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DENTISTRY.

TEETH WITHOUT PLATES; no EXTRACTINi;
no pain; feel; act aud last longer than natural
teeth. Shr'lnken aces made normal. Painless
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ALEXANDRIA REAL ESTATE.

Properties at ST 900 to 100000
In ard around Alexandria. Our list includes ali
idenee business aud. farm property in this section
supply the demand
M. q. Harlow s. Co.,
Real Estate, Loan aud insurance Brokers' Harlow
bldg it9 $. Fairfax ST., Alexandria. Va Phone
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DOGS, CATS, ETC.

DIR. CECIL FRENCH. EXPERT SPECIALIST
Graduate OF McGill University and Royal Vet.
Urinary High School. Munich, Germany.
TREATMENT OF DOG & CAT EXCLUSIVELY
Boarding Kennels cor. Lowell AMI goth SIS
Office, rs 18th st. Tells. II. 200 and n. l246-K
settle
FOURTEENTH ST. HOSPITAL FOR ANIMALS.
Boarding for dogs and cats. Painless death Tor
aged animals
Dog cemetery.
Use Electric Dog Wash and Flea KiIler at all
druggists.
Phone North 1903
an'a-tf.S 21l6 I4fh st. NV.
FOR SALE-YOUNG PARROTS. CANARIES. RAB.
bits, Guines pigs, dogs, cats and pets of all
kinds Birds boarded for summer. SCHMIDS
BIRD STORE. TIP 18th st. NV. 4 651 d st. ne.
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the embassy-Henry White. the first score
tary-are the portraits of his predecessors.
but these are far fewer than those of the
ministers and ambassadors, inasmuch as
most of our secretaries at London have
held their berths in spite of administration
changes. Mr.. White for instance, was
transferred from Vienna to take the second
secretaryship in London I'm 1884. In 1888
he was promoted to first secretary by
Cleveland, and with the exception OF Mr..
Bayard's four years at the court OF St
James, he has held his present office ever
since He is a great social light In London.
where ne maintains a pretentious town
house in Belgravia, besides p fine country
place near Windsor. Mr.. White Is Ralti-
morean and like Mr.. Choate, he expends
many times his salary to keep up with the
pace set by old world diplomats, whose gov
ernments give them generous allowances
with which to wine and dine the function
aries with whom they play the game OF
world politics. Mr. Whites salary Is S,625
a year, and it has been estimated that II
annually costs him $4,000 to live as he does
in London
Among the portraits OF former first sec
retaries hanging in his office are those or
Washington Irving, Jonathan Russell and
Aaron Vail; also of Benjamin Moran or
Philadelphia who established the record for
length of service Moran was once COM
poSitor in Lippincotts. He was frst secre-
tary at London for twenty years. ana ar
terward minister to Portugal.
JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS.
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quartered Ii Hung Chang there as guest
Of the British nation. Other near neigh
bors of his excellency the American am
bassador are the Earls of Pembroke. Gala
don and Brownlow, the Duke of Grafton
and Lord VIM Beresford.
The Balfour house has Just been made
spick and span for the London sea-
son-for in the capital of the mother coun-
try they reverse our social calendar. Dur
ing the foggy, gloomy, enervating winter
months fashionable London keeps itself in
it's country houses, not emerging until
spring is well on. Thus, this year the opera
opens in town on May 2. From then on
there is a steady round of balls. levees.
dinners, teas and garden parties. 1t is then
that our ambassador extraordinary pleni-
potentiary sees his busiest weeks, for he is
q social lion in London, as was John
Adams. our first envoy to the mother coun-
try and as have been practically all of our
representatives, notably James Russell
Lowell, Robert Lincoln. Thomas F. Bayard
and John Hay. During the London sea-
son weekly receptions are now held at the
American ambassadorial residence.
It 10 thrown open to all Americans In
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The Order of the Garter.

From the London Westminster Gazette.
The abandonment. because of the King
of Wurtembergs indisposition, of the chap
ter of the Order of the Garter, which, for
the first time for half century, was to be
held at Windsor castle, will be regretted by
playgoers, for representation of so strik-
in gand picturesque a scene might certainly
have been expected in the customary top
icaT' drama given at Drury Lane IN the
autumn. If this had been accomplished IL
would not have been the first occasion upon
which the pageant would have been turned
to theatrical use, for Dryden employed IL In
the closing scene of his opera albion and
Albanius," produced in the spring of 1865.
I'm the air Is a vision of the honors Of
the garter" so ran the stage directions;
the knights in procession, and the king
under a canopy; beyond this. the upper end
of st. Georges hall" And Fame instructed
Renown to assume his trumpet and
Record the Carriers glory;
A badge for heroes, and for kings TO bear;
For kings to bear.
And swell the immortal story
With songs of gods and fit for gods TO hear.
Even the greatest devotee OF scenic effect
could desire nothing beyond that
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lar of a dingy brown-stone building No. 1913
Victoria street, just below Westminster Alb
hey, and convenient to the foreign office in
Downing street. There are altogether eight
rooms. mostly on the ground floor and all
depending upon open CRATES for winter heat
His Gallery of Ministers.
Ambassador Choate sits at a plain, fiat
top desk near the window, and upon The
walls about him are the framed portraits
/ of all ministers and ambassadors whom we
have sent to the court of ST. James, begin
ming with John Adams, who was received
by George III in 1888. Conspicuous are the
faces of four other plenipotentiaries who
returned to America to accept the highest
Office in the gift of their people-James
Monroe. John Quincy Adams. Martin Van
Buren, and James Buchanan. Others whose
names are bywords are Edward Everett,
George Bancroft and James Russell Lowell.
Framed with the photograph of Robert 7.
Lincoln is an engraved card, 1.-THE Minister
of the United States," superseded upon
which are. in that ENJOYS own hand. THE
Last"
In the sanctum Of that wealthy fixture OF
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simply had his goods carried from house
No. 1 to house No. 4. of the block
The mansion which our ambassador re-
Gently vacated dates back two centuries and
was bought in 1882 for the Prince of
Wales.
After Mary Victoria Letter married young
Curzon. now viceroy of India. her father, L.
q. Letter the millionaire ex-merchant of
Chicago and Washington, bought this house
and presented 1t to Lord Curzon as part of
the brides dowery. Secretary of State
Hay, when ambassador to the court of st.
James, paid the Curzons $4,000 a year for
its shelter and It's furnishings. When Jo-
seph Choate succeeded to our most sought
foreign mission he spent many futile weeks
in house-hunting and firing in his search
decided to continue his predecessors pa
tronage of this establishment, which good.
hard-earned American cash had set up. In
truth. there was not more suitable man.
sion to let in St. James, Belgravia or May
fair and in one of these three most eXpen-
sive districts of Londor our ambassadors
must dwell or be eternally snubbed with
that same emphatic snub which a blue
blooded Philadelphia inflicts upon the fell
low resident who domiciles himself north
of Market street Mr.. Choate did not dare
to purchase a London house or its neces-
sary equipment, for he knew not then
whether his party would remain in control
of affairs at home longer than two years.
So he and the ambassadors had their
trunks, bandboXes and bundles carted up
Carlton Terrace and until now he has con-
tinued to pay over well-nigh two-thirds of
his annual, salary of $1T,50O to Lord Cur
zon.
Now Ready for Social Season.
His new mansion is Just back of Marlbor-
ough House and from its rear porticos is
to be had a delightful view of st. James
Park with it's beautiful fountains, lakes
and drives, with the foreign office and other
government buildings opposite and the
towers of parliament and Westminster Abb
hey rising beyond. In the same row, where
once the great Gladstone dwelt, now stand
the German embassy (Whose masters
household expenses are paid by the father
land; also the town houses of Mrs John
W. Mackay. the expatriated VIM. Waldorf
Astor and the Earl of Lonsdale the last
having been hired by Whitelaw Reid when
he was special ambassador to the Diamond
Jubilee and by John Bull himself when he
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A Diplomat.

From Life.
Looking over this congregation this
morning" declared the minister. II can
see an Easter bonnet for which was ex-
pended a sum sufficient to support an or
binary family for yearl Such reckless
expenditure should be checked. / might
name the wearer of the bonnet, for she Ia
known to you all.
After the service one of the deacons
asked the minister why he. had not given
the name of the woman who wore the
wickedly expensive bonnet
DO you suppose l wanted all the other
women in the congregation to dislike met"
he asked, with knowing smile that ILL
befitted one of his cloth.
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crate found in all English rooms and sup
porting mirror which extends well TO the
ceiling. The furniture is varied, but most
apt to catch the eye are several handsome
cabinets, one, with cathedral doors dis
playing a profusion of costly bric-a-brac
such as is always treasured by the educated
feminine eye. Two center tables one round
and the other oval support tall vases
stocked with fresh flowers.
The ambassadors sitting room is more
severely masculine. The white arch of the
mantel bears on either side a wreath in
metal relief and the entire chimney space
recedes from the body of the room. At the
sides, as above, are tall mirrors those to
the right and left being held in castings of
hard wood magnifcently carved and gilded
Against the wall farthest from the window
rise book shelves with glass doors. A heavy
oriental rug covers the floor and the chairs
give the same suggestion of comfort and
coziness as those in the other rooms de-
scribed. Busts and statuettes in bronze
and marble look down from the mantel
shelf. while several portraits of friends are
scattered here or there, upon the wall or
resting behind the mantel ornaments.
Where Royalty Sometimes Dimes.
The knees of the king and queen have
several times rested beneath the mahogany
of Mr. Choate's dining room. An ambassa
dor may be the host of their majesties and
this hospitality is returned, for the per-
sonal representative of one of the great
world rulers may be invited to both eat
and sleep In one of the royal palaces-an
honor not extended 10 ministers except
those representing states whose monarchs
are blood kinsfolk of the English sover-
eigns. But this rule was broken in favor of
our ENJOYS. before we created the ambas-
sadorial rank.
Like the other apartments of Mr.. Choates
mansion. the dining room is modestly but
elegantly appointed. There is much the
same white carved mantel. The carving of
the woodwork is touched with gilt. and
masterpieces reproduced in oil are upon the
walls At the far end of the room a broad
serving table extends across an arched
niche whose inclosed mirror offers the illu-
sion of an opening through the paneled
wall
The Offices of our London embassy are as
gloomy as the residence of our ambassador
is cheerful. Since Mr.. Cleveland took The
reins of government for the first time they
have been located in two floors and the cell
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"sToP FATHER, FOR HEAVENS SAKE QUICK

father. fairly loony with the grip. trying to
do his work. He hurried of without his
medicine / discovered II only In time to
catch the train. 1t was moving when !
hoped on. / can go as far as Lordsburg.
All l brought was dollar. He merely
comes TO a stop there, but l thought /
could reach him II I ran. II will be ever
30 much better II you'll take 1t forward for
me. now. He needs It. VIII your"
Sure. but Lyman Brewster won't touch
liquor on his run.
Its medicine, tell you. Quinine and
glycerine with 1t. The druggist recon-
mended 1t. He's got to take 1t. What's
the matter with this car? It's rocking
Webb Hoyt put firm hand on her arm.
"Sit STILL" he said, quietly. wait a min
ute"
He glanced at his watch. then out of the
window. counting the telegraph poles whiz-
zing by.
Half a mile in twenty-five seconds" he
whispered. Something's wrong. I'm
going forward. He may not need the bot
tie, but he may need you. Hetty. dear. I
wouldn't ask you to come. but-but-we've
got to slow up"
81 understand" the pale lips Quivered
He will listen to me. Webb
Hoyt spoke sharply. Don't show any
excitement"
The pair went on through the reeling
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to tell more at sedgeport. Got four hours
to hatch EN- in. anyway"
He laughed and yelled at Bill for more
coal.
Blakely. the superintendent busy in his
private office at Sedgeport, the terminus
glanced up at an announcing cough.
'Working?" he asked in surprise. ''How's
this. Hoyt? Who put you on?" For Webb
Hoyt's face was cinder-specked and grimy,
his best overcoat sadly streaked and soiled
his linen collar a travesty.
I've been driving for Lyman Brewster,
train number oight. Just in on time. Put
myself on. I guess grinned Hoyt
"What!' gasped tie official. where's
Brewster"
sick at Lordsburg. Taken to a physi-
clans. Daughter with him. No business
to be on engine, Grip. / was on train,
Some one had to do it.' blurted Hoyt
The superintendent swore.
"Confound you. mani he raped. who's
running this road?'
Hoyt eyed him placidly.
Would you have stalled us for two
hours, with the directors special car on
number ten. Just behind7"
I'D have got an engineer there In NO
time-you-yop-"
'whog' inquired Hoyt.
Blakely scratched bic head and glare6
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OUR LONDON EMBASSY
Mr.. Choate's Handsome Home
in Carlton Gardens.
AN ARISTOCRATIC ROW
COSTS HIM A LARGE PORTION OF
HIS SALARY.
Leased From Premier Balfour-Au
Ready for the Gay Season
The Dingy Offices.
AN ARISTOCRATIC ROW

Written for The Evening Star.
Ambassador Choate has just permitted a
photographer to invade his new London
mansion and for the first time since their
occupancy the stay-at-home American may
have a glimpse of its magnificent apart
ments as they appear since he rearranged
them to suit his tastes.
Our new ambassadorial residence Cor
rather Mr. Choates-for the United States
government pays not a cent toward its
maintenance or appointmenD was recently
leased from Premier Balfour. 1t Is des-
ignated as No. Carlton Gardens, and is
in the same famous row of old, yellow
Georgian mansions with Lord Curzon's
house. out of which Mr.. Choate recently
moved. This row adorns one of the most
exclusive districts of London. Mr.. Choa te' S
moving did not cover much ground. He
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England on one notable day each year-the
4th Of July. holiday not kept in Great
Britain. That is as busy day for Mr..
Choate as is New Year day for Mr.. Roose-
Welt. Prominent fixtures of the American
colony in London then come in to stand
back of the line while his excellency re-
ceives and during the reception hours a
steady throng of Yankee tourists, Yankee
colonists and all foreigners with any claim
to Yankee citizenship swarm in from adj
jacent Pail Mall, mount the terrace, climb
the zig-zag staircase and, being announced
by a liveried footman, claim a handshake
from Mr. Choate and bow low to the am
bassadress. On this holiday-as well as
on Washington's birthday. similarly cele-
brated--the London mansion of the Choates
may be inspected by the line of visitors
VINO pass through the long succession of
elegantly furnished apartments and finally
i1nger over buffet luncheon in the din
ing room.
The Drawing, Room.
The drawing room is cheerful apart
ment, long and narrow, with four tall win
dcws overlooking the terrace and covered
with heavy draperies caught back at the
sides to expose curtains of costly lace. OPP
posite is a small mantel of carved white
marble on which repose ornaments covered
with glass bell jars. At the end of the room
faced by the entering guest Is another
white mantel between two cabinets flied
with bric-a- brac,
The floor of the apartment Is covered well
to the chair boards with velvet, and the
ceiling is of the French style with panels
and reiefs nodded in the white plaster.
Distributed about the room ara comforta-
bic sofas, armed chairs with leaning backs,
chairs of Chippendae and of gilt. mahoga-
ny tables, here and there, aslant; tall piano
lamps and folding screens, vases of cut
flowers everywhere-on stands and on ia
bles. The embossed papering extends, with
out border, to the ceiling holdings and is
hidden only by several rare china plates
and number of large masterpieces in oil,
above and in front of which are bracketed
out incandescent lamps with hoods which
reflect the proper lighting.
The ambassadress' sitting room is an oc-
tagonal apartment whose most conspicu-
Gus feature is a beautifully chseled mantel
of white marble arching the inevitable open
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The Initiated.
From the Psll Mall Gazette

From the Psll Mall Gazette.
All that lov'd before you came,
Delight and laughter. song and fame;
The tender beauty OF the fow'r.
The seasons ripening hour by hour;
Exquisite night and rose fush'd morn.
The shimmering gold OF waving corn;
Shadow and shown, or summers blue.
Are dearer now because Of you.
As one who scans a wondrous screen,
Painted In scarlet, gold and green,
And lauds the loveliness OF line
And color blent In Its design;
look'd on all the show of things,
Before the spirits secret springs
Were touch'd by that which makes us one
With Natures heart-wfth stars and sun.
All! now sweet springtime's messengers
Shall ind my lips as warm as hersi
/, too. am thrilfd with that same strife
Whereby the woodland now'rs have life,
And you shall garner In the words
softly speak, those songs Of birds,
And winds, and waters, never dumb,
That spake Of you ere you were come
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Anxious to Help.

From the New York Weekly.
He latter the honeymoon)-"Has your
father said anything about helping to pro-
vide home for us?'
She-"Oh, yes. indeed! He said that
when We had home of our own he would
buy me a cook book and allow mother 10
come and teach me how to use 1t. even II
1t took a year"
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Discovered.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
Jessie-"How in the world did you dis
cover her ageT'
Bessie-'I asked her at what age she
thought a girl should marry, and she
promptly said not before she's twenty.
seven.
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us your husband an INVENTOR
,'T should say he is. You ought to hear
some of the excuses he invents when he
comes home late ct night"-Chicago Jour.
nal
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-10-27
Sale Of Valuable Timber,

The Commissioner of Halifax county
will! receive sealed bids for the puT'
chase OF all of the pine and pop'ar nm
Der that will measure twelve inches
and upwards across the stump, at he
time OF cutting, on the County Home
tract of land In Halifax county ne
purchaser to have five years from dJ'e
OF contract In which to cut and re-
move said timber, with The n.2I
rights OF way. The Commissiones
reserving the right to cut at any
time within the five years, any tinh"r
on said lands that will measure Is
than eleven inches across the stump q
tne Time OF cutting, and also reser'1S
an OF the laps from the timbers cut by
the purchaser. They further reserve
the right to reject any or all of ,aid
oids. Terms Of sale cash. And said
o'os can be sent to B. A. Pope, Char
man OF said Board at Weldon, y G.,
at any time between now and the 4
Monday In November, being the IN
Gay OF November, when said bids yllI
% opened in the Commissioner room
a. the Court House in HALIFAX, Al
twelve M.
-, b. A. PorE
chairman OF Board OF Commissionerl
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-10-27
TARBORO's NEW FIRE WAGON.

Tarboro Southerner.
Naorlu avarv fireman in town, turn
ed out at noon today when the new
hose and reel wagon came dashing
down the street with gong sounding.
1t is handsome vehicle, painted blue
and red, with white trimmings. It is
light, but strongly built. The wheels
are all ball bearing. When carried to
fire, it will be equipped with an extern
sion ladder, several hundred feet OF
hose and two chemical tanks, which
will contain carbonic acid gas. These
two tanks are lngeniously arranged.
In their place on the side of the wag-
on, soda and water are in the bot
tom, and up in the top in frame is a
bottle containing the acid. When
they are to be used the ends are revers-
ed, which empties the acid into the
soda water, producing carbonlc acid
gas, in which no flame can live.
These will be used when the fire IS
confined, as in room or between par
titions.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-10-27
LIKES OUR GROWTH.

s me days ago we received the fol-
lowing letter which relates to the en-
largsment OF THE COMMONWEALTH in
suc'> pleasing terms we give it to our
readers
Enfield, n. c., Oct. 21st, 1904.
"Ml. E. E. billiard,
''Dear Sir :-'Expansion' seems to
have struck The Commonwealth. Let
us hope it may stick. A good news
paper IL any community is much to
bs ssired, and when age brings growth
and expansion it is healthy sign,
not only for the newspaper, but for the
peo.le among which it circulates.
'Yours truly
GEO. B. CURTIS"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-10-27
no rOLLARDS REDUCE THE
FLOW OF MILK?

Having frequently heard it said that
collard leaves ted to milk COWS will re-
duce the flow of milk, the editor recent
ly wrote to DR.. TAFT Butler, the State
Veterinarian at Raleigh, asking him
whether or not it Is true. The follow
ing answer by DIR. Butler may interest
some of our farmers and dairymen
Raleigh, Oct. IL, 1904.
"Mr. E. E. Hilliard,
"Scotland Neck, n. G.
"Dear Sir In reply to your letter
of the 4th inst, which came during
my absence from the office, 1 beg to
state that so far as know there is lit
tie definite knowledge regarding the
feeding value of collards. However. We
have some knowledge of the value of
cabbage and from my general know
ledge on the subject, l seriously doubt
it the feeding of collards would tend to
dry up the milk of dairy COW. May
it not be possible, when such stuff has
been fed, too much dependence has
been put in it, and not sufficient food
given of other kinds? In such case the
milk flow would certainly become less.
II regret that l am not able to give
you more definite Information.
Every truly yours,
"TAIT BUTLER,
Stota Voforiu q ri on u
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-10-27
STATELY AS THE CAESARS,

Monroe Journal.
The greatest North Carollnian that
several generations has seen is dead.
The last link that strongly connected
the present with the past has been
broken in the death of Senator Ran
som, and we shall not see his like again.
Gentle as a woman, stately as the Gaze
sars, wise but generous, suave but mas
terful, true and braYe, the wealth OF
his endowments were go combined az
to make Saul whose height above his
fellowmen served most to draw them to
him.