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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-08-04
A Little Nonsense.

Philadelphia Press.
Not far from Willow Grove lives q
young farmer whose fine stock OF
horses are admired by all who see
them. The other day friend IAN anna
teur. s1!leA ON him in search of "some-
thing FAST"
"rhere," said the stock farm 0wnsr
pointing to an animal in the field
"there, sir, is a mare that could trot her
mile n shrss minutss were it not for
one thing"
Indeed !" said the friend.
eyes," continued Mr.. S., "she was
four years old last spring, is in good
condit:on, look. we'll and 10 first-rate
mare, and she could 60 mi!s IN three
minutes we're it not for one thing"
"What is it," was the que.y.
THAT mare," insisted the owner, "is
in every wsy good aare. i work her
three or four days a week. Che stot,
fair and square, and yet there is one
thing that prevents her from going a
mile in three minutes"
"What in the name Of thunder IL
?" cried the friend impatiently.
"Well," replied the other quietly
"the distance is tSS gtsat for the time
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-08-04
Diversities Of Gifts.

Youths Companion.
A fair share of the frictions of do
faestic life comes from the effort to
make over temperamental peculiarlties.
The tortoise instructs the hare In per-
sistence, the hare lectures the tortoise
on speed, and each i1rltates the other
without goud result,
The mother wishes her daughter to
love reading the daughter prefers sew
ing. The father urges bis son to fol-
low the law the son is more interested
In the chemistry of soils than in wrlts
and torts. Family heartaches and dis
appointments ensue from mere honest
differences in taste.
Ben Jonson found fault with Shake
speare because it was said of him that
in his writing, whatsoever he penned
he never blotted out line. Said Jon:
son, "would he had blotted thous'
and !" But Shakespeare lived very
prOsperOusly without the DlOts, ano
tho world cares but little for Jonson'e
devout wish, and has forgotten much
OF his work. On the other hand, to
haye hindered Pope from his painstak-
ing correction and revision would have
been to cheat the world OF many OF its
household words.
So it is the wise mother and tho pa.
tient daughter who accept the great
fundamental fact that In character and
ability there are dlversities OF gifts
The hen. the song-sparrow and the ca
gle each has its place In the economy
of nature, but any one of them would
be a sad failure in the role OF the
others.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-08-04
Hot Weather Yarn.

Baltimore American
"There was a mile from the camp,
my rife useless, the giant bsar behind
me and the field of ice ahead"
"Naturally you ran?"
III did. Across the slippery ice
dashed, the bear gaining on me at ev'
ery stride. I felt its hot breath on my
neck. felt its great paw upon my
shoulder. Suddenly came to the
edge of the ice pack. Ten feet out
from the edge was floating cake"
"You jumped?"
"For my life. l gained the Ice
cake safely. I turned around. The
bear bad stepped back. With a run
ming start it leaped across the open
water, and we were, bear and man
adr,ft on a ten foot ice float in the mid
die of the Arctic ocean. had nc
weapon, not even a penkniie. The
savage animal came on, its eyes flash
ing, its growls shaking the air like
thunder. just them
"Just them"
"The bear froze to death"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-08-04

Eyes
Did Not Close For a
Week.
Heart Trouble Baf-
fled Doctors.
DIR. Miles'Heart Cure and
Nervine Cured Me.

There is nothing more necessary to health
than sleep and rest If these are denied you,
if you rise in the morning more tired than
when you went to bed, there is an affection OF
the nerves plainly present. 1t your heart Is
weak, Or there is an inherited tendency IN IN
That direction, your weakened nerves VIII
soon so affect your hearts action as to brlng
on serious, chronic trouble. DR.. Miles Ner-
vine is a nerve tonic, which qulets the nerves,
so that sleep may come, and It quickly re,
stores the weakened nerves to health and
strength. DIR. Miles Heart Cure Is great
blood and heart tonic which regulates the &C
ton of the heart, enriChes the blood and I'M
proves the circulation.
Some time ago was suffering severely
with heart trouble. At times my heart would
seemingly stop beating and at others II would
beat loudly and very fast. Three to tour
hours sleep each night In ten months was all
l could get One week in last Septembe!
never closed myeyes / got DR.. Miles Nervine
and Heart Cure at drug store IN Lawrence
burg, after spending $4,000 IN medl-
cines and doctors in Louisville, Shelbyv1lle,
Frankfort, Cincinnati and Lawrenceburg,
and in three days have derived more benefit
from the use of your remedies than got
from all the doctors and their medicines. l
think every body ought to know of the mar
velous power contained in your remedies.
w. II. HUGHES, Fox Creek. KY.
All druggists sell and guarantee first bot
tie Or. Miles Remedies. Send for free book
on Nervous and Heart Diseases. Address
Dr.. Miles Medical Co, Elkhart. Ind.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-08-04
Southern Farmers.

Southern Farm Magazine.
The truth begins to dawn upon tbs
minds OF the agricultural writers of the
North that the Southern farmer is not
such thriftless fellow as be has here
tofore been represented to be.
The tendency to an improved aeri.
culture among Southern farmers is be-
coming very marked within recent
years. The fact is admitted that q
greater yield OF crops, with less labor,
is the proper direction in which to
work. Less land Is being abandoned
and more manure employed. 1mprov-
ed agricultural implements are being
introduced everywhere. On many
farms where fifteen or twenty hands
were formerly employed the force is
reduced to five or six, and this, too.
without reducing the profits Of the
farm.
Indeed, this change has, with proper
fertilization, increased the profits and
bettered tbs Condition of the coil. The
soils which were formerly under slave
labor and put In cultivation every
year are now rotated, rested, cloyered
and made to do duty once in two or
three years instead OF every year. II
is not to be disguised, hone.er, ths,
all oyer the South are many quilted
old fields that will require years OF pa
tient labor to restore to their original
productiveness, but every effort IL
pointing IN the right direction. Less
land in cultivation and greater yield,
less labor and more laber-saving ma
chimes employed, less clearing forests
and more manurial applications, lese
attention to large crops and more to
the profits of the farm, better stock
and better attention to them-these
are the channels into which the best
agricultural thought of the South ir
drifting, and continuance in this d.
rection will work marve!s Of success
and prosperity.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-08-04
TAKEN WITH CRAMPS.

VIM. Krimse, a member OF the
bridge gang working near Littleport
was taken suddenly i'll Thursday night
with cramps and q kind OF cholera
His case was 80 severe that be had TO
have the mempe OF the crew walt
nnon him and Mr.. Clifford was called
and consulted. He told them be had
. medicine in the form of Chamber
Iain's Col,c, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy that be thought would help
him out and accordingly several doses
were administered with the result that
the fellow was able to be around next
day. The incident speaks quite highly
of Mr.. Giffordis medicines.-Elkader
Iowa, Argus. =
This remedy never fails Keep 1t II
your home, il may saye life. For fale
by e. T. Whitehead T. Co., Scott: nc
Neck, and Leggetts Drug Store, Hob
good.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-08-04
.&O10 SCOTLAND G, THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, l9O4
SONG OF THE COMMON PEOPLE.

Alfred ]. Waterhouse in Success.
We are the common people, the hewers
of the wood and stone,
The dwellers in common places, mighty
of Drawn and bone,
Bearing the common burden that onl y
the shirkers shun,
And doing the common duty that 9TH
ers have left uDdone.
Dubbed, by the few, plebeian, rabble
or proletaire,
Ours Is the hand that feeds them, ours
is the prise they share,
And ours is the common blessing, free
to the toilers all,
To win from the lowly valley unto the
SUBMITS tall.
Common, and only COMMON
This by the might Of birth
Yet the world in its need leans on us
We are the kings of the earth.
We are the common people, and ours
is the common clay
That God deemed At for using, when,
in that olden day.
He took the dust OF the Garden, the
dust that His will obeyed,
Fashioned and formed and shaped it,
and man in His image made;
And, seeing that God selected such
clay for the human test,
And deemlng His wisdom suffices to
choose but the surely best,
We; who are common people and made
of the common clay,
Leaye to the proud uncommon to inn
prove on the Makers way.
Common, and only COMMON
Tattered, sometimes, and frayed d.
We still are content with the pattern
That God in His wisdom made.
We are the common people, yet out OF
our might is wrought,
Ever, by Gcd's own fiat, masters OF
mighty thought,
Men OF that grand republie whose rul-
ers walk alone;
Piercing the future shadows, knowing
what seers have known;
And measured by these, the unco' are
pretty and wee and small,
Playing with gllded baub!es, chatter
ing, voluble all
And these, otir sohs, sutpass them as
the hills o'ertop the glen,
For their great hearts throb to the
worlds long sob, and they are the
saviOurs of men.
Common, and only common,
Hopeless commonplace,
Yet out of our loins still issue
The saviours of the race.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-08-04
GEN, +. E. LEES ROSE BUSHES
Old Residents Of Lexington, Va, Dis.
turbed by Their Transplanting.

Augusta (Ga.) Herald.
The older inhabitants of the quiet
old town of Lexington, Va. ARE wrought
up over what they allege to be desecra:
ton Of property that once belonged to
Gen. r. E. Lee.
Soon after the close OF the Civil Wal
Gen. Lee took up his post as President
of the University and was made a pres:
ent of home on the college campus.
In the rear of the house was quite an
extenslve garden, and along the walks
were large number of rose bushes set
out by Gen. Lee himself. It is these
rose bushes which still bloom brilliant.
ly every year that are causing the pres.
ent indignation among Lexington's
staid old population.
In extending the equipment of the
Washingtcn + Lee University it has
seemed fit to order the erection of dor
mitories and in the rear of General Lees
old home the foundations are being
laid. When the workmen began to
break the dirt the flowers of the sleep
Ing hero began to fall, end vigorous
protest arose from those who knew the
general when performing his duties as
president OF the college Although the
faculty holds everything pertaining to
Lee in tbs deeneet reverence. that lody
is of practical turn of mind and looks
upon the matter with a utilitarian
point OF view. The dormitories and
the..rose bushes could not be reconciled
80 the latter were dug up. Then arose
the problem Of their proper disposal
Hating been the property of General
Lee they could not be sold. Such as
sociation denied them money value.
After due consideration they we're dis.
tribu.ed among the neighbors OF the
present incumbent OF General Lees
bouse, and in the lace Of the indig:
nant ante-bellum inhabitants several
ladies in the neighborhood proceeded
to transplant the roses that have &C
we'll outllyed their famous owner.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-08-04
Back to the Farms.

| Atlanta Journal.
One of the distinct features OF the
age is the tendency to return to agrl'
culture. Where a few years ago the
farmer boys were rushing to the cities
to crowd The professions, thsrs is now
a decided move in the other direction.
The natural reaction that must always
| follow a movement as radical In some
measure accounts for the disposition to
| return to the soil tot 4 likelihood, but
there is more.
The agriculturalist has become a
professional man. The college and
the universities have added special
course for his benefit; and eires him a
degree. He is botanist and chem
ist, and science has taught him to take
the iaded and wornout farm, and with
intelligence, cause it to blossom like
the rose.
The dispiritine labor which bent the
tori1is OF the sldefs and sent the lads
scurrying cityward has been lighteIied
by devices that better accomplish the
end sought.
The long hours are shortened, and
the farmer finds time to indulge In the
endowment OF life. The new condition,
added to the fascination of indepen1-
ence, has turned many men from other
professions toward the country, carry
ing with thora the Yrarneriem OF their
class until the determination OF the
chin whisker ia threatened by the
! Prince Albert coat.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-08-04

TX-U. s. Senator NJ. &. Eu.!cr from
~ South Carolina, was Senator from
that state for two terms. In recent
letter from Washington, ID. c., he says:
81 can recommend PcrnHa fer dyS.
pepska end stomach trouble. I J,aye
been using your medicine for a short
period and feel very much relieved.
It's indeed a wonderful ,,e dicire be.
sizes 2 good tonic. "--Ai. {. Butler
Pcruna is not simply Il remedy for
dySIcpsia. P.runa is Il catarrh remedy.
rcrrna cures dyspepsia because it is
generally dependent upon catarrh of tho
stomach.
If yo:i do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from The l,:tn OF Neruna,
write at oirt Ia Er. Hartman, Div 'n- a
= ~ s.atc,nc... of your case and he viii
be pleased 10 g:.c you lis VALUABLE ad-
vice gratis.
Address rr. Hartman, President of
I'll. Hartman SaIi,ari, II, Columbus, 9,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-08-04
RYDALE'S LIVER TABLETS.

Rydale's Liver TABLETS cule III Tso
troubles. They act specifically on the
liver, the bile, bladder. and bile DUCT
the lntestines and bowels. They stim-
late the liver and cause perfect now
of bile into the bowels, keep the pie
duct healthy, increase the perlstalic
,o,emant Of the intestines and thus
restore healthy action of all these or
cans Rydale's Liver Tablets are easy
to take, being small charcoiate eoa'eu
tablets. They act promptly ana can
alvays be depended upon. Price per
hoy Of so t.. blets, 25 cents. =. T.
Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-08-04
Costs More Than Money.

nited'Presbyteran
The cost of dram is greater than
the price. 1t costs many a man jewels
of infinite value. Manhood ls laid on
the counter, integrity happiness, home,
honor, and the peace of all those de.
pendent upon him. 1t costs position
and prosperity, character and content
ment, respectability and revenue, the
wreck of hope, the collapse OF ambition
aud the dethronement of love. The
blighted years of the drunkard are the
fruits that hang on the boughs OF the
first dram.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-08-04
at
Small Expense.

Entertainment-th is, pleasure TO
your guests-does not depend on tne
money you spend, but on your own
knowledge Of how to receive ana ex.
tend hospitality. Christine Ier9une
Herrick tells YOU al about 1t. fost-
paid, so cents. E. J. GLOBE. fuo-
Usher. $50 Fifth Ave-, New YORK.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-08-04

"What is that Grownley boy going
to do?" "He's going into the adver-
tising business" "He ought to make
good one at It," "Why so?' "Hln
mother never knew anything but what
she advertised IL all over the town.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-08-04
A SUMMER COLD.

A summer cold is not only annoy
ing but If not relieved Pneumonia VIII
be the probable result by Fall: One
Minute Cough Cure clears the phlegm,
draws out the inflammation, heals,
soothes and strengthens the lungs and
bronchial tubes. One Minute Cough
Cure ie an ideal remedy fer the chill
dren. 1t is pleasant to the taste and
nerfectlv harmless. A certain cure Tor
Group, Cough and Cold. Sold by E.T.
Whitehead e. Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-08-04
A PERFECT PAINLESS PILL

is the one that will cleanse the system,
set the liver to action, remove the bile,
clear the complexion, cure headache
and leave good taste In the mouth.
The famous little pi for doing such
work pleasantly and effectively are De-
Wits Little Early Risers. Bob Moore,
of Lafayette, Ind a., says: "All other
pills l have used gr,po and sicker,
while DeWltt's Little. Early Rise,s arc
simply perfect" Sold by +. T'Wh:te-
head & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-08-04
CHOLERA lNFANTUM.

CHOLERA INFANTUM.
This disease has lost its terrors since
Chamberlain Collie, Cholera and Diar'
rhoea Remedy came into general use'
The uniform success which attends the
use of this remedy in all cases OF bowel
complaints in children has made 1t
fayorite wherever Its value has becom
known. For sale by E. T. Whitehead
& Co., Scotland Neck. and Leggettt
Drug Store, Hobgood.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-08-04
THE DEATH PENALTY.

A little thing sometimes results IN
death. Thus a mere scratch, insignifi-
cant cut OF puhy hotls have paid the
death penalty. It il ~ies 10 have
Bucklen's Arnlca Salve ever hdndy.
It ia the best salve on earth and will
prevent fatality, when Burns, Sores,
Ulcers and Piles threaten. Only 25c
at T.. f. Whitehead 4 Co.'S drug store.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-08-04

Gifiie-Dld you ever actually know
of man making mountain OUT Oh
mole hill? Spinks-WeIl, the propr''
etor of the hotel I stopped at last sum-
mer came very pear doing it in his
prospectus.-Puck.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-08-04

The Chicago Inter-Ocean declares
thu Democratic candidate better than
bis party, but tails to say as much Tor
the Republican candidate.-D las
NaWa
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-08-04

The latest campaign badge is small
Gilt plank, with Judge Parker's picture
on one side and the word Telegram :"
on the other.--Richmond Times-Dis-
patch.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-08-04
Solved by a Laugh,

Adapted from Horace.
Pleasantly will often cut clean through
Hard knots that gravity would scarce
undo.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-08-04
A COUGH is ONLY A SYMPTOM.

A COUGH is ONLY A SYMPTOM.
A cough Is not disease but symp-
tom of a disease. A cough always in
dicates that either the throat or lungs
are affected. When the mucous I'm
ing of the throat or lungs becomes In
famed the irritation causes coughing.
Don't neglect cough. 1t may be the
svm ptom of serious throat or lung dis
ease. Ryda'e's Elixir kills the germs
that cause the trouble, soothes the II
ritated mucus membrane. gently slim.
ulates the nerves that control the respl-
ratory organs aud thus helps nature to
sne edily restore normal conditions and
healthy action. EFT. Whitehead q Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-08-04

"Oh, yes, Skinner was ii beneficiary
under old Roxley's will" Il cidn's
know he was a relative OF Roxley's."
"He wasn't, but lac was attorney Tor
relative."-Philadelphia Press.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-08-04

Guest--I want a good por'erhome
steak. Na;tey-Gents that order r"r-
terhouse steak are required to make a
deposit, sir.-Hartford Ccufant.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-08-04
PUTS AN END TO II ALL.

A grievOus wall oftimes comes as a
result of unbearable rain from over
taxed organs. Dizziness, Backache,
Liver Complaint and Constipation.
But thanks to DR.. Kings New Life
Pills they put an end to 1t all: They
are gentle but thorough. Try them.
Only 25c. Guaranteed 10y +. Z.
Whitehead & Co 8 drug store.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-08-04
VIOLENT ATTACK OF DIAR-
RHOEA CURED BY CHAM
BERLAIN'S COLIC, CHOLERA
AND DIARRHOEA REM EDY
AND PERHAPS A LIFE SAVED.

"a short time ago was taken with
a violent attack of dlarrhoea and BE-
lieve would haye died if l had not
gotten relief" says John J. Patton, q
leading citizen of Patton, Ala. "A
friend recommended Chamberlain's g
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.
I bought a twenty-five cent bottle and
after taking three doses of 1t was en-
tlrely cured. consider it the best
remedy in the world for bowel COM
plants. Far sale by E. T. Whitehead
& Co., Scotland Neck, and Leggetta
Drug Store, Hobgood.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-08-04

10 N ooro' il
L OBSERVATIONS OF PASSING EVENTS II
IT hard to get the about the
the dispatches tell that Port Arthur has fallen the de-
r.u,, MED. The for against Rus
~ WAN ' according to The place of he cabegram 1
it Toxic
other Petersburg you
OF any victories for the Japs And hard that
feel like relying
gng headlines pay
of victory for defeat other.
tttt
North this
brilliant Notwithstanding
,r-, North a OF Tim upon
e - ~ he lis her grandson in
but his father BERTHE this And
in
Folk their
them educated College State many
:heir college
We remember H. B. Folk brilliant scholarly
his
BILE with whom associated there ALL The brothers who
educated there
Carolina things
in brilliant statesman who has nominated by the
governor Perhaps in
in public
has than nnoyer;ng fraud and corruption As
commemorative exposed things which
had wine and allowed unnotd and this what first
before Missouri ideal
The hono conferred him fitting reward for such service to the
inspires the highest and confidence North Carolina
proud grandson high
usefu andg great in generation.
THrnE are great speech
J.
- ~. ,.. e:--'z~s~5o -~-@-as.oa Raleigh
Aon 1Auas -24e' Sundays issue follows:
"FS1' speeches delivered
documents issued from Democratic
personality President
ve speech E. w. Pou, relating
charges against members the House.
publication his speeches
The committee will publish and
speech which reviewed the record of the
Republican party bringing strongly its failure to keep single plat
pledge
re speech of Mr. Claude Kltchin descriptive Roosevelt
the really great among This which
moved widest enthusiasm made
author lasting reputation orcefu and eloquent speaker In
Edwards said to-day that
speech something wonderful An order
was placed speech
numbers Mr. Kichin
speech Indiana and the middle West
The realistic analysis of Mr. Rooseyelts record
far exceeds those any documents"
tttt
Epou col Weekly we note
ernmen the Exposition
should be Sunday. Weekly
sunday AZ o Aou1s' regards
1t have been the doeyncy OF some one
that to close the Exposition
Sunday visitors to the Exposition
the Exposition in refining pleasures now
snend the drinking beer by the
thousands the Perhaps shade
Of justification Weekys but glad that such
gard has Sabbath that the Exposition that
day. occurred directors meeting for the Phade
whether not the grounds
h,d e onene ON Sunday West and
said sacred memories OF his mother
by
region where they had no Sab
bhs and be the sacred day. And with choking
voice he said II move that the EXPOSITION be
,oa -, nd ovewhem-
;npv in vor Sunday We glad to see the oaooatn 50
even century and we believe more good
Exposition Sunday than there Will
- harm out drinking referred to- for the beer drinkers Will
d,nl beer whether Exposition gates are or not
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-08-04

THIS WILL INTEREST MOrHE-J
Mother Gray, Sweet Powders for
Children Cure Feyerishness, Bad Stom-
ach Summer Bowel Troubles, Teetbing
Disorders, cleanse and regulate the
Bowels and Destroy Worms. 1hey
nerer fail. Oyer 10000 testimonial.
At all Druggists, 25c. Sample FREE
Address. Allen S.Olmsted, Leroy, NY.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-08-04
ASK FOR ALIENS FOOT EASE,
A POWDER

To shake into your shoes. 1t rests the
feet. Makes walking easy. Cures
Corps, Bunionsu Ingrowing Nails,
Swoolen and Sweating feet. At all
Druggists and Shoe Stores, 20c. Don't
accept any substitute. Sample FREE.
Address, Allen S. Olmsted Leroy, NJ.