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is, if the authorities do not interfere,
and it does not seem likely that they
will.
! Speaking Of the plan, Murphy re-
Gently said: ''It may seem a fool
hardy thing to attempt, but for my
own part shall not stop to think of
the sway, the height or the danger.
/ did nothing of the sort when fol-
lowing the train, and I came through
all right enough and without in
jury.
/ MY work for the last few years
on a home trainer of the roller sort
enables me to steer a wheel without
minding the sway of the wires. On
that high-strung bridge, though it
sways fearfully. I feel that I will
be able to ride just as steadily as
did back of the train. I will not be
nervous, for that would probably
mean certain death. My nerves
never trouble me on such a ride. 1
have thew raider perfect self-control
at all times.
II admit that this ride will tax me
a great deal, but am eager to make
it, and I am confident that it will 60
through without single jar or
break"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-08-01
Prot. Crittenden Married?

Wake Forest, N. c., July 24.-A
marriage interesting deeply our entire
community and wide circle of friends
elsewhere was celebrated here yester-
day morning at ten O'Clock. The con-
tracing PARTIES were Miss Ethel Tay-
ior, daughter of President G. f. Tay-
lor, and Prof. C. G.. Crittenden, of the
Chair of Pedagogy, in Wake Forest
College. The ceremony was perform
ed by the BRIDES father in the presence
vi many friends at"The Elms", at
home of the bride. Prof. Crittsnden
was accompanied by his brother. The
party left ON the train for
Virginia Beach, whence they will
go for visit to the Virginia home
of ths groomis father In Nottaway
county.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-08-01
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CHAINLESS BICYCLES.
Careful Observers of the Trade Say
That They Are Steadily Coming
Into Mere General Use.

With each succeeding season the
bevel gear chainless type of wheel
has found it's popularity increasing,
until it is rapidly approaching a
point where in the near future it
viii divide honors with the chain
wheel. There is little question but
that were the price of both types the
same the chainless would come into
universal use within a single season.
The cost of manufacture, however,
owing to the greater care and ex.
Penslve machinery employed in cuts
ting the gears, necessitates higher
price being put upon the chainless
than upon the chain wheel, and in
consequence it holds its position to-
day as the product de luke of the BIZ
cycle industry. The difference in
price, however, is by no means a
formidable one, and when the su-
perior features of the type are con-
sidered is well worth paying. Cleanli-
hess, of course, is one of the great
desideratums, as is the lack Of ne
cessity, in drop frame designs, for
complicated dress guards. Within the
past two years adjustment and ac-
curacy in gear cutting has been
brought so near the mark of perfec-
tion that backlash has been reduced
to the minimum, and the highest ap-
plication of power with the least ef-
fort, is assured. So substantial are
the gears themselves that the chances
for breakage are most remote, and
the attendant results of sprocket
jumping chain are, of course, with
out the pale of possibility. The
writer knows of no instance in which
the rider Of a chainless wheel has
gone back to a chain mount, but is
familiar with countless instances in
which chain wheel riders have for
ever abandoned their mounts for a
bevel gear wheel.-Cycling Gazette.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-08-01
AUTOMOBILE GLASSES.
Kinds Used to Protect the Drivers
Eyes and Face When Going at
q High Speed.

To the various sorts of glasses de-
signed for drivers use have now been
added automobile glasses, especially
designed for the use of the automobile
driver. These are not worn in the
city, where, with the restrictions on
the speed of automobiles, they are not
needed; but they are worn in the coun-
try, where the automobilist un-
shackles the machine and let's it go
at 40 or 50 miles an hour, more or less.
Going at that speed his eyes need pro-
lection, and this is afforded by the
automobile glasses.
These glasses are spectacles fitted
with very large shell-shaped or con-
vexed glasses. the size and the shape
giving large field of vision. Attached
to the frame is mask that projects
high enough above the glasses to cover
the forehead of the wearer, up under
the peak of the cap, and that extends
below the glasses and out at the sides
along the spectacle bows, sufficiently
to cover the entire fall, front and
sides.
For winter wear, when some
warmth in it would be desirable, the
mask is made of suede leather, lined
with silk; for summer use these
glasses are made with the mask of un-
lined silk, either of the gray suede
color or of black.
Automobile glasses are a French
notion, and originally all those sold
here were imported from France.
Now they are made here. Lots of
them are sold. They cost, according
to the material the mask is made of,
from $3.50 to IS pair.-N. Y. Sun.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-08-01
HIGH GEARS FOR WOMEN.
Veteran Rider Says They Are Re-
sponsible for the Tired Feeling
Experienced by Lady Riders.

Too much emphasis cannot be laid
on the fact that many women have
been discouraged from riding by the
use of gear too high for them. Low
gears for women" is a sign that vet
eran century "plugger'' says should
be in the window of every cycle shop.
He added
.'Not day passes that in talking
about wheeling I do not hear some
woman remark that she doesn't ride
because she gets tired, and when I ask
her what gear she rides she tells me
80 or n, or mething like that; some
times "a or SO. That tells the secret.
Women walk with shorter step than
men. They have shorter legs and less
muscle, yet they have been led along
until half of them are riding high
gears. It's a shame. They should
have low gear that will give them
short, quick and easy stroke. In the
early '9O's, Sc, SO and 63 gears were
thought high enough for women.
Now they use from 70 to 90. think
Sc to 68 is what they should use, even
considering that wheels run better.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-08-01
SCOTLAND NECK, N G. THURSDAY. AUGUST 1, 1901.
Curious Relics.

Sampson Democrat Mr. E. T.
Chesnust, of Six Runs, called at the
Democrat Office last week ard exhibit
cd some relics that might be called an
tiquities. They were in the forms Of
nails and tax receipts. The nails
were from an old house that Mr.. Ches-
NUTS father, the late Mp. .Chestn"'
owned and which was lately torn d.
and rebuilt tor tenant. They we,e
the old fashioned hand made nails and
were hundred years old If they are a
day. The tax receipts dated as lar
back as 1857, the taxes being calculat-
ed in English money. The Shsriffs
of Sampson county in those old days
we're John Fort, y. Gregory and j. w.
Butler. There must have been great
scarcity of paper as one of the receipts
was less than three inches long and
not an inch wide.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-08-01
M1DAIR CYCLING FEAT.
Bridge Over q Narrow Pathway
Two Feet Wide.

Charles Murphy, who is known
among professional cyclists as ''Mile-
a-minute" Murphy, is planning new
bicycle feat which will make his for
mer efforts, including his famous ride
OF d mile behind a flying train iii
0: 81 As, seem tame.
He will ride bicycle from New
York to Brooklyn over narrow
pathway two feet wide, strung on
slender, swayihg wires between the
piers of the new East river bridge.
On this unsteady pathway, high in
the air, the venturesome rider will
make a flying trip. Murphy will make
the passage as soon as the wires for
the pathway have been placed; that
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-08-01

DID IT EVER Occur to you that a
little Perry Davis Pain-killer on the
end OF the finger applied once or twice
to a mosquito bitc would counteract
the poison aud speedily reduce the
swelling? Pain-Killer will also cure
bites and stings of other poisonous in
sects as we'll as reptiles. See directions
as to the use upon wrappers on each
bottle. Avoid substitutes, there is but
one Pain-Killer, Perry Davis Price
25c. and SOC.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-08-01
Giants Kettles i'm Minnesota.

In the Interstate park, near Tay-
lor's falls, Minnesota, has been dis
covered singular group of giants
kettles" or pot-holes, covering an
area of two or three acres and rang
ing in diameter from less than q
foot to Is feet, and in depth from
one foot to "a feet. They have been
bored in exceedingly hard rock, and
in many cases they are like wells in
shape, the ratio of width to depth
varying from one to five up to one to
seven. Mr.. Warren Upham ascribes
their origin to forests falling
through glacial "moulins" at the
time when the northern territory of
the United States was buried under
ice. AS with similar pot-holes else
where, rounded powders are occa-
sionally found at the bottom of the
cayities.-Youth's Companion.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-08-01
tDaily except Monday. tDaily ex

tDaily except Monday. tDaily ex.
cept Sunday.
Wilmington and Weldon Railroad,
Yadkln Division Main Line--Train
leaves Wilmington, 8 90 a. m, arrives
Fayetteville II O5 p. M, leaves Fayettc-
Vile IL % p. M, arrives Sanford l d
o. IN. Returning leaves Sanford O5
p. M, arrives Fayetteville 4 90 p. m,
leaves Fayetteville 4 20 p. m, arrives
Wilmington % p. M.
Wilmington and Weldon Railroad,
Bennettsville Branch-Train leaves
Bennettsville s C5 a. M, Maxton 8 O5
a. M, Red Springs 8 so a. M, Hope
Mills 10 IS a. M, arrives Fayetteville
IL 10 a. IN. Returning leaves Faye.te-
vile 45 p. M, Hope Mills 5 55 r. m,
Red Springs 35 p. M. Maxton Is
.. M, arrives Bennettsville Is p. III.
Connections at Fayetteville with
train No. 78, at Maxton with the Caro-
ina Central Railroad, at Red Springs
with the Red Springs and Bowmore
Railroad, at Sanford with the Seaboard
AIR Line and Southern Railway, et
Gulf with the Durham and Charlotte
Railroad.
Train on the Sc ,:Iand Neck Branch
Road leaves Weldon 55 In, Halissx
III D. H., arrives Scotland Neck at
5 :08 p. m d, Greenvllle 6 81 p. M, Kins.
ton Z 55 p. m. Returning leaves
Klnston so a. M, Greenyille 8 so a.
~, arriving Halifax at ii liz a. M,
Weldon II :33 \. m, daily except Sum
day.
Trains on Washington Branch leave
Washington s 10 a. IN. and 2 :O p. M,
arrive Parmele 8 10 a. IN. and 1 90 p.
J., returning leave Parmele g. -. m.
and 6 80 p. M, arrive Washington
IL 90 a. m. and 80 p. m, daily ex-
cept Sunday.
Train leaves Tarboro, N. c., daily
except Sunday 80 p. m, Sunday,
4 :15 p. M, arrives Plymouth Z 40 p.
M, 6 10 p. M, Returning, leaves Ply.
mouth daily except Sunday, Z so a. m.
and Sunday 100 n. M, arrives TarbOro
10 10 a. M, II 100 a. m.
Train on Midland N. G. Branch
leaves Goldsboro daily, except Sunday.
5 100 a. m., arriving Smithfie!d 6 10 a.
m. Returning leaves Smithfe1d Z 80
a. m. /; arrives at Goldsboro 8 :25 a. n
Trains on Nashville Branch leaN 9
Rocky Mount at 8 :3Oa. M. 3 40 p. M,
arrive Nashville 10 20 a. M, 4 :O3 pm
Spring Hope IL 90 a. M, 4 :25 pm.
Returning leave Spring Hope IL 20 e.
M, 4 :55 p. M, Nashville IL Asa. m,
5 :25 p. M, arrive at Rocky Mount
II 10 a. m., 100 p. M, daily except
Sunday.
Train on Clinton Branch leaves War
saw for Clinton daily, except Sunday,
IL 40 a. m. and 4 20 p. m. Return.
Ing leaves Clinton at $40 a. m. and
2 so a. m.
Train No. 7S makes close connection
at Weldon for all points North daily,
all rail via Richmond.
II. M. EMERSON,
GenI Pass. Agent.
J. r. KENLY, Genl Manager.
=. N. EMERSpE. -raHie NaEag
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-08-01
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NEW MOTOR BICYCLEI

Acetylene gas or rhydro-carbonp provides
the motive power and can be carried
in a suitable tank disposed to best
advantage, as on the seat mast, as
shown. The arrangement shown is
merely diagrammatic and the various
parts may be of any suitable con-
struction. The inventor also uses the
frame of the bicycle for storing the
gaseous fuel. By his construction.
the engine is so supported that it
projects equally on both sides of the
bicycle frame, thus not only securing
an even balance, but bringing all the
strains in the central plane of the
frame, SO that there is no tendency to
twist or distort it, and lighter frame
can therefore be used than would
otherwise be practicable.-Cycling
Gazette,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-08-01
Automobile Man Talk. Back.

It is now urged by an automobilist
that those who drive about the coun-
try and complain that their horses
are frightened by the motor cars
have themselves in very large meas
ure to thank for their horses fright.
None of them is so far removed from
the home of a motor car that he
could not send his horses over to
have feed of corn beside it and
so grow accustomed to the strange
thing; and no owner of a motor
car is so churlish that he would not
give permission for horses to go to
his stables and receive this lesson.
1t is suggested that if horse owners
had but the energy to see that this
was done once or twice their horses
would soon grow used to the motors.
In the French towns the horses have
already learned to take no notice Of
them. :
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-08-01
NOVEL MOTOR BICYCLE.
New York Man InveDfs q PrOpe1ling
Device That Can BE Attached to
Any wheel Frame,

Dickerson's motor bicycle is a rad
ical departure from all previous
motor cylinders to any standard BIZ
cycle frame, clamping one cylinder
to each of the three main frame
tubes, all in the same vertical frame,
and connects their piston rods to q
common crank shaft and driving
sprocket, supported pivotally in the
center of the frame on spider whose
arms clamp respectively to the head,
the main top tube and the lower bar
of the frame. A chain from this
sprocket drives a small sprocket on
the left side of the bottom bracket.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-08-01
A SURE PREVENTIVE.

1t is better to prevent cOnsumpti. q
than to afterwards be looking tor cure.
Many cases become incurab;e simply
because 30 long neglected. When 20"
catch cold, when you begin to cough
make haste to use Mexican syrup. 1t
may save your life, for it has proven q
quick and never falling cure for sore
and irritated lungs, tickling in the
thl oat, etc., resulting from a cold &C
cidentally taken. 1t is only 20 cents a
bottle, and is sold at drug stores.
THIS Is RIGHT.
There is one good aboutthe Mothers 3
Worm Syrup, and that ls, it will never
do anyone bit of harm, should it fail
to do him good. It Is a good idea to
try this remedy If you feel bad and
don't exactly know what ails you.
There may be a tape worm hundred
feet long that is causing your loss oi
health. If so a 25 cents bottle OF
Mothers Worm Syrup will kill and re-
move it from your body.
A RELIABLE FAMILY PILL.
A Mexican Root Pill taken when
you begin to feel bilious, or when your
bowels fail to move as they should, may
ward of long spell of illness. Get u
25 cent box.
PAIN MAKES LIFE A BURDEN.
1t Is wrong to let those you love
suffer pain or to be In. pain yourself,
when Gooch's Quick Relief only costs
25 cents q bottle. Best cure for cramps
and collie.
A MODERN MIRACLE.
Gooch's Sarf aparilla enters into and
changes the composltion of the blood
lacking sufficient red corpuscles to
make it pure. Then the pure blood
circulating with healthful activity.
permeates every fibre of flesh and re-
stores better strength aud better feel
ing to every part, completely curing
sores and pain.
PILE-INE CURES PILES.
Money refunded iflt eyer fails.
Antf-Ague cures Chills and Fever.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-08-01
PILE-INE CURES PILES.
Money refunded if eyer fails.
Anti-Ague cures Chills and Fever.
Had $50, 900 Insurance.

Raleigh Times :. Capt HI. L. Lavov,
Of Durham, while riding his bicycle
along Cleveland street. fell dead. He
was an expert carpenter, and is said TO
have carl led 10000 life insurance. At
one time he owned an orange grove In
Florida, and had been we'll to do. He
was about G6 years old, and was a
native of France. He has one daugh-
ter, who is attending school in Georgia.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-08-01
Harry Destroys Pleasure.

! On bicycle tour one should not be
hurried. An average run of so miles
daily will be found enough for pleas
ure; more can sometimes be made,
but the extra time may be better
spent in getting OF and rolling In tho
grass once In awhile, in . swim In
some inviting pool or In making de-
tours from the route to inspect IN
interesting historical peint or to en-
Joy . beautiful view.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-08-01
An Improved Marriaxe service.

The Norwegians have decided to in
troduce new ritual for the mar
rage service. The new woman strong
ly objects to the existing wording,
which is CALLING to her feelings of
independence and equality, and liter
ally places her in position of servi-
tude to her lord and master. The
new ritual is to be used side by side
with the old, each case being decided
upon its merits as to which form of
.love, honor and obey" wording is to
be NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Eyenska
Dapblad
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-08-01
BLOWN TO ATOMS.

The old idea that the body some
times needs q powerful. drastic. purga-
tive pill has been exploded; for Dr.
Kings New Lite Pills. which are per-
iectly harmless, gently stimulate liver
and bowels to expel poisonous matter,
cleanse the system snd absolutely cure
Constipation and Sick Headache. On
ly 25c. For sale by E. T. Whitehead
& Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-08-01

Nothing more important has come
before the people of any part OF the
State than the danger that threatens
Meck!enburg county from the possible
spread of the contagion OF glanders,
which is raging among the horses and
mules in York county, 8. G. It bor-
ders on Mecklenburg county, and the
people there have asked protection
against the disease. In South Carroll
ma mules and horses have already been
killed and barns have been burned as
a means OF stopping 1t.
Glande1s is terrible disease amongst
horses and may be communicated to
people. A horse that has once had
the disease ls never rid of it again,
aithouth he may be able to do general
work tor years. It effects the nasal
mucous membrane which becomes
highly infamed. A horse which has
had the disease is ever afterwards a
source of danger to one who feeds or
uses him, for he never can be radically
cured of it.
The Columbian Cyclopedia in dis
cussion OF the disease says: "A sIlght
quantity of the nasal discharge coming
IN contact With any of the mucous
membranes or with an abraded portion
Of the skin, is very sure to communi-
cate the disease to man or to any OF
the equine race. !"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-08-01

It is hard for us to find out and real
;ze how things go on tbs field of battle
in the far of Philippines. The::following
correspondence to the Morning Post
from Rutherdfordton concerning a
North Carolinian,s experience out
there will be of interest:
George w. Rollins, who has just re-
turned from the Philippines, is the
most disguised soldier yet. He says
the boys are regular slaves and that
the officers OF the regiments have no
mercy for the men. He says had he
known that the army was so he would
have never enlisted. He was In seven
engagements and talks very interesting
ly of his two years In service. During
his service he was detailed as clerk
for six months on the general court
martial, and his tales OF how officers
treated the privates and -commia-
sloned officers without punishment is
horrible. Mr.. Rollins is the bright
young son of the late Rev. G. w. RoI-
Inns of Forest City. Before entering
the army he was for some time stu
dent of Wake Forest College. He
says the natives in the Philippines are
lost when it comes to shooting; that
that the soldiers In the rear are In
much more danger than those on the
firing line. All the natives shoot too
high"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-08-01
Pick Your Read Carefully.

!. A careful rider need not necessarily
he a slow rider. Even an unbridled
,corcher who picks his road damages
ria wheel less than the plodder who
"a no attention to where he goes.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-08-01

Editor-Your narrative is too bald.
Author-Very well. will introduce
some hair-raising incidents.-Tit-Bits.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-08-01

The Wise young man begins sarly Y
1ifos sto Iaypp I1lrf q
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-08-01
THE EDIToRs's LEISURE HOURS.
Points and Paragraphs Of Things
Present, Past and Future.

Information has been sent out from
State Superintendent Toon that
there ere in the State 5,422 white
public school districts, and 2,422 color
ed districts. To some people who
have never yet known what the South
has been doing for a quarter OF CEN
tury towards the education of the col
ored race, these figures might be inter
esting.
The subject of free rural delivery is
claiming the attention of people in
many parts of the State. Senator
Pritchard has written to the Raleigh
Post that the delay in establishing
routes in many parts of the State " here
he has recommended them, is due to a
lack OF proper maps and other infor-
nation. He suggests, therefore, that
where free rural delivery Is desired
proper petition should be ompanied
by map of the proposed route.
THE COMMONWEALTH thinks we'll of
rural free delivery and would like to
see 1t tried in Halifax county.
It seems that our asylums at Raleigh
and Morganton are full. Many of
these patients are idiots and inebriates.
These, the Governor Gays, must give
place to the INDECENT ineane which
shall be cared for at the charge of the
state. It was the original intention of
the founders OF these institutions to
care for the insane especially. In the
present congested condition all but
these must go.
All this would seem to indicate
that larger preparations will have to be
made by the State for taking care OF
such as need this attention.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-08-01

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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-10-17
Caution for Girls.

The editor of an exchange remarks
that he always feels sorry for girl
who clings to fellow who will spend a
dollar for ice cream and chocolates and
three for Sunday buggy ride for her
on six-dollar-a-week salary, and sees
visions of bare-footed children. a
frouzy- headed woman over washtub.
tin cans for dishes on the table, and a
combination of a corn cob pipe and a
man in the kitchen corner. The young
man who lives within his means while
single, usually has means after he is
married.