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P | A n 0 s { H { A P
REMARKABLE BARGAINS IN GOOD SEC
OND-HAND PIANOS
At the Bradbury Piano Co.'s Annual Stock
Taking Sale.

The Bradbury Piano Co., 1925 Pa. ave-. are now
IN the midst OF stock taking, and any one con-
templatlng the purchase of a Plano can secure
very exceptional bargains by calling at once
One nearly new Upright Plano is offered at S16O
there Is only of this make In stock.
Other single Pianos and used Pianos are to be had
at proprotlonately reduced prices. Several second
hand Bradbury; Upright Pianos for as little as s265
and s275, instruments that would cost $500 and
5000 new.
In addition TO the above there is second hand
Steinway Piano at 500. a knabe at S75 and a
Chickering at s65.
1t is also well to remember that the Bradbury
Co. Is always In the market for second-ha
Square Pianos, for which they will make most
FEDERAL allowances. giving In exchange due bill
equivalent to cash, which may be used at any time
in the purchase OF Upright Piano. II you
have an old Square, why not exchange 1t for a
Uprght7 There Is cash outlay required
simply telephone 747 or drop postal TO the Brad
bury Warerooms. 1925 Pa. ave, and their repre-
sentative will call and apprase the value of your
Piano. move II to the warerooms free Of charge
and send you new Upright at once II desired. 1t
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DISEASE IN BROOKLYN SCHOOLS.
Report Of DR.. Raymond Shows Poor
Health Conditions.

A dispatch from New York says: Fig
ures' in proof OF the assertion that the
public schools are "hotbeds Of disease" are
contained in the annual report Of DR.. j. H.
Raymond, assistant sanitary superintend-
ent Of Brooklyn. According to the report.
no less than 1879 children have been ex-
cluded from the borough schools since Sep
TENDER Is last because Of eye diseases. In
all 8,347 pupils were dismissed because Of
disease by health inspectors.
OF these children, IS were found to be
suffering from diphtheria. IA from measles.
40 from chickenpox. S79 from skin diseases.
"a from whooping cough, 1856 from mumps
and 1920 from diseases of the head and
body.
DR.. Raymond says that the conditions
call fol the appointment of more inspec-
tors who shall devote their time exclu-
sively to the schools.
AT the present time" says DR.. Ray
mond, '.the force of inspectors has been re-
duced to nineteen. with an Inspector in
chief, DIR. Forber ]. Munson. Each in
spector has from six to fourteen schools.
inspecting one each day. The large num-
Der OF schools ne .ssitates an increase in
the number OF inspectors of at least If
teen"
DR.. Raymond says that the inspectors
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found in an inspection Of the borough
schools 1000 pupils who had never been
vaccinated and 1000 children whose first
vaccination had run out" The physician
emphaticaily condemns the practice which,
he says, prevails in some schools Of dis
tributfng pencils Unfortunately among
the children. so that pupil suffering from
diphtheria may easily endanger others
from the habit Of putting the pencil to
the tongue.
The claim Of May Yohe, the actress, for
$45,O 900 against the estate Of Lord Francis
Hope has been settled amicably.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-03
MCKmeW'S
Strictly Reliable Qualities
Reductions
Jim Suits,
Goats, Waists,
Skirts s. COrsets.

We've collected all the small lots
OF merchandise and will hasten
their departure by decisive cutting
of prices. Here are practical Illus
tratiOnS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-03

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and Smelling Company
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INVESTMENTS
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your yourself unava1ing
after january 5h
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The Mckinley Mining and Smelling Co.,
25=26 Adams Buldmg 1888 IF Street,
WASHINGTON d. C.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-10-22
VENEZUELA IS DECAYING.
German Traveller States That Mixed
Negroes and Indians Are Get
ting an Upper Hand,

DR.. Passarge, the noted traveller,
who has just returned from Vene-
zuela, says, according to Berlin re-
port:
president Castro is a full-blooded
Indian and an energetic man without
political wisdom. He rose suddenly
from magistrate of a remote village
at the foot of the Andes to the presi-
dency, and his rapid rise made him
overconfident.
"The present situation is due 20
two facts: Germany suddenly sus-
pended the pressure of the early part
of the war, which diminished the re-
spect in which she was held by Presi-
dent Castro; secondly, the attitude
OF the officials of the great Venezue-
Ian railroad toward President Cas-
tro. Germany's first principle must
be not to NEEDLE in the internal af-
fairs of Venezuela. But the railroad
officials forgot this
DIR. Passarge describes the state as
drifting to certain decay and as fol-
lowing a steadily downward course
since Gen. Blanco's presidency. The
color question plays an important
role in political tendencies. The
mixed negroes and Indians. etc. are
getting an upper hand in society and
politics.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-10-22
LARGE AS LAKE ERIE.
Little Known Body of Water in Win
nfpeE in Region Rich In
Minerals.

Lake Winnipeg, or ''The Muddy Wa
ter" is quite a large sheet Of water.
being about 200 miles in length and GO
in width. or about as large as Lake
Erie. One solitary schooner of some
so tons burthen is all the vessel that
sails over its broad surface, if we ex-
ce2t the bark canoes of the voyageurs.
The sail vessel belongs to the Hudson
Bay Fur company, and is employed in
ira nsporting furs and supplies on
their way to and from the Hudson bay.
fht chief factory of the company.
Little is known of the great north
ern lake, with its solitary vessel and
its limited business; it is what Lake
Superior was to the world some 25
years ago, and it is not unreas ona BILE
to suppose that as in the case of this
lake unknown resources and unfor-
seen ircumstances will in 25 wears
more surround its shores with civil
"a ton and cover its waters with steam
ana sail vessels. That it is region
rich in minerals there is no doubt.
from the testimony of many travellers.
The time may come, says the Winni-
peg Globe. when Lake Superior will be
only the halfway place for business
and travel to the northwest.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-10-22
PERILS OF THE TRAPPERS.
How the Famous Scott And Many 9TH
ers Went te Their Deaths ON
the Platte River.

In the United States the free hunt
ers approach the mountains by three
main routes. It was coming down the
Platte that poor Scott's canoe was
overturned, his powder lost and his
rifle rendered useless, relates Outing.
Game had retreated to the mountains
with springs advance. Berries were
not ripe by the time trappers were
descending with their winters hunt.
Scott and his furnishing then could
not find edible roots. Each day Scott
weakened. There was no food. Final
ly Scott had strength to go no further.
His men had found tracks of some
other hunting party far to the fore.
They thought that in any case he
could not live. What ought they to
do? Hang back and starve with him,
or hasten forward while they had
strength to the party whose tracks
they had espied. On pretense of seek
ing roots, they deserted the helpless
man. The next spring when these
same hunters went up the Platte they
found the skeleton of poor Scott go
miles from the place where they had
left him. The terror that spurred the
emaciated man to drag himself all this
weary distance can barely be con-
ceived; but such were the fearful odds
taken by every free trapper who went
up the Platte, across the parched
plains or to the headwaters of the
Missouri.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-10-22
TOO LAZY TO GET UP.
Russian Millionaire Who Has Not
Left His Bed or Dressed Himself
for Ten Years.

,, An original character is Baron
J Hugo Ortliet, millionaire, who
spends his time between his magnifi.
cent palaces at St. Petersburg and
Moscow and his supurb country seat
near Kazan, but always in bed. says
the Philadelphia Press.
For ten years he has not got up
or dressed. There has never been
anything the matter with him ply
sically, and even to-day, in spite OF
his bulk, his bodily condition. fuf:
nishes striking illustration of the
fallacy of the assertion that, much
exercise is Indispensable to the pres
ervation of health. But somewhere
about 1892, after having exhausted
every conceivable form of pleasure
and excitement, he took to his bed
from sheer ennui and has remained
there ever since.
He does not even leave it when he
travels, his bed being carried from
his rooms to specially-constructed
carriage and thence to his private
railway saloon, and he always tfat-
els by special train. he is quite an
average man in all other respects,
manages his immense property with
the greatest sagacity and shrewd-
ness. and is brilliant and witty in
conversation.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-10-22
WHERE DWARFS ARE MADE
Ch1Ioren In Madras Stunted and Dis.
torted for the Purpose Of Put.
ting Them Out to Beg.

Some interest has of late been
aroused in Madras by the exhibition
of two dwarfs who are alleged to he
over so years of age, and are brothe,
and sister. These beings are not on1r
small but distorted It is believed
that dwarfs are manufactured, :,
Indian. There is a practice extant II
the Punjab of elongating infants,
heads so as to render them out Of al,
proportion to the body. The effect Of
compression on the brain renders the
victims idiotic, says the London Err
press.
They are sent around to beg and IN
their peregrinations visit the Madr..
and Bombay presidencies. An instinct
akin to that of an animal, however
still lives in the distorted beings. and
Invariably brings them back to their
masters. They are known as "Sbah
Shuja's MICE" from the name of the
temple where they are manufactured.
The children, it is stated, are vowed to
the temple by fanatical women.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-10-22
GOATS FURNISH THE MILK.
The People of Malta Derive Their
Entire Supply of Lacteal Fluid
from the Animalk,

The population of the island of
Malta, situated in the Mediterranean
sea. amounting to some 100000 souls,
derives it's entire milk supply from
the goat herds that abound in that
little speck of rock. It is estimated
that there are about 10000 goats on
the island. There are no regular
grazing fields for goats, but every
morning the herds are driven out
along the roads and hillsides, where
they pick up whatever they can find
in the way Of weeds or any other
edible matter, which, however, sell
dom includes grass. This is supple
mented by carob beans when the
herd is driven back to shelter at
night.
How the Maltese goat can give the
quantity and quality of milk which
it does upon this food is matter
of frequent conjecture and it is out
of the question to get anything but
thin and watery milk from cows I'M
der the same conditions. An average
goat produces AZ pints of milk per
day and the animals cost from $40
TO s25 each. No special effort seems
10 be made by the natives to pre-
serve strains, but, nevertheless, the
Maltese goat manages to keep up it's
reputation for looks and productive
ness.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-10-22

A friend of mine returning to camp
after days shooting, says a writer
in Navy and Army, suddenly came IN
sight Of big she bear with two cubs
following in single file, proceeding
along ridge, the forms ot thg three
being sharply siihouetted against the
sky It was q very long shot, but lie
determined to try it, SO drew bead
on the old she bear and fired. The
result was curious. The procession
stopped, the she bear scratched her.
self hastily. then turned around, and.
regarding the cub Immediately be-
hind with grave disapproval, boxed
it's ears soundly, and then went trur-
ding on along the ridge. evidently
under the impression that her frolic-
some offspring had been up to some
unusually Objectionable tricks.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-10-22
COMMERCIAL PROFESSIONS.
Men of Money Who Labor to Turn
Their Dusin ess Into Institutions
of UAe4ulnesa.

The truth is, we hear too much
about the commercialism of the pro-
LESSONS. There are men who vulgar
ize them all, no doubt, and who sell
their craft-right for a mess of mil
lions, for there have always been such
men, says Worlds Work. But there
Is another tendency of our time that
is far stronger than the tendency
to get wealth; it is the ten
dency to establish, to build, and
to maintain institutions-ins
tions of any useful and honorable
kind. Men give themselves in the
most unselfish way to build up colleges
and universities, hospitals, museums,
clubs, associations for the advance
ment of trades and professions, libra
ries-there is no end Of the list. Men
labor to turn their business into insti-
buttons. Many founders of great COM
mercial houses work for their honor
able perpetuity.
Many manufacturers plan their fac
tories so as to give them an institu-
tional character and value. The
naturally conservative tendency of an
active people is toward institution
building. Strong men in almost e~ery
department of work show such a ten
dency, often as a dominant trait of
character, and this is stronger mo-
tive than the mere wish to be rich.
The rich man who stands alone, who
has not established something, who
is not identified with some great in
StitutiOn commercial or Dublic is not
envied. He is more likely to be pitied.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-10-22
Ten Thousand Cs.urcheS

In the United States have used the
Longman & Martinez Pure Paints
Every church will be given liberal
quantity whenever they paint.
Don't pay $3.50 gallon for Linseed
oil (wcrth 80 cents) which you do
when you buy thin paint in can
with paint on it..
and 6 make II, therefore when you
want fourteen gallons Of paint, bay only
eight gallons of l. & NJ. and mix six
gallons Of pure linseed oil with it.
You need only fonr gallons OF L. & NJ
Paint and three gsllors OF Oil mlxed
Herewith to paint good sized house
Houses painted with these paints
never grow shabby, even alter IL years
These celebrated paints are sold o.
E. T. Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-10-22
A CURE FOR DYSPEPSIA.

l bad dyspepsia in its worst form
and felt miserable most all the time
Did not enjoy eating until after using
kodol Dyspepsia Cure which has com
pletely cured me.-Mrs. w. w. Savior
Hlll.ard. Pa. No appetite, loss oil
strength, nervousness, headache, con-
stlpation, bad breath, sour risings, In.
digestion. dyspepsia and all stomach
troubles are quickly cured by the u.e
OF kodol. Kodol represents the natur-
al juices OF digestion combined with
the greatest known tonic and recon-
structlve properties. It cleanses, puri-
hes and and sweetPns the stomach.
Sold hY E. r. Whitehead e Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-10-22
BETTER THAN PILLS.

The question has BEEN ssked-Iu
what way are Chamber]ain's Stomach
and Liver Tablets superior to the ordl.
nary cathartic and liver pills? Our
answer )s-They are easier and more
pleasant to take and their effect is 80
gentle and so agreeable that one hardly
realizes that it is produced by a medi.
cine. Then they not only move the
bowels but improve the appetite and
aid the digestion. For sale at Is cents
per bottle by E. T. Whitehead & Co.,
Scotland Neck, and Leggett's Drug
Store, Hobgood.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-10-22
PLUCKY GIRL IMMIGRANTS.
Andreds Are Preparing to Leave
England to Seek New Homes
in South Africa.

The domestic servant problem is
keen in England. It is critical in
South Africa-eo much so that the
high commissioner recently issued an
appeal for respectable and healthy
English girls willing to work and
make South Africa their home. In re-
spouse to this appeal so plucky young
women from various parts of the Brit
ish Isles have sailed for South Africa,
says a London Report.
These girls have been selected for
their physical fitness by the South At
rican expansion committee, and it IS
the present intention to send out 100
girls a month until the needs OF the
housewives of the Transvaal, Rho
desia, Cape Colony and Natal are salts
fed.
There were many affecting leavetak
ings at the committees ''bosteP' in
Upper Westbourne terrace, where
most of the girls lived until the time of
their departure, but the girls were full
of hope for the future. An escort
matron will accompany them all the
way, and see them installed in the
committees 'hostel'' at johannes
burg.
In view of the expected increase of
women emigrants to South Africa, the
horticultural college at Swanley,
Kent, which is under the supervision
of the Kent county council, has opened
a branch for the training of women
for colonial life. The course will oc-
cnpy about year. The syllabus in
cludes seed sowing, fruit packing, jam
making, COW keeping, dairy work,
carpentering, household management,
colonial hygiene and native language.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-10-22
oldest schooIhou.e.

The "old log school house" at Camp
Run, Westmoreland county, Pa, is
said by the Young Peoples Weekly
to be the oldest school house in this
country. It is very primitive in all
it's appointments, but the teacher.
Miss Celia j. Miller, who is only 16
years old, has enlisted the help of the
big boys" to make some improve
ments.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-10-22
Education and Beautv.

An American scientist has come 70
tie conclusion that the tendency of
too much education or intellectual de-
veiopment in women is to make them
lose their beauty. He instances the
faro women of India. They are SUI
preme. They WOO the men, control the
affairs of the home and the nation.
transmit property, and leave the men
nothing to do. The result is, saws the
scientist, that they are the ugliest
women on earth.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-10-22
SHYl0Ck

Shylock was the man who
wanted a pound of human
flesh. There are many
Shylocks now, the GONZALES
cent, the consumptive, the
sickly child, the pale young
woman. all want human flesh
and they can get it-take
SCOTS Emulsion.
SCOTS Emulsion is flesh
and blood, bone and muscle.
Itfeeds the nerves, strengthens
the digestive organs and they
feed the whole body.
For nearly thirty years
SCOTS Emulsion has been the
great giver of human flesh.
We will send you a couple of
ounces free.
SCOTT & BOVINE, Chemists,
AO9-4l5 Pearl Street. New York.
soc. and $500 all druggists
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-10-22
Getting 1t Down rfr>.

An article in the Electric Review
discusses the size of an atom of hy-
drogen, and arrives at the conclusio n
that these particles of matter are so
small that it would take $4,000, 900
OF them. laid in line, to extend a
Instance Of one centimeter-that IS
an atom is about one-third of a bill
i1onth of an inch in size.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-10-22
Volcano CELLAR.

Prof. I. A. Jaeger, Jr., of Har-
yard, who has been making investiga-
ton of the eruption of Mont Pelee.
believes that people OF volcanic coun-
tries can escape destruction by build
ing cellars or chambers of masonry
IN which they can seek shelter when
the eruptions occur.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-10-22

II troubled with a weak digestion
try Chamberlain Stomach and Liver
Tablets. They will do yo, good. For
sale by E. T. Whitehead & Co., Scot
land Neck, and tegge,t's Drug Store,
HobgnOd.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-10-22
CONFESSIONS OF A PRIEST.

OONT Eo61ONS OF A PRIEST.
Rev. John S. Cox, of Wake, Ark.
writes: "For IL years I suffered from
yellow jaundice. I consulted a mum
Der of physicians and tried all sorts Of
medicines, but got no relief. Then
began the Use of Electric Bittere and
feel that am now cured of a disease
that had me In its grasp for twelve
years" If you want reliable medl.
cine for Liver and Kidney trouble,
stomach disorder or general debility,
get Electric Bitters. It's guaranteed
NV r, T. Whitehead & Co. Only SOC.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-10-22

[ am looking for dishonest borrow
ers-yes, indeed-feIlows who will Dor
row my troubles and never pay them
back.--New Orleans Times Democrat.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-10-22

An orator or author is never success
'ul until he has learned to make bis
words smaller than his ideas Emer-
son.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-10-22
you KNOW WHAT you ARE

Taking when you take Groves Taste
less Chill Tonic because the formula
is plainly print ted on every bottle show
ing that it is simply Iron and Qulnine
In tasteless form. No Cure, No Pay.
Soc.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-10-22

WllIie-Ps, if warship is called
"she" why isn't it a woman-of-war?
Father-It's your bedtime, Willie.-
Boaton Post.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-10-22

It is gre evil as we'll as a misfOr-
tune not to he able to utter prompt
and decided nO.-Si nmons.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-10-22

cures made by DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
the great kidney, liver
: and bladder remedy.
Il is the great medi-
cal triumph of the nine
teenth century; dis
covered after years of
scientific research by
DR.. kilmer, the emf
nent kidney and blad-
der SpecialiSt and is
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-10-22
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK ?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everybody who reads the news
papers is sure to know of the wonderful
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-10-22
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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-10-22

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