1s Beuqh
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NJ. who has been COZ nected with
s. 8 tie diplomatic corps at this
SssrEI ,.r,itai for :, 7,,IInl:e1 Of wears
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beauled upon visitors with the large,
luminous, blue baby eyes, whose droop-
ing lashes pictured her Innocence
presented. Indeed, it was said even
by some Of the ladies that Nine. Cata-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-01
PRICE FIVE CENTS.

SOUTHAMPTON, England, August
24.-The British steamer Arundel Cas-
tie sailed from this port today with
thirty officers and 770 men of various
regiments, bound for Cape Town.
GIBRALTAR, August 24.-The Man
chester Regiment, numbering 1000
men, has sailed for Cape Town.
LONDON, August 24.-The Marquis
of Salisbury spent the afternoon and
evening with Queen Victoria. 1t is be-
lieved the grave situation of affairs in
the Transvaal was partly responsible
for the Premier's visit to Her Majesty.
LONDON, August 23.-The Johan-
nesburg correspondent of the Times
says: DisQuieting reports have been
received here from Natal. 1t is stated
that on Sunday a train from JOhan-
nesburg was fired upon in Transvaal
territory. The feeling near the border
is bitter and the. disloyal Natal Dutch
are armed with Mausers.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-01
EIGHTEEN TINS CAPTURED.


Mike Costello, known to Honolulu
people as the man who drove Wela ka
hao on June II, was arrested last night
by Officer Hart and charged with hav-
ing eighteen tins of opium in posses
sion. During the early part of the
evening officer Willis had heard a con-
versation which aroused his suspicious,
and he informed Hart when that Off
Ger came on watch that something
was doing" Hart kept his weather
eye open and when he saw Costello
make several visits to Chinese store
on King street near Fort he thought
he had the right man. Costello soon
appeared with a bundle. The next
moment he was being escorted by the
police officer to the station house.
There the bundle was opened and
found to contain eighteen tins of
opium. Costello appeared very much
surprised and protested that he had no
idea of what was in the package. He
was locked up for the night and will
be heard by Judge Wilcox this morn
ing
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-01
CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS.
Reach San Francisco in the Trans
port Sherman

SAN FRANCISCO, August 23.-The
United States transport Sherman was
GIFTED about four miles outside the
Heads at o'clock this evening. She
IS twenty-nine days from Manila, via
Nagasaki and Yokohama. She brings
Erst California Regiment of Vol
unteer Infantry and Companies A and
d of the First California Volunteers,
Heavy Artillery. She has $50 officers
and enlisted men and 250 discharged
man from various regiments now serv-
ing in the Philippines.
Three deaths occurred on board ear
ly i'm the trip, the victims being Pri-
vate John Holman of Company G, dis
sentery; Private Luther H. Densmoore,
Company B, typhoid fever, and Ser
geant Ernest Coelig, Battery A, Artil-
lery, typhoid fever. With these three
exceptions every one who left Manila
July % arrived here safely and in good
form.