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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-12-18
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The Best Line Heating Stoves
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The Best Guns ior the Price.
THE JOSEY EDW. co.
The Bes; Roofing the <FHnt Coat
and the ':Cary Magnolia"
Nice Line Pearl Handle Pocket
Knives.
THE JOSEY HDW. co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-12-18
To Our Patrons:

Please place your orders for "Eu!'s'
before SATURDAYS as 1t is IMPOS-
SIELE tor us to always deIlYer them
or that day.
TAYLOR'S GROCERY STORE.
l2-4-2t
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-12-18
For Rent.

G., acres OF good land halt mile from
Scotland Neck. Three room house on
the lot.--HILLIARD & HOUSE.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-12-18
Notice..

/ shall need what you owe me that
is due Jan. LIST, 1908. Don't fall te
call and see me before that date.
NOAH BIGGs.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-12-18
at Rays.

Are you thinking about sometbins
nico ard cheap for Xmas? Then CONT
- 1T store j. II. X A & ".
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-12-18
Wanted a Boy.

THE COMMONWEALTH desires to en-
gage boy who wishe; to learn the
printers tr ade.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-12-18

Oar store IS packing full OF just
wha: OF, want in Fruits, Raislns. Can
49, ard general Christ ~ as goods.
]. d. RAY & co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-12-18
FEWER GALLONS WEARS
LONGER.'>

Fewer gallons takes less of Deyoe
Lead aud Zinc than mixed paints.
Wears longer: twice as long as lead
and oil. E. 7. WHITEHEAD &
CO., sell it.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-12-18
,he Commonwealth,
RSDAY, DECEM BER Is. 1907.
SpE.,IAI >>t,UNCEMENq>.

Rvs corner will be the popular
,,t.,ce $, tns, II tor sXns novelties
ID. RAY & co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-12-18

Notice! Notice!
w, will have the finest load ct
s;uy,mS we ever handled about
7,rv .st PRINCE Il CO.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11
MARKHAM KEPT ON o1APp1Na.

"~recitations, selected" and the box
party chatted gayly, with only a per
functory regard to what was doing or
the stage. Finally, as a lady elocu.
zionist was ~curtseying off the stage
after having done her little turn, one
of the party said:
"Let's give her a hand, Just fol-
luck. The entertainment is for chart.
ty, anyhow"
"That's right" assented the poet,
and he leaned over the front of the
box, clapping Justify.
The audience seemed to take up the
u like a trained claque. A perfect
tempest Of applause brought out the
blushing elocutionist again and even
threatened an encore. Intermingled
with the applause seemed to be shouts
Of merriment. Markham kept on clap
ping more furiously than ever.
"Well," said he, give helped stir
them up, at any rate, though I've not
the slightest idea what it was our fair
friend just recited or whether she did
it well or badly"
"Why, Mr.. Markham" whispered a
friend at his elbow, sis it possible you
didn't recognize those lines? They are
from n Of your best known poems!"
Had there been a convenient trap.
door the, poet would certainly have
sunk through 1t.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11
How to Get Clean Roads.

Chauncey M. Depew is credited with
this story of interest to cyclists. A sub
urban bicyclist was greatly annoyed by
a stretch Of road covered with loose
stones, rocks and powders that lay be-
tween his Office and his home. Wagons
bumped along it, but seldom did a
driver alight to throw on one side even
the worst of the obstacles. One day
the cyclist saw an elderly carter dis
mount and clear some Of the stones.
Thinking that such a good deed should
not go unrewarded, he went quietly
on ahead and placed a IS bill under a
big stone in the middle Of the road.
The benevolent carter promptly found
it and noised his good luck abroad. To-
day, says Mr.. Depew. you will not find
on that road a loose pebble that would
cover a five cent piece.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11
GREAT NORTHERN WRECK.
Passenger Train Ditched and Several
People Injured.

From Wednesdays Daily Gazette.
Eastbound passenger train No. 4, on
the Great Northern, was wrecked Mon
day afternoon at a point four miles
west Of Bolton station, which is 80
miles east OF Kalispell.
The engineer, Charles Hart, and his
fireman, w. O. Cherrier, were badly
scalded about the body and lower
limbs. Express Messenger Ed Nc.
Convile was hurt in the leg and a num-
Der Of passengers were injured, the
names of whom cannot be learned at
present.
The engine and first four cars are
a complete wreck. The cause Of the
accident is unknown.
Physicians Houston and Campbell
have been dispatched to the scene of
the accident and all assistance pos
sible is being given by the railroad
company to the injured.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11
REGARDED As SIGNIFICANT.
Call for Meeting Of Billings 4 North.
ern Stockholders.

"
ern stockholders.
From Wednesdays Daily Gazette.
Publication OF q call for a meeting
Of the stockholders OF the Billings
& Northern Railroad company, to be
held in this city, is the cause Of con-
siderable surmise and speculation.
The call is signed by G.. w. Hol.
drege, J. G. Taylor, H. d. Alice, G. w.
LOOMS and H. b. Segur and states
that the meeting will be for the pur-
pose of electing five directors and
taking such other steps as may be nee
essary to properly organize the com-
pany. The meeting is to be held at
the freight Office of the Burlington,
May IL, at 6 q. m.
It is said that the object Of the new
company is to take up the surveys
made between this city and Great
Falls and take active steps toward
constructing and operating the road
which it was given out the Burlington
intended to build between the two
cities.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11
AMATEURS NAY AID.
Opera Glasses and Cameras Will He
Useful In Observing Variable Star.

- An ODserVAn8 variable StAr.
In spite of the great progress in as
economical apparatus illustrated in the
massive telescopes set in their revolv-
ing domes or the big rotating batteries
OF cameras by means of which the
heavens are being constantly photo
graphed, amateur observers all over
the world, though armed only with a
pair of opera glasses and the simplest
Photographic apparatus, have been In
v1ted by Professor 3. @. Pickering of
the Harvard observatory to assist in
the solution of an astronomical prob.
lem of the first Importance.
1t appears that DR.. T. Schwab Of IL
menau, Prussia, has discovered a vari-
able star which promises to keep as
tronomcrs occupied for some time to
come and which is known as the
"Schwab Variable" Variable stars
which are also known as binary stars,
represent two bodies revolving around
each other, and whether these two bod
les are both bright or whether one Is
dark. as In the so called Algol type,
the periods between their greatest and
least light are nowadays accurately
computed and foretold.
When DR.. Schwab discovered the va.
riable star which bears his name, he
figured out that 1t had a period Of sew
enteen days from one minimum, or
s'time Of least light" to another, but
observations by Professor Wendell Of
Harvard observatory brought out the
fact that the star did not always con-
form to this period. Furthermore, 1t
was discovered by reference to the
great collection Of star photographs at
Cambridge that there were 1853 mega
tiyes upon which this particular varia-
BILE could be found, and a careful study
of these plates showed not only an ine-
quality in the length of the period from
one minimum to another, but sudden
changes in brightness which might in
dictate that the variable was formed
not by two bodies revolving around one
another, but by three.
IL this suggestion is true, Professor
Pickering says this star is likely to
prove n of the most interesting in the
whole sky. Professor Pickering has
called upon observers all over the
world to help keep a continuous watch
upon the phenomenon so that no min
ima' may be missed, the chief point
desired being merely the time when
the star appears faintest as judged by
q daily comparison with nearby stars
OF recognized brightness. Just now Dr..
Schwab's variable sets in the extreme
west oon after sunset and rises in the |
northeast just before sunrise.
If the tabulation of all the obserya-
lions made this year should show that
this variable is composed of three re-
volving bodies instead of two. that dis
covery may be an important step to-
ward the solution of a great problem
Of higher mathematics-namely, the re.
lation of three bodies in space.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11
NEW o STORIES

John Wanamaker and the Bricks.
john Wanalnaker, the merchant
king Of America" III this republic
where leaders in finance, industry ana
commerce are called kings" was born
In Philadelphia in 1888. Two genera
lions Of ancestors were brickmakers.
Els first public speech was when as
q child he attended a meeting at DIR.
Chalmers church, where the preacher
In most eloquent and touching Ian
guatse pleaded for contributions to
build Il mission church. The congrega-
ton had been wrought up to fever heat
by the intense fervor of their able lead
er, and after his final plea there was
an instant Of surcharged interest sud
denly pierced by a child's voice piping
shrilly from the gallery, "Ill give one
load Of bricks from my fathers yard"
This outburst of ~vicarious generosity
stimulated the giving Of all the other
auditors.
Years after, when John Wanamaker
became superintendent Of a Sunday
school, which today is the largest in
the world, he, too, wanted to build d
mission house and, to make the chill
dren individually responsible, asked
each to bring at least one brick the
following Sunday. On the appointed
day MI. Wanamaker was delighted
to see his schoolroom resembling a
brickyard running on full time. But
the next day a contractor in the neigh
borhood Indignantly presented a hill to
the superintendent for 1000 or more
bricks III generous children had stolen
from II of his buildings in process of
erection.-New York Ledger.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11
BRITISH HORSE CAMP
COLONEL cRoWDER SENT TO
MAKE INVESTIGATION.
One Thousand Horses and More Than
Three Hundred Mules at
Port chaImette.
From Wednesdays Daily Gazette.

From Wednesdays Daily Gazette.
Colonel e. H. Crowder of Chicago,
connected with the adjutant general $
department, and now assigned to the
department of the lakes, is the Officer
sent to Port Chalmette, La, to inquire
into conditions at the military camp
reported to be under the management
Of the British government at that
place.
Colonel Crowder is now at New Or
leans. awaiting instructions from the
war department. Colonel Crowder has
already briefly inquired into condi-
tons at Chalmette. lie has found
that the Chalmette railroad people
claim to have full control Of the land
occupied by the pens and stables.
Colonel Crowder Investigated the
records pertaining to the suit brought
by General Pearson, in a recent effort
to prevent the sailing of two trans
ports. The courts set aside the OBJ
iections.
It is found that nearly all the docu-
mants in the case were forwarded to
Washington, and part Of Governor
Heard's report to the secretary of
state. Today, 1t is held, will decide
whether there will be d thorough and
iii mediate inquiry. There are now,
it is said, one thousand horses and
four hundred mules penned up at Port
Chalmette.
At the wharyes three transports are
waiting to clear for Cape Town the
moment the animal cargoes are
aboard.
The committee" of British army Of
ficers and veterinarians are busily
passing on the four foot recruits that
come in daily from all parts of the
western grazing districts.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11
WITHDRAWN FROM ENTRY.

Seventy Townships Which the Gen.
eral Land Office Holds Out.
The Helena land office received or
ders from the commissioner of the
general land Office to withdraw from
entry or sale 20 townships of public
land in Choteau county lying along
the Marlas river, running as far east
as the Milk river valley and north
to within tier Of townships of the
Canadian line. Part of the land has
been surveyed. It is presumed the
lands are withdrawn in pursuance Of
some plans for irrigating enterprises
by the government.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11
old storie. From Young Lips.

Peter "Dooley'' Dunno was in a New
York uptown restaurant one evening,
when a very young man in the party
insisted on telling stories, any one of
which was old enough to vote. After
the party had listened for a long time
to these hoary anecdotes Peter turned
to an acquaintance and said:
els it not strange that one so very
young should tell stories SO very oldf'
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11
rtei Heads we sell. tails we hold

quarter Heads we sell. tails we hold
on"
1t came heads, and the stock was
old That night there was almost a
panic In Northern Pacific, and the stock
brought any price that holders demand
ed. The next day sales were made at
$1,000 a share. Had the hundred share
lot been held for the top figure there
would have been a profit for "a. G..
Pymacher' of $S8. 6 less the brokers'
commission. AS it was. the advance
was sufficient to make Mrs. Kane start
when the check was placed in her
hands.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11
Prince Henry and the Rockies.

prince Henry and the ROCkien.
In her eyes the tears assembled
And her Inns shook a. with ag,o
And upon her frescoed features
Hung a frown 40 dark n threatanoA
To eclipse the sweet exnression
She had banked mon 50 hiphlv
AS the 1.-THE and winsome souawlet
Sallye NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Glided from her fathers tenee
Like a spirit from the starland
In the mystical I'm wonder.
Down the path she slowly wandered
Thinking Thoughts that seemed "a main
her
Till she reached the trusting bow,der
Where she oft had sat while swanninp
Hot air with her swarthy lover.
Heinrich Won der Pumpernickel.
On the sacred rock she souatted
In unpicturesuue position
Bending until almost double
In her overland Of sorrow.
Soon she heard approaching fontnrint.
Heard a crunchinr IN the. eravel
And she pulled herself together.
Getting all her parts assembled.
Just as Heinrich Won. etc.
Flashed his presence ON the nict,,ra.
Rising from the rock she sat on.
CHANGING at the startled warrior
With a glance she knew would st,,n Rim
Thus she spake: .I've called Won hithar
TO this special extra session
Just to tell you that / nate you!
Once you were an honest Injun.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11
StOckWell's ss s:::s;
7607h Mont. Av
Phone No. 171.

Phone No. III.
Help Wanted.
Girls for general homework; city
and ranch.
Situations Wanted.
By colored woman as cook in hotel,
restaurant or boarding house.
Diningroom girl for Lewistown, s25;
free fare.
Girl for general Homework, Miles
City, SIS; free fare. Two in family.
Miscellaneous.
For Sale-Ffve oom house. good
location. north side: q bargain.
For sale-Restaurant doing good
business.
II you want to buy a ranch see me.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11
Applauded at wrong Time.

Edwin Markham is excessively mod
est-for a poet. So all who know him
personally will appreciate his painful
embarrassment under circumstances
which befell him at a recent public en-
tertainment. He occupied a conspicu-
GUS stage box with a party of friends
and was recognized and pointed out
by many persons in the audience as a
part Of the show. The programme
was a miscellaneous one, by amateurs
vaguely put down for 'ssolos'' and
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11
Senator Hoar,s wit.

Senator Hoar received word the 9TH
er day that a friend who had been sup
posed to have appendicitis was suffer
ing not from that ailment, but from
acute indigestion, says the New York
Tribune. THAT is good news" said the
senator. IL rejoice that the trouble lies
! n the table OF contents rather than in
the appendix"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11
Teachers, Examination.

The regular teachers examination
will be held in the court room. Bill
ings. Montana, beginning Friday, April
Is. at $3.50 a M. and continuing on
Saturday, April 26, 1902.
MARGUERITE M. STRANG,
ka25 County Supt. OF Schools.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11

Billings Lodge No. 1894, B. p. o. E.
Meets second and fourth Wednesday
In each month at Masonic hall.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11

Billings Star Lodge No. II, 1. o. o. +.
Meets every Monday in Smiths hall.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11

Edna Chapter No. Is, o. e. s.-Meets
second and fourth Tuesday In each
month at Masonic hall.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11

Eureka Lodge Ne. 90, I. o. o. r.
Meet every Friday in Williams
hall.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11

Zelda Lodge No. IA, D. Of R.-Meets
second and fourth Tuesday in each
month at Smith hall.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11

Ashlar Lodge No. 90, "A. F. q A. NJ.
Meets first and third Thursday in
each month at Masonic hall.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11

Little Horn Encampment No. II, 1. O.
Q. F.-.Meets second and fourth Sat
-urday in each month at Smith hall.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11
SECRET SOCIETIES.

Billings Chapter No. s, r. A. M.
Meets first Wednesday in each
month at Masonic hall.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11

Rathbone Lodge No. %, K. Of p.
Meets every Friday at Smith hall.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11

Billings Camp, No. 626e, M. w. A.
Meets every Tuesday at Williams
hall.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11

Yellowstone Castle No. 1869, Royaa
Highlanders.-Meets first and third
Tuesday in each month at Smith
hall.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11

BARRIERS Protective Union No. 1877.
Meets every Wednesday ct $3.50 p.
"a. at O. K. barber shop.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11

Camp No. 1864, r. N. Of A.-Meets
first and third Wednesday in each
month at Williams hall.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11

Carpenters Union No. 345.-Meets
every Saturday at Williams hall.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11

Billings Typographical Union No. see.
each month at Williams hall.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11

Federal Labor Union No. 133.-Meets
every Thursday in Williams hall.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11

Yellowstone Lodge No. "a, A. o. U. w.
Meets second and fourth Wednes-
day In each month at Smith hall.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11

Billings Tent No. is, X. o. r. N.
Meets first and third Monday In
each month in Williams hall.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11

Billings Camp No. zes, w. Of w.
Meets second and fourth Thursday
In each month at Smith hall.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-28
We Have the S
MIR. pooleg on Arctic Exploration.

way an asst FIR news iv we. Thromsoe
Is wan iv tn farthest north places that
amy explorer has been. But it well
repays visit, bein' a thrivin', bustlin
Swede city with a good club. Afther
tn long struggle with tn pitiliss ice
machine it is very pleasant to dhrop in
on this hospital community an come
back that night be thrain. Well, as
was sayin' wan explorer starts off in a
fur suit an has tn time Nv his life an
tn other explorer stays at home an
suffers tn crool hardships an bitther
disapp'intments iv life in Brooklyn.
Lashed to his rockin' chair, he shivers
ivry time tn wind blows an he thinks
Nv his hardy partner facin' tn purls iv
that far-off region iy ice an snow an
funny little Esqueemo women in union
garments iv fur. He's in Greenland
now; he's battlin' with tn deadly ice
foe; now he's rasslin' with a Polar
bear; he's up; he's away; he's reached
tn Pole; he's pullin' it up be tn roots;
bravo Baldy!' AN so he goes till his
hands is all chapped firm thinkn' iv
tn cold an his leg is lame firm tn en-
counther with Polar bear an his
rockin' chair is in danger iv bein'
dashed to pieces again tn threacher-
Gus PLAINLY. An wan day a message
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-28
" Stories Not Found In Beaten Paths -

alton for $500 services alleged to have
been performed. The evidence adduced
made out quite a strong case for plain
tiff, whose counsel made telling
speech. He reviewed the facts in clever
fashion, and toward the close Of his
remarks said that the corporation
would have paid but for the fact that
"a red-headed lobster of a junior part
ner had objected, and thus precipitated
legal proceedings" The court rebuked
Mr.. Kinnear for using such language,
and the lawyer apologized. But he had
done the michief. All the jurymen but
one Uttered, and he had red hair. The
judge delivered his charge strongly in
favor of the plaintiff, and the jury re-
tired. Everybody expected a verdict in
a few minutes, but in a couple Of hours
word reached the court that there was
no PROJECT of an agreement. With one
exception the jury was agreed on a
verdict for the plaintiff. The exception
was the red-headed man, who said
Perhaps that lawyer thinks it's smart
to call people red-headed Holsters. /
don't" The court finally discharged
the jury, and Lawyer Kinnear is still
.digesting the lesson.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-28

Charles A. Pomeroy, of 1877 Duane
street, New York, has in his possession
the strangest freak in the way of a
banknote that is known to exist any
where. 1t is a bill which would read
lily pass for $40 or $40, according to
which side of it is looked at. 1t is not
a case of two bills of different denom-
nations pasted together, but is sin
gle piece of Uncle Sans paper on the
face of which is the imprint of as good
a $40 bill as was ever printed, while
across the back it is an equally perfect
$40 note. How this hybrid ever passed
under the watchful eye of the treasury
experts and went into circulation is a
mystery no one can explain.
When the freak first made It's ap-
pearance it was in company with three
other bills, similarly printed It's three
companions however, were captured
by the government and destroyed, but
the fourth eluded every effort, and
finally fell into the hands of a wealthy
man who treasured it as curio. He
was the late Charles S. Upton, of
unique bank note to his nephew, Mr..
Pomeroy who has steadily refused to
give up the note, realizing its value AT
one time the government offered Mr..
POmeroy $500 for the note, but he re-
fused, and later he was offered $1,000,
but again refused.
1t is over forty years since this curl
osity first made its appearance. 1t was
issued in January, 1861, by the Second
National Bank of Springfield, Mass,
and it's genuineness is beyond question.
At first it was declared that the bill
was really two banknotes cleverly