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The commonwealth., 1902-08-28

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Professor TaiforfI Smith, Principal
Sloan Higi, School, Sloan, Ga, writes:
"Wi.h much pleasure ] recommends
Peruna to all who may l,c suffering Wills
any trouble of the respiratory organs.
/ have been using it in my family for
the past five OF six years and find it to
be almost e household necessity. Peru.
"a IS truly q grand cafarrh remedy and
general tonic and will do al that rs
claimed for ii BY fI,, sr,annfacturers."
.--PRCE. TAEEOLED SMsTH.
Catarrh is Inflammation OF the mucous
membrane. II may be in the mucous
membrane lining the eyes or the pelvic
organs, throat, stomach, liver, Bowels or
kidneys.
Catarrh is catarrh wherever located.
Peruna cures catarrh wherever located.
Peruna il an internal remedy; not .
local application.
t Catsrrh is = systemic disease, not Is
local disease. II Peruna will cure catarrh
in one place it viii cure ii in any other
place, because Peruna is systemic rem
edy. 1t rcao hes the disease through tho
circulation in each organ. 1t eradicates
tne disease by eradicating 1t from the
system.
If you do not derive prompt and satis-
factory results from the use of Pcruna,
write at once 10 DR.. Hartman, giving a
full statement Of your case and hc will
he pleased to give you his valuable ad-
vice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O.
The commonwealth., 1902-08-28
Lon: some.

He was 80 proud to sleep last night
My lad OF three
In his new crib Of gold and white,
Away from me.
II is not scared q Bit" he said,
Then kissed goodnight,
And let me tuck him In his bed
OF gold and white.
The bright lamp light was shining then
AS clear as Gay,
Which when / heard his voice again,
Shed not array.
For he awoke at dark midnight
And called to me;
He missed being snuggled close aud
tight
This lad OF three.
"I is so lonesome over here,
Mamma" he said
There's room for lots O'people there.
In your hig bed ~
Margaret A. Richard.
The commonwealth., 1902-08-28
Tho Pride Of the Family.

Nashingtou Star. y
Never seen in fashion's glare;
Never asks who else vas there
Doesn't know and 1oesn't care
Uncle J.rr
That's him.
Eats his berries With a knife;
Holds his fork as though In strife;
Couldn't quit to saya his life;
Un:'e jim
That's him.
Likes to wear bis last years clothes
Necktis never IN repoee,.
High above bis collar gees
Uncle Jlr;
That's him.
Likes q corncob pipe to smoke;
Wniskers long ell Ugh To rtro:n
While he tells the same old joke;
Uncle jim;
That's him.
But when trouble comes along
Some one alta, rights the wrong
Pays the bi!'s that come too strong =
Urc!e Jim;
That's him.
The commonwealth., 1902-08-28
TRBB POLHENDSS,
1 ITHlNG 70 IB1 CULTIVATED.
All Nay Practice It.

A few days since / was present at a
small luncheon party Of ladies', and I
noticed with some surprise the scant
conrtesy they shovel one another dur
| ing conversation. One Of the party
would start to say something, and be
fnfe che had finished another xould
break in with another topic, only to BE-
interrupted In turn. must confess
that was bit surprised, for all these
women were supposed 70 be wsl:-bIed,
and yet they were disregarding one OF
the simplest rules OF polite behavior.
a little later, was calling an some
friends, and / noticed the same thing
Each member pf the family would in
terrupt the others, and the iiiterrup
ton were considered quite as matter
of couree. Then 1 understood the sit-
uation better, and put the blame just
where it be.0naed--on the lack Of
home training. If the mother grove
careless aid allows Hef children to con-
tract the habit Of interrupting one an
other constantly, she must not be sur
prfsed il this habit is carried beyond
the home circle, and ker children
show in society the result Of indul-
gence of thoughtlessness.
The habit is one OF the most un-
pleasant that can be contracted, and
the fact that it is such a common one
does not make it oEa bit the better or
the more excusabie 1t is habit that
grows on one unconsciously, II one
loes not keep close watch. 1t should.
he the care OF the mother in the home
20 teach her children respect for one an
ather, and insist upon that courtesy Of
treatment which she expects them to
give to strangers. Unless politeness
is habit, it will never be a grace. 1t
must be iDgrained, and the teaching
.annot be begun too early,
| WISH tho glEis Wouiu keep little
watch upon themselves to see wbe,her
they have fallen into the pernicious
habit. and, If they lave, just 60 10
work to break themselves OF it at once
It may seem little thing, but it is
oae OF the indications Of fine breeding
to treat every one with the respect due
to him as an individual. al.-Golden Rule.
The commonwealth., 1902-08-28
The Effect Of the Newspaper.

Concord Standard.
An obseTvant mind and student OF
human nature has no little trouble to
formulate rules and discover the prln-
ciples underlying the apparently ca
PRECIOUS results OF newspaper discussion
OF individuals.
1t would seem that some think
an attack on the record of candidate
for public office tends to secure his
election. In a recent instance con-
spicuous before the State number OF
able assailants are accredited with Sc
curing nomination. The discussion
was fairly free from, appearance Of per-
secation and certainly seemed we'll
calculated to effect the purpose, yet
they did not.
Now some will say the attacks
through the newspapers effected the
end they were intended to defeat.
Others however may be more logical
In the claim that the results were 10
spite Of and not on account Of these
efforts.
It is strangely true that there is in
many human beings tendency, when
injustice Is done one on one hand, to
fly to him and do the rest of humanity
an injustice in partially to him.
This reflects very unfavorably on the
specimens of such mental build. But
TO say that straight forward aud fair ex-
posnre IN the newspapers OF ones re-
ccr., for the purpose Of showing his
un6tnes. tor Cffice, effects him favorat-
" SCENE TO repndiate all influences Ct
a newspaper save possibly for purpose 8
Of taffylng. It places the mind Of
men outside ofthe pale OF reasoning
beings and ranks them as machines OF
passion and impulse.
we hope we are not mistaken in the
tefief that the press is q power that
makes men lear to act badly and that
helps the public to know the men tor
whom they vote and that they are not
Instruments Of opposite effects to that
which 10 sought.
The commonwealth., 1902-08-28
The Rule Of Three.

Selected.
Three things to govern-temper
tongue aud conduct.
Three things to live-courage, gen
tleness and affection.
Three things to hate cruelty. AFRO
gance and affectatlon.
Three things to delight ln-frank
ness, freedom and beauty.
Three things 70 wish fof>-healfh
friends land : cheerful spirit.
Three things TO avoid idIeness, 10
cuacity and fippant testing. =
rhrss tbings 70 fight for honor
home and country.
Three things 70 admire pover
dignity and gracsfulness.
Tbree things 70 think about Lie
death and eternity
The commonwealth., 1902-08-28
JUST LOOK AT HER.

Whence came that sprlRhtly step
fauitless skin, rich, rosy complexion
smiling iaca. Here's her secret. She
uses DR.. Kings New Life Pills
Result,-a;i organs active, digestion
good, no headaches, no chance foI
"blues." Try them yourself. Only
25a at f. T. Whitehead & Cos.
The commonwealth., 1902-08-28
MAITLAND, FLA, October 10th, 1901

:
MAITLAND, FLA, October 10th, 1901
The Hancock Liquid Sulphur Co.,
Baltimore. Md
Gentlemen IL have had Eczema
over thirty years, have tried many
remedies prescribed by various physi-
clans, but to nothing has the disease
yielded SO readily as to LIQUID Sui
.PHUR. think II used properly It is
undoubtedly specific for Eczema. I
have prescribed it for others with most
satisfactory results. / consider It the
best remedy lor cutaneous affections
have ever known, and regard II as the
greatest medical discovery 81 the age.
Respectfully yours,
w, A. HEARD. NJ. D.
For Sale By +. i. WH1TEHEAD Z Co
The commonwealth., 1902-08-28
Words Game 81 Aes,asnt

issz - ~ 7 ns9 ~ ssnsSSA W ~ 4uII1 S
and the cry Is ss old as England, say
tho ihiIsdelphia Inquirer. Il is tbs
battle cry Of the old Morse viking !.
they swept down to burn and murder
among the peaceful English. '.Tul
ale I" was their war cry. which meanl
Thor aid pan appeal for help t.
Thor, the god Of battles.
"It's all bumbug r. Perhaps it is.
Humbug is the Irish "uim bog" pro
Eoanced humbug, meaning bogus
money. Klpg James II coined worth
less money from his mint at Dublin
his 20 chilling piece being worth two
pence. TIE people called it "uim
bog"
It was Roman gentleman OF 2,OO0
years ago who first asked" where tho shoe
pinches." He had just divorced hie
wife and bis friends wanted to know
what was the matter with the woman.
They declared she was good and pretty
Now" said the husband taking off his
shoe, "isr't that nice shoef It's .
good shoe, chi A pretty shoe, Ell, A
new shoe, ehy And mons OF you can
tell where II pinches me"
"Before you can say Jack Robinson
arose from the behavior of one John
Robinson. He was fool. He was in
such hurry when he called on his
friends that he sould Be of. before he
he'd we'll knocked at the door.
"There they go, heller skelter =.
That phrase was coined at tho defeat
Of the Spanish armada. The great
fleet Of the Spanish invasion was driYen
by storm and stress Of the English at
tack north to the Helder River and
sorth tothe skelder Riyer-the Scheldt
Do you know why hare is called
.pussy" This is not riddle, but jus.
an example of how words get twisted.
The ancient Latin for hare was "le
pus." The Norman knights who came
over with William the Conquerer pro-
nounced the "word "le puss." The
puss he remains today.
"Go to Halifax !" That town was
place Of special terror for rogues,
because ct the first rude .guilotine In
vented there by Mannaye for chopping
of felons' heads. Halifax law was that
the criminal SHOULD be condemned
FIRST and inquired upon after" Con-
ventry had queer law in old times BY
which none but freemen OF the city
could practice trads there. Strangers
were starved out. Honce the phrase
for shutting man out OF human com-
pany ssent to conventry." "Splck
and span" comes from the IS likes
and "spanners hooks and stretch
ers for stretching cloth new from the
loom.
To "dun a man for debt comes from
memory Of Joe Dun, baiiff Of Lincoln,
who was so keen collector that his
name has become proverb.
"News" is queer word-the initials
OF North, East, West, South, which
appeared on the earliest journals as a
sign that information was to be had
here from the four. quarters OF the
world. The sign was N e w S and
gave as our word news"
The commonwealth., 1902-08-28

The advantage which the rural dis
sricts derive from the telephone service
is very great. Farmers all through
the country In many States are comins
more and more in touch with the
world through the telephone.
The Atlanta Journal says thai
North Carolina is moving in the front
in the matter OF telephone service
Our Home, of Marshall, NC, make.
the following observation for Union
county:
"Un,on county's telephone system
probably surpasses that OF any Other
county in the state, especially in the
rural districts. There are in the
county ten telephone exchanges and
.ix of these are IN the country. The
total number OF phones IN the county
,s $40, and 295 OF these are in
to- ms and 247 in the country and the
system is yet In its infancy in the rur.
IL districts. At the present rate OF in.
crease the number Of phones in the
county will probably be increased 1OO
pe- cent. within the next twelve
months and it is only question oil
short time before this county will be
network of wires and almost every
farmer will have phone in his house.
rhe telephone system, together with
rural free delivery OF mails, will rev.
olutionize things In favor OF country
life, rendering 1t less isolated and
more attractive. Even now all impor-
.ant news is transmitted to every part
III the county as soon az it ocurrs. Two
aours after President Mckinley was
shot at Buffalo, the affair was being
talked about by our farmers thro ugh
their neighborhood exchanges. Dur
Ing the recent congressional c convention
4: Monroe farmers sat In their homes
ind received the ballots as they were
cast for the various candidates and
many of them knew who the nominee
was before the first applause from the
friends of,the successful candidate bad
subsided.D
The commonwealth., 1902-08-28

what was the baby crying about
Inst now Did be want the moon
a,nin r Z No Freddie was trying e
make him smile with The glove stretch
er. Tit Bits.
The commonwealth., 1902-08-28
a. SCOTLAND NECK. n. q. THUIasDAY AUGUST g. 1909.

d SCOTI.A1
GRAINS OF GOLD.
SENSE AND NonszNsz.
Some Very Pointed Paragraphs.
Chicago Daily Nsv..
No woman is heroine TO her dress
maker.
It takes the divorce judges to unma,
i woman.
Most women are afraid Of loos,
dog or tight man.
4 fat ii1an always has more trouble,
than he has sympathizers.
Any woman with q continuoul
smile usually has now store teeth.
In trying 10 get his rights many !
man goes at it the wrong way.
Jumping a summer resort board
bill is one way to beat q retreat.
One actiye cause Of a shrinkage In
values is the assessors visit.
If there is anything ridiculous shout
a wig it is the head 1t covers.
Fortunate is the young man who
possesses full set Of good habits.
Most men would rather borrow than
be caught begging OF stealing.
Be snre your sims will find you out
il you are ever candidate for office.
Milk OF human kindness is usually
of poor quality and little In the can
The poor girl thinks It's positively
wicked Tor man to marry for money.
When a man goes at things head
irst he often gets there with both feet.
Wise is the man who can give wo.
man advice without incurring her en-
nifty.
Talk is cheap yet some people will
give up dollar to hear tiresome lee
ture.
According to the small boys's version
thin slice of cake is better than nc
bread.
A true Christian is a man who loves
his neighbor's small boy as be does
himself.
Many young man has been cured
Of palltation OF the heart by marrying
the girl.
Religion as rule fourishes better in
connection with adversity than with
prosperity.
When two men are unable to agree
they usually leave 1t to the man be-
hind the bar.
Many a man makes fool oil b imseli
because he hasn't the moral courage to
do otherwise.
In England gentlemen often ride to
hounds in this country they frequent
ly go to the dogs.
Ii poverty is ever abolished every
bachelor will either have to marry or
act as his own servant.
A Kentucky paper mentions a
'yawning oil well' in that state
Somebody must have been boring it.
II some people did nothing but
mind their own business they would
.oon become rather narrow-minded.
1t is but natural that the boarding
school girl would rather board than
Keep house after she is married.
Probably a married man shows his
years more than a bachelor because he
has to carry few of his wife's.
It isn't until after boy has celebrat-
sd his 9Th birthday anniversary that
he begins to notice his fathers igno-
romeo.
Many man would be happy If he
could only get divorce from his
without severing his
other domestic ties.
A woman seldom believes anything
her husband says about her, but she
believes every word he says about 9th
er women.
Job evidently had no desire for tickle
fame. He was in = position to win out
as manufacturer of profane history
but he didn't.
Tt is iust-like woman to be mad
with her husband for wanting to smoke
in room with lace curtains and yet to
be proud Of him for being able to do
what 1t would nearly kill her to try.
The Rule Of Three,
The commonwealth., 1902-08-28
THE EDITORS LEISURE HOURS
Points. and Paragraphs Of Things
Past, Present and Future.

That awful tragedy on the seaboa1d
AIR Line railway -near Henderson = few
lays ago, was about one Of the mos'
aeart-rending occurrences known in
the State for quits time. It is an
,ther argument with the ten thousand
,thers adducible against the liquor
traffic. If those negroes had not been
tanked up with liquor the trouble
would not have occurred.
The commonwealth., 1902-08-28

Persons in conversation are apt u
make mistakes in the use OF 'set" and
:ssit, ,"oitener perhaps, than in the use OF
any other as small words in the Eng
iish language
We print the following for whomso-
aver it may benefit:
Some one who believes in. teaching
BY example has concocted lesson in
the use of two little words which have
bsen a source of modification and trou.
ole to many well meaning persons.
A man Or woman either can set a
hen, although they cannot SIT her !;
aeither can they set on her, although
the hen might sit on them by tie
aour if they would allow it.
A man cannot set on the wash bench,
but he could set the basin on it, and
aelther the basin nor the grammarians S
would object.
He could sit on the dogs tail if the
log were willing or he might set his
foot on it. But if he should set on
the aforesaid tail or sit his foot there
the grammarians as we'll as the dog
would howl, metaphor;caily at least.
And yet the man might set the tail
aside and then cit down aud be assailed
neither by the dog nor by the gramma-
rians
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-04-05
A Sable Budding Genius.

Brother Dickey came in yesterday
leading black pickaninny by the
hand. ''He amt but ten year OIL
suh," he explained, "but he done gone
inter de writin' business, en- he say
he gwine beat disyear Dunbar fellar
written fer he race. He done light in
ter buildin' of q story, en- heah's a
small sketch err 1t, but he say hit'll
be bout three stories high TO he
git throo' wild it," And Brother Dick.
ey handed over the following, which
is printed verbatim:
when spring begins to dawn the
young sprouts of all varieties that
has been nestled in the earth during
the long and dreary winter, put out
their green heads, looking upward.
The birds begin to MARBLE sweet mel
odies from their threats. Also one
can see, by close observation, poison
Gus reptiles lying about as IL they
were summing themselves and resting
up from the sleep Of the cold winter
that had just passed into the great
beyond, still there is nothing or no
one more thankful for the spring
than the poet."-Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-04-05
A Hotel story.

1t was western hotel. A bell boy
was sent to ascertain what urgent
need had impelled that gentleman to
push the button. He entered and
found the colonel deeply immersed in
friendly game with some chosen
spirits.
ibid you ring, sah?" he deferential-
ly inquired.
eyes," said Colonel Sterett, deity
hurting two unpromising pasteboards
into the discard. "We want you to
bring up some whisky. My friends
here will take Scotch and mine is
rye"
"Yes, sah," said the boy, turning to
go.
"And after you have brought us the
whisky" continued Colonel Sterett
arresting his fight, turn in fire
alarm. Some one in the next room
has set the place afire."-Los Angeles
Herald.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-04-05


You will read Of the. heroes OF life
And the valorous deeds they have done.
For the world Is afiame with the light OF
the name
OF the man who Is back of the gun;
But give me the pen that can write
or the soil that gives life to the rose:
or the woman whose realm Is to stand at
the helm
Though her ships but basket OF
clothes;
Wash and rinse and wiring,
Soap and soak and rub;
oh. give me words that may fittingly sing
or the woman who stands at the tub!
Not she who is gifted and great,
Surrounded by honor and friends.
Has need of my praise. for the trend OF
her ways
Leads forward to prosperous ends;
But the one who Is drifting through life
In bark that is meager and mean;
Who stands In her place with a smile on
her face
And is keeping her little world clean;
Toll In cold and heat,
Soap and soak and rub;
oh. give me a tribute to lay at the feet
or the woman who stands at the tub!
Florence Josephine Boyce. In Good
Housekeeping.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-04-05
wrnnsIinx Fntes.

OF the three Fates, Clotho, who
spun the thread of life, was for max
ing woman to be worth her weight
in gold.
But Atropos, the dread, was other
wise minded.
"Why," exclaimed Atropos, IF we
make her worth her weight in gold
she probably won't do blessed thing
to reduce her flesh, and she'll just
naturally get to be sightl"
Lachesis, the fearsome third, sided
with Atropos, and although Clotho re-
sorted to about all the dilatory tao
tics then known to parliamentary
law, she was finally defsateds--Puck.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-04-05

"If you love me little II seems to
me that I shall get we'll"
"You will get WELL" she repeated,
very low, without raising her eyes.
"And you will not leave me any
more-my betrothedl"
She trembled. A revolt came. But
no!-this was only q shadow that
spoke to her. He was so near death
that he no longer felt its approach.
And in the silhouettes of the sail
boats on the horizon, In the aroma Of
the pines which bordered the open
sea, she read q mute injunction of
pity. She did not withdraw her hand.
1t seemed to the sick man that he
held the promise of life, sweet and
fresh, in his fingers.
He took no heed of the death of the
sun, dreamed not of the coming Of
the night without a dawn.
The next day Douglas Lindsay
wished to be alone. Afterward he re-
ceived several visitors.
In the evening when Mary came to
watch beside him he spoke to her Of
the future, nothing but the fu-
ture, in his voice which already
came from eternity. He described
to her little cottage at Bourne
mouth, where they would live when
he was well and she was his wife.
There was something radiant in this
unconscious ecstasy which glorified
death.
His breath came with difficulty, but
he did not suffer. By the window
open to the infinite, the nurse felt
something like q sacred awe steal
over the earth.
Then she leaned over the dying
man, prayed for him, and in answer
to his unexpressed desire, she pressed
her lips to his without repugnance,
murmuring to herself:
"Poor man! 1 kiss in you all the
sorrows of humanity"
He closed his eyes before the bliss
full certainty.
The dawn broke gray and mourn
full, accompanied by gust of mis-
trail. Douglas Lindsay did not wake.
This was his death.
At the opening of the will of Lord
Lindsay, dated and signed by testator
on the day before his death, the no.
tary declared before witnesses that
the deceased had annulled his first
will, in which he had disposed of all
his property in favor of the poor and
the sick. He opened the sealed let
ter and read these words:
81 appoint as my sole legatee the
woman who loves me, Mary Sullivan,
my betrothed."
Astonishment appeared on every
face, and all eyes turned upon the
young English nurse.
Very pale, Mary rose. She had not
dreamed of this consequence of her
act of pity.
She took the paper from the no.
tary's hand, read it over, and then
turning toward the lawyers, she tore
it slowly across, saying:
Pardon, gentlemen, the first will
of Lord Lindsay alone is valid. II
is written here: I leave my fortune
to the woman who loves me- He
died happy. I am rewarded-but
did not love him."
| Translated from the French by
L. Glover.-N. o. Times-Democrat.