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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-11-01
The Ideal Bed-Chamber.

"The importance OF the sleepingand
bathing arrangements of house is
not half appreciated" writes Maria
Parloa, in the November Ladies' Home
Journal, giving some suggestions as to
furnishing the house. Livery bed
room should be provided with the esss
sentials for healthful sleep and the
daily sponge bath. As nearly as posi-
bic, the room should be kept free from
nythlng that would terd to contemi-
nate the air. It should be AZ large as
one can afford, and the windows so ar
ranged that they may be opened at the
top and bottom. If possible the floor
should be bare and the rugs so small that
they can be taken outdoors with ease
for cleaning and airing. Everything
about the room should be washable.
The bed should be light and fitted with
strong casters, so that it may be readi-
~ moved the spring ought to be firm
and strong,and the mattress of a kind
that will not allow the heaviest part of
the body to sink, and so cause the
sleeper to lie in a cramped posi- ton.
Ny own preference is for cheap hard
mattress. It Is better than one that
is too soft. Above all, do not over
| furnish the bedroom"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-11-01

"Ot course, Susan, if you intend TO
get married, that is your own bust
ness" said the mistress to the cook
"but you mustn't forget that marriaye
Is very serious matter" Eyes. ra'am
| know it is sometimes" remarked tho
domestic, "hut maybe I'll have better
luck than you did, Tit-Bits.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-11-01

y
The kidneys are your
blood purifiers, they fill
ter out the waste or
impurities in the blood.
If they are sick or out
of order. they fail to do
their work.
aims, aches andrheu-
matism come from ex-
cess Of uric acid in the
blood, due to neglected
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-11-01

The best method of cleansing n.
lver Is the use O: tbs famous LITTLE
pills known as DeWit.'s Little Early
klsers. Easy to take. Never grine-
E. I. Whitehead C. Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-11-01

Torturing skin eruptions, burns and
sores are soothed at once and promptly
healed by applying DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve, the best known cure for
piles. Beware of worthless counter
feits.-E. T. Whitehead &. Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-11-01

No other pills can equal DeWitt's
Little Early kiseTs for prom ptness cor.
tainty and eficle ncy.-E. T. White
heed & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-11-01

TO persuade enc sou! to lead i.
better lie is to leave the world bette
than you found it," ''ei
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-11-01
Oyer-WOrk Weakens
Your Kidneys.
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.

All the blood in your body passes through
your kidneys once every three minutes.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-16
TIE SILVER STORY.

The Louisville Courier-Journal, an
Independent democratic paper, does not
see much hope for silver as a money
metal 1t says:
Silver appears for the time at least,
to have PASSED out of the domain OF
speculation. Even the enactment of
the gold standard law had no effect
upon the price, and the temporary.
Withdrawal OF the Indian government
from the market had as little,
The substance of fluctuations in the
silver bullion market Indicates that the
enc time precious metal has now be-
come merely a useful commodity. like
copper, and that BY common consent ii
has been taken cut Of the speculative
realm of politics.
The markets tell the story The
greatest and most delusive speculation
known to! the century has come to an
end. How it can ever be revived it is
hard to see. Certainly With the gold
mines of the world turning out more
gold. even with the temporary cutting
off Of the Ffransvaal supply. than both
gold and silver mines yielded in the
8I0's, there can be no fear Of undue
scarcity of wha our free silver friends
5i, 1856 so fervently termed the money
hOfs ultimat e$red emptiprl y
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-16

Constant coughing will. IL neglected.
iinfiame the entire mucous membrane
lining the air passages. Lichty's Cough
Cure is the only medicine to be relied
upon to give quick relief and allay In
fiammatIon. It is soothing in its effect,
is pleasant and agreeable to take;
children like 1t. Sold by w. H. Evans.
druggist, 113 East Main street, and
Geo. p. Powers. druggist. % East Main.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-16

LenEthenlng days give evidence OF
approaching spring time. when ambi-
tious business men. surrounded by
shrewd competition in the over-crowd-
ed older towns. are looking for new
homes, broader and better business adj
vantages. The Burlington. Cedar Rap
Ids & Northern railway is extending Its
lines into the best portions OF north
western Iowa and southwestern Mime
sofa. The country is noted for Its rich
soil, social. educational and religious
advantages. Four towns were located
last fall and have made remarkable
growth already. Several new towns will
be located during the spring and early
summer. II you desire to be q pioneer
ina good new town In well settled,
rich country. which has long been in
need Of a railroad, address Thomas H.
Brown, Sioux Falls. 8. D., townsite
agent new lines.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-16
SOUTH AMERICAN TRADE.


THE Tnited States is now having an
overproduction, and the result viii be
that your trade with South America
will be greatly increased, " said Mr..
Louis Dillon of Gaunaqiil.3 Ecuador,
at the Ebbitt House in Washington to
a Post reporter.
"Overproductiois has Just this TO do
with the development of your trade
With our countries You will be seeking
markets now. Up to this time You have
been SO busy looking after your domes-s
ic5trade that you had no time or incii-
nation to look up the South American
business. Now that you need our trade.
you will go afterSit With your usual en-
ergy. and doubtless Will get It. You
usually get what you go after. The.
reasons why we trade largely with Eu-
rope have been told so often that it is
hardly profitabl to repeat them. In the.
first place, Europe gives US longer time
in making payments secondly. she
gives us better freight rates; and,
thirdly, the European merchants know
how to pack goods. That VIII all dis
appear when you begin earnestly ard
practically studying our needs. Here is
ore point which is perhaps worth re-
membering. In all my life, l ilavesnever
seen the American flag flying from a
merchant ship in an Ecuador harbor. =
Mr.. Dillon is accompanied by his
family. This is by no means small
matter. as his family is composed OF
sixteen members. His sisters and chii-
dren will remain in washington. tive
years attending school. Mr.. Dillon will
stay some time He is a banker ard
merchant at Guanaquil.
BUSINESS AT LEADING POINTS.
A number of business centers report
that unfavorable weather last week re-
tarded trade.
Chicago reports that jobbing trade is
steady and averages we'll. The demand
Is large for summer clothing, woolens
and dress materials, While large sales
are reported of furnishings, carpets and
crockery. Rail shipments east and west
are unprecedertediy large. There is a
better demand for money and tirmer
8 rates prevail. Labor disturbances con-
tinue to delay building operations.
In Philadelphia money is growing
easier, tho Az per cent is the usual rate
Manufacturers are busy in most llnes
+ and jobbers' business is up to the aver
age. tho retail trade has been retarded
byscool weather.
Boston reports that business in most
departments still drags, and cold wealth
q er retards retail trade in dry goods,
clothing and footwear. Jobbers also re-
! port q quiet week and at first hands
/ frestl contracts are not plentiful. Deliv-
cries are falling OFF. and mills and fac
tories are rapidly catching up with or
ders. q
4S In Baltimore jobbing business is dull
! are unfavorable weather Affects retail
Il trade. The clothing season is about end
q: tho dry goods trade Il light. bu,
prices are steady
cineinnatilrep that building trade.
No generally doing 8 good business
Il sllsasy = a fair demand ct nrm rates.
I'M sssss al III 6urS there = little change Il
NJ - tel situafion. with thu
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-16
The STREET PAVING LAW.

The citizens OF number Of Iowa:
cities are discussing the question of
resuming the work Of paving streets
under the new law. In several cities
work was in progress last year under
contract and the close Of the season
found it incomplete. The new statute
enacted by the legislature was de-
signed to correct defect alleged to
exist in previous laws 1t will be re-
called that under recent national
supreme court decision it was held
that paving assessments must be
gagged according to benefits conferred
upon the property paved-thus holding
that the front foot method was in
equitable.
The new statute provides that in
making this assessment against prop
erty for public Improvements in no
case shall it be in excess OF % per
cent of the actual value Of the prop
erty at the time Of the levy. II the
cost of the Improvement exceeds the
total sum Of the benefit derived the eX-
cess is to be paid out of a special im-
proven1ent fund provided by the law.
The Determination of the special bene-
fits derived is placed in the hands of a
commission created by the city coun-
Gil. Property owners have the right to
appeal from this commission to the
district court.
While the legislature thus recognized
the principle announced in the SUI
preme court decision, it is believed it
erred in placing the outside limitation
at 26 per cent. An assessment up to
that amount would be nlanifestiy un-.
fair. Suppose citizen has a modest
little home on a street to be paved,
worth, say $1,000. 1t would be mani
testify unfair to take one-fourth of it
for street Improvements, chiefly for
the use of the public. olevy upon his.
home for $3.50 would be practical con-
fiscation. No principle OF equity would
warrant it. The interests Of such.
small property owners, however, rest
with the sense OF fairness which the.
commission to be created by the coun-
Gil must exercise in order to avoid in
Justice and litigation. With a just ex-
ercise Of this power street paving
should be resumed in many places in
Iowa this year.. No public improve
ment in recent years has been Of such
vast benefit to the citizens at large as
the paving of leading streets.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-16
capacity of the mills sold up to July.
Structural material is in good demand.

capacity of the mills sold up to July.
Structural material is in good demand,
viii, mills working at full capacity.
At Montreal the weather is still too
cold to permit great activity in dry
goods, and bad roads interfere with
travel. but trade is well up to the aver
age for the season.
At Minneapolis warmer weather has
Stimulated retail trade, and jobbers re-
port liberal sorting orders. Much build
ing is expected and sales of builders
hardware are exceptionally large. Flour
is in fair demand.
At st. Paul the wholesale drug trade
is better than ever before, and paints
and oils are in good demand, with build
ing materials also active. Fur manu-
facturers are employing full force and
have orders to keep them busy until
fall.
ST. Louis reports that weather oondi-
tions cetard local retail trade, but most
A1iShS!isiAitS ~ koiS I1dslsIll BUSINESS spet-
ter than last years, particularly in dry
goods millinery and clothing. Jobbing
orders continue large, dry goods, shoes,
hats and clothing showing the largest
increase, With hardware next. There is
building activity in the country districts
as we'll as locally.
In Kansas City jobbing trade contin-
.ues satisfactory in most lines and retail
business is fair, tho the weather has
been unfavorable.
At Portland, Ore, trade continues sat
isfactory and collections are fair. Re
cent frosts have done some harm to
fruit and grain IT. a few localities. but
general crop conditions arc favorable.
In a number of southern centsrs bad
weather has had a depressing effect on
trade.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-16
AssA1LED By DIR. pARKHURsr.
says the Presbyterian Confession OF
Faith Should 10 Ernsed.

& New y ork, April 16.-Dr. Charles H.
iParkhurst yesterday in his sermon on
Christianity as Accepted by Many Of
Today said the Presbyterian confess
sion OF faith should be oblitera'ted. He
called 1t libel on the infinite grace OF
God" Dr. Parkhurst said in part:
am not so much rejecting upon
the confession Of faith as upon the use
that traditional and stereotyped ortho-
idoxy:-what call CONCEALED orthodoxy
time avail myself of the opportunity
have a new confession of faith. 1t is
surprising that the Presbyterian
church is able TO do as much as 1t Isl
doing with such an incubus strapped
upon us as we are tottering under in
our present confession. In the first
place, the thing needed is not system
of theology. for that is what our pres
ent confession is. but simple. brief
Saxon statement of half dozen or SO
of the vital ingredients of Jesus
Christ's message to the world.
If we are thorough Presbyterians
and believe what our own doctrinal
prospectus advertises us as believing.
we believe 1t probable that some OF the
children in your homes, little children,
perhaps the babe at your bosom. Is
damned. already damned, damned be-
fore ii was born, damned from ever
lasting to everlasting.
II Is true that nobody breaches IT.,
and equally true, ] doubt not, that mo-
body believes its nevertheless 1t is
printed on the flag beneath which; the
Presbyterian army is marching and 1t
hurts US as a denomination.
In q letter recently written me by.
a well-known evangelist for the last
fifteen years in almost every state in
the union he had been grieved by the
refusal of converts to unite with the
Presbyterian church simply because,
as they state, they can not subscribe to
the confession of faith
But not only is harm done to the
Presbyterian church by this means.
but what is more. in the sense preva-
flently understood 1t is printed and
stubbornly maintained Justification of
Christian truth. 1t Is damage to
every communion and to the whole
church that phrases such as occur In
the third chapter of our confession are
allowed to stand as even the nominal
expression Of what We Presbyterians
believe. They are a permanent insult
to the cross Of Christ and we pray that
the time may be fastened when thif,
[ libel upon the infinite grace of God
shall be erased from our records.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-16

portation OF wheat and wheat flour In
creased; from SO. 600 900 bushels In 1879 to
202, 000. 900 bushels in 1888, the increase
In transportation by lake thus being
much greater proportionately than the
Increase in exports from the seaboard.
The transportation Of -four thru the
500 canal has increased with even
greater rapidity, growing from 1876. All
barrels in 1879 to 7,114.147 barrels in
1899, while grain other than wheat In.
creased from 445,774 bushels in 1872 to
&, 900, 600 bushels in 1899.
In metals and minerals the growth Of
transportation on the lakes is quite as
striking as in breadstuirs, the quantity
of. coal carried on the 500 canal having
940,SS7 tons in 1899. Coal from the
Pennsylvania and Ohio fields is sup
piled at low freight rates to the Lake
Superior region, where coal production
is light and fuel greatly in demand, as
the vessels which carry the iron ore.
grain and flour from the Lake Superior
region carry coal on their return trips
at ro:n:na, freight rates, and as n con-
sequence the coal passing thru the.
500 canal has already Indicated an Inc
crease from S0,S15 tons in 1872 to 8, $780,
SS7 tons in 1880. The product of the
Lake Superior region which Is poured
thru the 500 canal In increasing guam
titles every year is, after grain and
-four, which have been already men
toned. chiefly iron ore, copper and
lumber. The iron ore shipments thru
the canal increased from 3s3, Jos tons
In 1872 to ], 200, O9o tons in 1899. and lum-
Der from !, 742,0 90 feet In 1872. to 1885,
057.000 feet in 1893. The report from
which these figures were obtained In
dicates that they also include the traf-
fic thru the Canadian canal dying
alongside st. Mary's Falls canaD,
which was opened to commerce on
Sept. 8, 1895.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-16

make the old Indian think differently.
This does not apply to all the Indians.
There are tribes whose members are as
intelligent as any white persons. But
the Sac and Fox Indians OF Iowa, some
of them. at least, are the hardest crowd
I ever saw This is further testimony
that the Musquakies are not as progress
sive as some OF their red brothers. 81
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-16

at his unsoldierly babbling and boast
ing about the DIETRICH affair on his
voyage home. We have been cha
grined to repeat or to print the full re-
port of his mad message to the public
over the gift-house affair.
With the receipt of this TRADE, in
stead of noting the sure proof that re-
action from great mental labor had en-
clouded his brain, the American people
Judged their hero with aneuncharitable
hafshness that is without excuse.
Pity and sorrow We're his due. No one
should have forgotten that his mental
loss was the price he had paid for the
glory of his country.
And now, III further evidence We're
necessary, comes this most erratc of
a.. his queer performances, his deter
mination, all alone except as to his
Wife, to make himself president.
There is no feature or phase of his
plans and prospects that should inspire
the hopes of 10-Sear-old school boy.
Yet so distorted is his vision, so un-
able is he to combine cause and effect,
that mountains nave dw!ndled into
mole hills or have shrunken into level.
plains. All sense of the ridiculous. all
sense of propriety, all sense of con-
sistency, have gone down before his.
vanity, his ambition and his spleen.
Surely this is not the Dewey of Ma
Mia. IT is simply his shattered rem
znant. He does not deserve the ridi-
cule so universally given him He is
Still entitled to all the credit that was
due him when he surrendered his of
flee at Manila. Let us do him justice.
a. ID. BICkNELL.
FOR THE FARMER.
Does the average farmer pay sufii-
Gent attention to, growing vegetables
for the family table? We think not. We.
are glad to see that our AGRICULTURAL
experiment station is doing work along
these lines as We'll as the more i1npor-
tant ones of stock and fruit raising
/ bulletin jus. Issued gives interest
ing Information regarding the farmers
vegetable garden ard the cultivation Of
some of those healthful but too seldom
grown Vegetables This bulletin should
be in the hands of every farmer inter
ested in adding 10 the comforts and
happiness Of home. 1t recites the ex-
perience OF the hnrticulturist at A,nes
IN growing many varieties of such
vegetables as lima beans, cucumbers.
tomatoes, egg plant and sweet potatoes.
We understand that it may be secured,
by writing TO the director OF the agri-
cultural ssl experiment station, Ames,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-16
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

The Ottunlwa Courier commends the
leandidacy Of g. S. Gilbertson for the
state treasury by saying he us al capa-
bic man, a sterling republican and will
make a good canvass for the nonlina-
ton
Referring to the candidacy of Col
Charles A. Clark for the supreme bench.
the Spirit LAKE Beacon declares that.
the state has never elevated 10 its.
highest bench a better equipped jurist.'s
The Reporter looking overs3th the po-
lice records of various cities, including.
Marshalltown, is of the opinion that
Waterloo is possibly not so good as
she ought to be, but shesis a great deal
better in conduct than credit is given
by those VINO have shouted from the
housstops that we We're on the way To
perditicn and couldn't be headed off.
After studying some recent figures
the Dubuque Times concludes that .the
per capita cost of government is about
twice as large in Dubuque as is Water
! loo and about twice as large in Chicago
as in Dubuque. Waterloo is the model
size from the standpoint of economy. y
l-rnill tax yielding s2.1I1 maintains the
public library
/ The Davenport Republican observes
that Treasurer Herriott does NOT seem
4 tossee that he is doing himself far more
Injury than he is doing the republican
4 party harm. He is now a cipher po-
llitically in the party which gave hin,
honor, and this has all come thru "a
4 builheadedness that can not be charged
4 to the leaders of the party, His last
letter to the public. originally promul-
4 gated thru democratic sources, is one
4 of the weakest attempts any man III
iowa has ever made to secure a vindi-
cation"
4 ANOTHER CAUSE FOR DEWEY's
ACTION.
Humboldt, Ia, April 16-I think the
real cause Of the recent Dewey col
lapse has never been printed. Dewey
at Manila and Dewey since he left that
4 sea Of glory are as distinct as two diff
ferent persons. From the time his
plans We're formed at Hong Kong fol-
the capture Of the Spanish fleet till a
\ year and half later. when he was
4 granted his leave of absence and
4 started for home, he was equal to ev-
cry emergency and gave proof that he
was not only a great admiral, but a
4 statesman Of high rank as we'll. He
made no mistake in either line. He
did not babble; he did not boast; he
4 showed no over-weening desire fol
4 popular applause. No mean jealousy
no childish petulance, no burst Of evi
4 passion stain his perfect record al
Manila. His conduct as man was as
perfect as his official acts thus far
4 The world was his friend and no one
had ever made an excuse on his be.
half. Then came his release from
active duty and his speedy collapse.
L For a year and a half his brain an6
4 nerve had been strained and stretched
4 to the highest limit, without rest OF
y variety. AS he dropped his heavy load
4 the stimulus that had served to hold
him up fell with his burden ana left
his will power, his Judgment, his pa.
tience and his prudence limp and
1 feeble. at prey to every breeze thai
Il blows. & n.
!. We have All tried to forget our shocl
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-16
A Horrible Outbreak.

.Of large sores on my little daughters
head developed into a case of scald
head" writes e. D. Isbill. of Morgan
ton. Tenn, but Bucklen's Arnica salve
completely cured her" It's a guaran-
teed cure for eczema. letter. salt
rheum. pimples. sores. ulcers and piles.
Only % cents at Geo. p. Powers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-16
rlorida, West Indies ana Cen tral
America.

The facilities Of the Louisville q
Nashville railroad for handling tourists
and travellers destined for all points In
Florida. Cuba. Porto Rico. Central
America. or for Nassau, are unsur-
passed. Double daily lines Of sleeping
cars are ran from Cincinnati, Louis.
Vile, Chicago and st. Louis through
Jacks onville to interior Florida points.
and to Miami, Tampa and New or.
leans, the ports OF embarkation for the
countries mentioned. For folders. etc..
write George B. Horner. D. p. a., st.
Louis, No.