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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-02-20
WORK OF CAR CHASERS.
ura wno Travel All over the Gum
try in search of Missing
Freight Cars.

Among the most important en-
ployes of the great trunk lines OF
railroads are the "car chasers. The
title exactly describes theif>bus1ness.
On some ra lroaGs they are calleo
travelling car agents. vine depart
ment head who employs them is also
called variously the car agent, the
car accountant OF the superintendent
of rolling stock. These otflcials nave
as MANY as 20 assistants on some OF
the great roads, nine or ten BENG
clerks at $50 or $40 month and the
rest being "chasers," who travel all
over the country on free passes hunt
ing I'D missing cars, and who receive
$40 or 500 a month and eXpe nses'
states the New York Herald.
Great railroads have immense num-
bers of cars. The Central Railroad OF
New Jersey has about 5O,OOo OF all
sorts. the Pennsylvania railroad IN
the neighborhood Of 100000. These
cars are at the present moment in
every state in the union. They go
wherever the freight with which they
are loaded is billed, and thus are scat
tered from Winnipeg to Mexico and
from Los Angeles to Bangor. A most
minute and thorough system obtain
ing on all railroads except the very
smallest records every movement OF
every car.
These notifications are made by
postal cards. In each general Office
car accountant books are kept, and
l. l.. r,xy1C
cars are recorded from day to day.
Whenever loaded car is emptied on
a foreign road that road uses it to
carry back a load of freight in the
direction of the road to which the car
belongs.
It pays at the rate of seven-eighths
cents mile for this use of it's neigh
bors' property in this way, and if it
should happen that there was no
freight. to be shipped in that direc-
ton in reasonable time the empty
car is sent along and the mileage is
paid on it as though it were laden.
It is when cars are lost that a
travelling agent is sent out. Some
times it happens that the cars are on
little branch roads, idle and over
looked; sometimes they have hap
pened to get into the hands of
company that is short of cars and
full of business and is using every
foreign car that it can get.
If it is in use by a company short
of cars that company pays mileage
on it until it sometimes happens that
car is worn out and paid for before
it is returned, or else it is never re-
turned at all. If a 'car chaser" de-
mands the return of his company's
cars they are sent home, but often
Others are seized and used when his
back is turned and he is travelling
elsewhere. If car is smashed up in
a railroad accident it is either rebuilt,
q new one is made or the price of
the car is paid to the owners by the
company on whose track the smash
up" occurred.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-02-20
USE ARTIFICIAL FROST.
A New Aid to Nature in Hast ening h c
Growth Of Flowers in
HOt-HOuses.

Some curious and successful expert
ments are now being made in Europe
with ether, the object being to ascer-
tain whether it can be used to adj
vantage for the purpose of forcing hot
house Or other plants. The ordinary
course is to wait until the first frost
has stripped the leaves from the plants,
thus permitting them to take for sea-
son that repose which all living crea-
lures need. If investigation could be
arrested and repose begun sooner it is
evident that the plants would blossom
much earlier next season, and this is
precisely what the experiments with
ether are designed to accomplish, says
the New York Herald.
If phial of ether is placed under a
lilac, an azalea or any other plant of a
similar nature the vapor of this very
volatile liquid will quickly envelop the
branches, and thus will cause the leaves
to fade, and at given moment will
arrest growth in the same manner as
frost arrests it. In other words, ether
softens the period of vegetation and
produces the same effect as the first
frost. The best results with ether can
be obtained between July and the be-
ginning of September. The plants to
be treated should be placed in dry
room, or, better still, in box which is
entirely closed and the tempera ture of
which is not too low. The ether is
poured from outside into vessel which
is hung within. and the opening must
then be promptly closed. so as to avoid
any waste of the vapor. This operation
should be done during the day, as ether
is highly infa bic.
They will blossom much sooner than
those forced in the ordinary manner.
Prof. Johannsen. of the Danish schoo!
of agriculture, obtained during the
first fortnight of September blossoms
from lilacs which he had etherized in
August, and similar excellent results
have been obtained by Prof Franz
Ledien, director of the botanical gar
den in Dresden, and by Herr Seyder-
helm. well-known horticulturist of
Hamburg. Prof. Maumene maintains
that this discovery will certainly bring
about revolution in the production
of cut flowers and potted plants, since
it will enable growers to produce them
much more rapidly and at no greater
cost than heretofore.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-02-20
ABOUT A HANDSOME CLOCK.
One IN the Hall of the House of Rep
respntntfves That Has Been
There q Long Time.

The death of Architect Clark, under
whom the capt. oil has assumed its pres
ent magnificent proportions, calls tc
mind the splendid historical work be
did in gathering into a number OF
bound volumes every scrap of written
or printed records he could secure re
garding the building and decorating OF
the c. p:tol UrfortUna tcly much of the
dect ratire materials was "lumPed in
the bills. and it never Will be known
just srlat it cost, says the Wa hlngton
Star. A curious fact concerning the
clock in the hall of the house Of repre-
natives came to light during the
summer. The cleaners tackled the
clock, supposing it to be of some or
binary hard wood and cast iron, bedded
nnder.avarnish. 1t looked ordinary
enough anyhow.
The cleaners scratched and jabbed
and scrubbed till nearly an inch thick
of varnish had been removed, when it
was found that the clock is incased in
bronze. Beautiful bronze, too. About
the face is wealth of fruit, oak leaves
and acorns. The chief beauty of the
clock, however, is the eagle standing
with spread wings on the top of the
case, and the bronze figure fan Amer
lean Indian and hunter, which sup
port it on each side. These are real
works of art. standing about three feet
high, the Indian in war bonnet and
scalp shirt. leans upon his bow, and the
hunter is in buckskin suit, with his gun
in his hand, while both seem looking
r ho boil
There is no record VIVA tever of the
purchase of the clock, but it was in
it's place when the hall was first occu-
pied as the house of representatives.,
so the "oldest inha bitant" says. The
bronze eagle and figures were not part
of the clock originally, for there is
record in 1862 which states that the
"eagle" was purchased of Archer
Warner, Miskey & Co., a t cost of $3.50.
| Architect Clark thought that this sum
included the two bronze figures also,
although no mention is made of them
here or elsewhere, as they were evil
IDENTIFY an after thought, but as both
lean upon the clock frame, were obvi-
| ously designed purposely for it, though
| not fastened to the clock. The eagle
| is welded to the clock frame. The
clock has been gold leafed" instead
of vanished, and the hronzed figures
are all restored, to their original state,
and the whole now presents pleasing
appearance.
The "architectural'' hist DRY of the
| capitol of the nation is scattered in
paragraphs and reports collected in
the ola podrida Of government reports.
| Poor indexing make it almost impos-
| sible to get at anything short of
| months laborious search through
| dusty tones. if the data wanted goes
very far back. Architect Clark began
TO compile the data nearly 40 years
ago, and it is supposed that his perfect
collection is the only one in existence.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-02-20
CURES BLOOD POISON, CANCER
ULCERS. ECZEMA. ETC.
MEDICINE FREE

1t you have offensive pimples o.
eruptfors. ulcers on any par. of tbs
body, aching DO: es or joints, falling
hsir, mucous patches, swollen glands.
skin itches and burns, sore lips or gums.
eating, fostering sores. sharp, gnau inc
pains, then yen suffer from scrlou,
blood poison CT the BEGINNINGS OF
deadly c-ncer. You may he perma-
nently cured by taking Botanic Blood
Balm (B. B. b. made especially to
cure the worst FLOOD and skin diseases.
It kills tie poison in the blood there
by giving healthy blood supply to
the affected parts, heals every sore {,
ulcer, even deadly cancer, stops al
aches and pains and reduces all swell
ings. Botanic GIoed Balm cures a,
malignant tlood troubles, such as ecze
ma, scahs End scales, l.i;np,es, rnnnine
sores. carhuncles. scrofula. etc. E.
pecially advised for all obstinate cases
that have res ched the second or third
stage Druggists. 81. To rroye it
cures, sample OF Ilaod- Balm sent free
and prepaid by writing Blood Balm
Co, Atlanta, Ga. De>crite trouble and
free medical advice given.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-02-20
Notice.,

Having qualified as Administrative
of NJ. G. Cooke, all persons having
claims against his estate are hereby
notified to present them to me duly
verified on or before thr 18th day Of
February, 1903. Ill persons indebted
to him are requested to make immedi,
ate settlement.
This 18th day OF February, 1902.
LULA COOKE,
Administrative NJ. G. Cooke.
$780,,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-02-20
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The German debt is now four times
"a large as it was when the presen'
.mneror assembled the throne.
The electric cars at Ramsgate' IN tns
south of England, are said to make an
undue noise, which is attributed 10 tne
resonant III ture of the chalk SOIL.
An engine of the Great Northern
railway in England, which was oullt IN
1870, completed in August an aggre'
gate of 100000 miles, breaking IN
Enslish record in this respect.
According to the figures of the reg
istrar general, Ireland is still losing ln
population. the decline for the las'
year being figured at 31,435. ms
entirely accounted for by emigration
The shah of Persia is absolutely
ruler within his own domiulons ano
master of the lives and goods OF all
his subjects. The whole revenue OF
the country being at their disposal,
recent shahs have been able to amass
large private fortunes.
The late Heinrich Duntzer was per-
haps the most erudite and fertile OF
the German scholars who made the
Goethe-Schiller period of German III.
erature their special field of research
He lived ss years, and from 1916 to his
death, a few years ago, he was librarian
at the Catholic high school in Cologne
A great walking competition in To-
kio in which most of the competitors
were jinriksha men resulted in fiasco
none of the men completing the mini
mum of 70 miles. This excited some
surprise, as the Jinriksha men have i'm
mensely developed legs. The result i.
attributed to their want of staying
power.
Since 1877 the aldermen of London
have annually presented to the high
officers of the state, such as lord chan
cellor, the lord chief justice, the home
secretary and the foreign secretary
as we'll as certain officials of the city.
pieces of cloth, which, in the case OF
the town clerk. reaches the maximum
of - yards. This custom of guilds and
corporations clothing. their mem
bers led, it is said, to the origin of the
liveries of the various companies.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-02-20
SPECIAL ENVOY TO SPAIN.
DR., Curry to Represent President a.
the Coming Of Age OF King
Alfonso Next May.

DR.. J. L. NJ. Curry has been appoint
ed special envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary to represent
the president at the coming of age
of the king of Spain. DR.. Curry is a
native of Virginia and was formerly
miriater to Spain.
Dx Jabez'1amar Monroe Curry was
born in Lincoln county, Ga, June 5,
1925. He was graduated from the Uni
versity Of Georgia in 1s43, and two
years later received degree from the
law school of Harvard university. He
was a member of the Ala iegisla-
ture in 1s47-4S, 1s53-54 and 1886. He
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-02-20
FOR OVER SIXTY YEARS

Mrs. Wlns!ow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for sixty years by millions Of
mothers for their children while teeth
Ing, with perfect success. 1t soothes
the child, soitens the gums, aIlays all
pain, cures wind cpllc, and IS the best
remedy for Diarrhoea. 1t will relieve
tho poor little suffersr Immediately.
Sod by Druggists in every pa1t Of the
world Twenty Ave cents bottle. Be
ure and ask for "Mrs Winslow't Sooth
ug Syrup, and take no other kind
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-02-20
No Cause for KICKING

You keep on taking in passengers.' -
complained the man who was damned
up against the car stove. when there
are more of us holding to straps than
are sitting down.
well, we furnish the straps free.
don't we?' said the conductor. "What
are you hollerin' about?" - Chicap 90
Tribune.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-02-20

In deciding to issue magazine
dealing with aerial navigation we
make no attempt at prophecy. but
there is no question that fyins nv
human beings is nearer realization
than many people imagine, and when
we reflect upon what has been done
in other branches of engineering it
requires very small effort of the
imagination to realize what NAV
transpire in the development of aerial
navigation in the near future.-Lon.
don Flying.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-02-20
Many School Children are Sick/v

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for
Children, used by Mother GRAY. a purse
IN Cbildrens Home, New York, break
up Colds in "a hours, cure Feverish-
ness. Headache, Stomach Troubles.
TeethIng Disorders and destroy Worme.
At all druggists, Csc. Sample malice
Free. Address, Allen s. Olmstead,
Leroy, n. Y.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-02-20
A Good Place.

Bill-How do you know the good
places to fish in this stream?
Jill-Oh, walk along until 1 find a
place where there are lot of empty
bottles scattered about,-Yonkers
Statesman.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-02-20
4 Certain Care for ch;I6/ains

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot
Ease, powder. 1t cures Chilbiains.
Frostbites, Damp, Sweating, Swollen
teet. All druggists and shoe stores. 25c.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-02-20

Such has been the increa sc In popu-
lation in civilized countries that the
space occupied by one person a cen.
fury ago must now contain three.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-02-20
MORE LIVES ARE SAVED
...BY USINQ...
Dr. Kings New Discovery,
Consumption, Coughs and Colds
Than By All Other Throat And
Lung Remedies Combined

This wonderful medicine pos;t;velv
cures Consumption, Coughs. Coids.
5ronchttiss Asthma, Pneumonia. Hav
Fever: P!eurisy, La0rippe, Hoarseness.
sore Throat, Group and Whoopine
Cough. NO CURE. NO PiYs
9t1ee go. 4 81. Trial Bottle Yfoe.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-02-20

She l.; awful plc.sel l. think it doc"
hurt her 50 Il HH. ard Sire VII i.4e
Iaxai- IA Y. iiout p ifss. Ne are pie. sch
to think it helped ii.'r 1nilch
MkS. ORA MoTFA1r, Gorhaiu, - IT,
Arizona republican., 1902-08-03
LITTLE JAMES
GA Political Campaign on the Issues of
 the Quick or the Dead)

The Democrats or AriZOny is all tCre up into two Fragmenoe. an it don't look now as if they'll git together no more this Campane. Tn Primeries is comin' on, an tn Young Peoples Dem ocrat Society sez to their seiis, Now is our time to purge tn Party of On fatheful an Undesirable members. We'll apply test of Qualificashuns at tn Primmaries at II Show if tn Vot- CTS is true Democrats or not or if they are Wolfs in Sheeps' Cloes like Josef Ellicksanders. who's all tn time proWl- in around our camp, seekin' whom he may destroy. We'll asst 'em Do you b'leeVe at Miss BraVa is Ded CT NOt:' If they say they don't bleeve she is we'll Rouse Mittem an Puryfy tn PollytiX of Arizony."
 Tn JaXon Democrats they sez Miss Brava is alive an doin' well, an if any body sez she isn't he's d Trator to tn Principles of JaXson, Jefferson, Will yum J. O'Brine an all tn rest of tn Heroic Ded. They're goin' to excloo | fun tn Primmeries everybody at sez Miss Brava isn't alive. So it looks as ii it wuddent take long to count tn Votes at tn Corkuses. Tn JaXon Den- ocrats seZ. We got tn law an tn Presidence on our side" They sez: If tn Young Peoples Democrat Society sez at Miss Brava is Ded lct 'em prove it. Suppose somebody was arrested fer tn Murder of Miss Brava. they couldn't oonv-ct him less they could show up tn body what tn law calls u!l Corpus Dc-i@atessea. or something like that. 1 Lst th' Young Peoples n5.IOcrat J. citty so cut an bring in th Corpus Deli
 ca1essen of Miss brava, ali t.ien We Il | let 'e-n have s0E-e StanGiG' in Cort. Su
 ie. thcy aia't set nothin' but srrct
 to go CI. an they won't have that left ! th nite after tn Primmeries. We c.:a | | so i. to q PCliyticie fite stInGin' on a platform at ain't Eothir' out q Ofensil | Oder" LITTLE JAMES.
Arizona republican., 1902-08-03

II. B. Carpenter, q civil engineer. who has just completed the survey of the southern line of Utah, says the boundary between that state and Ari- Zona does not cross a foot of cultivated land. It traverses q desert, which is cut up by great canyons that are all most impossible. The length of the line is 2T miles. Landmarks along the line will make it possible for the boundary to be located without any difficulty in the future. Just east of the Colorado river a sandstone butte rises 1,G90 feet above the plain. and the very peak of this butte is exactly on the boundary. MT. Carpenter named the peak State Line butte. Net far from this butte is another, which stands 1900 feet above the plain, and was named Tower peak. These two gigantic stones will always be a guide to persons who have enough curiosity to penetrate the desert in search of the state line.
Arizona republican., 1902-08-03

crease in the frequency of appendicitis since the operation on the king. This is probably due in part to the expect ancy of the doctors, whose attention has been especially directed to that ail- ment and who in their diagnoses give to appendicitis the benefit of every doubtful symptom. In the case of cancer there seems to be no doubt of a real increase, which some authorities have charged to the greater quantity of meat alleged to be consumed by this as compared with former genera tions Most persons who have lived fifty years may recall the prominence of the liver at one time. No matter what the indications if disease might be, unless they were distinct and beyond doubt, the source of trouble was usually as signed to that considerable organ, which was then mercilessly assaulted with blue pills. Later the kidneys be- came an object of constant suspicion Observing persons have noted that Bright's disease seems to be less ire quent than formerly, although there is no obvious reason why it should be. Derangements of the nervous system which were formerly ignored as the mere sequence of organic troubles, have become prominent and important as distinct diseases. Heart failure, which now appears in the statistical reports a common cause of death, ,.li perhaps because it was looked upon as only incidental to some organic dis ease.
 There is no more reason to expect u..e doctors to be superior to fashion in their business than are other people. In literature fashion is as pronounced as it is in Woman's apparel. The liter ary style which disp!aces another is not always an improvement. and may have nothing to commend its novelty. There is fashion in the size of woman, in the breadth of her shoulders and in her very walk. Indeed, it would be hard to find any human enterprise into which fashion projects no changes. The iuulllluue ptOpif W tiS stSAiliS health seem to be constantly looking for new methods of ridding themselves of their real CT fancied ailments. Oc- casionally the observing person may find a window with blue glass panes, relic of the rage of General Pleas anton's remedy. In the garret he may bark his shins over a long g-abandoned health-lift on which men and woman once strained their backs in hygienic faith. The Kneipp cure, with its wad- ing barefoot in the dewy grass, has had it's day, and electricity has experienced a revival at the hands of doctors who formerly scoffed at the claims made in it's behalf as health agent. A world so given to novelty would never support a medical profession which should attempt to adhere to the reme- dies of a preceding generation. As confidence is an important part of every system of treatment, it is neces- sary to impress the patient with a sense of the newness of the method which is to be applied in his case.
Arizona republican., 1902-08-03

Frank H. Parker, appointed by Gov error Brodie yesterday to be a member of the territorial board of equalization, already has a record for efficiency in public office. As member of the capi- tol site commission under Governor Murphy he performed an important part in looking after the construction of the capitol building, and his duties were discharged with an intelligence and fidelity which won unstinted com mendation from the public. There is every reason to expect that as mem Der of the board of equalization MT Parker will be equally faithful to the public interests. It is a good appoint ment.
Arizona republican., 1902-08-03

There is never any question as to the quality of Iowa republicanism; it is of
 the stalwart brand. At THE the convention for the IOWA nomination of state PLATFORM. officers held at Des
 Moines on Wednesday, a platform was adopted which was ag- excessively republican from beginning to end. Upon reading this opening declara tion. which has found eXpres- sion in some form in every republican platform this year. one cannot avoid feeling of commiseration for the unfor tunate democracy:
 We congratulate the people upon the prosperity that pervades every part of the country, stimulating every industry in the highest degree of act ivity, creating an unprecedented de- mand for labor and rapidly advancing the United States to more command ing position in the commerce of the world. The condition of the country today and it's progress during the last five years is a complete answer to the theories and predictions of those who opposed republican policies at that time and affords conclusive argument in favor of a continuance of the policies of the administration under which such manifest benefits have been found.'
 There has been considerable curiosity to know what action the Hawkeye re- publioans would take on the reel procity question, and it is to be noted that there was no straddling:
 "We declare cur confidence in the leadership of President Roosevelt and our loyalty to his administra tion. and We express our qualification that two honored representatives of Iowa repub- licanism have seats at his council board. We indorse his recommends tion as to reciprocity with Cuba and believe that this policy is necessary to preserve and complete the beneficent work We have done in that island and that it will be mutually beneficial to the people of Cuba and the United States"
 They were no less emphatic in taking g stand for Roosevelt as the standard bearer in 1904:
 we approve the determInatlOn Of President Roosevelt to enforce the laws of the land wherever violated without prejudice or favor. Approving his pur- pose and assured that he has the con- | fidence of the people, We look forward i to his election to the presidency in 1904 i as q fCreshadowed event demanded by l the popular will and one that will maintain and promote the national  1 interest,"
 The action of congress in providing 2 system of civil government for the Philippines. and in making the con- struotion of an isthmian canal a cer- ta;nty. were commended, Of course The answer of the Iowa republicans tc the islanders of the T:Ilmans, Carmac2s l Pattersors. and the democratic pres. against our soldiers in the Philippines is thus stated in the platform
 We are proud of the high standar,