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The commonwealth., 1900-02-01

Ladles-For relief of women, Ches-
ter's Tansy Tablets, worth their weight
in gold. A safe and certain monthly
regulator mailed.
MURDOCH CURE Co., Atlanta, Ga.
The commonwealth., 1900-02-01

Persons achoepurchase anything ad-
tssed in this paper miH do a fauor
both he Advertiser and the editor by
nt;3siag the that they soa0 the
bcrttseu,ent in The Commonwealth.
The commonwealth., 1900-02-01

DIR. BULLS COUGH SYRUP is
unquestionatly the most remarkable
remedy ever produced for the cure of
throat ard lung troubles. 1t has cured
thousands, and has done wonders In
many cases of incipient consumption.
The commonwealth., 1900-02-01

lARGAINs II SECONDHAND
Sewing Machines. Secondhand
living Machines from 1890 up. A
rgain in every one. New Machines
b of the nost improved style.
G.. T. LAWRENCE,
tl-2m Scotland Neck, n. c.
The commonwealth., 1900-02-01


The defendant above n: med will
take notice that IN action entitled az
above has been commenced in the
Superior Court OF Halifax county, the
object Of which is to obtain divorce
from him on account of abandonment,
and the said defendant will further
take notice that be is required to appear
IT the next term OF the Superior Court
ot said county to be held on the 9th
day Of March, 1900, at the court houee
OF said county in Halifax, N. c., and
answer or demur to the complaint OF
the plaintiff in said action, Or the plain.
tiff will apply to the court for the re-
lief demanded in said complaint.
This 18th day OF JAM, 1900.
S. NJ. GARY, C. S. C.
S. G. DANIEL, Atty for Plaintiff.
l-25 Ct
The commonwealth., 1900-02-01

GUS after-effects of la grippe as Pe-ru-nA.
The leading actors and actresses Of
this country have come to regard Peru
na as indispensable to their success.
The commonwealth., 1900-02-01

vs..
J. r. Pope. Samuel Pore, James ?.
Ellen ald VIE rafy,l), Z. i. Ellen,
". T. Cusrie and wlie Matte, JESSE
Elijah Pore, Il. j. Pope, J"hn a.
NnIH2et, e Nurnaet, +. ". Gregory
DAVID Bell, tT-s;ee, ]. j. Robertson,
trustee, and Mrs. Anne Ih"rne.
70 W. 7. Curr,a ard wife. Matte Cur
RE. and jesse Elijah pope:
The aoa:a entitled action has been
commenced il, this court against yoil
ana voisr c defendants. The purpose
of the act5oD II 10 sell all the lands OF
Which Mrs. Martha T. Pope died 50 lied
and possessed or III which she had any
...;e1ess Il, said county i'll order 10
make assets TO pay !:er deh;s and Tie
costs Of ;,:,r;ili-.r;Ilun.
Yon ard ea.h OF you are required TO
he and apg ear sef,re tie Clerk OF the
Su.erior Co;ir. inr Halifax county, at
his Office iii Halifax, ,lsi the la.h day
OF February, 1850, and answer or de
mur to the complaint WHICH has been
filed In this action.
And YOU and each of you will take
notice that if you fail 10 appear and
answer or dcmur to said cnau piaint
WITHIN tie time required b. a", ne
plaintiffs will apply to the cul3it :of Tie
rai,af demanded III thc c,,inr!aint.
Given under rny hand and seal o'
said court, this the 30,h day oi Deceni'
Der, 1859. >. Nj. GAki.
Clerk of tie Superior Court.
w. A. DUNN, Attorney Tor the Plain
tiffs 14-6t
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w. w Perry Co.,
Cotton Factors,

NORFOLK, Va, Jan, 80, 1900.
COTTON.-FIRM.
let Middling, .
dling, I 10
let Low Middliug, Z 81
Middiing, u
ges,
Is and Stain
:. Peas, $2.75 per bag.
PEAN UTS.
hey, 24 Cts.
6ctIy Prime, q
me, y
" Grades, "a to 2
Chime (ricked) Il to p
anlsh, Is cents bushel.
| Yours truly,
J. w. PERRY co.
The commonwealth., 1900-02-01

Cure Cod Il? s:sac..
Eer1acti's Chocolates Laxat;,-e Quinine, easy
. take and quick % cure cold head and scle
throat.
The commonwealth., 1900-02-01
lotion SEED WANTED.-WILL

by the highest cash price for 100 car
Iads Cotton Seed. Have large stock
! fresh Hulls and Meal ON hand that
lli exchange for Seed. 1000 bushels
bite corn iOr sale.
l05-6m r. J. MADRY.
The commonwealth., 1900-02-01
Honest
Medicine.

North Carolina has the best people
in the world. 1t is the home of one
preparation that has for twenty years
received their endorse ment, stool every
possible test,
The commonwealth., 1900-02-01

<HOW CASE FULL of Warranted
4 Pocket Knives.
r. c.. JOsEY & Co.
The commonwealth., 1900-02-01
AR LOAD SASH AND DOORS.
r. G.. JOsEY & Co.

fOUNG PRINTERS WANTED -
Wanted, two young printers who
|sh to finish their trade by working
10 years IS two thlraers Oh I, morning
lily. Must be quick and accurate
Imposition and competent to handle
knuscript copy. Good references re-
bred. Address, The Star, Whining
4. \. G.
The commonwealth., 1900-02-01

a car load of Oats for Spring Sowing
has inst arrived, and our customer S
Ishall have the very best advantage On
prices.
A car load of neat has also just come
Iin, and we propose to furnish our Gus
honers with the best at the lowest
zPrices.
8 Keep up with our announcements,
.3br we keep up with the needs and
sNants of our customers.
IL Yours truly,
Il HOFFMAN & BRO.
The commonwealth., 1900-02-01

HEADQUARTERS for all Farming
Implements.
j r. G.. JosEY & Co.
The commonwealth., 1900-02-01

<Bobbits' Chill Pills are tile best. Cost
Be- than any other caili and fever rem
ly, and they are guaranteed to cure,
Eyour money back. Price 25c. per
3tt.e. Druggists.
The commonwealth., 1900-02-01
cAsToRE

p.,.o - The Kin, Ysa .3a fare Always ooGggj
Signature ss &W IL zzw
The commonwealth., 1900-02-01

= g. :, cri s~hzSev asits
.-tte.' ~ !'u'.. ~iih-
:. ;; o..t II u h,. ';"r
.!ui..Dr; seat r.. {
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The commonwealth., 1900-02-01
Notice..
State OF North Carolina, I
C.p11ty OF Halifax.

Superlo1. Before tha Clerk.
John G. Pow ell, Adlnins!ratof of i.r-
tia +. o,}c, and John G. Powell and
wife Rosa.
The commonwealth., 1900-02-01
Splilllg.
! least it seems SO to those
who take q look at the
Spring Goods which
NAV be seen at
ANS.

Never do our customers find us the
bst to provide for their wants, but or
be contrary we are always AMONGST
THE FIRST-YES, THE VERY
FIRST IN THIS MARKET to offer
bew bargains, and we are proud to say
That the public shows HIGH APPRE-
.CIATION of this fact by LIBERAL
Still Ahead!
That Is what customers say about the
goods they buy and the prices at which
they buy them at
HOHman's.
The evening times., 1900-01-04
KIDNEY and BLADDER
TROUBLES PROMPTLY CURED.
A Sample Bottle Sent Free by Mail.

DR.. KiImer's Swamp-Root. the wonder
full new discovery in medical science, full
fills every wish in promptly curing kidney,
bladder. and uric acid troubles. rheuma-
tism. and pain In the back. 1t corrects
inability to hold water and scalding pain
in passing 1t, or bad effects following use Of
liquor, wine, or beer. and overcomes that
unpleasant necessity of being compelled to
go often during the day and to get up
many times during the night. The mild
and the extraordinary effect of swamp
Root Is soon realized. 1t stands the highest
for It's wonderful cures Of the most dis
tressing cases.
IL you need a medicine you should have
the best. Sold by druggists In 5O-cent and
81 sizes. You may have sample bottle
of this wonderful new discovery and
book that tells all about IT, and It's great
cures. both sent absolutely free by mail.
Address DR.. Kilmer & Co.. Binghamton,
~. Y. When writing mention that you read
this generous offer in The Washington
Evening Times
The evening times., 1900-01-04
BASEBALL WAR NOT PROBABLE.
HanIOn Discredits tho Rumors of
Trouble Between the Leagues.

J BALTIMORE, Jan. An reviewing the
baseball situation and discussing the re-
ported effort to break down the National
League. Manager HsRlen said yesterday:
Il don't put much credence in the re-
ports from Chicago that the American
League intends to start a baseball war.
read in the papers that but few OF the
american League managers attended the
Chicago meeting and that many were by
proxy.
Now it stands TO reason that If such a
serious thing as war were contemplated,
at least a majority of those vitally inter-
ested in the aggressive movement would
be present. Baseball wars are not easily
begun, as was amply demonstrated in the
Brotherhood troubles and | do not honest
ly believe that the American League in
tends to embark on such an enterprise
II takes as much money to operate such
hostilities as it does to organize new
leagues.
Il have been reading a good deal this
winter about the organization of new
leagues. Those who write these articles
talk as though leagues were wind bodies
and did not need a vast capital 1t is all
wars. but when it comes to getting the
money-well, that's the rub.
Il thought the major league was on fair
ly good terms with Ben Johnson's Ameri-
can League, and l would venture it as a
guess that there is more of an understand
ing between the two organizations than is
supposed. Suppose the American League
was making the demonstration, in order to
frighten off Anson's American Association.
Don't you think such an arrangement
would be a good move?
Whether or not any such understanding
exists. ], Of course don't know but il the
American League magnates really did de-
clare their intention of beginning hostili-
ties l should look beneath the surface for
some such motive, for ] do not believe that
the American League has the financial
backing for such a contest, and l know
very well that the major league wants no
such trouble
Il have heard it said that Ben johnson
was after Mr.. Young's place as president
of the major league, but If this is true, /
don't think he viii succeed. You may re-
member that / had some trouble with Mr..
Young over our 1898 schedule and / went
after him and told him some plain things
about the injustice done us. / certainly
made an awful howl. and did not hesitate
to express my opinion in public.
From this you might infer that We had
a grievance against Mr.. Young, and would
be glad to see him In trouble, but that is
not the case. When Ben johnson gets af-
ter Mr.. Young's place, We line UP with |
Mr.. Young and fight for him.
The evening times., 1900-01-04

Bechuanaland. and Basutoland prOtectO-
rates. and the Colony of Natal.
The following figures show the value OF
gold exports in the five years 1882, ac-
cording to the official Cape returns: Gold
raw. 1898. E5,259, ,120; 1894, 27.1iI,30S;
1895. 97.975.6SI; 1896, GS. .543: 1891,
f1Oe91. .926.
The yearly aggregate OF gold production
in the Transvaal since 1883 has been: 1883,
eos, ,122 ounces; 1899, 36e.50 ounces; 1890,
494.S1s ounces; 1891 729.23s ohnces; 1892.
1.210. .SS9 ounces; 1899, 1.47s.41T ounces:
1894, 2.O24,162 ounces; 1893. R.2I .oS1
ounces; 1896. 2,21s,S27 ounces. 1897. $685.
67s ounces; 1898, 3.70o.90 The average
price. of the production was $lo-f- pei
ounce.
the production of gold in the world
since the discovery Of America. from 1893
to 1896 amounted to 434.j6S.0S9 ounces
fine. valued at IS, 9S3, 32G, 600.
The evening times., 1900-01-04
AICTION SALES.
By pCyCtysoS EROS. AUCEoyEERs.

TRUSTEES SALE OF SEVEN LOTS on TIE
NORTH SIDE or KtLOR4NA AVENUE BIZ
TWEEN EIGHTEENTH STREET EXTENDED
AND COLUMBIA ROAD. EACH IMPROVED
By AN UNFINISHED DWELLING HOUSE.
By virtue Of seven certain deeds of trust, dated
the egth DAY Of Mar. A. D.. 1899. and recorded
among flP hard records Of the District OF Columbia
in Hber 1910. foOs respectively BIS et seg $50 ct
seq, 35t ct SEQ, 23S et SEQ. $fE seq. ;iG ct
$50. and 35l et SEQ. and at the request Of GER
tain of the holders OF the notes secured thereby.
we viii offer separately az public auction. in front
Of the premises on MONDAY THE FIFTEENTH
DAY or JANUARY. A. H.. 1900. commencing at
ertf situate in the county OF Washington. District
Of Columbia. 20 wit: All those certain pieces or
parcels cf land ard premises Known and distin-
guished as and being lots numbered twenty seven
(2), tverty-egit t2S1. UwpHty-Bine (29), thirty
one (3D thirtV-thFee (9c,}, thirty-fbur go and
subdivision Of Iots in block numbered six CO.
Washington Heights as per plat recorded in
Book County Ne. u, page IS, Of the records Of
The Surveyors Office, Of the District of Column
bi1 together with the improvements thereon
Terms Of sale on each property: Ons-third
Of the purchase money to be paid in cash. and
the balance to be paid IN equal installments,
respectively. in one and two wears. secured BY
deed oil trust upon the property sold. with inter
est thereon PAYABLE senfi-aHnHally st the rate OF
6 per cent per annun until paid, or all cash at
the option OF the purchaser. deposit OF 800 on
each Dropertv will be required at time Of sale.
Sale Go be closed in fifteen days from day Of sale
otherwise the property will be resold at the risk
and cost Of defaulting purchaser after FIVE days
advertisement in some newspaper published in
the District OF Columbia. Conveyancing and
revenue stamps at cost OF purchaser.
BRAINARD H. WARNER.
CLARENCE p RHEEM.
jas d&ds,exS.em Trustees, 9f6 st. NV.
The evening times., 1900-01-04
THE CAPITAL OF TRUSTS
An Enormous Amount of Money
Represented on Paper.
The Combinations Hold More Than
One share of stock for Every Two
tion-Two-thirdso of the Enterprises
Secured Charters Early I'm the Year

New combinations and consultations OF
industrial concerns. popularly grouped un-
der the general name trusts were in
corporated during the year 1899, with a
total capital Of nearly s5.000.000,0 900. The
total shares OF stock put on the market
by these concerns was so, 900, 900, or con-
siderably more than one share to every
and children included.
The present market value of these stocks
can only be estimated. but it is very GER
tain that it is considerably less than half
the par value. There has been an inn
mense shrinkage of value during the past
three months.
The exact total of all the new capitali
cations was s4,SsO, 1877 500. OF this amount
the largest part was made up of combi
nations in the iron and steel trade. Nearly
all the immense trusts in iron and steel
have been formed during the year. The
Federal Steel Company. with capital OF
s2eo. .0o0. 900 was organized in December,
1897. but all the others we're formed early
last year.
The list includes the National Steel Com
pany. the Steel and Wire Company, the
American Tinplate Company. the American
Car and Foundry Company, the Pressed
Steel Car Company the Republic Iron and
Steel Company. the National Tube Com
pany, the United states Cast Iron Pipe
and Foundry Com Nany. the American Ship
building Company, the Central Foundry
Company, the Sloss- Sheffield Steel and
Iron Company, the Virginia Iron, Coal,
and Coke Company, and many reorganiza-
tions.
The automobile companies formed the
next most important group. Many compa-
nies were formed to exploit the electrical,
the air-pewer, the steam, gasoline, and
petroleum automobiles throughout the
country. The total capitaliZations of all
The evening times., 1900-01-04

these concerns was about $500. 900 000 The
largest concern of all these. on paper, the
Anglo American Rapid Vehicle Company.
with a capital of $40. 600, ,000 has never got
ten beyond its incorporation in Delaware
several months ago.
Other immense combinations were the
Distilling Company OF America. with a
capital of 1925 900 600. the stock OF which
is now selling at a low figure, the Pitts
burg Coal Company with capital Of s64,-
0O0. 600. and the Standard Oil reorganiZa-
tion with a capital of s11O 100000. The
American Tobacco Company and the Con-
tinental Tobacco Company increased their
capital stock $S5, 100000 and slS .eG0, 600, re-
spectively.
Another class OF new companies were
the Independent telephone concerns formed
in large part to fight the telephone mo-
nopoly. Their plans are as yet largely in
embryo, however
Two-third of all these companies were
formed in the first half of the year. Many
others were mapped out and many even
went SO far as elaborate publications of
their plans. During the latter half of the
year. however. there was decided dam
per thrown on the enterprise of trust for
nation.
A scarcity of money and marked unwil-
lingness on the part of financiers to father
,he new concerns. and of investors to buy
their securities were the very sufficient
causes.
There had been planned trusts in glue,
print cloth, silk ribbon. cement, bridge
building. chairs, sewer pipe. street cars,
plows threshing machines, collins, screws.
gas fixtures. car equipments, and table
ware, and many other industries of lesser
magnitude. None OF these reached tie
ipcorpor8tion stage and il is said that few
of them are likely to in the near future.
The formation of trust companies for the
financing of these corporations was also
one of the marked movements of the year.
In New York alone eight trust companies
with many millions of capital were start
ed. their chief business having been the
floating of new industrial concerns.
The evening times., 1900-01-04
THE CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM
a Change Proposed in the Method of
Securing EliSfbles

A. r. Seryen. Chief Examiner of the
Civil Service Commission. has addressed 2
petition to the Board Of Civil Service Com
missioneTs, calling for a revision OF the
present system OF securing eligibles for
special OF technical positions.
Under the present regulations the posi-
tiou must he vacated before a call is made
by the head OF the Office upon the Civil
Service Board, and a long consultation gen
orally follows between the official in whose
department the vacancy exists and the
Commissioners as to the exact quslifca-
tions necessary 10 entitle an applicant to
the position.
When these have been determined. print
ed circulars must be issued and distributed
in different parts OF the country, together
with the regular press notices. stating the
nature OF the position, and the qualiica-
tions necessary to obtain it, together with
the place and date OF examination.
The time consumed in determining upon
the necessary qualifications in preparing
the examination questions, and in dissem-
mating the notices throughout the country,
occupies, in most instances, about four
months. and. in the meantime the position
is either held vacant, or inefficiently oc-
cupied by some one detailed temporarily
10 do the work.
The plan outlined by Chief Examiner
SeTven il to first secure the eligibles TO
scientific OF technical positions. and when
a place becomes vacant TO notify those men
upon the list whose ascertained qualifica-
tions come nearest to the requirements OF
the office, TO appear for examination at
the time and place specified.
by this means says Mr.. Serven, the
shortest possible space of time elapses be-
tween the call for an eligible and his GER
tifiCation. The means which the Commits
sion possesses for finding out the proper
men for a special list OF eligibles are very
efficient. and ! feel confident that the most
difficult requirements could be successfully
met within a very much shorter period
than is at present the case"
The evening times., 1900-01-04
DIED.

LANSBURGH-On Wednesday. January 3. 1900,
at 10 O'Clock, noon, MOLLIE. beloved wife Of
James LanSbusgh. in the thirty seventh year OF
her age.
Funeral from residence. 2j11 Fourteenth Street.
Friday morning, Il o'clock Please omit how-
eTs. Ia4l
BURKE-0n Tuesday, January ?, 1000, at @:e5
p. NJ, at Sibley Memorial Hospital, CHARLES
f. BURKE Of typhoid fever and peritontis.
aged thirty years three months and nineteen
davs He leaves wife and four small children
to mourn his loss.
Funeral private from the residence OF his
brother. Lawrence ". BurSe lj20 Norris Street
northeast. on January >, at S O'Clock p. m.
Casting all your cares upon him; for he
careth for you.-First Peter. WI.
fredericksburg, Va, papers please copy It
LITTLEJOHN-On Tuesday. January , 1900. at
O'Clock p. m. CHARLES A. LiTfLEJOHN,
aged seventy-One years.
Funeral from his late residence, 1923 Thirty
third Street Thursday. al 3 O'clock. Relatives
and friends invited to attend. 1t
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A WIFE s-EKS DIVORCE.
Habitual Drunkenness and Cruelty
Charged Against the Husband.

habitual Drum nke1ness and Cruelty
Charged Against the Husband.
A little over a year ago Nataline NJ.
Field and Wade H. Thomas were married
in this city. Their connubial bliss. how
ever, was very brief, for In a petition for
divorce fled today Mrs. Thomas states that
her husband assaulted her with a knife
swearing that he would kill her, but was
prevented from doing so by mutual
friends.
The parties were married on December 7
1898, and ten days after, the petition
states, her husband. became beastiy drunk
and was so abusive to her that she feared
to remain with him, and returned to her
mothers home.
In February of the present year Mrs.
Thomas declares her husband attacked her
with knife, and in September dragged
her upstairs in the house where they were
living, at 527 Fifteenth Street northeast,
and choked her.
Her husband, she says, was an habitual
drunkard, and when under the influence of
drink became frenzied and dangerous, and
for this cause and the others stated she
was compelled to leave him. The petition
er is represented by Attorney Alphonzo
Hart.
The evening times., 1900-01-04
Volcanic Eruptlons

Are grand, but Skin Eruptions rob life of 10Y.
Bucklens Arnica Salve cures them, also Old
Running and Fever Sores. Ulcers, Boiis, Felons.
Corns, Warts, Cuts, Bruises. Burns, Scalds.
Chapped Hands, Chilblains. Best Pile cure on
earth. Drives out Pains and Aches. Only rs
cents a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by Henry
Evans, Druggist, eSSf Street.
The evening times., 1900-01-04
MARRIED THREE-SCoRE YEARS.
4 New Jersey Couple Celebrate a
Wedding Anniyersarx

BURLINGTON, n. j., Jan. 4-John T.
Severns and wife last night celebrated the
sixtieth anniversary of their marriage by
entertaining three generations OF the fam
on East Union Street. The aged couple
are still comparatively hale and hearty,
and they seemed to enjoy the event with
as much enthusiasm as the blushing
maidens in their teens.
But two witnesses of the wedding still
survive, and one of them, Mrs. Cornelius
Gostin, of Washington, ID. c., was pres
ent at the celebration.
The evening times., 1900-01-04
Ice Unites Two states.

LAMBERTvILLE, Ne J., Jan. 4-The
Delaware River at this place is frozen over
for the first time this winter, and people
are crossing on the ice to Newhope, Pa.
Ice men are busy filling their houses with
ice about ten inches thick.
The evening times., 1900-01-04
Inactive Bowels.

Many people suffer from constipation.
This invariably produces stomach, liver,
and kidney disease. Constipation is dan
gerous disease. Cure it with Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters. There is nothing better
1t win not shock the system and it posi-
lively cures indigestion, dyspepsia, bilious
ness. malaria. fever and ague. Try IT, II
may be obtained from any druggist See
that a PRIVATE REVENUE STAMP COW
ers the neck OF the bottle.
The evening times., 1900-01-04
"Deeds Are Fruits,
Words Are Bat Leayes.

The many auonderfuf cures effected BY
Hoods SarsapanQa are the fruits BY
phich It shoutd Be judged. These prope
Il TO Be the great, uneqaaQed remedy for
dyspepsia, rheumatism, catarrh and all
other ailments due TO impure or tnpover-
ished Blood.
Rheumatlen, -" shy mother. eighty
years DID, has receiued much benefit from
taxing Hoods Sarsapanla for rheunla-
TIN" Agnes D. Derby. jamestown, ". Y.
catarh "My daughter had catarh
IN fte head and Hoods Sassapan7la cured
It." M,s. Ed. Peterson, kbbey. Mont.
&od1 SaadqbmM
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