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animal has been captured and killed as was
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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-05-04
FARM ANIMALS nEARER.
statisticiSa of the Department of
Agriculture Prepares
His Report.

The annual report Of John Hyde, sta
tistician of the department of agricul-
ture, on the numbe. and value Of farm
animals viii shortly be ready for dis
tei1ution. 1t will show all increase in
the number of sheep and mich cows
and decrease III the number Of horses,
mules, swine and neat cattle other than
!nilch cows, with a general increase in
value.
\ decrease of $685. GOA in the nun Der of
horses is accompanied by an increase
Of s32, 712, 406 in total valae, the average
,alue per head increasing from $34.26
to 1910. Similarly, Is decrease of 1,26o,-
G72 in the number of neat cattle other
than mich cows is accompanied by an
increase of $25 1874, sol in total value, the
average value per head increasing from
52092 to s22.7o.
In the case of mich COWS there is an
Increase of 14o,229 in number, of $780,
10000 in total value and of 1921 in av-
erage value per head, and in that of
sheep an increase of ], 457 ,493 in num-
Der, of $14,976,3 97 in total value and of
20 cents in average value per head.
Mules show decrease both in num-
Der and total value, the decrease in
number a1ro ing to sc, O69 and that in
value 70 S %. The average value per
head, however, is s1.0S higher than last
year.
In the case of swine there also is q
decrease both in number and total
value, the decrease in number being
1,1oS,3G2 and that in value 81, al ,666
The total value Of farm animals is
conseryatively estimated at 81 ,997, O1O,-
4o7, an increase of $1oS,355 ,4S2, or STA
per cent, during the past year.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-05-04
NOT A SCHOOL FOR COOKS.
turing Housewives and Interior
Furnishers and Decorators.

Poetry, rather than bacteriology:
Greek rather than gravy" These ut
terances were the keynote to the speech
of President James A. Taylor, of Vas
sar college, delivered at the twenty
third annual luncheon of the Vassar
Alumni association at the Murray Hill
hotel, New York city. the other after
noon. When President Taylor, in a
forceful address, indicated that Vassar
was unaiterably opposed to manufac-
turing cooks, housewives and interior
furnishers and decorators, he was
cheered to the echo by $50 women,
young and old.
Chauncey NJ. Depew, who was the
guest of honor, took occasion to inter-
rupt his string of humorous anecdotes
by declaring that as a trustee of Yale
and speaking for his alma mater, he
thoroughly agreed with President
Taylor.
He gave an intimation of his opinion
of the value of classics, even before he
was called upon to speak, when Pres
ident Taylor turned to him and said l.:
Senator Depew, you never found
that Greek interfered with railroad
ing?"
''Oh, no, instantly responded the doc
tor. "You know a great many Greeks
work on railroads."
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-05-04
PLANS A POLO CRUISE.
Most Unique Sporting Venture Pro-
posed by George Gould for
the Summer Months.

George J. Gould proposes sporting
venture for the coming summer months
that is unique. 1t might be called a polo
cruise. The nearest approach to it was
Pierre Lorillard's navigation of the
waters of Florida ON his houseboat,
that carried horses, ponies, and dogs
besides its human occupants.
While it seems that Mr.. Gould's plans
are not yet definitely settled, the gen
era1 outline of his summer campaign
will be as follows:
He has formed polo team, compris-
ing himself, II. L. Herbert, the presi-
dent Of the polo association; P. T. Col
iier. and the latters son, Z. j. Collier.
These four enthusiasts will cruise
around to The various watering places
where fashion congregates in Mr..
1ould's steam yacht Atlanta, with a
boat in tow fitted up to afford stable
accommodation for 80 or 40 ponies and
horses.
''The idea is to fit up a slocp for
stable purposes, as I understand it, -
slid Il close friend Of Mr.. Gould. ''Of
course, there is no intention to play in
tournaments, and the purpose of the ex-
petition VIII be merely to help to ex-
tract as much fun out of life as circum-
stances will permit, and as, in my opin-
ion, all sportsmen should"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-05-04
THINKS He, IS DEAD.
New York Man Goes Daft Over Sptr-
ituaIisnl and Shoots Himself
in u MiFrcr.

All the physicians and nurses in Belle
vue hospital, at New York city, cannot
convince Joseph Jurcevitz that he is
not dead by his own hand. He aimed
four shots, and he knows exactly
where they struck. A broken plate
glass mirror at 622 East Twelfth street,
where he lives, proves this. Jurcev.tz
shot his own reflection, and he is firmly
convinced that each wound was fatal.
Incidentally, he shot a stove that he be-
lieves is the medium which caused the
trouble. The man came to this country
from ST. Petersburg.
Jurcevitz first went to Boston. he
was invited to attend a spiritualistic
seance, and was forthwith converted to
Spiritualism. He was provided with a
spook sweetheart, one Leila, the spirit
of an Egyptian princess thousands OF
years old. Leila told Jurcevitz that in
all her wanderings she had met none
to compare with him. Three years ago
Leila commanded Jurcevitz to come to
New York, where fame and riches
awaited him.
He has lived year or more with Ed
mund Raymond, at e22 East Twelfth
street, who liked him. and thought his
eccentricities harmless. Jurcevitz
mind is completely unbalanced.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-05-04
HYDATID CYST REMOVED.
Unusual Disease Receives Successful
Trea tment at Yale Medical
School.

: An operation very unusual in the
United States was performed at the
New Haven Comm hospital the other
day before large class of Yale med
ical students by DR.. William Fl. Car
malt, professor of surgery at Yale.
The patient, an Italian named Francis
co Mariana, had been suffering for six
years from hydatid cyst on the liver,
Il disease hitherto almost peculiar to
iceland. It is caused by parasite
atechnically known as taenia echinococ
:s:cns, common to dogs and communicat-
ED to the human system only through
close association with them, as in Ice
land. In this particular case the cyst
had swollen the liver so that it took up
the whole space of the abdomen and
had to be removed. The operation was
perfectly successful and the patient
will recover. This is the first time
such an operation has ever been per-
formed in Connecticut. and there are
only ten or dozen instances recorded
in the history of American surgery. It
Is rare even in Italy, where the present
case was contracted.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-05-04
r.sR BETTER MAIL SERVICE.
General Reorganization Has Eefo
Completed - IL re and
Faster Trains.

The general reorganization O.
through mail facilities. which has .een
under consideration some months BY
the post odice department. has been
COMPLETED, and the new schedules viii
SO into effect at once. Some 1880 niles
of road are affected by the charge, and
be result is q substantial saving CT
Inc i'll the tlausit OF E3>,iis for al paris
# tie country.
Between Chicago ard New York thc
lie S leduc, 4 Il. hour AIS. : quarter.
The fast ta3-ii. leaving Chicago ii 3:23
a. H., viii reach New York at four in
stead Of ST.. Il, n. insur;ng deii' cry by
:he first carriers for he city, including
The borough Of Brooklyn and vicinity.
Closer connections will also be assured
ror lower New England by way Of the
Shore line route. At Albany the train
will connect with the midnight mail for
:soston, thereby looping of half an
hour in the time TO the latter sity, and
connecting there with the early morn
.nc trains for New England.
\ fast mail train WI be put in service
by the Pennsylvania road, leaving Chi
ago at @:4o d. ILL.,, arriving III it.97
sursh to meet the fast mail dispatched
from ST. Louis at 8:15 p. m. and TO-
rether reaching New York at four a. n.
This mail Will reach Washington at the
same hour, and will by connecting with
early southern trains. expedite north
~estern mails for Cuba and interlnedi-
tie points.
Additional service between New York
and St. Louis has been secured by at
taching mail cars to the fast train leav-
.ng New York at two p. H., and reaching
It. Louis at 7:15 the following evening.
One OF the most important results of the
reorganization is the doubling of the
-crvice between St. Paul and Portland,
over the Northern Pacific, ii addition
to shortening the running time.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-05-04
MONKEYS TO TALK.
Effort to Be Made by Scientists to
Teach Them a Language
The Anthropoid Ape Said to Have HUI
man-Like Vocal OrEans-Step
In Advance of Prof. Car
ner's Efforts.

Prof. Garner tried for many years to
learn how to talk to monkeys in their
own language. He went to- Africa, lived
in a cage in forests there, and did his
best to discover the meaning Of the lit
left his cage and other apparatus at
Cincinnati's geological garden Now
scientists are going to turn the tables
and teach apes to speak mans Ian
guage. A writer in Golfers Weekly
has this to say of the new plan:
eve learn that Prof. Edwin D. Conk-
lin, who has been instrumental In es-
.tablishing the animal experiment sta
ton for the University of Pennsylvania,
is convinced that there is no reason
why monkeys should not be taught to
talk in some civilized language. Just
which language is best adapted for the
purpose, and which species OF an
thropoid ape should be selected for ex-
pertinent, has not yet been finally de-
termined It would, of course, be out
of the question to teach a dog to speak.
for his vocal organs are not of the
proper shape and correlation to produce
apes, on the other hand, or, fer that
matter, all monkeys, have their hui
man-lilSe organs ready made. Those
who doubt the success of the expert
ment point out that anthropoid apes
have not yet brought forth successive
generations in captivity, and that,
therefore, the effect of teaching ON
predisposition would not be transmit
ted. Many scientists, however, believe
that captivity is no more an insuper-
able bar to propagation in the case of
the anthropoid apes than it originally
was in the case of other animals which
have been long since domesticated, and
that consequently, the cumulative eff
feet of environment can be made to
tell upon the suitability of the vocal
organs of monkeys for articulate
speech. This is, at all events, one of
many interesting experiments which
Prof. Conklin has in view"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-05-04
CALIFORNIA; OPPORTUNITY.
Destruction CT Fruit Crops in Florida
and other States VIII BE
to Her Profit.

Secretary Filcher, of the, state board
Of trade, says the demand for California
fruit this year will overmeasure the
quantity on hand. The reports from
the interior show that the prospects
are of a splendid character. 1t is not
unlikely that the whole country will
look to California for the greatest
amount of it's fruit
''Florida has suffered disastrously
from frosts. Georgia, which shipped
1000 car loads of peaches last year,
has scarcely anything to show this sea-
son, and New Jersey and Delaware.
foremost peach states of the east, are
in sad straits. Even Michigan has had
hard time, and so have other states from
which u large supply was expected"
Representatives Of several promi
nent fruit-dealing firms confirmed the
views expressed by Secre tary Filcher.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-05-04
ArMIRALS OF NAVY.
congress Observation-Disclosures the
Appointment Of Two.
Arouses Cor, sid r i,Ie G5sEsiE, In Nav:
Department, Esp eciaiiy lAilo1Ss
Erier..s ST Rear AiEE.sirsais
Sampson. and schic:.

Unwittingly congress, just before its
Adjournment, gave President Mckinney
authority to appoint t'Eo an;lisi''z' ~
the navy instead Of limiting the grade
to one, as it undoubtedly intended. :.
The discovery has just been brought
to the attention OF officials Of the navy
department and has aroused coEsiucr-
able gossip, especially among the
friends of Rear Admirals Sampson and
Schley.
President Mckinley approved, on
March 2, san act creating the ofl-ce OF
admiral of the navy providing that
the president is hereby authorized to
appoint by selection and promotion an
admiral Of the navy who shall not be
placed upon the retired list, except
upon his own application; and VIXEN
ever such of:ce shall be vacated, by
death or otliers Use, the Office shall cease
to exist
A certified copy OF the act was pre-
sented to Secretary Long by the state
department. and The former immediate
~ made out the nomination OF George
Dewey to be admiral. The nomination
was confirmed IS the senate On March 2.
Notwithstanding that the president
had appointed! All officer to be IAN ad-
miral of the navy as provided for III
the act, congress passed the navy APP
preparation bill, which was approved
late on the legislative day Of March 3.
containing a provision identical in Ian
guage with the act under witch Ad-
miral Dewey had been appointed and
confirmed.
It has been pointed out that the pro
vision, like the act. provided for the sio-
pointment Of an officer to be an admiral
''by selection and promotion" Had the
act simply read in both cases "by pro-
motion" Admiral Dewey, being the
ranking officer, would have been ap-
pointed, and then Rear Admiral Z. Y.
McNair mi ght be considered eligible for
appointment as IAN ADMIRAL but as it
specifically stated "by selection and
promotion it is apparent that the pres
ident, if be thinks he has sufficient au-
thority to do so, may select any officer
he may sec fit, and rs he has expressed
himself only recently in terms OF high
appreciation of Rear Admiral Samp-
sons conduct, friends of the command
er of the North Atlantic squadron are
confident that if anyone is appointed he
| will be the man.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-05-04
BIG ELECTRIC PLANT.
Claus SprecI1ela to Furnish City OF
San Francisco with Light,
Heat and Power.

Claus Spreckels has decided to es-
tablish in this city, says the San Fran
cisco Call, an electric plant that will
be without a rival in the world and
which will furnish to the people of San
Francisco light, heat and power almost
at cost. In accordance with his plans,
articles of incorporation of the indie
pendent Electric Light & Power Co.,
with capital Of $1o,oo0,o eco, have been
filed with the county clerk. The di-
rectors for the first year are Claus
Spreckels, John S. Spreckels, Adolph
B. Spreckels, Charles A. Hug and W.
K. Gibson. 1t is understood that Claus
Spreckels will be chosen president of
the company and that it will also enter
the telephone business.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-05-04
TO FIX UNIVERSAL FORMULA.
Important Congress at brussels OF
the Doctors of Life Insurance
Companies.

The first international congress of
doctors connected with life insurance
companies will be held at Brussels
from the 25th to the 3Oth of next Sep
TENDER. Consul Roosevelt, at Brussels,
says that all Europe and the United
States will be represented at the CON
gress, at which it is proposed to estab-
lish universal formulas for the exam
nation of persons desiring to be in
sured. As result of the congress. it
is hoped, says the consul, that perma-
nent officers will be created in every
country composed Of five medical me- m
bers, who will see that the decisions of
the congress are observed and whose
work may serve to lessen the difficult
ties Of application.