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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-04-07
G,,otr. Hotel Venture Not IA success.

El Paso, Tex, April 3.-Grant G.
Gillett, the absconding Kansas cattle
plunger, has made a failure in the
hotel business at chihuahua, Mex.
He purchased the Hotel Palacio with
in month after his disappearance at
Abilene, Kan, refurnishing it through.
out, but in very short time sold it
again, and it is now known that he
failed to make expenses and to pay the
price agreed upon. Gillett's refusal to
run bar in connection with the hotel
is said to have caused his failure.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-04-07
Uncle SANS Great Jubilee.

Washington, April 3. No festival We 4
held in this, the nations city of festi-
walls, has ever been attempted upon a
scale approaching in splendor or nov
city that arranged for the national
peace jubilee to occur here during
three days and three nights of May.
The occasion will be the tribute of the
entire nation, not Of a city, to the sol
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-05-04
Whitewash in the Cow Stable.
Home and Farm.

Home and Farm.
: 1t may be true that the most i'm
portant place to whitewash on the farm
is the hen house, inside and out, but
certainly the cow stable comes next.
The man who IS SO independent, or so
Indifferent to the appearance OF things
as to neglect to whitewash his COW
stable is certainly too indifferen, to the
sense of cleanliness to ever become a
dairyman. Ii you are not willing tc
put on with a brush, then borrow 6
force-pump and hose, make the wash
thin and squirt it on. Ii you Will s!ai
at the top of the building and cone
down YOU will find the wash will go CT
quite evenly alter little experience
It smothers up and kills myriads of un
welcome germs that constantly ac
cunuIate in the COW stable and in
peril the purity of the milk. Il has ;
good tendency toward making the mel
neat and cleanly in their habits, botI
of dress and handling the cows.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-05-04
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
fDa''y except Monday. tDally ex-

fDa'il- except Monday. 4Daliy ex'
cept f4..dav.
Tran q. ne Sc :land Neck Branch
Road leaves y el1on 3 :35 D m, Halifax
Is y. M, arrives Scotland Neck at
) :OS D. m, GreenyIlle 6 81 p. M, Kins-
ton 4: :55 D. N. Returning leaves
Klnston 7 so a. M, Greenyille 3 :52 a.
~ arriving Halifax at III :lS a. M,
Weldon IL :33 a. M, daily except Sun
day.
Trains on Washington Branch leave
Washington s 30 Il. m. and 80 p. M,
arrive parmele 9 10 a. II. and 100 y.
m. returning leave narme'e 80 a. IN.
and 6 80 p. m., arrive Washington
| IL 100 a. IN. and 7 20 p. m, daily eX-
cept Sunday.
Train leaves TarborO, y. c., daily
except Sunday 5 30 y. m, Sunday,
l:15 o. M, arrives Plymouth Z :4O p.
m, 6 10 D. m., Returning, leaves Ply
mouth daily except Sunday, Z 90 a. m,
and Sunday . :0O a. m, arrives Tarboro
IG :O5 a. M, ii 40 a. m.
Train on Midland n. c.. Branch
leaves GoIisboro daily, except Sunday,
:O5 a. NJ, arriving Srithfic'd :lO a..
IN. Returning leaves Smithfield 3:OO
IA. m. arrives at Goldsboro 10 20 a. H..
Trains On Nashville Branch leaH
Rocky Mount at 8 80 a. M, 3 40 p. m
arrive Nashville 10 10 a. m, 4 :O3 pm >,
Spring Hope 40 a. M, 4 :25 pm
Returning leave Spring Hope IL :OO a.
M, 4 :55 p. m, Nashville III ~ Il. IN
) :25 p. M, arrive at Rocky Mount
II Ia !. NJ, 6 80 u. M, daily except
Sunday.
Train OH Clinton Branch leaves War
saw for Clinton daily, except Sunday
8 10 a. m. and 4 10 p. m. Return.
ing leaves Clinton at Z 90 a. m. and
10 100 a. m.
Train No. IS makes close connection
at Weldon for all points North daily
all rail via Richmond.
IT. NJ. EMERSON,
GenI Pass. Agent
J. r. KENIY, Gent Manager.
r. NJ. EMERSON. Traffic Manager.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-05-04
NO. 18
A Fifty Dollar Button.
GastOnia Gazette.

Gastonia Gazette.
Mr.. Thomas White has it and he has
had it 4S years. The other day he read
in the Boston Mill and Shop that
citizen of Bristol, Pa, had one OF the
buttons worn by Washlngton's SER
yants. 1t contained Il monogram of
the letters G. w. in the center and
around this were the words Long Live
the President" Mr.. White knew at
once that this was ike the button he
had been keeping for 4S years. The
item further stated that there were OF.
ly three of these buttons known to be
in existence and two Of them we're in
the Washington family. Mr.. Whites
relic undoubtedly makes tour of the
buttons. He refused five dollars for it
one day last week. Where did Mr..
White get it? He says he got it by
being naughty sort of boy. An old
man named Macarthur was going to
leave the neighborhood for Georgia.
He was shoemaker aud very near
sighted. He was starting out and
packing up his belongings, not want
ing to carry SO far any unnecessary
plunder. Looking over the things in
the chest, he threw away several lasts
and things. Mr.. White who was then
a boy or s years old, slipped around
and put back into the chest these re
iected articles. The old man though
strange OF finding them again arc
threw them away once more. FINAL.
the near-sighted old man caught th
boy at his pranks and offered him thl
button to quit. The boy agreed ant
has kept the button until this day
He has been asked if he would consid
er bid OF $50 for it.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-05-04
Have Kidney Trouble
a,;.s Don't Know 1t.

,.re is q disease prevailing in this
,..s,.- most dangerous because so de-
t,a Many sudden deaths are
5 bv lt.-fleart disease, pneu-
hant failure or apopleSy are
~. t1a re ait of kidney disease. Ii
l.. 7r.y t.ouhe Is allowed to advance
H. E:1aev isoison Ill the blood is LA
!#-.. 7.tack the vital organs, or the
,-.,--e. them naselves break down and
,... AWAY cell by cell. Then the
,gne.s Of The blood-the albun,en-
--. ar4 1he sufferer has Bright's
r..e... The worst form of kidney trou-
ra Kidney trouble can be detected
,--h-.os! il be slow and deceptive.
- 5,v lnal7sls of the urine second,
~, -sa .frnpla test Of setting the urine
...s. I'm q Glass or bottle for twenty
:.r, e1trs, when cloudy or br.ck
F,--- -.,ins Indicates It.
was !ar lust such troubles that III
~ I.tfaitn power and goodness the
sraat rbvsician caused Swamp-Root tc
s-sw as the benefit Of suffering man
4 leaving II for His servant, Dr.
a-f,,er. the great kidney and bladder
sra5-a'f>t to discover 1t and make Il
ta5wn 10 the world. Its wonderful
.acv is in promptly curins
the NOS. distressing cases is trul.
ra.welans. You may have sample
ha--'e II Dr.. kilmer's Swamp-Root th'
eraa- kidney. liver ana bladder RENE
ia. by mail free.
Address DIR. Kilmer & Co., Blne
haTrf5T7. \. y. When writing mention
Tf- EoNNIOEWEALTH.
Drleglsts, in fifty cent or dolla
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-05-04

to prepare a declaration of indepen-
dence as broad as that OF Thomas JET
ferson or to devise and live under a
constitution as elastic and as enduring
as that of the United States. Besides
ali this, with their own natural antag-
onisms and ignorant antipathies arising
from their imperfect idea of social re-
lations, the greatest hope for them OF
either life or a shadow of liberty or
CLINT OF happiness, is to be found in
their remaining under the schoolmas-
tership of a strong and steady hand
during the years of their political
minority. Even those of us who are
most opposed to Americas assuming
the tremendous burden of dependen-
cies thousands of miles away from our
coast line, must concede this that
when 1t comes to :. question of the form
of government under which the Filipi'
nos can obtain the most satisfactory
results, we dare not say Spanish nor
German, nor Japanese (the latter being
too untried); even though 1T Is re-
public, do teel Tree to say French and
certainly we shoald protest against
Chinese ownership as having in it only
political corruption OF the worst kind
Narrowed therefore down to its limits
this fact remains-that, whether expe
dent or not expedient, the government
as surrendered by Spain and affecting
eight million individuals, unable tt
look after themselves, so far as we cal
understand, and unready for full polltl
cal power, must either be carried on b.
ourselves or by the English. The mer
fact that forty thousand insurgent
more or less are fighting for what We
in certain phases OF sentiment, ca
liberty, has nothing whatever to d
with the main question, nor would
Justify us in leaving 100000 to al
archy and seif-destruction.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-05-04
Good Business Rules.

A Greensboro correspondent OF the
Charlotte Observer writes that paper
the following
In conversation with Mr.. Ireland, OF
the Odell Hardware Company, Of
Greensboro, N. c., he told me OF Their
rules with regard to employees, which ]
wish to give to other business men.
When they employ man or boy 1t Is
stipulated that he Is not to swear or
smoke in or about their place OF busi-
ness, and he is not to drink intoxlca-
ting liquor at all. II caught assoclating
with those of questionable character he
| gets discharge at once. Their posi-
ton Is that if he cannot find suitable
| associates among their forty-tive en-
ployes and all the other moral men IN
town, then there is something wrong
with him and they do not want such
a man. When ley employ mar
they ascertain what church he belongs
to, and notify the pastor Of that church
and expect him to look after the new
conner. They have no cash system
nor cashiec, but put a man On his hon
or in handling the cash.
To show you how 1t works: They
} found one OF their young men drlnkln:
lust little, and fired him, and wrote
his parents the cause. In short tisp'
they (the parents) wrote to thank tn
company for being SO positive witt
their boy, saying that the compan.
7 had bv their strict rules taught TIT
, Young man lesson that they hat
!, never been able to do, i. c., that h
could not drink whiskey and held hi
lob with good people. Another thing
e when their men want credit, they ge
I, ! it when it is known that they work TO
Odell & Co., because a man that tall
to paw his bills cannot stay with them
: for they pay their men good salaries
It and there is no excuse except extrava
! gance for their not paying their bill
= | am Writing from memory and ma
;. have lett out some important item, bu
Il it seems to Inc that these are goo
rules, and If adopted by business me
generally would be Of incalculabl
benefit to young men in restralnln
them from evil habits and helpin
them to build characters that are wort
something to the world. While tt
J. young man is benefited, the mercha'
b is also, as 1t secures for him the vel
,r best class of help, help that he can re
J. on when absent from his business.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-05-04
FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
heen used for over fifty years by mill
lions of mothers for their children while
teethlng, with perfect success. 1t
soothes the child, softens the gums
allays all pain, cures wind collc' ana !, Is
the best remedy for Dlarrhoea. 1t VIII
relieve the poor little sufferer lmmedl,
ately. Sold by Druggists In every par
Of the world. Twenty-Five cents
bottle. Be sure and ask Tor "Mrs
Winslow's Soothing Syrup, and take NJ
a.har Lind- 427-1y
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-05-04
Tribute to Christine Bradley's
Courage.

Col. Geo. W Balm, in The Voice.
In the great reckoning day there will
be records of moral courage that will
pale those OF the war heroes whose
names now live in poetry and song.
For Christine Bradley, the Io-year-old
daughter of our governor OF Kentucky,
to face, as she did, the frowns OF false
education, and with insults heaped up
on her, to stand at Newport News last
March, and baptize the battleship Ken
lucky with pure, cold water, required
as blood-born bravery as cOursed the
veins of the ensign who cut the wires
in Cardenas bay, or the lieutenant who
sank the Merrlmac in the entrance 10
Santiago harbor. When appointed by
Secretary Long to christen the ship,
Miss Bradley decided that custom so
out of harmony with the logic OF
life should be broken. She at once
made known her purpose to use water
from the spring which Abraham Lin
coin drank from in his boyhood days.
| This announcement met with great
opposition. The secretary of the navy
and the builders of the ship were be-
seiged with requests that this "erratlc'
young girl be compelled to conform to
the custom of centuries. The secretary
of the navy, John. D Long, was In sym
pathy with Miss Bradley, but he had
no control over the ship until received
by the government. The builders ex'
pressed their wish that water should
not be used. This, however, had nc
effect on the purpose OF the brave
Young woman, who determined in bel
own mind that rather than use In the
christening what had bllghted the
hopes of so many daughters, buried II
drunkards' graves so many sons OF he
State, and sent so many crafts ant
crews to the bottom of the sea, sh'
would decline to christen the ship
The builders allowed her to have he
wav, and never was there ship sent t.
' its home in the sea SO freighted wit
the prayers of womanhood.
In presenting Miss Bradley with
silver water service In the name OF tn
w. C. T. U. of Kentucky, and of se'
eral personal admirers from othe
States, said in closing the llttl
- speech "Heayen bless Christine Brae
ley, who, by example said:
=. I christen thee, Kentucky,
= With water from the spring
1t Which enriched the blood OF Llncol
o. Whose praise the sailors sing.
I christen thee, Kentucky,
With prayers Of woman true,
ID That wine, the curse Of sailors,
of May never curse thy crew.
n, 7 christen thee, Kentucky,
ne And may this christening be
|v A lesson of safety ever
At To sailors on the sea"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-05-04
ANOTHER CASE OF RHEUMA
TISM CURED BY CHAMBER
1ATN'S PAIN BALM.

NV son was afflicted with rheuma-
tism which contracted his right limb
until he was unable to walk. After
using one and a half bottles OF Cham
berlain's Pain Balm he was able to be
about again. I can heartily recon-
mend it to persons suffering from
rheumatism.-John Snider, Freed, Cal
houn Co., w. Va. For sale by E. T.
Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-05-04

-AsToEIA.
:. The Kind You Have Always Bought
s's.;:''' : Iezka<zM
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-05-04

Rheumacide is a thorough, perma-
nent constitutional cure for rheuma-
t,sm. The acids in the blood which
cause the disease are thoroughly eraai-
Gated. Is also the best blood purlher'
laxative and tonic.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-05-04
THE EDITORS LEISURE HOURS.
Points and Paragraphs Of Things
Present, Past and Future.

reference to the many mistakes maOe
by the late Legislature, and observed
that there must haye been consider
able carelessness IN enrolling bills, &c.
The Statesville Landmark offers the
following reasonable explanation, and
we agree that such ought not to be:
"The Landmark is of the opinion
that the gross negligence is due to the
custom of selecting legislative en-
ployes-clerks, etc.-with reference to
their political influence rather than
with regard to their fitnesss for the
positions in which they are placed
This is custom that ought to be
changed
Jules Verne's book "Around the
World in Eighty Days" represented
one Phileas Fogg to have made it il
1878 on bet of 100000. OF course
it was said to be impossible then, bu
locomotion and things generally hav'
so changed the Vlrginian-Pilot re
| marks:
"Soon we shall have Excursion
| Aronnd the World in Thirty Days
The world moves, but we seem to kee]
up with it. Some day, however, W
shall take advantage of the annual rex
olutlon, and diurnal turning around
the earth to expedite travel in som
directions, If not in all. Edison, Tesla
or some other electrician, will teac
us so to countervail momentum an
the attraction OF gravity, the force
air. &C., that we may rise short wa
from the globe, remain statlonar.
until the place we desire to reach come
under us and then descend.
More than year ago THE CoMMo
WEALTH suggested the keeping
blood-hounds at some central or cow
nient point in each county in the Sta
in order that criminals easily and spec
ily might be caught and the State tn
assisted in bringing them to speed
justice.
In view of the recent horrible lyme
Iings in Georgia the Atlanta Constlt
: ton published number OF opinion
Among them was one by Govern
: Northern, who also advocates suppl
!" ing every county with trained bloc
hounds. His opinion in part was:
"My first suggestion is that all HON
shor1ld be made miniature arsenals,
least to the extent of one good WI
= chester and one good pistol; that "
men be allowed to carry weapons up'
their persons, concealed, II SO desire
and that they be taught the use a
handling Of firearms, SO that they m
become their own protectors In
absence of the husband or master
= the house. An occasional negro lyl
dead in the back yard, shot by brs
woman in defenseof her honor, v
do more to stop this awful crime th
all the lynchings that may occur In
wear. I would haye every county 81
nlied with at least half dozen '
trained blood-hounds. I would b
an organization of at least twenty n
IN each county who should hayo SUI
vision of all lawlessness and dlsoro
in the county"
y Norfolk College will no longer
Norfolk College, after the present
=. sion closes. The college closes up
manently as Norfolk College, tno'
it has been suggested that some <
of school will be kept open there
dor another name, perhaps.
ia very unwelcome news to
public generally, and especially SO
!. the people of Eastern Carolina
lie ,.rts Of Virginia. Many Of the e
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-05-04
TAYLOR
The GROCER.

HEEPS THE QUALITY OF GOODS
n desired by the people who want
SOMETHING G0OD;
Complete line of Heavy and Fancy
GROCERIES, FRUITS.
VEGETABLES, CROCkERI,
STONE and TINWARE.
Also LEST HAY,
Corn,
Rice-Meal, oats,
Cotton-seed Meal, Hul!s,
General Feed Supplies
Clover and Grass seeds.
'Phone Call No. 4.
S 6 tt.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-05-04

Norfolk College will no longer be
Norfolk College, after the present ses-
sion closes. The college closes up per-
manently as Norfolk College, though
it has been suggested that some kind
IF school will be kept open there un-
der another name, perhaps. Ibis
is very unwelcome news to the
nnblic generally, and especially SO to
the people of Eastern Carolina ano
narts of Virginia. Many OF the good
ladies' of this region have been educat
ed at Norfolk College. The lnstltu'
ton has been established about elgh
teen years and has made good name
amongst like Institutions in the coun
ltrv. It has been operated by a s'oci
company, whose chief promoter ane
snnnorter was Col. John l.. Roper ou
1.-The institution 1t is said has never oee'
paving Investment. Col. Roper stoo
bv It as long as he saw hope OF uitl
mate success, but finally did SO muc
fo. # without returns he felt constrall
ed to give it up. He told virg'nlar
Pilot reporter that he did not thin
the people OF Norfolk stood to the \
st;tnt,on as they should have don
Some have patronized cheaper schoo
outside of the city regardles SIS Oh u
comnarison of profits from investe
tuition.
vi THE COMMONWEALTH regrets TO lea
ot the closing up Of the college. "
have repeatedly had dealings with Il
J. managers who haye inserted adve
t;saments of the institution in the
n columns and we have always fou'
~ theu uniformly courteous and prom
in navment of their contracts.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-18

IT know OF nothing so good as Paine's
celery compound" says Miss May Sher-
win. for the past seventeen years prin-
cipal Of the largest public school M
Bloomington H.. ITO counteract the ner-
vous strain incident TO a constant life IN
the schoOl-rOOm.
L have myself used Palne's celery com
pound" she continues. with most salts
factory results Il is a splendid nerve
tonic"
The discoverer Of Paine's celery com
pound was himself one OF the greatest
teachers that ever lived
Edward T.. Phelps NJ. D., IL. D., held
a famous professorship In Dartmouth Col
lege. and was a lecturer I'm other great
universities, all the while he was en-
gagged I'm that momentous study which led
TO the chief accomplishment Of the mcdi-
cal research of this century-the develop
ment Of Paino's celery compound.
The general complaint now among IN
teligent women is that they are hurried
and driven and fretted almost out OF
their senses by the demands upon their
time and strength.
No wonder. then, the average woman
has lost the capacity for sound sleep.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-18
THE WINTER OF 1856.
A Contemporary Record Of the Cold
pud snow.

The winter OF 1856 was, az has been
stated In the Dispatch. an exceedingly
severe one, and there was even more
snow than I'm the succeeding year. The
late Samuel a. Guy. who was n Justice
Of the Peace and lived az Contention. I'm
Goochland county some twenty-five miles
from Richmond, wrote on the ny-leaf Of
his code the following memorandum with
reference to the cold and snow:
Saturday. January ). 1856 Snow COM
menced about o'clock A. NJ. Showed
until late Sunday night, and about j
inches deep Drifted a good deal. Ex-
tremely cold afterwards. Thursday morn
ing. the 10Th. thermometer II degrees be-
low zero, and Friday morning II degrees
below zero. No thawing yet-now Satur-
day, the 18th. Snow commenced about 5
O'Clock and showing very fast
Thursday. oath Thermometer again .
degrees below zero. IL has showed every
week since the 5th. -Four shows now on
the ground and no thawing yet. About
2s inches of snow has fallen. Slst January,
1896.
Monday. ith February. Thermometer
again degrees below zero. Another light
snow yesterday. All the SHOWS on the
GROUNDING thawing yet
Thursday, 18th February. Thermometer
again 5 degrees below zero. Snow again
yesterday. No thaw yet.
Sunday. 18th February. Ice broke up in
river and canal.
Tuesday, February goth. Some patches
OF snow still remaining and likely 10 stay
till March.
March 18th. The last patches OF snow
about gone. Still cold weather.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-18
THE ~ STORM BEATS THIS.
An Aged Citizen Says There Is No
Compnrison.

Mr.. Spencer r. Hancock, Of Manches-
ter. IS among the older citizens who DO
not think the snow-storm through which
we have Just passed compares with that
Of forty-twS years ago. In letter to the
Dispatch. he says: This Is pretty GOOD
snow. No comparison TO the snow OF
1851 or Cox's snow, as It was genelally
called. The snow OF 1851 was not as long
falling as the present one. but it fell IN
much larger fakes. 1 should say that
Cox's snow would average a foot ana
half deeper than this, and 1t dritted
great deal more Four or five days AFTER
the snow Of 1851 l came to Richmond
twenty miles. In a sleigh drawn by FOUR
horses. Five friends were with me. we
were four days making the trip cox
snow did not all disappear until in April,
though Il fell a month earlier than inns
one. In my trip OF twenty miles TO klch-
mond I could form a pretty good idea OF
the depth OF the snow Of 1891, ana know
this snow for depth does not compare
with IT. / was 81 years old when the
snow OF 1887 fell and have a pretty good
recollection Of It. The five friends VINO
made tho trip 10 Richmond with me
would. | believe Il living. agree win me
i'm my comparison OF the SHOWS, but they,
though younger than myself, have an
many years ago passed over the lFer'
where there are no snOw-storms.