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Poor Wagon Roads Expensive.

Farm, Furnace and Factory.
Poor wagon roads are an Immense
drain upon the farmers OF this country
Careful inquiry by the United States
Agricultural Department has shown
that the average load hauled b. The
.ATnerican farmer is 2,O02 pounds the
average length of haul is 1921 miles
average cost Of hauling a ton to mar-
ket, So O2, Or % cents per ton per mic.
Careful inquiry through consuls in the
PRINCIPAL European countries shows
the average cost Of hauling one ton per
mile to be as follows: In England. 1O
GEMS; German, 81 cents; Belgium,
81; taly, =, and Switzerland 6 TO s
cents. General average OF all Of these
European countries being 8 6 cents per
ton per mile. The difference is due
mainly 10 cur poorly made dirt roads.
In Europe, a farmer bauls three or tour
tons at a load in the United States, he
hauls a ton or less than ton a load.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-08-10

One OF the hardest things in life to
do is to toll ia the tread-mlll of duty
with no prospect OF an early cessation
of the toll. Yet this is the experience
of majority OF the real workers In this
world. Life flows On in one unbroken
current, and the sameness becomes
monotonous. We should consider the
toll of lite as we consider toll the Of a
day. We work through the long hours
with the expectation of going home
at nightfall to enjoy the pleasures OF
the fireside, and then to fail into the
arms of sleep. Just SO should we toll
faithfully and cheerfully through the
years with the expectation of entering
at nlghtfall into the joys of the eternal
home.-Baptlst Standard.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-08-10

Invr Many golden opportunities
IUOl. have been lost by those
who suffer. from rheumatism. By
taking Rheumaclde now they will be
permanently and positively cured.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-08-10

Hope is wonderful thing. One
little nibble will keep some men fish
ing all day.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-08-10

Proof Of the pudding lies In the eal'ne
- pr.o, 81 ROBERTS TAsTELESs
CHILL, Tonic lies in the taking OF -.
COST NOTHING II it fails to cure ~
cents per bottle II It cures. SOLD s'1'0'''
on its merits ~
81 ,r IL itehead & Co, Druggists.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-08-10

The point of view is generally dif-
farent with different individuals. At
banquet IN lSorEolk,i in 1876 Comno-
.iae Decatur IS sad to have given tie
famous toast: ..Our country In her
infercoGrse with foreign nations may
she ALWAYS be right but our country,
r,obt or wrong!' Hon. Carl Schurz
in The United States Senate in 1872
said "Our csnntry, right or wrong !
When right, TO be kept right When
wrong. to be put right" A recent
writer observes that in the former ut
terance soldier spoke and IN the
latter, the statesman spoke.
We think the application Is appro-
pirate in our war with the fhlilp-
mines. Some men say now, "Onr coun-
trx right or wrong! But our country 7.
We do not say so in the case OF tie
war with the Philippines. We be
ljeye our country IS wrong In this war
The Filipinos were our allies against
Spain. and when SPANS rule was nrok-
o, with their aid, American guns were
turned against them because they ask
ed independence. But some inhuence
i ct work in this country whereby
the Administration Is urged on 10 ca
pans,on . and the poor Flliplnos are
being slaughtered and the American
soldiers are also being butchereo un
=, the whole thing Is disgrace to the
c;v,,,zation of which We so loudly and
proudly boast.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-08-10

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B.er. the Tho Kind You HaH hlNays Bought
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THE EDITORS LEISURE HOURS.
Points and Paragraphs Of Things
Present, Fast and Future.

eu 70 our army IN the Philippines, II
is said, under the present system o!
recruiting, But as they can do little
aggressive work before the end of the
year by reason of the rainy season
1T seems almost foolisi, to place Sc
many new men in that climate, many
OF whom Will doubtless die before the
rainy season shall have passed. Why
should we continue the war anyway ?
1t ought to stop and the differences
between the Fiiip,nos and our people
ought 10 be settled in some other wav.
The fight against trusts has been Ell
/ tered into alrcady by al classes Of pee
pc. Eot only the poor and moderate
II wallto-do people of the countrs
iase taken up The cry against them
but many rich people IA we'll. And
IL wonder is thae the trusts fouris!
stil: and show no sigus OF uneasiness.
Their poVe~ truly is gigantic and t he'll
lnaaence octopus-like but on the
principle Of eternal vigilance the
price OF liberty" it would seem that
after awhile the trust powers must give
way to the condemnation heaped up
on them by the people.
When a millionaire turns to author
ship, it goes without saying that Ee
does so purely from q love of literature
Such is the case with DR.. W. Seward
Webb, of Vermont. He is son-in-law ot
OF the late William II. Vanderbilt
And when one contemplates the real
pleasures in literary work, it is a Won
der that more rich people do not turn
attention to it. In it ones highes. !.
ideals are always before him and his
best and purest thoughts are called
for it. Then to one who can have no
cares for subsistence, but has COM
potency already, it would seem a most
inviting field OF thought and endeavor.
Such stories about the treatment of
convicts as were told in the News and
Observer few days ago upon the in
terview with an ex-convict, are GER
tainly shocking to contemplate. A
colored man said that on the North
ampton farms near Halifax, he was
compelled to work in the cold last
winter until his hands were frozen and
he lost his fingers. Another said his
heels became frozen and rotted off.
All this sounds barbarous. To be sure
the convlcts are not entitled to any
picnic considerations all the time; but
they are entitled to more humane
treatment than the report referred to
indicated.
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cured at home Vita.
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What then shall the new man-rict
do? Without taking away his cap
ital from any Of the enterprises thai
nti1,ze labor and therefore keep rooi'
over the heads of the needy and make
Of the laborer himself the creator OF new
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-01
SKATER SCORES SAMPSON.
The Admiral Charged With Neglect
by the General.

Inc Aum1Eal EOnaEScu Win 9tS8 ACSA
by the General.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 30.-Something
sensational is promised from Gen,
Shafter, who is highly incensed over
the stateMents made by Admiral Samp-
sor in regard to the joint naval and
military operations at Santiago.
The navy department several weeks
ago gave out many reports submitted
to Secretary Long by Admiral Samp-
son. They dealt fully with the ques-
ton Of the relations between the army
and navy and contained number Of
assertions to which Gen. Shafter has
taken exception.
Gen. Shafter has been prevented by
his regular duties and social engage
ments from making a report which
offers an explanation of his attitude
toward the navy, but he has completed
this statement now and has sent it to
Secretary Alger. His desire is that it
shall be given out to the newspapers,
but it is couched in such strong terms
and is so manifestly of a personal ma
ture that it will probably be revised be-
fore 1t is made public. z
Much interest is taken in the Shat
ter statement, which denies all of Ad-
niral SIMPSONS assertions and sup
ports the denial with affidavits.
1t is charged by Gen. Shafter that
Admiral Sampson failed to carry out
his part of the programme as agreed
upon at a conference attended by Shat
ter, Sampson, Garcia and their respec-
tive aids.
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DARING CONVICT.
The Only One who Ever Escaped
From Portland Prison.

The Only One who Ever Escaped
From Portland Prison.
From the London Mail.
A daring and adventurous criminal
appeared in the dock at Southwark in
Gordon and Beaumont, a ticket-of-
leave man, who was charged with
failing to notify himself to the police
The prisoner, who is fifty-seven years
old, and has a record of sentences to-
falling thirty-fsur years of imprison-
ment, is said to be the only man who
ever escaped from Portland convict
prison.
This happened in 1870, while he was
serving a second term of ten years
penal servitude for burglary. He was
confined in a cell situated in the very
center of the prison, and by the aid of
a chisel made from pail handle sue
ceeded in removing some stones from
his cell wall and crawling into ven
tilating shaft which ran through the
building between the floor of his and
the neighboring cell and the ceilings
of the cells below. When he got to
the outer wall of the building he re-
moved more stones with his peculiar
instrument, and then, by means of
rope, which he had made from his
sheets, he dropped to the quadrangle
below. He succeeded in eluding the
civil guard, and mounted the first wall
safely, afterward crawling along the
intervening space to the second wall.
which he also climbed. He escaped
the notice of the military sentry. and
crawling along got safely among the
quarries. Here he remained for six
days, existing on the bread which he
had saved from. his prison fare, await
ing a stiitabfe night to swim unob
served to the mainland. He achieved
this. and. arriving at Dorchester, broke
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-01
CurIing I'm MinneanoI;s

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. S1-Curling in Min
nf ne will be active next week when play
iof several medals will begin. The Caledonian
Hercher, w. Y sherman, John Mcleod. skip.
Several Kinks will compete for this beginning
MONDAY The John Goodnow medal is held
py NJ. Mccormick, o. C. Sturgeon, Samuel
hastings, David ColQuhoun, skip The point
MEGA! Tor single contestants is in the pos
session. of George c. Bagley
me Flour City Curling club has selected
as the rink to contest' in the Northwestern
ooonspleL beginning at st. Paul, Jan 16:
tGeorge H. Ripley D. Colquhoun, Samuel
Kinks have also been selected to participate
in the bonspie!. "''
Monday. the local curriers' will begin playing
1 13f the four Donaldson challenge buttons
ley are nov held by the rink of which c.
Z. Washburn is skip, the others being Henry
Spear, J. A. Minckler and S. E. Eastland.
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futile. The rawhtde fell on his head
and shoulders and legs.d Other boys en-
gagged in the confest.s The teacher
grasped hickory stick from the wood
box and sent thenas to the floor. Some
hours later the teAchefa escorted that
Dewey boy homeuand reported to his
father that he had drought him his
son somewhat the worse for wear, but
still in condition FOR school work.
Dignified DIR. hewe@ thanked the
master for his attentions to his boy,
and promised that he should be at
school the next day And the boy was
at school the next day.
The author Of the biography Of that
Dewey boy" hastens TO attach to this
unedifying tale proper moral
Then came the reform of the Dewey
boy, he writes, and he soon became
the best scholar In the school. Under
his inspiration and. admonitipn the
other boys fell into line, ard the Mont
pelier district school became assfaIneus
In after-yca for IT'S Etidscusi.azsd or
Uerly attendance as 4 hac once been
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-01
Children deprived of fats

Children deprived of fats
and mineral foods have
weak bones, habby flesh and
thin watery blood.
The milk of nursing
mothers, enfeebled by chron-
&c diseases, or long contin-
ued nursing, produces the
same results.
SCOTS Emulsion is cod
liver oil partly digested and
with the hypophosphites,
forms a fat food which acts
on the infant through the
mothers milk, giving rich
blood, strong nerves and
sound flesh and bones TO both.
sec:apd ss.oo. all druggists.
SCOTT soWNE. ch.saist.. New York.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-01
SHED skin 20 TIMES
Little Boys Terrible Eczema.
Mass Running Sores From
Head to Foot.
Not an Inch of Body Unaffected.
Skin Came off With
The Bandages.
Screams Were Heart-Breaking.
Four Doctors and Medical
institute No Avail.
Improvement After the Second
Application of Cuticura. Now
Completely Cured.

My little son, a boy of FIVE, broke out with an
itching rash. Three doctors prescribed for him,
but he kept getting worse, until we could not
dress him any more. They finally advised me
10 try certain medical college, but its treatment
did not do any good. At the time was induced
10 try CUTIcuRA REMEDIES, he was 30 bad that
l had TO cut his hair all off, and put the CuTI-
cuRA (ointment) on him on bandages, as it was
impossible 10 touch him with the bare hand.
There ,0Gs not one se.tare inch Of skin on his
schole body that i0as not affected. He was one
mass of Sores and the stencil from him was
frightful The bandages used to stick to his
skin, and in removing them 1t used to- take the
skin off with them, and the screams from the
poor child were heart-breaking. l began TO
think that he would never get well, but after the
second application of CUTIcURA (ointment)
began TO see signs Of improvement, and with the
third and fourth applications the sores COM
menced to dry up. His skin peeled off twenty
times, but 1t finally yielded to the treatment
used the CUTIcURA REsoLvEET for his blood,
and now can say that he is entirely cured, and
a stronger and healthier boy you never saw than
he is to day.
You can use this testimonial in whatever way
you please, and If any proof outside of my word
is needed will refer to any of our neighbors,
ROBERT WATTAM,
Dec. 49, 1897. ATS Cook ST., Chicago, Ill.
sPEspY CURE TnEATnENT FOR TonTuRiso AND DIS
FrgusING HuMoRs-. Warm baths with curicURA Soar.
gentle anointings with CrTTCERA fointmen purest of
crollient skin and mild doses of CtTIcuea RE-
SOLVENT. greatest OF blood purifiers end humor
Sod ihroughoutthe world. PerTxR Drre AND cnrs.
Corr. pops, Boston. Hevte Cure Baby nu,nors. tfce
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-01
DEWEY AND LEE.
Henry Watterson Names Democratic
Candidates and Principles.

Henry WattersOn Names Democratic
Candidates and Principles.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Dec. 31.-Henry
Watterson, in a leading editorial this
morning in the Courier-Journal, under
the caption "The New Years Outlook
for the Democratic Party" nominates
Admiral Dewey for president and~Gen
Fitzhugh Lee for vice president. In
part he says:
ITO come down TO hard facts, Old
Horse Sense in the Rocker, the silver
issue relegated to the place of
busted shades, the tariff issue peace
fully reposing upon the shelf, where
the Cleveland administration left it to
wait for free trade under new condi-
tons, the season of famine ended and
the season of plenty arrived-what are
the Democrats to do for national
platform and ticket?
There is but one thing for them to
do. The voters have about made up
their minds that party pledges are
fabricated chiefly to be broken. Let
the Democrats, banking on this cir
cumstance, put up a ticket without a
platform; let them nominate candi-
dates for president and vice president
who are a platform in themselves, and
if they can induce the great admiral
and the gallant general to accept, here
is the card to win with;
For president, George Dewey, of
Vermont; for vice president, Fitzhugh
Lee, of Virginia. Platform-the Stars
and Stripes, God bless them!
Even now the Republican leaders,
who rarely fail to take time by the
forelock and never let go their grip
upon the shore line, are planning to
make their campaign of 1900 upon the
broad issue of national union and ex-
pansion They are not going to handi-
cap themselves with any ancient plat
form rubbish High tariff is no longer
wanted by the manufacturers for
whom it was invented. The bloody
shirt, having served its turn, has gone
to the old clothes basket. The president
knows his business. At the opportune
moment we shall see William McKin-
ley and Joseph Wheeler march down
to the footlights hand in hand, the
flag above them, beneath them en-
blazoned on a strip of red, white and
blue The land we love from ''end to
end,"' or words to that effect Then
what are the Democrats going to do
about it? How are they going to meet
st pr
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-01
GEN. BR0OKE'S PROCLAMATION
Announcement of Cuba's Military
Governor Approved at Washington.

asHt oI CuDa'S Military
Governor Approved at Washington.
HAVANA, Dec. 31.-A proclamation
by Maj. Gen. John R. Brooke, military
governor of Cuba, will be issued tomor-
row, to the people of the island. 1t is
as follows:
coming among you as the representative
OF the president, in furtherance and in CON
thuauon OF the humane purpose with which
ny country lnterfered to put an end no the
u-siesslng conditions in this island I deem
proper TO say that the object of the Init
ed States government is to give proteetion tn
the people and security to property to re-
sore confidence, to encourage and resume the
occupations OF peace; to build I'D waste
tracts; to enlarge commerce, and to afford
fuli protection in the exercise of all civil and
religious rights. o1'-' 1Hu
ITO this end the protection of Tho ITni4.a
States government will be directed and every
possible precaution will be taken to carry out
these objects through the channels of civil
{ administration, although under military con-
In the interest and for the benefit of
an the people OF Cuba, and to protect the
rights OF individuals and property in tho
Island, the civil and criminal codes. which
prevailed prior to the REIMBURSEMENT of
Spanish sovereignty. will remain in force
with SUCH notifications and changes as may
be from time to time found necessary in
the interest Of good government.
The people of Cuba. without regard Of
- fese objects by the means of moderation.
respect and good will, one to another and
hearty accord in our humanitarian pur-
poses will insure kind and benefcient
government.
THE military governor of the island will
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-01
CHOOSE ANY TINT,
And Have Your Velvet Mirrored to
Order While You wait.

Ana Have Your Velvet Mirrored to
Order While You wait.
From the New York Evening sun.
Velvet may be mirrored TO order
nowadays, and all the miIliners and
modistes are rejoicing at the news.
Heretofore 1t was supposed that that
peculiarly CLASSY, reflective quality of
the stuff was only obtainable by a
process in the original manufacture
and, as mirror velvet only came in
certain shades, it meant a limited sup
ply. But now you may choose any
tint or tone of velvet you like to trim
your frock or to employ for your bon
net, and it may be mirrored to order
Some skillful fattening of the nap is,
OF course, the method by which this is
achieved, and the results are not to be
detected from the original article The
curious thing is that it should be fash
ionable. A little While ago and
smashed nap to a velvet meant an un-
wearable fabric, over which women
spent days of effort and nights Of
thought in the attempt to freshen
again. Nowadays the velvet that looks
as though it had been caught in the
rain and then ruined by ironing out
is the thing most to be desired, and
instead of ruined" we say mir
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signed that the orders We're issued
placing him in command.
Special interest will be bestowed
upon this work by $4,000 glorified
Americans. for in addition to the life
of the admiral the book contains an
authentic, historical and genealogical
record of more than $4,000 persons In
the United States by the name of
Dewey and their descendants. -
Some bits from the genealogy are Of
interest to the 69.0S5,00 Americans who
have not the distinction to wear this
name. For instance: Admiral Dewey's
pedigree is traced directly to Thor, the
Saxon hero-god, and moves down in
stately measure through Wooden and
Hengst, King Dieteric and Witekind,
Robert-fortis and Hugh Capet, Alfred
the Great and Anne of Russia; Robert,
Earl of Leicester, and Gilbert. Baron
de Unfraville. to Richard Lyman, who
Iii 1881 moved from High Ougan to
Roxbury, Mass. His great-grand-
daughter married Josiah Dewey, who
wa the ancestor seven generations dis
NArt of George Dewey, the Dewey boy
who became an admiral
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D.ETROTT
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS.

Receipts for the Last Half of the
Year Show Big Increase.
WASHINGTON, Dec. s31.-The forth
coming statement of the government
receipts and expenditures will show
that, during the half year ending to-
day, the receipts aggregated s245, $751;
800, against 1907. 760,574 for the same
period last year. According to the
treasury records, these receipts are
the largest since 1866, when they
reached $55S, 032, $40 for the entire fiscal
year, and s490,634,010 in 1867. With the
exception of these two years the re-
ceipts never before in the history of
the country exceeded s490, 000, 900, saf1d
only seven times have ~ \ hey .sexer
reached $4o0,0o0o00. The receipts from
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-01
SCATTERING THE SEVENTH.
Regiment Sent to Various Points
In the United States.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.-Two COM
panies of the Seventh infantry will gar
rison Fort Sheridan, relieving the
Fourth infantry, which has been or
dered to the Philippines. The Seventh
infantry will be badly scattered, one
company being ordered to Fort Crook,
one to Columbus Barracks, one to Fort
Smelling, which is to furnish detach-
ment for Walker; and one to Fort JEFF
ferson barracks, besides the two COM
panies at Fort Sheridan. Four COM
panies will remain at Forts Brady and
Wayne, Mich, for the present, but fur
Their inroads will be made in the near
future on the garrisons at those two
POSTS. Orders scattering this regiment
were issued by the secretary of war;
and the companies go to the stations
assigned them to relieve the regiments
stationed there. These regiments will
proceed to the Philippine isle nds, where
they may have serious work to per-
fern before the men return to their
native land.
DETROIT, Mich, Dec :. 31.-Col.
Coates, commanding the Seventh in
fantry, has ordered the following COM
panies from Fort Brady: Company D,
Capt. Kendrick, to Fort Smelling. MINI.
Company L, Lieut.. Tilman. to Fort
Crook, near Julesburg, Neb; Company
K. Capt j. A. Goodln, to Fort Sheri-
don C1oica o-O
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was directed to proceed with his head
quarters and equipment from Macon
to Savannah in time to embark on the
transport Panama The Eighth Mass
achusetts and Third Kentucky will
embark from Savannah on transports
to be provided, and the One Hundred
and Sixtieth Indiana will proceed to
Charleston, one battalion. at time,
and embark on the Saratoga, which
ship will convey the regiment to Cuba
in three trips
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TROOPS FOR CUBA.
More soldiers VIII BE Required to
Maintain Order.

More Soldiers Will be Required TO
Maintain Order.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.-Orders
have been issued for the dispatch of adj
ditional troops to Cuba to assist in the
maintenance of good government there.
The orders are addressed to Maj. Gen.
j. H. Wilson, commanding the Fourth
army corps, with headquarters at Ma
con, Ca The secretary of war directs
that the headquarters of that corps,
originally fixed at Cienfuegos, Cuba, be
changed to MatanZas, and that Gen.
Wilson, with his headquarters and the
Eighth Massachusetts, One Hundred
and Sixtieth Indiana and the Third
Kentucky volunteer infantry, be put in
readiness for transportation to Cuba,
fully armed and equipped for field
service, and supplied with thirty days
rations and forage in addition to that
required for the journey.
In subsequent order Gen. Wilson